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And rules requiring a quorum in order to take any kind of binding action.

If this were a real-world corporation, this would be a massive failure on the part of whoever set up the organization's bylaws. Since this is Eve, I don't know whether to place the blame on the corp's leadership or on CCP Games (I don't know if it's feasible for an in-game corp to require a quorum or not).



In the game, the problem is that some gamers quit and the shares are frozen forever, so you need some trick to make it possible to vote with less shares and keep the organization working.

Anyway, IRL many organizations have somewhat similar method. For example the HOA of my building ask for a 50% of the votes at the anual meeting, but if there is no 50% after an hour, whatever votes that are there are enough. In this case, the problem is that most people don't do to the anual meeting because it's boring. Anyway, if they make a very scammy decition, I can go to a jure and they can go to jail IRL.


> Since this is Eve, I don't know whether to place the blame on the corp's leadership or on CCP Games [...]

The rules are broken, but it might still not be a failure of CCP Games: their goal is not to make rules that are good for business, but rules that are good for entertainment and engagement.

Quorums are great rules in the real world, but not having them in EVE might people log in more often? And definitely makes for some great stories.




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