Being in the middle during a new era

Its crazy, what got me started was an email I just received. But we really are in the middle of everything going down. When me and Jen joined Second Life the most people online were 1,000 at one time, and maybe 200k residents. Now its over 9 million accounts (many alts) with 30-40k on at any time.

Theres stores all over, people making money in a video game cause they don't have a real life job, and countless stories about the little man finding his nitch in second life and coming out ahead. fortune 500 companies paying people like us to build them advertisement in the world, professors teaching, and charaties like the walk for breast cancer, and others like the Boomer Esiason video we did for Cystic Fibrosis. And here we are, smack dab in the middle of it.

The email was from Harold again, regarding the South Hampton lecture. Someone cannot show for a spot that was before or after NSS's, so he's giving me and Jen a full hour, and would like us to be there considering our topic, and how it would be much better in person than via internet distorting the content. Anyways, still have to talk it over with Jen on how we'll do this considering before it was just me and a mire 30 mins , but it will be a fully paid for trip, and only 3 and 1/2 hours away.

I'm back to days now, so ill probably be blogging more again. Course papers turned in so now its just studying. Think i'll try and dish out another fun video we've been working on for the hell of it while I continue to wait on Second Life to release Wind Light and begin filming the series.

Quick update

Jen was bugging me that its been a while since I blogged, even though we live together she's still a blog whore =P haha.

So we've released a BUNCH of videos this week, one business, several weddings, and editing a product video right now, while arranging filming for a music video Jen and I are doing. ALSO this weekend I finally took the time and posed all the products I built in Second life, on Second Life Exchange which can be viewed HERE

Also writing a case study analysis for class right now and getting ready for the midterm exam. But yea ill tap bloggers booty more often like I use to =D

jesus people!

Ugh I hate researching editing techniques, let alone when other people use and abuse them shamelessly! IE: the program Crazy Talk, a post editing facial animation program, many people are now using it in SL very n00bly, mostly cause they think it can only edit pictures to animate in film, even to the point of creating an entire "talk show" with these pictures. People are abusing the power it has, instead they're making a video every 5 minuets with it and act like its "The most awesome thing ever known to man since inventing sex". heres a better example for those not femiliar with the program and post editing techniques, its like taking a computer... or a person with the IQ of a billion, and use it/them to hammer an nail into a piece of wood for your kids tree house. These people take something new and use it for the most primal ability's it has, no i'm not saying I know everything and produce the best work cause I sure as hell don't. But at least I attempt to improve with all the work i do and explore new ideas rather than be the guy in 2007 who still rolls around the first stone wheel a caveman made cause it was just so freacken awesome! Who's telling these people they're good. if your a friend than done lie and tell them the truth.


That got me thinking, YouTube is another good example. You have people who spend months on brilliant projects, or teach "do it yourself" videos to those with out educations, comedy videos and parody's that take creativity. Than you have the other 80% of the videos on Youtube, people whining for 10 minuets about their day looking for sympathy, drunks posting a rant like they're the smartest SOB in the world and had an epiphany, or some ignorant who-diddy making a discriminatory remark to someones work.

Man I love how society works.

In case of doubt, make it sound convincing.

Class went great, I still need to pick up my book since now I know where they sell em at. Teachers pretty cool and a very happy guy, seems like this class will go just fine as long as I keep up on the reading and everything. We have two case studies we need to do papers for the course, which just reminds me how horrid my grammar and spelling is. Dunno why but its never been my strong point, that and math. Not to add I love writing, I just suck at it lol.

I'm doing more research on some topics for the series, which is coming out pretty good, looks like ill be writing the series first before filming a single episode, right now its looking at around 8 total for the first series. I dunno if I could hold off not showing someone and waiting to release them all. Jen did tell me about a machinima contest this dude is holding in SL, not really sure what to submit for it because I have a buncha little comedy videos I'd like to do, but serious/action or emotional videos seem to always win it. Depending though, cause I had about an hour of free time at work so far and I wrote a really funny video idea, but its a real life video regarding second life. Which would be a big hit, especially since one people did a video making fun of SL also in real life situations. We'll have to ask the guy if it needs to be a "in SL" filmed video. Hey in the end though its all about having fun and making a great video that makes people feel good. It would be nice to participate in a film contest though since I havnt before.

Redick hasn't gotten back to me since I emailed em back, bummer cause I was hoping to hear from em. It was like 2 weeks before I even realised I got an email from him too though lol. Reminds me I'm pretty hooked on watching random Youtube videos from time to time now. There are some people now I enjoy watching Vlog that have some witty humor. Course the majority of Youtube is full of rubbish so its hard sometimes to weed them out.

Well back to reading the goods! later days

Give me liberty! or give me Fiddle Faddle!!

So everything went as planned this weekend, including my face off with the entertainment center I started to build a month ago, I agree it looks much better put together than a pile of wood I hid in the corner, as if it were a mark of shame. We filmed 2 off 3 weddings as one was called off. And this one chick we've done 2 wedding videos for in the last year wanted a 3ed one done, I think she just hooks up with pimps in SL and uses em until they realise they arnt getting any RL booty from her pixels. Ill be editing the 2ed when i get home, I finished filming before coming to work. Oh and I start class today =D

This weekend too was the mark of my 2 years in the Air Force, and Jen pulled a little sneaky sneaky gift with help from our buddy Rico. He did some awesome Photoshop work on her pictures, its cool to know Rico for so long and see him improve with each little detail. So that was awesome cause Ive never had anyone do any kind of personal gift for me before. Besides of course the awesome Jen videos she's surprised me with, of all our pictures over time and SL goodness.

Now HERE is where I bust out the game talk about a new xbox 360 game I picked up

Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars

This game was released 5 months ago, and now I can see exactly how Starcraft 2 will be when it does come out, based off the game play videos blizzard's released it looks almost exactly like it, just on earth. Considering Blizzard doesn't release any game until is absolutely ready - its probably going to be into 2008. Well I beat the game in 2 days as the "good guys" for maybe 10 hours total, and still have the bad guys side to play. I suck against the computer on medium difficulty so the hell im going to start going on xbox live lol. Review wise, loads of replay value since its all about PvP, cant wait to play on live, and the graphics are bad ass. Im sure there are lag problems on Xbox live considering how many units are in game at one time. But C&C3 is straight up bad ass if you were any kind of Warcraft 1-2-3, or Starcraft fan.

While googling pictures I came across an interview with Rob Pardo, vice president of game design at Blizzard Entertainment, which some things I all ready knew such as the mindset of blizzard when developing. But he goes into a lot more specifics which I think is a really awesome way of approaching a project. Especially how they develop based off the interest of the teams developing rather than say "we want this game, and this is the deadline". If they feel a game is going in the wrong direction, they'll scrap 1/2 the game, and reroute it. Cant say how many ideas Ive scrapped before because they were going in the wrong direction or I just wasn't feeling it. Its hard to go back on that project and think about it a different way to create it sometimes.

cant wait to go home and get some sleep. Im glad class is only 2 days a week otherwise I don't know how I would get anything else done project wise, work or NSS. I all ready started building the green screen set for a fun music video I wanna do, its a new green screen idea ill be pulling off. Ive been slacking with fun videos, so since I'm getting back into SL more now a days im feeling em. Not to mention Rico and some other Buddy's are more in SL now too so I get to hang with em, for a little while we were all in different games.

When Sept comes around we'll be on 12's at work, 4 days working 3 days off. which is pretty sweet, me and Jen can plan some real trips now with constant 3 day weekends. And we'll be setting weekends every month that we will not be doing any weddings for business videos for company's, That way we can hit up crazy amounts of traveling.

Later days!

Do you wanna die or something?

What the hell are people thinking when you drive in England, have a road 11 feet wide for each direction, pitch black at night! and they leave their bright's on with oncoming traffic. Yea its obviously dark, but when you blind the other driver constantly you minus well just say "Hey Mr. hit me with your car". Whats even worse is when you have some big stupid American truck no one needs like an F350 driving at you,where its so tall off the ground even with out brights on it blinds you, not to add how wide the damn thing is. There's is NO reason in England to be owning a big ass truck like that, its either a car - or a freacken big ass tractor for REAL work. Not to haul their groceries around when its the weekend.

That's all I really had to rant about since I just got done driving to work and I deal with it every day. You always have those people who don't turn their brights off when you do, so I always turn mine back on at em, like "TAKE THAT MR. RUDE!". So we have a 3 day weekend this week, sucks I didn't know that earlier otherwise I would of said no to the 3 weddings we have. I'll have to get a heads up on when the next one is, its some BS day off too that some brass guy said "Hey you know what, I really don't wanna work 5 days next week, 3 day weekend it is!!" They had em ALL the time at Tinker, then again I haven't been here that long yet. Cant believe on the 22ed I would have been in the Air Force for 2 years now. Its officially the longest job I've ever been at with out quitting or getting fired lol.

I just read a new study on yawning and why its contagious, coming up with a couple different theories. Which I can tell them right now are all wrong because I was yawning just reading the article (and I don't mean that as a corney joke) but even just typing the word "yawn" made me want to. Thus making me come to my conclusion, the word "yawn" it self was created by some kind of devil who thought it would be funny to give mankind a word to make them all react the same way when they hear it, opening their mouths like a puffer fish and sucking up air. I think its genious, wtg!

BaZammm.... yea couldnt think of a title

Well damn Bill to hell cause he got me hooked on Stargate Atlantas. I've all ready watched the first 3 seasons, and now stuck on a cliff hanger until the 4th is on TV.

Got a phone call about the Xbox elite I put on reserve a long time ago and picked that puppy up, unfortunately just about every online store doesn't ship 360 games to the UK. So I'm having to ship everything to the parents only for them to ship to me, which will STILL be cheaper than buying any of it in the UK, especially malls like in Cambridge.

Its official too, I am 11 credits away from my associates degree, and than I can start working on my bachelors. Either way I'm in no rush, considering the first 2 years of any multimedia school I goto I'm really not going to learn much and be insanely bored. So Jen and I will still be running the business while I take a couple classes just so I don't loose out on the free schooling and degrees. Its funny how schooling was one of the big reasons why I joined, yet Ive had more film & business experience that most multimedia students. Jen's been helping me out a ton with customers and other company's, since then Ive been able to focus more on other projects I'm wanting to do, and hit a class here and their. Running your own business from scratch and making a name for your self (3 years now) isn't easy, so its really cool not having to give it up for other activities and still have it pay for better equipment. I don't think we'll ever be as "hard core" business pushing group as it could get, because that would straight up just be a pain in the ass and would never be fun to do.

We'll we have a 3 day weekend this week, I have a wedding to edit tonight, and 3 to film this week. I should be able to get some good writing time in for the first Episode.

What kind of Micky Mouse operation are you guys running

Some crazy UK sign we saw while driving, mind you it was a 1 lane road on each side, so it was a bit odd...
Reads "Oncoming vehicles in middle of road"

Wow so I normally hate meeting or talking with people I went to school with, mostly because- well to keep it short, they all suck. But I got an email from a buddy of mine in school named Redick (however the hell its spelled, if that's spelled right than it was just a lucky guess), I use to help him out a little with a video he was doing in highschool. Anyways, the guy tough me the basics of Vegas, but he mostly did 3d graphics and effects. If it wasn't for him I probably wouldn't have been all into NSS and video game filming. It does remind me though that I need to pick up some tutorial videos (aka torrent) about new toys/software/tricks out there, and how to perfect some things. ALSO reminds me that his ass got me INTO torrents in the first place. Which one could call another hobby of mine now =P

So I finished the outline, ending with several pages and a finished product I'm really happy with, me and Jen have been working out the final details, and if i have some free time, i'll begin writing the first episode =) all ready wrote out several outlines for the other episodes. Which they have me so excited it makes me want to quit the air force, run to Mexico, and continue to create this series full time =D but that would be very practical now would it... heh In any case we have days with a lot of down time, so a couple times a week I'll be able to spend several hours focusing on it while at work =P

I think we have some weddings this weekend to film, we'll probably just head to Norwich on Sunday for that huge ass market that's O-So-popular in England. and STILL need to post all our other England pictures on flicker, but they still don't like UK account numbers, nothing but sinners and seal killers work for that company.

Crazy too on Aug 22ed it will mark my 2 years being in the Air force, and I now have 4 more years in England. I some how went from a 4 year enlisted person, to a 6 year. I should of just signed up for 6 if I knew they were going to send my ass to England, #2 on my dream sheet, Japan was actually #1. Looking back now I'm happy though, cause traveling all over Europe is retardedly cheap. IE - a round trip taking Ryan Air to Rome cost 2 people 50-100 pounds total (100-200USD) And depending if they have a special, it can cost 2 POUNDS, you just pay the tax lol (one of the little crazy specials they do a couple times a month), France cost about 20 pounds for 2 people round trip (40USD). So next 3 day weekend =D BLAMMM Might have to hit up our good friend YadNi who is a translator we met online, he's all about meeting up and hanging out with us. Meeting online friends in RL seems to be Jen's and I's thing =P lol

I wasnt awear! that the Wa-Chu-Chu! Were biters!!!!

Me and Jen at one of the many Norwich churches =)

Jabbed my finger pretty hard last night while we were changing out a trunnion collar, so now i can move it about 90 degrees, that's about it. So of course since that happened I get in a writing mood, Ive been writing a HUGE outline for the series Ive been wanting to work forever now, and now I'm blogging :) YOU CANT STOP ME SPRAINED FINGER!

Weeee so YUP its confirmed, me and the guy from South Hampton University will be setting up a direct link and working out the live video and audio feed, and the event will be some time in Oct. Its pretty wicked, I'll even be able to do a Q&A with the viewers, and will run 20 minuets total. They're even keeping the video, and posting it on their site, AND Itunes, which of course we'll be putting it up on the NSS site.

We'll we have a buncha weddings this month, and I'm going to go back and continue to write up the series outline. Cant wait to work these videos out instead of always just talking about it, and filming little things here and there for it. I did however Began designing the video for work that I'm doing. Basically I'm recreating sections of the base and flight line, and we'll be filming skits related to work which will be shown at the RAF Mildenhall knuckle buster awards, and probably passed around. So i made different kinds of squadron shirts, even chick shirts/panties for more jokes we've though up. Even took a bunch of pictures today at work for textures, and layout design. Needless to say I didnt get much sleep last night lol. Its gonna be wicked =D

*sniffle*

Newegg!! you've let me down! and you don't ship to the UK. Well last night Jens computer gave her a big "fuck off" and completely shut down on her, refusing to turn back on. I mean granted the power supply couldn't dish out enough power for the video card and processor alone and would shut off randomly, might of been a clue. But this time it didn't come back lol, sooo after spending about an hour looking at how cheap all the old computer goods were on newegg.com, and seeing my 3k USD computer is now worth 2.3k (which thats just how the computer industry rolls), the search ends in me realising that they dont even ship to the UK.....

So hey if anyone knows of a good place to buy computer parts from just hollar! Our buddy Anthony helped me build mine last time 6 months ago, he's pretty busy now to help but could of at least shown em the order to get a second opinion. In any case, good thing we bought the laptop last year.

London YaY! & a cool email i got

Its crazy to be in one of the oldest and largest towns in the world, that has so much history you can throw a stone and hit something that was involved with some huge event. I mean hell the towns been around pre 15th century, they've seen the plague, wars, and own one of the worlds largest underground railroad systems, how that relates I dont know.

This trip was brought to you by Tom Tom, man I love that thing. After getting 9 kinds of lost in Norwich I knew it was time. So we took the tube to London from Red bridge and walked around a lot, took a buncha pictures, and even cruised around on the double decker sight seeing boat. We still have a LOT to do there and experience, no rush though I mean we will be living in the UK for four years. Most of the pictures will be on our flicker account once i get that set up, Flicker seem not to like UK bank accounts.

Check this out, I've also been asked to give a speech at a multimedia fair in October via web cam conference or going to their university in South Hampshire which is a 3 hour drive. All to discuss Machinima, my experience with real world and virtual world filming, to an audience that would like to understand more about the concept. I just responded to him last night, I think it would be cool as hell though, especially to do some Q & A though because its not like I'm doing a speech on the history of potato's, I'm doing it about something I enjoy talking about and have more knowledge of than anyone. So we'll see, cant wait!

Layed back gaming weekend

With this week trying to keep on midshift schedule, the weekend was spent doing a good amount of gaming and really learning more about a current addiction. Not to add me and Jen had two weddings to film an hour apart, while finding out our batteries in the keyboards went to shit so we became uber dorks trying to figure out what to do, I would have never thought $100 bucks would of been in the hands of a few double A batteries. Oh and hey caught up with Josh a couple of hours ago as he called the Skype randomly. Tinker is sucking as normal being a crew chief and he's going into the guard as an air EMT basically. There no way I could do that, one dealing with the fact that someones life is in my hands, and two , the gross factor, cause you know everyone who needs a plane to pick em up is missing something critical - Like ... 1/2 your head?


Alright I'll try and be straight and blunt with this new addiction, cause it takes a lot to explain.
Throw away your TOS rules, your "grieving", and your "omg that's not fair" comments, because this game is a point blank shot to the face. Throw away that World of Warcraft quest that has you delivering 10 apples to farmer lazy ass who cant deliver them himself. You'll be thinking out every move you conduct in this game, weather your stealing billions from your corporation (guild) in a well thought out attack, spying on others, or running around killing people that are just trying to mine or deliver a box worth millions (and you steal it of course once they're dead) all for the sake cause your bored. Eve Online will be keeping you on your toes, or dieing constantly because your not paying attention, it could also just leave your ass smeared across the universe cause you decided to take a poop on autopilot while hitting a Stargate. Not to add Eve has some of the highest death penalty's known to any MMOG, and will leave you placing public bounty's on peoples heads in a fit of rage while cusing sweet nothings in your corporations Ventrillo channel.


I think that was pretty clear cut. Now what do I love about this game? that in no way is it easy, and how it pays to be an experienced RPGer. With skills you continue training in even while offline (no more bull shit 4 hour instance or grinding for good gear) you don't have to play hours a day to "level", instead you train in hundreds of skills to better yourself. Sure you can play it safe and "grind" such as mining and cashing in -- But why do that when you can just run from mine to mine, killing every player in your way, and stealing them from everything they have? OR get them down to 10% life before they die, then message them and demand a ransom for their life, and if they don't pay, I think its obvious...


Now that's just the beginning, one other aspect I enjoy the hell out, is you can be a n00b coming straight out of the gate-- hop into some dangerous territory, see a pirate take down a battle cruiser (aka a big ass ship) mind you this battle cruiser is another player, so who knows what's aboard. Ill keep it as this--I looted a ship that someone shot down and ran off, with 13 cargo stealing trips I had everything that was aboard it and gear I cant even use for a couple of months until I train for it, let alone a ship big enough to mount the "duel lazer double big ass pwning pew pew gun" I like to call it.


This is one of the reasons why I stopped playing WoW, I got to 70, played it for a month, and wasn't enjoying how repetitive it was. How you run something or do something a million times just to get gear that was worth a damn. Yes of course I did it and was 1337 in PvP, but to keep getting better shit it requires you to play that game hours upon hours a day farming/running instances constantly. No thank you! you cant make me run that 4 hour instance!! I wont do it!! screw you Blizzard and all your blood money!!!

So about those death penalty's, they can be just a dink in your wallet or a major set back. Well provided you bought insurance for your ship, and since you cant just rez at the grave yard with baby scratches in your armor, you better make a clone of yourself and not bitch, cause when your dead, your freacken toast buddy. A clone also insures that you don't loose any skill points, otherwise it could be a crap full of offline training hours gone to waste. Best part is, that your not the only one in the boat, its just as major of a set back for everyone else. In the end though, putting a large bounty on your killers head always lets you know that at some point they will be killed for their bounty and be standing out in the middle of a crowd with a nice little skull next to their name.

Up until the last year Eve Online has broken the most records for having the largest amount of users online at one time, of course with WoW user friendly dummy proof simplicity of a game, the mass of n00b RPGers have flocked towards the game that all their other friends play. Bollix to that my friend!! I want to play the game where you either fight back or die while your location is being over run. Much like how the new Warhammer MMO will be, and you can bet your ass ill be hitting the log-in screen at day once.... since I haven't been picked for closed beta yet =\ Also just how Warhammer will be, Eve has collision, as in if your a tank, the enemy will have to plow through you like a tank should.

Happy Gaming!!

The long overdue Second Life gaming rant....

Considering im working midshift, that means that today is Friday for me! As for the weekend goes I know Sunday were hopeing to one of England's largest markets they hold. Which here, markets are the place to be, every town has one on a particular day of the week. Then on Saturday we have a wedding, and as for the rest of the week not much planned right now. We've been looking for a good 3 day weekend to hit up London or something, were just really not feeling the busy city and how confusing the first time being there will be, so we've been in no rush.


I know before I left the states I was all ready to get started on a new series for NSS which was an action/comedy. Hell we even started filming and had the main character all ready in scenes (not to add 20gigs of footage on the hard drive), and that was until I got orders to the UK. Well one of my many dreams have come true which is traveling overseas, and because of it the series I've been wanting to start for so long is now on hold. I was having a conversation with a buddy at work (also an avid gamer) talking about how we go in and out of different games and really cant stick with just one forever until it dies like most people seem they have to (strictly MMO's). I think that's what Second Life has become to me, its been over 2 years now of me playing it (almost 3), which is one of the longest running games i've played (of course having on and off moments). Now its come to the point knowing everything about it and you have to find your own drive that makes you want to keep playing. Which has always been a problem for people in SL because there is no leveling or goals but your personal ones. Its a game that-- well as Jen says "A glorified chat room" which now you have players joining with names like "Angel34" or "Max power3821" when before everyone had a normal or fun name.. likeee "Bebop Vox" =D. c'mon!! This isn't the lesbian chat room on AOL or something guys!!! people from all around the world are joining just to meet others and "cyber" -- and if you don't know what that is ill even post a Wiki link for ya "Cyber" lol.


Its just sad to see where this game has gone at this point, when making this game they had no idea about the human element involved. Yea sure you still have creative people making neato shit, but now we have mindless company's like DELL or AOL who pay players like me and Jen to build them a "sim", which no one in game will ever go to because nothing is ever going on in the sim. Unless your giving away free money, holding a concert in which someone is playing live, or have a casino - will people then show up.


What can I say, the game was fun, and at times still is. But its so behind the times and with such a great idea gone to waste. Myself I'm debating if its even worth the trouble anymore, I should just go buy a PS3, get "home" and make a well made video in there. Cause yes in the end its always going to be easier to produce a video in a game (hell that's why I started) but if the game has graphic restrictions and flaws you really cant fix, than will you be happy with the product in the end even though it doesn't look as it did in your head?


Here I was just trying to focus on the gaming fact it self, if you've played the game you all ready know how the community is, how political it can be just like any game, and how so many people will hide behind their avatar. Its not like I need to go into the definition of each and every social belief that's in SL like sexiest Goreans or people who swear by the book they're a real life furry and own a furry costume in. Not to add just about every freak or drama starter you can find is in this game. Linden Labs opened up a real life in a video game, its not like you didn't know what was going to happen, just look out your window. A world with out laws where you can copy write, make thousands and not report it on your taxes (cause most are from other country's and no way to know your SSN or IP cause you can change it every 2 seconds).


Easy as that =) you cant expect to play a game until it doesn't exist anymore, cause other games and projects coming out which learned from others mistakes and will be 100 times better. Mark my words now, ill even BOLD it so i can find it years or months later. I will put money on that Second Life gets bought out or someone makes a game just like it, and learning from everything they messed up on. So yes when that comes out, your damn right ill be right there.

Who doesnt love a good gaming post!!... yeaa were dorks

Me and Jen are HUGE gaming junkies. And I absolotly love trying out the new games and seeing where MMOG are headed both content wise and graphics, not to add it gives me a nice upper hand when bashing other games that others worship. Heres something im probably going to start doing on my blog, and thats reviewing MMORPG's

Sword of the New World The Vox Rating: 6

Rico a good friend of mine brought this game to my attenction this week. It was released at the beginning of July and we hit it up about the 15th. With out question this is the most detailed online game I have yet to ever play other than "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter" which is full of realistic graphics for the detailed junkie in all of us.

Apart from the graphics alone drawing you in, you can get pretty addicted to it just for that. HOWEVER -- as with most MMO's they all have a weakness they failed to put just as much work into.

Now they do have an awesome multi-charactor controls while playing, allowing you to run around with up to 3 charactors at once (FFX style). However where they failed was in the RPG aspect. It goes back to the old school point and click for movement, which theres nothing wrong with, however when you do that they automaticly mow down everything in their way by default. Its basicly become a midless game where you run around-sit back and relax while you see the cool effects do their thing. Dont get me wrong for the first 2 hours the game is pretty fun once you get past the tutorials and you feel invincable, not to add when you die you just have to wait 40 seconds and you automaticlly rez where you died at with out penalty. Hence why you'll see just about 1/2 the players in an instance AFK cause there is no timeout, and once an enemy rezes, the default attack and killing begins (repeat).

In the end, you really cant beat it because the games fun up to Level 20 even though they have 100 levels, and what do you know- the free trial lets you goto a level 20 cap with unlimited hours to play. Oh and of course the HD half naked 17th centry chicks, and the wide variety of attire. So enjoy for whatever reason you deside to start this game, its one of those games you can enjoy for a good couple of hours :)

Today is pirate day!! infact, everyday is from today on!!

WARNING!!! HUGE gamer talk & dork alert

So im not completely addicted to Eve Online whenever im on the computer now. Unlike WOW this is a true MMORPG-RTS, where you have to actually think to play well. Unlike wow "Hey lets deliver 10 apples to farmer john!" oh and if you don't know where the next quest is you cant miss the retard question mark over every quest givers head. I played to 70 and many instances, only then did I realize why the mass public likes it, cause its so simple 8 year olds play it, and yes the guys kids at work do play it.

Anyways, As a n00b flying in my ship that looks like its welded together by space rubbish - another player completely shot up another just before entering a Stargate. As the Pirate who did the killing ran off, I ran in and looted over 90 items. Many of which are rare and I cant use for a long time cause I still need to raise my skill. In the end, after talking with a friend, the total amount is well over 10 million ISK. And being a n00b on a trial account for only 7 days so far - im kicking ass. So then of course I continued to fly around and steal from containers ppl have shot into space and the wreckage of those who blew up before their new clone could. yaRrrr!!! Walk the plank!!

So yea if you've been playing Eve Online recently and some n00b stole your hard earned items. His name is Bebop Vox, feel free to add a bounty on my head =)