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Scooter McCabe SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation 429	Posted - 2016.01.09 19:19:13 - [1] - Quote So I will be departing EVE. I have made arrangements to do something special in return for the 5 years of truly unique gaming that only this MMO can do. Thank you all so much.
Scooter McCabe SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation 429	Posted - 2016.01.09 22:00:56 - [2] - Quote Krevnos wrote: Now I wouldn't be the type to question your 'good character', given my own rather jaded background. However, I must ask this: May I enquire as to why there is an entry fee when the final outcome is to donate all you own? The entry fees go into the pot. So my ill gotten isk and the entry fees go to the winner. I fully expect a number of people will or would try to enter this and just throw spaghetti against a wall in hopes of hitting the lotto. So 500 million is this big scary number: Its economically prohibitive. The amount itself in connection to anything Goon related has become a boogeyman in its own right. The incredibly cynical turn their nose up at the mention of it. I don't expect good ideas to come from the fearful or cynical because they never put skin into the "game" in EVE or real life. As for the greedy, well they will have to risk losing and my experience at the poker tables is that the greedy run away from anything that puts them at risk. They like easy wins and holding onto their poker chips. Anything that asks them to take a risk tends to have them batten down the hatches and wait things out. Either way something very neat will happen. We will have hopefully a number of great ideas come out with one being considered the best. Now the best idea will have that 2 trillion plus entry fees to make it happen, but those other ideas may find homes and people willing to help. Now if paranoia and cynicism take hold over this event I think a conversation about that will happen. Its a conversation that at some point will have to take place. The levels of toxicity in places like Reddit and produced by certain players, you know who you are, gets to be examined. What is really worth having in a game, who is really worth having around? Is a scammer that does his or her thing in game and leaves it all in game worse than someone who hops on Reddit or EVEnews24 makes wild assertions and encourages other players to punch someone in the face if they ever see them? My hope is simply to see the best of us come together and do something no other game can do.
Scooter McCabe SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation 429	Posted - 2016.01.09 23:02:01 - [3] - Quote Chribba wrote: I'd be happy to assist should OP decide to take that path to ease peoples minds. /c If you want to touch base with BigCountry of The Open Comms Show I am fine with you holding the entry fees. If you are available that night I'd love to have you on board as one of the commentators.
Scooter McCabe SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation 432	Posted - 2016.01.10 00:36:18 - [4] - Quote Elizabeth Norn wrote: The reason this isn't open to the CFC is because you're not allowed to scam blues. How can he give his whole fortune to a "pubbie" and still help his alliance? Quote: Scooter announced his plan to give his total amassed fortune of over two trillion ISK (2,000,000,000,000 ISK and change) to the player that submits the best idea to help the Eve community as a whole. Quote: First and most important, the competition is open to anyone that is not in the Imperium. According to Scooter, this is both because the Imperium is getting its own parting gift, and because the Imperium already encourages development on its own. Quote: Now when the most famous of Eve Online scammers asks for 500 million ISK, a healthy amount of skepticism is not only expected, but encouraged. To that end, Scooter has elected for BigCountry to receive and manage the ISK. If a pillar of the community holding the funds isnGÇÖt enough, Scooter had this to say: GÇ£If there is one thing EVE has taught me, no matter what you do, there will never be an GÇÿassuranceGÇÖ that is good enough. Either I go out doing something good for the community, or if that community is just to paranoid about this, I get a great laugh because of the irony.GÇ¥
Scooter McCabe SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation 433	Posted - 2016.01.10 04:09:44 - [5] - Quote Elizabeth Norn wrote: Why aren't you using a neutral third party to hold all of the ISK, possibly even a panel of neutral judges and donating the 500m fees to PLEX for Good rather than have them line your pocket in the event of there being no winner. Hell, why not just simply donate your wealth to PLEX for Good? You've designed this in such a way that it looks exactly like a scam, and much like a scam you request that we blindly trust you (because this time it's different, honest), when you have proven that you are not to be trusted. Redesign this so it doesn't look exactly like your previous scams and you might get some interest. First and foremost its my isk. This is how I want to leave EVE and whatever the result I'm happy with it. Making you personally happy isn't what this is about. In a sporting arena there are two places to be: on the field or in the stands.
Scooter McCabe SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation 434	Posted - 2016.01.10 06:52:22 - [6] - Quote Doc Fury wrote: So... Can Doc just have your stuff, and then everyone is happy? Doc consider the following: I send you something and you post "Oh wow he isn't kidding." Someone would turn around and post that you are my alt or a goon alt. If your fellow EVE buddies came running to your defense saying you are who you are they would be called alt accounts or goon alts. In fact right now someone reading this who can no longer tell the difference between a game and real life is thinking of posting "Doc is a goon alt shilling for Scooter so Scooter can write this response and try to meta game us all." So on that note you are welcome to enter the contest if you have a great idea and I look forward to you and the other contestants coming on the Open Comms Show.
Scooter McCabe SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation 436	Posted - 2016.01.10 15:27:29 - [7] - Quote Elizabeth Norn wrote: Yeah, it'd be a funny turn of events if this time you were really telling the truth and fully intended to be completely honest in this endeavour. The problem is you've cultivated exactly the opposite kind of reputation you need to pull this off properly. You could even intend to be somewhat honest about this, but because of your reputation you will be scraping the bottom of the barrel as usual and only get a few desperate or greedy people submitting ideas, the same kind of people who fell for your previous scams. In the end you'll get a few bad ideas, a few billion ISK and you can claim there was no winner while you pocket the money. This isn't even good enough to get some laughs. No I absolutely was a scammer and yes there will be some that just stay away from this because of that fact. That's fine by me. But I doubt there will be a few bad ideas. I don't think you give our community the credit it deserves and even though you won't be participating I hope you will watch and support those that do.
Scooter McCabe SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation 438	Posted - 2016.01.10 21:19:18 - [8] - Quote Khergit Deserters wrote: Chribba wrote: BigCountry wrote: i am more than happy to let Chribba , hold the entry fees, just tweet me or something I was more thinking both the prize and the entry fee's, so I can verify that there actually is a prize as well. Plus of course have some means of way to verify winners. But then entries could be voted for on reddit for example with hidden scores, that would also make use of the community to vote for what they would like to see. A kickstarted type of thing for ISK. /c Right. The scam wouldn't be in which reputable person holds the funds. It would be in deciding who the funds go to. Can you give us the fine print on that, OP? If we don't have that, I'll just continue throwing my 500mil away on bad NHL and NFL bets. Right now Big Country is holding the ISK, if Chribba wants to show up and hold it that's fine by me. I am picking the winner and its not going to be some b.s. idea or something functionally impossible. I have invited to Big Country to not send out the ISK if he thinks foul play is afoot. But if you are throwing down bets for the NFL put a billion on the Redskins. You never know.
Scooter McCabe SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation 438	Posted - 2016.01.10 21:39:36 - [9] - Quote Annemariela Antonela wrote: I mean... I can't believe I almost didn't click on that. That is the best thing I have seen in weeks, I'm going to frame it and put it by my bed side. Thank you.
Scooter McCabe SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation 438	Posted - 2016.01.13 22:56:59 - [10] - Quote Adarics wrote: Due to our interest in helping and enhancing the experience of everyone in New Eden and considering we have 18 projects in the works that focus's on Community, Education and Entertainment, the Evil At Work Network will be entering this contest. Worst case, if this were to be a scam it will be considered advertisement for one of our major things we have going on for only 500 Million ISkies :) If the contest turn out to be valid, and we were selected the Iskies would go towards our Open Community Benefits that are in the works, player ran events, Charity and Sponsorship. basically to the same place earnings from the EVE Casino will go to as well. Adarics Co-Founder of Evil At Work Team Lead/Engine Coder Evil At Work EOC.TV : https://www.eoc.tv EVE Casino : http://www.evecasino.net OurEVE: http://www.OurEVE.com Evil At Work: http://www.evilatwork.co More projects to be listed soon... Twitter: @EvilAtWork_co Twitter: @Adarics Email: [email protected] Send BIg Country a message. Right now we are aiming to do 5 minutes a person for each presentation on air. Though we can probably work something out so you can fire off all your projects and causes.

Scooter McCabe SUNDERING Goonswarm Federation 439	Posted - 2016.01.15 03:57:00 - [11] - Quote Depending on how many people actually stick their neck out for this you may actually have more time. Also if you are the only one that enters and I don't like your idea, BC will send back your entry fee. So if you do end up being the only one make it count.

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