Babushka Doll

"Little soldier, little insect
You know war, it has no heart
It will kill you in the sunshine
Or just as happily in the dark"
                                                                 -- (Noone Would Riot For Less, Bright Eyes)


        New Eden is a place for dreamers and achievers. Those who will it to come to pass can make it happen, whatever that may be. After seeing the outrage of all the big alliances over the announcements at Fanfest this year I got to thinking about the concept of wealth within New Eden along with the structure of hierarchy that many adhere to. 


         No matter how I chose to approach the subject, the true wealth always lies in the singular person in my eyes. Whoever is top dog, leader of the gang, will generally benefit above most and rightly so surely? They set the whole operation up, those below do his or her bidding and in one way or another everyone cuts a profit along the chain somewhere. Unfortunately, I don't actually believe this to be true in the case of large 0.0 alliances. The alliance holds the sovereignty and the corporations that exist under all fight together for the greater image. Whoever leads the alliance has gained great power and prestige through the process, yet what do the corporations actually get back here? It feels more like a stranglehold the more I think about it all, hearing about all these sights to be ran and the profits therein. the corporations and pilots are being given a 'safe place' to generate personal wealth in exchange for dying to make one person inevitably hundreds of times richer than that pilot could ever hope to be. I suppose it works to some level, though it feels like rather than being paid to work you get paid with more work and somewhere you'll finally get the $$$. 


        I might be totally off the marker having only been in a corporation attached to a greater alliance for a short time in my younger days and with my current situation largely being a 'do it for myself' affair (which is so wonderful; freedom and all that). If I am shooting off target, do throw it up at me, for I'd love clarification as much as the next guy and 0.0 life has always fascinated me for, likely, the wrong reasons. 


        My final other thought pertains to the alliance tournament. The Tuskers teamed up with The Bastards last year for it and admittedly we failed pretty hard, though I'm unsure whether it went down in the history books or not. Somebody asked me in local if we planned to enter this year and rather than saying 'no' I had to honestly say 'we can't, we don't want to be in an alliance again' because it just didn't work for us. I wonder why CCP haven't devised a corporation tournament in lieu of the awesomeness of the alliance tournament. I think on a smaller scale, it could be a really good way to see a much more concentrated and high octane level of PvP. You put me and 4 of my corp mates and you've got a cohesive team right there, it would be awesome to see such an event in my opinion. 


        The little guy loses at the end of the day, as is the way life goes. I'm not asking that to change, honestly I just want to see a corporation Tournament! I've been able to get some good time in New Eden as of late, which is great and I've missed it a lot. Perhaps some write ups of recent engagements may be in order, we'll see. 


QQ: Can corps even take sovereignty? 





        

Lost In The World

"What does Websters say about soul?
All I want is a good home and a wife
And a children, and some food to feed them every night.
After all is said and done build a new route to China if they'll have you."

                                                                                             -- (Lost In The World, Kanye West)

    We all seek to find a home in New Eden and for many it's a long and difficult process. Some run through many corporations that all 'fit' the style of play the pilot is seeking out, which can be an embittering experience to sift through unsuccessfully. Some don't fit this category, finding a corp and sitting tight for a good long time. 

My story (which is chronicled in the dusty recesses of this blog, might I add) is one of content and happiness with the people I experienced New Eden with but a lack of enjoyment with the activities we pursued. I needed piracy and I had only one eye for that; The Tuskers. 

One thing to understand about The Tuskers; we always have and will be a piracy corporation. We currently rank ninth on the corporation rankings of Battleclinic's killboard but we are not in any way elitist. We are currently recruiting and if you believe you are Tusker material, check out our recruitment thread here. 

Fly safe all. 

In The Dark Places

"So our young men hid
with guns, in the dirt
and in the dark places."
                                          -- (In The Dark Places, PJ Harvey)




Well, I'm still alive. Barely.


My final few months at university along with my internet provider (Virgin Media) becoming total fools and destroying the service due to over-subscription in certain areas, which I unluckily reside in currently, has meant that getting back into New Eden has been nigh impossible. I'm fairly sure I've dropped days of skill training due to the difficulty... Blasphemous, I know. 


I'm just trying to lend an olive branch to those who have enjoyed my blog in the past and (perhaps) like my existence in New Eden that I'm not dead and will be coming back. 


I recently had my first anniversary as a Tusker... which I couldn't even log on for. Sad to not celebrate with a good roam with my corpmates but I'm happy to have been considered 'Tusker material' for a year long. Here's to another year hopefully!


Keep killing, keep kiting and wave if you see me in local.

Paradice

"Call me crazy, I've been called worse.
It's like I have it all, but what's it all worth?
I'm probably better in my afterlife.
I should cherish life, but this ain't paradice." 

                                                                   -- (Paradice, Lil Wayne)

To say I've flown frigates for a long time is quite possibly an understatement. I'm sure there are those who have honed the art far further than myself or have dedicated to the path better than I have, though I think I do myself pretty well. Each death provides a new life and I get to have another go. Surely it is what we all want? Paradise...

Time is on everyone's side and I'm no exception. 20 million sp in frigate-based PvP, ranging across all four races, every small weapon system to tech 2 and max navigation skills. Nothing is (at least in theory) off-limits to a capsuleer in New Eden. I took a step back when a chunk of sp was handed to me in lieu of learning skills being abolished and had to decide what to do with it all. Assault Frigate V? A gunnery skill to V providing a poxy 2 dps? Not this time, Cruisers and Medium guns got the love. What a wonderful present indeed.

What caused me to finally bite the bullet? I've managed to hit the milestone of 1000 kills, all with frigates (and a few with Destroyers...) and honestly, I think that's plenty enough to allay any doubt of my passion. Even so, we all have to grow up sometime and last night, thanks to the hospitality of Man Barthelme, I undocked in a PvP fit Rupture...

My thoughts? It's pretty fun in truth. Definitely not as sluggish or as difficult to pilot as I initially anticipated it to be, that's for sure. I like the damage output, though I'm still shaky jumping through the gates. Time will teach me how to become effective with it.

I wish I had phenomenal tales of bravery to bequeath to you all, yet the only real fight I managed to pull in it was a note-worthy duel against this unfortunate Rupture. Other fights have been white washes generally, so I'm looking forward to some healthy competition in the future.

If New Eden was dictated by dice, I've rolled it hundreds of times and proved my worth. No doubt I'll roll the chances many times more... It just seems like the stakes got higher. No matter what happens though, keep in mind that you can always roll again, you are never over.



P.S. The quote? I know what you are thinking; shamelessly stolen concept from famed pirate Kane Rizzel. I figured he's got literature covered, I'd extent my musical theme too. Consider it flattery, I don't want a lawsuit!

Paint The Sky With Stars

Just wanting to let people know, myself and (love of my life) Bonni3 have done a bunch of goofy doodles and are hosted over at her blog for all your viewing pleasure. There's a bit more info on the whole concept over there, so feel free to head over and take a look. It's all for fun but we'll take commissions if someone ever felt they wanted something done, if so just give me a shout on here or in-game!

All the best.

Don't Give Up

So it's been a while since I've been flying to any level of consistency. Real life has taken larger president and I've been rather busy. All is well, far beyond well; all is fantastic! I'm finally finding some time to fit my pirate escapades back into my days, so expect the cobwebs to be dusted off the blog, sorry it's been so long!


Original Kishin

New 1.1.0 Incursion

Saving grace 1.1.1 Incursion Kishin

I think it's obvious that the middle Kishin is quite frankly hilarious and rather scary! I'm thanking my lucky stars that CCP gave everybody a free redesign again, although I couldn't find this fabled third name aspect...

The message is, Don't Give Up! It's a great tool, just remember that whilst it might look good in super high resolution zoomed in, it doesn't look quite so on a tiny portrait. Keep that in mind and you'll be golden.

It's good to be back, hey New Eden. Oh and I won my first Dramiel fight!

Cosmic Love

I'll be taking another month away from New Eden, though not through being burnt out or tired of the game itself. It'll be perhaps the best Christmas I could envision and I plan to make the most of every second of it. Unfortunately, Eve doesn't quite factor into this concept.

I leave you with the last song affixed for this year most likely, as my blog will be gathering the cobwebs until January rears it's dreaded face and stares at the world.

Nice, live, harps and pretty vocals. Fly safe.

Merry Christmas everybody, may you find happiness during the festive season for there is plenty to be had!



P.S. Miura, I will be contacting you about your commission soon (within a week) with a finalized draft! I'm hoping you like it.