Originally by: Zinnn

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Originally by: Catherine Frasier

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Originally by: Creepin

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Originally by: Catherine Frasier

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No. It was an unintended feature which was, in effect, a bug. Documenting it doesn't change that.

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Oh, cmon, the bug that was unfixable for bloody five years and coincidentally got fixed at this exact moment, mwahaha

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Coincidence takes two things. What's the other thing happening "at this exact moment" that makes it a conspiracy?

And, to be clear, nobody said it was "unfixable". It was merely not fixed until now.

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I'm saying this again cause I recieved no reply the last time.

You know I can put merely in front of anything to make it sound minimizing. I merely cut a person in half. I merely robbed a bank. So what if it's MERELY not fixed until now. The question YOU have to ask yourself is WHY did they wait until NOW to fix it instead of fixing it when they had the technology YEARS AGO?? REPLY TO ME CATHERINE, you obviously have nothing better to do than to stick up for CCP, so answer.

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Originally by: Kery Syander

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Congratulations CCP on achieving a new low. This thread is still some how 'broken' on the forum. For some reason it no longer shows up on the main page, and it's still growing towards the 150 page mark. Obviously, you have sold out and are doing somewhat questionable and going about it in an incredibly suspect manner. Pathetic.

I was once a big fan of EVE and CCP. I will never say another nice thing about CCP or your game so long as I live.

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Originally by: CCP t0rfifrans

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The bug that became a feature

On Monday, we released news that we are disabling äGhost Trainingô, the ability to train characters on inactive accounts. This resulted in strong reactions from the community as many people were routinely making use of it. We explained the matter in more detail and pointed out that this had been a bug in the original game code. Those of us who were involved in the process of making the decision and communicating it to the community did not realize this bug had been so accepted as a feature that it was listed as such in our own documentation on our own website.

How can we not know whatæs in our own documentation? Well, to be frank, it was a case of insufficient communication on our part between various teams û a regrettable mistake and hard lesson to learn at the expense of the trust youæve placed in us. Thereæs no way to spin it and we wonæt add insult to injury by trying to do so. It was a mistake on our part and for that we sincerely and humbly apologize.

Many would hope that in light of this we will decide not to cancel ghost training and keep it active as an option but weære cannot to do that. EVE is already one-of-a-kind in allowing players to progress their characters through offline skill training. We stand by our policy that if you want your character to progress in EVE, you should pay the subscription fee. The fact that so many people have been able to do so for several years was our own oversight. We know this change, and our misstep in telling you about it, has created some discontent and we hope that over time we can prove our committment to make EVE better than ever for you will be evident as you enjoy the fruits of our labor.

Torfi

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Originally by: Guillame Herschel

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Edited by: Guillame Herschel on 16/10/2008 21:42:45

Originally by: Vietone

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When was it ever encouraged?

Did CCP ever say "Hey, while your training that 34 day skill, you can leave your account inactive and not play or pay us. Have Fun when you come back!!!.

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Yes, they did. But since the announcement, they edited the User Guide to remove that advice. First edit for the User Guide in five ****ing years!

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No they never advertised this remotely in anyway or encouraged it.

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You are wrong. Go sit in the corner.

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Originally by: Corwain

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As this hundreds page thread is clearly demonstrated CCP doesn't care about complaints on the forums, so I thought I'd grow the thread and at the same time discuss what the best way to get a message to them (aside from permanantly cancelling the accounts that I've been letting lapse now and then to train month long skills.)

Email? Snail mail? Create a complaint petition? What do you guys think is the most effective way to complain in addition to cancelling accounts?

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Originally by: dobi woobie

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Originally by: Woofsie

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Originally by: Judas Jones

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Originally by: Lady Godgifu

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Why is this thread still hidden???

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thats funy

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