EVE General Discussion

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/10/23/eve-evolved-the-human-casualties/

There's this paragraph in that interview, that struck me the wrong way, I mean, really upset me after reading about all this lay offs (inevitable I know) and all this 'we were wrong and were going to fix this' mentality then being struck with an insider interview tha still some of the decision makers in the CCP workforce are arrogant enough to believe they are the ones right, and all this is a bump on the road.

Dear CCP higher management, that arrogance was what put you in this situation, and led to the loss of subscribers therefore the lay off of 20% of your staff, that arrogance should be the one dismissed and laid off, I like to believe Hillmar doesn't know all happening inside, I do like to believe though he'll slap this higher-ups talking down on players, I hope he'll do it, or else this is just a cycle that will repeat itself in the future.

The whole paragraph:


I hope you guys don't end up playing alone in the awesomeness of your vision.

Frankly I don't care what they have allegedly said or how they feel about us. CCP has to struggle with internal morale and external PR issues at the moment, so they'll say what each audience wants to hear and I can understand the need to do it. As a customer I mainly care about results at this point. This works against CCP in that I don't value vague promises and I'm sceptical towards excuses if they fail to deliver on what was promised. It works for CCP in that I don't care about what some nameless insider heard at a pep talk for the devs still employed. Either CCP starts delivering on some of their promises and make me a happy camper or they don't/can't and I'll GTFO.

Unsubbed because of Hilmar's tone.

A tone in a man's voice reveals so many things.

Aah yes, the convenient "insider" that is forever anonymous and always truthful in all matters!

Source critique ... it is not optional when navigating the interwebs .. if you do not conduct them with religious fervour then please do the world a favour and yank your network cables.

But ...
Is that evil equally anonymous executive wrong in his assessment that mainly the Emo's are to blame for having limited imagination?
Personally I'd say yes, but its close to 50/50 split on the blame front so a tough call. CCP dropped the ball badly when they threw all that weight behind something that only a handful of their customers could see as part of Eve/identified with .. ie. a massive project management failure and the king of timing suck.

We'll still have Nex, streaking in stations, station brothels and what not .. it will just be after they have caught up on all the stuff they neglected when they put on the blinders

PS: If an anonymous source quoting an anonymous third party on anything is enough to "stroke you the wrong way" then you need to see a doctor ASAP and ask to be heavily medicated, you are a threat to yourself and everyone around you.

The general principle is immediate dismissal but, given the small knowledge I have from Icelanders I have a small belief inside that the anonymous source in this case is correct (even it it's made up anonymous source) and I also believe how hard it was for Hillmar to post what he did in the other blog.

On the other hand, the typical 'dismiss everything' and/or 'everything is not what it seems' fanatic needs to see a doctor, the balance is the key, and history cannot be drawn (or should not) with 1 single event alone in mind.

So does his pants TBFU.
The first thing I admire or get turned off on... are someones pants.



Also:

The Dev's have egos just like the players do, so ofc they will blame everyone else (just like you do) We "could not see the awesomeness of their vision, and it is thus our fault" is typical of the gross and counterproductive Human ego.

Will you be saying it about someone I don't like?
Because all those guys are douces and whatever you say must be true as long as it reflects that!

Sure, if it was quoted in some news article. I mean, after all, news articles that are online could NEVER be wrong.