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CCP Speaks on Allegations of Misconduct in Eve
Arti writes "Last week the hacker spoke, raising questions for many about how game companies should deal with 'out of game' tactics. What about the game companies themselves? The man behind Kugutsumen.com alleged that CCP employees had been involved too intimately with the game's top alliance, Band of Brothers (who, ironically, have publicly described themselves as 'omnipotence itself'). These claims were made based on posts apparently hacked from the alliance's private forums. CCP promised to look into the allegations. Now they report in a post that many players say is inadequate and does nothing to address a crisis of confidence in CCP's oversight of its employees. Developers need to understand the games they make, and deserve to enjoy them, but how far? And what should a company do when an issue like this pits it against some of its own customers?" Blues News has an excellent summary of the thread's contents, distressing though they be.
Nobody cares about Eve. :)
Seriously, though, I played eve for about 6 months. Prettiest space game ever - and also the worst and most boring space game ever. I stopped playing because without backing from a major corp, which I didn't want to join, advancement was near hopeless; particularly if I wanted to, say, hold down a real job and was unable to play 14 hours a day. Also, crap like major newbie areas linked by unpatrolled space, that was near constantly gate-camped by people playing "pirate" in HUGE ships, just gunning at anything that passed by. I saw that more times than I care to, and when you're fresh playing that game every ship counts.
It was sort of a Libertarian utopia. Everyone could do whatever they wanted, but all the big established guys had the power, and crushed the little folks. That combined with the other little folks who went marauding to try and emulate the big folks effectively just helped oppress the new players even further. Even the small corp I ended up joining (~25 members) didn't have much of a chance.
Let's not even start talking about the economy. Man was that thing hosed.
Eve just isn't any fun if you want to be independent!