I’ve been very stupid. But before I explain exactly how, I feel I need to set the scene. So if you’re not in the mood for pre-amble, well…apologies, but I’m not very good at brevity. I’ll stick a TL;DR marker further down for those in a rush. For some weeks Read more…
In recent weeks I’ve have become less the participant and more the spectator, both in EVE and the world beyond. Not only has my EVE time been largely about the click-click-wait fest that it Planetary Interaction, there have been an awful lot of spectator events to occupy my free time Read more…
The excitement and trepidation that surrounds each EVE expansion is a real calendar highlight for me, with entertainment to be found in both the new content and the resultant reaction from the playerbase. We Freebooters always like to try out the new stuff as much as we can, even if Read more…
The duel for the right to sit in the CEO chair of Greenbeard’s Freebooters is over. Greenbeard, the corporation founder had challenged Seismic Stan, the current CEO, to a series of duels. The first round involved three pre-fitted frigates for each pilot and resulted in three kills for Greenbeard versus Read more…
Tired of hearing about great combats but never getting involved? Ever wondered what the attraction of player-versus-player combat is but can’t justify the ship loss? Intrigued by the upcoming EVE Tournament and wonder how you can get some action? Or maybe you just want to spruce up your existing PvP Read more…
I’ve never professed to be good at the combat aspect of EVE, but I’m more than happy to give it a go. Even so it’s been a bit of a humbling few days for me, having lost nearly a quarter-of-a-billion isk in ships and fittings. Although I’ll readily admit that Read more…
Following news that CCP are re-introducing live events into New Eden, they also tantalisingly hint in this developers blog that they will involve “interactive storylines”, the first of which has already begun “in-game across all sectors of space and through other out-of-game mediums” and involves “one of New Eden’s oldest Read more…
Although a few days later than originally scheduled, the first part of the Freebooter’s duel for CEO status took place last night. Our heated pre-combat discussions were witnessed by Rebecca Aventine, a local war correspondent who has been visiting the Old Pond Pub channel to sample the ‘local colour’ of Read more…
“Mos Eisley spaceport: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” – Obi-wan Kenobi, Star Wars With the low-sec regions north of Providence now relatively unpoliced after the TREAD exodus, things in the Derelik region have settled into a new routine. It’s fairly quiet, with small Read more…
It is a sad thing to report the collapse of an alliance and I’ve left it long enough now for it to almost be old news, so this is more of an obituary and a tribute. TREAD alliance has been disbanded. My association with TREAD alliance was brief and as Read more…