Exclusive interview with Anti-Cheat GM Ephi

[Tiggles]

Interview is up! http://www.twitch.tv/tigglesp99/c/2590123


Tuesday 10EST GM Ephi will be joining me for an exclusive interview about the inner workings of the servers and his thoughts on the DDOS Situation,RMT,MQ2,Petitions and the questions posed by YOU the server.


Please follow my channel at http://www.twitch.tv/tigglesp99 to view my prior interviews with Rogean Sirken and other in/famous members of the community.

Questions that are sent to me via PM before tuesday afternoon will have precedence over chatroom questions so if you want to know something ASK!

[Ephi]

I'm actually at the GM level, but no offense taken ;)

Also can't respond to the ddos stuff, I have no idea on those things.

All questions mq2, seq, RMT, and my laziness the past few months welcomed.

[Tiggles]

I'm actually at the GM level, but no offense taken ;)

Also can't respond to the ddos stuff, I have no idea on those things.

All questions mq2, seq, RMT, and my laziness the past few months welcomed.

Fixed!

Keep the questions coming via PM guys already got a couple

and make sure to stay tuned!

[Ephi]

Also, I think it goes without saying that some things I won't be able to respond to. Obviously detailing how we catch people, things of that nature are better kept secret, and only Rogean has the power to release that stuff. But I'll do my best to field questions.

[Treefall]

Tiggles,

Get off your lazy ass and start streaming damn it.

I might have to resort to watching more porn than usual, and I already do that 15 hours a day.

[Tiggles]

Tiggles,

Get off your lazy ass and start streaming damn it.

I might have to resort to watching more porn than usual, and I already do that 15 hours a day.

Unless you want me to sit in EC afk while I watch EVO finals!

I'll be on later tonight

[Ephi]

Bump. Lots of RMT discussion going on today. Bring your questions tomorrow night (will do my best to answer).

[Turp_SmokinPurp]

Bump.
Is this your main expertise Ephi (RMT,MQ2,Petitions )
Or is there anything else you might be able to answer, or add in your thoughts on ? Like Velious and custom stuff past it , GM Events , new patch Fixes AND the Errors? Etc
Edit : Good bump time Ephi 420 blaze it

[Meiva]

Thank you!

10am EST or 10pm EST? Planning on attending!

Edit - I see Ephi clarified with "night". :)

[Ephi]

GM events perhaps, but you'll want to get a member of the dev team to talk about velious and patch fixes.

[Targobaath]

Will this interview be saved if we cannot make it to the stream?

[Tiggles]

Will this interview be saved if we cannot make it to the stream?

Correct check out my stream for past interviews and events

[Bodeanicus]

Exclusive interview! Wow, you beat out the... NO other runners in the race! Congrats!

[Turp_SmokinPurp]

Tonight 10 EST bump!
GET YOUR QUESTIONS PM'd.

[Lagaidh]

Exclusive interview! Wow, you beat out the... NO other runners in the race! Congrats!

I chortlesnerked.

I did.

/e hangs his head in shame.

[Elmarnieh]

From an economics perspective I would be interested to know the values of certain items in USD.

I'd like to see if the (fairly well studied) EQ live environment at this stage of progression was producing equivalent pricing in real dollars. As far as I know there hasn't been a comparison of such from a virtual economy to that same economy decades later - it is impossible in reality to get such a perfect example of a control group which makes virtual economies so fascinating.

[FenninEQaddict]

From an economics perspective I would be interested to know the values of certain items in USD.

I'd like to see if the (fairly well studied) EQ live environment at this stage of progression was producing equivalent pricing in real dollars. As far as I know there hasn't been a comparison of such from a virtual economy to that same economy decades later - it is impossible in reality to get such a perfect example of a control group which makes virtual economies so fascinating.


Since they are attempting to prevent RMT I doubt very seriously they will answer your questions there. Seems a little strange to even ask it since it would only encourage some people to attempt it. RiskvsReward and all.

[Ephi]

Plus, I don't know. There, made it a lot easier on ya.

[Elmarnieh]

Ahh well economics will remain the dismal science for a while longer then. Saves me from having to look up old posts of ebay prices of fungi's though.

[Furinex]

Hi ephi

Slightly creepy if you say it out loud the right way.

[Lopretni]

Will this interview be saved if we cannot make it to the stream?

http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/EverQuest/videos/week

Just look for Tiggles' stuff. His other interviews are up too.

[Tiggles]

Less then an hour guys

[rickjames]

How much of a cut does Ephi get from your energy drink bullshit?

[Rhambuk]

I'm not much for live streaming, of course up until now all i've seen of it are people playing /yawn

This along with the sirken interview are fantastic and are a really great thing to be doing tiggles. Will you be accepting open questions to ask him if the server thinks of something you haven['t?

ephi's in game announcement really swayed me to watch btw =p

[Systolic]

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[Turp_SmokinPurp]

Sponsored by TMO

[Systolic]

Platlord did NOT lose 2 Billion Plat in the ban.

He lost 23 million.

[Sarius]

Looked like well over 23 million in items

[Mesenkomaha]

Platlord did NOT lose 2 Billion Plat in the ban.

He lost 23 million.

Any chance you will be making another epic thread any time soon?

[Rhambuk]

the kid rages on!

Boo on you tiggles for ignoring my question! Boo on You!!!

[t0lkien]

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Sponsored by TMO

Proof. We need proof. Otherwise you're just another forum troll (no offense). Your 15 minutes are up.

[Tiggles]

Thanks everyone for stopping by and thanks for Ephi for joining us tonight.

And im sorry if I ignored anyones questions sometimes we get flood with very similar questions so I have to trim.

[Ephi]

Fun facts (some mentioned in the interview):

Total plat (as of about 5pm pacific today): 183,901,941.46 (** total unbanned characters, not an accurate measurement of current 'active' playerbase **)
Average character platinum (1-60): 1,049.03 (std dev 19,130.92)
Average character platinum (@ level 60): 21,120.25
Average traded platinum per day: about 5,000,000
Richest person: Me, duh. (16,451,483.7200)

[Aaron]

Good interview. First one I've watched.

[Ephi]

I'm an idiot and just realized I said 183 billion, but its million. So, no I don't think we took several billion from platlord. I just have a bad memory.

[Tecmos Deception]

WTB platinum stats on the 1% so I can see if I'm in it.

Seems like it'd be excessively tricky to get a real measurement of plat amounts connected to players though, since so many folk (like me) have a level 5 bard holding the majority of their pp, rather than a 60.

[Ephi]

WTB platinum stats on the 1% so I can see if I'm in it.

The 1% of unbanned accounts is something like 1800 accounts. ;)

EDIT: I see a character named 'Tecmosbardone' in the first page (top 30)

[Ephi]

Seems like it'd be excessively tricky to get a real measurement of plat amounts connected to players though, since so many folk (like me) have a level 5 bard holding the majority of their pp, rather than a 60.

Yeah, no real way to tie them together, unless they're on the same account, which is also not that common (people boxing to trade platinum/items to their mules.. I know you all do it :P)

[Gaffin Deeppockets]

Just more proof A-Team are sketchy

[Thulack]

The 1% of unbanned accounts is something like 1800 accounts. ;)

EDIT: I see a character named 'Tecmosbardone' in the first page (top 30)

haha makes sense why his ass always crawling around EC

[contemptor]

The 1% of unbanned accounts is something like 1800 accounts. ;)

EDIT: I see a character named 'Tecmosbardone' in the first page (top 30)
lols, grats tecmos

[t0lkien]

I still think there is some ambivalence on the RMT issue from the devs. Both Sirken and Ephi now have offered soft (or at least less than hardline) responses to its existence. I think they underestimate the negative effect it has on "honest" players (all those I've spoken to about it while grouping have been angry and disappointed, and disillusioned by it, and it has reduced their desire to log in and play). It is the inevitable long term death of the server if not properly addressed. I really don't think the devs understand this. P99 will end up full of RMT buyers and traders in the end (a la D3). Normal players are not going to invest long term in characters when the playing field isn't level - I suggest this may account for a lot of the high turnover.

But meh, it's their server, as has been said. If they're not (particularly) worried about it, no point us being either. For my money, it's the single biggest threat to the value of the game (the other being guild corruption, which ties logically in to RMTing anyway). But that's me, and I appreciate not everyone feels the same way.

[The Situation]

Why does everyone grossly overexaggerate every problem as being the downfall of the server?

Inflation.
Raid scene.
Lack of content.
RMT
TMO

They're all sky-is-falling scenarios for someone. In truth, none of them are.

[Tecmos Deception]

Yeah, no real way to tie them together, unless they're on the same account, which is also not that common (people boxing to trade platinum/items to their mules.. I know you all do it :P)

Just more proof A-Team are sketchy

My bard mule is on the same account as Tecmos! :)


And >= #30 for my bard? Christ. Never woulda guessed that'd be that high up.


Also, new sig!

[Ephi]

I still think there is some ambivalence on the RMT issue from the devs. Both Sirken and Ephi now have offered soft (or at least less than hardline) responses to its existence. I think they underestimate the negative effect it has on "honest" players (all those I've spoken to about it while grouping have been angry and disappointed, and disillusioned by it, and it has reduced their desire to log in and play). It is the inevitable long term death of the server if not properly addressed. I really don't think the devs understand this. P99 will end up full of RMT buyers and traders in the end (a la D3). Normal players are not going to invest long term in characters when the playing field isn't level - I suggest this may account for a lot of the high turnover.

But meh, it's their server, as has been said. If they're not (particularly) worried about it, no point us being either. For my money, it's the single biggest threat to the value of the game (the other being guild corruption, which ties logically in to RMTing anyway). But that's me, and I appreciate not everyone feels the same way.

I wouldn't take such a hard line. It's not that we're not worried, or soft. It's that there are only so many hours in a day, a very long priority list (RMT is at the top), and we're realists. We're going to do what we can as volunteers. We're going to bring it more people to help, but it's not a black and white "RMT will be off the server by 2014" thing. Have to look at the big picture and realize that GM staff and developer is just a game too... a different kind of game, but still a game.

[Ephi]

And >= #30 for my bard? Christ. Never woulda guessed that'd be that high up.

I think a lot of people are under the impression that there are some ridiculously rich people on the server. Relatively speaking anyway, most of the top 30 are within a few hundred thousand of each other.

The only characters with godly amounts of money are dupers that were banned years ago ;)

[Tecmos Deception]

I guess most rich folk lock up their assets in super high-end items and accounts moreso than pp anyway! But it's still fun to have pp sitting around, lol :)

[zanderklocke]

I was surprised that my platinum in the bank ~ 45K is higher than the average amount of platinum on a level 60 character as I am a really lousy saver.

I fluctuate to 0 in the bank pretty quickly and quite often. I never really keep reserves. Once I save up for an item I want, bye bye bank account.

[Rhambuk]

My question was, and don't feel a need to response since the interview is over.

What do you personally think of the variance, besides it being a massive headache saver as a gm,? With FTE rules now in place is variance really necessary? I thought the point of variance was to give guilds a better chance at getting raid targets over the guilds that knew when it was going to spawn and could sit 15 members at zone 2 days in advance? ( which is no longer the case even without variance ) Wouldn't a pure FTE system with classic raidmob respawn timers be more effective than a variance for more casual guilds? no 24/7 tracking no batphones at 3am, theyd know when the mob was due and if it was viable could form and COMPETE for fte, not poopsock.

[t0lkien]

I wouldn't take such a hard line. It's not that we're not worried, or soft. It's that there are only so many hours in a day, a very long priority list (RMT is at the top), and we're realists. We're going to do what we can as volunteers. We're going to bring it more people to help, but it's not a black and white "RMT will be off the server by 2014" thing. Have to look at the big picture and realize that GM staff and developer is just a game too... a different kind of game, but still a game.

Yes, I totally understand the manpower issue. However on the hard/soft line thing, I think there is only one way to go with this. RMT involves an entire worldview of dishonesty, deception, exploitation, trust-breaking, and ultimately real world illegality (that's not hyperbole - making money off anything has Federal implications in the US irrespective of anyone's personal view of that; this is one of the things that happens when you link game economies with the real world via RMT). All these things are bad and have more than a trivial trickledown effect on the rest of the server and wider community. People have to deal with this stuff in the real world, they don't want to log in and be affected by it there as well. It's a game.

I would argue strongly that the only reason there is any desire for ingame items via RMT in the first place is because the game world has some continuity and separation from the real world, and so those items represent real effort and reward (this is their "value"). Using RMT as a player devalues the very value system they are buying into - the irony is bizarre. The sellers, of course, could care less. They are just cashing in on a very odd skewing of perception.

Either way, no-one's saying it can be permanently eradicated, but that desire should be there IMO, and a level of vigilance maintained to keep it at a minimum. There should be a zero-tolerance policy and that should be understood, and be seen to be enforced. The value of the game (and passion for things in the game) will only be increased if this done. But this can't happen if you guys don't feel that way, or are ambivalent about it in principle.

However, as I said before I understand and appreciate this is a free server. I'm only speaking as one player.

EDITS: To clarify my meaning - it's quite a big discussion and summarizing it is not easy.

[Ephi]

Either way, no-one's saying it can be permanently eradicated, but that desire should be there IMO, and a level of vigilance maintained to keep it at a minimum. There should be a zero-tolerance policy and that should be understood, and be seen to be enforced. The value of the game (and passion for things in the game) will only be increased if this done. But this can't happen if you guys don't feel that way, or are ambivalent about it in principle.

I get what you're saying. I'll just say this: Don't confuse ambivalence with complacency. If there were no desire to eradicate it, I wouldn't be here in the first place. Same could be said about a lot of the issues the server faces and the CSR staff.

[Systolic]

Platlord did NOT lose 2 Billion Plat in the ban.

He lost 23 million.

I'm an idiot and just realized I said 183 billion, but its million. So, no I don't think we took several billion from platlord. I just have a bad memory.

SEE

I told you!

Now will you people listen to me?

[hatelore]

I am definitely listening .

[Systolic]

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=115320

[Systolic]

Rogean should be banned for cheating

[Alarti0001]

SEE

I told you!

Now will you people listen to me?

Sirken claimed 2 billion in plat AND items. Fungi staves have a high value I hear. Derp

[Systolic]

Sirken claimed 2 billion in plat AND items. Fungi staves have a high value I hear. Derp

What? 8 million?

And he had 2 of them?

And he had 23 million plat?

Lets see

16 + 23 = 39

So thats 39 million... or about 2% of 2 billion

Herpty fucking derp derp

[khanable]

So thats 39 million... or about 2% of 2 billion


:confused::confused:

[Alarti0001]

What? 8 million?

And he had 2 of them?

And he had 23 million plat?

Lets see

16 + 23 = 39

So thats 39 million... or about 2% of 2 billion

Herpty fucking derp derp

You are being very selective on which source you choose to quote :P

[Systolic]

You are being very selective on which source you choose to quote :P

I have the spreadsheet myself.

Platlord had 23 million platinum and 2 fungi staves.

[Alarti0001]

I have the spreadsheet myself.

Platlord had 23 million platinum and 2 fungi staves.

Hook line and sinker. Prove It

[Razdeline]

Hook line and sinker. Prove It

[Lopretni]

Hook line and sinker. Prove It

(my reaction is the .gif in your sig which I love by the way)

[Furinex]

Cucumbers... Your avatar and sig rock.

[rickjames]

Regardless of how involved certain GMs may or may not be, its hard to maintain an aura of impartiality when you're practically flying around giving TMO members handjobs on livestream and advertising the donkey show on server broadcast.

[Aaron]

You guys are all ridiculous. Calm down. Everything is not a conspiracy.

[Bazia]

So between Systolic, Villainous, and rick james we have what at least 3 Toop/Kegz alts in this thread?

Sorry you're server is in the shitter dog, doesn't mean you gotta spam our forums and DDOS our server.

[Lopretni]

You guys are all ridiculous. Calm down. Everything is not a conspiracy.

That's EXACTLY what someone involved in a conspiracy would say!

[Turp_SmokinPurp]

Hook line and sinker. Prove It

[Raavak]

Why does everyone grossly overexaggerate every problem as being the downfall of the server?

Inflation.
Raid scene.
Lack of content.
RMT
TMO

They're all sky-is-falling scenarios for someone. In truth, none of them are.

Yeah, all these problems, yet population grows. :rolleyes:

[Ravager]

My question was, and don't feel a need to response since the interview is over.

What do you personally think of the variance, besides it being a massive headache saver as a gm,? With FTE rules now in place is variance really necessary? I thought the point of variance was to give guilds a better chance at getting raid targets over the guilds that knew when it was going to spawn and could sit 15 members at zone 2 days in advance? ( which is no longer the case even without variance ) Wouldn't a pure FTE system with classic raidmob respawn timers be more effective than a variance for more casual guilds? no 24/7 tracking no batphones at 3am, theyd know when the mob was due and if it was viable could form and COMPETE for fte, not poopsock.

Certainly would have an effect on guild sizes too.

[Ephi]

My question was, and don't feel a need to response since the interview is over.

What do you personally think of the variance, besides it being a massive headache saver as a gm,? With FTE rules now in place is variance really necessary? I thought the point of variance was to give guilds a better chance at getting raid targets over the guilds that knew when it was going to spawn and could sit 15 members at zone 2 days in advance? ( which is no longer the case even without variance ) Wouldn't a pure FTE system with classic raidmob respawn timers be more effective than a variance for more casual guilds? no 24/7 tracking no batphones at 3am, theyd know when the mob was due and if it was viable could form and COMPETE for fte, not poopsock.

I think variance is a necessary evil for a decade and a half old game where the secrets to slaying a dragon have already been well established.

I don't think removing variance solves anything, it just creates new problems.

But, if I'm completely honest, I just don't care very much, it's no longer my area of focus.

[getsome]

glad you cleared up the billion is really a million. i went to sleep last night, with the thought that their has to be a major dupe on the server if 183 billion in plat existed and 2 billion was banned from platlord.

2 billion plat has a potential market value of about $ 4 million usd. only way to acquire that would be through a dupe.

[Ephi]

glad you cleared up the billion is really a million. i went to sleep last night, with the thought that their has to be a major dupe on the server if 183 billion in plat existed and 2 billion was banned from platlord.

2 billion plat has a potential market value of about $ 4 million usd. only way to acquire that would be through a dupe.

I had similar thoughts while talking about it, which caused me to go back and look at what I had written down. Major office space moment.

[Ephi]

Variance isn't needed if there are regular simulated patch day repops, which apparently everyone on staff is already in favor for so make it happen with NO or atleast highly reduced variance as times would reset often enough with the simulation to not have off hour mobs all the time.

A fair point, but I think we cross that bridge when we get there. We don't have simulated patch day repops yet, so talking about removing variance isn't on the table yet. I definitely would not recommend doing both at the same time (creates too much variability, doesn't allow the server and staff to evaluate one change on its own merit).

[Targobaath]

Where is the video of the interview? Its not on the channel.

[Karafa]

ephi bezt

[Splorf22]

I think variance is a necessary evil for a decade and a half old game where the secrets to slaying a dragon have already been well established.

I don't think removing variance solves anything, it just creates new problems.

But, if I'm completely honest, I just don't care very much, it's no longer my area of focus.

Variance is not a necessary evil. I can agree that something should be done about 500 players sitting on a spawn point with HT and Ice Comet loaded ready to vaporize a raid mob with 3 seconds. But that doesn't mean variance is the only solution. There are plenty of other solutions that solve this problem without the many drawbacks of variance which have been posted thousands of times.

[Tiggles]

http://www.twitch.tv/tigglesp99/c/2590123

Interview is here

thanks for watching

[Kelven]

Variance has its merits, I just wish it wasn't so long.

Simulated patch days + reducing the variance to say 8-14 hrs, would be plenty, no?

[Sirken]

I had similar thoughts while talking about it, which caused me to go back and look at what I had written down. Major office space moment.

that could be my bad. i do believe i threw character named "pao" in with the platlord numbers. Ephi and i had lots of fun with this very banned character, still has over a billion and half (Total Plat: 1,539,358,507.052).

a gillion apologies

[Systolic]

LOL

And you want to believe them over me

[Lyra]

LOL

And you want to believe them over me

Stop what you are doing. If you can't stop, seek professional help. I don't claim to know you, but I do know this behavior and it's not healthy.

[kenzar]

LOL

And you want to believe them over me

Would you mind too terribly escalating your temper tantrum over losing your toys to a new level today? Kind of bored and am looking for a laugh, thanks.

[Frieza_Prexus]

LOL

And you want to believe them over me

I'm too lazy to confirm this the hard way, are you Toop for realsies? Please say yes.

[Alarti0001]

LOL

And you want to believe them over me

Liar gets caught lying and cheating.....wonders why people don't believe him.
LOLWUT?

[Dirtnap]

LOL

And you want to believe them over me

People are allowed to make mistakes. You've made some and some of us are still expecting you to deliver.

[Ephi]

that could be my bad. i do believe i threw character named "pao" in with the platlord numbers. Ephi and i had lots of fun with this very banned character, still has over a billion and half (Total Plat: 1,539,358,507.052).

a gillion apologies

Yup, followed closely by Stafrocrol with 1,025,922,816.0 platinum. Pao is technically the richest character on the server.... but BANNED!

[Sirken]

do u remember when u found him? we learned about coin limits on cursors :p

[Ephi]

do u remember when u found him? we learned about coin limits on cursors :p

Ya. Actually my profile is still screwed up from when I accidentally dropped some of the coin into my copper section. :( No way of fixing it.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83872/p99/Screen%20Shot%202013-07-17%20at%2010.41.35%20AM.png

[Stabbyjoe]

Ephi - Whats in your bags?

[sulpher01]

Ephi - Whats in your bags?

Had the same thought! The phatest lewt on the server??

[Ephi]

Ephi - Whats in your bags?

It's probably disappointing:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83872/p99/Screen%20Shot%202013-07-17%20at%2010.56.32%20AM.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83872/p99/Screen%20Shot%202013-07-17%20at%2010.56.40%20AM.png

Bank account is pretty stocked though (sorry, you don't get to see the contents of these bags!)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83872/p99/Screen%20Shot%202013-07-17%20at%2010.58.54%20AM.png

[zanderklocke]

What...GMs get non classic bank.

[Ephi]

What...GMs get non classic bank.

Don't be jelly.

[Tiggles]

Don't be jelly.

He jelly

[xCry0x]

It's probably disappointing:



....

links velious loot

...

:confused:

[zanderklocke]

I'm watching this interview now. Nordenwatch richest character on server...hahaha.

[Frieza_Prexus]

It's probably disappointing:

http://i.imgur.com/zGVw36g.jpg

[Nirgon]

Platlord had 23 million platinum


This is correct

[Lopretni]

Bank account is pretty stocked though (sorry, you don't get to see the contents of these bags!)

Who's dick do I need to suck to get that bank?

[Raavak]

Bank account is pretty stocked though (sorry, you don't get to see the contents of these bags!)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83872/p99/Screen%20Shot%202013-07-17%20at%2010.58.54%20AM.pngPorn obviously.

[Rhambuk]

I think variance is a necessary evil for a decade and a half old game where the secrets to slaying a dragon have already been well established.

I don't think removing variance solves anything, it just creates new problems.

But, if I'm completely honest, I just don't care very much, it's no longer my area of focus.

I know its not your area just wanted your opinion. At the time of creation variance was definitely a necessary evil, when first guild to 15 in zone had claim to a raid mob. However those days are past us, and we have a new system in place. No more first 15 have claim its FTE. While the variance makes things a bit more interesting it makes it nigh impossible for capable, albeit, more casual guilds to compete.

Say trak is killed at 8pm friday, the server is going to know that 8pm next friday he will spawn. ALL of the guilds that can do him and should have that classic attempt will know and gather, and just like it is now it would be FTE the only difference, A LOT more people would be there. As it stands, only 1 maybe 2 guilds can track and batphone within this 96? hour window simply lessening their competition.

I just think it would be worth a try to have classic raid mob spawn times with our new FTE system, it would kill the poopsock completley and take some weight off of the economy when guilds don't have to buy epic drops they actually stand a CHANCE at getting the mob at a reasonable hour.

Sure time invested deserves reward but its an unclassic investment of time, created for rules that no longer exist.

Just throwing it out there.

[Thulack]

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Better is the Dreadspire loot(Cogblaster) So not classic!! :P