EVE General Discussion

The old adage that all publicity is good publicity is an outdated concept in our "Web 2.0" world, where getting a minute of face time on YouTube rarely results in that coveted fifteen minutes of fame. In fact, today most publicity is bad publicity, what with the drunken, druggy photos on Facebook making you unemployable in any organization that doesn't allow you to wear more than three colors to work.

This goes double for EVE.

How many people who have felt what they consider to be "grief" pollute the game and the forums with their vitriol? How many of these people go to other forums and leave tear-filled "stay away" posts, or write scathing reviews on their blogs, after losing their Hulks, Tengus, ISK, assets, et cetera, to valid and supported gameplay mechanics? The answer is "enough to turn away a considerable amount of people who would have otherwise tried the game, and liked it."

Enter the Goldz-4-Quitz program.

I have recently been making a lot of money in D3, something to the tune of billions of gold within a week. As a loyal EVE fan, I want to put that gold to good use. As such, I'm willing to pay people who feel aggrieved to the point that they decide to unsubscribe and engage in hostile anti-marketing campaigns on these forums, or elsewhere, to not do so, and instead leave without spreading negative propaganda that endangers this game's future. Basically, I would pay Hulkageddon victims and wardec magnets a few million gold to quit and move on to a game that would better fit their dispositions. Of course, I would absolutely require each participant to submit a YouTube video of their characters being biomassed.

So, my questions are:

1. Would this be within the spirit of the game, and allowed by CCP?
2. Would people be interested in taking advantage of such a program?

I wouldn't be so silly as to not do some research before approving someone to the program. The character would need to have some age/skillpoints attached to it, as well as relevant losses on record.

Having been on a few forums of those "other" video games, I would think reasonably intelligent people understand that this is the anonymous internet culture and the raging forum warrior syndrome at work. I pretty much ignore what anyone says and form an opinion myself, I can't be the only one, right?

In all my travels I've only found one game that truly showed the mark of death, and unfortunately that game is Black Prophecy. It's a shame too, it was a really cool game that I would have enjoyed it there were more than 30 people left playing it and more than 5 forum posters.

PS I see you goons, owning two tyi stations.....what did you do?!?! I'm placing all the blame on you!

Good games don't die. Good games only turn into bad games when the developers give in to demands of bad players.

Most of the people that say they are quitting will be back in a couple of months anyway. Hell, most of them were just NPC alts that have already been biomassed to make way for their next 'I quit' alt.

I like your idea though, biomassing is the only way to prove that you have quit eve.