Tag Archives: Blog Banter

BB 46 The four stories

Welcome to the 46th EVE Blog Banter, the community tradition that shares a single discussion topic across the blogosphere and beyond. For further information, check out the Blog Banter section above. For this edition’s topic, read on… The Main Event … Continue reading

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BB 45 Yeah Me’s and Boo Them’s

This edition of the Blog Banter is forged from suggestions by #tweetfleet members @KaedaMaxwell, @RocWieler and @TigerlilyFenix. In a socially-driven game environment such as EVE Online’s, everyone has an agenda. CCP promotes its products and has an army of volunteers to … Continue reading

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BB44 Local at a distance

A conversation, led by the literary pugilist Poetic Stanziel and fiction champion Rhavas, has been rumbling in the bowels of the blogosphere for a few days now. Due to popular demand, for posterity and for the attentions of CCP Sisyphus of … Continue reading

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BB 43 Chickening out

…Applaud Your Peers, Embarrass Your Enemies… At the turn of the year in meatspace, award season starts to spin up. Across the general media, folk are encouraged to look to their peers and recognise excellence and inspiration from the previous … Continue reading

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BB42 OOC Soylent Green review of Eve

“A gaming universe as vast and unique as EVE Online is constantly evolving and the experience is different for every participant. Conventional games review techniques cannot possibly hope to provide an accurate measure of every aspect of EVE’s gameplay. However, … Continue reading

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BB41 The Pitch

The universe of EVE is not without its drama and epic stories, both in and out of game. Imagine a publisher, movie studio or television network asked you to prepare a pitch for a new brand of EVE-flavoured entertainment. This … Continue reading

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BB40 Empathy for the Devils

Fresh from publishing the community spotlight on the EVE blogosphere and Blog Banters, CCP Phantom has suggested a banter focus on competitive tournaments. There is no finer spectacle in the universe of EVE Online than the explosive dance of weapon-laden … Continue reading

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BB39 Homeward Bound

He threw his bag on the couch and called out “Honey, I’m home!” Only the soft hum of ventilation answered him, as always.  He activated the comms, not to communicate but to fill the room with the semblance of companionship.  … Continue reading

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BB38 It is what we make it

In his recent “That’s just the way it is” post on Jester’s Trek, blogger Ripard Teg posits that the established EVE player-base has come to accept many of EVE’s design idiosyncrasies, rarely questioning their purpose or benefit. Conversely, he also … Continue reading

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Hopes for the CSM7 (BB34)

Blog Banter 34: The Rise of the Spaceship Politicians The polls have just opened for the election of candidates to occupy the 14 seats on the 7th Council of Stellar Management. To kick-start a topical CSM-themed banter, CCP Xhagen – … Continue reading

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