EVE General Discussion

We could have a usb hub version for our desktops.

I expected a crappy useless mobile app

I hoped for some glimpses about the secret projects the CSM could not talk about

I got trolled with a monument

10/10

Playing a video game, even one as engrossing as EVE, is hardly some sort of lifetime achievement or anything. My concern is that by celebrating it in a manner normally reserved for the big events of history we are sending the wrong message, both to the players and the outside world.

Some of the younger and/or more impressionable players may take this as some sort of signal that they have somehow done something worthwhile with their lives. A monument usually commemorates something significant or important in local, national, or world events; and a monument to gaming would indicate to some that video games are on a similar level of importance, and something to be proud of rather than just a way to fill one's free time. The people who buy into this may be few, but it can still be damaging.

The outside world will probably get the impression that we all have just such an opinion of ourselves. The message will be that EVE players are a bunch of self important geeks who have gotten so lost in their little virtual world that they have completely lost their grip on reality. How many new players do you think are going to want to jump into a game full of delusional egotists?

I've already shown the announcements about this monument to a few friends and coworkers. Their collective reaction can be summed up by the words of one of them: "That's dumb!" They were all confused, at first thinking that it must be some sort of in-game thing. When I explained that it was to be a real monument in Iceland, they were shocked at the stupidity of it, especially after I told them how the company had been laying people off just a few months ago. They think that CCP has lost its sense of priority to say the least. There was concern that a game company would neglect the health of the game itself and instead choose to invest in sucha pointless display. One of them commented, "I keep wanting to try EVE, but then something like this happens." It was also observed that CCP "must be rather full of themselves." These are people who were excited to read about the Battle of B-R5RB, but now their opinion of the company behind the game has done a 180.

So there is my anecdotal evidence, but it may be a warning sign that this monument may not generate the sort of publicity that is good for EVE.

While I'm sure this has been expressed already, I feel the need to add my voice.

Really! Really!?!

While I like monument, and the thought that went into it and what it will be. I do not think it needed a countdown clock.

At least not on the main community page for EVE Online. I personally feel you should use countdown clocks on the main page for one of a variation of announcing a new major game feature, the time when some new secret feature goes live on the server with a gentle hint to go looking for it, for a massive in game live event, or possibly as an epic April fool's joke.

But out of game activities should be covered on a different website, with just a link to a press release here. If the countdown clock had been on the CCP webpage I would be cool with that.


Now after the bitchen I do have a question?

How are you going to get 500,000 plus character names put on metal plates in less than 2 months time?

one questions :

Would the players in Serenity be included?

hey, cool. i was expecting a falcon troll.

instead its a pretty cool monument with an awesome concept.

Personally I like it. But then I may see it differently than you do.

I agree as a marketing ploy it is weak. But I don't see it as that.

I see it as a thank you to the players of a game that has outlasted all expectations of the market. That keeps growing and evolving (Don't tell Ken Ham)

It may have some ego in it but I like to think it invites ALL of us to be a part of that pride. Otherwise it would just have CCP names on it.

My mother made a donation to the Trans Canada trail and my name is etched in marble, a few miles from my house. I take a bit of pride in that it will be there long after I a gone. In the same way I will like to know that my name will be on another island, far far from where I am.

I like it

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land costs money... so unless they were given the land or building it at there headquarters.... They would have to buy it.... That isn't cheep..

also do u even know how much that stuff costs in large volumes + cost of building..

Eve players, we can find reason to ***** about anything. Never change, guys.


As for the monument..a piece of art in Iceland with my character name on it, pretty nifty.

Kind of silly to be whinging about the cost, too. Pretty sure CCP is getting a good deal all-round for it. Being a pretty reasonable chunk of your countries GDP gives you some perks when it comes to stuff like this.

Lol, that came unexpected.