This whole "no news is good news" (which I've always been vaguely confused by - is it implying that any sort of news is bad news or that having nothing to report is a good thing a la the curse, "May your life be eventful"/"May you live in interesting times" - I've always gone for the latter) might make for peaceful Hobbit living but fuck me running it makes for boring blogging.
I haven't been console gaming that much lately, in part because I haven't been inspired to play anything. Dawnguard was diverting for a bit, I never finished Witcher 2, and haven't had the extra dough to check out the arcade games. Frankly, my XBOX is turning into something I just watch movies on which I could do with my computer any way and the XBOX Arcade games I would play end up on Steam or in the Humble bundle for next to nothing. If it weren't for my crappy video card (GTX 460) which works just fine for most games but not for new releases I would probably cancel XBOX Live and sell my XBOX.
Been spending most nights boppin around EVE highsec, fine tuning my Ishtar, and generally staying out of trouble. Lately I've been reading more EVE blogs and socializing with Aliastra corpmates and noticed something Mabrick (of Mabrick's Mumblings) brought up on his blog today about the "more risk more ISK" saying I've seen bandied about in chat along with decreases in profitability in highsec industrialism/manufacturing (causing a ding in his profit margins). I've never mucked about with manufacturing so I'm not particularly concerned. What I am interested in is the "more risk more ISK" mentality and the avarice behind it. I've heard some players crow about their billions and pissing contest each other at how much they can make per diem and yip yip yip about nullsec and pvp. I've also met a number of people who, like me, are pefectly content making a decent in-game living as carebears (miners, traders, missioners). I was joking around with someone that I didn't understand what the Scrooge McDucks were doing with all their ISK. There's a finite amount of things to buy in game and isk can be traded for PLEX which can be traded to game time so one could never have to pay for game time, okay I get that. You can only fly one ship at a time and in theory one should "never fly more than you're willing to lose" and if you're not getting blasted every time you undock so as an individual you don't need more than a dozen ships spread across your regular business routes (though I'm gonna start leaving a Noctis in each of the primary systems I work in, but that's out of laziness). What it comes down to is simple - I don't play EVE with the same mentality as a lot of other players (and vice versa). For all practical purposes I am a hell of a lot nicer, friendlier, and more altruistic in EVE than I am in real life (I'm also staggeringly paranoid). Somehow I've ended up with a decent selection of boats and gear and a bucket of ISK (since I never buy anything anymore and I just stockpile trade goods and sell when the market is good). It's bizarre but I think my EVE experience is that of a mildly successful boring middle class capsuleer (who shoots the fuck out of NPCs with ball smashing drones of fury).
In other news:
I've set up a facebook for hooliganyouth on the facebookery (if you're into the whole social media thing).
I want a brisket sandwich - stat.
Spicy shredded pork and stuffing is good. Especially if you add sauteed onions and serranos to the stuffing.
I haven't been console gaming that much lately, in part because I haven't been inspired to play anything. Dawnguard was diverting for a bit, I never finished Witcher 2, and haven't had the extra dough to check out the arcade games. Frankly, my XBOX is turning into something I just watch movies on which I could do with my computer any way and the XBOX Arcade games I would play end up on Steam or in the Humble bundle for next to nothing. If it weren't for my crappy video card (GTX 460) which works just fine for most games but not for new releases I would probably cancel XBOX Live and sell my XBOX.
Been spending most nights boppin around EVE highsec, fine tuning my Ishtar, and generally staying out of trouble. Lately I've been reading more EVE blogs and socializing with Aliastra corpmates and noticed something Mabrick (of Mabrick's Mumblings) brought up on his blog today about the "more risk more ISK" saying I've seen bandied about in chat along with decreases in profitability in highsec industrialism/manufacturing (causing a ding in his profit margins). I've never mucked about with manufacturing so I'm not particularly concerned. What I am interested in is the "more risk more ISK" mentality and the avarice behind it. I've heard some players crow about their billions and pissing contest each other at how much they can make per diem and yip yip yip about nullsec and pvp. I've also met a number of people who, like me, are pefectly content making a decent in-game living as carebears (miners, traders, missioners). I was joking around with someone that I didn't understand what the Scrooge McDucks were doing with all their ISK. There's a finite amount of things to buy in game and isk can be traded for PLEX which can be traded to game time so one could never have to pay for game time, okay I get that. You can only fly one ship at a time and in theory one should "never fly more than you're willing to lose" and if you're not getting blasted every time you undock so as an individual you don't need more than a dozen ships spread across your regular business routes (though I'm gonna start leaving a Noctis in each of the primary systems I work in, but that's out of laziness). What it comes down to is simple - I don't play EVE with the same mentality as a lot of other players (and vice versa). For all practical purposes I am a hell of a lot nicer, friendlier, and more altruistic in EVE than I am in real life (I'm also staggeringly paranoid). Somehow I've ended up with a decent selection of boats and gear and a bucket of ISK (since I never buy anything anymore and I just stockpile trade goods and sell when the market is good). It's bizarre but I think my EVE experience is that of a mildly successful boring middle class capsuleer (who shoots the fuck out of NPCs with ball smashing drones of fury).
In other news:
I've set up a facebook for hooliganyouth on the facebookery (if you're into the whole social media thing).
I want a brisket sandwich - stat.
Spicy shredded pork and stuffing is good. Especially if you add sauteed onions and serranos to the stuffing.
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