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Nebulai
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Posted - 2004.07.20 06:25:00 -
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Thanks go to Sabaoth for writing up this FAQ of what he feels players most ask about Aurora.
In light of recent questions and responses left on the forums I thought someone should explain a few simple facts about events and Aurora.
First of all I think basic reading material for anyone who isnÆt aware of what ISD (Polaris) is they should read this article
FAQ
How do I find an event?
-You can find an event many ways which I will list below:
1.In Game news (We cannot list a specific event in the news however we can leave hints).
2.Scope News (Same reason as above.)
3.Being at the right place at the right time. (Yes sounds hard but it is realistic.)
4.Getting hints from previous events you have had the pleasure of being in.
Now to clarify why we can not advertise events on a grand scale is because 500 players out of EVEÆs 10,000+ Player base arriving in one system will mean the system node crashes and thus the event failing. Yes we like lots of players to attend an event but there are limits.
Plus when we design an event we always design it from an IC (In Character) perspective which basically means that we donÆt think OOC (Out of Character).
For example if you are playing a Amarrian business man who wishÆs to seek revenge on the person who stole your shipment of data pads. The Galactic News would hardly be interestedà so you would just seek help through local channels.
So as you can see from an IC or OOC view it isnÆt very realistic or practical to advertise events through the news.
What do all those different text colours mean?
-Teal / Aquamarine = Actors or other members of ISD. (General ISD staff)
-Dark Green = Team Lead (The leader of an ISD department)
-Yellow / Red = GM (Game Master)
-Dark Blue = CCP (A developer or Employee from CCP.)
Who can I shoot and not shoot without CONCORD coming? Answer can be found Here
Can regular players get involved in the creation/suggestion of events without becoming a member of Polaris?
- Yes they most certainly can! We cannot guarantee that your event will be accepted but we have had many of player suggested events in the past and I am sure we will have many more.
If you are interested in this you can e-mail us Here and we will respond after reviewing your event proposal.
Is there a site with information on past events and also a calendar for future events?
-Currently not an in-depth list however you can gather past events from The Scope forum Here.
Can I join Aurora or any other ISD division?
-Yes you can however you must be 18 or over to apply. You will find the application form Here.
How come the people with coloured writing never answer my questions?
-Usually this is when an Actor or Producer is doing an event; they are by rule not allowed to break character. This basically means they can only answer questions which relate to the event or character they are currently playing.
Here is an example we see constantly:
<Actor> Hail the Emperor!
<Player> Are you a dev?
<Actor> Cast out the Heretic, the infidel for they are darkness incarnate.
<Player> Show me how to get that coloured writing and I will pay you!
As you can see the Actor will mostly likely ignore you as your questions do not relate in the slightest to the event or story.
Do I get reimbursed if I die?
-Sadly you wonÆt but there is a reason for this. You will not loose a ship to an Aurora Actor or Producer for just being in their way you will only be æbrought into the eventÆ if you choose to participate. Choosing to participate can be done by either saying so in local or by targeting one of the ships or deciding to ignore the warnings given in local. So if you see people talking in local with coloured text and they seem like pirates just carry on with your own business and you wonÆt be attacked.
However with this said I do need to explain further as this topic is very controversial.
There are many ways of looking at this topic:
Why should a player minding his own business be shot at?
Or
If you are playing a pirate character and you are meant to be just like a pirate why wouldnÆt you just fire on an innocent person a real pirate would!
This topic along with our strict pvp guidelines makes it a very controversial topic indeed. We cannot list our specific pvp policy as there are people who would exploit certain loopholes.
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Nebulai
Vice-Admiral Events Team
Interstellar Services Department
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Nebulai
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Posted - 2004.07.20 06:25:00 -
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Thanks go to Sabaoth for writing up this FAQ of what he feels players most ask about Aurora.
In light of recent questions and responses left on the forums I thought someone should explain a few simple facts about events and Aurora.
First of all I think basic reading material for anyone who isnÆt aware of what ISD (Polaris) is they should read this article
FAQ
How do I find an event?
-You can find an event many ways which I will list below:
1.In Game news (We cannot list a specific event in the news however we can leave hints).
2.Scope News (Same reason as above.)
3.Being at the right place at the right time. (Yes sounds hard but it is realistic.)
4.Getting hints from previous events you have had the pleasure of being in.
Now to clarify why we can not advertise events on a grand scale is because 500 players out of EVEÆs 10,000+ Player base arriving in one system will mean the system node crashes and thus the event failing. Yes we like lots of players to attend an event but there are limits.
Plus when we design an event we always design it from an IC (In Character) perspective which basically means that we donÆt think OOC (Out of Character).
For example if you are playing a Amarrian business man who wishÆs to seek revenge on the person who stole your shipment of data pads. The Galactic News would hardly be interestedà so you would just seek help through local channels.
So as you can see from an IC or OOC view it isnÆt very realistic or practical to advertise events through the news.
What do all those different text colours mean?
-Teal / Aquamarine = Actors or other members of ISD. (General ISD staff)
-Dark Green = Team Lead (The leader of an ISD department)
-Yellow / Red = GM (Game Master)
-Dark Blue = CCP (A developer or Employee from CCP.)
Who can I shoot and not shoot without CONCORD coming? Answer can be found Here
Can regular players get involved in the creation/suggestion of events without becoming a member of Polaris?
- Yes they most certainly can! We cannot guarantee that your event will be accepted but we have had many of player suggested events in the past and I am sure we will have many more.
If you are interested in this you can e-mail us Here and we will respond after reviewing your event proposal.
Is there a site with information on past events and also a calendar for future events?
-Currently not an in-depth list however you can gather past events from The Scope forum Here.
Can I join Aurora or any other ISD division?
-Yes you can however you must be 18 or over to apply. You will find the application form Here.
How come the people with coloured writing never answer my questions?
-Usually this is when an Actor or Producer is doing an event; they are by rule not allowed to break character. This basically means they can only answer questions which relate to the event or character they are currently playing.
Here is an example we see constantly:
<Actor> Hail the Emperor!
<Player> Are you a dev?
<Actor> Cast out the Heretic, the infidel for they are darkness incarnate.
<Player> Show me how to get that coloured writing and I will pay you!
As you can see the Actor will mostly likely ignore you as your questions do not relate in the slightest to the event or story.
Do I get reimbursed if I die?
-Sadly you wonÆt but there is a reason for this. You will not loose a ship to an Aurora Actor or Producer for just being in their way you will only be æbrought into the eventÆ if you choose to participate. Choosing to participate can be done by either saying so in local or by targeting one of the ships or deciding to ignore the warnings given in local. So if you see people talking in local with coloured text and they seem like pirates just carry on with your own business and you wonÆt be attacked.
However with this said I do need to explain further as this topic is very controversial.
There are many ways of looking at this topic:
Why should a player minding his own business be shot at?
Or
If you are playing a pirate character and you are meant to be just like a pirate why wouldnÆt you just fire on an innocent person a real pirate would!
This topic along with our strict pvp guidelines makes it a very controversial topic indeed. We cannot list our specific pvp policy as there are people who would exploit certain loopholes.
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Nebulai
Vice-Admiral Events Team
Interstellar Services Department
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Nebulai
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Posted - 2004.07.20 06:26:00 -
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Why wonÆt they answer any questions about their equipment/ship setups?
-The reason behind this is one simply of æmysteryÆ if you knew our ship setups then you could combat against it each time you encounter us. We create our own ships setups and take pride in them we do not always pick the æelite gearÆ as there is no challenge in that.
Why doesnÆt the actor or Producer tell me his player name or where he lives?
-This is a strict rule that the entire of ISD has with all of it's volunteers the rule is designed to protect volunteers against abuse and exploitation.
That concludes this FAQ if however you feel there is certain questions that the entire player base needs to know then please post in this topic and I will add the question as long as it is suitable and I can answer it.
Event Recruitment
A few things to cover:
o) If you no longer have an interest in ISD, or Aurora in general then can you please remove your application via the myeve website. Removing your application helps keep our database tidy and allows us to streamline the applications for other people.
o) If you have applied for Aurora at some stage, and never heard back - feel free to drop me an email to [email protected]
o) Aurora is always looking for new actors and potential producers, if you feel you have something to offer in terms of bringing events to EVE then feel free to apply.
Aurora recruits in blocks, generally as and when new staff are required. We look back at all the previous applicants over an X month period and will begin to initiate those who I feel will be suitable.
You do get a response regardless of your application, however it can, and quite often does take time before we reply. You'll only be notified of acceptance, or rejection when we are performing a recruitment spree.
We use the email address you currently have set in your account profile for communication, so you should ensure this is uptodate. The emails will appear to come from '[email protected]' (or [email protected] - I can't quite remember which).
In answer to the conflict of interests question, I oversee Aurora's members player characters and I do not allow them to participate in any event, or run an event that could be perceived as a conflict of interests. However this is not taken into consideration for recruitment.
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Nebulai
Vice-Admiral Events Team
Interstellar Services Department
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Nebulai
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Posted - 2004.07.20 06:26:00 -
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Why wonÆt they answer any questions about their equipment/ship setups?
-The reason behind this is one simply of æmysteryÆ if you knew our ship setups then you could combat against it each time you encounter us. We create our own ships setups and take pride in them we do not always pick the æelite gearÆ as there is no challenge in that.
Why doesnÆt the actor or Producer tell me his player name or where he lives?
-This is a strict rule that the entire of ISD has with all of it's volunteers the rule is designed to protect volunteers against abuse and exploitation.
That concludes this FAQ if however you feel there is certain questions that the entire player base needs to know then please post in this topic and I will add the question as long as it is suitable and I can answer it.
Event Recruitment
A few things to cover:
o) If you no longer have an interest in ISD, or Aurora in general then can you please remove your application via the myeve website. Removing your application helps keep our database tidy and allows us to streamline the applications for other people.
o) If you have applied for Aurora at some stage, and never heard back - feel free to drop me an email to [email protected]
o) Aurora is always looking for new actors and potential producers, if you feel you have something to offer in terms of bringing events to EVE then feel free to apply.
Aurora recruits in blocks, generally as and when new staff are required. We look back at all the previous applicants over an X month period and will begin to initiate those who I feel will be suitable.
You do get a response regardless of your application, however it can, and quite often does take time before we reply. You'll only be notified of acceptance, or rejection when we are performing a recruitment spree.
We use the email address you currently have set in your account profile for communication, so you should ensure this is uptodate. The emails will appear to come from '[email protected]' (or [email protected] - I can't quite remember which).
In answer to the conflict of interests question, I oversee Aurora's members player characters and I do not allow them to participate in any event, or run an event that could be perceived as a conflict of interests. However this is not taken into consideration for recruitment.
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Nebulai
Vice-Admiral Events Team
Interstellar Services Department
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Shar Tegral
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Posted - 2004.07.20 13:45:00 -
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If I may suggest,
This is a great FAQ but unfortunately the Eve Forums does not get wide enough traffic for this FAQ to have had a great impact.
I would suggest that have a "news blurb" about the existance of this forum, and FAQ, in the log in news. Ideally you could use this;
 Quote:
What do all those different text colours mean?
- Teal/Aquamarine = Actors or other members of ISD. (General ISD staff)
- Dark Green = Team Lead (The leader of an ISD department)
- Yellow/Red = GM (Game Master)
- Dark Blue = CCP (A developer or Employee from CCP.)
As a teaser. This teaser would also get out one of the most important bits of info.
Disruption of an event is a choice that players should be free to make. However far too many players have no idea what is going on when colored text starts appearing in local.
Eve Guardian - Former Reporter
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Shar Tegral
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Posted - 2004.07.20 13:45:00 -
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If I may suggest,
This is a great FAQ but unfortunately the Eve Forums does not get wide enough traffic for this FAQ to have had a great impact.
I would suggest that have a "news blurb" about the existance of this forum, and FAQ, in the log in news. Ideally you could use this;
Quote:
What do all those different text colours mean?
- Teal/Aquamarine = Actors or other members of ISD. (General ISD staff)
- Dark Green = Team Lead (The leader of an ISD department)
- Yellow/Red = GM (Game Master)
- Dark Blue = CCP (A developer or Employee from CCP.)
As a teaser. This teaser would also get out one of the most important bits of info.
Disruption of an event is a choice that players should be free to make. However far too many players have no idea what is going on when colored text starts appearing in local.
Eve Guardian - Former Reporter
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Neslo
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Posted - 2004.09.20 06:52:00 -
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Edited by: Neslo on 20/09/2004 06:54:32
This is a good FAQ on how current "events" work. However let me point out a couple of things.
Quote:
1) "Now to clarify why we can not advertise events on a grand scale is because 500 players out of EVEÆs 10,000+ Player base arriving in one system will mean the system node crashes and thus the event failing. Yes we like lots of players to attend an event but there are limits. "
The reason that 500 people show up for events is because they happen once a year it seems. The events are far and few between. Even the small ones where you have actors in "aquamarine" text draws everyone in local and with in 3 jumps of local when they type. This isn't because they want to participate it's because they happen so rarely and people are dying to get involved at a level that doesn't involve sitting for 5 hours for 2 years almost mining ore. It gets boring if you couldn't guess and they jump at the oppurtunity to be involved.
Quote:
2) "For example if you are playing a Amarr business man who wishÆs to seek revenge on the person who stole your shipment of data pads. The Galactic News would hardly be interestedà so you would just seek help through local channels."
Honestly in Eve this is a HUGE event. Players want to be involved with the random NPC Amarrian who wants to kill someone that stole his shipment of datapads. Players want to feel like they are part of the story and not part of a mining simulation.
Quote:
3) "In Game news (We cannot list a specific event in the news however we can leave hints)."
I agree this should be for major story arc items. However you guys need an eve insider section called "news paper" or you could outsource it to the major "newspaperish" websites like eve-guardian or eve-i. I'd rather it be an eve insider item but I'm not too picky.
The new section should do the following to allow players to see how they are affecting the game.
A possible set up for this could be to break it into different sections:
1) Crime and Punishment - This could have the top 10 most wanted people. It could also have queries on systems that have had 50 ships destroyed, 25 pods destroyed in a 24 hour period.
2) Market - Based of average market prices you could have an entire section of goods and the stations they are located at published here. Sellers that want to get noticed could sell at unreasonably low prices but it gets exposure for their char or corporation. Plus they don't get much cash. You could also have mineral market (8 items to track really isn't too much to ask) to show the lowest price and the greatest quantity in eve.
3) Galactic news - a place for your large story arcs. Just like in real life you don't have to do anything but keep the same story for a couple days but in real life there really is something happening on a daily basis that is considered "large story arc" news.
4) Local News (regional news) - this could be based of the greatest skill pointed char. It has stories written (if only written and actually not played out) You could use this to attract just gallente, caldari (etc) to events planned.
Now this is just 4 sections that could be published through aurora / devs for two sections and a computer just running queries on an hourly basis that is hooked to the webserver publishing pre-fabbed stories. It's very easy to do and would allow the community on a day to day basis feel like they are "influencing" the game with little that you have to do beyond what you do now.
Just my 2 isk.
From Ashes to Ashes... From Dust to Dust....
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Neslo
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Posted - 2004.09.20 06:52:00 -
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Edited by: Neslo on 20/09/2004 06:54:32
This is a good FAQ on how current "events" work. However let me point out a couple of things.
Quote:
1) "Now to clarify why we can not advertise events on a grand scale is because 500 players out of EVEÆs 10,000+ Player base arriving in one system will mean the system node crashes and thus the event failing. Yes we like lots of players to attend an event but there are limits. "
The reason that 500 people show up for events is because they happen once a year it seems. The events are far and few between. Even the small ones where you have actors in "aquamarine" text draws everyone in local and with in 3 jumps of local when they type. This isn't because they want to participate it's because they happen so rarely and people are dying to get involved at a level that doesn't involve sitting for 5 hours for 2 years almost mining ore. It gets boring if you couldn't guess and they jump at the oppurtunity to be involved.
Quote:
2) "For example if you are playing a Amarr business man who wishÆs to seek revenge on the person who stole your shipment of data pads. The Galactic News would hardly be interestedà so you would just seek help through local channels."
Honestly in Eve this is a HUGE event. Players want to be involved with the random NPC Amarrian who wants to kill someone that stole his shipment of datapads. Players want to feel like they are part of the story and not part of a mining simulation.
Quote:
3) "In Game news (We cannot list a specific event in the news however we can leave hints)."
I agree this should be for major story arc items. However you guys need an eve insider section called "news paper" or you could outsource it to the major "newspaperish" websites like eve-guardian or eve-i. I'd rather it be an eve insider item but I'm not too picky.
The new section should do the following to allow players to see how they are affecting the game.
A possible set up for this could be to break it into different sections:
1) Crime and Punishment - This could have the top 10 most wanted people. It could also have queries on systems that have had 50 ships destroyed, 25 pods destroyed in a 24 hour period.
2) Market - Based of average market prices you could have an entire section of goods and the stations they are located at published here. Sellers that want to get noticed could sell at unreasonably low prices but it gets exposure for their char or corporation. Plus they don't get much cash. You could also have mineral market (8 items to track really isn't too much to ask) to show the lowest price and the greatest quantity in eve.
3) Galactic news - a place for your large story arcs. Just like in real life you don't have to do anything but keep the same story for a couple days but in real life there really is something happening on a daily basis that is considered "large story arc" news.
4) Local News (regional news) - this could be based of the greatest skill pointed char. It has stories written (if only written and actually not played out) You could use this to attract just gallente, caldari (etc) to events planned.
Now this is just 4 sections that could be published through aurora / devs for two sections and a computer just running queries on an hourly basis that is hooked to the webserver publishing pre-fabbed stories. It's very easy to do and would allow the community on a day to day basis feel like they are "influencing" the game with little that you have to do beyond what you do now.
Just my 2 isk.
From Ashes to Ashes... From Dust to Dust....
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Sabaoth
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Posted - 2004.09.20 21:11:00 -
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Originally by: Neslo
The reason that 500 people show up for events is because they happen once a year it seems. The events are far and few between. Even the small ones where you have actors in "aquamarine" text draws everyone in local and with in 3 jumps of local when they type. This isn't because they want to participate it's because they happen so rarely and people are dying to get involved at a level that doesn't involve sitting for 5 hours for 2 years almost mining ore. It gets boring if you couldn't guess and they jump at the opportunity to be involved.
I know exactly how many events happen on any given week and yes you are correct events have become few and far between but we still manage on average of 4 events a minimum per week. Part of my FAQ was also to try and explain just because you donÆt see the events or perhaps hear about them... They do go on never the less.
Originally by: Neslo
2)
Honestly in Eve this is a HUGE event. Players want to be involved with the random NPC Amarrian who wants to kill someone that stole his shipment of data pads. Players want to feel like they are part of the story and not part of a mining simulation.
Once again you are partially correct but in the sense that all events have the ability to be huge. I would count the Amarr Championship or the Caldari Race as huge events and the others medium to small. Yes our overall goal is to try and make players be apart of the inner workings of EVE and its inhabitants but this is hard to do when there are over 11,000 players and only a small team of Actors and Producer's to provide this experience.
I would also like to thank you for this feedback it is much appreciated and as for you're forum ideas I will be passing this into our news section within Aurora to try and come up with a better scheme.
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Sabaoth
Aurora Captain
The Aurora Project
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Sabaoth
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Posted - 2004.09.20 21:11:00 -
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Originally by: Neslo
The reason that 500 people show up for events is because they happen once a year it seems. The events are far and few between. Even the small ones where you have actors in "aquamarine" text draws everyone in local and with in 3 jumps of local when they type. This isn't because they want to participate it's because they happen so rarely and people are dying to get involved at a level that doesn't involve sitting for 5 hours for 2 years almost mining ore. It gets boring if you couldn't guess and they jump at the opportunity to be involved.
I know exactly how many events happen on any given week and yes you are correct events have become few and far between but we still manage on average of 4 events a minimum per week. Part of my FAQ was also to try and explain just because you donÆt see the events or perhaps hear about them... They do go on never the less.
Originally by: Neslo
2)
Honestly in Eve this is a HUGE event. Players want to be involved with the random NPC Amarrian who wants to kill someone that stole his shipment of data pads. Players want to feel like they are part of the story and not part of a mining simulation.
Once again you are partially correct but in the sense that all events have the ability to be huge. I would count the Amarr Championship or the Caldari Race as huge events and the others medium to small. Yes our overall goal is to try and make players be apart of the inner workings of EVE and its inhabitants but this is hard to do when there are over 11,000 players and only a small team of Actors and Producer's to provide this experience.
I would also like to thank you for this feedback it is much appreciated and as for you're forum ideas I will be passing this into our news section within Aurora to try and come up with a better scheme.
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Sabaoth
Aurora Captain
The Aurora Project
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DeODokktor
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Posted - 2004.11.22 11:08:00 -
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Originally by: Sabaoth
I know exactly how many events happen on any given week and yes you are correct events have become few and far between but we still manage on average of 4 events a minimum per week. Part of my FAQ was also to try and explain just because you donÆt see the events or perhaps hear about them... They do go on never the less.
How do you find the current events..
The only real link was to the "The Scope" but as support for that section quit in the first week of aug then I must be missing something.. I DO hear of events and how some people keep doing events and getting top gear that they flog for billions of isk.. The thing is that I just dont know how to see them at all :( .. Maybee I am just missing all of the clues?
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DeODokktor
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Posted - 2004.11.22 11:08:00 -
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Originally by: Sabaoth
I know exactly how many events happen on any given week and yes you are correct events have become few and far between but we still manage on average of 4 events a minimum per week. Part of my FAQ was also to try and explain just because you donÆt see the events or perhaps hear about them... They do go on never the less.
How do you find the current events..
The only real link was to the "The Scope" but as support for that section quit in the first week of aug then I must be missing something.. I DO hear of events and how some people keep doing events and getting top gear that they flog for billions of isk.. The thing is that I just dont know how to see them at all :( .. Maybee I am just missing all of the clues?
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Sabaoth
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Posted - 2004.11.22 13:29:00 -
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Clues are not everything the key to getting into events is being at the right place at the right time but also having a network of people that love events to tell you if they have found one.
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Sabaoth
Aurora Captain
The Aurora Project
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Sabaoth
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Posted - 2004.11.22 13:29:00 -
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Clues are not everything the key to getting into events is being at the right place at the right time but also having a network of people that love events to tell you if they have found one.
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Sabaoth
Aurora Captain
The Aurora Project
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Goljsin
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Posted - 2004.12.18 00:20:00 -
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hmm
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Goljsin
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Posted - 2004.12.18 00:20:00 -
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hmm
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Scorpyn
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Posted - 2005.01.09 02:38:00 -
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A while ago, there was talks about giving event actors who can be shot a special bracket or something like that. Did you skip that idea or was it forgotten or something?
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Damocles Ician
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Posted - 2005.01.11 09:39:00 -
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I would much rather have more events than dreadnoughts/titans/tech 3. A tangible overall story that I have the chance to affect is much more exciting to me than a new ship or better mod to use.
An average of four events a week is *very* low. Going on the three events I've been part of since the middle of 2003, the average player attendance would be around 10-12 or so. While that might be the right size to handle from an events producer's point of view, it is a scarily low percentage of the entire player base getting involved.
When I applied to the Events team months ago, I took the interview and sent off the three required ideas for characters (including event ideas). At the time, it was promised that everyone would hear back whether they were succesful in their application or not. I've not heard. Would you have a check for me please?
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Sabaoth
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Posted - 2005.01.13 14:02:00 -
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Originally by: Damocles Ician
I would much rather have more events than dreadnoughts/titans/tech 3. A tangible overall story that I have the chance to affect is much more exciting to me than a new ship or better mod to use.
An average of four events a week is *very* low. Going on the three events I've been part of since the middle of 2003, the average player attendance would be around 10-12 or so. While that might be the right size to handle from an events producer's point of view, it is a scarily low percentage of the entire player base getting involved.
When I applied to the Events team months ago, I took the interview and sent off the three required ideas for characters (including event ideas). At the time, it was promised that everyone would hear back whether they were succesful in their application or not. I've not heard. Would you have a check for me please?
The amount of events generated is slightly different to the number of events executed, we try to have a Producer running 1 event per week while planning for his/her next 2/3 events to keep the events rolling out constantly. Due to the amount of time and effort each event takes (no matter how simple you think the event was) the amount of events will not increase without more people applying to Aurora.
If you could e-mail me your details to this address: [email protected]
I will check-up on your status.
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Sabaoth
Aurora Captain
The Aurora Project
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Damocles Ician
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Posted - 2005.01.17 10:40:00 -
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Hi - email sent :)
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Ticondrius
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Posted - 2005.01.20 16:10:00 -
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*Applied Looking forward to working with you. :)
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Aynen
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Posted - 2005.01.21 12:36:00 -
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You could have an event every day of the year but still never see a single one of them.
The eve universe is the biggest I've ever seen in any MMORPG.
If an event takes place in a single system, the chance of you ever spotting an event isn't very big since there are hundreds of systems.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to have events that spread over multiple systems?
Not only would that prevent hundreds of players flocking to only one system and therefor crashing it, but also it would increase the chance of a player finding himself in an event to begin with.
And things that happen in one system that the event takes place in, could influence what happens in the other systems the event takes place in.
For instance, a battle brakes out between Amarr and Minmater and in another system the Amarr are forming a blockade of a Minmater planet.
If the Minmater win the battle in one system, the remaining victorious Minmater could help lift the blockade.
If the Amarr win the battle, the next day an article could be placed in the news about how the Amarr did a succesfull slave raid of that planet.
And maybe it's even possible to have an ISD Galente actor fly all the way to Galente space to ask for help from an ISD Galente fleet standing by, but he would need a player escort to reach them safely.
This spreads the event over even more systems and allows for more dynamics to occur.
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Sabaoth
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Posted - 2005.01.21 14:45:00 -
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We do spread events over multiple systems and many events are dynamic in movement. They will start at system A and move to system B, C and then end in system D. You are correct it is hard to find events because of the size of EVE for immersion reasons we do not advertise events via News as it ruins the event. As for the other reason that too many players will overloads the node and thus crash it, your solution to spread it over a few systems doesnÆt fix the problem. There is not a node for every system in fact some nodes will cover from 5-10 systems perhaps even more in some cases so the load is still the same if people are spread over a few systems.
Your ideas are welcome and much appreciated but what we really need to expand the event output is more actors in Aurora. I would also like to take this chance to tell everyone that we will be starting a new recruitment phase in February.
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Sabaoth
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The Aurora Project
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Aynen
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Posted - 2005.01.22 13:05:00 -
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how many actors do you have?
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Sabaoth
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Posted - 2005.01.23 18:53:00 -
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Sorry but I am not at liberty to discuss numbers for any of the event staff.
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Sabaoth
Aurora Captain
The Aurora Project
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Delath
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Posted - 2005.01.26 14:39:00 -
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As someone suggested you might wanna put a devblog or newsitem of some kind up OOC just to point people to this faq to enlighten them that you exist and what you do. Because I've played for 4-5 months now, been reading the forums a lot but never checked the events-forum as I supposed they just concerned the major events (Colossus, elections etc.). The IC newsreports of your events I found amusing but supposed they were just made-up stories for extra flavor. Though the likelyhood of me (or anyone else) actually getting to see an event is small it's a damn shame I didn't know about all your work. I fully agree you shouldn't post about particular events for all the reason you mention but a general advertisement that you do exist might decrease those pesky "I wanna have a green colored name"-questions, bring you some more appreciation and not least importantly tell people that here is yet another cool dimension of EVE - not only is it Counterstrike meets Homeworld meets Capitalism but you can throw in Baldurs Gate for them too.
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Sabaoth
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Posted - 2005.01.26 19:41:00 -
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I will have a talk with Kieron and see if we can get it put into the News soon.
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Sabaoth
Aurora Captain
The Aurora Project
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Dau Imperius
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Posted - 2005.02.07 10:36:00 -
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I was bold enough to send an application to the events team.
Now if I am ever accepted or not...well that is for myself to find out from ISD only.
Polaris has changed since the first days of EVE. I'm hoping it can remain active and play an integrel part in the players game experience.
One question/statement though. I still shrudder at the old days when the team went in after mOo for instance. That was an active move of a scale not seen much since. They were scary sights to behold then, and most players didn't just go up to them and start shooting. (Because we had no big ships of course, but still...point is they were respected and of course feared in turn perhaps.)
So...Just what are AURORA's limits for playing a more active role in the shaping of actual lasting events for our player-base?
Are they limited to now only showing up for suicide missions as 'special targets' (which has been the impression I get from the news related to the events team showing up at times) or they can they integrate a tad more to bring out some better RP and/or a change of pace for the events?
I suppose these questions are more theory then practice. For myself, events deals with real Roleplaying and acting, which can amount to more then 'here I am shoot me please'. Don't see much respect for ya'll as there used to be way back when. Hope it changes. 
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Raszual
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Posted - 2005.02.21 02:19:00 -
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First off I would like to say I just put in an application in about a day or two ago and I know you probably haven't gotten to it yet. Just wanted to let you know I love to roleplay and act. And on that....
I would like to just say is I agree with Sabaoth. I roleplayed on Ultima Online for three of the four years I played and my friends and I had to come up with our own rp events and stuff because the game events were always annouced and the GM's and EM's always made it to where it wasn't fun for the roleplayers. Its was usually always about fighting this or that or something along thoughs lines. Roleplaying is all about fighting or getting the best item, its about having fun and actually pretend your in your characters shoes. The only reason I funally quit Ulitma Online was because the game was getting unreal and the roleplaying community was dieing off because of how much Ultima was changing. Anyways, thats enough of me ranting. I sure it probably didn't make since what I said but oh well.
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Ysabelle nKataros
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Posted - 2005.02.25 00:39:00 -
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to get involved in an event you have to take every opportunity you possibly can. After having been in EVE for less than four months, my corp asked me to attend the Caldari Memorial service over Caldari Prime, and I watched as my CEO made rather short and easy work of the Gallente Navy that attacked one of the attendees. I have not been privileged to attend any other events but it's not terribly difficult if you put an effort in.
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