EVE General Discussion

Public apologies are never easy. I imagine the CSM Hilmar spent hours rewording his statement.

It is extremely easy to insulate yourself from reality, cocooning yourself in an ivory tower when you run large and complex businesses.

I pray other CEO's around the world start to re-evaluate their vision and realize they have a community-based obligation to balance service with profit. Greed tends to be short-sighted. Greed with a strong leaning toward improving service and community leads to higher revenue potential.

It is more difficult to balance service and profit, otherwise more companies would follow that path. Not to bring RL into this thread, but it's like the excuse banks in the US use for the new fees (government regulation). Truth is they lost revenue streams, have shareholders that demand ever increasing profits, so they took the EASY route and added more fees. If only they had been able to redefine realistic revenue goals in this economy and used their imagination to improve revenue flow and service. Y'know, like loaning money to credit worthy applicants or helping their clients restructure home loans? Quick fees are short-sighted.



Now, if only the CEO of the company I work for would follow Hilmar's lead....


I look forward to measuring his, and CCP's, improvement.

Edit: I forgot to add that it was a nice BLOG post. The CSM project is an extension of player representation. Sort of like a loose republic of player representation. I commend all CSM involvment, time and money to help advocate for the players. I don't always agree with CSM stances, but I respect the burden you all have chosen to carry.

Though the introduction was clearly flawed, our plans for virtual goods are intended to make your playing experience better, not to disrupt it. From a strategic perspective, we had to take these first steps because monthly subscriptions are increasingly becoming a thing of the past. The culture of online gaming is changing, just as the notion of digital ownership did with music. If we don’t evolve our technology, our game design and our revenue model, then we risk obsolescence, and we just can’t allow that to happen to EVE or to our community.

For the same reasons, Incarna—the real one with actual meaningful gameplay in it— will be a big step towards the future. For an experience that relies so much on emergence and human interaction, it’s remarkable that it’s taken us this long to actually put a face on it. Once Incarna hits its stride, EVE will be more personal, and thus more accessible to general audiences. Visual self-expression in a virtual setting is a core psychological component of gaming; most people need to see their avatars, or something vaguely humanoid, or else they don’t connect with the game. We were behind the curve and it needs to be addressed for the sake of EVE’s longevity. We have the technology. Now we need time to add the content that will bring more meaning to the gameplay—again, without disrupting the space combat simulator that many of you are, or at least were, very much in love with—and without delaying crucial improvements that this core experience desperately needs.

I am so happy the CSM acted in our best interest and not theirs to begin with.

I am so glad the CSM don't ***** publicity by making multiple threads about something someone else did.

I am so glad the CSM asked for my vote, but never once asked me for my opinion on anything eve related.

I am so glad that every time I call you the publicity whoring politicians you are I get a like.

Happy days are here again.

Thank you for the heart felt blog.