I read your posts and it seems like you are an unemployed former higher education lecturer looking to get respect for winning student game design contests. lol good luck with that!

Brings to mind the old saying, "those who can, do, those who can't, teach."

So what respect do you feel you've earned by being neither a current educational lecturer nor a gainfully employed game designer? But i'm sure asking this question makes me a troll.

In my first response to you

I'm kind of leading an invaison of Branch right now and setting things on fire, apologies for the delays in posting itt.

Nope, being a 27 day old character with no forum posts but this one, making (incorrect) assumptions about things you know nothing about, and generally being inflammatory are the things that make you a troll.

2/10 too obvious

So stop being part of the problem.

In my first response to you, I gave you the benefit of the doubt (about whether or not you were a troll) and addressed the flaws with your suggestion - far more than anybody else seemed to be doing at the time.

Your response was pretty vile actually, especially when I was the only one actually giving you the time of day. Sure, I supposed that you were either naive or a troll, but what I didn't call you (even though sorely tempted) was an idiot.

Also, you clearly have no idea who I am, much as I have no idea about your background, so I'll let you know that I am an award winning game designer (Best game in student showcase, NZGDC and TUANZ eVision Entertainment award) who has taught 3rd year Computer Game Design at the University of Otago. So when I talk about game mechanics I have some authority to do so and am not just parroting what I have heard from others.

Now, armed with this background knowledge, go back and read both of those posts and come back and tell me what your response would be to your post. Wouldn't you think this strongly added to the case that you were trolling (by my and Tasiv's definition)? While you're at it, try re-reading all of my posts, and in fact all of yours. If you would like to continue this discourse, stop trolling (whether deliberate or not).

I'm nobody.

/c

Sometimes I think Chribba spends all day hitting refresh on search for "Chribba" in all posts, and responds whenever someone mentions him :)

Stuff.

ahem Linkage + I get email notifications

I'm kind of leading an invaison of Branch right now and setting things on fire, apologies for the delays in posting itt.

Thats good to hear. I was starting to think the only "great wars" eve would ever have were over when bob was disbanded.

Well, to be a "Great War" the other side has to put up a fight. Since WN is not puting up any meanigful fight, this is not a great war. If anything it is better to say that we are going to "go a viking", than anything else. Look up the etymology for viking here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking#Etymology

Mr. Chairman,

Who was more smug, Boat after he killed four jump freighters, or Vee after bombing IRC?

Nubs McIbis, loyal patriot

I can probably answer this for the Mr. Chairman.

Boat.

it was Boat.

A question for the chairman about sov warfare.

For some people the holy grail of game design for sov warfare would be a system that encourages both military entities to split their forces over many objectives. This would mean that each one of current huge fights would be replaced by a number of concurrent, smaller fights that can be handled more fluidly by our hardware, are more interesting (because )and are more fun.

In conclusion, is CCP is researching along these lines for the future of sov warfare, and is CSM interested in this perspective?

so, did you like what you saw at the csm december summit ?

What's a good first step a new player can take to break up/destroy a big corporation or alliance?

Keep up the good work!

Dear The Mittani,

Have You watched 2011 film "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"???

(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340800/)

I have to say, after reading some of Yours "Sins" at tentonshammer I envision You as "Karla" (spy master of CCCP) who managed to infiltrate MI6's Circus (lets call it board of directors) and place a Mole in their ranks (main plot of movie is the search for the mole).

Karla never actually appear in the movie. Its a background character. Someone people talk about in whispers, even by his British counterparts. All the time people try to find who work for Karla, What Karla knows, what we know of Karla. etc...

If You haven't watched it Yet I urge You to do it, if You like good spy movies :)

Yes! More Goons please! By all means, that's exactly the type of player that will ASSURE a great future for ALL of EVE ....

EVE Goonfleet Edition is just another small recruitment drive away :)

Naw, seriously, I may completely disagree with Bully / Be Bullied style of play, but indeed, it's a playstyle that is highly encouraged by not only the sandbox principle, but much more deeply than that, it actually feels like CCP PREFERS that style of play to all others ... queue the "Yes, you're playing in the wrong sandbox" posts now ...

Dear CSM Chairman since it is an indisputable fact that highsec ganking of players negatively impacts player retention, which in turns threatens the survival of EVE as a game we all can continue to play, I was curious as to if you would support a change in the killmail mechanics that would discourage highsec ganking of players whenever Concord action is triggered.

Dear Goons,

Where will you head to after WN and Raiden spank you?

Freeport IRC space!

I think CCP assumes people who play EVE are socially defunct. They are constantly assuming we need to "socialize" more and therefore mechanics that force even the most basic utterances are seen as superior to those that don't.

Why does ccp assume its subscribers are looking to a computer game to be their social network?

ban forum alts from assembly hall

Mr. Chairman,

Who was more smug, Boat after he killed four jump freighters, or Vee after bombing IRC?

Nubs McIbis, loyal patriot

Any chance at all, in between invasions, to get CCP to take a look at the forum software? Sorry if it's already been said somewhere here, I haven't read every page/post.

Dam forum keeps eating posts, it's irritating to say the least.

Thanks.

What is your standpoint on the fact that bug hunters keep closing the bugs that report that EVEs sound engine doesn't uninitialize when closing EVE, which causes reproducible sound card hangs with every single Asus sound card?

(This isn't specifically about this bug, it just serves as an example; it's about the fact that 'the bug hunter issue' STILL exists, after years of volunteer bug hunters, they still close numerous perfectly valid bugs - repeatedly.)

How do you feel about boosters right now?

Tried making them recently very hard to do. Nearly impossible to sell and only a few people understand how they work.


Are they a sucking chest wound Or Feature working as intended?


Also Could u get ccp to Redo the descriptions for boosters and their skill books. They are very confusing and are sometimes downright wrong.


Thxs

Dunkler Imperator

a) Are there any plans on how to improve the "get online and get action without much time investment" in 0.0 space.
Out of observation this is a reason why 0.0 get's less and less popular. Empire offers a lot of these elements.

b) Modern warefare has some nasty "enemy knowledge" tactics. Eve has only avatar knowledge effecting tactics.
There is no module or gameplay feature influencing the knowledge of the enemy player. like decoys/illusions. Are there any designs heading into such directions or what do you think about getting such new ideas into the discussion.

c) DO you see any chance we get rid of the 1000 windows UI, is it possible or a task not able to be handled and there ccp is resignating?

that's all for now :)

greets
roth

They're a minor area that needs adjustment, not a sucking chest wound. They're too hard to make and they're not used often, and I think they're on the agenda for looking at (iirc they were being tweaked in Crucible).