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New Blog: End of an EON: EON Magazine says "Farewell"

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kitafa
dark sky watchers club
#81 - 2013-03-21 00:19:31 UTC
sad to think my next issue will never arriveCry
ill treasure my collection and im very impressed that CCP is giving PLEX as compensation for anyone with outstanding issues on a subscription, its nice to know they care about their playersSmile
Kheiran Halcyon
Red Phoenix Rising
#82 - 2013-03-21 21:25:53 UTC
Where did you get those information? Kind a intrested, as I made a 2-year sub in December :(
Imigo Montoya
BreadFleet
Triglavian Outlaws and Sobornost Troika
#83 - 2013-03-22 22:13:18 UTC
Shame to see this bastion of EVE Online literature go.

Was a pleasure working with you Zapatero, even for the short time it was.
Hakaru Ishiwara
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#84 - 2013-03-25 15:11:37 UTC
What a concisely written swan song.

So, is CCP Unifex now running the show @ CCP? Has Hilmar gotten too busy trying to ink a merger deal with SOE / manage damage control to communicate with his customers on the death of a significant marketing and supplementary visual aid to his flagship product?

+++++++ I have never shed a tear for a fellow EVE player until now. Mark “Seleene” Heard's Blog Honoring Sean "Vile Rat" Smith.
Iron Mayden
Casa da Mae Joana
#85 - 2013-03-25 15:57:04 UTC
Oh man, I am sad to read this news.

What about the other publications, like Strategic Maps?
Iron Mayden
Casa da Mae Joana
#86 - 2013-03-25 16:05:35 UTC
What was the last Paper version of the magazine?
CMD Ishikawa
New Eden Public Security Section 9
#87 - 2013-03-25 17:46:39 UTC
I'm really sad about this ... You achieved something remarkable with EON ... I keep the hope that somehow this is only a "see you later" ... Thx for everything ...
Lolmer
Merciless Reckoning
#88 - 2013-03-26 01:47:38 UTC
Iron Mayden wrote:
What was the last Paper version of the magazine?


#29 is the last issue I received. #30 is digital only from Zinio for $9.95, even if you had a running physical subscription and didn't receive all of your issues, at least as far as I have been able to find from public postings.
8ObliVioN8
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#89 - 2013-03-26 22:05:38 UTC
kitafa wrote:
sad to think my next issue will never arriveCry
ill treasure my collection and im very impressed that CCP is giving PLEX as compensation for anyone with outstanding issues on a subscription, its nice to know they care about their playersSmile



Same here - CCP refunded me with 7x PLEX. They are under no obligation to do that and I'm mightily impressed that they are giving compensation like this.

Well done CCP.
Narcil Starwind
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#90 - 2013-03-28 10:03:51 UTC
8ObliVioN8 wrote:
kitafa wrote:
sad to think my next issue will never arriveCry
ill treasure my collection and im very impressed that CCP is giving PLEX as compensation for anyone with outstanding issues on a subscription, its nice to know they care about their playersSmile



Same here - CCP refunded me with 7x PLEX. They are under no obligation to do that and I'm mightily impressed that they are giving compensation like this.

Well done CCP.


Did you have to contact somebody about this? I had 3 issues left on a digital subscription, but I haven't heard anything about receiving plex as compensation.
kitafa
dark sky watchers club
#91 - 2013-03-29 16:20:53 UTC
Narcil Starwind wrote:
8ObliVioN8 wrote:
kitafa wrote:
sad to think my next issue will never arriveCry
ill treasure my collection and im very impressed that CCP is giving PLEX as compensation for anyone with outstanding issues on a subscription, its nice to know they care about their playersSmile



Same here - CCP refunded me with 7x PLEX. They are under no obligation to do that and I'm mightily impressed that they are giving compensation like this.

Well done CCP.


Did you have to contact somebody about this? I had 3 issues left on a digital subscription, but I haven't heard anything about receiving plex as compensation.



original email to me informing me of closure


EON Magazine is closing down

It is with regret that we must announce that EON magazine is closing down after nearly 8 incredible years in production. The economic realities are such that it is no longer viable to continue to produce the magazine in spite of EVE enjoying record success in this its 10th year of operation.

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your loyalty and support over what has been a wonderful period in gaming. We would never have predicted that EON would last as long as it did, and it's solely thanks to you and your fellow readers that the period of EON's existence can only be looked back on as a meaningful and successful one. Together, CCP Games and its vastly creative player community have combined to create something uniquely special, and while EON must unfortunately make way, we're confident that the New Eden story will continue to be chronicled in ever richer forms in the years ahead.

Our only regret is that we are unable to fully celebrate EVE's 10th anniversary with one more issue, but we can reveal that we are collaborating with CCP on a new project, to be revealed soon.

The lights will remain on in the EON Store (eonmagazine.co.uk) until 31st March, where virtually all stock is now at clearance prices and orders will be processed as normal. For those with issues remaining on their subscriptions, we are working with CCP to offer refunds or suitable compensation. If you remain an active print subscriber or have any concerns or questions, please email eon-refunds@ccpgames.com and you should receive a prompt reply.

Thank you once again, and fly safe.

MMM Publishing

i sent an email to the given address and went from there , hope this helps
Narcil Starwind
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#92 - 2013-03-29 19:59:48 UTC
kitafa wrote:
Narcil Starwind wrote:
8ObliVioN8 wrote:
kitafa wrote:
sad to think my next issue will never arriveCry
ill treasure my collection and im very impressed that CCP is giving PLEX as compensation for anyone with outstanding issues on a subscription, its nice to know they care about their playersSmile



Same here - CCP refunded me with 7x PLEX. They are under no obligation to do that and I'm mightily impressed that they are giving compensation like this.

Well done CCP.


Did you have to contact somebody about this? I had 3 issues left on a digital subscription, but I haven't heard anything about receiving plex as compensation.


Useful Info ...


Yes that helps quite a bit. Thank you.
ISVRaDa
Iberians
#93 - 2013-04-01 01:26:23 UTC  |  Edited by: ISVRaDa
Seriously CCP.., you can´t do anything to keep this alive? these guys did their best for all of us, for your game.


Anyway, thanks for all and fly safe o/

[b][i]Immortality is only a word. All that exists can die. Every living thing has a weapon against which it has no defense. Time. Disease. Iron. Guilt.

¿ What can change the nature of a man ?[/i][/b]
Niko Lorenzio
United Eve Directorate
#94 - 2013-04-01 03:36:46 UTC
Noooooooooooo.......!!!! I've been meaning to buy EON ever since I started playing EVE but as usual never seemed to have enough money to spend on a luxury like this. I was hoping to one day buy every publication that ever came out. I guess that will never happen now :(

Very sorry to see this magazine go, I've heard great things about it.

The CSM XI Election are now open until March 25th, 2016. Consider Niko Lorenzio for CSM XI.

CSM matters, your voice matters, your vote matters!
Vorll Minaaran
Centre Of Attention
#95 - 2013-04-04 12:30:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Vorll Minaaran
My EON Collection has arrived today :)

I regret that i missed the webshop closing date. I would order EVE-Maps and posters too. :(

Farewell EON, thx to the staff for their 8 year work.
nara Arkaral
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#96 - 2013-04-05 00:49:12 UTC
i ordered the entire set.
hours later they started to say issues where going out.
it took them 6-7 days to ship the package to me.
i pray to god that i was just in time to get entire set.

also did any one get the map and poster before the store closed down?
Warduke Jenkins
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#97 - 2013-04-05 18:45:29 UTC
Got the full set of issues and posters I ordered today. Really sad to see EON go, but hope the new collaboration with CCP is something stellar.
nara Arkaral
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#98 - 2013-04-06 06:22:12 UTC
any one know where i can contact them to see if i can get permission to print out issue 30#?
FoxFire Ayderan
#99 - 2013-05-14 04:08:35 UTC  |  Edited by: FoxFire Ayderan
What's the word on making past electronic issues available at a substantially reduced rates (if not free).

I can't bring myself to pay $10 each on Zinio for past issues of a magazine in electronic format. And a format that's not even viewable without proprietary software installed to view it.

At best I'd pay $1 an issue, but then I'm pretty cheap. :-P Like music. The most I'll pay for a song is 25 cents. I don't pirate music, but if songs were priced at a quarter each, I'd be going overboard on buying songs left and right.

So yeah. Any word on the future of the electronic version of past issues? I'm sure there are a few articles here and there I'd enjoy reading, plus I wouldn't mind having them just to collect and preserve them.