This blog is to document the times, trials, and tribulations of an older, arthritic gamer (myself) in the Universe of EVE Online.
I would like to credit "The EVE Online o.o Experiment" in the creation of both this blog, and the character Japa Voheem. My own experiment, however not quite as insane as the other one.
Unlike the credited blog's owner, "INNOMINATE NIGHTMARE", I truly am a newcomer to the world of EVE. I've only recently registered, due to the ingenious plannings and posts of online friends at my local forum hangout, in their post of the BoB's extermination of ASCN's Titan.
Simply put: It seemed like a good thing to do with my time.
To give a little bit of my personal history, what I said above was true. I am an older gentleman. However, I am fortunate enough to not have started my gray hair yet. That one hair was an impostor and summarily flushed! I am also frightfully arthritic, and in the early stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis... along with several other immune system abnormalities. Those started with the suicide of my appendix. It deemed that it was necessary to puff up and explode in the wee hours of the morning, and had the audacity of doing so a full two hours before I was supposed to be up for the day. The inconsiderate twit.
Now, having taken Chemistry instead of Biology, I wasn't aware of what was going on at the time. In fact, I called in sick and stayed in bed for the day. Only after contacting my family doctor's nurse, was I made aware of how much danger I was in. Now, my wife works nearly an hour away, but after a phone call telling her what was wrong, she was in the apartment in under twenty minutes, getting me out the door. I spent a week in the hospital. After that was taken care of came the after effects: Peritonitis...
To cut an already long medical explanation short, things conspired to make my immune system think that my own body was an invader. Well, not my entire body, just random joints and tendons. And, I mean random... it wanders all over making this and that miserable... and me along with it. I can only guess that the massive infection jumpstarted my immune system into overdrive. This has made it impossible to have a nine to five, or any other sort of regularly scheduled job.
If anything, all of this has made me even more crotchety than I was before. The mere thought of diving deep into lowsec space makes me question my sanity. As a rule, I've pretty much avoided PvP combat in most games, since the ganking, 1337$pa3k!|\|g f***heads make me want to vomit with their decimation of the English language. "RU heeler?" "LOL U $UXXOR$!" and etcetera and so forth. Call it a pet peeve, if you wish. But, I positively abhor leetspeak. That was one of the things I loved about Anarchy Online... The first little beastie that you could shoot at was a two legged rat thing that was called a Leet. *waxes nostalgic*
I can only hope that lowsec space is devoid of such insipid numerical natterings, but I highly doubt it.
Hmmm... now that I think of it, there should be a corp whose main goal should be the eradication of leetspeak and whomever utilizes it. *ponders*
Now, I've actually played EVE before during the BETA. However, I was rather put off in doing nothing but mining, and it looked to be nothing more than a mining grind with a chat system... instead of an interactive world full of pirates, (Rats, as the NPC pirates are affectionately called), massive star spanning Alliances, (of which the Band of Brothers and formerly the ASCN), and etcetera.
Having read what happened to the leader of Ascendant Frontier's Amarr Titan, and seen the video of what, where, and how the BoBs did it.... Well, let's just say I'll be taking great pains in avoiding that region of space. Rumor control has so many different versions of what happened that I'm unable to discern how he became disconnected. In looking at the latest alliance map, ASCN has imploded from it.
At any rate, I started a paid account after the fourteen day trial. And, I started that two weeks before Christmas.
I've found that things have changed dramatically since the beta. There are missions now, and you can go anywhere where there is a friendly agent to get a job. They might have had them in the beta, but if they did, I didn't know about them. They've also expanded 0.0 space, adding a massive cluster of constellations.
One thing they haven't changed, is simply how beautiful they've made everything. And, there is a rumor that the update for graphics will come Soon™. I've seen the comparison videos, and I must say that while I was impressed with what they have now, what they are upgrading to is simply stunning. They're calling this update "Trinity II" and I can only hope that DX10 will be released for Windows 2000. To be honest, I don't have the cash for an OS update.
I've been fortunate enough to get in with the Corporation from my forum hangout on my main character. They've been invaluable in helping me learn the ins and outs of the game. With this learning, I am going to take Japa into LOWSEC space and see what happens.
If anyone has advice, tips, warnings or anything else, feel free to let me know. In fact, I both encourage, and appreciate the help.
Toodles.
I would like to credit "The EVE Online o.o Experiment" in the creation of both this blog, and the character Japa Voheem. My own experiment, however not quite as insane as the other one.
Unlike the credited blog's owner, "INNOMINATE NIGHTMARE", I truly am a newcomer to the world of EVE. I've only recently registered, due to the ingenious plannings and posts of online friends at my local forum hangout, in their post of the BoB's extermination of ASCN's Titan.
Simply put: It seemed like a good thing to do with my time.
To give a little bit of my personal history, what I said above was true. I am an older gentleman. However, I am fortunate enough to not have started my gray hair yet. That one hair was an impostor and summarily flushed! I am also frightfully arthritic, and in the early stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis... along with several other immune system abnormalities. Those started with the suicide of my appendix. It deemed that it was necessary to puff up and explode in the wee hours of the morning, and had the audacity of doing so a full two hours before I was supposed to be up for the day. The inconsiderate twit.
Now, having taken Chemistry instead of Biology, I wasn't aware of what was going on at the time. In fact, I called in sick and stayed in bed for the day. Only after contacting my family doctor's nurse, was I made aware of how much danger I was in. Now, my wife works nearly an hour away, but after a phone call telling her what was wrong, she was in the apartment in under twenty minutes, getting me out the door. I spent a week in the hospital. After that was taken care of came the after effects: Peritonitis...
To cut an already long medical explanation short, things conspired to make my immune system think that my own body was an invader. Well, not my entire body, just random joints and tendons. And, I mean random... it wanders all over making this and that miserable... and me along with it. I can only guess that the massive infection jumpstarted my immune system into overdrive. This has made it impossible to have a nine to five, or any other sort of regularly scheduled job.
All right, All Right!
I'll quit being the typical old fart talking about bodily
functions, and start with the interesting stuff, OK?
Sheesh.
I'll quit being the typical old fart talking about bodily
functions, and start with the interesting stuff, OK?
Sheesh.
If anything, all of this has made me even more crotchety than I was before. The mere thought of diving deep into lowsec space makes me question my sanity. As a rule, I've pretty much avoided PvP combat in most games, since the ganking, 1337$pa3k!|\|g f***heads make me want to vomit with their decimation of the English language. "RU heeler?" "LOL U $UXXOR$!" and etcetera and so forth. Call it a pet peeve, if you wish. But, I positively abhor leetspeak. That was one of the things I loved about Anarchy Online... The first little beastie that you could shoot at was a two legged rat thing that was called a Leet. *waxes nostalgic*
I can only hope that lowsec space is devoid of such insipid numerical natterings, but I highly doubt it.
Hmmm... now that I think of it, there should be a corp whose main goal should be the eradication of leetspeak and whomever utilizes it. *ponders*
Now, I've actually played EVE before during the BETA. However, I was rather put off in doing nothing but mining, and it looked to be nothing more than a mining grind with a chat system... instead of an interactive world full of pirates, (Rats, as the NPC pirates are affectionately called), massive star spanning Alliances, (of which the Band of Brothers and formerly the ASCN), and etcetera.
Having read what happened to the leader of Ascendant Frontier's Amarr Titan, and seen the video of what, where, and how the BoBs did it.... Well, let's just say I'll be taking great pains in avoiding that region of space. Rumor control has so many different versions of what happened that I'm unable to discern how he became disconnected. In looking at the latest alliance map, ASCN has imploded from it.
At any rate, I started a paid account after the fourteen day trial. And, I started that two weeks before Christmas.
I've found that things have changed dramatically since the beta. There are missions now, and you can go anywhere where there is a friendly agent to get a job. They might have had them in the beta, but if they did, I didn't know about them. They've also expanded 0.0 space, adding a massive cluster of constellations.
One thing they haven't changed, is simply how beautiful they've made everything. And, there is a rumor that the update for graphics will come Soon™. I've seen the comparison videos, and I must say that while I was impressed with what they have now, what they are upgrading to is simply stunning. They're calling this update "Trinity II" and I can only hope that DX10 will be released for Windows 2000. To be honest, I don't have the cash for an OS update.
I've been fortunate enough to get in with the Corporation from my forum hangout on my main character. They've been invaluable in helping me learn the ins and outs of the game. With this learning, I am going to take Japa into LOWSEC space and see what happens.
If anyone has advice, tips, warnings or anything else, feel free to let me know. In fact, I both encourage, and appreciate the help.
Toodles.
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