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CCP employee policy on playing eve ?

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Son Callar
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#81 - 2011-12-07 07:52:03 UTC
Aggressive Nutmeg wrote:
I'm surprised CCP staff are allowed to play at all.

Having access to insider knowledge, whether it is abused or not, is a huge integrity issue. Perception is reality.

Human nature being what it is, I've no doubt that line has been crossed in the past.


I wouldn't want to play a game where the development staff was disconnected from their own product, that just creates balance changes that make no sense what so ever and a QA department and feedback can only give you so and so much.

I also reckon a lot of the staff at CCP are there be cause of their love of the game, that's one of the things I like about them is that they seem to recruit people that actually care about the game and know what they are doing (excluding the incarna expansion but that has gotten enough coverage already)


Thank you all for the responses ! and thank you Xhagen for the very informative replies !
CCP Xhagen
C C P
C C P Alliance
#82 - 2011-12-07 08:31:00 UTC
Acac Sunflyier wrote:
So, how would CCP IA figure out that you're playing a character? Even if you got a friend request for a trial from a neighbor, and then subscribed with plex, and stayed on with plex, how would they figure it out? Is it because you guys are using the dev console? Is it because you guys use the Kunami Code?

Digital fingerprints my friend. IP addresses, ISK trails, chatlogs. These things will make it impossible to hide. Also, if I, as a CCP employee, would be hiding an account, wouldn't that strongly imply that I'm doing something against the rules?

Aggressive Nutmeg wrote:
I'm surprised CCP staff are allowed to play at all.

Having access to insider knowledge, whether it is abused or not, is a huge integrity issue. Perception is reality.

Human nature being what it is, I've no doubt that line has been crossed in the past.

One of the things CCP has been criticized for is not playing EVE at all - and while that is not true (I for one have been playing, albeit mostly casually since 2003) it is true that under the employee rules we will be disconnected from certain playstyles. We, CCP employees, haven't been active enough in my mind, playing EVE.

Herping yourDerp wrote:
can we get a graph about how many eve dev alts troll on forum?

What do you mean alts? Troll only with my main.

CCP Xhagen | Associate Producer | @strangelocation
CCP Xhagen
C C P
C C P Alliance
#83 - 2011-12-07 08:34:48 UTC
Son Callar wrote:
Aggressive Nutmeg wrote:
I'm surprised CCP staff are allowed to play at all.

Having access to insider knowledge, whether it is abused or not, is a huge integrity issue. Perception is reality.

Human nature being what it is, I've no doubt that line has been crossed in the past.


I wouldn't want to play a game where the development staff was disconnected from their own product, that just creates balance changes that make no sense what so ever and a QA department and feedback can only give you so and so much.

I also reckon a lot of the staff at CCP are there be cause of their love of the game, that's one of the things I like about them is that they seem to recruit people that actually care about the game and know what they are doing (excluding the incarna expansion but that has gotten enough coverage already)


Thank you all for the responses ! and thank you Xhagen for the very informative replies !

My pleasure :)

I'll try and continue to respond as I can - with the CSM in Iceland now I tend to be busy Blink

And for the love of EVE, absolutely!

CCP Xhagen | Associate Producer | @strangelocation
Astrid Stjerna
Sebiestor Tribe
#84 - 2011-12-07 17:46:32 UTC
Captain Mastiff wrote:

If scamming is legitimate in the game why are CCP characters not allowed to partake in such a "legit" game mechanic? Surely if you ban yourselves from doing then it should be the same for everyone else?

It's not like we know you are dev character or not so it can't be a public image thing, why so? Do you think it's one of the lowest form of gameplay?


We have to be able to trust that the GMs will be upfront and honest in their dealings with us. If they can't be trusted in a simple market transaction, how can we trust them when they put on the GM hat?

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