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

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Daisai
Daisai Investments.
#201 - 2013-07-02 18:12:05 UTC
Obvious EA spai.

Should we add ccp yet to the list of developers that EA has killed ?
Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#202 - 2013-07-02 18:12:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Sergeant Acht Scultz
Nyancat Audeles wrote:
Ryunosuke Kusanagi wrote:
CCP Phantom wrote:
Thorn Galen wrote:
and here I was, really looking forward to another 10 years of EVE Online.
I guess that dream is now in jeopardy.

I wouldn't bet on just only 10 more years ... in fact I am looking forwards to a couple more decades!

That said, please keep your feedback and discussions in this thread polite and reasonable. Personal attacks, insults or other forum rule violations should be avoided, thank you!



EA isn't known to be the most user friendly company in gaming for ... the last 5 years or so(?). So for CCP which has had it's fair share of hiccups in PR (Monoclegate) but has learned from those mistakes, and started to listen to it's players and is one of the more user friendly gaming companies out there, this decision makes little sense. I have nothing against the man himself, however, by association with EA, well... lie down with dogs, wake up with their flees type of scenario. Just saying.



I agree.

Good bye, EVE. I loved you.



You know, when a senior producer or even sub director yada ya starts doing crap stuff there are some other guys above it to slap it right in the face and he will calm down, the other side of the medal is that he might as well have no other option than follow orders just like every other employee.

Do not do the mistake of judgement before the man has even acted, do not judge someone for his past actions or decisions but for the present ones and atm this guy hasn't done a single one regarding Eve so calm down and step back, wait untill you guys have real material to get the crap out of it and gank his posts, until them stop being lazy followers.

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Tasha Saisima
Doomheim
#203 - 2013-07-02 18:14:09 UTC
Do we know who Uniflex's replacement is?
Lallante
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
#204 - 2013-07-02 18:16:46 UTC
Sergeant Acht Scultz wrote:
You know, when a senior producer or even sub director yada ya starts doing crap stuff there are some other guys above it to slap it right in the face and he will calm down, the other side of the medal is that he might as well have no other option than follow orders just like every other employee.

Do not do the mistake of judgement before the man has even acted, do not judge someone for his past actions or decisions but for the present ones and atm this guy hasn't done a single one regarding Eve so calm down and step back, wait untill you guys have real material to get the crap out of it and gank his posts, until them stop being lazy followers.


An SVP answers to the CEO only in CCP's internal structure AFAIK.
Andrea Griffin
#205 - 2013-07-02 18:17:20 UTC
Tyrendian Biohazard wrote:
Frank's rehabilitation program:

- Spend 1 month high sec ganking (to understand the tears)
- Spend 2 weeks mining rocks (any more than that and he'd gouge out his eyes)
- Spend 2 months in low sec/FW (getting a feel for how ruthless the game can be)
- Spend 3 months in null sec alliance (getting a feel for how ruthless the players can be)
- Must post at least once a day, with one post a week being content filled and not jabbering with the players.
Or whatever time is necessary to lock and then unlock 10,000 BPOs in a corp hangar.

CCP Sreegs is my favorite developer.
Verunae Caseti
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#206 - 2013-07-02 18:17:36 UTC
Daisai wrote:
Should we add ccp yet to the list of developers that EA has killed ?


Who is on that list, again?
Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#207 - 2013-07-02 18:18:48 UTC
Ace Uoweme wrote:
darmwand wrote:
Ace Uoweme wrote:

PC gaming is on the decline.


Continuously repeating this won't make it any more true, http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/28/pc-gaming-in-still-not-dead-shocker/

Edit: wrong link


I'm not saying it because I like it, I'm saying it backed up with evidence.

When the #1 game publisher says it's on the decline, and offers the financials...yeah, it's on the decline.

You can put lipstick on the pig. You can dress it up to look like a cow, but the numbers show the decline.


This again?

Your "evidence" is nothing but your usual nonsense business people sputters from time to time. Example, EA's CTO said back in May that the Xbone and PS4 was a generation ahead of high-end PCs. Hilarity ensued!

Some links:
http://business.time.com/2013/02/11/game-over-why-video-game-console-sales-are-plummeting/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/03/06/gdc-2012-pc-games-raked-in-18-6-billion-in-2011/
http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/07/ea-misses-slightly-on-revised-earnings-but-hits-its-revenue-targets/
http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2013/03/28/pc-gaming-is-big-and-getting-bigger-good-time-to-be-a-developer

So if anything is evident here, any sane person ignore the "predictions" from doomsayers and see how PC gaming continues to thrive through indie, F2P and other exciting technologies like Oculus Rift and Omni VR.

Agent of Chaos, Sower of Discord.

Don't talk to me unless you are IQ verified and certified with three references from non-family members. Please have your certificate of authenticity on hand.
Enyeto Perah
#208 - 2013-07-02 18:19:08 UTC
Verunae Caseti wrote:
Daisai wrote:
Should we add ccp yet to the list of developers that EA has killed ?


Who is on that list, again?


Bullfrog
Westwood

Need to say more?!

Say NO to CCP-EA.

http://pastebin.com/B7HCtBUE Mittani isn't sorry. He's just sorry that he got caught.
Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#209 - 2013-07-02 18:20:10 UTC
Winter Archipelago wrote:
Attracting new players is one thing, and is an admirable ambition. Sacrificing everything that makes EvE unique and turning it into another pump'n'dump game in order to do so is not.


CCP doesn't have much of a choice.

If they don't compete, and the MMO players decline (due to consoles), they have to do something.

What EvE may become is more mainstream (and honestly I hope so, because it's the only way to bring in the real human numbers). A game has 2 choices mainstream or sandbox, but if your customer base is dwindling because of consoles -- and the game can't adapt to consoles -- what choice do they have?

_"In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." _ ~George Orwell
Lallante
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
#210 - 2013-07-02 18:20:16 UTC
An interview with him from 2009

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/eas-sean-decker-interview


Have to say his answers could have been a lot worse.
Heavy Met4l Queen
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#211 - 2013-07-02 18:20:26 UTC
CCP does NOT need some **** from EA to make a better gaming company. EA has proven itself to be a cancerous mass in the gaming industry and regardless of Sean Decker's resume or what CCP thinks he can bring to the table should not be allowed in to CCP's company period, let alone as high of a position as "Senior Vice President".

I do not trust EA. I do not believe what they say they stand for. And i will not put faith in an ex-EA employee so that he can risk ******* up what CCP has worked and struggled on all these years, which has resulted in a truly unique and stand along gaming experience.

In the game of conquest, who cares about the pawns if the king yet reigns?
Ecks Khan
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#212 - 2013-07-02 18:20:51 UTC
Riot Girl wrote:
Obvious awoxer.


I bet 100mil isk that CCP loses SOV in Icleand within 6 weeks, and their Isk in their account at the Bank of Iceland magically appears in EAs wallet.

Therefore EA = Goons.
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#213 - 2013-07-02 18:21:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Doc Fury
Alpheias wrote:
Ace Uoweme wrote:
darmwand wrote:
Ace Uoweme wrote:

PC gaming is on the decline.


Continuously repeating this won't make it any more true, http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/28/pc-gaming-in-still-not-dead-shocker/

Edit: wrong link


I'm not saying it because I like it, I'm saying it backed up with evidence.

When the #1 game publisher says it's on the decline, and offers the financials...yeah, it's on the decline.

You can put lipstick on the pig. You can dress it up to look like a cow, but the numbers show the decline.


This again?

Your "evidence" is nothing but your usual nonsense business people sputters from time to time. Example, EA's CTO said back in May that the Xbone and PS4 was a generation ahead of high-end PCs. Hilarity ensued!

Some links:
http://business.time.com/2013/02/11/game-over-why-video-game-console-sales-are-plummeting/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/03/06/gdc-2012-pc-games-raked-in-18-6-billion-in-2011/
http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/07/ea-misses-slightly-on-revised-earnings-but-hits-its-revenue-targets/
http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2013/03/28/pc-gaming-is-big-and-getting-bigger-good-time-to-be-a-developer

So if anything is evident here, any sane person ignore the "predictions" from doomsayers and see how PC gaming continues to thrive through indie, F2P and other exciting technologies like Oculus Rift and Omni VR.


b..b..but Ace is our resident expert on all things MMO and gaming companies that aren't CCP. Blink

Just wait, he'll find a way to tell us so.

☼

There's a million angry citizens looking down their tubes..at me.
Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#214 - 2013-07-02 18:22:23 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Ace Uoweme wrote:


I'm not saying it because I like it, I'm saying it backed up with evidence.

When the #1 game publisher says it's on the decline, and offers the financials...yeah, it's on the decline.

You can put lipstick on the pig. You can dress it up to look like a cow, but the numbers show the decline.


IBM said they would only sell 5 computers once.


And Bill Gates said we only needed 640KB of memory.

Look at Microsoft today.

Makes more real money than Goons ever hoped to e-v-e-r acquire in their lifetime.

_"In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." _ ~George Orwell
Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#215 - 2013-07-02 18:24:50 UTC
Doc Fury wrote:
Alpheias wrote:
Ace Uoweme wrote:
darmwand wrote:
Ace Uoweme wrote:

PC gaming is on the decline.


Continuously repeating this won't make it any more true, http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/28/pc-gaming-in-still-not-dead-shocker/

Edit: wrong link


I'm not saying it because I like it, I'm saying it backed up with evidence.

When the #1 game publisher says it's on the decline, and offers the financials...yeah, it's on the decline.

You can put lipstick on the pig. You can dress it up to look like a cow, but the numbers show the decline.


This again?

Your "evidence" is nothing but your usual nonsense business people sputters from time to time. Example, EA's CTO said back in May that the Xbone and PS4 was a generation ahead of high-end PCs. Hilarity ensued!

Some links:
http://business.time.com/2013/02/11/game-over-why-video-game-console-sales-are-plummeting/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/03/06/gdc-2012-pc-games-raked-in-18-6-billion-in-2011/
http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/07/ea-misses-slightly-on-revised-earnings-but-hits-its-revenue-targets/
http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2013/03/28/pc-gaming-is-big-and-getting-bigger-good-time-to-be-a-developer

So if anything is evident here, any sane person ignore the "predictions" from doomsayers and see how PC gaming continues to thrive through indie, F2P and other exciting technologies like Oculus Rift and Omni VR.


b..b..but Ace is our resident expert on all things MMO and gaming companies that aren't CCP. Blink



I guess he could put his expertise to good use and advise Nintendo how to sell Wii Us because once PS4 launches, Nintendo might as well use them as landfill.

Agent of Chaos, Sower of Discord.

Don't talk to me unless you are IQ verified and certified with three references from non-family members. Please have your certificate of authenticity on hand.
Enyeto Perah
#216 - 2013-07-02 18:25:00 UTC
Lallante wrote:
An interview with him from 2009

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/eas-sean-decker-interview


Have to say his answers could have been a lot worse.



You know he did C&C4, right?!

Say NO to CCP-EA.

http://pastebin.com/B7HCtBUE Mittani isn't sorry. He's just sorry that he got caught.
De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#217 - 2013-07-02 18:25:28 UTC
Ace Uoweme wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
Ace Uoweme wrote:


I'm not saying it because I like it, I'm saying it backed up with evidence.

When the #1 game publisher says it's on the decline, and offers the financials...yeah, it's on the decline.

You can put lipstick on the pig. You can dress it up to look like a cow, but the numbers show the decline.


IBM said they would only sell 5 computers once.


And Bill Gates said we only needed 640KB of memory.

Look at Microsoft today.

Makes more real money than Goons ever hoped to e-v-e-r acquire in their lifetime.



Ok, sorry, but what? WTF does Microsoft's financial statements and Goons real or pretend money making ability have to do with companies occasionally making stupid public statements that come back to bite them on the ass?

Seriously Ace, normally I can ignore the tinfoil, but I think yours is wound a bit too tight.

De'Veldrin's Corollary (to Malcanis' Law): Any idea that seeks to limit the ability of a large nullsec bloc to do something in the name of allowing more small groups into sov null will inevitably make it that much harder for small groups to enter sov null.
Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#218 - 2013-07-02 18:27:04 UTC
Lallante wrote:
Sergeant Acht Scultz wrote:
You know, when a senior producer or even sub director yada ya starts doing crap stuff there are some other guys above it to slap it right in the face and he will calm down, the other side of the medal is that he might as well have no other option than follow orders just like every other employee.

Do not do the mistake of judgement before the man has even acted, do not judge someone for his past actions or decisions but for the present ones and atm this guy hasn't done a single one regarding Eve so calm down and step back, wait untill you guys have real material to get the crap out of it and gank his posts, until them stop being lazy followers.


An SVP answers to the CEO only in CCP's internal structure AFAIK.



What tha...I didn't even.... Lol

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Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#219 - 2013-07-02 18:27:06 UTC
Alpheias wrote:
Doc Fury wrote:


b..b..but Ace is our resident expert on all things MMO and gaming companies that aren't CCP. Blink



I guess he could put his expertise to good use and advise Nintendo how to sell Wii Us because once PS4 launches, Nintendo might as well use them as landfill.

well, I heard that there was this landfill full of games from the 1980's....

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Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#220 - 2013-07-02 18:27:58 UTC
De'Veldrin wrote:
Ace Uoweme wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
Ace Uoweme wrote:


I'm not saying it because I like it, I'm saying it backed up with evidence.

When the #1 game publisher says it's on the decline, and offers the financials...yeah, it's on the decline.

You can put lipstick on the pig. You can dress it up to look like a cow, but the numbers show the decline.


IBM said they would only sell 5 computers once.


And Bill Gates said we only needed 640KB of memory.

Look at Microsoft today.

Makes more real money than Goons ever hoped to e-v-e-r acquire in their lifetime.



Ok, sorry, but what? WTF does Microsoft's financial statements and Goons real or pretend money making ability have to do with companies occasionally making stupid public statements that come back to bite them on the ass?

Seriously Ace, normally I can ignore the tinfoil, but I think yours is wound a bit too tight.


Been affecting the oxygen supply to his brain before "we only needed 640KB of memory".

Agent of Chaos, Sower of Discord.

Don't talk to me unless you are IQ verified and certified with three references from non-family members. Please have your certificate of authenticity on hand.