EVE General Discussion

A sticker is easily scraped off with a credit card and the residue is easily removed with acetone or lighter fluid

Scratching it with an x-acto knife or whatever is not "almost permanent" just "permanent"

I posted this in another thread about this issue but since this one has more discussion here goes :

Gevlon doesn't have a twitter account. He has historically only ever posted on his Blog, and avoided twitter and tweetfleet altogether. An account was setup TODAY to post this image. There is no evidence that this was done by Gevlon, nor is there likely to be anything that ties him to this crime (even if CCP manage to get IPs or whatever out of Twitter I doubt they will be able to be tied to a specific phone, as the contract details will reside with foreign corporations who will likely not give a **** about some statue getting scratched up in Iceland).

The odds of this being someone trying to get Gevlon into trouble are astronomically higher than the man himself doing the deed. And this from one of the GRR goonies that he so loves to hate.

yes, so it's favour.

Hmm, to be honest, I'm not quite sure what to make of this given the name that was defaced in this instance.

Like most, my reaction is disappointment that something built by CCP has been defaced by what most of us would see as an immature and irresponsible act.

On the other hand, when it's Xenuria's name, that adds a layer of complexity to the situation that doesn't make it as simple as "the guy who did this is an [whatever expletive you like]".

If I had been the victim of one of the worst forms of an abhorrent crime in real life, I'm not sure how I would feel having my name (even a gaming name), on anything, alongside someone who has a reputation in the community for connection with those things (rightly or wrongly).

I don't personally know Xenuria from anyone else and have had no dealings with him one way or the other. However, knowing the reputation attached to that name, I can potentially be sympathetic to the person who did this, depending on the actual reason why.

It's a terrible outcome either way. As a large gaming community, not everyone in it is going to be an upstanding, ethical and honorable person irl. For the most part, we don't have any knowledge of other players outside the game, so have no reason to suspect anything in relation to anyone. Not as simple here though.

Both are acceptable according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

It's rather unlikely they'll find out who did it, and even if they do they're probably beyond the reach of Icelandic law. Nobody's going to extradite for minor vandalism. The best it seems that can be done is to repair the monument and reiterate that such behavior is unacceptable.

Nobody here is particularly inclined to hear your pedantry.

Between Iceland and the European Union there is an agreement on legal and administrative cooperation. So if the IP or whatever can be identified from that account belongs to a European then I am positive that vandalism is a crime in all european countries as well.

It is sad that some members of the eve community would sink as low as to vandalise this monument because of some petty reason.

I would support a ban and also possibly criminal charges if that is possible as vandalism is a lowly and pathetic act which deserves punishment.