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?
-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 votes54%
28 votes - 54% of all votes
Happily Subscribed 31%, 16 votes
16 votes31%
16 votes - 31% of all votes
Mulit-Month Sub Not Renewing/Cancelled 8%, 4 votes
4 votes8%
4 votes - 8% of all votes
Not Subscribed, Wont Subscribe 6%, 3 votes
3 votes6%
3 votes - 6% of all votes
Not Subscribed but Will Subscribe in 2022 2%, 1 vote
-Alek is joined by alliance leadership types Martin Lockheart of Hardly Competent, blogger Xuixien of Solar Wind Security Solutions, and Henrick Suzaku of the Caldari Militia’s SPD
-Contract Update: Solitude turns on a dime after a pair of pitched battles breaks defender morale, leading to the near-collapse of Greater Solitude Commonwealth, a political realignment of the region, and an early job well done for Noir.
-A follow up to our carrier buff poll
-CCP ignites a community firestorm by offering magic Retrievers for cash; we cover the controversy, CCP’s response, and the continuing player backlash
–Talking in Stations celebrates 6 years and founder/host Matterall retires from the show. Unfortunately Craigbot eats most of our discussion about it 🙁
Ship packs
CCP selling ships/items directly for $ is never good 61%, 23 votes
23 votes61%
23 votes - 61% of all votes
CCP selling player made ships/items directly for $ could be OK 16%, 6 votes
6 votes16%
6 votes - 16% of all votes
CCP selling player made ships/items directly once-per-account for $ could be OK 16%, 6 votes
6 votes16%
6 votes - 16% of all votes
CCP selling spawned ships/items directly once-per-account for $ could be OK 8%, 3 votes
3 votes8%
3 votes - 8% of all votes
CCP selling spawned ships/items directly for $ is fine, what's the big deal? 0%, 0 votes
