Anomaly One
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.11.12 01:50:00 -
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Greetings all, I would like to discuss a serious issue that I've noticed on these forums.
Throughout the years I have played many games, ranging from different genres, encompassing everything you might imagine RTS, RPG, FPS, MUD games, puzzle games, encarta games, MOBAs, MMOs and so on. When I look back upon these games I find them lacking something, something that I couldn't put my finger on, that kept me up at night, but I knew that this thing was only a dream, never to be accomplished, but it would never let go, the thought would haunt me for several years.
And then suddenly one day I realised what it was:
It's sad to say that throughout this game play life there have been few games that I have enjoyed and even fewer online, finding EVE online was a blissfull experience, it has (and still will, hopefully) everything I ever wanted, it had what no other game could ever have.
FREEDOM
Yes, freedom, freedom to scam, freedom to cheat, freedom to lie, steal, embezzle, spy and destroy my opponents how I and they see fit, freedom to create, control, construct empires of vast space and so much more that the mind can not fathom! (or it can w/e)
Anything is possible within this wonderful world that CCP has given us, and that is what makes eve special and something that outsiders will never understand unless they experience this freedom, because once you've tasted it you can never go back.
Scouring these forums I find like minded people, people who seek this freedom, who want to hold on to it, cherish it, hug it and play with it. It offers them something different, something they can't understand, something that you can't find anywhere else, these people are what we define as having intelligence. They see a game not just as a way of distraction and play time, but a game as a work of art, a sculpture ? a painting perhaps or a complex mechanism one might say, they would want it to grow, evolve and overcome any and all obstacles that it might face so that one day it can be the pinnacle of evolutionary gameplay, and all this is because of 2 important factors:
1. CCP for giving us this gaming world
2. the most imporant, the players.
For 10 years EVE has flourished, overcoming the bumps in the road and staying true to its fanbase, all of this thanks to CCP for not interfering with the sandbox and the players for promoting its nature and being a tight nit community of ruthless, cunning murderers! and for that I salute you o7
In EVE not only can you be all that you can be, but it allows to use your real life intelligence for in game advantage, how so you may ask. By promoting the true nature of the sandbox, it allows you to manipulate, deceive, scam, lead or follow for either social, political, economical gain or anything that you might think of, and this can not be accomplished with mere SP but by having an intelligent mind. That even with 0 SP you can be an influence to this proves that it holds true to the ideals of a sandbox.
All of this and more is what EVE was about, you heard me, WAS, because my friends, the end is nigh.
Over the recent years a 3rd factor has arrived, a factor unwelcoming of the true nature of the sandbox, it would seek to destroy our EVE and turn it into nothing but a zoo for its entertainment, stripping it from its freedom while forcing its own ideals upon others, they care not for this magnificent work of art that CCP has provided us, only that they are satisfied. This factor is what we define as: the carebear.
I find no such way to define these despicable creatures, but one brave intelligent soul did, and HE HAS WRITTEN!
on the 7th of May, the year 2012 the following definition was given, and I QUOTE!
masternerdguy wrote: The carebear descends upon a beloved MMO and begins to play it knowing all too well that it contains pvp features that the carebear will not enjoy.
The carebear then complains and tries to adapt the environment to itself, much like how a virus reprograms a cell to make more viruses.
Once the game has been mutated into a carebear environment it dies, releasing more carebears to infest other games.
This statement shall not go unheard! You only have to look around you and see the truth of it.
On the discussion of war on EVE I find this, appalling statement made by a.. care..bear
Burning Furry wrote: And this changes how i must play my game.
IT CHANGES HOW HE MUST PLAY HIS GAME!
Burning Furry wrote: It's my free time, and wether or not you want to resort to ad hominen ("this is weak") the war dec mechanics as stands mean someone else has power over my free time and how i use it.
This is not acceptable to me, nor should it be
This player can not accept that in this dystopian world there exists player that would interfere with his gameplay, and cries out for help from the GODS!
Yes, my friends, it has already begun, they have begun there descent upon this sandbox bringing their ilk with them, They come with fire, they come with axes. Gnawing, biting, breaking, hacking, burning. Destroyers and usurpers, curse them!
I had a dream and this dream became reality thanks to CCP and its players, do NOT let them ruin it.
I am concered for the future of EVE.
Discuss!
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