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A review of player giveaways with CCP and third party sites

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Cursan Voran
Jita Traders Society
#21 - 2013-09-26 19:32:39 UTC
I would like some free assets that are worth hundreds of billions to fake auction off too.
Bad Bobby
Bring Me Sunshine
In Tea We Trust
#22 - 2013-09-26 19:32:40 UTC
Thank you.
Akrasjel Lanate
Immemorial Coalescence Administration
Immemorial Coalescence
#23 - 2013-09-26 19:33:00 UTC
Insted old rare ships they get new rare ships. Straight

CEO of Lanate Industries

Citizen of Solitude
Entity
X-Factor Industries
Synthetic Existence
#24 - 2013-09-26 19:33:03 UTC
Acceptable.

Thanks.

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Aryth
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#25 - 2013-09-26 19:33:12 UTC
Aww. So this means we don't get trillions either? Ah well, for the best.

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Cursan Voran
Jita Traders Society
#26 - 2013-09-26 19:33:58 UTC
Also, as someone who does not use somer blink, how do I get a chance at these giveaways?
Jenn aSide
Soul Machines
The Initiative.
#27 - 2013-09-26 19:35:03 UTC
Annnndddddd...CCP Folds lol.

I wanna play poker with you guys sometime, I'll get rich!
Weaselior
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#28 - 2013-09-26 19:35:42 UTC
Cursan Voran wrote:
Also, as someone who does not use somer blink, how do I get a chance at these giveaways?

give somer blink lots of money, and then you will get a small chance of getting one

Head of the Goonswarm Economic Warfare Cabal Pubbie Management and Exploitation Division.
Chamile Eonic
The Church of MDAMC
#29 - 2013-09-26 19:36:25 UTC
Good changes
Abernie
Thoroughly Incompetent
#30 - 2013-09-26 19:37:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Abernie
I don't see how this is supposed to be much better.
1. Instead of two unique ships and two ships that there are 20-ish of, it's now 2+3 completely unique ships. OR FREE TRIPS TO ICELAND!
2. Somer can still rig the whole thing
3. Somer decides who can and cannot take part.
4. Somer will still get a trillion ISK out of this.

Quote:
Q3, How do we know we can trust Fansites and third parties to operate fairly and independently?

A3, We have worked with a lot of third party sites in the past such as EVE Radio, BIG Lottery and SOMER Blink. These entities (and others of course) have demonstrated a solid history of trust and reliability. As a result, we can verify that they have been straight and true in their dealings and this should be encouraged.

Have you read through their code and viewed all their accounts and made sure there's zero rigging going on and, in fact, no possibility of rigging the lotteries they run (this one included)? This is not just about them straight up taking the stuff. Atleast you didn't make the mistake in this thread of honestly telling us you can't be sure...
Weaselior
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#31 - 2013-09-26 19:37:47 UTC
also how do I get a ccp representative to officially sanction my scam unique business opportunity as Not A Scam like you've done here, especially without actually bothering to research it

Head of the Goonswarm Economic Warfare Cabal Pubbie Management and Exploitation Division.
Lugia3
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#32 - 2013-09-26 19:38:01 UTC
CCP Navigator wrote:
These entities (and others of course) have demonstrated a solid history of trust and reliability.


So did EvE Bank.

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CCP Navigator
C C P
C C P Alliance
#33 - 2013-09-26 19:38:16 UTC
Cursan Voran wrote:
Also, as someone who does not use somer blink, how do I get a chance at these giveaways?


You can register and play a free promo blink which happen often and get an entry.
Daenna Chrysi
Omega Foundry Unit
Southern Legion Alliance
#34 - 2013-09-26 19:38:16 UTC
DJWiggles wrote:
CCP Navigator wrote:

These new cruisers will be unique assets that will be owned only by these players. We will not give these out again.


Please make sure this is on post-it notes EVERYWHERE IN THE OFFICE!!!!!!!


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PotatoOverdose
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#35 - 2013-09-26 19:38:18 UTC
This is still blatant favoritism. Your giving a 3rd party entity free assets to distribute as they see fit.

Why not give them a host of T2 BPO's like you guys did the last time around? Even if the ships aren't distributed to players like NotSomersAlt, you've deliberately given a single entity an exclusive advantage over all other entities in the game.

How are you not getting this?
Abernie
Thoroughly Incompetent
#36 - 2013-09-26 19:38:51 UTC
Lugia3 wrote:
CCP Navigator wrote:
These entities (and others of course) have demonstrated a solid history of trust and reliability.


So did EvE Bank.

This so many times.
And I believe they didn't have trips to Iceland on the board either...
Kismeteer
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#37 - 2013-09-26 19:39:03 UTC
Is it RMT to buy advertising on a site that sells eve **** by just giving them the eve **** for free? Will any of that get new people to play eve?
jackncoke
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#38 - 2013-09-26 19:39:09 UTC
Prize 1 and prize 2 - good Lord ...

Now I have to liqudate all my assets, sell the toon, steal ISK in order to maybe get this !

Yes I really want to go to fanfest and no, there is no way in hell I can afford it.

So yep, love the new prizes. They are simply amazing. Thank you and I will get to ISK mongering ....
Xaen
Telepathic Death Mimes
#39 - 2013-09-26 19:40:28 UTC
Andski wrote:
How will you address the concern that you are effectively giving a for-profit player entity a major windfall due to increased revenue from players hoping to get these prizes?

They seem to be simply ignoring that point.

I get shouty crackers a lot. Deal with it.
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#40 - 2013-09-26 19:40:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Andski
CCP Navigator wrote:
Cursan Voran wrote:
Also, as someone who does not use somer blink, how do I get a chance at these giveaways?


You can register and play a free promo blink which happen often and get an entry.


Correct, but you gain more entries, and thus a higher chance of winning, by actually depositing ISK and playing regular blinks:

Quote:
Here's how it works: Any time you play any Blink, you receive 1 ticket to the drawing (even if you buy more than one ticket). Plus, if you win the Blink, you receive bonus tickets based on the size of the Blink.

(For example, if you win a Big Blink, you'll receive three tickets— one for playing and two for winning.)


This is literally no different from spawning a T2 BPO for a player, except that a T2 BPO is much less lucrative than this.

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