EVE General Discussion

I was discussing the meaning of life with people in a channel somewhere when I had a sudden and life altering question about Eve. Does CCP show favoritism to some players more than others?

If CCP ever find out that somebody relevant to them, like Chribba for example, were to have violated the EULA in a bannable manner, do you think they'd burry it or let them off with a lesser punishment than they would say John Doe?

Take Mittens for example. He's the head of the CSM, runs Goonswarm, proclaims he's the most influential player, and all together makes a lot of noise in Eve. CCP has player accounts that are anonymously apart of the population, hire people from Eve, and is very active in the community. It stands to reason CCP has some kind of relation to Mittens. If mittens were to bot and raise the flags that CCP uses to track bots, do you think they'd go easier on him than anybody else? Perhaps let him off with a warning where they'd usually ban somebody? After all, he's on the CSM, leads an alliance, and does stuff.

Of course it exists.

CCP bans people off and on. Usually they lift the ban unless its really extreme. Like most punishment cases Time can be part of the punishment and CCP uses that as well.

I am confuse, is this a legitimate question or a stealth attack on Mitani?

As far as Im aware, if you do a bannable offence you get banned. There have been influential peoepl banned previously, even if its not game making influence they wielded. There has always been talk of ccp favoritism, and there always will be.

I think the talk just depends on who the general public hate most at the time, they will get accused fo having ccp influence.

It is a stealth attack.

In the end, its all about just one thing.......me.....euhhhh..... I mean $$$$$.

There's another school of thought that says that Chribba would receive a harsher penalty since he is so "popular" and therefore easier to be made an example of than some John Doe that no one knows/cares about. Favoritism can work in different directions, but if it exists you can safely bet that the direction will always be in favor of the hidden agenda of the one using favoritism.

Nah CCP doesnt show any favoritism, When T2BPOs dropped from their loot caravan they dropped for everyone.

Sure they do.

Im getting little love letters from them all the time. Some are quite kinky actually.

I know you're talking about EULA-breaking and not EVE-legal bad behavior, but I find myself getting upset at the idea that Chribba would do something underhanded. (His alts can do whatever, though and it wouldn't bother me.) :-)