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Andrue
Amarr
Federation Of Space Loonies
Culture Shock Initiative
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Posted - 2008.02.22 10:33:00 -
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Edited by: Andrue on 22/02/2008 10:34:42
 Originally by: Kyra Felann
Originally by: Andrue
Why should he? The article was about economics. How many more times do people have to tell you people that.
That article is supposed to be read by economists, not computer geeks.
o rly? That must be why it's in the "technology" section as opposed to the "business" section. Makes perfect sense to me.
Sheesh - is there no end to your whining?
Although it is of interest to some economists it is not of interest to the majority - or at least not on a day-to-day basis. Furthermore there is no 'Economists' section on the BBC website only a 'Business' section. It's unlikely that activities taking place within a virtual world would be of interest to the majority of people reading the Business section.
The article is about the economics within a virtual world and I think that Technical is a pretty good section to put it in. It's out of the way of the daily business news and in a quiet corner where techies and geeks can find it (bearing in mind that you can be a geek about economics just as you can be a geek about computers).
If it had been a game review it would probably have been somewhere under Entertainment although I don't think the BBC news site is the place for game reviews anyway. It's certainly something that they are very poor at not that this particular article was intended to be a game review.
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Ioci
Gallente
Ioci Exploration
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Posted - 2008.02.22 10:59:00 -
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I can see how an outside perspective would view Eve this way. Amarr Carrier Pilot. The book is a Billion ISK, forget the secondary, Tertiary, Capital and Drone skills. So much of Eve is determined by your ability to farm ISK it becomes very much about economy.
Null sec alliances and the game that gets played on those rims drives the 90% that live in safe. Just like Eve, in the real world we are all capable of being the CEO. Most of us never do though. We become accounts and live in Safe sec. It's a pretty good analogy and most of all, it intimidates the fanbois. That's a good thing because they shouldn't see Eve as WoW in space. It aint. |
Aeo IV
Amarr
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Posted - 2008.02.22 23:03:00 -
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Originally by: Kyra Felann
That's 100% fine. The economy is a revolutionary, amazing thing and deserves to be written about. But he should have at least written "Players can also engage in combat" or something along those lines. It is bad journalism to misrepresent the game as a "trading game" and not mention any of the other things you can do.
And Players can also sit around and do nothing but trade in this game.
In all honesty, Eve is a trading game; yes, you can buy ships and kill one another, but the combat factor isn't nearly as central to the advancement of a player's character as some people think. Unlike other games like WoW or CoH/V, you don't need to 'grind' XP in order to have a character that can wield a bigger sword or whatever, XP is granted over time by training skill books that you have to buy on the market.
And I should point out that one of the images in the article has the caption "Eve's players battle across the universe", but again, that's not what the point of the article is about. I noticed the article doesn't discuss Mining or mission running ether.
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Squatdog
DROW Org
Brotherhood of the Spider
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Posted - 2008.02.25 09:51:00 -
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Edited by: Squatdog on 25/02/2008 09:52:42
HIGHLY misleading article.
If I were to read the synopsis of the game with no prior knowledge of Eve, I'd assume it was a highly complicated business simulator (in a space setting) and a very staid gaming experience revolving around profit margins and demographics.
Not ONCE did it mention the combat that makes up most player's primary Eve experience and it stated that:
Players battle to win territories through forming corporations and creating, buying and selling products .
You know I could have SWORN territory was decided in fleet battles and POS sieges...LOL!
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