EVE-Mail from Deuce Syundai:
Sarah's Overview was the start of all this years ago, made by Sarah Schneider formerly of PonyWaffe, which was part of Test Alliance Please Ignore before it failcascaded in late 2013.
Sarah's Overview was one of the standard overviews in TEST.
In early 2014 Sarah seemed to go silent.
Oh Takashawa took up the task of updating the pack for the new Overview system CCP rolled out, changing it from XML to YAML and allowing overview setups to be shared in-game.
He pioneered breaking down the large overview into multiple packs, originally sharing them in his bio before making the channel and mailing lists.
Before sharing overviews, all you could share was an .xml file hosted on EVE Files loaded with presets and tabs, you had to do all the colortags and backgrounds and ordering yourself.
When Oh Takashawa didn't release an update for 118.6 to include the new entities introduced for Shadow of the Serpant, Zirio decided to update the pack himself, and sought feedback during the process.
He didn't know at the time the tricks Oh Takashawa had to pull off to load that many presets, so it was an interesting time of trial and error that eventually led to the modular installation we have now.
But for me, when he pulled me in in June, he wanted input on making sure everything worked as intended, and I offered feedback on taking the opportunity to make things look better.
I pointed out I had actually made a modded version of Sarah's Overview .xml back in the day called the Syundai Special™ that pioneered the color-coded presets in our pack now.
But the nature of overviews being more difficult to distribute at the time meant it was harder to get the word out. Also I suck at coding so updating it every time CCP made changes was really difficult for me to manage. When the switch was made to YAML I couldn't get it to work at all. So the last and most clicked-on version of my modded pack got just 65 downloads.
This is why 650 mailing list members is such a milestone for me personally.
What does this mean?
It means we're giving 6.5mil ISK to each of 65 randomly selected members of our mailing list who were subscribed at the time we crossed over 650 subscribers earlier today!
Lucky winners:
- Acon T'Ekill
- Airborne Aakiwa
- Alicia Dnari
- Anotherla
- Arthur Heller
- Austin Stivale
- Bayard Zen
- BK Russel
- Brett Joseph
- Brug Tsero
- bugsmagooma
- Caile Sathinor
- Captain Eric Weston
- Celeste Rin
- Cexz
- Chris Rideal
- cpd535 Mash
- Dan Skord
- Daoud Sogoba
- Deborah Annages
- Devlin Rekhan
- Doodles McDoo
- Doth Kring
- Effectus Exitium
- Falstaff Emabo
- Giuseppe Ottaviani
- GNUruMeditation
- Gorf Ash
- Jorj Harkonnen
- Justin Masterson
- Kaeto
- Kalorned
- Kayumi Yatolila
- Kevin Brant
- Krail Evotori
- Kuuruu
- Leouan
- Lhea Nakamachii
- Liza Toralen
- Lord Morkoth
- Marlor Cadelanne
- Naomi Chent-Shi
- Parthian
- Plazec Cavedon
- Prime Codex
- Qadata Motsu
- Ra0ul Duke
- Salo Amatin
- Shamr0ck01
- Sherring
- SirLattwich
- Sparrow Audeles
- sweetheart
- Tabock Katelo
- Tay Alfrir
- Taynaa Kikucchii
- Themba Baris
- Tim Garrison
- Void Metachron
- William Thaxton
- Yama Chiro
- Yoruichi Ratsuda
- Youd Kirm
- Yuki Yoichi
- Zoe Dallocort
EVE-Mail from Deuce Syundai:
We've crossed over 1,000 subscribers on our mailing list! I don't know what the limit is for a mailing list, but SaraShawa had 4 of them before Oh Takashawa went silent. I suppose we'll find out in due time.
What's that? Yes, 1,000 is a pretty big milestone. Worthy of celebration? It sure is. A giveaway like we had for my personal milestone of 650 subscribers? Sure, why not?
For 650 subscribers, I selected 65 lucky winners to receive 6.5mil each in commemoration of my original color mod of the original Sarah's Overview Pack™ reaching 65 downloads waaay back in the day. Quick primer for those who have just recently joined us: Sarah's Overview Pack™ is the pack SaraShawa, and by extension, Zirio-Syundai, was originally developed from.
65 winners was a real pain to sort through. It took me the better part of two hours to manually count and select all the winners, and 6.5 mil was only intended as a symbolic gesture of appreciation.
So this time, 10 lucky winners out of the 1,000 subscribed at the time we crossed over will receive 100m ISK each! Congratulations to the winners, and remember to check your wallets!
Lucky winners:
- Adarian Aideron
- Aldaris Malachi
- Debaucherous
- Jeanne Weber
- MaCondis Hammer
- Superbibi
- Xurkane
- Yoruichi Ratsuda
- Zetrick
- Ziggs Boson
Brought a tear to Deuce's eye, seeing another multiple of 65 being achieved.
The channel peaked at 671 that day.
A big Thank You to Stephanie Daugherty for interviewing Deuce and I (Zirio) to write an article on Imperium News about the pack.
And another big Thank You to ERJ145a for making an awesome Video Tutorial to go along with the article.