EVE General Discussion

I got up this morning and kept an eye on the final hour of the countdown while I got ready for work. When the timer hit 0, and this was revealed, I was severely underwhelmed to say the least.

Put simply, this is not something which will have any impact on any aspect of my life, ever. I feel pretty confident in presuming that the same is true for the vast majority of EVE players. It's an expensive piece of stone, glass, and steel that will sit in a country most of us will never visit, proclaiming a list of fictional names to people who will never care who we are or were.

Let's keep some perspective people: this is a computer game, a pastime to while away the hours; not exactly something worthy of a monument.

And the fact is, we pay for a computer game; is it that unreasonable to expect that our subscriptions would be put to work to maintain and improve that game? Malcanis can come in here and talk "marketing" all he wants, but if this monument is anything close to the various sculptures and other art projects my useless local government is so fond of putting up, then the cost of it would be enough to pay the salaries of three to four programmers for a year at the very least (some of the more expensive ones could have easily funded 10 or more). The monument might bring back a few old players for a month to get their names included, but by and large they would just unsub after that. Four more programmers might be able to code up the features that would bring those players back and keep them for much longer than that. Flashy spectacles might draw people to the game, but real substance is what keeps them here.

Make no mistake, this is nothing for the players, it has nothing to do with the players. This is a monument only to the ego of Hilmar Peturson and the self-importance of CCP. They have become so intoxicated with the idea of their own greatness, that they can do no wrong, and must be memorialized with a monument that will last long after their servers have failed. I guess that despite past claims, they really have learned nothing from the reactions of their customers. The hubris sickens me.

I've worn the uniform of my country; if I were to be called on to do so again, and I died on the battlefield, then you may consider putting my real name up on a piece of stone for all to see. But Kirren D'marr is just a figment of my imagination who matters to no one but me, and is in no way deserving of any sort of memorialization. This "monument" is an insult; feel free to leave me out of it.



Again, this is a computer game! Comparing a monument to a recreational pastime in any way, shape, or form to a monument honoring soldiers who gave their lives defending the freedoms of others is absolutely disgusting. You should be ashamed of yourself.

This is a pretty awesome thing. Kudos to CCP for this real world immortalization. It'd be cool to see my name etched in stone.

To all the "it's not in game and doesn't affect me" rabble: Your pilot's name is going to be etched in a stone/steel surface that will last decades or centuries, like an emperor, pharaoh, or honored soldier. What else has happened in your life to give you that honor? Especially since you didn't have to die gloriously to get it

Basically this. I feel bad pooing on everyone's parade, and I don't usually like to be cynical but its a computer game. Its a very interesting game, and has a lot of social value and aspects that make it a real work of art. But the game is what is the art. A monument is redundant, and seems very ego driven and shallow.

The exhibit at the Modern museum of art wasn't some abstract representation of human computer interaction. It was to show the beauty of what we have all created, and the life that has been sparked inside a virtual world. We didn't need to have our names etched on something to care, because just seeing something we loved out there, and for people to get a glimpse of the beautiful world that exists because of us was in itself a reward. Eve is art. Its a grand social and economic experiment which hundreds of thousands of players are a part of. This monument is a very inappropriate representation of this idea in my opinion.

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CCP is in the mood to make historical marks lately.

The younger players may have difficulty with understanding the relative time space a monument exists, but I can appreciate the symbol.

Thank you CCP for doing this for the player community even if some do not care or do not understand the relevance of the symbol.





Now is your chance to take advantage of the Sidekick promotion at $24.99 and possibly get a new "main" name on the monument instead of that one you chose years ago that really doesn't suite your personality.

What? And you think I was gonna let them carve my name among these peasants'? LOL you gotta be kidding me. Matar LP Lord YoloSwaggster 420 deserves a bigger statue than that.

The point, which you obviously missed in your overzealous hasty hatred of this thing, was the unbelievable whining about the Vienam Memorials purpose and design back in the 80s. This has nothing to do with anything relating to a comparison between the military and a video game. That is a fabrication of your own imagination and nothing else.

Sorry, but the world has not provided me with another video game player monument to compare it too. I'm pretty much restricted in example to use only military based monuments, and unknown monuments to unknown bridge builders and such.

Get a freakin grip.

Also, this is possibly the most convoluted method imaginable of answering the long-standing question of how many actual real life players Eve has.

I feel a LOT of people are missing the point here.

This monument isn't just a matter of 'yay spaceships'. It's a genuine real life tribute to one of the largest export products in Iceland and the accomplishments CCP Games made in the last 10 years. The amount of people in this thread who are so self centered to think everything should be coming back to them in some form is really disgusting to be honest.

What's next? We're going to bash on CCP because they spend your subscription money on a new vending machine in the cafeteria? Get real people, just dig deep into your bitterness and find the little bit of empathy you have left to congratulate CCP as a company for accomplishing stuff like this.

Monument was revealed. It is going to contain all active capsuleer mains.

How about ISD volunteers, CSM members, CCP Game Masters, CCP Developers? I propose you could have all these people names in this monument. All present AND all past people who have contributed so much to EVE online development and community.

I don,t know what worse the fact us Eve players don't want this or the fact that the DUST Bunny's are crying over it !
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