It seemed it wasn't in the cards

Well, due to real life concerns it looks like my current hiatus is now officially indefinite. I have disabled my account for the time being and will likely not be posting in the relative future until some personal situations get corrected.

Real life trumps games. Hopefully, I'll be back before too long. Later all.

My Bad Luck

Thanks to work, various external projects, my personal exercise plan and a long running technical issue I still have not been in game recently (except to swap out skills). Luckily, I think the computer issue is solved, so I should be back and running soon.

Also, I haven't played FPSes since the first Half-Life, so Fallout is much more difficult than I expected.

See you all in game soon.

I seem to have gone too far lately.

Looking at my posting habits over the course of the last month, I have decided...

I post WAY too much.

In fact, I seem to be posting so much that I don't think you, the readers, can keep up with all that I have to say.

I guess since I'm new I want to post everything at once, and I can't nor should I.

I usually have informative posts actually premade way in advance (in fact, I made this post Christmas Eve, but because of all my recent posts and queued posts I queued this one for the 27th... lol) and my in game posts are on the fly depending on in game events.

So, I'm only doing one informative post a week on Mondays and I'll keep posting in game events ad hoc every time something interesting happens (except mondays).

So, I'll tone down my quantity of posts, if you guys read it. Deal?

Next informative topic: MMOGconomics
Starting Date: Jan 05, 2009

Blog Banter: Inspiration

This month's EVE Blog Banter comes to us from Roc Wieler of Roc's Ramblings. Roc's asks us to "write a story about a fellow EVE Blogger, or an EVE player whom has inspired you or affected you in some tangible way. After your story, describe why you chose them, and any Holiday wish you have specifically for them".

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Although there are a few people I can think of (my CEO for giving me a break and letting a n00b in, My RL friend Seth for his hard work in various RPG's we've played together, my wife for letting me play ;P, the makers of the many online resources for Eve, Black Claw for his unknowing introduction to Eve Blogging for me) there is one Eve player I would have to thank most of all... and what I'm thankful for has nothing to do with Eve.

A long time ago, in an MMO far away...

I was just starting my first life in the worlds of MMO's. Using my personal knowledge of RPG's (mostly D&D) I went to work building my levels in the world... of Warcraft. While leveling I met another Night Elf Hunter that taught me a few things about MMO's. At the time, I only knew two things, questing and getting ganked. Synighte taught me how to PvP. I became addicted to it. It became my bread and butter.

Then he departed for Eve (and to wait for Warhammer). In leaving I began to look at my own surroundings, and after a few months of working (and making a new max level alt), I began to realize why he left. PvP in Warcraft was an afterthought, and the game kept you playing through constant grinding not enjoyment.

In leaving, he opened my eyes to the cardboard patching of this world and I began to loathe it. When Warhammer released, I move to it. I was overjoyed, but the feeling ended quickly. Although the game had wonderful concepts the grind began setting in again. Although different, the game had little real content. Unlike Warcraft, Warhammer had real PvP, but there was little in the way of content leaving it, although still promising later, still disappointing.

Then one day as I was looking at old forums, I saw a post by Synighte. He said he was playing Eve online and he was having fun. Other than him, everyone I talked to said Eve was horrible and had very few players. So I looked at the website and decided I'd give this game a try.

Merry Christmas, Sy. May you and I both get our "normal gaming names" this year. ;P

About Me

Well, I realized today that the scoundral, Sard Caid, tagged me. As per contract for this meme here are the conditions.

The Rules:

• Link to the original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog.
• Share 7 facts about myself in the post - some random, some weird.
• Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
• Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs and/or Twitter.

7 Facts About Me:

1. I spent my early childhood on an island. There I learned how to surf.
   
2. I used to be a real sailor, sort of.
   
3. I've touched the 3 major oceans.
   
4. I've been a gamer and computer geek for over a decade. My first console was Intellivision and my first computer was a Commodore 64.
   
5. I know 3 languages. Two I'm still good at.
   
6. I've seen many countries all over the world, but I've never been to Canada.
   
7. I'm married to a gamer. We started dating on Halloween.
   
8. Bonus: I know more useless knowledge than anyone I know. Like the plot synopsis of Dragon Warrior.
   

7 People to Tag:

Is there someone that hasn't been tagged?

If you haven't been tagged and you're reading this, consider yourself tagged.

Bad Day

Jinarre
23346.355.0753EST
--Start Log--
Well, today was horrible. I lost my frig by being overconfident against some 'rats. Luckily my cruiser fixed the problem and I was able to recover a small bit of my outfits and pride.

But that quickly changed. I took my industrial out to go fetch a new frig when I stumbled into a pirate gate camp...

The cargo was empty but my pride has just gone over the deep end.

Moral:
- Don't keep industrials in Lowsec or Nosec.
- Don't overestimate the power of your ship.
- Don't tempt fate when given the option, especially if the day was going bad in the first place.

Today was a bad day.
--End Log--

Note: After deciding today was not the day to play Eve for me I went over to play Rock Band 2 and accidentally broke my foot pedal. I will now end this post and move away from my computer before it explodes. -Derken