EVE General Discussion

And go where exactly?

Tbh if everybody that's made this threat in the last 3 months actually left, the Mental age of the EVE community would increase by 15-20 years. Minimum.

At some point CCP is going to have to stop being horrible just because there aren't any other internet spaceship sandbox games out there. I had hoped that they had realized this but with recent changes in tone I'm starting to have my doubts.

Why? Because you and the rest of the whiney Deklein cry babies might quit?

You'd have to unsub Harlot and no-one will get to see your marvelllous insight into ALL matters Eve.

It is my opinion that while this change has good meaning intentions for new players, that it does more to harm them than help them. To explain, a story:

I started EVE back in 2005. When I started, thirty million isk was a lot to me. To have even twenty million isk was a good day to me, a real good one. And then, I was scammed less than a week after I had made that initial thirty million isk. I was shattered, angry, slightly depressed and did I mention angry? So there I sat for about an hour, pondering my options: Quit in my fit of rage that I had been had from such an obvious scam, OR, I could learn from it and rebuild and defy my desire to say **** this and quit. I decided this because to me, to allow a single person I've never really met get the better of me and drive me away that easily was unacceptable. That attitude grew: Now, any time anyone puts themselves between me and a goal I have ingame with the intent to **** me off or get me to quit, I keep going. Why? Whats the worst they can do? Take everything from me... again? pfft.

So, GM Thunder and those that made this decision, consider that it is in the spirit of EVE that these things are not only allowed, they're condoned and in some aspects, outright encouraged. Yeah, it sucks pretty hard to get ****** like that as a new player... BUT... its ultimately better to allow it and condone it so that people learn. Coddling new players makes the symptoms worse and getting scammed later on is even harsher as a result.

I personally disagree with the practice of recruitment scamming, but it is perfectly within the spirit and soul of EVE to do so. If this change stands, you've done more to harm anyone new to EVE than Goonswarm or anyone else could hope to do.

Myxx's post is the best post in this thread. Scamming is a part of EVE-Life, don't screw it up. It would be like getting rid of ganking or pirating, its just another aspect that is a part of EVE's character.

And CCP agrees.

They have not stopped the practice in the game in any way whatsoever.

They have stopped it in one channel. Theirs. And they can do whatever they want with their own channel as can anyone else in the game who makes a channel.

Mr Epeen

CCP wants the recruitment channel to be for the sole purpose of recruitment, not some global chat free for all. If you want to scam potential corp recruits make your own corp recruitment channel and scam them there. CCP doesn't have to implement every game feature with scamming and ganking in mind.

Are you a cat? Do I know you? Are you important? Does your opinion matter? I wonder what all these questions have in common.

Speaking of cats, whatever happened to Cat?
How was it that she signed posts again?
x lol or something like that?

When you're resorting to quoting your own posts it's time to face the fact that you're never going to be a great forum troll.