The Fifth Alliance Tournament is almost upon us. This year’s entrants include a number of new, smaller and mostly unknown alliances as well as the established tournament veterans. Next in our series of Alliance introductions, we present When Fat Kids Attack and The Kadeshi. When Fat Kids Attack (FATTY) Founded only two months ago, When Fat Kids Attack is comprised of five corporations and about 104 members. Flumz, CEO of x13 tells us that “FATTY” is an empire based alliance located in the southern [...]
The Fifth Alliance Tournament is almost upon us. This year’s entrants include a number of new, smaller and mostly unknown alliances as well as the established tournament veterans. Next in our series of Alliance introductions, we present Blood Blind. Blood Blind (ABUSE) While Blood Blind alliance, also known as ABUSE, was founded late in 109, its 7 member corporations hold a great deal of piracy expertise. Executor kessah told me that she tries to instill the traditional practice of ransoming in her [...]
The Fifth Alliance Tournament is almost upon us. This year’s entrants include a number of new, smaller and mostly unknown alliances as well as the established tournament veterans. Next in our series of Alliance introductions, we present KIA Alliance and Ushra’Khan. Amongst the hopeful Alliances looking to make their mark in history as champions, these two will be fighting the closing match of Day One. Both members of Group H , they have faced each other in combat in the past and must now face each [...]
The Fifth Alliance Tournament is almost upon us. This year’s entrants include a number of new, smaller and mostly unknown alliances as well as the established tournament veterans. Next in our series of Alliance introductions, we present The Red Skull and Green Alliance. The Red Skull Although The Red Skull has been around for the better part of a year and a half, it has seen a number of executor corporations. The latest executor is Woopatang. Xornicon Altair, a director of Woopatang as well as [...]
The Fifth Alliance Tournament is almost upon us. This year’s entrants include a number of new, smaller and mostly unknown alliances as well as the established tournament veterans. Next in our series of alliance introductions, we present Divine 0rder Divine 0rder (DOA) With only a few days to go before the first shots are fired, pilots across the cluster are cleaning their guns and tweaking their fits, caught in a frenzy of last moment preparation. One alliance that seems to have everything in hand, [...]
The Fifth Alliance Tournament is almost upon us. This year’s entrants include a number of new, smaller and mostly unknown alliances as well as the established tournament veterans. Next in our series of alliance introductions, we present DeStInY. DeStInY. (DSTNY) Elevated heart rate. A fluttering, unsettled feeling in the stomach. Sweating. Shortness of breath and a tendency to suddenly shout loudly or possibly cry quietly on the shoulders of nearby friends or family. These will be the symptoms of [...]
The Fifth Alliance Tournament is almost upon us. This year’s entrants include a number of new, smaller and mostly unknown alliances as well as the established tournament veterans. Next in our series of Alliance introductions, we present The Fourth District and Notoriety Alliance. The Fourth District Founded late last year, The Fourth District is comprised of four corporations and 130 members. Svetlana Scarlet, a Chief Diplomat of the alliance tells us that “the formation of The Fourth District was the [...]
Welcome to Day Five of the Fifth Alliance Tournament. Here are the initial results and reviews of the first eight matches of the day. Match 65: The Star Fraction Vs The Kadeshi The Kadeshi come away with a points loss, still managing to knock The Star Fraction out of a finals placement and securing themselves a spot instead. The Star Fraction: 5 Cerberus | 5 Griffins The Kadeshi: 4 Vagabonds | Fleet Issue Stabber | Keres | Kitsune | Vigil With the two team formations staring each other down at the [...]
Welcome to Day Four of the Fifth Alliance Tournament. Here are the initial results and reviews of the first eight matches of the day. Match 49: Blood Blind Vs When Fat Kids Attack An "exhibition match" between the two teams at the bottom of the group who agreed to restrict themselves entirely to out and out combat. Blood Blind came away with their first victory of the tournament against FATTY and made it a decisive one too, claiming a totalhelldeath victory. Blood Blind: 2 Drake | 3 Harbinger | [...]
Welcome to Day Four of the Fifth Alliance Tournament. Continuing our rundown of the matches from day four, we now bring you a review of the last eight matches of the day. Match 57: Triumvirate. Vs The Church. The two top teams in Group E battled it out in what was a slow grind match. The eventual winner was Triumvirate., securing their place as the leader of Group E. Triumvirate.: 2 Basilisks | Curse | Rook | Ishtar | Griffin The Church.: Maelstrom | Abaddon | Rook | Celestis | 2 Maulus | 4 Griffin [...]
An interesting opening to the Fifth Alliance Tournament , as guns, missiles and drones shred competition vessels ruthlessly in an opening round filled with carnage. With a diverse mix of tactics and some surprising results already, the tournament has already provided some great viewing. Here are the initial results and reviews of the first eight matches. Match 1: Blood Blind Vs The Kadeshi The first match of the tournament opens with a convincing win from The Kadeshi against Blood Blind. Blood Blind: [...]
With the first day of the Fifth Alliance Tournament now behind us, the many entrants have entertained the crowds with spectacles of great piloting, stunning victory, ruthless aggression and shocking defeat. Continuing our rundown of the matches from day one, we now bring you a review of the last eight matches. Match 9: Triumvirate. Vs United Corporations Against Macros A resounding win for Triumvirate., who stuck to a tried-and-tested defensive team formation which easily brushed aside a far more [...]
Welcome to Day Six of the Fifth Alliance Tournament. Here is the result and review of the final match of the day. The Final Match 95: Ev0ke Vs Triumvirate. It was an absolutely epic clash in the final, with both teams coming out hard and going blow for blow, right down to the last ship. Ev0ke: Harbinger | Curse | 6 Ruptures | Vigil Triumvirate.: 3 Megathrons | Caldari Navy Hookbill | 2 Maulus | 4 Griffins Early on in the fight Ev0ke sent a swarm of ECM over towards Triumvirate., looking as if they [...]
Welcome to Day Six of the Fifth Alliance Tournament. Here are the results and reviews of the next six matches of the day. The Quarter-Finals Match 89: Notoriety Alliance Vs Cry Havoc. Notoriety arrived on the field once again in Sansha ships, with Cry Havoc. also falling back on their tried and tested Dominix formation. Notoriety Alliance: 2 Scimitars | 3 Phantasms | 2 Sentinels | Rifter Cry Havoc.: 3 Dominix | Guardian Focusing hard on Guardian, Notoriety tried to force their way into an early win. [...]
Welcome to Day Three of the Fifth Alliance Tournament. Here are the initial results and reviews of the first eight matches of the day. Match 33: Blood Blind Vs The Star Fraction Another loss for Blood Blind and a much-needed win for the revolutionaries of SF. Blood Blind: 3 Tempest | 3 Rifters | 4 Maulus The Star Fraction: 5 Deimos | 5 Griffin With both teams starting at close range it looked as if it would be a brutal slugfest and that it was. SF came out strong and disciplined, dropping multiple [...]
Welcome to Day Three of the Fifth Alliance Tournament. Continuing our rundown of the matches from day three, we now bring you a review of the last eight matches of the day. Match 41: Triumvirate. Vs Exa Nation Triumvirate. came out strong with yet another win, brutally slicing through their opponents and claiming another totalhelldeath win. Triumvirate.: 2 Abaddon | 2 Guardians | Vigil | Griffin Exa Nation: Myrmidon | 2 Ishtars | 2 Rooks | Vexor Both Rooks fell rapidly from the beginning of the fight, [...]
Welcome to Day Two of the Fifth Alliance Tournament. Here are the initial results and reviews of the first eight matches. Match 17: Blood Blind Vs Molotov Coalition A second win and a totalhelldeath marked what has become an impressive showing by Molotov Coalition in this year’s tournament. Blood Blind: Armageddon | Scorpion | Huginn | Curse | Arbitrator Molotov Coalition: 2 Armageddons | 2 Guardians | 2 Punishers With the a Curse dropping almost instantly, it looked over from the beginning for the [...]
The second day of the Fifth Alliance Tournament is now behind us. Continuing our rundown of the matches from day two, we now bring you a review of the last eight matches. Match 25: Triumvirate. Vs The Fourth District It was another solid performance from Triumvirate. and another totalhelldeath for them, placing them in a strong position in their group and putting them next to the Green Alliance in terms of performance so far. Triumvirate.: 2 Megathrons | 2 Onieros | 2 Griffins The Fourth District: [...]
The fifth and final day of group competition is over. From this point on the Alliance Tournament will consist of single elimination matches. Before those matches take place we look back on the Group portion of the tournament. Group A Molotov Coalition and The Kadeshi will move on from this group to the match tournament. Molotov Coalition won this group handily with 504 points and a 3-1 win/loss record. On the final day of group competition second place was still in question as The Star Fraction and [...]
Welcome to the Fifth Alliance Tournament news portal in association with the Interstellar Correspondents. Here you will find all our coverage related the this years event. Note: This portal was designed for use with in capsule entertainment device technologies. If you have the luxury of a station GalNet viewer you canCLICK HERE for an enhanced version. The above station link is also the location for the Official Tournament Documents / Announcements Thank you for visiting. Match reviews Day Six : The [...]
In the last few days there has been a flurry of activity relating to team participation within the Fifth Alliance Tournament. The latest announcements from event officials have led to widespread criticism from GalNet observers regarding the organization thus far. After the highly publicized removal of Elemental Fury due to some administrative problems and the ongoing debate on GalNet regarding The Red Skull's entry, officials would have wished for no further problems. However, this afternoon a senior [...]
It seems that with this year’s tournament, sometimes winning isn’t enough. For some, you need to rub the face of your detractors in it too, to the tune of billions. Such is the nature of the latest frenzied betting that has exploded on GalNet since the Matari commentator Calmdown made derogatory remarks about the Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate. The current amount wagered between all parties sits at a whopping 14 billion ISK. Spurned by his comments made across live holo-vision to thousands of [...]
Once again the time for words is coming to an end and the guns will soon do the talking. The Fifth Alliance Tournament is just around the corner - coming to your GalNet viewer at the end of this month. The organisers and event staff are currently hard at work, planning transit logistics and constructing the purpose built arenas. In amongst this busy schedule they had to find the time to arrange the battle schedule, which has just been announced. In typical tournament tradition, selected members of [...]
With the Fifth Alliance Tournament now only days away tournament organisers and event officials have now released details of what awaits the victors. This year the teams entering the competition can choose a faction of their choice to honor, support and promote. If the team then reaches the final three they will be rewarded by their chosen faction. Should a competitor choose to remain recluse and not honor any faction, they will be rewarded with a choice of limited edition faction hardware. A number [...]