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EVE Online News :: Next Mass Test August 5, 2010

Total-Game — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:15:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Next Mass Test August 5, 2010
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:15 pm (GMT 0)

Our next mass test on the Singularity test server will occur on Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 20:00 UTC. We are looking for at least 300 pilots (500 is ideal) to help us test fleet/jump lag, module activation issues, and session changes. More information about the test, and previous testing sessions, can be found in this thread.

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EVE Online News :: Thukker Political Integration Sees Difficulties and Delays

Total-Game — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:45:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Thukker Political Integration Sees Difficulties and Delays
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:45 pm (GMT 0)

Pator – Sanmatar Maleatu Shakor publicly expressed frustration after yet another in a series of delays plagued negotiations with Thukker tribal leaders. For months the Sanmatar’s staff has been moving forward in trying to assemble a new Council to represent the seven Minmatar Tribes. “It was my fervent hope that this process would go more smoothly,” said Shakor, “but dealing with representatives of the Thukker tribe in particular has imposed a number of difficulties.”
Amongst the problems that the Sanmatar’s staff have had to deal with is a lag in communications. While FTL transmission technology makes interstellar communication relatively simple, the demands on the time of a Thukker clan-head (many of whom serve as caravan masters) are many. Be it in dealing with coordinating fleet movements, overseeing the maintenance of generations-old vessels, or engaging in protracted commercial negotiations that impact the livelihood of their entire clan, Thukker tribal leaders take a very active role in the day-to-day administration of clan affairs.
A further difficulty is in simply identifying who amongst the Thukker chieftains is best suited to speak for the Tribe as a whole. Over the last several months Trust Partners CEO Einnar Aeboul has emerged as the leading voice for the tribe, but internal support for him is far from universal. As masters of their own fleets, Thukker clan-heads tend towards fierce independence. Issuing a sharp retort to Sanmatar Shakor’s expression of frustration, clan-head Jagnus Drur hotly replied, “the Brutor may bow to the rule of a single strong man, but we Thukker are masters of our own destinies.”
While some progress has been made, staff members within the Shakor administration expressed little confidence that a final agreement on the final form of the Tribal Council would be forthcoming in the near term.

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EVE Online News :: EVECAST.TV Presents Monthly PvP Tournaments

Total-Game — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:30:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: EVECAST.TV Presents Monthly PvP Tournaments
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:30 pm (GMT 0)

EVECAST.TV will be hosting monthly PvP tournaments that start the first Sunday of every month. These events will be video broadcast live at EVECAST.TV. For more details concerning the monthly PvP tournaments, visit the EVECAST.TV website. 

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EVE Online News :: Corpse Collecting Hobby Given New Life

Total-Game — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:15:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Corpse Collecting Hobby Given New Life
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:15 pm (GMT 0)

Yulai, Genesis - Following on from our recent story about el caido and his attempt to collect one million corpses, Macabre Devil has come forward to explain why he also enjoys collecting corpses.

Macabre started his collection as he thought it would be something different. "I was making quite a bit of ISK and was trying to think of something to spend it on. The thought crossed my mind that collecting corpses could be something unique."

Macabre explained that he is willing to pay a lot more ISK on each corpse than el caido currently offers. Whereas el caido currently pays 10,000 ISK per corpse, Macabre Devil offers 500,000 ISK for male corpses and 1,000,000 ISK for each female corpse. According to Macabre, female corpses are much rarer than male ones as female capsuleers are less common than their male compatriots.

Macabre Devil states he currently has two to three thousand corpses, with roughy only a quarter of them being female. With no target in mind of how many he will collect, Macabre said "I just wish to keep collecting them as long as I have the ISK. I do intend to catolog whose corpses I have eventually as well."

With this being the second article in a short space of time regarding the strange hobby, Macabre expressed his understanding of the feelings other capsuleers may have towards it. "They might be taken aback at first, and make jokes about what I keep them for, but I generally think it is just [a] different way to spend one's ISK. Particularly if they have some corpses as well and didn't know what to do with them."

Are you affected by the events in this article? Do you have information regarding another event in New Eden? If so, please contact us with any information that you may have.

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EVE Online News :: Former Corporations of Ushra'Khan Regroup in Circle-Of-Two

Total-Game — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:00:05 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Former Corporations of Ushra'Khan Regroup in Circle-Of-Two
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:00 pm (GMT 0)

4B-NQN, Providence - For the first time since Ushra'Khan was disbanded by Tarac Nor, the former capsuleers of Ushra'Khan [UNITY] have spoken about their feelings towards him and what they plan for the immediate future.

Rye Contini, UNITY Council member and fleet commander for the former corporations of UNITY, explained why Tarac's action didn't particularly bother him. "We've still got all our stuff, the wallet is fine, the pilots are happy, we [just] need to retake our system."

The corporations that were expelled from Ushra'Khan have regrouped in the alliance of Circle-Of-Two along with pilots from their former executor corporation, which Tarac Nor took over when he seized control of the old alliance.

Emrys Ap'Morgravaine, diplomat for the former UNITY corporations revealed his belief that despite them having problems, it won't be permanent. "We, the former corporations of Ushra'Khan, are still very much the alliance at heart, with all the fire and vigour we are reknowned for."

Rye Contini went on to express the belief that Tarac never even recieved the ISK he was rumoured to be offered to him by Hydra Reloaded. Speaking of Tarac's actions and comments so far, Rye said: "[It's] childish to be honest, sounds like he has too much sugar and at the same time doesn't appear to get what Ushra'Khan is about... we're a really tight knit community."

When asked whether they have had communication with Tarac Nor, Emrys said: "He has, thus far, continued to remain silent, whether that is due to guilt over his actions, or fear of ridicule, only he can say. I would hope guilt though, the kind of guilt that will see him driven to some sort of penance."

With support from Circle-Of-Two, there is belief among its former members that Ushra'Khan can bounce back, and with that in mind, they have already began the process of picking a name for the new alliance they will create. They are keeping the chosen name a secret but those discarded so far have included; Season of the Fist, Minmatar Liberation Front, Rusted Trust, and Lilan'Khan (named for a prominent member of The Littlest Hobos [WEDIE], one of UNITY's former corporations) with the ticker of WEMAD.

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EVE Online News :: Tranquility downtime extended, Wednesday July 28

Total-Game — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:15:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Tranquility downtime extended, Wednesday July 28
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:15 pm (GMT 0)

Downtime for Tranquility has been extended to 13:00 UTC due to a database error. An announcement thread is available in General Discussion.

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EVE Online News :: BREAKING NEWS: Heavy Spatial Distortion Interrupts Fight in C-J6MT

Total-Game — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:00:09 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Heavy Spatial Distortion Interrupts Fight in C-J6MT
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:00 am (GMT 0)

C-J6MT, Insmother - At 23:40 of 112.07.26, the violent clashes between WHITE NOISE., ATLAS and allies came to an abrupt halt after severe spatial distortions appeared on the battlefield.

According to pilots flying in the area, the severe disturbance rendered it impossible to coordinate fleets during the fight. As a result, the fight between ATLAS, Against All Authorities and their allies battling against White Noise, Red Alliance, XiX and Pandemic Legion, was interrupted.

About 20 supercapital vessels and 5 titans were present in close proximity of the 78-0R6 in C-J6NP gate.

Many veteran capsuleers blame the presence of such huge vessels in confined quarters as the cause of the severe disturbance.

"Both sides had pretty even numbers, and it should have been a great fight, but no one could really shoot anything by the end," said Jean Dessaut of ATLAS.

The fight for C-J6NP will likely continue in the near future. It is the second time in a short period that ATLAS was forced to defend the system, which is regarded as a sort of "motherland" by several other alliances.

EVE Online News :: BREAKING NEWS: ATLAS and WHITE NOISE. Clash in C-J6MT

Total-Game — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:30:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: BREAKING NEWS: ATLAS and WHITE NOISE. Clash in C-J6MT
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:30 pm (GMT 0)

C-J6MT, Insmother - At 10:36 112.07.26, reports of violent clashes between WHITE NOISE. and ATLAS alliance have been received from the C-J6MT solar system.

Informations flowing from the region indicate at least 1100 pilots from both alliances have joined the fray.

Several pilots reported ATLAS forces entering C-J6MT through the use of a cynosural field. Several titans and a fleet comprised of about twenty other supercapital vessels have been reported entering the area.

Fleets have been sighted engaging at the 88A-RA gate in C-J6MT. Heavy spatial distortions are affecting both sides and it is unclear which alliance is prevailing on the battleground at this time.

According to WHITE NOISE. representatives, military operations started 24 hours ago and assets belonging to ATLAS and allies have been attacked in a bid to draw them into war.

Interstellar Correspondents will monitor the ongoing battle and report as more news becomes available.

EVE Online News :: BREAKING NEWS: RAZOR Alliance Fight in Providence

Total-Game — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:15:05 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: BREAKING NEWS: RAZOR Alliance Fight in Providence
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:15 am (GMT 0)

9UY4-H, Providence: RAZOR Alliance have moments ago fought a battle against alliances such as The Initiative and Important Internet Spaceship League.

As the sovereignty of the system, currently belonging to Ushra'Khan, comes under threat, a fight broke out in the system before RAZOR Alliance retreated.

It is believed that in attempt to support Ushra'Khan, residents of Providence including the Important Internet Spaceship League were laying siege to the system when a fleet of RAZOR Alliance capsuleers engaged them. As battle broke out, a fleet belonging to The Initiative turned up and engaged RAZOR Alliance.

Luwc, A capsuleer in the Important Internet Spaceship League explained the situation: "We had the system locked down... and actually felt pretty safe with 250 [capsuleers] so we didn't expect a much smaller razor fleet to attack us."

As Ushra'Khan systems remain uncertain territory, it is yet to be seen which alliances will take full advantage of the situation.

EVE Online News :: CCP Zymurgist's Swap Meet

Total-Game — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:30:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: CCP Zymurgist's Swap Meet
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 2:30 pm (GMT 0)

Today, July 25 at 19:00 UTC I will be hosting a swap meet in Rens, Dodixie, and Amarr. Everyone is invited to fill up their industrials or freighters and fly out for some good times. Our friends at EVE University and EVE Radio have some fun planned as well. So tune into EVE Radio, come on down to see what EVE University has planned for you, and check out this forum thread.

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EVE Online News :: Inspired by Images of EVE Competition

Total-Game — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:45:05 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Inspired by Images of EVE Competition
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:45 pm (GMT 0)

EVE is a beautiful universe, no doubt about it. If you find it inspiring, head on over to Starfleetcomms for your chance to win ISK and PLEX by writing a short story based on an image of a sleek Gallente ship warping through a system. Warp to Starfleetcomms for information on how you can enter.

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EVE Online News :: Mercenary Corporation Denies Being Paid One Billion ISK to Attack Minmatar Militia

Total-Game — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:30:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Mercenary Corporation Denies Being Paid One Billion ISK to Attack Minmatar Militia
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:30 pm (GMT 0)

Auga, Heimatar - According to Tribal Liberation Front corporation, Hoplite Brigade, former Mercenary Coalition corporation Sharks With Frickin' Laser Beams [FRICKS] were hired to declare war on prominent Minmatar Militia corporations. Core Impulse deny the allegation.

According to duct tayp, a capsuleer of Hoplite Brigade [HPLT] and a member of the Minmatar Republic, FRICKS were paid  one billion ISK by Core Impulse [CORIM] to help in the faction warfare.

He said, "From what I understand, Core Impulse had paid Sharks With Laser Beams quite a sum to wardec a majority of the better FW corporations."

After what duct tayp describes as a "failure" by Underworld Excavators to get involved after they were beaten back in Auga, CORIM and other 24th Imperial Crusade corporations turned to FRICKS for help.

Dunn Idaho, of CORIM, said that CORIM never hired mercenaries to help them and expressed the belief that they are not needed. "My opinion in this matter is that mercenaries are not needed around here, at least not for aiding the Amarr milita as we're more than capable of dealing with anything the other militas can throw at us."

Tixxie Lix, a capsuleer in FRICKS denied that they took one billion ISK from CORIM: "I received some mails from folks saying that one of the corps thought we wardec'ed them to help out another Minmatar FW corporation."

Tixxie claimed that FRICKS simply "decided to randomly wardec juicy Minmatar FW corporations," but decided to leave the war after just three days as, according to Tixxie they only got "one or two kills."

In a final twist to the story, an anonymous source in Underworld Excavators admitted that they had been paid by a third party to attack a Minmatar corporation. When asked whether they believed FRICKS would have been paid, they only said, "Maybe."

Duct tayp remains convinced of a payment being made and has his own summary of why it went wrong: "Long story summarised: Amarr militia pays [FRICKS] one billion isk. [FRICKS] attempt but fail to destroy minmatar ships. Amarr is upset about performance of their contract. Amarr militia takes revenge by attacking the mercenaries."

Typically, unless explicitly instructed by an employer to deny being on contract at all, mercenary corporations will state they are on a contract but not by whom they were hired. Both the alleged employer, Core Impulse, and Sharks with Frickin' Laser Beams, the mercenary corporation in question, deny any formal contract for attacks on the Tribal Liberation Front, though Hoplite Brigade representatives are adamant that money changed hands to retain FRICKS for the attacks.

EVE Online News :: BREAKING NEWS: Tarac Nor Reveals Reasons Behind Ushra'Khan Betrayal

Total-Game — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:15:04 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Tarac Nor Reveals Reasons Behind Ushra'Khan Betrayal
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 3:15 pm (GMT 0)

4B-NQN, Providence - Tarac Nor has spoken for the first time since he was named as the capsuleer behind the Ushra'Khan [UNITY] disbanding.

Speaking exclusively to the Intersteller Correspondents, Tarac Nor stated: "Right now, Ushra'Khan is under new management."

With members of UNITY accusing him of doing it for ISK, Tarac suggested there were other reasons: "The ISK was a big motivation, but I can't say it was the only motive... I was getting bored with the alliance. Very few were active in the executor corporation and I suppose in the end I wanted to see how far things could go. I have to stress though, this wasn't meant to be personal."

Tarac described his action as a natural progression for UNITY as he believes a lot of their good corporations have already left. He did reveal a soft spot for his former UNITY wingmates however: "It will be interesting to see how the [capsuleers] who were left move on. I hope they can move on."

In closing he revealed there was an offer of a position for him for the near future: "I've been presented a position in HYDRA which looks like it could be fun. I think that's all I can really say for now."

HYDRA have previously stated a wish to see Providence restored to CVA, which may seem odd to some, given the two alliances' former hostile status. But the NRDS (Not Red, Don't Shoot) Providence under CVA was regarded by many of the more piratical forces in New Eden as a sort of hunting preserve - an area rich in targets and resources where they were guaranteed to see combat.

CVA's allies are already urging them to shun making any alliance with HYDRA while Ushra'Khan's old allies are changing their standings towards the UNITY ticker - many for the first time in years.

EVE Online News :: BREAKING NEWS: Ushra'Khan Alliance Disbanded

Total-Game — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:15:04 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Ushra'Khan Alliance Disbanded
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 2:15 pm (GMT 0)

4B-NQN, Providence - A few hours ago, Ushra'Khan [UNITY] lost sovereignty over three systems after corporations were unexpectedly removed from the alliance, it is thought, by a Hydra Reloaded [HYDRA] spy.

In Catch, JWZ2-V, formerly held by Endless Possibilities Inc and UQ-PWD, which was controlled by The Resident Haunting, were both lost, while in Providence, Universal Army's removal cost Ushra'Khan control of 4B-NQN. All told, 15 corporations were removed from Ushra'Khan, with only Unity Holdings and Neh'bu Kau Be'Hude, the executor corporation, being left in the alliance, apparently under control of the Hydra agent.

Ugleb of UNITY said: "As of now, the Ushra'Khan are under hostile control and considered lost."

He believes the traitor to be Tarac Nor, a member of UNITY who has been in the alliance for a year and only recently earned a Head Diplomat role.

Ugleb revealed why he thought Tarac has done it: "Well he is Caldari, I assume [for] ISK."

So far Tarac Nor has not replied to the Interstellar Correspondents' request for an interview. Stay with us as we look to bring further information as we get it.

EVE Online News :: HYDRA RELOADED Invasion of Providence Imminent

Total-Game — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:15:05 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: HYDRA RELOADED Invasion of Providence Imminent
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 1:15 pm (GMT 0)

Jita, The Forge - An invasion of Providence by HYDRA RELOADED [HYDRA] is expected soon.

Johan Moisander, diplomat for HYDRA revealed the scope of the planned attack: "Which system we attack first is irrelevant to be honest. We're going to attack all of Ushra'Khan's systems at the same time."

HYDRA began as enemies of Curatores Veritatis Alliance [CVA] in their birthplace of Providence. With Providence now in hostile hands, HYDRA finds itself allied with CVA in order to take back what they feel is rightfully theirs.

If they succeed in their operation, Johan says: "Our alliance will move into Providence. We will welcome pirate raiders. We will... camp gates in small gun Harbingers for hours like the olden days of Providence."

CVA confirmed that they will be taking part in a mutual invasion of Providence along with HYDRA, with member Marcus Griffin stating that for CVA the invasion began the minute they lost sovereignty.

CVA have different plans for Providence. Once finished they hope "Operation Deliverance" will be completed which will see the region made ready to be handed over to the Amarr Empire. What will become of the alliance between HYDRA and CVA will remain to be seen.

EVE Online News :: Capsuleer Sets Out to Collect One Million Corpses

Total-Game — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:45:05 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Capsuleer Sets Out to Collect One Million Corpses
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:45 pm (GMT 0)

A capsuleer with a morbid obsession is now offering to pay for the one million corpses he intends to collect.

el caido, who himself describes it as "a crazy idea", is asking for capsuleers to send him corpses via contract. He will pay ten thousand ISK for each corpse. To date, he has bought forty-eight corpses at a cost of 480.000 ISK.

When asked why he was collecting corpses, el caido said, "I do not have a genuine answer. So many capsuleers have so many odd hobbies - this one is mine." Once he has attained his goal he hopes to be able to move them all to one "classified" location.

el caido began collecting corpses about four years ago. When asked what he will do when he reaches his one million target, he said, "It is something I can say I have accomplished, and then I will move onto other ventures, or even possibly continue building my collection beyond that. Two million may be a tempting target once I reach one million."

EVE Online News :: Win EVE store credit with Battleclinic

Total-Game — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:30:05 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Win EVE store credit with Battleclinic
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:30 pm (GMT 0)

What can be more fun that blowing up ships with Planetary Interaction products in their cargohold? Not much, according to Battleclinic, who are running a giveaway over the next few days in which pilots can earn EVE Store credit for ship kills. Full details are available here.
 

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EVE Online News :: Tranquility downtime Friday, July 23

Total-Game — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:15:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Tranquility downtime Friday, July 23
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:15 pm (GMT 0)

Downtime for Tranquility has been extended to 13:00 UTC due to a database error. An announcement thread is available in General Discussion.

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EVE Online News :: Former Nefantar holders attempting to become tribal leaders

Total-Game — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:00:05 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Former Nefantar holders attempting to become tribal leaders
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:00 pm (GMT 0)

The vast majority of Ammatar who returned to the Republic to reform the Nefantar Tribe were commoners in the Mandate. They are now coalescing into the new tribal leadership. Among those former Elite who defected, however, are some who believe they should lead the tribe's rebirth.

"I was more or less a Holder in the Mandate," said Rafin Chorda, who was the owner of a large number of slaves during his time in the Mandate. "I know how to organize the masses, how to keep proper account of funds and manpower. I have experience in diplomacy and business negotiations. I've had to face down Amarrian Holders and Caldari businessmen. I am the right man to lead the Nefantar people."

Many of his fellow Nefantar are distrustful of Chorda, however. "He owned slaves," said Domash Kroil, a political opponent. "How can he face the leaders of other tribes? How can they not look down on him? The Nefantar would never achieve anything with men like Chorda in charge. We would forever be burdened by the dark treachery that those like him perpetrated against the Minmatar people."

Chorda is dismissive of such claims. "I was a kind and just master. I was less a master and more of a caretaker. I rescued abused slaves and rehabilitated them. I gave them proper care and attention. When the time came, I freed them with the help of the Elders."

Opinions from Chorda's former slaves are mixed. "He wasn't the best master I ever had," said one former slave of Krusual descent. "But he wasn't the worst, either. Can't say it'd be easy to deal with him on even terms now. Doubt I'd be too fair with him."

Despite people's generally low opinions of him, Chorda remains confident he can rise to the top of the Tribe's ranks. "I have enough supporters," he said, "who know that I will provide the best leadership the Nefantar can ask for. Some will always doubt me, but after I show my talents, many doubters will quickly come to realize how wrong they were."
 

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EVE Online News :: EVE Avatar Turns 3

Total-Game — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:30:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: EVE Avatar Turns 3
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:30 pm (GMT 0)

Known for creating animated avatars, EVE Avatar is giving away four $50 EVE Store gift certificates. Drawings will be held once a week from July 25 through August 15, 2010. To enter into the drawing click HERE. 

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EVE Online News :: Come and meet CCP at Gamescom, 2010 in Cologne

Total-Game — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:45:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Come and meet CCP at Gamescom, 2010 in Cologne
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:45 pm (GMT 0)

CCP will be attending Gamescom 2010 in Cologne from Thursday, August 19 to Sunday, August 22. We will have a booth available for player meet ups or for players to come and talk to us. Full details can be found in this thread.

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EVE Online News :: Intaki Liberation Front Declare Trade Hub a Success

Total-Game — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Intaki Liberation Front Declare Trade Hub a Success
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:00 pm (GMT 0)

Intaki, Placid - In what they hope will them to achieve their long-term goal of an independent Intaki State, the Intaki Liberation Front [ILF] have succeded in raising what they believe to be billions of ISK in the system.

9 months on from the completion of an upgrade to their Prosperity station, the ILF have attempted to create a "one-stop shop" for small and medium ships in the Placid region, with the hope of also being able to offer every type of hull, rig and item a capsuleer may wish for.

Apollonius Verus, spokesperson for ILF listed their recent sales in the 5-5 trade hub and what they have on offer. "[Between] June 7th [and] July 6th, we sold 168 ship hulls. This included 22 battlecruisers, 30 cruisers, 14 destroyers, 72 frigates, 22 shuttles, 7 mining barges, and 1 industrial. We currently have 24 battlecruisers, 97 cruisers, 49 destroyers, 360 frigates, 110 shuttles, 11 mining barges, and 18 industrials for sale on the Intaki market. All ships were produced locally at our Prosperity Station shipyards."

Apollonius said "Many of the profits are re-invested back into our factories and labs for ongoing research and manufacturing that keeps the Intaki trade hub supplied with goods. Another portion of the profits goes toward our anti-pirate... activities. Two examples of this are the ILF's Ship Replacement Program and our Anti-Pirate Bounty Program."

These ILF programmes replacing every hull up to tech 1 battlecruisers lost by an ILF member in action against pirates and a10 million ISK bounty for every pirate capsuleer destroyed within four jumps of Intaki.

The ILF believe that they already offer the highest level of trade activity in low-sec Placid and Apollonius described his organization's future plans in the area. "I next envision us competing even more aggressively with Stacmon V-9 and Orvolle I, the high-sec Placid trade hubs. We already beat the prices of one or the other hub on many ships and items. We also plan to expand into T2 ship production and sales. Who really knows how far we can take it?"

EVE Online News :: Largest Hulkageddon To Date Concludes

Total-Game — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:00:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Largest Hulkageddon To Date Concludes
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:00 pm (GMT 0)

Brapelille, Sinq Liason - The Hulkageddon event, organized by Helicity Boson of the Jerk Cartel, recently returned for its third incarnation as "Hulkageddon III: Summer of Gank."

The event began on 09.07.112 at 00:00 and carried on for 9 days. Although set up in the same format as the previous two events, with prizes for various permutations of killing a large number of exhumers - chiefly Hulks and Mackinaws - this year the event was politicised by a prize contributed by elements of the Minmitar Militia for the most destroyed exhumers in Amarrian space.

Hulkageddon III attained approximately 1/4 more registered ship kills than the previous event, with a final kill count of 1719 Exhumers, 717 Barges, 29 Orcas and 1 Rorqual.

Many miners were vocal in their dislike of the proceedings, especially those who unwillingly became targets. "Took out my hulk... Hope you’re happy you steaming pile of space junk. Whether it takes a day, a month, or a year, I will get you back. I’m coming for you," was one such message sent from an attacked miner to a Hulkageddon team. Such messages are collected and displayed on the Hulkageddon site and referred to as "delicious tears."

The event was organised by pilot Helicity Boson while the prizes were donated by other pilots or corparations. Helicity answered public protests and claims of cowardice and unfairness, saying "This is New Eden. The only thing that is your right, is the right to fight for what you wish to keep. Be crafty, be smart, and Hulkageddon will be a boon to you. If you are foolish, careless and weak, it will devour you whole."

Some experienced miners have learned ways around the likelihood of being attacked while mining and express little concern about Hulkageddon. Miner Aayli offered the following advice to other miners: "Find a quiet system with a small amout of pilots mining, watch for spikes in local numbers and then as long as you pay attention there's no reason for silly loses." Others see it as a welcome removal of miners competing for the same belts and a few even down their mining lasers for a week and fit out destroyers in which to take part.

Hulkageddon III has been the largest Hulkageddon event to date, with the most participants, largest prizes and most accompanying destruction. It seems likely that such events will become more regular as long as insurance policies remain payable on vessels destroyed by CONCORD and schadenfreude exists.

GalNet References

Hulkageddon III Killboard

Hulkageddon III: Summer of Gank - Official Site

EVE Online News :: Alliance Tournament 8 Prizes Awarded

Total-Game — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:15:05 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Alliance Tournament 8 Prizes Awarded
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:15 pm (GMT 0)

 

G-G78S, Curse – After some protests over delays, the prizes for Alliance Tournament 8 winner Pandemic Legion and runners up HYDRA RELOADED, Darkside and WE FORM VOLTRON have been awarded.

Pandemic Legion [-10] team member Fintroll commented on the prize award delays stating “This is the third year running that Pandemic Legion has won the Alliance Tournament. In the previous years we have had much worse trouble receiving our prizes; including a time we placed but did not win I believe the wait times we endured were 6 months, 4 months, and 3 months respectively. I'm not sure why it's such a struggle every year to get us our prizes. [The Tournament organization] has to be aware that someone is going to win every time and is going to be anxious to get a hold of their rewards. Every other tournament in the known universe, awards are ready to be handed out before the tournament ends, and given out immediately after.”

Pandemic Legion received 50 Adrestia Heavy Assault Cruiser ships, a Gold Medal for each participant and 50 Billion ISK for their victory. Fintroll added that he believes these ships “will have great value in Alliance Tournament IX, which of course we are going to win.” Regarding current plans, the alliance is now reportedly “breezing our way through the Southeast nullsec regions, burning and pillaging as we go. After our successful contract in Delve, Pandemic Legion has entered the mercenary business. While we lack anything resembling morals or mercy, for a modest fee we could be your friends.”

Second place HYDRA RELOADED [HYDRA] received 50 Utu Assault Frigates, a Silver Medal for each participant and 25 Billion ISK. Team member Suitonia explained that “the prizes were delayed by about 3 weeks, [leading to protests] in Jita and making some noise... the fact that it took a public outcry of that magnitude is a pretty sad state of affairs.” Team Captain Count MonteCarlo added “it was frustrating to say the least, if only Claw kept to his own standard after the Tournament was over... I don’t want to whine too much because Claw did a great job overall. I have to apologize to the public that was a victim to our [protests].”

HYDRA gave an Utu frigate to “all to the people who were most active in the Tournament team... a lesser prize money to those who contributed but not as much [and] plan to sell the remaining Utus slowly, so we can profit from them as much as possible.” Pilots awarded with one of the rare Utu frigates were: fmercury, raimo, knife, ched, endless subversion, rhak amharr, xxangelxx, leeloo manaquin, antoine lefevre, morel nova, hei'di, Gobbins, barek ironfist, CYVOK, Awox, suitonia and thrashpower.

HYDRA divulged that their alliance also used the rare ships to “open an Utu Bond secured by Chribba which allowed us to get some quick ISK at our disposal while we sell some of them” and also pointed out that “one of the Utus is a lottery prize.” Count MonteCarlo stated that “we're planning on keeping some for the next Tournament and also some for general [combat], the thing can point at 75km which is insane for a frigate.”

After the Tournament, HYDRA’s Johan Moisander explained that “Leadership [decided] that growing and conquering some space might be a fun and new experience for us, as we have mostly been a roaming alliance up to this point... and as such we have decided to mimic [the original] Hydra's recruitment policy, namely accepting anyone who applies.” Count MonteCarlo added “we're mass recruiting because we want to invade Providence with Curatores Veritatis Alliance [CVA]. When CVA owned Providence, Providence was unlike any other region, CVA had a reason to defend their space, and they did, they did it all the time, there was ALLWAYS a fight to be had, no matter who their enemy was, they would bring it, but the new residents are nothing like CVA... I want CVA to take Providence back, [New Eden] is not as much fun without it.”

Commenting on next year’s Tournament, Suitonia added “This was the first Tournament for many members; hopefully with the experience we will be able to beat the elite undisputed champions, Pandemic Legion next year.” Intigo concluded by adding “Shout out to [Count MonteCarlo] & Gobbins for an amazing work on bringing us so far. Considering what a bunch of idiots they had to work with it's a wonder we got second!” Admiral Goberius’s Utu will add to his prize ship collection that includes a Mimir from his Alliance Tournament VII participation on Pandemic Legion’s winning team.

Third place Darkside alliance won a Bronze Medal for each participant and 25 Billion ISK while WE FORM VOLTRON in fourth place was awarded 10 Billion ISK.

Count MonteCarlo expressed his views on next year's Tournament by stating that his team “has been relaxing and just doing casual [combat]. For next year, we hope to win, we will practice more, we will theory craft more, we will spend as much ISK as PL did (this year we only spent 5b on the Tournament, PL easily 10x that, maybe even 20x), we will have more specialized [pilots] and next year we'll be better at dealing with [espionage] and hopefully have a lot more setups to use, I'm a lot more confident in winning next year than I did this year, but for me, winning 50 Utus is good enough... PL deserved to win this year, the amount of effort and ISK they put into this is unreal, I'm sure next year they'll put even more into it... PL got to the finals and didn’t win on their first attempt, same with us, next year we will win.”

On Alliance Tournament IX and the hopes and expectations of this year’s runner up teams, three times Tournament winner Pandemic Legion member Fintroll stated: “I can hear you knocking but you can’t come in.”

GalNet References

Alliance Tournament VIII

EVE Online News :: Nefantar Elite make best of their situation

Total-Game — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:30:06 GMT

Author: Total-Game
Subject: Nefantar Elite make best of their situation
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:30 pm (GMT 0)

While many of the ex-Ammatar elite who returned to the Republic following the Elder War have found the transition difficult, there are a good many who have retained the optimism that led them to defecting in the first place.

Omad Durgen was a Vice-Admiral in the Ammatar Fleet before the Elder Invasion. He and a group of loyal officers commandeered a ship and defected to the Republic, even aiding the Elders for a brief time before the ship sustained too much damage to continue. "It was glorious," Durgen said. "We all thought we'd come to the Republic as heroes. The wayward sons, returning with the heads of our enemies held high. It wasn't to be so."

Durgen, like many others, found that the long-held beliefs and hatreds that had developed in the Republic were difficult to overcome. "It didn't matter that I had defected. All that mattered was that, at one time, I had fought the Minmatar on the side of the Empire. I was a murderer, a butcher, a race-traitor," he said. "I hoped to enlist in the Republic Fleet, but they would not have me. I was a security risk, they said. A potential spy for the Empire. "

Durgen has been able to find work, as a low-grade security operative for the Minmatar Mining Corporation. "It's respectable," he said. "It doesn't pay well and I'm constantly being watched by my superiors. Many of my co-workers hate me for the crimes they believe I committed against the Republic, but I will win them over eventually. It will take hard work. I never expected this to be easy."
 

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