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Del Phineas
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Posted - 2006.06.02 14:27:00 -
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That was where I was coming from when I entered this thread. By being Volunteers, who love the game, the Event staff are hamstrung. I have sent in news leads and they must not have been considered newsworthy. They could have just added my input as "Rumors of unrest or some such." Imagine being in their shoes.
Being Aurora might make the game less fun to play, so when the database transaction kept failing in my Aurora application - I decided it must not be meant to be.
On the other side, if you have ideas, talent, and luck - maybe CCP would appreciate you oneday. The main problem I faced is the Aurora process. You start at the bottom running events for others. Most people feel the draw from the perspective of their own ideas. At least I find that to be true. Being an actor might not be much fun.
So the bottom line is... Maybe given the way things are - you make lemonade from the lemons.
(I have frankly not have all the experience in waiting that many of you might have had. So with just 6 months behind me, I don't have the same feeling of waiting you might have. From what I gather, I experienced some of the most pivotal upgrades to date in terms of RMR and the new hardware. I feel for those of you who feel frustrated, but I am still in the marvel stage  of the new kid in the big city.)
By the way, the suggested news sent in above in the thread detailing the election and such was good. Especially if done as fast as stated. With just a little fact checking by Aurora staff for inconsistencies (not that I saw any mind you) ----> I say publish it!  |
Ugleb
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Posted - 2006.06.02 14:53:00 -
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 Originally by: Del Phineas
(I have frankly not have all the experience in waiting that many of you might have had. So with just 6 months behind me, I don't have the same feeling of waiting you might have. From what I gather, I experienced some of the most pivotal upgrades to date in terms of RMR and the new hardware. I feel for those of you who feel frustrated, but I am still in the marvel stage of the new kid in the big city.)
To give you a bit of timescale then..
The gallente election has been stalled for twice as long as you have been playing EVE. It had a slow 'first round' where players could run missions to campaign for their choice of candidate. That ran for several months, probably around 3. Then it stopped dead.
The Tetrimon first appeared 18 moths to 2 years ago if I remember correctly. So long ago in fact that I wasn't even involved in EVE RP at the time so have had to get older players to fill me in. It's possible I wasn't even playing at that point. Earlier this year it resurfaced for a few eeeks then went quiet again, as Nebulai acknowledges in an earlier post.
The Vitoc Cure story arc took place nearly 12 months ago now I think. Events played over roughly 2 months then finished with a bang (and a knife in someones back) but left several huge loose ends to be carried forward. The Ushra'Khan have been sitting on the single most important item in the universe and have been waiting on a sign from ccp to tell us what we can do next for....well the best part of 1 real life calendar year.
We've had time to lose patience, write a player run storyarc around the events of the prime fiction, run it all and be done in time for christmas since then. And btw we never got a news article accepted despite taking massive care not to do anything that might contradict current or future PF. Aggravating to say the least.
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Eris Discordia
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Posted - 2006.06.03 12:27:00 -
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If you submit a news lead I cant contact people through it, only when an e-mail addy is included can I contact you and explain why a news piece will or wont be written.
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Ugleb
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Posted - 2006.06.03 12:49:00 -
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Edited by: Ugleb on 03/06/2006 12:50:53
Originally by: Eris Discordia
If you submit a news lead I cant contact people through it, only when an e-mail addy is included can I contact you and explain why a news piece will or wont be written.
Any chance of getting an optional email box added to the submission form so that players know where they stand? Kick a dev in the shins until they cry and do it. 
I'm pretty sure that my last submissions had 2 or 3 character names (from various groups involved) so that we could be contacted ingame, can those be used?
But what about the un-reported Aurora events? It really seems a shame not to cover them more often.
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Eris Discordia
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Posted - 2006.06.03 12:50:00 -
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Originally by: Ugleb
But what about the un-reported Aurora events? It really seems a shame not to cover them more often.
Lack of vols to write them up
The IC corporation may have 45 members or so but only a few are active and the rest are just chars of people who left or alts of alts
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Ugleb
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Posted - 2006.06.03 12:57:00 -
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Originally by: Eris Discordia
Originally by: Ugleb
But what about the un-reported Aurora events? It really seems a shame not to cover them more often.
Lack of vols to write them up
The IC corporation may have 45 members or so but only a few are active and the rest are just chars of people who left or alts of alts
Where do interested people look for information on joining Interstellar Correspondents? Do we need to use an alt on our own accounts or do you get a special volunteer account/character?
Don't miss an opportunity to shamelessly hijack the thread and get a recruit or three while we're paying attention. 
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Eris Discordia
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Posted - 2006.06.03 13:29:00 -
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Just like the other ISD department when you join the IC you get a special volunteer account, so you don't have to sacrifice an alt spot on your own.
We even have our own little box on the ISD sign up form 
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Nebulai
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Posted - 2006.06.04 10:32:00 -
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Hey.
This was a letter to me, stop derailing my topic Eris
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Nebulai
Vice-Admiral Aurora, ISD
[email protected]
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Eris Discordia
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Posted - 2006.06.04 12:12:00 -
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Originally by: Nebulai
Hey.
This was a letter to me, stop derailing my topic Eris
Thread derailment? Me? Unheard of 
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Rodj Blake
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Posted - 2006.06.05 15:41:00 -
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Well, we've had a response regarding the Aurora stuff, and we've even had the lovely Eris grace us with her presence, both of which are good.
But what about the the big stuff - the Gallente Elections and the Imperial Succession? Am I right in thinking that they're being run by CCP rather than Aurora? Either way, will we be seeing any progress on these soon?
Dulce et decorum est, pro imperator mori |
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Gungankllr
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Posted - 2006.06.05 16:29:00 -
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Eve is an amazing game.
I shudder to think of the possibilities should CCP ever decide to create a paid events department.
Could a smidge of the revenue from the China server be spun into that?
Or is Oveur going to be stocking up on water wings?
19 Missile Launcher Operation skills trained, for a total of 8,801,312 skillPoints.
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Aodha Khan
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Posted - 2006.06.06 09:24:00 -
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Edited by: Aodha Khan on 06/06/2006 09:24:24
Originally by: Gungankllr
Eve is an amazing game.
I shudder to think of the possibilities should CCP ever decide to create a paid events department.
Exactly. Bringing the NPC factions to life would be amazing. With a paid events team working full time the Eve storyline would really come to life.
So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak. |
Boda Khan
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Posted - 2006.06.06 18:13:00 -
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Originally by: Aodha Khan
Edited by: Aodha Khan on 06/06/2006 09:24:24
Originally by: Gungankllr
Eve is an amazing game.
I shudder to think of the possibilities should CCP ever decide to create a paid events department.
Exactly. Bringing the NPC factions to life would be amazing. With a paid events team working full time the Eve storyline would really come to life.
I couldn't agree more!!! Maybe we should start a petition? Like a proper one with player sigs on it and everything...? ;)
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Darmed Khan
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Posted - 2006.06.06 20:53:00 -
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At the moment I'd just settle for a devblog explaining where the elections/new emperor/insorum/thukkers are.
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Tachy
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Posted - 2006.07.04 11:52:00 -
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Two thumbs up for the event team and their fantastic series of Thukker Tribe events!
It's been a pleasure following the story unravel for the past three years.
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Even with nougat, you can have a perfect moment. |
Rodj Blake
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Posted - 2006.07.05 08:09:00 -
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It's now been a year since Doriam died 
Dulce et decorum est, pro imperator mori |
Rodj Blake
Amarr
PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2006.08.07 10:08:00 -
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Are they still on their way?
Dulce et decorum est, pro imperator mori |
Joshua Foiritain
Gallente
Coreli Corporation
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Posted - 2006.08.07 11:29:00 -
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Originally by: Rodj Blake
Are they still on their way?
Of course not, alliance tournaments and card games are more important.
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Kyoko Sakoda
Caldari
Omerta Syndicate
Exuro Mortis
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Posted - 2006.08.07 14:54:00 -
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Are we there yet?!?!? Are we there yet!?!?!? =P
Learn what it means to be Caldari - www.omertasyndicate.com |
Kira Natel
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Posted - 2006.08.08 01:02:00 -
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There are everyday events? Or some that are at least weekly? Learn something new every day
Sorry for the sarcasm, but you never seem to hear of any but the most major events and then its usually after they are over
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Exioce
Gallente
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2006.08.08 02:50:00 -
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Gnauton, in case my evemail got lost under a blanket of spam, i need to contact you urgently with regards to a... personal matter
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Xaroth Brook
Minmatar
Doomcraft
R i s e
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Posted - 2006.08.12 16:56:00 -
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Originally by: Eris Discordia
Originally by: Ugleb
But what about the un-reported Aurora events? It really seems a shame not to cover them more often.
Lack of vols to write them up
The IC corporation may have 45 members or so but only a few are active and the rest are just chars of people who left or alts of alts
Then wouldn't it be usefull (if you guys aren't allready doing so) team up with AURORA for such news reports, I think some of the AURORA volunteers wouldn't mind writing a few lines (IC, offcourse) with their view on what happened (after discussing it with whoever was leading said event at that point to avoid erronous information), that way the in-game actions by AURORA get a more detailed outcome on the player news centre..
toooo.. stick back to the OP's topic... I agree that from a roleplayers POV there's a lack of information.. but given the beginning state and outcome, it should be possible to make the part in between happen.. Else you could allways try signing up for AURORA, or for the IC team..
@Nebu: A corp mate of mine just asked how long it takes for a reply from leads@ .. not sure what he means by it, but he said you would.
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Xaroth Brook
Brainiac of Doomcraft
Member of R I S E
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Tarsha Listur
Glamour Bunnies
Glamour Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.08.14 03:52:00 -
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just hire the volenteers full time so they can focus on the rp and storylines full time, this would give eve a massive depth, from big story arcs to smaller less importent ones.
no more of this rl stuff getting in the way ^_^
Kalahari Wayrest > Serps are like men though... they come in close and fast, 10 seconds of fun and they explode all over your face and you're left to clean up the mess |
Xaroth Brook
Minmatar
Doomcraft
R i s e
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Posted - 2006.08.14 10:56:00 -
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If they would get hired, they wouldn't be volunteers anymore.. most people join the ISD because they want to do something for eve besides their normal life/eve life.. so I doubt that option would work that well..
@Eris: Seeing how you still lack a pink dread, here's one for you:
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Xaroth Brook
Brainiac of Doomcraft
Member of R I S E
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Rodj Blake
Amarr
PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2006.08.14 11:57:00 -
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Aurora's involvement in last night's event in Amarr is very much appeciated.
However, the message they they brought with them (that we need to be more patient) was not appreciated.
We were told that it took fifty years to start colonising Hedion, so a year's wait for a new Emperor is insignificant.
Well, it must have taken the British around fifty years to conquer India. Was the Empire ever without a head of state for more than a few months during that time?
Dulce et decorum est, pro imperator mori |
Ugleb
Khumatari Holdings
Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2006.08.15 10:13:00 -
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There was anice little (quiet) run about a month ago but things seem to have dropped off again.
There were a couple of House Torash events I guessd 2 months back, Captain Muritor is out there in 'borrowed' republic fleet ships and the Tetrimon nutters have been rambling a little, then things seem to have slumped again. Getting a bit worried tbh.
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Dogal
ISD AURORA
Interstellar Services Department
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Posted - 2006.08.15 10:41:00 -
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Summer vacations etc affects Aurora's activities also, which is why it might seem as some things are slumbering. However things are happening in the back rooms as we speak.
Originally by: Xaroth Brook
@Nebu: A corp mate of mine just asked how long it takes for a reply from leads@ .. not sure what he means by it, but he said you would.
I can help you with this one. Mails to Aurora leads are usually replied to within a week. If your corp mate hasn't received a reply in that time best bet is that the mail has been lost in cyberspace and should re-send it.
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Dogal
Aurora Captain
The Aurora Project
[email protected]
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Avon
Caldari
Black Nova Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2006.08.15 11:15:00 -
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Yeah, well, if Aurora accepted my application Eve would be event paradise by now
All the 'short staffed' stuff just doesn't really cut it for me tbh.
The Battleships is not and should not be a solo pwnmobile - Oveur
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Rodj Blake
Amarr
PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2006.08.15 12:31:00 -
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Dogal, Aurora's efforts are always appreciated.
However, we've been without an Emperor for far longer than the current holiday season.
Dulce et decorum est, pro imperator mori |
Alex Tremayne
Lyrus Associates
Interstellar Starbase Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.08.15 14:59:00 -
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Originally by: Rodj Blake
Dogal, Aurora's efforts are always appreciated.
However, we've been without an Emperor for far longer than the current holiday season.
I quite agree. Aurora's events are always entertaining, and their efforts welcomed, however the lack of an (Emperor/President - delete as appropriate) has been annoying those of us who care about the EVE setting and background for far too long now. Some kind of indication as to what's going on would not go amiss.
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