Las Vegas - Walking into any room where a significant number of capsuleers have gathered is always interesting. Typically, the room darkens slightly, no matter how brightly lit the area is as the color of attire is predominantly grey and black. The second noticeable fact is that they are often loud. Laughing, cheering and jeering drowns out most other sounds. I know it is a generalization, but it seems that they love to be heard, if not necessarily seen. On one particular occasion, upon entering a [...]
Impass - In the outlying regions of 0.0 capsuleers make a hobby of obtaining and flying the most valuable or 'shiny' ships they can possibly find. Among the vast archives of possible targets these pirates search for, none is more shiny then the Revenant-class Supercarrier, designed by Sansha's Nation to lead major incursions into Empire space. Before now it is believed that only two Capsuleer-piloted Revenants have ever been destroyed, until the recent loss of Ingeneer's Revenant in Impass. Image of a [...]
Wormhole space continues to offer riches and dangers to capsuleers new and old. It is not uncommon for squabbles over these lucrative pockets to break out, and one such fight seems to be brewing between Hard Knocks Inc. (HK) and No Holes Barred (NOHO). Wormhole space, or w-space, as it is known to many is largely unknown to many capsuleers. However there are large numbers of pilots who flock to the uncharted systems in search of wealth and fortune. Within the secluded systems ruled by ship-affecting [...]
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan Umokka, The Forge - New Eden Radio's New Years' Eve fireworks show will once more be lighting up the night in Umokka on December 31st. As in previous years, the fireworks show will be held outside the Moon 4 Caldari Navy Testing Facilities. New Eden Radio will be providing the music as well as a carrier and other prizes that will be up for grabs. Fireworks in Umokka Last year's event was a hit, with around 250 capsuleers from all walks of life in New Eden strutting their stuff in [...]
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan The Standings Corrections Agency (TSCA) recently celebrated its 5th year of operation - congratulations! TSCA, run by Imiarr Timshae, is celebrating this milestone by offering an EVE University course on the 12th of December on "Standings and Standings Mechanics" at 23:00 UTC. TSCA will also be offering 15% off of their going service fee for the next 5 weeks. Standings are a passion of Timshae; "You're literally fresh off the bus and the first missions you are offered will cause [...]
EVE University, famous for their extraordinary and high quality introduction lectures to EVE Online, has announced a super lecture session on the 23rd and 24th of November from 21:00 UTC to 06:45 UTC free for everyone. This super lecture session "This is Education" is a wonderful opportunity for every new and returning player to get familiar with the EVE Online mechanics in a fun and quality way. Participation is highly recommended! The EVE University Super Lecture Session is currently scheduled as [...]
After three weeks of heavy fighting and intense combat, the final weekend of Alliance Tournament XII has approached. Crazy matches, live commentary, high quality studio broadcasts, interviews with the devs and a lot more awaits us on September 6th and 7th with the free Alliance tournament broadcasted from 15:00 to 21:00 UTC. During the three first weekends of the Alliance Tournament we saw intense and exciting small scale PVP action only to be topped by this final weekend. Watch now how the remaining [...]
The 12th iteration of the annual Alliance Tournament continued during the second weekend (broadcasted and commentated live on August 23rd and 24th) with exciting matches, fierce fighting, surprising upsets and teams against the wall facing extermination the tournament. The Alliance Tournament is a double elimination tournament, which means that you can afford to lose one match and still continue the tournament. The loser of a match is kicked down to the losers' bracket of the tournament; in this [...]
The second weekend of the Alliance Tournament XII is about to kick off with fast paced and action filled matches broadcasted live for free on August 23rd and 24th from 15:00 to 20:00 UTC. After a furious first weekend with thrilling fights and some spectacular matches, the second weekend of the Alliance Tournament XII organized by CCP is about to kick off with teams already fighting against elimination from the tournament. As the Alliance Tournament is a double elimination tournament, each team can [...]
Welcome to the first weekend of the Alliance Tournament XII! In this year's spectacular Alliance Tournament XII we see teams from 64 alliances fighting tooth and nail in the CCP organized and controlled tournament environment to win the fabled Alliance Tournament and exciting prizes. The Alliance Tournament spans over four weekends until the final winner is determined in a best-of-five match. During this first weekend on August 16th and 17th we will see 32 action packed matches between some of the [...]
If your alliance executor has not yet signed your alliance up for Alliance Tournament XII, go ahead and link him to this news item so he can click this link and correct that mistake. I guarantee this event is something you do not want to miss. For reference, the URL to the signups is: https://secure.eveonline.com/alliancetournament/ Want information on the format of the tournament and all of the rules involved? Read this devblog to get to know them well. And in the tradition of Alliance Tournaments, [...]
The BIG Lottery celebrates its 11th anniversary with the next draw (#287). Tickets to win part of a 100bn ISK jackpot prize will be on sale from Monday April 28th, through until Sunday May 11th, with the draw taking place on Monday May 12th. The prize breakdown for round #287 will be as follows, and further details are available on the BIG Lottery site. 1st Prize - 50,000,000,000 ISK 2nd Prize - 20,000,000,000 ISK 3rd Prize - 10,000,000,000 ISK 4th Prize - 10,000,000,000 ISK 5th Prize - 10,000,000,000 [...]
Luminaire, Essence. Commander A9, in cooperation with New Eden Radio will be hosting a celebration commemorating the Battle of Caldari Prime on 22 March. The battle, believed to be one of the largest in the history of New Eden, took place on 22 March, YC115. In Commander A9 's words, the celebration will 'recognize and honor the soldiers, pilots and citizens from all empires who participated in Operation Highlander.' Operation Highlander was the Gallente-led mission to destroy the Leviathan Shiigeru [...]
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan Umokka, The Forge While the 5th annual New Years' Fireworks Celebration might not have had the attendance it enjoyed in previous years, the attendees certainly did not lack for enthusiasm. The pre-show started at around 23:00 and was quite impressive, with lasers, missiles and even fireworks lighting up the darkness around the station. Local was filled with happy chatter as the capsuleers awaited midnight. On a slightly less cheerful note, one capsuleer set up a memorial for his [...]
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan Umokka, The Forge Attention capsuleers! It 's that time of year again! The 5th annual New Years' Eve Celebration hosted by capsuleer Daggaroth is to be held on December 31 at 23:00 EVE Time The event will take place at Umokka X, Moon 4, outside the Caldari Navy Testing Facilities. All capsuleers are invited to bring ships equipped with lasers, fireworks or missiles to light up the night around the station. Music will be provided by New Eden Radio, and there will be a raffle held [...]
by ISD Eumaios Thelousses Empire residents take up arms in an attempt to eradicate newly discovered Serpentis and Angel research facilities located within the depths of Syndicate and Curse. The operation began at around 18:30, November the 7th, when roughly 1000 capsuleers gathered alongside Admiral Ren Karetta of the Imperial Navy in Sarum Prime and set forth towards RMOC-W within the Curse region. At the same time, Operational Admiral Auvier Bauvon of the Federation Navy departed from Meves with a [...]
by ISD Eumaios Thelousses KW-I6T - Catch - November 05 The Nulli Secunda [S2N] held outpost exited its shield reinforcement cycle on the evening of the 5th at which point Darkness of Despair [-DD-] and their allies took the opportunity to drop a small capital fleet of Dreadnought class ships to push the outpost further into an armour timer. As the hours passed the battle continued to rage as the battle participation reached over 1900 pilots. Black Legion [MEN.] entered the battle with a Dreadnought [...]
by ISD Eumaios Thelousses GE-8JV, Catch - The N3 Coalition, consisting of alliances such as Nulli Secunda [S2N] and Northern Coalition [NC.], made a pre-emptive strike on Against ALL Authorities [.-A-.]'s staging system, GE-8JV, in an attempt to prevent its own space coming under siege as standings are changed. The initial N3 attack saw them reinforce both the Infrastructure Hub (IHub) and outpost in the system with Sovereignty Blockade Units. On 2nd of November, the IHub exited reinforcement and saw [...]
by ISD Caiden S'or Syndicate, New Eden - As most pod-pilots are aware, one of the most recognizable events in New Eden is the Alliance Tournament. This event brings together many of the best pilots in New Eden for three weekends out of the year to decide who gets bragging rights (and some substantial prizes) as the best combat pilots around. It is quite an event, one which is unmatched in scope and following. Many Alliances have dedicated groups of pilots who train year-round for the opportunity to [...]
by ISD Caiden S'or Etherium Reach, New Eden - In the early morning hours, the climax of days of fighting ended in the loss of NL6V-7 for RAZOR Alliance [-RZR-] to Black Legion. Alliance. [MEN.] As the system's Infrastructure Hub [I-HUB] came out of its final reinforcement timer on the eleventh of August, MEN. forces were bridged in to NL6V-7. A corporate CEO within MEN. who asked not to be named, said that an early intel miscue reported that no -RZR- capital ships were staged to defend. Thinking to [...]
The 8th Council of Stellar Management (CSM8) will be holding its second Town Hall on August 17 at 1900 EVE time. This is an excellent opportunity to speak with your elected representatives to CCP on matters that you feel are important in New Eden, particularly as they approach their first trip to Iceland the last week of August. CSM8 is working in cooperation with EVE University and EVE Radio to provide an interactive session where you can listen, ask questions, learn about what the latest CSM is up [...]
by ISD Caiden S'or Etherium Reach, New Eden - As Incursions by Sansha's Nation continue, more defined groups of capsuleers are forming to combat them. There are many reasons that capsuleers are drawn together in this cause. For some, the rewards in loyalty points and ISK are reason enough to risk their assets. For others, dreams of faction drops in the form of Supercarrier blueprints and the like are reason enough. Others still look to create an environment where all are welcome, regardless of [...]
The Angel Project, an iniative started to help new players get themselves established in EVE by providing them with ISK, skillbooks, ships, and other goodies, is turning 1 year old! In celebration, they are holding a giveaway to give awesome prizes to those same rookies! Included are PLEX, some awesome ships, and more. In addition, CCP is throwing five 50-Day Time Codes as well as an EVE Collector's Edition into the pool! Check out how to enter at the Angel Project website here.
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan Etherium Reach, New Eden. Early this month, members of the N3 Coalition alliance woke up one morning to discover that they had lost sovereignty in more than 200 systems in Etherium Reach, Detorid, Omist, Immensea and other regions. According to sources, a spy disbanded the alliance holding a large chunk of the coalition's sovereignty, kicking out all its corporations and dropping sovereignty in more than 200 systems. He allegedly also made off with 400 Billion ISK. In addition, [...]
As of 13:15 UTC, Alliance Tournament XI is live and broadcasting! On the first day of matches, we have an action-packed schedule of 32 matches! The tournament can be watched live from the official CCP Twitch.tv channel. Tune in now to watch some epic fights as 64 teams fight for glory. And don't forget we'll be running competitions throughout the tournament with awesome prizes from our sponsors at Razer, Evetimecode and Alienware. And once again, check out our amazing teaser trailer featuring CCP [...]
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan SOMER Blink, New Eden's most popular instant lottery, are hosting yet another landmark celebration - this one in honor of having handed out over 900 trillion ISK (the actual current number at time of writing is 915,434,170,395,168 ISK) in prizes. The celebration includes free gifts - capsuleers who had registered a Blink account before the celebration commenced may redeem free gifts and the chance for any prize to be doubled. The event ends Tuesday, 16 July 2013. The grand prize [...]
EVE University, one of New Eden's oldest and most successful rookie training corporations, has announced that they will be commencing training classes for rookies on July 15th. From "Trading 101" classes, to "Aggression and Engagement" and "Drones 101", EVE University has training classes to suit a wide range of playstyles and interests. The corporation is also on the lookout for lecturers and teachers who can assist in delivering further training opportunities for new players. You can read more about [...]
The random draw for Alliance Tournament XI was streamed live yesterday through CCP Games Twitch.tv channel. The VOD from the draw can be seen here, and the results of the draw can be seen here. From today to 23:59 UTC on June 16th, we will accept bids from alliances towards one of the remaining 32 spots in the tournament. All alliances are able to participate in the silent auction regardless of if they were signed up for the random draw. Submit all bids to CCP Gargant via EVEmail. A bid is accepted [...]
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan Amarr, Throne Worlds - Last year, a remarkable thing happened in New Eden. A capsuleer began going around giving random strangers things they needed. It wasn 't a scam. It wasn't a trick. It was the Angel Project, brainchild of Sindel Pellion, a member of TEST Alliance Please Ignore. After reading dozens of threads on scamming and the respect it garnered, Ms. Pellion decided that while "scamming may be a part of life in New Eden, it isn't part of MY life." So she started the [...]
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan Dantumi, Lonetrek - On Saturday the 16th of March, Rixx Javix is sponsoring and organizing what he calls a 'DeathRace' across the breadth of New Eden. The race will start at 17:00 EVE time on March 16 and is free to all comers. Javix, a known pirate, says that he was partly inspired by a Badger race he participated in almost four years ago. Shortly after the Badger race, during a long and boring gate camp in Providence, the idea for a New Eden DeathRace was born. The first [...]
by ISD Eumaios Thelousses Several days ago, Darkness of Despair [-DD-] destroyed a Zombie Ninja Space Bears [ZN-SB] Territorial Claim Unit in system JAUD-V. The lack of an Infrastructure Hub in the system caused an immediate drop of [ZN-SB] sovereignty and ignited a battle which peaked at over 1,300 pilots. Luckily for [ZN-SB], they are part of the Honeybadger Coalition, a self-appointed governing block ruling over a vast tract of south-eastern New Eden. "HBC bros are fantastic," DNLeviathan says. To [...]
On January 5th The Tuskers will run a second frigate free for all, open to the entire EVE community. The event is aimed at encouraging rookie players into PvP combat and will take place between 18:00 and midnight New Eden Standard time, with a multitude of prizes available. Please see the Tuskers announcement by Suleiman Shouaa on the Ingame Events & Gatherings forum for further information on location and prizes
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan Umokka, Lonetrek - The fourth annual New Year 's Fireworks Celebration, hosted by Daggaroth and New Eden Radio, is set to kick off at 23:00 UTC, 31 December, in Umokka, outside the Caldari Navy Testing Facilities at the fourth moon of Umokka X. Last year's event was a rousing success, with local peaking at 1800, and this year is expected to bring even more capsuleers to watch and participate. As usual, anyone in possession of a working laser turret or missile launcher is welcome [...]
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan The sudden appearance of snowball-firing 'Festival Launchers' in many pilots' inventory - apparently a gift from the mysterious Polaris-based alliance C C P - has led to an upsurge in random attacks in many parts of New Eden. Trade hubs seem to be heavily affected, with Jita and Amarr seeing periodic outbreaks of snowball-related violence, but no system has escaped unscathed. CONCORD officials stated that they saw no harm in these attacks, and were found to be in favor of [...]
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan Several days ago, Interstellar Correspondents received the notice below directly from Somerset Mahm with the stipulation that we hold the announcement. Now that the announcement has been made public, we present to you the message: "SOMER Blink, the popular Eve gambling site, will be sponsoring all thirty-two Open Tournament entrants as they attempt to claw their way to victory. It is Blink's hope that sponsoring everyone will lead to more exciting fights than ever before by [...]
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan Amamake, Heimatar - The Frigfest frigate brawl held by Heretic Army in the Amamake system concluded on the 22nd of September and the winners were: Top Solo Killer: T-101 HastaLaVista with 49 solo kills. Top Overall Killer: Karl Planck who managed to get on 63 killmails. Top Loser: T-101 HastaLaVista who lost upwards of half a billion ISK. Top Corporation: Heretic Army. Organiser Jude Lloyd was extremely pleased with the turnout of the event, in which 491 ships with a total value [...]
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan Amamake, Heimatar - The Heretic Army is running a continual frigate battle known as Frigfest in the Amamake Solar System. The event started on the 17th of September and so far more than three billion ISK of ships and equipment have been destroyed in that system. There are several prizes up for grabs including a faction-fit faction frigate of the winner 's choice for top solo killer, and a T2 frigate with T2 fittings for the overall top killer. GalNet References Jude Lloyd's [...]
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan BIG, one of the oldest corporations in New Eden, has celebrated a milestone birthday. The ten year old corporation, still run by co-founder Tornsoul, is currently best known for its lotteries, which have netted lucky capsuleers trillions of ISK in prizes. The BIG Lottery turned 9 earlier this year. BIG is also the owner of BMBE (BIG Merchant Bank of EVE), the oldest surviving IPO in New Eden. GalNet References Tornsoul elaborates on the history of BIG [CAOD is not an anonymous [...]
by ISD Serathu Ashk Now half-way through the finals of Alliance Tournament X, the Interstellar Correspondents continues to provide up to date coverage through it's dedicated website: IC's AT X Coverage With a variety of features including Schedules/Results, Knockout Brackets and Statistics along with easy access to the catch-up videos from previous matches, there's everything you need to keep up with the tournament action. We're also proud to be providing much of the data on EVE TV and of course we [...]
by ISD Tedra Kerrigan Estel Arador Clone Services is hosting a giveaway, open to current and former members of the jump clone corporation, which will see three lucky capsuleers walking away with 12 months worth of PLEX The first set of 12 PLEX was donated by Estel Again, an associate of Estel Arador who started the corporation, while the second and third sets were donated by Alacta Lithia, current owner and manager of EACS, and SOMER Blink, the famed lottery corporation. The competition is open to [...]
by ISD Magnus Balteus Interstellar Correspondents continues its Coverage of the Tenth Alliance Tournament as the group stages continue. IC's AT X Coverage Today marks the first of three days of group stages as teams fight it out for a spot in the finals next Sunday. Teams have been scrambling to find the winning combination of ship and tactics to make it to the end. Interstellar Correspondents' tournament site contains a wealth of data and information that may just make that happen. In addition to [...]
With CCP Soundwave returning triumphant from the 'Feet of Fire' dance tournament we are ready for the first weekend of Alliance Tournament action from our brand new studio. Tune in to catch all the action on EVE TV from 15:00 UTC today and keep an eye on the forums for our 'Predict the Winner' competitions to win PLEX as well as Logitech and EON goodies. Our commentators have arrived safely and will bring you analysis from the studio throughout the day. CCP Alice and Loxy have been working to provide [...]
The first weekend of Alliance Tournament X pre-qualifying rounds has seen some intense action with over 27 billion ISK of ships and modules destroyed, and now it's time for more! The second pre-qualifying round of the Alliance Tournament starts tomorrow at 15:00 GMT and will be streamed through our main site and available at the CCP channel on own3D. You can visit the site and click the 'Follow' button to get alerts when the stream goes live. The full schedule is available on our main page along with [...]
by ISD Magnus Balteus The first day of Round 1 qualifying comes to a close as Northern Coalition. fires the last shots into what remained of The Veyr Collective's fleet. The Merlin was the most fielded ship today with 24 of them seeing action. Survival rate was only 45.8% for these fragile frigates. The Sleipnir was the only command ship in use today with 18 fielded and a respectable survival rate of 66.7%. Tengus continue to be a popular choice of combat vessel with 8 being fielded. Unfortunately, [...]
by ISD Magnus Balteus The galaxy-famous full spectrum Interstellar Correspondents' Tenth Alliance Tournament coverage site officially goes live this weekend! IC's AT X Coverage Sixty four teams face off today as the first round of qualifying begins. Teams will have a tough go of it as they try to field a combination for qualifying that will give them a win without showing the universe the tactics and formations they plan on using deeper into the tournament Rounding out the "Empire Collection" of prize [...]
by ISD Oriana Falere Dodixie, Sinq Laison - The annual Federation Day celebrations conclude, showing that Gallente pride is still strong. This year saw the inclusion of a live capsuleer music radio service as well as parade coverage presented by Andreus Ixiris, from Mixed Metaphor corporation. When interviewed on how Federation Day benefited the Federation, Andreus responded by saying that "It takes people's minds off the war and the Black Eagles". Another capsuleer, Anastazuis, created a [...]
by ISD Ashen Talinthe New Eden Radio are hosting a betting pool for Alliance Tournament X. Capsuleers will be able to enter for a fee of 50 million ISK and will be able to place bets on up to 8 of their favourite alliances competing in the tournament. Winners will be determined by points. As their chosen alliances advance in the tournament, they will be awarded a certain number of points based on their chosen alliances placements. Prizes so far are in excess of 2.6 billion isk and this number will [...]
by ISD Angelus Faust Over the past few years lotteries have gradually become increasingly popular throughout New Eden. Recently, however, the industry has exploded with an estimated 50,000 pilots partaking in lotteries such as SOMERblink, Ships of EVE, and BIG Lottery. Almost every lottery has its own set of rules and characteristics; pilots should familiarise themselves with how a particular lottery works before gambling. Some of the first lotteries to dot New Eden began on the CONCORD pilot [...]
New Eden - BIG Lottery is celebrating its 9th birthday with massive prizes. Time is running out for capsuleers to buy tickets for this extraordinary round that consists of a total of 45 billion ISK to be won along with 21 months of free flying time. The prizes are: 25 billion ISK + 12 months 15 billion ISK + 6 months 5 billion ISK + 3 months Tickets are 1000 ISK each with a limit of 200,000 tickets per-capsuleer and only tickets bought between 30 April and 13 May are eligible for the above prizes. [...]
Celebration time! EVE Online is celebrating soon 9 years of existence and so will the BIG Lottery. For nine years the BIG Lottery made dreams come true and made people billionaires overnight. To celebrate this remarkable anniversary, the BIG Lottery 9 Year Anniversary round is open from Monday, April 30, to Sunday, May 13, offering the chance to win massive amounts of ISK and 21 months of free gameplay. Full details are available on the BIG Lottery 9 Year Anniversary page and on our forums here.