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Today we've launched a new site covering the online trading card game, Legends of Norrath.  Legends of Norrath is accessible from both inside the two EverQuest games, and as a stand-alone game.

In traditional Allakhazam style we have an incredible amount of data, guides, tools, and news.  A few of the cooler things:

Card List: Every single Legends of Norrath card so far, complete with all stats, card graphics, and a user-updatable wiki for each card.

Deck Builder: Build your own deck of 50 cards straight from our site.  Allow other people to rate your deck, search by the best decks, comment on other peoples decks and a whole lot more.

Wikibase: Just like our EverQuest 2 and Final Fantasy XI site, our Legends of Norrath site combines the best features of a database and a wiki.  Almost every page is updatable by users using our customized wiki software, and we also have traditional wiki content such as guides and tutorials.

Forums: Want to discuss a build?  What do you think of the new Raid Decks dropping from in-game?  Have a suggestion for improving the site?

Of course there are also a lot more features, so check our the new site today!

It's only two hours, so hopefully your withdrawls won't be to bad!

The downtime this Wednesday, 7 May, will be extended by one hour and last from 11.00 to 13.00 GMT. During this time we will make some load balancer changes to Tranquility.

While we do not expect any problems we recommend that you set a bit of a longer skill training just-in-case™.

EVE Stratics is returning, and to celebrate is holding a Build-a-Billboard contest!

• Image size must be 1024x768 or smaller and can in JPG or GIF (single frame, no animation) format. If you'd like a 'billboard' frame to stick the image in, click the image at the right and save it to your computer. Frame is optional and will not affect judging.
• No vulgarity, graphic nudity, copyrighted, or overly offensive material. Slightly offensive is usually pretty damn funny, so we'll let that slide.
• Contest runs Monday, April 28th, 2008 to 11:59PM on May 19th, 2008
• Judging will be done by a panel of Stratics staff, and will be based on creativity and originalty

Full contest details can be found here. Good luck!

EVE Online has announed some of the statistics for those who have applied for the Council of Stellar Management!

These are interesting times we live in. Setting up a democratic structure in EVE has not been the easiest process we have undertaken, but we truly feel it is well worth the effort because of the interest you have shown in the project.

Now, this blog is to tell you a thing or two about the statistics of the applications received and the approved applicants, now lovingly referred to as candidates.*

But on to the statistics.

• We received 97 applications.
• We accepted 64.
• We rejected 33.

The breakdown of the stts follows, and is also available here.
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Here's some of the patch notes:

Ships & Modules

• Ships with more modules fitted then the slot layout allows will no longer be able to undock. This can happen if the slot layout is balanced in a release and the ship is fully fitted during the deployment downtime. Simply unfitting the excess modules will allow the ship to undock again.

New Player Experience and User Interface

• The insurance, repair shop, medical and bounty station services have been transformed into windows to allow for welcome pages.

Graphics – General

• In an effort to prepare for future graphics projects we are collecting information about graphics cards. This will allow us to better target the hardware of EVE's player base.

For the rest, try the patch page!