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CCP Games Announces Former EA Executive Sean Decker as Senior Vice President

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Xion Gray
Northen Star inc
#141 - 2013-07-02 16:37:22 UTC
Wolf in sheep's clothing Pirate
MrZany
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#142 - 2013-07-02 16:38:46 UTC
Turelus wrote:
MrZany wrote:
I remember a presentation video that from an exec from BF:H that was the impetus for the incarna Aurum rollout. Is this the guy who made that presentation?

Anyone remember that video? Where the guy was talking about how the forums on BF erupted but the majority of the player base stuck around and paid to play. Which of course led to the famous Hilmar quote of: "watch what they do not what they say"

Hope that isn't him.

Wait... that happened? (maybe I should have followed the news more during that time instead of unsubbing)



It was Ben Cousins not him, false alarm.

http://www.slideshare.net/bcousins/paying-to-win
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#143 - 2013-07-02 16:39:24 UTC
Kyt Thrace wrote:
Ranger 1 wrote:
There are few things as remarkable as blind unwavering hysteria.

It's like a living thing that need only feed on itself to be not only sustained, but to flourish.


blind unwavering hysteria = EA Sports

Sean Decker = ex-EA Sports Vice President

New CCP Vice President = Sean Decker

CCP = blind unwavering hysteria

CCP = EA Sports


Thank you for so eloquently proving my point.

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Darth Khasei
Wavestar Business Ventures Inc.
#144 - 2013-07-02 16:40:18 UTC
Respect. Cool


Listen to what this man says and lets hold them to it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJqsLgIRvys

That is all...now calm the F%%K down please.
MailDeadDrop
Archon Industries
#145 - 2013-07-02 16:40:58 UTC  |  Edited by: MailDeadDrop
Ace Uoweme wrote:
If CCP wants to tackle the 800lb gorilla in the room to have some presence in the MMO industry, they have to make friends with Activision-Blizzard's enemy, and that's EA.

So in EvE terms, Gallente is teaming up with Caldari.


What you propose ("make friends with Activision-Blizzard's enemy, and that's EA") may be the course of action that CCP wishes, needs, or should take, but I think you need to lay a bit more foundation before making such a substantial claim.

More to the point, I fail to see how hiring the former executive of EA constitutes "making friends" with EA. Either EA let Sean go, or Sean chose to leave EA. In the former, I can't see how EA would find CCP's hiring of Sean of any interest, while in the latter I can see how EA might consider it "poaching" of talent (which can't really be good for friendship-building).

Edit: third possibility: EA let Sean go with the express intent of having CCP hire him. Perhaps that was the plan between EA and CCP all along, but before I bite into that heaping helping of paranoia and collusion you're going to have to provide a little more evidence.

MDD
Winter Archipelago
Autumn Industrial Enterprises
#146 - 2013-07-02 16:42:06 UTC
De'Veldrin wrote:
... on that black day I will happily march with whomever wants to go straight to the starter systems and suicide gank every damned newbie I see for daring to break our game.


Doing something like this will have a significantly bigger impact than Burn Jita could ever hope to. I would happily fly beside you and blow every last ISK I have in the process. Once nothing is left, biomass ever char I have and cancel my subs.

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Dzajic
#147 - 2013-07-02 16:43:03 UTC
Dear CCP we already went trough this once. Do you really want "Summer of Rage, mk2"? You already have a fricking megatransaction in EVE that is PLEX, something that almost no single MMO out there has. PLEX based economy is working and should be sufficient for your greed.
Turelus
Utassi Security
The Curatores Veritatis Auxiliary
#148 - 2013-07-02 16:45:02 UTC
MrZany wrote:
Turelus wrote:
MrZany wrote:
I remember a presentation video that from an exec from BF:H that was the impetus for the incarna Aurum rollout. Is this the guy who made that presentation?

Anyone remember that video? Where the guy was talking about how the forums on BF erupted but the majority of the player base stuck around and paid to play. Which of course led to the famous Hilmar quote of: "watch what they do not what they say"

Hope that isn't him.

Wait... that happened? (maybe I should have followed the news more during that time instead of unsubbing)



It was Ben Cousins not him, false alarm.

http://www.slideshare.net/bcousins/paying-to-win

I wasn't worried it was Decker who had said it more just shocked it was an EA person that Hilmar had quoted (if that is where he took it) I left shortly after Hilmar's mail was leaked due to burnout and just a feeling CCP no longer cared for their player base or the game they created. Jon Lander pretty much made me come back after I saw his blogs, interviews and fanfest information.
(as well as crucible being such a great showing of CCP turning around)

Turelus CEO Utassi Security
Anna Djan
Banana Corp
#149 - 2013-07-02 16:46:13 UTC
I boycouted EA games a couple of years ago and am extremely worried with this news.

But eve paranoia is awesome \o/

How long before you see frank scamming in jita?
Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#150 - 2013-07-02 16:46:16 UTC
Six Six Six wrote:
By what you said sounds like they don't read them.



Doesn't matter, can post to your heart's content over there without the pettiness seen on MMO sites.

They don't have any contact with players. Totally hands off. Don't see EA devs on the forums chit chatting. IF they ever show up, it's to post an official notice or asking for information. Can't troll EA, as they don't respond. So the norm on MMO general forums won't get a response at all.

_"In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." _ ~George Orwell
Burhtun
Burhtun Shipyards
#151 - 2013-07-02 16:46:41 UTC
If CCP wants to make extra money they should do like Valve did with the Steam Workshop. Allow players to submit remodels and reskins of ships. If approved by CCP they go for sale in the micro transaction store for a couple $ and the creator of the asset gets a cut.

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Winter Archipelago
Autumn Industrial Enterprises
#152 - 2013-07-02 16:48:03 UTC
Thorn Galen wrote:
Do you believe he got the job without having a good idea and mindset about what it entails and how he might be able to 'improve" things for CCP ? This is a VP you're talking about here, not a Dust merchandiser. A Bloke like this is well-briefed and got the job because of ideas he proposed in order to seal the deal on the job.

Not because he's 6 hours into the job.


And CCP hired Mintchip. Just hiring an EA Senior-VP (who, by the way, was heavily involved with the free-to-play side of things) is bad enough, but who questionable hiring decisions in a row like this is not merely a raised red flag, but the blaring siren upon which it sits, as well.

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Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#153 - 2013-07-02 16:48:17 UTC
Dzajic wrote:
Dear CCP we already went trough this once. Do you really want "Summer of Rage, mk2"? You already have a fricking megatransaction in EVE that is PLEX, something that almost no single MMO out there has. PLEX based economy is working and should be sufficient for your greed.

I like how we've jumped immediately from:

"We hired a guy from the competitors."

to this:

"We are changing the fundamental structure of our income stream."

Very efficient that.

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Liam Inkuras
Furnace
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
#154 - 2013-07-02 16:48:35 UTC
Hey, at least they can still fire him if sh!t goes south and CCP doesn't like what he is doing.

I wear my goggles at night.

Any spelling/grammatical errors come complimentary with my typing on a phone
Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#155 - 2013-07-02 16:55:18 UTC
MailDeadDrop wrote:
Ace Uoweme wrote:
If CCP wants to tackle the 800lb gorilla in the room to have some presence in the MMO industry, they have to make friends with Activision-Blizzard's enemy, and that's EA.

So in EvE terms, Gallente is teaming up with Caldari.


What you propose ("make friends with Activision-Blizzard's enemy, and that's EA") may be the course of action that CCP wishes, needs, or should take, but I think you need to lay a bit more foundation before making such a substantial claim.

More to the point, I fail to see how hiring the former executive of EA constitutes "making friends" with EA. Either EA let Sean go, or Sean chose to leave EA. In the former, I can't see how EA would find CCP's hiring of Sean of any interest, while in the latter I can see how EA might consider it "poaching" of talent (which can't really be good for friendship-building).

Edit: third possibility: EA let Sean go with the express intent of having CCP hire him. Perhaps that was the plan between EA and CCP all along, but before I bite into that heaping helping of paranoia and collusion you're going to have to provide a little more evidence.

MDD


They're hiring the know how that could only come from working either from EA or Activision-Blizzard.

Just like if they hired someone from Activision-Blizzard :cough: like that warlock dev that was "let go" for spending political capital to fix them :cough:.

NDAs aside, it's the know how in how things are done is what he'll bring to the table. At that high level, it's sufficient know how. He worked on the BF series as well, and that's an AAA title, not some backwater F2P game.

_"In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." _ ~George Orwell
Mr Kidd
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#156 - 2013-07-02 16:56:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Mr Kidd
Winter Archipelago wrote:
De'Veldrin wrote:
... on that black day I will happily march with whomever wants to go straight to the starter systems and suicide gank every damned newbie I see for daring to break our game.


Doing something like this will have a significantly bigger impact than Burn Jita could ever hope to. I would happily fly beside you and blow every last ISK I have in the process. Once nothing is left, biomass ever char I have and cancel my subs.


(Smith)
What good is ganking noobies if......you..can't shoot?

Don't ban me, bro!
Winter Archipelago
Autumn Industrial Enterprises
#157 - 2013-07-02 16:59:07 UTC
Mr Kidd wrote:
Winter Archipelago wrote:
De'Veldrin wrote:
... on that black day I will happily march with whomever wants to go straight to the starter systems and suicide gank every damned newbie I see for daring to break our game.


Doing something like this will have a significantly bigger impact than Burn Jita could ever hope to. I would happily fly beside you and blow every last ISK I have in the process. Once nothing is left, biomass ever char I have and cancel my subs.


How will you gank noobies if......you..can't shoot?

I'll bump them and prevent them from ever warping away, if I have to. Alternatively, get a few thousand players in each of the starter systems and TIDI the places to Hell and back.

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RomeStar
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#158 - 2013-07-02 17:05:18 UTC
Funny how one Dev has posted on this and it was just to say eve will live on. Nobody else from CCP has came out to support this EA lackey strange....... I will unsub if CCP goes F2P with eve its that simple. Wheres that bloody monument at again.

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Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#159 - 2013-07-02 17:05:26 UTC
Ace Uoweme wrote:
So in EvE terms, Gallente is teaming up with Caldari.



SOMEONE PUT A HUGE BOUNTY ON THIS TOON OR KILL IT !! REPEATEDLY UNTIL HE'S LEFT WITH 900K SP !


NOW !!!


Lol

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Saji'us
Magnetar Dynamics
#160 - 2013-07-02 17:07:28 UTC
And so it begins.