Two days ago I went out and saw Metallica: Through the Never.
My expectations were not that high but I knew I would regret it if I hadn't seen the movie in IMAX 3D while I had the chance. So I talked my friend into seeing this movie and while he is no metal fan at all he was sitting on the edge of his seat.
The cinema sound system really creates an immersive experience. The concert and narrative combine to create a surreal movie.
As far as I can tell not a single person got up before the end credits finished.
I was drawn in and blown away. This is my movie of the year.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
EVE Online: GTC referrals and RMT
Yay finally I joined in and made my own post about the SOMER RMT questions.
The real issue is that ingame parties can refer players to GTC sellers and get a share of the profits.
The real question is whether or not offering isk as a reward for using your referral is considered illegal RMT.
Instead of SOMER you could also Goons. They orchestrate ingame events and activities so they can generate articles on themittani.com. TMC.com refers people to a GTC seller. TMC generates dollars from this.
Perfectly legal so far.
Now TMC decides to offer 50m isk bonus for any GTC bought through their website to entice even more players to click on their GTC referral link.
Suddenly RMT.
But there is Good RMT and there is Bad RMT.
-Bad RMT: you pay 20 dollars and get 1 billion isk.
-Good RMT: you pay 20 dollars to buy a GTC and get 50m bonus.
Of those 20 Good RMT dollars:
-CCP gets 15 dollar (same as if someone had paid to extend their account one week.)
-GTC reseller gets 3 dollar.
-TMC gets 1 dollar.
With Bad RMT the isk seller gets 20 dollars per billion isk and CCP sees none.
With Good RMT the isk seller gets 20 dollars per billion isk and CCP gets 300 dollars.
Imagine CCP allows this and every big alliance and RMT traders jumps in.
Soon referrers will have to offer 200m isk bonus per GTC to get players to click their link instead of going to a competitor. With Good RMT the isk seller then gets 5 dollars per billion isk and CCP still gets their 300 dollars for selling 20 GTC to a third party reseller.
Who loses if this is allowed?
The limit on how much isk you can convert to dollars is just on how much people you can get to click the referral links. But let's say people are lining up to buy GTC through your referral and the limit is only in how fast you can pull in isk to hand out as bonus.
To earn isk you have to play the game. To play the game you need account time. CCP earns 15 dollars if you pay for that account time (if you plex someone else already paid for your account time).
CCP is not the loser here, someone pays for that GTC.
The GTC seller is not the loser here, he sold a GTC
The referrer is not the loser here, he just plexed his account.
The player that wants isk is not the loser here. He is not forced to buy a GTC.
Of course botting to earn inhuman amounts of isk would break this.
That is why botting is illegal and should be a high priority for CCP to combat.
What if the CFC turns into a human botting alliance focusing on pure PVE?
Then there are a lot of PVE carebears making themselves a big target for any PVP-ers.
What if you can't fight the CFC because they are too big?
Well obviously goons have won at EVE. Now HTFU and go fight goons, join goons or get the fuck out of this game you pathetic whiner.
Personally I have no idea yet what I will do, but quitting EVE is not an option under consideration.
The real issue is that ingame parties can refer players to GTC sellers and get a share of the profits.
The real question is whether or not offering isk as a reward for using your referral is considered illegal RMT.
Instead of SOMER you could also Goons. They orchestrate ingame events and activities so they can generate articles on themittani.com. TMC.com refers people to a GTC seller. TMC generates dollars from this.
Perfectly legal so far.
Now TMC decides to offer 50m isk bonus for any GTC bought through their website to entice even more players to click on their GTC referral link.
Suddenly RMT.
But there is Good RMT and there is Bad RMT.
-Bad RMT: you pay 20 dollars and get 1 billion isk.
-Good RMT: you pay 20 dollars to buy a GTC and get 50m bonus.
Of those 20 Good RMT dollars:
-CCP gets 15 dollar (same as if someone had paid to extend their account one week.)
-GTC reseller gets 3 dollar.
-TMC gets 1 dollar.
With Bad RMT the isk seller gets 20 dollars per billion isk and CCP sees none.
With Good RMT the isk seller gets 20 dollars per billion isk and CCP gets 300 dollars.
Imagine CCP allows this and every big alliance and RMT traders jumps in.
Soon referrers will have to offer 200m isk bonus per GTC to get players to click their link instead of going to a competitor. With Good RMT the isk seller then gets 5 dollars per billion isk and CCP still gets their 300 dollars for selling 20 GTC to a third party reseller.
Who loses if this is allowed?
The limit on how much isk you can convert to dollars is just on how much people you can get to click the referral links. But let's say people are lining up to buy GTC through your referral and the limit is only in how fast you can pull in isk to hand out as bonus.
To earn isk you have to play the game. To play the game you need account time. CCP earns 15 dollars if you pay for that account time (if you plex someone else already paid for your account time).
CCP is not the loser here, someone pays for that GTC.
The GTC seller is not the loser here, he sold a GTC
The referrer is not the loser here, he just plexed his account.
The player that wants isk is not the loser here. He is not forced to buy a GTC.
Of course botting to earn inhuman amounts of isk would break this.
That is why botting is illegal and should be a high priority for CCP to combat.
What if the CFC turns into a human botting alliance focusing on pure PVE?
Then there are a lot of PVE carebears making themselves a big target for any PVP-ers.
What if you can't fight the CFC because they are too big?
Well obviously goons have won at EVE. Now HTFU and go fight goons, join goons or get the fuck out of this game you pathetic whiner.
Personally I have no idea yet what I will do, but quitting EVE is not an option under consideration.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
EVE Online: Nosy Gamer slippery slope SOMER poll
The nosy gamer put up a poll asking players how they feel about SOMER and the accusations of RMT. http://nosygamer.blogspot.nl/2013/10/first-poll-is-somerblink-conducting-rmt.html
Yes, and SOMER should be banned with all assets confiscated.
Yes, SOMER should be banned, but CCP should try to restore ISK to players.
Yes, but since CCP tacitly approved, SOMER should be allowed to stay in business if he follows the rules in the future.
Yes, but so what?
When I started this post there was just a poll with answers to choose from and no separate post so I answered the question: 'Is SOMER involved in RMT and what should CCP do about it.'
Feel free to imagine other questions that would fit this answer template.
Imagine SOMER hadn't received Ishukone Scorpions but some other unique ship and sold them for isk.
Is it wrong for SOMER to sell customized spaceship skins feating pink unicorns?
Yes, and SOMER should be banned with all assets confiscated.
Yes, SOMER should be banned, but CCP should try to restore ISK to players.
Yes, but since CCP tacitly approved, SOMER should be allowed to stay in business if he follows the rules in the future.
Yes, but so what?
When I started this post there was just a poll with answers to choose from and no separate post so I answered the question: 'Is SOMER involved in RMT and what should CCP do about it.'
Feel free to imagine other questions that would fit this answer template.
Imagine SOMER hadn't received Ishukone Scorpions but some other unique ship and sold them for isk.
Is it wrong for SOMER to sell customized spaceship skins feating pink unicorns?
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
A blessing of ..
Have you ever heard the expression, "a gaggle of geese?" These names for groups of animals are pretty peculiar, too.
Can you guess what webcomic led to this post?
.. unicorns.
| 1. A shrewdness of apes | 12. An exaltation of larks |
| 2. A battery of barracudas | 13. A troop of monkeys |
| 3. A kaleidoscope of butterflies | 14. A parliament of owls |
| 4. A quiver of cobras | 15. An ostentation of peacocks |
| 5. A murder of crows | 16. A rookery of penguins |
| 6. A convocation of eagles | 17. A prickle of porcupines |
| 7. A charm of finches | 18. An unkindness of ravens |
| 8. A skulk of foxes | 19. A shiver of sharks |
| 9. A troubling of goldfish | 20. A pod of whales |
| 10. A smack of jellyfish | 21. A descent of woodpeckers |
| 11. A mob of kangaroos | 22. A zeal of zebras |
Can you guess what webcomic led to this post?
.. unicorns.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
EVE Online: New Player Training Sessions
Earlier today was the first of the New Player Training Sessions.
http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/new-player-training-sessions/
New players can participate by joining the "New Player Training Sessions" channel in game at the listed times. We will also be advertising the sessions in the rookie corporations and Rookie Help Chat channel during the event times.
Track: Player vs Player Combat
October 15, 17:00 UTC – Modules
October 17, 17:00 UTC – Fitting Your Ship
October 22, 17:00 UTC – Earning ISK
October 24, 17:00 UTC – The Overview and UI
October 29, 17:00 UTC – Piloting Your Ship
October 31, 17:00 UTC – Skills
November 5, 17:00 UTC – Crimewatch (Featuring live demonstrations)
November 7, 17:00 UTC – Combat Basics
November 12, 17:00 UTC – Teamwork
November 16, 17:00 UTC – PVP Fleet
November 18, 17:00 UTC – Progression: What’s Next?
Minutes before the first session started the channel had 134 people in it, this jumped to over 300 when the first session started, about 450 fifteen minutes in and almost 500 by the time CCP Eterne finished talking.
Full seminar text will be posted on the EVElopedia. This is a good thing as text was pushed off the screen after the seminar ended and chat was opened up for questions.
One note: https://wiki.eveonline.com/wikiEN/images/8/87/Propulsion.png
Isn't that supposed to be 100 km?
Overal I found it an informative session, even if there was some information overload at times.
Finally got to see CCP devs in the game as well.
http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/new-player-training-sessions/
New players can participate by joining the "New Player Training Sessions" channel in game at the listed times. We will also be advertising the sessions in the rookie corporations and Rookie Help Chat channel during the event times.
Track: Player vs Player Combat
October 15, 17:00 UTC – Modules
October 17, 17:00 UTC – Fitting Your Ship
October 22, 17:00 UTC – Earning ISK
October 24, 17:00 UTC – The Overview and UI
October 29, 17:00 UTC – Piloting Your Ship
October 31, 17:00 UTC – Skills
November 5, 17:00 UTC – Crimewatch (Featuring live demonstrations)
November 7, 17:00 UTC – Combat Basics
November 12, 17:00 UTC – Teamwork
November 16, 17:00 UTC – PVP Fleet
November 18, 17:00 UTC – Progression: What’s Next?
Minutes before the first session started the channel had 134 people in it, this jumped to over 300 when the first session started, about 450 fifteen minutes in and almost 500 by the time CCP Eterne finished talking.
Full seminar text will be posted on the EVElopedia. This is a good thing as text was pushed off the screen after the seminar ended and chat was opened up for questions.
One note: https://wiki.eveonline.com/wikiEN/images/8/87/Propulsion.png
Isn't that supposed to be 100 km?
Overal I found it an informative session, even if there was some information overload at times.
Finally got to see CCP devs in the game as well.
Link of the day
Old Spice commercial featuring the awesome Bruce Campbell.
Other Old Spice commercials. I thought they were pretty hilarious.
Other Old Spice commercials. I thought they were pretty hilarious.
EVE Online: Wormhole PI update
It has been almost a month since the move to a C1 wormhole to do PI and it has proven lucrative enough that two characters are now training CCU rank V.
These are numbers from two characters. I run a two day cycle but installations still fall idle every now and then.
Overall my wallet balance dropped because I've been buying some ships. At minimum I put a scanning frigate and epithal in all main trade hubs. I just pick the nearest hub to sell my items and switch ships if necesarry.
| Total Sales | 105.230.195,37 |
| Total Sales | 115.483.947,24 |
| Total Export Tax | -10.496.000,00 |
| Total Export Tax | -9.084.300,00 |
| Profit | 201.133.842,61 |
| Open sell orders | 90.000.000 |
These are numbers from two characters. I run a two day cycle but installations still fall idle every now and then.
Overall my wallet balance dropped because I've been buying some ships. At minimum I put a scanning frigate and epithal in all main trade hubs. I just pick the nearest hub to sell my items and switch ships if necesarry.
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