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I'm starting to enjoy a lot of fan fiction lately and despite the resounding lack of success of the last competition I am very eager to run this again.
The results are now in, please scroll to the bottom of this post.
EDIT: Due to the significant and unexpected number of entries I have to postpone the results until 12:00hrs Eve Time 29th August 2010/YC112. I do apologise for this delay but please be assured I am actively reading all entries and am confident the results will be ready by the new time.
Please write a short story of between 400 to 2000 words which include mention of this scene. So think of how you can entwine a Taranis speeding through space into your story. It can be a humorous story, sad, thriller, the horror of the Sansha, whatever you choose.
The story must be Eve related, i.e. Eve Online Fan Fiction.
Post this on your blog entry including the embedded link:
This is my entry to the Inspired By Images Of Eve Competition 2. More details and links to all entrants can be found at Starfleet Comms read the rest of this post»
This CSM seems to be bubbling over with ideas and enthusiasm despite other pressures! Let's hope it's well rewarded!
Mynxee has launched an IdeaScale site focussing on Low Sec issues in Eve Online. The basic idea (sorry) behind it is to get as many people involved as possible to throw their ideas into a pile and the ones that are the most popular will get submitted to CCP so they can put together a "Story". This is basically parlance devs use to build a framework of tasks into a queue. Basically.
Anyway, I'd best quote Mynxee as she sums it up better than I!
I originally had the idea of confining ideas to the "Criminal Industry" theme that was discussed in my Focus Group. But ... brainstorming is better done in a more wide open environment. So...have at it. Whatever idea you have that you feel would improve Low Sec is welcome there.In a few months, when themes and ideas have had a chance to coalesce and the community has had a chance to weigh in, the CSM will see if it is feasible to write Low Sec "Story" as suggested by CCP Greyscale at the June 2010 Summit and post it as a proposal.
"But CCP said Low Sec was off the radar for like FOREVER!" you cry in anguish. So? Doesn't mean we can't get our ideas documented and rally community support for them in a more organized fashion than Assembly Hall permits. Consider this a creative exercise and an experiment in community brainstorming. It's fun! If you enjoy it, participate! If you don't, no probs.
Welcome to the nineteenth instalment of the EVE Blog Banter, the monthly EVE Online blogging extravaganza created by CrazyKinux. The EVE Blog Banter involves an enthusiastic group of gaming bloggers, a common topic within the realm of EVE Online, and a week to post articles pertaining to the said topic. The resulting articles can either be short or quite extensive, either funny or dead serious, but are always a great fun to read! Any questions about the EVE Blog Banter should be directed to crazykinux@gmail.com. Check out other EVE Blog Banter articles at the bottom of this post!
This months topic comes to us from @evepress, and he asks: The CSM: CCP's Meta Game? - The CSM, an eve players voice to CCP. Right? In the grand scheme of things yes, the players bring up issues and the CSM presents them to CCP. But in its current iteration the CSM was supposed to be given small authority to assign CCP assets to projects that the CSM thought needed work on. As it has not come out this was not the case. So fellow bloggers, is the CSM worth it, has the CSM improved the game in any way, or is it just a well thought out scam by CCP to give us players a false sense of input in the game? What's your take?
Frankly I am at a loss of what to post. I like to try to be upbeat while also delivering criticism but only if necessary. With the release of the latest CSM minutes I'm finding it hard to be upbeat and even harder to restrain from launching into a full on emo rage.
We've been misled for the last couple of years regarding resourcing being diverted to projects other than Eve and in the next 18 months we can't expect anything being really fixed because there are NO resources being applied to the current Eve client (read FW and other fixes et al) as we know it, instead they are diverted toward DUST514 and Incarna.
This may not bother you. In fact, it seems that the decision makers at CCP think this is the case. They are working on the premise that they are providing excellence which flies in the face of the evidence in this thread where an unprecedented and since unmatched level of support has been reached with not one Dev comment. read the rest of this post»
Perhaps my last blog entry was taken a bit too far by some people because it seems Ankhesentapemkah has been having a little drama with CCP and achieved a level of infamy few would care for. Of course, noone beyond Ankhesentapemkah or CCP actually know the details and as such it's wise to stay a bit quiet on that one. So that's going to be the sum of my input on that subject, praise be to Google.
Moving away from that particular incident but still with the CSM, I notice a general sway now of CSM members toward a “we represent the players” stance away from “I stand for this particular issue”. However this was not the case during the elections with many being pushed and delivering promises on particular stances. I think one of the best examples of this general feeling is by Teadaze in this thread and confirmed later in the thread by Sokratesz. read the rest of this post»
I'm just reading the latest issue of EON (number 20) and was just thinking to myself what a great community we have in Eve Online. Despite many ups and down we have a large number of Pilots who have grasped fully the ethos behind Eve Online and really shaken New Eden by the shoulders and screamed “Look at me!”.
A point that is sometimes missed is that Pilots are supreme beings amongst humanity. As Zapatero points out, from a sea of billions only 300,000 or so are chosen to be Pod Pilots. Think of it in those terms and a sense of perspective starts to dawn on you.
He mentions in EON 020 about the hope of a crew being introduced into Eve and also better use of the human resource in Planetary Interaction, These are great ideas and something I would like to see too, perhaps DUST514 will be the answer here or are we maybe hoping for too much? You may find out in EON 020 where this is discussed!
Regardless of that, even at the more basic player level as a member of a small corp or even playing by yourself you still have the potential to be so much more. There is nothing to stop you from doing what others have done already with your own twist. You could be the new Molle or the new Dianabolic who are both mentioned in EON 020. You don't necessarily have to be better, just confident enough to try. read the rest of this post»
It's a little random but I'm starting to enjoy a lot of fan fiction lately. As you are all prolific writers I thought I'd run a little competition!
I have attached a screenshot to this post. It's at the bottom and here is a direct link as it's been mentioned it's hard to notice.
http://www.starfleetcomms.com/content/amarrian_shuttle_gate
Please write a short story of between 400 to 2000 words which include mention of this scene. It can be a humorous story, sad, thriller, the horror of the Sansha, whatever you choose.
No major rules other than it must be Eve fan fiction meaning Eve content and that you post the following on your blog/site including the embedded link:
This is my entry to the Inspired By Images Of Eve Competition 1. More details and links to all entrants can be found at Starfleet Comms
Please also comment to this blog with a link to your entry otherwise you are not entered!
1st prize: 100 million ISK
2nd prize: 75 million ISK
3rd prize 50 million ISK
I will be judging these myself, entry starts now and the closing date for entries is when the Eve Online clock ticks over to 14 July YC112, results by 21 July YC112 so get writing! read the rest of this post»
Two Amarrian Holders were making their way through Dam-Torsad. It had been a gruelling day of politics and bargaining however Habib thought it had been worth it. At last he would benefit in power just a little more than Sissinius and after this last few years it was just. Sissinius was too cruel, too full of himself and even though society had been as solid as a mountain for centuries, things were changing despite the weight of oppression.
As the sun sank slowly toward the horizon, the dust of the streets became liberated as the winds swept toward them from the slums a short distance away, bringing with them the stench of the commoners and faint yet audible moans of ecstacy.
Sharp, pungent smells of outdoor cooking, spices with a subtle undertone of broken sewage systems wafted on the breeze. Wrinkling their noses in distaste they hurried on. It would not be long now before this segment of the city would give way to more salubrious surroundings. After all, one was not quite in the mood for a cheap whore.
Out of the dusk, a scrawny, scabbed and half naked women streaked with dirt ran at them both and fell to their feet. With imploring eyes and racked with sobs she begged to be taken with them lest she suffer more abuse. read the rest of this post»
Let's start at the beginning. First a move to new hardware was announced for Eve Online. TQ Level Up
Fantastic. It's all part of the continued growth of Eve Online and something to be applauded.
The estimated downtime was somewhere in the region of 6 hours, details of which are posted here:
http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1337468&page=1...
Then, disaster. And anyone who works in IT will tell you that when you least expect it, disaster can and will occur. There was a protracted delay in getting services online and throughout the player base were provided with timely information on progress and eta's as and when information was made available.
If you have dealt with a major IT incident as I have, you will know that sometimes if something is broken and someone quite reasonably asks when it will be fixed, frustratingly you often cannot answer as you need to know:
1.What is actually broken
2.What is then required to fix it
If you are at stage 1, the diagnostics stage, you cannot give an answer. Some people I have dealt with in my environment who are otherwise reasonable and intelligent seem to turn into petulant babies when an answer cannot be given. Others, probably a 50/50 split, understand and accept.That percentage is guesstimate and highly reliant on moods! read the rest of this post»
EDIT: Breaking Blog News - CCP StevieSG speaks out!
World Cup be damned. The last two weekends have been the ultimate in geekery for me and it's been bloody marvellous.
I've had TweetDeck on one PC and Gwibber on another chirping away soothingly in the background while watching the Alliance Tournament #8 on my HDTV in the living room. Settled on a luxurious leather upholstered reclining chair with drink of choice in hand. I simply can't imagine a better way to spend a few weekends - aside from inviting some other fellow Eve aficionados to join in too!
As this is the equivalent of our World Cup, it's fantastic to see CCP really getting behind it now. The dark years of no Eve TV seem to be over and the new age of streaming HD feeds and a full blown Eve TV Studio Final is very welcome indeed. Not many games can pull this off with such a sense of community and belonging. Eve is awesome.
I'll leave you with an idea, why not arrange events next year in strategically located pubs/bars with large screen TV and show the final there with a couple of hundred fans in different countries? Anyone interested in this then we may need to join forces! Get in touch.
