Logan Williams
Omega Enterprises
Dusk and Dawn
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Posted - 2007.01.10 03:25:00 -
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This post isn't to gloat to or about ISS. It's not about "Tin Foil Hattery". It's just.......a post.
The past couple of days have seen a couple of threads about ISS and why this and why that and finally "Shareholder Demand" threads.
Let's look, a moment, at what ISS did.
They attempted to be a 100% neutral entity in 0.0 to help take care of the needs and wants of the masses. They established a navy that was responsible for defense. They established and maintained a true dividend system in EvE. They made seperate corporations to assign to each outpost to keep different standings in different regions. They made money......
What did ISS management do wrong?
A: Nothing
B: Read about what they did and I'll explain below.
Everything they did is related to why they are currently failing. It is my belief that the navy is really what has screwed them over. PvP'ers need action. When PvP'ers don't have action, they make it. Couple this with southern entities putting alts in northern ISS stations and northern entities putting alts in southern ISS stations (assuming individual initiative here, not alliance initiatives) and the stage is set for ISS's "neutrality" to be blown all to hell.
With their "neutrality" blown, everyone starts looking at them and saying "Hey, they're making my enemy a fortune in dividend return every quarter!! They need to go!!". To add to this, neutrals docking at the stations and possibly watching local fleet movements OUTSIDE of the ISSN alt problems only added to the fire. Guys, isk doesn't have a face....they sold to isk, not to people.
Different corps in control of different outposts really didn;t contribute to the current situation.
ISS vs. IAC has been hashed several times and I don;t view it as a contribution to the overall picture of ISS.
All ribbing and slight humor aside (sorry serenity for my sig ***** at you earlier) ISS is in a world of crap because they're doing what thay set out to do (minus a few unforseen problems).
First, people wanted to hang the blame on D2. Now, they want to lynch Tassanine and Serenity. "Withdraw them, they heisted our isk!!". Guys, ISS is NOT Enron. They didn't blow your isks and then hide. You gave them your isk to help them set forth their vision. They took your isk and set forth the vision. Now you want their heads because you failed to see the risk of 0.0 investment.
It's my opinion that, instead of looking to make Tassanine and Serenity bear the brunt of your unhappiness and spending your time trying to do so......perhaps you should ask "HOW CAN I CONTRIBUTE?". Perhaps you should ask "IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN HELP ISS INTO ONE OF THE NEW REGIONS AWAY FROM POLITICS PERIOD AS A PLACE FOR "EMPIRE" MINERS TO GO AND FIND HIGH ENDS?". <-- This last one is intriguing. A setup similar to Eve-University except agreed upon by all the alliances in a council style meeting. During any renewing of ISS, I'd also suggest a set amount of shares to be sold to non alliance folks, and alliance folks.......all having an equal number of alloted shares. (If an alliance doesn't buy their allotment...more profit for ISS)
Anyway, I've said my piece. Hopefully now some of the lynchings will stop and people try to go positive instead of negative. As for myself, I'm not done shooting ISS yet and while I may be a fan of ISS I'm not a supporter. |