Sunday, February 9, 2014

SCASSSS - Monumental

So after a 7-day countdown on the community website, CCP unveiled a micro-site showing the monument to Eve Online and its players they are planning to erect. I felt that the reaction to this was a bit like the Red Wedding from Game of Thrones. Dudes, we've known about this for nearly a year, we knew it was coming, why the shock and surprise? Anyway, the reactions can generally be grouped up into about five different categories looking at social media and the forums.

1. Great idea!
2. Nice idea, but seriously, a 7-day countdown for that? Expectation management much?
3. Meh. Whatever. Haliwali.
4. OMG WHY ARE YOU WASTING TIME AND MONEY ON THIS?!?!?!111!!!! FIX THE LAG! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.....
5. Oooooo, a devious marketing and money grabbing ploy! Think of all the people who will sub/resub to get on there!

I am firmly in camp 2.

The monument will list names of the all our main characters on each account that is actively subbed (not trial accounts I assume) on 1st March 2014.

However, it has been pointed out that when CCP take the snap-shop of the names of the highest skill point character on every subbed account on 1st March... who is going to review those half a million or more names? 


I mean, its not like Eve players would burn a PLEX to create an account just to troll is it?

They wouldn't.... would they.....?


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