Jita Park Speakers Corner

So I wasn't able to make the interviews during the election but I was able to an interview recently.

I wanted to share to let folks that wonder what I might have been like in the interviews.

Issler Interview

Hope it gives you some sense of what I'm about.

Issler

Everyone wants to hear what "CSM space pants" has to say right ?

Clean-cut BS. Yeah, I thought so.

Can't be much more than ban NPC (alts) from the forums.

I still hope we can find a way to change the fundamentally change NPC corps. Sorry about the length of the interview, that is a lot of me talking!

Issler

Issler, why did you sound like a dude?

That is a good question. They need to remain in some form to let the newer players get the bearings but they can't remain a way to avoid major parts of the "risk" elements of Eve. I don't have a detailed plan in mind at the moment but a strong belief in those two principles.

I owe everyone more on that and promise to organize some "brainstorming" on what changes we need to be improve the NPC corp role in Eve.

Issler

I definitely understand the underlying problem. I think you need to think about the core concept of Eve. Risk vs. Reward. A strong case can be made that NPC corps allow this balance to be skewed. I support the idea of the solo player as well. I didn't say eliminate NPC corps but they are one of many elements of Eve long overdue for review and revamp.

I love it when people challenge other people in Eve to provide an extensive study to support their position when they know that no such data can be provided to support either side of the argument.

What you also fail to realize is I have no intention of presenting ANYTHING to CCP as a CSM without serious vetting with the player base. I am here to represent the players that elected me, not to randomly spout "Eve accord to Issler" manifestos to CCP.

So my suggestion to you is to feel free to join in the conversations about the future of NPC corps in Eve when I start those conversations instead of assuming you already know in detail what I meant with those pretty basic concepts I shared in answer to a question I was asked.

So a question back to you, do you believe in the concept of risk vs. reward being key to Eve? If you do we can start conversations about places in Eve where maybe that is broken. If you don't see that as key I doubt we could ever agree.

Issler

You finally figured this one out. Now if you could tell all the misinformed people who voted for you this is the case that would be appreciated. A whole bunch of people somehow think that the CSM is akin to joining the board of game designers rather than representing us, the players, at the stakeholders table.

I firmly agree that the concept of risk versus reward is one of the key cornerstones of EVE.
However there is a lot more that needs taking care of then people who wish to remain in NPC corporations.



You shoot off your mouth about NPC people yet you then say I am the one who challenges?
You are the one who wanted a foot on the CSM pedestal.
That means you also work for information you want to talk about.

If you are someone who wants to represent then do it on facts and not on personal assumptions.
Get off of your lazy bumm and do what you are in the CSM for. Get data from CCP aswel. If you are too lazy for getting data to build on from then you are too lazy to represent in my personal opinion.


Key issue's why people remain in NPC corporations are various:

They don't have the time or the will to put in as much work and time as a lot of corporations ask of them.

They come from games where the key structure of a player driven group is less profound.

They don't want to feel like one of the masses or are afraid of being cannon fodder to the higher ups.

They have communications issue's of some kind and therefor prefer to remain outside a corporation.

They don't want to be pulled into the drama EVE often trails off to when being in a Corporation.

They don't tend to play well with others and prefer to remain on their own.

They see EVE as a game where social interaction isn't required.

And so on. There is a reason almost exclusively for anyone who stays in a NPC corp.
So saying you know the underlying issue is a tad of a bg grasp.

The main thing Nicolo is peefed about is that people use alt NPC's to post, his main concern is to silence them up. If you check his postings over the last your a big percentage of it is only about that.
He's a very single minded individual and as such I personally think he has far greater issues than alts in NPC corporations which post on the forums.

It would be a grand idea if there actually were a survey to get an indication as why people want to remain in NPC corporations.
That would serve far more because then we would have actual data instead of random assumptions.


Now about the risk vs reward.

There is also a lot of reward with minimal or no risk in this game.
Do you intend to make work of that too?
To increase the risk exponentially to the reward?