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Welcome to the eighteenth installment of the EVE Blog Banter, the monthly EVE Online blogging extravaganza created by none other than me, CrazyKinux. The EVE Blog Banter involves an enthusiastic group of gaming bloggers, a common topic within the realm of EVE Online, and a week to post articles pertaining to the said topic. The resulting articles can either be short or quite extensive, either funny or dead serious, but are always a great fun to read! Any questions about the EVE Blog Banter should be directed to crazykinux@gmail.com. Check out other EVE Blog Banter articles at the bottom of this post!

On May 6th 2010, EVE Online celebrated its 7th Anniversary. Quite a milestone in MMO history, especially considering that it is one of the few virtual worlds out there to see its population continually grow year after year. For some of you who’ve been here since the very beginning, EVE has evolved quite a lot since its creation. With the expansion rolling out roughly twice a year, New Eden gets renewed and improved regularly. But, how about you the player? How has you gaming style evolved through the years or months since you’ve started playing? Have you always been a carebear, or roleplayer? Have you only focused on PvP or have you given other aspects of the game a chance – say manufacturing. Let’s hear your story!

When I started playing EVE back in 2006, I had but a simple dream: to be able to fly all the ships in EVE. While I worked on this path, I also learned that there is a difference between being to fly a ship, and being able to fly a ship. So I branched out, working on skills such as engineering, electronics and the like. As I described it back then when asked, “I want to be able to max out the attributes of whatever ship I was flying without fitting any modules.” This became my new path.

As the months and years went by, I continued to hone and learn new skills. Spaceship Command, Gunnery, Drones. All the while in the back of my mind there was the dream, “Fly every ship and fly it well.”

So where does that leave me now? Since I’ve moved out to wormhole space with my current corporation, making ISK hand over fist and getting my claws bloody with some PvP. I also have some skills I have left to work on so I can definitely see myself playing EVE for a few more years yet.

Obligatory pie chart of skills:

So I was excruciatingly bored yesterday, had roamed several hours through low sec to find something to shoot in my Merlin of Doom™, without any success. I probed for wormholes and found one that collapsed in the time it took me to return to station and get a proper PvP ship. I didn’t want to mine…so I was spinning ships in station and finally succumbed to boredom. I went out canflipping. Yay. This is the flare that came in local after that:

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[ 2010.03.18 20:45:22 ] EVE System > Channel changed to Uemisaisen Local Channel
[ 2010.03.18 20:48:26 ] Rino La’clivire > ancy….
[ 2010.03.18 20:49:09 ] Ricardus Alpert > ancy is capturing conainers be carefull ;) just picked my container and replaced by own thinking im so dumb
[ 2010.03.18 20:49:18 ] Ancy Denaries > Aye?
[ 2010.03.18 20:49:42 ] Rino La’clivire > yess
[ 2010.03.18 20:50:01 ] Ryzgar > so shoot the fucker
[ 2010.03.18 20:50:07 ] Rino La’clivire > o yess :D
[ 2010.03.18 20:50:13 ] Rino La’clivire > but we dont have kill right
[ 2010.03.18 20:50:14 ] Rino La’clivire > s
[ 2010.03.18 20:50:28 ] Ancy Denaries > I could facilitate that, if you wish
[ 2010.03.18 20:51:31 ] Ancy Denaries > drop a can somewhere and I’ll see to it that you get kill rights (NOTE: this was some 20 minutes AFTER me flipping the actual can)
[ 2010.03.18 20:52:22 ] Ancy Denaries > Or a wreck.
[ 2010.03.18 20:52:52 ] Rino La’clivire > its okay, its okay, just dont stel from pendragon ^^  xD
[ 2010.03.18 20:53:20 ] Ancy Denaries > right….sure.
[ 2010.03.18 20:53:49 ] Ryzgar > getting kill rights on someone isnt difficult
[ 2010.03.18 20:55:21 ] Ricardus Alpert > everyone has to start as a chicken ;P outside of low sec – trying to get killrights on noobs and shoot em – imagine your a hero ;P
[ 2010.03.18 20:55:55 ] Ancy Denaries > I’m not imagining anything. I’m bored.
[ 2010.03.18 20:56:04 ] Ancy Denaries > Which is why I’m offering you the opportunity to shoot me
[ 2010.03.18 20:56:24 ] Ricardus Alpert > lol funny guy
[ 2010.03.18 20:56:29 ] Ancy Denaries > feel free
[ 2010.03.18 20:56:35 ] Rino La’clivire > yess she iss
[ 2010.03.18 20:57:00 ] Ancy Denaries > PLanet IV ?
[ 2010.03.18 20:57:53 ] Ricardus Alpert > go and play with your 10 year old friends the may be that stupid, to fall into your cheap fall xD
[ 2010.03.18 20:58:09 ] Ricardus Alpert > trap
[ 2010.03.18 20:58:17 ] Ancy Denaries > If YOU drop the can, I can’t bring friends.
[ 2010.03.18 20:58:24 ] Ancy Denaries > Seriously. I just want some pewpew
[ 2010.03.18 20:58:31 ] Rino La’clivire > ermh….
[ 2010.03.18 20:58:34 ] Ricardus Alpert > go in 0.0
[ 2010.03.18 20:58:38 ] Ricardus Alpert > and show your pewpew
[ 2010.03.18 20:58:44 ] Ancy Denaries > I said pewpew, not 200 vs 1
[ 2010.03.18 20:58:52 ] Ryzgar > ancy you are an 07 player dont be so fuckin lame by shooting newbies
[ 2010.03.18 20:58:53 ] Ricardus Alpert > then 0.4 ;P
[ 2010.03.18 20:58:56 ] Ancy Denaries > I’ve had my fair share of 0.0 thank you
[ 2010.03.18 20:59:17 ] Ancy Denaries > For your information, I spent two hours roaming low sec without finding jack shit today.
[ 2010.03.18 20:59:25 ] Ancy Denaries > See why I’m bored?
[ 2010.03.18 20:59:35 ] Ancy Denaries > But fine. You don’t want to.
[ 2010.03.18 20:59:43 ] Ancy Denaries > fly safe
[ 2010.03.18 20:59:48 ] Ryzgar > so fuckoff back there and stop picking fight you know for certain you can win, very very lame indeed
[ 2010.03.18 20:59:53 ] Rino La’clivire > this is my first drake
[ 2010.03.18 20:59:57 ] Rino La’clivire > dont want to loose it (NOTE: I was in a frickin’ MOA!)
[ 2010.03.18 21:00:09 ] Ancy Denaries > Then don’t come waving threats in my face. I don’t respond well to that.
[ 2010.03.18 21:00:18 ] Ancy Denaries > If you can’t back your words up, don’t speak.
[ 2010.03.18 21:00:28 ] Ryzgar > lol
[ 2010.03.18 21:00:28 ] Ricardus Alpert > playing since 07 and still hunting in lowbe area is quite a low level of archivment ;P
[ 2010.03.18 21:00:30 ] AnchorSteamAle > indeed, you should youtube ancy denaries ^^ (NOTE: This is where the thank you part is involved)
[ 2010.03.18 21:00:41 ] Ancy Denaries > Feel free to look up my killboard, Rocardus.
[ 2010.03.18 21:00:45 ] vXEVv > nine follow me to kaka
[ 2010.03.18 21:01:19 ] Ancy Denaries > You’ll see almost every kill I have ever made is in low sec or 0.0.
[ 2010.03.18 21:01:38 ] Ancy Denaries > I only fight in high sec if I’m insanely bored. Which I am.
[ 2010.03.18 21:02:06 ] Ryzgar > ancy does have a point about smack ricardus
[ 2010.03.18 21:02:33 ] Ancy Denaries > Thanks for the supper, Anchor :D Nice to see someone follow those ;)
[ 2010.03.18 21:02:37 ] Ancy Denaries > eerrr
[ 2010.03.18 21:02:39 ] Ancy Denaries > spelling fail
[ 2010.03.18 21:02:41 ] Ancy Denaries > *support
[ 2010.03.18 21:02:48 ] Ancy Denaries > I blame hunger.
[ 2010.03.18 21:02:59 ] Rino La’clivire > adn i blame my shoesize
[ 2010.03.18 21:03:02 ] Rino La’clivire > MAUHAUHAHUAUHAUAUHAUAHUAHHAUUHAHUA
[ 2010.03.18 21:03:41 ] Ricardus Alpert > yeah youtube every damn character in any damn mmo and every 9 year only makes a video – does that makes you cool ? if i play good i dont need to make a movie of that ;P
[ 2010.03.18 21:03:44 ] Ancy Denaries > I’m quite frankly quite the nice person. But two things piss me off. Firstly any empty threats. Secondly, people that think their way is the only way to play this game.
[ 2010.03.18 21:04:13 ] Julian Lorner > o/ Ancy
[ 2010.03.18 21:04:18 ] Ricardus Alpert > pplz that make pvp movies dont get enough attention and want to get it by posting a video ;P
[ 2010.03.18 21:04:27 ] Ancy Denaries > Hey Jul
[ 2010.03.18 21:04:31 ] Julian Lorner > nope, Ricardus
[ 2010.03.18 21:04:42 ] Julian Lorner > (Ancy you might know me as Miriam Sasko)
[ 2010.03.18 21:04:51 ] Ancy Denaries > That does ring a bell
[ 2010.03.18 21:04:54 ] Ryzgar > ricardus its time to drop it now if i were you
[ 2010.03.18 21:05:02 ] Julian Lorner > pvp movies, serve more than one purpose
[ 2010.03.18 21:05:07 ] Ricardus Alpert > yeah have better things to do ^^
[ 2010.03.18 21:05:10 ] Julian Lorner > the main one is, afaik, to entertain
[ 2010.03.18 21:06:07 ] Ricardus Alpert > if i want intertainmant i watch a real movie not that crap ;P but live in your reality – i move to the corp channel bb
[ 2010.03.18 21:06:25 ] Julian Lorner > well, see ya folks
[ 2010.03.18 21:06:28 ] Ancy Denaries > This is very intersting…
[ 2010.03.18 21:06:36 ] Ancy Denaries > People in low sec tend to behave.
[ 2010.03.18 21:06:50 ] Ancy Denaries > Go to high sec and the second you open your mouth in local you get smacked to kingdom come.
[ 2010.03.18 21:07:32 ] Ancy Denaries > I stand by my opinion that carebears are unstable people with infalted egos and low sec dwellers tend to be more level headed. (blatant generalisation)
[ 2010.03.18 21:08:02 ] Ancy Denaries > My god I really should start reading what I write before sending.
[ 2010.03.18 21:08:07 ] Ancy Denaries > Damn spelling.
[ 2010.03.18 21:08:10 ] Zas Taken > ^^
[ 2010.03.18 21:08:24 ] Ancy Denaries > Oh well.
[ 2010.03.18 21:08:30 ] Ancy Denaries > Business as usual.
[ 2010.03.18 21:08:40 ] Greyphantom > did you typr I need penis again, instead of I need pens?
[ 2010.03.18 21:09:06 ] Ancy Denaries > Don’t think I’ve made that particular mistake. But “Just a sex” is a recurring one.

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So, what is this “Thank you” all about then? Well, I was honestly touched by the defence that arose in local. I’d like to extend a very personal and very sincere THANK YOU to you. Yes, you, my readers and “watchers” on this blog and YouTube. I was vaguely aware that someone might read this blog, but I never really noticed it. As you might know already, I don’t write this blog to be an attentionwhore, but rather because I enjoy writing it and sort of documenting what happens. If anyone of you guys get some enjoyment out of it as well, then all the better!

So, again, THANK YOU for spending your precious time reading my ramblings ;)

The third Blog Banter of 2010 comes to us from ChainTrap of the Into the unknown with gun and camera EVE Blog. He asks us: “Eve University turns six years old on March 15th; six years spent helping the new pilots of New Eden gain experience and understanding in a supportive environment. Eve is clearly a complicated game, with a ton to learn, so much that you never stop learning. So, the question is; What do you wish that someone had taken the time to tell you when you were first starting out? Or what have you learned in the interim that you’d like to share with the wider Eve community?”

During the four years I’ve been playing EVE, I’ve come to recognize a few key ideas that make playing EVE a more rewarding experience.
Let me share them with you.

1. Always keep your clone up to date
2. Only fly what you can afford to lose
3. There are no stupid questions. Stupid answers? Definitely.
4. It’s only a game. When the Internet Spaceships starts to be too serious a business, it’s time to go outside.
5. If you’re just starting out, DO THE TUTORIALS!
6. Learning skills are good!

I’d go on and on, but I’m working on my brevity.

Fly safe.

This is for CrazyKinux’s Special Edition of the Blog Banter

When you’ve been roaming New Eden as long as I have, it almost feels like home. That’s how familiar it has become over the last 5 years. Not that I have done everything or touched every aspect of this most amazing of virtual world, far from it, but it just feels as though it’s always been there. And always will be.

Whether you’ve logged into the game every day since its launch in 2003, or you’ve taken one or several sabbaticals from your capsuleer career, you’ve always come back to New Eden don’t you. Why is that?

We know the EVE Online Community is unique in so many ways, and that EVE Online is like no other MMORPG out there. But what makes the game special for you?

What is it that makes this particular virtual world so enticing, so mysterious and so alluring that we keep coming back for more. Why is EVE one of the very few MMOs to see a continuous growth in its subscriber.

To put it simply: Why do you love EVE Online so much?

1. It’s not World of Warcraft. Wanted to get this elephant in the room out of the way first. Bind on Pickup and 40-man raids are pretty much why I stopped playing WoW. You won’t find the first in EVE and you don’t have to join big fleets in EVE if that’s not your thing.
2. It’s the Fisherman’s Friend of MMOs. From the WoW-Europe Forum: “EVE is like the “Fisherman’s Friend” of MMOs.If it’s too hard, you are too weak.” EVE can be a harsh mistress. When a ship is lost, it is gone forever. Get podded with an out-of-date clone and you’ll lose skillpoints. A harsh game that I love.
3. One big sandbox (with landmines). One server. 300,000+ subscribers. Free to do whatever they want (as long as the ingame mechanics are adhered to). Miner. Mission-runner. Pirate. Explorer. Commander of fleets. Spy. You can do all those things if you want. All you need are the desire and the time to learn the skills.  What’s there not to love?
4. Blogpacks and tweetfleet and friends oh my! The player community of EVE is legendary. It probably has something to do with everyone being on the same server. The fact that I have friends and current corp mates from back in the old RUN days is also another thing I love about EVE.
5. It’s a beautiful game. Let me share some screenshots…

Clear Skies broadside

Wormhole operations usually involve a light show

Exploring the unknown

That’s why I love EVE, in a nutshell. As one of my friends so eloquently put it, “you love eve because internet spaceships is serious business, and tehre is so much wicked shit in eve than u can never get bored, get bored with mining then start building get bored with building start missionrunning, et cetera, now geif me my prize“

The first banter of 2010 comes to us from the EVE Blog Father, CrazyKinux himself, who asks the following: As we begin another year in New Eden, ask yourselves “What Now?” What will I attempt next? What haven’t I done so far in EVE? Was it out fear, funds, or knowledge? Have I always wanted to start my own corporation, but have never dared doing so? Is there a fledging mercenary waiting to come out of its shell? Or maybe an Industrialist? What steps and objectives will I set myself to accomplish in order to reach my ultimate goal for this year? EVE is what you make of it. So, what is it going to be for you?

What is it going to be for me?

A good question. For most of the past four years I’ve been playing EVE, I’ve been in highsec space, running missions for various NPC corporations and factions. I’ve dabbled with PvP corps, but I usually find myself back in highsec running missions again.

Until last November.

The corp I was in was imploding. So I decided to join some of my former corpmates and friends from the old days in the newb corp in their wormhole corporation. Living in wormhole-space, killing sleepers, making ISK hand over fist they promised. Definitely a nice change of pace from running missions. The money is good and defnitely a sense of being “out there” when you’re in a wormhole system. I’ve learned that I really like flying Tech 3 cruisers too.

I like it out here. I don’t see myself leaving anytime soon. :D

Exploring the unknown

Loki Tech 3 Cruisers

Legion Tech 3 Cruiser

The view from the main POS

Skillwise, my plan is to work on my missile and leadership skills, learn to fly Tengu and Proteus-class ships, and maybe even finish Destroyers 5.

I wrote up a guest column over at CrazyKinux’s website about setting up a mission running Dominix.

You can read it here.