Yes, important questions. First of all let me state again, to keep that in our heads: nobody is allowing or forbidding anybody anything. And that's also not what I meant.
The point I'm trying to make is that there are talented people who put a lot of effort into keeping that game going. Some people (about 300 according to the article) work full time on it. Others don't get paid but still spend a significant amount of energy and time to keep their corps going. I'm hugely in favour of spending five minutes here and there to just slack off. But building a 1000 people big corp and owning a huge part of the EVE space is something different, right?
Also, the task of keeping that virtual corp going is the same as keeping a club going that secretly washes other people's cars at night. As a corp leader you mostly schedule regular work, prioritize tasks, convince people to do them, discuss with people when they are unhappy about they're tasks or if they're unhappy about other corp members. That job is not so different, no matter what the actual tasks are. And it certainly is a job. It's more fun to some than to others, but even of the most enjoying people it takes energy and time.
And let's face it there aren't even many people on this planet who are able to run a community of 1000+ people.
The point I'm trying to make is that there are talented people who put a lot of effort into keeping that game going. Some people (about 300 according to the article) work full time on it. Others don't get paid but still spend a significant amount of energy and time to keep their corps going. I'm hugely in favour of spending five minutes here and there to just slack off. But building a 1000 people big corp and owning a huge part of the EVE space is something different, right?
Also, the task of keeping that virtual corp going is the same as keeping a club going that secretly washes other people's cars at night. As a corp leader you mostly schedule regular work, prioritize tasks, convince people to do them, discuss with people when they are unhappy about they're tasks or if they're unhappy about other corp members. That job is not so different, no matter what the actual tasks are. And it certainly is a job. It's more fun to some than to others, but even of the most enjoying people it takes energy and time.
And let's face it there aren't even many people on this planet who are able to run a community of 1000+ people.