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Fixes and Improvements Miscellaneous * The memory leak, most visible when autopilot jumping long distances, has been plugged. * The game client no longer randomly crashes because of network traffic. * Character portraits that normally appear in the chat window are no longer deleted from the user's cache upon starting the game client. * Users with EVE Voice enabled will no longer suffer from the disappearance of Corporation or Alliance chat channels. * The In Game Browser works again with IGB-compliant websites. * Cloaking no longer spams Logserver with stacktrace errors.

Similar in scope to the code change from the Bloodlines branch to the Dragon branch, EVE Online is receiving a major update to the language in which she is written. Our migration from Stackless Python 2.3 to version 2.5 is the fruition of efforts from the Python community, and CCP Games. For more of the story behind the upgrade to Stackless 2.5, please read Porkbelly's Dev Blog . The result of the upgrade will be increased performance in many areas of EVE Online. Changes, Fixes and Improvements Stackless Python * Stackless Python has been upgraded from version 2.3 to version 2.5. Desynchronization Issues * We've run numerous tests with fix candidates for the desync issue and have had very positive results. However, we can never fully replicate all instances of Tranquility issues on Singularity, so we ask you to report all desync issues you experience after the patch immediately through the bug-report system. We believe we have resolved the desync issue, but will continue to monitor Tranquility's performance and stability. Ships * In some circumstances, Dreadnoughts entering siege mode would cause all players in the same grid to suffer large memory leaks and eventually crash. This has been resolved. * Cowbell Starbases * In certain circumstances, bringing a Cynosural System Jammer would prevent the anchoring of any other structures at that starbase, nor would it be possible to take the Cynosural System Jammer offline. This has been resolved and this structure is now working as intended. NOTE: Cynosural System Jammers no longer produce system-wide beacons. Agents * Agents studying mechanical engineering returned to school for certification renewal. They have completed their studies and are accepting projects. * Monitoring agents, as mentioned in Lingorm's Dev Blog , are now appearing in-space. These NPCs can be tracked, but cannot be interacted with or targeted. * More cowbell Market: * The required skill icon displayed when browsing items on the market was incorrectly showing skill prerequisites had not been met. This bug has been firmly whacked over the head and now displays the correct icon.

It was Lai Dai time on all fronts last Sunday at the COLOSSUS championships as Team Lai Dai swept the tournament’s final race, winning both the team contest as well as the individual 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.

Alia Ursul of Evolution came in first of all racers, making her the first known Rattlesnake owner in the pod pilot community. Deovina of Omega Enterprises came in second, winning a Navy-issued Caracal missile boat, and Feral of Drink Starsi took third place, earning himself the right to call a Navy Hookbill patrol craft his own. All three racers came in on behalf of the Lai Dai Corporation’s team, which won the team victory as well as the individual battle, making every member of the team a proud owner of a Navy-issue Raven battleship.

Haalonen Ihoya, Chief Coordinator of Public Relations for Lai Dai, was quick to issue a release exclaiming Lai Dai’s immense pride in its superb team of racers and congratulating them on the victory. According to the rules of the championship, the Lai Dai Corporation, being the winner, will receive a bonus from the Chief Executive Panel Treasury this year for promotional purposes, as well as receiving substantial grants towards research and development of new technologies. Ihoya was quoted as saying, “Our thanks go to our brave racers, who sped past all obstacles and never looked back. Their prizes were well-earned.”

The marathon race began in the depths of the Fountain region, where immediately racers were set upon by a blockade from the notorious Evolution corporation, presumably out to help those of their members participating in the contest. The one-hundred-plus jump route then took racers through five waypoints across the entire northwestern face of the known universe. A fair few locations, such as a waypoint in the Cloud Ring region, played host to attackers hell-bent on destroying as many of their allies’ competitors as possible. The race ended in the depths of the Branch region, where racers came through the finish line after a final sprint heavily camped by hostile forces.

The CBD, Hyasyoda, Ishukone, Kaalakiota, Nugoeihuvi, Sukuuvestaa and Wiyrkomi corporations have all issued releases extending their heartfelt thanks to the teams representing them in the contest.

The award ceremony will be held at the Lai Dai Corporation’s Headquarters in Airkio this coming Friday.

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