Terra Nova: Real Politik - The Diigo Meta page

• 30 Aug 07
  

  Nicolas

  eveonline terranova

  • CCP's solution is intriguing, striking even, because it breaks from a largely unspoken assumption that the relationship between players and developers should be distant -- or, at least, heavily managed and regulated (by the developer). We'll have to see how this solution unfolds in practice, of course, but for the moment at least it suggests a new ethic surrounding these environments with regard to accountability and political legitimacy. CCP may have opened its doors in the name of transparency, but is letting those who are not gods (in Richard's formulation) check the gods' work the direction in which virtual worlds must move?

  • None of the CCP founders has any pre-EVE experience of game design, and the incredible drive they've shown in bringing this project to life comes bundled with serious hubris about them being smarter than the lot of old-guard MMO* makers.

      

    This is a company that pretty much reinvented the wheel, sometimes for the best, yet oftentimes falls for beginner's trap, especially in the PR/CM department.
• 08 Jun 07
  

  Tringard

  CCP, the makers of EVE, are opening their operations to oversight from elected players to watch for abuse of their economy.

  virtual economics; Terra Nova

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