EVE Online Scandal Deliberate Frame-Job?

Last Friday, we discussed serious allegations leveled against CCP by players of the game. The comments on the discussion were lively, and pointed. Perhaps a bit too pointed, as CCP's internal affairs investigation claims that a plot to smear the company with false accusations over the long holiday weekend was behind the flurry of online activity. "The objective of this scheme was to permanently paint CCP as a biased and corrupt company that favors a select group of players over the rest of our community. In this particular case, instead of receiving notification of a possible problem and sufficient time to examine and address it, we faced a coordinated and hostile attack executed on our forums, Digg, Wikipedia, Slashdot, and other outlets at the beginning of a three-day weekend. We believe this speaks volumes of the intention of the person(s) responsible for orchestrating this scheme. Verification of this can be readily found on the forums of the people responsible--or at least could, the last time we looked." Scott Jennings over at Broken Toys points the finger at the Goon Fleet corporation, an organization based out of the Something Awful forums. As I noted in the original post, the evidence presented on both sides is challenging to verify independently. Take everything you read about these events with a grain of salt.

hoo boy

[MonorailCat]

I see your scandal, and raise you a CONSPIRACY! One of my friends tried to get me into this game, so glad I didn't end up playing...

Zonk plays EVE Online

[Anonymous Coward]

Send him your exotic dancers! He demands it

In other news...

[Anonymous Coward]

Roger, the guy down the hall in room 415, just pulled off the craziest move in Tetris history, clearing 12 rows in three moves, on level 14. Onlookers in the Stupid Tetris Fans United (STFU) guild were quick to point out that this is unpossible, and must be the result of some kind of scandal.

Rival guild Zoo Ostrich Masichist's Guild!!1! (ZOMG!!1!) allege that Roger's game is totally illigetimate, oweing to the fact that he once made a tetris game for his calculator while fucking around in high school math class. One member was over heard saying "It's a conspiracy. We all know Roger's in the tetris industry."

Representitives from ZOMG!!1! and STFU were not available for comment, but one thing is certain: news of this scandal is spreading like wildfire, and the tetris world may never be the same.

A website built on years of trolling?

[NeuroManson]

I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked! Next eBaum's world will be under suspicion for not having original content! The scandal!

Re:hoo boy

[Ohreally_factor]

Yeah, this stinks of a Conspiracy. Stinks on ice. Did you know that Karl Rove and Harriet Myers are both on the Eve board of directors? Did you know that over 75% of the employees are recent grads of Regent University's new Christian Gaming department? The only way to get to the bottom of this is if Bush will answer the following questions: What did he know? And when did he know it?

Re:Goatse Resurrected?

[ArsenneLupin]

Looks like the innocent-looking wiki.goonfleet.com brings you the love from Goatse.

Well d'oh. Let me spell it out for you:

• It's a wiki
  
• It's been linked from Slashdot
  
• Ergo, sooner or later it will (has been) goatsed
  

Lesson learned:

Never click on a link from Slashdot that has .asp, wiki or .cfm in it if you value your eyesight!

Re:Not really

[flyingsquid]

Goonfleet is dedicated to Space Libertarianism and not, in fact, to ruining the game and CCP employees' personal lives.

Space Libertarianism? That seems to imply the existence of Space Libertarians. Personally I find the terrestrial ones annoying enough, but Space Libertarians sound a bit scary. I can practically hear the ominous voice of the movie trailer guy:

"They believed in a free market, unfettered by government regulation, and they came... FROM SPACE!"

I suppose they would look like the creature from Alien, but along with bursting out of people's stomachs, they would not pay their taxes and read a lot of Ayn Rand.

Re:misleading, as always

[Lehk228]

CCP let's you guys post on /. during your lunch hour?