3 accounts cancelled until CCP bans all employees from playing on the live server. Makes no difference to me, there are a lot of new games coming out this fall so I'll gladly give them $45 a month for 3 accounts.....I just know I won't be giving it to a company that allows this to continue........say what you will but I am done with EVE.
We are proceeding with our investigations into the four allegations brought to our attention - alleged misconduct on the part of two developers in separate incidents, removal of a volunteer from the program and bias within the event team concerning an event arc, the last an incident which has already been investigated in the past.
While we are not able to address all four incidents in this announcement, I would like to take the opportunity to report the results of one investigation, CCP Sharkbait joining a player corporation.
In the past, CCP Sharkbait has joined player corporations when CCP has been petitioned with issues and specific case bug reports. In these rare instances, he has joined the corporation, verified information not available through the server interface and removed himself from the corporation. His departure from the corporation leaves an eve-mail in the CEO's inbox, thus showing his presence in the corporation for a short time.
This instance was brought about as the result of a player-submitted petition. Sharkbait joined the corporation to investigate and resolve an issue reported by a member of the corporation in question. While the method may be viewed as unorthodox, the information gained is vital to the continued QA effort and enjoyment of EVE by the corporation in question. Our investigation shows Sharkbait was not involved in any malicious or nefarious actions requiring administrative action.
We will continue to post updates on the status of the other investigation when information is available. We will also announce our findings when they have been completed.
CCP Arkanon!
CCP Arkanon> hey Sharkbait what u was doing on that corp ? CCP Sharkbait> fix some bug CCP Arkanon> ok .................... player base> why was the petition deleted ? CCP Arkanon> i dont hear ya...lalalala player base> why u kick a ISD for bumping a dread? (if u can bump from 70km) but u don't kick who spawn BPO t2 CCP Arkanon> ...la lal la
that is not real response but atmost update
EDIT: For further clarification, the petition (Petition #631627) which prompted CCP Sharkbait to join the corporation was created on the 6th of May. After GMs were unable to fix the issue, an email was sent out asking for developer help. CCP Sharkbait reported the matter as resolved the same day, on the 9th of May.!
How about you add the rest of the information that can be found ... like the little fact of petitions not being deleted as they can't be.
the little fact that the corp in question did in fact admit to sending in a petition .. about some bpos that couldn't lock down... (yet now they are claiming no-one in their corp has ever sent a petition in the follow up thread..) http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=526462&page=2#34
In fact, you have even missed the new drama bomb of operation "lets destroy eve." goonfleet are now running. Its seems that the ladies at SA couldn't get their own way and well.. and now just trying to destroy eve, come off it, the amount of times your information has been proved to be false or edited to suit your needs.. and even photoshopped screen shots to say how bad eve it.. your response ... bob did it to make you/kung look bad.. when the truth is.. you got busted.
I have to ask though.. do you get off being the trolls champion?
are you there visiting these fourms with your box of kleenex?
BTW: when you going to tell people about the malicious cookies that you get from visiting kungs website?
I don't know a whole lot about this situation but I can tell you this. ANY guild/corporation/kinship/etc. in ANY game that has that kind of relationship with employees working on that game would make me VERY suspicious. There's a difference between being on friendly terms with game staff such as Game Masters in game and talking to them over MSN out of the game. I simply cannot believe that there is no foul play involved in this. This ISD person should have, at the most, been mildly reprimanded for their actions(and only if it was proven they interfered in the first place).
Good god cosy... you still being kungs fangirl? How about you add the rest of the information that can be found ... like the little fact of petitions not being deleted as they can't be. the little fact that the corp in question did in fact admit to sending in a petition .. about some bpos that couldn't lock down... (yet now they are claiming no-one in their corp has ever sent a petition in the follow up thread..) http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=526462&page=2#34 I mean.. you haven't bothered posting any of the update threads such as this one.. http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=527435 or this one... http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=527491 In fact, you have even missed the new drama bomb of operation "lets destroy eve." goonfleet are now running. Its seems that the ladies at SA couldn't get their own way and well.. and now just trying to destroy eve, come off it, the amount of times your information has been proved to be false or edited to suit your needs.. and even photoshopped screen shots to say how bad eve it.. your response ... bob did it to make you/kung look bad.. when the truth is.. you got busted. I have to ask though.. do you get off being the trolls champion? are you there visiting these fourms with your box of kleenex?
BTW: when you going to tell people about the malicious cookies that you get from visiting kungs website?
Those allegations against CCP certainly are missplaced, but I guess most expected that from the start.
What we did not expect was for Dianabolic stating that it was common knowledge that BoB members have a personal hotline to CCP.
I too would like that kind of Premium Membership. You know where I can sign up for it?
Also, the posts by Graelyn gives alot more reason to concern than the stuff I have previously seen.
i knew there was something sneaky going on with the dev saying grats after the D2 titan was destroyed, that's why i made it my sig.
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You? if I were to kill a titan tomorrow and no CCP employees showed up to say grats I would petition it. Waiting for: the next MMO that lets me make this macro if hp < 30 then CastSpell("heal") SpellTargetUnit("player") else CastSpell("smite") end
You are taking the word of the two faced whiny goons? I dislike BoB a lot, I am not in 0.0 right now because of them. But I have a lot of experience with the goons too and they are much worse. The goons are losing to BoB in the game, so there only recourse is to lie, cheat, steal to get their way. This is just another goon antic which has NO basis in fact whatsoever. I just wish CCP would bite the bullet and ban the entire goon alliance, the game would be far better off! Note: all devs should play their game, if they don't they have no way of knowing the problems in the game. Suggesting the devs should not play Eve is just ridiculous. All that would do is give us a worse game.
all devs DO play their own games. but on normal accounts, NOT on accounts with dev powers. and in all other games, i believe people get fired for even hinting that they work at the gaming company. suggesting that devs/staff/volunteers should be allowed to play/help corps/alliances/clans/guilds/etc on accounts that are anything other than "normal", or suggesting that they be allowed to keep their jobs after they reveal they are even JUST a volunteer for the gaming company --- well, that's just totally idiotic.
some people deserve to play a game with the staff that ccp has. most of us don't.
could we please get correspondent writers and moderators, on the eve forum at mmorpg.com, who are well-versed on eve-online and aren't just passersby pushing buttons? pretty please?
Originally posted by JackDonkey i knew there was something sneaky going on with the dev saying grats after the D2 titan was destroyed, that's why i made it my sig.
in that case was a data base admin not a DEV or a GM is not the same a dev a GM and a data base admin CCP use SQL soo is kinda "easy" to make changes
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Originally posted by JowenThose allegations against CCP certainly are missplaced, but I guess most expected that from the start.
What we did not expect was for Dianabolic stating that it was common knowledge that BoB members have a personal hotline to CCP.
I too would like that kind of Premium Membership. You know where I can sign up for it?
Overall I hope that EVERY head of the major alliances have a dev Contact at CCP. Do I think the average player or even a CEO like my self needs it no. But those people can speak for a Large section of the playerbase and they know how the game is being played. That is a good thing. Does it need to be ensured that there is a equal representation amoung the big boys including BoB, MC, Fix, RA, D2, at the minimum? Of course. again these people need it not the joe shmoe "I need it so I can fast line a reimbursement petition." The guys that can say hey we just had one of our carriers POS bowled and destroyed you need to make it so that isn't possible. Or this system just isn't working right and needs changes have you thought of this?
Normally I would repost the Devblog on the issue but well it is way to long to do it here so you best go read it on the main site.
Overall I hope that EVERY head of the major alliances have a dev Contact at CCP. Do I think the average player or even a CEO like my self needs it no. But those people can speak for a Large section of the playerbase and they know how the game is being played. That is a good thing. Does it need to be ensured that there is a equal representation amoung the big boys including BoB, MC, Fix, RA, D2, at the minimum? Of course. again these people need it not the joe shmoe "I need it so I can fast line a reimbursement petition." The guys that can say hey we just had one of our carriers POS bowled and destroyed you need to make it so that isn't possible. Or this system just isn't working right and needs changes have you thought of this?
Normally I would repost the Devblog on the issue but well it is way to long to do it here so you best go read it on the main site. I do not agree.
This is exactly the sort of favorism I feel that is wrong with EVE.
Why should some players with one type of playstyle be more important than another group of players with a different? A group of 25 friends roaming deepspace seeking target of oppertunity are paying and playing just as valid as any mega corp director. I understand your point, but the problems occur when you are trying to define "joe shmoe" against the important guy.
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3 accounts cancelled until CCP bans all employees from playing on the live server. Makes no difference to me, there are a lot of new games coming out this fall so I'll gladly give them $45 a month for 3 accounts.....I just know I won't be giving it to a company that allows this to continue........say what you will but I am done with EVE.
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CCP Arkanon> hey Sharkbait what u was doing on that corp ?
CCP Sharkbait> fix some bug
CCP Arkanon> ok
....................
player base> why was the petition deleted ?
CCP Arkanon> i dont hear ya...lalalala
player base> why u kick a ISD for bumping a dread? (if u can bump from 70km) but u don't kick who spawn BPO t2
CCP Arkanon> ...la lal la
that is not real response but atmost
http://myeve.eve-online.com/mb/news.aspupdate
BestSigEver :P
Good god cosy... you still being kungs fangirl?
How about you add the rest of the information that can be found ... like the little fact of petitions not being deleted as they can't be.
the little fact that the corp in question did in fact admit to sending in a petition .. about some bpos that couldn't lock down... (yet now they are claiming no-one in their corp has ever sent a petition in the follow up thread..) http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=526462&page=2#34
I mean.. you haven't bothered posting any of the update threads such as this one.. http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=527435 or this one... http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=527491
In fact, you have even missed the new drama bomb of operation "lets destroy eve." goonfleet are now running. Its seems that the ladies at SA couldn't get their own way and well.. and now just trying to destroy eve, come off it, the amount of times your information has been proved to be false or edited to suit your needs.. and even photoshopped screen shots to say how bad eve it.. your response ... bob did it to make you/kung look bad.. when the truth is.. you got busted.
I have to ask though.. do you get off being the trolls champion?
are you there visiting these fourms with your box of kleenex?
BTW: when you going to tell people about the malicious cookies that you get from visiting kungs website?
What we did not expect was for Dianabolic stating that it was common knowledge that BoB members have a personal hotline to CCP.
I too would like that kind of Premium Membership. You know where I can sign up for it?
Also, the posts by Graelyn gives alot more reason to concern than the stuff I have previously seen.
Which Final Fantasy Character Are You?
if I were to kill a titan tomorrow and no CCP employees showed up to say grats I would petition it.
Waiting for: the next MMO that lets me make this macro
if hp < 30 then CastSpell("heal") SpellTargetUnit("player") else CastSpell("smite") end
all devs DO play their own games. but on normal accounts, NOT on accounts with dev powers. and in all other games, i believe people get fired for even hinting that they work at the gaming company. suggesting that devs/staff/volunteers should be allowed to play/help corps/alliances/clans/guilds/etc on accounts that are anything other than "normal", or suggesting that they be allowed to keep their jobs after they reveal they are even JUST a volunteer for the gaming company --- well, that's just totally idiotic.
some people deserve to play a game with the staff that ccp has. most of us don't.
could we please get correspondent writers and moderators, on the eve forum at mmorpg.com, who are well-versed on eve-online and aren't just passersby pushing buttons? pretty please?
is not the same a dev a GM and a data base admin
CCP use SQL soo is kinda "easy" to make changes
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Normally I would repost the Devblog on the issue but well it is way to long to do it here so you best go read it on the main site.
Normally I would repost the Devblog on the issue but well it is way to long to do it here so you best go read it on the main site. I do not agree.
This is exactly the sort of favorism I feel that is wrong with EVE.
Why should some players with one type of playstyle be more important than another group of players with a different? A group of 25 friends roaming deepspace seeking target of oppertunity are paying and playing just as valid as any mega corp director. I understand your point, but the problems occur when you are trying to define "joe shmoe" against the important guy.