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Mehrdad Kor-Azor
Doomheim
#1 - 2011-10-20 02:18:29 UTC
I would like to congratulate CCP on its wonderful decision making skills demonstrated by the recent layoffs. Truly, this is a step in the right direction.

Clearly, the teams that were in charge of the implementation of the NeX Store and Incarna should be given medals for their truly heroic efforts. After all, nobody can develop such a superb room in four years and design such wonderful eighty-dollar monocles. I take my hat off to these great and talented men and women.

But of course, even in light of the most recent successes, there are those who did not live up to the expectations of their masters. They must be penalized! Those who took the bullets, those who were in the front lines, those who were fighting the fires must go. Their job performance was wanting. Therefore, they must go. They worked hardest in the past several months to soothe the clearly irrational and ungrateful response of the community. They must go.

They were icons. They were heroes. They were the ones banning and muting people left and right for being a little too rowdy. For doing their jobs, they must go.

CCP Fallout wrote:
An Open Letter to the Players of EVE Online

Heya guys,

Many of you know me as CCP Fallout, but to most people I’m just plain old Mist. If you are reading this, there is a good chance you already know that CCP has laid off approximately 20% of its workforce. I am one of the 20%.

For the last three years, I have been the associate community manager for EVE Online. I have had both the honor and the privilege to not only work with an absolutely amazing team, but extremely talented and passionate designers, programmers, QA, customer support and others who have brought, and continue to bring, EVE Online to life. My co-workers have, and I hope will continue to, inspire, educate, amuse, and drive me bat **** crazy. These people are extremely passionate about their work, and each of them is tremendously talented. It has always bugged me that players never truly got to see this side of EVE Online’s devs unless they went to Fanfest. When you speak face-to-face with someone at CCP about EVE Online, that’s not just some mask they are wearing for three days… EVE Online is something we love, something we want to grow, and something we are proud of. In this respect, EVE Online’s devs really are not that much different from players, even if I know you might not believe me when I say it.

And of course, none of this would happen without you, the players, the most amazingly insane bunch of space assholes (1, 2) ever to play an MMO ever. I have been so incredibly blessed to have had the privilege and honor of working for you all these years, and thank you for allowing me into your universe. Not a day has gone by where I wasn’t either amused or shocked by some of the crazy things you guys would come up with. Every day was an adventure; every day was an experience that I can’t ever forget. I am indebted to the EVE community teaching me both passion and humility, and for reminding me how important the voice of a community is during both the good and bad times.

So, what does the future bring for me? I’m not entirely sure. To be honest, I am a bit scared and concerned, but I am hopeful. I do realize that I am probably going to have to stop wearing pajamas all day, and introduce myself to some soap, but I am confident that things will be okay. And I wish the same thing for all of my friends who currently are on the same boat as I.

Please do fly safely. I’m going to go now, because I am starting to cry.

P.S. Yes, I know what’s coming into the game next. No, I will not tell you

1. You know I only mean this with love!
2. Also: haha, no blackfilter on my site!


Now that we've got the the community team out of the way, CCP can begin anew!

So to CCP, I salute you! You have clearly removed what was truly wrong with the EVE employee base. These twenty percent were incompetent, inefficient, and incapable of living up to the high expectations set by Management. Let all the remaining eighty percent look up to those who worked so hard on the NeX store and Incarna. May they strive to live up to the examples of the true heroes of CCP.

CCP, I raise a toast to you, and I say, once more, very well done!
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2011-10-20 02:20:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Surfin's PlunderBunny
Not sure if serious

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Mehrdad Kor-Azor
Doomheim
#3 - 2011-10-20 02:29:24 UTC
Taxtro Grave
Dead's Prostitutes
The Initiative.
#4 - 2011-10-20 02:39:23 UTC
CCP Fallout is seriously my favorite CCP employ.

Damn you CCP.
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2011-10-20 02:55:40 UTC
Very sad.

Um, where did the OP get the 'Fallout' letter?

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Mehrdad Kor-Azor
Doomheim
#6 - 2011-10-20 02:58:27 UTC
DeMichael Crimson wrote:
Very sad.

Um, where did the OP get the 'Fallout' letter?


Linky.