ErickAsmock
CEO of Patriotic Tendencies. Bad Golfer, Bad at EVE since 2006, Purveyor of Strawberry Pancakes, Believer that real bacon goes with anything and Canadian bacon is just ham. I enjoy Single Malts and assorted other adult beverages.
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Eve Online
The Next Step in CCP’s Journey
On September 6th, the universe of EVE Online was in the grips of CCP’s latest announcement, that the company was acquired by Pearl Abyss for $425 million—roughly half a billion US dollars. EVE is a game where a billion ISK is…
News
Some Thoughts on the the July 2018 MER and EVE’s Economic Numbers in General
CCP has once again produced the Monthly Economic Report for July 2018 for this paradise we call New Eden. Here we are just beyond the halfway point of 2018. It seems like yesterday we were in the cold grasp of…
News
Two Dev Blogs from CCP Karkur and CCP Fozzie Clues us in to “Little Things” in September and a Personal Cargo Option Released on SISI
On August 29 CCP Karkur released a Little Things Dev Post related to the September Release. CCP looks for “little things” in the game that makes using the interface or some process more challenging than it ought to be. Crusty…
Editorial
Introducing: Delve Time Units
On June 16 on Push to Talk, we introduced the Delve Time Unit, an abstract meta-currency built on the total amount of wealth generated daily in Delve, extrapolated from the Monthly Economic Report. Each month, CCP releases economic data from…
News
May EVE Monthly Economic Report Released
If you’re looking for the data on the May Monthly Economic Report, stay away from CCP’s website unless you like seeing the HTTP 404 errors…for days. I usually stay away from all forums because I consider them a half step…
Eve Online
April Monthly Economic Report – Diving into Numbers off the Beaten Path
Header art by Empanada Welcome to another fun episode of the EVE Online Monthly Economic Report. The April edition has a few gems hidden in it. This month we are going to take a look at Delve in comparison to…
Eve Online
CCP Releases March Economic Report – Highsec Loses Its Production Dominance
Header art by Smultar A few days ago CCP released the latest edition of the Monthly Economic Report for March. For residents of Delve, it did not disappoint. It may even have surprised a few folks. The big news that…
Eve Online
CCP Releases the January 2018 Monthly Economic Report
The first thing I do with the MER each month is to quickly run through the report and see what catches my interest, or makes me go “whoa!”. It’s a terrible habit. Since the scale changes from month to month…
Eve Online
December MER Update
MER, MER on the wall… That’s right I don’t call it the M E R. I am stuck in MER as in mirror. Am I right or wrong…I simply don’t care. The bottom line is that it continues to say…
Eve Online
Who is Max Singularity?
The Space Pope, Max Singularity, has become a household name among players of EVE Online. I had the opportunity to talk with Max for the first time in depth a few weeks ago on the Whiskey Gaming Show. Max is…
Eve Online
Dev Post: Jump Fuel Use Changes
CCP Fozzie released some information related to potential changes ear marked for the December patch. You can read the details in this dev post. CPP Fozzie has asked for feedback in three different forum threads. The main post thread will…
Eve Online
Best of Us Organizes Veteran’s Day Roam This Weekend
At the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month, the fighting ended. In the hours leading up to that moment, men up and down trench lines across the Western Front of what many called “The War to…
Eve Online
EVE Meetups – To Go or Not to Go
TL;DR: GO! As for the too long part, read on. If you are like me you have people you call friends. Some of those are people you see every so often. The point is you see them and have what some…
Editorial
Why the Dissolution of CO2 is Good for EVE
Unless you have been under a rock the last week, you should know CO2 has fail cascaded. In the end, this is good for the players and Eve Online. The winners are perceived to be the Imperium. I’ll argue what…
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