# Please stop giving „free“ stuff for watching videos on Twitch, Discord, etc **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365 "2025-11-20T19:51:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ghost-Strife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ghost-strife/32/472799_2.png) [@Ghost-Strife](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ghost-Strife)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/1 "2025-11-20T19:51:39Z")
Hello, I wanted to give some feedback that I’m not a fan of the “free” content being offered for watching and following Eve content on other platforms like Twitch and now Discord. It feels like more and more content is being unlocked not through playing the game itself, but through participating in promotional campaigns from other companies, and you’re being pressured into doing so if you don’t want to miss out on the rewards. I think it would be good if such things could only be earned by actually playing the game and not by anything outside of it (apart from Eve Vanguard, NES, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![Meridan\_Night](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/meridan_night/32/488304_2.png) [@Meridan\_Night](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Meridan_Night)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/2 "2025-11-20T20:08:33Z")
I don’t watch streams, never have, never will. No amount of rewards is gonna ‘‘pressure’’ me into doing it. I can’t be sure, but the fact that they need to incentivize players to watch their streams with some ‘‘special’’ rewards., tells me there isn’t a lot of content there to see in the first place. I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything anyway. If you do, you’re easily psychologically manipulated then. ---
**Author:** ![Adada\_Tuesday](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/adada_tuesday/32/478186_2.png) [@Adada\_Tuesday](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Adada_Tuesday)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/3 "2025-11-20T20:30:13Z")
I agree. CCP is addicted to giving away stuff. For example i wanted to try out the new mining destroyer, but i got it for free in the first level of the new “Epic Arch”. But i was also making lots of ISK from daily goals and AIR career program. It is a little bit boring when getting ISK, ships and items without using the market or producing it yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Malak\_Starfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malak_starfire/32/501915_2.png) [@Malak\_Starfire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malak_Starfire)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/4 "2025-11-20T20:40:20Z")
There is a big list of games that do the same thing. [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/drops/campaigns) All they are trying to do is build a community, is that so bad? If you don’t want to do the activity, just don’t do it. It’s not that hard… ---
**Author:** ![Bliss\_Holochira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/bliss_holochira/32/471632_2.png) [@Bliss\_Holochira](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Bliss_Holochira)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/5 "2025-11-20T20:46:44Z")
If I’ve read my Eve History, isn’t abracadabra-ing a bunch of fitted pre-built ships into the game what people used to shoot monuments or crash the Jita node for? ---
**Author:** ![Malak\_Starfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malak_starfire/32/501915_2.png) [@Malak\_Starfire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malak_Starfire)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/6 "2025-11-20T20:49:48Z")
Yes, but remember that people have been turning ships in at paragon stations for Evermarks, which is how CCP is getting around that (also they never stopped selling those starter packs). ---
**Author:** ![Hatch\_Nasty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/hatch_nasty/32/512820_2.png) [@Hatch\_Nasty](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Hatch_Nasty)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/7 "2025-11-20T23:57:04Z")
Is CCP giving away _ **ships** _ in these Twitch drops? I was under the impression they were just giving away cosmetic items (SKINs and SKINR components). Personally, I’m unbothered by this pretty bog-standard marketing move. Literally the only time I watch Twitch is when CCP livestreams Fanfest. Beyond that, I tune it out and couldn’t care less. If that means I miss out on some SKINs, so be it. I’ve already got more than enough SKINs I never use. 🤷 EDIT to add: I see someone posted a screenshot to Reddit of some Discord giveaway for a fitted ship and SKIN. I’m still not terribly bothered by it. ---
**Author:** ![Gealbhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gealbhan/32/452651_2.png) [@Gealbhan](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gealbhan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/8 "2025-11-21T00:06:12Z")
Just dual monitor it. Have twitch on one screen, set to vol1 not muted so it counts as a viewer for the streamer, and play your game(s) on the other. Easy as pie. ---
**Author:** ![Aisha\_Katalen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aisha_katalen/32/387724_2.png) [@Aisha\_Katalen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aisha_Katalen)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/9 "2025-11-21T00:07:22Z")
People are under the impression that give aways exist for them, they don’t. They exist to increase traffic and engagement. CCP doesn’t offer you stuff because they care, they do it because it’s an investment in the hopes of making more players play more. It’s a marketing strategy, without it they wouldn’t offer you anything in the first place. If you don’t like the requirement (watching Twitch in this case) for the free stuff you have the option to not bother, if you care enough about the “gifts” then you can choose to DO jump through the required hoops. You have agency and you have choice, but what you don’t get to have is having your cake and eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Istrulf\_Sinulf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/istrulf_sinulf/32/455299_2.png) [@Istrulf\_Sinulf](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Istrulf_Sinulf)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/10 "2025-11-21T01:30:18Z")
You don’t have to watch/participate ---
**Author:** ![Glenduil](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/glenduil/32/501812_2.png) [@Glenduil](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Glenduil)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/11 "2025-11-21T18:24:13Z")
I will watch as many streams as CCP wants me to for the ability to spin caps (or in my case, my freighters) as well as getting superior lighting in structures. The lighting better be as good as it is in Jita stations. Certainly not going to do it for a damn venture that I can get for free. ---
**Author:** ![Gloria\_Exercitus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gloria_exercitus/32/509735_2.png) [@Gloria\_Exercitus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gloria_Exercitus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/12 "2025-11-21T20:25:01Z")
> [@Hatch\_Nasty](#): > > I see someone posted a screenshot to Reddit of some Discord giveaway for a fitted ship and SKIN. I’m still not terribly bothered by it. Me either. The more ships there are in the game, the more there are for me to shoot at. ---
**Author:** ![Power\_Armor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/power_armor/32/413178_2.png) [@Power\_Armor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Power_Armor)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/13 "2025-11-21T20:37:00Z")
It seems you now don’t get only vanity items anymore, but actual ships…and not only actual ships…the adverstisement tells about fitted ships… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/7/b/e/7be0ff248e49577159196429388cec31b3fa1833.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/14 "2025-11-22T00:56:55Z")
There should be zero rewards for watching Twitch. ---
**Author:** ![Aisha\_Katalen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aisha_katalen/32/387724_2.png) [@Aisha\_Katalen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aisha_Katalen)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/15 "2025-11-22T02:25:13Z")
> [@Power\_Armor](#): > > but actual ships You get 2 ventures from the career tutorial, and the modules you get along the way. None of this is new. ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/your_ex-girlfriend/32/429252_2.png) [@Your\_Ex-Girlfriend](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Your_Ex-Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/16 "2025-11-22T04:25:46Z")
It’s not free, you have to pay for it with your time. If you’re unwilling to pay the price, you don’t also still receive the item. ---
**Author:** ![Power\_Armor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/power_armor/32/413178_2.png) [@Power\_Armor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Power_Armor)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/17 "2025-11-23T13:08:33Z")
> [@Aisha\_Katalen](#): > > > [@Power\_Armor](#): > > > > but actual ships > > You get 2 ventures from the career tutorial, and the modules you get along the way. None of this is new. Of course this is new…before you did a tutorial, now you don’t have to do a tutorial, but instead have to link an external service with EVE, pay with your data, and watch a video. Also you can receive the items only once, whereas the tutorial can be done on any account. I am not complaining that i want it. I am complaining about the linking of service, the involved tracking and the payment of ingame items for outgame activities, that not all people can/want to do easily. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Dredd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/doug_dredd/32/474158_2.png) [@Doug\_Dredd](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Doug_Dredd)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/18 "2025-11-23T13:59:02Z")
We are talking about a fitted pioneer here for the discord reward. Just to watch their trailer. Not exactly game breaking for a simple marketing initiative done as standard in the industry nowadays. If they start giving 1 bill ships then I can see the merit of the complaint but this is nothing worth complaining about as it is. ---
**Author:** ![Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tiger_space_thedark/32/373728_2.png) [@Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tiger_space_Thedark)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/19 "2025-11-23T19:28:09Z")
you only get random skin and drugs, not ship, enjoy it instead of whining ---
**Author:** ![DeMichael\_Crimson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/demichael_crimson/32/514115_2.png) [@DeMichael\_Crimson](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DeMichael_Crimson)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365/20 "2025-11-24T04:57:31Z")
> [@Doug\_Dredd](#): > > We are talking about a fitted pioneer here for the discord reward. Just to watch their trailer. Actually it’s a fully fit Venture with a ship skin… Course in my opinion it’s a lousy fit but I think the main issue is CCP bypassing the in-game Player Market… Basically CCP is reducing / removing the potential sale of those items from players who actually manufacture and sell those items in-game… And while it’s true that players get the Venture from the Career Agents in-game, it’s definitely not free… Compared to people who watch a 2 minute Video out of game for a fully fit Venture + ship skin redeem code, the players running the Career Agent missions in-game have invested at least an hour or more of their time to get that ship… Plus the fact that the ship they get doesn’t come fully fitted with modules and rigs which means they’ll have to invest even more time in-game to get those items… Nor does it come with a Ship Skin so even more time needs to be invested.. So yeah, I have to agree with the OP… Will CCP stop doing it? No.. In my opinion this is just the tip of the Iceberg, give it a few more years and they’ll be selling ‘Gold Ammo’… [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/please-stop-giving-free-stuff-for-watching-videos-on-twitch-discord-etc/501365.md?page=2)