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Dumb and Dumber

on March 28, 2016

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One Bad Apple

If you haven't read my "The Toxic Community Myth" post yet, I highly recommend doing so before reading this post. However, if you feel like continuing onward without reference, I have to respect that. You are a reader of action. I was super curious what the reaction would be to my last post. And no, it wasn't a "troll" or anything stupid like that. It was genuine. And it remains genuine. But still, it has been awhile since I addressed that issue and I was curious what the response would be. Overall it was extremely positive and thanks to everyone who responded, reached out, or otherwise supported the thoughts expressed. But, as always, you can't please all the people all the time. As before, let me be as clear as I can be. Bullying, abuse, harassment, and all other forms of hate are abhorrent and should be dealt with. By CCP, by law enforcement, by the community, by anyone with any sense of right and wrong. Me saying that the Eve Community is awe

Wild Banshee Indians

Whenever my brother and I would run around like crazy people, our Mother would say, "You two are like a pack of wild banshee Indians." The Internets say, "A banshee Indian is an Indian mythical female spirit whose wailing or appearance warns a family that one of them will soon die. Before a death occurs, the Indian banshee will go wailing and clapping hands: if the death is of a holy person, a whole chorus of banshees will wail." Ok fine, I believe everything I read on the Internets. I don't think my Mom seriously thought my brother and I were harbingers of death, at least I hope not. I suspect what she was on about was the sounds we were probably making. When you are a kid these sounds are normal, but when you grow up and have children of your own - well then you know exactly what kind of Hell your own parents lived through. What does any of this have to do with Eve? The whole idea of "wild banshee indians", not the actual historical words,

A Tale Of Time

On September 21st, while I am in Iceland for Fanfest, Rixx Javix will become officially 15 years old. Yep, I've been playing Eve Online non-stop for 15 years now. Which isn't accurate. Non-stop is a weird word choice for me to use. Obviously I've had to stop playing for various reasons, like food, sleep, and other activities. While I have sometimes played for what seemed like days in a row, it certainly hasn't been non-stop since 2008. That would be silly. And no one reading this thought that - so why am I bringing it up? It's natural to stop and reflect around anniversaries, I suspect that is just part of being human. Eve is celebrating its twenty year anniversary and I'm celebrating my own fifteen years in the game. My Son hit his own fifteen year anniversary yesterday and he has, quite literally, been playing Eve for half of his life. So yeah it has caused me to pause for a moment and reflect back over those years. Specifically on the question of time. I wa

In Extremis?

in ex·tre·mis ˌin ikˈstrāmis,ˌin ikˈstrēmis/ adverb 1. in an extremely difficult situation."they suddenly find themselves in extremis 20 miles out to sea"  ◦ at the point of death.      Given the recent lack of activity here in these vaunted pages, it would only be natural to start assuming that I've decided to stop writing in the blog. Perhaps I am burned out. Toasted. Turning bitter old vet, or else have succumbed to distraction. After all, I do have a lot of irons in the fire these days. The truth is buried somewhere in there, but the fact is that I was simply taking a nice break from writing here in these pages. I have no intention of stopping any time soon. If ever. There is just too much sweat equity in these words and images. Having said that, I did purposefully take a short break. Primarily because my usual morning window for writing has collapsed due to my new job. Put that up against the energy expended in the lead up to Fanfest and then the

FANFEST 2023

We leave for Fanfest tomorrow. Obviously I will not be posting while we are away. You can follow our adventures over on Twitter(X) by following me @RixxJavix while we are away. I'll be lugging 35lbs of Art Cards on the plane with me, 2,000 of them, to hand-deliver so they can be put in the check-in bags when you register for the event. I'll also be bringing along lots of buttons, stickers, and other goodies as well. My Wife and I both enjoy handing these out while we are there and they make for great ice-breakers to meet new people. So be prepared for that. I'll also have pens with me if you happen to want anything signed. Which brings up point number one - do not be afraid to come right up and introduce yourself. I want to meet you. Just be aware that I may already be involved in a conversation and be polite to everyone involved. Do that and we'll get along just fine. The entire point of going to Fanfest is to meet players and share stories, tell jokes, make fun of C

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