EVE Online: Revelations - no, the dev power revelations |
Our very own news super-sleuth Ian C. walked you through the whole big ish behind the huge scandal that rocked the EVE Online universe. In a two-part insider investigation from both the EVE Insider Forums and The Escapist, he shoved you through the biggest example of developers' abuse of power.Even if you aren't an EVE subscriber, MMOG players take note: it could happen to you. The exhaustive bombardment going on between the developers and the players hasn't ceased, and a new side has begun to form: third-party onlookers and analysts are beginning to voice out their concern, too.
The issue's wind has begun to kick up, and several other forums have caught whiff of the news. The consensus? "Stop the abuse of power." Or something like that.
After Hilmar Veigar Petursson, CEO of CPP, told the EVE community about the waves the incident has caused inside CCP, including the gamers' concern about having devs playing the game, he reasoned out the need for developers to stay closely linked to the players and the gaming community. He highlights that the best way for developers to do that effectively is to play the game alongside the players. Unfortunately, developers do have higher powers, plus they can muster more information and resources than the common player can.
Conclusively, Petursson stressed:
The developers of this company will always play the games that they build here.
Without being fully immersed in the player experience, perspective, and
community, it is impossible to build, maintain, and expand online
worlds with any degree of competency. And while that does expose us to
some degree of risk, the rewards are incalculably higher. EVE has grown
stronger every year since its inception; these bumps in the road are an
inevitable part of the journey we must endure as a growing company; and
we would not be here today if we opted to isolate ourselves from the
player experience of EVE Online. It is thus that we look forward to putting this matter firmly behind
us, and move forward with our continued mission to improve and expand a
world that we hold close to our hearts.
So just how much trust should an EVE gamer place on developers this time? Feel free to discuss.
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The uproar within the Eve has not died down and will not die down easily this time. It is the xth time that CCP has erred with ethical issues. It has long been alleged that one Alliance, Band of Brothers, contained a disproportionate portion of the game masters and developers in senior positions. It has always been denied ("There are no developers in BoB"). Now there are many, many examples where a lot of alliances feel that bias was shown: people get banned for the slightest infringements, but the CEO of BoB can post RL information (name, company for which someone works etcetera) on the forum urging people to call his employer and get away with it. Now it has been irrefutably proven that these Developer-Alliance interactions did exist, all those issues that were swept under the rug before, have resurfaced. Still today there remain issues: There are indications that the designer of the Alliance Tournament in which the Alliances fight for an extreme reward, is or has been a member of BoB as well. On all levels there appears to be these connections. It comes from the fact that this game started out small and Devs and gamers from the early years were a closeknit community. CCP grew, but never fundamentally changed into a professional company - in this particular area. Now, the CEO still does not indicate that he will put better monitoring, better oversight in place. So the flamefest continues on the forums.
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