Kander
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Posted - 2007.05.27 23:17:00 -
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This is rediculous on so many levels. I personally have no vested interest in either side. There are qualities that i like and dislike on both sides of the fence (Alliance and Coalition).
The fact of the matter is that every organization has its bad apples. Including CCP. What matters is how those bad apples are handled. The greater majority of this game just wants to play the best game on the internet and CCP has done a marvelous job in providing that.
As the saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely and this goes for everyone involved here especially for CCP. CCP's handling of matters has been rather unfortunate.
With that being said I prefer to give CCP the benifit of the doubt. I don't think there is a conspiracy to favor of any in game group of players. Are there still a few elements who cross the lines of professionalism, most likely. This game above all others makes that line extreemly blury.
As a result there needs to be Transparency. CCP will obviously not satisfy every member of the game but there should be no room for doubt in the handling these manners. I'm no expert on the mechanics of "internal affairs" so I will leave it at that; however, when it is found that a CCP Employee has crossed the line it needs to be brought to light immediately, not hidden for months on end.
We as players may not agree with how you handle diciplinary actions but we have a right to know immediately when they happen. Coverups and censorship have been proven over and over throughout history not to solve any problems, they only compound them and make future ones worse as we can clearly see now. If you were open and upfront about everything in the past, most of these current allegations would be a non issue to the majority of this game and could have been handled simply.
Now a bit off topic.
Every alliance has members whose sole mission is to grief other players. Perhaps childhood issues and the internet is the only place they can vent, who knows. Bob you have em, Goons you have em, Every alliance out there you has them.
To every alliance out there, its the alliance's members responsibility to keep these players in check. Abusing questionable game mechanics? Tell em to knock it off. Especially the largest and most powerful alliances out there. You guys are under a spot light. Just because it's allowed or hasn't been discovered yet doesn't mean it's ok. POS Bowling comes to mind and i'm not picking on BoB here because I know if the goons had a titan they would be doing it as well.
It's the playerbase in these alliances who hold the responsibility. You have to hold your leadership to account. Comming on to these forums and "threadnaughting them" or talking smack of "tinfoil hattery" or recounting past "exploits" of the opposing side (i.e. no one is sinfree) only drags this game down. Every alliance has elements who will cheat if given the opportunity. Every alliance holds a majority of players who just want to play the game as it's meant to be. It's up to that majority to hold the few accountable.
To many paragraphs, to many characters, I'll probably post again in another 3-4 years.
- This is my main
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