191: 2019 Black Mark Award Winners

“I screwed Jin’taan” -Artimus, according to Alek

-GOTG disbands and TDSIN/Hard Knocks evict each other (TIS interviews here)

BUT FIRST, THE BLACK MARK AWARDS

Your nominees are:

-FC of the Year: Makalu, Ron USMC, Pando, Seddow

-Doctrine of the Year: Corms, RR Leshakes, 100MN Dreks, Stukas’

-Best Game Update: Blackout, Warp Speed Changes, Cyno Changes

-Dev of the Year: Rise, Oveur, Falcon

-Best CSM Rep: Dunk Dinkle, ExookiZ, Olmeca Gold

-Best Guest: Andy Astronaut, Cable Uta, Jin’taan, Brisc Rubal

-Noir. Rookie of the Year: Robert Mason, Andy Astronaut, Krav Sandro

-Noir. MVP: Zanziba’ar, Andy Astronaut, Zahn Seul

189: Feelin’ Froggy

“I quad box 90% of the time.”

-Contract Discussion: Top Tier Tatara saves

NOTE: Too many contracts! Our opponent for these Tataras was End of Life, not Hell Dawn. Apologies to both entities for the mix up on-air.

-Contract Discussion: Fade

-The Northern war breaks open as PandaFam takes down a GOTG Keepstar and TEST sets up a new front

-Black Mark Awards 2019 Nominees: Vote here!

“It’s not that nothing’s changing, it’s just these changes aren’t adding anything positive to our gameplay.”

-The gang deep-dives into the CSM minutes and compare/contrasts them to the announcements of EVE Vegas

-Save our Assault Frigates!

-Matterall addresses recent criticisms of a rules change in TiS Discord

-EVE and China, timebomb or no big deal?

-Hilmar’s long term vision for EVE

“Most people are looking at EVE Vegas for some direction from CCP”

-CSM Minutes deep dive announced for the next episode

-Dank Leeks: Triglavian dreads, mid-grade implants, FOB loot requiring freighter

-Nullsec: NC. vs DeadCo kicks off, Winter concedes defeat at the hands of Legacy, an explorations of DeadCo’s political isolation

-The FW Treaty: players unite to try and fix Faction Warfare game design issues

-Analysis of the Sept. Economic and Security reports