The elections for the 9th Council of Stellar Management (CSM9) are about to come to a close! Voting closes at midnight tonight, April 22nd, so make sure your voice is heard!

Check out all the candidates here, and cast your ballot here.

If you'd like more information on how the election works and why the CSM is so important, you can check out some of our Dev Blogs here.

Remember to tell all your friends and assosciates to vote as well! A strong CSM is a strong player voice in EVE Online's future developement and time is running out!

An Update to the CSM8 Winter Minutes has been released. The new version has the previously unreleased Ship Balancing Section. The latest version canbe found here.

The elections for the 9th Council of Stellar Management (CSM9) are now open! Voting closes at midnight on April 22nd, so make sure your voice is heard!

Check out all the candidates here, and cast your ballot here.

If you'd like more information on how the election works and why the CSM is so important, you can check out some of our Dev Blogs here.

Remember to tell all your friends and assosciates to vote as well! A strong CSM is a strong player voice in EVE Online's future developement!

We are planning a mass test on our test server Singularity for testing the updated orbital bombardment mechanics for the EVE-DUST link and the new integration of Twitch.tv in the EVE client. If you’re interested in attending please join us on Singularity, Tuesday, December 3rd, at 17:00 EVE-time (=UTC). All participants will receive a small reward of two million skill points on Singularity.

Please refer to this forum thread for more information about how you participate in the test, and this EVElopedia article for more information on mass testing.

Bumping a ship in order to get it stuck in emergency warp alignment limbo when its pilot logs in is now considered an exploit.

Ships undergoing emergency warp upon appearing in space have no means to activate modules, cancel warp, or otherwise defend themselves during this period; they cannot be stopped by any warp disruption mechanic. Bumping them during this period renders the ship in question utterly helpless, against the intention of the game mechanics.

Note:    

•           This does not apply to pilots who get legitimately aggressed under normal game mechanics, preventing their ships from disappearing from space. Use safe logoff whenever possible.

•           This specifically applies to those pilots who disappear from space after logoff and appear again upon logging in.

Thank you for your attention.

The 8th Council of Stellar Management (CSM8) will be holding its third Town Hall on November 16 at 1900 EVE time. This is an excellent opportunity to speak with your elected representatives to CCP on matters that you feel are important in New Eden, particularly as we approach the Rubicon expansion release three days later. CSM8 is working in cooperation with EVE University and EVE Radio to provide an interactive session where you can listen, ask questions, learn about what the latest CSM is up to.

The focus of this particular Town Hall will be on reactions to the Rubicon expansion, player concerns about CCP community actions, discussion items for Rubicon point releases, the upcoming Winter Summit, and of course, general questions from EVE players on any topic they desire.

The Town Hall will last for 90 minutes. Any interested player is invited to attend!  You can learn how to attend and more information about the event here. Hope to see you there!

The 8th Council of Stellar Management (CSM8) will be holding its second Town Hall on August 17 at 1900 EVE time.  This is an excellent opportunity to speak with your elected representatives to CCP on matters that you feel are important in New Eden, particularly as they approach their first trip to Iceland the last week of August.  CSM8 is working in cooperation with EVE University and EVE Radio to provide an interactive session where you can listen, ask questions, learn about what the latest CSM is up to.

The focus of this particular Town Hall will be on the Summer Summit, suggestions for topics for us to take to this first CSM8/CCP Summit, the recent "Reasonable Things" player initiative, reactions to Odyssey 1.1, and of course, general questions from EVE players on any topic they desire.

The Town Hall will last for one hour.  Any interested player is invited to attend!  You can learn how to attend at this thread on the EVE Online forums.  Hope to see you there!

CCP Developers will be at Gamescom 2013 in force and want to party with important space ship pilots, hardy DUST mercs and other special friends at Bauwerk Köln in Cologne.

Come on out for some drinks, music and good times with everyone we love.

You can purchase a VIP Entry Pass, or pick up one of the free First Come - First Serve Tickets HERE.

Our friends at SteelSeries are doing a huge EVE Online themed giveaway featuring EVE designed QcK Minis signed by legendary CCP figureheads – CCP Hilmar, CCP Navigator, CCP Soundwave, CCP Unifex and many other developers that we met at the EVE Online Fanfest this year. There will be SteelSeries mice, keyboards, and headsets up for grabs along with EVE Starter Packs, DUST Mercenary Packs, and EVE PLEX. Additionally, all users that enter the giveaway will receive a 30 day trial of EVE Online absolutely free of charge.

To participate, visit HERE and hit the “Like” button. Winners will be announced on the SteelSeries Website on July 30^th, so be sure to check the latest updates via SteelSeries’ Facebook page –www.steelseries.com/facebook.

The Contest runs from July 19^th to July 29^th.

The Bracket for Alliance Tournament XI, which will start on Saturday July 20th, are now available. They can be found here.

These new and improved brackets will be updated as matches progress through the day to keep you informed of the status of your favorite teams as they progress towards victory (or defeat). You can also keep track of the match schedule here.

Check out the Alliance Tournament XI live on Twitch.tv at twitch.tv/ccp and see some of the best alliances in the game duke it out for fame, glory, and profit.