Thursday Events

The following is the schedule for Thursday from Fanfest 2009. Please feel free to add more information to any of the events listed, as well as any links to blogs, forum posts, podcasts and videos.

Tranquility

• 18:00 onwards: Alliance Leader Panel

  Presentations from various player-alliances

Singularity

• 13:00-14:00: QA Hunter - YouTube video

  The Search for a Super Tester: Join our intrepid reporter on a journey into the heart of darkness in order to learn the miraculous ways of the elusive Super Tester.

• 14:00-15:00: Factional Warfare - YouTube video

  Come discuss the future direction of Factional Warfare with like minded warriors.

• 15:00-16:00: Content Meet & Greet

  Meet the Atlanta Content Creation team, and greet them with much rejoicing. They will almost certainly meet you in return, but don't count on any greetings. They're like that.

• 16:00-17:00: Design Democracy - YouTube video

  Players get to art direct a ship design.

• 17:00-18:00: Words, words, words - YouTube video

  Listen to a reading from the forthcoming EVE novel The Burning Life, followed by a presentation and Q&A on the tricks of the writing trade. For aspiring authors of all fiction, in any given universe.

Multiplicity

• 15:00-16:00: PvE - YouTube video

  During this session we will discuss Epic Arcs, Mini Professions, Missions and everything else related to Player versus Environment.

• 16:00-17:00: PvP - YouTube video

  Some of the bext PvPers in EVE will show up at this session to talk shop from large scale fleets to small gang and 1v1 combat.

• 17:00-18:00: ISD Chiefs

  News To Your Tinfoil: A light hearted look at EVE's News Service, the Interstellar Correspondents, the bias issues that they face and the future of player news, including a Q&A panel with special guests.

Round Table I

• 14:00-15:00: Vivox

  Get a chance to talk to the developers from Vivox and CCP about EVE Voice and get an introduction to technology we are planning to launch and iterate on in the near future.

• 15:00-16:00: Battle at Bughill

  Is it a bug? Is it a feature? No, it's Super Tester!

• 16:00-17:00: Behind the Firewall

  A look into who and what makes the EVE server tick, and what we have been doing to keep up with our servers!

• 17:00-18:00: GMs

  Sit down with GMs and discuss space support.

Round Table II

• 14:00-15:00: Fiction Writers

  Discover the tricks of the writing trade. For aspiring writers of all fiction, in any given universe.

• 15:00-16:00: Marketing

  You have all introduced EVE to real life friends, what can CCP do to help you get friends to join you?

• 16:00-17:00: Community

  Learn about the community team and how news and dev blogs make their way to the public eye.

• 17:00-18:00: Web Development

  Learn about the web development team, our current & planned web projects, technology, methods and share your ideas with us.

Other Events

• 14:00-18:00: Texas Memory Systems Royal Rumble

  Free for all pvp tournament in the EVE PvP Arena. This will give anyone quick enough to sign-up a chance to battle it out for some hawt stuff and Fanfest glory.

• 19:00-22:00: Poker Tournament

  Players and Devs battle it out in Jita to see who will take the title of the first "Fanfest No Limit-Hold-em" champion. This event is held in support of Child's Play.