Sick in the Back of an Astra: a Travel Blog (Eve Online map)
March 29th, 2009and elsewhere, with an eye to tuning things post-release, so feel free to share any thoughts you have.
Other than that, happy hunting!
-Greyscale
Source: www.eveonline.com
EVE Online: “The War on the Impossible”, Part 2: Democracy
Yesterday, we introduced the coming week of articles based on what we saw at EVE Online Fanfest and today we focus in on our first issue: The Council of Stellar Management. This is CCP’s attempt to bring “deliberative democracy” to EVE and in true CCP-fashion, they not only presented their design, but invited a couple people to disagree with them and gave them microphones.
In this article, we describe the system, relate the presentations of Jessica Mulligan and Dr. Richard Bartle, the debate that followed the CCP CEO Hilmar Petursson and then finally our own take on the idea. Enjoy.
CCP then said the Council of Stellar Management exists within the “physics of the world”, not to influence it. This statement though is a direct contradiction to the design presented earlier in the day, where the councilors were to serve as people, not players and to consider whatever the players want, which theoretically could and should include questions of game balance and design.
At this point, Mulligan brought up a theoretical example where the Goon Swarm convinces the council to vote that all ships be replaced with pink ponies. It’s patently ridiculous, but not really inconceivable. What would CCP do, she asked. They admitted they would not make such a change, as they would need a good reason why and none could be given. However, they argued this would never happen.
Read more after the jump.
Source: www.warcry.com
Warhammer Online Developer Chat on January 30th
Next Wednesday, January 30th, WarCry and EA Mythic will host a Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning Developer Chat. This is your chance to find out the answers to questions on our Most Anticipated Game of 2008. The chat will take place next Wednesday at 8pm Eastern. The connection details are:.
When: 01/30/2008 8pm EST
Where: irc.chatspike.net 6667 in #WarCouncil
General chat will be available in #warcryWho: The developers of Warhammer Online
Need a way in? No problem just use our Java Client or Chatspike’s IRC Client
We look forward to seeing you there!
Source: eve.warcry.com
