The community team is now made up of:

CCP Falcon
CCP Frame
CCP Gargant
CCP Guard
CCP Leeloo
CCP Logibro
CCP Phantom

I wonder how the Eve bros are responding to this news? CCP's Lapdog and Captain Crunches pointed out on twitter that CCP Manifest and CCP Mimic are not on that list of the new Community Team.

*Crutches.

I'm a cripple, not a cereal.

I wonder how the Eve bros are responding to this news? CCP's Lapdog and Captain Crutches pointed out on twitter that CCP Manifest and CCP Mimic are not on that list of the new Community Team.

You can accuse of m@@hattery but when I hear statements such as

• Seasoned veteran of EVE
• the same courtesy I extend to EVE players
• redefining roles

The implicit message I am getting that is subtly hidden and tucked away is this:

Myself and the entire roster of the community team are seasoned veterans of New Eden

The implicit message I am getting that is subtly hidden and tucked away is this:

"We're making the staff of a more EVE likened mindset which, even though none of us are Dust514 veterans but only casually play the game we will make game updates and patches that could be for the better or worse because we are basing it on what we feel is best without input from an actual veteran with feedback based on the forums that we may or may not heed".

I did no intend to create this fluster cluck and i did not do it for personal gain

ok I think perhaps its time to break cover...


i would like to again express my most heart felt sympathies for the losses of our Princes and thanks to CCP Frame for the clarity .

i admit to not handling the information in the most tactful way as i was and still am epicly pissed when i was told and i had made this video with the permission of SaberWing, ignore the last bit of it as that was an editing fail on my part there was meant to be a whole lot more said by me stuck in there but i forgot to crop it in and just went straight for the render.
I was in discussions with hans for several hours where he pointed out that perhaps a video would not have been the best way to tell the community and that perhaps a post on the forum would have been the better option, but as i see it info is info no matter the medium if this was a post it still would have caused this fire storm of snowflakes.
hans told me not to post anything for 24 hours so CCP could make this announcement and prep for damage control this info would cause, sadly the timer ran out and still no post from CCP, so i regrettably posted this video to inform the community.
I understand that I may have most likely lost the respect of many if not all of you my fellow mercs and for what its worth I apologise for my actions.
I did no intend to create this fluster cluck and i did not do it for personal gain, this is information that should have been freely available on this forum and I felt I had to say or do something.

- Multiple threads containing the same link
- Youtube video, complete with eye catching title, sad music and sad bamm havoc voice
- Description in video and threads "I have received some bad news", making yourself out as the whistleblower
- Bragging on skype that you knew something that others didn't, even though a lot of us already knew

I'm trying to be neutral to you bamm because your videos are decent and you genuinely are helpful, but this is not painting a good picture of you

i refer you to my previous post sir and thanks

Here's your blue tagged post, and no misdirection here at all.

The fact of the matter is, we're not going to go out with a megaphone and start screaming the names of people who were let go out of both personal and professional courtesy for those involved. Feel free to say what you will about professional and personal courtesy, but extremely hard decisions had to be made over the last week and on a personal note, I'm completely devastated that two fantastic members of the Community Team, and two great friends and colleagues were let go.

I wish both CCP Eterne and CCP Saberwing all the best for the future, and have no doubt in my mind that these two extremely talented guys will land firmly on their feet.

Similarly, the CPM are also not going to start screaming names of people who were let go. The CPM is not, and never will be, a source of gossip for the community. Anyone who thinks so, can strip that mentality out of their heads. It's not going to happen.

It's very true that the CPM have known about this since Friday (June 6), when I had a meeting with them at 20:00 UTC to discuss what has happened. They've acted extremely professionally over this, and have respected the fact that there are people behind these avatars, who've had their livelihoods and careers affected.

I'd like to personally thank the CPM for the manner in which they've handled this news, for their display of professionalism and integrity in absorbing and dealing with this information.

In the end, rest assured that development of DUST 514 and work on Project Legion remains unchanged, and will progress uninterrupted.

In the same respect, the CPM will continue to function. CCP Logibro has been, and will continue to remain, the CPM Coordinator. This has been his role since he came to CCP, and will continue to be his role moving forward. He has done, and will continue to own the CPM project for as long as I remain Community Manager with CCP.

The operation of, and future plans for the CPM will not be affected. If anything, going forward I'll be looking toward assisting CCP Logibro in pushing the CPM into the same, far more active role with DUST development that the CSM holds with EVE development.

I do not believe that there is compromise when it comes to using the CPM's knowledge and voice to assist us. The CSM is in it's 9th term now, and there are a lot of lessons that have already been learned in the previous 8 terms that can be carried over into the operation of the CPM.

On a note more concerning structure, the Community Team here at CCP has now been unified, which puts us in a position where all members of the team will now be working on community projects for DUST 514, Project Legion, EVE: Valkyrie and EVE Online going forward.

The community team is now made up of:

CCP Falcon
CCP Frame
CCP Gargant
CCP Guard
CCP Leeloo
CCP Logibro
CCP Phantom

I'm in the position where I hold the role of Community Manager, which will include serving as Community Manager for DUST 514 at the very least temporarily until we sit down and redefine people's roles to cover everything that needs to be considered.

Myself and the entire roster of the community team are seasoned veterans of New Eden, and we're on hand to make sure that you guys get the best experience possible. It's going to take us a little time to process all this, get over the fact that we've had to watch two really good friends and outstanding colleagues be let go, but I'm very confident that the team will pull together and deliver once we square things away.

The reason that this message didn't come sooner is simple - we were dealing with some incredibly bad news and had to sit down and assess the situation before deciding how to move forward. We're human, just like you guys. With that in mind, my attitude may seem a bit short in this post, for that I apologize, I'm usually incredibly direct in the way I address people, and to add to that, it's been a very upsetting week for a lot of us here at CCP.

In the same respect, I'm not going to tolerate rumor milling and the posting of blatant garbage regarding the CPM, or any of my friends and colleagues, including CCP staff and members of the Community. Anyone who wants to rumor mill and/or post garbage will be on the receiving end of a long summer vacation from the forums.

On that note, I'll extend the same offer I do to the EVE Community, because you guys are equally as important to the future of New Eden:

If you have concerns, issues, or feel like you'd like clarification, either on the forums or in private, either feel free to EVEmail my Dev character, catch me on twitter at @CCP_Falcon or catch me here on the forums, and I'm more than happy to talk.

Cheers,

- F

We'll see how Hotfix Beta, Charlie, Delta go...

Technically it would be hot fix beta, gamma, delta...

In reality its Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whisky X-ray Yankee Zulu.

ok I think perhaps its time to break cover...


i would like to again express my most heart felt sympathies for the losses of our Princes and thanks to CCP Frame for the clarity .

i admit to not handling the information in the most tactful way as i was and still am epicly pissed when i was told and i had made this video with the permission of SaberWing, ignore the last bit of it as that was an editing fail on my part there was meant to be a whole lot more said by me stuck in there but i forgot to crop it in and just went straight for the render.
I was in discussions with hans for several hours where he pointed out that perhaps a video would not have been the best way to tell the community and that perhaps a post on the forum would have been the better option, but as i see it info is info no matter the medium if this was a post it still would have caused this fire storm of snowflakes.
hans told me not to post anything for 24 hours so CCP could make this announcement and prep for damage control this info would cause, sadly the timer ran out and still no post from CCP, so i regrettably posted this video to inform the community.
I understand that I may have most likely lost the respect of many if not all of you my fellow mercs and for what its worth I apologise for my actions.
I did no intend to create this fluster cluck and i did not do it for personal gain, this is information that should have been freely available on this forum and I felt I had to say or do something.

Anyone who wants to rumor mill and/or post garbage will be on the receiving end of a long summer vacation from the forums.

I understand that I may have most likely lost the respect of many if not all of you my fellow mercs and for what its worth I apologise for my actions.

I'm really not surprised to see even more lies out of Pyrex, its his modus operandi - but I didn't expect them from you as well. Our conversation took place yesterday at 6pm Pacific time, and you posted this video roughly 16 hours later. But that's besides the point, you gave me your word that you'd let Falcon make the statement he had to make in this thread, before jumping the gun. We both agreed that it was better that CCP break the news and explain rather than you or Pyrex trying to play Mr. Breaking News. Regardless of the fact that you didn't wait even a full day before your post, there was no "24 hour" time limit discussed anyways. It's not my job to give permission or not, this was always CCP's news, not mine, not yours. All I ever asked was for you to be respectful to those involved by allowing our contacts in community team (Falcon and Logibro) make their announcement. You agreed to this, and than broke that trust. I'm saddened and disappointed, even moreso now that you're lying about the circumstances just to defend your mistake. I at least appreciate your apology on that front, for what its worth.

You have called me a coward and a liar, crossed the line there hans ...

All i did was call it as i saw it, leave pyrex out of this the decision was ultimately mine at the end of the day,
the info was saberwings to share and he did so with me and i had his permission to use and express it in ANY form i saw fit.
You had no say in how I delivered it, this fire storm of special snowflakes would have happen regardless of the medium I released it,
Hans give me a break you have said some very unkind things here dude, i have apologised more than once now on many forms of media for my lack of tact which I might point out was my ONLY fault with this issue.

I am not going to apologise any more .

Technically it would be hot fix beta, gamma, delta...

Every relationship, no matter what it is, has its bumps in the road. It's how we proceed forward that defines us.

Thank you CCP Falcon for displaying tact in your post and for clearing things up for the community.

Though we may have different viewpoints, backgrounds and ideas, one thing remains surely remains. That we all want Dust to succeed. Some things get lost in translation, but we can set aside these differences and contribute positively to help the absolute vision of Dust come into fruition.