EVE Online to have a council of elected players oversee the game

 

In a previous article, we covered EVE Online‘s investigation of allegations and attacks that have been directed towards them. CCP Games, the company running the game, was concerned about the possible loss of trust from the gaming community due to these occurrences.

CCP has decided to resolve the issue by allowing a select group of players who will be elected by their peers to go to their headquarters in Iceland to show them that the company is running the game in a professional manner. The chief executive of CCP Hilmar Petursson gave word on how they intend to implement this.

I envision this council being made up of nine members selected by the players themselves, where you announce your candidacy, and if you win the election, they come here to Iceland, and they can look at every nook and cranny and get to see that we are here to run this company on a professional basis. They can see that we did not make this game to win it.

The community has stated their lack of trust in CCP via the forums and other lines of communication with the company. This response by the company looks to be a very good way of gaining back part of the lost trust, however as with most situations such as this, it will take time. Petursson spoke about their decision in gain back the trust of players and how it must be done.

Perception is reality, and if a substantial part of our community feels like we are biased, whether it is true or not, it is true to them. Eve Online is not a computer game. It is an emerging nation, and we have to address it like a nation being accused of corruption.

A government canÂ’t just keep saying, “We are not corrupt.” No one will believe them. Instead you have to create transparency and robust institutions and oversight in order to maintain the confidence of the population.

While waiting for their plans to take effect, CCP will have to strengthen their security to avoid another Band of Brothers hacking incident. Another measure that the company should seriously consider as well is to not allow their employees to play the game on their own time to remove all allegations of cheating on the part of the moderators.

 

In a previous article, we covered EVE Online‘s investigation of allegations and attacks that have been directed towards them. CCP Games, the company running the game, was concerned about the possible loss of trust from the gaming community due to these occurrences.

CCP has decided to resolve the issue by allowing a select group of players who will be elected by their peers to go to their headquarters in Iceland to show them that the company is running the game in a professional manner. The chief executive of CCP Hilmar Petursson gave word on how they intend to implement this.

I envision this council being made up of nine members selected by the players themselves, where you announce your candidacy, and if you win the election, they come here to Iceland, and they can look at every nook and cranny and get to see that we are here to run this company on a professional basis. They can see that we did not make this game to win it.

The community has stated their lack of trust in CCP via the forums and other lines of communication with the company. This response by the company looks to be a very good way of gaining back part of the lost trust, however as with most situations such as this, it will take time. Petursson spoke about their decision in gain back the trust of players and how it must be done.

Perception is reality, and if a substantial part of our community feels like we are biased, whether it is true or not, it is true to them. Eve Online is not a computer game. It is an emerging nation, and we have to address it like a nation being accused of corruption.

A government canÂ’t just keep saying, “We are not corrupt.” No one will believe them. Instead you have to create transparency and robust institutions and oversight in order to maintain the confidence of the population.

While waiting for their plans to take effect, CCP will have to strengthen their security to avoid another Band of Brothers hacking incident. Another measure that the company should seriously consider as well is to not allow their employees to play the game on their own time to remove all allegations of cheating on the part of the moderators.