237: CSM17 Roundtable #1

Featuring: Brisc Rubal, Pando, Gideon Zendikar, and keacte

-Breaking the ice with BjornBee bromance

-Meet the candidates, their playstles, and their goals if elected

-The Spice Must Flow: Brisc and Gideon’s fiery clash over jump bridges highlights an enduring contrast in philosophy about what’s best for the game

-What does the player reaction and PCU stability to the recent subscription price increase tell our candidates about the players and interacting with CCP’s decision makers?

-What is the greater source of the CSM’s power: Their relationship with players or their relationship with the company?

236: FanFest Group Therapy Feat. Brisc, Frost, Jin, and More

4 Guests, 2 Hosts, 1 Puzzle

-Possibly the most guests we’ve ever had: Brisc Rubal, Frost Ees OP, the returning Jin’Taan, and Golden Elite member Mark Havoc

-All the guests went to FanFest, as did Alek. Zeero and Laeve (who has to leave early into the show) were our eyes in the sky watching via stream and taking notes

-FanFest on the ground: venue, attendee reactions, after party shenanigans

-FanFest as she is played: CCP’s announcements, whether they hit the mark, how players are taking the changes in the week since, and the baffling mysteries of CCP’s marketing strategies

-All this and more!

Subscription status post-FanFest:
  • Subscribed but Suspicious 54%, 28 votes
    28 votes 54%
    28 votes - 54% of all votes
  • Happily Subscribed 31%, 16 votes
    16 votes 31%
    16 votes - 31% of all votes
  • Mulit-Month Sub Not Renewing/Cancelled 8%, 4 votes
    4 votes 8%
    4 votes - 8% of all votes
  • Not Subscribed, Wont Subscribe 6%, 3 votes
    3 votes 6%
    3 votes - 6% of all votes
  • Not Subscribed but Will Subscribe in 2022 2%, 1 vote
    1 vote 2%
    1 vote - 2% of all votes
Total Votes: 52
May 16, 2022 - May 30, 2022
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234: The New Guys

Zeeroak Ool and Diamond Fury join the show as regular hosts

-Noir. pilots Diamond Fury and Zeeroak Ool join Alek (and the cast in general) for a packed show

-The EVE community thanks the newly minted CCP Kestrel for all his contributions as a player and CSM representative

-Contract Update: Placid Faction Warfare

-A followup to the Prospector Pack discussion. Is Zeeroak is the retained player CCP has been talking about???

-Big Patch Note Breakdown covering changes to Citadel weapons and the Proteus

-EVE’s deep south burns as RC/FI.RE reignites and Imperium sets Feythabolis ablaze

-Alek commentates the Anger Games Open Scrims

-Host Highlights: Diamond gets his first Noir. payday, Ikeo tanks like a boss, and EVE Uni fends off an NPC titan (pictured above)

Pick a Side:
  • RC 71%, 12 votes
    12 votes 71%
    12 votes - 71% of all votes
  • FI.RE 29%, 5 votes
    5 votes 29%
    5 votes - 29% of all votes
Total Votes: 17
April 12, 2022 - April 25, 2022
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232: Crickets

Triple boxing itself”

-Laeve returns for a catchup episode also featuring death row crickets

-Battle of the Bergurs and Laeve’s thoughts on the recent DoW interviews

-The Invasion of Ukraine

-Noir. goes on contract in Solitude

-Noir. launches an NPSI program with initial events for EVE Uni and a public roam

-Carriers and their potential roles currently and down the line. What are they missing?

-PH and FRT trade regions as PanFam pressure finally overwhelms BOSS’s stalwart defense of their Venal structures

Would more support fighter or EWAR options make carriers viable?
  • Yes 38%, 6 votes
    6 votes 38%
    6 votes - 38% of all votes
  • No but do it anyway 38%, 6 votes
    6 votes 38%
    6 votes - 38% of all votes
  • No 25%, 4 votes
    4 votes 25%
    4 votes - 25% of all votes
Total Votes: 16
March 9, 2022 - March 21, 2022
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