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Competitive capsuleers!

We have just released the information about the return of Alliance Tournament XVII, with more information about how to enter the tournament, key dates, and full rules to come next week. Please use this threa...

Holy cow! That’s just an Obelisk-load of talent in a Imicus-sized container.

The forums are a great place! While the CSM is an incredibly valuable resource for us, it is not the only tool on the belt. We regularly monitor the EVE Online forums and various other EVE Media platforms.

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Just wanted to give a quick update!

The Stargate Trailblazers Event, which was scheduled to end on 1 June, has been extended to 11:00 3 June in order to allow more players to compete and support the Empires in their construction efforts throughout New Eden.

The competition is heating up as capsuleers rush not only to gain rewards through the revamped LP store, but also to secure their legacy! The Empires are rewarding the top 10 characters, and top 5 Player Corporations, with special monuments placed alongside each new gate celebrating those who contributed the most to their construction.

With events through high, low, and null security space - there is still time to make your mark on New Eden! Follow the leaderboard progress here (...

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We are aware that LP stores throughout New Eden, not only FW LP stores, have options to exchange LP for full ships. Historically very few people redeemed these offers because they didn’t make sense in an ISK/LP sense, but I suspect that dynamic will shift.

I really do appreciate the sentiment here, but if I can provide a bit more context. As a player, I was very honored to serve on the Council for CSM 6 & CSM 7 - I have nothing but respect and admiration for the institution and fellow Council members who devote their time to such a cause. Upon joining CCP I can say, unequivocally, that respect is mutual.

CCP greatly values the work of the CSM, the Industry Changes and overall ecosystem updates couldn’t be done without their valuable contributions and insight. We also spend a good deal of time interacting with the community and relay some fantastic conversations and information through you all bring to the table.

I’ll gladly provide a little bit of background and update:

The recent patch deployed on Tuesday 13 April included the following change:

• Removed empty Asteroid Belts that have no asteroids left available.

As part of the greater EVE Ecosystem updates dating back to last year, a number of systems in null-sec contained Asteroid Belts that were completely depleted and barren of resources. These Asteroid Belt beacons were the source of some confusion as players would warp to these locations in hopes of finding asteroids. This patch removed the beacons for those already-barren Asteroid Belts to alleviate some of that confusion. However, this clean-up adversely affected several null-sec regions of space - in some cases leaving them without any venue for Asteroid NPC pirates.

While we are aware of the playstyle surrounding these pirate NPCs, namely Officer and Commander hunting & ADM building, we didn’t fully take into account how some areas of space ...