You know, I've been seeing all this whinging and whining from all these Eve bloggers who are quitting because they don't like how Incarna seems to be turning out.
You know what? They're just the same as those whinging, crying carebears who don't like game mechanics being used against them and they want the game to be changed to suit them.
This is a game created by a company called CCP. It's their baby. How it turns out is, at the end of the day, entirely up to them. The fact that they try to please the players (always a good thing), and even include a player-filled organisation to help them understand the needs of the players is an excellent thing. It helps them improve their product so that they can get more people using it.
But ultimately, the business can do what the hell it likes with its product, that we pay for the privilege of using.
Regardless of what it does or doesn't have, or what is delivered or not delivered, it's still Eve Online. These players who decide to quit because it's not turning out how THEY wanted it to turn out, all they do is remind me of spoiled little rich brats who throw a tantrum because they're not getting what they want.
Harden the fuck up.
Actually, no... stay soft. And stay gone. The rest of us who love this game don't need you hanging around in it, whinging about how it's not becoming the game you want it to be. This game is better without you, because there'll be less whinging in it.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
CCP Shadow joined us in eve-bloggers chat
I was in-game yesterday when I noticed something I hadn't seen before - blue text. Eh? What's that? Lo and behold, for the first time ever in my Eve life, there was a CCP dude in the same chat room as me (eve-bloggers), and talking to me and everyone else. Exciting! So I thought I'd share the chat log with you. I've taken the time to mark his comments as blue, just like in-game.---------------------------------------------------------------
Channel Name: eve-bloggers
Listener: Alexia Morgan
Session started: 2011.02.18 22:41:14
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[ 2011.02.18 22:41:14 ] EVE System > Channel MOTD: Happy new year everyone!Welcome to our community of Eve bloggers. If you have a blog, please mention this channel on it and help spread the word! Are you on FACEBOOK? Then join the Eve Bloggers Facebook groupStay up to date with the Eve Bloggers portal
[ 2011.02.18 22:41:17 ] Cyberin > closing out one sometime soon though, selling my cap char because caps are boring
[ 2011.02.18 22:41:23 ] Placid09 > so why didn't you ever pick one up Shadow? they aren't to hard to start with
[ 2011.02.18 22:42:05 ] Placid09 > yeah, I'm selling one of my orca pilots soon, slimming the herd a bit
[ 2011.02.18 22:42:18 ] Alexia Morgan > o/
[ 2011.02.18 22:42:27 ] Placid09 > o/
[ 2011.02.18 22:42:30 ] Kalaratiri > o/ Alexia
[ 2011.02.18 22:42:36 ] CCP Shadow > friend of mine was going to teach me but that was around when I started EVE. So, 2007, and most other interests faded for a while. :D I moved back to the States and just never did it.
[ 2011.02.18 22:42:43 ] CCP Shadow > hi Alexia
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:04 ] Alexia Morgan > /emote blinks
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:04 ] Mike Azariah > heyas AM
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:07 ] Alexia Morgan > wow - blue text
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:13 ] Kyoko Sakoda > So I heard there was a party in this here channel.
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:18 ] Placid09 > lol
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:18 ] Alexia Morgan > hi Shadow - I'm honoured to see you in here :)
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:23 ] CCP Shadow > how goes OUCH?
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:23 ] Mark726 > I don't think I've ever seen CCP outside of the help chat
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:27 ] CCP Shadow > well thanks
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:32 ] Alexia Morgan > OUCH is going reallly well, thanks for asking
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:44 ] CCP Shadow > Mark, I'm going to be spending more time in game.
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:52 ] Mark726 > well, welcome :-D
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:52 ] Kalaratiri > CCP arrives, word spread, channel hits 300 people in half an hour :p
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:10 ] CCP Shadow > I believe I wrote about OUCH a while back when I was a writer at Massively.
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:12 ] Aaron Kalee > now if only my clients would stop crashing...
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:17 ] Mark726 > lol, telling the tweetfleet about it is what got me on here, admittedly... I should be doing ohmework >.>
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:19 ] Placid09 > there are a lot of great instructional videos and sites... I'm self taught, just started by playing around with guitar tabs online and being in a metal band in high school
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:36 ] Kalaratiri > Guys, recoomend some people for me to follow on twitter :p
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:44 ] Aaron Kalee > cyberineve
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:46 ] Aaron Kalee > :D
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:52 ] CCP Shadow > Kala, I don't see that happening. ;) Well if I timed this differently would've been ideal, but I may also pop by on the weekend.
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:01 ] Mike Azariah > that would be nice
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:32 ] Dacil Arandur > Hey CCP Shadow, nice to see you
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:33 ] Alexia Morgan > your writing at massively was fantastic. If there's any other ways you think we can work together to promote OUCH and evebloggers.com (and this channel) I'd be very happy to talk to you more :)
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:37 ] CCP Shadow > hi
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:38 ] Dacil Arandur > It's cool that you are back in the tweetfleet now
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:46 ] Mike Azariah > before you guys come on as 'blues' are you given a briedfing paper on subjects to avoid?
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:55 ] Dacil Arandur > lol
[ 2011.02.18 22:46:16 ] CCP Shadow > Alexia, that's part of what the Community team does. Granted I'm not on EVE Community anymore but I'm still working with them everyday.
[ 2011.02.18 22:46:56 ] CCP Shadow > Mike, I'm fairly well trusted at this point (LOL) so I know what to avoid. ;)
[ 2011.02.18 22:47:05 ] Mark726 > someone in eve trusted?
[ 2011.02.18 22:47:07 ] Mark726 > I don't believe it
[ 2011.02.18 22:47:28 ] Kyoko Sakoda > He could probably successfully scam all of Jita
[ 2011.02.18 22:47:34 ] Alexia Morgan > lol
[ 2011.02.18 22:47:39 ] CCP Shadow > and Alexia, thanks for the compliment. Sometimes I miss the days when I could just write all day, but i'm pretty happy here.
[ 2011.02.18 22:47:54 ] Alexia Morgan > what do you do exactly now, if you don't mind my asking
[ 2011.02.18 22:48:07 ] CCP Shadow > I'm the DUST 514 Community Manager.
[ 2011.02.18 22:48:11 ] Alexia Morgan > oh wow
[ 2011.02.18 22:48:12 ] Masada Akiva > hmmm... medal creator is being broken...
[ 2011.02.18 22:48:43 ] CCP Shadow > So, actually I think I said this yesterday or today on Twitter -- people ask what I do day to day since we're pre-launch...
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:01 ] Alexia Morgan > I have a question - how do I get a job at CCP? ;)
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:03 ] Masada Akiva > drink coffee and hit on the girl programmers?
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:25 ] Mark726 > shadow, are we getting DUST pics at fanfest? I know you said to not expect major announcements...
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:33 ] CCP Shadow > I spend a lot of time following the industry (MMO and FPS titles), reading the various DUST 514 threads on EVE O, other forums, the fansites
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:41 ] Mike Azariah > /emote guffaws "Girl programmers? You crack me up"
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:56 ] Mike Azariah > <--sarcastic, do not go all emo on me
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:57 ] Cyberin > OOHHHHH..>IDEA!!!!
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:06 ] Mark726 > lol, applebabe is gonna pod you now :-p
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:09 ] CCP Shadow > and in general planning for how I'm going to run my department and what we're going to do on a community level ramping up to launch and post-launch
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:21 ] Mike Azariah > My former CEO is a programmer
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:24 ] Mike Azariah > and a mother
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:30 ] Mike Azariah > so I assume the female
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:34 ] Cyberin > Shadow can't give/buy/sell/take anything...but...he can talk in channels! I'm gonna go do the double your isk scam in Jita, you wanna back me up and say I paid you your isk Shadow? :D lmao
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:39 ] CCP Shadow > Mark, I'm not sure what art assets or video there is or might be. I'm not in Shanghai right now or I'd know.
[ 2011.02.18 22:51:01 ] Mark726 > ah
[ 2011.02.18 22:51:04 ] CCP Shadow > Not really. Sorry.
[ 2011.02.18 22:51:05 ] CCP Shadow > :D
[ 2011.02.18 22:51:24 ] Mark726 > lol, its like he doesn't want to get fired or someting
[ 2011.02.18 22:51:31 ] CCP Shadow > imagine that
[ 2011.02.18 22:51:39 ] Alexia Morgan > Shadow - what do I need to keep an eye on to see what jobs are going at CCP?
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:04 ] Mike Azariah > obituarioes
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:09 ] Alexia Morgan > lol
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:11 ] Mark726 > lol
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:18 ] Kalaratiri > XD
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:20 ] Mark726 > there's a job page on the actual CCP page, isn't there?
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:21 ] CCP Shadow > We're keeping the jobs listings up to date. This last year we hired quite a number of people so we're slowing down a bit. The only positions available at present are the ones listed.
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:28 ] Mark726 > job postings get passed around the tweetfleet now and then
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:30 ] CCP Shadow > www.ccpgames.com/jobs
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:35 ] Alexia Morgan > thanks :)
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:40 ] Kalaratiri > Damn, was about to link that
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:48 ] Kalaratiri > I always get beaten to things :p
[ 2011.02.18 22:53:01 ] CCP Shadow > just curious though, was there a particular job you're seeking?
[ 2011.02.18 22:53:07 ] Mark726 > oh, PS, happy Hulkageddon Eve everyone
[ 2011.02.18 22:53:18 ] Alexia Morgan > yes - I'd love to be involved in community management in some fashion
[ 2011.02.18 22:53:36 ] Alexia Morgan > hmmm
[ 2011.02.18 22:53:55 ] Mark726 > you *want* to put up with us obnoxious fanboys (and girls)?
[ 2011.02.18 22:54:20 ] CCP Shadow > There are no vacancies right now on the EVE Community team, but I'm REALLY hoping we can hire soon. As to DUST Community, I am a team of one for right now.
[ 2011.02.18 22:54:58 ] CCP Shadow > Mark, for all the bad stuff there's generally way more good. That's my impression 1 year into this.
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:13 ] Alexia Morgan > absolutely Mark - helping out Eve players is what I love doing. Currently I do it by promoting the blogging community, as well as providing a training corp for noobs and carebears But getting more involved in the real behind the scenes stuff would be...
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:16 ] Alexia Morgan > excellent :)
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:28 ] CCP Shadow > also, i'm an EVE fan or I never would've ended up here. :)
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:37 ] Kalaratiri > Hmm, I'm torn who to vote for in the csm
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:48 ] Alexia Morgan > evebloggers.com currently has about 750 Eve bloggers - but I'm weeding out the inactive ones to tidy it up
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:50 ] Kalaratiri > Thinking either Seleene or Roc
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:51 ] Mark726 > heh, I would tend to agree actually. I pretty much love the tweetfleet and the bloggers, at least most of the time
[ 2011.02.18 22:56:14 ] Cyberin > i'm voting for me
[ 2011.02.18 22:56:42 ] Kyoko Sakoda > Shadow: Pie or cake?
[ 2011.02.18 22:56:55 ] CCP Shadow > cake
[ 2011.02.18 22:57:06 ] Kyoko Sakoda > Interesting.
[ 2011.02.18 22:57:40 ] Farmer Tedd > the cake is a lie
[ 2011.02.18 22:57:51 ] CCP Shadow > btw, as to above and job vacancies, i have no idea when more positions will open up but the listings are current to the best of my knowledge.
[ 2011.02.18 22:58:05 ] Alexia Morgan > thanks - I'll be keeping an eye on it
[ 2011.02.18 22:58:13 ] CCP Shadow > Black Forest Cake? yes please.
[ 2011.02.18 22:58:49 ] Kyoko Sakoda > I had an apple fritter the size of my fist today, need not more sugar.
[ 2011.02.18 22:59:12 ] Mike Azariah > OIi, I'm not even up for consideration?
[ 2011.02.18 22:59:28 ] Mike Azariah > /emote grumbles about Roc getting all the fans
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:10 ] Alexia Morgan > MA, are you going for this CSM too?
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:11 ] Mark726 > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:25 ] Mike Azariah > . . .
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:27 ] Mike Azariah > yes I am
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:36 ] Alexia Morgan > I see
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:44 ] Mark726 > I honestly haven't made up my mind yet with CSM
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:59 ] Mark726 > when does voting start again?
[ 2011.02.18 23:01:10 ] Alexia Morgan > I thought about CSM a couple years ago, but never followed it up - maybe in the future I'll have a go
[ 2011.02.18 23:01:16 ] Mike Azariah > To tell the truth I think that the biggest problem is when there ARE really good candidates
[ 2011.02.18 23:01:20 ] Mike Azariah > and lots of them
[ 2011.02.18 23:01:22 ] Cyberin > who's gonna vote for me?
[ 2011.02.18 23:01:32 ] Mike Azariah > the decision process actually starts to break down
[ 2011.02.18 23:02:07 ] Alexia Morgan > I think Roc is motivated by anger against CCP for taking away Capsuleer. I see his focus is on business aspects
[ 2011.02.18 23:02:33 ] Alexia Morgan > taking away isn't right - more like lack of support
[ 2011.02.18 23:02:42 ] Mike Azariah > /emote nods, writing a post right now about 3rd party stuff, dammit Mandrill did a great piece earlier
[ 2011.02.18 23:03:19 ] Mark726 > I don't think he's motivated primarily by that
[ 2011.02.18 23:03:33 ] Cyberin > i won't vote for Roc simply for that reason
[ 2011.02.18 23:03:39 ] Alexia Morgan > same
[ 2011.02.18 23:03:47 ] Cyberin > i don't think CCP should have anything to do with 3rd party apps..that's why they are called THIRD party
[ 2011.02.18 23:03:53 ] Alexia Morgan > MA, I voted for you last time - I'll be doing it again
[ 2011.02.18 23:04:11 ] TetraEtc > MA ran last time?
[ 2011.02.18 23:04:18 ] Cyberin > i know who i'm voting for next year, not sure about this year yet
[ 2011.02.18 23:04:45 ] TetraEtc > i know who you all should be voting for in 2 years time :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:04:51 ] Mike Azariah > /emote facepalms
[ 2011.02.18 23:04:59 ] Cyberin > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:12 ] Cyberin > i knew you ran both years Mike, I still love you :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:30 ] CCP Shadow > How did this go from apple fritters to SERIOUS BUSINESS?
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:41 ] Alexia Morgan > we're a crazy bunch in here, Shadow :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:46 ] Mike Azariah > welcome to eve bloggers
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:52 ] Alexia Morgan > conversation ebbs and flows in all directions
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:57 ] RexMurphy > lolz
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:59 ] Mark726 > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:00 ] TetraEtc > it could be worse.. the dust514 channel is crazy
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:00 ] Cyberin > because EVE IS SRYS BIZNES
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:00 ] Kyoko Sakoda > Be glad this isn't VETO Alliance.
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:06 ] Mark726 > I think I voted for Mike first time he ran
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:10 ] CCP Shadow > I used to come in here a while back
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:25 ] Alexia Morgan > hey Shadow, what brings you in here today?
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:28 ] Mike Azariah > so you were the other one, mark
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:32 ] Mike Azariah > /emote shakes head
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:33 ] Mark726 > :-D
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:37 ] Cyberin > go get more devs to just in here Shadow, lets have a party
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:44 ] Cyberin > jump*
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:47 ] Cyberin > /emote can't type today
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:55 ] Kalaratiri > Agreed, want dev party
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:00 ] Cyberin > speaking of typing...i should be working on that post i promised today...
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:00 ] Mark726 > YESSSSSSSSSSSS
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:00 ] CCP Shadow > In general I would like to spend more time talking with the player community, beyond the forums, beyond social media.
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:12 ] CCP Shadow > I figured this would be a nice way to kick it off.
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:17 ] TetraEtc > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:26 ] Cyberin > what i would personally like, is more dev comments on blogs :D
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:30 ] TetraEtc > get in the dust 514 channel... need someone to lay down the law occaisonly :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:56 ] Alexia Morgan > Shadow, we're very happy you're here
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:04 ] Alexia Morgan > I'm recording this chat and will be posting it on Black Claw's blog
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:18 ] Mark726 > its always great to see CCP interaction with the community :-D
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:19 ] Kalaratiri > twitter is confuzzling me
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:24 ] Mark726 > how so?
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:28 ] Kalaratiri > I knew htere was a reason I didn't use it
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:47 ] Kalaratiri > can't work out how to add a profile picture -.-
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:53 ] Kalaratiri > such a basic thing...
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:10 ] Alexia Morgan > Shadow - is there anything you'd like to say to the eve bloggers and the eve community for the reprint on Black Claw's blog? :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:12 ] TetraEtc > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:38 ] TetraEtc > just randomly.. is there an eve bloggers list on twitter?
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:40 ] CCP Shadow > Drink more Ovaltine
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:42 ] CCP Shadow > :D
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:44 ] Alexia Morgan > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:48 ] TetraEtc > LOL
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:52 ] Cyberin > CCP Shadow > I love Cyberin, he is my favoriteist person ever
[ 2011.02.18 23:10:10 ] TetraEtc > Cyberin > I like tanks
[ 2011.02.18 23:10:16 ] Alexia Morgan > there is, but it's not very active because evebloggers.com is a portal to other active blogs - it doesn't generate its own content or events
[ 2011.02.18 23:10:17 ] Cyberin > tanks are cool
[ 2011.02.18 23:10:25 ] CCP Shadow > There's less realism without the blue text.
[ 2011.02.18 23:10:42 ] CCP Shadow > Sry, was just on the phone with arrangements for tonight.
[ 2011.02.18 23:11:17 ] Mark726 > tetra, I don't think there's a formal list
[ 2011.02.18 23:11:18 ] CCP Shadow > But I stand by my statement. Drink more Ovaltine. Also brush and floss.
[ 2011.02.18 23:11:25 ] Mark726 > though there's a number of informal ones
[ 2011.02.18 23:11:31 ] Mark726 > the tweetfleet is really the only formal list
[ 2011.02.18 23:11:37 ] Alexia Morgan > thanks Shadow :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:11:48 ] TetraEtc > Ovaltine aye.. time to go shopping
[ 2011.02.18 23:12:41 ] CCP Shadow > Hate to say this, but I'm going to have to run in about... 15 minutes or so
[ 2011.02.18 23:12:59 ] Alexia Morgan > yeh, me too - I've got cats to take to the vet for yearly vaccinations
[ 2011.02.18 23:13:03 ] Kyoko Sakoda > Me too. Food. Been inspired by Regular Ordinary Swedish Mealtime.
[ 2011.02.18 23:13:24 ] RexMurphy > eveyones so busy
[ 2011.02.18 23:13:50 ] CCP Shadow > Rex, it's Japanese for dinner. Japanese!
[ 2011.02.18 23:13:58 ] Aaron Kalee > i have nothing to do except shoot at people tonight
[ 2011.02.18 23:14:00 ] Aaron Kalee > (ingame)
[ 2011.02.18 23:14:11 ] Cyberin > stupid alts...
[ 2011.02.18 23:14:32 ] Kalaratiri > Doing an interview, so going a bit quiet. (btw try interveiwing someone IC, its harder than you'd think :p)
[ 2011.02.18 23:14:36 ] RexMurphy > im only shootin at sleepers
[ 2011.02.18 23:14:52 ] RexMurphy > come find me and shoot at me Cyberian
[ 2011.02.18 23:14:54 ] Mark726 > lol, best of luck with that kala
[ 2011.02.18 23:15:07 ] RexMurphy > :D
[ 2011.02.18 23:15:10 ] Cyberin > come to Syndicate and i'll shoot you
[ 2011.02.18 23:15:21 ] Alexia Morgan > CCP Shadow who do I talk to in order to get an advert for OUCH into the game when people log on? :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:15:51 ] CCP Shadow > I should know this, but don't.. One moment.
[ 2011.02.18 23:16:09 ] Cyberin > /emote pays attention to this answer
[ 2011.02.18 23:18:18 ] Mark726 > huh, my p4 stuff actually went up pretty significantly in price
[ 2011.02.18 23:18:25 ] Mark726 > i'm rather surprised by that
[ 2011.02.18 23:18:27 ] Kalaratiri > don't suppose anyone can tell me how to add a profile picture to twitter?
[ 2011.02.18 23:18:43 ] Mark726 > lol, give me a sec kala
[ 2011.02.18 23:19:20 ] CCP Shadow > Hmm, well it's after hours. Tell you what, best way is to ask me directly via petition. You'd want to select 'Other issues' in the first category, 'Community' in the second category, and in the title "For CCP Shadow" so it'll get directed to me.
[ 2011.02.18 23:19:33 ] CCP Shadow > I can ask around and let you know.
[ 2011.02.18 23:19:42 ] Dante Chusuk > its related to advertising in EON magazine if i remember correctly
[ 2011.02.18 23:19:54 ] CCP Shadow > Dante, I think you're right but I am not 100% on that
[ 2011.02.18 23:20:01 ] Dante Chusuk > http://eonmagazine.net/contribute/ads/
[ 2011.02.18 23:20:03 ] Alexia Morgan > ok, thank you very much - and thanks for dropping by, I'm sure everyone will agree that we hope to see you more often in here in future :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:20:08 ] Kyoko Sakoda > It is, but there must be a way you can advertise without doing so in EON?
[ 2011.02.18 23:20:26 ] CCP Shadow > oh np, but i'm not leaving quite yet
[ 2011.02.18 23:20:40 ] Alexia Morgan > I am - I wanted to get the thanks out of the way before I go :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:21:25 ] CCP Shadow > gotcha. well i'll see you around soon. 07
[ 2011.02.18 23:21:28 ] Alexia Morgan > o7
[ 2011.02.18 23:21:38 ] Kalaratiri > Fly Safe, eat well
[ 2011.02.18 23:21:47 ] Mark726 > fly safe o7
[ 2011.02.18 23:22:15 ] CCP Shadow > Kyoko, any current film projects?
[ 2011.02.18 23:22:18 ] Mark726 > kala, http://support.twitter.com/articles/127871-how-to-change-your-profile-picture-or-information
[ 2011.02.18 23:22:32 ] Kalaratiri > Thank you
[ 2011.02.18 23:27:30 ] CCP Shadow > Sweet. Ball is rolling. Shanghai in April.
[ 2011.02.18 23:27:34 ] Kalaratiri > interesting.. I don't have the picture option
[ 2011.02.18 23:27:46 ] Mark726 > yeah, neither do I actually
[ 2011.02.18 23:27:49 ] Mark726 > bizarre
[ 2011.02.18 23:28:17 ] CCP Shadow > maybe it's Old Twitter vs. New Twitter views?
[ 2011.02.18 23:29:08 ] Mark726 > I don't know what to tell you kala, sorry :-S
[ 2011.02.18 23:29:17 ] Kalaratiri > np
[ 2011.02.18 23:29:44 ] Mark726 > I wanna go to shanghai :-(
[ 2011.02.18 23:29:48 ] Mark726 > actually, I want to go to fanfest
[ 2011.02.18 23:29:55 ] Mark726 > but neither is gonna happen anytime soon :-(
[ 2011.02.18 23:30:17 ] CCP Shadow > This is my first Fanfest.
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:18 ] CCP Shadow > Wondering if I should build up a brennevin tolerance
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:21 ] Mark726 > where are you based?
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:30 ] CCP Shadow > I'm in the US for now
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:48 ] CCP Shadow > Relocating to our Shanghai office for about 6 months
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:53 ] Mark726 > nice
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:56 ] Mark726 > where in the US?
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:59 ] CCP Shadow > Could be longer.
[ 2011.02.18 23:32:00 ] Mark726 > if you don't mind me stalking
[ 2011.02.18 23:32:01 ] Mark726 > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:32:08 ] CCP Shadow > New Jersey. And I don't mind.
[ 2011.02.18 23:32:48 ] CCP Shadow > We don't have NJ office, they just let me work remotely. For now, anyway.
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:05 ] Mark726 > yeah, they only have Atlanta, Iceland, and Shanghai, right?
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:09 ] RexMurphy > The Jersey Shore!!!!
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:16 ] CCP Shadow > also Newcastle
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:33 ] CCP Shadow > That's a DUSt 514 team based there.
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:33 ] Kalaratiri > hmmm newcastle..
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:37 ] Mark726 > ah
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:42 ] Kalaratiri > 2 hour drive from me
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:53 ] CCP Shadow > Rex, pleased to say that i've never seen that show.
[ 2011.02.18 23:34:07 ] Mark726 > he's never seen it, he's just been on it :-p
[ 2011.02.18 23:34:27 ] CCP Shadow > I just ignore the cameras and suddenly I'm famous.
[ 2011.02.18 23:34:52 ] Mark726 > punching people helps too, I hear
[ 2011.02.18 23:34:54 ] RexMurphy > you are a lucky person. the gf streams it from her pc.. about a meter away from mine
[ 2011.02.18 23:35:17 ] CCP Shadow > I'm not a reality TV fan at all.
[ 2011.02.18 23:35:56 ] Mark726 > I like cash cab
[ 2011.02.18 23:36:06 ] Mark726 > does that count?
[ 2011.02.18 23:36:08 ] RexMurphy > ha
[ 2011.02.18 23:36:10 ] CCP Shadow > You should buy her some very nice headphones. Because you care. About her.
[ 2011.02.18 23:37:26 ] RexMurphy > Breaking bad is a good show
[ 2011.02.18 23:38:13 ] CCP Shadow > I find that I almost never sit down to watch shows when they air. Pretty much Hulu all the way, or Netflix to watch a whole season in one go.
[ 2011.02.18 23:38:27 ] Mark726 > lol, I recently discovered www.allstepisodes.com
[ 2011.02.18 23:38:33 ] Mark726 > I'm currently making my way through DS9
[ 2011.02.18 23:39:27 ] CCP Shadow > oh wow. quality?
[ 2011.02.18 23:39:35 ] Mark726 > eh, not fantastic
[ 2011.02.18 23:39:44 ] Mark726 > but for my purposes it works fine
[ 2011.02.18 23:39:48 ] CCP Shadow > sure
[ 2011.02.18 23:40:30 ] Mark726 > ok, I finished my market run, so I suppose I should take off
[ 2011.02.18 23:40:35 ] Mark726 > 200mil in sell orders \o/
[ 2011.02.18 23:40:44 ] CCP Shadow > well i'm definitely going to be late so I've got to to as well
[ 2011.02.18 23:40:50 ] Mark726 > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:40:57 ] Mark726 > welcome to the channel, hope to see you around here a lot :-D
[ 2011.02.18 23:40:58 ] RexMurphy > See ya!
[ 2011.02.18 23:41:11 ] Kalaratiri > bai :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:41:17 ] Mark726 > fly safe, all o7
[ 2011.02.18 23:41:22 ] CCP Shadow > Was nice meeting you all, and I think i'll be talking to you more on Twitter too
[ 2011.02.18 23:41:37 ] CCP Shadow > 07
Monday, February 14, 2011
Action Report - 13 Feb 2011
This is the first of a planned series of reports based on 'after action reports' that OUCH / AWA members write on our forums. I decided to share them with you all, to showcase the ongoing adventures that members of OUCh enjoy.
So a small fleet of about 10 pilots got bored with camping a bubble (a common operational activity in OUCH) and went out on a roam through Curse and Catch, flying a mix of frigates and a destroyer, and including some equipped for e-war.
They spent a while travelling around before arriving at some nullsec space owned and inhabited by blues, and ended up deciding to go back home. This was when the action began...
They encountered The Initiative who engaged the rag-tag fleet of frigates with their Vagabond, Dramiel and Ishkur. After the dust cleared, OUCH had lost 4 of their frigates and the destroyer, but the other guys had lost their Ishkur and Dramiel. Not a bad exchange...
So the small fleet re-shipped and had a few skirmishes here and there with nothing substantial, but then were escorting a 'blue' freighter when it was ambushed by A4D and lost.
Lessons were learned, mistakes were acknowledged. And the learning goes on.
Cleaning out old Eve Online blogs
For those that don't know, I'm the owner and admin of The Eve Online Bloggers Portal. When I'm not running OUCH or the Art of War Alliance, I'm admin for evebloggers.com.
What this means is that every now and again I add new blogs to the site, so that everyone who either subscribes to evebloggers.com or visits the site will see the most recent updates on the front page from the Eve Online blogs out there.
I just had a look at the number of blogs that I have listed at evebloggers.com - there's 750 blogs about Eve Online that are listed. But I know that not all of those 750 blogs are currently active, or currently about Eve Online. People come, and people go, and blogs get lost by the wayside or changed as the interests of the author change.
So I'm going to start a new project. I'm going to go through every single one of those 750 blogs and I will remove:
- every blog that hasn't published a new post in 6 months or more
- every blog that doesn't have anything related to Eve Online on their front page
I'm wondering how many blogs this will remove, but the end result is going to be a more accurate number of 'currently active Eve Online blogs'.
I imagine this will take me a few weeks, but I think it will be worth it. Once I'm finished, this page will be a lot more accurate: Eve Online Player Blogs
If your blog is going to be one of those that get removed but you'd rather not - then get your act together and start posting about Eve before I come to yours. :)
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Do you fancy yourself as a trainer?
* Are you skilled at PVP?
* Are you knowledgeable about how to fit ships for PVP?
* Have you spent a lot of time in nullsec?
* Have you had experience as a Fleet Commander (FC)?
* Do you have an interest in helping people learn how to PVP in nullsec?
* Are you looking for a new challenge with your Eve 'career'?
If you answered YES to all the above questions, then I'm looking for you. Yes, that's right - you personally!
OUCH is the Open University of Celestial Hardship. We're sort of like Eve Uni, but we teach people how to survive and succeed in nullsec PVP. We use SISI and real-life nullsec PVP for the training, and we have a policy for our students to only use T1 frigates until they graduate. This helps reduce the financial and emotional impact of their losses, and teaches them how to work together to overcome bigger ships or bigger fleets.
Training Department
We have a Training Department that you, as a trainer, would be a member of. You would answer to our Training Director who oversees all our trainers and is ultimately responsible for the quality of training being given to our students.
Lesson Plans
We already have a documented series of lesson plans that are used by our Trainers when they run their training classes. These lesson plans form the outline of how a class is to be taught, and what they're to be taught about.
You would be welcome to provide your own input into modifying the lesson plans into something better than what they are, but you would need to follow the plans that have been outlined.
Why? Because we're ensuring consistency in our training. All students get the same training, the same way, so that everyone is on the same page when it comes to knowing what to do in nullsec, and how to operate, and what is expected of them.
What are the Lesson Plans?
The lesson plans are split up into modules, and they consist of:
Module 1 - Overview Settings
Module 2 - Client ESC Settings
Module 3 - Client Interface
Module 4 - Bookmarking
Module 5 - D-Scan
Module 6 - Tackling
Module 7 - Weaponry
Module 8 - Fleet Ops
Module 9 - Hunter / Prey
Yet to be documented:
Nullsec Survival - Travelling through nullsec, and Warp Bubbles
Each of the lesson plans includes step-by-step instructions on how to teach students the module, and what to teach them.
Why have you made it so easy?
- We want to encourage more trainers to come onboard. The easier we make it for people to take on training roles, the more likely we'll have people willing to take on those roles
- We want to automate the process as much as possible. The current Training Director and current trainers aren't going to be around forever. We have a system that allows new trainers to come in and continue the cycle. There's always going to be students - we need to make sure we always have trainers too.
As I said, you'll have an input into making it better, because we're always on a path of improving how we do things.
Interested?
If you're interested in finding out more about how you can be involved as a trainer and helping people grow in this game, and helping them learn how to survive and fight in nullsec, then send an in-game evemail to Black Claw and we'll go from there.
Thank you for your interest.
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