The Lucky Winners of the 26th EVE Blog Banter Contest!

After an unwarranted and totally inapropriate long wait, here are the 3 randomly chosen winners of the latest EVE Blog Banter. Each will be getting some of the Fanfest swag I brought back from EVE Fanfest 2011.

And the winners are:

•  A Scientist's Life in Eve with Blog Banter 26: The Beauty of Eve
• To Boldly Go with Blog Banter 26: Beauty of EVE
• And Knowing is Half the Battle with BlogBanter#26 The Real Beauty of EVE

Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to all of you who participated in this latest EVE Blog Banter!

As for the prizes, that'll have to wait until I can dig them out of the CKave and randomly sort through them. I promise to post a picture of what I'll be mailing to you soon(tm)!

Cheers!

EVE Fanfest 2011 Trailer: "EVE - A Future Vision"

This latest video from CCP was shown at the "CCP Presents" keynote to a standing ovation. It was shown a second time after everyone got up a second and shouted: FUCK YEAH! FUCK YEAH! FUCK YEAH! at Hilmar's request! His request to the capsuleers, whether at Fanfest or watching it via the stream: "Please Help us spread the word about EVE!".

WARNING: This video kicks ass!!!


Told you so! So go ahead, put it up on Facebook, then call your grandma to tell her about it!

EVE Fanfest 2011: An Experience Like No Other

The Fanfest 2011 has been in full swing for the last few days and though my first experience here, back in 2008, was memorable, this year's Fanfest is something beyond my expectations. No, I'm not talking about the CCP panels, round tables and awesome content and announcements that have been made over the last 2 days, or later today - looking forward to the CCP Presents keynote.

In this picture: Roc Wieler (by himself, of course!) Back row: Boris Hotch, Manasi, Song Li, GigaerPrano,
Mandrill, DavidKMagnus. Front row: Quivering Palms, Seismic Stan & Luminous Aardokay

What makes this particular Fanfest special for me, as opposed to the previous, is meeting all these amazing people that I've been interacting with over the last 2 and a half years.

I mean, just look at the happy faces on these folks above - for a picture of me with them taken by the Roc, see here! Though blogging, the TweetFleet and our podcasts are amazing ways of interacting and building a community of like minded folks who are passionate about the world of New Eden, nothing beats getting together in "meat space" and sharing good laughs and a few pints! Hell, meeting the Roc in person is worth the travel alone!

I've finished uploading the photos I've taken so far and will be adding descriptions and more photos over the next few days. With all these folks here, I haven't had the time and opportunity to provide daily reports like I did during my previous Fanfest. I know that some of the EVE Bloggers here have done, and I'll be putting a list in a later post.

For now though, I've got to head over to the venue as the third and final day of EVE Fanfest is already in full swing! And then there's that little get together called the "Party at the Top of the World"

Links:

• EVE Fanfest 2011 Flickr Set
• PC Gamer coverage of the keynote
• Massively's coverage: Day 1, Keynote, Day 2

New Eden Chronicles Episode #02 - CCP Dev Interviews

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Date: Recorded on Thursday February 24th, 2011
Hosts: CrazyKinux, Memoocan
Guests: CCP Daishi, CCP Manifest

This special episode was originally supposed to have a few segments, including the only one that made it in the final episode. At almost 90 minutes, the interview that Memoocan and I did, managed to take over the whole show, and as such no other segments were recorded. Interviewed during this show were Mike Read, aka CCP Daishi, who is Director of Events and Convetions at CCP Games, and Ned Coker, aka CCP Manifest, the man behind most of EVE Online's PR!

During the show we had a chance to learn how both of them managed to infiltrate the Icelandic behemoth that is CCP Games today, and it made for some great story telling - then again, Mike is well known to enjoy telling a good story, his story! We also covered CCP's new willingness to help out Fan gatherings and other community driven initiatives. Mike was/is all over that one! A good chunk of time was also spent talking about PAX East 2011 and EVE Fanfest 2011 (#evefanfest), both of which are coming up in over the next 2 weeks.

Overall a great show!

-- Here are the various links mentioned during the show--

How to reach Mike:

• paxeast2011@ccpgames.com
• michaelread@ccpgames.com

URLs:

• EVE Vegas Gathering 2006: http://bit.ly/EVEVegas2006
• CCP Daishi's post on PAXeast 2011: http://bit.ly/EVEPAXeast2011

EVE Online Fanfest 2009: A Documentary [VIDEO]

EvE-Online Fanfest 2009 Documentary from Oddur Elíasson on Vimeo.
About this documentary:
Every year or so a celebration is held in the name of EvE-Online. This celebration is calld Fanfest and hundreds of EvE players gather in Iceland to put real faces to avatars, to enjoy the company of EvE players from other parts of the world, to learn about upcoming events in EvE and also just to celebrate the world of EvE-Online.

This short documentary is to give a look into what fanfest is all about, to show the people that play the game and what they think of Fanfest and EvE-Online!

Director: Oddur Elíasson
AD: Arna Björk Pétursdóttir
Camera A: Anton Smári Gunnarsson
Camera B: Ingimar Björn Davíðsson
Editing: Oddur Elíasson and Jón Tómas Einarsson
Color Correction: Jón Tómas Einarsson

Will we see each other at Fanfest VII (2011)?

With CCP Game's 7th iteration of the EVE Fanfest - thanks to Mandrill for the heads-up by the way - the most famous party at the top of the world moves from an early Fall schedule to early Spring. As most of you know, I had the opportunity to attend Fanfest V (Fall 2008) and had a blast! The experience is like no other in the world. This is the time where we capsuleers get to mingle, chat, interact and party with CCP Devs. This is also a time, where friends and foes get to finally meet face to face, share a few laughs, as well as a few drinks - ok, a LOT of drinks!

I look very much forward to this particular Fanfest, and hope to meeting with a great number of you who will also make the annual capsuleer migration to the land of Vikings and rotten shark! Since my last Fanfest over 2 years ago, the EVE Blog Community has grown quite considerably, and I've had the chance to virtually meet with quite a number of people whom I consider good friends today. During this Fanfest, I really hope that we'll get to meet with some of you and put a real face behind your avatar.

I think that @Mandrill's initiative to organize a tweet-up is a great idea, one that will surely be successful. Just tell me when and where, and I'll be there!

So will we get to meet?

EON Issue #021: 2010 - Table of Content

Though I've yet to receive my copy of the 21st issue of EON, I thought I'd share with you the content that was forwarded to me by the editors.

I can't wait to get my copy as this issue is filled with content that's dear to me: the EVE Storyline and the EVE Fanfest! The EVE universe is a fascinating place and the EVE Chronicles have allowed us to learn a bit more about this dark and hard place we capsuleers call home. I've even stated in the past, and reiterate here, that I'd love to see some hardcover book on EVE - similar to those big fat beauties from Pathfinder.

As for the upcoming Fanfest, I'm already looking at my possible itinerary and maybe extending my vacation a few more days to spend it with MrsCK somewhere in Europe! How about you? Will you attend the Party t the Top of the World next March?

IT’S STORYTIME
It’s always been there, but EVE’s storyline has never been the most overt aspect of the New Eden universe. All that’s set to change with Incursion, as CCP is looking to bring the back-story firmly to the front. With player events back on the agenda and everyone from the mightiest 0.0 alliance to the lowliest high-sec miner invited to take part, it looks as if your reasons for doing what you do are about to get ever more dramatic.

CONSTRUCTING FANFEST
As we wait patiently for 2011’s extravaganza on the roof of the planet, we take a trip back in time through Fanfests of old to discover how they came to be, why they came to be and who came to... uh, be them. Whatever. The moments that made CCP realize getting a large group of its players together under one darkened roof was all worthwhile, the lessons learnt, and what we can expect from future trips to the sunny shores of, er, Iceland.

SURVIVING EVE
Of course we love EVE more than life itself, but that doesn’t mean that life should be neglected in the pursuit of one more can-flip or podkill. We take time out from staring at the monitor to examine ways to step back, smell the flowers and still appreciate our beloved game for all its worth but without becoming totally burnt out in the process. Remember traveller, a healthy capsuleer is a happy capsuleer and vice versa.

THE 50M ISK CHALLENGE
Give a bunch of pilots a (relatively) small lump of cash, tell them to spend it on whatever ship and fittings they think are best and record the results. Following Issue #019’s 200 million ISK ship-building challenge, we thought we’d try it again but with a more modest amount. You’ll be surprised just how far a tiny budget goes in New Eden’s chop-shops these days.

PLUS

• The Mod Delusion – how EVE’s greatest fans are taking New Eden into other game engines
• ‘Condemned To Repeat’ – an all-new, exclusive Chronicle of espionage and deceit from Danny Schalit
• In depth ‘Insider’s Guides’ to Militia Fleets, getting the most from EVE’s communication tools and the first of a multi-part look at Drones
• Interviews with EVE TV veteran and CCP Video Producer Stevie Ward and Technical Director and ‘Lag Warrior’ CCP Yokai
• Behind the characters of Silentbrick, Niccolado Starwalker and Sakura Nihil
• Profiles of Art Of War Alliance and Veneratio Venator Alliance
• The latest news from CCP and the latest reports from 0.0 space
• Postcards, Funnies, My Two ISK and much more

Oh, and there’s one more thing... E-ON is going digital, but they’re not abandoning the hard-copy magazine – far from it. As a special incentive, ALL subscribers to the hard-copy edition will receive FREE access to the coming-soon E-ON Digital, which will be able to be viewed online or offline on a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch or Android device. The print edition will still retain its glossy-page collectability, but the digital version will enable us to bring new features such as full archive searching, lower cost and instant availability. Go tell the world, E-ON Digital is coming soon...

Table of Content Coming Soon...

Why there'll never be a Fanfest outside Iceland. And that's a good thing!

Last week I had the opportunity to have dinner with CCP's Mike Read and a few other EVE Capsuleers! Suffice to say the conversation quickly veered towards anything and everything EVE, for our own selfish pleasure! At one point we all focused our attention on Mike with the well known "When will CCP host a Fanfest in North America?" The questioning and commenting went back and forth and eventually moved on to other more important, more pragmatic topics.

But that conversation stayed with me throughout the whole week and kept popping up in my head. Now, if you've been reading this blog for a while, you'll know that having a Fanfest in Canada or in the States has always been a big wish of mine.

But the more I thought about it. The less sure of that statement I was. And after giving it some more thought, I've come to the conclusion that there should only one EVE Fanfest, and that it should be held in Reykjavik, permanently.

Hear me out.

EVE Online is as much a virtual world as it is a Community. Let me repeat myself: EVE is "a" Community; as in one group, one entity. We all play the game in this one world, which affects all of us. And nothing is more the embodiment of this Community as the yearly held Fanfest is. This is the time of the year where players from all over the world get together and share a common real-life experience. It's where players from Europe, from North and South America and even as far as New Zealand come together to share their common love and interest for this most exotic world we call New Eden.

Splitting the EVE Fanfest into 2 events, one in Iceland and one in the States (as an example) would be like splitting Tranquility in two. Blasphemy, I know. Which is why I believe and sincerely hope that there will always be only one EVE Fanfest, held in Reykjavik once a year.

Which doesn't prevent CCP from ever having a WoD Fanfest in Atlanta though... wink wink...!

Fly safe, and see you all at the next EVE Fanfest!

EON Issue #017: DUST 514 - Table of Content

In this day and age of the InterTubes, it's nice to walk away from the digital world, find a nice quiet spot in the house, sit down on a comfy couch with a nice alcoholic beverage (say a Taylor Fladgate port or a Grand Marnier) and start reading a high quality, visually stunning & intelligently edited magazine such as EON.

You may think that I'm stretching the truth here, just for the sake of you the reader, but the opposite is actually the case. EON has become an integral part of my EVE experience. And these days, with the sort of schedule that I have, it's a real treat roam through its A4-sized pages.

This latest issue - "EON #017 DUST 514" - is no exception to the rule. And with the lead article on the new and upcoming EVE console first-person shooter, how could it not be interesting!

IN DUST WE TRUST

For console gamers DUST 514 promises to be the most unique shooter ever

devised, but for those of us already fighting between planets what will it

mean to have hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, fighting on the

ground? A crack squad of E-ON special forces capture CCP to find out how the

EVE FPS will fuse with EVE Online, plus we get the views of players to see

if they are as excited about DUST 514 as they should be.

THREE CHRONICLES

Officially, the early days of Amarrian expansion were a time of glory for

New Eden's largest empire, while today the worlds within the factional

warzones are seen as frontiers that will one day reward the brave pioneers

that have tried to tame them. The problem with official versions of events

past and present is that they are very often wrong, as evidenced by three

new chronicles in this issue of E-ON, which show a very different side to

life on the frontiers of New Eden.

TRUST FUNDS

Players have never been as rich as they are currently, yet the status of

banks in the New Eden economy has never looked bleaker after a string of

high-profile trust issues that have left the industry in tatters. Player

economist and blogger LaVista Vista delves into the history of banking in

EVE to see if it has a future and what it might look like.

PLUS

• News on Cosmos and Dominion from Fanfest 09
• Testflight: Electronic Attack frigates
• Profiles of Pandemic Legion, Dr Caymus and Jeran Tek
• Interviews with CCP Molock and CCP Manifest
• Win signed copies of The Burning Life
• Full round-up of 0.0 activity in Quarterly Report
• Guides to wormholes, modules and EVE: Conquests
• Websites for new players
• Šand all the latest news

Table of Content - EON 017

• Page 6 --- E-ON Upfront (News)
• 12 ---- Quarterly Alliance Report
• 18 ---- Postcards from the Edge (Screen shots)
• 20 ---- Cover Feature: DUST 514
• 26 ---- In Crowd: Ned Coker
• 29 ---- In Character: Dr Caymus
• 30 ---- Chronicle: Word of God, by Nixon Bardsley
• 34 ---- Alliance Profile: Pandemic Legion
• 37 ---- Feature: The Descent of Money
• 42 ---- Chronicle: Invisible War, by Paul Elsy
• 46 ---- In Character: Heath Ledger
• 48 ---- Testflight: Electronic Attack Frigates
• 57 ---- In Character: Jeran Tek
• 58 ---- Chronicle: Broken Contracts, by Douglas McKinney
• 62 ---- In Crowd: Scott Holden
• 64 ---- Insider's Guide: Ship Modules - Part 2
• 70 ---- Insider's Guide: EVE Conquests
• 74 ---- Insider's Guide: WormHoles
• 78 ---- EVE Directory, by Dierdra Vaal
• 80 ---- My 0.02 ISK, by Wormsworth
• 82 ---- Teh Funnies (EVE Humour)

Order yours now!

EVE Fanfest Giveway: The Two Lucky Bastards!

In the end, putting the contest together was the easy part. I had the EVE Fanfest Swag, the extra magazines and the desire give it all away to some lucky members of the EVE Blogging and Tweeting Community. That was easy. Picking only 2 winners out the multitude of you who linked, tweeted and blogged about this blog, was much more difficult than I'd originally thought.

In the end, I used a dash of subjectivity, a sprinkle of luck, and a few pints of the good stuff to choose these two lucky capsuleers - @starryeyedpod (A Starry Eyed Pod-Pusher) and @ChainerCygnus (Corrupted Datacore)!

Thanks for all that you've done and keep up your excitement about EVE, this blog and the EVE Blogging Community.

Here's a reminder of what you'll both be splitting amongst yourselves:

• 2x EVE Fanfest 2008 T-Shirt
• Some EON coasters
• 2x Random EON magazine issues
• Some EVE Online Postcards
• 1x EVE fridge magnet
• 1x EVE mini-mouse
• 2x packs of EVE Collectible Card Game (CCG)
• 2x Fanfest Schedule
• 2x 1-Year Lonetrek Extended Hosting Plan
• 2 50% Lonetrek Promo Codes

EVE Fanfest Giveway: Hands Off my EVE Online Loot!

On this Canadian Thanksgiving I'm in a very festive mood and wanted to share some of the EVE Fanfest loot I got while attending last year's Fanfest. That's right, I'll be giving away some of the extra loot I brought back from the 2008 Edition of the EVE Fanfest; not this last one which was help in October, but last year's.

EVE Online Fanfest 2009 Speedlinking

I'm slowly gathering all the good articles and information that I come across in regards to the EVE Online Fanfest Coverage - articles, facts, photos, blog roundups,etc. I'll keep updating this post as I find new info. If you've written something or are aware of a great article I haven't linked too (and there are plenty of these), then please add them to the comments and I'll add it to the list.

What we've learned so far on:

EVE Online

• Ship formations with added bonuses will soon be introduced
• The next expansion, Dominion, is to be launched on December 1st, 2009
• COSMOS social network has been renamed "New Eden"; and some folks just don't agree with the new name
• New Tech III loot as well as Tech III Frigates are coming
• Planetary ring mining (been looking forward to this one for quite some time)
• Comet mining (been promised this way back when)
• @chocolips' take on what COSMOS is - pre-Fanfest

DUST 514

• Will have customizable vehicles. with modules like eve ships.
• DUST 514 is a large-scale multiplayer FPS in the style of the Battlefield 2142
• Will have Microtransactions to allow access to blueprints and stuff.
• DUST Corps and EvE corps can be in the same alliance.
• DUST players act as mercenaries in the pay of EVE Online's space pilots.
• DUST 514 will have microtransactions (aka Micropayments)

From CCP Games

• Dominion Presentation Video

From Massively

• EVE Fanfest 2009 highlights

From EuroGamer (great coverage btw)

• EVE social network site detailed
• DUST 514 to use micro-transations
• EVE: Dominion out December 1st
• DUST 514 preview (a must read!)

From TenTonHammer

• EVE's Economics and "Unholy Rage" Video
• CCP Reveals More Details about DUST 514 at EVE FanFest 2009
• EVE Online Incarna Teaser Trailer
• CCP Unveils DUST 514 at EVE FanFest 2009

From other corners of the Intertubes and Blogosphere

• Roc's Ramblings - Iceland 2009 – Entry #8 & Entry #8b
• Diary of a Pod Pilot - Fanfest 2009 review: Awesomeness
• Hellforge - No Subscription Fees for DUST 514
• Dotlan EVE Maps - Fanfest 2009 Roundup
• ZAM - CCP Presents - Fanfest 2009 Keynote
• DJ Alienhand's EVE Fanfest Party Free track
• The Mondes Persistants' EVE Fanfest 2009 Flickr photo sets - Thursday - Friday - Saturday and Sunday
• @chocolips' Flickr sets - Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 and recap post

INCARNA: an EVE Online Trailer (low quality)

Filmed today by @jamesremuscat this is the Trailer for Incarna, or what was formely known as Walking in Station, originally Ambulation. You're still with me here? Enjoy this little gem of a preview!

The Drone Bay: Episode 22 - Like a Dysfunctional Family Reunion...

Recorded on Monday evening, the latest Drone Bay podcast was released today. And yes, all 3 cohosts were present during this recording! It had been over 8 months since we were last all together on a show, but it felt great to be back and talk about EVE together. This latest episode is a bit more open in format since it's was a bit of a re-introduction. The next shows should have the old structure back.

The Drone Bay Episode 22: Like a Dysfunctional Family Reunion

ZOMG a proper Drone Bay! Well...kinda. All three hosts are back, and there is some EVE talk for you all. We are hoping this is the beginning of a more regular recording schedule, so listen up and enjoy as the Three Musketeers (or is that Amigos?) of EVE podcasting return to the airwaves!

Contact Info:

In-Game Channel:
The Drone Bay

E-Mail:
dronebay|at|gmail.com (comments/questions for everyone)
crovan|at|eve-mail.net
crazykinux|at|gmail.com
alsedrech|at|gmail.com

Blogs:
Bitter Old Noob (Crovan)
CrazyKinux’s Musing
The Littlest Drone (Alsedrech)

The Drone Bay: Episode 21 - Fanfest 2009 Preview Special

Recorded earlier this week, the latest Drone Bay podcast was released today. Though I couldn't join Crovan and Alsedrech as the show was recorded during my work day, my podcast mates did a good job torturing the 3 devs present to get the most information from them on the next EVE Online Fanfest! Well, seducing might be a better term than torture.

Having been at Fanfest myself, I highly recommend that you attend if not this year, at least once! Have a listen and you'll get a brief idea of the amount of fun, facts and friends you'll discover if you decided to attend the Party at the top of the world!

Here's a few links to my account of the fanfest last year!

• EVE Fanfest Day 1 - Recap and more
• EVE Fanfest Day 2 - Lots more goodies!
• EVE Fanfest Day 3 - Highlights

Good to hear you guys again!

EVE Blog Banter #8: Care for a little game of SecWars?

Welcome to the eighth installment 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 here . Check out otherEVE Blog Banter articles at the bottom of this post!

This month's topic comes to us from me, Ga'len at The Wandering Druid of Tranquility. He asks: "What new game mechanic or mechanics would you like to see created and brought into the EVE Online universe and how would this be incorporated into the current game universe? Be specific and give details, this is not meant to be a 'nerf this, boost my game play' post like we see on the EVE forums."

CCP pulls a fast one on us with Fanfest 2009

So, CCP recently annouced that another EVE Fanfest will be held this year (check!), in Iceland (check!), in Reykjavik (check!), between October 1st-3rd (what the eff!!). October? Nah, that's got to be wrong right. What? It's not!!! But they've held it in November since the Big Bang!

Seems things change. And yes, the 2009 edition of the EVE Fanfest will be held on the first day of October, my birthday of all days! The sad news, is that I won't get to go. My plans to attend, were squashed with the move to the new dates. You see, my better-half and I are expecting Mini-CK No.2 in early September, and though I love this game, some things in life come first.

Family, EVE, God.

I find myself skipping this year's fanfest., but true, I did go last year, and will try to go the next!

In the mean time, enjoy this great teaser for the event! You lucky bastards! :p

EON Issue #014 is traveling the snail gates of Gaia

It's not every day that you get to see your name printed on the official EVE Online site - twice on the same day! - and I'm not referring to the forum section and all that CK spam! For this latest issue of EON, I had the pleasure of being tortured by Zapatero to write... let rephrase that. I had the honor of writing about my experience at the EVE Fanfest 2008, which was a first, and hopefully not the last, for me.

It was a lot of fun to think back and relive some of those memories in order for me to write that article. Fanfests are an amazing experience, which everyone and anyone involved in EVE should live at least once!

Hopefully with the article, I'll manage to share enough of the experience to get your mojo flowing and get you to travel to the top of the world, in a cold, cloudy and humid realm, and have the best time of your life!

See you there in November!

Here's what else to expect in this latest issue of EON.

THE JOY OF TECHS

This issue we peer into the imminent future (or look to the very recent past, depending on whether you’re reading this before or after 10th March 09), at the building blocks of the many thousands of potential Tech III ships that will be appearing via explorable wormholes as part of EVE's tenth expansion this coming spring. With CCP providing the parts, we ask how the ships will be glued together, how their attributes will be determined and what special features might make them worth investing in when the time comes. We theorise at what might be at the end of the wormholes themselves that are making Tech III a possibility.

FIRST-TIME FANFEST

After one of the most spectacular Fanfests so far, EVE blogger CrazyKinux re-lives the experience of what was his first; from the puzzled look from friends and family concerned for his sanity for wanting to travel to Iceland to meet a bunch of spaceship nerds, to the mild hangover after four days of blowing away every preconception they had. Without giving too much away, we reckon CK quite enjoyed his first trip to Fanfest.

THE ONE AND ONLY

While much of this issue focuses on the future and looking ahead to Tech III, we remember that Tech I still has much to offer: in Testflight, Sivona climbs aboard EVE's unloved logistics cruisers to see if they have a role on the modern battlefield, whilst Karox Lominax escapes the melee and rustles up a guide to manufacturing and production.

PLUS

• The definitive made-up history of dev band RoXoR
• Profiles of Band of Brothers, TornSoul, Atlas Alliance, Archbishop and Ivy League
• Insider’s Guide to boosters
• E-ON Award nominees revealed
• Serenity Steele’s Quarterly Alliance Report
• A chance to win the new board game, EVE: Conquests
• Interviews with CCP’s Abraxas and Lúlli Teiknari
• Blogs, Essentials and Resources for pirates
• Two exclusive new Chronicles

...and all the latest news

Congrats to Karox and Flashfresh for being part of this one too. And yes, to you too Winterblink. We all know you crave a good Carebear hug!

EVE Online Speedlinking for December 5th, 2008

I'll be honest, this week I'm a tad more focused on RL, than on EVE. Despite this, and having gone through the EVE Blogsphere articles, I have to say the activity is not subsiding at all, and I'm quite happy to share the links below.

Also, this week we've got 8 new blogs added to the EVE Blogroll, for a grand total of 134. Now, I do know that I promised a clean-up of the list, which may, or may not reduce the total amount. At the very least you may see a few "Out of Date" or "No longer Active" appear next to some blogs. I'm on it, like Obama on Change!

New Blogs:

• EVEolutions
• Musings
• Surviving within the Void
• Pocket Pairs & Pod Pilots
• Khaled Urduni
• Broadside
• Ramblings of a Bastard
• Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - 7734

From CCP Games Dev Blogs:

• Military Experts are Calling this Alliance Tournament VI
• The Sixth Alliance Tournament is finally on its way!

Massively & EVE Online News:

• Making a Successful Corporation, Part 3
• EVE Evolved: Exploring New Eden

Podcasts:

• Fly RecklessEpisode 18
• The Drone Bay #17
• Warp Drive Active #43
  

EVE Blogosphere:

• YouTube - EVE Online Fanfest 2008 - Pvp Tournament
• YouTube - Fanfest 2008 Interviews - Designing WIS
  
  
• Winterblink's EVE: The Small and the Deadly
  
  
• When losing means nothing … a gentler, kinder EVE | EVE-Mag.com
• The Sky Is Falling! | EVE-Mag.com
• Not so “Lofty” Ambitions | EVE-Mag.com
• The Orca is a double-edged Sword | EVE-Mag.com
  
  
• From the Shadows: Clandestine Operations in the World of EVE | EVE Network News
  
  
• Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah: More Carrier Picture Goodness
• 2008 Reader's Choice Awards: Best Expansion in 2008
• The Travels of Black Claw: Blogger Profiles #7 - Selenalore
• The Rifter Guide: Solo PvP « Wensley: The Pirate Diaries
• Life in Low Sec: Sharing the Blog Love
• Hottest pirate, hotter blog « A Misguided Adventurer
• Do You Name Your Ships? « The Ancient Gaming Noob
• Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah: Eve Masterclass - The Triage Module
• EVE Blog Banter #2: The Allure of New Eden
• Rocalicious 2009 « Roc’s Ramblings
• The Travels of Black Claw: An interview with an anti-pirate
• Rocalicious 2009 « Roc’s Ramblings
• Why I'm playing Eve
• Karaoke Corner #1: Yesterday

Only 3 week-ends before Xmas!!

Review of (an amazing) November 2008 at CrazyKinux's Musings

November 2008 was a month like no other at CrazyKinux's Musings. Both in terms of content, visitors and comments. It was also a hectic month in terms of RL, with some crucial job interviews at the beginning of the month, which landed me an amazing career opportunity at CNW Group.

Of course, the EVE Fanfest 2008 was responsible for the majority of the sites traffic in the first few days of the month. Iceland and the folks at CCP were amazing and I plan to attend the 2009 edition as well! Maybe this time Mrs CK will tag along and we can spend a few more days visiting the natural beauty of the country.