Acinom

A trip to bountiful

2011-10-01T20:19:00.001-05:00

Well starting this year, my wife and I have gotten season tickets to the local theatre.

Tonight is the show a trip to bountiful. Its a short play. But man its rough to watch. Not that the performers are bad. But that I really feel for the husband. I wonder if he will go postal at the end of the play.

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If you polish a forum, it's still a forum

2011-09-30T07:22:00.001-05:00

Well last night proved heart wrenching for me.

I got the 2 emails from bioware thanking me for my testing and would like my feedback. My problem? I never got to test The Old Republic.

My first thought after this is a scam. Was to think Bioware made a mistake and sent out the emails server wide. But I went onto the forums to verify.

Oh wow, forum people are just plain cruel. I have never seen so much be-littling in my life. There was good info buried deep with in it. As in checking my spam filter. That was a big oopsin my part. But after about 3 pages I was almost ready to quit. And the game isn't even out yet.

I've dealt with forums for years. I even have created one for my show. But heavens man, why can't people have some common courtesy?

This morning I checked back on. And sure enough, the revs said it was a slip up. The silver lining is that I am not paranoid about my spam mail and I put the bioware email as a contact to try and bypass the filter also.

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testing 1,2 testing

2011-09-29T12:46:00.001-05:00

Well lets see over 15 months have passed.

Yeah. About that. Used to be a post a day. Now. Its quiet as a grave.

Today I stumbled across an app that will hopefully let me post again before another 15 months passes.

Only time will tell

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Week in review

2010-07-22T09:58:00.001-05:00

A quick break

   Well I got the 250 off to capsuleer. Made my advertisement, and haven't heard back from them.

   I tried another round of walking through the maze - getting an interview with CCP. I am nowhere near the cheese exit.

   We broke 2,000 subscribers!!!!?!!! That is insane, humbled doesn't begin to express my bewilderment.

   Acinom is still plugging away at PI skills. Come September I should be done. Then it's off to scanning school.

   Hearld was starting the PI path, but I have enough rep for a level 3 mechanical Datacores now. So that takes priority. Expect him to get back on track in Sept.

   Eisenguarde was starting PI. But I backed off and now I am getting his 2 attributes and the learning skill up for PI first.

   PI - if you drop 1 command center (elite), 1 spaceport and as many extractors as you can on a planet. You can get about 80% full in one day. - high sec

-how are you?
-Jason

Capsuleer Advertising

2010-07-20T06:03:00.005-05:00

only 15 million more isk to go and I can color this job done.

The picture is small but that is mainly because it goes into an iPhone app.

All comments are welcome, please.

Breakdown

2010-07-17T18:51:00.003-05:00

Eve is game for the Excel spreadsheet.

I have been told this for 4 years.

AND I REFUSE!!!!!!
for 4 years I have done just fine (albeit very poorly).

But today, I sucummed to the inevitable.

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I made a Dominix from a NPO and spare parts I had laying around. Flew it to a trade hub and was looking forward to making a buck or two. The selling price has 15 Domi's at 40.3 million isk. That seemed a little low.

So I brokedown, and used excel.

I listed all the minerals and how many they were. then I grabed the sell price per unit. Multiply the two, and I get how much the mineral costs to make the domi. Add all of them up and that was my price for a domi. 69.9 million isk. so that means I am losing 29.6 million isk every time I sell a domi.

That just doesnt make sense.

Anyone out there help me, where did I go wrong?

Edit:so I went back and did it again. But instead of using the values given to me on the market page, I used each invivdual minereals buy price. The total came down to an acceptable level - 36 mil. So I decide to put it up on the market.

995

2010-07-16T18:48:00.001-05:00

I have played this game for over 4 years, yet I have never heard of this.

There is an item limit on the amount of stuff you can have in a station.

995 items

Pulse check

2010-07-16T08:06:00.001-05:00

So.....,
  I have this blog, seeeee

   And I tried to post everyday, seeeee

  And I failed.

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Have you read all these other bloggers that keep talking about their billions they have laying around? Well not me.

Since I announced my grand long term plan I have made :

   -6.4 million, that's Negative

But a friend, my CEO, who is slowing down on the game, gave me 16 BPCs for Dominixs. Plus some other trinkets. With a little bit of mining and salvaging. That might just help a bit.

Podcast is going well. I called CCP Atlanta to request an interview. Got voicemail instead, any guesses to wether they will call me back?

I'll gladly play pay Tuesday for an Orca today

2010-07-14T07:21:00.002-05:00

So I sent the 3rd (sacrifical alt) out to ORE to look at prices of mining barges and Orca. And I was shocked.

The rule I see very often is that the BPO is is roughly 10 times the amount of the ship it is flying. When I bought the Scorpion (usually 50 mil) it was floating around 520 mil. The cruiser my 3rd alt has is 3 mil, and the blueprint is 28 mil.

So a covetor is 20 mil, the BPO is 2,000,000,000. That is 2 Billion.
the procuror is roughly 500 million.
the retriever is about 900 million

and the Orca is 880 million.

These are ORE (npc) fixed prices.

OUCH,
-Jason

Why do you even play this game?!?!

2010-07-11T10:35:00.001-05:00

A long time ago I was diagnose with ADD. This of course relates to the alt-i-Tess I would get playing MMOs. Or the new shiny syndrome I have in eve.

Since I abhor PvP, I am always curious why I play a game devoted to PvP.

I believe that Eve is really just that complex. The game is a crafters wet dream. Unlike every other game I played or have heard about - everything I make in eve is not worse the what drops off a raid boss.

So I am in it for the acquisition of stuff.

I am also a goal oriented person. When I drive in real life, I have to have a destination. I can't just drive for the fun.

So I think I will put down some of the long term goals today. And see how long before ADD creeps back in.

Acinom - finish Planetary Management to 5 then get all scanning skills to 5

Hearld - get research development to 5 plus the mechanical engineering to 5

Eisenguarde - learning to 4s and then hulk to level 5. ( all the subskills to go with that )

Overall goal is to produce an orca from mining to subsystems to final product. My guess is that is 2 years off. But it's something to strive for.

Of course no mining for next 2 weeks
-Jason

Life recap

2010-07-09T07:32:00.001-05:00

You would think that with a few days off I would having something ingesting to say.

  But then, that wouldn't be me

   The podcast comes along. It is starting to coalesce around some talking points. But it still seems too long. I really need to get the website up and running.

   I actually thought about a post going to bed 2 nights ago. It had slot of old stories. But now I can't remember half of it.

   Saw an advertisement for StarCraft II. Comes out here on July 27th. Between that and Star Trek Online raising the level cap at the end of this month, Eve is going to take a beating on game time. Will probably be just skill and PI updates.

  Work calls, so I hope everyone has a happy and safe (RL) weekend
-Jason

Tip toe into null sec

2010-07-04T07:33:00.002-05:00

Do not die - check
Bring a gun to a knife fight - check
Insure ship - double check.

Well after 2 days of null sec PI my storage facility from the extractors are about 40% full. That is with 23 hour cycles. Much nicer then the high sec counterparts.

   After going through the PI rounds I decided to take my Rusty ol Domi out for a spin. I looked with the on board scanner and had 2 Sansha anomalies. This ship is design for tank and PvE. So. I fly out to meet 4 cruisers, 2 battleships, and 8 missile turrets. I got into half armor alot quicker then I expected. While mulling this over I remembered I had the Thanatos.

  A quick change up and I flew back. To the wrong site. This one just had 4 cruisers. My carrier is not fitted for war. I had 6 warp stabs on it. This made for some funny fighting. My targeting range ended up being 19 Km. Still it was nice to see 504 drones to pick from. After a while I went back to station and got rid of the stabalizers. Fitted 2 med shield boosters onto a capital. ( the only thing I had collected) and flew back out. Started to re engage and a new face showed up in local.

A red face, and here I am in a phenomenally fail fitted carrier in a non cyno Jam system. This is a bad idea, and being the carebear I am. Took my capital tail between my legs and ran away from the 2 mighty cruisers I was fighting.

  He left after 5 minutes or so, but I'm not risking my main vehicle to move to and from null sec.
-Jason.

The Cyno Blues

2010-07-03T07:29:00.001-05:00

I really hate cyno generators. I mean in reality it is not that big of a deal. My alt only has 350k of skill points, with the lowest clone at 900k.

  A T1 cruiser with a generator and fuel and that's it. Though it is annoying to buy a ship for 3 mil. Insure it for 700k and only get a 2.3 mil payout.

  But it is the whole sitting 0m off a station in low sec with a Red -8.4 security guy flying back and forth from said station, that really makes you sigh. For reasons I do not comprehend he did not target me and get a quick gank.

  So the alt survived for now....

Jason

Worst movie of the year.

2010-07-01T22:04:00.003-05:00

I have watch the TV series Avatar : The Last Airbender about 2 1/2 times through. I have season 2 on DvD and watch it about once every 6 months all the way through.

I say this so that when I say, this movie is the worst movie this year. You would understand that its not that I hate the Avatar. But the director, and writer need to be just plain old shot.

I need to run, but I really wanted someone to know. That movie sucked, but the show was awesome.

-Jason

Asking for directions

2010-07-01T10:43:00.001-05:00

Thank goodness for hot fixes

Yesterday I am finally getting the 3rd character set for a cyno alt. And send him down to pick up the fuel. And I kept getting a low sec point.

My fix was to go to DOTlan maps and chart my own path.

Glad to hear that it's been corrected.

EQ2: I killed Holly Windstalker!!

2010-06-28T07:38:00.002-05:00

Ok, I know A LOT of people don't care. But that person has been killing me for years.

  I hit 20 on the Conjuror, and got the Mage pet. Now I am used to the Mage pet to be high damage / low health. A really bad soloing idea. But I took it out anyways and tried it out.

   I was amazed. It was able to kill fast enough that I didn't need to worry too much. It still is not the best tank. But for raw leveling, it is awesome.

   I stumbled across a blue elite and pick up aggro. Now I am used to dieing in these cases, so when the pet grabbed aggro I beat feet. I was then amazed that with in seconds it wasn't my pet at half health - but the elite mob. So I turned around and spammed heal pet.

   After that I got the master version of the Mage pet.

   So today I was working on the harvesting skills when a green Holly Windstalker wanders up. With less than 2 minutes of game time left, I couldn't refuse. The Mage pet used her like a tooth pick.

   So who is laughing now!!!!!
-Jason

   To really understand this post you had to have played Everquest for several years and have been ganked by her repeatedly. Even in EQ2.

CSM : Jaded Tears

2010-06-27T09:27:00.001-05:00

I really didn't have much to say this morning. So I read for a bit on capsuleer.

Which lead me to the CSM review. Reading the article reminds me so much of real life politics. Where there is only one right answer - the writer's.

Referring to people who question as Tin Foil Hats. Or inserting the word supposedly, it was like reading the local newspaper come election time.

All this said, I do plan on reading and promoting his article and website. Just to help raise the awareness of the CSM.

But I'm a little bit more jaded. After all, alot of what is said to us is the infamous - trust me. This coming from a game that at it's core design fosters distrust and scamming.

The best thing to do, though is read it yourself. http://keithneilson.co.uk/the-csm-summit-june-2010-thursday/

-Jason

Planetary Interaction: My carebear tears

2010-06-26T07:47:00.001-05:00

Have you ever done something that loses money, isn't all that much fun, and is a little frustrating? Yet, you can't help yourself and you keep doing it again and again.

That is my planetary interaction experience. It's either stop what I am doing every 30 minutes to take 5 minutes to refresh or throw it to 23 hours and let 1/2 the plants stay idle cause I can't get them enough resources.

Also there is no in between. 30 minutes, 5 hours, or 23 hours. What about a 8 hour work day? I sleep longer then 5 hours ( or at least I want to.)

All of this and I have made less then 5 million in products. There are ways to make isk off of this, I know. But not in high sec doing it the way CCP wants you to do it.

So I am waiting for my 3rd account to finish a few skills then I will try null sec. The motherload better be there.
-Jason

Wahoo ...done

2010-06-25T19:11:00.003-05:00

Wahoo, the podcast that could - finally went.

Man, I thought it would never get off the ground.

With Overtime, a bad work day and a trip to San Antonio, I was about to give up.

Instead I think it is one of the funnier ones. Though a bit long.
-Jason

Perpetuum: Day 2

2010-06-24T13:33:00.002-05:00

WAHOO!!! Eve is not longer - Eve-Offline!!

Well Perpetuum, is a ramp up curve. For my system, the graphics of the game are choppy. But I run on a wal-mart laptop. So go figure.

The opening moves are normal. The combat is different in that you can select a target and keep walking. That is pretty sweet.

But I have no idea how to make money. It will take some more time. But with Eve opening back up, I need to run do a skill and fire up planetary interaction again.

-Jason

they love me, they really love me!

2010-06-23T13:14:00.002-05:00

Dear Player,

we are glad to inform you that your application for the Perpetuum closed beta
testing has been accepted. Welcome aboard!

Please visit our website ( http://www.perpetuum-online.com ), download the game,
and create a character. After this you will be able to log into the game and use
the community features of the website. Your login for the website is your e-mail
address and password.

Please log into the website and browse through the forums for instructions. You
will find lots of valuable information specifically posted for beta testers.

We wish you happy testing and lots of fun!

Best regards,

The Perpetuum Team

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ok, I know alot of people dont care. But I love Battletech. And this is as close of a MMO as I have seen in a long time.

Steps to become a ninja

2010-06-22T08:04:00.001-05:00

Lost in eve is a nice podcast.

He goes through the news articles, touches on PI, and then tells a story of an in game experience.

This week he covered something I particularly found nice. Ninja mining.

The goal here is
1) to scan down a wormhole
2) go in and cloak
3) drop an extractor down on a planet - he recommends a Basic
4) leave
5) in the comfort of your station open up a can of extractors and devestated the planet for a short period of time.
6) when it's time for bed or the wormhole is reaching it's natural life cycle you warp back in.
7) drop in a spaceport ( this flags as a customs office in the overview - so if someone is watching they will notice)
8) dump it all to space station.
9) warp in and grab it ( hopefully no bubble)
10) run like a flaming banshee to the exit.

Congrats you just stole minerals from the occupants.

Over course when I got home I didn't find a wormhole in my system. Then I got spouse aggro.... And it was all over.

Jason

SW:ToR - live DH QnA

2010-06-21T08:23:00.002-05:00

I know this redundant. For those intrested already know this and the rest don't care.

But tonight is Darth Haters live QnA on Vent. As much I as would love / need to listen. Not sure my wife would allow that during family time.

She is not a big SW the Old Republic fan either.

Still I encourage you all to log in and listen. Maybe even throw in a question or three.

Jason

NPE

2010-06-21T08:00:00.002-05:00

Well in making the 3rd account, I got try out the new player experience.

  (Old man voice) "Back in my day, ( hobble hobble) we didn't have all those high fluletin fancy Blueprints! (shake my cane). All those choices of carEer paths. BAH!! We were given a stick and bail of wire and told to make our own Titans. I remember I had to walk to nearest jumpgate in the snow!!! Up Station!!! BOTH WAYS!!!!! You young wipper snappers have it too easy!"

-cough- umm hurts my throat.

Overall it was ok, I did rush through how to turn my ship. I was suprised at how painful it was to kill a rookie pirate with a civilian Gatling laser.

   I was given a few Blueprinter missions. But as far as I could tell I had no clue where to go. (assuming I was new). The first couple lead me fairly well. But the last one I had to get some Isogen and it never told me I needed to find a 0.6 or 0.5 sec space and what asteroids to look for.

  For me it wasn't a problem, but if I was a new player not committed to the game. Well it is possible I could have rage quit 2 hours into the game. And I didn't even get ganked.

  Also I lost connection. So when I got back on, the tutorial kept trying to get me to redo everything I had done to begin with. At one point it would even let me warp unless I turned it off.

  Sad
-Jason

Eve gate redux

2010-06-20T11:52:00.001-05:00

Eve gate. Ehhhh

   So I saw I made 24 mil roughly on Capsuleer. But I don't know what I sold.

And since I am hard at work (hahaha) I decided to try eve gate again.

  first time I have log on in about 2 or 3 weeks. I see Kirith likes the tweets. I didn't even realize I had him to view. I did have 1 tweet in there.

  So I threw up the fact that I just purchased a 3 rd account so now I can train for cynos. And the my dream of 2 hulks and an orca can be realized. :). Hmmm.

Now I need another computer
Jason

PI: Mr. Roboto

2010-06-19T07:33:00.002-05:00

I looked over the top tier of Planetary Interaction from the Ivy League Wiki web site.

    They were all exclusive to POS/Sov stations.

   It seems to me that this is a rather poor market. For the large part people running POS's will have their own PI manufacturing going on to save on operational costs. The expection being possibly Wormhole space where the access to a needed planet might be missing.

   T2 components on the other hand might have a better chance.

   And of course if you can find a product that uses both - then that is the highest demand. ie robotics.

  That is my train of thought. So off to robotics I went. Been playing for about a week now. And I have 24 units of robotics. Needless to say it's a little underwhelming.

   I have decided to put storage units right after extractors and before industry. This way any excess material gets stored and ready for shipment. It also helps as a buffer if you can't get to your planet in time to refresh the extractors.

   I decided to forgo the storage unit right before the launch pad. This was redundit. As the storage unit is 5,000 m3 and the launch pad is 10,000 m3 with another 20,000 m3 floating in space.

Overall fun but not as enjoyable as Sim city.
-Jason

Work in progress

2010-06-18T10:41:00.002-05:00

Life changes, that is a constant.

  Work is shifting away from me doing daily computer maintenance ( and hence easy time to write a few notes for the blog) to being more actively involved with some reporting issues. And hence not that wonderful time to say something silly.

   I guess this means I am re-evaluating things. Currently I am doing this on my break. So it might just be that this post is a waste of time.

  Like that has ever happen ! ;)

I listen to alot of interviews with Bioware on E3. Well 5 or 6, some written some on video. But I never got to see the arrogant one. Would liked to have seen it to understand Kiriths statement more.

-Jason

PI - the UI needs some love

2010-06-17T12:04:00.003-05:00

While I am not the biggest reader. Ok I barely read. I haven't noticed people talking about a problem I have in planetary interaction.

  The timing of extractors going off line. I know I mentioned it a little bit on the podcast. But yesterday was just another prime example of not understanding what I am doing.

   After the failed podcast recording, Tuesday. I jumped online at 5 pm and saw my entire lava planet workers were on strike. I choose the 23 hours till depleted option. Thinking I would have time Wednesday to move the production process onwards.

  Wednesday 4 pm came and it said I had another 2 hours. So my math is off 5 pm to 5 pm is 24 hours. Plus 1 more equals 25 hours total. Yet it said 23 hours till depletetion.

   And another thing. You can't stop them in their mining process without scrapping the entire extractor and rebuilding one. I was hoping to stop mining and rescan so I wouldn't have my planets doing nothing during my sleep time.

   It bugs me so much, I might get off my rear and head to Jita's Park and see if I can get a CSM member to sponsor me.

-Jason

Ok so my foot tastes a little funny, but I'm used to it.

There is a proposal already raised for CCP. To look at some of the functionality of PI.

Let's see if I can get the link

http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1335480

SW:ToR - Love / Hate relationship

2010-06-15T17:56:00.003-05:00

HAHA, I love Kirith Kodachi's post.

Mainly cause I am so polar opposite.

Well not the all MMOs are stupid part. That is just plain dumb and dumber.

But the reason I started following The Old Republic, is cause of story. And Voice acting. I loved the trailers in Guild Wars. I was that guy that wouldn't let you move on the next mob cause I wanted to watch the Video.

The story line is very immeserive to me. The little bits and pieces I have been able to glean is truely tantalizing.

I whole heartedly agree seeing abunch of smooth versions of the Star Destroyer is ludicrious 3000 years ago. There has not been any advancement in 3000 years. That is just plain dumb. But that is something I will have to live with.

I watch the trailer 4 times now, each time I enjoy it more. I could easily get upset that a trooper lived through a point blank termal grenade. ( same one 3000 years in the future ). But hey, I love James Bond too.

Over all, this has me more stoked about the game.

Plus I get Starships.

Comparing this to Star Trek Online isnt really right either. Star Trek is having lots of issues just trying to come out of the starting gate. (Still have that lifetime subscription).

-Jason

Opps I did it again

2010-06-13T07:13:00.000-05:00

Well phoey


   I can't find my headphones anywhere to the iPhone.

   So I nick'd my bosses computer speakers for the day.

   Now everyone at work gets to listen to day 3 of the alliance tourney.

   -Jason

SW:ToR - Information Overload

2010-06-12T07:31:00.001-05:00

Drooooll...

There is just too much that happen to remember it all. Darth hater will be up all night working on their podcast.

   Another timeline video, this was a nice little piece of video describing the Jedi Civil War. My thought was that the capital spaceship looked awfully similar to the Star Destroyers 3000 years in the future.

That 3000 year thing will probably always bug me.

   The G4TV trailer was neat, but honestly nothing ground breaking. Though it did wet my appetite for the next trailer.

   Then there was the Gamespot play through update.

   Oh man, drool.
  I like the idea of bullets being the limiting factor for troopers. Love the storyline already for each one.

   I have been wanting an Imperial Agent, and they still found sweet. The play style will be a bit rough. But I am so willing to try.

Overall, it was a great night.
-Jason

Frustration to relaxation

2010-06-12T07:16:00.002-05:00

Special thank you to Kirith Kodachi for reminding me to look at the My Eve section of the forums for new podcasts. I have been remiss in that.

Last night, I spent roughly 4 hours working on iClone. Trying to get things setup. I was really starting to get a feel for the software and it's limitations. I rendered a 30 sec trailer but the watermark they put on it makes it look like 3D image without the glasses.

So I settled down for a session of ice mining. You know what? Ice mining is great. The rock never depletes and,with an orca near by, it's just every 8 minutes move the load from the mackinaw to the orca. Was able to unwind from iClone, then get wound up (good way) for SW: The Old Republic.

Overall a nice way to end the night.
-Jason.

Podcasting - 1 road bump down, Thousands to go...

2010-06-11T09:37:00.000-05:00

I picked up Crazytalk yesterday. And started to experiment as soon as I got home.

   My first trick was that the program wouldn't show the model in it's normal mode. It would let me edit, but then the screen would go white. I remember this problem when I did the trail version, but I couldn't remember how it was done.

   So that leads me to an hour of searching the Internet and reading forums. But the effort paid off, found the right .ini file and did the transfer.

   After that it was pretty smooth sailing. I made a rough draft of the model, threw in a mp3 file and watched the fun for a bit. I tested the save mp4 format ( wasn't available on the trail) and it all works fine.

   After that it was working on the green screen. The first step was to color the background down to the pixel . This separates the model from the background.

While it is easy to understand and even watch, it is a pain in the wrist. Literally, I am still hurting today.

   After that, it gets even mire fun. Neither crazytalk or iClone will do the Chroma Key ( ie green screen ). Even though they say iClone can do it. If anyone knows how, please let me know. Please....

   This lead me to surf for awhile longer to find 123MagicVideo. They have a free trail, then pay to play.

  Now onto my first mistake. When I was creating the green screen of the model, I really didn't want green. I choose blue. This is an industry standard also, so I saw no harm in it. When I go to upload my model to 123magicvideo, it only takes green. I figure no problem. I open up crazytalk, change the color from blue to green, and make another movie. But 123 keeps seeing the blue version. So I delete the blue movies. 123 still sees them.

   I get so frustrated that I log onto eve for some ice mining.

  This morning I uninstall then reinstall 123 magicvideo. Upload the green version and in works great. The model gave his speech in front of clouds then triangles. I then went to the next step and added the Dominion trailer for the background screen. I left the house while it said 4 hours to go.

   I am leaning towards either doing still frame backgrounds, or figuring ( ie asking) what software STOked uses for their greenscreen.

   Either way it's an adventure. And that is what it's all about.

-Jason

Podcasting idenity crisis

2010-06-10T07:27:00.002-05:00

Blah.

That is about the best way I can describe the podcast.

   Maybe, Grrrrrrrr. Is more accurate.

   Or better yet - John Casey's sigh from the show Chuck.

   Either way I am getting annoyed with the mike problems on the podcast. Erin comes in fine, but mine bounces up and down. I use a headset, and the mike doesn't move. But during the editing portion my voice goes all over the place.

   Still all I can do is adjust and try again. Yeah I know, and I will do some samples first. But man it is annoying.

   Think I'm going to stick to the Notalotanews Newshour name. Wonder how much the EVOGANDA guy charges for some banners.

   Figured I would stick to the format of :
Intro
Kiriths Korner - for as long as he can take this thing
Podcast weekly update - I'm always wanting to know if there is a new podcast.
Mission from eve survival - this is an off shoot from the mission collide pattern.
Eve Tribune
Dev Blog - these are just staples. Maybe add ten ton hammer and kugtsumem to it.
Sport pages ( Dotlan maps )
And finish it up with outro/final thoughts.

But as you can tell it's just a work in progress. ( hehe maybe that should be my title )
-Jason

6 jumps in 4 hours

2010-06-09T14:34:00.003-05:00

Yes, I was at my computer the whole time.

I went from low sec entry to the pocket. It is roughly 6 jumps long. What took my 4 hours was at each station i would turn at least 90 degrees from my destination and cruise to 200 KM from the gate. Then bookmark the spot. It just takes time traveling at 200 meters per second.

But I got to the pocket unscathed, and was able to cyno in my carrier. Which landed 10 KM from the station. Still working on the specifics of that one. I made a jump clone (yeah!) and grab an t1 amarr frigate. Threw a warp stab in the back and off I went. There was a brutix that hanging out at one gate. I didnt really pay much attention as I was spamming the warp then jump button. Part of my book market was (to Empire) or (to LSS). So when I am in a non cloaky t1 death trap I have less thought pattern and more... go go go.

Now I am mining ice, cause that thanatos sucks fuel down like it was the 70s all over again. (yes conversvation is at 5)

My high loading zone is a nice little spot. But it is double jump into empire. All the single jumps are a little too unsavory for me.

-Jason

And the idiot award goes to....

2010-06-07T07:59:00.002-05:00

On behalf of all the idiots out there, I would like to accept this award.

Decided to actually move the carrier yesterday. Grinding missions is just grinding me down. I need some ore.

  As my last couple of posts lead you to believe I am clueless (shocker I know) on how capitals move. Well, that is not entirely true. I understand the basics. I guess it is more accurate to say I do not have personal knowledge of the mechanic.

  Anyways, when I get up in the morning and finish the whole shower/dress thing I have 15 minutes before Eve logs for it's daily downtime. Great! That should give me plenty of time.

Log in, and move the scout and the cyno to position ( I kept them log in high sec for my peace of mind). 4 minutes left. Log into my main and shed the Domi I was in. 3 minutes. Pause training ( boy I could blog about that hassle) and jump!

Error - it appears I already have a jump clone here. I made one a long time ago I never used.

2 min 30 sec - ok. Dock at the other station. Undock, warp, (soooo slow) redock. 48 seconds left. Well phoey. I log off all 3 in the right spots.

Did you catch my mistake? It's pretty obvious.

I'll give some time.

That's right.

  So I am at work, doing the work thing. Going over the whole moving the carrier thing. Looking at it from different angles to make sure............

Oh noes!!!!!!! In my rush to get pod from the station to the other, then seeing there wasn't enought slack time,I called it quits. WITHOUT TURNING MY TRAINING BACK ON! Major DOH!

  So there went approx 10 hours of training.

Hello, my name is Jason. And I'm an idiot.

Idiot update.

This morning I go again. Now everyone is prepositioned, I get ready. 7 minutes left. And there sits a Sabre off my carrier stations bow. Now I am 101% positive that the sabre could not chew through my shields/armor. But it wasn't the game plan.

   Sabre finally got bored, and I jumped. ( yes I remembered to turn training back on) I click undock and pop the cyno.

Error - you cyno requires fuels.

   What?!??! Remember when Kirith recommended to use a t1 frigate/cruiser. Well I went out and bought one. Then moved all the stuff to the cruiser. Then chanced my mind and move " everything " back to the cyno ship.

   So it's my mortal enemy's fault. He made recomendation knowing I would be an idiot and forget the fuel.

End of the story : I ran back grab the fuel. Got back and the sabre was back floating around station. Bastard finally left at 2 minute mark. Undock, lit cyno, and spam jump you bastard.

  carrier is now in a few low density zone. So those people living in Aeschee - have a wonderful life. I have no plans to go back.

-Jason

iPhone ; love/hate relationship

2010-06-06T06:42:00.001-05:00

I love my iPhone

I hate my iPhone

Emails come to me. I can surf the web. I can check on the weather including a map. Capsuleer. Banking. Pictures. Camera. Language translation. Watch full length movies. Listen to music/podcasts. And even maintain a blog can all be done from the iPhone.

But no flash player, so no listening/watching Alliance Tourney. And that is just wrong.

It's all political, and we suffer for it.
-Jason

The great Boris

2010-06-05T07:27:00.001-05:00

Between the garage sale, mom coming over, and Eve giving me a 6 hour mission - diddly got done.

   I read SW:ToR comic, the best thing about that is listening to Darth Haters podcast to pick up the smallest details and expound upon them.

   Good news for podcasting is alliance tourney. Of course I forgot to charge my phone last night so I cannot stream the video now. But atleast there will be a 5 second talk on it. Wonder if Erin will watch some?

I still love Boris Hotches' interpretation on the tourney. Ships fly by, lasers fire, ships blow up. He would have been great as an announcer.

  does anyone know the rules of getting a jump clone in player controlled station ( in null sec?)

Have a great weekend
-Jason

Advice on setting up Capsuleer

2010-06-04T07:27:00.002-05:00

Well I was going to talk about never try to play on the computer when the wife decides to hold a garage sale.

  But that got trumpt by my iPhone.

I refresh my podcast selection and see Planet Risk and the Neutral Zone have put one out. Great!!!

  I go to sync my phone to iTunes and it hangs up. This causes another problem in that iTunes then will only preform a restore to the phone. No other option than say it's a new phone. So after the restore, life is good.

I remember last night my Command Center finished 4 last night and moved on to 5 ( I was able to sneak in a que update when the wifes head was turned ). This morning I go to refresh capsuleer, and my characters are gone.

   Now anybody who has used Capsuleer knows getting your characters on is a pain. But the last time my phone was restored ( actually I think it was when I upgraded my phone), I created a contact on my phone. Inside that contact I created the website address with my API correctly placed.

  What this boils down to is that, instead of getting worked up, I just opened up my Capsuleer contact and click on Acinom. A few seconds later she was back, and all the work didn't need to be repeated.

Very handy idea I recommend to all capsuleers.

  Did the same thing for iClone.

-Jason

While reviewing this thread, I notice this sounds like came up with this idea. I did not. It has been awhile, but I believe I got it from the Capsuleer website. I was just happy I got to use it the way I orginally planned on using it.

It's not paranoia, if they really are out to get me

2010-06-03T08:25:00.001-05:00

You know what is worse then being a noob.

  Being a paranoid noob.

  I got the 2 recon ships fitted and skilled to fly. I sent one approx. 200 km off the station where my carrier is. And the other one I found what looks like a quiet spot (this is eve. Quiet is relative) in my jump range.

   Now the last ship I lost was when leaving my carrier. I saw a Moros and atleast 4 battleships. There is roughly 25 people in system.

   And I have never done this cyno before. Personally I would rather not lose my carrier.

   It is my understanding that if I get a point on me, I can't cyno jump. There fore I was fitting it with my low slots full of stabilizers.

   What I am hoping for is (10 minutes before eve closes)

1) have all 3 ships ready. Carrier, the station observer, and the cyno.
2) fleet up
3) pop cyno
4) undock
5) I have no idea, but I am hoping to right click on the cyno guy and spam jump.
6) pray it works

  What annoys me the most is my belief that CCP should atleast be able to tell me how to do this. It's annoying trying to work out the mechanics of how to jump in a pirate system.

  next time remember : Buyer beware ( no wonder the guy put the carrier on the market)

-Jason

Cheetos Podcast

2010-06-02T09:29:00.002-05:00

Well, it ended up being a complete failure, and a great show.

I was worried that my friends lack of play time would show through, and it did. This meant that it left me doing most of the talking.

But the best thing, was that Erin helps me relax and laugh. So the podcasts becomes more vocal and less scripted.

Kirith was a bonus. And he gave me a second shot before I put it up. So that rocked.

Overall, I am happy with it. Though Podded reruns have nothing to fear from me ;)

-Jason

A question without answers.

2010-06-01T10:39:00.003-05:00

Has anyone else ever wondered what could be done to level PvP and PvE?

I personally feel that Cryptic put the big Kybosh on City of Heroes when they tried to introduce PvP to a PvE game a year or so after launch.

As for Eve, it always seemed weird to me that a PvP ship fit would do so poorly fighting rats. Or a PvE ship with 80s to 90s resists would have a problem with someone popping by.

I did like the point brought up at the last FanFest about having rats target anyone and not just the mission runner. It would make it more dynamic for a pirate. But that is easy for me to say, since I dont want to become a pirate.

With this Expansion done and now on the fixing side. I wonder if they would take a look at this. I know everone is talking about Incarna, but that carrot has been dangling for a long time now. It is starting to get ripe.

It was either talk about this, or Baffle you with the BS about changing a Shield booster amp for a cap recharger.... exiciting stuff I know.

-Jason

Podcast : Nervous about Tuesday

2010-05-31T07:22:00.001-05:00

PI note: Eve University has some great info on planetary interaction.

Well this coming podcast will the best ever or Epic fail. Not sure if there is an in-between.

   A guest speaker gave me a 5 minute plug. That is a point in best ever.

   My friend has conceded to doing cohosting duties. And we go off topic alot. 3 points to fail.

   Kind of nervous about doing it. But rain or shine, what's the worst that could happen. It's not like I make my livelyhood off the podcast. ( boy that is a scary thought).

   I submittted my name to the capsuleer people for a video blog. No word back but since it's memorial weekend, I wouldn't expect any.

   Still wouldn't it be nice to get that hook up. Maybe not, cause then I might have to actually work at the podcast and not play.

   I'm halfway to getting the video software I wanted. Maybe in another month.

-Jason

PI: Mr Roboto

2010-05-30T07:31:00.002-05:00

I'm pretty sure this will be my last Planetary Interaction post for a couple if weeks while I wait for my skills to catch up on the Elite Command Center.

If your real lucky it will also be my last post, but I doubt it.

A wise man would shut up now, since to really cover today's subject I need to be in front of my computer. So let me continue...

During my small time on SiSi I would just roam planets scout and throw extractors where ever. While this was fun, it is not a good idea if you want to really do something.

  You need a plan. The best way is to look at what your end product you want to make then go backward.

   Right now I am sure there are smart brainiacs working feverishly on Excel to bring all the schematics to life. So far I haven't found them yet. If you think I'll do that - your insane.

   What I did do was bounce around different processors and look at what they will make. So lesson one.

   Not all planets are created equal.

   The processors on certain planets will make an item, that no one else can. So not only do you need Elite CC for the power grid, you need to find the right planet to make stuff on.

   Case in point : Robotics. You will need robotics for Pos fuel and T2 production. Robotics comes from advance processors not high tech (ie you cannot get the highest and work to lower schematics) to make robotics you need XXXX ( meaning I don't remember) and mechanical parts.

To make mechanical parts, you need blah blah blah ( nope, drawing a blank ) To make blah blah blah, you need something somthing and nobel metals. Nobel metals can be found on Plasma Planets ( very rare ) or Barren planets. And on Barren Planets, they are the least resourceful of the 5 listed.

  So demand for robotics will be twice as high as the rest, but it's base items are one of the least populated in high sec. Hence - demand. This means if you don't care about PI at all

1) you stop reading a long time ago
2) all you need to do is find a barren planet throw down an extractor on the Nobel Metals and sell them when you get around to it. Cause there will be a market.

  it also might impact the PoS fuel market and T2 ship market pretty strongly.

  Already CCP has stumbled and cut off the PoS fuel prematurely and then brought it back. So you know where this is headed.

  I do appologize for not having all this stuff memorized, but if you want me to expand / expound on the schematics drop me a line.
-Jason

PI: Captain Obvious

2010-05-29T07:38:00.002-05:00

Side note : as expected you can use Function keys when in planet mode.

I am starting to rationalize the PI slider.

There are 2 small triangles on the slider. 1 on each side of the color bar. The left one is to the minimum and the right - maximum.

   My belief is that it is similiar to Gain on an amplifier. Since I am in Empire space the minerals are not as abundant. Hence I can increase the gain to show me where the highest minerals are. But if I was to go to Low or Null sec then my settings would be oversaturated and everything would be white.

That is why the video they move the slider to just showing red, while I chose to just start white.

Same topic. Different note.

  Worked on remote sensing. First off I had a parts run 4 jumps over. So I set my mode to planet and made the jumps while my view stayed the same. This does make docking painful, but the jumps are nice. If you did this style for a long time. Might need to add stations to an overview tab - to help with docking.

   As far as how to remote view other system planets while sitting in stations , I found a way but it is a bit convoluted.

   I opened the star map. On the solar system tab, you just move the cursor to isolate the planet then click on planet mode. Fairly straight forward approach.

   For far remote viewing, I went to the star map tab and right clicked a star. I didn't find planet mode. But I did finally use a very old feature. Show system in side browser ( sorry I can't remember the name they call it). Anyway, it is the one where it gives you 4 windows. Top being the universe, next is the region, next is the constellation, last being the solar system. When you right click on a planet in the solar system, it will give all the moons, belts, and the planet. Going over the planet will give you the planet mode option.

Now came my next roadblock. You can scan with in your Remote Sensing skill range. The planet I really wanted to see was 5.22 LY away. And my range (currently) is 5 LY.

   One last note: while I was looking around I went to the building tab in planet mode and hovered over the command stuctures. Elite said I didn't have Command Center upgrade to 5 (yet), advance - 4, improved - 3, standard -2. All these are true (right now). But the intresting thing was when I goto limited. It tells me I don't have the command center in my cargo hold. Which made me wonder, if I have a CC in my hold and remote sensor into my range. Would the computer let me drop a CC on a planet far away?

  My guess is No. Eve uses a linear denail system. In that once I meet one condition then the next road block will pop up. So that if I get a CC in my cargo hold, then it will say something like you are not in range.

   But if it doesn't, that would be awesome.
-Jason

SW:ToR - Companions

2010-05-28T18:27:00.003-05:00

Well the 2nd most anticiapated part of ToR is the Companions to me. 1st being 100% voice acting.

I wish they had released a video on the companions, but oh well.

My big concern is still, In the central player hub to see 10 or so Sith Warriors all having Veerne hanging out with them. I hope I can atleast change her name, if skin color. I think it will take away from the concept seeing multiple people playing with the same companion.

Then again a high level Companion might draw crowds of people ooohing and ahhhing. I know I would be one.

Just hope they have better UI controls then the Eve Drones.
-Jason

PI : Did I mention my scanning ability?

2010-05-28T08:10:00.001-05:00

It seems my ability to scan wormholes has migrated into my ability to scan planets.

  cause I just don't get it. Yeah I watch the CCP video 3 times. And yes I have remote sensing at 3. Understanding thermal graphs : check.

  Its the slider I am lost on.

  You pop up a planet, click scan and select the largest bar (since it has the most resources). Makes sense so far. The planet goes thermal. And it has low resolution, now here is my deal. If you take the slider and move it all the way to the left - the planet goes white (for the most part). What I was doing was moving it all the way until the white just started to appear. Then thought that was the hotest and there for the best concentration. But I have no idea if that is true.

On the subject of remote sensing. The skill talks about scanning planets up to 9 light years away. That is a long distance. I have yet to see something in a solar system measured in LY. Much less 9. Which leads me to wonder can I scan planets in other solar systems. And even more importantly, how?

  As for planetology and advance planetology, what do they really do? The attibutes tell me they are rank 4 and the memory/chrisma. But not how they effect anything.

Either way, I'm still training to level 5.
-Jason

Beginings of my long PI journey

2010-05-27T10:29:00.001-05:00

Intresting note:

  As I am sure most people found, you can view planetary mode away from planets.

   This presents intresting dynamics when running mind numbing missions. I waited until I was on the last battleship then picked a local planet to scout out.

My remote sensing skill wasn't acivated yet (it will get to 3 around 7:10 tonight). This means that there wasn't a whole lot I could do right then. I didn't try to use the Function Keys to see if I could still fight effectively. Will try that another time.

Overall with no skills and in high sec. The planet was pretty dry on mining, but not empty. This time tommorrow I will be working on plantary to 4 to get advance to 4. My overall goal is to get all 5 skills to 5 ASAP. Or as fast as jumping in and out of implants will allow.

I have about another week to get another recon. Still I might just wait and keep grinding for that jump clone. Then I could keep the recon permenantly down there.

I believe I will do more posting on PI. It has tickle my funny bone a bit.

  wasn't it weird that the 2 main skills cost an odd amount. Right down to the .01 isk. I have no idea why, but I am sure it means something.

  oh and by the way, Star Defender has a great post on the products on PI.

-Jason

3 thank yous

2010-05-26T09:31:00.002-05:00

Cough,

Wow. Ok, maybe other people are just used to things like people actually reading their blogs. Me, I am still in shock.

So just wanted to drop a small line and say Thank you to :

X1376 - you will always be my first

Kirith Kodachi - hmmm, I think I may have read something of yours.

Langaidin - Welcome to the Loopie Zone. It was the twilight zone, but those darn vampires kept showing up.

Thank you again.
-Jason

What to do, What to do...

2010-05-26T09:22:00.002-05:00

Well there is rarely a good thing about playing 3 MMOs.

But when Eve goes offline (I only had 4 minutes left on getting my mission finished... whew), that means I can roll right into EQ2 with no thought about WAHHH!

Played with the Rat for a bit. Got his tinkering up to max allowed, I was able to get a skill up every time I tried now. Which means - I am alot luckier then I have ever been. Or they changed the rules on me... again.

I see that Song Li has got a new show out. Sweet!!!

Congrats to Mynxee for becoming president by a large margin.

And last but not least, most blogs talk about what to do for the 18 hours of withdrawl from Eve-crack. Sleep, see a movie, go outside and look at the bright shiny thing in the sky.

Me, I get to repair a septic spary head.
-Jason

This thought brought to you by the word - Random

2010-05-24T07:20:00.001-05:00

Swap skills, pulled out 2 inventions - 1 of which failed, and finished hauling stuff around. Yeah that is an exciting topic.

   Last 4 days watched parts of the movie "They Live". Yeah, I am one of those guys. Googled " I am here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I am all out of bubblegum." I thought it was Bruce Campbell in the evil dead series that had that line. But I was wrong. Still that is one of the best lines ever.

   Yesterday I got some sad news Heroes, Chuck, and V are being cancelled. Heroes I am not so worried about. It became a convulted mess, the writers painted themselves in a corner multiple times. Then the next season would forget what powers Sylar or Peter had.

   At least SGU is still around. Man, love that show.

  Ran through a mission on STO. the entire away team was to shoot 5 tribble patches. No one shot back, not deadly tribble came to haunt me. Overall pretty lame.

   Finished the night with some EQ: time.

   How was your weeked?
-Jason

Podcast note

2010-05-23T07:43:00.001-05:00

So for those of you wanting me to stop my podcasts. - bad news, it will still happen.

For those of you who want me to keep my podcast. - bad news, it will be a month or so.

  I did ask 3 people to do a little personal segment. My thought was similar to the way Chad did the last Fly Reckless. Except this would be them saying whatever came across their mind. With maybe a small interview (5 to 15 minutes) about any noob question I could throw in.

My responses were great!
No. 1 said it was a great idea, but got my podcast confused with someone who is actually good. When I gave them the link to mine. They were never heard from again.

No. 2 said it was a great idea, but had lots of commitments and was not sure if they could get away to do a little segment. But try back in a month or so. And was never heard from again.

  No. 3 said it was an intresting idea, and "I will think about it". And was never heard from again.

   All 3 were cold calls, I dropped in on them out of the blue. So it is not a supprise.

   Then I got to thinking about opening up the floor. I am still partial to this, but from what I have seen from other podcasts offers - not many will do this.

   So that lead my to beg and plead, and brow beat a friend of mine into agreeing to try co-hosting. That way I sound a little less Zombiefied while reading. And maybe an intresting dialogue will pop out.

Trying to get my CEO friend also to hop on so we can have the entire Corp on and chat for 30 minutes.

  His schedule is jammed, and he was never heard from again.

-Jason

SW:ToR: Late Addition

2010-05-23T07:23:00.001-05:00

Went to Darth Hater last night to see what they have about Fridays release of Hoth.

Lo and behold there was a late entry of a conversation piece between a Jedi and his contact. Had the Mass Effect wheel with 3 choices. I couldn't read them, the screen was too small.

Of cousre I did this while my wife was watching TV. She did not appreciate my interrupting her with geek-talk. But it was sweet.

Just throw another log on the "I want to play this NOW!!" fire.

-Jason.

SW:ToR. Anyone have some ice?

2010-05-22T07:35:00.002-05:00

Just in time for summer - Hoth!!

  I was really hoping for this planet. And since I am already familiar with salvaging (thank you Eve). I should be able to help out with all those lovely ship wrecks now.

   Will be intresting to see what Darth Hater has to say about the planet and the Arabesh. Didn't get a chance to read part 3 of the comic. But I am sure it will happen soon.

  Any ideas on what races they are going to release or when do you think they will announce it?

-Jason.

Mission length

2010-05-22T07:32:00.000-05:00

Wonder if I can load pictures today? Guess I will find out soon.

Man, Angel Extravaganza is long. I really wish there was a way to tell the agents - 30 minute mission please. As it stands it's a complete crap shoot. I am not saying the players select the mission. Just let me have short, medium, or long choices on missions. With length vs rewards.

Of course I already see the debate on 30 minutes at 500 loyalty points vs 5000 in 6 hours. They would start whining about being unfair. But there has to be a reasonable solution.

Other then that. - drone salvagers -

-Jason

Wahoo

2010-05-20T15:22:00.000-05:00

Just a thought. But if I didn't have access to high end moons, but wanted to do super capital production. Would getting a class 2 wormhole make the most sense? Only a battleship could come in, and then only a certain number before the WH closes. If you are in null sec you always have a chance to see everything come visit.

Started skilling up connections on the alt. Just to try and expedite getting him a jump clone. Finally got him a recon ship, so the fuel requirements have gone from 500 to 80. That is helpful.

I still need that 3 rd account. But I am saving up for the iclone software. It's probably silly, but it will help me stand out.

Over 1000 subscribers, and my first iTunes review !!!

Other then that my rent was increased by 50%, but I will get a chance at Planetary Interaction now.

Hope you have a great weekend.
-Jason

There appears to be a problem loading images. So that is one thing that sucks.

EQ2 takes a page from Eve handbook

2010-05-20T07:12:00.001-05:00

Funny how Eve seems to affect my other games.

EQ2 has changed since the last time I played. The level cap is now 90. I get a temp pet as a wizard. And the sage aspect seems to have been nerfed.

Oh back in the day. I chose Sage profession since it was the only way to increase the level of my spells. Now it gets me to the first level. Then I have to find a research agent and tell him what skill I want to raise up. After X amount of days - Ding it's ready for pickup. Sounds familiar to me. So like eve I have to decide what I want the most now and plan for later.

Overall I do enjoy this style of thought.

-Jason

SW:TOR. Are we there yet?

2010-05-17T07:18:00.001-05:00

I have tried to keep to the idea - to never want time to speed up. Enjoy today and leave tommorrow for tommorrow. It usually doesn't happen, but it is something to strive for.

   But not with Star Wars: the Old Republic. Ohhhh man, I can't wait for 2011. I hear lots of people down playing it, and that is fine. No game is for everyone. In fact, when I first heard about it I thought it was another attempt at Galaxies. No thank you!

   Them some how I found their desire to focus on story. And the voice acting, they grab my attention then.

   Since then I found Darth Hater podcast. To me they have truelly set the bar on what a good show is. And their website is not bad either.

   This Friday Bioware introduced the advance class system. It reminds me of EQ2 class system when they first came out. Eq2 got a lot of flak from the fan base and finally let you start out as any class. So it makes me wonder if SW :TOR will have a similar problem.

Either way I'm stoked.

-Jason

Special thanks to X1376

2010-05-16T07:15:00.003-05:00

A special thank you to X1376. Yesterday I was ready to give up the ghost. After reading A scouts domain - he referenced me to http://podlogs.com/2ndanomolyfromtheleft/. This guy is good.

   I really do not care for smack talk. When I see him critize another ship fitting, I am thinking he might be another Urban Mongrel.

But 1) the fittings really were painful to look at
2) he was very constructive and helpful in his thought process.

  He even goes so far as to discuss ship fittings for various play styles.

I found myself reading alot longer then I expected on his blog.

   After that I realize I am just not that caliber. My blog is mainly just randomly generated thoughts that go through my mind while I play.

  If I did have a hook it would be the funny pictures, or the podcasting notes.

But if your looking for quality, I gotta say : this ain't it.

-Jason

Why write?

2010-05-15T07:30:00.002-05:00

Been reading blogs now for about a year. All thanks to capsuleer.

   Some people write to help others understand concepts.

   Some people write to become famous.

   Some people write to help them with their creativity.

   Some people write to interact with others.

   Some people write to vent frustrations.

   Some people write to show an idea.

   Most people incorporate more then one aspect of these. And a few others.

   Then there is me. I write just to see if how long I last with this project. I freely admit that this blog has turned out to be quanity over quality. There are ALOT of great to read blogs out there.

Inner sanctum of niNveah,
Life in low sec
A scouts domain
Eveoganda

   These are just off the top of my head. Of course I enjoy reading the 3 I have linked on my blog page. 1 of them is not even Eve related.

   But for me, I just ramble alot.

Real life calls
-Jason

Grrrrriinnndding

2010-05-14T06:56:00.002-05:00

What a world....
What a world....

The grinding is getting to me. I found myself less and less signing into Eve for the joy of the game. And more and more to accomplish paying bills and moving the reputation ball a few more feet towards the end zone. And to think that I might need a 3rd account. But such is life.

I found a mission that I just simply could not do. The acceleration gate drops me 3000 meters from 6 battleships. No matter how hard I tried they could repair the damage by the time I got back from a warp away. But other then that it's just one big grind.

   Looked at STO and shrugged. So last night I went back to an ol one. EQ2. It was nice seeing an actual character do something. I also had a grind with him last night.

  So I was curious why EQ2 didn't bother me so much. Guess No. 1 would be it is different. 2 - I could see movement on my exp bar. After 2 hours I got a new level -47. After 2 hours in eve I get like .25 faction jump, if that.

  Oh and Planetary Interaction looks to only have 2 skills total, and I will not be allowed to try PI in nullsec since we don't own the space we are occupying.

Hope you all have a good weekend,
-Jason

Open mouth. Insert foot

2010-05-13T06:41:00.003-05:00

Behold!!!! The power of a noob.

Sigh.

So I put off the podcast for a bit. I want to get the new software before I go any farther.

I went to the first meeting of the alliance directors. Lot of hush hush things happen.

   But I still couldn't stop myself from letting my complete lack of knowledge show through.

   1) in case you didn't know ( and I did not) you can build capitals in null sec stations. Just not super caps.

   2) when on teamspeak, don't enable voice activate. You never know when your wife will try to move a table across the title. Setting everyones teeth on edge.

   And 3) never state the wrong person setup your forum chatroom. They get really mad, Really quick.

Really quick.

-Jason

Eve Calender

2010-05-11T07:48:00.002-05:00

Stopped in to SiSi to see about PI skill updates. Nothing there.

They did change the opening log in screenshot. Not sure if I like it as much.

Was bouncing around and noticed that the Eve-time stamp had a big 11 below it. Looked at my watch and yep it is May the 11th. Opened up the calender to see that the 18th is the Tyrannis launch.

After that I strolled through the future months to see if they had any information. They didnt. The only intresting little fact was that it only goes out 1 year then it stops at May 2011.

-Jason

;)

2010-05-10T06:53:00.000-05:00

In STO news - it's still there.

As for eve. Today's note is brought to you by the word - grind.

   So I sit here - still groggy from sleep - staring at a computer screen, trying to figure out how to make grinding missions funny, informative, or just plain intresting. Fail.

   Switch to STO. The only news there is that the House of Mog (the guild I am in) is now the largest Klingon guild. And one of the biggest guilds in the game. Congrats to management for pulling that off.

   Then there is CrazyTalk. While it is fun to play with.

   1) I can't save anything with the trial version.
   2) it's not completly exciting if I had to watch the bobble head for a 20 to 35 minute presentation.
   3) but it is fun to watch for me. Thinking about making a 30 second hello for **+***. And then sending it him. Hopefully he gets a smile.

It's all about the smiles.
-Jason

Human vs. Computer

2010-05-09T07:36:00.002-05:00

Over the last few weeks ( or a month) I have kept talking about green screens. And of course money. Thing is, I am just not that interested in seeing myself on the "big screen". And of course money.

   While doing my normal job function, I was thinking about alternatives. The best idea I had was using an animated bust.

   A few clicks on the good 'ol iPhone and presto - Crazytalk. This program lets you import pictures and then animates them.

I can get the picture by using the character creator in Eve Online. Then control F9 to take out the UI. Get a high def screen shot and presto - instant photo op.

And of corse the money.
Crazytalk Pro - $150
Eve Online - priceless

Vs.

Green screen software - $ 135
Really poor camera - $ 80
Lighting - 3 x $90
Space to set up a studio ( camera needs to be roughly 8 to 12 feet away ) - not going to happen

   With all the excitement, I got home and looked it over again. Sure enough there is a free trial version (barebones) for 14 days.

Making the picture and importing it was a breeze. Well not really, the first time trying to find where Eve puts the screenshots was a pain. But after that it is a snap

Then it all turned to goo. Crazytalk has a bug in it for Windows 7, took awhile but I got the patch for that. But my characters jaw still doesn't move.

  So I don't know if it is my computer ( it meets recomended specs), the software, or what.

A little bummed about it.
-Jason

Complaint Dept

2010-05-08T07:34:00.004-05:00

Made a new character last night.

Caldari - so I parked him in Jita to do price checks.

I was afraid the name would be taken. But alas : Complaint Dept lives

Aurora was not happy that I didn't spend the 3 hours on her tutorial. If I ever get a 3rd account - errr when is more realistic - I will run through it then. Since I need 3 accounts to move my carrier around.

Hmmm it just hit me, if I move him down to the pocket before I start working on him (as a 3rd account) then I shouldn't care about the clone stuff. Anyway, it's an idea to think about.

Realized the video editor is a good converter. And the show " Clear Skies " will not let you watch on the iPhone. So I convetered it to mp4. Ie for the I phone.

I also realized that my podcast had pretty much eaten through all the available memory I had bought. I am not going to pay $500 for some more either. So I tried my hand at archiving stuff. I hope I didn't mess it up.

Anyway. I put Clear Skies 2 up on the podcast. This mainly for 1) me 2) the newbies who might not have seen them before. I did give the link in my intro line. I know I am not trying to take credit for it.

Yeah, yeah. I know. I should have done 1. Not 2. I was just trying the converter out.

Honestly I get more feedback from the blog then the podcast. You see I really am not an attention hog. I prefer the shadows. I am doing this more for fun, then to be a celebrity. Hence no advertisemrnt at all. Also why I am so shocked when I got over 7 people subscribing to the podcast. I did put the name Acinom into the front screen. My thought is with Complaint Dept, that I will start asking people for feedback. If Neutral Zone can read bad reviews on the air. Then so can I.

After all I am just reading stuff, it's not like I am doing story time with Dillion.

-Jason

Once again.....

2010-05-07T06:53:00.003-05:00

And once again I am a leaf on the winds of change.

As much as I enjoy mining, it doesn't help get a jump clone or get R&D agents. So went back to missions. This time I decided to just try level 4s. Ran a few with my Battlecruiser. Then I got a combat mission.

Not wanting to die the horrible death - yet again, I went to eve-survival.com. Got the low down and was able to crank through a few of them. At one point the agent wanted me to fight Amarr (declined) then Caldari. This lead to me logging off and jumping onto STO.

Finished listening to the last Podded podcast. Besides being sad, I heard once again of a non-miner wanting to change mining. Why is that? I bet that same person wouldn't want me to change PvP for their game.

Once again I wonder: Does anyone at CCP like mining?
-Jason

Podded just got podded

2010-05-06T13:26:00.003-05:00

OH NOES!!!!!!

   Not Podded podcast ?!?!?

   Well phoey, what a way to start off your morning.

   I think I will live in denial for awhile. With the tourney coming up in June, they might get the band back together for a show.

  That leaves decalrations of war, fly reckless, and maybe drone bay.

  They will be missed
-Jason

Quick Planetary Interaction warning

2010-05-04T20:54:00.003-05:00

In case someone else missed it.

I jumped on SiSi with both characters to see if you disappear when you go into planet mode. Since your ships info goes away.

Short and sweet (well sour) nope.. You are a floating target that doesnt even have your shield, armor, structure to tell you when you've been hit. That means you could have a pirate drop drones out and sweep the area to uncloak you. Then pop you. I do not know when you lose your ship or pod if you are pulled out of planetary mode.

Not really that into killing myself. Its a personal thing.
-Jason

I love trailers

2010-05-03T18:39:00.002-05:00

http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/62355/eve-online-tyrannis/videos/eveonline_trl_tyrannis_43010.html?show=hi

I will probably never see a titan up close. But man, that is sexy.

Research and moon mining

2010-05-03T06:59:00.002-05:00

Just curious, since I have no knowledge on this. But doesn't 22 mil for research fees seem a little excessive? Seems to me it would be worth the run to Solitude and just work on them there.

   Doing my Reading for the podcast. And the last thing mention was the low cost of R.A.M.s. Went and look - yep they are roughly 500k. And the material cost is fairly low. Didn't have time, but I am gonna load up on these. Throw them in the ME cooker for a month or so. Then build a few.

   CEO wanted me to look into moon mining. It's not that we have the ubber moon. In fact we might not get any with the gold rush and all (about a month late). But I looked around. Found a nice Tribune article from year 2.

My setup is not the ubber either:

Gallente control tower
Moon mining array
Silo
8 hardners (2 of each type)
5 large rails
5 small blaster
And a few Ew mods

My thought was that a real fight would wipe out more then my tower. And there isn't anything I can build to stop a gang of Dreads. But a small Battleship roam, I am hoping to convince them to look somewhere else. We will see what he says.

   And I still think mission running is more boring then mining.

-Jason

Bookmark Fail

2010-05-02T07:26:00.000-05:00

Now I could be a complete fail on this, no problem. But is there a limit on how far away you drop a bookmark from a celestial object?

   I know the 20 AU from the outmost celestial object. But just bouncing between 2 of them (28 AU distance) I watched as my bookmark pin showed up well after I hit " make bookmark".

   Oh well. Just keep on trying.

  Anyone heard any rumors why trig prices have fallen?

-Jason

Tiny Planetary Interaction update

2010-05-01T19:28:00.011-05:00

Have a few pictures, and while I would promise to clear up the resolution. I have no clue how to do it.

Mainly this shows the info presented for the BASIC command structures. And more importantly, they have "realeased" 2 skills for PI.

Command Center Upgrade skill - adds 1 more PCC that you can command for a total of 6 (1 free + 5).

Interplanetary Consolidation skill - increase energy output of PCC.

The rest of this will just be pictures. Taken with a fuzzy computer.

Command Center Upgrade

Interplanetary Consolidation

Images from a command center

but most say this

STO: Hello Mr. space bar

2010-04-30T17:27:00.002-05:00

My wife is really starting to not like STO. Mainly for having to spam the Space bar every time I want to fire. And I want to fire ALOT.

I mention to my wife about the new 1.1 patch having the spacebar turn on auto-fire. She says I am now allowed back in the bedroom!

I was thinking that when I hit level cap I would get bored of the game. But I have found that I still enjoy doing 15 minute mini-missions.

That and it is a much slower paced. HEHE, well nothing can get much slower then mining. So what I mean is there is no pressure since there is a very weak death penalty.

A friend of my wifes, and now mine, started asking questions about STO and Eve. I filled him in the best I could (there is alot of info that gets convoluted in EVE). I did have a free 10 day trail card from my SE STO box. He likes it so much, he is willing to sell his WOW account on craigslist. I was a little stunned, I didnt think STO was that powerful.

He must be playing the federation side
-Jason

Wahoo. Choices.....

2010-04-30T07:00:00.002-05:00

Oh my mining, oh my mining, ohhhhhh myyy mining clemintime.

   Did an orca load last night. Got to looking at trit prices and in the 3 regions around me - they have drop below accptable levels.

   Plus the fact I need my alt to have a jump clone.

   Plus the fact that I want my alt to start the passive income that is Research and Development.

   This translates to grabbing a myrmidon and crunching through level 3s.

   It is very true that level 4s have a better payout, but the time and energy investment in it makes it not worth it to me. Maybe when I get a Golem or Kronos I might try them again.

   But I have enough on my plate as is.

-Jason

Welcome to (pew pew......BOOM)

2010-04-29T07:00:00.002-05:00

What a day.

So the last note was a slant on "I joined a null-sec alliance". Just a bit more colorful.

   And with it was introduced to running the pipeline and jumping into a 20 man gate camp. Gotta say my fight or FLIGHT response was going. Had shakes and everything.

   When I got to the new home pocket. The rocks there suck. So after some thought I decided I needed a few more skills before I live there.

  ie. I went back to high sec mining. I want to get my rent money set aside. Then work on 2 ships. T3 gate runner and a cyno ship.

   Last night I got my alt and my main back together and commenced to crunching rocks. Nothing was on TV that my wife and I both wanted to watch. So I settled in for some Internet surfing (and no, not that kind).

   As I was reading about SW; The Old Republic, my strip miners finished a round. Clicking on the cargo hold and moving the ore I noticed CONCORD all over the place. With a pod floating around. I sent a few emails back and forth. Just curious about a suicide gank. He said I didn't appear to be a macro. How could he tell I don't know. Still dodging that bullet was freaking close.

I set him to red, and just logged for the night.

  I promptly died 10 times in STO.

-Jason

My new worst enemy

2010-04-27T20:24:00.005-05:00

(note: this is a melodrama, supposed to be silly. If this appears to be a slam. Then I did not get my point across.)

Curses....

So now my I have a new worse enemy. Much worse then those evil rocks I have been beating into submission these last 4 years.

Even worse - if that's possible - then listening to that level 4 agent grill me, yet again, about having to run out to a warehouse to get her a bottle of wine. By now, I say she can choke on it.

My enemy eats his evil pancakes with that extra-evil buttery syrup. (this is a SW:TOR reference)

Him in his high and mighty SUUUUUPPPPPEERRRRRR carrier.
Me? well I have some duck tape and bailing wire...

Who is this masked man of mayhem?

Who is this criminally pilot flying the dementedly dastardly dirigible?

No other then....

Thats right Kirith Kodachi!!

Look on the face of ruthlessness!!!
(the evil mustache I helped along)
(and the goatee...)

Why is this man the bane of all existence?

That is simple. I finally moved into null sec and got into an alliance. After careful planning and orchestrating events (read - get off my dead butt). The opportunity landed at my feet. And it just happen to be on this side of the map!

So I say, I not bad.....he bad!!

Him and his evil pancakes!!!

All Alone in his tiny SUPERship. haha!!! WE all know what Anakin can do to a drone ship!!!!

(Too bad it is the wrong game for that....CURSES!!!)

Well we know who is the Dog and who is the CAT now, don't we!!!!

Fell for the 'ol sitting on the head while looking innocent trick. Again.

I'll get you my pretty!!!! yes!!! I will!!!!

-Meow
-Jason

PS (hey we still on for movie night Friday?)

Request for questions

2010-04-25T09:41:00.002-05:00

In trying to be non-political, I am going to try to get an interview with the Public Relations officer for the Paxton Federation.

Are they any non-security questions out there that you would liked asked?

And is there anyone out there ( -cough- Kirith -cough- ) who knows who the Public Relations officer is?

Thank you
-Jason

The circle of Lost Letters

2010-04-25T07:27:00.001-05:00

So there I was,

  Naked in a hot-tub full of Cheeze Wiz. And not a cracker in sight.......

   The whole not being responded to was driving me crazy. It's like trying to find a real job. You hunt and hunt. Go through applications and interviews. You think that everything went really well. Then you wait and you wait. The acceptance or rejection letter never comes. It is a frustrating experience.

   But I hate to intrude on people. I really do. Last night though, I decided to strike up a convo and find out. The first thing he said was that he has gotten a few comments on the interview (good ones). That always makes me feel good, just knowing that someone listens. I ask him if he recieved my evemail. Lo and behold it was burried in his Inbox. So after a little bit of him hand walking me through the process and getting the lo down on the rules ( which I don't have a problem with ) I tried to apply for the alliance.

   For all those kiddies out there that also didn't know. Only the CEO can apply for an alliance. Now I have to wait to see if my friend will transfer control to me for a week to get the bugs worked out. Or will do it himself.

But suddenly there is color in the world again. As I am no longer stuck in limbo wondering if he got my eve mail.

Hmmmm, wonder if my friend got my email? ......... ( the circle continues )

-Jason

Disgruntled

2010-04-24T07:36:00.002-05:00

Well it seems I am taking the silent treatment pretty hard. I am starting to get into the funk.

I looked over at M3. The Paxton Federation Corp, they are needing good fighters. But it is not a good fit for me or my Corp. Still if anyone wants to get into a tight nit group - you couldn't go wrong there.

   I glanced at City of heroes new expansion. I have 3 of the 5 sets on the mastermind class upto the boss pet. And everyone of them I lost intrest shortly thereafter. Looked at their new. Demon summoning set. Intresting, but I don't see what the buffs are. Still looking. In the end it's not enough to change my mind about returning to the game.

  Looked at Star Wars : The Old Republic new video. I was wanting better graphics. It's not that I am not going to play it. It is just I wanted dust movement when fighting in a desert. Wind blowing in the mountains. That sort of thing.

  Work calls. Looks like it is going to be a busy day.

So for the typos. No time to proofread
-Jason

Just not into it

2010-04-23T07:31:00.002-05:00

Either nothing is going on or I'm too tired to remember it. You decide.

General whines.

   Man the freighter is slow. I fell asleep last night for 20 minutes waiting for the warp. Wahoo for high sec.

   Still annoyed that I lost my blockade runner due to not understanding.

   No word from the Alliance. Assuming they are busy with a contract. After a week I will write it off.

   Moved stuff around. Now there is some exciting info.

   Are fighters really worth it? Fighter-bombers are anti-Cap. And fighters can't hit anything less the battleship. I guess if you are going against a couple of battleships then yeah. But most of those have buddies.

Have a great weekend
-Jason

Welcome to Low sec

2010-04-22T20:36:00.002-05:00

Shadoen > ahoy!
Acinom > \m/

Shadoen > did you get my POS question?
Acinom > yea... sorry but if I understand right... no we cannot put a POS up... will ask when I get a reply
Acinom > so far my request to join has fallen on deaf ears
Acinom > there doesnt seem to be a click to apply button for alliances
Shadoen > interesting.
Shadoen > how did you perform the interview with them?
Acinom > just lost my shipp
Shadoen > omg. sorry :(
Acinom > came out of the station to a fleet of welcoming arms
Shadoen > what/where?
Acinom > low sec... was at the carrier
Shadoen > you just lost a carrier?
Acinom > no
Acinom > my blockade runner
Shadoen > oh.. yeah leaving station is the single most dangerous time :(
Acinom > no killmail ;)
Acinom > had 3 scrambles on me
Shadoen > killmail?
Shadoen > did you get the pod back in?
Acinom > nope... my pod survived
Shadoen > excellent.
Acinom > I warp to gat
Shadoen > nice
Shadoen > link your blockade runner fit when you're safe plz.
Acinom > oh well... sucked.... but I am suprised
Acinom > it is gone now
Shadoen > oh. :(
Shadoen > you got funding to get replacement?
Acinom > ship gone....
Acinom > I had a second one
Acinom > errr I have (present tense) a second one
Acinom > well if this null sec thing doesnt pan out... I still am getting close to my T3 cruiser
Acinom > roughly 2 weeks
Shadoen > sweet action that!
Shadoen > hopefully both happen.
Acinom > what are you up to? about time for you to head on out?
Shadoen > mindlessly running lvl 2's my brain can't handle more.
Acinom > no 3s? wow
Shadoen > not up to 3's yet.. and honestly i'd have to think.
Acinom > mining ;)
Shadoen > was running a refueling for that afctually lol.
Acinom > need to refine my 10 M Dense veldspar
Acinom > NNOOOOOOOOBBBBBB question can you redock if you are agresses? and warp scrambled?
Shadoen > right now yes.
Acinom > HAHAHAAH
Shadoen > if you are agressed. but not if you attacked.
Acinom > then I lost my ship cause I am dumb HAHAHA
Acinom > HHAHAHAHAAH
Acinom > I lasted about 15 seconds... and was at about 400 m/s
Shadoen > you had enough to stay out there huh?
Acinom > I could have saved my ship and mined with hearld!!!!
Shadoen > well poop.
Acinom > HHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
Acinom > I think I will file that under lesson learned

The interview

2010-04-22T07:10:00.001-05:00

We setup the time and place. I got my notes printed out, and went onto vent.

After dinner - around my normal bed time. We started. Asuka Smith is very nice and forgiving. About 7 questions into the interview I glance up to see that I was not recording in Ventrilo Anymore.

   My record as the unprofessional is still secured.

   After that the interview flowed pretty well. No more forgetting to record. That always helps.

   Next day, the 30 minutes interview took 4 hours to edit. And that is with no video. There are a few more details that need to be address then the interview hits the airwaves.

   I started throwing in comercials. Really they are just pieces of movies or TV shows that I like. Just another random idea I had.

   After the interview I thought about what Asuka said and came to the conclusion that I could do this. So I pestered my CEO to get the green light to go ahead and join the alliance. For the cost of 100 mil I think it is nice to have a spot in 0.0. I can mine 100 in a week of high sec veldspar mining. So it will intesting up see.

   My thought is after I jump throught the application hoops to have the alt - not in the alliance fire up the hulk in high sec and go back to non-Orca mining. At the same time take the cloaky recon ship (Buzzard) and go scout out/make bookmarks in the new system. Also means I need to get my alt to learn and dropping cyno feilds and covert ships. Figure I would spend a week in local listening and watching traffic.

   -Jason

I am the UNPROFESSIONAL

2010-04-19T06:54:00.001-05:00

So I had mispelled (can you believe it with my awesome spelling) the PR persons name in Noir. And therefore couldn't find him with the Eve locator.

  But I found the error of my ways, and shot him the same email that I had for Noir website.

   To my suprise and unreadiness, he was ready to answer questions. But he didn't have a skype account. He wanted to use Ventrilo.

   Are you ready for my awesome Vent expertise? Here it is comes...... I have downloaded/installed the program. Just this past month I have log on to Blood of Khaless where no one would talk. And recently House of Mog, where I convinced a guy to look at Eve. And that's it.

   So I look at the setup tab. No luck. I googled audacity recording through vent. Found some funky but non informing web sites. Getting frustrated I went back and asked Noir where the settings are. He said under View -> record/playback. But there is no view option in the setup tab.

  You know he has to be groaning about noobs with press badges on.

  I try google one more time and find a you tube link. After watching, I was able to record a test.

   By now, my time limit was up. And I didn't even have my questions organized.

   The good news was that Noir is very helpful. So I am shooting for the interview Tue/Weds.

   I did get home and get the notes in sequence. So at least I will not be completely scattered brain.

   I am also starting the NOTALOTTANEWS newshour show. There is no video, but this is at least a trail run.

-Jason

I owe, I owe. It's off to mining I go.

2010-04-17T21:15:00.000-05:00

Finished up the first recording of Noir. Have the second one recorded but not edited. No word back from PR yet. But that isn't suprising. I looked for him online (in Eve). But didn't find him. Still working on the questions.

   Star defender asked what does a miner do while crunching rocks. This just so conisides with last night.

  Side note. My CEO friend let me back in his Corp.

   Was convinced, pretty easily, to go back to mining to get some cash for the next purchase. So last night, I mined for roughly 4 hours. Made 2 1/2 Orca loads of dense veldspar. For the first hour or do I did some research on Noir.providence. Working on the interview. Checked skype to see how to record. Check eve voice to find that I can't record on that one.

   After dinner the wife and I watch Stargate Universe. And I mined. Man, I love DVRs. I also really enjoy SGU. I would love to blog about it. But I cannot seem to describe my reasoning. To sum it up, SGU isn't pretty. People are being forced to deal with each other. And no one plays nice, except Eli.

Around bed time I threw in the movie Push and rub my wifes head for a hour. (and mined). In the end - I know I could have made alot more isk in level 4s. But I wouldn't have been able to enjoy anything else.

   My wife hates me playing STO at bed time. Since I have to steer and continually spam the space bar. Hard to sleep when - click click click click click is 3 inches from your ear. Plus no rubbings. She much prefers mining. Though she thinks it's the most boring thing in the world.

   You can also do house chores and such. Hence I love mining, but I stay out of low/null sec.

-Jason

My attempt at reporting

2010-04-17T07:38:00.002-05:00

Well I signed up for NOIR. forums. I am trying to get an interview, preferbly on Skype ,for the podcast. I have 2 reads to do : one from Eve tribune, another from a blog written by A. Karrde. And to finish it off an interview. I think that would be a good idea. I might even ask Podded if they want the final product.

I don't really need the head boss. I am more than willing to just talk to a PR guy.

Some ideas are :
What is the citizen corp going to be called?

Will there be a dedicated forum?

Why 4 systems vice 2?

Karrde said that if the system gets hit while they are gone - they will finish the contract and then come back with unholy vengence. But that does not include small gang raid right? I am assuming that all the 0.0 holders want people to fight. They just dont want Sov contested. So if I am mining and the neighbor next door hanks me - shut up and get over it. I assume that is the basic rule.

Even though I stated it here, I really want to stay away from "will you protect me" style questions. Cause the answer is clear - no. You want safety go back to empire ( that is where I live ). I want more infrastructure questions. Contact info - stuff like that.

If anyone does read this blog I would REALLY appreciate any input to questions I need.

I am sure I will atleast attempt this. If I fall flat on my face and make a horrible farce of my attempt at journalism. I will report here first.

-Jason

Level Cap, commision, and Noir.

2010-04-16T07:51:00.002-05:00

Funny how yesterday I didn't really have a story, and today so many ideas are going around that I will miss some.

First I hit level cap in STO (Star Trek Online) yesterday. And I thought for todays' title being "why STO is better then EVE" would stir people up. The thing that STO has going for it is the quick turn around of missions. I can grab a 3 part mission and do one part in less the 30 minutes. And if I want to wait a week or two that is fine. In Eve, they also have missions, but you have no idea if the one coming up is 15 minutes or 6 hours. And you get a penalty to the reward if you don't complete them NOW. Overall adding to the stress. Where as STO has a more relaxed pace.

All that said. I should get commision on getting people to try Eve. I have gotten 3 people into eve and 2 more to look into it. I met a guy in the STO guild's vent chat yesterday. After a few minutes of chat, I mention about bouncing from eve to sto. He wanted to know more about Eve, since he had heard of it. He likes Pvp and spaceships. And he likes to think about new ways to fight - hmmmm sounds like the perfect null sec pilot to me. I talked about how skills work and how every ship in game is important. He said he would look into it.

Something I recommend anyone either thinking about Eve or talking to people about Eve - have them listen to Podded podcasts. Storytime with Dillion is a great way to get people motivated into playing Eve.

Here is a link : http://poddedpodcast.com/

Final thought. Noir. is taking over a portion of Providence. They want to form their own citizens wing. The ol' play in 0.0 space rised up briefly. But I quickly beat it back down.

Will probably read that article for the podcasts.
-Jason

Short Commercial break

2010-04-15T07:00:00.004-05:00

Well the movie thing for blogspot isn't something I will do alot of, I believe. 100 megs is a pretty short film. But it is another free feature.

Todays news is pretty dry. Missioning level 3s in a Drake is not a real page turner. I'm not saying that my blog is fabulous, but this is worse then normal.

Kirith over at Ninveah.com ( Edited for DOH! factor ) is just a plain awesome writer. I was reading about his misadventures in moving. Something I shudder at myself. His ability to grab your intrest and make you laugh and cringe is inspiring. Their are many other blogs out there that I read - threw capsuleer - that give testament to being inspired to try after reading Kiriths accounts.

-Jason

this is just a test

2010-04-14T15:10:00.003-05:00

I see I can upload a video.... how does that work... hmmm

Just a lay over - Planetary Interaction

2010-04-14T13:12:00.008-05:00

Yep, failed at Planetary Interaction and it isnt even released yet.

I wanted to see what the new graphics looked like and just spend 30 minutes goofing around.

First, was another download. Hour later, I pop back in to my Widow (yeah SiSi), and look around for my little factory. It is gone. So I run over next door and get 2 Planetary Control Commands (PCCs). Run out to a local planet and find that I have temperate PCCs and it was an Ice planet. No Temperates in system, so back to Adiere.

Last planet I found a temperate... yeah team! Get there, cloak, and go into planetary mode.

This time I noticed that My ship interface is gone. hold on... let me take some pics.

ooppss. got distracted with the 100 isk prices. Decided to look at an Abaddon and try to fit it.

Found that CCP gives you 5 of each type of PCC expect Temperate... I chose Storm - cause its cool ;)

I grabbed a few photos. Nothing no one hasn't seen before. But I do have a question.

here I am going cloaky in a HUGE ship....

ooo, you might not see me. But how can you miss a floating barn in space?

Big thing here is notice the normal GUI. It has the familiar selction of Shield/armor/structure. Plus Capacitor indication.

Now here - (next slide please)

Here you can see it is completely gone. Now while this is on SiSi and can be modified at any time. It does lead to speculation. Will you be attacked while in Planetary Mode. I can imagine that the pirates will cry foul if their helpless prey cant be hit while in PI. But even in this short little encounter with the planet... It takes time, thought, and energy to get a setup. To not know if you are being pounded upon.. that can be scary. Even if you are removed from Eve proper. What happens when you exit planet mode and their is 4 pirates off you port bow. Do you get the 10 seconds of cloaky? will be intresting.

A few other tidbits.

By the way you have to click on the submit button before you can do anything else. I know this seems like it is idiot-proof. But never underestimate the power of an idiot. I'm not going to tell you how I know.

You also have the extractor

There are now multiple selections for extractors. This is where the planet scanning would help. But today it seem to say "Sorry Charlie" (for those youngsters... that is a commercial catch phrase). Still they do look sweet. I just wish I could zoom in even further.

and last, but way not least is the factory.

You can now choose lots of different schematics for various items.

Well I hope you have a good day, and I will see you tomorrow.
-Jason

Aww, come one. Let me shoot one!

2010-04-13T11:03:00.002-05:00

I was able to hook up with my CEO friend again. He is graciously allowing me back into the corp... just need to finish a few errands first.

We ran around doing level 2s. Mainly due to him working on R&D faction. When we would get to the kill zone, I couldnt target them fast enough before he killed them. Him in his high and mighty Tech3 Proteous. Little bastard wouldnt even stop for air. It was like watching popcorn on the screen the rats blew up so fast.

But I got some payback ;)

I told him I could get level 4s and such. But the next level 4 was 16 jumps out, while there was a level 3 quality 18 next door. So laziness won over greed, and I grab a mission. Now my drake has roughly 63/71/82/85 resists to damage and I threw in a shield booster. So during then entire fight I got down to 98.5% shields. With roughly 6 to 10 cruisers pounding me. While my Proteous friend went from shields to armor rather quickly and then to 1/2 armor and then warp out. Made me feel just a wee bit better. He was set for gank, and I am trying to figure out a sleeper fit.

~{-}~

I also notice that my 2 ECMs were not doing a darn thing. I select 2 that were under optimal range and painted them, but they were still firing at me. The entire fight - I left them to see if it would ever work. So after he logged and it was bed time, I ran around and spent the money that I should have saved on other things.

Note: you cannot have more then 1 Damage control module on a ship. Just a little FYI.

I ended up with high slots : 6 heavys t1 (skills off by a sliver)

med slots : 2 inv field (t2), shield booster (t2), 2 boost the booster (t2), and a cap extender (t1)(cause the booster is a hog)

Low slots : I got my 2 Ballistic Control Units (t2) back, Damage control (t2), and a power coil (cause the booster is a hog)

Havent re-done the rigs yet: but we will see when I am off the poor boy floor..... yeah right ....

Still it was enough to let me think about it today as I work on plumbing... I am almost as good or plumber as I am a scanner.... have a mention my scanning skillz ?

-Jason

Sorry Star

2010-04-12T08:00:00.002-05:00

Had a few thoughts and now they are gone.....

My good friend and former CEO who I turned traitor to and set up my own Corp ( turned out to be a mistake ), has come back for awhile. He is working on R$D faction - and I need my alt to get into that.

   That meant jumping around trying to get to him as he moved. By the time I got there I only had 15 or so minutes left. But that was enough time for a mission. And once again it was proven to me - playing the game with others is more fun the soloing. It's a shocker I know.

   Get home a few hours later and was hoping to run a few more missions with my friend. But he wasn't on - ooooo Star Defender was hey hey!! I have a few questions for him, sweet!!

So I open convo with a " hello are you busy ". Since I have no idea what type of storm he is in. And I wait, and I wait, I go get dinner, and I wait, I eat dinner, and I wait. Ok no problem he is either afk - hope he is safe. Sleeper killing - don't need the distraction. Or defending himself - definetly doesnt need the distraction.

Well few minutes after I close the convo he shows up. And he remembers me, that is the amazing part. I started my rambling of hello. Never quite got to my question and he had another visitor. Unwelcome visitor.

  While he is away I find a wormhole myself..,. Have I mention my scanning skills.? Or lack there of? It's a class 3(boo). But I pop in to see a tengu and a Thanatos ratting. I open up local with a comment about carriers being overkill ( I thougt it was funny ). But no response. About 3 minutes later I tell them they have a high sec opening to Bereye which is 2 jumps from Ourselant.

  By this time Star defender has lost his main and alt to vandals. That is right I called you vandals! He has the story on his site.
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I offer my help. He wiesly says no. It's not that I am going to gank him or turn traitor to him. It is more like I will be all Gilligan ( Gilligan Isle ) in a fight then anything else. Only not so funny.

So I wish him the best.

  I was wanting to talk to him about creating a FAQ sheet on his blog. So I can reference it when I ask the same question I had 10 months ago.

  Also I have been playing around with a drake. I got the resists to 80/84/87/90. But that was 2 inv fields, each type of shield hardners (4 total) and a damage control. All T2. But after listening to the drone bay - where they mention about a drake with ECM. I want to try that route. So I threw off my shield hardners. That drop my resists to 60/63/71/80. I was curious if that was good enough or plain suicide. Obviously Star Defender was a little busy. This morning I ran a level 2 mission - weak I know, but it was close by - and with 12 to 15 frigates flying around 4 ecms doesn't really do a whole lot.

   Plan K - I drop 2 ecms and put in a shield booster with a boost to the booster. And my Cap cried foul.... Sigh. To get cap stable again I had to drop the 2 ballistic contol units (t2) and pick up 3 power inverters.

   Tried to finish the mission - but forgot about the 2nd room. Then I ran out of time this morning. So it will have to wait till tonight.

-Jason

Goggles myself

2010-04-11T07:34:00.002-05:00

Decided to look for more NC vs SC updates by using google. I was suprised to see my podcast holding the no. 2 slot. That is just plain weird.

  Worked on the podbean website for a bit. Finally got off my dead hump and brought the other podcasts that I listen to up there. Ohhh I just remember - I forgot to list the two that I don't listen to. I need to run do that after this blog.

  Tried to get the banner on the site to be more eve like, but it was epic fail. Epic. So I just reset it to default.

Also no joy on finding other updates. I did find the thread that linked a YouTube video on a lag death from the current war - birth to epic rage. Funny the FC sounds like the guy that Podded had on awhile back about hot dropping his single carrier into an Agony Unleashed fleet. He went from god to rage in about 5 minutes.

  If someone knows a link I would be happy to read it. I am truly neutral in this entire war. But I do wonder if the Goons will stop their shinanigans and form back up and take back space with IT thouroughly occupied in the north.

-Jason

It seemed like a good idea at the time

2010-04-10T07:45:00.002-05:00

Nothing to exciting happen.

So I wrote a post already. Like so many times before i write on my notepad for the iPhone then copy over.

But this leaves the post still there. So the next day I have to backup, delete it, and create a new note. While this is simple, it is a little hassle that I found a work around. Instead of copying I use cut. This means that the next day I have a fresh clean page to spit out random thoughts on.

Seem like a good idea at the time... Worked for 3 days. But today, after playing with the picture load I wanted more.

Almost 6 months ago some co-workers got online and googled Fail pics. They are hilarious. I told myself if I start blogging that is what I want to do. Well 6 weeks into this and nothing.

I thought I couldn't do it from my iPhone. Thinking that you had to download the picture, then upload it to blogspot. But there is a web link. To do that I need to copy 'n paste ( see where this is going ).

It seem to work great! The picture said it uploaded fine. But it wouldn't drop it into my nicely written screen. A few missteps and poof the screen is blank and my cut 'n paste is now the internet address. My post is gone.

So it's back to plan D. Guess deleting yesterdays writings isn't so bad.

-Jason

Trying to Blog with a Picture

2010-04-09T16:10:00.005-05:00

Ok, Well after reading Kirith's latest article on skills, I was curious if I could get my skill sheet up here.

Really this is more for trial of pictures then anything else.

So without further ado...

Acinom Picture.

Honestly I didnt realize when I made her that I would be seeing just a thumbprint for the rest of my life. So I chose the outfit cause it had the most cleavage... which was promptly cropped out at the end of character development. (who says devs dont have a sense of humor). And the black ring in the background makes her look like a bad hair do when looking at it in a 64x64 thumbprint day after day. But still that is the pic I chose.

Onto skills...

This just goes to show I am all over the place. Learning and Navigation are completely maxed out. Drones is about 75% done. Was starting to work on Gunnery - as of today I have all the support skills to 5, but I am still way off what is expected.

The part that still makes me shake my head is it now costs me 35 mil every time I die - for a new clone. So that means a fitted Cruiser costs less then my clone. I guess CCP expects me to be rich by now... too bad I didnt get that memo.

-Jason

Drone bay is back! ( and other random thoughts )

2010-04-09T06:52:00.001-05:00

Wow drone bay is back. Hope they last more then one podcast this time.

  Still working on scanning. I have only found 3 wormholes. 1 to another high sec. 2 to occupied wormholes.

The drake is proving to be intresting. Still curious if I can get all my resist above 90%. Doubt it, but still it keeps my thoughts occupied.

  Another random direction I was thinking about is - going to low sec. My last Corp was based out of Solitude while I stayed in empire. My one visit to his system was a 14 jump through low sec space. He chose this route to prevent any bubble camps. I was amazed at how low the population was in the jumps.

  I was thinking of getting a base of operations next to this corridor and making trips in there. This is all in preperation for planetary interaction, which they say low sec will be more profitable then high sec. At least till Dust514 comes out.

  For me the area around the corridor has no friendly npc corps. Which bites. That has been my biggest stumbling block against me just moving out there. Still with PI coming. I need to scout.

   The other problem is that STO is actually fun still. That eats up my time.

Funny how things work, huh?
-Jason

Comment Monitoring

2010-04-08T14:45:00.003-05:00

Too funny,

I have told 3 people about this blog. My wife, kirith, and a RL friend. Kirith and my friend have graced me with a comment.

Honestly, this has turned more into my venting and commenting blog, then anything worth while. But that's ok, I am seeing if I can keep my goal of 1 blog a day average for a month.

This lead me to be really suprised when I got a comment. I was very excited - since it never happens. Only to find out it is an ISK spammer. Even here, Eve's dark side pulls me back in.

And to top it all off, I didn't have the verification up before posting. So I can't delete it.

All in all, a life lesson in blogging.
-Jason

Ding! General 3

2010-04-08T06:55:00.001-05:00

Hmm, I guess first off that the bug for completing 1/3 of the cardassians mission for captain does not carry over to admiral.

   Second, since swapping out the beam arrays (250 degrees ) from the turrents (360 degrees ) my survivabilty has gone up tremendously.

  Third, after that one patrol mission I have just done exploration of star clusters.

   Four, I have finally been doing away missions. And I encountered a problem with my bridge officers. While many people have different designs on their BOs. I decided to have an all female crew. And since I have access to the Orion race. 1 + 1 = fantasy. Well over the course of gathering my crew I haven't really cared for what they are wearing. After the 3rd ( last ) ground mission, the next time I was at the home world I decided to change that.

  I followed common Star Trek coloring. But also change the outfits enough for quick recognition.

   For tactical - I wanted purple, but that option wasn't there. So I chose red instead. And for ease I chose wing tip shoulder pads.

   For engineering - I went tan with small shoulder pads and a sash for distinction.

   Lastly, science was blue with no upper items.

   Hopefully this will help me on the ground.

   Finally, I started earning dailies for getting the purple ( ultra rare ) items to outfit my characters and ships.

-Jason

400 subscribers and climbing

2010-04-05T06:46:00.001-05:00

Since no one reads this blog, I feel no problem saying yet again.

   I am amazed at the people who subscribe to my podcast. I just broke 400. That is pushing 10 people a day. It's amazing, considering that I have had no advertisement at all. And I don't have any cool stories or insight.

  I kept waiting for the subscriber base to drop off.

  I am happy to admit I am no Dillon Arcklight or War Childe, but it is still humbling to see people actually want to listen.

  I ran into a snag with the video. I ran out of money. With my eve account coming due soon, I am needing to save up for that. Then there is the $150 software then another $100 camera. Overall alot of money for a bad setup. Still I keep thinking it would be funny if I can pull it off.

  Good evening. I'm Puss'n Boots. And I did not do it; it was the one arm man.

Every show will be a different intro person with "and" Then something zany. All delivered straight face and neutral tone. Chevy Chase's anchorman meets Sci-Fi.

one day. One day
-Jason

Yet, another scanning blog

2010-04-04T08:31:00.002-05:00

Hehe,
   I have developed a routine where I write my thoughts in the morning while I am doing computer maintenance. (computer does all the hard lifting). But this morning I get onto capsuleer and start reading blog posts. The computer is almost done and I just realized I forgot to spit out my random thought.

  Inside the game of eve, It always seemed to me that the people who blog are rich. They talk about the last billion isk they have. So, let me be clear. I'm broke. I will probably always be broke. I want to spend a whole more then I make.

   I had just mined roughly 8 hours total to get up to 66 mil isk. Not a gripe, just stating that I have less than 100 mil. It is a choice to mine high sec while watching tv with the wife. Anyway, I was still thinking of my friend who made 400 mil in 3 hours vice my 8 hours of 60 mil. So I decided to try again my hand at sleepers, again

I bought 2 battlecruisers. A drake and a prophecy. Fitted them with my spare parts ( I had 2800 widowmaker heavy missles laying around) and went out.

   Did I mention I bomb at scanning. Not really my character, but me. On board scanner showed nothing so I threw out a 32 AU probe and got 2 rat hang outs and 5 faint signatures. I have never really fought in a non drone boat well before. But I decided to try my hand with the drake. It was supprising simple. I goofed around for awhile with fittings and stuff. Killed both sites, but didn't loot anything.

Since then I have dropped a missle rack and picked up a salvager. Now it is 6 missle racks, 1 salvager, and 1 probe launcher. Not the best I know, but it is a utility option.

   Went back to scanning, and spent 30 minutes with nothing to show for it. This morning before eve closed on me I had a 15 minute window. I was able to scan down a serpentis hideout with 45 sec left of game time. Hope it is still there when I get back.

   Overall it was enjoyable playing with the drake.

-Jason