EVE General Discussion

Personally, I don't care how many times "it" happens. At the end of the day, I'm a customer, not a stock holder. If I owned stock in EVE and something they could do could cost me a real world , tangible loss, I'd be miffed a bit (right before I sold that stock to cut my losses), but that's as far as it would go.

I was critical of CCP during monocle gate, and afterwards after I had time to think about it, I backed up and said "why am I mad, it's not even my company". I decided then to stop letting BS of no importance evoke an emotional response from me. I said that next time I'll just do what any rational consumer should do if unhappy, i'll just leave.

I just hate to see so many good and smart people I know falling into that same emotional trap. Many of the posts on this forum about the issue amount to the exact same thing as the "i'm leaving and you can't have my stuff" posts people make....and then don't ever leave.

So - you don't care. Can you post some more about it?

i don't care about your petty issue.

I do care about the many good people I've met on this forum and in this game, and would hope they'd learn to put things in better context.

I think the fact that this is the only issue I have found that makes me post on these forums is proof that people are not just whining about everything. The methods of people trying to defend CCP here reek of immaturity and desperation because the people know they are in the wrong.

No one has yet answered my earlier post about why this issue is so wrong with a rebuttal. All we get is ad hominem attacks, frm the CSM no less, and dismissal that we are just whining. While yes this is CCP's game I am the consumer and therefore my opinion should matter to them.

Here is a good analogy for this situation. You have started a successful business but have several competitors in town. The town government decides to award one of those competitors with money because they put up an ad for their business. The government claims this was a community service. Would you be upset?

Yes you would because CCP is in the wrong. They are breaking the sandbox, showing favoritism, and devaluing the work of everyone in EVE who improves the community.

Yes CCP has given out stuff before, to real community organizations that spend their own time for no reward to organize something for the entire player base. Then they give those items in public with a clear explanation of why. They have done none of those things this time.

Summary:

You don't really get how the economy works, do you?

The value of ships rises and falls based on the value ascribed to them. Likewise with everything else. Ships which are perceived as good can have a higher value than ships perceived as bad. Likewise the rarity of minerals increases their value.

The Revenant is by no means the best Supercarrier, but its rarity ensures it is far more 'valuable' than other Supercarriers.

And as with that, a painting by Monet only has value because of 'what a bunch of collectors ascribe to it', but only an idiot would try to argue that it wasn't valuable.

TLDR - Stop being dumb and people might stop pointing out (that) you're being dumb.

fiat value, real value is 1 tritanium

If you have no opinion on the matter, then what are you expressing?

Blind obediance, passivity, lazyness to think, conformism, fatalism, bitterness... all the reasons why the corruption is so flourishing in our world.

Jenn aSide, all what you are able to say is : flee (unsub) or shut up.

The true courage is to stand for what you think right.
I will unsub if there is nothing else left, but i don't want to give up without fighting.

So assertive of your mature and developed apathy.

Here's a question.
When the **** did standing up for your principles become associated with childishness and immaturity?