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If negative feedback is censored is this really a forum?

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Nexus Day
Lustrevik Trade and Travel Bureau
#1 - 2014-12-17 00:50:56 UTC
It has been a disturbing trend that threads critical of where this game is going are being censured. I am not sure why this is suddenly occurring but I think it very disturbing that it is.

In the past this was a true forum where people were able to discuss CCPs decisions in a free and open manner. Now it seems that if your thread is not about "who is the most attractive avatar" or similar fluff it is loosely classified and locked.

Which isn't to say you cannot be critical of other players behaviors. This is tolerated.

So my question is, is EvE doing so well and is CCP doing such a good job that there is no room for criticism? Or are we being censored?
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#2 - 2014-12-17 00:51:41 UTC
In before lock.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
Karl Hobb
Imperial Margarine
#3 - 2014-12-17 00:53:00 UTC
Maybe they just want constructive criticism.

A professional astro-bastard was not available so they sent me.
Johan Civire
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#4 - 2014-12-17 00:53:17 UTC
Glad i made it to. Time for the stopwatch!
Sol Project
Shitt Outta Luck - GANKING4GOOD
#5 - 2014-12-17 00:54:11 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
In before lock.
I love the joke behind your post. :D

Why does it matter, what a forum is?

We live in an Idiocrazy here. Terrorised by the talkative.
The censorship comes from the masses, ISDs just clean up.

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Julia Brasher
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2014-12-17 00:56:30 UTC
So long thread....

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Mildew Wolf
#7 - 2014-12-17 00:59:11 UTC
If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.
Paranoid Loyd
#8 - 2014-12-17 01:05:16 UTC
If you can post negative feedback without breaking the forum rules then it will not be censored, you can't seem to do that.

"There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix

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Marsha Mallow
#9 - 2014-12-17 01:07:58 UTC
Tbf if you start topics with "I'm not ranting, BUT....waaaaaaah" nobody really cares if the mods slap you about. It's actually pretty funny.

If you want to provide feedback on patch releases, try posting in the patch release feedback thread. Then a dev can slap you.
ps. Roll

Ripard Teg > For the morons in the room:

Sweets > U can dd my face any day
KIller Wabbit
MEME Thoughts
#10 - 2014-12-17 01:08:22 UTC
Why do you think Reddit is so popular??
Hiasa Kite
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2014-12-17 01:09:27 UTC
Karl Hobb wrote:
Maybe they just want constructive criticism.

This. Criticism is welcome, angry rants are not.

"Playing an MMO by yourself is like masturbating in the middle of an orgy." -Jonah Gravenstein
Nisa Neutrino
#12 - 2014-12-17 01:10:26 UTC
CCCP nuff said
Marsha Mallow
#13 - 2014-12-17 01:15:08 UTC
KIller Wabbit wrote:
Why do you think Reddit is so popular??

Because the downvote mechanics allow the readers to mini mod and dropkick bad topics into oblivion?

Ripard Teg > For the morons in the room:

Sweets > U can dd my face any day
Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2014-12-17 01:49:29 UTC
Nexus Day wrote:
It has been a disturbing trend that threads critical of where this game is going are being censured. I am not sure why this is suddenly occurring but I think it very disturbing that it is.

In the past this was a true forum where people were able to discuss CCPs decisions in a free and open manner. Now it seems that if your thread is not about "who is the most attractive avatar" or similar fluff it is loosely classified and locked.

Which isn't to say you cannot be critical of other players behaviors. This is tolerated.

So my question is, is EvE doing so well and is CCP doing such a good job that there is no room for criticism? Or are we being censored?


No, threads that provide constructive negative criticism are not locked unless they are redundant reposts. Threads that just rant and call something crap without discussion are locked for ranting. This is not censorship, it's taking out the trash. Here, let me show you the difference.

Criticism: This is a new problem I've discovered, I don't like it, it's bad, and here is why

Rant: This is crap and your game is crap and I'm quitting and WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE NEWBS!!

And even if you are being censored, so what? CCP is a private company, not an elected government. You don't have to give them your money.

“Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'. Jam those ones first, and kill them last.” - Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104
Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2014-12-17 01:51:17 UTC
Nisa Neutrino wrote:
CCCP nuff said


Adding a C doesn't make them something they're not. Politicising this doesn't make you clever, it actually just makes you kinda trashy. But I wouldn't expect better from a Spaceship Samurai. I've had so many teary rage mails from your alliance specifically after killing them that if I put them all together into one long mail, it would read like a tragic novel of woe.

“Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'. Jam those ones first, and kill them last.” - Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#16 - 2014-12-17 01:54:25 UTC
Nexus Day wrote:
Now it seems that if your thread is not about "who is the most attractive avatar" or similar fluff it is loosely classified and locked.



Have I ever mentioned how attractive I find your avatar?

Mr Epeen Cool
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#17 - 2014-12-17 01:55:43 UTC
Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#18 - 2014-12-17 01:56:44 UTC
Mildew Wolf wrote:
If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.


Babies scream all the time, for no good reason, and our society (justifiably) severely punishes taking an axe to them, so I'm not sure what the effect of screaming trees would be.

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Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#19 - 2014-12-17 01:56:51 UTC
ISDs don't lock constructive criticism threads as long as they're not redundant, repetitive, trolling, capslocked whine threads masquerading as criticism threads...




Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#20 - 2014-12-17 01:59:58 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
ISDs don't lock constructive criticism threads as long as they're not redundant, repetitive, trolling, capslocked whine threads masquerading as criticism threads...





or begin with/ are titled "Dear CCP"

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