When last we saw the Sisters of EVE, they were off investigating an unusual signal pattern anomaly that had been appearing seemingly randomly in New Eden. The moment of truth comes when the Sanctuary team discovers the source: a gargantuan object of living metal ... completely covered in rogue drones. Could this be the Holy Grail the Sisters of EVE have been searching for?
"1" is a new EVE Chronicle and is the third installment of our "End of the World" series. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here.
You may discuss the new Chronicle here.
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On Friday, 6 February 2009, our partner Vivox will perform necessary maintenance that will disable EVE Voice. The outage will begin during EVE's normally scheduled maintenance period at 11:00 GMT and will end at approximately 13:00 GMT. EVE Online's maintenance will not be extended.
Once service is restored, you may have to disable and re-enable EVE Voice in the Options panel:
- Hit the ESC key.
- Select the Audio & Chat tab.
- Under the "Voice Settings section, uncheck then re-check the "EVE Voice enabled" option.
- Hit the "Close Window" button.
Alternatively, you can close and reopen the EVE Online client.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.
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Attention PLEX fans: gaming just got easier for you! Capsuleers can now purchase PLEX directly from CCP using the Account Management page. Purchases are limited to quantities of 2, 4 or 6 PLEXs once per 24 hours, and cost as little as €/$34.99 (via credit card purchase only) for a minimum of two.
Detailed information on how you can purchase your PLEX direct can be found on this EVElopedia article.
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EVE Online Alliance Tournament VI comes to a finale this weekend LIVE on EVE TV.
Watch the top 32 Alliances fight it out to see who will be crowned the PVP Champions of EVE! The action promises to be highly explosive, as all of the weekend's fights mean an elimination for the loser.
Must view matches for Saturday include the #1 ranked alliance R.U.R. fighting at 1500 GMT, defending champions Ev0ke at 1900 and a rematch of last weekend's nail biter between Against ALL Authorities and HUN Reloaded at 1940.
Along with coverage of every match, we will have Developers on the couch with some sneak peeks on the upcoming expansion "EVE Online: Apocrypha"!
For a full schedule of all fights, see here. You can view full replays of all the qualifying matches on Youtube, with HD footage available for Qualifying Round 2.
This is a weekend of EVE action not to be missed, with Live broadcasts starting at 1450 GMT each day, continuing until 2100 on Saturday and 2200 on Sunday. Tune in here: http://www.eveonline.com/evetv
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Due in large to the Alliance Tournament VI finale this weekend, the PCU (Peak Concurrent User) record was broken the third time this year with 51,675 pilots logging in to the single-shard world that is EVE Online. That's well above the previous record of 48,065 and signifies the largest PCU jump we've ever had to break the 50k milestone.
In addition, recent goings on between major player Alliances, a vengeance-fueled assassination during last weekend's Tournament rounds and general excitement about the impending release of EVE Online: Apocrypha have all combined to energize just about everyone--players, the CCP Dev Team, media and people who have never even encountered EVE before but are now quite curious.
Like always the true credit goes to you, the players, who give EVE the unmeasurable depth that makes it unique. Thank you.
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We're currently deploying some upgrades to our billing system and doing some maintenance, account services are expected to be back up at approximately 12:00 GMT.
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On Wednesday, 18th February, there will be an six hour downtime on Tranquility for database hardware upgrades starting at 06:00 GMT and lasting until 12:00 GMT. Specifically, we will be putting the finishing touches on our new 2TB RamSan 500, which has joined our existing two RamSan 400 powering the EVE database cluster. The downtime will also affect the Support section, EVE API, MyEVE, Secure, Forums, Bug reporting and Account Services which will be down for the duration.
Following Wednesday, the entirety of the EVE database will be running on RamSan technology which is part of our goal to reduce downtime durations and ensure that EVE continues to remain free from database lag! Look out for a Dev Blog next week with all the juicy details on the upgrade.
Read more about our hardware upgrades in CCP Mindstar's newest dev blog.
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After a week of sleepless nights and far too many CPU cycles, the full EVE TV coverage of Alliance Tournament VI is now available on CCP's YouTube channel. Watch every explosion from the elimination rounds in glorious HD quality, complete with pre and post match review by CCP Soundwave, StevieSG and our team of experts in the studio.
Day 5 (round of 32) Playlist
Day 6 (Finals) Playlist
If you missed them live, it is a must watch! If you saw them live, well, it is still a must watch!
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While the drones swarmed the ever-hopeful Sisters of EVE ship, Antar, captain of the Blood Raiders crew assigned to shadow the Sisters, enjoyed watching the drones tear her apart. That is, until he learned the true nature of his assignment: secure the abaddon. Would he and his crew meet the same fate as the Sisters?
"The Great Harvest" is a new EVE Chronicle and is the fourth installment of our "End of the World" series. Published every other Monday, Chronicles are intended to examine the various aspects of life in New Eden. The entire list is contained here.
You may discuss the new Chronicle here.
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As you may know, we have been investigating the issue of lag in Faction Warfare for a while.
We have looked at the server side of this issue, and now we need to look at the client side. This means that we need you, the community, to help us. To get accurate information on what is going on with the client, we need information from users experiencing the issues.
The more people that help us with this, the faster and more accurately we can solve this issue. What makes it even better is that it is easy and fun to help out. This is what we need from you: We need you to run the logserver (easy), and participate in as many Faction Warfare battles as possible (fun).
If you want to help, please read CCP Soundwave's forum post for step-by-step instructions on what you can do to help us gather data.
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