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Heading to Atlanta...
2007-10-23 03:02:00
...for TeclcoTV that is, not CCP North America! I'll be at the Georgia World Congress Center for the next three days for the trade show, to meeting with clients and look for new ones. And since I'll be walking distance from the convention center, I'll have a chance to visit Atlanta .Unfortunately, since I'll only be there on for a short time, I won't have a chance to visit the new offices of CCP North America since it's not exactly close to where I'll be staying. Well at least we've got this article over at TenTonHammer, with some great photos of the opening day.Maybe next time I'll have more time.[eve online] [ccp] [white wolf] [atlanta] [telcotv] More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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EON Issue 009 on its way soon
2007-10-22 18:10:00
A new issue of EON is on it's way! And this one will be the biggest ever; 84 beautiful pages! Here's a brief overview of what to look for:EVE: ASCENSIONAnyone who has played one of the Homeworld games will remember its epic fleet battles, with hundreds of fighters, corvettes and battleships trading laser fire across the billowing folds of deep space. Well now, thanks to the efforts of a small team of coders and artists, the massive EVE universe is being condensed, blended and trimmed to fit the mechanics of one of the best real-time strategy games ever made. EVE: Ascension will be the result of EVE and Homeworld's coming together, and we chat with the project leader about the stresses, strains and ambitions behind EVE's biggest fan projectNEW FICTIONMore pages in this issue means we've been able to squeeze in more fiction than ever before - three epic stories on the dangers of terraforming ("Green Dreams"), gate maintenance ("Just Another Traffic Advisory" - yes, it's hard wor...
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10 sites for every new EVE Online Player
2007-10-22 02:53:00
With more and more players joining the ranks of the capsuleers, I thought I'd put together a list of sites that I believe anyone considering playing EVE should have bookmarked. Now, this is not a an exhaustive list, but simply the 10 most valuables sites to help you get through the first few weeks of playing without too much difficulty. Anyways, I wish I had known about these when I started!EVE Online Player Guide (online version)New Character Creation GuideCharacter Attributes & Skills GuideEVEMon - A great tool to plan your skillsEVE Fitting Tool - Know thy shipEVE GuidesGrismar's EVE Wiki - very usefulEVE Ships Wiki - also usefulEVE Files - The greatest of all EVE databaseEVE Tribune - To stay on top of the newsWarp Drive Active - Cause sometimes laughing is a great remedyOk, so that's 11, but you can't blame me for WDA, it has to be a regular stop for any EVE player that pretends to know something.Well, there you have it. This should help anyone trying to learn the compl...
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My best EVE Online screenshots
2007-10-16 16:15:00
Well I'm back, tanned, rested and ready for some fun! After going through about 500 emails, both personal and professional, and over 300 posts in Google Reader, I'm now pretty much up to date.Which brings me to todays posts, EVE's beautiful vistas and the screenshots I've captured over the 3 years I've been traveling its universe.With the upcoming Trinity 2 upgrade almost upon us, and the various news articles we've read over the last few weeks, I thought I'd share with you my favorite screen shots. Over the last 3 years, I've captured and have loaded on my Flickr account no less than fifteen-hundred screen shots in 2 sets (overall set and favorites set), which have gathered altogether about 7000 views to date.So here below are my 10 favorites. It'll be interesting to see the difference between these and the ones I'll take when Trinity 2 has rolled out! Which one's your favorite?[gaming] [mmorpg] [eve online] [screenshots] [trinity] [graphics]More EVE Online news and rant...
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Gone off to Cancun for a week
2007-10-07 05:04:00
Well I'm off again for another week, though this time it's for pleasure. Taking the family to Cancun , Mexico for some R&R at an all inclusive resort. So no updates for another week. Looks like October is going to be another slow month in posts. Will have to play catch-up when I get back!See you in a week, fly safe till then![vacation] [cancun] [mexico]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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EVE Online Speedlinking for October 5th
2007-10-05 17:19:00
A quiet week, if not for some interesting news.'Play Evolution': EVE Online 's Eve-olution - how much has EVE changed!EVE economic report on ship building - great read from the Doc.Terra Nova: My friend's keeper by Nate Combs - great insight from Nate, as always!EVE Chronicles: Black Mountain: The Room - third installment in the series.CCP Opens North American Headquarters - world domination has begun!RPS Exclusive: Eve Online Interview - a good article from Jim Rossignol, though no major news.An EVE Fan Fest teaser - for the lucky few who'll attend and the ones who like to dream!Enjoy!![gaming] [mmorpg] [eve online] [links] [speedlinking]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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Just received my copy of The Art of EVE
2007-10-05 01:58:00
This past Monday was my 36th birthday and as a gift my wife got me a copy of The Art of EVE, which was delivered by FedEx this afternoon. Man, what a beautiful book! The packaging was more than sufficient and the book was in mint condition. Can you guess that I'm a nit picker!!Suffice to say, the first thing I did when I got home was to open the package, unwrap the plastic, slide the book out of its casing and start flipping through the pages. I've gone through it once for a quick review, but I plan on taking my time and enjoy this work of art. I'll post a review once I've given it a good read, in the mean time I thought I'd give you a look at the table of content.Building the UniverseBringing EVE to Life: Flesh to the bonesShips, Weapons & Modules: The toys of the eliteAfter the Fact: From Second Genesis to Third RevelationsThe FutureSo stay tuned for the review![gaming] [mmorpg] [eve online] [books] [graphics] [art of eve]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's...
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CCP opens North Americans offices
2007-10-03 20:18:00
Looks like our favorite Vikings are busy continuing the North American expansion.They plan to hire 100 new employees over the next year. Read the article over at Gamasutra![gaming] [mmorpg] [eve online] [ccp] [gamasutra] [white wolf]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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EVE Online Fan Fest 2007 Teaser
2007-10-01 00:54:00
For those lucky enough to attend this year's EVE Online Fan Fest , here's a teaser of what to expect![gaming] [mmorpg] [eve online] [fan fest] [teaser] [video]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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The Halo virus has struck!
2007-09-29 15:26:00
Wow, another week gone by and still no post. What the hell is going on you maybe asking yourself? Well on September 25th, last Tuesday, Halo 3 came out, and I've been victim of this virus since then! Seems I'm not the only EVE player who's been struck down!Though I'm really into it, and won't be able to finish the game in one sitting, like of you out there, I'll be playing on and off EVE until then. So in the mean time, please bare with me. Please![gaming] [xbox 360] [eve online] [halo 3] [fps] [bungie]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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Change is in the air...
2007-09-22 20:17:00
Since I've been back from Amsterdam, I've barely played EVE, except to set a new skill. At first I wondered why. Why, even though I longed to play the game while away, did I not find interest now that I had the time.And then it struck me. Boredom. Since my return to Phoenix Labs, I've seen the corp crumble to a mere shadow of itself. Over the last few weeks, every time I've logged in, I was either alone, or with other corp mates who were afk. And with FIX in constant wars left and right, that left me stuck in various systems, with little to do. Now we did try to get things going again, but it's been happening at a crawl.It was time for me to come to a decision. Stick around some more, or cut the chase, grab my things and head out there to make a name for myself. Ok, that may be too theatrical, but you get the picture.I've mentioned in the past my desire to start up a mercantile operation - a trading corporation that would navigate through empire space and lowsec, and reap the ...
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I'm back and ready to get back to business
2007-09-17 18:46:00
After almost a 2 weeks hiatus I'm back home and ready to start posting again! I took the weekend off and barely touch the PC. I must say it's refreshing to do so. But now, EVE is calling me again, like a mermaid singing her melodies, she's begging me for attention.Looking forward to renew with you and continue the conversations we left off 2 weeks back.[gaming] [mmorpg] [eve online] [travel] [blogging]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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Greetings from Amsterdam!
2007-09-07 20:33:00
Hi folks! Just wanted to let know why I hadn't done any posts recently. I'm writing this post, sitting in my hotel room, overlooking Rambrendtplein in Amsterdam , in the Netherlands. I'm here on business for IBC 2007 for the whole show. I plan to be back next week, so don't expect any major updates until then.In the mean time fly safe!!![travel] [amsterdam] [ibc]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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Crazy Monday: Sigg Jones CG Movie
2007-09-03 16:17:00
Mondays, back to work, to school, maybe a stressful time for some of us. So starting this week, I've taken upon me to add a bit of diversity and fun to this mostly EVE Online blog. It's kind of ironic that I would choose Labour Day, a Monday which is off for most of my readers to start, still, I've decided to have this new weekly post series every Monday to share with you the oddities that I come across in my meanderings.For this first Crazy Monday post, here is a great CG Movie made by 3 students at Supinfocom School in France: Sigg Jones . I would love to see one made for EVE - a bit of in station ambulation and ship combat. Now that would be great!Thanks to Geeks are Sexy for pointing it out![sigg jones] [monday] [cg] [movies] [cg movies] [supinfocom]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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CrazyKinux's Musing: Looking back at August 2007
2007-09-02 13:36:00
Well August has come and gone, and what a month this was. The Post-a-day challenge is now over, and though I know I wasn't able to do exactly that (that is, make at least one post everyday), I still did achieve my second goal, which was to increase my overall posts for the month. I haven't started looking at all the other blogs which I challenged, but I'll get to it in a post or two (patience young Wilhelm!), and post the winner!Now, let's have a look at August shall we!26 posts95 comments1 poll11,326 page views7000 visitors1,255 returning visitorsIf we compare that to July we're looking at an increase of 44% in page views, 29% in visitors and 45% in returning visitors. During that month my Technorati Authority went from 5 to 23, and I managed to come up below the million mark on Alexa Rank - Mmm, come up below sounds so weird!One of the highlights of this month was getting one of my posts - My extensive EVE Online wish list - mentioned and reviewed by the charming fellows of W...
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EVE Online Speedlinking for August 31st
2007-08-31 16:29:00
It's been another busy week in EVE Online news. So here are the pieces of news I've chosen to highlight.Kill Mission Survival Guides - What to expect in those agent missions.EVE Missions list (Level 1 through 4) - Very useful info for those PvE playersWTFBBQ - Route PlannerEve on a Mac, Part 2 - Rick seems to be having issues. Mac users, stay tuned.New EVE Ship Purchase: Myrmidon - A great market analysis by Godlesswanderer.PAX 2007: Graphics, social elements coming to space MMO - Trinitty II baby!EVE Online video - For the EuroDance lovers out there!Video Interview with Associate Producer Arend Stuhrmann - A must see!As an EVE Affiliate participant I got access to the video shown by Arend. All I have to say is that it's jaw dropping gorgeousness!! Can't wait until I can show it to you.Odd Pod Out - A new EVE players blog. Very refreshing.Quick Thoughts About Eve - An EVE players returns.A State of Ore - Wilhem2451 on the state of mining.The Rorqual: a whale of a ship - a great ...
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Gallente Vexor Screenshot
2007-08-30 15:51:00
I haven't flown old Brutus IV in a while. The Vexor is one of my favorite ships. It's quick, packs a punch and can easily be armor tanked. I think I might take her out for a spin.[gaming] [mmorpg] [eve online] [vexor] [cruiser] [screenshot]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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Two videos of the Rorqual in transformation mode
2007-08-28 04:50:00
With this new industrial capital mining ship being introduced in the next Revelations Patch (2.2), I thought it'd be nice to see is it in action. Before you hit the play button though, here a description of the ship, taken from an interview done during Leipzig GC 2007 by the guys from TenTonHammer:Another item that will be making an introduction into EVE Online in the near future will be the Rorqual, which is designed to be the mother of all mining support ships. "The Rorqual is designed to be able to compress ore to a fraction of its original size for easy transportation, and when it's in siege mode it has a 300 km tractor beam," Arend said. "It has a clone vat bay just like other capitals. It has a hanger array. The only thing I can compare it to is a Japanese whaling fleet. This is the mothership and all your mining barges are the feeders. We're still looking to balance it as far as compression ratios and defensive capabilities are concerned, but this is really going to be an ...
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A great video interview with EVE Associate Producer
2007-08-28 04:13:00
The guys over at MMORPG.com have a great 15 minute interview with Arend Stuhrmann done during the 2007 Games Convention in Leipzig. There's a lot of great pieces of information in it, and a cool video comparing the before and after implementation of Trinity II, EVE's upcoming improved graphic engine - out by the end of the year. Here's a list of the major points covered in the video, though I encourage you to go over and take the 15 minutes to watch it.Trinity II will be out by the end of 2007It will require XP and DX9, not Vista and DX10 (woohoo!!)Dynamic Lighting (how sweet it looks)Trinity II lays the ground work for future DX10 improvementsMoves a lot of the processing to the GPU, thus improving game performance (crosses me fingers)It'll be big at over 2Gb - a mother of a patch!Trinity II and the upcoming Revelations III patch might be separate patches (god, lets hope so)Revelations III's Factional WarFare is still being worked onRevelations 2.2 will have the new Rorqual I...
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EVE Online Speedlinking for August 24th
2007-08-24 18:34:00
And here are this week's links. Enjoy!Black Thorn - An EVE corporationEve Online shakes up support - On the ISD shake-upsEVE Online: Spy Game - A Goonswarm espionage storyThe God of EVE Online, Hilmar Petursson - A great Hilmar interviewEVE Online Goonswarm August - A great video by StahlregenICSC Jump planner - Very useful for long haulsEve Strategic Maps - Lots of work done here for our benefitBeware of "Free" cans - You've been warned!Going the distance - Are MMOs marathons, or a series of sprints?New EVE Ship Purchase: Myrmidon - Looks like I'm not the only one with a liking for that ship![gaming] [mmorpg] [eve online] [links] [speedlinking] [eve news]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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A North American EVE Fan Fest?
2007-08-23 05:22:00
In one of my previous posts, I listed attending an EVE Online North American Fan Fest as one of my wishes. Well it seems that unless the community puts it together, there will never be one. In a recent interview over at Gaming Moments, CCP's CEO explained that if there ever was a fan fest on these shores (I'm in Canada), it would be put together by us fans, not by CCP themselves.The question, submitted by yours truly, was fielded by Mandrill during an interview with Hilmar Petursson, at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival earlier this month. As a result of having my question chosen for the interview, I won a Gaming Moments T-shirt! It's currently on it's way! I'll post a picture of it when I get.I highly recommend you head over and read the interview titled, "The God of EVE Online, Hilmar Petursson". It's not your typical interview, with the same old and repetitive questions - which Hilmar seems to have given over the last couple of weeks. Mandrill went out of his way to ask ...

Another amazing Goonswarm video
2007-08-21 18:08:00
Another amazing video from christianethic (Stahlregen) from Goonswarm. Seriously this guy needs to get paid by CCP for these videos, or at the very least get some freebies from the EVE Store. Have a look at the video and let him know how much you appreciate his work on the forum thread.[gaming] [mmorpg] [eve online] [goonswarm] [video]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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21 EVE Online acronyms for newbies
2007-08-20 12:16:00
While setting up my Myrmidon for PvP, I came across a couple of new acronyms I'd never heard before. And that got me thinking. All these noobs joining EVE right now and coming along the forums trying to understand it all and put some good setups for their ships will most likely run into these difficulties. This is especially true when it comes to modules.So in order to help you, here's my list of ten acronyms or terms you've got to know:Newb ie, noob: a new playerCarebear: an EVE player who does not engage in PVPMWD: Microwarp Drive (1/10/100 MN)AB: Afterburner (1/10/100 MN)Hardener: Armour or Shield hardener, both active and passiveEANM: Energized Adaptive Nano MembraneRMR: Red Moon RisingPVP: Player vs PlayerPVE: Player vs EnvironmentNPC: Non-Player Character0.0: lawless space that lies outside empire sovereignty - also known as nosecRatting: going after pirates, both NPC and PCMission: running agent missionsSolo: solo PVP, usually self sufficient with ability to tank, gank, and...
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Dungeons & Dragon 4th Edition Teaser video
2007-08-17 21:14:00
Ok, this is another one that has no relationship with EVE, but.... ...well in a way it has, it's RPG! MMORPG, get it? Anyways, enjoy![gaming] [rpg] [video] [dnd] [tabletop] [roleplaying]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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EVE Online Speedlinking for August 17th
2007-08-17 20:14:00
Here's this week's links:EVE Online Stackless Python Upgrade Q&A - For the geek in youEVE Online seeking Linux-client Beta-testers - EVE for the penguin loversReuters: Virtual world hires real economist - Old news, but it's now hitting main stream mediaHow To Find An Agent in EVE Online - A great Howto from The Ancient Gaming NoobCCP's Technical Producer for EVE Online, Torfi Frans Olafsson Interview - Old but still currentGamespot: Q&A: EVE Online's Hilmar Petursson - A great article full of juicy info The Phoenix Rising - A great corp for elite EVE players (now recruiting)The scope of EVE Online - EVE is still an impressive MMOWarp Drive Active Podcast - Getting better guys!EVE Online: A Career in Asteroid Mining - Burn some roids and make money!CCP Games podcast - A self-promotional IBM podcast with Hilmar. A bit old, but come across it this week only.EVE Bank - Soon to be relaunchedEnjoy![gaming] [mmorpg] [eve online] [links] [speedlinking] [eve news]More EVE Online new...
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More CCP Interviews: Revelations III, Avatars and books
2007-08-17 04:31:00
There's a great interview over at Gamespot. Game Journalist Emma Boyes, from Gamespot UK, interviewed Hilmar Petursson and she's got a ton of juicy bits of information for us. I've summarized them here, but I suggest you head over to Gamespot and read the full article.No Factional Warfare in Revelations IIINew graphic engine will be released soonAvatars are there mainly to attract new (female) playersOf the 250 CCP employees, 200 of them currently work on EVEEVE Online novels by the first quarter of 2008The RPG books are coming along nicelyThe Art of EVE Online book is almost upon usEVE mobile is not a priorityNo playable Jovians any time soonIt answers a lot of the questions I've had over the past few posts. Still, I'd like to see some firm dates on a lot of this stuff - EVE Mobile, RPG books, new graphic engine. When are they really coming out? Oh well, we will just have to wait for them I guess.And to bare that wait a bit more easily, here's a video interview with Torfi Fra...
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The Gallente Myrmidon Battlecruiser
2007-08-16 03:25:00
Here she is again, in all her beauty, the mighty Myrmidon Battlecruiser. Long day at work, so this is the lazy man's version of a post. Eh! Better then nothing.[gaming] [mmorpg] [eve online] [myrmidon] [battlecruiser] [gallente]More EVE Online news and rantings at CrazyKinux's Musing!
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