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riverini
Reliables Inc Initiative Mercenaries
9
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:13:00 -
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------------- FIRST OF ALL REMEMBER TO LIKE ------------>
THE POLITICAL INCORRECTNESS MAKES A RUN FOR THE CSM7
About a year and a half ago, Czech Lion and I grew tired of the so called GÇÿbitter-vetGÇÖ attitude some people tended to have on various forums and, having the premise that real life already delivers a harmful dose of bad vibes, we decided to keep the bad mojo at minimum within Eve News 24. This stems from the cold reality that at the end of it all, Eve Online will always be a game, and as such it should be played for the fun of it. I do not believe in the GÇÿbitter-vetGÇÖ attitude, and find it to be little more than a shameless facade some guys would like to hide behind.
On a monthly basis I exchange ideas with a hundred thousand strong crowd. Yes, that is a third of the total EVE Online subscription base. The Eve Online community has so far entrusted me with the responsibility of running the primary source of news from within EVE Online. With all the known shortcomings, I have taken Eve News24 from being a mere GÇÿwhat ifGÇÖ into a living, breathing part of our readerGÇÖs game experience. Nowadays, it is no exaggeration when we state that Eve News 24 generates more content to engage the player in a single week than CCP does in an average year.
I have, without doubt, become one of the most polarizing figures in EVE Online GÇô partly because my own way of doing things, and partly because I bow to no one. Still, those who know me can attest to me being a simple and down to Earth guy.
I have never been shy of showing who I really am outside EVE. For those who wished to know, I am a 28 year old Creative Art Director named Enrique Rivera. Not German. Born in Costa Rica. Living in Panama. I speak Spanish and English. I sleep 4 hours a day, I love dogs and hate cats. I am an Aries and I love long warps along sandy solar systems.
Contrary to what most believe, I do not own a thousand characters GÇô I simply own two, since that is my way of keeping it real within EVE Online. The hard work that you see every day in Eve News24 is the fruit of labour of many collaborators GÇô hundreds of like minded individuals who feel that what we do is a service to the EVE Online community.
THE ROAD SO FAR
Without being related in any way to the CSM or CCP Games, I have spearheaded opinions which have proven influential for the evolution of the EVE Online community. I could discuss them for hours, but I will present just two:
Monoclegate:
- I was the one who, without any fear of reprisal from both CCP Games and the powers that be, denounced the wrong direction that was being taken by CCP Games. This paved the way for the Jita Riots, which forced CCP Games, caps in hand and suitably ashamed, to recall the CSM6 to Iceland and promise to fix the mess they put themselves in. The same Jita Riots which have now been immortalized with the shattered memorial in game. The same Jita Riots which live in the hearts and minds of every caring player. I was there to help it start, and you were all there to see it through to the promising end.
RMT Uncovered: - Last year I exposed one of the largest RMT operations in Eve Online history, involving thousand of players and hundreds of thousand of dollars. Should we have the opportunity, I would do it again. RMT hurts the EVE Online economy. It takes away valuable revenue from CCP (funds that they use to power our server and build the world we frolick in), and it has economic effects in game too.
WAR ON BOTS
I have been one of the staunchest opponents to the ever growing botting and RMT situation. To me botting is the single most dangerous threat to EVE Online as a game. I know this, CCP knows this, and you know this. Why isnGÇÖt more being done to cope with this issue? ThatGÇÖs one of the issues what I intend to investigate and to propose solutions for.
Prior to the Crucible release, I prepared what could have been the biggest bombshell to EVE Online: an almost risk free botting guide. Due to the fact that I listened to my readers and collaboratorGÇÖs advice and the great job CCP Games did with the Crucible expansion, I chose not to release it. In the process of working on this six article expos+¬ I learned vast ways on how the botting trade goes untouched. GÇÿKnow-howGÇÖ I intend to use as in-game expertise to get this issue addressed.
Make no mistake, with the issue of botting there are no silver bullets, only best practices to diminish how widespread this issue is.
EXPANDING THE SANDBOX
One of the main interest for me is to ensure a constant growth of the Eve Online player-base, this is something I have never seen this explicitly mentioned by any CSM Chair/Seat. Again I guess they believe thatGÇÖs to be CCPGÇÖs job too.
Player acquisition and retention is the key to Eve OnlineGÇÖs long term future. This would mean more players, frequent fights, increased scams, more antics and overall increased gameplay. In short, an expansion of the sandbox itself. If you donGÇÖt care about it, you donGÇÖt care about the game at all.
The Joy of kicking Sand at Someone Else Eyes.
PVE needs a complete overhaul. Needs to be re-invented and made actually fun to run it. It should involve more than a single player and his alt. Mining, the bastard child of PVE needs a well deserved iteration, I have a couple of ideas to make those hulk skills worthy once again but over-all mining should be fun.
However, the most important GÇ£contentGÇ¥ provided by Eve Online should be PVP content. Crucible has delivered, but is far from perfect.
Feel free to make questions regarding your views.
R |

Kaver Linkovir
Autocannons Anonymous Late Night Alliance
33
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:23:00 -
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What is your stance on stakeholders (people who, in some way, shape or form are dependant on CCP for more then just their gaming experience) running for CSM.
Is the CSM, in your view, an appropriate vessel for people who have a stakeholdership in EVE? |

VCBee 2fast2furious
Aliastra Gallente Federation
2
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:25:00 -
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Doesn't the publication on your website of guides on how to bot exclude you from CSM eligibility? |

Lord Zim
Bat Country Goonswarm Federation
591
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:28:00 -
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~fair and balanced reporting~ should translate into ~fair and balanced CSMing~ |

riverini
Reliables Inc Initiative Mercenaries
12
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:30:00 -
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VCBee 2fast2furious wrote:Doesn't the publication on your website of guides on how to bot exclude you from CSM eligibility?
Those guides were never made public. Even I have limits on what I can and can't do for Eve News24. Make no mistake, post-Crucible; I have so much love for Eve Online I don't regret not making that hard work public.
I consulted CCP Games whether I was fit to run or not and their response was positive in the way I was eligible to run, as long as I met the same criteria as other players. RIVERINI / EVENEWS24 @evenews24 |

IntegralHellsing
Eternity INC. Goonswarm Federation
14
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:35:00 -
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I can't help but think you'll just be a biased CSM (if you were to be voted one, that is) considering how you run EVENEWS24.
While you love to chew on bunch of alliances on their 'failures', I have yet to see articles of 'fail' on Brick Squad or Initiative. In the end, you just have this site called 'EVENEWS24' which is essentially an EVE's version of tabloid where you throw all the gossips and fails to attract attention, apart from 'LOLFAIL's and 'We are great!'. But hey, that's fine, because this is a game and it's not serious business! (Blasphemy!)
Quote:Player acquisition and retention is the key to Eve OnlineGÇÖs long term future. This would mean more players, frequent fights, increased scams, more antics and overall increased gameplay. In short, an expansion of the sandbox itself. If you donGÇÖt care about it, you donGÇÖt care about the game at all. So what exactly IS your proposition? What kind of idea do you have in mind to attract more players and increased game play?
Quote:PVE needs a complete overhaul. Needs to be re-invented and made actually fun to run it. It should involve more than a single player and his alt. Mining, the bastard child of PVE needs a well deserved iteration, I have a couple of ideas to make those hulk skills worthy once again but over-all mining should be fun. I don't know how you'd make mining 'fun'. "I used to be a miner like you, until I took an arrow in the knee." Jokes aside, I used to mine, but it's because I could relax and do other stuff while I check the screen every couple of minutes and unload into station or whatnot. Some people mine with others while chatting away, others use a fleet of alt for ISK making, and some use bots. How would you make mining more 'fun'? Also, sure PvE needs to be reinvented because it's boring as watching pornography while jerking off, but how would you add the aspect of 'fun' into it?
ps. Is it just me or is everybody claiming that he/she is the major factor responsible for Jita riot? |

IntegralHellsing
Eternity INC. Goonswarm Federation
14
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:39:00 -
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failed. pressed quote instead of edit  |

Kaptajn Snaps
Grim Determination Academy Nulli Tertius
0
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:39:00 -
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You are seriously overselling yourself here. First of all noone entrusted you to be the news source, you were basically the ONLY news source that covers all the important events, and thats why people are flocking to evenews24 despite bad grammar and bad journalism. (btw you are actually doing a really nice job with your graphic banners and so on)
Secondly, mr.one-of-the-most-polarizing-figures, please do not start out with expressing in great detail how much better you are than others, looking through your giant wall of text i only vaguely get what ideas you have and nothing about how they are going to work or are better than others.
You've made a very bad impression. |

rodyas
Tie Fighters Inc
340
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:39:00 -
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Do you look like Ricky Martin in real life? If so you are responsible for raising us up to protest in the jita riots. Signature removed, CCP Phantom |

Snow Axe
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
1
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:42:00 -
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Why didn't you run last time? I would have loved to see your rather liberal interpretations of things like "the truth" or "things that actually happened" during the whole editing of the CSM Emergency Summit minutes. |

Sendo Jarix
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
11
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:43:00 -
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IntegralHellsing wrote: So what exactly IS your proposition? What kind of idea do you have in mind to attract more players and increased game play?
He's going to post guides on how to bot safely, I thought it was pretty obvious. |

Blawrf McTaggart
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
489
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:43:00 -
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what is your stance on you being awful |

Blawrf McTaggart
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
489
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:44:00 -
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what is your stance on leaking information covered by the NDA told to you in secrecy by a CSM member of this current administration |

riverini
Reliables Inc Initiative Mercenaries
23
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:44:00 -
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Blawrf McTaggart wrote:what is your stance on you being awful
It works up goons. I'll maintain it. RIVERINI / EVENEWS24 @evenews24 |

testobjekt
Creative Accounting Institute
5
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:47:00 -
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how will you maintain the CSM NDA and still be a "effective editor/journalist".
In the past your site did contain content covered by the NDA |

Snow Axe
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
3
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:52:00 -
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"Hi, CCP, I'm riverini, a 'journalist' with literally zero scruples. Please give me access to inside information. I promise I won't tell anyone or publish it on my abomination of a website for a marginal bump in e-cred! Honest!" |

riverini
Reliables Inc Initiative Mercenaries
23
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:52:00 -
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testobjekt wrote:how will you maintain the CSM NDA and still be a "effective editor/journalist".
In the past your site did contain content covered by the NDA
The Bloggers initiative was set in motion in part to take care of this issue. Two months ago, I made the shift; bloggers dissect and examine the issues which sometimes overlap with NDA content. All this, unbeknown to them. I intend to maintain this.
The blogger initiative has also allowed me and Bagehi to focus on what we love the most about evenews24, reporting on battles and providing in game perspective. We have doubled the amount of battles reported within a week, a number which we intend to grow further.
By focusing myself with in-game content, which is the killer app of EN24, i'll stay off the NDA minefield.
Eve if I were to write an opinion piece on a pressing matter, am sure the CCP Games folks would be more than willing to review the issue.
But again, the blogger initiative ensures Eve News24 independence on opinion issues. Being a jerk CCP has never been Eve News24 business.
Breaking a signed NDA is a prosecution felony in my country. So don't high your hopes on me breaking an NDA.
Thanks for your question. RIVERINI / EVENEWS24 @evenews24 |

Townsend Harris
The Milkmen Test Alliance Please Ignore
1
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:54:00 -
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I am sad that there is no dislike or downvote possible here  |

Lord Zim
Bat Country Goonswarm Federation
592
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:55:00 -
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What is this "NDA" of which you speak? |

Snow Axe
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
3
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Posted - 2012.02.12 13:55:00 -
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Townsend Harris wrote:I am sad that there is no dislike or downvote possible here 
If only so he could post a screenshot of his likes being at -100 with the minus sign photoshopped out with a title of "It's official! riverini is on the CSM ballot!" |

Nil'kandra
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
20
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Posted - 2012.02.12 14:01:00 -
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riverini wrote:Breaking a signed NDA is a prosecution felony in my country. So don't high your hopes on me breaking an NDA. Why run, then? So much better to have someone else break that NDA for you. You sort of dodged this question.
Blawrf McTaggart wrote:what is your stance on leaking information covered by the NDA told to you in secrecy by a CSM member of this current administration
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riverini
Reliables Inc Initiative Mercenaries
38
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Posted - 2012.02.12 14:03:00 -
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Lord Zim wrote:What is this "NDA" of which you speak?
Non Disclosure Agreement.
Council of Stella Management seats get access to sensitive material, which can be both harmful to be exposed in and out of game.
As far as I know there has been two instances of CSM delegates breaking the NDA. One guy try to make rich himself in game thought privilege information (there was an upcoming industrial rebalance and he bought a ton of a soon to be desirable material). The second one, Ankh has never been told why she was ousted of the CSM, but the suspicions of most players was her breaking the NDA for personal gain. just mere player speculation.
RIVERINI / EVENEWS24 @evenews24 |

Az'Kagoth
Sons Of 0din Fatal Ascension
6
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Posted - 2012.02.12 14:03:00 -
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A couple of questions:
How will your ego interfere with your work on the CSM? Do you actually think you are as important as your OP states? Why do you run for CSM? While the OP clearly states your policies, I fail to see any real reasoning behind your application.
Through your "blog" evenews24.com, you have often displayed that you are a very emotional person, led by your hate and struggle for revenge against the CFC, more interested in pleasing your ego by increasing the number of your readers than the actual news themselves. How do you think this will affect you in a CSM position?
Considering how evenews24 is always late with reporting stuff, often several weeks, don't you think this will be a disadvantage in the CSM, if you don't know what's going on until it is too late?
Don't you think, that the tabloid format of evenews24 attracts 12 year old WoW-playing, uneducated pubbies, the one category of players we don't want in this game? Will this reflect your stances on CSM questions?
I also have a request:
Compare yourself to a baboon, please, and list differences and similarities. |

Tor Ramius
Sons Of 0din Fatal Ascension
2
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Posted - 2012.02.12 14:08:00 -
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Az'Kagoth wrote:A couple of questions:
How will your ego interfere with your work on the CSM? Do you actually think you are as important as your OP states? Why do you run for CSM? While the OP clearly states your policies, I fail to see any real reasoning behind your application.
Through your "blog" evenews24.com, you have often displayed that you are a very emotional person, led by your hate and struggle for revenge against the CFC, more interested in pleasing your ego by increasing the number of your readers than the actual news themselves. How do you think this will affect you in a CSM position?
Considering how evenews24 is always late with reporting stuff, often several weeks, don't you think this will be a disadvantage in the CSM, if you don't know what's going on until it is too late?
Don't you think, that the tabloid format of evenews24 attracts 12 year old WoW-playing, uneducated pubbies, the one category of players we don't want in this game? Will this reflect your stances on CSM questions?
I also have a request:
Compare yourself to a baboon, please, and list differences and similarities.
Can we have an answer to this? I really want to know.
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Deitis Surtic
Sons Of 0din Fatal Ascension
30
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Posted - 2012.02.12 14:13:00 -
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All of you who actually clicked "like" are horrible, horrible trolls. You're destroying the game for me.
At very least, if by some matter of bribery River does manage to get this position, do not leave him in charge of providing minutes. He seems to struggle a bit when it comes to working with factual information.  |

riverini
Reliables Inc Initiative Mercenaries
38
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Posted - 2012.02.12 14:14:00 -
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IntegralHellsing wrote:
So what exactly IS your proposition? What kind of idea do you have in mind to attract more players and increased game play?
for starts, I feel the fourteen days is simply too short for a player to fall enamored with the beauty of the game. I also propose Incarna to be put to some good use and be branded as a perpetual free to play feature with docking, chat and skill-point training restrictions.
Am even willing to explore the idea of letting sub 2mil SP players to play as real belt-rats in an arcade like mode, for them to get a feeling on how the game works.
BIG WHAT IF What if once a year CCP would let you redistribute a good chunk of your skill point? Am not calling for all skillpoint to be redistributed (I held the believe that each character needs to be unique skill-wise to some extend), but a percentage of it to be inversely proportional to the total amount of skillpoints. And this is just an idea I believe could work to grip players until they find their game. RIVERINI / EVENEWS24 @evenews24 |

HELIC0N ONE
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
117
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Posted - 2012.02.12 14:19:00 -
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riverini wrote:BIG WHAT IF What if once a year CCP would let you redistribute a good chunk of your skill point? Am not calling for all skillpoint to be redistributed (I held the believe that each character needs to be unique skill-wise to some extend), but a percentage of it to be inversely proportional to the total amount of skillpoints. And this is just an idea I believe could work to grip players until they find their game.
:cripes: |

Reginald Shadowsmurf
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
2
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Posted - 2012.02.12 14:20:00 -
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Good afternoon!
Although it pleases me to see a wide range of candidates putting themselves forward for the CSM positions, I have a few questions I would like answered...
As far I understand, the CSM are there to bridge the gap between the player based and the developers. This includes relaying our idea's, concerns & appraisals. It also includes providing regular feedback on the players views of the game. My question is, How can we rely on a individual that consistently does the following...
- Mass self promotion via your website/blog
- HUGE Bias between different parties in the game, How can we trust your decisions?
- Your "News" website is often far behind or completely misses the relevant stories based on your opinion. How do we know you'll not be the same in the CSM?
- Complete ignorance concerning criticisms and opinions, Will you actually listen?
It all comes down to trust. How can the player base trust someone that regularly publicly releases biased, late & hateful articles to benefit his own ego?
That it all. |

MacGrowler III
Sons Of 0din Fatal Ascension
1
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Posted - 2012.02.12 14:30:00 -
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riverini wrote: for starts, I feel the fourteen days is simply too short for a player to fall enamored with the beauty of the game. I also propose Incarna to be put to some good use and be branded as a perpetual free to play feature with docking, chat and skill-point training restrictions.
Am even willing to explore the idea of letting sub 2mil SP players to play as real belt-rats in an arcade like mode, for them to get a feeling on how the game works.
I think this shows the big difference between reporting on events in EvE and acutally having ideas which would be agreeable to both the player base and CCP.
Stick to bland reporting and don't pollute the CSM with unworkable ideas.
I really wish CCP would implement a "Dislike" button.
Cheers n Beers
MacG
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Tomytronic
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
84
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Posted - 2012.02.12 14:30:00 -
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riverini wrote:Prior to the Crucible release, I prepared what could have been the biggest bombshell to EVE Online: an almost risk free botting guide. Paging CCP Sreegs... |
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