Hello Reddit,
Over the last few days there has been a little bit of confusion with the anchoring of a citadel under the Care for Kids banner recently and I wanted to give you a quick update to let you know what was happening.
Before we cover this particular citadel, letGÇÖs just go over a bit of background information on the trade network and what this particular citadel is for. Jita, as a centralised market hub will always exist (in one form or another). However, I firmly believe that a connected trade network that can service low and null sec will bring a great deal more content and excitement to the game. A trade network, to be successful needs to be independent of all entities and remain free ported to everyone, regardless of the circumstances. Chribba will therefore be acting as overseer of the project, distributing ISK and auditing when required.
Since this project's initial announcement, the level of support and number of parties interested has grown significantly - not because they are paid or obligated, but because they see the benefit a neutral trade network will bring to the game. A few examples of alliances included are: Project Mayhem, Snuffed Out, WAFFLES., Shadow Cartel, Darkness (and Guardians of the Galaxy by extension), Circle of Two, Northern Coalition., Pandemic Legion, Legion of xXDEATHXx, Stainwagon, Triumvirate. (and Vanguard), Chaos Theory, Fidelas Constans (FCon and Phoenix Coalition), The Initiative., Mercenary Coalition and of course Care for Kids.
I can understand the confusion with this particular citadel being dropped under the Care for Kids banner, however with the number of people involved in this project (including major and minor alliances) the citadels at this stage arenGÇÖt really under threat, so this wasnGÇÖt done as GÇ£coverGÇ¥.
This project is far too big for one person to undertake alone and by extension, even one alliance. Therefore regions have been broken up and different alliances will be dropping the required citadels in various locations, while other participant members assist in offering protection. As 25% of the profits of the trade network will be donated to Eve goodwill projects (Care for Kids included in that) they were also involved in anchoring 1 of the many citadels.
For me personally, this isnGÇÖt a for profit activity - I will however be the one investing the initial seed capital to get the project off the ground. The citadels will have a low 1% brokers fee and the profit distribution of that will be released shortly.
In slightly related news, because of the time investment required for this project, I will be stepping down from IWI to focus on this project full time and retiring from active participation in gambling sites (this includes selling my shares).
Keep posted over the next few weeks as weGÇÖll be releasing the full details of the new trade network.

How can ISK be used for charitable purposes without RMT being involved somewhere down the line?

How can ISK be used for charitable purposes without RMT being involved somewhere down the line?

Plex for Good?

Also, looks like a CCP ban on casinos is incoming so please nobody fall for it and invest in them get your ISK out NOW

Also, looks like a CCP ban on casinos is incoming so please nobody fall for it and invest in them get your ISK out NOW

Too say like the regular players of EVE that really dont give a bublegum about anyones assets..... so what?


If its possible to shot Down, it wil at some point be shot Down.


There is noone than CCP to blame for it.

CCP made EVE like this, so deal With losses.

I read this and could only think of that Black Sabbath song, the mob rules

Great. Now I have to go watch Heavy Metal again. Thanks a lot.

I can appreciate the idea of a neutral market network and gathering support from a lot of major factions. This, to me, is what EVE is all about. This level of grand politics and player initiative is amazing, and exactly what Citadels were designed for. I can't wait until this market network is online and inevitably draws enough attention to escalate into a major conflict. Because it will, one way or the other one of those Keepstars is going to die sooner or later.

That said, putting these Keepstars up under the ruse of a charity is despicable..

I can appreciate the idea of a neutral market network and gathering support from a lot of major factions. This, to me, is what EVE is all about. This level of grand politics and player initiative is amazing, and exactly what Citadels were designed for. I can't wait until this market network is online and inevitably draws enough attention to escalate into a major conflict. Because it will, one way or the other one of those Keepstars is going to die sooner or later.

That said, putting these Keepstars up under the ruse of a charity is despicable. I don't give a single sh*t how much Lenny wants to pretend he's doing this 'for the kids', we all know this is entire thing is a matter of self gratification. Not necessarily with money, there's also power and fame that comes with game altering projects like this. It's about getting rich, famous and powerful first and foremost, with a charity thrown on as an afterthought for good appearance. In that regard Lenny has taken some valuable lessons from real world companies. But if this really was primarily a charity he'd give away a lot more than just 25% of the profit. That's almost insultingly low.

I'm not sure if we should judge how much people 'donate' to chritable causes, and my thoughts on this are same both in game and IRL. Charity is not something to be expected or demanded, and it's silly to criticise someone or organisation for not 'donating enough', and to call any donation, regardless of where/who it comes from 'insultingly low' is definitely not in good spirit of charity.

Bill Gates IRL donates incredible amount of money, but if he never ever donated a single penny, or only donated a penny per year, I would not criticise him in anyway whatsoever on this front.

People should not 'expect' charity and donations by default. It's a nice thing when someone does it, but nothing to be criticised of if someone doesn't do it or do it in the amount you think is 'not enough'. I'm just not with that whole way of thinking both IRL and in game.

Just to add, if Care 4 Kids got any sort of game benefit from CCP for doing this then yes, there is something to discuss maybe. But as long as they playing by the same game rules and are vulnerable in a way that anybody in game can be, what can we really say about that.

Like I said in my first post, I'm unsure about putting out of game spin on in game op. What I'm arguing against is how people expect charity and donation from the 'rich' as if that's something to be expected and demanded.

etc etc etc etc
and I don't understand why some people make ot their business to talk about what others do.
etc etc etc

Too say like the regular players of EVE that really dont give a bublegum about anyones assets..... so what?

If its possible to shot Down, it wil at some point be shot Down.


CCP made EVE like this, so deal With losses.