Music: Skrillex, Pantyraid, The Glitch Mob

The season finale to your favourite PVP podcast.

02:18 We kick back and discuss how Damage Control got started
09:10 Life post-Crucbile: the effects of TiDi + lag stories from the days of Cry Havoc
18:03 Raiden’s Money Shot
20:06 Latest from Delve: Nulli Nagas and -A- Tengus
23:33 On logistics and deployments
25:50 Chad joins Vera Cruz
29:19 Our crazy friend cosh2k takes on 7 bros and wins
34:01 WebGL is awesome, WebGL on EVE-O is even cooler
39:55 Some final words from Kharna on his plans for 2012
42:30 The future of Damage Control

We’ll be back soon with a new season. In the meantime, fly safe spacebros.

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Music: Porter Robinson, Russian Circles, Swedish House Mafia, Nero

We had some server issues while processing this podcast, so it’s a bit late – better late than never though, right?

01:34 We’re back! With excuses!
03:41 Kharna breaks down DOTA 2
08:22 Some upcoming changes for Damage Control
13:42 Life as a super pilot; props to snipereagle1
17:48 How incursions disrupted a major 0.0 campaign in the west
24:24 Crucible 1.1 changes: the new NeoCom, Null gets a buff, Rokhs make a comeback, modules get changed again and how the hell does one run a private beta on a console?
41:05 The 60 Second Frigate Debate
42:13 Effects of the logoff & other cap changes: ratting supers go pop
50:01 All hail the solid state drive; computer maintenance woes
1:00:00 When all else fails, the ASUS G74 are there to save the day

To everyone who listens to Damage Control and has offered us support, we love you.

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Crucible is finally upon us, we hash out the impacts it’s going to have on EVE. Hit the break for the full episode breakdown and thanks for tuning in!

Music: basically a lot of Glitch Mob and deadmau5

01:30 Chad doesn’t know to RL cycle; broke his face
05:05 We are pleased to report that Kharna has survived Black Friday
07:54 Skyrim: better than Oblivion, not as satisfying as Morrowind
13:15 Makin’ stuff a splode in America: An introduction to Tannerite
18:29 CRUCIBLE: First impressions
23:54 A plug for PyFa, the cross-platform EVE fitting tool
26:26 Chad is FCing incursions now, get in fleet yo
27:50 Ratting Black Ops in Esoteria & fun with Stainless
32:57 Theory-crafting with the new BCs: the Oracle is broken
42:01 CCP Derpfest in lowsec
49:23 Incursion rats on gates are dangerous, spacebros
51:55 Chribba’s station system taken over by TEST
55:10 The death of a juggernaut: Morsus Mihi finally kicks the bucket
1:00:40 CCP flip-flops on combat boosters
1:02:19 We discuss the new Rooks & Kings video: Clarion Call 3

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Join us as we roll up our sleeves and dig into the latest horde of devblogs, discuss the significance of ‘crucible’ and get stoked on new visuals.

Music: Justice, Phoenix, Faunts, Skrillex

1:20 SOPA, and why it sucks for Americans
3:09 Crazy Euros and their stance on flu shots
6:04 Getting your Drinkify on
7:49 How not to run an MMO
11:20 Advanced Drone Interfacing V goes a long way: some carebear tears
14:55 Incursions ain’t so bad; Chad investigates
21:00 A thousand devblogs later: Tier 3 BCs
28:45 Destroyer fleets are about to get awesome
30:19 Ironing out the details on hybrids
33:35 Art blogs: EVE is getting prettier, again
38:11 Art videos, however, are awkward
39:26 Basically five minutes of us talking out our asses about POSes; all we know is how to shoot at them v0v
45:23 Kharna teaches us how to loot properly
46:22 Suicide ganking gets serious
49:18 Session change mechanics – are they dead yet?
52:09 CORP BOOKMARKS, FINALLY
53:44 How the new autopilot interface will make things easier for noobs
55:50 Assault ships get shifted to the back burner, again
58:13 Ship reskinning: Caldari and Gallente get some love
1:00:13 Kugutsumen censorship update
1:02:28 Dear CCP: the rubix cube has to go
1:04:07 On three years of hybrid neglect: “it’s hard to pinpoint [until recently] what CCP is trying to do with this game.”
1:09:04 Thanks for stopping by!

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Tons of CCP updates to talk about this week, so we decided to podcast earlier than usual – lucky you! All six of you!

Music: The Glitch Mob, Little People

2:30 Kickin’ it back like the old days – streaming music services
6:48 Battlefield 3, Skyrim arriving, massive temporary lapse in EVE population
15:37 Jim Welch’s beautiful 8-bit dream
18:15 A tribute to Drive
21:55 Okay fine, we’ll talk about EVE
22:14 Reality check: CCP fires 20% of their staff
25:30 New battlecruisers: the Tornado, Talos, Oracle and Naga
27:52 Massive pastebin leak from pulled Singularity build
37:18 Basically four minutes of us herp-derping about agility (and we’re wrong)
41:19 DREADNAUGHTS
43:23 The lowdown on new Tech II modules
47:54 After years of mind-blowing, complex programming: CCP introduces pod killmails
50:07 Though their doomsday has been changed, Titans are getting quietly buffed
52:50 Supercarrier changes revisited; CCP flipflops on fighters (surprised?)
54:45 Kharna’s rant against CCP: ‘We are getting fucked’
1:02:15 On Kugutsumen and censorship
1:05:21 Blame Goons for oxygen isotope prices, check out EVEwho.com
1:09:05 Thanks for listening!

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And hey – if you aren’t Canadian and want to check out our Spotify tracklist, hit it up here.

Music: deadmau5

1:40 It’s been a while, but we’re back
3:50 On the use of the English language
5:38 2011 in review: IT died, NC died, RUS takes over the north
7:09 Kharna’s first Alliance Tournament: AT9
9:50 The parting of ways; new corporation for Chad and the state of FCing in Nulli
18:35 Damage Control on the interweb (thanks to our listeners for getting us in gear)
20:05 Why we won’t be having as many guests on the podcast
23:30 Overreaction on the Noble Exchange
26:31 The upcoming winter expansion
28:02 Logoff mechanics changes: pros and cons
32:55 Dusting off dreadnaughts: timers and dronebays
35:27 Finally, a hybrid buff: discussion on rails and blasters
41:26 The Tornado lives!
47:14 The return of ship spinning
50:25 HURRAY MORE STRUCTURES TO SHOOT
55:08 Kharna teaches us about time dilation and a fix for lag
62:59 A touch on DUST 514

Be sure to check out Kharna’s EVE videos here (and laugh at his ship spinning misfortunes here.)

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This week’s guest: Apaolo Miros

Music: Daft Punk, Pendulum, The Servant, Justice

0:40 Back from the holidays! New website, birthday candle recap
5:38 Farewell, Dead Terrorists
8:12 PL loses 6 titans in one fight vs. the Northern Coalition
13:45 PNQY falls to the Goons; continue head to head with IT
14:58 The third wave of Incursion: the new NeoCom, new contracts system and wrap-up
26:05 Special guest Apaolo Miros joins us regarding RMF Horus and CCP’s war against RMT
50:17 A comprehensive look into the beautiful EVEBattles.com
57:00 Wrap-up… maybe a special blooper

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This week’s guest: Wayjin

Music: She, At the Drive-in, Russian Circles, Blue Foundation

02:30 It’s a bad month for turkeys in America
04:54 Chad eats his words; buys a new mouse with over 9000 buttons
08:40 Back in the 0.0 saddle
10:07 Wayjin’s Damage Control debut!
11:50 Incursion, baby
14:40 Ammunition changes for rockets, T2
16:57 The Hawk becomes less useless
18:29 Fighter bombers get nerfed; look pretty
20:02 CSM and some of the awesome changes they’ve brought forward
24:34 Enter the Noctis
25:50 Suicide ganking post-expansion
27:16 Appreciating the small things: probes on the overview
28:57 Learning skills get the boot on Dec. 14!
36:42 We drool over the new character creation engine
39:31 Dust 514: Vaporware?
46:53 EVE-Online: Commissioned Officer Edition
50:33 GTFOutro

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This week’s guest: Shiu

Music: 30 Seconds to Mars, The Killers, A Perfect Circle

04:30 Close to home: The DT situation, move out of Feythabolis
16:05 A logistical nightmare, a lesson learned
19:43 First look at the all-new Sansha supercarrier!
24:48 The deal with Incursion, and pissed off Sanshas
31:54 EVE / deviantART Ship Design Contest in review
36:47 Welcome aboard, Shiu!
43:28 Recap of TEST (kind of) invasion of IT space
44:35 Fleet composition, IT Alliance style
46:46 Back in the day: The Fall of Scorched Earth
50:36 …and the fall of Atlas Alliance
53:20 Outro: get in touch with us, and also, Chad hates everything

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Enjoy!

This week’s guests: Vladimir Nikoladze, Bassics

Music: Adore, CCP

01:45 Introductions!
11:18 Update on the lag situation
17:10 We start to break down EVE nerfs & buffs
20:24 Chad goes on a side tangent about hotkeys
24:55 StarCraft 2 sidetrack
28:50 CCP to Player interaction
32:23 The great nano nerf
36:01 We get our hate-on for doomsdays
39:20 Is there a Drake nerf coming?
42:12 Fad of the month: Afterburner HACs
47:40 Bassics joins the party! (better late than never)
49:15 EVE politics: TEST Alliance and TCUs over downtime
55:21 Wrap-up

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