When players HIJACKED Eve Online, how did the developers respond? With Hilmar Pétursson.

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Published on August 4, 2022 10:49:41 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GO8HrD92kA

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EVE Online (2003)

Duration: 9:22

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When rogue players hijacked the rules of long-running space MMO Eve Online, the developers scrambled to figure out how to respond.

At first they thought the game was broken, and that they had to put a halt to this bad behavior.

But then… something happened that turned everything around. Listen to CEO Hilmar Pétursson explain how the developers turned a crisis into an opportunity.

CHAPTERS
0:29 The Players Hacked the Game
2:30 We Realized the Game wasn't Broken
3:48 We Built on what the Players Had Done
4:48 The Foundation is Composability
7:57 How were Players able to Bend the Rules of the Game?

HILMAR PÉTURSSON & EVE ONLINE
https://eveonline.com
https://linkedin.com/in/hilmarveigar

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