Celticjim
Minmatar
The Shadow Order
Hydra Alliance
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Posted - 2007.02.01 00:30:00 -
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My God. Can't believe I followed this thing the entire day.
In the end, regardless of anything, it's all to do with perception. Regardless if anyone did, or did not do anything wrong, it's the perception of having access to inside information that taints. Whether or not a corp did or not did receive information from a member whom is a staff member at some level becomes irrelevant. I believe this is the reason accusations have gone on since I have joined Eve back in 2003.
I think Dev's being allowed to play is a valid argument, but I've often wondered about what controls are in place. Some of Kieron's explanations have helped answer outstanding questions. The barrier needing to be addressed are those times when we have a major, dominant faction within the game, and there are some Dev's/GM's in that group. What happens in those instances? How you do you guarantee a level playing field? How do you ensure the remainder of the player base that nothing untowards is occurring? Is it even possible?
DBP made an interesting point a while back when the Titan was destroyed. (If it wasn't you, I apologise, but I think it was.) He stated anyone who felt it was wrong to blow up the ship due to game mechanics were being nothing more than hypocrits. Basically, we would all do it if given the same chance. He is correct, and we would all do it if given the opportunity. Do we as Eve player's have responsibility to keep check on the actions of those CCP members within our own Rank and File? Would we not take advantage of the same situation should we know of a future planned event if we knew about it? Is it hypocritical to suggest we wouldn't and report it? Again, the caveat on all of this is even if any of this is even true.
Ultimately, what I would like to know if the information being shown on the third party webpage is true or false?
If imaginary, then greatest con I have seen in my MMORPG experience. However, the fact that I have seen no one disclaiming their authenticity leads me to believe they are directly copied.
The hacking is wrong. Pure and simple and no one will argue to the contrary. But once Pandora's Box has been opened, it's hard to close it up again. If the posts are to be believed to be true, then it harkens back to perception.
I do hope transparency of the investigation is allowed. This isn't to say CCP needs to debate with us about the choice of their final actions, if any, but what was investigated, and what, if anything, was found.
It's going to be an interesting couple of days.
CJ
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