Following the release of the 113 page monster that is the minutes of the CSM 7 summit that took place in December, there will no doubt be broad discussion across the community as folk pick through the segments relevant to their interests. Although I may well do the same Read more…
My ongoing exploration of EVE play-styles for Guild Launch recently found Factional Warfare in my sights. Knowing very little about FW gameplay and the communities behind it, I approached CSM member and Factional Warfare guru Hans Jagerblitzen with some questions. The result was a two hour Skype conversation which took Read more…
The returning chairman of EVE Online’s elected player council has offered the resignation of his chairmanship following complaints about his incitement of the EVE player base to harass a “depressed” player to suicide. The story surfaced on Massively and will undoubtedly proliferate throughout games journalism and the blogosphere. Whilst mental Read more…
The polls have just opened for the election of candidates to occupy the 14 seats on the 7th Council of Stellar Management. To kick-start a topical CSM-themed banter, CCP Xhagen – fierce champion of freedom of speech and in his words, “the guy that gets yelled at when the CSM dudes Read more…
On Friday night, EVE Radio will be hosting what is possibly the most anticipated debating event in this year’s CSM election season. Current CSM chairman and leader of the Goonswarm Federation The Mittani will lock horns with EVE News 24 media mogul Riverini. There is no love lost between the Read more…
“As a company CCP is I think largely viewed as one of the MMO companies that really genuinely listens to its subscribers – say what you like about recent events – but in the grand scheme of things we listen to our players a lot more than other MMO studios Read more…
The Council of Stellar Management, an elected player body that serves as a liaison between the player population of EVE Online and it’s creators CCP, has just begun its sixth term. The man that has taken up the reigns from the previous chair(wo)man is The Mittani, a polarising figure if Read more…
“Mos Eisley spaceport: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” – Obi-wan Kenobi, Star Wars With the low-sec regions north of Providence now relatively unpoliced after the TREAD exodus, things in the Derelik region have settled into a new routine. It’s fairly quiet, with small Read more…
For some time I have been meaning to start an interview series of blogposts. rather than just speaking with the CEOs, Alliance leaders and CSM candidates of EVE, it is my hope to give voice to a varied array of players from every echelon of EVE life. In a coincidental Read more…