EVE Online News

2004-04-30 - By Svarthol

Head of Parliament: Covered Khumaaks a mainstay

Head of Minmatar Republic Parliament Malaetu Shakor in an interview last night stated that the Khumaak, an ornamental weapon worn at diplomatic gatherings by Matari dignitaries and fleet officers but restricted from view at certain functions due to recently-passed legislation, had gone from being fa

2004-04-28 - By Svarthol

CONCORD statistics bureau logs leaked

Many feel that the laws of the market rule our universe. Billions of isk exchange hands every day, and certainly not all of it is seen in the empire-sanctioned marketplaces. Grey areas exist between empires, in lawless space, and increasingly in a black market that runs both on escrow bonds and in

2004-04-28 - By Svarthol

Kador ups the ante in cathedral debate – Amarr pilot community says no to tourists

Uriam Kador, head of the Kador family, has intensified the ongoing debate surrounding Catiz Tash-Murkon's acquisition of the Tal-Romon Cathedral on Eclipticum by questioning the heir status of the Tash-Murkon family. The Tash-Murkons replaced the Khanid family when the latter broke from the Empire f

2004-04-28 - By Svarthol

Downtime extended to 13:00 GMT 28th of April.

Dear customers, unfortunately we need to extend downtime due to server upgrade taking longer than expected.

2004-04-27 - By Svarthol

Have you read the Dev Blogs lately?

The EVE team regularly blogs about their thoughts, current situation and upcoming things. Some recent blogs cover Customer Support status report, Hardware used for Tranquility and the next upgrade and Decentralization of highway systems.

2004-04-26 - By Svarthol

Catiz Tash-Murkon sparks controversy over cathedral renovation plan

Harsh words have been exchanged between the Kador family and the Tash-Murkon family regarding the latter’s plans to turn a religious site into a tourist attraction. Catiz Tash-Murkon recently bought the now infamous cathedral on Eclipticum, the site of the sordid incident involving Articio Kor-Azor.

2004-04-25 - By Svarthol

10.000 simultaneous players

This evening at 19:00, 10.000 played EVE Online at the same time. This is a world record for highest number of players together, at the same time, in the same persistent 3D world. However, the night is not over and we might go even further! Thank you and congratulations all!

2004-04-24 - By Svarthol

Hardware failure causing unscheduled downtime

Our RAID disk array started resynchronization of it's disks resulting in a diminished throughput of the database cluster. This resulted in the eventual cluster crashes. The cluster no longer has limitations, and the resynchronization process has finished.

2004-04-24 - By Svarthol

Hardware upgrade complete

We have now completed the first phase of our hardware upgrades and we are started the cluster at 01:00 GMT. The second phase will involve doubling the number of servers along with a complete overhaul of our SQL Server cluster.

2004-04-23 - By Svarthol

Technical difficulties!

Dear players, We are having some problems with the server at the moment. The server people are working on it now they will have all this sorted out as soon as possible. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. The GMs.