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| 4s | one more one more |
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| 8s | yeah all |
| 9s | right mic check okay can y'all hear me |
| 14s | yeah okay yeah no |
| 19s | yes all right good afternoon capsuleers |
| 24s | did you hear that all right welcome to |
| 28s | FanFest this is dropping all right |
| 30s | welcome to FanFest we are thrilled to be |
| 34s | uh celebrating Eve's 20th birthday with |
| 37s | you all over the next 3 days thank you |
| 39s | for flying into raik and for joining us |
| 43s | here at the eclusive gamer Circle where |
| 46s | it's a space where everyone is welcomed |
| 48s | and |
| 49s | embraced and we appreciate you so thank |
| 52s | you for coming the hope for bringing us |
| 55s | all together today is to continue to |
| 57s | build and reinforce the bonds that we |
| 59s | share both in new Eden and in real life |
| 63s | in order to create a strong and |
| 65s | inclusive community for us all who you |
| 69s | are your personality your identity how |
| 73s | you play Eve online this is how you |
| 75s | bring Eve online to life every single |
| 77s | day when you log in and that is the |
| 79s | magic that we like to call the |
| 81s | Friendship machine this is what Eve |
| 84s | Community is all about friendship and |
| 87s | today I'm excited to have some of this |
| 89s | fabulous Community here with us uh both |
| 93s | in CCP devs and Eve online players so |
| 96s | we'll be hearing from them shortly as |
| 98s | they share their experiences About Eve |
| 100s | online with us so thank |
| 103s | you so why the focus on community some |
| 106s | people would say that you know this is |
| 108s | just a video game so who cares but this |
| 112s | this is you know really important for |
| 115s | CCP as we believe that the purpose of EV |
| 118s | online extends far beyond traditional |
| 121s | gaming and entertainment it is really |
| 124s | about friendship and nurturing and |
| 127s | taking care of each other built on trust |
| 130s | so this is why CCP has um you know |
| 133s | decided to create this virtual and |
| 135s | meaningful sci-fi uh world where we can |
| 138s | all come together not only to |
| 140s | collaborate and to strategize but also |
| 143s | to make meaningful friendships and Forge |
| 147s | connections so we have decided that |
| 151s | today we will talk about Community we're |
| 154s | going to invest in community and FanFest |
| 157s | and all of you here are the truest |
| 159s | manifestations of the Friendship |
| 161s | machine so of course this all starts |
| 165s | with each and every one of you it's |
| 167s | about your personality your identity |
| 170s | your needs your motivations your gender |
| 175s | all of this is what you bring to Eve |
| 177s | online the chats you sent the trades you |
| 181s | make the wars you fight you know that is |
| 185s | the tangible output of the Friendship |
| 187s | machine and that is those bonds that |
| 190s | keep EV on line alive every single day |
| 194s | and safety diversity and inclusion are |
| 197s | the necessary ingredients to make this |
| 200s | all |
| 201s | work and that is why today here as CCP |
| 204s | devs and as players we are going to try |
| 207s | and find new ways to make the friendship |
| 210s | machine come alive and we're going to |
| 213s | use our gameplay mechanics to elevate |
| 216s | who you are in EV online so our hope is |
| 219s | that as CCP devs we can continue to lay |
| 222s | the bricks for the foundation for a |
| 225s | healthy and exciting |
| 228s | gameplay now over the summer we did some |
| 232s | research we reached out to some Eve |
| 234s | online players perhaps some of you in |
| 236s | this room and we asked your experiences |
| 240s | now please know this is the first step |
| 243s | of our journey in understanding um the |
| 246s | step of you know building a welcoming |
| 249s | inclusive and safe journey and we want |
| 251s | to take that Journey with you so this |
| 254s | survey this panel discussion this is all |
| 258s | to help us grow and to create those |
| 260s | bonds together and to share those |
| 263s | experiences and to fuel that friendship |
| 265s | machine so we welcome you on this |
| 268s | journey with us and later on today um |
| 271s | after we hear from these wonderful |
| 273s | people on stage we will be um opening it |
| 276s | up to audience Q&A so uh we definitely |
| 280s | want to hear from you as well and later |
| 283s | on we have a networking event in Seeker |
| 285s | Saladin which is downstairs if you've |
| 287s | not been we'll be sharing a little bit |
| 289s | more of our research in depth and um you |
| 293s | can talk to either myself or CCPA who |
| 296s | have been very involved in doing that |
| 298s | research uh if you want any more |
| 300s | information if you also didn't have a |
| 303s | chance to fill out the survey we have |
| 305s | little QR codes um in Secret Salon so |
| 308s | you can just click on that and take the |
| 310s | survey we'd love to hear from |
| 312s | you so what did we here in the survey we |
| 316s | had about 13,000 people fill out the |
| 318s | survey out of that 9,000 approximately |
| 322s | were playing Eve at that current moment |
| 325s | in time and from there we had about um |
| 330s | majority of our players 90% were |
| 334s | male uh three and a half% 4% identified |
| 337s | as female 2% identified as non-binary |
| 341s | and we had about a handful of people 5% |
| 343s | that prefer not to answer so this is the |
| 346s | audience that you will be seeing today |
| 348s | that we talk about when you see the data |
| 350s | uh we'll be referring to them in uh |
| 354s | three different sections males |
| 356s | non-binary and |
| 358s | female |
| 361s | so let's begin these conversations and |
| 364s | start to uh dive in and see what we |
| 367s | found out and with that I'm going to |
| 369s | introduce our lovely lovely |
| 372s | panel so starting from the right here we |
| 375s | have uh CCP Emerald from the Emerald |
| 378s | City itself the senior brand manager for |
| 381s | Eve online has nearly a decade of |
| 383s | experience as a brand and product |
| 385s | manager working with Dev teams to ensure |
| 388s | the work they do developing games is |
| 390s | well positioned to excite and activate |
| 392s | players growing up games were always |
| 395s | part of her life whether it be board |
| 397s | games computer games or Nintendo and she |
| 400s | clearly never outgrew them because she |
| 402s | has often one to host Mario K Kart game |
| 404s | nights or play D and D at home so |
| 406s | welcome Emerald CCP |
| 412s | lovess CCP less is a Joan of all trades |
| 416s | and a tool developer from the city of |
| 418s | fear rikic she is has worked for 17 |
| 421s | years in the gaming industry from |
| 423s | creating Concepts and models to writing |
| 425s | code and she barely knows anything else |
| 428s | besides textures and tools in her free |
| 430s | time she's quite insane and likes |
| 432s | controlling armies of elves to destroy |
| 434s | the Imperium of man while contemplating |
| 436s | the why of |
| 438s | existence her favorite animals are cat |
| 441s | and geese said Thank You CP |
| 448s | less well welcome cpia to the to the |
| 452s | floor she's a senior data scientist very |
| 454s | involved in the research and the the |
| 456s | work that you see here today uh she |
| 458s | leads data products within CCP London |
| 461s | and machine learning projects for Eve |
| 463s | online in her free time she likes to |
| 465s | play open world RPGs and Casual FPS so |
| 468s | welcome |
| 473s | messia CCP Zenia is a hungry Bug Hunter |
| 477s | with over six years of testing |
| 478s | experience in the industry she is a |
| 481s | proud QA analyst for one of the content |
| 483s | teams here in rikic but even though she |
| 486s | loves finding digital bugs she can't |
| 488s | really stand spiders in real life she |
| 490s | also has a hard time leaving her QA role |
| 493s | outside of work causing her teammates |
| 495s | trouble when playing PVP or getting |
| 497s | stuck and crashing in the client during |
| 498s | crucial moments so look out CCP |
| 506s | zinia next we have gregal which I'm sure |
| 509s | you all uh may know uh gregal has been |
| 513s | playing Eve online for over 14 years uh |
| 516s | she's an amazing fleet commander in real |
| 519s | life and in Eve online and um she is |
| 523s | responsible for you know helping tens of |
| 527s | thousands of newbies learn how to play |
| 529s | Eve online and FanFest couldn't happen |
| 531s | without her so thank you Greg G for |
| 533s | joining us |
| 538s | today and I on my other side I have kall |
| 543s | kall has been playing Eve online for |
| 545s | about three and a half years uh I |
| 547s | believe you were saying that uh your |
| 549s | partner was playing and tried to get you |
| 551s | to play and she didn't want to but then |
| 553s | one day she decided and now she's |
| 555s | kicking but and also a fleet commander M |
| 558s | PSI uh fleets helping newbies uh play |
| 561s | Eve online so thank you |
| 566s | kha we welcome CE Sly Eclipse born and |
| 571s | raised in Iceland she's a devoted |
| 574s | computer scientist serving as a software |
| 576s | engineer within one of the content teams |
| 578s | at CCP games Eclipse equipment extends |
| 581s | commitment extends beyond the digital |
| 583s | realm they are passionate advocate for |
| 586s | equality with a special focus focus on |
| 589s | promoting gender equality within the |
| 591s | tech industry in her Spare Time Eclipse |
| 594s | finds joy immersing herself in the |
| 595s | captivating worlds of fantasy RPGs |
| 598s | welcome |
| 605s | next we have Dy another Eve online |
| 608s | player Dy has been playing for seven |
| 611s | years and uh she does she flies and does |
| 617s | loging welcome |
| 624s | D introducing CCP Moss a talent |
| 627s | acquisition SP specialist with an |
| 630s | advocate for diversity and inclusion |
| 632s | within the gaming industry with her Keen |
| 635s | Eye for talent and a passion for the |
| 637s | gaming industry CCP Moss has played a |
| 639s | crucial role in building the dream teams |
| 642s | behind some of ccp's iconic projects in |
| 644s | recent years but there's more to Moss |
| 646s | than meets the eye when not busy |
| 649s | scouting and recruiting top tier Talent |
| 651s | CCP Moss is a DieHard board gamer and |
| 653s | spends most of her time either |
| 655s | collaborating with or killing her |
| 658s | friends okay well welcome CC |
| 664s | M and last but definitely not least we |
| 667s | have CCP Mercury she is a visual artist |
| 671s | from Italy after working seven years in |
| 673s | the comic book industry she transitioned |
| 675s | to video games designing user interfaces |
| 678s | for PC and mobile an introvert |
| 680s | pretending to be an extrovert she enjoys |
| 683s | embarrassing herself in RPGs be it on |
| 685s | pen and paper or in MMOs when her social |
| 689s | battery run low you can find her at her |
| 691s | desk playing puzzle games or starting |
| 693s | yet another DIY project so welcome |
| 702s | Mercury so I am very fortunate to share |
| 706s | the stage with all of these amazing devs |
| 709s | and players and without further Ado |
| 711s | we're going to jump in and learn a |
| 713s | little bit more about them so I'll start |
| 717s | with uh CCP emeralds |
| 720s | hi hello |
| 721s | welcome tell me uh what inspired you to |
| 724s | pursue a g a career in games and what |
| 727s | Drew you to Eve |
| 730s | online |
| 732s | hello is it on okay all right um yeah so |
| 737s | I have always been um a pretty creative |
| 740s | person um thinking back to my childhood |
| 743s | my brother and I would sit out in the |
| 744s | backyard we'd you know make up stories |
| 747s | and um yeah and play games together uh |
| 750s | either in the backyard board games uh |
| 752s | computer games I mean computers came out |
| 755s | when I was a kid so we got stuck into |
| 757s | that and I kind of fell into games but |
| 760s | it ended up being perfect for me because |
| 762s | it creates a great venue to uh share to |
| 765s | create and share stories uh like just |
| 768s | really lean into that creativity and and |
| 770s | bring it out so that people can enjoy |
| 773s | the experiences that we create and |
| 775s | honestly I I never imagined myself |
| 777s | working in games but I would not change |
| 779s | it for for the world I absolutely love |
| 782s | what I |
| 784s | do thank you CCP Mercury what about you |
| 788s | what Drew you to a career in games and |
| 791s | what brought you to Eve online let's see |
| 793s | if this works yeah okay um yeah I'm |
| 797s | actually coming from um the comics |
| 800s | industry I was working as a freelancer |
| 802s | for comic books uh but I was really |
| 804s | looking for um an environment that |
| 808s | Fosters grow growth and uh also human |
| 811s | connection which is not what you get |
| 814s | when you're freelancing and drawing |
| 815s | comic book pages uh and I also wanted to |
| 818s | be in the video gaming industry but um |
| 820s | opportunities in Italy weren't that many |
| 824s | so I take a lip of faith and applied to |
| 826s | CCP uh transition career and I was |
| 829s | fortunate enough to be hired uh one year |
| 831s | ago so that's how I got into it it was a |
| 835s | a a dream of mine uh that I wasn't brave |
| 838s | enough to pursue for 8 years uh until |
| 841s | one year ago that's it thank you CCP |
| 845s | Zena what about you uh what inspired you |
| 848s | to pursue a career in games let's see |
| 851s | does it work no yes it works okay yeah |
| 854s | so for me I was here in Iceland it must |
| 855s | have been over 10 years ago now I was |
| 857s | here for a summer job I was just you |
| 859s | know in my you know uh years of thinking |
| 862s | of what I wanted to do with my life and |
| 864s | figured out that I love games so I |
| 866s | searched for educations got in started |
| 868s | game design and programming for three |
| 870s | years then afterwards I started working |
| 872s | as a QA loved QA stayed as QA still a QA |
| 876s | and yeah then I listened to a lot of |
| 878s | podcasts about games and heard a lot of |
| 881s | e on line and especially one was that |
| 883s | was about the Judgment Day |
| 886s | yeah and I was just hooked I really |
| 888s | wanted to be part of that community and |
| 891s | here I am today super proud of being |
| 893s | here thank you thank you Zenia uh CCP |
| 900s | ASA what about you yeah um yeah so I was |
| 905s | a data scientist for a while before I |
| 907s | started at CCP but yeah I love gaming |
| 910s | myself and then I was living in Iceland |
| 913s | and CCP was just very much the perfect |
| 915s | fit great environment and I love it |
| 918s | thank you CCP lovess um what are some of |
| 923s | the most rewarding experiences you've |
| 925s | had while working on EVE |
| 927s | Online uh wearing many hats is probably |
| 929s | the the biggest Pride I have like I've |
| 932s | concepted I modeled I've worked on tools |
| 935s | I've scripted a lot of stuff in Mya for |
| 938s | people it's just the universal appeal of |
| 941s | not being stuck in a one role and being |
| 944s | able to just do a lot of things |
| 947s | especially like in the early days it was |
| 949s | just it was amazing thank you thank you |
| 953s | so greal |
| 954s | [Laughter] |
| 957s | hi uh what's specific aspect or |
| 960s | experience of e EV on line initially |
| 962s | Drew you to the game 14 years ago well |
| 966s | it was 3 in the morning and I was oops |
| 969s | sorry my voice travels |
| 971s | anyway hello okay but yeah I was like |
| 975s | literally 3 in the morning I was kind of |
| 976s | bored and saw this little advertisement |
| 978s | and I was like going yeah I could use a |
| 981s | new game to try and I downloaded it and |
| 986s | uh 11 days later I you know it was okay |
| 989s | and but I you know and then this was |
| 992s | right after Apocrypha so wormholes were |
| 994s | brand new and I decided a scan out a |
| 998s | wormhole jumped in Warped off looking |
| 1000s | for something and then I couldn't figure |
| 1002s | out how to get |
| 1005s | out there's just I didn't know I needed |
| 1009s | to bookmark the exit you |
| 1011s | know and I'm like typing in newbie chat |
| 1014s | how do I get out of here and nobody |
| 1015s | really knew how and they were like just |
| 1017s | well maybe you just need to to wait to |
| 1019s | downtime and it'll kick you out |
| 1020s | automatically or something I mean |
| 1022s | literally that's what like one of the |
| 1025s | yellow ones you know the the people are |
| 1027s | supposed to know what's going on said |
| 1029s | and a player a total stranger offered to |
| 1032s | he asked me if I remembered what system |
| 1033s | I was in and I did and he you know when |
| 1036s | I scanned it out and he says well I'll |
| 1038s | try and scan it out and come rescue you |
| 1039s | and everybody in the chat is like don't |
| 1041s | do it he's going to blow you up it's a |
| 1043s | scam whatever you do don't flee you'll |
| 1045s | lose everything and everything I owned |
| 1047s | is in this little catalyst and I was |
| 1050s | lost in space and I'd never experienced |
| 1053s | that in a game before just like I'm like |
| 1056s | up and down walking in my around just |
| 1058s | pacing like how do I get out and this |
| 1061s | guy scanned sent me a fleet invite said |
| 1064s | warp to me and you know some everybody |
| 1068s | says an eve that don't trust anybody but |
| 1071s | sometimes really the only way to really |
| 1074s | get it in Eve is you got to trust |
| 1076s | somebody I warp to him he said hop on |
| 1079s | out I hopped on out he dropped me from |
| 1082s | Fleet and sent me 100,000 |
| 1085s | isk right great and I went grabbed my |
| 1087s | wallet and subscribed right |
| 1091s | away that was |
| 1095s | it thank |
| 1098s | you Michelle what about you what uh |
| 1101s | brought you to um EV on line what Drew |
| 1104s | you to the game initially is this on yes |
| 1108s | so so I tried playing with my husband um |
| 1112s | I never got on ducked I hated it I |
| 1113s | rageed |
| 1114s | uninstalled uh said screw it you can go |
| 1117s | play triangles in |
| 1120s | space and uh couple years later they |
| 1124s | came out with the alpha Concepts so I |
| 1125s | tried it again I got in docked I never |
| 1127s | got into ship I was floating around |
| 1129s | something came by and bloed me and I'm |
| 1131s | like screw this I don't need this in my |
| 1132s | life I uninstalled |
| 1134s | it third time's a charm so uh 2020 I |
| 1138s | loaded up I started playing I decided |
| 1140s | that I was going to be a solo player in |
| 1142s | HEC I'm not going to do anything silly |
| 1144s | like go out into NC and then I heard an |
| 1147s | interview from |
| 1149s | her and I went out on her Fleet the next |
| 1152s | week and uh everything else is her |
| 1156s | fault so I started doing new RS myself |
| 1160s | and I joined up with fun in um npsi |
| 1164s | community and pretty soon someone said |
| 1167s | you need to start doing this thing with |
| 1169s | new Bros in incursion fleets it didn't |
| 1172s | work the community kept popping mom and |
| 1176s | an mpsi that doesn't really |
| 1179s | work so the next year um they came with |
| 1183s | an agreement we could schedule it so I |
| 1185s | started something called Eve |
| 1186s | rookies and we started with incursions |
| 1189s | one time a week we got a bunch of |
| 1191s | newbies out gave them practice blew it |
| 1193s | up they got like 200 mil in their wallet |
| 1195s | they thought they're the richest people |
| 1196s | in the world went off and did stuff |
| 1198s | pretty soon that became 2 3 four I think |
| 1200s | we run like four to five fleets a week |
| 1202s | now we now do fob fleets we do level |
| 1205s | four mission fleets we do uh I think we |
| 1208s | just got Mining and Wormhole ratting and |
| 1210s | we run around 34 fleets a month we have |
| 1212s | 70 unique newro and returning vets |
| 1215s | coming back into uh the ecosystem every |
| 1218s | month and yeah so that's my career in |
| 1222s | Eve suing it up well thank you glad to |
| 1225s | have |
| 1227s | you |
| 1231s | so dyl could you uh walk us through what |
| 1233s | a typical day in new Eden looks like for |
| 1236s | you a typical day in New Ed for me it's |
| 1239s | usually uh receiving a ping on Discord |
| 1243s | uh fleets up you better join |
| 1246s | it and then so I log in and of course |
| 1249s | they're saying you know we're not |
| 1250s | leaving until we get more Lodie like all |
| 1252s | right I guess I'm doing Lodi again and |
| 1254s | then they're like oh we need a Lodi |
| 1256s | anchor Delana you do it okay |
| 1259s | thanks um or sometimes I do it on my own |
| 1262s | but um that's what I do a lot of is um |
| 1267s | just big Fleet fights with other people |
| 1269s | in nck um usually doing some kind of |
| 1272s | lodging whether I'm lodgy anchor or just |
| 1274s | following the Lodie anchor um but most |
| 1276s | of it just either doing directly PVP or |
| 1280s | supporting PVP um activities like buying |
| 1283s | my usually more drones when they kill |
| 1285s | all my |
| 1286s | drones um |
| 1289s | buying more Lodi |
| 1291s | ships uh occasionally doing PVE when I |
| 1294s | have |
| 1295s | to but I just like blowing people up |
| 1299s | so I guess yeah that's mostly what I do |
| 1303s | thank you thanks so |
| 1308s | much so CCP Eclipse hi hi uh what advice |
| 1313s | would you give to aspiring female game |
| 1315s | developers who want to have a a career |
| 1317s | in video game design |
| 1319s | um I think the most important thing um |
| 1321s | is to believe in in yourself and stick |
| 1323s | to your guns um when I first told people |
| 1326s | that I wanted to be a game death uh they |
| 1328s | looked at me a bit like I just told them |
| 1330s | I wanted to be a unicorn um but like a |
| 1334s | career in games is always becoming a |
| 1336s | more viable option the industry is |
| 1338s | expanding and there is a place for you |
| 1341s | win it it's so like we need diversity in |
| 1344s | this industry so please don't let like |
| 1346s | adversity give you up like please |
| 1349s | believe in yourself you can do it thank |
| 1351s | you thank you CCP moss from your |
| 1355s | perspective as a talents Acquisitions |
| 1357s | manager what advice would you give to uh |
| 1360s | young aspiring game developers who want |
| 1363s | to get into a career in video games it's |
| 1366s | really just like daring to dream you |
| 1368s | know when I originally applied for the |
| 1370s | job that I am in for example I did not |
| 1373s | meet every single requirement listed on |
| 1375s | that jobs back um and I know that it's |
| 1378s | often a tendency that women don't put |
| 1380s | themselves out there unless they're 100% |
| 1382s | sure that they're going to succeed and |
| 1384s | they meet every single thing um so even |
| 1388s | if you don't just shoot your shot really |
| 1391s | just go for it if it's something you |
| 1392s | really want to do just be passionate and |
| 1395s | yeah don't be afraid to dream and just |
| 1397s | go with |
| 1398s | it thank you so much all right well we |
| 1403s | talked about Eve online and the |
| 1404s | friendship machine and it's something |
| 1406s | that we are very proud of because I |
| 1408s | think as Greg Al mentioned you know this |
| 1411s | is a game where we're killing people and |
| 1413s | stealing and all of this stuff but |
| 1415s | uh our relationships are built on trust |
| 1419s | and what we found out in this survey and |
| 1423s | in previous surveys |
| 1425s | consistently is that our players |
| 1428s | regardless of gender have made friends |
| 1431s | in New Eden so |
| 1434s | 80% uh it's a little bit higher for |
| 1437s | women and non-b AR than men but 80% of |
| 1441s | you have made a friend in new Eden and I |
| 1444s | think again this is one of the trest |
| 1446s | manifestations of this I remember doing |
| 1449s | a FanFest survey after FanFest last year |
| 1452s | and a lot of you come not because you're |
| 1455s | playing the game or because you want to |
| 1456s | see the keynote but to hang out with |
| 1458s | your friends you know and again it is |
| 1460s | the Friendship machine and I think it's |
| 1462s | something unique to E online so CCP |
| 1466s | Mercury the Friendship machine plays a |
| 1468s | crucial role in shaping player |
| 1469s | interactions and experiences can you |
| 1472s | share a compelling uh example or Insight |
| 1475s | on how your work directly contributes to |
| 1477s | fueling the Friendship machine I would |
| 1479s | love to thank you um so I'm mainly |
| 1482s | focusing on factional warfare and uh not |
| 1485s | just myself but the entire team um |
| 1488s | really thinks about uh Gathering players |
| 1492s | in one area of space uh be it because |
| 1495s | they want them to fight against each |
| 1497s | other and kill each other or maybe build |
| 1499s | alliances uh so for example in the war |
| 1502s | zone we're trying to gather uh the most |
| 1505s | PVP activities in front lines so that |
| 1508s | new Eden is such a vast vast universe |
| 1511s | and it's hard to gather players in um a |
| 1515s | star system or in in a region so what we |
| 1518s | really try to do is uh get players |
| 1521s | together uh have them maybe join an |
| 1524s | Empire faction as opposed to uh a |
| 1527s | corporation could cuz that requires a |
| 1529s | little less commitment like you don't |
| 1530s | have to stick to a schedule uh but you |
| 1533s | can still get a chance of uh playing |
| 1535s | against or with other players um and |
| 1539s | that's where uh Community begins and |
| 1541s | maybe uh you want to commit and join a |
| 1544s | corporation or join an alliance uh so |
| 1546s | that's what we're trying to do thank you |
| 1550s | Casal um you know as we said social |
| 1553s | aspect of EV on line is huge as a season |
| 1555s | vet of new Eden um is there any any |
| 1558s | guidance or tips that you would offer to |
| 1561s | uh non-male Gamers who are considering |
| 1562s | to dive into the world of Eve online for |
| 1564s | the first time just do it I mean it's |
| 1568s | that simple install it it's it's free |
| 1572s | um you have to reach out and you have to |
| 1574s | talk to someone because you know trust |
| 1577s | is one of those things that um you just |
| 1580s | have to do it yeah it may be broken |
| 1582s | every now and then but eeve players were |
| 1585s | really not that big of bad guys you know |
| 1589s | um I know that I go out I love killing |
| 1592s | Ventures I'm known for it I get yelled |
| 1594s | out for it and always at the end you |
| 1598s | know I'll mail them and give them a |
| 1600s | little bit of isk and tell them you know |
| 1602s | this is what you need to do so yeah um |
| 1606s | even though the majority of the game is |
| 1609s | male our our characters are our |
| 1611s | characters and a lot of people don't |
| 1613s | even look at each other as our |
| 1614s | characters it's more just you know it's |
| 1617s | that Ino it's that Lo it's that you know |
| 1619s | whatever ship is out there um yeah just |
| 1623s | reach out and talk to people thank you |
| 1626s | thank you so much and greal kelle had |
| 1629s | just mentioned trust so in your |
| 1631s | experience how do you go about |
| 1633s | establishing and nurturing trust with |
| 1635s | other players in the complex world that |
| 1638s | is new Eden good question um it starts |
| 1641s | with the |
| 1642s | fleet flying together that's really |
| 1645s | where it starts because the only way a |
| 1647s | fleet really does succeed is if |
| 1649s | everybody trusts that not just what the |
| 1652s | FC is saying and and deciding but |
| 1655s | everybody they're flying with um and of |
| 1658s | course that's also the root of where |
| 1660s | most of the friendships are built and |
| 1662s | just get in a fleet fly together over |
| 1664s | and over and over again I used to say |
| 1667s | actually I still say it that I can know |
| 1670s | more about a person in how they are in |
| 1672s | Fleet than hanging you know than almost |
| 1675s | anything else in game um how they fly |
| 1680s | how they interact with everyone else |
| 1683s | whether or not they listen to me when |
| 1684s | they should and whether or not they go |
| 1686s | ahead and do something that is the right |
| 1687s | thing to do instead of listening to me |
| 1689s | um you you know oh that was a good |
| 1692s | tackle even though I said don't tackle |
| 1694s | them you know all right turned out it |
| 1696s | was right uh but yeah it starts with the |
| 1698s | fleet and the fleet is the core of the |
| 1700s | social experience in Eve and it doesn't |
| 1702s | matter what kind of Fleet it is I talk |
| 1704s | about PVP fleets but it could be a |
| 1705s | mining Fleet it could be a gank Fleet |
| 1709s | any kind of Fleet that's where |
| 1711s | everything the root of everything in Eve |
| 1713s | begins thank you so you heard it here |
| 1716s | first from two of the most amazing |
| 1718s | players that we have um just do it and |
| 1722s | fly a feet so that's how we get new |
| 1725s | people in the game done |
| 1729s | done soon as you get somebody into a |
| 1731s | fleet the more likely they're going to |
| 1732s | stay in the game and stay in the game |
| 1734s | and the more often they're in Fleet |
| 1735s | they're going to stay in the game much |
| 1737s | longer yeah yeah I think we agree with |
| 1739s | you well thank you sorry no that's |
| 1741s | that's I we so true no no sorries here |
| 1746s | um okay Dy as um a player who identifies |
| 1750s | as female in the Eve online community |
| 1753s | could you give your perspective or share |
| 1755s | any um distinctive experiences that |
| 1757s | you've gained while playing the |
| 1760s | game um I say um I would say like |
| 1765s | finding a group of other women who play |
| 1768s | the game uh we've had our own little |
| 1770s | groups or servers where like it's just |
| 1773s | such a different perspective like I mean |
| 1775s | most of like the vast majority of people |
| 1778s | I I talk with or interact with related |
| 1780s | to Eve are going to be men um but |
| 1784s | sometimes it is nice just having our own |
| 1786s | little space where we can you know talk |
| 1788s | about |
| 1790s | um just our own things that we can all |
| 1792s | kind of relate to each other on um I |
| 1794s | mean I still love my guy friends but |
| 1796s | it's just different when there's people |
| 1798s | that like intrinsically like we have |
| 1801s | things in common just like straight up |
| 1803s | like I mean we've all dealt with you |
| 1805s | know guys being stupid to us and um |
| 1808s | you've you know some some people have |
| 1811s | been harassed but it's all like we all |
| 1813s | keep together we're all say like oh that |
| 1815s | guy was messing with you he's stupid and |
| 1817s | we all agree on that we can all like |
| 1819s | support each other um because a lot of |
| 1823s | us we've been playing games since we |
| 1825s | were little and we've dealt with this a |
| 1828s | long time and it's just good to all you |
| 1832s | know be together and it's very unique |
| 1835s | especially with Eve um just finding |
| 1837s | other Gamers that are women and we all |
| 1840s | just play together thank |
| 1844s | you um Casal in your experience what |
| 1847s | kind of support networks or resources |
| 1849s | have you found valuable in Eve online um |
| 1853s | and how do they cont contribute to your |
| 1855s | gaming experience I |
| 1858s | think for me it was just luck I just |
| 1861s | happened to fall into the mpsi community |
| 1865s | and I just happened to fall into the |
| 1866s | right hands um you know from the day |
| 1870s | that I wandered in as uh I think I |
| 1873s | showed up in an Interceptor and he like |
| 1875s | okay you're going to play Scout today |
| 1877s | I'm like what I'm only a month and a |
| 1880s | half old in the game she's like I don't |
| 1882s | care you're you're an Interceptor you're |
| 1884s | going to go out and Scout so it's just |
| 1887s | those type of of um she gave me the room |
| 1890s | to grow and even you know in my current |
| 1893s | corporation uh fun ink it's like you can |
| 1897s | go out and take a fleet out you know it |
| 1900s | it doesn't matter just take something |
| 1901s | cheap and |
| 1904s | um yeah so that's the type of typ thing |
| 1907s | that I'm trying to put out into the game |
| 1910s | as well with Eve rookies uh we give a |
| 1912s | lot of room to people who want an FC or |
| 1915s | want to try something different to Go |
| 1917s | and Do It um I only have one female FC |
| 1922s | out of everyone no sorry two um the rest |
| 1926s | are male I would love to have more |
| 1928s | female coming in because uh you know we |
| 1933s | we can do it just like everybody else so |
| 1936s | yeah find some place that says you can |
| 1938s | do it not that you have to do this first |
| 1941s | this first this first you have to take a |
| 1943s | 50-page test at the end um it's just |
| 1946s | really going doing it Wonder thanks |
| 1951s | ccpsa hi um speaking of building a |
| 1955s | diverse and inclusive community in Eve |
| 1957s | Are there specific strategies |
| 1959s | initiatives or changes that you have |
| 1961s | championed or been involved in to Foster |
| 1963s | inclusivity and diversity at in Eve |
| 1966s | online CCP games yeah so personally I'm |
| 1970s | a women and games Ambassador so I just |
| 1972s | really Thrive for this and I think to |
| 1975s | make Eve more diverse and inclusive it |
| 1978s | just needs to start with us developers |
| 1980s | to be more diverse so I've also been |
| 1983s | taken part in University days talking to |
| 1986s | students and yeah just show that we're |
| 1988s | out there and recruit more diverse |
| 1992s | devs right thank you and actually CCP |
| 1996s | Moss um around the same from your |
| 1998s | perspective as Talent acquisition |
| 2000s | manager uh what are some of the things |
| 2001s | that you are proud of championing here |
| 2003s | at CCP to Foster diversity and inclusion |
| 2008s | yeah thank you um so we do quite a lot |
| 2011s | of things when it comes to Talent |
| 2013s | acquisition um it is I'm also women and |
| 2015s | games Ambassador so we're together on |
| 2017s | that one um but we also think a lot |
| 2020s | about you know how can we shift you know |
| 2023s | um traditionally a lot more men have |
| 2026s | been entering areas like programming |
| 2028s | game design all of these things that you |
| 2030s | often go into making video games so so |
| 2032s | we and the HR department have been you |
| 2034s | know focusing on getting more young |
| 2036s | people in um so really we had like every |
| 2040s | once in a while we have like a group of |
| 2042s | teenage girls come in and we'll teach |
| 2044s | them about you know what is programming |
| 2046s | what is game making um see all of these |
| 2048s | wonderful you know people here that are |
| 2050s | doing that that are just like you um and |
| 2054s | hopefully this will also create this |
| 2056s | change uh |
| 2058s | because we don't have as many women in |
| 2061s | this industry as we have men and we |
| 2063s | somehow need to change this and it's |
| 2066s | going to take a long time but but we are |
| 2067s | taking a lot of different steps towards |
| 2070s | that wonderful thank you so |
| 2072s | much now uh I'm not sure if you've heard |
| 2075s | of impostor syndrome but impostor |
| 2077s | syndrome is when you're in a situation |
| 2080s | and you feel as though you don't belong |
| 2083s | and even if you do belong you still feel |
| 2085s | as though you are an impostor and |
| 2087s | oftentimes um you don't take credit for |
| 2089s | your own successes because you think |
| 2091s | they're attributed to other people |
| 2093s | because again you just don't belong and |
| 2095s | you're an impostor so CCP Ina many |
| 2098s | developers in the gaming industry have |
| 2100s | mentioned that they have experienced |
| 2102s | imposter syndrome at some point in their |
| 2104s | careers have you ever felt like you were |
| 2105s | experiencing impostor syndrome in the |
| 2107s | gaming industry uh yes I have it |
| 2110s | actually started very early on in my |
| 2112s | career so it was on my first job this |
| 2114s | was not CCP this was another game |
| 2116s | company and had just started this was my |
| 2118s | first week and one of my colleagues |
| 2120s | accident said that I only got hired |
| 2123s | because I was a girl and that the |
| 2125s | company needed to increase the amount of |
| 2127s | feem employees within the company and it |
| 2129s | didn't feel that great you know uh just |
| 2131s | starting up you know getting your foot |
| 2132s | into the industry uh so I felt like I |
| 2134s | had to do uh you know a lot more and |
| 2136s | prove myself a lot to earn you know my |
| 2139s | place there and it didn't help that I |
| 2141s | was the only girl in a team of 12 uh |
| 2144s | QA um and I had a meeting after my |
| 2148s | probation time was over with my manager |
| 2150s | producer and the higher up and they were |
| 2152s | there saying that hey you did a great |
| 2153s | job you have actually you know you |
| 2155s | managed to do the QA you know |
| 2157s | much better than maybe many others had |
| 2159s | done before you but I couldn't hear that |
| 2161s | all I could hear was blah blah blah |
| 2162s | you're just one in the statistics in our |
| 2165s | you know company of female |
| 2167s | employees um and it didn't uh change |
| 2170s | until I actually started to talk about |
| 2172s | it with some of my uh colleagues uh they |
| 2175s | were saying something giving me some |
| 2176s | kind of credit for something and I just |
| 2178s | brush it off like whatever and um then |
| 2181s | we had a conversation and we realized |
| 2184s | that this is like you know imposter |
| 2186s | syndrome and uh that's my advice to any |
| 2188s | of you who feel like you have that that |
| 2190s | please uh talk about it it's so |
| 2193s | important to talk about it for for me it |
| 2195s | help at least I know it's it's not for |
| 2196s | everyone everyone is different but yes |
| 2199s | that that's what I would bring you know |
| 2201s | to you guys and if you feel like you |
| 2202s | have that and you would like to talk to |
| 2204s | me I'm going to be here today tomorrow |
| 2206s | and through all a FanFest and I would |
| 2208s | love to you know support in any way |
| 2210s | possible so yeah thank you so much CCP |
| 2213s | Zenia may I add something absolutely CCP |
| 2216s | m um yes so imposter syndrome is also a |
| 2220s | huge thing as well when it comes to |
| 2221s | Talent acquisition um so one of the |
| 2224s | things that we actually do as well to |
| 2226s | combat that is to you know think about |
| 2229s | the requirements how we write job ATS to |
| 2232s | try to make sure that this sounds like a |
| 2234s | place where women belong and non-binary |
| 2236s | people belong like people with different |
| 2238s | genders you know so that you realize |
| 2242s | that you are a person that can really |
| 2244s | contribute in this space and this is not |
| 2247s | not about compromising on Talent it's |
| 2249s | not about you know lowering requirements |
| 2251s | in the sense of you know hiring less |
| 2253s | skilled people it's more about making |
| 2255s | sure that we speak and show that this is |
| 2258s | a place where women non-binary people |
| 2262s | that they are supported they have value |
| 2264s | they contribute they are important and |
| 2267s | and this is shown in so many of our |
| 2269s | different efforts as well because this |
| 2271s | is a real thing and we encounter this |
| 2273s | all the time unfortunately thank you CCP |
| 2276s | m |
| 2277s | um so similar to impostor syndrome I |
| 2280s | guess somewhat of a parallel um is only |
| 2283s | girl syndrome only girl syndrome happens |
| 2286s | often when you're one or you know one of |
| 2289s | a couple of women in a group of males |
| 2293s | and I say women I mean non-male so you |
| 2296s | are not a male and you're in a group and |
| 2298s | in this survey we actually asked a |
| 2301s | question uh it's not up here but uh we |
| 2303s | asked uh you know out of your friends |
| 2307s | group in new Eden what percentage of |
| 2311s | that group is male and a lot of the |
| 2314s | women's groups were you know 90 95 |
| 2318s | 99% male so uh we we saw and then we |
| 2323s | also asked this question have you |
| 2325s | experienced only girl syndrome which is |
| 2328s | again being you know one of a few or the |
| 2330s | only woman in a group which |
| 2333s | unfortunately leads to some negative |
| 2335s | consequences so one one it can lead to |
| 2338s | unwanted attention from other members in |
| 2341s | the group or |
| 2342s | microaggressions the other thing which |
| 2344s | is is a is a phenomenon a little strange |
| 2347s | but I understand it is the women become |
| 2350s | more and more competitive against each |
| 2352s | other because they believe that there's |
| 2354s | room for only one and so when we ask |
| 2357s | this question in the survey have you |
| 2359s | experienced only girl syndrome almost |
| 2362s | 34s of uh you know non-male respondents |
| 2366s | said they had experienced that so um GRE |
| 2370s | girl have you ever experienced only girl |
| 2374s | syndrome in EV on line and and okay tell |
| 2379s | us about it and how have you combed it |
| 2381s | um you know I |
| 2384s | I I don't know that it for me it was |
| 2388s | necessarily a negative except that |
| 2390s | sometimes when other you know women came |
| 2393s | in when I was not just the I was no |
| 2397s | longer the queen bee and the solo bee |
| 2400s | sometimes I may have found myself |
| 2403s | being um not as not as friendly as I |
| 2406s | should have been you know viewing them |
| 2408s | as competition in a way that I shouldn't |
| 2409s | have you know they you're stepping on my |
| 2412s | toes man I've been here I've already put |
| 2414s | in the work I've already done all the |
| 2416s | you know laid all the groundw work I've |
| 2418s | already put up with all the and |
| 2420s | um |
| 2421s | oops it's okay you |
| 2423s | know you know how dare you think you can |
| 2426s | just you know and that is one of the |
| 2429s | negative sides of only girl syndrome or |
| 2431s | as I always know it as being the queen |
| 2433s | bee syndrome you know um but on the |
| 2437s | other |
| 2438s | hand Eve because women are so few in |
| 2442s | Eve being the queen bee is really |
| 2445s | awesome okay I in many ways women have |
| 2450s | um because we're such a rare thing in so |
| 2453s | many ways we have advantages and |
| 2455s | opportunities that |
| 2457s | you know just another guy doesn't have |
| 2459s | no offence and I'm using gender terms |
| 2461s | and you know kind of just |
| 2463s | generalizations here |
| 2467s | um women tend to be more trusted in and |
| 2471s | also tend to have the ability to advance |
| 2473s | higher in the hierarchy in Eve and |
| 2477s | alliances and corporations than we would |
| 2479s | in other games where gender roles are I |
| 2482s | mean gender just you know the |
| 2483s | percentages are more even or at least |
| 2486s | not only 5 or |
| 2488s | 7% uh if you look at most of the major |
| 2492s | alliances in Eve there's a woman high up |
| 2495s | there who is making things happen that |
| 2498s | you may not even know exist especially |
| 2501s | in the logistics area and the |
| 2502s | administrative areas and stuff and |
| 2504s | without that woman there the whole thing |
| 2506s | might fall apart and of course you know |
| 2509s | some of the most famous scammers that uh |
| 2511s | in Eve happen to be women and you would |
| 2514s | never know |
| 2515s | it okay you know so it's yeah it's it's |
| 2520s | it's something I still myself um I'm |
| 2523s | recognizing |
| 2525s | that um I sometimes am myself play a |
| 2528s | role |
| 2529s | [Music] |
| 2530s | in in that that's not |
| 2534s | as good as it should be but being aware |
| 2537s | of it as the first step exactly well |
| 2539s | thank you so much greo oh well we're |
| 2542s | almost at time here and I just wanted to |
| 2545s | let you know that we have wine |
| 2548s | downstairs in s solaren and uh all of us |
| 2552s | here on the panel are going to be |
| 2554s | downstairs so you can come and ask us |
| 2557s | more questions have a chat with us as |
| 2559s | CCP zinia said we will all be at FanFest |
| 2562s | all weekend long so feel free to grab us |
| 2564s | and say hello um we'll be going through |
| 2567s | uh the research in more detail so you |
| 2570s | see this uh beautiful infographic that |
| 2573s | our fellow mate CCP gner uh put together |
| 2576s | we'll have printouts of this in the |
| 2578s | salon as well uh so yeah please |
| 2581s | definitely feel free to join us but till |
| 2584s | then we have a few minutes for audience |
| 2587s | Q&A and I would just ask if you have any |
| 2592s | questions does anybody have any |
| 2594s | questions yes let's just uh come over |
| 2597s | there with the microphone we're coming |
| 2599s | right over right over |
| 2605s | there hopefully this thing's |
| 2608s | working um I was thinking about the eve |
| 2611s | trailers most of the eve trailers have |
| 2613s | been male |
| 2614s | dominated do you think having a |
| 2617s | non-male character as a main role for |
| 2620s | them would actually help bring in non- |
| 2622s | males to the |
| 2624s | game that is a great question I'm going |
| 2626s | to pass that along to CCP emeralds who |
| 2628s | is yeah thank you that's a fantastic |
| 2630s | question um this is something that we |
| 2633s | have over the last year been trying to |
| 2635s | introduce more you'll notice that some |
| 2637s | of the uh current trailers have uh |
| 2641s | non-male uh characters being more |
| 2644s | represented um sorry yeah and um this is |
| 2648s | something that we are definitely driving |
| 2651s | driving more of as as well and I can |
| 2652s | definitely see opportunities to bring |
| 2654s | more female charact or more female |
| 2656s | characters or and non-male characters uh |
| 2658s | into play I think just showing diversity |
| 2661s | and and um the way we present Eve to the |
| 2664s | public is important and and hopefully |
| 2666s | that will uh make people it'll you know |
| 2669s | inspire people to join the join the |
| 2672s | game thank you any other questions oh |
| 2677s | there's one right up |
| 2678s | here we're we're making sure he gets his |
| 2681s | steps in today so we'll be right |
| 2685s | over hi um thanks first of all I'd like |
| 2689s | to congratulate you this was a fantastic |
| 2691s | panel thank you very much for putting |
| 2692s | this on um my question is really around |
| 2696s | the portrayal of women in games and |
| 2697s | particularly in Eve online and it seems |
| 2700s | to me um as a man that a lot of what's |
| 2704s | presented in terms of female personas is |
| 2706s | overly sexualized and I wondered what |
| 2709s | the panel's opinion was on |
| 2711s | that I think we agree uh but does anyone |
| 2714s | have any specific uh yeah I think we |
| 2717s | would agree anyone disagree |
| 2725s | yeah |
| 2728s | I think uh we had a question over here I |
| 2732s | was just going to say to that note um we |
| 2735s | were working on a I think it was the um |
| 2738s | Uprising teaser trailer and the |
| 2740s | character animation for the original |
| 2743s | version I saw had the most interesting |
| 2745s | walk that I'd be happy to tell you about |
| 2747s | later and that we promptly changed |
| 2751s | out when I first thought I was very |
| 2754s | shocked demonstrations later in Seeker |
| 2756s | Saladin so fil make sure you come all |
| 2760s | right I think we had a question if you |
| 2761s | raise your hand y right there down here |
| 2764s | and then one over |
| 2766s | here |
| 2769s | and so it seems like there would be an |
| 2773s | obvious easy uh way to include more |
| 2777s | diversity which would be just allowing |
| 2780s | uh male characters and female characters |
| 2782s | to wear different gender clothes is |
| 2784s | there a technical issue about why that |
| 2786s | can't be done or is it just not been |
| 2788s | thought of which I don't think is and |
| 2790s | that was in in regards to character |
| 2793s | characters yes yes yes yes does anyone |
| 2795s | want to take a question about characters |
| 2797s | and character creation yeah sound good |
| 2800s | you're talking about mixing like |
| 2801s | clothing or something yeah yeah I mean I |
| 2804s | mean there's nothing in a way of doing |
| 2806s | it it's just mostly just needing a |
| 2808s | manpower to actually just make models |
| 2811s | fit whatever body because the original |
| 2815s | original body were made they were kind |
| 2817s | of just like stuck in like certain sizes |
| 2820s | and certain certain portions and it's |
| 2824s | basically just like I said it needs |
| 2825s | manpower to actually just produce them |
| 2828s | and who knows maybe if people want it |
| 2830s | then I would think it's a fantastic to |
| 2832s | actually add more options I Love |
| 2837s | Options okay I any more questions |
| 2840s | there's a couple right here yeah one |
| 2842s | right |
| 2845s | here |
| 2848s | hi so I see on this graphic it mentions |
| 2851s | aesthetic customization as something |
| 2854s | that um is more interesting to non-male |
| 2857s | players and I'm I've I've just realized |
| 2860s | that in all the games that I'm really |
| 2862s | into that tends to be the motivator is |
| 2865s | like well if I can work for a faction |
| 2867s | that will give me clothes for my |
| 2869s | character to wear to show that I've done |
| 2871s | the missions working for the faction |
| 2873s | then that will motivate me to do the |
| 2875s | thing |
| 2877s | but there isn't really anything like |
| 2879s | that in Eve is there a possibility to |
| 2882s | maybe do something like that where like |
| 2884s | you know you can get |
| 2885s | pirate apparel by working for pirates |
| 2890s | for example yeah yeah I mean let us |
| 2893s | design our own |
| 2895s | clothes there we go hair styles can we |
| 2897s | have curly hair big curly hair new Eden |
| 2900s | Fashion Week 2024 here we come P ear you |
| 2903s | know let let players create yeah that's |
| 2907s | a great idea GRE girl said let players |
| 2909s | create wonderful did you have something |
| 2912s | Emerald oh uh just just I think that's a |
| 2915s | great idea it's definitely a topic of |
| 2917s | conversation yeah just add thing as a |
| 2921s | person that grindes every skin in |
| 2922s | fortnite I agree just grinding grinding |
| 2926s | new looks is |
| 2928s | amazing do we have time for another |
| 2931s | maybe I can add something on that like |
| 2933s | that's something that we uh often |
| 2935s | discuss with factional Warfare also for |
| 2938s | uh rewarding players like Aesthetics is |
| 2941s | one of the things that comes up more |
| 2943s | frequently uh because it's just hype uh |
| 2947s | first of all and it's a way to reward |
| 2949s | players and also insist on the lore |
| 2952s | aspect of the game and the role playing |
| 2954s | because it it's cool if you can show |
| 2957s | that you're aligned with affection and |
| 2959s | winning for that faction um and also if |
| 2962s | you're losing like you still want to |
| 2964s | take some pride and and show to other |
| 2967s | players what you're doing in a game so |
| 2969s | that's something that we keep in our |
| 2970s | minds for |
| 2975s | sure one more |
| 2977s | yeah we can keep going I don't know when |
| 2980s | they're going to kick us off the stage |
| 2982s | so okay I I had to write this down |
| 2985s | because it otherwise it became too |
| 2988s | difficult um based on the numbers of on |
| 2990s | the screen non-binary players and female |
| 2993s | players seem to be more into this social |
| 2996s | aspect of the game I I get that out of |
| 2998s | the graphic at bottom left uh but also |
| 3002s | from role playing uh and part partially |
| 3005s | that's also the Aesthetics and |
| 3007s | customization one of the challenges for |
| 3009s | a new player though is finding social |
| 3012s | contact yes you have local chat nobody |
| 3015s | reads it I've have no idea why we still |
| 3017s | have it I bet I insult people now with |
| 3019s | that but whatever uh what can CCP and |
| 3025s | what can Community do to |
| 3028s | increase the possibilities for a new |
| 3030s | player in finding that social contact |
| 3033s | but because in my experience that is key |
| 3036s | to a have them play keep them playing |
| 3040s | and keep them around for a long time |
| 3043s | what what what can we as a community and |
| 3045s | C what can CCP do in this this |
| 3050s | aspect yeah hello hi uh I'm a I work on |
| 3053s | a team which is really focused on new |
| 3055s | players so this is a question we've been |
| 3057s | asking ourselves quite a lot um and what |
| 3060s | we have been kind of trying to do is try |
| 3062s | to empower the corporations and trying |
| 3064s | to improve like if there's some UI we |
| 3066s | can do better and it's a continuous |
| 3068s | process we work a lot with players like |
| 3070s | uh Scorpio star has been excellent with |
| 3073s | um so yeah it's a continuous process um |
| 3076s | so yeah I don't have a clear answer but |
| 3078s | yeah we're looking into it yeah I think |
| 3083s | the other thing on CCP eclipse is team |
| 3086s | is that you know like GRE G said help |
| 3089s | them to find other players that they can |
| 3092s | build trust with fly with you know fight |
| 3095s | with kill with so you know how do we |
| 3098s | continue to fuel that friendship machine |
| 3101s | and uh find vets that can bring some |
| 3104s | newbies under their |
| 3107s | wings I have I have something um least |
| 3110s | in terms of the community like outside |
| 3112s | of CCP um as someone who's been really |
| 3115s | involved with just all sorts of |
| 3117s | community things um without anything |
| 3120s | super fancy it's just like just reaching |
| 3122s | out to people saying like I mean I go |
| 3124s | months without hearing another uh female |
| 3127s | voice in Fleet commoms and um I think a |
| 3131s | lot of times like when you see that oh |
| 3134s | some women don't have only girl syndrome |
| 3136s | it's a lot of times because they just |
| 3137s | never speak up you never know there's |
| 3139s | probably a lot more women that play this |
| 3140s | game than you ever realize they just |
| 3143s | they never say anything they're kind of |
| 3145s | is olated because they're probably shy |
| 3147s | or they're scared to speak up and then |
| 3148s | they just kind of fade away because it's |
| 3150s | not fun for them um so just kind of |
| 3153s | reaching out to them a lot of times I be |
| 3155s | like oh you're a girl come join our |
| 3156s | Discord just first off like one of the |
| 3159s | first things I say or like I DM them |
| 3161s | like I hear another girl in Fleet chat |
| 3162s | I'm like oh my God this's a girl d i I'm |
| 3165s | gonna DM you in a second like we're |
| 3167s | gonna talk um so just little things like |
| 3170s | that just like kind of approaching |
| 3172s | people even if they might be shy you |
| 3173s | know it's kind of scary stepping out |
| 3175s | into the group especially if you might |
| 3177s | stick up because guys will be like oh my |
| 3178s | God it's a girl um yeah I've gotten I've |
| 3183s | gotten that |
| 3184s | yeah oh it's definitely happened to me |
| 3187s | yeah |
| 3189s | um yeah so just like I mean like I said |
| 3193s | Community with with just women helping |
| 3195s | each other out even if it's just s such |
| 3197s | a simple thing as just sending them a |
| 3199s | message or like even just like chatting |
| 3202s | them up in game like hey do you need |
| 3204s | help do you want to like join our group |
| 3205s | group like my Corporation is pretty cool |
| 3207s | my alliance has some groups like I I |
| 3209s | assure you there's some girls there if |
| 3210s | you want to hang out with us um just |
| 3213s | doing that kind of thing just reaching |
| 3214s | out just trying to get some groups I |
| 3217s | mean if we had better tools that would |
| 3218s | really be helpful um but just even the |
| 3222s | little tiniest thing I think can help |
| 3224s | with |
| 3225s | that thank you well unfortunately that |
| 3229s | is time for us here in this room but as |
| 3232s | I mentioned we will be moving downstairs |
| 3235s | uh to get to the downstairs room you |
| 3237s | have to go out the main doors and just |
| 3239s | go around the corner and that's where |
| 3241s | you'll see the entrance for Seeker |
| 3242s | seller in and we would love to continue |
| 3245s | the conversation with you there before |
| 3247s | we leave I did forget to read the |
| 3249s | disclaimer about the research so let me |
| 3251s | just do that so ccpsa doesn't get mad |
| 3255s | all analysis shown is based on the |
| 3257s | survey respondents from the survey we |
| 3259s | sent out in August |
| 3261s | 2023 and um they are respondents that |
| 3263s | consider themselves as active Eve |
| 3265s | players about |
| 3267s | 9,000 um and then we shared the numbers |
| 3270s | of the gender breakout but however as we |
| 3272s | are not collecting gender as part of our |
| 3275s | account creation user sign up um this |
| 3278s | analysis is based solely on the survey |
| 3283s | just so you know so that was the |
| 3284s | disclaimer but thank you all for opening |
| 3287s | your hearts and minds and listening to |
| 3291s | us share our stories um we really |
| 3293s | appreciate it as you said this is not |
| 3296s | going to be the last you hear from us |
| 3298s | the women and non-m males of Eve so um |
| 3302s | thank you and fly safe in new Eden |
| 3305s | thanks for joining us |
| 3306s | [Applause] |
| 3312s | [Music] |
| 3320s | today |