EVE General Discussion

What isk->$ ratio?

They're not giving away any ISK with the GTCs now. They're getting less $ with each transaction. That's it.

Yup, along with a side of 'we're trying to get something else for you'.

As long as that 'something else' isn't directly eve related (teamspeak hosting, or something.not ships/isk/credits to convert to ships/isk), it's pretty much fine. No impact on the sandbox.

So, Somer is still using Eve to run a business that makes them a RL income?

I thought that was a breach of the EULA.

This except take out the basically part.

CCP considers this matter resolved to the player base.

Bump this thread all you want but you got your answer, you just don't like it.

CCP,

Look, no matter how much GTC / PLEX sales can be directly atributed, directly because of Somer, ( which is, of course, good for your business ), Somer managed to make real money from your game, Eve, in 'direct violation' of your own EULA / TOS.

Somer has RMT'ed.

CCP, come on, please do the right thing. ( Ignoring this issue is not the "right thing", nor is possibly locking / deleting this thread ).

CCP only show us the illusion that they care what we think. Unless people start unsubbing over the issue I doubt you will make any difference. Because that's all they care about.

ignoring a thread they created is not an "answer".

I would now like to auction off a rare item: An un-licked-by-CCP-devs piece of Somerset Mahm's boots!

Starting at only 1b isk per GTC!

This is my last account, it`s timing out on a 6 month contract and I haven`t even logged in to Rubicon lol. When I started playing Eve years ago I found it extremely difficult to get on with, people have to act with a certain amount of autonomy when they play and in effect make their own game. This was also the most unique and eventually rewarding aspect of the game. I have mined highsec and null, manufactured frigs to freighters, market beared and pvp`ed. These are the things I love about Eve.

Part of the reason for quitting was (off topic) the jump animation. It drove me nuts because Eve`s not about that, it`s a game for purists and always should be.
Somer Blink was pretty much the other part. I have no problem with blink, I enjoyed to blink my arse off, but when it started to get this attention from CCP it fractured my purist dream and made me die a little inside.
So many different tools,ideas and entities interact with Eve and they expect nothing in return and this is how for me it should have stayed.
Unfortunately in business money is everything. 15 redundancies for CCP is both sad and indicative of how things are. They need to make money (this is not a stealth eve is dying thread btw). Somer make money, both for themselves and for CCP by creating a demand for isk and at this time are pretty much doing legally with CCP`s blessing at a guess.(There has to be an agreement to supply GTC`s at a reduced rate)
This is why the thread is so empty of CCP and CSM replies.
Could it have been different in retrospect?
Yes, if they left Blink alone I doubt anyone would give a flying F$ck.
Showing favourtism towards certain 3rd party sites , flashy epilepsy inducing animations and throwing money at rift are bad investments in my opinion. They should invest in making Eve more accessible ,user friendly and continue to be rewarding ( Iknow they are but progress is slow). People get bored of the other stuff. Rant over.

No, it's still a breach of EULA then; CCP just doesn't care to enforce it. It's a minor technicality, and the end result is the same, but a difference nonetheless.