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There is a thread on reddit on the same topic, I wrote a reply there to this question:

It would be best to have the ingame music and other music turned off, since many videos may be shown together.

Having your comms would be great, since we're trying to communicate the fact that EVE is massively social science fiction simulator, where the world and its story is mostly written by its players.

In general, short, unedited clips would be better, since we're trying to portray what actually happened from the player's point of view. However, if you have great video editing and production skills and experience with making ingame videos and using advanced camera moves, then by all means go for it, just be ready to have your "baby" chopped up on the editing board, as it is mixed or placed side by side to other videos, player made and CCP made.

Thanks!

um what about the HUD, you want it on? off?

EVE will survive 21.12.2012 good job! Some plants seeds are safe in some underground place in Norway, and now this, CCP are smart

Well, I said it was evil.

Basically what it means is that you are agreeing that we can use the video in our video.

CCP would probably act as if they owned those videos, until the true creators contacted them about it. Then most likely CCP or the local police could contact you about, fraud. So might not be so wise to do.

You can always turn in a fake check to the bank to get real money from it. But perhaps not always the best idea.

uumm why not provide them with a live feed that changes system/ place every 2 minutes and can be directed to a event that is happening at that time

They also listed The Sims.

I'm really not trying to be a troll but..

"Rather than having a PC simply running EVE somewhere in the corner with a keyboard and mouse and risk the untrained audience spending their time angrily trying to open the door in the captain‘s quarters or being serial suicide ganked in Jita"

Doesn't this say something about the game that deserves being looked into? I mean, as a game company, if you acknowledge that these are in fact negative aspects of the game experience, shouldn't there be some internal commitment to correct them?

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Well, they have the same challenge with Dwarf Fortress. Now that's a game even more hard to get into. It should we noted, we have a full team dedicated to improving the usability and player experience, and they are doing a good job, IMHO. Still, even if it was all great and streamlined, you wouldn´t be able to get to grips and understand the depth of the EVE Universe in a hands on demo lasting 2-3 minutes. Plus people at museums are shy, the only people that engage in the interactive pieces are geeks and children, who have no fear of technology.

While displaying videos/metrics/whatever is cool and all, having it interactive should be a priority. Since that is what eve is. You don't watch things pass you by, you go out and change it.

Remember the butterfly effect video? Make an interactive version of that. Give the player a scenario, and different choices. Those choices affect the world in a certain way, and you proceed through some rudimentary storyline making choices: "Do I do X, Y, Z?" And at the end the consequences (good/bad/neutral) are shown to the player. That will have the most dramatic affect upon people. Being able to show that anyone can make an impact in one of the largest virtual worlds will make the most lasting impression than a bunch of videos and metrics.