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===Developer misconduct===

Since the release of EVE Online there has been proven developer as well as player-corporation misconduct, leading to debates and controversy within the EVE community. On February 9, 2007, a player known as Kugutsumen revealed that an EVE Online developer nicknamed 't20' had provided his in-game alliance, Band of Brothers, with ten valuable blueprints, giving them an advantage over competing corporations.<ref name="escapistjumpgate">{{cite web |url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/op-ed/847-Jumpgate-EVE-s-Devs-and-the-Friends-They-Keep |title=Article "Jumpgate: EVE's Devs and the Friends They Keep" |accessdate=2007-12-04 |first=Joe |last=Blancato |date=[[February 9]] [[2007]] |format=HTML |publisher=[[The Escapist (magazine)|The Escapist magazine]] |language=English}}</ref> Despite calls for t20's dismissal he is still an EVE Online developer while Kugutsumen was permanently banned from the EVE universe for violating the game's [[Terms of Service]] and [[Software license agreement|End-user License Agreement]].Followup allegations revealed rigging of supposedly open-ended game events. <ref name="EVE Aurora forumsescapistjumpgate">{{cite web |url=http://forums.eve-aurora.com/x/index.php?topic=1611.0 |title=Article "PCG Plot Idea: New Grand Master" |accessdate=2006-06-10 |date=[[Oct 6]] [[2006]] |format=HTML |language=English}}</ref>

In response to public concerns, CCP decided to set up an Internal Affairs division headed by Ari Eldon, better known in-game as Arkanon, whose responsibility is to monitor the activities of both privileged and player accounts operated by CCP staff in-game. The impartiality of this division remains disputed.<ref name="devblog429">{{cite web |url=http://myeve.eve-online.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=429 |title=Blog post "CCP's director of internal affairs: an introduction" |accessdate=2007-12-04 |author=CCP Arkanon |date=[[February 13]] [[2007]] |format=HTML |publisher=[[CCP hf|CCP Games]] |language=English}}</ref><ref name="New York Times">{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/07/arts/07eve.html |title=Article "In a Virtual Universe, the Politics Turn Real" |accessdate=2008-01-26 |first=Seth |last=Schiesel |date=[[June 7]] [[2007]] |format=HTML |publisher=[[The New York Times |The New York Times]] |language=English}}</ref>