Arrendis
At almost nine years, EVE is the third-longest bad habit of my life. When not playing EVE, I'm usually spouting off about something in a way that's going to make someone irritated, or spending time with the incomparable Fluffy von Bloodletter, whose actual name is Hank. But let's face it, Fluffy von Bloodletter's a much better name, even for a cat.
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- Name: Bill McDonough
- Public Email: bmcdonough@themittani.com
- Discord Name: Arrendis
My Articles
Eve Online
EVE Devblog: Security Update – Q1 2019
This Tuesday, Feb 19, Team Security released a new devblog on the subject of botting and RMT in EVE Online. The opening paragraphs summarized the state of the current efforts. In many ways, these have become almost boilerplate prose. ‘Hello,…
Editorial
War Dec Changes—One Month In
“War is cruelty. There’s no use trying to reform it, the crueler it is the sooner it will be over.” -Gen. Wm. Tecumseh Sherman On December 11, CCP games released the December Update to EVE Online. In addition to new…
Humor
Is A Massive Nerf of Delve Ratting Coming?
CCP may secretly be planning to take drastic actions to nerf the Imperium’s income with a nerf of ratting activities in the Southwest of New Eden. This potential move comes as the Monthly Economic Report has once again shown Delve…
Eve Online
PvP Lifestyle—Making a Living by the Sword
New Eden thrives on two things. The stability of instability, and the importance of players’ actions and choices. The first one means that some level of instability and upheaval is always present, while the second relies on players being free…
Eve Online
First Navigation Structures Deployed
The first of the new Upwell Navigation Structures have been deployed on Tranquility. In a tweet on Nov 16, CCP Fozzie announced that TEST Alliance Please Ignore (TEST) had successfully deployed the first of the Pharolux Cyno Beacons. Approximately 22h…
News
Stan Lee Dies At 95
LOS ANGELES — Stan “The Man” Lee has died. He was 95 years old. The comic book legend had been battling poor health in recent years, including what he described as “a little bout of pneumonia” this past February. He…
Eve Online
Live Events Continue: Ushra’Khan And AmarrMil Clash Over Kahah
In a follow-up to a story INN first reported on November 5, CCP’s renewed engagement in live events with players continues. At roughly 1800 UTC on November 5, Minmatar FW alliance Ushra’Khan (U’K) undocked a Providence-class freighter in Kahah. A…
Eve Online
Fweddit Self-Destructs 20B in Highsec Storyline Action
KAHAH—November 4, 2018: Between 16:42 and 16:54 UTC, Fweddit members and alts in Fwehman Brothers Holdings, Viziam, and Flight of the Kiwis self-destructed nine freighters worth 22 billion ISK. This move is the latest activity in an ongoing storyline connected…
Eve Online
Northern Fracture Continues: NCdot Resets Dead Coalition
Northern Coalition. (NCdot) will reset Dead Coalition/Guardians of the Galaxy. (DC or GotG) News of the reset came during a Dead Coalition State of the Galaxy Address by Sort Dragon. DeadCo streamed the SotG. INN’s Dabigredboat (DBRB) provided a simulcast…
Eve Online
October Update HICcups
Let me just get this out of the way, and I think you’ll understand where I’m going with this piece about the October Update: WHAT THE SCREAMING CHRIST, CCP? Ok. Maybe that’s a bit much for an opening, and doesn’t really…
News
CCP Handing Down Judgment on Harassment & Bots
CCP has reason to feel good about themselves right now. They recently hosted GM Week, a multi-day event that highlighted the hard work of their GM team. They bookended the event in perfect EVE fashion: with explosions. On both the…
Eve Online
CONCORD CRACKDOWN: CCP Executes Suspected Botters to Open ‘GM Week’
YULAI – AUGUST 20: CCP opened up ‘GM Week‘ today with a bang, teleporting in ‘willing test subjects’ and setting them with a Suspect flag in front of a small horde of eager PvPers. The slaughter marks the beginning of…
Interview
X47L-Q: A Dragon’s Eye View
Image by Redline. The Keepstar battle in X47L-Q marked one of the largest fights in EVE Online history. In terms of titans killed, it places behind only B-R5RB. And it far outpaces even that battle in the sheer amount of…
Eve Online
Dev Post: CCP Looking at Changes to Force Auxiliaries
In a new dev post released to the EVE Online forums this week, CCP Rise unveiled plans for significant changes to the way Force Auxiliaries work. CCP and the CSM have agreed that the capital-scale remote assistance platforms are too…
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