Not many words needed but a HUGE thank you to Ashley Traynor and Malmar Padecain, who recreated the ingame jukebox. You can read all about it on https://ashyin.space/the-eve-online-jukebox-project/ which has a link to the finished product.
Some things that should not have been lost and were never forgotten have come backā¦
If only the same thing would happen with EveHQ
Itās funny how some things, easily discarded at some point, still resonate. Itās almost as if they were discarded while they shouldnāt have been or, at the very least, should have been brought back. Itās a clear showcase of CCP being disconnected from its player base and the game itself.
CCP got rid of it because it wasnāt used that much, and it was trivial to run your own media player in the background with whatever music you wanted, iāve played EVE with its sound disabled since like 2005 because none of the audio really serves any purpose for me
As for players not using the Jukebox when it was in-game, I donāt believe it. I know for myself I used it probably 3/4 of my time here in Eve. CCP removing it was a bad call on their part. Same goes for Eve Gate, Eve Voice and Evelopedia.
I donāt believe for a second that no one used the jukebox. When it was removed you could hear the wailing and whining from all over the world, and the tearsā¦ oh the horrorā¦ the horrorā¦
3% here and there, also for WiS, who needs players anyway. Whats important is you dont have code to maintain. The effect can be gradually achieved, until you have 100% less code to maintain.
How is updating a player for your already available in game scores ātoo much workā? Not like you have to be a coding wizard for it.
Itās simply the āthatāll doā mentality combined with zero feel and care for the game. Some massive clown deciding āeh, we donāt need thatā as with so many things.
I accidentally left this running when I went grocery shopping.
When I came back, I played a little EVE, but without my headphones on.
After I had closed the client, I wanted to watch The People vs OJ Simpson and for the life of me could not figure out why the EVE music was still playing while I had the client closed.
Iād forgotten that I turned the sound off in EVE years ago when they removed the Jukebox.