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Cyprus Black
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:04:00 -
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Not saying this is what they're planning or anything like that. This is simply a "what if" question.
If CCP wiped everyones character data and restarted EvE fresh and new, would you still play?
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Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn. |
Micheal Dietrich
Caldari
Terradyne Networks
Terradyne Networks Alliance
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:05:00 -
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It has been noted many times over that CCP would lose roughly 99% of their player base.
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MC Purge
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:06:00 -
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It must be that time of the month. I hadn't seen this idea posted for a while :\
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Cyprus Black
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:07:00 -
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 Originally by: MC Purge
It must be that time of the month. I hadn't seen this idea posted for a while :\
I'm new here 
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Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn. |
Belmarduk
Amarr
M.A.R.S. Enterprises
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:11:00 -
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1. Most players would quit (Me too)
2. Welcome to Eve
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:12:00 -
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What if CCP reset the servers ? Hmm... What if Raptor Zombie Robot Jesus would show up before me and asked me to make three wishes, what would those three wishes be ? Both question have a roughly equal chance of actually happening.
Other than that... meh... don't know.
On one hand, EVE is pretty damned good, and considering you get an equal chance to everybody else (even much older players), and considering you already have a lot of experience knowing what/when/if to do something, it sounds barely attractive.
On the other hand, I'd be seriously miffed about waiting a couple of years until I could do whatever I can do right now, and even more seriously upset about having to re-acquire everything I currently have, so all in all I'd have to say quitting it all would sound like a much more likely scenario. ESPECIALLY since, you know "they did it once, they'd do it again".
Losing 99% of subscribers seems a bit harsh though... more like 97.5% 
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Gojyu
Ever Flow
Axiom Empire
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:14:00 -
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Nope, because if a company decided to take advantage of players like that, they're going to do it again
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Kessiaan
Minmatar
Army of One
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:27:00 -
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If CCP wiped the servers...
1) Recruit noobs
2) Rat in 0.0 in groups
3) Spam POS's
4) ???
5) Proclaim myself the Emperor of New Eden
If you're one of those people who thinks putting everyone back at 800K SP and 5K ISK someone puts everyone on an even footing, you're sadly mistaken. |
Khemul Zula
Amarr
Keisen Trade League
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:33:00 -
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Basically if CCP wiped the server a couple things would happen.
1. Most the player base would vanish in a horrid holocaust of forum whines and emorage quit threadnoughts. The forums would be completely uninhabitable due to fallout.
2. The new player base would be 95% Achura. |
Roymundo
Caldari
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:36:00 -
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i reckon you'd find that the current powers that be, gs, gbc, etc etc, would all move to take vast amounts of territory very early, as these are fairly well organised on their own forums outside of eve servers. newbie corps, smaller corps wouldn't have the same chance.
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Research Rachel
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:38:00 -
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if CCP sc****d there forums would there be less stupid threads like this? 
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Minny Sky
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:41:00 -
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I would play.
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Khandara Seraphim
StarHunt
Systematic-Chaos
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:43:00 -
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It would be horrific, but I would also secretly enjoy my chance to be one of the oldest characters in the new game, provided this wipe was a one time deal and would never happen again.
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Kuolematon
Space Perverts and Forum Warriors United
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Posted - 2009.01.09 06:59:00 -
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I would have much more time to play other, better games OR more time to social activities..
"The Amarr are the tanking and ganking floating rods of goldcrap"
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Lui Kai
Better Than You
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Posted - 2009.01.09 07:05:00 -
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And like...what if we all saw colors differently? I mean, like, what you saw as blue, I saw as red, but we both called it blue because, like, we'd both been taught to call it that?
I mean, like, woah...
What if, man? WHAT IF?
[/nonsense questions]
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Kimi Nogura
Caldari
Tech 2 Holdings Limited
Tech Holdings Limited
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Posted - 2009.01.09 07:09:00 -
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I think a more interesting and plausible what-if would be if due to the POS exploit/game overhaul of sov mechanics they removed all POS and player built outposts from 0.0. (assuming they moved all player/corp assets to the closest NPC station.)
Imagine the mad dash for sov / moon control all over null sec 
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Qordel
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2009.01.09 07:12:00 -
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Though my current primary is over 18 months old, a lot of that was spent not subscribed. Even so, I'd not return to EVE if they wiped it.
People who want that (not pointing the finger at the OP here) are idiots. WHO CARES IF SOMEONE HAS MORE SKILL POINTS THAN YOU?! There are also new people who have less than you. The game would be boring as hell if everyone was at the same approximate level, just like in real life there are always people younger and older or worse and better at various things than you.
Splitting the severs, wiping the servers, boosted-SP-weekends... it's all ridiculous.
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Dirk Magnum
Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2009.01.09 07:46:00 -
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Out of my 196 skills / 31 million SPs I think I could retrain all the ones I actually utilize back up to their current levels inside of a year's time, which I suppose would be bearable. In a way I guess it could be fun to start over.
CCP would have to be 100% transparent about every aspect of why the servers and the backup data I assume they also have all exploded though.
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2009.01.09 07:48:00 -
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Originally by: Dirk Magnum
CCP would have to be 100% transparent about every aspect of why the servers and the backup data I assume they also have all exploded though.
Short of a nuke going off above London AND another one above Iceland at the same time triggering massive EMPs, I'm not buying any excuses.
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Lui Kai
Better Than You
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Posted - 2009.01.09 07:53:00 -
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Originally by: Akita T
Originally by: Dirk Magnum
CCP would have to be 100% transparent about every aspect of why the servers and the backup data I assume they also have all exploded though.
Short of a nuke going off above London AND another one above Iceland at the same time triggering massive EMPs, I'm not buying any excuses.
They -really- needed beer money.
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Furphist
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Posted - 2009.01.09 08:09:00 -
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I would increase my playtime 10 fold. The resulting land grab, would be the most fun imaginable. People that think they "worked hard" for what they have in game, are delusional. It's the journey, not the destination, ask anyone. |
Navtiqes
Noob Mercs
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Posted - 2009.01.09 08:12:00 -
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Originally by: Cyprus Black
would you still play?
No.
Primarily because if it happens once it'll happen again. So the whole point of the game is lost. Eve wiping its servers would have the same effect as changing the gameplay mechanics had on SWG. |
Furphist
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Posted - 2009.01.09 08:20:00 -
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Originally by: Navtiqes
Originally by: Cyprus Black
would you still play?
No.
Primarily because if it happens once it'll happen again. So the whole point of the game is lost. Eve wiping its servers would have the same effect as changing the gameplay mechanics had on SWG.
The only thing you will ever gain from a video game, are your own memories of it. NOTHING else is permanent or even matters. Sorry friend, in a couple years, all those people who you think you've touched, wont remember you even exist. And the crap you've gathered "in game" thats even more laughable and ethereal.
None of those things you value, and keep you playing, actually exist. You are living in a fantasy land, and the sooner you realize that, the better.
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Zaran Darkstar
Divine Slaves
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Posted - 2009.01.09 08:21:00 -
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Originally by: Cyprus Black
Not saying this is what they're planning or anything like that. This is simply a "what if" question.
If CCP wiped everyones character data and restarted EvE fresh and new, would you still play?
I wouldn't mind start from scratch in such a case. Perhaps the game would be more interesting without all these caps and supercaps. The fun would be the same . It's just the ships that would be smaller. |
Ocih
Amarr
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Posted - 2009.01.09 09:32:00 -
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At any given time of day, 10% of EvE is trial accounts so they will always have a base.. sort of. |
Navtiqes
Noob Mercs
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Posted - 2009.01.09 09:33:00 -
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Originally by: Furphist
Originally by: Navtiqes
Originally by: Cyprus Black
would you still play?
No.
Primarily because if it happens once it'll happen again. So the whole point of the game is lost. Eve wiping its servers would have the same effect as changing the gameplay mechanics had on SWG.
The only thing you will ever gain from a video game, are your own memories of it. NOTHING else is permanent or even matters. Sorry friend, in a couple years, all those people who you think you've touched, wont remember you even exist. And the crap you've gathered "in game" thats even more laughable and ethereal.
None of those things you value, and keep you playing, actually exist. You are living in a fantasy land, and the sooner you realize that, the better.
Admit it, you stole that speach from Terminator 3. |
Furphist
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Posted - 2009.01.09 09:36:00 -
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Admit it, you stole that speach from Terminator 3.
No, but im oddly flattered. |
Leonidas Rex
Amarr
PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2009.01.09 09:42:00 -
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Originally by: Cyprus Black
Originally by: MC Purge
It must be that time of the month. I hadn't seen this idea posted for a while :\
I'm new here
Welcome to eve online, hope you will enjoy this fantastic game! |
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2009.01.09 09:53:00 -
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Originally by: MC Purge
It must be that time of the month.
There is, indeed, a full moon outside today...
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TimMc
Gallente
Brutal Deliverance
OWN Alliance
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Posted - 2009.01.09 10:36:00 -
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Heck I would quit.
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