Frostbyt
Quantum Industries
Prime Orbital Systems
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Posted - 2007.02.07 17:10:00 -
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Sorry if this is a revisiting of something previously mentioned, but replies are coming in faster than I can read (and disappearing just as fast, whole posts, not just snips, what's up with that?)
Allow me to start this off by saying that I have always laughed at the tin foil theories, and have friends on all sides of the game, including BoB. That is until the 2nd to last Alliance PvP Tournament.
Lamond was being interviewed in a live segment. They asked him what kind of PvP he enjoyed most. He went into a detailed description of how he loves to gank mission runners. Immediately after that interview there was supposed to be a match, but for one reason or another, the match was delayed, so they went to a pre-record. That pre-record included an interview with Lamond. He was describing how much time and work he puts into being the LEAD MISSION DESIGNER.
That was enough for me to atleast be open to consider the theories. I immediately started asking my alliance if they all heard what I heard and most of them laughed at me and called me paranoid etc. Of course, I'm an American and more likely to be skeptical of "status quo" activity than my mostly UK alliance mates, as reflected in history :P.
There have clearly been wrong doings. There has been cheating. There are clearly Dev's posting in this thread on "anonymous" names (I'm sure you can point out a few of the most prolific and obvious). It's clear that this scandal reaches to the top of the company; and I might even be reading some passive aggressiveness in Kieron's post like "I wish there was more we could do but we've been told to shut up about it."
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If there are more concerns that have not been addressed, please forward them to me. I will ensure they are thoroughly investigated. As for the recent investigation, I do not know anything more about it than what is in the above statement.
The above tells me NOTHING substantial is planned or will be done, ever, to change the way the game works or is handled. Devs will still have the uber chars, BOB and other alliances/players will still maintain their ill gotten gains, and the game will continue to be a cheaters and oldest players' paradise.
2 Accounts cancelled here - and I don't even pay my own money; but it is SOMEONE's money buying those GTC's that I fund my accounts with.
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