Shadow Serpent
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Posted - 2007.07.12 15:29:00 -
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 Originally by: Raem Civrie
These prizes humiliate and demean us all. 18 billion? What the hell?
First two had carriers and motherships and CNR's. Then we got unique ships. Now we get... lol? Is this how CCP views the tournament, as a tedious but necessary event that everyone wants to get over with, but hopefully without having to affect the game or think much about it? Because that's how it looks.
You can make this grand and spectacular, or you can make it low-key and uninteresting. It's starting to look like the latter, and my care levels are rapidly dropping because of it.
/Signed
I am not in an alliance, but if I were in one, I would not even bother with the tournament this year. In all honesty the prizes are a joke. This is suppose to be a prestigious event and winning it means you're alliance is declared the top PvP alliance in the game (until next year's tournament). Where are the prizes to justify this prestigious title? You're giving away a handful of isk, where's the thought process here?
As it's been stated, the prizes in the past were Carriers, Motherships and Elite Faction Battleships. You're handing out 18 billion isk to the winner. Did you ever think that to win the tournament, the winning team most likely would have dished out that amount of isk to begin with? So the most you are going to gain is a few isk unless by some miraculous feet, the winning team only fits T1 fitted cruisers and plugs in no implants throughout the entire tournament.
Also, I totally agree with Pilk, Trevedian and all the others, COSMOS modules should be allowed. They are nowhere near as good as most Officer/Commander mods. Also Rigs should be allowed. Rigs are a part of the game now and have now become a basic fitting for a top notch PvP ship setup.
By the way GM Nova, don't take this personally, but I am going to call you out on something. You were absent from May 25th to July 10th. Not one post, not one word. And then when you do post on July 10th, you tell everyone that the tournament has been rescheduled and will occur in 3 weeks time (2 weeks ahead of the previously scheduled date). As the person in charge or this event, you are accountable to the EVE Player Community and to CCP to give us proper updates, answer questions and provide feedback. You were completely absent for more then 6 weeks. Where is the focus, dedication and organization here? If I were this disorganized in my own job, I would quickly find myself on the unemployment line.
On top of it all, in your July 10th post, you vaguely state that you'd like for everyone to meet you next Sunday on Sisi for a discussion and some test fights. There's no time listed, no location stated, and contrary to what you may think or believe, I don't know of a corp or alliance in game that uses EVE Voice.
I think this needs to be looked at and addressed. What's the point of watching or participating in a tournament when it clearly looks like CCP doesn't care to make it a grand event?
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