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Last year we held a special livestream event when the Proving Grounds were introduced to New Eden called Stream Dream Teams which saw CCP devs team up with EVE streamers to take on all comers in the abyssal arena.

With The Hunt currently taking place in New Eden and a special team-based Proving Grounds format on the cards we figured it was time to go again with Stream Dream Teams 2!

On Saturday, 10 April at 18:00 UTC teams of streamers and devs will be hitting the Proving Grounds. You can tune into watch the explosions on Twitch or gather up your own spacefriends and come looking for us!

Confirmed teams are:

• Suitonia + CCP Fozzie
• Auraus Porcaleus + CCP Paragon
• Rahne + CCP Swift
• OneCrazyMonkeh + CCP IceCream
• Pando + CCP Signal
• Jebi Vjetar + CCP Convict
• Torvald_uruz + CCP Trash Panda
• Amelia Duskspace + CCP Aurora

Check our your favourite streamer at the links above or if you can't decide where to begin you can use the multistream link to see where the action it happening.

See you on Twitch (or in the arena!)

Eagerly competitive Capsuleers,

The Abyssal Proving Grounds of New Eden are once again opening for battle, offering you a chance to assert your PvP dominance in some of the cluster’s most exhilarating organized combat.

Running live from 11:00 UTC 9 April until 11:00 UTC 13 April, the new Abyssal Proving Grounds event focusses on 3v3 Tech I destroyer battles. Permitted hulls eligible for this round are: Cormorant, Corax, Algos, Catalyst, Dragoon, Coercer, Thrasher, Talwar, and Sunesis.

All pilots that enter the Abyssal Proving Grounds for a spot of 3v3 destroyer combat will be granted a +10% thermal/kinetic missile damage bonus while competing, promising distinct and high-energy battles to keep players of every skill level on their toes.
- Modules limited to meta level 5 and below
- No pirate implants

This Abyssal Proving Grounds round also runs parallel to The Hunt – a sweeping event with multiple elements across EVE Online, including special combat and exploration sites, valuable rewards, PvP Implant drops, a NES sale, Omega and MCT discounts, a merch sale, and more. As such, competing in the 3v3 destroyer Proving Grounds event will contribute to your The Hunt daily login bonus. Visit New Eden for 10 of The Hunt’s 14 days to claim a range of reward SKINs. Be sure not to miss out! Gather your Proving Filaments and head to the Abyssal Proving Grounds!

And finally, as ever you’ll be able to monitor Capsuleer performance in the Proving Grounds using the leaderboards.

For a limited time only you will receive a previously unreleased Zakura Shumyu SKIN with purchases of PLEX or Omega time!

Pick up 240 PLEX from the EVE Store and get the Rifter Zakura Shumyu SKIN free. You can also receive a free Punisher SKIN with a purchase of Omega time from the New Eden Store in-game.

Be quick, though! This offer only lasts until 12 April!

Stain-based Capsuleers,

As part of our next Quadrant release, you can expect to see a new route opening up in the southern regions of New Eden bringing a long-awaited Lowsec gate to Stain. This newly-built stargate will offer Capsuleers expedient access into and out of this NPC Nullsec region, making it much more favorable as a place to live or stage from.

Unfortunately, CONCORD could not be contacted to issue a statement on the potential of a new gate to Stain being built. Instead, here are some comments on the topic by valued Capsuleers around the cluster:

• Have you heard that Lowsec is missing gate to Stain?
  
• How about enriching Lowsec and giving it direct gate connection to Stain?
  
• Wait - what do you mean we cannot jump to Stain?
  
• Stain is the best region in the game
  
• Lowsec gate to Stain will not build itself
  

Unfortunately, the gate to Stain would have been built sooner, but construction efforts were held up for some time after an Orca attempted to use the gate early and became lodged sideways in the jump tunnel.