Not to call bullshit on your event, but -

• Can we get verification from CCP that they are actually sponsoring this event?
• Can we get verification from SOMER blink that they are sponsoring this event?
• Is there a third party like Chribba that can confirm these prizes actually exist?
• Why is your mailing list and chat channel little more than a placeholder?
• Why does the corporation "Ludus Gallicus" not exist?
• Why does registration require an API key at all?
• Why is this being held on SiSi instead of TQ?

Not to call bullshit on your event, but -

• Can we get verification from CCP that they are actually sponsoring this event?
• Can we get verification from SOMER blink that they are sponsoring this event?
• Is there a third party like Chribba that can confirm these prizes actually exist?
• Why is your mailing list and chat channel little more than a placeholder?
• Why does the corporation "Ludus Gallicus" not exist?
• Why does registration require an API key at all?
• Why is this being held on SiSi instead of TQ?

Not to call bullshit on your event, but -

• Can we get verification from CCP that they are actually sponsoring this event?
• Can we get verification from SOMER blink that they are sponsoring this event?
• Is there a third party like Chribba that can confirm these prizes actually exist?

I'm satisfied. The event does sounds like a lot of fun - I'll definitely be participating when this is confirmed as legit.

Thanks for responding.

As for promoting this further, you should look into spreading the word through the NPSI communities.
Events like this are always a big hit.

Myself an CCP Leeloo are assisting in setting this up on Singularity on request of the organizers, yes.

Currently waiting on a Response from Cribba; to see if he will Third Party the prize pool; but it's currently sitting in my hanger in jita.

Prize Pool:

http://i.imgur.com/5F7bAyl.png

SomerBlink Sponsor contract:

http://imgur.com/p0I9PbN

If any other community members wish to sponsor the Event and would like their donations to have awards and accolades given in their name please feel free to contact me!

Originally contracts we just going to be sent by me to participants; but EVE being what it is; a third party is a reasonable solution.

NOW EVERYONE SIGN-UP I want to see who's the best of 400 pilots!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Elites and Scrubs it makes no difference!

There can be only ONE!!!!!!!

The easiest way I found to setup Singularity is to create a new folder; I used "SISI" and copy your eve client. Once the copy is done; then create a short cut to the launcher in the new folder. Then go into the properties of the new short cut and modify the target location to something similar to "D:\SISI\EVE\eve.exe" /server:Singularity this will launch the singularity server instead of TQ...

This will not work for Steam users how can we participate without messing with our TQ client ?

This will not work for Steam users how can we participate without messing with our TQ client ?

For reference, this is on the Test Server Feedback section of the forums

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=334229&find=unread - This is for Steam users to be able to use Singularity.

The easiest way I found to setup Singularity is to create a new folder; I used "SISI" and copy your eve client. Once the copy is done; then create a short cut to the launcher in the new folder. Then go into the properties of the new short cut and modify the target location to something similar to "D:\SISI\EVE\eve.exe" /server:Singularity this will launch the singularity server instead of TQ...

This sounds amazing, I would love to try it, but as a relatively new to PVP pilot I think I would be a laughing stock to even try. What would you recommend as a base skill level to even attempt this type of event?

Is there a 'Hall of Fame' somewhere listing previous winners?

there are no previous winners because noone has ever done this.. and for the minimum requirements... If you have a pulse and and an eve account just do it. Try to have fun, learn from your mistakes and dont think about getting prices. Watch 'em run amuck, catch 'em as they fall, never know your luck when there's a free for all.

edit: i approve of this kind of product. Having it on sisi on a reinforced node with a limited number of pilots sounds like a huge improvment over the ghost site debacle. I'm excited for 4 hours of pew even if i have to watch it via stream.
btw why not jove space?

All 400 slots are full.

I was just reading the rules again and one thing that came to mind was docking. It seems we'll be starting docked in-system. And, this is NPC null, so the station is open to all as far as I know.

Will we be able to dock during the event? And, if so, can we make/use dock/undock bookmarks? (if yes, can we do it before the event? i.e. should I make bms now in preparation?)

I was thinking that if we get loot (modules, implants) in space, we'd likely need to dock to make use of them. Also, docking for repairs is generally something people might want to do.

But, docking also makes us safe and thus would allow one to stay alive in the event without risk (bad). I assume you'd want to prevent this somehow.

Maybe it will all become clear once things get started.

My question is related to the types of ships that will all over the battlefield. For example i don't have t2 large autos yet. so would the battleships all be t2 fitted?

How will this work? Clearly some ppl are going to be able to fly more stuff. Power to them, but it would be nice if the ship name or something would give an indication of how its fit.

Or we could just go for it and hope like hell we have something we can shoot with

I was just reading the rules again and one thing that came to mind was docking. It seems we'll be starting docked in-system. And, this is NPC null, so the station is open to all as far as I know.

Will we be able to dock during the event? And, if so, can we make/use dock/undock bookmarks? (if yes, can we do it before the event? i.e. should I make bms now in preparation?)

I was thinking that if we get loot (modules, implants) in space, we'd likely need to dock to make use of them. Also, docking for repairs is generally something people might want to do.

But, docking also makes us safe and thus would allow one to stay alive in the event without risk (bad). I assume you'd want to prevent this somehow.

Maybe it will all become clear once things get started.

Any word on if the test server will be reset before the event?

My question is related to the types of ships that will all over the battlefield. For example i don't have t2 large autos yet. so would the battleships all be t2 fitted?

How will this work? Clearly some ppl are going to be able to fly more stuff. Power to them, but it would be nice if the ship name or something would give an indication of how its fit.

Or we could just go for it and hope like hell we have something we can shoot with

What are the rules for implants?

Use only what you find in the arena. Implants can be in loot containers. We will have a list of what implants are in the arena so we will know if anyone has one that they shouldn't.

Also - what if someone eats a set of boosters prior to being moved to the arena system?

Good question.

You will be podded to a unspecified system that is not seeded.

And I'd be tempted to say that in general, you should not try to bypass the rules. Just like in sports, if you don't want to have troubles once you've won, consider a list of things that you can do, instead of a list a things that you can't. Here you can come with a clean pod, that's enough :D

I was impressed how so many pilots formed up into fleets and worked to stay one step ahead of the hunters. You certainly made our jobs a lot harder than we expected. Good job to all!

I had a lot of fun. But wanted to perhaps give a suggestion? The feedback form didn't have a box for that :D

In the end it was just a "run away" game of gtfo everywhere you landed, and mostly from overseers, more or less ignoring anyone else. I was hoping for a more balls deep PvP thing.

I had 2 ideas that may help for that either independently or together. Both are to encourage more PvP between players and let overseers take a back seat.

1). Have a hard time limit. At that time everyone alive gets the prizes pooled and evenly distributed. Overseers don't really get involved unless agressed.

If the difference between 1st and 2nd prize are big enough, and i think it was. I think the most kith and kin group will be killing each other left right and center. And groups will be very active in killing other groups, since there is a lot to be gained by getting rid of others. Even your own team mates.

2). Have 2 sets of leaderboards. Last man standing. And a "most kills" or "most kill points" leaderboard.

The details could shift the emphasis. For example points could be distributed to all on the killmail thereby discouraging larger groups.


Anyway, just a thought but I guess it depends on what the emphasis is. Really appreciate the hard work that goes into things like this.

Hunters would be mostly hands off in the beginning, then it became clear from my some of our Referees that there were at least 3 large groups roaming so I told the Hunters to escalate. Unfortunately most of the time they were hard to catch and ended up probably killing a bunch of the lone wolves. We did not restrict bounce pings cause it was difficult to track and watch out for. It certainly made some of the blobs harder to catch.

Quick question - how is it that the following 3 accolades make sense and fit with eachother:

Frozen Death -- The first person to be podded -- Set of +5 Implants -- Guisseppe Saissore

First Blood -- First person to pod someone out -- Cynabal -- Mystical Might

Assassination-- First Person Podded by a Overseer during Sudden Death--Tech 2 Fully Fit AF--Guisseppe Saissore

If guisseppe was the first podded, and the first podded by an overseer during sudden death, that implies he died at the hand of an overseer, at least 2 hours into the event (which I believe is when sudden death was started iirc), but the first two accolades I listed would imply Mystical Might was the one who podded guisseppe to start off the carnage?

Edit: Great event, 10/10 would sign up again for something similar. Now give me my Orthrus! :D

Quick question - how is it that the following 3 accolades make sense and fit with eachother:

Frozen Death -- The first person to be podded -- Set of +5 Implants -- Guisseppe Saissore

First Blood -- First person to pod someone out -- Cynabal -- Mystical Might

Assassination-- First Person Podded by a Overseer during Sudden Death--Tech 2 Fully Fit AF--Guisseppe Saissore

If guisseppe was the first podded, and the first podded by an overseer during sudden death, that implies he died at the hand of an overseer, at least 2 hours into the event (which I believe is when sudden death was started iirc), but the first two accolades I listed would imply Mystical Might was the one who podded guisseppe to start off the carnage?

Edit: Great event, 10/10 would sign up again for something similar. Now give me my Orthrus! :D

Mysticals isn't in question; we have not issued the other prizes until we've confirmed that he was not returned to the field due to an error by an overseer; if he was podded due to violating rules than the above is correct.

Will there be a post listing the rank of all of the participants?

Quick question - how is it that the following 3 accolades make sense and fit with eachother:

Frozen Death -- The first person to be podded -- Set of +5 Implants -- Guisseppe Saissore

First Blood -- First person to pod someone out -- Cynabal -- Mystical Might

Assassination-- First Person Podded by a Overseer during Sudden Death--Tech 2 Fully Fit AF--Guisseppe Saissore

If guisseppe was the first podded, and the first podded by an overseer during sudden death, that implies he died at the hand of an overseer, at least 2 hours into the event (which I believe is when sudden death was started iirc), but the first two accolades I listed would imply Mystical Might was the one who podded guisseppe to start off the carnage?

Edit: Great event, 10/10 would sign up again for something similar. Now give me my Orthrus!

I see, speaking of all this - what sort of support did you guys get from CCP? Did you get to play around with otherwise in-house tools? I'm just asking out of curiosity.

P.S. You were one of those annoying pod-bubbling sabres
lol, no hard feelings

Eventually :D Lots of data to shift through.

You were correct james....

Guisseppe will still recieve the Frozen death reward; he was podded due to not following the instructions upon entering the arena... We hope the implants help him Learn...

The new prize for Assassination goes to iMine who did 17 mins into sudden death at the 2:17 minute mark of the competition.

Thank you for your diligence.

Basically, he was that dude at the very beginning that we podded for not following the rules that we made an example of in front of everyone. The prize was not limited to a player killing him.

Basically, its a joke prize that's suppose to highlight people who weren't listening and as a result "learn" from their mistakes with some "learning implants". Additionally, its a small token for his sacrifice in helping highlight/enforce the seriousness of breaking rules at the beginning.

First off thanks for the event, I wish the start would have went better.

Not to make any excuses, but I was messing with my overview settings and did not realize I was out of the area we were suppose to stay in.

Again Thx for the event, hope to be better in the next.

I Wish to congratulate Everyone who unlocked an accolade prize...

I am really excited that Mystical Might won 8 Accolades and didn't place in the Top 40; it shows his pvp prowness paid off even though he did not make it too the end... His Prizes total close to that of the Top 3!!! Congratulations!!!

Looks like it went well guys. Shame I couldn't be there because of college. Hope you all had fun, and Congratz to the Champion.

BTW what was the CCP Prize :)

The Large Blobs -This was the most common issue with Theomachy. This was expected to happen, but what was not expected was how many and how mobile they would be.

Going forward, the hunter team is going to ignore smaller groups and lone pilots will be utterly left alone, unless the lone wolf engages the Hunter then its fair game. We will have more resources dedicated to dealing with larger groups like we had originally said we would but the mobility was causing a bit of an issue. Brave might notice that we had a bunch of warp ins on them, our referee prober was re-directed towards probing out the tactical pings you guys were using.

This is not the final list of feedback we have gotten from Theomachy, but like I might have said, we have done this event twice in the past and each time I have re-iterated on rules/mechanics and such to reduce issues. The 5 min no pod rule was added after one of our guys in the first event was podded in 2minutes of the event starting. All constructive criticism is received and I will be looking at it and updating the event to adapt. If you have any comments or suggestions that was not raised in the Theomachy feedback form, feel free to send me evemail.

See you all at the next one and remember the Overseers are always watching.

Well since the event is over I'll share my half of this. I was the FC for (I think) the largest group of players during Theomachy. Our combined Spectre/Brave group had 44 people to begin with, which was probably a little bit excessive. Anyway, we were able to hold down one of the ship caches very early, and pod a large number of players almost immediately while denying useful ships to everyone else. This gave us a HUGE advantage early on. If you hadn't put SO MANY ships in one place, we would never have gained such a large initial advantage. Almost our entire 40 man fleet got into a hodgepodge of cruisers and battlecruisers almost immediately, with three exequrors and a nestor. Yeah, we weren't going to die. Moral of that story: spread out the ship more.... a lot more

Lastly, and this is kinda the funny part that you guys didn't pick up on - want to know how we knew you were hunting us? Because you were streaming it. All of it. We had two guys watching the various streams reporting where the overseers and hunters were at almost all times. When you focused on us, we would split up into two or three various groups until we'd shaken your tail, and then form back up as a group. Wasn't easy, no, but once we got the hang of it we were pretty much golden and free of harassment. When overseers started podding, we no longer had to fight the players ourselves, so we just took the cowards way out and reshipped into stabbed MWD frigates. Moral of that story, don't put stabs on any of the ships, force players to kill players, and don't discuss who/when/how you're hunting on live stream.

IIRC we got 17 people into the top 30, but no one in the top 10.

Moral of that story, don't put stabs on any of the ships, force players to kill players, and don't discuss who/when/how you're hunting on live stream.

I'm confused.. how the hell did you know what was being done, when the following are true:

a) all three streams were from cameras, not overseers..
b) No comms were being relayed
and c) no discussion was done on the stream about overseers?

Every time I landed on you guys, you split. I was not an overseer, nor was lorcas or Sindel. LOL

EDIT: Just in case anyone is confused, I was the primary streamer (with the lagged out stream apparently). I wasn't an overseer, nor was I part of the event staff. Just streaming.

Jayne Fillon, I watched the entire Brave perspective stream and I heard you say alot you guys think you were ruining the event. We told you to use everything you could find, and you used our own troll fits against us, for that I have to say good job. Some players might have been annoyed with the blob but you guys were extremely well organized.

I wasn't the one watching the streams, so I don't know precisely how the information was found out, but in the middle of the event I was receiving updates about what the overseers were doing. We knew that one of the overseer Tengus (Sindel, I think?) was following our fleet almost exclusively. As far as I know, the information that was being relayed to me came from a text convo that was displayed on the stream, not over voice comms. I wasn't the one watching the streams, and I still haven't seen them even now, but I can tell you the information that I was receiving was very accurate and helped us avoid overseer death on multiple occasions. That's not even mentioning the free intel about what was going on elsewhere in the system at the other beacons.

IIRC we got 17 people into the top 30, but no one in the top 10.

Still haven't received a fit from you. If I don't get something by this time tomorrow I'll be sending you a Jaguar, since I see you're using those

The next theomachy will have your cruise Geddon also the leaderboard did not get finished unfortunately