2016-07-16

Here's this weeks newsletter. Some interesting happenings this week. ;)

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<table style="width: 650px; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top: 30px;padding-right: 30px;padding-bottom: 30px;padding-left: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><div ee-type="element" class="ee_editable eev_element"><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Welcome to the Elite Dangerous Newsletter #133. </font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"><br></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">This week we’re investigating mysterious signals from crashed traders and anonymous tip-offs, checking out homemade coffee tables as part of Comms Chatter, introducing our new custom merchandise where you can design a huge variety of Elite Dangerous merchandise, we're keeping you up-to-date with Frontier’s packed events schedule for this summer, revealing a new community paintjob and much more.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">We’re busy getting ready to meet some of the amazing members of our community at Lavecon this weekend, we’re letting you know about the next episode of Educating Ed where the Galactic Intern will be taking part in some legitimate piracy with The Code, and we’ve got the latest GalNet Focus, too.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">As always, you can hear the latest news and updates directly from the development team on our Forums, Twitter, Facebook, Community Homepage, and right here in the newsletter every week, and we're always eager to hear your feedback.</font></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px;"><font style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Pick up the Elite <a target="_blank" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3Z231-1/c.aspx" style="color: rgb(240, 123, 5); text-decoration: none;">Dangerous: Horizons Season Pass</a> for only £19.99, €24.99, $29.99 or RUB 1489.</font></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;"><br></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 640px; min-width: 100%; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><div ee-type="element" class="ee_editable eev_element"><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 30px; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Contents This Week</b></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 30px;"><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="#Horizons-Highlights" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(240, 123, 5);">Horizons Highlights</a></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="#Paint-Job" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(240, 123, 5);">Design your own unique Elite Dangerous merchandise</a></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="#Stranded-Commander" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(240, 123, 5);">Elite Dangerous Events Season 2016</a></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="#Rise-to-Power-Danger-Games" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(240, 123, 5);">Community Paintjob Reveal</a></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 30px;"><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-size: 14px;"><a href="#Elite-Dangerous-is-Free" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(240, 123, 5);">Community Event</a></li><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-size: 14px;"><a href="#LAvecon" style="color: rgb(240, 123, 5); text-decoration: none;">Educating Ed Livestream Feat. The Code</a></li><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-size: 14px;"><a href="#GalNet-FOcus" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(240, 123, 5);">Galnet Focus</a></li><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-size: 14px;"><a href="#Community-Goals" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(240, 123, 5);">Community Goals Update</a></li><li style="margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-size: 14px;"><a href="#Comms-Chatter" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(240, 123, 5);">Comms Chatter</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 650px; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><table style="width: 590px; table-layout: auto;" class="eev_element" ee-type="element" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0">

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font-size: 12px; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">                                 </p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">As ever we’re continually impressed by the screenshots and videos our community post on social media and on our forums… here’s a collection of a few of our favourites from this week.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"><br></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">After reading a distress signal in the Chorathia Herald, CMDR Mboogy made his way to the coordinates and discovered a wrecked Type 9… we wonder what happened to cause this ship’s demise.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px; 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min-width: 100%; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><div ee-type="element" style="width: 580px; position: static;" class="ee_editable eev_element"><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Christian M posted this to Reddit... 'it can't be'.</font></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 640px; min-width: 100%; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><table style="width: 580px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-width: 100%; table-layout: auto;" class="eev_element" ee-type="element" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <tbody><tr><td class=""><center class="ved_ctr"><a target="_blank" style="display: inline-block; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3Z277-1/c.aspx"><img style="display: block; width: 590px;" width="590" alt="" src="http://i.emlfiles1.com/cmpimg/1/2/5/9/5/1/files/imagecache/453685/w590_611284_d5gmti5.jpg" class="ee_editable vedpw590" border="0"></a></center></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 640px; min-width: 100%; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><div ee-type="element" style="width: 580px; position: static;" class="ee_editable eev_element"><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">CMDR A. Nemo asks ‘Who needs the bubble when you've got a view like this?’ </font></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 640px; min-width: 100%; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><table style="width: 580px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-width: 100%; table-layout: auto;" class="eev_element" ee-type="element" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <tbody><tr><td class=""><center class="ved_ctr"><a target="_blank" style="display: inline-block; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3Z2IB-1/c.aspx"><img style="display: block; width: 590px;" width="590" alt="" src="http://i.emlfiles1.com/cmpimg/1/2/5/9/5/1/files/imagecache/453685/w590_611076_landing.jpg" class="ee_editable vedpw590" border="0"></a></center></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 640px; min-width: 100%; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><div ee-type="element" style="width: 580px; position: static;" class="ee_editable eev_element"><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;"><font style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">CMDR Raptori7 posted this gif of him and his fellow CMDRs <a target="_blank" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3Z2IC-1/c.aspx" style="color: rgb(240, 123, 5); text-decoration: none;">taking down the FNS Thanos</a> above Merope.</font></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 640px; min-width: 100%; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><table style="width: 580px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-width: 100%; table-layout: auto;" class="eev_element" ee-type="element" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <tbody><tr><td class=""><center class="ved_ctr"><a target="_blank" style="display: inline-block; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3Z2IC-1/c.aspx"><img style="display: block; width: 590px;" width="590" alt="" src="http://i.emlfiles1.com/cmpimg/1/2/5/9/5/1/files/imagecache/453685/w590_611074_capture.jpg" class="ee_editable vedpw590" border="0"></a></center></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><table style="width: 640px; min-width: 100%; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><div ee-type="element" style="width: 580px; position: static;" class="ee_editable eev_element"><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;"><font style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">CMDR Jadmurdoch took this <a target="_blank" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3Z2ID-1/c.aspx" style="color: rgb(240, 123, 5); text-decoration: none;">‘movie-poster’-style</a> photo. 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We’ve even got baby bibs for the next squadron of Pilots’ Federation recruits! With this tool you can customise your merchandise anyway you want!</font></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 640px; min-width: 100%; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><table style="width: 580px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-width: 100%; table-layout: auto;" class="eev_element" ee-type="element" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <tbody><tr><td class=""><center class="ved_ctr"><a target="_blank" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3Z232-1/c.aspx" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; display: inline-block;"><img style="display: block; width: 590px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="590" alt="" src="http://i.emlfiles1.com/cmpimg/1/2/5/9/5/1/files/imagecache/453685/w590_611174_startcreatingnow.jpg" class="ee_editable vedpw590" border="0"></a></center></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 640px; min-width: 100%; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><div ee-type="element" style="width: 580px; position: static;" class="ee_editable eev_element"><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;"><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">So how does it work? All you need to do is visit the <a target="_blank" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3Z232-1/c.aspx" style="color: rgb(240, 123, 5); text-decoration: none;">Frontier Store</a> and choose the ‘Designer’ menu. Then select an item and browse the artwork and logos we’ve given you to use. You can also select the print type and material you’d like for your design, (and for the more extravagant Commanders of the galaxy: Yes, glitter is available!). On just one colour t-shirt there are almost 13 million different customisation options!</font></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;"><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">We can’t wait to see the unique and creative designs you all come up with – so please do have fun making your new Elite Dangerous goodies – you can share your designs with us on our official <a target="_blank" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3Z46B-1/c.aspx" style="color: rgb(240, 123, 5); text-decoration: none;">Twitter page</a> and on <a target="_blank" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3Z46C-1/c.aspx" style="color: rgb(240, 123, 5); text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a>, or you can email us at <a href="mailto:community@frontier.co.uk?subject=Spreadshirt%20idea" style="color: rgb(240, 123, 5); text-decoration: none;">community@frontier.co.uk</a>.</font></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px;"><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Currently, the store is only able to take orders in GBP, however they will ship worldwide and we’ll roll out more currencies in the coming weeks. Lastly, anyone that uses the promotional code ‘MERCHDESIGN’ at checkout will get free standard shipping on orders placed between 16th and 21st July.</font></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 650px; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><table style="width: 590px; table-layout: auto;" class="eev_element" ee-type="element" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0">

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We’ve got so much planned for Lavecon that we dedicated an entire community news post to it. As well as milling around, chatting to the community and taking part in the various available activities, we’ll be hosting three Frontier Developments panels with loads of Elite Dangerous giveaways and multiple opportunities to ask your questions about the game. WEBSITE - http://laveradio.com/lavecon-2016/</font></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">           </p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">           </p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(240, 123, 5); font-size: 15px;">AUGUST</font></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; color: rgb(240, 123, 5); font-size: 15px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">           </p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; color: rgb(240, 123, 5); font-size: 15px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><font class="" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"><b>Gamescom –August 17/21 - COLOGNE MESSE –</b></font><font style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> Just like last year we’ll be streaming live from the show floor from the official Elite Dangerous accounts. We’ll have special guest interviews, sneak previews of content coming in season 2 and much more. We’ve got a content schedule planned that we’re sure will keep you coming back every day for more, so make sure you don’t miss out on the biggest Elite Dangerous stream of the year. More information on our schedule coming soon, but streams will be live every day over at </font><a target="_blank" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3YXST-1/c.aspx" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(240, 123, 5); text-decoration: none;">https://www.youtube.com/user/FrontierDevelopments/live</a><font style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> WEBSITE/TICKETS - </font><a target="_blank" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3YXSU-1/c.aspx" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(240, 123, 5); text-decoration: none;">http://www.gamescom-cologne.com/gamescom/index-9.php</a></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(240, 123, 5);"><b>Elite Meet, Cologne Gamescom 2016 – August 18 – COLOGNE CENTRE, GERMANY –</b></font><font style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> We couldn’t visit our friends in Cologne without hosting another Community Event. Last year was a lot of fun, so we wanted to replicate that experience again. Meet the developers, ask questions at our panel, win prizes in the raffle, eat food, drink Kolsch, and much more. What’s more the event is absolutely free!</font></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">         </p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">You can request your tickets for the Elite Meet Gamescom Event by emailing community@frontier.co.uk with the subject line ‘Elite Meet Gamescom’.  We will then assign up to 150 tickets at random to join us for the event and those people will be emailed back to confirm their tickets and the event location details on Monday 25 July. You can request up to two tickets per person as a standard request. If you wish to request additional tickets please outline how many tickets and the details of your request in the body of the email. Please remember that tickets are limited so we’re asking that you only request the number of tickets you are definitely going to require. For the same reason, please only request tickets if you are certain you are able to attend.</font></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">           </p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="color: rgb(240, 123, 5); font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.4px;">SEPTEMBER</font></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; color: rgb(240, 123, 5); font-size: 15px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">           </p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; color: rgb(240, 123, 5); font-size: 15px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><font class="" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"><b>Legends of Gaming – Sept 10/11 – ALEXANDRA PALACE, LONDON -</b></font><font style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> We’ve got a stage setup at the Alexandra Palace for the Legends of Gaming event, where we’ll be introducing YouTubers to Elite Dangerous. The event will be livestreamed and the content focusing on telling new people about Elite Dangerous. Streaming sessions will be dedicated to showing off the various features of Elite, and having somefun with some YouTubers who are new to Elite Dangerous. WEBSITE/TICKETS - </font><a target="_blank" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3YXSV-1/c.aspx" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(240, 123, 5); text-decoration: none;">http://www.legendsofgaming.co.uk/</a></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="color: rgb(240, 123, 5);" class=""><b>Elite Meet Birmingham EGX – DATE TBC (BETWEEN 22-25 SEPT) – VENUE TBC, BIRMINGHAM –</b></font> Although we’re not on the show floor this year, we decided to host an official community meet up that will make the trip to Birmingham for EGX worth it for any Elite Dangerous fan. We’ll have some really great Elite themed content, food, drink and more… with a large Frontier Developments presence. This will be the largest community event that Frontier will be hosting in the UK this year, but tickets will be tight… register for tickets by following the instructions below.</font></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Register for tickets to the Elite Meet Birmingham Event by emailing community@frontier.co.uk with the subject line ‘Elite Meet Birmingham EGX’. We will then assign the tickets at random to join us for the event and those people will be emailed back to confirm their tickets and the event location details closer to the date. You can request up to two tickets per person as a standard request. If you wish to request additional tickets please outline how many tickets and the details of your request in the body of the email. Please remember that tickets are limited so we’re asking that you only request the number of tickets you are definitely going to require. For the same reason, please only request tickets if you are certain you are able to attend.</font></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">           </p><p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="line-height: 22.4px;"><font style="color: rgb(240, 123, 5);">TwitchCon – Sept 30/Oct 02 – SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTRE –</font></b><font style="line-height: 22.4px;"> We’re still talking to Twitch about the exact details of our presence at Twitchcon this year, but we’ll certainly have a small Frontier Developments presence. If any streamers or players want to chat, then Frontier staff will be there to talk about anything to do with streaming, Twitchcon, Elite Dangerous or even the beautiful San Diego weather. We’ll have more information on our activities at TwitchCon as soon as they’re available to share. WEBSITE/TICKETS - </font><a target="_blank" href="http://                          /t/3F35-9Q2D-33OUQF-3YXSW-1/c.aspx" style="line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(240, 123, 5); text-decoration: none;">http://www.twitchcon.com/</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width: 650px; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); table-layout: auto;" class="ee_element ee_borders" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#333333"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px;" class="ee_pad eeb_width"><table style="width: 590px; table-layout: auto;" class="eev_element" ee-type="element" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0">

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