262: SEA Trials

“They’ve switched to Ishtars”

-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?

203: Super Potato Mode feat. Sindrakin Gorion

“I think they did it because they are cowards” 

-Sindrakin Gorion joins us, FC for ChemiKals and the Goon with the most Noir. kills in Delve

-Sindrakin recounts his experience being a small gang FC in the Imperium and numerous fights with Noir. fleets, including handing out wipes to both Alek and Laeve

-Breakthrough in WWB2? Attackers anchor a Keepstar in Delve as a carefully planned Imperium titan trap is foiled by sever problems

-Triglavian invasion plans fully realized as the new Pochven region takes shape, to the disappointment of just about everyone

-Discussion of recent balance announcements including a total rework of the Eris and the realization of the mothership power fantasy

-Noir. Contract Update: Killing a Watchman Raitaru in highsec yields several multi billion ISK fleet fights

164: Network Effects

“It’s a dark day…”

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-Shit gets heavy as both Mercenary Coalition and Noir. shut their doors

-Alek and Laeve discuss the factors leading up to the closure, reflect on the significance of MC, and share their fondest memories of Noir.

-Alek discussed the launch of his new alliance, The Network.

-Highsec hijinx as the conflict between PanFam and Legacy resurges in an unusual direction. The cast breakdown why this epic null war is being fought in Perimeter as well as Geminate and Vale.

-Masterclass: Everything you ever wanted to know about energy neutralizers

155: CSM13 Candidate Roundtable w Suitonia, Commander Aze, and Brisc Rubal

“Whoever picked out the URL briscforcsm.win deserves a bonus”

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-In addition to getting to know some of 2018’s most promising CSM candidates, this years roundtable takes on war decs, balancing, transparency, and what each candidate thinks will be the next CSM’s biggest challenge

Suitonia: Our only incumbent on the show, Suitonia is best known for his prolific content creation on YouTube and Good Posting. As a CSM representative he’s been a huge contributor to CCP’s recent balancing efforts, particularly on Assault Frigates, underused Destroyers, and T1 Cruisers. Suitonia seeks reelection this year on the back of his packed resume, long list of endorsements, and a proud performance on CSM12.

Commander Aze: Try, try, try again. Commander Aze has run for CSM several times before, coming close but never being elected. Aze hopes to follow in the foot steps of Mike Azariah and have his persistence pay off this year. What’s different this year around? In addition to deepening his background with empire gameplay like the War Dec Project, Aze has expanded his horizons to include both wormholes and nullsec.

Brisc Rubal: Brisc is running to represent the line members of the Imperium and nullsec alliances around the game. A faithful pilot of the Initiative, Brisc has seen the PVE and PVP offerings of nullsec both large and small but is not an FC, director, or diplomat. But he does have leadership experience IRL where he has been involved in US politics for quite some time. He’s hoping his professional lobbying expertise blended with his everyman EVE experience makes him an effective member of the CSM.