DoW Episode 44 w/ Matias “Brave Newbie” Otero

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Alekseyev Karrde

“The Butterfly Effect, the thing that makes EVE unique that you want to find, it’s not in highsec.”

–Beyond the headlines, Matias Otero tells the extraordinary story of Brave Newbies Inc.

-Matias has words about the New Player Experience, TEST, 0.0 politics, EVE University, EVE culture/meta, and war decers

-Poll Discussion: Most Important CSM Summit Session (bonus discussion: what’s Wrong with 0.0), Best Change to Retain New Players (bonus: what’s Wrong with highsec),

-Contract Wrap Up: Re-Awakened Technologies WH defense + POS Takedown

-This Week In Mercs: New Noir. Academy CEO, New changes to war decs (good ones for a change), New mercs listed

-EVE News: NOTEC, Goons 5 O’Clock Free Carrier Giveaway, Armor Tanking Changes, EVE University vs CCP Security (Nosy Gamer),

-CSM Roundup: DUST 514 Minutes MIA (finally released few days ago), Overview of CSM as Stakeholders in the Summer Expansion process

DoW Episode 43 – ‘Phone calls of a sexual nature’

Posted on February 8, 2013 by NinjaTurtle

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-Turtle and Alek joined by Deletor (and later Hanthion T Chlovirissian) from Noir. Academy and Puppy UK from EVE Co-Pilot on Youtube
-Milwaukee, WI meetup EVE-O thread: http://bit.ly/14Fo8tb
-Video guides, EVE tutorials, and the direction CCP should take the NPE
-Poll Discussion: the BC changes
-Contract Wrap Up: NA. deploys to Syndicate
-Theorycrafting the Micro Jump Drive
-This Week in Mercs: Chitsa Jason launches CSM campaign
-News: CFC/Test reset, Battle of Asakai, RvB Poinen rumble, armor tanking changes
-CSM Update: Progress on the CSM-as-Stakeholder, next expansion theme picked, CSM8 candidates announce early

DoW Episode 42 – Winter Minutes Edition

Posted on January 26, 2013 by NinjaTurtle

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Hello friends,

Declarations of War is proud to bring you an episode devoted completely to the CSM 7’s recently released minutes from the 2012 Winter Summit. We didn’t stop there; we also convinced TWO CSM8 candidates to come! Mynnna (aka Corestwo) and Ripard Teg join the discussion to help us tackle some of the most important sections of the minutes. Enjoy!

00:04:21 Context of the CSM7 Winter Summit
00:10:40 Thoughts regarding stakeholdership
00:27:10 Null sec 1 & 2
00:54:45 CSM Whitepaper and voting reform
01:08:40 Ship Balancing
01:21:55 Closing thoughts

DoW Episode 41 – The CCP Edition

Posted on January 17, 2013 by NinjaTurtle

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-Special Retribution Recap with CCP Fozzie and CCP Punkturis…
-Derails into babies, Icelandic cuisine and tips for getting your very own CCP employee
-Our audience enjoys Ripard Teg’s blog. Who’s Hitler now Turtle? ;p
-Noir. joins Black Legion. as Venal heats up
-We ring in the New Year with shoutouts to everyone listed in Merc Contracts
-Kai86 banned, THE GOD SQUAD name sniped by Marmite Collective
-AAA implodes, corps scatter to several different blocs
-HBC/CFC getting bored and taking it out on one another
-Super caps dying in near record numbers as the year turns over
-CCP Fozzie’s proposed BC changes analyzed