Hands of Justice
What we have played => EVE Online => Topic started by: Warcold on April 29, 2010, 08:43:13 AM
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Ladies and Gentlemen and otherwise, it is my honour and privilege to present to you the list of competing alliances for Alliance Tournament VIII!
Listed alphabetically:
Against ALL Authorities
Agony Empire
Arbeitaholics Anonymous
Atlas Alliance
B A N E
Beyond Virginity
BricK sQuAD.
Circle-Of-Two
Cry Havoc.
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
DarkSide.
Dead Terrorists
death from above..
Dystopia Alliance
Electric Monkey Overlords
Electus Matari
Erebus Alliance
Eve Engineering
Get Off My Lawn
GoonSwarm
Honourable Templum of Alcedonia
HUN Reloaded
Huzzah Federation
HYDRA RELOADED
Important Internet Spaceship League
Indecisive Certainty
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
Intrepid Crossing
Ivy League
Leguinea Romana
Majesta Empire
Manifest Destiny.
Monks of War.
Morsus Mihi
Mos Vape Heavy Industries
Negative Ten.
Noir. Mercenary Group
Old Intentions
OWN Alliance
Paisti Syndicate
Panda Team
Pandemic Legion
Perihelion Alliance
Pitch Black Legion
Plutonix
RAZOR Alliance
RED.OVERLORD
Rote Kapelle
Silver Twilight Enterprises
Snatch Victory
SOLAR FLEET
Soldiers of Thunderstorm
T o r m e n t u m
The G0dfathers
The Kadeshi
THE R0NIN
THE SPACE P0LICE
The Star Fraction
The Tusker Bastards
The Wrong Alliance
Unaffiliated
Ushra'Khan
Veni Vidi Vici
WE FORM VOLTRON
Reserves:
TBA
Some stats:
We had 77 applications for AT8
We had 8 auction participants, less than the number of auction slots, and all auction participants paid a total of 3.1 billion to guarantee a tournament spot
AT8 is the first time that all pre-qualified top finishers from a previous tournament have still existed and applied :)
This will be websitified (new words ftw) and also the pairings will be done towards the end of next week.
Go Go Dead Terrorists!
Discussion and random blahblah: http://www.scrapheap-challenge.com/viewtopic.php?t=34282&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
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CH
Darkside
SoT
Rote Kapelle
Panda Team
My picks for this year. Like alot of SHC's regulars are suggesting too. They are good groups of folks, good at PVP and small scale stuff, which is a must for Tourney work.
Kudos on beating me to an AT8 post :D
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PL will probably win again is my bet.
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Tournament Rules
1. This is a two stage tournament, with 64 alliances allowed to enter.
2. There will be two qualifying rounds, followed by the 32 team finals.
3. The top 32 teams by Win/Loss and points scored advance to the finals.
4. All competing pilots must have been members of the alliance for which they are competing for a minimum of 60 continuous days prior to the beginning of the tournament. For Alliance Tournament 8 this means that pilots must have been a member of their alliance before downtime on 06/04/10
See here for full format details.
Match Rules
1. Alliances can field up to ten pilots on the battlefield. All alliance members are eligible to compete in any match in which their alliance is taking part, subject to all applicable rules; teams do not have to remain the same between games.
2. Fights are limited to 15 minutes in the qualifying rounds, after which the fight will be stopped and whichever alliance has the higher total points value will be declared winner. See "Victory Conditions", below.
3. Fights are limited to 20 minutes during the finals. The winners will be declared based on the following:
4. Intentional pod killing is NOT allowed and may result in the offender being punished. All podkills will be reimbursed.
Penalties
A player found breaking any rules can be penalized to various degrees, depending on the severity of the offence. All penalties are incurred at the tournament organizer's discretion. Decisions are final. Penalties may be levied against a player or team and may include but are not limited to:
* Points deduction
* Reducing the offending ship(s) shield / armor / hull / capacitor to 50%
* Removal from the fight
* Ban from competing for one or more matches.
* Ban from competing for the remainder of the tournament, and/or any future tournaments.
Place & Tactics
1. Participants should be prepared, in their chosen ships and in a gang if they so choose, 30 minutes before their scheduled fight time. Teams will be brought by a GM to a star system in uncharted space and designated as Team 1 and Team 2.
2. There are eight beacons in the system, which serve as start off points. Four beacons are marked for Team 1 and four marked for Team 2. The teams must assemble at any of the four beacons designated for their team.
3. Once the word is given, teams warp in to the at a range of their choosing, up to a maximum of 50 km. Team members are allowed to warp in at different ranges.
4. The arena will measure 125 km radius around the central beacon.
5. After the teams have warped in to the arena, they wait for clearance to begin the fight. During this period, EvETV camera crews will set up and the host will drop a warp disruption bubble in the arena.
6. The host will begin a countdown. When the countdown ends, the host will break target locks of all ships in the arena
7. If a player warps out/leaves the arena, his/her ship will be destroyed. This includes disconnection emergency warps.
8. Warping within the arena is NOT allowed.
9. Dropping cargo containers or other anchorable items is NOT allowed. Dropping regular jettison containers is allowed.
10. Locking players before the match starts is NOT allowed.
11. Activating aggressive or targeted modules before the match starts is NOT allowed.
12. Launching drones before the match starts is NOT allowed.
13. Moving before the match starts is NOT allowed.
14. Boarding a ship during the match is not allowed.
Ships & Points
1. Each team has 100 points with which to select their ships. Teams must use a minimum of 50 points.
2. Each team may have up to 10 ships on the battlefield.
3. Teams may field no more than 3 of a given ship. This applies to specifically named ships only, and not ship hulls. For example, 3 Curses, 3 Pilgrims, and 3 Arbitrators would be legal.
4. Teams may field no more than 1 logistics ship.
5. Unused points will be added to the opponents score.
6. Ship points values are as follows. Ship types not listed in the table are not allowed.
Battleship, Faction - 21
Marauder - 19
Battleship – 18
Black Ops Battleship - 18
Command Ship - 16
Strategic Cruiser - 16
Cruiser, Faction - 14
Heavy Assault Cruiser - 14
Battlecruiser (Tier 2) - 13
Recon Ship - 13
Heavy Interdictor - 13
Logistics Cruiser - 12
Battlecruiser (Tier 1) - 11
Cruiser – 9
Bomber - 6
Electronic Attack Frigate - 5
Frigate, Faction - 4
Assault Frigate - 4
Interdictor - 3
Interceptor - 3
Frigate - 3
Hauler - 3
Destroyer - 2
7. The definitions of 'Tier 1' and 'Tier 2' Battlecruisers are as follows: Tier 1 Battlecruisers are: Cyclone, Brutix, Ferox, Prophecy. Tier 2 Battlecruisers are: Hurricane, Myrmidon, Drake, Harbinger.
Fitting Restrictions
1. All T1 and T2 modules are allowed, with the following exception:
1.1. All Remote Armor Repair modules and Remote Shield Transfer modules are NOT allowed, EXCEPT on ONE of EITHER a logistics ship or a strategic cruiser.
1.2. Faction, COSMOS, deadspace and officer modules are NOT allowed.
2. T1 Rigs are allowed. T2 Rigs are NOT allowed.
3. All T1 and T2 ammunition, missiles and charges are allowed. Faction ammunition and missiles are allowed.
4. All drones are allowed, including Logistics drones, with the following exception:
4.1. Augmented and/or Integrated drones are NOT allowed.
5. Attribute Enhancers that give bonuses to anything other than perception, intelligence, willpower, memory, and charisma are NOT allowed.
6. All Hardwirings are allowed.
7. Boosters are NOT allowed.
8. Cloaking is NOT allowed.
9. Cap Boosters are allowed.
Flagships
1. Any standard T1 or Faction battleship hull may be designated as a flagship.
2. Flagships are able to fit faction, officer, cosmos, and deadspace versions of the following modules, ignoring tournament rules to the contrary:
*All Highslot Modules (not including remote armour repair modules, remote shield transfer modules, or cloaking devices)
*Electronic Warfare Modules
*Weapon Upgrade Modules
*ONE Shield Booster or up to TWO Armour Repairers
3. All flagships must be given an appropriate name, which must fall within Eve Online’s standard naming policies. It may not be renamed during the tournament. You may NOT name any ship in your tournament teams with the same name as your submitted flagship.
4. Flagship designs must be created in advance and their ship hull and exact fittings submitted to CCP Alliance Tournament via Evemail no later than 03/06/2010.
5. All flagship names and fittings will be published in the Flagships section of the Eve Online Alliance Tournament site.
6. A flagship may be fielded in any match, and counts as a normal ship in every way other than the ones defined above.
7. A flagship costs the same points value as for a normal ship of its type.
8. You are under no obligation to field your flagship in any given match.
9. If your flagship is destroyed, it may not be fielded again during the tournament.
Victory Conditions
1. During a match, a team scores points for each enemy ship it kills, equal to the tournament points value of that ship. The team that has scored the most points at the conclusion of the match, or that destroys the entire opposing team, is the winner.
2. If a team chooses to field less than 100 points, unfielded points count towards the opponent’s score.
That flagship thing is new, innit? Sounds fun :)
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Probably a way to get more faction bs into the tourny.
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Its a Devblog, but its also a Stevie SG devblog, so no fancy [devblog] here ;)
Hey there, it's your friendly neighborhood StevieSG,
We, the mighty at CCP, have been working hard to bring you the eighth Alliance Tournament which kicks off its qualifiers this weekend. Over the next three weeks, sixty-four of EVE's brightest and best alliance teams will battle it out to the final weekend on June 19 and 20 to claim the title of Alliance Tournament Champions.
Tournament Streaming
I am delighted to announce that this year we will broadcast not only the finals but all three weeks of matches LIVE via EVE TV from 14:50 GMT until 21:00 GMT each day in glorious High Definition. You can tune in here (http://www.eveonline.com/events/alliances/tournament/t8/viewersd.asp) to watch those matches.
Our regular "studio show" returns on the final weekend, complete with guest dev team members, a chance for viewers to win some awesome prizes from NVIDIA and more!
Tournament Prizes
It's not only the spectators who stand to benefit from this awesome event; EVE's content team are delighted to announce that along with a pile of ISK, a mountain of respect and a fountain of kudos from the EVE community, the winners of the tournament will receive these beautiful rare ships designed by CCP Nozh:
(http://cdn1.eveonline.com/community/devblog/2010/ships_VIII_t.jpg)
There will only be fifty (50) of each ship in the EVE universe, 50 Adrestia's belonging to the winning team and 50 Utu's to those in second place. Adrestia means "wargoddess," "the sister of Deimos and Phobos" and "she whom none can escape" in Greek mythology, and Utu means the "god of Sun and Justice, brother of Ishkur."
The winning team receives:
* 50x Adrestia Heavy Assault Cruiser
* Gold Medal for each participant
* 50 Billion ISK
The second place team receives:
* 50x Utu Assault Frigate
* Silver Medal for each participant
* 25 Billion ISK
The third place team receives:
* Bronze Medal for each participant
* 25 Billion ISK
The fourth place team receives:
* 10 Billion ISK
How To Tune In
If you want to see who ends up winning these stunning ships, connect to our live video feed on those weekends, stay tuned for news Items on upcoming matches and especially tune in to our Finals Studio Show on the 19th and 20th where you can watch special dev guests, bask in the glory of our glorious host CCP Soundwave and take a look at some never before seen featurettes including a special on the CCP video team behind the Tyrannis trailer. Not something you want to miss!
WARP DRIVE ACTIVE PODCAST
If you can't wait for the weekend, Warp Drive Active is proud to bring you our first Alliance Tournament Podcast. You can tune in right now to listen to CCP Claw, CCP Soundwave, CCP Charlie and myself talk about the tournament with host Winterblink as well as get a chance to meet some of our expert commentators: KIL2, Verone, AngelHUN and Darius JOHNSON.
For the first weekend of matches, team rankings and more - see the Alliance Tournament 8 Mini-Site. (http://www.eveonline.com/events/alliances/tournament/t8)
Forums and IRC Chat on Coldfront.net
If you want to chat with fellow viewers while listening and watching the shows, we'll be invading the #eve-online IRC channel on Coldfront for the three weekends. Check the Coldfront website for information on using IRC or to use their built in chat interface. You can also go straight to our Tournament Forum to find rules, discussion threads and community run events around the tournament.
For Those Of You Who Can't Tune In...
All match replays will be available on CCP's YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/ccpgames) within a couple of days of broadcast. CCP Charlie will have a thread in the Alliance Tournament forum with information and links to individual playlists. As with last year, the Interstellar Correspondents will be providing their own coverage of the whole event, you can check out their site from last year here. You can also join us on Tournament Twitter (http://twitter.com/evetournament) and keep an eye on the Official EVE Online Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/eveonline) page to keep up to date with everything.
Eve Voice and Radio Shows
If you just want to listen to the matches, you can tune in direct to our EVE Voice feed in channel Alliance Tournament in game. We also have several awesome community radio stations that may be providing talk shows or coverage and adding their own thoughts, analysis and a few songs here and there to fill in the gaps. Make sure you check the forums for announcements from these stations on the coverage they are planning for you! These stations are Eve Radio - www.eve-radio.com Split Infinity Radio - http://www.siradio.fm (http://www.siradio.fm) and New Eden Radio - http://www.newedenradio.com (http://www.newedenradio.com)
Hope you enjoy watching it!
Im far to lazy to c&p all the links in, bust most are pointless anyways :)
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Im gonna miss Saturday.
On a fucking plane.
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Im gonna miss Saturday.
On a fucking plane.
I was wrong, I'll miss most of Saturday, but did see the -A- game (borning) and the last match the Hyrda v AU game - epic fun :D
Rumor on the street is that some one paid for Agony's ransom, don't know if it was true or not.
We didn't pay anything.
Basically our Proteus went right up to around 120km from the arena and let a couple of the Hydra guys fly out of the arena and get blown up.
After that Hydra all self-destructed.
Never thought I'd laugh so hard while losing :D
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Jesus christ Angelhun's an idiot.
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booh :'(
PL just WIPED my favorites Dead Terrorists :(
edit1: sheesh, AA vs. GomL - Those three Rooks were just... annoying... Only thing to counter it would be a GN20 with FOFs I guess... (or ECCM) Bit silly still...
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Since all of the match names get cut off on youtube, here's an easy index for finding all of the matches.
Day 1
Against ALL Authorities v Perihelion Alliance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeknIVytLl0)
Agony Empire v HYDRA RELOADED (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxBnf-wk6tU)
Arbeitaholics Anonymous v Get Off My Lawn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BV_-t4qjmw)
Atlas Alliance v Intrepid Crossing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG0fdinuzg8)
B A N E v Unaffiliated (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Tfufp9iTM)
Beyond Virginity v Majesta Empire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u73Ci0xoEOI)
BricK sQuAD. v Panda Team (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVh_uANmDz0)
Circle-Of-Two v Indecisive Certainty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApkW_mCXCn4)
Cry Havoc. v Plutonix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0UqBLOJblA)
Curatores Veritatis Alliance v DarkSide. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rka8R4hb5PQ)
Dead Terrorists v Pandemic Legion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDdnKXjH-9Y)
death from above.. v Noir. Mercenary Group (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggwqYMs_vgY)
Dystopia Alliance v Morsus Mihi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RLKIZue3M4)
Electric Monkey Overlords v Leguinea Romana (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgUZjhHpsEI)
Electus Matari v Veni Vidi Vici (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSgzH0E9pe4)
Erebus Alliance v RED.OVERLORD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQOmGSmHfWg)
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Stream seems random now I am home. Keeps cutting out on hi, med and low. Yet nothing else on my connection is screwed.
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I'm getting a decent mid stream on my 1Mb connection, even with lots of windows open on 2 browsers + EvE running.
No clue what is the matter on your end :-[
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Probably me doing 15things at once then.
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What fun.
Convo spamming, mail bombing and generally finding ways to grief certain players on certain teams while on Ganknight.
Then of course any "HERO" pilots got mails and convos off us, until they failed at HERO. Was funny ;D
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Round 2 schedule:
http://www.eveonline.com/events/alliances/tournament/t8/schedule2.asp
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Out of all the games this weekend, im looking forward the most to AAA v Rote Kapelle.
You guys?
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Someone sell her into sex slavery. It'll shut her up.
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Someone sell her into sex slavery. It'll shut her up.
Who?? What???
If it is a gamer which right minded slave owner (like myself...) would buy her?? (I prefer my slaves sexy and beautiful ;) )
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Brianna Tempest.
Female commentator. WORST commentator ever.
She better have epic looks when its all televised next weekend, as that is the only thing that will save her.
She is fucking useless.
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AA v IVY was epic.
The guys basically had no clue what they were doing, no money left and just went all out to have a laugh :)
Best match for a long time.
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I think the price of fish is going to skyrocket now that Brianna mentioned them
that will happen
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I'll try to watch/listen to the stuff in august when I have the time :P
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We Form Voltron just opened up with a perfect bomb run, was awesome to watch.
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OMG EvE is invaded by Trekkies
err... Freki's
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OMG EvE is invaded by Trekkies
err... Freki's
Billions and billions of isk in that match, was :nailbiting: Very impressed with the serbians of CO2 who brought those along.
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Brianna Tempest.
Female commentator. WORST commentator ever.
She better have epic looks when its all televised next weekend, as that is the only thing that will save her.
She is fucking useless.
As bad as Darius?
Man, seems all Dutchies that rub against CCP are just trying to humiliate the rest of the Dutchies as hard as possible :-[
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Darious is American - and Brianna is soooooo much worse than him :)
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Darious is American - and Brianna is soooooo much worse than him :)
nothing to write home about an english expression too?
hmm...
still, his accent sounds dutchish
and nothing can be badder than him, omg
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BEST MATCH EVER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0KZLZ1dk6k
The AA guys were epiccaly entertaining. Especially given that they are all rookies.
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BEST MATCH EVER:
The AA guys were epiccaly entertaining. Especially given that they are all rookies.
Awesome, Hero Maller!
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Discophoons all i needed was a mirror ball and some booze ;)
truly funny
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Nice going by Dystopia ;D
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Nice going by Dystopia ;D
Aye.
CH are reaptraining brick now too - although that wasnt exactly unexpected.
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I was wondering...
How do racial ECM mods fare against faction ships? i.e. What 'race' are faction ships considered to be? The primary race to fly (first mentioned in desc) or both races? Or none?
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I think - and stress think - it is the primary, but dont quote me. Personally if I had an idea of what id face, id fit primary race + multi...
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I think - and stress think - it is the primary, but dont quote me. Personally if I had an idea of what id face, id fit primary race + multi...
yeah, it would make sense, with the background colour of the ships being the colour of the primary race
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Soundwaves done a blog on the Tournament so far, pretty good read:
Alliance Tournament month is my favorite time of the year. It lets me get away from everything and just focus on playing with my spaceships. Having the pleasure of watching absolutely everything that goes on, I thought I'd share some observations from the tournament this time around. It's the first time I've posted something like this, but who knows: if you guys like it, I'll keep them coming. I hope you've all enjoyed the tournament so far, I know I have. Here are a few of the things that stuck out to me:
Event that was not entirely legal but still pretty funny
HYDRA RELOADED camping Pandemic Legion's testing system in an effort to prevent them from running their practice session. Pandemic Legion are known for their metagaming, with members claiming that they know what every single opponent fields ahead of time. HYDRA RELOADED decided to pay them back and bubbled their station on the test server to prevent them from getting practice time. I'm not a GM, but I'm pretty sure that's not allowed. It is, however, pretty funny.
Impressive but not much talked about alliance we constantly mispronounce
Legiunea Romana have been bringing some effective setups using ships that other teams have decided to keep out of their lineups. During their first match, they brought Cruors, during match two, Maelstroms, both ships that aren't very common. They are traditionally a good team and probably deserve a little more hype than they are getting. They also deserve to have their name pronounced right once or twice.
Hilarious setup that was both entertaining and effective
Dystopia brought a quirky setup that centered around a Blokh, two Bloahs and a Drake. The Drake was selected by Tyrrax purely to spite yours truly. Regardless of which, Tyrrax is an underestimated planner when it comes to the Alliance Tournament setups, showing that comedy setups can be as effective as they are funny if orchestrated by the right person. Dystopia continue to be a quality team that knows how to entertain.
Strategy that no one really understood, probably because it wasn't very good
Death From Above had the simple task of having to accumulate 16 points in a fight. To put that into perspective, they'd need to kill a T2 ship, a command ship or a frigate and a BC. Even the most ragtag DPS setup should be capable of putting up 16 points (even if it loses), but DFA showed up with a supertanked setup that focused much more on survivability than racking up points. They were, to put it differently, not dressed for the occasion.
Hilarious setup that was entertaining but not that effective
Arbeitaholics Anonymous fielding a nano-disco setup that went down in flames. Arbeitaholics Anonymous are first time contenders, that by their own words don't have a lot of skillpoints or money. We thank them for competing, and we hope to see them back next year once they've run a few missions so they can afford more ships. It's always fun to see a team or two who are just there to have a good time.
Team which fielded a setup worth more money than I'll ever have
Circle-Of-Two fielding not only a flagship, but also three Frekis. One of the charming things about the Alliance Tournament is seeing alliances that don't have a lot of skillpoints or money come in and do well. Another charming thing about the Alliance Tournament is seeing terribly rich alliances with a lot of skillpoints put billions on the field. The entire Alliance Tournament crew were standing up and yelling/pointing/panicking when that one Freki dipped into structure. Fantastic match and CO2 demonstrating that they have testicles the size of bowling balls.
Team not named Pandemic Legion which might actually win the tournament this year
WE FORM VOLTRON have been living up to their (posting) hype and been solid this entire tournament. The team looks well-funded, their setups look solid out and they are even confident enough to release replays with their voice communication. After Star Fraction put on one of their most disappointing showings in their proud tournament history, Jade Constantine remarked that he thought the competitive level of the Alliance Tournament was constantly going up. I think he is right: we see more and more good teams enter, such as WE FORM VOLTRON. Band of Brothers won several tournaments with the same setup; today, it's difficult winning two matches in a row doing the same. Pandemic Legion is still the team to beat, but this time around, there are actually teams which may be good enough to do it. WE FORM VOLTRON is one of them.
Team which was confident enough in their own abilities to take a dive in round one and still make it to the finals
HYDRA RELOADED had a surprise up their sleeves in Round One, when they suddenly stopped firing at the last Agony ship on the field. As it turns out, HYDRA felt they had accumulated enough points that they'd happily lose the match if Agony paid up. I'm not entirely sure the full payment was ever made, but HYDRA at least stuck to their part of the deal and self destructed their remaining ships. Does this go against the competitive and fair spirit of competition? Yes. Does it also fit perfectly into the EVE universe? Hell yes.
Strange but absolutely true excuse for not being able to commentate
During the first weekend, one of our commentators had to give up their slot because their building was on fire. We expect our commentators to do their best to be available to us, but hearing fire sirens in the background would make the broadcast less enjoyable. No commentators were lost during the making of this Alliance Tournament.
Surprising victory that I did not see coming
CVA lined up with a seven-ship setup (that statistically does relatively poorly) against an EW heavy Manifest Destiny setup. On first glance, it looked like this was a fight where CVA would struggle to even get a lock, much less take Drakes/Rooks down that were supported by Scimitar. What I did not know of course, was that Manifest Destiny had built their jamming with knowing that CVA don't traditionally bring a lot of Amarr ships. An observation that has some historical merit, but not for this fight. Welp.
Surprising ship statistic #1
Kitsunes are usually seen as a good value for points. They are a small EW platform that teams have traditionally used their leftover points on. During this tournament, though, the Dramiel and Daredevil have been the preferred frigates, with an abysmal six Kitsunes being fielded (as opposed to 26 last year). The Alliance Tournament is always full of trends: this year the flavor is Dramiels and Daredevils.
Surprising ship statistic #2
Abaddons are by far the most popular battleship, followed by the Dominix. This may not surprise you, but it surprised me. Missile setups always stick out as the "standard" setups these days and I would have suspected more Ravens, or just a better mix of ships. I looked up last year's Alliance Tournament and to my great surprise (I was surprised twice in a very short period), it was exactly the same last year. Go lasers.
Unsurprising ship statistic #1
The Curse remains popular. This is completely unsurprising as it is a solid ship that fits into a lot of different setups. It's versatile, has respectable DPS and helps teams deal with logistics. It's not the most used ship overall, but that's because it's used as a single ship compliment instead of a ship you bring three of and build your team around. 35 have been fielded so far this year, which is a solid number.
Unsurprising ship statistic #2
With the introduction of Flagships, we anticipated a higher use of faction battleships. Last year, 29 faction battleships were fielded. This year we've seen 68 already, with a full weekend left. The strange thing here, though, is that we haven't seen a lot of them used as flagships. They might just be more accessible, the alliances competing might be throwing more money into the tourney budget, or the idea of flagships could have gotten the strategists thinking about faction battleships when they previously haven't.
Statistic which may or may not surprise you depending who you are and what predictions you've made #1
Alliance Tournament 7 had 26 pirate ships. That's not a great deal spread over a tournament. So far, Alliance Tournament 8 has seen 194. That's a massive increase, which shows that the total pirate ship contribution is actually higher than the total Gallente ship contribution. People apparently more excited by pirate ships than French ships.
Anyway, those are few observations I did along the way. We hope you've enjoyed the tournament so far, and hope you tune in Saturday and Sunday at 15:00, when we have the final rounds of tournament action.
Remember folks its the Finals Weekend!
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15billion ISK frigate just died. (Oneof CO2's frekis).
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CO2 team doing tourney prep last week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7eeKucwKgI
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Brianna needs to show more cleavage.
Although she is just an asian xXxAngelxXx (former EVE TV staple, bit of a chubby, flies with Illuminati (ex-tri, ex-pl etc etc)).
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Solar fleet "forgot" to repair their flagship after last match started at 20% structure soon went boom ;)
numoties.
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FINALS DAY!!!!!!!!!!
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Logistics is making this a yawn....
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Panda V Dystopia easily best match of the tourney for actual fighting.
CO2 best team of the tourney for having balls!
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lol:
(http://go-dl.eve-files.com/media/1006/typo.jpg)
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Go go Hydra v PL final :D
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PL v Hydra final i sense lots of internet trolling before/during and after this one however i believe PL will wipe HYDRA
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PL will wipe HYDRA
Lottery numbers please :D
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PL will wipe HYDRA
Lottery numbers please :D
just watching them all tourney i was confident in their ability ;)
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(http://prided.net/lims/02-08/raep.jpg)
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http://www.youtube.com/ccpgames#p/c/FA3D7D95D8A22A2F
Thats the Finals day videos :)
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http://genos.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=7158358
First kill in an Utu. Waiting for first loss of Adrestia or an Utu. (and also sucks as i didnt win either in the recent shipsofeve special lotto)
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http://genos.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=7158358
First kill in an Utu. Waiting for first loss of Adrestia or an Utu. (and also sucks as i didnt win either in the recent shipsofeve special lotto)
And first loss:
http://hydra.eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=7168704
Morel (aka Podcat on SHC) certainly has a set of stones on him.