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.
Contact Information
- Name: Bill McDonough
- Public Email: bmcdonough@themittani.com
- Discord Name: Arrendis
My Articles
Eve Online
Why the Nullsec Blackout Won’t Fix EVE
After Downtime on Friday, Jul 12, nullsec went dark. The Nullsec Blackout is a period of ‘undetermined’ duration, during which Local chat will function in ‘delayed mode’. This means that until a character enters text into Local, they will not…
Eve Online
Local Blackout Scheduled, CCP Already Inconsistent
Nullsec is going dark. At downtime on Friday, July 12, CCP will be enacting the ‘Nullsec Blackout’, an attempt to shake things up in null and see what happens. The outage is a test, first announced in a Scope video…
Eve Online
Drifter Onslaught—What We Know, What We Think, What We’ve Heard
On Wednesday, June 26, Drifter forces began attacking capsuleer structures all over New Eden’s null-sec regions. The sudden assault came as a surprise (though some have claimed ‘I totally knew it was coming’), and reinforced or destroyed structures from Esoteria…
Eve Online
Breaking: ‘Boot.ini/Monocle Level Fuck Up’—Imperium to Reposition to Delve in Response to Drifter Attacks
In a ping sent out minutes ago on Jabber, Goonswarm alliance leader the Mittani announced that the Imperium will cut short their campaign against the Pandemic Family of alliances (PanFam). This move comes in response to the sudden and unabating…
Eve Online
BREAKING: CCP Releases Final Rubal Report: BANS OVERTURNED
CCP has reversed their initial findings on Brisc Rubal and two other members of The Initiative. (INIT). Two weeks ago, a dev blog indicated that three individuals from INIT were being banned for a breach of confidentiality and illicit in-game…
Eve Online
CCP Speaks: Crafting the Story with CCP Delegate Zero—Part 2
Yesterday, INN presented Part 1 of our two-part interview with CCP Delegate Zero. In this installment, we continue to look at the process of creating EVE’s story, and how player volunteers help with one of the unsung balancing acts of…
Eve Online
CCP Speaks: Crafting the Story with CCP Delegate Zero—Part 1
Beyond the massive nullsec battles, beyond the missions and faction warfare, EVE Online is a setting rich in lore and story. As the Invasion World Tour progresses, parts of that story are coming to the fore. New developments in the…
Eve Online
BRISC RUBAL REMOVED FROM CSM 13
In surprising news today, CCP Dopamine has posted a new dev-blog to let the playerbase know that Brisc Rubal has been removed from the Council of Stellar Management. According to Dopamine, Rubal was “found to be sharing confidential information with…
Eve Online
The Discourse Reports Possible Triglavian Shipyards and Communication
The Discourse, a series from the player-run Arataka Research Consortium (ARC), has released a new episode dealing with new discoveries in Abyssal Deadspace. In this episode, ArctiveVoice and Shef Rostov document something they believe to be Triglavian capital shipyards in…
Editorial
EVE is Hard—Designing a Moonshot
“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and…
Devblog
DevBlog: SKILLS ON DEMAND
In a new devblog released on Feb 26, CCP announced a set of changes coming to the skill training system. The changes, called “Skills on Demand”, streamline the ways players acquire (not train) most of the skills they’ll use in…
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…
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