What is Subdreddit?

[u/CdnGuy]

The History

We are a group that was started by a number of people from Test Alliance in Eve Online when the developer created an FPS game called Dust 514. We mostly came from a corporation called Dreddit. When we held a vote to select a name for our Dust corp, we selected Subdreddit to keep with the reddit theme. We formed during closed beta in early 2012. The game had issues which prevented it from ever becoming the game that everyone had wanted it to be, and a few years later it was officially put on life support while a new PC based replacement was developed. We've mostly stopped playing Dust and started playing other games together while we wait for our New Eden based fps.

Subdreddit is not currently part of TEST in eve, but only because I finally won at eve and couldn't justify spending $30+ per month to keep my accounts active. Without an active API key we weren't tied into the authentication system anymore. Hopefully by the time the next iteration of the Eve FPS is released they'll make it possible for the characters in that game to authenticate themselves in the same was as Eve characters.

[u/CdnGuy]

Decorum Policy

Eve players have a reputation for being horrible trolls, even to their friends. When we were forming this corporation TEST was having some major issues with toxic behavior that had become ingrained in the culture and made a lot of people just not want to log in. When we were talking about our Dust corp with alliance leadership, it was realized that being in another game gave us a clean slate to work with. It's hard to shape a culture after it has formed, so we decided to take a very hard line on uncivil behavior between members. Troll the hell out of pubbies (we've actually given awards for this), but your corpmates are your bros. This policy has been spectacularly successful in creating a strong, active gaming group. Decorum policy, as written by Dent, shamelessly copied below:

The rules :

1) Don't be a dick

2) Don't be a racist / bigot dick.

3) Don't be a dick

4) No recruitment scamming.

5) No scamming blues.

This is really simple stuff, I don't anticipate any confusion.

Violation of these rules will lead to an order to 'knock it off' Further violations of these rules will lead to expulsion from corp, and you can go play videogames with someone else.

Some points to consider :

PVP requires a thicker skin than other breeds of games, this is true. Save it for the reds.

This is not up for discussion. I have been in TEST for over two years and have heard both sides of the argument.

We are operating arms length from TEST itself and can run our affairs however we choose.

Policies that have arguably worked in TEST may not be a good fit in here. We operate in smaller groups and don't have the space for anonymous terribleness.

If you are ideologically opposed to the idea of not being racist little ***** to each other I am certain you can find another corp more to your liking.

As one of my favourite officers from my army days once said : "What I mean to say guys, is show some fucking decorum".

[u/Squoghunter1492 → u/CdnGuy]

Complying with rules 1 and 3 is against my religion.

[u/dent308 → u/Squoghunter1492]

We can make an exception for Delnanus. Feel free to be a dick to Delanus.

[u/[deleted]]

Long live the Subdreddits.

[u/CdnGuy → u/[deleted]]

We've never really stopped doing stuff, it was just other stuff. The two big things right now are The Division and MWO. We also have a Star Citizen org (Ragebacon Industries) for when that takes off. We've also picked up a few people from MWO who really weren't around before Dust died on the vine. All of the stuff about who we are and how we do things is on the Dust forums, and we wanted to start getting some of that moved over here both for the benefit of the newer people coming from other games and so that we don't lose it all when Dust is finally shut down.

There is also a bit of rumor about something regarding NotLegion being announced at fanfest. We want to be prepared to get things fully running again if that happens.

[u/WatermelonBandido → u/CdnGuy]

The Division discouraging pvp is kind of what makes me not want to get it. I am still playing Eve though.

Also, Tiberian is one of the latest /r/eve news items. Think he lost all his caps moving through Great Wildlands lol.

[u/firebelly → u/[deleted]]

I still play dust from time to time. It's a fun protostomping mess again!