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Am I the only one who doesn't believe a word of Hilmar's blog?
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Jason1138
The Catalina Wine Mixer
#1 - 2011-10-07 02:18:55 UTC
Maybe i'm just totally and completely cynical, and I've been lied to so often that I can't see how sincere he is now that he's finally seen the light or whatever


but i swear all i hear when i read that blog is "ok enough of you have un-subbed that i'm finally scared. please believe for the 10th time that I've gotten serious about this game and come back for awhile"


I thought that when everyone made such a fuss about rocket rebalancing (among other things) and Hilmar came on here and was like "ok ok i get it now. i'll fix eve" that THEN was the time he was finally on board with us and everything would be better? wasn't that what he said then?

just seems like more of the same now, and I honestly don't believe a word of it. I want to, but i don't. So am i the bitterest of bitter vets or is that pretty much what everyone else is thinking too?
non judgement
Without Fear
Flying Burning Ships Alliance
#2 - 2011-10-07 02:20:40 UTC  |  Edited by: non judgement
completely cynical kinda sums it up.

Edit: If you can't feel even a little bit of hope, then yes cynical. But why be bitter? Isn't that the silliest thing you could do. It does more damage to you and those around you if you're nothing but bitter.

bitterness is a sickness in this game.. It builds up and just keeps more and more people looking at the wrong things. Are you trying to help or what?
Amsterdam Conversations
Doomheim
#3 - 2011-10-07 02:24:33 UTC
Jason1138 wrote:
Am I the only one who doesn't believe a word of Hilmar's blog?

No.
Jason1138
The Catalina Wine Mixer
#4 - 2011-10-07 02:32:24 UTC
"But why be bitter? "


because the people who run this game have a track record of lying to the subscriber base about future development and the current state of the game, while at the same time treating said subscriber base with contempt and indifference?
Belloche
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#5 - 2011-10-07 02:42:42 UTC
You are not alone in the thinking that Lucy will take the football away at the last second just like she has done all the other times she has promised not to.
Sturmwolke
#6 - 2011-10-07 02:50:00 UTC
With that blog, metaphorically speaking, he's actually putting a knife to his throat.
If he doesn't follow through, the community backlash (and reputation hit) will create an even bigger shitstorm (like never before) ... so it's really in his interest to make it happen Big smile
Grey Stormshadow
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2011-10-07 02:54:46 UTC
To quote Mittens "this is a bad post and you should feel bad for making it"...

Get classic forum style - custom videos to captains quarters screen

Play with the best - die like the rest
Jason1138
The Catalina Wine Mixer
#8 - 2011-10-07 02:56:26 UTC
"If he doesn't follow through, the community backlash (and reputation hit) will create an even bigger shitstorm (like never before) ... so it's really in his interest to make it happen"


you'd think that, wouldn't you. you'd also think it'd be in their interests to release the next wave of t3's in less than 4 years, or to have a viable FW option, or for lowsec to have a point to it, or for PI to work properly, or for CQ to launch with more than 1 racial type and with more than 4 things in the closet and with more than 1 room for you to go into


so...
MORZAG
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#9 - 2011-10-07 02:56:48 UTC
No.

I and everyone else wants to believe, but the apology was around 3 months too late.

This happened because the daily PCU is approaching 2008 levels. My sub will still run out sometime in November, they have a lot to prove if they want to change that.
Ron Bacardi
State War Academy
Caldari State
#10 - 2011-10-07 02:56:50 UTC
So why don't you leave? idgi
Herping yourDerp
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2011-10-07 02:58:30 UTC
weather i believe it is irrelevant, im waiting for winter expansion before i make my judgement. but for now, im happy with what was said.
ACY GTMI
Veerhouven Group
#12 - 2011-10-07 02:59:21 UTC
I think your cynicism is justified.

His track record leads straight to . . .Iceland? Oh, wait. There's another word for that.

Mittens is dead. Prove otherwise. Even when alive his/her ass and mouth must have gotten mixed up somehow.
non judgement
Without Fear
Flying Burning Ships Alliance
#13 - 2011-10-07 03:01:08 UTC  |  Edited by: non judgement
Jason1138 wrote:
"But why be bitter? "


because the people who run this game have a track record of lying to the subscriber base about future development and the current state of the game, while at the same time treating said subscriber base with contempt and indifference?


What you do with your life is your choice. You choose to be bitter about it. They aren't forcing you to be like that.

Keep moping about if you wish. I'd know who I'd rather spend time with. someone who is happy.

If you want people to fix things and make it better. Doing a big turd on the carpet before walking away isn't the right way to go about it. Everyone will look at the mess and go "yeah that's wonderful". it'd be nice if everyone just gets back to the game and stop looking at the mess on the ground.
Baby ChuChu
Ice Cream Asylum
#14 - 2011-10-07 03:02:33 UTC
Ron Bacardi wrote:
So why don't you leave? idgi


Because instead of speaking with their money, a lot of people around here just like speaking. And despite what people like to think, only the former really matters at the end of the day.
non judgement
Without Fear
Flying Burning Ships Alliance
#15 - 2011-10-07 03:16:07 UTC
Waiting to see what happens wont kill you.

Most the things I do in game haven't changed since I started playing. Do I think getting down about it will make it better? I could pull my finger out and do something about it. But I wouldn't write a forum post about how I don't believe anything I hear anymore.
What are you trying to get out of this? Do you just want some sympathy?
Jason1138
The Catalina Wine Mixer
#16 - 2011-10-07 03:17:20 UTC
^ i canceled all my subs, i'm just waiting for the time to run out


i'm not sure "leaving" before the subs run out would accomplish anything. if someone can show me it does i'll be glad to go
Dalloway Jones
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2011-10-07 03:30:50 UTC
The rest of us wouldn't have to read your annoying flouncy little "look at me I am a cynical cry baby" posts anymore.

That would be pretty great.
Diomedes Calypso
Aetolian Armada
#18 - 2011-10-07 03:50:03 UTC
I'm not sure he told us much about the game and a plan.. they still don't have a plan or a budget to come up with ways to lure people into small scale pvp situations.... they have wormhole and incursion mechancs that they could slap together in an amalgam and start itterating on until after a few months of throwing crap against the wall they get something good (i'm all for failing frequently and only counting successes.. but you'll have a lot more sucesses if you arent' afraid to keep trying things)

BUT


I said i a few times in the last few debacles. I believe the man was sick. And I don't mean that in a trolling way at all.

When you've live longer in the world, you get to see friends and colleagues sometimes implode... and its sad.

Often times something close to substance abuse, marital problems, but often more than that. I wouldn't rule out a bi-polar manic state.

The company was making certain decisions in an eratic manner.. contradicting themselves at times,,, and being forced to circle wagons on some things they knew themselves mad no sense (which has got to be demorlizing internally.. forced to dish **** to people you're friends with and respect ... that would suck)

There was someone at the top alternatively slamming the accelrator to the floor, then the brakes.. well i'll stop .. dont' have the time for good analogies.

I read a lot between the lines. His use of certain words.. the word "hubris" was a start... but there was more apology to his employees in there too ... when you mention two different things in one breath the two things put side by side often say a thrid and forth by implication.

I got the sense of a pretty intense self awareness of some wrecks he caused to other people's lives (and I'm not talking us customers in a lost my Loki sort of way).

I truly think he was mentally unstable.. hopefully it was just a stupid mid life crisis stage.. but those can wreak some havoc people around you.. spouses relaitves, colateral damages to kids ..etc.

.
Rhaegor Stormborn
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2011-10-07 03:51:38 UTC
To answer the OP's question, I think he is forced to do something different, but how it plays out, that is another story.

Grey Stormshadow wrote:
To quote Mittens "this is a bad post and you should feel bad for making it"...


*Slurp*
Aiden Andraste
State War Academy
Caldari State
#20 - 2011-10-07 04:29:46 UTC
I am "watching what they do, not what they say." This character was offered a 5 day free trial, so I activated it. Mostly to poast in GD.
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