EVE General Discussion

Why have CCP Devs taken to using Reddit more than the official Eve-O forums?

Compared to 2-3 years ago, these forums are dead, yet when I read articles on 3rd party websites or listen to podcasts, I'm inundated with "CCP [insert name] said on Reddit" or "blah blah was confirmed by CCP [insert name] on a Reddit post".

Have CCP abandoned their own forums in favour of Reddit?

BTW, serious question, not a rant.

I've actually just signed up for an account.

If you can't beat them, join them.

To be fair, it's entirely up to then where they socialize.

I only take issue when they announce something elsewhere before they do so on their own damn forum or one of their dev blogs.
That I take issue with.

As a counter to your statement, I would argue that using the long established "CCP [insert name]" as their username or actively identifying themselves as a CCP employee whilst taking part in a discussion about a CCP game means that they're never truly "off the clock".

meh, the entire industry does that though, as i said, its only a problem for me when they say something pertinent to an ongoing issue and or release "over there" before making a blog post or thread about it here (in their official channels) first.

if they don't like talking to us that's our fault really but i think anything that directly effect us in a tactile way should be sourced here rather than anywhere els

i have heard redditors say the same of this forum and to be fair we are a fairly obnoxious vocal minority, same as they are.

The vocal minority here is just a different minority from there.

That non vocal majority of EVE players is not in either.

That is like, a no brainer.

now my brain hurts

Really ?

The people in forums, here or there, are just minorities, and vocal.

That NON VOCAL majority of the playerbase just dont voice their ideas, so they are in no forum.

C'mon, that is just logic.

The rest of us are EvE players.

If I take the approach of THIS IS JUST A GAME, the vocal majority here deffend, then I must say, anyone who plays eve is an EVE Player.

If I take the approach of THIS IS JUST A GAME, then no matter how or why I play eve, anything here is, just a game, therefore it has no impact on anything else besides the game itself.

So, if I dont take the approach of "THIS IS JUST A GAME", it doesnt matter who does, they dont speak for me.

Since I play EVE and I dont take the approach of "THIS IS JUST A GAME", and so does other people, their views are also part of the spectrum of views.

When we take a look closely to what is said around, I am pretty sure that the prevailing voice here and there are just focused on one tiny part of the spectrum of views from people who plays EVE.

Since the game priviledges all of them, priviledging one of them automatically turns against the other.

As I said before, I feel that CCP does the right thing when they do the right ammount of things that appeal to all the views, and regardless of that, there still people who thinks EVE should priviledge either minority to "save the game".