EVE General Discussion

it's an implicit acknowledgement that the GTC sales are fueled by the bonus ISK incentive that goes along with them. now that there is a strict deadline of 1 week, Somer needs to SELL SELL SELL. he's basically liquidating his ISK.

I onced watched some shady guy basically "play" a less than sharp minded female friend of mine in a bar. It was clear as day to any slightly aware person in the bar that he was just looking to hook up and laying it on thick. She thought he was "so sweet".

The SOMERblink chat channel reminds me so much of that moment...

Quite a few of them I think. Authority does not always correlate with intelligence.

It is almost buy 2 plex get 2 free as you get 2 for the GTC plus the billion.

Good deal, shame it is clearly a breach of the EULA as Somer is clearly a business here to make money.

Honestly the fact that everyone else stopped and SOMER "upped the ante" combined with the garbage they dished out to their patrons garbage about how the ruling was made because of "other people" should make CCP hang their heads in shame for endorsing them.

Honestly it has become almost embarassing to watch CCP be turned into a joke by SOMERblink. About the only way CCP can regain any respect or pride at this point is to shut them down completely for RMT, but I doubt they can bring themselves to do it.

[08:31:00] Formidable Omaristos > anybody know how long this bonus gtc will last for ?

[08:31:23] Paragorn Duvas > The bonus will go away after the 7th, so we'll be investigating other options to cover the server expense after the GTC money runs out :)

[08:32:20] Formidable Omaristos > is this because of what's been said in the forums ?

[08:33:56] Andren Vox > Form - we had a call with CCP this morning. They had to change policy. The system that several fansites (us included) were using to offset server costs was suddenly getting abused by the aspy society forum posters.

[08:34:17] Andren Vox > So they asked us to stop after the 7th, and we of course went along with that :)

[08:35:19] Andren Vox > Form - Meh, not worth raging about. Forum players gonna forum :p We'll keep trucking.

[08:36:04] Formidable Omaristos > i normally win enough off blink to plex my account, but 500 mill will be a welcome bonus for me

[08:38:16] Andren Vox > Form - We've been here 3 years now. Some random forum people who don't even play eve making a lot of noise aren't gonna chase us off :p

[08:38:56] Kestler Jagrafess > i tried to back up what you guys do, or at least silence the ignorant... now apparently im a somer alt

[08:42:09] Andren Vox > People getting that upset over a video game have few enough "wins" in their life, and they're going to fight hard for the pretend ones they're after.

yup. you can't make this **** up. been screenshotting all of this ofc for when ppl accuse me of doctoring them.

[08:44:55] Formidable Omaristos > wouldn't another way to pay server costs be to keep the same with markee but without the bonus and they gave somer the bonus, then somer gave out more freebies ?

[08:45:51] Andren Vox > Form - we're going to try with just the GTC banner (no bonus) first and see how that goes. We're not in a rush to declare for any method, we'll give it time and see how it plays out.

[08:47:17] Formidable Omaristos > would be awesome if people knew you did that and say once a week tally up and offer a real good prize like a plus blink promo

[08:48:00] Andren Vox > Form - Nah, CCP doesn't want there to be any type of in-game reward related to affiliate links. We're not gonna try and rule lawyer around that.




so, they're going to try and see if they still make decent irl money. they aren't in a rush as $135k can pay for a lot of hosting, but they will still be looking into making whatever kind of irl profit is allowed by using the starving server admin defence.

the rule lawyering bit just made me crack up. unbelievable.

Shame that CCP Guard has decided that Andrew Nox is more imporant than we are. Does CCP stand behind the crap he is rolling out in these chats? These guys (SOMER) are a plague on EVE, a parasite, that has no respect for CCP or the player base. They should be shut down for RMT'ing - because otherwise CCP looks like a bunch of "chumps" as someone put it.

SOMER is violating the EULA by running a business and RMT'ing and they have shown contempt for CCP by jacking their incentive even higher. They have no respect for what CCP has built and what EVE means to the company, the creators and the players. They should be shut down.

I mentioned already that I talked to Hilmar at fanfest, it was a great talk. And when a guy at the table suggested that FC's for major alliances should be paid cash, Hilmar rejected the idea - he was against the idea that the economic caste system of "real life" should become a part of EVE - that playing eve should become a business.

Hilmar basically focused on how EVE is supposed to be a way for people to escape from their problems, and the dreariness and economic struggles of "real life". Odd he should say that about a game that has its own unique struggles, but the point is he was against the capitalization of the game by the players, and the part in the EULA about making it a business - supports that.

Well Hilmar, SOMER has done to EVE everything you said you wouldn't want to see happen. They cause people to gamble away their real money playing gambling within your game world in a way that has nothing to do with the game and SOMER profits from it. Players are somehow convinced by these guys that they care about them and about EVE and therefore players money at them to the tune of about $50,000 a year. That is $50,000 a year that EVE players gamble away so that Somerset Mahm and his buddies can make a profit. They have turned EVE into a vice, a low and vile thing - rather than an escape from reality. And your own devs think this is great and want to get develop relationships with them.

Their response to the new ruling - by trying to SELL off as much isk as they can in the remaining days: has proven who and what they are. In response, they basically laugh at you, and the players, and spew lies about why this ruling came to pass.

Get control of your game - of your own business, by kicking these vultures out of it.

Of course they do, as SOMER is 100% $$$L3G1T$$$, community supporting, and not a scam.