EVE General Discussion

Refreshing to see somebody not bitching about the game

Until now I've never put time into playing Eve. Sure back in the day I dipped my toe into the water with the old trial account but other commitments kept me from playing it for more than a short while. The one thing I did do ' back then' was read up on the forums. That was a bit of entertainment all on its own. Epic multi page threads on a myriad of subjects. Corporate intrigue, alliance warfare, double crosses, pirate action, gank fests, and scams all could be found. Most if not all were colorfully written posts with witty responses and many had counter posts also.

Things arent so busy for me now. With that I've got time to play this game. Remembering how much fun I had reading the forums I'd search em out while at lunch or on break. There's just no describing how disappointed I'm am . These days the forums seem so.....well to put it mildly ...bland. There's no flavor anymore. There's no real drama. Everyone is so ...civil. Seriously it makes no sense considering the idea of 'civility' ,particularly in this game , goes out the window as soon as you undock. I'm not talking RL racists, social or sexists comments. Just the good old fashion flames or posts sticking it to this weeks number one bad guy.

Now let me makes this abundantly clear I am in NO way questioning the rules on what can and can't be posted here on the Eve forums. It's thier space and their rules. Same for the moderators. You guys either get paid or volunteer to enforce the rules. That's all good by me.

That said , I can't believe that the complete win that was once in the forums just died. I thinks it's moved on to another place that wasn't so 'structured'. My question is ..where?

Respond here but if it's rule breaking then send me some info via email.

Thanks

These forums have sucked for the last few years. Nowadays it's not surprising to find numerous threads that have been edited, moved, locked or outright deleted. The devs have basically abandoned any active participation in discussion here other than the occasional token comment or update - the irony of course being that these are the official EVE forums...

No one is really allowed to offer a strong, dissenting opinion anymore. Perish the thought of even offering constructive criticism, because it only takes one adverse misinterpreted comment to have it labelled as a rant and locked. Heck, you can't even post public service announcements without having them moved to a 'more appropriate forum' (read: burried).

So yeah, understandably players have flocked to Reddit which, while containing some gems - is filled with endless memes, killmails and general bullsh*t. That and Twitter, although now God forbid CCP seems to be embracing Facebook.

IB4TL.

Here you get locked/deleted if you have a dissenting opinion. On Reddit, you get downvoted into oblivion. The real result is the same at the end of the day. The only real difference is what is "dissenting" in each forum.

Reddit is the worst cesspool of cancer and useless comments.

Thats not even considering the partisan up/down voting, as well as willful moderation bias.

Maybe its because Im a Finn from a different cultural background renowned for speaking only when you actually have something meaningful to say, with an abject contempt for bullcrap and empty nothings.

The forum rules here largely only require being ontopic, relevant, not to insult/disrespect others offhandedly for no purpose, and not to waste everyones time with crap. Not only are those not much to ask, they keep the board clear of trash and cancer, and is conducive to civil discourse as it is supposed to be.

Crap-posters spreading their sewage across the internet cos they think they are funny, witty, or have an opinion on everything, making pointless noise can all burn for all I care. Good riddance

We aren't really talking about why anyone personally likes or dislikes something. We're talking about why one (which is external) seems to be the more alive, vibrant and popular option (not just for the players but many times for the DEVs themselves) compared to the other (this place, owned by the game company itself).

Reddit has a EVE fitting section that has no drama at all, I've gotten better fitting ideas there than I have in the Ships and Modules section of these forums. News about changes/devblogs etc forEVE pops up in ONE PLACE on Reddit, on these forums I have to hunt for them. And so on.

We can react in partisan "but Im a EVE Forum poster!" fashion or we can understand why their seems to have been a shift in preference. But we can't do both lol.