Alliance Tournament 8; CCP Claw Ransomed

We may not have been so lucky in our first match in this tournament but we are not down and out just yet. RL has prohibited me from attending more than 2 training sessions and thus I am sitting it out cheering on the boys from the side-line, handing out refreshing beverage's and providing strippers were required.

I am glued to EVE TV and am watching all the matches, best moment so far is worth a post though, CCP-Claw gets dragged into our Ransom Channel;



EVE System > Channel MOTD:
This is a stick up! You are being ransomed.
Turn off ALL weapons. Prepare your funds for transfer.
Singing ransoms may be demanded.
Read the Bastard Pass for more info on prices

flashfresh > this is a stick up
Arrhidaeus > Singing ransom?
Arrhidaeus > We demand a Haiku
Nashh Kadavr > and a dance
Nashh Kadavr > and a kiss for z0de
Nashh Kadavr > you have 8 seconds
Arrhidaeus > To turn him into a Prince!
Nashh Kadavr > 7
Nashh Kadavr > 6
Nashh Kadavr > 5
Nashh Kadavr > hurry
Nashh Kadavr > 4
Nashh Kadavr > 3
Nashh Kadavr > 2
Nashh Kadavr > 1
Nashh Kadavr > kk kill him boys
CCP Claw > invited to chat / forced to write a quick haiku / is this any good?
Nashh Kadavr > lol
Mr Frog > lols
Mr Frog > nice
flashfresh > nice
Arrhidaeus > Okay, you may go
Mr Frog > bio'd
Raelyf > well played
CCP Claw > o/
Nashh Kadavr > o/

Alliance Tournament 8

Its that time of year again, AT8 is around the corner and we are in it! As the CDM proprietor you can imagine that I am a great advocate of pre-arranged fights and I am extremely happy for ‘The Tusker Bastards’ to be participating this year.

Extremely happy and nervous I have to say. Nervous simply as I fear not to be picked in any of the starting squads. Last year my alt's corp participated but I was kept on the bench as the big boys got to play. This time around I am nervous as there are far more skilled pilots at the Bastards than myself, and many of them ranking much higher on Battleclinic to prove it. When our CEO Flashfresh called a corp meeting and announced the plans to form an alliance with fellow pirates 'The Tuskers' my heart sank; more good pilots to take away a possible spot in one of the greatest events in eve.

Out of 20 Bastards attending the meeting I was the only one to vote against an alliance for this very reason, that and the for the simple reason I wanted the tourney to be a Bastard-only effort. Yes, I have only been a Bastard officially for 6 months but I hold the corp close to my heart. There has been some hick-ups along the way and z0de is a prick but not everything can be perfect. I have great respect for our cool, calm and collected CEO and many pilots within the Bastards have taught me lots and still do.

A future post will describe my bastard love in more detail and I am sure to shock at least my mum with that post...

In the last couple of weeks various fleets have been formed between the Tuskers and the Bastards; now collectively known as 'The Tusker Bastards', and to be fair I have warmed to the idea. The main concern for both parties involved was that neither would be able to field enough pilots on the day of the AT to actually participate. We certainly will do now and we (collectively) will show the rest of eve we mean business!

AT8, yarr we come!!





O yeah before I forget I wish to make very clear where my votes will go this CSM (more on this later);