Now that Fanfest has wrapped itself up, I can report to you the truth; the nitty gritty that occured behind the scenes. I am putting myself at great personal risk to report these stories, but they need to be told.
Alliance Attendance Cup—not as legitimate as you think.
As many are aware, Goonswarm won the Alliance attendance cup for having the largest number of attendees at the festival. My reports and information speak otherwise. The day before the festival, Goonswarm Federation secretly offered several independant attendees a “temp blue” status to the Alliance, as well as a free pass to rat for 24 hours of time in Delve. This temporary status forced the attendee to mark “Goonswarm” as their Alliance, and thus gave them another vote to win the Cup.
Buzz Bumbler, hiding from a Goonswarm hit squad, told me that he legitimately thought the alliance had an interest in his small five-man corporation. “Turns out they just used me to get that trophy; they didn’t even allow my name to be put on it.” He tried to report this foul play to CCP, but they were, “Too busy soaping themselves up for that game segment to listen to me”.
Permaband—in over their heads?
Performing to a sold-out stadium, Permaband fired up the crowd as the follow-up act to Basshunter. They performed amazingly on-stage, but once they exited, the true nature of this music group showed itself. Citing “artistic differences”, the band refused to be seen together, and has left several hotel rooms as disaster areas in their wake. One of the members said—in a drunken rage—that he may soon leave, and do some solo “performer versus performer”
EVE Improv—a weekly show.
Due to the overwhelming reception to the improv show, CCP declared that it will become a weekly series, and they will be “seriously considering” a partnership with popular streaming service Netflix to ensure “maximum availability” of the program. There were also plans to integrate the improv routine to the EVE mobile game so that audience members could send assistance and suggestions to the actors via the app.
Dust 1028—in the works.
Not many details are known, as I only briefly heard this information while listening through a keyhole of a closed-door meeting. But the sequal to Dust 514, Dust 1028, is in the works, and will be coming “soon”. Also, something about a captain’s quarters, but the conversastion became muffled at that point, and I’m unsure of what they were further discussing.
CCP Games Games, Home Edition
CCP revealed that their smash hit CCP Games Games, will soon be getting a home edition, complete with skin-tight bodysuits. This version of the game also includes a load of trivia questions relating to EVE, as well as some Icelandic trivia. Did you know Vatnajökull takes up 8% of Iceland’s land area? Neither did I!
There are dozens more stories I could tell you about the underbelly of Fanfest, but I fear I may have spoken too much already. Fly safe, and stay informed, New Eden.
