Rhivre
I have been lurking in stations for 8 years in Eve, and playing pretty much every other MMO that comes out along the way. When I am not gaming, I am an administrator.....the person bugging you for the form filled out in triplicate from 3 weeks ago? That's me!
Contact Information
- Twitter: @rhivre
- Public Email: rhivre@imperium.news
My Articles
Editorial
It’s the Economy, stupid: How imperfect data can tell a perfect tale
This was going to be an article about the MER looking at the impact of the blackout. Then, CCP also announced the blackout was ending, so I was not sure whether to write this piece. During the Great Blackout of…
News
Blackout! CHAOS! MER July 2019!
[WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHS] On August 23, CCP finally released the July Monthly Economic Report. Here at INN, we have been discussing doing an in-depth quarterly report to give perspective on the MER, but in light of the changes that are…
Eve Online
Trillion ISK fight over Faction Fortizar
As most of you will be aware, August 20 just after downtime a massive fight erupted between Snuffed Out, Initiative and Dead Coalition over the final timer for a Tatara and a Marganis Fortizar belonging to Theran Alliance. Quite often…
News
Devblog Skilling Spree Speed Run – Easy mode
August 2 CCP released a devblog promoting a new part of their current Season of Skills, “Skilling Spree”. This devblog is for a Speed Run contest; Undock, find and kill one NPC in the fastest time possible while flying any…
Editorial
CCP’s Lore Team Takes Lead on Teasing Mechanics Changes
A lore post was released July 26 titled DED AND AEGIS LEADERSHIP PROPOSE NEW EDEN DEFENSE FUND AT INNER CIRCLE WAR COUNCIL. You may be wondering why an in-character lore post is particularly of interest. Some background Since the Invasion expansion,…
News
Drifter Invasion: Nullsec Response
During a Fireside chat on June 29, The Mittani announced that during the day, an escalation in Drifter activities in nullsec had been observed, with increased spawns from those seen the previous days. The Imperium had 170 structures attacked by…
News
State of the Goonion 2019 – March to War
The Mittani has tonight made a State of The Goonion address to assembled Imperium members. This address has been hotly anticipated across New Eden as it will reveal the location where The Imperium will initiate their war. Last week it…
News
Streamfleet Invitational Back On (ish)
The Streamfleet Invitational Tournament is now back on, with an altered format. Last week, there was an announcement from Streamfleet that due to technical issues (CCP’s tournament tool not functioning), the tournament was being postponed. In the intervening period, CCP have…
News
INN Outage: A Message From The Editor-in-Chief
So, for the last week you may have noticed that we have been offline. This was not due to any alcohol related trips over server power cables or anything like that. On Sunday March 31, around mid afternoon UTC, we…
Eve Online
GM Week Interview – GM Stardust
The recent GM week has generated a lot of interest among players, especially the Splat-A-Bot episodes. We asked Lead GM Stardust a few questions about the event. INN: How did GM week come about? GM Stardust: The idea for GM…
Devblog
Pearl Abyss to acquire CCP
In a news post released today, CCP Games announced they are to be acquired by Pearl Abyss, the company behind Black Desert Online. The deal will allow CCP to continue to operate independently, with Pearl Abyss bringing its development expertise…
News
X47L-Q final timer
Good evening, and welcome to our liveblog of the final timer for the NC. staging Keepstar in X46L-Q. You may have seen the armor timer on July 31. I will be covering the events until late EUTZ, so if I…
News
7th Estate SOTA
Jin’taan’s coalition, 7th Estate, have just held their second SOTA. The newly formed coalition have now held 2 SOTAs in a month. Last time we heard from them they were going to be running guerrilla style attacks on PanFam and Fraternity…
News
Breaking News: Keepstar Armor Timer X47L-Q
The NC. Keepstar in X47L-Q that was reinforced July 31 has just come into armor vulnerability. Despite the earlier server problems caused by a DDOS, a large number of pilots from both sides have managed to make their way to…
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