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Arrendis

About me

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.

Contact Information

  • Name: Bill McDonough
  • Public Email: bmcdonough@themittani.com
  • Discord Name: Arrendis

My Articles

45 Eve Online

Siberian Squads join the Imperium

Bill McDonough 2021-02-06

After leaving Legacy Coalition and the PAPI mega-coalition at the end of January, former DeadCo alliance Siberian Squads [SB-SQ] has joined the Imperium. The news broke just before 1600 EVE-time with the following announcement from The Mittani: SIBERIAN SQUADS JOINS…

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8 Is the glass of EVE's PvE half-full? Half-empty? Or just exploding? Op-Ed

Engaging PvE in EVE Online?

Bill McDonough 2021-01-06

There’s a lot going on in EVE right now, including a war with some small, insignificant fights. But it’s a new year, and that got me thinking. Every year, we hear from CCP about… well, stuff. All kinds of stuff….

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2 News

EVE Offline: TQ Experiencing Stability Issues

Bill McDonough 2020-11-04

As of 1600 EVE on Wednesday, Tranquility has been experiencing repeated crashes and persistent instability. CCP is aware of the problem and server admins are working to correct the problem. In addition to all their internal tools and alarms that…

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5 Eve Online

Imperium Sacrifices 250 Dreads to Kill Keepstar in FWST-8

Bill McDonough 2020-10-05

OCT 5, 2020: FWST-8, DELVE—Nearly 3700 players clashed in NPC Delve today in what is likely the bloodiest single engagement of World War Bee. The fighting centered on an anchoring FRT Keepstar. Outnumbered by as many as 500 opponents, the…

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0 Devblog

CCP 2020 EVE Security Update

Bill McDonough 2020-08-01

On July 29, CCP released their EVE Security Update for 2020. In it, they put up a bunch of interesting numbers: botting accounts banned, number of reports files, number of accounts filing reports, and more, all for the first seven…

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0 News

CSM15 Election Results

Bill McDonough 2020-06-12

The results of the CSM15 Election are in! Despite an abbreviated campaign and voting season this year, players cast over 36,000 votes in this year’s election. The winners are: Brisc Rubal—The Initiative. Gobbins—Pandemic Horde Innominate—Goonswarm Federation Kenneth Feld—Pandemic Legion Maria…

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3 Eve Online

FANFEST 2020 CANCELLED

Bill McDonough 2020-02-28

FEBRUARY 28—CCP announced today that FanFest 2020 is cancelled. The move comes in response to the continuing spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and is being taken as a precautionary measure. In the announcement, and accompanying EVE Pulse video CCP Dopamine…

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16 Eve Online

The Imperium Welcomes Ranger Regiment as Trial Members

Bill McDonough 2020-02-16

Ranger Regiment has joined the Imperium. In a post of the same title on the official Goonfleet forums, Goonswarm alliance CEO and Imperium autocrat the Mittani announced the move and extended the coalition’s hand in friendship. “I would like to…

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24 Eve Online

Saviors Are Nothing Of the Sort

Bill McDonough 2020-02-03

Three weeks ago, Dirk Stetille and I interviewed CCP Masterplan, of Team Talos. During that interview, we talked about how Talos sees Fleet Logistics—remote assistance—as a thing that’s inhibiting conflict in EVE. At the time, I said (in the interview,…

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4 News

FALCON DEPARTS CCP

Bill McDonough 2019-11-08

In a tweet released earlier today, Verone, a.k.a. ex-CCP Falcon, announced his departure from CCP. The announcement came after nearly a week of speculation on reddit and other sites, stemming mostly from Falcon’s absence at EVE Vegas, as well as an extended…

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4 Talkshows

Announcing Reboot of The Meta Show

Bill McDonough 2019-11-06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 2019 INN Announcement: Reboot of “The Meta Show” Addition of New Co-Host, Format and Style The Imperium News Network, EVE Online’s largest player-run media enterprise, is announcing today that it is rebooting its flagship EVE…

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2 News

EVE Vegas 2019: EVE Echoes Into The Future

Bill McDonough 2019-10-24

EVE Online is a game with a strong, active metagame that has come to consume large segments of the game. Now, CCP is learning to play the metagame themselves. In a new press release, CCP has beat themselves to the…

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20 Eve Online

Two Months of “Chaos”

Bill McDonough 2019-09-12

Two months ago, I wrote a short little piece entitled “Why the Nullsec Blackout Won’t Fix EVE.” In it, I made some observations about what CCP said they were up to, how some groups of players were seeing it as…

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10 Op-Ed

Cyno Changes: Too Long For Twitter

Bill McDonough 2019-08-18

This afternoon, someone pointed me to a tweet from the official EVE Online account that asked for a response. It’s about the cyno changes, and how people feel about them. So I started to respond. Then I realized there’s no…

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