Yay, more drone comps!

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-Special guest: Lucas Ermanelos, the CEO of [-RUDE] Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly in Kybernauts Clade

-A full breakdown of FanFest announcements including Vanguard, the Havoc expansion, new ships, and the new CSM

-Lucas' Path to Pochven and a discussion of the current Poch PVP meta.

-Triumvirate triumphant in the South East!

-Plus some can't miss host highlights involving Zarzakh field trips and hot T1 frigate vs battleship action

How many stars for this year's FanFest announcements?4 37%, 7 votes

7 votes

37%

7 votes - 37% of all votes5 32%, 6 votes

6 votes

32%

6 votes - 32% of all votes1 11%, 2 votes

2 votes

11%

2 votes - 11% of all votes2 11%, 2 votes

2 votes

11%

2 votes - 11% of all votes3 11%, 2 votes

2 votes

11%

2 votes - 11% of all votesTotal Votes: 19

September 26, 2023

- November 5, 2023

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"They've switched to Ishtars"

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-CSM elections come to a close. What candidates stood out and what kind of CSM will we see this year?

-Contract Update: A C1 WH Astra results in a merc tug of war!

-Triumvirate rises again to challenge the small alliances of the Southeastern Agreement

-BLACKFLAG. finally pushes a nullsec alliance too far as INIT hazes highsec wardecers

-Plus: Zeero reshapes EVE Uni's campus security and the Pochven meta!

Is Sov Worth It?Yes 57%, 12 votes

12 votes

57%

12 votes - 57% of all votesNo 43%, 9 votes

9 votes

43%

9 votes - 43% of all votesTotal Votes: 21

September 10, 2023

- September 26, 2023

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Featuring Amelia Duskspace, Cael Caderu, and Gideon Zendikar

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-Conflict Drivers: Balancing challenges of passive income and whether the best incentives are for individuals or organizations

-Force Projection: How do you evaluate the effect of changes to jump bridges and what factors besides direct changes to Ansiblex would affect the force projection meta?

-Should we have more or less conduit jump mechanics in the game? The pros and cons of conduit jumping Titans and Carriers

-The candidates give their examples of the best and worst balancing changes CCP has ever done

Candidate Threads: Amelia Duskspace, Cael Caderu, and Gideon Zendikar

Featuring The Oz, Yondu Quill, and (eventually) Angry Mustache

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-BoosterGate: The business case against Gold Ammo, and what happens when CCP crosses The Line

-Is CCP too interventionist in the EVE market?

-CSM's level of influence in CCP's business decisions

-Market accessibility

-Candidate Threads: The Oz, Yondu Quill, Angry Mustache

"All aboard the Laevatrain"

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-Longtime Noir. director and FC ikeo58 makes his first DoW appearance

-Contract Wrap Up: The Defense of Sujarento

-Noir. Academy relaunched?! Ikeo gives us the scoop and you can get involved here

-Fraternity makes history winning AT XIX

-Zeero and Ikeo give their insider perspective on the alliance tournament as mercenary pilots for The Ancients

-Jovian Stargates: the mystery finally revealed?

-50 CSM candidates have been confirmed by CCP: who are our hosts keeping their eyes on?

-Zeero pitches the EVE Sharks on the Oz Tank

Not going to be as pitch-forky as I initially thought

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-BoosterGate

-Noir. Contract Update: Sujarento

-The problems with Carriers

-Patch Notes: FW Complex Rebalance

-T2 Dreads: Bane of Jump Freighters

-What are the best pirate implants for small gang warfare?

-CSM Election: Early look at candidates

-The Battle of Athounen

-The Ancients vs Barcode: We hear from Zeeroak Ool live in the ring

"Wouldn't count on that"

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-Leader of new merc alliance Blood Eagle Syndicate, Kanari Xadi, joins the show to discuss their experiences in FW and the merc biz

-Contract: Burn Kor-Azor

-Faction Warzone updates

-EVEPraisal shuts its doors

-CSM18 election details released!

-New Guristas Corax?

"Not our best commercial, unfortunately"

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-Sabbat Saint, host of the Triglavian Times, joins the show to talk Pochven, the AT, and more!

-Pochven the early years plus an overview of the current big players in Triglavian space

-End of an Era as the TTT implodes, then explodes

-ATXIX weekend 1 analysis: meta, matchups, and more

-Contract Update: Bloodbath in Enden

-FW action as GalMil holds strong in Heyd while a counterattack disables the Caldari stargate in Athounen

Alek Note: As will be extremely apparent, I had recording issues during this episode. I tried to recover and restore as much of it as possible. I hope you enjoy this episode despite the audio quality!

Friendship Ended with Imperium

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-Alek and Zeero salivate for the new Lance Dreadnaughts and wax malevolently about their potential tactical applications

-SKINS for rent; we are not pleased

-INIT leaves The Imperium. While standings remain blue, the long term implications could be very interesting for EVE

-Contract Update: CTF, EVE UNI, and Syndicate counter drops

Where will INIT strike?NW 36%, 4 votes

4 votes

36%

4 votes - 36% of all votesNE 36%, 4 votes

4 votes

36%

4 votes - 36% of all votesSE 18%, 2 votes

2 votes

18%

2 votes - 18% of all votesSW 9%, 1 vote

1 vote

9%

1 vote - 9% of all votesTotal Votes: 11

June 9, 2023

- June 18, 2023

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“I was young”

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-Former Noir. FC and currnet leader of Asymmetric-Warfare alliance Asar Kardde joins the show for a look into the politics of southeastern nullsec

-The South Eastern Agreement: player, pawns, and pwnage

-Key Horde FCs defect to Goonswarm in public fashion

-More info on Veridian and what to expect in our midyear expansion

-FW: Billions lost in Athounen during a rare structure fight between GalMil and CalMil

-The Network. expands with two new corps!