New Directions

I have finally allowed myself to become swallowed in the lore of EVE Online. I really like this game. I have posted about it a few times already, and I finally took the plunge and immersed myself. Even after several months, I cannot say I love the game, but I do like it alot. And I am learning a lot about its internal workings, the social community around it, and even a bit about myself.

About myself? Take, for instance, that I write this post as if I have an audience. I do not. So where does this desire to blog about a gaming experience that devours my time come from? Excellent question. Part of it is that I have read some really fun blogs, from all aspects of the game (mining, PVE, PVP, exploring, ratting, research/invention), from those are big into role-playing (the guys that have a hard time logging out even after the computer screen has gone black) to those who are in it for the quick fix. Oh, by the way, EVE has no quick fixes, per se. It is one of the slowest, yet most realistic, games I have ever come across.

So I hope to be cataloging some of my experiences. I'll delve into my character(s) past at some point, give some tidbits about the future, and paint the current picture as we go along. For instance, I recently joined up with SMX, an in-game corporation with some nice connections. On my first official mission/operation with a team, I netted 170 million isk (EVE currency). This is the most money I have ever made in one shot so far, and gives me great hopes about my time with this corp. They specialize in wormholes, the latest "thing", providing lots of exotic materials and "tougher-than-normal" enemies. I have been living in one of the spectactular environments, known as w-space (for wormhole space), a region of the universe with no rules what-so-ever, and even some bizarre physical properties. It is not exactly newbie friendly, which is part and parcel to the high rewards.

Any way, more later. I hope.

Currently reading through Vlad's audit logs.