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Rodj Blake
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Posted - 2006.05.24 11:19:00 -
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Please could you explain...
* How, as an Amarrian RPer who supports his Emperor, I'm supposed to do my stuff without an Emperor?
* How pro-Sarum RPers are meant to do the bidding of their house when it doesn't have a leader?
* How pro-Thukker RPers are meant to support their tribe when it's relationship with the Republic still hasn't been explained many months after standings were changed?
* How having a democratic state dither over the choice of it's President for two years is consistent with Eve having a believable back-story?
I believe that the RP community is a great asset to this game that we all love, and provides colour and depth to everyone's experience whether they sit at a gate wondering why anyone would be so crazy to have a large fleet composed of only Amarrian ships, or if they just read about the Ushra'Khan's exploits in the news. But many of us are getting a little exasperated by the lack of progress on some of Eve's major storylines.
RPers from at least five factions are ready to follow your lead. Give us dynamic storylines, and we will pay you back ten-fold.
Dulce et decorum est, pro imperator mori |
Gnauton
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Posted - 2006.05.24 11:53:00 -
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They're on the way. |
s4mp3r0r
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Posted - 2006.05.24 12:00:00 -
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explain please.
Teasing right now is inapropriate.
Random quotes about CCP from their customers :
New Features > Working Features
They never finish any thing
They have a new toy (China) and have left the old toy (us) in the toybox to collect dus |
Rodj Blake
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Posted - 2006.05.24 12:30:00 -
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 Originally by: Gnauton
They're on the way.
We were told the same thing in January 
Dulce et decorum est, pro imperator mori |
Omber Zombie
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Posted - 2006.05.24 15:35:00 -
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Originally by: Rodj Blake
* How having a democratic state dither over the choice of it's President for two years is consistent with Eve having a believable back-story?
I did offer my services 
Rodj, I feel for ya man, but if you ever get sick enough and give up the RP - yell,i'll happily take you in 
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Tachy
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Posted - 2006.05.24 19:31:00 -
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I think I heard something similar before. Might have happened about 4 weeks after the Thukker tribe standing changes took place.
http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=277104
Originally by: Nebulai
Posted - 2006.01.18 18:20:00 - [9]
I'll see if i can find out for you, I've only just recently returned from a break myself
We assume that Nebulai got lost on the road to knowledge. He haven't heard of Nebulai since then.
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Megadon
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Cocyte
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Posted - 2006.05.25 03:01:00 -
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Edited by: Cocyte on 25/05/2006 03:02:37
Those standing changes are quite logical actually. All is part of "the plan" about factional warfare.
Pirate faction were also modified according to "the plan" : blood raiders, sansha and guristas are no longer disliked by gallente and minmatar. same as serpentis and angels vs amarr and caldari. the ennemy of my ennemy...
Can someone explain me why the independant gurista pirates suddenly love the freakish borg-like sanshas ?
For the gallente election on hold for two years, don't worry, it is also part of "the plan". I guess that the new president will be a warmongering nutcase only interested by destroying the caldaris. Oooooh... What a surprise! Look at the news item about Mental Black... sorry, Mentas Blaque.
Got a feeling that the future amarr emperor will have to assure his position with a strong initiative. A second reclaiming for example.
Geez... I hope I'm wrong... However, I will vote for Omber Zombie! Ozzie for prez! :)
All your booze are belong to me.
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Ultim8Evil
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Posted - 2006.05.25 06:12:00 -
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Originally by: Gnauton
They're on the way.
SoonÖ 
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Tachy
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Posted - 2006.05.25 06:31:00 -
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Originally by: Cocyte
Edited by: Cocyte on 25/05/2006 03:02:37
Those standing changes are quite logical actually. All is part of "the plan" about factional warfare.
Pirate faction were also modified according to "the plan" : blood raiders, sansha and guristas are no longer disliked by gallente and minmatar. same as serpentis and angels vs amarr and caldari. the ennemy of my ennemy...
Can someone explain me why the independant gurista pirates suddenly love the freakish borg-like sanshas ?
For the gallente election on hold for two years, don't worry, it is also part of "the plan". I guess that the new president will be a warmongering nutcase only interested by destroying the caldaris. Oooooh... What a surprise! Look at the news item about Mental Black... sorry, Mentas Blaque.
Got a feeling that the future amarr emperor will have to assure his position with a strong initiative. A second reclaiming for example.
Geez... I hope I'm wrong... However, I will vote for Omber Zombie! Ozzie for prez! :)
Thukker used to fight the Angel Cartel because Angels are Slavers. They supported the Republic. Now they are close to a war with the republic and big buddies of their former enemies. We want to know why. (Imagine you do a lot of missions for your preferred R&D corp only to find out you can't visit his station because doing the missions put you on the 'kill on sight' list. But that's only one part of the problems.) The head of the Minmatar Republic hasn't been heard in three years. Many Matari are willing to pod her - repeatedly. At the moment the plan on the storyline is ...Nebulai? Nebulai? Did you find anything? nebulAI? Where are you? Do you need help? NEBULAII!
Gnauton, please prepare the search team. Arm them, and bring in the truffel hound team.
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Megadon
CCP wanted a well known artist and celebrity to test the new font so it's approval would be well known. They got Ray |
Majaraw Awalabas
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Posted - 2006.05.26 11:50:00 -
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Originally by: Gnauton
They're on the way.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
I'm sorry but this grumpy hardliner Amarrian hasn't read anything so amusing in a hundred years.
Oh man I just got the giggles... hahahahahahahahaha
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Vendrin
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Posted - 2006.05.27 00:33:00 -
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Also what about the Achura? What is this disaster on their homeplanet that sent so many of them to the skies?
Why have the last 4 chrons been player written and while given interesting tidbits haven't really given us info relevant to events?
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Ly'sol
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Posted - 2006.05.27 00:36:00 -
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Originally by: Gnauton
They're on the way.
gnauton, no offense but...thats like me saying the next part to my story is in the works when i respond to people asking for an update to it in EVE libary.
So your being like Ly'sol
dont be like Ly'sol or else god will start to kill kittens should he find out your trying to be like me.
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Yasujiro Kaibara
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Posted - 2006.05.27 01:23:00 -
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Originally by: Vendrin
Also what about the Achura? What is this disaster on their homeplanet that sent so many of them to the skies?
Why have the last 4 chrons been player written and while given interesting tidbits haven't really given us info relevant to events?
Agreed. Where the hell is the Achura background, yo?
While player-made chrons (and the writers are going to strangle me for this) I'd definitely say they're a lower priority. You need to lay some concrete background for anyone to build upon it.
I'm kind of stuck here, trying to think of a good character backstory, but everyone's yammering about some incident on the Achura homeplanet. And the Achura description is so incredibly vague about it, that people are still questioning its meaning. Allow me to quote:
Quote:
Achur pilots have been few and far between in the past, but the recent sacrilege of their home world prompted them to take to the skies in greater numbers.
I mean, this tidbit could either be referring to Saisio III OR (old) Caldari Prime. You see, Caldari Prime was also 'sacrificed' in order to form the State. Saisio III could be the Achuran equivalent of New Caldari Prime for all we know.
So. Can we please get some clarification on this?
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Nikolai Nuvolari
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Posted - 2006.05.27 01:44:00 -
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Originally by: Gnauton
They're on the way.
I'm sorry Gnauton, I really respect what you do, but I don't buy that.
I remember when an Achura chronicle, by that very name, showed up, but the text was a placeholder, copied and pasted from "Past the Future Curbs". I figured it would be filled in with the new text momentarily, but it wasn't. It just sat there for a day or two, and then disappeared, never to be seen again. What the hell HAPPENED? Did you plan to publish it, and then change your mind to keep some space between it and the player chronicles so everything gets some face time? Or did you decide that you didn't like the chron, and it should be rewritten, but you never got around to it? Or did you just put it up there with no text, assuming you could write the text in an evening, but never came up with any ideas?
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[07:38:53] Graelyn > Nikolai for Dev 108!
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Nikolai Nuvolari
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Posted - 2006.05.27 01:50:00 -
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Hell, I'm not an Amarrian, and even I'm really upset over the lack of an Emperor...I can ALMOST (not quite, but almost) buy into the idea of a futuristic "democracy" that's so far buried in beaurocracy that an election can linger for a few years. But there's absolutely no excuse for why the Amarr succession hasn't been performed, and produced a new Emperor. None has even been SUGGESTED, much less a credible one asserted.
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Tom Thumb > for a nut case you rawk
[04:21:15] Mebrithiel Ju'wien > Nik's bio 4tw btw
[07:38:53] Graelyn > Nikolai for Dev 108!
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Lallara Zhuul
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Posted - 2006.05.27 10:54:00 -
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/me shrugs.
All new background stuff probably be for the people who subscribe to the magazine.
Hell, that way there is money in them.
**** it, im off to kill some Terrorists.
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Crystal Kali
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Posted - 2006.05.27 11:26:00 -
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Some news articles on Emperor candidates jostling at least..? And what has Foiritan got to say about anything, seeing as all we hear about these days re: Federation Election is from Mentas Blaque?
And what happened to the Achura on Saiso III? What is life like at home for the Jin-Mei? Where did the Vherokior go for all those years and why does the Vherokior Tribe corp in the game have nothing whatsoever to do with them?
At this rate I'll post about the Jin-Mei in the library and spam the official fictions edress until someone notices and either does their own better one or confirms we'll get something soon[TM] 
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Ugleb
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Posted - 2006.05.27 16:03:00 -
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Originally by: Rodj Blake
Please could you explain...
* How, as an Amarrian RPer who supports his Emperor, I'm supposed to do my stuff without an Emperor?
* How pro-Sarum RPers are meant to do the bidding of their house when it doesn't have a leader?
* How pro-Thukker RPers are meant to support their tribe when it's relationship with the Republic still hasn't been explained many months after standings were changed?
* How having a democratic state dither over the choice of it's President for two years is consistent with Eve having a believable back-story?
I believe that the RP community is a great asset to this game that we all love, and provides colour and depth to everyone's experience whether they sit at a gate wondering why anyone would be so crazy to have a large fleet composed of only Amarrian ships, or if they just read about the Ushra'Khan's exploits in the news. But many of us are getting a little exasperated by the lack of progress on some of Eve's major storylines.
RPers from at least five factions are ready to follow your lead. Give us dynamic storylines, and we will pay you back ten-fold.
Hear hear, we media *****s of the rp community can only do so much y'know. And we're dying to know what we're supposed to make of the Thukkers these days, for all we know they're flogging slaves to the Angel Cartel.
I'd also like to get some kind of "yes we can hear you" from the Republic about the Vitoc cure. That little thing thast could potentially plunge big chunks of the Amarr Empire into chaos or, oh I dunno be used to treat some slaves.
We ran a series of player events in the aftermath of Ullia Hnolku's death (damn you CAIN :P ) and held a big rally to get the Republic's attention. We made it into the news but the Republic never actually said anything at all. "a memo has been sent to midular" would have been more helpful. At least then we could blame her busy schedule for the slow response, or say her dog ate it. Something.
As Nebulai has apparently been missing for several months I propose direct action to be taken immediately. As soon as I get home everyone is to gather in Yulai and set course for Jove space. We're going a rescue mission!
And while we're there we can look for the mind control devices they must have used to brainwash the Thukkers. And possibly the clone vats where they're making the Gallente electoral officials that are generating all this red tape.
It's all a Jove plot you know. Oh yes.
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Parallax Error
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Posted - 2006.05.27 18:22:00 -
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Originally by: Gnauton
They're on the way.
Congratulations, you've just confirmed mine (and I suspect a lot of the RP communities) views that CCP do not give a damn about the prime fiction of this game. It's pretty sad for a so called evolving game.
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Ly'sol
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Posted - 2006.05.27 20:11:00 -
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Originally by: Parallax Error
Originally by: Gnauton
They're on the way.
Congratulations, you've just confirmed mine (and I suspect a lot of the RP communities) views that CCP do not give a damn about the prime fiction of this game. It's pretty sad for a so called evolving game.
On the contrary,
Perhaps one should look at the players RP community not taking these events when they are dished out. To say that its the actors and producers dont do enough and the players are free from the obligation is a bit of a stretch.
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Parallax Error
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Posted - 2006.05.27 20:33:00 -
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Originally by: Ly'sol
Originally by: Parallax Error
Originally by: Gnauton
They're on the way.
Congratulations, you've just confirmed mine (and I suspect a lot of the RP communities) views that CCP do not give a damn about the prime fiction of this game. It's pretty sad for a so called evolving game.
On the contrary,
Perhaps one should look at the players RP community not taking these events when they are dished out. To say that its the actors and producers dont do enough and the players are free from the obligation is a bit of a stretch.
Oh dear, you've managed to comment on pretty much everything bar what I actually talked about in my post.
We are talking about the prime fiction here, backgrounds for the new races, the conclusion of events like the Gallente Elections, the lack of a head for both the Empire and the Sarum family and the sudden about turn of the Thukker standings without so much as a half decent explanation.
I did not at any stage mention the actual events in which players have a direct part to play, I am talking about the areas (prime fiction) where CCP and only CCP can make the final decisions to what happens.
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Rodj Blake
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Posted - 2006.05.27 20:46:00 -
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Edited by: Rodj Blake on 27/05/2006 20:48:58
Originally by: Ly'sol
Originally by: Parallax Error
Originally by: Gnauton
They're on the way.
Congratulations, you've just confirmed mine (and I suspect a lot of the RP communities) views that CCP do not give a damn about the prime fiction of this game. It's pretty sad for a so called evolving game.
On the contrary,
Perhaps one should look at the players RP community not taking these events when they are dished out. To say that its the actors and producers dont do enough and the players are free from the obligation is a bit of a stretch.
Yes, you're right.
They took a look at the apathy of the Minnie RPers after the Mabnen incident and decided that it wasn't worth bothering with.
They took a look at the poor response of Amarrian RPers to the long-running, often-stalled Tetrimon arc and figured that there was no interest.
/sarcasm off.
Right now, I feel like John Cleese's character in the film Clockwise. I can cope with the continual disappointment. It's the hope which is unbearable.
Dulce et decorum est, pro imperator mori |
Ly'sol
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Posted - 2006.05.27 22:14:00 -
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Prime Fiction has always been a problem...from lack of new chronicals to stalled storylines from protien delicacies to transcranial microprocessors. this is nothing new. And as subscription base grows this is only going to continue to get worse.
One thing i do not like is the new chronicals being something you have to buy the e-on magazine to ever see them. then again there is the quality issue.
And back to player envolement.
It is an issue...Outside of the people directly effected by the Teterimon event (Members of PIE and the likes) who knows what it is? All i knew is we a had internal war about to brew.
Rodj, Parallax, me and the tree are roleplayers and know what it is about. But if there is going to be a major event...it cant just envole a small percentage of the community on the off chance when the actors come online to do thier thing. some may say it is not immersive enough for the people playing the game....could be seen as catering to a specific group of players.
The jist of what i said in my first post is, if you want to see conclusions to these arcs, get more people involed to help you push it forward to let the events team know whats up. and stay proactive.
Whats going to look better? PIE and ID want an event...or PIE and ID and about thirty other 20 man corps want the event.
which is going to make them get off thier butts to do something?
im on your side here guys....i want follow through as well. but like with anything...its probally going to take more than your niche in the RP community to get this type of thing on thier priorities list.
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.05.27 22:17:00 -
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While I don't give a crap about RP, i really do hope there is an "OmberZombie declared gallente president" news-story just because:
a) he deserves it
b) he doens't have anything near an RP name
c) he declared himself a while ago
d) it would finish the event and shut everyone up
e) he never actually entered
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Ly'sol
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Posted - 2006.05.27 23:21:00 -
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reminds me of one ppost i saw
RPer: This is "such and such" space, you are to clear out of here.
#1: Who the @#$% is that guy
#2: Just an RPer
#1: LOLZ *%&^in moron...d00d lets killz him so he can RP hes dead and then go cyberz some fat guy.
<shrugs>
Would you guys rather have Sony Online Entertainment running things?
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Gaius Kador
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Posted - 2006.05.27 23:37:00 -
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Tallyho!
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Rodj Blake
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Posted - 2006.05.28 09:02:00 -
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Edited by: Rodj Blake on 28/05/2006 09:04:09
Ly'sol, why does an expanding player base make it more difficult for them to write PF?
Does writing a news item or chronicle become more difficult in proportion to the number of people who are going to read it?
CCP seem to be able to start new arcs OK, so why the delay on the old ones?
If they're waiting for Kali or FW, then there's a chance that by the time we see any progress nobody who cares will be left.
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Darmed Khan
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Posted - 2006.05.28 10:54:00 -
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Ooh, a lack-of-RP *****ing thread!
Since Gnauton and Nebulai are probably off on holiday this weekend, I guess we'll have to wait until next week for an answer. So with regards to that, how about making the next devblog all to do with explaining why these important story arcs have fallen off the radar, what timeline we will see each arc finished off in, and what's being done to make sure this never happens again?
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Logan Xerxes
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Posted - 2006.05.28 11:50:00 -
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Seriously CCP... Finish this stuff guys. It just looks bad
dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/Logan/StaticCharge.wmv
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Majaraw Awalabas
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Posted - 2006.05.28 15:48:00 -
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Originally by: Darmed Khan
Since Gnauton and Nebulai are probably off on holiday this weekend, I guess we'll have to wait until next week for an answer. So with regards to that, how about making the next devblog all to do with explaining why these important story arcs have fallen off the radar, what timeline we will see each arc finished off in, and what's being done to make sure this never happens again?
As much as it offends my soul, my heart and my honor...
I am compelled to agree 100% with Darmed Khan
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MinmatarCitizen 356
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Posted - 2006.05.28 18:49:00 -
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miro hirisko
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Posted - 2006.05.29 00:01:00 -
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the lack of news updates and storylines in the game has always been a sad story of, we cant be bothered by ccp. i feel let down that these storys take so long to be sorted or even end. only on story i know of was the jovian body part collection thing.
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Elrianmk2
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Posted - 2006.05.30 09:48:00 -
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I am inclined to agree with this. Even though the majority of players are not RP'ers the background of this universe makes it so much more appealing. Why I often wonder is a game which claims to be a MMORPG not delivering its back-story. I mean seriously, we know that their will be a war and we know its going to be a long time in coming but for crying out loud you can have the President and the Emperor / Empress in position and making feints and speeches without an instant war. There has been on information about the assassin, no real info on the return of the tetrimon, the Gallante election, the biggest thing in the federation bar the naked wrestling has even stalled and we have a titbit about it as an afterthought, yeah a guy dropped out. I mean thatÆs friken it? Seriously?
I love the world of eve it is deep and a fantastic game, but because you set your standards high you have to keep them. Either that, or you get slapped by wet trout whenever we see you.
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Kronarty
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Posted - 2006.05.30 11:27:00 -
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Originally by: Majaraw Awalabas
Originally by: Darmed Khan
Since Gnauton and Nebulai are probably off on holiday this weekend, I guess we'll have to wait until next week for an answer. So with regards to that, how about making the next devblog all to do with explaining why these important story arcs have fallen off the radar, what timeline we will see each arc finished off in, and what's being done to make sure this never happens again?
As much as it offends my soul, my heart and my honor...
I am compelled to agree 100% with Darmed Khan
As a matter of fact I agree it would be an excellent idea to have a devblog that elaborates on:
-Timelines of completion/continuation for unresolved arcs.
-When can we expect CCP to have someone actively (full time, no 6-month breaks, no trips to China) in charge of events and storyline? Is nebulai supposed to be doing this and if so, why is he not doing it?
-Is Prime Fiction going to be shared with Serenity, and if so are stories going to differ significantly? Is CCP going to take care of Serenity plot development?
-How many paid employees work fulltime in events and storyline and how many non-events people are actually working on events in their "spare time" when not coding/designing or working on Serenity?
-Are events going to continue devolving into "pvp tournaments" with no backstory or justification other than quench the event-thirst (it doesn't work I tell you) and handing out shiny stuff to the winners?
It is my impression that there is not an events team anymore (at least not one that has any decision power) and events are simply staged when people whose main responsibility is another one (coding or design) get some spare time and try to get something organized.
When it comes to prime fiction the stories move at a snail pace, things happen that have had ZERO buildup, arcs are abandoned/stalled and not enough noise (as opposed to signal) is generated to make the universe realistic.
In the real world not everything that happens concerns everyone, or even a large amount of people, what gives the world a flavor is a lot of very small things in between big-bang style events. Although now we don't even get credible big events.
This game, its universe and its players deserve a VERY active events team. Situation is bad but it can be solved and if game is doing so well on the subscriptions side I think CCP should consider investing some resources in a badass events department.
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Tyrrax Thorrk
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Posted - 2006.05.30 13:02:00 -
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Nebalai isn't a dev, and i think the content devs time is wasted on stuff like flavor text for agent missions and complexes, but other than that I agree 100% with Kronarty..
The utter lack of priority events get from CCP is a huge shame and should've been fixed long before now, especially considering all the assurances at fanfest..
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Kronarty
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Posted - 2006.05.30 14:13:00 -
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Originally by: Tyrrax Thorrk
Nebalai isn't a dev
Yeah I know, what I was trying to mean was that I get the feeling it is devs who organize events in their spare time and that Nebulai is just going from 6-month break to 6-month break without any work done in between. Be it his fault or a lack of direction/permission from CCP. Anybody knows if he has been fired perhaps?
This is because several times the excuse given for the lack of events has been the lack of resources due to an upcoming patch. That would only have a meaning if it is the devs who actually do events as opposed to events-only people doing events.
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Darmed Khan
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Posted - 2006.05.30 20:06:00 -
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Originally by: Darmed Khan
So with regards to that, how about making the next devblog all to do with explaining why these important story arcs have fallen off the radar, what timeline we will see each arc finished off in, and what's being done to make sure this never happens again?
Well, that didn't work.
Damn you, kieron!
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Del Phineas
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Posted - 2006.05.31 15:20:00 -
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Notes from the Peanut Gallery...
On Time Progression: If Eve proceeded using real time, we would never get anywhere. Events take years to happen in real time. At present, there does not seem to be any compression of time to go forward. We are lucky that the backstory and additional items have found a way to be added so quickly in terms of "time".
On Aurora: I tried to submit an Aurora Application and the transaction kept failing. Whether or not my additions would be worthwhile on the scale of what is expected is another matter. Those volunteers are not as good as paid employees at keeping on task nor should they be expected to be.
On Events: Outside of the Stagnant Empires lies a wealth of history in the making. What is not available is some way to track this and add it to the story effectively. I imagine that in the heart of 0.0 is the true story and isk being made. Too bad all of us don't propogate Eve related naming conventions for characters, corporations, and alliances. That would make the inclusion not so traumatic into history.
On Players: I love you all.
On Eve Technical Development: They have done a remarkable job and gotten past a big HARDWARE hurtle that was probably not expected. They also have a big Vista problem looming on the horizon and might also be experiencing some Eve-like politics in the real world. I betcha SOE is pretty ticked that Eve is doing even as well as it is. Let's hope that the Bloodline Patches complete correctly. They have asked for help in testing the new patch - so why not go over to the Test Server Today???
On the future... and participation: I sat down and decided that I was going to support Eve Events. The easiest one for me to figure out was the Frigate Racing. I am now supporting a racer from another corporation. I am also paying said racer each race to be there. Once I have this working really smooth, I will move to supporting a second Event. I hope the Ancient Digs is still operative as I would like to find and artifact or two. If everyone sat down and figured out how to support Events we would have much better quality Events.
I challenge each of you to get involved with ONE EVENT and make it succeed. You can choose which one, but hold fast to it and make it work from the player end.
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Rodj Blake
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Posted - 2006.05.31 17:17:00 -
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Edited by: Rodj Blake on 31/05/2006 17:21:06
Originally by: Del Phineas
Notes from the Peanut Gallery...
On Time Progression: If Eve proceeded using real time, we would never get anywhere. Events take years to happen in real time. At present, there does not seem to be any compression of time to go forward. We are lucky that the backstory and additional items have found a way to be added so quickly in terms of "time".
Name me one mature democracy where the elections are postponed indefinitely without explanation.
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I challenge each of you to get involved with ONE EVENT and make it succeed. You can choose which one, but hold fast to it and make it work from the player end.
The problem is that whenever I get involved in a CCP / Aurora event, it's worked well, but they leave loose ends in order to trigger the next event and the leave those lose ends dangling in fornt of our eyes indefinitely.
It's well over a year since I helped escort a prisoner from one system to another for interrogation. We were told that the results of that interrogation would be forwarded onto us. They weren't. In fact, that was the last thing that happened on that arc.
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Originally by: Rodj Blake
Name me one mature democracy where the elections are postponed indefinitely without explanation.
It's well over a year since I helped escort a prisoner from one system to another for interrogation. We were told that the results of that interrogation would be forwarded onto us. They weren't. In fact, that was the last thing that happened on that arc.
Okay - hmm - depending on definition of Democracy and postponement... The Presidential Election in the US in 2000, the election of the new Pope when the old one is out of commission, the election of the ruling party head when there is no opposition and the regent is fine with that, the skipping of Prince Charles who may never be King, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Exiled Dali Lama, the Emperor of Japan, and any dictatorship on the rise who is using a crisis to take the military option (**** Germany - because they lost). My point is that progression in governments to the next can be sloppy for all types of governments whether they claim Democracy or not. History glosses over these irregularities as much as it can. How long did the last President last? Are you SURE the Gallente Federation is a Democracy??? It does not look like it from the Caldari side with all the sneaking around in Caldari Space occuring by Gallente Military Personnel.
This seems real suspicious to me - sounds like the Gallente have a little ****** on the rise:
http://www.eve-online.com/news/newsFromEve.asp?newsID=1142
As far as the prisoner, you may have been just as easily assisting a kidnapping. I don't know the specifics, but come on now... "escorting a prisoner"? Why would they need someone as important as you for that? There are CONCORD thugs all over the place to to that work.
Maybe you are right, maybe I am right. Let's just say you are right and forgetaboutit.
I bet only the Devs know the true story behind it all. I bet they are not going to tell either of us.
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Posted - 2006.06.01 00:16:00 -
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Okay - lets take a walk on the wild side...
Kali it coming and we can ally with the Factions. Well - I hope that BoB does not align with CONCORD because it would tickle me pink to see CONCORD pushed back. More than likely, that will not be an issue. Probably the Faction alignment will allow you to align with the Racial Groups and Pirate Groups. Then we can fight back and forth and our Faction will take control of the inner core systems. So when the Caldari sympathizers (Go Team!) kill the last Gallente defenders, the Caldari Military ships will then take control of the system. In effect, the stations need not be destroyed, just the roaming ships. Since most of them are Navy Issue, I guess many brave Caldari will die taking back Caldari Prime. Most likely the defenses will get tougher and then impossible in the Gallente Prime system. I suppose most of you are thinking that things will go the other way, but I sincerely believe that the superior Caldari technology (arghh!!! *nerf bat smack* *nerf bat swat*) - I mean the balanced Caldari technology in relation to the other races will come into play... Okay - I guess the one with the most pilots and skills wins.
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Here ye, Here ye - if you have high skills - please ally with the Caldari side when you get the option. Caldari means friend.
So anyhow - it is quite possible you will be saddened by the minimal Aurora stuff so they can concentrate on getting Kali here and the all out war in full swing.
Who cares who the President, Emperor or whatever is in your area - they won't have a secure job for long...
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Originally by: Del Phineas
[... much noise, no releveant signal ...]
Thank you for your important news about the storylines and the work of the devs on them. 
Originally by: Del Phineas
Kali it coming and we can ally with the Factions.
What factions? Soulless heaps of pixelated pseudopolitical institutions? One step up would be randomized press gangs putting you in the ranks.
If I wanted a soulless world I'd be playing CS , battlefield or some similar soulless games.
*plopp* New bloodlines
*plopp* War
*plopp* New Feature
*plopp* New ships
*plopp* Anti-Slaver faction is the best friend of its former war targets
Who cares for the background? I do care about it a lot. And that's why I am posting here.
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Posted - 2006.06.01 07:18:00 -
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Originally by: Gnauton
They're on the way.
Tachy - etc.
The Dev answered you. The rest of the thread is just us talking to each other.
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Posted - 2006.06.01 07:24:00 -
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Del, the problem is that not only is Gnauton's response less informative than the ones that we've had previously, but also that the story arcs are constantly getting put to the back of the queue. We should wait for Kali? We were previously told that we should wait for RMR to be released. Waiting until December is too long a wait, and what happens when the release gets put back?
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Posted - 2006.06.01 07:28:00 -
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Instead of attempting to answer some of the questions (when in all honesty you deserve full lengthly answers), i'll get with Gnauton some time today and see what we can come up with (i.e see if he'll do a blog etc)
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Posted - 2006.06.01 07:31:00 -
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Originally by: Del Phineas
Edited by: Del Phineas on 31/05/2006 22:57:05
Originally by: Rodj Blake
Name me one mature democracy where the elections are postponed indefinitely without explanation.
It's well over a year since I helped escort a prisoner from one system to another for interrogation. We were told that the results of that interrogation would be forwarded onto us. They weren't. In fact, that was the last thing that happened on that arc.
Okay - hmm - depending on definition of Democracy and postponement... The Presidential Election in the US in 2000, the election of the new Pope when the old one is out of commission, the election of the ruling party head when there is no opposition and the regent is fine with that, the skipping of Prince Charles who may never be King, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Exiled Dali Lama, the Emperor of Japan, and any dictatorship on the rise who is using a crisis to take the military option (Germany - because they lost). My point is that progression in governments to the next can be sloppy for all types of governments whether they claim Democracy or not. History glosses over these irregularities as much as it can. How long did the last President last? Are you SURE the Gallente Federation is a Democracy??? It does not look like it from the Caldari side with all the sneaking around in Caldari Space occuring by Gallente Military Personnel.
This seems real suspicious to me - sounds like the Gallente have a problem on the rise:
Gallente News
All of your examples were accompanied by a constant stream of explanations from official sources and rumours from the underground.
In Eve, we get neither.
Unless you can point me to an IC news story where the delay in the Gallente elections is explained?
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As far as the prisoner, you may have been just as easily assisting a kidnapping. I don't know the specifics, but come on now... "escorting a prisoner"? Why would they need someone as important as you for that? There are CONCORD thugs all over the place to do that work.
Maybe you are right, maybe I am right. Let's just say you are right and forgetaboutit.
I bet only the Devs know the true story behind it all. I bet they are not going to tell either of us.
That particular event was a part of a multi-event arc. Strange ships had been sighted in Providence. Then it was revealed that a navy ship had gone AWOL and was up to no good. Several hunts were organised, and eventually the pilot was liberated from his ship and forced to dock in his pod.
Then we had the escort mission to the interrogation centre.
If we were not intended to know how the story ends, why bother starting to tell us?
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Posted - 2006.06.01 07:33:00 -
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Originally by: Nebulai
Instead of attempting to answer some of the questions (when in all honesty you deserve full lengthly answers), i'll get with Gnauton some time today and see what we can come up with (i.e see if he'll do a blog etc)
Thanks, Nebulai.
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Posted - 2006.06.01 08:09:00 -
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Yay \o/
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Kronarty
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Posted - 2006.06.01 09:09:00 -
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This is great news, thank you nebulai.
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Posted - 2006.06.01 09:29:00 -
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Originally by: Del Phineas
I challenge each of you to get involved with ONE EVENT and make it succeed. You can choose which one, but hold fast to it and make it work from the player end.
How cute. A believer.
We have participated in not ONE but MULTIPLE events for the past YEARS. Our gripes are legitimate, our efforts real, our desire for them to succeed real.
Your rant highlights your lack of knowledge, unwillingness to dig up previous story archs, events and roleplay going on.
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Posted - 2006.06.01 15:43:00 -
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Take your time Nebulai.
If you provide further clarification and put it into context, you might as well document it permanently into the history stream without any inconsistencies.
The one thing that puzzles me is WHOSE version of history are we going to hear.
I wonder what the Jovians think about all this Empire level politics. I imagine that is why they stay beyond jump reach.
From the non-RP style of postings as customers everyone deserves "something". However, from the RP version, I don't understand why the Amarr would even care about Gallente elections. I doubt they think of them as a worthwhile society and probably haven't done much due to the distance. I sat at the City of God oneday until an Amarr hunted me down and asked me just what I thought I was doing there. Nice chap.
I suppose the Amarr do need to have some big "tourney" fight to determine the new Emperor. The problem with most of the corporations/alliances is they don't stick to racial lines. So someone who could dramatically affect one side or the other if Faction lines were drawn ahead of time - may not even be Amarr.
I see the same effect on the Gallente side. You go to try and harass some Gallente and you can't really find them. Most are hidden beyond reach (Except for The Scope) in my experience. Do they need a President? I don't know. I think their "Federation" and senator thing works just about as good as corporation leaders taking charge in a committee.
On the Caldari side, most rightly don't want a burnt out cinder of a planet (Caldari Prime) back as it is really not worth much. Caldari pride is not as strong as the Amarr version I suppose. Frankly, I don't want "The Scope" to tell me history. I might like to see the Mercantile Club version though. I love the pageant view the Amarr take. It really is quite nice to watch, kind of like a Frigate Race. It is good to have someone - somewhere being an Emperor.
For all the other small groups and those oppressed flying hunks of junk at dangerous speeds, I don't even think I could make up answers for you. You all need to band together and block the spacelanes or something to be heard.
Was this a rant - I don't think so. Was it unfocused and just a bunch of feelings and thoughts - You Betcha!
Fly safe out there folks.
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Posted - 2006.06.01 16:49:00 -
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Edited by: Nebulai on 01/06/2006 16:50:46
Onto some of the other points raised;
IÆd like to think the Senior Producers are doing a good job with their PF entities û you have Dogal who is now continuing the Tetrimon story line, Hog has just started up his Defiant arc, Tanis is actively progressing his Angels arc û etc (There are 7 SEPÆs in total, each works on a different PF entity).
Several months back we had a lot of criticism over the stalling Tetrimon Arc, I openly explained why that occurred and IÆd like to think IÆve taken the appropriate steps to resolve the issue (You now infact have a team of 10+ people working on Tetrimon).
I welcome all and any constructive criticism on the Events team, if you have suggestions on ways to improve things or criticisms on the way things are done, I canÆt promise anything will change but I will listen - IÆm reachable either via IRC or email (Nebulai / [email protected] )
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Posted - 2006.06.01 16:49:00 -
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As promised, I did say I would get some more information û however this specifically only covers Aurora.
Someone commented up above on whether IÆm doing my job, and if not û why not. HereÆs a little insight into what IÆm responsible for;
Starting at the top, IÆm the lead (Vice Admiral) of Aurora, my job is to ensure the team runs smoothly û I handle all aspects of Aurora, from processing applications to approving events. I am not a paid staff member of CCP the work I do is on a volunteer basis only.
Galen is my other recently-promoted-Vice-Admiral who works with me on managing Aurora (due to the size Aurora has grown to). Underneath us you have 2-3 captains, below the captains you have Senior Event Producers (Who deal with Prime Fictional events û Tetrimon, Guristas, etc). Below these guys you have the Events Producers, who make up the bulk of Aurora.
Taking a typical day (Tuesday this week), I have a normal job which takes up 9am -> 5pm. During work I will be around on our volunteer IRC network to handle any issues that donÆt require me to be in EVE, ranging from talking to new comers to discussing fiction with our senior event producers.
After getting in from my real life job, IÆll sit down to look at the activity of Aurora û on this particular day there were 6 event ideas (concepts) and 7 setups which required processing. Events take on a two tier approach, you have the event concept which is conceptualised by the producer, and sent up to the leads for approval û the idea is checked over for many things (Does it fit the level of the Producer, does it introduce any wtf wholes into the ongoing plans û etc), once approved they go back to the producer for setup. If the event concerns a prime fictional entity, frequently we will have to check with CCP to ensure its not grinding against their long term goals for the story.
Setup involves the producer specifying every detail of the event, characters required, locations, general event proceedings (i.e what will they do, how will they do it û why are they doing it) û and of course equipment/ships needed. This æsetupÆ then comes back to the leads for approval again, checking for items that shouldnÆt be in EVE û Does the reward match the appropriate risk/target audience of the event. Once this is approved, a request goes to CCP for the characters to be made.
Once CCP has made the characters, we go in game to spawn the required setup (We use to have to type every item by hand! Thankfully we have tools now to assist us else I think I would have gone crazy). This is handed to the producer and the event is æready to goÆ.
On top of this you have application processing - we now get an email for *every* application someone submits via myeve, application processing can be a rather in-depth and lengthly process û weÆve managed to streamline it somewhat by writing our own tools, however as ever there is an element of human error). Other duties include arranging meetings between the Senior Producers and CCPÆs content team (these occur once a week) to discuss ideas for their PF entities, dealing with our new staff and ensuring they settle in well, tracking activity, investigating event petitions - you get the idea
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Posted - 2006.06.01 20:56:00 -
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Neb, all I really want is newspost every week or so that updates one of the faction's major storylines abit. Like this:
"In the Federation today, the Senate voted to continue the redestricting before voting for the President continues. This received high criticism from much of the public and presidental hopeful Mentas Blaque. The Senate Chairperson said in response to such criticism that it is imperative that the vote and elections are fair and give every citizen a chance for their voice to be heard"
And the next week:
"The Privy Council announced today that it is issuing a command to the Amarr Navy to reduce patrols in the Bleak Lands Region. Citing that only a few Rogue Drone colonies are left in the area, Pod Pilot Paramilitaries in the area can maintain the Order of the Empire. This decision recieved subdued criticism, that the Privy Council should cease making policy for the Empire and instead select an Emperor. Those individuals were quickly branded as heretics and sentenced to death."
And the next week:
"On the Senate floor today, the Advisory Council to the Redistricting Committe submitted a plan that would decrease the time needed to finish the Redistricting. President Foritan was notably against the plan citing that it would merely cause hasty work and would most likely rob the voices of billions of citizens. The Senate will hear discussion on the issue for the next 2 weeks, and then vote."
And the next week:
"Ecological disaster continues on Saiso III, the Achuran Homeworld as the widespread damage caused by numerous floods and tsunami's destroy coastal cities. Scinetists are still trying to figure what caused the sudden rise in water level and activity. Our thoughts are with those who have lost family."
No, it isn't perfect, but I typed it up in 15 minutes, it isn't that hard to throw the RPers a bone that would satisfy us for the most part. And there are plenty of rpers who would love to do something like that.
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Posted - 2006.06.01 21:24:00 -
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Vendrin I don't think Nebulai is boss of news though since that is the Intersteallar Correspondants and that isn't Aurora, unless reporters go in under Aurora?
At least if I read this right: http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=280274
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Posted - 2006.06.01 22:03:00 -
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Originally by: Paxtan Staark
Vendrin I don't think Nebulai is boss of news though since that is the Intersteallar Correspondants and that isn't Aurora, unless reporters go in under Aurora?
At least if I read this right: http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=280274
Even if he isn't the boss why should it be so hard to get 1 paragraph updating the rp scene a week?
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Paxtan Staark
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Posted - 2006.06.01 22:06:00 -
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*nods* well i agree with that it would be fun.
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Nebulai
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Posted - 2006.06.02 07:48:00 -
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Paxtan Staark is indeed correct, the news falls outside of my remit - we submit requests for news for each of our high level events, however the everyday events don't get news coverage.
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Kronarty
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Posted - 2006.06.02 08:57:00 -
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Thank you for your reply Nebulai, it makes things much clearer.
I can see some things that are very wrong with the way CCP treats events, the most obvious being that I can't honestly understand why the Events team is not an integral part of CCP (that means paid).
Events should be important enough in this game to deserve having some budget allocated to having a permanent staff as opposed to a volunteer staff that has other work commitments and that do what they do out of generosity. That reduces the accountability and turns events into an "afterthought" and an "added plus" so we can't really demand anything regarding them.
"Oh but they are just volunteers! You have no right to demand anything from them! They do all they can!"
I know, and I am not having a go at the volunteers, what I am having a go at is the fact that CCP won't pay people to be in the "events team" and so will try to get away with having a substandard events schedule due to the volunteers real-life commitments.
What stops CCP from putting "community management" into solely the hands of volunteers? What about firing the GM's and using volunteer GM's? Where do we draw the line?
Yes, they are integral parts of this game's business and can't be delegated to volunteers, so why are events managed and organized by volunteers?
By the way Nebulai, do not think you are not doing your job, it is just that it is NOT your job, nor should you feel forced to consider it your job unless a nice check comes every month from Iceland. Which I thought happened tbh.
CCP, do something QUICK.
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Ugleb
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Posted - 2006.06.02 14:05:00 -
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Originally by: Nebulai
Paxtan Staark is indeed correct, the news falls outside of my remit - we submit requests for news for each of our high level events, however the everyday events don't get news coverage.
Tbh that winds me up more than the infrequency of in-game prime fiction events. It seems so much good interesting stuff gets blocked from reahing the news. If Aurora run an event why wouldn't it be reported? CCP devs and more importantly volunteers have put the effort in to run it so why not report it? I think everyone interested in the EVE storylines enjoys reading about events even if they have nothing to do with their characters.
Is it due to a crippling shortage of reporters or is the news being stringently filtered? Are we only allowed to read 2 news pieces a week for some reason? It's the silences we all hate.
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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!  |
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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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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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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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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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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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Vice-Admiral Aurora, ISD
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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?
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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.
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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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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
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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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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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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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Aurora Captain
The Aurora Project
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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 -
[89]
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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Pocph
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Posted - 2006.08.23 09:38:00 -
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I agree
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Tachy
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Posted - 2006.09.10 12:55:00 -
[92]
Did I miss any interesting background storyline arcs over the last couple of weeks?
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Rodj Blake
Amarr
PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2006.09.11 10:45:00 -
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Originally by: Tachy
Did I miss any interesting background storyline arcs over the last couple of weeks?
Aurora have picked up the pace a little, but the old stuff is still old.
Dulce et decorum est, pro imperator mori |
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