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Fink Angel Caldari The Merry Men	Posted - 2007.10.18 17:52:00 - [1] Here's an idea for you, CCP. Run an Armageddon day once every year. Work out how many people Sisi can take without failing. If oversubscribed, get a list of everyone who's interested, and pick the X people randomly. Charge ú10 or thereabouts for a ticket. Give the total income to a charity of CCP's choice. Result ... people are happy, charity gets a good few grand (ú5000 = 500 players at ú10 each maybe?), CCP get splendid press coverage and generally look great all around. Don't do it too often because there won't be anything "special" about it, but whatdya say?
Niccolado Starwalker Shadow Templars	Posted - 2007.10.18 19:13:00 - [2] Edited by: Niccolado Starwalker on 18/10/2007 19:13:51 Originally by: Fink Angel Here's an idea for you, CCP. Run an Armageddon day once every year. Work out how many people Sisi can take without failing. If oversubscribed, get a list of everyone who's interested, and pick the X people randomly. Charge ú10 or thereabouts for a ticket. Give the total income to a charity of CCP's choice. Result ... people are happy, charity gets a good few grand (ú5000 = 500 players at ú10 each maybe?), CCP get splendid press coverage and generally look great all around. Don't do it too often because there won't be anything "special" about it, but whatdya say? I like the idea. However, I think people will set demands to uptime of the testserver since they pay for it. They will demand reliability and stability for those 10 pounds, even on the test server. Now, if you COULD make EVERYONE to understand that those 10 pounds includes geting you booted now and then, throttled logins, extreme lag etc. Then go for it! It is a good idea! I just see problems convincing others it is! Sarah McTeef: You all should really try and stay on topic. Which when I last checked, was my grocery list
Gone'Postal Minmatar Vengeance 8 Interceptors	Posted - 2007.10.18 19:16:00 - [3] Originally by: Niccolado Starwalker Edited by: Niccolado Starwalker on 18/10/2007 19:13:51 Originally by: Fink Angel Here's an idea for you, CCP. Run an Armageddon day once every year. Work out how many people Sisi can take without failing. If oversubscribed, get a list of everyone who's interested, and pick the X people randomly. Charge ú10 or thereabouts for a ticket. Give the total income to a charity of CCP's choice. Result ... people are happy, charity gets a good few grand (ú5000 = 500 players at ú10 each maybe?), CCP get splendid press coverage and generally look great all around. Don't do it too often because there won't be anything "special" about it, but whatdya say? I like the idea. However, I think people will set demands to uptime of the testserver since they pay for it. They will demand reliability and stability for those 10 pounds, even on the test server. Now, if you COULD make EVERYONE to understand that those 10 pounds includes geting you booted now and then, throttled logins, extreme lag etc. Then go for it! It is a good idea! I just see problems convincing others it is! Agreed and TBH this is a service i'd be willing to pay for. :) Good idea OP. /Signed. ---- \0/ CCP SlideShow Games \0/ There is no sence crying over every mistake, You just keep on trying until you run out of Cake!
Fink Angel Caldari The Merry Men	Posted - 2007.10.18 19:27:00 - [4] Originally by: Niccolado Starwalker I like the idea. However, I think people will set demands to uptime of the testserver since they pay for it. They will demand reliability and stability for those 10 pounds, even on the test server. Now, if you COULD make EVERYONE to understand that those 10 pounds includes geting you booted now and then, throttled logins, extreme lag etc. Then go for it! It is a good idea! I just see problems convincing others it is! Thanks for replying positively mate. I reckon CCP could calculate the maximum reliable numbers that Sisi could support, and it should be limited to that. Hell, if Sisi can't take more than a few hundred, just give people 2-3 hours for a tenner or whatever and force everyone to rotate and take their turn. Give people an assigned time they can log in. Not sure of the technical specifics but I'm sure the CCP guys could sort out a ticket system. A bit of fun, shoot the devs, fly a Titan ... and a charity will benefit. Maybe every year the week before Christmas?
Jason Marshall Wrath Of Khaine	Posted - 2007.10.18 19:56:00 - [5] This is a wonderful idea! Donate the money to childs play i think would be best. But im a Penny arcade guy so thats bias right there. But this is an absoloutly wonderful idea. Tacky Lensflares in sigs ftw
Net hunter Amarr Phoenix Industries Sylph Alliance	Posted - 2007.10.19 01:58:00 - [6] Signed Maybe they could possibly try and use tranq for the day... I.e use some of the equipment. "Being Emo is not currently considered an exploit".... GM's 4TW 'It's great being Amarr, aint it? '
Kazuma Saruwatari	Posted - 2007.10.19 02:13:00 - [7] /signed for great justice \o/ An annual Armageddon day will give a chance to those who still cant fly their "dream ships" to actually get in them and fly them, use them, and pewpew with them. Also, keep it interesting by setting a sort of "theme" per Armageddon day, like BS's only this coming Armageddon Day, to T2 ships only Armageddon Day, to Faction-Only-Items Armageddon day, etc. - Odd Pod Out, a blog of EVE Online
SexxxSlave	Posted - 2007.10.19 02:59:00 - [8] Originally by: Fink Angel Work out how many people Sisi can take without failing. If oversubscribed, get a list of everyone who's interested, and pick the X people randomly. Charge ú10 or thereabouts for a ticket. first of all, we pay enough as it is already. second of all, if i wanted to pay 10 dollars for a CHANCE at something....id play the f'n RL lotto. Third of all, if i wanted to be randomly selected from a list to play a game, I would sign up for a beta. Poor Idea, EPIC Fail.
Praxis1452	Posted - 2007.10.19 03:08:00 - [9] why don't they just make a weekend every year for free? They can donate cause everyone pays already.
Phantom Slave	Posted - 2007.10.19 03:23:00 - [10] Who's to say you have to pay before you sign up? Why not have everybody sign up, and whoever gets picked pays, and those that don't can try again next year. I fully endorse this idea. Hell, I had my fun on Armageddon day. The next time, I'll just donate $10 (or $15 is american currency keeps plummeting) to help the cause. /signed

Sarah Aubry Caldari School of Applied Knowledge	Posted - 2007.10.19 03:32:00 - [11] Just do it on eve anniversary day every year on TQ. Next day roll the server back to the day before so nothing changes (TQ just misses a day). Give all the carebears a chance to try pvp and maybe they like it and start doing it every other day :)
Transcendant One	Posted - 2007.10.19 03:40:00 - [12] Charity? **** no. Making it a yearly event? Great idea.
Mr Bodacious mUfFiN fAcToRy	Posted - 2007.10.19 04:49:00 - [13] great idea, except maybe once every 2 months or something.. that way you can generate real income, and we dont have to wait a WHOLE YEAR to do it. any ship i want to fly, ill be able to fly by the time next armageddon day rolls around. this time, i wasnt able to log in and my account/password problem was never fixed. im a little bitter i didnt get to try it.
An Anarchyyt Gallente Sublime.	Posted - 2007.10.19 04:56:00 - [14] And maybe when Factional Combat comes out, it should raise the level cap to 80, introduce the Jovian Empire, and only cost $29.95. Originally by: CCP Wrangler Second, a gentile is a non jewish person
Some Caldari Caldari Sanguine Legion	Posted - 2007.10.19 07:57:00 - [15] So you want me to pay more then I do every month for this game for a day long event? Sorry but that's a bit too money hugging for me. ------------ Originally by: Banana Torres Gurls are overrated, they nick your money and hurt your ears. Just so you can have limited access to their soft and squishy bits.
Merin Ryskin FinFleet Band of Brothers	Posted - 2007.10.19 09:04:00 - [16] Just as long as everything, and I mean everything, is seeded I say hell yes! I'd happily pay $10 to fly around in an officer-fitted impoc, titan, etc.
Fink Angel Caldari The Merry Men	Posted - 2007.10.19 10:04:00 - [17] Originally by: SexxxSlave first of all, we pay enough as it is already. second of all, if i wanted to pay 10 dollars for a CHANCE at something....id play the f'n RL lotto. Third of all, if i wanted to be randomly selected from a list to play a game, I would sign up for a beta. Poor Idea, EPIC Fail. Ah, I didn't mean you pay your ú10 to go into the hat for a chance of playing. If it's over subscribed, only those who actually get to play pay the ú10 (or whatever is deemed appropriate).
Fink Angel Caldari The Merry Men	Posted - 2007.10.19 10:06:00 - [18] Originally by: Phantom Slave Who's to say you have to pay before you sign up? Why not have everybody sign up, and whoever gets picked pays, and those that don't can try again next year. I fully endorse this idea. Hell, I had my fun on Armageddon day. The next time, I'll just donate $10 (or $15 is american currency keeps plummeting) to help the cause. /signed Cheers. As I said above that was what I meant, but maybe didn't make it clear enough. Doh! I'm not after some money grabbing lottery where tons of people pay money for something they don't get to even play.
Fink Angel Caldari The Merry Men	Posted - 2007.10.19 10:10:00 - [19] Originally by: An Anarchyyt And maybe when Factional Combat comes out, it should raise the level cap to 80, introduce the Jovian Empire, and only cost $29.95. What are you talking about? Do you have to throw a negative spin onto everything? I'm talking about once a year. If you play you pay ú10 or so. No obligation to play. No negative effects if you don't. No changes to TQ. CCP do a good deed and will get some good press over this, as well as feeling all glowy inside. The players get some fun, for let's face it - pocket money. Someone, somewhere who's worse off than us gets to benefit. Win / win all around IMO.
Fink Angel Caldari The Merry Men	Posted - 2007.10.19 10:23:00 - [20] Originally by: Sarah Aubry Just do it on eve anniversary day every year on TQ. Next day roll the server back to the day before so nothing changes (TQ just misses a day). Give all the carebears a chance to try pvp and maybe they like it and start doing it every other day :) To be honest I don't like the idea of messing around with the TQ cluster. That's CCP's bread and butter and there's far too much that could go wrong and really annoy people. This event shouldn't get in the way of the day-to-day Eve game.

DeadRow Dragonstar	Posted - 2007.10.19 10:25:00 - [21] I like the idea, but doubt I would spend ú10 for a single day. /DeadRow
RaTTuS BIG Ka-Tet	Posted - 2007.10.19 10:31:00 - [22] Sisi is avaialble a good portion of the year - OK not with uber Skills but that's not that important - just log on train skills and come and duke it out in FD-MLJ -- BIG Lottery, BIG Deal, InEve [Now Verified] & RaTTuS Home
Gaven Blands	Posted - 2007.10.19 10:47:00 - [23] Well I saw it with 200 people online, and couldn't join. And that's pretty much all I saw for the whole time I tried it. So that's a whopping ú2000 for some charity. I don't give money to Children's charities or Cancer research charities and will actively avoid doing so. But apart from these two points, it's a good idea. Can't help thinking there must be something better though. 50/50 charity/profit monthly something or other. Dunno. But more fun more often sounds like win. -- Any views or opinions expressed are only the ones I want to ram down your throat.
Raneru Darwin With Attitude oooh Shiny	Posted - 2007.10.19 11:05:00 - [24] I wouldn't pay for Armageddon Day tbh. Once you have killed a few carriers and had your dread blown up a few times the novelty wears off quickly.
Fink Angel Caldari The Merry Men	Posted - 2007.10.19 11:26:00 - [25] Originally by: Raneru I wouldn't pay for Armageddon Day tbh. Once you have killed a few carriers and had your dread blown up a few times the novelty wears off quickly. Fair enough. You haven't lost out and that's your decision to make. However I don't think they'd have much trouble getting a few hundred players to pay a tenner to play, looking at how vastly oversubscribed Armageddon day was a couple of days ago, and how many people sat trying to get in literally all day.
Kimiko Kurosawa The Krugerrand Groupies	Posted - 2007.10.19 11:59:00 - [26] Ill add a /signed to this thread. I think its a great idea. Maybe reduce the fee to ú5 and have CCP offer to double the amount raised by the players.
Bimjo Caldari SKULLDOGS	Posted - 2007.10.19 12:05:00 - [27] OP , you want constructive comments if we don't agree with you ? ok here are mine : Nice idea but how about changing some of them ? 1. yearly event ? YES 2. on SISI ? NO 3. 24 hours on a SAT or SUN on Tranquility ? YES (same rules, NO RULES Uber skills) 4. Charge ? NO ! ! ! this would get most aboard your idea It means some people will be inconvenienced in the "Real" Tranquility for 24 but how would you like 35000 PvPers all over EVE Universe duking it out ? without fear of ANY losses ?
Fink Angel Caldari The Merry Men	Posted - 2007.10.19 12:54:00 - [28] Originally by: Bimjo OP , you want constructive comments if we don't agree with you ? ok here are mine : Nice idea but how about changing some of them ? 1. yearly event ? YES 2. on SISI ? NO 3. 24 hours on a SAT or SUN on Tranquility ? YES (same rules, NO RULES Uber skills) 4. Charge ? NO ! ! ! this would get most aboard your idea It means some people will be inconvenienced in the "Real" Tranquility for 24 but how would you like 35000 PvPers all over EVE Universe duking it out ? without fear of ANY losses ? Of course, anyone's welcome to comment mate. The idea isn't really to get every single player doing it at once. It's to give a bit of an opportunity for some players to enjoy the Armageddon experience, and I thought they could do it for a charitable cause and do some good as a side effect. I really don't agree with the whole TQ cluster being switched over. It would be a logistical nightmare. For example would training skills halt while TQ was doing something else? It's likely to go horribly, horribly wrong, and a lot of people will want to continue to play "normal" Eve, and that's their right as that's what they are paying to do. TQ is CCP's money earner, and that should not be messed around with for what is frankly a frivolous bit of fun. The payment bit, well that's kinda the point of what my whole idea revolves around. A lot of people won't want to pay, but on the flipside, a lot will.
Haurian Zealot	Posted - 2007.10.19 23:06:00 - [29] /signed yearly event - \o/ paying - no way SiSi/TQ - SiSi if they can get it stable enough and if TQ is up aswell, was fun on the wed morning with 180-odd guys in perimeter xD If you want more ppl on SiSi, then maybe CCP could have some servers on TQ set aside for armageddon day which they hook up to SiSi to boost performance, maybe the servers for Jove space (when it comes in) which becomes unaccessable for geddon day? (maybe an election or sumthin for roleplayers) ignore me if im wrong, i dont quite understand how TQ wrks with the cluster thingy...
Bimjo Caldari SKULLDOGS	Posted - 2007.10.20 00:47:00 - [30] Originally by: Fink Angel Originally by: Bimjo OP , you want constructive comments if we don't agree with you ? ok here are mine : Nice idea but how about changing some of them ? 1. yearly event ? YES 2. on SISI ? NO 3. 24 hours on a SAT or SUN on Tranquility ? YES (same rules, NO RULES Uber skills) 4. Charge ? NO ! ! ! this would get most aboard your idea It means some people will be inconvenienced in the "Real" Tranquility for 24 but how would you like 35000 PvPers all over EVE Universe duking it out ? without fear of ANY losses ? Of course, anyone's welcome to comment mate. The idea isn't really to get every single player doing it at once. It's to give a bit of an opportunity for some players to enjoy the Armageddon experience, and I thought they could do it for a charitable cause and do some good as a side effect. I really don't agree with the whole TQ cluster being switched over. It would be a logistical nightmare. For example would training skills halt while TQ was doing something else? It's likely to go horribly, horribly wrong, and a lot of people will want to continue to play "normal" Eve, and that's their right as that's what they are paying to do. TQ is CCP's money earner, and that should not be messed around with for what is frankly a frivolous bit of fun. The payment bit, well that's kinda the point of what my whole idea revolves around. A lot of people won't want to pay, but on the flipside, a lot will. fair doos , but your idea won't work as we saw with the frustration of 1000s vying for 700 slots. Imagine the whine if an "Armageddon fee payer" could not log in, then multiply by 100s either way lets hope we have this sort of event more often



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