This blog will be going over my ongoing adventures in New Eden as well as whatever happens to interest me at the time including (but not limited to) electro music, combat stories, rants, as well as just general shenanigans. I'm planning to try and do this at least weekly but it's liable to change due to school, work, tornadoes, tsunamis, nuclear warfare, and last but not least freak monster attacks (I'm looking at you Godzilla).
CORP
First thing on the plate this week is that i'm now a director of R1FTA! \o/ Great success. How someone decided I was to the one to fill that position is beyond me. No matter I shall do my best and let Darth and Dom take care of everything until I am forced to start talking to recruits and reviewing applications. In reality though I have plans for R1FTA that would really benefit all the members. The first thing that comes to mind is roams. Roams were essential to my training as a young rifter and the absence of Peri and his weekly Tuesday roams leaves a hole that I desperately want to fill not only for the recruits sake but because I thoroughly enjoy a good roam with friends.
The ongoing aggression between SC, OE, and R1FTA has been the main focus of both myself and the elder members of R1FTA and despite leaving the new recruits to themselves I feel as if they haven't actually been missing anything they should be getting. The "Black Corsets" as the new members have been named by Darth seem to get along well with each other. Some of them have even gone as far as fleeting up and doing roams without inside instruction from older members. I happened to catch one of these roams during a bout of insomnia at 3AM (holy shit do you people ever sleep?) and had a blast until I realized our new recruit that had been so excited to tackle didn't actually have a warp scrambler or disruptor on his tormentor (you know who you are). I had a good long talk with him on the importance of making your target stay still until you kill them and passed along a wonderful dual rep incursus fit that I still believe is the best tackle fit currently in existence.
FIGHTS
Last night I had the opportunity to fleet up with OE to try and take down some SC carriers that are still missioning in the Aeschee area. Despite not actually dropping on anything it was the most fun I've had in EVE in a very long time. I live for the big battles. The anticipation just before you go into a fight. All worthy EVE players have felt it. The thrill of watching your D-scan fill up with enemy ships landing on the gate as you wait inside a plex. The frantic beating of your heart as they come in 10 by 10; your overview filling with flashing yellow and red tickers until your entire screen is covered with so many squares they no longer are the individuals they once were. They become the fleet. Once the thrill of a 1v1 frig battle held the same sweet spot in my heart. I still remember my first pvp death. A rail incursus without even hobgoblin II's to fly with. Every battle was something new and different; each engagement a renewed struggle for life. A David vs Goliath moment. But soon enough I became Goliath and the victories became routine and boring. This is why I cherish the opportunity to fight something new. I've learned in EVE that, despite being the most open sandbox game in the world, for a game spanning years even a hundred thousand options isn't enough to satisfy a player.
MUSIC
I've been listening to some more chilled out music than most would think of electronic music. I found these pieces just browsing Youtube awhile back. Enjoy.
This pretty much wraps up everything I can think of at the moment. Hope you enjoyed a little insight to my world and will stick around for more. Peace, Slade.
