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Malcolm Shinhwa

The Scope

Gallente Federation

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#21 - 2014-04-09 06:34:16 UTC

Christopher AET wrote:

Start a corp with a core bunch of friends and build on that. Going by yourself and saying "We are propr corp joyn we do gud stuf" is unlikely to attract even new players.

Actually that method seems to attract quite a few new players. Probably because they think they are joining a "guild" like they've had in other MMO's. Muahahahaaa.

As for me, If I were looking for a new corp in hisec, the first thing I'd want to know is, are they Code compliant? If not, I might still join, but only to test out their tanks.

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Solecist Project Likes received: 33,643	#22 - 2014-04-09 09:11:20 UTC Any corp that has "fun" mentioned as a goal should be wardecced forever. That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia

Solecist Project

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#23 - 2014-04-09 09:12:25 UTC

Malcolm Shinhwa wrote:

Christopher AET wrote:

Start a corp with a core bunch of friends and build on that. Going by yourself and saying "We are propr corp joyn we do gud stuf" is unlikely to attract even new players.

Dude... my corps never were code compliant.

Come at me........ :p

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PrettyMuch Always Right

Doomheim

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#24 - 2014-04-09 09:19:20 UTC | Edited by: PrettyMuch Always Right

Solecist Project wrote:

Any corp that has "fun" mentioned as a goal should be wardecced forever.

Any corp that has "fun" mentioned as a goal that is being wardecced forever by people looking to remove their "fun" will just drop corp thereby continuing to have "fun" all while laughing at you for not being able to have "fun" without ruining other people's "fun".

This is why most griefers only play EVE for a bit and quit. Their fun is predicated on ruining other people's fun. That must get boring quick.

Yarda Black

The Black Redemption

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#25 - 2014-04-09 09:40:34 UTC

If I was looking for a corp I'd be looking for the following:

- Does this corp have a plan?
- Does this corp do stuff I enjoy doing?
- Where do they live?

I think you should properly define who and what you are. You should be enjoying yourself as well. If you make a corp and all of its members are dedicated lvl4 missionrunners, while you're more about pvp...

I personally don't believe in recruiting every EVE player that breathes. I do believe in bringing together a group of players that share interests and enjoy playing EVE with each other.

So I would go at it like this:

1. What do I enjoy most in EVE?
2. What type of player does that make me?
3. How does a player like me benefit from being in a corp?

I think answering 1 to 3 will attract players you like to play with, like to play with each other and gives you the "selling" points you need for recruitment.

Solecist Project

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#26 - 2014-04-09 09:47:58 UTC

PrettyMuch Always Right wrote:

Solecist Project wrote:

Any corp that has "fun" mentioned as a goal should be wardecced forever.

Errrr nope. You're far away from what I was talking about.

Please learn the definition of "goal" first, then apply this to corps with said goal and ask yourself what they are actually doing until they reach said goal. CEOs who believe that fun is a goal are completely clueless regarding what they are doing.

People should have fun playing! That can't be a goal. A goal has to be something achieveable, hopefully related to something in game. So they should have a proper goal and fun trying to reach it!

That's why these corps should be closed. Just like most other wannabe newplayerfriendly or 0taxcorps corps who harm the game more than they help.

Nuela

WoT Misfits

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#27 - 2014-04-09 17:27:50 UTC

Vladimir Norkoff wrote:

Caleb Seremshur wrote:

what would you look for?

my question is centralised around a start up corp. What I'm thinking is to take a new corp fresh from the oven, throw some newbs in it and then gradually progress outwards towards lowsec.

alternatively how do we Incentivise players coming to low that might not have wanted to before? advertising on the forums is one thing but I was thinking of something a little more proactive

I would say that you advertise yourselves as a corp that does EVERYTHING (missions, mining, manufacturing, PvP, WHs, roams, etc). If it exists in the game your corp does it!

Don't try to focus your members to do any one particular thing, or follow a particular goal or direction. That would potentially turn off one of random applicants you accepted, and cause them to leave. And the last thing you would want to do is lose a member who is not buying into your dreams for the corp. Membership numbers are the most important attribute of a corp. Whether or not members log in or contribute is immaterial. It's the fact that you have alot of them!

Furthermore, as CEO, do not communicate any of your goals for the corp. Again you don't want to pressure or lose corp members. And the mystery aspect of "just wtf are we doing anyway?" would probably hopefully maybe keep players interested enough to stick around. Also trust is important. So trust your new random applicants implicitly by giving them any roles they desire. After all, they might leave if they don't get what they want right now.

And finally the move to low or null should be done as a spur of the moment decision. Ideally as a knee-jerk reaction to corp drama, member loss, or general disinterest. And as a sudden decision, there should be no real preparation or research into the area you will be moving to. That's part of the surprise! Maybe 15-minutes max of looking at EvEmaps, Dotlan, or even just reading something on EvE-O forums.

You are now on the path to becoming a legendary EvE CEO!
(Just like 90% of all other CEOs that have followed this same exact plan.)

This man knows his stuff!

Don't forget to have an alt who you treat as a different member of your corp that, for some reason, you trust implicitly, though you don't seem to be very trustworthy of others. Then, all of a sudden and by complete surprise,,,once the corp has built up a significant number of assets this 'corp thief' can steal it all! You, as the CEO, can act all outraged that your alt stole everything and try to rally the corp to keep going and come back making you a good leader.

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