EVE General Discussion

Come on why do you have a RL?? I want you to only have a life in game so when I destroy your ship you're reduced to tears as I destroyed everything that meant anything to you!

Are a lot of messages getting deleted or something? I've been an EVE player for a couple of years, but this is my first full week actually posting on the forums.

Yup... I was on page 85, went to another site for an hour, and then clicked "back" ... only to find out that nearly 3 pages worth of posts had gone poof.

First, welcome to the forum
Second, yes:

I have removed some rule breaking posts and those quoting them. As always I let some edge cases stay.
Please people, keep it on topic and above all civil!

The rules:
4. Personal attacks are prohibited.

Commonly known as flaming, personal attacks are posts that are designed to personally berate or insult another forum user. Posts of this nature are not beneficial to the community spirit that CCP promote and as such they will not be tolerated.

5. Trolling is prohibited.

Trolling is a defined as a post that is deliberately designed for the purpose of angering and insulting other players in an attempt to incite retaliation or an emotional response. Posts of this nature are disruptive, often abusive and do not contribute to the sense of community that CCP promote.

Whole threads have gone missing today. I have no opinion on the merits of those moderation decisions however, just pointing it out for the record.

I don't know about all this harassment nonsense, but I will say unequivocally that Ripard Teg should be banned for his part in this.
For a CSM to purposely incite a witch hunt against another player by using loaded and slanderous terminology in a highly polemical blog is unacceptable and morally reprehensible.

I am shocked and dismayed that CCP has let this person so aggressively promote their own personal agenda, even to their own detriment.

I am also disappointed that CCP has such a double standard whereby a CSM member is able to write a venomous, libelous blog that literally resulted in another player receiving death threats and harassment and receives no punishment, while this player, who broke NO rules and was operating on a third party program gets permanently banned.

I thought the CSM were supposed to represent the community? Ripard knew the damage he would cause, not only to CCP, but to the victim of his hate filled, slanderous blog post. Should our CSM not be held to a higher standard?

If Ripard had a problem with Erotica 1 he should have done what every other player in this game must do: file a petition.

This isn't about whether or not you found Erotica 1 or the bonus room distasteful. This is about consistency and fair application of policy from CCP, whether the player has a CSM tag or no.



Ban Ripard Teg!

Nope, CCP don't have to be consistent or fair or just or moral or ethical or even right, they can do what they want in this.
This is their call and they can change the rules to suit their business. I remember Helicity Boson saying to CCP "I'm gonna come down on you like a ton of bricks if..."FWOOP gone.
That's how it should be, any consistency or pressure to be so could be gamed to their detriment.

Lets be serious though, you could nuke this entire thread and the whole threadnaut for trolling and personal attacks. Just saying...

I have been told truly terrible things in local whenever I have been flying a falcon or something else that attracts rage. The unkind words directed at me has caused me great distress, tears, nightmares, sleep deprivation and even thoughts of suicide.

With this official statement from CCP, can I fully expect CCP to punish these evildoers? Because I am about to go test that in practice by ganking some miner and see much they care about the rules of society afterwards.

Your posts should still be on eve-search.