EVE General Discussion

+1 to this.

I'm tired of people not understanding that Eve online is a game, and it's a rather dark game. This character will gank miners if he feels like it, engage in acts of piracy if he feels the risk vs. reward ratio is favorable, and spends 90% of his play time murdering other players and usually is the one to fire first.

In real life - I like kittens, movies, and music. I've never engaged in a act of real world violence against anyone, and the thought of people hurting each other disgusts me.

Like it or not, players - read your lore. Eve is a really dark place, and it's not for the faint of heart. It's a rather bleak future, and I would not have it any other way. Just look at the discussions taking place here - about morality, in game vs. out of game issues, etc.... you don't see World Of Snorecraft spawning this type of reaction.

I unfortunately suspect you're right and the CCP will not take action - simply because it's the easy thing to do. They probably expect this to "blow over", and may be right. Unfortunately. I'll continue to play EVE regardless (though on-and-off), but this event has certainly put a bad taste in my mouth and I'll lose respect for the people behind the platform if they fail to do anything.

But let's face it - CCP is a tiny company - they should be able to move at lightning speed - and we've seen nothing from them yet. Couple that with the fact that this isn't a completely new issue, I suspect nothing will happen.

Do nothing is always the easy way out, but rarely the right one. What's that old B-school case about Tylenol or some other drug? I believe this was an instance where some of their shelf products had been contaminated or poisoned (I forget the specifics). The Company had the option of doing nothing, as this would likely have blown over and be kept out of the broader public eye. Instead, the publicized it, warned people to not buy their product while they investigated/restocked. The public reacted swiftly: the Company's actions boosted confidence in the integrity/safety of the product and drove material boost in sales once the product was back on shelf. A poster-child case for terrific "crisis management".

and what makes you think it isa troll, everything I wrote is true.

So you're talking about Sohkar's awful behavior, regarding the death threats and racist comments then, right?

I don't think that means we need to restrict games, I think that means we need to restrict death threats and racist comments.

I think it's not up to the game company to decide what consenting adults should/shouldn't do outside of their game.

THIS.

+1.

And in his confused carebear mind, his lot are the "good guys" - no matter what. Comparing Erotica1 to a terrorist or rapist is totally justified, as he is the "good guy."

It's the kind of morality that I would expect from a seven year old. Seeing it in adults disgusts me, quite frankly.

Well guess what they won't be going anywhere. E1 is covered under the TS3 Anonymity blanket. Don't like it then to bad so sad.

Riptar Teg for CSM!!! at the expense of Sohkar going to jail.

Amen.

And same here as what Lady has said. I make no secret of being African American . In 7 years I've heard more racism on comms and seen it in game than I have in real life. Hell, sometimes playing EVE has felt a lot like this.

And here we have a situation where a guy (playing a harsh game, usually facilitated across 3rd party comms such as during fleets and events) tricks a another guy out of some imaginary video game items and further tricks him into other stuff trying to get it back. Some want to call it cyber bullying and play sideline lawyer about illegal acts of the 1st guy. They claim that it could be very bad for EVE if someone harms themselves. They even say it would be ok if someone took the law itno their hands and did something to the 1st guy.

All the while totally ignoring the ACTUALLY ILLEGAL and considerably more immoral acts of guy number 2. Cyber bullying (if it happens) might get you in trouble with the law in some jurisdictions. DEATH THREATS will get you put in a jail/prison for a long time.

The same people want action taken on the guy playing the (meta) game as per it's tradition, but think RACISM (you know that thing responsible for the deaths and suffering of millions upon millions upon millions of people over the last 500 years) is "understandable when you are upset".

Those people can kiss my black {insert words for fatty posterior rear sections of a human being} on a warm Texas summer day where the air conditioner is broken.

I do not know Erotica1, i've never had a conversation with him and sometime I think the things he does go a bit too far, but all this hoopla over nothing when someone else is doing worse is BS.

Contaminated or poisoned medication on store shelves on one hand...
Asked to sing a song on TS on the other...

Your analogy has a few flaws in it.

So you're avoiding the question?