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Jokes on Us

Many of you reading this will immediately come to the conclusion that it is a bitter, jealous, perhaps even spiteful rant. So be it. If you come into a conversation with your minds already made up, then very little I can say will sway you.

The recent "Champions of Low Sec" event has concluded and, as expected, the top three Alliances are essentially Null Sec groups - Snuff, Pen Is Out, and Test Alliance. I got the order wrong, I thought Pen Is Out would be first. Otherwise I nailed the top three. And while I have nothing against any of these three Alliances personally, they are not Low Sec Alliances. Not really.

And while I have no opinion regarding the 0-1 character that was flying a Titan with festival launchers who has now been biomassed being added to Snuff's total, I do know for a fact that all this event managed to achieve was to turn Low Sec into a carnival playground for five days. Groups that were determined to win simply set up perma-camps, engaged in Cap braw…

The Needlejack Truth

Our Wednesday fleet this week was yet another Crow based roam down into Pure Blind. Lufax would be FC'ing as usual. But this week had a little extra spice because I had been contacted by Richie Shoemaker (of EON Magazine fame who I've known for over a decade now) who wanted to tag along on our next Null Roam. Perfect. So I decided to make things more interesting and pick up some new Needlejack Filaments.

I was going to do this on Tuesday. But sadly Tuesday was mostly spent without power as our electrical junction box was getting a much need upgrade here at the Pirate Lord Mansion. So Wednesday morning I had to log into my Jita alt and quickly grab some filaments and then safely fly them down thru a War Dec. I admit I was in a hurry. But how complicated could it be? There are only two kinds of Needlejacks - Noise and Signal. Each of which come in 3 different flavors depending on the size of your fleet. And WHOA are they expensive!! So I picked the 3 cheapest ones I could find …

You Can Cancel Crazy

Based on the most recent changes to US travel policy, the potential hazards involved in international travel, and the very strong possibility of more changes in the coming weeks, my Wife and I have decided to not travel to Iceland for Fansfest. This was not a decision taken lightly as we have expenses that, as of today, are not going to be reimbursed. That may also change. The trend is not encouraging however.

Ultimately our decision came down not only because of changes in travel policy, but also to our responsibility to others. In the two weeks since CCP made the decision to cancel Fanfest we've seen incredible changes to the way the world has reacted to this pandemic. Two weeks ago the first case of Coronavirus was announced in Iceland, Italy was still an open country, and cases in the US were rare. In just two weeks we've seen incredible changes. And I suspect those will only continue for the next month or so. Perhaps longer.

As I said from the very beginning, this was a…

What Exactly Is A Good Fight?

Eve is a notoriously complex game with a million different constantly changing scenarios running, colliding, and shaping each other all the time. As such, true definitions regarding subjects are tough to come by. No matter what I say about a subject, someone will pop up and disagree with me. And probably be correct. Or partially correct. Or correct under certain circumstances. Or totally wrong. And all of those outcomes can be legit.

The pure basis of a good fight in Eve is simple - an engagement in which all participants (no matter the number) feel equally capable of winning the engagement. That is pure and holy. And the sacred grail that all PvPers strive for.

Except it's bullshit. No one actually flies with that goal in mind, because it is impossible. Even in situations when I am flying the exact same ship as my opponent (which I do strive for) it isn't that clear. For one thing, I want to win every fight. So I've spent the last 12 years doing my best to become extremel…

WAR | What is it good for?

Being -10 for the past eight years (give or take) the War Dec mechanics of Eve never bothered or interested me all that much. High-sec has always been a place to tolerate on the brief dashes my alts make for supplies, or the mad dashes Rixx often makes to get from one place to another. The Po Po yell at me and if I linger they tend to explode my ship. I'm not exactly welcome there.

And normally, War Decs have been times for those in our Alliance to hunker down and attend to other things for a short period of time. At least that was the routine for years. War Decs were always annoying, but they could be dealt with if you were smart and paid attention. And then the trend changed from an annoyance to a constant, never-ending drumroll. At some unknown point in the recent past the War Dec came home to roost. For over a year now our Alliance has been constantly under a War Dec.

And while being under constant War Decs still doesn't directly impact me directly (and thanks to all the …

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