EVE General Discussion

I don't really see the problem here. They're required to put their characters in stasis, and when they do so they're allowed to say that its to go work for CCP. Also maintaining in-game contacts doesn't make you friends, particularly in Eve.

Also, are you really suggesting anything in your post or just trying to discredit CCP and/or their Internal Affairs department? Yeah its impossible to enforce perfectly. Devs have power and they're allowed also play the game. Same with GMs of literally any MMO. There are risks but there are also certainly benefits for allowing this. Having a clear set of policies for what is OK and what is NOT OK is important, and having people responsible to enforce those (even when its difficult) is also important. As an Eve player, I'd rather trust the devs to not abuse power than play a game developed by people that don't play it. Being transparent about what Dev alts are allowed to do and not do makes it easier to have that trust.

For CCP, is there a formally stated restriction on which players or player groups you may associate with in game? It would be pretty suspect if a dev alt played with the same people his original account was with. Furthermore, how does the whole batman thing work when corp-forum picture threads are a thing, and with voice comms being uniquitous? I feel I would recognize quite a few of the devs' voices even through teamspeak just from watching the Alliance Tournaments. Do you guys use any voice distortion or do you literally do the Christian Bale Batman voice?

For a world "that does not exist", you sure spend a lot of time on these forums defending the people that share your views on how you want it to be shaped. Far more than I do. And yeah, if the 14 plus sites that buy and sell ISK did not exist, and there were not plex sales by non-CCP-approved agents, then I would agree that this little universe of Eve had no real life impact.

But those sites do exist, and the illicit sales do take place, so guess what: Eve does have a real life connection.

Nice try being obtuse there.
The point that you are ignoring is that the human condition is you favour your friends.
It has always been that way, and does not look to change.

I don't spend time running around every conceivable EVe related site and blog screaming the sky is falling. And "how I want it to be shaped"? No, EVE is what it is, I simply comment on the posts by people who have unrealistic ideas about the game we're all playing, but it's nothing more than that.

Without intending to, you reveal your agenda, it's the same agenda as all the players who constantly harp about the things you do. You want to "shape" the game into something rather than accepting it as presented. I've known many like you in games and real life, never happy with what is, always trying to bend things to your advantage.

Which I think is why every other word you type is "goon", because they (through organization and cooperation with each other and like minded players) actually succeed in having an influence on the game, whereas all you can do is play impotent freedom fighter from the sidelines. You'd gain a lot more traction (with the community and probably with CCP) if you didn't come off as crazy and jealous.




Connection to real life , maybe, but how does that connect to YOU? My theory is that you think that without the "unfair" influence of money, CCP would be more open to making the game more like you think you'd enjoy it (or more fair to the "masses" or whatever). I don't know, only you do.

But if that is the case, have you considered that you might be wrong? have you considered that EVE is the way it is because it was meant to be this way, and that it's you (more specifically, your wants and needs as a player) that don't fit? In the past when I found myself playing a game that I realized that I fundamentally didn;t like (WoW) I just quit, I didn't go to war against blizzard. But your every post drips contempt against a video game company (CCP) that you are still handing money to.

Honestly I am amused by you.. I bet you have an entire tinfoil house..

On a real note.. Eve is a fun game and can be enjoyable.. But it is.. alas.. Still a game..I dont know many people who manage to land a job doing something they enjoy, and then risk if for fake spaceship money lol.. Back in the day maybe..

When EXAMPLE ONLY goons tech was in full swing RMTing that money would be worth it to the toon of hundreds of thousands of dollars but now, the job would be much more worth it in everyway.

So yeah.. You need a brain scan.. And to come out of your tinfoil bunker, and breath some air..

People have friends, it happens.. And friends even if they have not spoken in years tend to "Reach Out" when something serious in RL happens such as Vile Rat..

What I honestly hope happens is CCP reachs out to you with an IP ban for again taking a person you dident know and wrapping a topic about said person in tinfoil and rolling it all over the place..

Have you even held a job before? Most people don't do things for their friends that could potentially put their jobs at risk.

EVE is the space one right?

It really doesn't matter what mental gymnastics you do to justify it, you generate capital for CCP by your very existence. You give CCP (sub*alts) a month. Should you quit, you would be depriving CCP of the same.

Ultimately, I think you like EVE in it's current incarnation. In a world of setting your own goals, you've set yours to be grrgewnz.

Personally, I think it's kind of sad that your defining mark in EVE is to see conspiracies everywhere revolving around a group of people good at a vidya game, but hey, if that's what it takes to continue generating funds for CCP, then good on ya. A normal person in your imaginary land of Gewns Conspiracy would just say "screw it, I quit".


Also, didja know, Goons are everywhere? The teller at the bank, your dentist, the mechanic working on your car, cashier at the store...any of them could be an evil Goonie. I've even heard that gewnz have managed to infiltrate every Fortune 100 company, along with local, state, and federal government in the USA. There's even goonz working for non-US governments!

/tinfoil hat



it's really a terrible submarine sim, but you've gotten away with it this long, might as well keep nodding and agreeing with us.

DIVE DIVE DIVE .. I mean 'Jump' .. now we know why "D" is the Jump key.

/tinfoil hat_off

1: We understand that you have no idea how an Internal Affairs group operates, no need to make it painfully obvious.

2: While such stupidity exists, it is rare to find someone dumb enough to endanger their job, references, and career... to cheat at a video game.