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Massively speaks with Crovan about EVE Alliance PvP Tournament VI Part 2
Beyond being competitors in the tournament, what are some of the ways that players watching the event can get involved with Alliance Tournament VI? Down the road in a future tournament, you could try to become a commentator the way that we have. There's other things as well -- the volunteer program that CCP runs, ISD. They've got people on the field watching the matches and doing coverage live to post on the forums for people who missed the matches. If you want to actually be part of helping produce the alliance tournament, that's an option that's available to you. Also EVE Radio and the EVE-related radio stations do quite a bit. EVE Network News were liveblogging the entire tournament. If you can't listen to the live audio stream you can still read up on it and contribute to the conversation as it's happening. There's also IRC on the Coldfront server which is the semi-official EVE IRC server where all the people hang out. I'm in there a lot of the time, some of the other experts are in there sometimes. You can get a lot of conversation both during, between, and after matches about what's going on. There are a lot of different ways you can get involved, even if you're not flying. Obviously there's no live video feed until the last weekend. But there is live audio, and the videos tend to go up on YouTube pretty quick. I was very impressed with the turnaround.
EVE Online's player-run sites need your help
The sci-fi game EVE Online is a title that many players clearly feel passionate about. So much so that 2008 saw a record number of player blogs focused on the game. But beyond the blogging community, there are three standout websites that feature the writing of EVE's players, and pay their writers for those contributions with EVE's virtual currency, Inter Stellar Kredits (ISK): EVE Tribune offers no-holds barred commentary on the game and the player culture surrounding it, with notable coverage of EVE's politics and alliance struggles. EVE Tribune is also the home of Silicon Buddha's Fly Reckless podcast. EVE-Mag is a relative newcomer to covering EVE Online but in that time has distinguished itself as a diverse site that covers the entire scope of the game experience, and doesn't flinch away from controversy. EVE Network News is another notable site covering the game, with well-rounded coverage of the various facets of EVE. ENN is also the home of the Titan Weekly podcast. While each site has their own approach to covering the game and largely appeals to the same slice of MMO gamers, the dynamic between the three has been decidedly friendly. EVE Tribune is really the pioneer in coverage of the game beyond the official EVE Online site, but EVE-Mag and ENN threw their hats into the ring in 2008 and have drawn in a significant number of readers in the short time they've been running. But if these sites are to continue through 2009, they'll need a little help from their readers -- EVE's players.
