Showing posts with label bloggers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bloggers. Show all posts

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Roll call for active Eve Bloggers

Back in the prime of www.evebloggers.com, I had a list of over 600 blogs. I'm wondering how many active Eve bloggers there are right now.

I'm curious to know. If you're an active Eve blogger, please just say hi and include a link to your blog. I'd love to check it out.

I'm also considering how I can be of assistance to the Eve blogging community again, since it was such a large part of my activities in the past. I think it'd be pretty cool to make it part of my activities again.

What does the community need? How can I help?

Please comment below.

ROLL CALL
  1. Raven Hyperbolic
  2. A Missioneer in Eve
  3. Art of War Alliance
  4. Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah
  5. Eveoganda
  6. Through Newb Eyes
  7. Interstellar Privateer
  8. Sovereignty Wars
  9. Living A Lie
  10. Eve Opportunist
  11. Foo's Eve Musings
  12. Poetic Discourse
  13.  


Friday, November 04, 2011

A new blog banner

I'm really excited about the new banner I have for this blog, thanks to Rixx Javix of EVEOGANDA fame. I've been employing his services for a while now, with a number of different projects, and he never fails to amaze me with the quality and context of his work.

We went through a number of versions before we reached the final product, but the thing about Rixx and his versions is that the first version is the final - all that the subsequent versions do is change minor details.

So my new banner shows a somewhat faded, ghost-like image of Black Claw with the title of the blog, over what looks like an old navigation map that's mixed in with the gaseous clouds of a galactic nebula, along with the Proteus that I'm going to be flying around the galaxy.

Perfect!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Eve Bloggers has a new Community Manager

Back in February 2009 I created the Eve Bloggers Portal (www.evebloggers.com), a single location for the sharing of all the Eve blogs and their posts. I also created the Eve Bloggers Facebook group which, surprisingly, seems to still be active, even though I have gone through phases of forgetting about it over the past couple of years...  Also in early 2009 I created the in-game chat channel 'EVE-BLOGGERS' for Eve bloggers to keep in touch with each other, and I'm happy that it's still quite popular today.

I set them all up to be low maintenance, so that I could have them going in the background without much of my own involvement. The biggest area of maintenance and administration was evebloggers.com, because I've been responsible for adding new blogs to it about once or twice a month, on average.

Over the previous two years, there had been various blogs that had come and gone and were now inactive. I had a listing of over 700 blogs, and I knew that I needed to cull quite a few. I also know I couldn't do this myself due to my own lack of time.  So I decided that I needed to get someone to help me.

Back in March this year, I put out a call to the community to find someone to help me with administration.  Would you believe that out of the hundreds of people that read my blog, only one offered to help? I was a little disappointed with the lack of interest, but not that much - I was excited to have at least one person wanting to help!

Their in-game name is Biore, and he was very friendly and available, and sincerely wanted to help with whatever I needed help with.  So I tasked him with going through over 700 blogs and itemising those that needed to be removed. What would have taken me weeks, took him a few hours. Holy crap! Needless to say, I was impressed.  I then went through his list and started removing the inactive blogs from my list, and managed to get it down to about 500-something blogs, but then got distracted again by Real Life.

Six months later, I contacted Biore again (just the other day) and asked him if he was still interested and available in helping. He was - yay!  So I made him the new 'administration assistant' to the Eve Bloggers Portal.

Over the weekend just gone, I transferred the RSS feeds of all the Eve blogs (641 of them) out of my applicable personal RSS folder in Google Reader (which was driving the feed behind www.evebloggers.com) and transferred it all over into its own Google Reader account, updating the portal accordingly so that the blog updates were coming from the new RSS feed location. I then gave Biore access to that account, along with instructions on how to remove the RSS feeds of inactive blogs.

I will continue to administrate the Portal itself, with the adding of new blogs to the site and the evebloggers RSS feed, and Biore will look after the removal of inactive or irrelevant blogs.

I'm very excited that this move has been made, because I feel that having an enthusiastic assistant like Biore will be a great step forward in the management of these Eve Bloggers features.

Also, after thinking about it and then discussing it with him just yesterday, I felt that it would be a great idea for EVE BLOGGERS to have its own Community Manager, with access to the Facebook page, as well as to the EVE-BLOGGERS channel in-game.  Biore agreed with me, and graciously accepted my offer.

Therefore, please join with me in welcoming Eve Bloggers' new Community Manager, Biore!

Within the space of 48 hours, he has managed to get the list of 641 Eve blogs down to only 234.  As Biore said to me, it's a shame that so many Eve blogs have come and gone, and no longer active. From the 700+ blogs I once had a list of, there's now only 200+.

I'm still encouraged by the regular influx of people wanting their blogs added to the list and shared out via the portal.  You can see the list of blogs as they've been added here, on the Eve Bloggers Latest Blogs page. As you can see, every single month there have been new people joining the list of Eve bloggers.

Please make sure you add yours to the list if you haven't already done so.



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Friday, March 11, 2011

Help Wanted

There's two things I need help with, and I decided to put it out there to the community.

The first thing: admin assistant for www.evebloggers.com

I lead quite a busy life, and give myself only a small amount of time each day to Eve Online. in that time I'm usually managing OUCH (nullsec survival training corp) and the Art of War Alliance, dealing with administration issues, membership queries and management, and diplomatic relations. I rarely get time to actually fly, but that's ok, as my game is now admin and management.

But as a result of the immediate need for my daily involvement in this way, I have very little Eve time for anything else. That means that evebloggers.com is suffering from my lack of time to manage it. It's a project in its own right that serves the Eve community, and it's suffering.

I've been able to organize some assistance within OUCH, which has been fantastic and freed up a lot of my time to focus more on 'big picture' management.

I need that now for evebloggers.com

What I need is someone to help me with adding new blogs to the site, so that I can focus on other admin-related tasks for the site, as well as promotion of it to the greater community.

If you have time, and you'd like to help me and the Eve community, please contact me at evebloggers@gmail.com. I'll provide you with training to know what needs doing, along with ongoing support.

The second thing: tell me when you're mentioning OUCH or evebloggers.com

I read every single blog update that passes through evebloggers.com. I get excited when people mention OUCH and I usually visit their site and thank them for the mention. I also have an alert that tells me when someone sends or includes me in a tweet (to either @Alexia_Morgan or @Black_Claw or @eveblogs) so that I can keep up with mentions in the community.

However, I don't listen to podcasts at all. They just take too much time that I don't have. And if I'm listening to anything, it's usually relaxing music to wind down from the rest of my life...

So I'd like to establish a couple of new hash tags for you all to use with your tweets that would really help me out:

#eveouch
#evebloggers

If you promote either of those, or even if you just mention OUCH or evebloggers.com in a podcast, please use those hashtags in your tweets so that I can receive them in hashtag alerts, have a listen, and then promote you even further with my own comments or posts.

Thank you for your help!

Sunday, February 20, 2011

CCP Shadow joined us in eve-bloggers chat

I was in-game yesterday when I noticed something I hadn't seen before - blue text. Eh? What's that? Lo and behold, for the first time ever in my Eve life, there was a CCP dude in the same chat room as me (eve-bloggers), and talking to me and everyone else. Exciting! So I thought I'd share the chat log with you. I've taken the time to mark his comments as blue, just like in-game.


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Channel Name: eve-bloggers
Listener: Alexia Morgan
Session started: 2011.02.18 22:41:14
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[ 2011.02.18 22:41:14 ] EVE System > Channel MOTD: Happy new year everyone!Welcome to our community of Eve bloggers. If you have a blog, please mention this channel on it and help spread the word! Are you on FACEBOOK? Then join the Eve Bloggers Facebook groupStay up to date with the Eve Bloggers portal
[ 2011.02.18 22:41:17 ] Cyberin > closing out one sometime soon though, selling my cap char because caps are boring
[ 2011.02.18 22:41:23 ] Placid09 > so why didn't you ever pick one up Shadow? they aren't to hard to start with
[ 2011.02.18 22:42:05 ] Placid09 > yeah, I'm selling one of my orca pilots soon, slimming the herd a bit
[ 2011.02.18 22:42:18 ] Alexia Morgan > o/
[ 2011.02.18 22:42:27 ] Placid09 > o/
[ 2011.02.18 22:42:30 ] Kalaratiri > o/ Alexia
[ 2011.02.18 22:42:36 ] CCP Shadow > friend of mine was going to teach me but that was around when I started EVE. So, 2007, and most other interests faded for a while. :D I moved back to the States and just never did it.
[ 2011.02.18 22:42:43 ] CCP Shadow > hi Alexia
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:04 ] Alexia Morgan > /emote blinks
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:04 ] Mike Azariah > heyas AM
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:07 ] Alexia Morgan > wow - blue text
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:13 ] Kyoko Sakoda > So I heard there was a party in this here channel.
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:18 ] Placid09 > lol
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:18 ] Alexia Morgan > hi Shadow - I'm honoured to see you in here :)
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:23 ] CCP Shadow > how goes OUCH?
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:23 ] Mark726 > I don't think I've ever seen CCP outside of the help chat
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:27 ] CCP Shadow > well thanks
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:32 ] Alexia Morgan > OUCH is going reallly well, thanks for asking
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:44 ] CCP Shadow > Mark, I'm going to be spending more time in game.
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:52 ] Mark726 > well, welcome :-D
[ 2011.02.18 22:43:52 ] Kalaratiri > CCP arrives, word spread, channel hits 300 people in half an hour :p
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:10 ] CCP Shadow > I believe I wrote about OUCH a while back when I was a writer at Massively.
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:12 ] Aaron Kalee > now if only my clients would stop crashing...
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:17 ] Mark726 > lol, telling the tweetfleet about it is what got me on here, admittedly... I should be doing ohmework >.>
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:19 ] Placid09 > there are a lot of great instructional videos and sites... I'm self taught, just started by playing around with guitar tabs online and being in a metal band in high school
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:36 ] Kalaratiri > Guys, recoomend some people for me to follow on twitter :p
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:44 ] Aaron Kalee > cyberineve
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:46 ] Aaron Kalee > :D
[ 2011.02.18 22:44:52 ] CCP Shadow > Kala, I don't see that happening. ;) Well if I timed this differently would've been ideal, but I may also pop by on the weekend.
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:01 ] Mike Azariah > that would be nice
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:32 ] Dacil Arandur > Hey CCP Shadow, nice to see you
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:33 ] Alexia Morgan > your writing at massively was fantastic. If there's any other ways you think we can work together to promote OUCH and evebloggers.com (and this channel) I'd be very happy to talk to you more :)
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:37 ] CCP Shadow > hi
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:38 ] Dacil Arandur > It's cool that you are back in the tweetfleet now
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:46 ] Mike Azariah > before you guys come on as 'blues' are you given a briedfing paper on subjects to avoid?
[ 2011.02.18 22:45:55 ] Dacil Arandur > lol
[ 2011.02.18 22:46:16 ] CCP Shadow > Alexia, that's part of what the Community team does. Granted I'm not on EVE Community anymore but I'm still working with them everyday.
[ 2011.02.18 22:46:56 ] CCP Shadow > Mike, I'm fairly well trusted at this point (LOL) so I know what to avoid. ;)
[ 2011.02.18 22:47:05 ] Mark726 > someone in eve trusted?
[ 2011.02.18 22:47:07 ] Mark726 > I don't believe it
[ 2011.02.18 22:47:28 ] Kyoko Sakoda > He could probably successfully scam all of Jita
[ 2011.02.18 22:47:34 ] Alexia Morgan > lol
[ 2011.02.18 22:47:39 ] CCP Shadow > and Alexia, thanks for the compliment. Sometimes I miss the days when I could just write all day, but i'm pretty happy here.
[ 2011.02.18 22:47:54 ] Alexia Morgan > what do you do exactly now, if you don't mind my asking
[ 2011.02.18 22:48:07 ] CCP Shadow > I'm the DUST 514 Community Manager.
[ 2011.02.18 22:48:11 ] Alexia Morgan > oh wow
[ 2011.02.18 22:48:12 ] Masada Akiva > hmmm... medal creator is being broken...
[ 2011.02.18 22:48:43 ] CCP Shadow > So, actually I think I said this yesterday or today on Twitter -- people ask what I do day to day since we're pre-launch...
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:01 ] Alexia Morgan > I have a question - how do I get a job at CCP? ;)
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:03 ] Masada Akiva > drink coffee and hit on the girl programmers?
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:25 ] Mark726 > shadow, are we getting DUST pics at fanfest? I know you said to not expect major announcements...
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:33 ] CCP Shadow > I spend a lot of time following the industry (MMO and FPS titles), reading the various DUST 514 threads on EVE O, other forums, the fansites
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:41 ] Mike Azariah > /emote guffaws "Girl programmers? You crack me up"
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:56 ] Mike Azariah > <--sarcastic, do not go all emo on me
[ 2011.02.18 22:49:57 ] Cyberin > OOHHHHH..>IDEA!!!!
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:06 ] Mark726 > lol, applebabe is gonna pod you now :-p
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:09 ] CCP Shadow > and in general planning for how I'm going to run my department and what we're going to do on a community level ramping up to launch and post-launch
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:21 ] Mike Azariah > My former CEO is a programmer
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:24 ] Mike Azariah > and a mother
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:30 ] Mike Azariah > so I assume the female
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:34 ] Cyberin > Shadow can't give/buy/sell/take anything...but...he can talk in channels! I'm gonna go do the double your isk scam in Jita, you wanna back me up and say I paid you your isk Shadow? :D lmao
[ 2011.02.18 22:50:39 ] CCP Shadow > Mark, I'm not sure what art assets or video there is or might be. I'm not in Shanghai right now or I'd know.
[ 2011.02.18 22:51:01 ] Mark726 > ah
[ 2011.02.18 22:51:04 ] CCP Shadow > Not really. Sorry.
[ 2011.02.18 22:51:05 ] CCP Shadow > :D
[ 2011.02.18 22:51:24 ] Mark726 > lol, its like he doesn't want to get fired or someting
[ 2011.02.18 22:51:31 ] CCP Shadow > imagine that
[ 2011.02.18 22:51:39 ] Alexia Morgan > Shadow - what do I need to keep an eye on to see what jobs are going at CCP?
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:04 ] Mike Azariah > obituarioes
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:09 ] Alexia Morgan > lol
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:11 ] Mark726 > lol
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:18 ] Kalaratiri > XD
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:20 ] Mark726 > there's a job page on the actual CCP page, isn't there?
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:21 ] CCP Shadow > We're keeping the jobs listings up to date. This last year we hired quite a number of people so we're slowing down a bit. The only positions available at present are the ones listed.
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:28 ] Mark726 > job postings get passed around the tweetfleet now and then
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:30 ] CCP Shadow > www.ccpgames.com/jobs
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:35 ] Alexia Morgan > thanks :)
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:40 ] Kalaratiri > Damn, was about to link that
[ 2011.02.18 22:52:48 ] Kalaratiri > I always get beaten to things :p
[ 2011.02.18 22:53:01 ] CCP Shadow > just curious though, was there a particular job you're seeking?
[ 2011.02.18 22:53:07 ] Mark726 > oh, PS, happy Hulkageddon Eve everyone
[ 2011.02.18 22:53:18 ] Alexia Morgan > yes - I'd love to be involved in community management in some fashion
[ 2011.02.18 22:53:36 ] Alexia Morgan > hmmm
[ 2011.02.18 22:53:55 ] Mark726 > you *want* to put up with us obnoxious fanboys (and girls)?
[ 2011.02.18 22:54:20 ] CCP Shadow > There are no vacancies right now on the EVE Community team, but I'm REALLY hoping we can hire soon. As to DUST Community, I am a team of one for right now.
[ 2011.02.18 22:54:58 ] CCP Shadow > Mark, for all the bad stuff there's generally way more good. That's my impression 1 year into this.
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:13 ] Alexia Morgan > absolutely Mark - helping out Eve players is what I love doing. Currently I do it by promoting the blogging community, as well as providing a training corp for noobs and carebears But getting more involved in the real behind the scenes stuff would be...
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:16 ] Alexia Morgan > excellent :)
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:28 ] CCP Shadow > also, i'm an EVE fan or I never would've ended up here. :)
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:37 ] Kalaratiri > Hmm, I'm torn who to vote for in the csm
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:48 ] Alexia Morgan > evebloggers.com currently has about 750 Eve bloggers - but I'm weeding out the inactive ones to tidy it up
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:50 ] Kalaratiri > Thinking either Seleene or Roc
[ 2011.02.18 22:55:51 ] Mark726 > heh, I would tend to agree actually. I pretty much love the tweetfleet and the bloggers, at least most of the time
[ 2011.02.18 22:56:14 ] Cyberin > i'm voting for me
[ 2011.02.18 22:56:42 ] Kyoko Sakoda > Shadow: Pie or cake?
[ 2011.02.18 22:56:55 ] CCP Shadow > cake
[ 2011.02.18 22:57:06 ] Kyoko Sakoda > Interesting.
[ 2011.02.18 22:57:40 ] Farmer Tedd > the cake is a lie
[ 2011.02.18 22:57:51 ] CCP Shadow > btw, as to above and job vacancies, i have no idea when more positions will open up but the listings are current to the best of my knowledge.
[ 2011.02.18 22:58:05 ] Alexia Morgan > thanks - I'll be keeping an eye on it
[ 2011.02.18 22:58:13 ] CCP Shadow > Black Forest Cake? yes please.
[ 2011.02.18 22:58:49 ] Kyoko Sakoda > I had an apple fritter the size of my fist today, need not more sugar.
[ 2011.02.18 22:59:12 ] Mike Azariah > OIi, I'm not even up for consideration?
[ 2011.02.18 22:59:28 ] Mike Azariah > /emote grumbles about Roc getting all the fans
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:10 ] Alexia Morgan > MA, are you going for this CSM too?
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:11 ] Mark726 > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:25 ] Mike Azariah > . . .
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:27 ] Mike Azariah > yes I am
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:36 ] Alexia Morgan > I see
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:44 ] Mark726 > I honestly haven't made up my mind yet with CSM
[ 2011.02.18 23:00:59 ] Mark726 > when does voting start again?
[ 2011.02.18 23:01:10 ] Alexia Morgan > I thought about CSM a couple years ago, but never followed it up - maybe in the future I'll have a go
[ 2011.02.18 23:01:16 ] Mike Azariah > To tell the truth I think that the biggest problem is when there ARE really good candidates
[ 2011.02.18 23:01:20 ] Mike Azariah > and lots of them
[ 2011.02.18 23:01:22 ] Cyberin > who's gonna vote for me?
[ 2011.02.18 23:01:32 ] Mike Azariah > the decision process actually starts to break down
[ 2011.02.18 23:02:07 ] Alexia Morgan > I think Roc is motivated by anger against CCP for taking away Capsuleer. I see his focus is on business aspects
[ 2011.02.18 23:02:33 ] Alexia Morgan > taking away isn't right - more like lack of support
[ 2011.02.18 23:02:42 ] Mike Azariah > /emote nods, writing a post right now about 3rd party stuff, dammit Mandrill did a great piece earlier
[ 2011.02.18 23:03:19 ] Mark726 > I don't think he's motivated primarily by that
[ 2011.02.18 23:03:33 ] Cyberin > i won't vote for Roc simply for that reason
[ 2011.02.18 23:03:39 ] Alexia Morgan > same
[ 2011.02.18 23:03:47 ] Cyberin > i don't think CCP should have anything to do with 3rd party apps..that's why they are called THIRD party
[ 2011.02.18 23:03:53 ] Alexia Morgan > MA, I voted for you last time - I'll be doing it again
[ 2011.02.18 23:04:11 ] TetraEtc > MA ran last time?
[ 2011.02.18 23:04:18 ] Cyberin > i know who i'm voting for next year, not sure about this year yet
[ 2011.02.18 23:04:45 ] TetraEtc > i know who you all should be voting for in 2 years time :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:04:51 ] Mike Azariah > /emote facepalms
[ 2011.02.18 23:04:59 ] Cyberin > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:12 ] Cyberin > i knew you ran both years Mike, I still love you :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:30 ] CCP Shadow > How did this go from apple fritters to SERIOUS BUSINESS?
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:41 ] Alexia Morgan > we're a crazy bunch in here, Shadow :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:46 ] Mike Azariah > welcome to eve bloggers
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:52 ] Alexia Morgan > conversation ebbs and flows in all directions
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:57 ] RexMurphy > lolz
[ 2011.02.18 23:05:59 ] Mark726 > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:00 ] TetraEtc > it could be worse.. the dust514 channel is crazy
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:00 ] Cyberin > because EVE IS SRYS BIZNES
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:00 ] Kyoko Sakoda > Be glad this isn't VETO Alliance.
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:06 ] Mark726 > I think I voted for Mike first time he ran
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:10 ] CCP Shadow > I used to come in here a while back
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:25 ] Alexia Morgan > hey Shadow, what brings you in here today?
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:28 ] Mike Azariah > so you were the other one, mark
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:32 ] Mike Azariah > /emote shakes head
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:33 ] Mark726 > :-D
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:37 ] Cyberin > go get more devs to just in here Shadow, lets have a party
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:44 ] Cyberin > jump*
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:47 ] Cyberin > /emote can't type today
[ 2011.02.18 23:06:55 ] Kalaratiri > Agreed, want dev party
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:00 ] Cyberin > speaking of typing...i should be working on that post i promised today...
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:00 ] Mark726 > YESSSSSSSSSSSS
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:00 ] CCP Shadow > In general I would like to spend more time talking with the player community, beyond the forums, beyond social media.
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:12 ] CCP Shadow > I figured this would be a nice way to kick it off.
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:17 ] TetraEtc > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:26 ] Cyberin > what i would personally like, is more dev comments on blogs :D
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:30 ] TetraEtc > get in the dust 514 channel... need someone to lay down the law occaisonly :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:07:56 ] Alexia Morgan > Shadow, we're very happy you're here
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:04 ] Alexia Morgan > I'm recording this chat and will be posting it on Black Claw's blog
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:18 ] Mark726 > its always great to see CCP interaction with the community :-D
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:19 ] Kalaratiri > twitter is confuzzling me
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:24 ] Mark726 > how so?
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:28 ] Kalaratiri > I knew htere was a reason I didn't use it
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:47 ] Kalaratiri > can't work out how to add a profile picture -.-
[ 2011.02.18 23:08:53 ] Kalaratiri > such a basic thing...
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:10 ] Alexia Morgan > Shadow - is there anything you'd like to say to the eve bloggers and the eve community for the reprint on Black Claw's blog? :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:12 ] TetraEtc > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:38 ] TetraEtc > just randomly.. is there an eve bloggers list on twitter?
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:40 ] CCP Shadow > Drink more Ovaltine
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:42 ] CCP Shadow > :D
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:44 ] Alexia Morgan > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:48 ] TetraEtc > LOL
[ 2011.02.18 23:09:52 ] Cyberin > CCP Shadow > I love Cyberin, he is my favoriteist person ever
[ 2011.02.18 23:10:10 ] TetraEtc > Cyberin > I like tanks
[ 2011.02.18 23:10:16 ] Alexia Morgan > there is, but it's not very active because evebloggers.com is a portal to other active blogs - it doesn't generate its own content or events
[ 2011.02.18 23:10:17 ] Cyberin > tanks are cool
[ 2011.02.18 23:10:25 ] CCP Shadow > There's less realism without the blue text.
[ 2011.02.18 23:10:42 ] CCP Shadow > Sry, was just on the phone with arrangements for tonight.
[ 2011.02.18 23:11:17 ] Mark726 > tetra, I don't think there's a formal list
[ 2011.02.18 23:11:18 ] CCP Shadow > But I stand by my statement. Drink more Ovaltine. Also brush and floss.
[ 2011.02.18 23:11:25 ] Mark726 > though there's a number of informal ones
[ 2011.02.18 23:11:31 ] Mark726 > the tweetfleet is really the only formal list
[ 2011.02.18 23:11:37 ] Alexia Morgan > thanks Shadow :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:11:48 ] TetraEtc > Ovaltine aye.. time to go shopping
[ 2011.02.18 23:12:41 ] CCP Shadow > Hate to say this, but I'm going to have to run in about... 15 minutes or so
[ 2011.02.18 23:12:59 ] Alexia Morgan > yeh, me too - I've got cats to take to the vet for yearly vaccinations
[ 2011.02.18 23:13:03 ] Kyoko Sakoda > Me too. Food. Been inspired by Regular Ordinary Swedish Mealtime.
[ 2011.02.18 23:13:24 ] RexMurphy > eveyones so busy
[ 2011.02.18 23:13:50 ] CCP Shadow > Rex, it's Japanese for dinner. Japanese!
[ 2011.02.18 23:13:58 ] Aaron Kalee > i have nothing to do except shoot at people tonight
[ 2011.02.18 23:14:00 ] Aaron Kalee > (ingame)
[ 2011.02.18 23:14:11 ] Cyberin > stupid alts...
[ 2011.02.18 23:14:32 ] Kalaratiri > Doing an interview, so going a bit quiet. (btw try interveiwing someone IC, its harder than you'd think :p)
[ 2011.02.18 23:14:36 ] RexMurphy > im only shootin at sleepers
[ 2011.02.18 23:14:52 ] RexMurphy > come find me and shoot at me Cyberian
[ 2011.02.18 23:14:54 ] Mark726 > lol, best of luck with that kala
[ 2011.02.18 23:15:07 ] RexMurphy > :D
[ 2011.02.18 23:15:10 ] Cyberin > come to Syndicate and i'll shoot you
[ 2011.02.18 23:15:21 ] Alexia Morgan > CCP Shadow who do I talk to in order to get an advert for OUCH into the game when people log on? :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:15:51 ] CCP Shadow > I should know this, but don't.. One moment.
[ 2011.02.18 23:16:09 ] Cyberin > /emote pays attention to this answer
[ 2011.02.18 23:18:18 ] Mark726 > huh, my p4 stuff actually went up pretty significantly in price
[ 2011.02.18 23:18:25 ] Mark726 > i'm rather surprised by that
[ 2011.02.18 23:18:27 ] Kalaratiri > don't suppose anyone can tell me how to add a profile picture to twitter?
[ 2011.02.18 23:18:43 ] Mark726 > lol, give me a sec kala
[ 2011.02.18 23:19:20 ] CCP Shadow > Hmm, well it's after hours. Tell you what, best way is to ask me directly via petition. You'd want to select 'Other issues' in the first category, 'Community' in the second category, and in the title "For CCP Shadow" so it'll get directed to me.
[ 2011.02.18 23:19:33 ] CCP Shadow > I can ask around and let you know.
[ 2011.02.18 23:19:42 ] Dante Chusuk > its related to advertising in EON magazine if i remember correctly
[ 2011.02.18 23:19:54 ] CCP Shadow > Dante, I think you're right but I am not 100% on that
[ 2011.02.18 23:20:01 ] Dante Chusuk > http://eonmagazine.net/contribute/ads/
[ 2011.02.18 23:20:03 ] Alexia Morgan > ok, thank you very much - and thanks for dropping by, I'm sure everyone will agree that we hope to see you more often in here in future :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:20:08 ] Kyoko Sakoda > It is, but there must be a way you can advertise without doing so in EON?
[ 2011.02.18 23:20:26 ] CCP Shadow > oh np, but i'm not leaving quite yet
[ 2011.02.18 23:20:40 ] Alexia Morgan > I am - I wanted to get the thanks out of the way before I go :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:21:25 ] CCP Shadow > gotcha. well i'll see you around soon. 07
[ 2011.02.18 23:21:28 ] Alexia Morgan > o7
[ 2011.02.18 23:21:38 ] Kalaratiri > Fly Safe, eat well
[ 2011.02.18 23:21:47 ] Mark726 > fly safe o7
[ 2011.02.18 23:22:15 ] CCP Shadow > Kyoko, any current film projects?
[ 2011.02.18 23:22:18 ] Mark726 > kala, http://support.twitter.com/articles/127871-how-to-change-your-profile-picture-or-information
[ 2011.02.18 23:22:32 ] Kalaratiri > Thank you
[ 2011.02.18 23:27:30 ] CCP Shadow > Sweet. Ball is rolling. Shanghai in April.
[ 2011.02.18 23:27:34 ] Kalaratiri > interesting.. I don't have the picture option
[ 2011.02.18 23:27:46 ] Mark726 > yeah, neither do I actually
[ 2011.02.18 23:27:49 ] Mark726 > bizarre
[ 2011.02.18 23:28:17 ] CCP Shadow > maybe it's Old Twitter vs. New Twitter views?
[ 2011.02.18 23:29:08 ] Mark726 > I don't know what to tell you kala, sorry :-S
[ 2011.02.18 23:29:17 ] Kalaratiri > np
[ 2011.02.18 23:29:44 ] Mark726 > I wanna go to shanghai :-(
[ 2011.02.18 23:29:48 ] Mark726 > actually, I want to go to fanfest
[ 2011.02.18 23:29:55 ] Mark726 > but neither is gonna happen anytime soon :-(
[ 2011.02.18 23:30:17 ] CCP Shadow > This is my first Fanfest.
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:18 ] CCP Shadow > Wondering if I should build up a brennevin tolerance
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:21 ] Mark726 > where are you based?
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:30 ] CCP Shadow > I'm in the US for now
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:48 ] CCP Shadow > Relocating to our Shanghai office for about 6 months
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:53 ] Mark726 > nice
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:56 ] Mark726 > where in the US?
[ 2011.02.18 23:31:59 ] CCP Shadow > Could be longer.
[ 2011.02.18 23:32:00 ] Mark726 > if you don't mind me stalking
[ 2011.02.18 23:32:01 ] Mark726 > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:32:08 ] CCP Shadow > New Jersey. And I don't mind.
[ 2011.02.18 23:32:48 ] CCP Shadow > We don't have NJ office, they just let me work remotely. For now, anyway.
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:05 ] Mark726 > yeah, they only have Atlanta, Iceland, and Shanghai, right?
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:09 ] RexMurphy > The Jersey Shore!!!!
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:16 ] CCP Shadow > also Newcastle
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:33 ] CCP Shadow > That's a DUSt 514 team based there.
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:33 ] Kalaratiri > hmmm newcastle..
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:37 ] Mark726 > ah
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:42 ] Kalaratiri > 2 hour drive from me
[ 2011.02.18 23:33:53 ] CCP Shadow > Rex, pleased to say that i've never seen that show.
[ 2011.02.18 23:34:07 ] Mark726 > he's never seen it, he's just been on it :-p
[ 2011.02.18 23:34:27 ] CCP Shadow > I just ignore the cameras and suddenly I'm famous.
[ 2011.02.18 23:34:52 ] Mark726 > punching people helps too, I hear
[ 2011.02.18 23:34:54 ] RexMurphy > you are a lucky person. the gf streams it from her pc.. about a meter away from mine
[ 2011.02.18 23:35:17 ] CCP Shadow > I'm not a reality TV fan at all.
[ 2011.02.18 23:35:56 ] Mark726 > I like cash cab
[ 2011.02.18 23:36:06 ] Mark726 > does that count?
[ 2011.02.18 23:36:08 ] RexMurphy > ha
[ 2011.02.18 23:36:10 ] CCP Shadow > You should buy her some very nice headphones. Because you care. About her.
[ 2011.02.18 23:37:26 ] RexMurphy > Breaking bad is a good show
[ 2011.02.18 23:38:13 ] CCP Shadow > I find that I almost never sit down to watch shows when they air. Pretty much Hulu all the way, or Netflix to watch a whole season in one go.
[ 2011.02.18 23:38:27 ] Mark726 > lol, I recently discovered www.allstepisodes.com
[ 2011.02.18 23:38:33 ] Mark726 > I'm currently making my way through DS9
[ 2011.02.18 23:39:27 ] CCP Shadow > oh wow. quality?
[ 2011.02.18 23:39:35 ] Mark726 > eh, not fantastic
[ 2011.02.18 23:39:44 ] Mark726 > but for my purposes it works fine
[ 2011.02.18 23:39:48 ] CCP Shadow > sure
[ 2011.02.18 23:40:30 ] Mark726 > ok, I finished my market run, so I suppose I should take off
[ 2011.02.18 23:40:35 ] Mark726 > 200mil in sell orders \o/
[ 2011.02.18 23:40:44 ] CCP Shadow > well i'm definitely going to be late so I've got to to as well
[ 2011.02.18 23:40:50 ] Mark726 > lol
[ 2011.02.18 23:40:57 ] Mark726 > welcome to the channel, hope to see you around here a lot :-D
[ 2011.02.18 23:40:58 ] RexMurphy > See ya!
[ 2011.02.18 23:41:11 ] Kalaratiri > bai :)
[ 2011.02.18 23:41:17 ] Mark726 > fly safe, all o7
[ 2011.02.18 23:41:22 ] CCP Shadow > Was nice meeting you all, and I think i'll be talking to you more on Twitter too
[ 2011.02.18 23:41:37 ] CCP Shadow > 07

Monday, February 14, 2011

Cleaning out old Eve Online blogs

For those that don't know, I'm the owner and admin of The Eve Online Bloggers Portal. When I'm not running OUCH or the Art of War Alliance, I'm admin for evebloggers.com.

What this means is that every now and again I add new blogs to the site, so that everyone who either subscribes to evebloggers.com or visits the site will see the most recent updates on the front page from the Eve Online blogs out there.

I just had a look at the number of blogs that I have listed at evebloggers.com - there's 750 blogs about Eve Online that are listed. But I know that not all of those 750 blogs are currently active, or currently about Eve Online. People come, and people go, and blogs get lost by the wayside or changed as the interests of the author change.

So I'm going to start a new project. I'm going to go through every single one of those 750 blogs and I will remove:
  • every blog that hasn't published a new post in 6 months or more
  • every blog that doesn't have anything related to Eve Online on their front page
I'm wondering how many blogs this will remove, but the end result is going to be a more accurate number of 'currently active Eve Online blogs'.

I imagine this will take me a few weeks, but I think it will be worth it. Once I'm finished, this page will be a lot more accurate: Eve Online Player Blogs

If your blog is going to be one of those that get removed but you'd rather not - then get your act together and start posting about Eve before I come to yours. :)

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

The Eve Elitist Pack

CK has recently announced that he's dropping the Eve Blog Pack to 21.

I'm completely against the Eve Blog Pack, to the point that a few months ago I removed it from www.evebloggers.com (which lists over 500 blogs about Eve Online). I'm against the Pack because it promotes elitism, by its very admission. I know there's a lot of bloggers who ARE elitists, and they fight and scramble amongst themselves to get on the list. They want to be considered the best of the best of the Eve bloggers.

I couldn't give a rat's arse about it.

I've always blogged for me, for the game, and for the community, and the community is NOT just 20 blogs (+ 1 for CK). The community is a whole lot more than a bunch of people scrambling to vote themselves and their favourite blogs into the the Eve Elitist Pack.

I know that there's always going to be a lot of people who like others thinking they're the best. One thing I've learned in my time here on this earth is that those who seek approval, acknowledgement and recognition aren't usually worth it. The true quality comes from those who just get in there and do it, and they don't seek reward or recognition.

So, in saying all that, I'm withrawing my interest in continuing to be part of the Eve Elitist Pack. It's flattering that a lot of people have voted for this blog, and I really appreciate that. But I cannot condone such an elitist attitude towards blogging about Eve Online and maintain my presence in it as well, especially when I am trying to support the Eve blogging community as a whole. I fully support the Eve blogging community, and even if that means my exposure is reduced because I'm no longer in the Elitist pack, then so be it.

CK, I'd appreciate it if you leave me out of your revised list, thank you.

To continue, I think it's a shame that with over 500 blogs in the community, both CK and the people behind Capsuleer are working together to promote elitism. I sincerely hope that Capsuleer can open up its promotion of all Eve blogs, rather than just a select few, and if they want to chat with me and Ga'len about how to achieve that, we'd be happy to discuss it with them.

I also think it's a shame that very few people promote and discuss www.evebloggers.com I know it's because we're not encouraging elitism, and I know that doesn't sit well with a lot of people that want to be thought of as being better than everyone else. It saddens me that more people seem interested in promoting themselves and a few elitists, than they are in community as a whole.

I don't care that some bloggers aren't 'as good' as others, neither do I care that some aren't as active as others. What I care about is that, as far as I can tell, Eve Online has more people blogging about it than any other game in the world. And if there ARE more people blogging about any other game, they don't seem to be pulled together into a single community.

Ga'len and myself have been working hard to promote the community as a whole, and I'm disappointed to see so many bloggers struggling to shrink it to a select few elitists. I'll have no part of that any more.

In October last year I wrote:

You know, I'm sick to death of all these social niceties that control us. We don't say what we really feel, believe or think because we're afraid of offending people.

Well, you know what? I'm over it.

If you get offended at what I say about things in general, and you take the opinions I have as personal comments against you, then you're far too sensitive and insecure for me to waste my time and energy on trying to keep you happy.
If you're stung by my words, then maybe the truth hurts. Maybe you see yourself as an elitist, and you're not entirely comfortable about it. Maybe it hurts to hear the truth. Well, you can change that if you want.

Support the community. Support your fellow Eve bloggers. At the end of the day, we're all the same, enjoying this virtual reality called Eve Online.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Do you have the longest-running Eve blog?

I was just thinking about blogs and blogging, as I often am, and I wondered - who has the longest-running Eve blog in our community?

I've been blogging since 2006. My first post is here:


I've come a long way since then.

I'd like to see who started before me. So if your blog is older than mine, please post a link to it in the comments. Let's see how far back we can go.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Check out the new blog

Well, it's not 'new', as such, but due to some recent changes, I decided to freshen the blog up. Thanks to some wonderful work by one of our members and his graphic designer friend, OUCH has a new banner which I decided to put up on this site.

If you're reading this blog via RSS, click on the title of this post to go have a look at the site. It's an awesome banner, and it's exactly what OUCH is all about.

Along with the banner, I changed the colour theme of the site to match the colours of the banner. I'll keep fiddling around with it over the next few days or so to get it 'just right'.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

7 facts about me

There's a meme going around, almost like a cold or flu... everyone's getting it faster than you can say "geezwhatwilltheythinkofnext..."

You can find my facts over here: 14 facts about me.

Enjoy.  :)

Friday, December 12, 2008

Blogger Profiles #8 - Hallan Turrek

One of the things I enjoy about Hallan's blog is that he's a pirate - and a Star Trek fan. Just like me!  (Picard is the best captain, but DS9 is the best show!)  And I love reading the blogs of other pirates, 'cause you can learn from them as to how they engage in piracy. Whether you're a pirate too, or you want to avoid pirates, there's always something to learn.  Please enjoy.

PS. Don't forget to send me YOUR profile if you haven't already. The questions to answer are here. I look forward to hearing from you!

What is your character's name or handle?

I play by the name Hallan Turrek.

What is your blog's URL?


How long have you been blogging?

Almost two and a half months ago. Never really been into blogging before that. I started blogging when I started pirating.

What region of EVE do you mostly operate in?

I range from Metropolis to Heimatar. If I want to play solo, I'll hang out in Eifer/Gusandall. If I want to do group piracy, I'll hang out closer to Evati.

When did you start playing EVE?

July of his year.

What do you enjoy about EVE?

The pure expansive universe. The ability to do anything you want. PVP is alot of fun, but I like the fact that should I choose, I can just go shoot rocks all day. Just flying is inspirational to me.

What is your playstyle?

You might have to ask my corpmates about that. I've been told I'm a bit crazy or reckless. "Hard on my ships." I have 120 fits and 80 something rifters, most of which are in one station that I base out of. I like to use my ships like ammo. Alot of people will never realize this, but there is actual utility in a fleet situation to losing your ship. Almost none of what you accomplish couldn't be done better by keeping the ship, mind you, but then again you might not risk it in something tougher but more expensive. 

I like to distract people, I like to get people out of formation and looting my wrecks. Sic those ECM drones on me cause I was first in, forget the Hurricane. As I've said in my blog before, it's something of a motto for me: "It ain't suicide if you live." Oh, and more importantly, I kill things. I like the image for the gunslinger in the eve personality test, but a little secret: It pegged me as a carebear.

Do you play any other games?

Not much. I used to play Nationstates as Douria. I'm pretty sure my nation's gone now, but the resolutions I passed are still in effect. 

What do you blog about, and why?

I blog about my piracy and some short stories. I recently did a new feature called Karaoke Corner, where I rewrite lyrics to songs in a comedic eve related way. Why do I do any of it? It's fun, I get to flex my writing muscles and more importantly I get to refine my writing style.

What are your other interests?

Politics. Economics. As much as they can be interests for me. I'm a rather educated un-educated fellah, at least I like to thinks so. I really enjoy astrophysics, quantum physics and science in general. 

I'm a huge fan of sci-fi, Star Trek and Star Wars more than others. I'm not a trekkie or whatever you'd call a star wars fanatic, but I don't forget much about anything so you could probably peg me as one if I went off on a tangent as to how whinyness seems to run in the Skywalker family or why Sisko was the best captain. Actually lets not.

What advice do you have for EVE players who are struggling to stay motivated?

Do something crazy. Stop caring about whatever it is you hold dear and just go. Get a cheap ship and try some different things. Don't plan it, don't scheme, just do whatever you want. That's the beauty of the game, you can do whatever you want. Don't let artificial restraints hold you down, there's enough of that in the real world. Or you could join The Bastards. We're always having fun.

Anything else to offer?

For December I'm doing a marathon of 31 posts in 31 days, I hope to bring in traffic with that, but who knows. I'm trying to get installed into the eve blog pack as well, and I'd like your votes for that. One more thing: Happy Holidays.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

New blog on the scene

Jinarre's New Eden.

From Jinarre's blog:
So, welcome to New Eden as I see it, a new player. Eden is HUGE, and can be very hard to grasp in the first few days. So I will start with what I've learned in Eve so far.
All the best with your new adventure, and there certainly is plenty of resources to draw upon out here, as you've already found out.  Welcome to the Eve Blogosphere!

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Social Media for Eve Online (Part 2)

As part of my investigation into social media integration, I've added a few things to the site, including changing a bit of the site's design.
  • increased the width of the site's content
  • changed the header image to suit the new width
  • added Eve Blogger Twits, a RSS-generated output of Eve bloggers using Twitter. This updates the same way as the Eve Bloggers post updates
  • added subscription options by RSS and Email, to allow everyone to stay up to date with new posts whether they use RSS or email
  • turned the Tags into a Tag Cloud, making it look prettier and tidier
That's it for now, but there's still more coming!  

Monday, December 08, 2008

Social Media for Eve Online (Part 1)

Social media is all the craze these days, and if you're not involved, then you're behind the times. This is the same with the Eve blogging community. We're all blogging, and we're communicating on each other's blogs, and some of us are even using Twitter to keep in touch with each other and share comments and blog posts.

I'm in the process of setting up a few things to help make this more accessible to those who don't use it, so that they can follow those that do. You'll see what I mean soon enough.

I've added my own Twitter updates to my blog, just above the posts (so if you're reading this via RSS, go visit my blog so you can see it). It's only the 3 most recent updates, as I think that's enough.

The blue box in the sidebar ('Eve Blog Updates') shows recent blog updates using the RSS output of the Eve blogs from Google Reader. If you click on 'Read more' at the bottom of it, it will take you to my public share of all the blog updates. As I update the OPML file in Google Reader when new blogs come onboard, it will automatically update on my site as well.

There's more social media technology and implementations coming, so stay tuned!

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Blogger Profiles #7 - Selenalore

I'm running short of Blogger Profiles, so I need your help. Please answer the questions here and then send them to me if you're an Eve Blogger, and not in the Eve Blog Pack. Thanks!

Today we have the lovely Selenalore! She's a carebear, but one of the nicest carebears I've met. (Anyone who's not into pvp is a carebear in my book ;) Please enjoy reading her profile.
What is your character's name or handle?

Selenalore (Michigan)

What is your blog's URL?

http://ralphadogs.wordpress.com - this is our corporation blog, and I've got one myself but I HARDLY EVER use it. I post mostly on The Ralpha Dog's Blog.

How long have you been blogging?

Since about October, and I'm really new at it. Not been doing it as long as Erbo has.

What region of EVE do you mostly operate in?

I hang mostly in the Metropolis, the only time I even venture out past this point is if I go with Erbo, only to guard his ass if he gets into an encounter. :)

We also got offices scattered all over the galaxy of Eve. More than I can count. Hehe

When did you start playing EVE?

August, so I'm still a baby IN a way :), but yet I was flying battle cruisers within a month :) That makes me sound like I've been playing it a long time, but nope :) hehe :)

What do you enjoy about EVE?

I enjoy everything that is about EVE, and it is a breath of fresh air from all the other things I do game wise :)

As Erbo says, "I LOVE to KILL", and I can be a menace if I wanted to, but I'm not going that far.

Erbo, the man in my life, is the hauler of our corp, I'm the security or guard dog (bitch) of the corp, while Lexx and Petros are like the miners, while with Kit and Zan, they both mine and haul, but kit also likes to do missions and Zan does with him from time to time.
I enjoy the missions that Erbo and I do, and if I really have to while training and waiting for him to come home from work during the week, I'll get on EVE and mine some, but I usually just get on to change training when my one training is done. EVE has a lot of possiblities that will be even more fun as they expand and grow.
What is your playstyle?

You know that's kind of strange, the EVE personality poll also called me an "Industrialist with teeth" also.

Yet I don't know if I'm the industrial type, now Erbo yes, but me, I'm more of the teeth I guess, I bite and don't let go until I'm satisfied. HEHE :)=
I might be in the carebear area, but lets put it this way, you fuck with me and the ralpha dogs and you'll find our bite far worse then our bark and will regret it. We fight when we need to and in missions, but as for actually fighting, it only happens when someone decides to steal or more from us and then it goes down. Our ships might be get destroyed in the process or the perpatrators, but we'll have the pleasure of showing that we are carebear with very sharp claws and teeth.

Do you play any other games?

Yes I do. I meet Erbo through Second Life(SL), and had been there for over a year, and all went well with us as you can tell :). I also play Pirates of the Caribbean Online(POTC) and I'm a sea bitch on a ship and at battles at sea, as well as killing bitch on land, I guess you can say it has helped me transition to being a space bitch that loves to kill :).
I also play the 360 as well as my birthday gift that Erbo got me recently over the weekend last week. That gift was a playstation 2, and I've got a number of games with it from golf to bullriding :). Yes I love playing the bull cause I get to buck off the cowboys and then run them over as well as the clowns or bullfighters before I go back to my pen in the back :).
I also play Shaiya from time to time but not to often, but that is also what got me into being a killer :) and loving to kill :). LMAO and before that, I use to be on Runescape :). So I've played a number of online games that has given me my lust for killing online :).

What do you blog about, and why?

I mostly from time to time blog on the Ralpha's webpage, and it usually deals with what we have been doing on EVE, with the missions and the mining and such. As Erbo says, it's still a new website and still needs to be worked on more, but we will eventually be up there with the other bloggers. :)
What are your other interests?

Well lets see, I love reading romance novels, watching movies, listening to music, play online, which is the one thing I do lots of. I also enjoy reading poems, going out to commune with nature, as in fishing and swimming and such, but that might take a lil while here since I just recently moved to Denver and winter is fast approaching us. I also enjoying playing my PS2 and just cuddle and snuggle with Erbo.
If I had a job and was working, I'd be working with data processing and word processing, since that is what I'm trained in real life, and from time to time, I'll have the need to write some stories or some poetry, but mostly it's to stay home and relax. Oh yeah and one other thing, Erbo doesn't always do the cooking, I do my share as well at times, umm when I feel like it *laughs to herself*.
Anyways there is a lot more I enjoy that would take forever to write about. :)

What advice do you have for EVE players who are struggling to stay motivated?

Umm as for this, all I can say is, don't give up, and keep going forward, hell everyone loses ships and such, but eventually you'll learn how to fly and protect yourself and get out when you know you've been beaten, but don't let that lower your head, just hold that head high, or as I say here pod high, and keep going forward and tell yourself, I'll get things right soon enough and I'll be back and when I come back I'll eventually blow you to space dust like you did me and when I do, I'll have the last laugh.
Also, just be strong and enjoy the game, cause geeze people it's only a game and not RL.

Anything else to offer?

Hmm...anything else aye....well lets see.....Not Really, just be safe and have fun and enjoy Eve and as well as RL. Sending shout outs to our friends and family out there on Eve and out in RL. :) Enjoy your time you are on EVE and let the good times roll and the bad ones will soon be limited to only a few :).

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Bloggers are coming out of the woodwork!

We have another blogger posting his first post today. I've known about his interest in blogging for a while, but today he strikes!

I'm not really sure what his blog is called, as there are 3 different names in his title/s. But you can find him here:

Vile Rune Guild
or
seventy-seven thirty four
or
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Please subscribe to his blog to enjoy his scribbles.

Another blogger has joined us!

Please welcome someone who has been a frequent commenter on this blog, Sard Caid. He's started his own blog to share his own experiences, and you can find it over here:

Broadside

Please welcome him to the fold, and make sure you subscribe to keep up to date with his posts.

Welcome to the Eve bloggers, Sard!

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Why I play

xiphos83 has done an excellent 'blog banter' post about “What drew us into EVE, what keeps us playing the game, and what brought us back in if we’ve ever left?"

What he says here is exactly in alignment with my own fascination about the game:
Past the high security centers, pirates roamed, corporations struggled for control, and alliances sent waves of ships crashing into their not so distant enemies. The further you advanced past the first station, the darker, and grittier side of New Eden encompassed your very being. In the lawless 0.0 regions of space, more opportunities presented themselves. Vast amounts of wealth, juicy targets, fame, and glory were all for the taking. Players have to strategize though, think tactically, since charging ahead against equally minded opponents would only result in failure and a quick trip to the clone vats. Foreign policy was real, as were the wars and refugees displaced by them. There is pure chaos around every corner, and still, pure unadulterated sand to play in at every turn.

It's why I play. Admittedly, I don't play in 0.0, but the excitement is the same wherever you might play in the game.

I'm recommending xiphos's post to everyone not in Eve, so that they can get a good understanding of why they should be. :)

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Blogger Profiles #6 - Erbo Evans

Erbo Evans is the latest of our Blogger Profiles for you to enjoy. He and his partner Selenalore spend a lot of their time running missions, doing their bit to save Empire space from those rat pirates! (Between you and me, I'm hoping Selenalore will send her profile in soon too...)
What is your character's name or handle?
Erbo Evans.

What is your blog's URL?
http://ralphadogs.wordpress.com: this is our corporation blog, the other two authors of which are LexxEva and Selenalore.

How long have you been blogging?
On the Ralpha Dogs blog, since the beginning of October. Blogging as a whole, for somewhat over 2 years.

What region of EVE do you mostly operate in?
We're primarily in Metropolis and Heimatar, with some jaunts into Sinq Laison and other nearby empire regions.

When did you start playing EVE?
April of this year; I was introduced to EVE by a friend who had been playing it for a couple of years before that.

What do you enjoy about EVE?
Mainly the limitless possibilities of the environment. I feel like it may take me years to thoroughly explore the potential in here. My girlfriend (who plays as "Selenalore") likes to kill. :-) I can do with some of the pew pew action, but I also like figuring out how to make money through manufacturing and marketing, and I've also been doing scout operations on lowsec regions, which will hopefully allow us to start working those regions, eventually.

Also, the depth of the backstory is amazing for this game. It all hangs together at least as well as Star Trek or Babylon 5 does.

What is your playstyle?
The EVE personality poll called me an "industrialist with teeth." Generally, in the Ralpha Dogs, we mine, we build stuff, and we run missions. (Selenalore and I run a LOT of missions together.) We don't PvP or pirate people, but we will fight back when attacked. And we don't engage in smacktalk; as the saying goes, "Loose lips sink ships!" If that puts us on the "carebear" end of the scale, then so be it. Whether we go farther than that in the future is basically up to Lexx, who runs the corp.

Do you play any other games?
I'm in Second Life, and have been for around 2 1/2 years (see also my SL blog, http://evansavenue.wordpress.com). In fact, I used my SL name to name my EVE character. :-) I also have other PC games, and Xbox game consoles (both an original and a 360). The last other PC games I enjoyed recently were Hellgate: London and Portal. On the consoles, I've played Halo 2 fairly extensively, and a scattering of others.

What do you blog about, and why?
Since the Ralpha Dogs' blog is still new, it kind of needs to settle down and find its "legs," as it were. In terms of intent, I plan to talk about various aspects of the corp and of EVE as a whole. Certain posts on the blog are written in "storyline" mode to chronicle some of our adventures in the world; Selena has shown something of a knack for writing those.

What are your other interests?
I'm a programmer by trade, and fairly well versed in aspects of virtual communities. I'm also a fan of science fiction. And I'm developing more of a talent for cooking these days, since Selena generally has me fixing dinner. :-)

What advice do you have for EVE players who are struggling to stay motivated?
This is a complicated game; one of the most complicated I've ever seen. It's a little like learning to fly a 747. But you CAN make sense of it all, eventually. Selenalore only started a couple of months ago, and now she's totally hooked. If she can do it, so can you.

Also, it helps to be in a good corporation. We're trying to make ourselves into a good corporation, for just that reason.

Anything else to offer?
Shout-outs to Lexx, Selena, and my other fellow corp members, to our friends in the Hauling Hogs, to Slif and Valandriana over in Chilled Solutions who helped us get our start in EVE, and, to our patron saint, Jeff Duntemann (http://www.duntemann.com), author of The Cunning Blood, the science-fiction novel from where we get our name and many of our titles and traditions. Fly safe, everyone, and clear skies to you!

Friday, November 07, 2008

Blogger profiles #5 - Pegleg Punk

Thank you to those who are sending me their Blogger Profiles, I really appreciate it. If you haven't sent me yours yet, please fill out the questions here and send it back to me.

Here's the latest profile from Pegleg Punk. He hasn't updated his blog in a couple of weeks, but I'm looking forward to his next lot of posts!

What is your character's name or handle?
Pegleg Punk

What is your blog's URL?
http://peglegpunk.blogspot.com/

How long have you been blogging?
Since May 2008.

What region of EVE do you mostly operate in?
Classified (My blog readers have a pretty good idea).

When did you start playing EVE?
The first time I climbed into a pod was a little over two years ago.

What do you enjoy about EVE?
I enjoy EVE because New Eden is shaped by the game's subscribers. EVE offers a sandbox environ that I was not accustomed to in previous MMOs'. This non-linear universe provides players with boundless and unique oppurtunities and game experiences. The fact that citizens of New Eden may lie, cheat and swindle their fellow citizens (within game mechanics) reinforces a player's ability to affect the landscape of New Eden. This makes EVE very refreshing to me.

What is your playstyle?
I enjoy PVP. Some would classify me as a griefer by the means that I engage, or initiate pvp. I prefer to think that what I do is create player driven content for citizens of New Eden. I may irritate any number of pod pilots, but none will argue that I don't create a measure of excitement to an otherwise bland or boring aspect of EVE.

Do you play any other games?
Yes, although I have played a number of MMOs in the past, EVE is the only MMO I am currently subscribed to. I recently finished Star Wars: The Force Unleashed- and loved it! Generally, I am not a fan of console games, but Unleashed kicked ass. I have played Spore and really enjoyed the ability to make and share critters. I recently started playing Sins of a Solar Empire. Sins has proved to be a fun game, but I will admit that had I read CrazyKinux' blog entry about Homeworld, I would have chosen HW over Sins. I am waiting in anticipation for CoD 5 World At War and Fallout 3.

What do you blog about, and why?
I blog about my alter-ego's experiences in New Eden. One day I had a particularly harrowing experience with a fellow pod-pilot, while doing what it is that I do. It was such that when I posted the killmail on Battleclinic.com, I included a descriptive forum post, in-character, describing events that led up to my opponent losing his ship. That post was greeted with such a positive reception from forum readers, that I began translating my in game experiences as quasi-stories told in the character of my alter-ego, Pegleg Punk. I enjoy interacting with the EVE community in this manner. Some of my experiences deserve to be shared with others- they are just that damned funny.

What are your other interests?
Friends, family and athletics: I enjoy a great run every morning…New words- one can never have too many words at their disposal.

What advice do you have for EVE players who are struggling to stay motivated?
  • Do something new. If your current activities are growing stale, perhaps it is time to try a different aspect of the game. There are so many different activities to discover and participate in to keep a pod-pilot engaged for years.
  • Express yourself, artistically: Write about the game. Draw, paint or animate about the game. Create music inspired by the game. Player driven content fuels EVE in a very unique way, which in turn inspires fellow subscribers to similar forms of self-expression. This is obvious by the number of active EVE bloggers.
  • Flip a bitch! No, not that Amarrian tart that gyrates her hips at the Clap Trap. I mean try an activity opposite of what you normally do while inhabiting New Eden.
Anything else to offer?
Save Darfur.