EVE General Discussion

My fellow players:

I have recently become concerned at the state of the sandbox. Certain actions taken by CCP employees have cast serious doubts upon its dedication to maintaining the freedom of sandbox style gameplay.

Instead of taking time to answer some questions that have emerged over the past week or so, ISD members have begun arbitrarily locking threads under false premises. Locking threads is not going to stop us from asking our legitimate questions about these happenings. We, as paying customers, hereby demand that our questions are answered.

These questions, if left unanswered have the very real potential to hurt CCP's bottom line. This is the last thing any of us want to see. We want to see a growing player-base, not a shrinking one. CCP's recent actions are nothing but damaging.

My fellow players, I implore you to demand transparency and accountability from CCP. I'm afraid our game won't survive another scandal-racked year such as this one.

In the wake of the SOMER Blink scandal, CCP owe the player base full transparency. What we have seen in recent days does not speak to a new age of transparency or accountability. Indeed, CCP seems to be quickly falling back into its old bad habits. For instance, CCP has so far ignored the emerging skillpoints scandal. What little acknowledgement there has been has come, unfortunately, in the form of threads on this topic being locked.

If this continues, the sandbox will slip away from us, and we will be forced to petition Sony, as CCP will go out of business. For CCP to turn its back on transparency and accountability is to turn its back to the player base.

I think this bit is often overplayed as we don't really know this to be true.

However, I agree that there are many things recently that have identified a trend away from a sandbox due to CCP involvement in in game activities or GM intervention on issues.

I wish it would just be left alone.

[Policy]

What happens, happens and we are all responsible for our choices and the consequences of those choices.

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That's what I would like it to be. Provide a safe place for new players to the game around the starter systems and leave everything else well enough alone. Back to the hard and sometimes harsh sandbox; and let the charity and support come from players (and a lot of that happens too) and not from GM intervention unless its something associated with a breech of EULA or an exploit.

tl;dr "all my previous threads about the 'skillpoint scandal' got locked, so here is yet another one."

(edit: I am seriously starting to believe that you just want to punish us because Darius JOHNSON did bad things to your cheerios and someone ruined your Secret Santa scheme)

There have been about 5 scandals, 3 perpetrated by CCP's favorites, SOMER BLINK, in the past year.

If you think that this has to do with only the SP reimbursement, then you are truly delusional.

Sorry, I just try to be honest with people.



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And strangely enough.....all 5 scandals have had to do with the EULA and the ToS.

RULES CCP PUT INTO PLACE.

Given their handling of the Somer debacle, and what GMs are now apparently saying about that, I doubt we will see anything other than more ostrich management.

As another paying customer, I hereby demand you take your demands and stuff them up your butt. I want them up there deep too, don't half step, use force when inserting.

Seriously, you wouldn't demand answer like this from any other service provider, so you can pretty much get bent, I hope they never say a word, if you don't like the service you're being provided, seek greener pastures.

Actually, when my ISP decided to screw up my service for a month, I demanded compensation. Guess what I received?

A month's worth of compensation.

And trust me, my ISP's customer service is ****.

What is so wrong with demanding answers to consistent favoritism?

What is so wrong with demanding answers as to why CCP decides to pick and choose who has to follow the rules, and who gets a free pass?

What is so wrong with expecting the transparency that the CEO of the company promised the playerbase, in an open letter to them?

Once you can explain what is so wrong with those things to me, I might be able to take you seriously.

I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at. I am, however, sure that you don't understand what you are getting at.

I would ask you to familiarize yourself with the details of the skillpoints scandal before entering into the discussion with an abstract and aloof argument that doesn't make a lot of sense, and is made from a position of ignorance.

Pretty brave words from a new character (Science and Trade Institute [STI] from 2013.06.09 23:49).

Step out from behind the disposable alt and post with your real character.

Mr Epeen

Assuming that anything you can't understand is definitely nonsensical is a great way to never learn anything new in this world. I pity you for your fear of the unknown.



Are you sure you don't want to turn that request into a demand?

Either way, I'm already completely familiar with the details. "an abstract and aloof argument that doesn't make a lot of sense, and is made from a position of ignorance. " That actually describes your attempt at a refutation to a T. You made no specific references, and concretely stated that you didn't understand what you were replying to. 3/10 for perfect self-reference.