ISGC Racing League Season V - Round up
November 12th, 2008 Scuderia Caille - Frigate Team Champions
Venture Racing Team - Interceptor Team Champions
Dirtside - Assault Frigate Team Champions
and the special prize of Rookie of the Year went to:
Rawr Cristina
The season began on 30th March with the first race taking place in the Essence region. Three capsuleers lost ships during this opening race of the season and it was won by none other than the Interceptor Champion, Takashi Kurosawa.
Over the course of the season the racers went through Heimatar, Molden Heath, Everyshore, Tash-Murkon, Sinq Laison, Derelik, Genesis, Providence, Kor-Azor, The Bleak Lands and finally The Citadel.
The Citadel was the region that saw the destruction of 21 of the racers ships, the loss of a pod and millions of ISK worth of equipment. This was the most destructive and bloody race in the leagues history; it was also the first time that the organiser of the races Gyra Rho was not able to be present to officiate. In her absence a guest official, Horatio Cain, stood in for her, and under the circumstances it was agreed by all that he did an outstanding job.
Season VI is still in the planning stage but has the potential to be one of the most exciting seasons ever. It is currently due to start on Sunday 24th August.
For more information on the league or to sign up for Season VI please visit ISGC headquarters here.
Source: myeve.eve-online.com
Premade Outpost Platforms
Evolving Markets - Thousands of items trade hands on GalNet daily. Most items are relatively easy to build and are aimed at the average pod pilot. One pilot on GalNet has decided to try something different; create a product that is both time and resource consuming to build, and offer it for auction to the alliance that has the funds and space to deploy it.
An Outpost Platform can cost anywhere from 25 to 30 billion isk to build. Purchasing and transporting the goods, as well as the time involved in mining minerals, can be a daunting and time consuming task. With auctions like Dylon Xavier's, which include a freighter to move the "egg", alliances with established sovereignty will be able to deploy outposts within days of the decision to build one.
An alliance outpost builder told us that "It saves a lot of time moving parts and doing an investigation into the exact region to find the parts." As for the opening bid amount, he says "I would pay up to 4 billion extra myself but I can understand that people who are less rich would find 2 billion over the build cost is more suitable."
Although this kind of product can be a great timesaver, the anonymous builder tells us that "Building an outpost is still something special…a group effort, a goal, something to be proud of with blood sweat and tears; having it ready-made takes away from that in my opinion."
The outcome of this auction may lead to a new industry of professional outpost builders catering to a very small niche market.
Original GalNet Press Release
Source: myeve.eve-online.com