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CCP Falcon
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Posted - 2014.06.05 15:14:00 -
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Hey Guys,
As some of you may have heard today, thereGÇÖs been reports of job cuts here at CCP in the gaming media. As part of our strategy to focus on the EVE Universe, today we conducted a restructuring that resulted in the layoff of 49 people in our publishing organization.
This has been a really tough decision for us to make, and though itGÇÖs hard to say goodbye to our friends and family, this action concludes the process we started several months ago to restructure CCP.
CCP has provided severance packages and job placement assistance for all those employees who are affected, and we wish them all the best for the future.
In terms of what this means for our games, development teams and plans for EVE Online, EVE: Valkyrie, DUST 514, and GÇ£Project LegionGÇ¥ are not impacted by the restructuring that has taken place today.
If you'd like to discuss what's happened today, feel free to do so in this thread.
Thanks,
- F CCP Falcon -á || -á EVE Community Manager -á || -á EVE Illuminati
@CCP_Falcon -á || -á-á@EVE_LiveEvents |
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Makoto Priano
Priano Trans-Stellar State Services Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
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Posted - 2014.06.05 15:45:00 -
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Publishing organization? What exactly is in the publishing organization's portfolio? Priano Trans-Stellar: elegant solutions for the State's needs. |
Nicen Jehr
Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective
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Posted - 2014.06.05 15:51:00 -
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:( do the guys who were let go get to say goodbye ITT? Little Things to improve GëíGïüGëí-á| My Little Things posts |
Prince Kobol
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Posted - 2014.06.05 15:53:00 -
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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/05/world-of-darkness-the-inside-story-mmo-ccp-white-wolf
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http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/5/5782190/ccp-iceland-layoffs-eve-online |
Benny Ohu
Chaotic Tranquility
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Posted - 2014.06.05 15:54:00 -
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publishing organisation? is that white wolf? |
ISquishWorms
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Posted - 2014.06.05 15:55:00 -
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Speechless, other than to say that it sounds to me like some at the top need changing fast.
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Karash Amerius
Sutoka
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Posted - 2014.06.05 15:58:00 -
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Yes White Wolf...
Which is a pity really....no one parties like White Wolf...I mean no one. Karash Amerius Operative, Sutoka |
Marcus Gord
Stormcrows
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Posted - 2014.06.05 15:58:00 -
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here's hoping those who were let go will be alright.
thanks for what you've done for us o7 You can't take the sky from me
".....Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well....." |
Makoto Priano
Priano Trans-Stellar State Services Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
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Posted - 2014.06.05 16:11:00 -
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Hm. Also, that Guardian article is quite the bit of muck-raking. It looks like it was mostly based on the report of one disgruntled employee, but if even half-true there are some corrections that need to be made. Priano Trans-Stellar: elegant solutions for the State's needs. |
3rr0rc0d3
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Posted - 2014.06.05 16:12:00 -
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Never a good thing to lose your job, but at least there is a severance package provided. Best of luck to all 49 of them!
Also in before the obligatory "EVE is dying!" comments. I make spacemusic. www.minddivided.com
Proud supporter of HighDrag Podcast http://highdrag.wordpress.com |
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Alundil
Rolled Out
528
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Posted - 2014.06.05 16:14:00 -
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Yes - some response on the allegations would be most warranted at this point. Especially considering the allegedly ghost-written "Sincere apology"
Even if this is, admittedly, a one-sided article since no one from CCP mgmt decided to reply to The Guardian, it is a pretty disheartening thing to read.
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Prince Kobol
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Posted - 2014.06.05 16:15:00 -
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Makoto Priano wrote:Hm. Also, that Guardian article is quite the bit of muck-raking. It looks like it was mostly based on the report of one disgruntled employee, but if even half-true there are some corrections that need to be made.
Well to defend CCP Dropbear, as far as I am aware there was no reason he should be disgruntled. He left CCP to go back to Australia.
Think it is unfair to say he was disgruntled. |
Karash Amerius
Sutoka
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Posted - 2014.06.05 16:19:00 -
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Any sort of management needs to always understand this: People (workers) will never remember what you said in the past...but they will always remember how you made them feel. Karash Amerius Operative, Sutoka |
ISquishWorms
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Posted - 2014.06.05 16:21:00 -
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Prince Kobol wrote:Makoto Priano wrote:Hm. Also, that Guardian article is quite the bit of muck-raking. It looks like it was mostly based on the report of one disgruntled employee, but if even half-true there are some corrections that need to be made. Well to defend CCP Dropbear, as far as I am aware there was no reason he should be disgruntled. He left CCP to go back to Australia. Think it is unfair to say he was disgruntled.
Also if you can not refute the statements best to stay silent?
Often silence says a lot more than a loud response. . |
Makoto Priano
Priano Trans-Stellar State Services Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
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Posted - 2014.06.05 16:24:00 -
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Hm. Fair enough, PK. Perhaps he isn't disgruntled, necessarily, so much as jaded and demoralized. What he says isn't what you'd expect of someone neutral or happy with the status quo.
That said, while I love EVE and I hope CCP does well, I'm still of the mind that there are elements of amateur hour here. By all appearances, CCP needs to tighten up its development processes and management. Priano Trans-Stellar: elegant solutions for the State's needs. |
Karash Amerius
Sutoka
153
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Posted - 2014.06.05 16:28:00 -
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I do remember Dropbear saying one of the great things about running as an NPC actor in Incursions (ie events) was that you could gank freighters at gates and collect the tears of players who just can't be bothered to check the map. Karash Amerius Operative, Sutoka |
I Love Boobies
All Hail Boobies
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Posted - 2014.06.05 16:30:00 -
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Something tells me the ship is starting to take on water @ CCP, and they're trying to do their best to bail the water out as fast as possible. I mean, they haven't even touted their subscription numbers like they used to all the time, and I find that a bit odd with as much as they did in the past. And you get them finally closing down White Wolf and all the other changes they have been making. Hope their bucket is big enough. |
KIller Wabbit
The Scope Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.06.05 16:35:00 -
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Alundil wrote:Yes - some response on the allegations would be most warranted at this point. Especially considering the allegedly ghost-written "Sincere apology" Even if this is, admittedly, a one-sided article since no one from CCP mgmt decided to reply to The Guardian, it is a pretty disheartening thing to read.
At the time I thought "Wow - he can write". But the nagging suspicion was there. CCP .. always first with the wrong stuff
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Makoto Priano
Priano Trans-Stellar State Services Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
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Posted - 2014.06.05 16:40:00 -
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I wouldn't go that far, ILB; but if WoD, Dust, and Incarna are any example, CCP definitely needs to tighten up. They have enough funding to do remarkable things, provided that they don't burn their resources on endless, cyclic prototyping. The keys are clear development paths and clear, concisely-expressed design vision to ensure that they can go from concept to deployment speedily and effectively.
Hopefully the new rapid deployment model is based on a change in CCP's internal methods, but I wouldn't bet on it until we start seeing it in action. Priano Trans-Stellar: elegant solutions for the State's needs. |
Anna Karhunen
Inoue INEXP
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Posted - 2014.06.05 16:41:00 -
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o7 to the ones departing. Bright future for all of you. As my old maths teacher used to say: "Statistics are like bikinis: It's what they don't show that's interesting". -CCP Aporia |
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knobber Jobbler
Bat Country Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2014.06.05 16:50:00 -
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Makoto Priano wrote:Hm. Also, that Guardian article is quite the bit of muck-raking. It looks like it was mostly based on the report of one disgruntled employee, but if even half-true there are some corrections that need to be made.
If you work in the games industry or the wider software industry in general, his story is fairly typical.
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Makoto Priano
Priano Trans-Stellar State Services Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
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Posted - 2014.06.05 17:08:00 -
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Also, aw, crap. I heard that Eterne's going. :/
As a lorehound and RPer, this one stings a bit. :/ It may not be the development team, but even one lore-focused CCPer nets a lot of return for those of us who want a living, breathing world to play in. Priano Trans-Stellar: elegant solutions for the State's needs. |
Obsidian Hawk
RONA Corporation RONA Directorate
902
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Posted - 2014.06.05 17:21:00 -
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At least CCP is nice enough to hold job fairs and bring out recruiters for their employees so they find jobs immediately, and the transition is almost seamless. |
Xercodo
Xovoni Astronautical Manufacturing and Engineering
3550
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Posted - 2014.06.05 17:26:00 -
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Confirming that 90% of the time the people we need to bash is management because the devs we all know and love are truly passionate about the game they work on and very capable individuals that really could deliver everything we want and more. The Drake is a Lie |
Antihrist Pripravnik
Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.06.05 17:30:00 -
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I still miss CCP Dropbear and his ability to lead a good story. His posts and all the lore stuff that was happening around Apocrypha was pure gold. For thos who don't know what I'm talking about (it was 4 years ago after all), here's one example. I still read it sometimes to try to figure out if EVE community left something undiscovered.
As for the today's news, I wish all those that left CCP all the best. My signature got stolen (o.0) |
Dinsdale Pirannha
Pirannha Corp
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Posted - 2014.06.05 17:38:00 -
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And so it continues.
This should stop the bleeding on the bottom line for another quarter or two. Hopefully that will be enough time for CCP to crank up the micro-transaction portion of the business, because it is clearly not growing revenue through additional subs.
There is a reason that we can now double or triple train on accounts at the small cost of a plex every month. Most people viewed Orwell's writings as a warning. The harper regime and the goons treat them as a guidebook. |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
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Posted - 2014.06.05 17:43:00 -
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Makoto Priano wrote:Also, aw, crap. I heard that Eterne's going. :/
Wait.. Wut?
But.. But.. This will truly kill a part of my soul.
CCP Eterne was the one who applied my first 3 forum bans, and answered some support tickets of mine.. I owe that guy a beer or two for putting up with me and also the magnificent work he has done at CCP.
How can I continue to be the villain , if the hero is gone? Who can hang upside down over a pool of ill-tempered sea bass while I monologue?
o7 Eterne. That raincheck for a beer has no expiration date. Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings? |
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2014.06.05 17:47:00 -
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Best of luck to all, this is really sad news.
/c
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KIller Wabbit
The Scope Gallente Federation
591
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Posted - 2014.06.05 17:55:00 -
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Obsidian Hawk wrote:At least CCP is nice enough to hold job fairs and bring out recruiters for their employees so they find jobs immediately, and the transition is almost seamless.
Wow. So clueless. Or possibly a manager trying to slap on the mental salve?
At least 2-3 months of salary will hit the ashcan from this disruption in their lives. Real estate investments trashed. Worse, the mental trauma for them, their SO's and the kids from being ripped out of from social groups, schools, and functions. You're admiring CCP for being "nice"?? CCP's doing what it absolutely should be doing to minimize the pain caused by upper management's continuing series of mistakes. The only saving grace would be that upper management was also be properly being held accountable for those decisions, but that ivory tower is packing super high resists.
CCP .. always first with the wrong stuff
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Endecroix
Royal Reidquat Airforce
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Posted - 2014.06.05 18:03:00 -
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Will CCP be responding to the accusations in the Guardian's article. Specifically the accusation that the apology speech was not as heartfelt as we were led to believe? That's not something you want to leave hanging in the air. There is a difference between something written completely by someone else (as the article suggests) and something more akin to how a politician would get input from a speech writer. Would be nice to clear the air on that one at least. |
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