Crime & Punishment

I just wanted to convey my concerns...
on how C.C.P. is responding to pilots using add-on-s.

I hope that C.C.P. is taking into account,
the phycology behind the pilot´s habits,
that those pilots bring in from other game environments.

The pilots have, generally, generated an justified true belief within themselves,
that causes them to presume all EULAs are the same (and various other things)

This belief is quite troublesome,
when it comes to the use of add-on-s. For after all,
in what game is the use of add-on-s, frowned upon as much as in Eve?

So the pilot, new to Eve, comes along,
Installs/Loads up the game, in 3 minutes or less,
Disregarding the E.U.L.A(s) ,
completely burned out ,
on the idea of ever having to read another fracking text,
Jumps right into the game, and before long,
starts turning to her/his habits...

"finding an add-on"

These are not evil people, these are just people doing what they are used to doing.
And the only thing i can see here is over stressed ,
CCP employees reacting to scenarios such as
ccp " hey! you are using a mouse with a macro button ! "
player " what is a macro button ? "
ccp " what type of mouse do u use ? "
player " type 12355### "
ccp " cheating confirmed, no further investiagion needed : Banned u piece of **** ".

You presume the player is a computer expert,
You presume the player knows the insides and outs of the E.U.L.A. ,
You presume that C.C.P. is defining the standards for all the worlds E.U.L.A.s (classic ego error)
You presume that the player understands the risks of using add-on-s
where as people are used to being forgiven for their eula erros, not shot.

I ask you this?
Is it not the
- out of control -
- consumed by their massive egos -
- C.C.P. employees -
, that are defining these ridiculous responses ,
the ones that should get removed? OR at least slapped,
before they kick another 1k subscriber base,
for only following the main stream agreed upon consensus of behaving in computer games.

So great, let´s just keep going down this self defeating homicidal-phsycotic path
And be persuaded by brain dead, self sealing, arguments.
Whilest we pretend we are austriges and dig our heads even further into the sand,
whilest some body else develops EVE2 that actaully does not openlly tell its players to go **** themselves, for being human

You really think an 'add-on' that adjusts the game to an extent that the autopilot already in the game is pointless could possibly be seen by anyone as basically the same as the UI mods in other MMOs?

That is a bad excuse, this is a bad thread, and you are a bad.

Um, I didn't quote that!? STOP PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH DAGNABBIT! :D

Came expecting whine, left satisfied.

Yes 99.99% of people skip the EULA, doesn't change the terms of the contract though, or make it any less binding. Tbh CCP could have flashing 250px neon pink lettering at the login screen saying
"NO MACROS, UI ENHANCEMENTS OR BOTS ALLOWED"
and people would still use them. Realistically though they do allow some add ons.

Add ons aren't the problem it's the intent behind using them.

This is my opinion/interpretation of the relevant sections of the EULA, don't take it as gospel, raise a petition if in doubt.

Gaming keyboards and mice, that have macro functionality are allowed, as long as they're not used to create macros that play the game for you.

It's the same with ISBoxer, if you use it to multibox a mining fleet, while at the keyboard, it's unlikely that you'll get banned. On the other hand using its more powerful features to automate tasks such as targeting, switching roids, reactivating strip miners on new targets, tractoring cans with an orca, docking, emptying the ore bay etc will get you a rightly deserved ban.

The final word on what constitutes accelerated gameplay/macro/bot use and other EULA violations is down to CCP, as it should be.

My Account was banned
Auto Pilot To Zero
Now my butt is hurt

Come on OP, what exactly did you get banned for?

This wasn't the haiku I was looking for.

Locking this for ranting.