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Declarations of War

English, Talk, 1 season, 53 episodes, 2 days, 2 hours, 47 minutes
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EVE Online is a big place with scary people; your hosts have blow up most of them! The podcast hosts take on current events, news, politics, war, game development and of course PVP. Declarations of War is brought to you by Alekseyev Karrde, the founder of EVE's oldest and most respected small gang mercenary corporation, and regularly features current and former CSM representatives and special guests.
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Declare Your Vote!

It’s election time folks! If you’ve been listening to our episodes about Equinox and the subsequent nerfs of its content, you know how important the role of the CSM is in protecting the interests of the community. But we need … Continue reading →
10/17/20240
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287: CSM19 Roundtable

Featuring candidates Frozen Fallout, Gideon Zendikar, Mick Fightmaster, and Youngpuke2 Enjoy and remember to VOTE!!!
10/9/202456 minutes, 56 seconds
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286: Burstin’ Makes Me Feel Good

“I think I had a hand in that” -The Omist war continues to rage as both side continues to escalate and innovate, with BOSS establishing a clear advantage in this phase of the campaign -An economic patch! The crew analyzes … Continue reading →
9/25/20241 hour, 1 minute, 43 seconds
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285: Rift Warfare

“One of the most even small coalition wars I’ve ever seen.” -Contract Update: Omist! Trench warfare on the far edge of space -Fishing comes to EVE! -ATXX Feeders come to a close as the pod looks on to the main … Continue reading →
9/10/202443 minutes, 25 seconds
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284: Struggling Homeowners

“Looks like they’re starting an eviction” -A few words on the passing of CSM Rep and titan of the EVE Community, Innominate -A slew of Contract Updates including hype for upcoming episodes covering our campaign in Omist -A bit of … Continue reading →
8/28/202456 minutes, 40 seconds
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283: Hard Knocks Life feat. Jimmy Michaels

“I think there were a lot of mistakes on their part” -Jimmy Michaels, Hard Knocks, and the intricacies of WH Warfare -Imperium and PandaFam clash with Keepstars on the line (Discord lost some audio here, did our best to salvage!) … Continue reading →
8/4/20241 hour, 19 minutes, 38 seconds
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282: Escalations

“Lowsec is alive and well” -Round 2 of Equinox adjustments as CCP responds to a rare united front by nullsec coalition leaders -CYNO vs EVE Uni grinds on, and on, and on -A meme war in Providence gets real serious … Continue reading →
7/22/20241 hour, 16 minutes, 47 seconds
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281: Fraternity, Egality

“Hoo boy” -Spicy Contract Update: Noir.CALSF vs PARABELLUM in Metropolis, inc. a huge lowsec bloodbath -Nullsec outrage over Equinox nerfs: is it justified? -CCP Burger’s Director Letter -Carrier MJD seeing some use but still underwhelming as a tool -Fraternity gets … Continue reading →
7/10/20241 hour, 26 minutes, 30 seconds
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280: Yarrvangier feat. Samson

“You COULD say that!” -Federation Frontline Report represents as Samson joins the cast -Samson’s rise from recon grunt to top tier salt miner -The Fallout of Equinox: Patch problems from SKINR to nullsec to FW changes -State of the Gal/Cal/Guri … Continue reading →
6/24/20240
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279: The Equinox Patch feat. Brisc Rubal

“By God I am taking credit for Micro Jump Drives on Carriers” -Legendary Best Guest/CSM Rep Brisc Rubal joins us for a jam packed patch notes episode! -SKINR: What’s fair and unfair to criticize about the long asked for but … Continue reading →
6/11/20241 hour, 29 minutes, 59 seconds
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278: Random Skin Generator feat. Random McNally

“Reeks of microtransactions” -Pirate, industrialist, and podcaster Random McNally joins us for a great interview and a timely episode -Which MC corp is best? The People have spoken -SYNDE surrenders the WH war in a shocking turn of events -Custom … Continue reading →
5/28/20241 hour, 12 minutes, 47 seconds
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277: Drones Out with Crovan

Best MC corp? -MC veteran, podcasting legend, and recent Noir. recruit Crovan joins us for a show over 15 years in the making -Crovan’s journey through EVE and the relaunch of The Drone Bay -WH War 2024: Things go south … Continue reading →
5/16/20241 hour, 7 minutes, 35 seconds
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They’re back!

Raise your drones
5/7/20240
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DoA: Caldari 1

5/1/20240
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276: Bootstraps feat. Bill Dingha Cynabal

“This story will have an end.” -A wild Bill Dingha Cynabal appears on the show to discuss his epic Corvette-to-Cynabal challenge -What has Bill learned from this challenge? What should CCP learn? -Wormhole War ’24 continues as both sides trade … Continue reading →
4/26/20241 hour, 47 minutes, 32 seconds
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275: Hole Control feat. Cyrus Kurush

“We decided we’re going to do something about it and we started planning.” -Cyrus Kurush of SYNDE joins us for a first hand account of the largest war in wormhole space in EVE history -The dynamics of C5/C6 WH space … Continue reading →
4/11/202457 minutes, 48 seconds
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274: Angels and Devils

“That’s a bit more than EVE O Preview” -Contract Update: WH POS/POCOs, FW Farmers, highsec Azbel, and Noir.’s first week in Guristas Faction Warfare-Imperium and PandaFam square up in Catch and highsec-SRS Fortizars become the latest high profile highsec war … Continue reading →
3/25/20241 hour, 14 minutes, 32 seconds
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DoW Presents: The EVE Tactical Wheel

3/18/20240
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273: CALSFication

I’m taking it a little personally! -Poll: Deflation vs Inflation -Major announcement about the future of Noir. and The Network. -Shenanigans! Highsec wardec alliances lose multiple HQs but find controversial ways to stay in business -EVE University continues to process … Continue reading →
3/5/20241 hour, 1 minute, 51 seconds
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272: ISK Congeniality

“One of the most productive CSM Summits ever” -The Oz returns to accept his Best Guest of 2023 Award -Oz gives a (NDA compliant) insiders view of the 2024 CSM Summit -An analysis of the Jan 2024 economic report and … Continue reading →
2/20/20241 hour, 10 minutes, 47 seconds
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271: 2023 Black Mark Awards

“I didn’t get a f*ckin thing today!” -GalMil makes history as the first Faction Militia to win an Insurgency and take down a Pirate Forward Operating Base -2023 Black Mark winners revealed! Shocking results! Discussions about the meta!!! Is Alek … Continue reading →
2/7/20241 hour, 18 minutes, 59 seconds
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270: The Tunnels feat. StarFleetCommander

“It took a toll on me, to be fair.” -WE FORM VOLTA leader StarFleetCommander joins the show for an interview and a history lesson -VOLTA’s early days in wormholes and the rise/fall of their nullsec empire -In the Tunnels of … Continue reading →
1/23/20241 hour, 26 minutes, 51 seconds
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269: Grinches

269? Nice. -The full story of EVE Uni’s WH Campus corp theft and eviction -SNUFF wrecks GalMil’s Network infrastructure on Christmas Eve -The 2023 Black Mark Awards are on! We break down the nominations. Vote here! -A recent Noir. Academy … Continue reading →
1/8/20241 hour, 13 minutes, 4 seconds
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268: First Strike

“Weeeo weeeo” -The DoW audience weighs in on whether to preemptive strike or turtle up -Alek and Zeero playtest EVE: Vanguard during the First Strike event -Contract Updates: The Battle for Minerva (Jspace faceoff), Aborting a TRI Athanor in Wicked … Continue reading →
12/15/20230
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Inside Noir.: Believe in Ikeo58

11/27/20230
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267: Of Angels and Rabbits

“It’s gonna come down to one side or the other deciding they want to go all out” -B2 collapses, BRAVE joins Imperium, PandaFam expands: Causes and Consequences discussed -On the frontlines of Havoc’s pirate insurgencies -Who does Brisc miss more, … Continue reading →
11/20/20231 hour, 51 minutes, 5 seconds
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266: The Hunters feat. Faruzen en Divalone and ThePuce Moose

“Often it doesn’t go to plan” -Thinking of being a bounty hunter yourself or putting a hit out on that one jerk? Join their Discord to get started -Contract Update: The Oicx Defense! -The latest on Havoc: More info on … Continue reading →
11/7/20231 hour, 31 minutes, 38 seconds
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265: Corruption

“You darn spoilsports” -CSM: Zarzakh GatesGate (some key responses here and here) -Noir. Contract Update: The Defense of Oicx -EWBF celebrates Shrinkwrapped 250! -Bounty Hunting begins to flourish thanks to the Oz Tank -Zeero reviews the Empires of Eve Vol … Continue reading →
10/23/20231 hour, 8 minutes, 43 seconds
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264: Into the Grey feat. Greygal, Nightflyer, Nora Maldoran, and Jin’taan

“This is a very wholesome show!!!” -Alek and Zeero are joined by a star studded cast of FanFest attendees to get a taste of the live experience and re-review Havoc’s features now that we have more detail and perspective -Head … Continue reading →
10/12/20231 hour, 17 minutes, 30 seconds
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263: Cry Havoc feat. Lucas Ermanelos

Yay, more drone comps! -Special guest: Lucas Ermanelos, the CEO of [-RUDE] Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly in Kybernauts Clade -A full breakdown of FanFest announcements including Vanguard, the Havoc expansion, new ships, and the new CSM -Lucas’ Path to Pochven and … Continue reading →
9/26/20231 hour, 45 minutes, 55 seconds
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262: SEA Trials

“They’ve switched to Ishtars” -CSM elections come to a close. What candidates stood out and what kind of CSM will we see this year? -Contract Update: A C1 WH Astra results in a merc tug of war! -Triumvirate rises again … Continue reading →
9/11/202359 minutes, 22 seconds
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DoW CSM 18 Ballot

Vote vote vote! The voting period for the 2023 CSM election has begun and will continue till Sept 11. Thanks to our Single Transferrable Vote system, even if your top choice doesn’t have enough support it that vote trickles down … Continue reading →
9/4/20230
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CSM 18: Conflict and Consequences

Featuring Amelia Duskspace, Cael Caderu, and Gideon Zendikar -Conflict Drivers: Balancing challenges of passive income and whether the best incentives are for individuals or organizations -Force Projection: How do you evaluate the effect of changes to jump bridges and what … Continue reading →
9/3/20231 hour, 27 minutes, 38 seconds
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CSM 18: Markets and Monetization

Featuring The Oz, Yondu Quill, and (eventually) Angry Mustache -BoosterGate: The business case against Gold Ammo, and what happens when CCP crosses The Line -Is CCP too interventionist in the EVE market? -CSM’s level of influence in CCP’s business decisions … Continue reading →
9/2/20231 hour, 8 minutes, 58 seconds
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261: Back to School feat. ikeo58

“All aboard the Laevatrain” -Longtime Noir. director and FC ikeo58 makes his first DoW appearance -Contract Wrap Up: The Defense of Sujarento -Noir. Academy relaunched?! Ikeo gives us the scoop and you can get involved here -Fraternity makes history winning … Continue reading →
8/29/20231 hour, 13 minutes, 23 seconds
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260: Sin Cycle

Not going to be as pitch-forky as I initially thought -BoosterGate -Noir. Contract Update: Sujarento -The problems with Carriers -Patch Notes: FW Complex Rebalance -T2 Dreads: Bane of Jump Freighters -What are the best pirate implants for small gang warfare? … Continue reading →
8/9/20231 hour, 21 minutes, 17 seconds
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Contract Highlight: 3 v Paladin

From our Kor-Azor contract as discussed in DoW 259
7/23/20230
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259: Eagle Guys feat. Kanari Xadi

“Wouldn’t count on that” -Leader of new merc alliance Blood Eagle Syndicate, Kanari Xadi, joins the show to discuss their experiences in FW and the merc biz -Contract: Burn Kor-Azor -Faction Warzone updates -EVEPraisal shuts its doors -CSM18 election details … Continue reading →
7/21/20231 hour, 8 minutes, 29 seconds
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258: Scuffed Audio feat. Sabbat Saint

“Not our best commercial, unfortunately” -Sabbat Saint, host of the Triglavian Times, joins the show to talk Pochven, the AT, and more! -Pochven the early years plus an overview of the current big players in Triglavian space -End of an … Continue reading →
6/27/20231 hour, 11 minutes, 6 seconds
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257: SKINt

Friendship Ended with Imperium -Alek and Zeero salivate for the new Lance Dreadnaughts and wax malevolently about their potential tactical applications -SKINS for rent; we are not pleased -INIT leaves The Imperium. While standings remain blue, the long term implications … Continue reading →
6/9/20231 hour, 10 minutes, 55 seconds
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Spy in the Garden feat. Asar Kardde

“I was young” -Former Noir. FC and currnet leader of Asymmetric-Warfare alliance Asar Kardde joins the show for a look into the politics of southeastern nullsec -The South Eastern Agreement: player, pawns, and pwnage -Key Horde FCs defect to Goonswarm … Continue reading →
5/25/20231 hour, 14 minutes, 48 seconds
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255: 20th Anniversary

“Looking forward to blowing them all up” -EVE Online’s 20th Anniversary: Laeve and Alek reminisce -Upcoming Patch; T2 Capital ships, corp LP tax, and station heraldry -FW: Caldari completed the first shipcaster in EVE. -Imperium vs FRT: the great pause … Continue reading →
5/9/202345 minutes, 8 seconds
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254: Series of Unfortunate Events

“There’s no amount of spin for this” -Fraternity forced out of Pure Blind as the X-74 Keepstar falls in spectacular fashion. A first-hand account of the fighting and a look at where this conflict goes next -Pandemic Horde’s no good … Continue reading →
4/17/20231 hour, 11 minutes, 26 seconds
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253: 5 Keepstar Shuffle

They had to pick one -War of the Rents: Both sides claim wins as FRT defends a key strategic point but at a price. Both sides take heavy losses in large scale fighting. Is FRT officially on the backfoot? -Contract … Continue reading →
3/29/202343 minutes, 40 seconds
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252: WARRRR

It is what it is. -Is Renting the new Big Bad? TTT, South Eastern Agreement, and the next big war -Imperium rides north! Asher’s first major campaign as Head of the Swarm seems them join B3 vs WinterCo/Horde -Campaign update: … Continue reading →
3/10/202349 minutes, 8 seconds
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Black Mark Awards 2022

Our 6th Annual Awards Show! -Winners of the 2022 Black Mark Awards revealed! -The Man for the Job: Brisc Rubal earns himself a special(er) place in DoW history -An update on the TISHU vs Galmil war -Speculation on shipcasters and … Continue reading →
2/24/20231 hour, 27 minutes, 11 seconds
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Vote in the 5th Annual Black Mark Awards!

Late, as is tradition! The Black Marks are Noir. and Declarations of War’s year-end awards program. While purely for shits n giggles, it’s our way of celebrating and recognizing the most awesome people and things in EVE that made 2022 … Continue reading →
2/15/20230
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250: Live and Undocked

“Who knew they had friends?” Declarations of War heads out into space for our 250th episode featuring hosts Alek, Laeve, Zeero with returning guests Anulia and Zia! We reflect back on our first moments with the show, the ongoing conflict … Continue reading →
2/6/20231 hour, 16 minutes, 59 seconds
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249: Upgrades

“They shat a collective brick.” -The Network. expands as Horngry and QCATS join Noir. to make a FW merc powerhouse -Zeero and Alek break down how the alliance came to be and how it’s all going to work -Contract Update: … Continue reading →
1/24/202355 minutes, 2 seconds
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248: A Christmas Carol

And you didn’t ping me!!! -The show is visited by hosts of Christmas past, present, and who knows maybe future: Zeero and Artimus return! With special guests, Noir. FCs Anulia and Zia -A holiday break recap -2022 Year in Review … Continue reading →
1/9/20231 hour, 24 minutes, 27 seconds
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Winter Break

Hello everyone! Alek here wishing all of our listeners a fun and festive holiday season, with the Happiest of New Years. Our next episode is scheduled to record on Jan 4. Looking forward to recapping the year, a very cool … Continue reading →
12/22/20220
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247: Rixxy Business feat. Rixx Javix

“Hard to call Uprising anything but a success” -Rixx Javix joins the show to discuss his art, EVE’s 2022, and A Band Apart -Warzone Update: Noir.’s successful rearguard action focuses Gal/Cal warzone into 2 fronts. We breakdown the action and … Continue reading →
12/4/20221 hour, 17 minutes, 15 seconds
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246: ATXVIII

One of the most dominant finals performances in AT history -Alek and Laeve break down the final brackets and matches of the 18th Alliance Tournament -Review of the new Battlefields feature that rolled out for Faction Warfare -Contract Update: Gallente … Continue reading →
11/22/202242 minutes, 40 seconds