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CCP Have had some troubles of late with Eve Online. Political troubles. Accusations, counter-accusations, allegations, the works. Very messy. Their solution? Introduce democracy to the game world. The game's community will now vote for its own anti-corruption police, the winners of which will be elected to an oversight committee which will be flown regularly to Iceland so that they can audit CCP's setup. CCP's chief executive Hilmar Petursson:
Perception is reality, and if a substantial part of our community feels like we are biased, whether it is true or not, it is true to them. Eve Online is not a computer game. It is an emerging nation, and we have to address it like a nation being accused of corruption.A government can't just keep saying, 'We are not corrupt.' No one will believe them. Instead you have to create transparency and robust institutions and oversight in order to maintain the confidence of the population.
The man doth protest too much, methinks.
In a Virtual Universe, the Politics Turn Real [New York Times]
