EVE General Discussion

See post #52.

Yes, if I was her I'd phone in sick claim bulling, depression, off the record I'd just tell the boss that I'm just here for the cash, keep the cash flowing & the pension building & I won't cause any grief or sue.

Just put it to them straight. I'm a $50k per year liability just write me off as that, don't speak to me, write me or call me unless it's about my pay or pension. If you don't do this then I will get a lawyer involved which could cost you millions & even sink CCP.

Is CCP nuking threads again? What is this T2BPO deja vu?

Dare I even post.... Ok.. what the heck. My 2 cents on the MINTCHIP issue (not going to obscure the point).

1. CCP can hire anyone they want. Period. Obviously CCP Mintchip had some qualities that CCP believes will benefit their company. To hire anyone on any other basis would be foolish, and I always give the benefit of the doubt when it comes to foolishness until proven otherwise.

2. Everyone deserves the chance to prove themselves. Some of the crap I read on an earlier forum post was ridiculous. CCP Mintchip deserves the chance to succeed or fail just like anyone else starting a new job.

3. She is the DUST Player Rep. Not EVE. So all this vitrol is very much wasted.

4. So much hate, so early, forces CCP to defend MINTCHIP because to not do so would put every other developer at risk for anything they do for the game. That is an intolerable situation for any gaming developer.

HOWEVER,

1. A lot of this drama would have been avoided if CCP Mintchip would have been introduced as CCP CLEANSLATE in the DUST forums. No reference to her blog or youtube videos. Later, during a fanfest or some other event, her identity could have been exposed, but only after she had the opportunity to make a name for herself as a competent CCP employee. To come out from the beginning with so much baggage, puts her in a difficult postion.

2. As a DUST player rep, announcing your new job on the EVE forums, was probably a bad move.

3. We as CUSTOMERS of CCP have the right to communicate our displeasure with their decisions. As long as it is professional, this communication should not be censored or deleted. And in the end, we as CUSTOMERS have the right to stop using the company's product if we feel their decisions are egregious enough.

Personally, I didn't even know who MINTCHIP was before this all happened. And, after a little research, I don't care. It will not affect my game play or how I view the game.

Grats bug in ear successfully planted and now i have the guitar riff going on in my head. LOL

Probably alot of truth here, however given how people would have started reacting the same way once it was known CCP NEWNAME was actually NAME REDACTED regardless of the work being done inside the walls of CCP headquaters because; well you know, people are like that.

Either way this feels like someone is beating a dead horse with this topic and honestly I'm content to just sit back and let this person give it their best shot.

If people are un-subbing because of this... Well I'm always happy to accept contracts for stuff you won't need anymore.

Im actually, genuinely and without reservation starting to like the Goons again.

Their ideas have always been against the grain of what Eve is. Eve is gritty, dark, foreboding, tough, and uncaring. This person continuously spoke out against those characteristics and said they should change to make the game 'better.' This, obviously, did not set well with people.

And yes, we are owed an explanation by the company who 'prides itself' in staying close to its community. They rode that credit again and again and again. So yes, we are owed an explanation because CCP maneuvered themselves that way. And who are you to say we cannot criticize their decision? What authority to you have to decree our right to speak out forfeit because 'mother knows best,' so to speak?


You're making a comparison to an irrelevant organization. Incarna impacted the game immediately and thus, garnered an immediate reaction. This situation will be more latent. I anticipate no burn jita again, unless the employee's HKO opinions actually come to bear....like Sajuuk...(yes I went there).



Not yet. They need to set the code and such up to have them spread across all of Eve. Right now they're limited to FW, but the orbital strikes and such are having an impact. I think there was an event that actually pushed the Arch Angels out of their territory because DUST players roflstomped them, hard.

So her view of Eve is not your view so what.

No you are not owned anything. CCP hire and fire who they want, when they want and do not have to tell you squat.

Who gave you the authority to dictate to CCP who they can and can not hire. You don't like it then the solution is very easy.. quit.

Also please do not use the "I am a paying customer" line.

You have no right to tell CCP who they can hire like you have no right to tell any other company that you use who they can hire.

At the end of the day, the percentage of players against this hiring is minuscule. A handful of players on a forum that only a tiny percentage of subscribers use.

/agree