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On this episode of The AIE Podcast...

- Starfleet Expands

- Meetups Abound

- Wrapups Return

- Nerdtacular Nears

- And we let you in on The Secret

All that and more coming up right now...

AIE NEWS

The Raid Wrapup has been on a little bit of a hiatus, but it’s back! Sihx is once again reporting on the accomplishments of our AIE raid teams, and he’s looking for your submissions! Remember, this covers all raid teams in ALL games that AIE is a part of, and he might not play them all, so try to give him some info to go off of. Brag about your raid team by replying to his post in the community section of our forums, or email him directly at [email protected].

This seems to come up now and again, so it bears repeating, for those of you that are looking to join AIE (and why wouldn’t you, we’re awesome!) it really is simple. All you need to do is go to http://umami.aie-universal.net and submit an application! All of our games are open every day for an application submission. Just please remember that every single application is looked at by a human being, and sometimes those humans like to play too!

STO’s Starbase is progressing along nicely, having reached tier 3. Tons of folks are chipping in resources to get this developed, and Cap’n Hunter is starting to spread the mission types a bit to make sure we can continue along this development path, to gain XP as well as provisioned resources. And a reminder! you can buy some of the best equipment, boosts and consumables from the base you’re helping build!

Speaking of Star Trek Online, they just release a new Fleet Asset today; the Dilithium Mine Outpost. This is a big floating asteroid that AIE Starfleet members can explore and progress through on missions that gives them the opportunity to earn additional dilithium ore every day in a variety of ways, access new vendors, receive discounts on fleet holdings, and much more. As RattoZatto says in the forums, time to get mining!

OK, you know you want to play EVE. We talk about how great the game is every week here on the podcast, you’ve heard how fun and crazy it can get, with massive space battles and all sorts of adventures and sub-plots, and if you’ve watched the video version of the podcast, you’ve even seen how beautiful it is. Well, Capt Hunter is putting out the call for all you potential space pilots to join the cause, and he’s helping by offering free 21 day trials for EVE. Just hit up his Why You Should Join AIE in EVE thread in the Community Discussion section of the forums and buckle up for some serious space madness.

For all of you AIErs in the Central or Northern California area, there is going to be an AIE community meetup next month, on Sunday, July 21st at 1pm at Harry’s Hofbrau in San Jose. So if you live in San Jose, or  the San Francisco Bay Area, or anywhere around there, hit the AIE Meetup.com page to RSVP for the gathering

Don’t forget, if you want to see which AIE members live near you, you can take a look at or add your own pin to the AIE Member Map. Look for the “Put Your Mark on the Map” post in the community section of the forums, and sign up for the AIE Meetup.com page so you can get notified about the meetups in your area, or even plan your own.

Nerdtacular is coming very soon! Click the link in the show notes as there are just too many threads to list. People are organizing events both before and after, from hikes in the valley, to pool tournaments. Also ride and room shares! We’re coming right up to the event now, so hopefully you have already got your travel arrangements there, but make sure to check out the whole SECTION of the forums!

And with that, it’s time to get back to RattoZatto and Grimbane to talk about The Secret World...

 

GAME NEWS

Issue #7 is coming soon.