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Subject: Re: EVE Online Goes All-In on Blockchain
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 21:01:39 -0500
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Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> 
> Okay, I admit it; that subject line is _more than a little_ hyperbolic
> (it got you to read this message though ;-). If anything, CCP Games is
> actually downplaying any connection of their latest game - "EVE
> Frontier" - has to the blockchain; it's barely mentioned, while they
> are quick to quash any rumors that the blockchain is coming in anyway
> to "EVE Online".
> 
> Still, they've remained firm on the idea that there will be
> blockchain technology. Although details are scant, it would allow for
> a third-party marketplace where users could buy and sell in-game
> assets or 'custom currencies'. Of course, there's no actual advantage
> to this; sure, I could buy 10,000 hydrogen or 200 ISK or a star
> cruiser via blockchain... but I can still only use those things in the
> game itself. It has no value outside of "EVE Frontier", so there's
> really no point to not selling it through the official marketplace.
> The only advantage is to those who speculate on the value of such
> worthless digital knickknacks, which does nothing to make the game
> more playable or accessible to anyone _outside_ of that community of
> speculators. It's a bad idea all around.
> 
> EVE fans are almost overwhelmingly opposed to the idea. The fact that
> crypto games attract the worst low-life scammers probably does nothing
> to make the idea any more palatable. I can only assume the concept is
> pushed by somebody at CCP Games that has an overly large investment in
> Ethereum (the crypto-coin that's backing "EVE Frontier's" blockchain)
> and is desperate to drag some new rubes into that marketplace to prop
> up the value of their nonsense-money. It just doesn't seem a
> worthwhile investment to design an entire game around otherwise.
> 

This is what I used to play before Eve.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwGbLVdQBig

I was more fond of the first person view and hands on controls it 
offered.  The party line at the time was that it wasn't living up to 
subscription expectations... as to whether or not there is more to it, 
we probably will never know. However I think that a game like E&B would 
do a lot better now with the demographic of the MMOG player expanded to 
what it is... I still hold up my time in Earth & Beyond as my top MMO 
experiences.