Helicity Boson

Transmitted by Max Torps | YC-112-07-13

Frankly I am at a loss of what to post. I like to try to be upbeat while also delivering criticism but only if necessary. With the release of the latest CSM minutes I’m finding it hard to be upbeat and even harder to restrain from launching into a full on emo rage.

We’ve been misled for the last couple of years regarding resourcing being diverted to projects other than Eve and in the next 18 months we can’t expect anything being really fixed because there are NO resources being applied to the current Eve client (read FW and other fixes et al) as we know it, instead they are diverted toward DUST514 and Incarna.

This may not bother you. In fact, it seems that the decision makers at CCP think this is the case. They are working on the premise that they are providing excellence which flies in the face of the evidence in this thread where an unprecedented and since unmatched level of support has been reached with not one Dev comment.

Various forum posts on the Eve-Online forums, over at Scrapheap Challenge and elsewhere have been discussing direct action. This ranges from station sit ins, Jita invasions, global thermonuclear war (awesome), mass quittings (please don’t lol) and other such shenanigans. I myself have suggested a Day Of Darkness where all fansites and blogs wink out of existence for one day or simply display a message of support for the CSM. I still think that is a good idea…or maybe have a logo added to their site banners!

However as Mandrill has pointed out in his blog here there is more value to be achieved by getting behind the CSM and showing them your support. If CCP are listening to them (which is debateable) as they are the player elected reps, pressure may still be able to be brought to bear.

Where do you do this? You keep an eye on these forums:
Jita Park Speakers Corner
Assembly Hall

Or the Twitter hashtags #eveonline #tweetfleet

If nothing happens as a result of that then more direct, coordinated, legal, non-EULA breaking form of action remains a possibility.

Exciting times! The CSM have applied pressure to CCP. CCP have pushed back. Now it’s time for both to reevaluate their positions and meet again.

Strap in, it might get a little bumpy.

EDIT: Another Great Summary of the situation.

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If you too find this state of affairs in your beloved game to be worrying, and you happen to be a blogger, then post MAX’s article to your blog as I have. The more the better – Helicity

project: CCP sucks balls.

How many hulks must I destroy before you nerf insurance from suicide ganking?

How many posts does it take to do such a simple thing as give the tourney winners their prizes?
-I can create and run an entire event with more participants in the time it takes you to hand out some ships-

You give us broken “new” things, instead of fixing your core gameplay.
-I do not need you to make a blog system. There are dedicated blog platforms that are better at it.
-I do not need your broken-ass psuedo twitter that does nothing… because I already have twitter.
-I do not need farmville with no PVP in it either.

You never keep your promises. You never deliver.  You betray out trust in you at every turn.

You said our CSMs would be stakeholders, but they can do nothing, you can’t even get them their minutes back in under SEVERAL WEEKS.

Is this what it means to be agile?

Is this what it means to strive for excellence?

I’m not done with you yet. More to come.

project: CCP sucks balls.