EVE General Discussion

I understand your point. The problem is a lack of in-game mechanics to deal with egregious offenders who are ultimately negatively impacting the game beyond an individual rage quitting with the pervasiveness of scams involving impersonation.

I do believe there needs to be a clear delineation between in game asshattery and something more serious like impersonating CCP/GMs and/or misrepresenting one's relationship with them in order to affect outcomes in the game. The latter should be bannable. The former should be confined to in game penalties which are independent of the petition system.

How such a system would work, I've no idea. But, it would be a welcome surprise if CCP spent an expansion or two working on such ideas beyond broken bounty systems, wardec mechanics and playing shell games with ship rebalancing. Hell, open up Concord to allow player interaction. When one has the badge on they have access to Concord ships, ability to call in reinforcements, can only engage Concord designated targets, get bounties from Concord, able to boot offenders from stations. When the badge is off, they're a regular player. How would it be tied to in game scamming/impersonations, that's a real tough one. But, then, I'm not CCP and don't have the resources of dozens of devs working on the game....and getting paid to do so.

If it could be made to work, it would be a helluva expansion and I think many, many players would participate.

The day actual human players have control of any aspect of CONCORD, especially the Forum Warrior types, is the day EVE will truly die.

It will re-define "mass exodus".

How does this affect traditional old-fashioned recruitment scamming?

"Good day, I am a Recruitment Officer for XYZ Corp. Pay me 500 mill ISK to join us"

If you are in fact not a Recruitment Officer for aforementioned XYZ Corp, are you now in breach of the EULA?

I must confess, I haven't read the previous 10 pages of this thread.

When considering a rule(change) and gameplay, you must first recognize if the change actually is a serious impact as to why you play the game.

If it is, then ask yourself if it's worth adapting, or better to move on.

Those friends seem openminded indeed. Did they notice that they share the planet with THOSE people? And they don't happen to involve the Romney wife?

When I tell my friends about EVE, I don't tell them about dragging ore every 3 minutes.

I don't tell them that they can run the same 30 or so missions until the end of time and watch their wallet grow.

I don't tell them they can have a 'home' in space, since POS would never live up to their expectations of what a game should be.

I do tell them there are consequences for their actions, that their choices have meaning, and their interactions with other players define how they will enjoy the game.

I do tell them about the one guy who disbanded an alliance of thousands with the click of a button.

Was Haargoth actually in contravention of the ToS (as it has always existed this way according to some) not once but twice, firstly for misrepresenting himself to goon recruiters and secondly for misrepresenting himself by taking the actions of "someone responsible for the alliance" when in fact he had ceased to be that after being recruited?

Want to know what a non-eve-playing friend said when I told him about this ToS change?

"Isn't that kinda the whole point of eve?"

Given that our forums have page after page of people angry about the ban, you've heard wrong.

I sat and thought on it for a moment, and it's more for the discrediting bit, than for the scamming aspect.

Jimbo the Moron running around the other side of the cluster, ripping off people while having "I am Chribba's alt" in bio.
I suppose it could be an edge case, though. There are some who value their name in EVE, and you can't be everywhere at once.

it said in the wiki not to trust chris bailey if they scrolled down and read the big red writing

I can see that as technically its meta though personally I'd allow it as a simple check with the cat himself would put you straight, but what about a further case of a guy role playing a nutcase who claims to literally be Chribba, but has a wholly unrelated name? Should he be banned for saying he is a famous in game personality when this is easily verified that he is not? To my mind again no.

Then what about this NPC nonsense, so if I claim to play for Gal Fed 2nd Division promotion contenders Oulley Wednesday F.C. Am I to be banned for claiming I am representing an NPC entity? What kind of horseshit is that?, CVA, Sani sabik, various pirate faction affiliated rp'ers to all be banned for role playing cause that's what that **** baldly states. (yeah I dig that a lot of rp really should be banned but that ain't something that should be being slipped under the radar in this fashion)