So you just bought CCP

Played it very early only for a few days cause its boring.

Your name and content of your posts are proof enough that you werenā€™t even born when EVE was initially released.

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the censorship is much worse in the EU. but i dont really care about promoting political stuffs.

The word ā€˜colourā€™ and others with the ā€˜ouā€™ spelling have their roots in middle French, which has its roots in Latin. American spelling tends to disregard the roots of words, which is how the English language is organised. So by disregarding the organisation of English, you get words like ā€˜defenseā€™, however, Americans still use ā€˜fenceā€™. These words are both rooted in the same meaning, which is why real English maintains ā€˜defenceā€™ as a way of keeping the language organised.

Great video on the topic that explains what makes English one of the best systems around, until you bastardise it like the Americans have.

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Tell an American youā€™re going to write them a cheque and see how confused they get.

But I finally gave up and just go with U.S. English when online. At least until I can find a proper English spell check.

Mr Epeen :sunglasses:

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Another one they mess up is the paed- prefix. For example, a paediatrician is a doctor for children. In America, itā€™s just a pediatrician. The problem with that is, they also retain the ped- prefix, for example, a pedestrian crossing, or a pedometre (or pedometer in American). The paed- prefix is specifically for words related to children, while the ped- prefix is related to legs and walking. They just decided to mash them together and use the one prefix for both.

So suddenly, a pediatrician is both a childrenā€™s doctor and a foot doctor, all at once!

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Australiaā€™s economy is so stable that the 2008 GFC didnā€™t even touch us. Three of our cities consistently rate in the top ten most livable cities in the world. Tell me again how weā€™re poor and crappy.

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FTFY

Mr Epeen :sunglasses:

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Short liveth this thread gonna be.

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First order of the day would be to turn Quafe into an energy drink.

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I would buy a crap load of plex and start some major wars.

Iā€™d turn it into a WoW clone then give it to EA for free so they lootbox gamble the hek out of it, just to troll the playerbase. :smiling_imp:

EA literally is still doing pay to win lootboxes in command and conquer rivals. they made a ton of money off of loot boxes so they are literally continuing even though there is maximum outrage. they cant say no to the profits. i bet they will only stop once a law is in place. you have to blame the stupid people buying the crap tho. Also, Eve Online now selling $70 monocles

Indeed. Though to be honest from a truly business perspective they are doing very well, they make a lot of money and can constantly buy up other companies as well. But what they do is very bad for the gaming scene and players suffer the consequences. Though as you added the edit, many of these same players are responsible for what they get so I guess we can say this is poetic justice in the end. :thinking:

its funny when ea says players dont know what they want cause they clearly want to buy those lootboxes lol. basically a crack dealer saying you cant live without this crack so stop saying no.

Iā€™d fire everyone, with no references and no severance. On Christmas day. Iā€™d sell off the assets and infrastructure. Iā€™d throw whatever was left in a box and burn it. I would then write off any losses on my taxes, and start a porn channel named CCP.

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Yeah, that explains the massive backlash against lootboxes. Itā€™s because players love them and buy them all the time. Yep. Great logix there.

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Lootboxes bring in a outrageous amount of profits. Itā€™s literally like selling crack to kids which is why thereā€™s a backlash. Because it works too well.

I never said it wasnā€™t profitable. I said gamers in general are sick of pay to win crap. Doesnā€™t matter that kids are doing it, they donā€™t know any better and their parents should be flogged in the middle of a public square for giving their kids access to a credit card tbh.

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Whatā€™s funny to me is one time I made a game from a prexisting game engine. I threw it together with little effort but themed it after popular franchises. This got people to play it and the first thing I did was add microtransactions. I held no value in the game. i threw it together within a few weeks. I had all the backend control to change anyoneā€™s stats within seconds. I was baffled and amused that people were actually working in the game grinding and leveling up. I actually found it disturbing that people were playing something i slapped together. And i found it evil and hilarious when i offered micro transactions. It got shut down tho cause I was charging money with copy written franchises featured in the game.