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AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
#1 - 2015-01-23 16:38:23 UTC
Two years ago, I quit EVE.

I re-subbed for one month to respond to a few forum posts I had time to read whilst RL had slowed down temporarily for me. My rubbernecking nature gets the better of me sometimes, and there is nothing like watching a horrific car crash like EVE Online unfold, with every twisted piece of metal tumble all around in slow motion.

So, in two years - nothing has changed, in my most humblest of opinions.

I just dropped a 12,000 word document to CCP explaining what issues I have with EVE Online and CCP in specific and general terms, which I won't go into here - but did wish to say hello to the player-base and hope you are all doing well.

Sub ends on the 20th of February, so drop me a line here or on evemail and I'll hit you back.

♥

AK

o7

This space for rent.
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#2 - 2015-01-23 16:44:39 UTC
AlleyKat wrote:

I just dropped a 12,000 word document to CCP explaining what issues I have with EVE Online and CCP in specific and general terms, which I won't go into here

ill humor you ,

go on

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AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
#3 - 2015-01-23 18:15:06 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
AlleyKat wrote:

I just dropped a 12,000 word document to CCP explaining what issues I have with EVE Online and CCP in specific and general terms, which I won't go into here

ill humor you ,

go on


Seriously, wasn't baiting ;)

It's nothing that hasn't been said before on the forums, on email, over the phone or in person. Truthfully I just spend a few hours typing and didn't wish to retype it.

Just thought I'd say hello whilst I still can.

AK.

This space for rent.
Random McNally
Stay Frosty.
A Band Apart.
#4 - 2015-01-23 19:19:17 UTC
Hello.

If you will no longer be needing your stuff, I could just accept that in contract form and find a whole bunch of new players that would benefit from your generosity.

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Kesukka
#5 - 2015-01-23 19:32:21 UTC
whoops. nevermind me

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Indahmawar Fazmarai
#6 - 2015-01-23 20:36:06 UTC
Your name is familiar to me. What was your stance on WiS/Incarna?
Erica Dusette
Division 13
#7 - 2015-01-23 21:25:00 UTC
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Zimmy Zeta
Perkone
Caldari State
#8 - 2015-01-23 21:29:12 UTC
Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:
Your name is familiar to me. What was your stance on WiS/Incarna?


Same here...I do know that I know OP, just checked his posting history and he used to be a semi-regular in OoPE 2 years ago.

Not sure why I remembered your name, AK, but I am just going to assume it was because you are a swell guy and fun to hang out with, so um...nice to see you back and, uh, please don't go.

I'd like to apologize for the poor quality of the post above and sincerely hope you didn't waste your time reading it. Yes, I do feel bad about it.
Candi LeMew
Division 13
#9 - 2015-01-23 21:55:33 UTC
AlleyKat wrote:
Two years ago, I quit EVE.

I re-subbed for one month to respond to a few forum posts I had time to read whilst RL had slowed down temporarily for me. My rubbernecking nature gets the better of me sometimes, and there is nothing like watching a horrific car crash like EVE Online unfold, with every twisted piece of metal tumble all around in slow motion.

So, in two years - nothing has changed, in my most humblest of opinions.

I just dropped a 12,000 word document to CCP explaining what issues I have with EVE Online and CCP in specific and general terms, which I won't go into here - but did wish to say hello to the player-base and hope you are all doing well.

Sub ends on the 20th of February, so drop me a line here or on evemail and I'll hit you back.

♥

AK

o7

Hello sir,

Hopefully it wasn't my shitposting 'cause I can ease up a little if it'll convince you to stick around.

Well, no promises, but yeah I can try.

But aside from whatever inspires you to leave, do you mean there's nothing here worth staying for? No part of eve that gives you sufficient joy to keep playing? Maybe keep looking or better yet create it yourself. Can't change the tides but swimming in 'em can still be fun, especially when you're surrounded by people who look amazing in bikinis and board shorts.

🍌

Remember... in Anoikis Bob Is Always Watching...

"I been kicked out of better homes than this" - Rick James
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#10 - 2015-01-24 04:08:29 UTC
AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
#11 - 2015-01-24 09:57:34 UTC
Random McNally wrote:
Hello.

If you will no longer be needing your stuff, I could just accept that in contract form and find a whole bunch of new players that would benefit from your generosity.

All donations were done two years ago.

Funny story: I went to Jita to try and give away the loose billions but after nearly an hour of typing in local chat - gave up trying to give the ISK away.

This space for rent.
AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
#12 - 2015-01-24 10:00:35 UTC
Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:
Your name is familiar to me. What was your stance on WiS/Incarna?

The same as everyone else I suspect: that it was a waste of development $ and was poorly implemented. I'm sure the council would have a long list of things which could have taken priority over standing in a room looking in the mirror.

This space for rent.
AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
#13 - 2015-01-24 10:03:25 UTC
Candi LeMew wrote:
AlleyKat wrote:
Two years ago, I quit EVE.

I re-subbed for one month to respond to a few forum posts I had time to read whilst RL had slowed down temporarily for me. My rubbernecking nature gets the better of me sometimes, and there is nothing like watching a horrific car crash like EVE Online unfold, with every twisted piece of metal tumble all around in slow motion.

So, in two years - nothing has changed, in my most humblest of opinions.

I just dropped a 12,000 word document to CCP explaining what issues I have with EVE Online and CCP in specific and general terms, which I won't go into here - but did wish to say hello to the player-base and hope you are all doing well.

Sub ends on the 20th of February, so drop me a line here or on evemail and I'll hit you back.

♥

AK

o7

Hello sir,

Hopefully it wasn't my shitposting 'cause I can ease up a little if it'll convince you to stick around.

Well, no promises, but yeah I can try.

But aside from whatever inspires you to leave, do you mean there's nothing here worth staying for? No part of eve that gives you sufficient joy to keep playing? Maybe keep looking or better yet create it yourself. Can't change the tides but swimming in 'em can still be fun, especially when you're surrounded by people who look amazing in bikinis and board shorts.

Sometimes no matter how hard you try, you cannot see the silver lining to something, because it doesn't exist.

This space for rent.
AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
#14 - 2015-01-24 10:04:38 UTC
Rain6637 wrote:
holy **** it's been two years?

I think the 30th of January, but yeah, two years ago

This space for rent.
Candi LeMew
Division 13
#15 - 2015-01-24 10:19:29 UTC
AlleyKat wrote:
Sometimes no matter how hard you try, you cannot see the silver lining to something, because it doesn't exist.

I find that a bit strange, no offense though!!

I mean there are literally countless ways to enjoy yourself here, almost unlimited playstyles, open goals, and potential to basically do or achieve as much or as little as you desire. If you find no aspect of eve enjoyable at all, from any angle, then it sounds to me like it's just not the game for you(?), rather than there being an inherent problem with the game itself.

I mean I could go and join (insert random game here) and find myself just not enjoying or agreeing with it. I could even write an essay to it's developers telling them how I'd like them to change it so that it is the game for me. But that's kinda silly.

Instead when part of eve pisses me off or burns me out I go play something else that I love. Eventually always returning here though because, despite it's deficiencies (no game is perfect), it's still the best fun I've ever had online. But if it's not for you then...well...



🍌

Remember... in Anoikis Bob Is Always Watching...

"I been kicked out of better homes than this" - Rick James
AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
#16 - 2015-01-24 10:32:58 UTC  |  Edited by: AlleyKat
Zimmy Zeta wrote:
Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:
Your name is familiar to me. What was your stance on WiS/Incarna?


Same here...I do know that I know OP, just checked his posting history and he used to be a semi-regular in OoPE 2 years ago.

Not sure why I remembered your name, AK, but I am just going to assume it was because you are a swell guy and fun to hang out with, so um...nice to see you back and, uh, please don't go.

During 2007 I posted about 30 videos/tutorials on video editing. Really basic stuff, but some people know/knew me for that.

Due to the Internet and specifically YouTube, editing standards are significantly higher now. Yet video encoding quality has dropped.

YouTube is 4:2:0, shadowplay is the same and I understand the ATI equivilant is also 4:2:0. This means there is tonnes of great content, but the quality of the picture is utterly dreadful. What you look at on YouTube now is a compression of a compression of a compression.

Gaming is 4:4:4 and due to the above, we never see it anymore in videos. Even if you used Fraps in RGB mode on a 2160P image and uploaded the original file to YouTube, it will still get compressed into 4:2:0 nastiness at 8mbits/sec

Thankfully, H265 & VP9 will solve this offensive position and I can watch YouTube gaming videos without wishing to throw up. Of course, the other end of the spectrum would also need to change with nVidia and ATI putting H265 encoding chips onto/into their cards.

At that point, the circle will be complete.

If anyone's interested, there is an H265 encoder out there on the market for free called 'Internet Friendly Media Encoder' and it can crunch gigabytes into kilobytes using 4:4:4 source files. Very impressive. I'm also a beta tester for Fraps ( have been since 2006 ) and I got an email from them stating the next version of Fraps should be ready to test soon.

I'm quite tangential, but you got me in a typing mood, sir ;)

This space for rent.
Indahmawar Fazmarai
#17 - 2015-01-24 10:43:57 UTC
Candi LeMew wrote:
AlleyKat wrote:
Sometimes no matter how hard you try, you cannot see the silver lining to something, because it doesn't exist.

I find that a bit strange, no offense though!!

I mean there are literally countless ways to enjoy yourself here, almost unlimited playstyles, open goals, and potential to basically do or achieve as much or as little as you desire. If you find no aspect of eve enjoyable at all, from any angle, then it sounds to me like it's just not the game for you(?), rather than there being an inherent problem with the game itself.

I mean I could go and join (insert random game here) and find myself just not enjoying or agreeing with it. I could even write an essay to it's developers telling them how I'd like them to change it so that it is the game for me. But that's kinda silly.

Instead when part of eve pisses me off or burns me out I go play something else that I love. Eventually always returning here though because, despite it's deficiencies (no game is perfect), it's still the best fun I've ever had online. But if it's not for you then...well...



I think that CCP keeps EVE standing on a leg for no good reason, and no matter how proficent it has become doing it, it would be better set with two legs.

Anyway, i've kinda given up to changing the game. I enjoy it day by day and when I stop having fun with it I will stop playing it (again) and will play something else for a while.
AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
#18 - 2015-01-24 10:44:41 UTC
Candi LeMew wrote:
AlleyKat wrote:
Sometimes no matter how hard you try, you cannot see the silver lining to something, because it doesn't exist.

I find that a bit strange, no offense though!!

I mean there are literally countless ways to enjoy yourself here, almost unlimited playstyles, open goals, and potential to basically do or achieve as much or as little as you desire. If you find no aspect of eve enjoyable at all, from any angle, then it sounds to me like it's just not the game for you(?), rather than there being an inherent problem with the game itself.

I mean I could go and join (insert random game here) and find myself just not enjoying or agreeing with it. I could even write an essay to it's developers telling them how I'd like them to change it so that it is the game for me. But that's kinda silly.

Instead when part of eve pisses me off or burns me out I go play something else that I love. Eventually always returning here though because, despite it's deficiencies (no game is perfect), it's still the best fun I've ever had online. But if it's not for you then...well...



My reasons were not just with the game but with CCP being able to make logical, rational and justifiable decisions - and not suffer from Ivory tower syndrome.

You should also learn that the people I started the game with are all but gone, got married, had children etc etc and I was one of the last.

I went to 0.0 on my first day in a noob ship with a civ mining laser, 5,000 isk and a dream. All the while I was using a dialup modem.

Prior to that, I was posting on the forums in 2001 before the game went live for testing, when people were just talking about this game and making suggestions.

This space for rent.
Candi LeMew
Division 13
#19 - 2015-01-24 10:56:26 UTC
That's cool. Just hard to discuss, give feedback or anything real constructive when your precise reasons for how you feel aren't really on the table.

In anycase I'm sure you have your reasons and #respect. Good luck and have fun wherever you end up next!

I'll stick around, despite being unhappy with certain aspects of the game, because I have a TON of fun with the rest of it. If you don't then sure, I don't think anyone's going to try to convince you otherwise. Having played many online games myself, spanning back twenty years (and working within more than one also) I learned that you gotta take the good with the bad. I find the balance here to my liking at least. The bits I don't like? Well I'm too busy having fun in the good bits to spend time trying to change the world.

If you find yourself feeling the opposite then yeah, maybe it's not for you, regardless of 14 years spent banging your head against it.

Best of luck sir n' have fun!! Smile

🍌

Remember... in Anoikis Bob Is Always Watching...

"I been kicked out of better homes than this" - Rick James
AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
#20 - 2015-01-24 11:02:06 UTC
Candi LeMew wrote:
That's cool. Just hard to discuss, give feedback or anything real constructive when your precise reasons for how you feel aren't really on the table.

In any case I'm sure you have your reasons and #respect. Good luck and have fun wherever you end up next!

I'll stick around, despite being unhappy with certain aspects of the game, because I have a TON of fun with the rest of it. If you don't then sure, I don't think anyone's going to try to convince you otherwise. Having played many online games myself, spanning back twenty years (and working within more than one also) I learned that you gotta take the good with the bad. I find the balance here to my liking at least. The bits I don't like? Well I'm too busy having fun in the good bits to spend time trying to change the world.

If you find yourself feeling the opposite then yeah, maybe it's not for you, regardless of 14 years spent banging your head against it.

Best of luck sir n' have fun!! Smile


#respect back.

Don't get me completely wrong - I love the players, but not the game and the decision inability making process behind the game.

'Don't hate the playa, hate the game.'

This space for rent.
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