Episode 297 - It Sucked

#297th for 14th of August, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven) http://loosescrewsed.com Join us on discord! And check out the merch store! PROMO CODES https://discord.gg/3Vfap47Rea Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsED Squad Update: (Updated by Bloom 8/14) It's been one week since anyone said on this weekly podcast that the BGS is broken. War in the Cephei Sector (IR-W b1-4), Election in Tamor - Lerner Survey in jeopardy Pirate attack in Yen Ti, Infrastructure Failure in Tamor Boom in 6, 7 and FZ Andromedae along with V640C Loose Screws Space includes 23B Citizen-Shareholders, 275 Star-Systems, Controlling 73 star systems, 202 stations, 332 settlements, 95 installations and 1 megaships Check the show PowerPlay Update: - Cycle 42 LYR earns top K5 / Nicey points this week ALD loses the most systems this week There’s speculation that LYR and Antal surged an undermining attack toward ALD LYR denies any involvement Antal denies any involvement After reviewing our sources, it seems to just have been bad reinforcing and close to the edge systems, ALD seem embarrassed ALD was not available for comment Kruger 5’s Power Rankings - https://k5elite.com/ Niceygy’s Power Points - https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpoints Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel. Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/ Powerplay Standings by FDev Reckoning - So, they’re wrong Dev News: Vanguard’s gonna drop Tuesday Discussion: Vanguard…DOA or hidden fun with giant carriers? Community Corner: The Buckyball Racing Club presents: The 3311 Drakhyr Rally - Post Mortem - Congrats Shaye Blackwood smoking the competetion at 45:05 more than 5 minutes before the next competitor. Baromir came in 11th place at 2:26:58 https://youtu.be/6BJnDYFC2cw?si=HjnUdiE7EJtcYmFC Burr Pitts Coverage. Burr Pit - Corsair mass Fly-In - Saturday the 16th at 1800 UTC in orbit of Asellus Primus - 3A - Burr Private Group, which will be closed 24 hours before the event to new members upvote this and add your voice. It’s like 42 weeks in. That’s at least 42 weeks late on the fix. The issue has expired and been reposted more than once. Make them pay attention. https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/70594