Live Events Discussion

With all the hate on the last one I want to say that you complaining are wrong with telling CCP to stop doing Live Event. They need to do more. They need to keep trying to find new ways to get more player interacting with each other. That is what Live events are all about. They are about players interacting with players.
Did the event have some flaws, sure it did. But it got players out of comfort zones which is a huge win for CCP. It got people out there doing something that they never would have done before. It also brought all three systems of the game together, High, Low, and Null, it was more inclusive than other events that CCP has done in the past.

I started playing this game three years ago, with three RL friends. In that time I have been in WHs, Sov Fights, low sec, and currently FW. I wanted to see what more EVE could have offered me. I wanted to get out there. The people that I see complaining are like my three friends, they still live in Forge. One briefly joined TEST, but then moved back. Why cause High Sec is safer. If there would have been an event like this then may they would have tried it, and if they died, then who cared. The went outside their comfort zone. It was different than running a mission. Maybe it gives them that rush you get when you first learn to pvp and they want more it, so they look a null corp or low sec corp to join. The point is this event could have been it.
Yea it was probably awful in 10% TiDi but it was something new.
My point is that EVE needs these live events and it needs the to get more players involved in them. I read that 1700 people showed up to one staging system and 700 made it into Null.....THAT IS AWESOME. It really is you are all feeling down cause you died. WHO CARES, its pixels mates. You were in a fleet of 1700 dudes and were off to complete a task. Did you fail, sure that is life you can't win them all. But really think about it. 1700 dudes. 1699 other people came together with you to complete a task. No other game offers events of that size.
So while you are complaining about it being unorganized you are forgetting that is the only game that can even allow it. Also you saw first hand what it was like for Null FC, trying to keep their fleet organized. It is no easy task. Most FC struggle with 50 man fleets, TBH, so agian thank CCP for trying.
You are also forgetting that CCP is still working with a newish Events Team. They have only been at this for i think a 9 months (I'll have to look at the TMC). And this is only the second time that they have done events of these size. So they are still learning. I would venture to say that they learnt a lot since the Battle of Caldari Prime as the staged two different events. In the future I think that this events are going to be bigger and have more than two staging systems, probably three or four.
My last thought is to the people saying that CCP Awoxed you. You were going to Null. What did you think was going to happen? That they were just going to let you show up and do what you wanted? Please tell me that you didn't really think that? Cause if you did then there really is no hope for you.
On a closing note Alaric Faelen has the best note on any of these threads. This guy gets it. He understands, and is right. if only one guy that did this event, says "Hey I want another shot at them, or I want to be in that alliance." Then this event is great sucess.

Didn't read all your stuff. Being in a pile of sh*t is awful, but also something new (at least for me). Does it mean I should do it?

Awesome idea.

Next time can we bring Null Sec corps into H.S via an island syno and we can have a 3000 man gate camp set up to kill them all when they try and get out? Sounds like great fun lol I enjoy a good pigeon shoot.

You should probably read before offering an opinion. Just as a common courtesy.

Teacher: "Remember kids don't touch open electrical cables"

Smartest, most handsomest kid in the world: "Don't touch YOUR MUM! Wheeeeey!" *reaches towards open electical cables*

That's not stupid, that's awesome. Working as intended. Spacefights for everyone! Glory to the State!

The whole point of (most) of the Hi/Low experience is: That you don't have to organize! Not bow to the political ruler. Not follow a doctrine. Not to follow ethics mapped out of someone else. Dying is fine. Losing is fine. But if you cannot go it alone, real life is even more tempting that this.

Yes by all means please do this.

And even with is terribad post he is more enlighten than you cause he reads.

I completely agree that they need to keep going, though I very much doubt that they considered stopping completely.
I've said it many times and I'll say it again: The 2010 pre-Incursion live events are the best experience I've ever had in a game, by far! Live events can elevate a game experience to far beyond what sticking to the game mechanics can do. They've succeeded at this before, and they can do it again! But the last live event wasn't the way to get there.