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Bug with the Retriever's Ore Hold

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Pipa Porto
#61 - 2012-08-10 20:00:59 UTC
Smohq Anmirorz wrote:
Pipa Porto wrote:

If you're unhappy with the way the leadership of the country you choose to live in is selected, there are ~190 other countries to choose from.

Meanwhile, proudly saying "I don't want to participate in improving the government, but I want to whine that I'm unhappy with the results" is ridiculous. If you don't feel that it's worth your time to vote, that's fine. But you're intentionally not participating, you don't get to complain that you're unhappy with the results.

If you're spending the time motivating others to vote, you might as well vote yourself.


Oh, and your EvE Demographics are wrong. That's the number of characters that were in each area during a snapshot. That has very little relation to the number of players.


You are discounting the fact that not choosing one is a choice as well. I participate in the process, I work in the polls half the time. If there is no one that I think comes close to representing me, I won't vote for them. If a ballot issue is about something I don't have a very clear understanding of and I may end up doing more harm than good with my vote, I won't vote on those issues either.

I have decided not to vote in those cases and I damn sure have the right to complain about my government. My tax money alone gives me some sort of say. Don't throw all non-voters into your 'lazy' or 'indifferent' categories.


If you don't like the candidates, run for office and see if anyone else agrees.

EvE: Everyone vs Everyone

-RubyPorto
Smohq Anmirorz
State War Academy
Caldari State
#62 - 2012-08-10 20:09:42 UTC
Pipa Porto wrote:


If you don't like the candidates, run for office and see if anyone else agrees.



That is not how I'd like to react to that situation, but thank you.
Jaison Savrin
Brave Empire Inc.
Brave United
#63 - 2012-08-10 20:14:58 UTC
Pipa Porto wrote:


You're getting free expansions, unlike most other MMOs where you have to pay for expansions on top of your subscription. Oh, and they still get nasty bugs all the time (one of which the CDC has had some fun studying).

Improving EVE is a collaborative process between a small company and its customers. More people stress testing new code = better chance of catching bugs.

If you wan't to talk about "endorsing failure," saying that voting or testing doesn't matter fits the bill, since not trying is an absolute assurance of failure.



Totally off topic. I did a report for a Virtual Worlds class about the CDC studying that bug in WoW where everyone was getting infected. It was pretty fascinating and I got an A! WooT.
Pipa Porto
#64 - 2012-08-10 20:17:00 UTC
Smohq Anmirorz wrote:
Pipa Porto wrote:


If you don't like the candidates, run for office and see if anyone else agrees.



That is not how I'd like to react to that situation, but thank you.


Well, that's how a representative democracy works.

If you've got a better idea for a government, get it changed or move somewhere that fits your better idea.

EvE: Everyone vs Everyone

-RubyPorto
Anslo
Scope Works
#65 - 2012-08-10 20:18:33 UTC
Came expecting Bugs Bunny in a cargo hold. Left disappointed.

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Bootleg Jack
ACME Mineral and Gas
#66 - 2012-08-10 20:22:16 UTC
Chokichi Ozuwara wrote:
Pipa Porto wrote:
What's your Definition of "Decent?"

Not Windows ME or Vista.

You're going on ignore.


Your reference is a 12 and a 9 year old version?

Talk about ignore...

I'm an American, English is my second language...
Smohq Anmirorz
State War Academy
Caldari State
#67 - 2012-08-10 20:23:57 UTC
Pipa Porto wrote:
Smohq Anmirorz wrote:
Pipa Porto wrote:


If you don't like the candidates, run for office and see if anyone else agrees.



That is not how I'd like to react to that situation, but thank you.


Well, that's how a representative democracy works.

If you've got a better idea for a government, get it changed or move somewhere that fits your better idea.


If everyone who didn't like a candidate ran for office, we'd have a LOT of candidates. I can participate in other ways besides your narrow view, that's how a representative democracy works, also.