tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849479845355466091.post6919087255833677569..comments2013-04-18T12:04:09.138-07:00Comments on And Other Bright Ideas: Making a meaningful impactSamwise Potatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00247203678850352838noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849479845355466091.post-6087977246956767022013-04-18T12:04:09.138-07:002013-04-18T12:04:09.138-07:00Yes, I'm kicking myself now. I can't belie...Yes, I'm kicking myself now. I can't believe I confused the Summer of Rage with Burn Jita. /me facepalms.<br /><br />I've got some editing to do to this post anyways, given the "True Stories" video that CCP just released.Samwise Potatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00247203678850352838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849479845355466091.post-67023279224850932622013-04-18T08:12:23.207-07:002013-04-18T08:12:23.207-07:00A thought-provoking post, nice one. :)
Apologies ...A thought-provoking post, nice one. :)<br /><br />Apologies if the question was unclear. Essentially I was going for "how to make Live Events better", but with a little more depth.<br /><br />I entirely agree with your statement "events and the results of the events need to either compliment or side-step current gameplay, not detract from it" and Team Illuminati are certainly moving in the right direction.<br /><br />I would like to see events such as The Battle for Caldari Prime better executed. That event in itself fell prey to the idea that EVE needs to be about single, massive events, but often they're just not fun. I'd sooner see a network of smaller events in multiple locations, which - as you say - would not detract from the alternative game experience, whilst being better accommodated by sandbox resources rather than straining a bottleneck (which does affect normal gameplay).<br /><br /><br />I have to correct you on one point though: the monument in Jita is wrecked to commemorate the player uprising of 2011, in which it was shot repeatedly by hundreds of players as an expression of dissatisfaction during the Monoclegate/Incarna/Fearless protests in the Summer of 2011. There were mass unsubscriptions and CCP layed of 20% of its staff.<br /><br />I documented the events leading up to the player riots in <a href="http://freebooted.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/charge-of-bov-brigade.html" rel="nofollow">Charge of the BOV Brigade</a> and most of the pertinent links can be found on the launch post of <a href="http://freebooted.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/blog-banter-28-future-of-eve-online-ccp.html" rel="nofollow">Blog Banter 28: "The Future of EVE Online, CCP and the CSM"</a> which deals with the aftermath.<br /><br />Burn Jita was a harmless player-organised event which occurred much later.<br /><br />I hope that helps. :)Mat Westhorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553980835026556794noreply@blogger.com