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People hate it when CCP says "We will enforce this rule using our own discretion according to the circumstances"... mainly because it closes loopholes that they otherwise could take advantage of.

Tl;dr of this blog:

"Confidence Tricks are not permitted in Eve Online. In fact, they have never been permitted."

*Waves hand and ignores years of positive media coverage coming solely from this aspect of the metagame.

Better hope none of the old members of the alliances you scammed decide to put in a petition now over your historical actions or you might find yourself banned before you get the choice to unsubscribe or not!

We don't need any more clarification. The question is not about what the ToS says, it's about a fundamental shift in policy that goes against everything the game has been for the past ten years.

Ah, so the documentation proves that the rules have always been hard on impersonation, but the players in general, myself included, have been unaware of this fact. The misconception has been enhancing itself, as victims have failed to realize they could petition their case, this leading to scammers believe their actions were within bounds.

One could blame an extensive misinformation campaign by the HTFU group, which themselves generally have an extremely hard time HTFU when being smacked in the face with the ToS and EULA.

Though, it is the GM group who should be much better at communication rules. Perhaps by highlighting for players the possibility to petition, when they spot cases that breaks the ToS, EULA, etc.

Anyhow, rules are not much good when they contradict the general perception on how things should be handled. In the current situation, it is probably better to adjust the ToS to the expectations of the players than the other way around.

But do not stop banning scammers that think themselves a little too smart. A failed scammer tears are still the best.

Oh god, well done CCP for yet again bowing down to Goons pressure. Its becoming a fecking joke, everytime they whine you give in and change the game to their advantage. Its ridiculous, and tbh im sick of playing goonswarm on fecking line. perhaps its time to unsub, seriously now

yes im mad. and yes this is my main.

Of course, you're right, Eve has always been a game based on GMs imposing arbitrary and ill-thought out restrictions on the ways that players can interact with each other.

To break down the argument just a tad, I want to ask a basic question


Do you agree that it is acceptable for CCP to forbid people from impersonating through making similar sounding names? aka, CEO is Bobby Bob, so the person makes Bobbby Bob and says it's an alt. Address that as a yes or no, isolated of the rest of the argument




In my humble opinion, if your answer to that question is yes, then they pretty much by necessity have to take their current stance. So the CEO is Bobby Bob. You make Joe Joeington and claim to be Bobby Bob. Seems straightforward. Except maybe Bob has an alt named Joe too, and that's why you picked it. Or maybe another player in the corp does. Or maybe it's something he was talking about. Or any of a hundred different possibilities that suggest that name was picked with the specific purpose of scamming that individual. Maybe you pick a certain character because you KNOW it is similar to the other directors of the alliance, so you think it will be accepted. Maybe it was similar to the name of the CEO from two years ago. Maybe an old player recently claimed they'd be making an alt, and you overheard that and 'made it first.'

The long and short of it is, investigating that would take TOO LONG for CCP, and makes a blanket statement far, far more effective. It's not worth the hassle.



Now, if you said no...Well, that's a different argument.

And how exactly do these changes stop TQ "before it ends up like the chinese server"?

Scamming and impersonation are destabilising, and are in fact one of the few ways that individuals and small groups can effectively combat large powerful ones.

The answer is an Emphatic NO. I have never, in the 10 years I've been playing EVE as the CEO of one or more corporations, ever, ever, ever accepted an alt of a person without positive confirmation from that person that the alt is, indeed, theirs. Failure to do that basic check should never be trumped by CCP saying "Oh, sorry, we can't cure stupid, but we can cure the symptoms" Quit making EASY MODE for EVE.