Dataslate Episode 16: Special Guest – Kevin Elliott

DataSlate Cover

After a long absence, just in time for Lavecon 2017, Dataslate, the podcast on books and writing, returns!

Book news from  Allen Stroud with special guest, Elite gamer and Science Fiction writer, Kevin Elliott, who discusses his experience of the convention circuit in 2017 and the writing process of his new novel, which you can find out more about on his blog, Where’s My Flipping Tea?.

Kevin will be reading from his book at Lavecon 2017.

Topics in this episode are:

Download the episode directly from here.

Lave Radio Episode 156


We’re watching you playing in open.

Aired 23 May 2017
Audio versions


Download the episode directly from here.


Crew Members
Head of health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward – Cmdr Eid LeWeise
2nd Technician : Chris Forrester – Cmdr Fozza
Head of Entertainment : Chris Jarvis – Cmdr Thane

Show Notes

Dataslate Episode 15: Special Guest – Darren Grey.

DataSlate Cover

After a long absence, just in time for Lavecon 2017, Dataslate, the podcast on books and writing, returns!

Book news from  Allen Stroud with special guest, Darren Grey who discusses the subject of writing for games, and introduces us to his new project, Jupiter Hell.

 

 

Topics in this episode are:

Download the episode directly from here.

Dataslate Returns! Episode 14: Special Guest – Anna Smith-Spark.

DataSlate Cover

After a long absence, just in time for Lavecon 2017, Dataslate, the podcast on books and writing, returns!

Book news and reviews from  Allen Stroud with special guest, Anna Smith-Spark who will be at Lavecon reading from her debut novel, Court of the Broken Knives published by Harper Voyager.

 

 

Topics in this episode are:

Download the episode directly from here.

Lave Radio Episode 155


We’d never misrepresent the PS4!

Aired 16 May 2017
Audio versions


Download the episode directly from here.


Crew Members
Head of health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward – Cmdr Eid LeWeise
2nd Technician : Chris Forrester – Cmdr Fozza
Chief Archivist : Colin Ford – Cmdr phoenix_dfire
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott – Cmdr Psykokow

Show Notes

Lave Radio Episode 154


Peripherals Part 2: The hard stuff!

Aired 9 May 2017
Audio versions


Download the episode directly from here.


Crew Members
Head of health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward – Cmdr Eid LeWeise
Head of Entertainment : Chris Jarvis – Cmdr Thane
Chief Archivist : Colin Ford – Cmdr phoenix_dfire
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott – Cmdr Psykokow

Show Notes

Lave Radio Episode 153


Peripherals Part 1: What a load of tools!

Aired 2 May 2017
Audio versions


Download the episode directly from here.


Crew Members
Head of health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward – Cmdr Eid LeWeise
2nd Technician : Chris Forrester – Cmdr Fozza
Head of Entertainment : Chris Jarvis – Cmdr Thane
Chief Archivist : Colin Ford – Cmdr phoenix_dfire
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott – Cmdr Psykokow

Show Notes

Salomé Aftermath Special

Elite: Dangerous’ 3,000-player battle royaleElite: Dangerous’ 3,000-player battle royale
On Monday the intreped Commander Fozza invited Admiral of the Fleet, Commander Paroxsym from the Premonition Allied Coordination, along with Commanders Eisen and Baroness Galaxy to join him, Ben and Colin on the Orange Sidewinder to discus Saturday’s in game event. The Chase, the Kill, the Intrigue and the Politics along with the hope for us all…

Aired 1 May 2017
Audio versions


Download the episode directly from here.


Crew Members

Head of health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward – Cmdr Eid LeWeise
2nd Technician : Chris Forrester – Cmdr Fozza
Chief Archivist : Colin Ford – Cmdr phoenix_dfire

Special Guests
Fleet Admiral : Paroxsym from Premonition Allied Coordination
Raxxla’s Child : Eisen
Raxxla’s Shield : Baroness Galaxy

Show Notes

  • Harry Potter killed Salomé
    • ‘She was confirmed killed at 20:49 gametime on 29th April, 3303, succumbing to hostile fire from Commander Harry Potter.’
  • Drew’s aftermath
  • Quote from Children of Raxxla
    • It seems the fake news and rumors run amok before, during and after the event. Let me try to clear this up a bit. Believe it, or leave it.

      The people fighting for Salomé did not consist of a single group. PAC might have been the public face of it, but they were not directly responsible for Salomé’s flight. That was in the hands of CoR and a few of our trusted allies. PAC was tasked to organise defense fleets for Raan and Tsu and somewhat help with Salomé too independently from this more private defense force. PAC may or may not have considered SDC an ally, but they were certainly not considered an ally by Salomé’s personal guards.

      SDC was never tasked in defending Salomé, nor were they allowed to get close to her. Harry Potter and other Commanders who interdicted Salomé simply played the game well, got lucky with instancing and did their part.

      Salomé was going to give a speech at the end of the event if she survived, but as far as we know, the listening posts at Teorge are the main answers that needed to be broadcasted.

      I think it’s important to understand that there is no ‘losing’ situation for this event. Whether Salomé delivered her speech or not is not relevant to the grand scheme of things. What matters is whether we have played out an interesting narrative using in-game means. With the current results, there may not be a speech, but there may be a funeral. The story still moves forward, just in a different direction.
  • Media Coverage
  • Issues
    • PAC’s behaviour in the run up to the event was horrendous, Complaint’s of (Irony Alert) PVP Eliteism, denying people access to the event, Kill on sight order (even on their own side, who didn’t follow the rules). Drew on a couple of occasions, asked for PAC to be more inclsive which the response was ‘Don’t go running to Drew, if you don’t like our Rules’.
    • Colin was a victim to those rules, even though the event hadn’t started. In addition, Innocent cmdrs who had nothing to do with the event were targeted (According to reddit). Group I was associated with [Forge] did a sterling job.
    • SDC had spies
    • Why did the SDC get invited?
    • Why did Salome have Harry Potter (etc?) on her friends list? Was it to help with instancing and she was just accepting all?
  • In game aftermath
  • Shoutouts

Lave Radio Episode 152


The Generation Game

Aired 25 April 2017
Audio versions


Download the episode directly from here.


Crew Members
Head of health and safety : Ben Moss-Woodward – Cmdr Eid LeWeise
Head of Entertainment : Chris Jarvis – Cmdr Thane
Chief Archivist : Colin Ford – Cmdr phoenix_dfire
Chief Bar Steward : Grant Woolcott – Cmdr Psykokow
Wing Commander : Paroxsym

Show Notes

  • Development News
    • Patch 2.3.01
      • Galaxy map UI tag not pointing to selected target body (Genuinely a show  Stopper)
      • Packhounds having infinite ammunition (High Priority)
      • Multicrew bug fixes
        • Increased crew payments: voucher scaling now tops out at 80% of helm earnings (previously 50%)
        • Increased insurance rebuy discount for Helm to 30% reduction per crew member (previously 25%)
      • Various Stability improvements across the board
      • Missing Galnet articles will be fixed
      • XBOX main menu softlock will be fixed
      • Large frame rate drop when friends log in to the game
    • Patch 2.3.1 – Aimed for a couple of Weeks, will include a weapon’s free/lock command to allow the Helm to lock down the gunner and fighter pilots. This aims to reduce ‘Crew Trolling’ where some nefarious Cmdrs were joining ships, opening fire on police / the station leading to the host ship’s destruction.
  • In Game News
    • New Generation Ship Found – With Additional Voice Logs and use of the data scanner.Generation Ship
    • Federation Vs Empire Community Goal in Maia (The Empire appears to be winning at the moment).
    • New Shipyard in HR1185  New Empire Shipyard near Maia
    • Belmarsh Mega Prison Ship has been found. Belmarsh Class
    • Tourist mega Ship has been found near the heart and soul. Heart and Soul
    • 29th is approaching. Will Salome Survive?
  • Newsletter 171
  • Main Discussion
    • Flying to the Generation Ship
  • Community Corner
  • Shoutouts