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Gladiatorial Capsuleers,

The first weekend of Alliance Tournament XVII begins tomorrow, on 6 November!
Prepare yourselves for an intense and exciting competition, with a staggering 40 teams in total rearing and ready to rumble in this year’s Alliance Tournament!

Teams will be fiercely competing for glory and spectacularly flat prize ships designed by Mordus Legion, the sponsor of this year’s Tournament – and every minute of valiant teamwork and bombastic carnage alike will be on full display for all to enjoy, broadcast on Twitch live from Reykjavik in our brand-new studio, produced in collaboration with our beloved EVE_NT partners!

During each day of the tournament, giveaways will be running regularly onstream, giving viewers the opportunity to win hundreds of SKINs – including the gorgeous and highly anticipated GalNet Streamcast series, as well as a number of physical prizes including EVE watches, USB hub Rifters, vouchers for EVE merch, and a selection of ship models from Mixed Dimensions!

Localized streams from our partners on Twitch will also be available:
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Check out the ATXVII Announcement Blog, Rules to get an overview on what to expect in the Tournament, view the Brackets hosted on Challonge to see the full lineup and track the progress of all 40 teams, steal a peek at this year’s spectacular Prize Ships – the Raiju EAF and the Laelaps HIC, for a sneak preview of the fabulous rewards the Tournament’s winners will receive!



In addition to the prizes Alliance Tournament competitors can win, those participants who score a final blow on an enemy ship will get an additional prize.

Each death that occurs during the tournament will be minted into an NFT (non-fungible token) of the killmail to be memorialized on the Tezos blockchain. The killer will be the listed owner of this NFT and what they want to do with the NFT is entirely up to them; sell and trade these limited edition images, or hoard them as trophies as they see fit.



We are keenly aware of the environmental impact of cryptocurrencies, and for this reason, we opted to partner with Tezos for this project. Tezos’s Proof of Stake, the mechanism by which blockchain transactions are validated, is an extremely energy-efficient approach that uses two million times less energy than similar Proof of Work networks.

In regards to the power consumption of the AT NFTs, with an estimated power draw of only 200mWh per token and a maximum of 4000 NFTs being minted, the total consumption of the entire production process will equal less than it takes to run a mid-tier gaming PC for 3 hours – less than a single viewer watching only a tenth of the Alliance Tournament would be using.

And as an exciting extra bonus, in celebration of the return of the Alliance Tournament, the IGC will be relaunching the IGC SKIN series on the NES on 6 November, and releasing IGC SKINs for Mordus Legion’s Garmur, Orthrus, and Barghest on 9 November!

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The schedule for this weekend is as follows:

[h3]SATURDAY, 6 NOVEMBER[/h3]
Stream Start – 14:30 UTC

• Match 1 – 15:00 UTC – Psychotic Tendencies vs. The Minions
  
• Match 2 – 15:15 UTC – L A Z E R H A W K S vs. Hidden Leaf Ninja Village
  
• Match 3 – 15:30 UTC – Platinum Sensitivity vs. Exodus
  
• Match 4 – 15:45 UTC – Bright Side of Death vs. Tactical Narcotics Team
  
• Match 5 – 16:00 UTC – Odin's Call vs. Arrival
  
• Match 6 – 16:15 UTC – Fraternity vs. Litterally Triggered
  
• Match 7 – 16:30 UTC – Northern Coalition vs. Entropic Thunder
  
• Match 8 – 16:45 UTC – Hard Knocks Citizens vs. Snuffed Out
  

30 Minute Break

• Match 9 – 17:30 UTC – Deepwater Hooligans vs. Esports Petopia
  
• Match 10 – 17:45 UTC – TURBOFEED OR GLORY vs. Rote Kapelle
  
• Match 11 – 18:00 UTC – A Band Apart. vs. WE FORM V0LTA
  
• Match 12 – 18:15 UTC – R.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N vs. The Tuskers Co
  
• Match 13 – 18:30 UTC – Of Sound Mind vs. Ride My Turtle
  
• Match 14 – 18:45 UTC – HYDRA RELOADED vs. Wormhole Society
  
• Match 15 – 19:00 UTC – Fancypants Alliance vs. What Could Possibly Go Wr0ng
  
• Match 16 – 19:15 UTC – WAFFLES vs. The Ancients
  

30 Minute Break

• Match 17 – 20:00 UTC – Goonswarm Federation vs. Winner of Match 1
  
• Match 18 – 20:15 UTC – Forsaken Empire vs. Winner of Match 2
  
• Match 19 – 20:30 UTC – The Network vs. Winner of Match 3
  
• Match 20 – 20:45 UTC – DarkSide vs. Winner of Match 4
  
• Match 21 – 21:00 UTC – VYDRA RELOLDED vs. Winner of Match 5
  
• Match 22 – 21:15 UTC – Local Is Primary vs. Winner of Match 6
  
• Match 23 – 21:30 UTC – Boundary Experts vs. Winner of Match 7
  
• Match 24 – 22:00 UTC – Templis CALSF vs. Winner of Match 8
  

[h3]SUNDAY, 7 NOVEMBER[/h3]

Stream Start – 14:30 UTC

• Match 25 – 15:00 UTC – Loser of Match 9 vs. Loser of Match 8
  
• Match 26 – 15:15 UTC – Loser of Match 10 vs. Loser of Match 7
  
• Match 27 – 15:30 UTC – Loser of Match 11 vs. Loser of Match 6
  
• Match 28 – 15:45 UTC – Loser of Match 12 vs. Loser of Match 5
  
• Match 29 – 16:00 UTC – Loser of Match 13 vs. Loser of Match 4
  
• Match 30 – 16:15 UTC – Loser of Match 14 vs. Loser of Match 3
  
• Match 31 – 16:30 UTC – Loser of Match 15 vs. Loser of Match 2
  
• Match 32 – 16:45 UTC – Loser of Match 16 vs. Loser of Match 1
  

30 Minute Break

• Match 33 – 17:30 UTC – Loser of Match 17 vs. Winner of Match 25
  
• Match 34 – 17:45 UTC – Loser of Match 18 vs. Winner of Match 26
  
• Match 35 – 18:00 UTC – Loser of Match 19 vs. Winner of Match 27
  
• Match 36 – 18:15 UTC – Loser of Match 20 vs. Winner of Match 28
  
• Match 37 – 18:30 UTC – Loser of Match 21 vs. Winner of Match 29
  
• Match 38 – 18:45 UTC – Loser of Match 22 vs. Winner of Match 30
  
• Match 39 – 19:00 UTC – Loser of Match 23 vs. Winner of Match 31
  
• Match 40 – 19:15 UTC – Loser of Match 24 vs. Winner of Match 32
  

30 Minute Break

• Match 41 – 20:00 UTC – Winner of Match 17 vs. Winner of Match 9
  
• Match 42 – 20:15 UTC – Winner of Match 18 vs. Winner of Match 10
  
• Match 43 – 20:30 UTC – Winner of Match 19 vs. Winner of Match 11
  
• Match 44 – 20:45 UTC – Winner of Match 20 vs. Winner of Match 12
  
• Match 45 – 21:00 UTC – Winner of Match 21 vs. Winner of Match 13
  
• Match 46 – 21:15 UTC – Winner of Match 22 vs. Winner of Match 14
  
• Match 47 – 21:30 UTC – Winner of Match 23 vs. Winner of Match 15
  
• Match 48 – 22:00 UTC – Winner of Match 24 vs. Winner of Match 16
  

Claim your NFTs


Prepare for a Tournament packed to the brim with spectacular heart-pounding action!

Fly safe, Capsuleers – and see you in the arena!

Ambitious Capsuleers,

The Gateway Quadrant comes to an end this November, and we’re happy to bring you a summary of what’s been accomplished in the areas of the new player experience in EVE Online, as well as some details on what’s to come in the future – both near and far.
Take a stroll through the various additions and improvements EVE has seen during this Quadrant, and look forward to what’s next!

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[h3]LAUNCH OF THE AIR NPE[/h3]
The new AIR NPE has brought a powerful first adventure to new players, with a 30% increase to the average length of a player’s first session in EVE, and a massive uptick in NPE completion rates! Since its release, the AIR NPE has seen a number of fixes and some polish – and in November, we’ll be introducing animated Aura, Vesper, and Balin for an even more engaging experience.


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Work is underway to introduce a mining mission in the first half of 2022, introducing players to the fundamental cycles of the EVE Online economy - the first step in a longer plan to iterate.

Farther down the line, look forward to continued building on the narrative experience of the NPE through additional content, providing new players an engaging and enjoyable series of adventures!

UPDATES TO SKILL PLANS

The introduction of Skill Plans has brought increased interactions with skill training with thousands of skill plans created. Since the rollout, Skill Plans have seen various fixes and refinements, such as improved tooltips and explanations, as well as visible required time for skill levels without needing to check tooltips.

In the November release, look forward to being able to drag ship fittings into a Skill Plan to automatically populate it with the fitting’s required skills.
Corporation Skill Plans are coming to players in December, along with a new Skill Plan Manager role that enables corporations to create, save and share specialized plans with their members – providing a strong foundation and framework for new recruits.
In addition, players will be able to import and export Skill Plans to and from the clipboard.

[h3]OPPORTUNITIES AND CORP FINDER UPDATES[/h3]

Through observing what works best, we’ve learned that someOpportunities are more effective than others at helping players find their bearing in the vast world of EVE and will be building heavily on that knowledge as time goes on. In November, another testing phase will begin building data for the purpose of bringing players individually personalized content recommendations based on their activities and preferences in the future.

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New Landmark-based opportunities are also on their way, giving players opportunities to travel to and visit various interesting locations around New Eden and become better immersed in the world of EVE.



Additionally, look forward to various Corporation Finder improvements in November, with updates to some filters and functions and more specific corporation ads - allowing for improved player-corporation matchmaking.

[h3]EVE ACADEMY REVAMP[/h3]

Thus far, the EVE Academy page has provided a marked improvement to players’ early experience in EVE, with more than 90% of respondents reporting that the page has helped them find their path in the vast world of New Eden. Players have spent more than one year combined watching the various EVE Academy videos, and the Academy site in general has maintained a very high level of engagement.

Since release, six new videos have been published – and based on feedback from players, new resources and information, including skill plans, AIR, PVP roles, a link to the Fiction Portal, and more.


In November, look forward to the first phase in the revamping of EVE Academy, promising iterations on content and improved resources for all players – as well as the final Career video, focusing on PVP. The new Academy site will also see various new content, teaching players about a selection of specific ships, with a comprehensive page explaining the vital info that goes into flying your ship coming a bit later.

The Gateway Quadrant has brought significant improvements to EVE in across various areas, and we’re looking forward to continuing this path, bringing new and older players alike improved experiences and all kinds of engaging and enjoyable content as we approach the next year of EVE Online.

See you in space, and fly safe!

The last time EVE Fanfest took place as an in-person event, our intrepid senior reporter Steven Messner got drunk, got naked, got in a hot tub, and discussed the potentialities of machine sentience with the developers—pretty much par for the course at these events, as I understand it. The annual EVE Online convention was cancelled in 2020 and '21 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but CCP announced today that it's returning for 2022...
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Resilient Capsuleers,

The time has come to finally reunite with your fellow Capsuleers from around the world – in person – as EVE Fanfest returns to Iceland in 2022! As the opportunity to meet up with your space friends and celebrate together becomes a reality once more, this unique event is not to be missed after such a long time apart.

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From 6-7 May 2022, you’ll be able to enjoy presentations about EVE (both from developers and other EVE experts - including Scott Manley!), roundtables, charity dinner, a silent auction, and a player tournament. Of course, no Fanfest would be complete without the legendary pub crawl, as well as the Party at the Top of the World. There’ll also be plenty of other unofficial events to enjoy (not included in the ticket price) between 5-8 May. More details of these will be released soon.

Fanfest will be returning to its roots for the 2022 event. Laugardalshöll arena is the chosen venue this time, the scene of many a beloved Fanfest in the past - and home to Riot’s Worlds! This one-time-only return to Laugardalshöll will be your chance to witness how the EVE community and development teams embrace one another, bringing legendary levels of fun and camaraderie to the gathering.

Tickets are available now, but act fast as the best-priced Early Bird tickets always sell out quickly. Since Fanfest is returning after quite some time, there’ll be a limited supply of tickets for the event overall. Secure your tickets today to make sure you do not miss out on an unforgettable experience! For more information, check out the EVE Fanfest page



Iceland is safe to travel to and remains an incredible destination, thanks to an embarrassment of riches when it comes to natural wonders - including a newly-erupted volcano! There’s never been a better time to visit, so why not combine the return of Fanfest in 2022 with an amazing holiday to one of the world’s most unique locations?



The world is ever-changing when it comes to COVID-19 and the precautions it requires. Come May 2022, we will err on the side of caution, and work closely with local health authorities to ensure that EVE players have a great - and safe - experience. Following Iceland’s Directorate of Health Travel Guidance, everyone coming to Fanfest will be required to show proof of vaccination. Depending on the recommendation of health officials nearer the time, we may require attendees to be tested before entering the arena. This is all done to ensure that we can enjoy each other’s company without worry.

The gate is green. We cannot wait to meet you all in person here in Iceland, trade stories, party together as we celebrate EVE’s 19th birthday, and so much more.

BOOK TICKETS NOW

Fabulous Capsuleers,

We’re happy to announce the launch of print-on-demand merchandise for EVE, bringing you all better access to all sorts of fantastic gear as we pave the road toward a much broader variety of available designs and goods!

Kicking things off, we’ll be offering T-shirts of various fits, zip-up hoodies, and water bottles, ready to be emblazoned with a variety of empire and pirate faction designs, as well as certain ship collections and other classic designs.

In addition, we are releasing a line of Blood Raider designs inspired by their yearly cluster-wide festival, the Crimson Harvest!

We’ll also be opening a special EU-centric print-on-demand store section on the merch site, providing the same awesome apparel at significantly better shipping rates.

The main store will still be available worldwide, as it is not region-restricted.

This is only the beginning – look forward to an expansion of offerings and designs as we enter a new and more accessible era of EVE Online style!