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bacon lettuce tomato
#521 - 2014-08-20 00:49:52 UTC
Analeesa wrote:
bacon lettuce tomato wrote:
CCP is going to lose a lot of PLEX sales and possibly subscriptions as a result of BLINK closing

If anything this is what is actually "screwing them over"



No they won't, there will still be the same demand and same supply price as always.

Don't try make up **** to make it seem like this is terrible.


Some people would buy PLEX to spend on BLINK before this 'special' or whatever it was. I was on comms when some addicts did it anyway.

Also, people in the Somner Lotteries channel are talking about their own subscriptions. I'm not making anything up, why would I? I don't care at all. I don't even play BLINK and just resubbed today because of the summer special... You seem like you care a lot though.
Varakh Snowscales
Acami Industrial Holdings
#522 - 2014-08-20 00:50:11 UTC
Is this really the biggest issue CCP should be dealing with within eve online? Especially since theyare the ones responsible for the most recent drama. It's laughable, the popularity contest that is the CSM serving there own goals. This whole goons are responsible **** is laughable.


CCP, The biggest isk sink in eve isnt going to cause your game to stagnate and die. It's the year and a half long skill queue the new players have to go through to be remotely competative flying tier 1 hulls that's gonna kill new blood joining eve. It's the complete lack of sovereignty changes along with the mass amount of non aggression pacts and treaties in null sec thats going to kill your game. The cripplingly slow rate of development when it comes to anything significant within eve as regards to in game content that isnt made by players themself. The massive over reliance on logi infleet engagements. The waste of time that is anything shorter than meta 3 modules being in the game.

The CSM and CCP should be concentrating on improving the game for all, not just themselves. But as per usual, I highly doubt anything will happen to benefit the average player any time soon.

Overheat Everything and Charge! - C5, PVP Focused Corp Recruiting Now!

Hakaari Inkuran
State War Academy
Caldari State
#523 - 2014-08-20 00:50:43 UTC
Analeesa wrote:
Baron Torkskails wrote:
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
Ahahahahahahahahaha

I greatly enjoy seeing somer's alts, employees, and shills coming out of the woodwork.



take the tinfoil hat off.


It's been proven that SOMERBlink was using shill accounts with vastly superior chances of winning Blinks, you really think they wouldn't use 'shill' accounts to make their public image during their demise (which is probably not a real demise but a cry for people to feel sorry for them and then make a miraculous return) look better?

I've seen that blog. I've seen more convincing arguments that mars rocks were aliens. You actually believed that ****?

But anyway, I'm sure now that blink is gone for good, so whatever.
Himbeergeist
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#524 - 2014-08-20 00:51:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Himbeergeist
Rhes wrote:
bacon lettuce tomato wrote:
CCP is going to lose a lot of PLEX sales and possibly subscriptions as a result of BLINK closing

If anything this is what is actually "screwing them over"

lol

Blink is a place to use ISK at. It has processed the equivalent of more than 2m plex in value.

It will be fun to see what the people who spend their isk there will find now. Or if they'll just quit the game.
Derrick Miles
Death Rabbit Ky Oneida
#525 - 2014-08-20 00:51:44 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:
Mr Epeen wrote:
Jake Rivers wrote:

Of course they are a one time redeemable code, but was sommerblink buying back the code, or making the player redeem his code and transfer a plex via contract to sommerblink? If sommerblink was simply buying the plex code, this could be used over and over again.


Well, since Falcon said that's not the case you can put it to bed now and find another conspiracy to champion.

Mr Epeen Cool


I like your shades. I need to get me some of those.

Cool


Come to the dark side. Cool
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#526 - 2014-08-20 00:51:54 UTC
bacon lettuce tomato wrote:
Analeesa wrote:
bacon lettuce tomato wrote:
CCP is going to lose a lot of PLEX sales and possibly subscriptions as a result of BLINK closing

If anything this is what is actually "screwing them over"



No they won't, there will still be the same demand and same supply price as always.

Don't try make up **** to make it seem like this is terrible.


Some people would buy PLEX to spend on BLINK before this 'special' or whatever it was. I was on comms when some addicts did it anyway.

Also, people in the Somner Lotteries channel are talking about their own subscriptions. I'm not making anything up, why would I? I don't care at all. I don't even play BLINK and just resubbed today because of the summer special... You seem like you care a lot though.

Well sounds like you're unsubbing again. You should biomass though because a name like that ought to go to someone who actually cares.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Thead Enco
Thunderwaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#527 - 2014-08-20 00:52:00 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Rhes wrote:
Good guys win again!


Confirmed, Somer has just announced a shut down, probably in an attempt at damage control.



#Wreckingball
Cherry Yeyo
Doomheim
#528 - 2014-08-20 00:52:39 UTC
He was the greatest scammer of our time o7

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Analeesa
Perkone
Caldari State
#529 - 2014-08-20 00:53:13 UTC
bacon lettuce tomato wrote:
Analeesa wrote:
bacon lettuce tomato wrote:
CCP is going to lose a lot of PLEX sales and possibly subscriptions as a result of BLINK closing

If anything this is what is actually "screwing them over"



No they won't, there will still be the same demand and same supply price as always.

Don't try make up **** to make it seem like this is terrible.


Some people would buy PLEX to spend on BLINK before this 'special' or whatever it was. I was on comms when some addicts did it anyway.

Also, people in the Somner Lotteries channel are talking about their own subscriptions. I'm not making anything up, why would I? I don't care at all. I don't even play BLINK and just resubbed today because of the summer special... You seem like you care a lot though.


If someone wants isk, they'll buy their PLEX and sell it as usual.

There will be 0 loss in PLEX sales because of this, people will simply buy their PLEX direct from Markeedragon or the Eve site.

I'm enjoying shooting down these terrible arguments.
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#530 - 2014-08-20 00:53:31 UTC
I just burned a PLEX to come back here and say:

This

☼

There's a million angry citizens looking down their tubes..at me.
Lyron-Baktos
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#531 - 2014-08-20 00:53:38 UTC
Did anyone else think the VP of Sales was flirting with Somer?Big smileBig smileBig smile
Marsha Mallow
#532 - 2014-08-20 00:54:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Marsha Mallow
Arec Bardwin wrote:
Sniper Smith wrote:
This is total BS. We lose one of the oldest, best, Eve Gambling sites, and a HUGE contributor to both Player and CCP Events.. all because CCP can't get their own act together.
Somer kinda rekt himself wouldn't you say? I don't feel the least sorry for him.

Posting internal communication with an EvE employee might have seemed like a good idea at the time to drum up sympathy or level the playing field in a dispute - except for the fact that the wider community despises you already. Even if CCP employees were partly to blame for this (and there are still questions to be answered by IA why they weren't aware of player-employee communication at this level) the minute he posted those logs this was done.

Has anyone asked for his stuff yet? If not.....

Ripard Teg > For the morons in the room:

Sweets > U can dd my face any day
Sniper Smith
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#533 - 2014-08-20 00:54:05 UTC
So what Blink was doing was wrong, But Eve Time Code can give you a Free PLEX for every $250 spent..

"New Promo - Your business counts! Starting May 9th 2014, After every $250 spent you will recieve 1 free PLEX"
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#534 - 2014-08-20 00:54:31 UTC
Hakaari Inkuran wrote:
I've seen that blog. I've seen more convincing arguments that mars rocks were aliens. You actually believed that ****?

But anyway, I'm sure now that blink is gone for good, so whatever.

"It's okay guys we can trust this videogame pixel money gambling service not subject to any laws or regulations on gambling not to game the system for its own benefit, in the context of a game where such things are encouraged."
They'd be fools not to do it.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#535 - 2014-08-20 00:54:59 UTC
People got what they wanted.

But it won't stop there. I'm guessing at least another 20 pages before this peters out.

But if you people want to have some real fun, visit some of the resellers and check out the incentives (read: RMT). If you rage enough I bet you can get at least 3 or 4 of them shut down. You're on a roll people. Don't stop now.

Mr Epeen Cool
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#536 - 2014-08-20 00:55:09 UTC
Julaaaaaay Julaaaaaay wrote:
Marsha Mallow wrote:
Julaaaaaay Julaaaaaay wrote:
Okay Falcon now that you've killed Blink and circlejerked with the CSM in a vain attempt to paint them as anything other than a pointless publicity stunt, what next?

With any luck, he'll post a ***** pic then go to bed.
Unless you had something more specific in mind?


No doubt it will come to light that he is another one of the Five Guys™ and reddit will turn on him.


Oh snap.

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Hiashi Yenzyne
Cruisers Crew
The Initiative.
#537 - 2014-08-20 00:55:45 UTC
Varakh Snowscales wrote:
Is this really the biggest issue CCP should be dealing with within eve online? Especially since theyare the ones responsible for the most recent drama. It's laughable, the popularity contest that is the CSM serving there own goals. This whole goons are responsible **** is laughable.


CCP, The biggest isk sink in eve isnt going to cause your game to stagnate and die. It's the year and a half long skill queue the new players have to go through to be remotely competative flying tier 1 hulls that's gonna kill new blood joining eve. It's the complete lack of sovereignty changes along with the mass amount of non aggression pacts and treaties in null sec thats going to kill your game. The cripplingly slow rate of development when it comes to anything significant within eve as regards to in game content that isnt made by players themself. The massive over reliance on logi infleet engagements. The waste of time that is anything shorter than meta 3 modules being in the game.

The CSM and CCP should be concentrating on improving the game for all, not just themselves. But as per usual, I highly doubt anything will happen to benefit the average player any time soon.


+9000
bacon lettuce tomato
#538 - 2014-08-20 00:56:09 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
bacon lettuce tomato wrote:
Analeesa wrote:
bacon lettuce tomato wrote:
CCP is going to lose a lot of PLEX sales and possibly subscriptions as a result of BLINK closing

If anything this is what is actually "screwing them over"



No they won't, there will still be the same demand and same supply price as always.

Don't try make up **** to make it seem like this is terrible.


Some people would buy PLEX to spend on BLINK before this 'special' or whatever it was. I was on comms when some addicts did it anyway.

Also, people in the Somner Lotteries channel are talking about their own subscriptions. I'm not making anything up, why would I? I don't care at all. I don't even play BLINK and just resubbed today because of the summer special... You seem like you care a lot though.

Well sounds like you're unsubbing again. You should biomass though because a name like that ought to go to someone who actually cares.


I should unsub because I don't really care about this BLINK drama? That doesn't make any sense. I'm not even that sure of what's going on, I just came back to the game.

Something about SOMER giving people ISK for using his referral link. Then CCP Falcon being really engaged, something, something.

Cherry Yeyo
Doomheim
#539 - 2014-08-20 00:56:34 UTC
Lyron-Baktos wrote:
Did anyone else think the VP of Sales was flirting with Somer?Big smileBig smileBig smile

Clearly there was some impropriety in that relationship from a professional standpoint and it really looks like Somer abused that to the extreme as in: let me run this vaguely worded proposal by my friend here at CCP who doesnt really understand the ramifications of what I'm trying to do and get a VP to sign off on this

.
Hakaari Inkuran
State War Academy
Caldari State
#540 - 2014-08-20 00:57:08 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
Hakaari Inkuran wrote:
I've seen that blog. I've seen more convincing arguments that mars rocks were aliens. You actually believed that ****?

But anyway, I'm sure now that blink is gone for good, so whatever.

"It's okay guys we can trust this videogame pixel money gambling service not subject to any laws or regulations on gambling not to game the system for its own benefit, in the context of a game where such things are encouraged."
They'd be fools not to do it.

True, they would be. However, my statement about rocks and aliens stands. Did you see the original blog? It was incredibly terrible and tinfoilery. The "proof" didn't really qualify for the moniker of "evidence".