EVE On-line was a bit well-known for some time as a result of CCP introduced in an economist to assist managed the in-game economic system. That was again within the “good previous days” of EVE On-line, although I believe we didn’t suppose they have been all that good on the time. There’s at all times one thing mistaken, one thing to complain about. However that was when CCP appeared to grasp the economic system was a fancy factor and felt they wanted some outdoors assist to information it and hold it steady.
That was earlier than CCP determined in December of 2020 to wreck the EVE On-line economic system based mostly on absolutely the dumbest financial philosophy ever… go ask you new economist about that Rattati… to the extent that it drove participant logins to an all time low. The 12 months of disappointment, as I dubbed it. You’ll be able to inform me I don’t know in regards to the internal workings of the New Eden economic system, however I can see how participant logins are going, I can let you know how the battle at the moment in progress was utterly stifled attributable to CCP’s boneheaded concepts about economics.
We’re nonetheless recovering from that. I don’t wish to get mad on the new man who’s attempting to repair a few of this … they’re nonetheless attempting to repair the haphazardly dealt with Equinox enlargement… however suffice to say that CCP’s grand financial plan from December 2020 was a catastrophe and issues are nonetheless damaged… and are nonetheless being made worse from time to time. There was an enormous celebration that the February Mineral Worth Index didn’t go up once more, it merely held regular at its all time excessive. Go workforce.
So the thought of CCP hiring an economist is one thing that many within the peanut gallery on r/eve and elsewhere have been suggesting for some time. You understand, get any person who is aware of what they’re doing.
And CCP has employed an economist…. or, because the CCP press launch grandly places it, they’ve APPOINTED a former economist from the Central Financial institution of Iceland, Stefan Porarinsson to the position of Head of Economic system. Is Hilmar some kind of Icelandic noble that he can appoint individuals, requiring their service? Was this place one thing that wanted affirmation? Or did they simply rent any person who was accessible?
And whereas I discussed EVE On-line, the place is Head of Economic system for EVE Frontier, the blockchain rip-off recreation that’s being funded by crytpo loving VC agency Andreesen Horowitz.
EVE Frontier – Set up at your personal danger
It makes me surprise if Porarinsson understands that CCP shall be dragging his title by means of the mud together with the corporate’s status, such that it’s, as they attempt to stability the thought of constructing a enjoyable and pleasurable on-line recreation with the predatory calls for of one of many extra rapacious and authoritarian leaning VC corporations on Sand Hill Street. Andreesen is a ranting fool who believes he needs to be above the legislation. They’re 100% behind Trump’s present financial destruction, applauding all of it the best way, as a result of they suppose it should make their crypto holdings extra precious.
I simply wish to ensure you get who Hilmar is in mattress with. Hilmar likes these guys and desires to pal round with them. Hilmar, whether or not he thinks so or not, has declared he’s on their facet.
At finest Hilmar is a helpful fool, at worst he’s all in favor of destroying the lives of individuals to make the road go up only a bit extra. And that goes for the entire administration workforce. They selected their facet once they signed in blood to take the Andreesen Horowitz cash and the satan will demand his due from the sport. They’ll screw over gamers sooner or later to make their VC masters richer.
So I ponder, as soon as extra, if Porarinsson is aware of what he’s moving into.
Theoretically Porarinsson is being employed to advise on the next in response to the press launch:
- Financial Coverage & Inflation: Understanding how financial levers affect pricing, forex stability, and market habits in a completely player-driven world.
- Market Equilibrium & Commerce Dynamics: Exploring how provide and demand fluctuate based mostly on participant and NPC interactions.
- Belongings & Foreign money Flows: Assessing the mixing of digital belongings and their affect on in-game financial exercise.
- Behavioral Economics in Digital Worlds: Gathering knowledge on participant decision-making, monetary hypothesis, and financial adaptation.
That’s the message. That’s what CCP is saying this about.
What I feel that is really about is attempting to someway lend some legitimacy to what will be an enterprise that may ultimately be revealed as a predatory enterprise that’s unhealthy for any participant who participates.
You’ll be able to ask why I hold saying that, and my reply shall be to wave my arms at each earlier blockchain crypto deal and level out how all of them ended up precisely the identical. Even Bitcoin, the flagship blockchain product, the one closest to legitimacy, is principally a instrument for criminals. You both use it to purchase unlawful objects, you used it for extortion or ransomware assaults, otherwise you use to to prop up your personal crypto rip-off. No one with a authentic enterprise accepts Bitcoin. It’s crime all the best way down.
And the truth that CCP would very very like individuals to cease calling EVE Frontier a blockchain recreation reinforces the truth that they know what they’re getting themselves into, that they know down deep they’re setting themselves up for the “Are we the baddies?” second when customers get screwed. They dodge the difficulty, the downplay it of their imprecise white papers, they plead ignorance, however they will’t not know what they’re doing. And now they’ve any person else alongside for the journey.
Anyway, congratulations to Stefan Porarinsson on his new appointment! Good luck with that!
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