I have paid for game time and don’t need the 7 days in case that tin foil hat…is not tin foil but real lol. Saw some of this and said yeah…no.
Its the abstraction of the questions. Its not really focused on the, you know, game. This looks like data you use to sell off somewhere else. Or you are a grad student/doc,/post doc working some research angle.
It’s data that CCP hopes will help them plan ahead, if you know what type of people play your games you know what game design choices to aim for.
They can’t ask the CSM because they are biased and by default a small cross section of the play base and they can’t use the forums because it’s full of people who don’t seem to actually play the game because if they have time to live on the forums that means they’re not really actually playing the game. Besides, the whole forum is really just the same 20odd players who can’t seem to stop showcasing how unadjusted they are to society.
That people actually believe stuff like this in the year 2021 saddens me.
Mr Epeen 
You’d have a point if CCP gave out our actual names and information but they haven’t, at least I hope they didn’t because that would get them in massive trouble. The information gathered is linked to our accounts, the company that created the survey doesn’t have our personal information so it’s entirely useless to them.
The only group who could possibly benefit from this survey information that’s linked to our accounts is CCP themselves.
Yep.
If that was the case this would be way more concrete questions. I work IT. I play middleman between clients and vendors to get what they need. I don’t ask my clients so…what are your 3 favorite show? I ask…what do you like/not like about this product. We have a support contract with them. You tell/show me. I put this into tech speak as it were in dealing with the vendor and we see what compromises we get to benefit all.
Hell in the case of HTML other web based data files I have skipped the vendor and changed stuff for them. Benefits of having a modding hobby in games. Give me some data files I can play with…I can make some magic happen. Just need to know what those files are on upgrade to replace or redo is all.
Concrete questions lead to concrete solutions. This stuff…not sure where it leads.
I can’t take the survey now but even if I could I wouldn’t.
It’s an exercise in futility. Doesn’t benefit players at all ( sorry but 7-day Omega is peanuts ) and only proves that CCP is a big feckup company.
Soft skills = how much of a sheep you are combined with how willing you are to change your personality in order to fit in to a toxic, patriarchal corporation that should’ve failed a long time ago but didn’t because the US government bailed out the Boomers at their children’s expense…
Sorry went off on a tangent there but you get the drift. In a corporate setting they’re just trying to find the folks with no spine.
the most disgustful side of this survey:
They said - You can participate only once for account.
Practice - You can participate only once for complex (one IP+ one pc).
my frozen 12 accunts are totally indignant !
(real usecase - i passed the survey twice -
CCP, Even dont think about permaban, once for account, not real person - its rule from these “психологинь”.
upd.
my fail , i was wrong
@once per person@ in message))
Did they?
Did they use the word “account”?
I dont think they did
Are you seriously whining about how upset you are that CCP wasn’t planning/allowing for you to game it on all your accounts?
its not sarcasm) i failed cause perfunctory read rules about survey (like Сartman in HUMANCENTiPAD )
if necessary - sure ccp could permaban.
no whining, no sarcasm
Probably be a good idea to edit the post above where you admit to breaking the EULA
i edited post as i want.
i described my fail in reading,
i described ways to get what i got.
thats all 
any other words about good or bad ideas, about admitting the EULA etc. - are just evaluative judgment.
good luck.
Just because you have a mental illness doesn’t mean you can’t be doing great. It also doesn’t preclude you from experiencing flow states. It sounds like you’re doing a really great job managing your mood disorders!
So you have -
??? I find this hard to believe.
Perhaps EVE Online provides you a space where you can be “doing great”?
EDIT: Huh?
CENSORED
CCP is obligated to take you seriously, and knowing who you are irl, report you to authorities as needing a wellness check.
You might want to consider deleting, editing, or clarifying your post.
Mr Epeen 
Over a year into global medical tyranny CCP monitors volunteers for suicidal inclinations.
Thoughtful.
ohsht-look-out-a-volcano!
I like the idea from SDT theory that there are those basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness in any human endeavour from family and job to hobbies, and video games in particular. You are intrinsically motivated to participate in anything that satisfies those needs.
If your job makes you feel like you’re making meaningful decesions, you’re an expert in your field and you can teach others, the result of your work is significant to community, you’ll be motivated to do it. That’s how you get hobbies, you do something that has no extrinsic motivation attached, something that does not pay.
Hobbies and video games are great reality surrogates. Your irl job and family may suck and not satisfy your psychological needs, and the games are there as a means to escape.
Its like procrastination though, you know there are issues but instead of solving them you do something that makes you feel better.
Eve is great at satisfying those needs that’s for sure. Autonomy - you decide what to do, pve/pvp, what ship to fly, what mods to fit. Competence - there is a lot to learn no matter how long you’ve played, there is a constant stream of new players to teach if you want that. Relatedness - local, corps, alliances, reddit, forums. There is a community at any level or scale you may chose. Eve is a exceptionally great trap of intrinsic motivation.
The survey got the results backwards I think though. I’m feeling pretty good psychologically while I’m playing. I wouldn’t be playing if I wasn’t feeling at least pretty good while I do. They confuse cause and effect here I think.
Not everyones case though. Only part of playerbase are escapists I think. And I dont think extraverted people play for the same reason. Some people are just here to communicate.
Some questions in the survey suggested they would assess players on their extraversion level, but that didn’t seem to influence results much.
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