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The Drone Bay: Episode 12 - The Drone Menace
2008-06-06 15:00:00
Virgin Worlds LinkEVE Forum Link (please bump!) Show notes:Episode 12 - The Drone Menace.Bring on the Drones:The Drone Bay Podcast #12 - The Drone MenaceBring on the Drones:In this episode, the EVE triumvirate becomes a duo as Crovan wanders the Nipponese countryside looking to see if the Joves are hiding in the land of the rising sun. Al vents off some of his frustration with his work and CK enjoys the benefits of Vitamin D ? not the Flintstones kind!This week, the guys decide to take a break from Don?t Panic, as it just isn?t the same without Crovan.Al and CK discuss their wants, wishes and apprehension about Empyrean Age. This episode being the first of a two-part conversation, with the second part coming up next week, once E/A has been released. Al officially trademarks "The Empyrean Age: Don't fly stuff that you can't afford to lose" and opens talks with CCP for bragging rights and royalties.CK drools over the Clear Skies video and pimps both Warp Drive Active podcast #38 an...

Empyrean Age High Quality Teaser 2 Video
2008-06-03 17:40:00
With the launch date of Empyrean Age fast approaching, CCP is ramping up news and these amazing short videos. I think these short teasers are a great way to get the excitement going, though I'm still hoping for the regular longer trailers that we're used to. Enjoy.Empyrean Age teaser 2 - CCPThanks to both Godlesswander and Derekest for letting me know about it!More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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The Drone Bay: Episode 11 - Better Late than Never
2008-06-03 03:02:00
Virgin Worlds LinkEVE Forum Link (please bump!) Show notes:Episode 11 emerges from the tubes! What dark secrets does it proclaimBring on the Drones:In the weekly recap the guys go over all the new and exciting EVE podcasts. A podcast for every day of the week at last! Also, it turns out that Crovan is a care-bear at heart. Who knew?In DON'T PANIC the experts chime in on PvP. Up for discussion: once you know what you are going to do, when and where do you get to do it? What are the rules of engagement, and when can you blow up someone who looks at you funny?In the listener feedback section, we find out about how not to get a key logger in one easy step! There is follow up and clarification for the DON'T PANIC on roles in PvP. Our listeners express concern for Crovan's safety in Japan, and CK hears back from EVE Uni about the lockdown during a war dec.Cry Havoc and let slip the Drakes of war! Our intrepid hosts tackle the Empyrean age. What is in store for the EVE univers...
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Video Games and Sex
2008-05-29 03:18:00
This is starting to pop-up everywhere (here, here and here) but I still wanted to share it with you.A Professor at Savannah College of Art and Design, Daniel Floyd, has summed-up very eloquently the current state of sex in video games, and the whole "controversy" around it. Very well put together.Enjoy and pass around!More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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EVE Online Speedlinking for May 26th, 2008
2008-05-26 21:47:00
Wow, I take a 3 day break off my Google Reader RSS feed, and a whole bunch of great posts and amazing news happens! Well, I've learned my lesson, from now on I'm never ever leaving the site of my PC. Either that, or I spend some money on buying myself a laptop instead of a 2nd and 3rd VX922 (more on that later).So here's the news in the past week.CSM election results are out!CSM: The Results are inThe Council MembersThe Votes in numbersVice Chairman SteeleThe CSM Assembly Hall - Make your Voices heard!In the News:CCP Announces Player Council Election ResultsSo what is EVE Online 's player council all about?Delegates for EVE's first council of stellar management announcedReflections in a flat - Zapatero on the election results."A Life in Three Acts" - A new EVE ChronicleExperiences of Empyrean Age on SiSi. (little update) - An update on Empyrean AgeNew Eden's virtual reporters - Massively.com on the ISD.Warp Drive Active Episode #37 - A behemoth of a podcast worth every second! ...
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If EVE Online were a First-Person Shooter...
2008-05-23 05:07:00
...it would probably look something close to Gears of War.These days, when I'm not playing EVE and I need to get a quick fix of adrenaline, I slap in Gears of War in my 360 and start shooting and chopping Locusts like there's no tomorrow. And ever since I first saw trailers for this game, it's always reminded of what EVE Online might look like if an FPS were designed around it.What I wouldn't give to play through a level based on the Man-Eater chronicle of EON issue #008, or maybe Legionnaire back in issue #001. Gears of War has that dark gritty and horror feel to it that would be the perfect setting for an EVE Online FPS. Don't you think?And speaking of Gears of War, here's a clip that shows some of the action that we'll get to enjoy when Gears of War 2 comes out this November. You can download the HD video here if you're interested!Move out!More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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Empyrean Age High Quality Teaser Video
2008-05-20 19:27:00
Thought you'd enjoy a high quality version of the Empyrean Age teaser which I found here. You can also download the video from here. Enjoy!More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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EVE Online Speedlinking for May 19th, 2008
2008-05-19 13:16:00
Well the big event of the last week has of course been the release of the teaser and mini-site for the up-coming expansion "Empyrean Age" which is due soon. Besides this major news from CCP, the EVE blogging community has been very busy with a number of great posts being published. Here's the one that made the list for me.Loads of news about Empyrean AgeEmpyrean Age mini-siteFeaturesInterviewsThe NovelScreenshotsWallpapersCCP Greyscale's blog - Empyrean Age and all thatEVE Bloggers reactionsSeems CCP pulled off a virtual 9/11Empyrean Age on the HorizonEmpyrean Age bringing Factional Warfare to EVE Online You Saw a What Crash into a WHAT?Malkalen- Ishukone HQ rammed!Warp Drive ActiveRecorded Live Dev BlogWDA ComicThe Empyrean Age is born in fire - Massively.com reportsSingularity Testing started this past SaturdayAll 3 EVE Podcast got an episode released this weekThe Drone Bay #10Warp Drive Active #36Warp Drive Active: Industry #4My kind of EVE Mission - Wilhelm on his latest 5M ISK...
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Amazing Empyrean Age video
2008-05-16 18:08:00
Well, I just got back online after an ISP hick-up which cut me off from the rest of the world for 3 hours - an eternity if you're someone like me. But now I'm getting 6.1Mbps speeds, so I'm not complaining!OK, back to business. Yesterday afternoon I started listening to the Live Dev Blog on Empyrean Age which was being broadcast in-game. Unfortunately I couldn't go through the whole presentation. I later found out that Winterblink linked a download of it through his new WDA site - all thanks to Ezraniel who recorded the show and got it hosted. So for those like me who missed part of it, this is a blessing.While listening to the presentation, I was checking my feeds and got words of the new Empyrean Age mini-site through my fellow EVE bloggers (Morphisat and Nuyan - thanks guys!). So I headed to the site and started watching the teaser video. Because of the high requests the video was really choppy. And has been so (even this morning) since then. Fortunately, I found the video on...
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EVE Strategic Maps is on its way!
2008-05-15 21:36:00
This morning I got wonderful news that my copy of ESM had shipped and was on its way from across the pond. From what I've been told the pre-orders were very numerous and the guys at MMMPublishing were busy packaging each copy to be sent to their proud owners!Just to let you know that (finally) your copy(ies) of the long-awaited EVE Strategic Maps has (have) now shipped. Yes, your EVE experience is about tobecome a whole lot easier...When you receive your package you will, we hope, appreciate the reason for the delay - a completely new region coming in the Empyrean Age expansion - Black Rise. EVE Strategic Maps includes this new region, and you are one of the first to have this advance information for an area of New Eden not yet open for business. Use that knowledge wisely...Suffice to say, thank you for your patience. It is not possible, or realistic at least, to email every buyer individually, hence this 'form' email. Some of you only ordered in the last 48 hours - but for some ...

Three EVE podcast in three days!
2008-05-15 15:21:00
This is the week of the EVE Online podcasts it seems! First WDA: Industry #4 came out on Monday, then Warp Drive Active #36 the next day, and finally The Drone Bay #10 yesterday! I'll have the show notes for the Drone Bay in a next post.So start up iTunes, or head over to VirginWorlds to download the shows!!Happy listening! More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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The 10 Sexiest Forum Signatures
2008-05-14 20:36:00
OK, so sexy may not be the exact word. Great looking would be more accurate. But that did get your attention right?Every time I visit the EVE Forum s, one of the things I enjoy is looking at the signatures - besides reading the latest thread wars of course. Not everyone uses signatures - hell I'd say most don't - still, I've always thought that it gave some hint as to the kind of player you were or the type of corporation you were in. I've had quite a few myself in the past (see here).Anyways, I thought I'd show you the ones that I've picked up over the last few months. There listed here in know particular order.Enjoy!Sexy eh!More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!

EVE Online Speedlinking for May 13th, 2008
2008-05-13 17:30:00
Well, EVE turned 5 years old over the last week. Wow, that's 1,824 days one could have been training a single character. I wonder how many skill points that would be? If anyone can figure that one out, I'd love to know! Anyways, here are the items for the past week.Have Clone, Will Travel: Ambulation in the EVE tutorial - My very own article over at Massively.comA video of Noah "Hammerhead" Ward - Dates back from the last fan festEVE Skill System Demystified Part 1 and Part 2 - Brendan's excellent piece on the EVE Online Skill System.A Survey over at PlayOn on how we create and customize our avatars - With Ambulation coming, I thought this post was appropriate.EVE Online Misconceptions - A good article which I've talked about earlier.EVE Online Celebrates Five Years With A Surprise - Kotaku on CCP's milestone.EVE Info - Just noticed they had updated their site.What is this council of stellar management anyway? - CCP Xhagen updates us on the CSM.EVE Online Smacktalk: A Primer on...
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Amazing Video of Ambulation Character Creation
2008-05-09 17:40:00
The fine folks at TenTonHammer (TTH) have done it again. Earlier this week they released a really cool video of a Comic Con presentation from Ben Mathis, Character Artist at CCP. In the video, Ben goes over the Character Creation process which we'll soon have a chance to play with, when Ambulation comes out - remember that we will all have to redo our character's look when it rolls out.In the video Ben explains that as they've done with the ships and station with the release of Trinity, they want to move away from cartoony looking avatars and get closer to a realistic and shadowy look. The character creation process looks something like this:bloodlinephysique (skinny to fat)depending on your weight/height ratio, you will walk differentlycomplexionfacial modifiers (tattoos, scars, make-up, freckles, etc)facial hairhair stylescostumesHe goes on to say that avatars will have mood and be allowed to portray facial expression - that depending on your mood your expressions will differ....
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The Mighty ORE Rorqual in siege mode
2008-05-09 05:51:00
A few nights ago PPL members were in a low sec system mining ice. We've established a POS (Player Owned Structure) and have started our mining operation. Before heading out in my trusty (not rusty) Iteron Mark V to haul all that ice, I took some shots of the mighty and impressive Rorqual. Which reminds me, here are 3 videos showing the behemoth going into siege mode, as this one above has.Have you seen one in transformation?More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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MMO Blogroll
2008-05-09 05:19:00
I've decided on removing all my blogrolls from the sidebar, and instead have them in a post. This way the list is easier to update; it can by commented; you the readers can suggest new blog or cool gaming sites; and finally it makes for better SEO.The list below is made up of blogs and gaming sites which I follow daily, thanks to Google Reader.Common Sense Gamer (The)CuppytalkDestructoidGameSetWatchKill Ten RatsMassivelyMMOABCMMOCrunchMMO FansMystic WorldsOGRankPlaguelandsRandom BattleRihards Unplugged :: GamesVirgin WorldsWarCry NetworkXyliana.comEnjoy!More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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EVE Online Trinity II Screenshot Slideshow
2008-05-08 16:14:00
I came across this slideshow browser creator while looking for new templates for my other blogs. I thought I'd use it to share all the Trinity II screenshots I upload to Flickr. So far I've got over 250 screenshots, but that number will rise over time. Just to give you an idea, I've got 1,568 screenshots of Trinity I; EVE's old graphic engine. Yeah, I know, I'm a freak!Hope you enjoy!More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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The Drone Bay: Episode 9 - Astrology V Completed
2008-05-07 16:31:00
Virgin Worlds LinkEVE Forum Link (please bump!) Show notes:Episode 9 is here, and the cards show us that this will be a bit of a long show.Bring on the Drones:In the weekly recap, BoB attacks MC in Querious and Period Basis. Crovan's first article goes up on Massively! Also, CK joins the ranks at Massively. Look forward to more from the Drone Bay crew!The DON'T PANIC topic for this week is fleet interaction, and how to deal with the confusing new boxes and buttons that show up when you join a gang.Mail gets answered, as usual, and the guys have an mp3 submission! Tool time returns with EVE Fitting Tool. Don't undock without it!Back to bloopers this week, and make sure to listen in before the bloopers, after the show, for our first listener segment!Also, from last week, the video on logical fallacies. A must-read for EVE-O forum dwellers!Contact Info:GAX Online Group: The Drone BayE-Mail:dronebay[at]gmail.com (comments/questions for everyone)crovan[at]eve-mail.netcrazykinux [at]gma...
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Have Clone, Will Travel - a new EVE column
2008-05-07 14:54:00
Earlier today, my first feature was published over at Massively.com. The column, called Have Clone , Will Travel , is of course a play on words on Robert Heinlein's wonderful science fiction novel Have Space Suit - Will Travel. My first article, Ambulation in the EVE tutorial, is about how Ambulation could be used to improve the current EVE Tutorial.Do not worry, I'll still be posting here on a regular basis, daily if time permits. The fine folks at Massively.com have given me an opportunity I could not refuse. For now, my column will appear weekly, but that may change to bi-weekly if RL gets in the way (summer will soon be upon us here is eastern Canada).So head over, and let me know your thoughts!More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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5 Common Misconceptions about EVE Online
2008-05-07 14:45:00
The RPG Vault has a great developer interview where they look at the five most common misconceptions people make about EVE Online . Head over and have a look. Here's their lists before you head out:Newbies will never stand a fighting chance against old playersEVE is only about combatMining is the only way to earn money as a rookieYou can't enjoy the game if you aren't in a major allianceEVE is not meant for casual playersHere's a few more you could add to the list:EVE is just a good looking spreadsheetNew players can't make a differenceThe EVE Community is a bunch of ruthless hooliganCan you think of any others?More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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EVE Online CSM - Have you chosen your candidate?
2008-05-07 01:42:00
I've done it! I've cast my vote. I've given a stranger my vote of confidence to bring a level-headed discourse to CCP and improve the game I love so much. I just hope he (or she) stands by his (or her) word.But I won't tell you who I voted for. I will though, narrow it down for you. You see, I want you to do as I did, and take the time to go through each players profile, read up on his (or her) views and make up your own mind as to who should have the honor of being elected to the 1st ever Council of Stellar Management.Having gone through the full list of candidates, 14 caught my attention. Of those, I chose one. I'll admit, I'm a little disappointed that I wasn't able to vote for all 9 of the candidates I thought should, in my opinion, make up the CSM. That's what I would have expected. Everyone votes for their 9 candidates and in the end, 9 candidates that (out of the 61 who offered themselves) get to fly to Iceland in June. Doing it that way should have avoided polarized ...
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EVE Online Speedlinking for May 5th, 2008
2008-05-06 04:28:00
The last week was crazy busy with real life. With the Montreal Canadiens being eliminated by the Philadelphia Flyers last Saturday, I'll now have more time for gaming, EVE and blogging! So here' s the items that caught my attention this past week.EVE Fitting Tool - We talked about it in The Drone Bay Podcast #9 (soon to be released)Reflection on the state of the economy - Part II! - from CSM candidate, La Vista VistaThe Hiding of Treasure... - Van Hemlock's great piece on game design and keeping the game excitedDocumentary: History of Video Games - Thanks Xyliana for this video!On MMO longevity and MMO second versions - EVE for the nextEON Magazine now has an EON Facebook group - Join us!PvP Communication - Phillip "Crovan" Manning's 2nd piece over at Massively.comEVE Newbie video - Here's a funny video of someone who really doesn't get EVEThe Ancient Gaming Noob gets an offer from Goonswarn in "The proposition"The Cookie Monster Economy and "Guild Socialism" - via Terra NovaM...
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EVE Online Postcard for the week of May 5th, 2008
2008-05-06 03:23:00
After 23 jumps I finally got to our new zero-zero home for the next couple of months. On this shot I'm getting ready to jump to our new POS to change ship and get ready for some ice mining. Even though planets were not graphically upgraded during the Trinity update, they still look amazingly great. What CCP will be able to do with the next update is beyond me!More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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Blog Banter #5: To hell with Myth Drannor!
2008-04-30 14:37:00
Welcome, welcome to the 5th installment of Blog Banter, the monthly blogging extravaganza headed by bs angel! Blog Banter involves our cozy community of enthusiastic gaming bloggers, a common topic, and a week to post articles pertaining to said topic. The results are quite entertaining and can range from deep insight to ROFLMAO. Any questions about Blog Banter should be directed here. Check out other Blog Banter articles at the bottom of this post!I missed the last Banter, so when bs angel sent out the email for this month's Banter, I immediately set aside some time for it. There was no way I was going to miss two in a row!The topic of this month's banter is how flawed games prevented us from completing them. Interesting. Easy choice. I say so because, if there is one game that I think of when I hear the word flaw, one game which I tried again and again to "get into" and complete, that would be: Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor. It's one major flaw: the interface. Funny i...
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A great video to setup your EVE overview!
2008-04-29 22:34:00
You've got to hand it to them, the Goons know their stuff! And they also have some great simple videos to help their members. But who's going to stop there.Following our last Drone Bay podcast, where we covered the overview setup, I though I'd share with you a short video that was done for the Goons, but which can be applied by anyone. It's a visual version of what Crovan and I explained during the podcast. It might be a year old, but it still helps. Of course, you'll still want to experiment and come up with you own version of this setting. But it still gives you a good start. Enjoy!Thanks for the help NecroticBudz!More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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The Drone Bay: Episode 8 - I smell BACON!
2008-04-28 21:18:00
Virgin Worlds LinkEVE Forum Link (please bump!) Show notes:Episode 8: I smell BACON! Episode 8 is here, and it's time to fry up some eggs, because BACON's on the plate!Bring on the Drones:In the weekly recap, the big news is the Re-Release of BACON.The DON'T PANIC topic for this week is the interface. Learn to set up your overview, and also don't miss Crovan and CK's number one interface tip for surviving in 0.0/lowsec!Mail gets answered, as usual. Keep sending us questions/comments! Also, please review us on iTunes. We're in the "New and Notable" section under Games and Hobbies already. Thanks for the support so far! Also, if you have an idea for a mini-segment (2 minutes or under), then record it as an MP3 and send it to one of the e-mail addresses below. We'd love to get some good listener content!No bloopers, but a fitting out track.Contact Info:GAX Online Group: The Drone BayE-Mail:dronebay[at]gmail.com (comments/questions for everyone)crovan[at]eve-mail.netcrazykinux [...
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EVE Online Speedlinking for April 28th, 2008
2008-04-28 20:09:00
Another week gone by, wow! I guess the amazing weather we've been getting here in Eastern Canada has meant that I spent a lot of that past week outside. Guess time flies when its spring and sunny outside. Today though, we've got rain and cooler weather. Perfect for speedlinking, so here goes.Murder and Creation - A new EVE Chronicle for those, like me, who enjoy EVE fictionAmbulation: A Walking Tour of EVE's Upcoming Social Environment - A great MMORPG.com articleNew York Comic Con: EVE Online - The Empyrean Age Expansion - And another one!Bacon: Never be surprised again - Or how I like to put it: Never have fun playing EVE again!Some of us became Millionaires - Way to go Ardwulf!The very prolific Jade Constantine has a great piece of EVE fiction on the subject of removing Local Chat from lowsec and 0.0 - smells like a partial solution to Bacon to me.The Bitter Old Noob, Drone Bay co-host Crovan, has got his first Massively.com article published - Congrats Crovan!EVE Evolved: Con...
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EVE Online Postcard for the week of April 27th, 2008
2008-04-28 03:58:00
More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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EON #011 - Table of Content
2008-04-23 19:02:00
This latest issue is probably the best issue so far. And I'm not saying that because my name (p10) and blog (p77) both appear in this issue. This wouldn't be the first time.My relationship with EON goes back a long time. Some may remember that I had a picture of me and my better-half in issue #003. Once you've stopped starring at Lacy and Melissa, you'll notice me on in the bottom middle photo. Big smile, dark blue shirt next to the cute brunette in a turquoise top (my wife), yep that's me! That was back in 2006 at the Las Vegas Player Gathering.Anyways, back to why I think this is the best issue so far. I say so because of the quality of the articles, news and chronicles. Now I haven't gone through the whole issue, but with what I read so far, I really look forward to the next issues.In our digital day and age, where important gaming events come-up weekly, if not daily, EON still manages to get me excited about upcoming events (Fan Fest 2008), guides (Insider's Guide series)...
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EVE Online Speedlinking for April 21st, 2008
2008-04-22 05:14:00
Well, to say that the past week has been very busy would be an understatement. With the Source Code leak and other news items, today's speedlink list is extensive. Enjoy!On the whole Source Code leak tempest (in a glass):I first read about it at hereEveryone and their mother started reporting the "leak", including Massively.Then they all started downplaying the incident (MMORPG.com, gamesindustry.biz, WarCry, WorldsinMotion.biz, NextGeneration, Kotaku and Massively) after CCP's response came out.Some commented on CCP's response, while bloggers discussed the issue and other idiots proudly boasted about the leak. Yeah, idiots.In the end, it wasn't all the fuss it was supposed to be. And it's now, just a few links. Enough said.As for the real links of interest to you and I, here they are:Five Years and Counting, Interview with Valerie Massey - Factional Warfare anyone!EVE Online Trinity Ship Gallery - All your ships on full display.CEO Hilmar Petursson Video Interview over at WarC...
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