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CCP Focuses on EVE Universe - A CCP Announcement

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Kengutsi Akira
Doomheim
#401 - 2011-10-19 22:26:17 UTC
Myxx wrote:
Raid'En wrote:
if the staff going out is the one linked to WoD, why do we see names we know since a long time being part of it ? >_<

Thats the fallacy of it. The cancers aren't being removed, just the people who gave a damn.


yes, hilmar being that cancer

"Is it fair that CCP can get away with..." :: checks ownership on the box ::

Yes
Miilla
Hulkageddon Orphanage
#402 - 2011-10-19 22:28:39 UTC
"Our metrics do not show that cancellations are significant"


Ring a bell?

It should... CSM Emergency Meeting...
Azelor Delaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#403 - 2011-10-19 22:29:50 UTC
Miilla wrote:
Maybe the 20% fired can go work for Perpetuum or Guild Wars 2 or SWTOR :)

Because that is where WE are all going :)


Don't forget: World of Warcraft: Mists of Panderia is coming out soon! C'mon guys! Pandas!
Cailais
The Red Pill Taker Group
#404 - 2011-10-19 22:31:49 UTC
Stunned they fired Noah Ward, he was a pretty cool guy imho.

CCP you're such a bunch of cash grabbing wankers.

C.
Miilla
Hulkageddon Orphanage
#405 - 2011-10-19 22:32:51 UTC
So are we still getting bloodline changes?
Kengutsi Akira
Doomheim
#406 - 2011-10-19 22:34:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Kengutsi Akira
DJ Xaphod wrote:
Angeliq wrote:
I don't care about those 20% soon to be ex-CCP employees. I pay CCP to play EVE Online, not WoD or Dust514 and I expect CCP to use my money in order to develop and improve EVE Online. It's not my fault those ppl are being fired, CCP went money hungry and got involved in other projects thinking they could use EVE money in order to develop more milking cows. Now don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with those ppl, I don't hate them or anything, I just DON'T CARE about them, I never wanted any of them in the first place, CCP should feel sorry for them, not me. Yes, those 20% might have no fault, but I just (yes, you guessed) don't care :)

It's actually good to see CCP finally coming back to EVE Online tho I don't really believe anything CCP says, cos you know... the truth is out there... behind all this smoke and PR stunts that surrounds the forums.

I'd agree, however at least a fair few of the people being layed off are EVE Online staff, so I don't believe CCP are coming back to EVE Online.

I'll believe what they do, not what they say, after all.


not just staff, content designers

Grog Barrel wrote:
Angeliq wrote:
I don't care about those 20% soon to be ex-CCP employees. I pay CCP to play EVE Online, not WoD or Dust514 and I expect CCP to use my money in order to develop and improve EVE Online. It's not my fault those ppl are being fired, CCP went money hungry and got involved in other projects thinking they could use EVE money in order to develop more milking cows. Now don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with those ppl, I don't hate them or anything, I just DON'T CARE about them, I never wanted any of them in the first place, CCP should feel sorry for them, not me. Yes, those 20% might have no fault, but I just (yes, you guessed) don't care :)

It's actually good to see CCP finally coming back to EVE Online tho I don't really believe anything CCP says, cos you know... the truth is out there... behind all this smoke and PR stunts that surrounds the forums.


The point of this thread was to make customers feel bad and responsible for those getting fired. This way, the customers would have to think twice before expressing their disappointments by canceling their Subs.
Basically the easiest way: Blame the others for your own faults, have a clean conscience. Keep dreaming of your greatness.


reads that way to me and quite a few others as well

"Is it fair that CCP can get away with..." :: checks ownership on the box ::

Yes
Miilla
Hulkageddon Orphanage
#407 - 2011-10-19 22:35:23 UTC
So are we still getting bloodline changes?


Is now a bad time to ask when we get REMAPS in the NEX store?
Jolteon Taylor
0 Tax Industrials
#408 - 2011-10-19 22:35:50 UTC
Klingon Admiral wrote:
Well I wonder how CCP wants to regain contact with the community after pretty much nuking the comunity-team ...

Especially the well liked and actually trusted members of the community team.
Miilla
Hulkageddon Orphanage
#409 - 2011-10-19 22:39:23 UTC
I WANT MY YELLOW FONT BACK

Or I cancel all 10 accounts.
Kengutsi Akira
Doomheim
#410 - 2011-10-19 22:42:54 UTC
kinda curious to why our lauded CSM that talk to these guys daily arent jumping all over this saying it was their idea like the dev blog about the winter expansion.

but seriously, youd think theyd have given the rest of us a clue (unless this was one of those last second decisions)

"Is it fair that CCP can get away with..." :: checks ownership on the box ::

Yes
Cailais
The Red Pill Taker Group
#411 - 2011-10-19 22:43:37 UTC
Miilla wrote:
I WANT MY YELLOW FONT BACK

Or I cancel all 10 accounts.


Didnt you get the memo? You're our new community rep. You can post in whatever colour you like :D

C.
Nak hak
#412 - 2011-10-19 22:44:53 UTC
"We made some missteps on that journey," this would be CCP current management.

Layoff. Only the investors would see this as good news. Company spins it as good news. Some customers buy into it. Not me.

"Our mission is to enrich the vast EVE Universe by...., bring DUST 514 to market on the PS3. "

DUST 514 is an important part of the EVE Universe. Same message. Same plan. CCP continues on its path to become a PS3 FPS gaming company. Seems to be a model they are locked into. Maybe it well work for CCP.

"Realignment will be seen as early as this winter with the upcoming EVE Online expansions and the launch of DUST 514 private trials."

A winter expansion, and DUST 514 private trials. Hopefully the expansion will be a good one. Have faith. Ugh

It's about freedom.

Best Regards, Nak hak
Joe D'Trader
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#413 - 2011-10-19 22:46:09 UTC
Miilla wrote:
I WANT MY YELLOW FONT BACK

Or I cancel all 10 accounts.



I still like you :D, but damn you are correct, I guess we can't ask a big yellow question again if there are no colors...
Lykouleon
Noble Sentiments
Second Empire.
#414 - 2011-10-19 22:49:12 UTC
I can't say I see the logic in firing some of the core back-bone of the community development team, especially in a time when the community has reacted in a way where we've lost significant faith in CCP as a company.

In the long-run, this will probably be a good move for CCP financially. However, that's only if the community doesn't collapse at this point since too few people are talking directly with us.

The community development team does a lot more than just forum moderation and shiny posts and duly deserves the credit for their hard work promoting our overall EVE community to the outside world. Guard, Phantom, Navigator, Manifest, and Spitfire are going to have a lot of work on their hands now.

At this point, all I can do is wish the best to those that, unfortunately, will be leaving CCP and hope that they stay active in our community (if not the direct one, at least the extended one). Sympathies to the guys and gals at CCP who had to see their friends and co-workers receive this bad news.

Lets just hope this horrid turn of events wasn't a waste and something "passably" decent will come from it.

Lykouleon > CYNO ME CLOSER so I can hit them with my sword
Caval Akemi
Nuts and Vindictive
#415 - 2011-10-19 22:50:33 UTC
Lesson learned CCP?

Dont **** with your cash cow!
Arydanika
The Order of Thelemic Ascension
The Invited
#416 - 2011-10-19 22:51:53 UTC
My deepest and heart felt condolences to the CCP 20%. You will be sincerely missed.

Thank you for everything you have done for the game and this community.

I can't fathom how this is good for the game. I can't imagine how you must be feeling or what's going though your heads. I can't begin to express how I feel about the entire heaping pile of manure of a business decision. Then again, what good is expressing myself in type in venue be since the majority of people that cared enough to hear and shouldered the burden of being front line soldiers have been deemed unnecessary.

May your contributions and passion, the things that helped make this game great, live on.
♥

Runner of Voices from the Void podcast, Eve Online Pod Pack & DJ on eve-radio.com Sundays at 1800.  Organizer of the ATX Eve Online Meet. ♥
Smoking Blunts
ZC Omega
#417 - 2011-10-19 22:51:57 UTC
Cailais wrote:
Stunned they fired Noah Ward, he was a pretty cool guy imho.

CCP you're such a bunch of cash grabbing wankers.

C.


ty for showing me that you can say wankers on these forums.

hilmar your the one that needs to get ****** in the arse and tossed out like garbage, unlike the ones you have fired due to you retardedness. you have single handedly ****** eve and your company, i do hope your happy now

try milking teh cow as it dies to yoru own hand, dumb arsed fuckface

OMG when can i get a pic here
Jace Errata
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#418 - 2011-10-19 22:53:24 UTC
I...think I'll just drop this in here. http://bit.ly/p86wWa
That is all. :|

tweeten

One day they woke me up so I could live forever

It's such a shame the same will never happen to you
Taedrin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#419 - 2011-10-19 22:57:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Taedrin
I suspect that the firing of CCP staff has more to do with a loan restructuring agreement instead of "refocusing" on EVE Online. CCP had (has?) a sizable loan which is due this month. I suspect that CCP was not able to pay it off (as their balance sheet indicated a few months ago) so they restructured their loan. Downsizing may have been a part of their agreement with their creditors.

This new effort to "refocus on EVE" is their way of making the best of a bad situation.
Angeliq
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#420 - 2011-10-19 22:59:17 UTC
I do remember a few months back when the entire forum was complaining about bad communication between CCP and community. Now when the ppl responsible for that are getting fired, we are still complaining. We will never be happy no matter what.

It's like:
CCP: I do this.
Community: OMG don't do that, it's BAD!!!11 You suck and ruin the game!! You don't care and you don't LISTEN to us!!
CCP: Fawk you community! You have no idea!
Community: efasdfskjopfsdYOU SUCK!!11oneonesfadfjzfgb Talk to us, listen to us! Your communication skills suck! We quit!
CCP: Ok, ok, I will make things better. Let's see... the community complains about redirecting money from EVE to WoD and Dust514 and about bad communication between us. OK! We'll stop giving money to WoD and Dust514, cut the personnel and fire the ppl responsible for communication.
Community: OMG don't do that, it's BAD!!!11 You suck and ruin the game!! You don't care and you don't LISTEN to us!!

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