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Hi

So, I'm in the beginning stages of writing a retrospective of YC115. It'll touch on a lot of events that occurred throughout the year, may perhaps even give a little more clarity to some of them, and of course will recap on major occurrences over the last 12 months.

This has been done a few times in the past, but I'd like to start making a habit of doing it annually, to keep a good record of what's been happening.

I'd also like you guys to contribute to it too, so that's what this thread is here for. Feel free to submit resources for player driven events that have shaped your corporations and your gameplay over the course of the year.

Be it the launch of a few flagship, a corporate response to one of our news items, no matter how large or small, I'd like to hear about it in this thread so that it can be added to the retrospective if its seen to be relevant in the context of what's being put together.

So, start posting and discussing, provide links to IGS posts and other material, and we'll see what we can put together in order to mesh both prime and player fiction together in a review of YC115.

Things to mention regarding Stillwater's involvement in space in YC 115 (besides everyday lowsec pillaging and other Angel shenanigans). Going to keep it as short and concise as possible.



February:

- Coming 'out of the closet' after 3 years of covert operations as a fully fledged Angel Cartel loyalist corp, after charges made by a certain pro-Republican tribe lead to incarceration of some members.


May:

- Forming of the Angel Cartel Bloc, a coalition of Angel and Serpentis loyalist capsuleer corporations.

- Organizing the Fifth Skarkon Referendum anniversary event with Coreli Corporation. Providing citizens of Skarkon II with food and medical supplies during the lockdown.


November:

- Acting in a joint campaign in Gallente FW area with the rest of the Angel Cartel Bloc.

- Protecting Serpentis assets in Syndicate during the DED/Capsuleer invasion of Syndicate and Curse.


December:

- Upgrading of the Stillwater's sin city complex, the Ivory Tower finished. Re-opening to be announced in January YC 116.


Moar Angel live events plox. :3

Definitely the PIE ball; even if I couldn't attend most of it, it was really cool seeing Live Event Actor Characters show up at an RP event.


Also definitely some of the player-led events surrounding Caldari Prime - not the actual 'battle', but stuff during the lead-up and follow-up to and from the event; Esna, for instance, flew a freighter down to Luminaire loaded with medical goods and shuttles, then sat around in orbit doing "extraction" with other players who had shown up to try to get civilians off the planet. What was also cool about this is we had some people who weren't 'traditional RPers' show up and play right along with the extraction - they knew it wasn't a CCP event, but they rolled with it anyhow.

In the aftermath, there was the event where players decided to lead a convoy of (dev actor) jump freighters around a waiting suicide gank camp, getting supplies to the planet's surface in the aftermath of the battle and titan crash.

Finally, the Electus Matari convoy of slaves out of the Mandate was cool for a number of reasons - one, it's always awesome to see L.E. actors respond to different RP prompts, not just big fights or piles and piles of kills. Second, it was a nicely discussion-provoking thing on the IGS as well, especially as various murky details (did the Republic's ships enter the Mandate's borders or not? Were the slaves forcefully taken or bought off the capsuleer market?) came to light and kept changing the discussion.

Hmm...I would say the posters above me have got quite a lot of the good stuff.


I would also like to add the event which sprung up from Anslo over Caldari Prime in the aftermath of the battle. If I remember correctly, he was just doing what he could solo to get evacuate civilians. I joined him in this endeavor, and soon many other capsuleers flew to Luminaire to help as well. I don't remember exactly how many people there were in the end, but I was definitely surprised and thought how awesome this unexpected showing turned out.

Furthermore, Kor hosted an event on his personal estate on Abagawa IV in honor of a celestial phenomena for the planet. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=3251466#post3251466

Some events already mentioned but worth mentioning again:
The Charity for Caille jello match.
The 5th Malkalen Memorial
The Alexylva Paradox festivities in Origin

Something on the sports front:
The 6th season of the Sub-warp Racing Venture

Some of Ché's interactions with New Eden that didn't take place at the other events in this post:
Primed for Peace petition concerning Caldari Prime being reviewed by the inner circle (among other proposals)
Making recommendations to the Caldari Navy after his shuttle was destroyed by them while picketing near the Shiigeru
Open Letter to the Aidonis Foundation Directorate
Creation of the Coordination Channel for Consolidated Space Rescue Cooperation

Oh, something I was not really involved in but seems worth making mention of too in case you forgot:
Intaki assembly condemns "orbital strike tournament"

Would any of Synthia's scientific research be relevant here ?

Battle of Caldari Prime should definitely be in there. Ever since I started flying back in YC 111 (2009), the Shiigeru was up above Luminaire VII, and I swore one day I would destroy it. Well, we did (how are those medals coming, by the way?)!

A number of players also did medical supply collections for Luminaire VII in the aftermath of the battle. I believe Jandice Ymladrice was running one, in addition to her biosphere project.

PIE Ball and Federation Day held on the same day, definitely.

Gallente vs. Minmatar battle in Colelie/Deltole (sic) was a first in a long time, I think...

Ousting Tibus Heth and the Haatomo siege.

Perhaps mentioning a major war, such as Goonswarm vs. TEST Alliance in null-sec over the summer, when TEST lost all of its territory and found themselves enlisting in the Caldari militia as a result.

Battle of Asakai, definitely, as being the largest battles in history.

Loss of $334B Revenant, too.

Hmm...Gallente interdiction into Caldari territory might bear some mentioning...

As of course, the PLEX For Good event for the Icelandic Red Cross!


On a personal note, I was really impressed at the player (and developer) turnout for my 23-DEC Snowball Fight! Thanks!

On a different note, I think there were important lessons to learn from live events so far.

I think the phrase little and often rings true here.

Assisted said research facilities in procuring (advanced) labs, and provided them with large amounts of scientists, research tools, covert research tools, and shattered Villard Wheels. Progress anticipated soon. Secrecy remains advised.

In terms of Player events the vast majority have already been mentioned...all well run affairs. I should also mention Paradoxes opening of their colony on their wormhole planet Origin which entailed a event held over 3 days in the form of a camping trip.

In terms of the CCP run Live Events, the smaller ones such as Haatamo, Colelie, New Caldari and others worked and felt far more immersive for the lore-player link then the larger better advertised ones such as the Battle of Caldari Prime or the disaster that was the last big one.


Also...shameless plug for more/any Amarr Events/News items...please.