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Tribal Council delegates arrive in Pator amidst fanfare, fireworks, and hostilities
Pator – The delegates of the seven Minmatar Tribes were welcomed to Pator by Sanmatar Maleatu Shakor at 23:00 EST on Wednesday night, as supporters came out in droves to celebrate the first Tribal Council in over a thousand years. The delegates all arrived safely, albeit not without attempts made on their lives by a number of foes.
Each delegate, flying Tempests Tribal Issue, departed from a system with historical importance to their tribe around 22:45 and made their way toward Pator.
2013-02-12T18:38:34Z
Minmatar Tribal Council to begin February 14th, Tribal reps to make historic convoy to Matar on 13th
Pator – On the heels of the historic announcement of the Nefantar and Starkmanir tribal chiefs, Sanmatar Maleatu Shakor has subsequently revealed that the Tribal Council will begin meeting on Thursday, February 14th at the Great Caravanserai on Matar.
2013-02-12T16:09:05Z
Sanmatar Shakor affirms Starkmanir, Nefantar Tribal Chiefs
Pator – In a historic joint announcement held at the Great Caravanserai on Matar, Sanmatar Maleatu Shakor presented and affirmed the Tribal Chiefs of the Starkmanir and Nefantar Tribes, bringing an end to a long, politically-complicated search that first began just over four years ago with the Elder Invasion of the Ammatar Mandate and Amarr Empire.
2013-02-12T16:02:05Z
Mordu's Legion and Angel Cartel join Guristas in offering to aid Caldari targets
As the Caldari Navy and affiliated forces continue their operations within State space, several well-known pirate and mercenary organizations throughout New Eden have descended in the aftermath of battles seemingly to offer aid and succor to those involved.
The Guristas notably raided a ground battle between the Caldari Providence Directorate and forces belonging to Intara Direct Action last week, making off with a number of combatants of indeterminate disposition.
2013-02-08T11:53:34Z
Mordu's Legion intervenes in Caldari ground combat, escapes unscathed
Autama – A fleet of approximately 10 Mordu's Legion Rokhs, along with a contingent of roughly 20 capsuleers, landed dropships on Autama IV in the middle of a warzone and extracted a large number of ground combatants apparently belonging to the Osmon Surveillance mercenary corporation.
2013-02-06T17:42:03Z
Caldari Business Tribunal Uproar As Slander Case Is Dismissed
THE FORGE – The Caldari Business Tribunal was left in disarray this morning after a landmark case was thrown out mid-session under order of the Caldari Provincial Directorate. Proceedings between the Intara family and the Kaalakiota Corporation were dismissed without trial during their first session after Intara Direct Action filed a legal case for corporate slander and harassment with the CBT late last week.
Publicly released details surrounding the case indicate that the Intara family was faced with allegations of involvement with the notorious Guristas Pirates, as well as a number of claims that their security force, Intara Direct Action, does not hold status as a legitimately registered State corporation.
The allegations, raised by members of the recently formed capsuleer organization Pyre Falcon Defence Combine, centered around events on Vellaine III last Tuesday evening, when a large contingent of Intara Direct Action personnel were evacuated by the Guristas following tactical strikes by Provist forces.
Mass test on Tuesday, February 12th
Our next public mass test will happen on our test server Singularity on Tuesday at 19:00 UTC (= EVE-time).
2013-02-08T16:27:35Z
EVE Online: Retribution 1.1 to be deployed on February 19
EVE Online: Retribution 1.1 will be released on February 19, 2013 (originally scheduled for February 12).
This release improves the successful previous 18th free expansion EVE Online: Retribution with several features and additions such as Info Panels, a brand new Dueling system, improved autopilot display and many further enhancements.
Check regularly our EVE Information Portal for further dev blog publications and news items!
2013-02-08T16:27:08Z
EVE Fanfest 2013 is now Sold Out!
What will surely be the most attended EVE Fanfest in history has sold its last ticket on February 8, 2013! We are excited to have so many dedicated players coming to Iceland to celebrate EVE Online's Tenth Anniversary and the addition of DUST 514 to the EVE Universe.
With EVE Fanfest being sold out, we realize that those unable to get tickets are going to be disappointed or even in a difficult spot.
Hello and happy Valentines Day from Reykjavik! This is CCP Fozzie, one of your friendly neighborhood Game Designers, and I’m here to share with you all our plans for Ship and Module rebalancing in Retribution 1.1 scheduled for February 19th!
First let’s take a moment to look back at the road we’ve travelled together thus far.
Introduction
Are you new to EVE Online? Welcome to the world of Brave Newbies Inc. then, a group of people that is mainly also new to EVE Online.
Good news everyone! We here at Team Pony Express are continuing in our mission to revamp, rework and improve parts of the EVE Online client which haven't been touched in a while or just need some more attention.
As many of you will know, we completely rebuilt the Corporation Finder with our Winter 2012 expansion EVE Online: Retribution.
Originally reported by ISD Marela Nadirones
Parts - This week, the Federation Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Odenjorn vs. Center of Advanced Studies, a case that questions the interpretation and consideration of race in university administrative practices.
Ardishapur Prime - Derak Tanar, the chief educational chancellor for the Ardishapur Family, today spoke out about what he called "the continual decline of higher education among commoners" in the Amarr Empire.
Originally reported by ISD Marela Nadirones
Parts - This week, the Federation Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Odenjorn vs. Center of Advanced Studies, a case that questions the interpretation and consideration of race in university administrative practices.
The Scope journalist, finally identified as junior reporter Marice Lemant, who had been held by the Caldari Providence Directorate for recording and distributing holoreels depicting the torture and murder of Caldari citizens has been found dead in the rubble of a Provist facility in Ladistier.
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 messaging boards. Ships of EVE was one of such lotteries, with prizes ranging from a single faction battleship to portfolios of hundreds of ships. Many similar lotteries, often run by individual pilots, still dot the messaging boards to this day.
BIG Lottery, another "traditional" lottery, operates almost identically. Pilots can buy tickets for 1 thousand ISK, which are then entered into weekly drawing for prizes of up to 5 million ISK.
SOMERblink, on the other hand, operates quite differently. Pilots deposit ISK into an account, which can then be used to buy tickets for "blinks." These are small drawings involving as few as 8 players that may only last for a few minutes. For pilots who still like the idea of larger prizes, there are "gigablinks" which are larger drawings involving many more pilots and offer prizes such as capital ships and titan skill books.
While many pilots are drawn to the lotteries for the prizes, some simply do it for sport. One such pilot, Kaldor Mentat, remarked that it is just about taking part for him: It does not really matter that much if I win or lose, although winning something is of course always nice. "He also offered advice to players looking to roll the dice for the first time: "Never wager what you cannot afford to lose."
GalNet References
BIG Lottery
SOMERblink
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