Tag Archives: Mynxee

Posted on 2011-04-19 by Ecliptic Rift

EVEporative cooling

As we progress through various stages in the game, many of us eventually reach a point where we believe that EVE doesn’t hold anything useful for us anymore. Maybe we don’t feel like it has sufficient end game content, or … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-03-27 by Ecliptic Rift

CSM 6 Announced

During Fanfest today, CCP announced the results of the CSM 6 elections. Congratulations to all of the players chosen, and a special congratulations to the candidate I supported, Trebor Daehdoow. Notably from what I’ve read 5 of the 9 come … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-03-07 by Ecliptic Rift

CSM6 Opinion

The election period for the Sixth Council for Stellar Management (CSM6) begins this week. While some players don’t believe that the CSM matters, the previous council put paid to that argument. Let’s not forget that the huge uproar in July … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-11-16 by Ecliptic Rift

Reviewing the market: QEN Q3 2010

NB: This analysis generally distinguishes between summarizing CCP’s results and my own conclusions. Where the text contains mistakes, generally I accept the blame for them except in the cases where I specifically note faults in the QEN itself. Review CCP … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-07-14 by Ecliptic Rift

CCP has ADD

Man, I was a dumbass in university. Years ago, I enrolled as a freshman in a computer science program. By the end of the first semester, I had a part time job as a programmer (what I spent my whole … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-05-18 by Ecliptic Rift

Life in low sec…

Mynxee put up a thread in the Missions and Complexes forum today titled “Low Sec Opinions & Perceptions: What Are Yours?” I posted a response there, but I thought I’d include it here too for further discussion. Please contribute to … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-02-01 by Ecliptic Rift

Referrer traffic distribution

I looked over my referrer[1] stats this morning and noticed something interesting. As you might expect, the sources for my traffic don’t have a uniform distribution. Some sites send more traffic than others. But, even more interesting, they have a … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-11-28 by Ecliptic Rift

Dominion patch notes review

I’ve taken several days off of EVE Online to enjoy some time with my family and loved ones (plus, oddly, a lot of work). However, CCP have released the Dominion patch notes so I thought I’d take a few moments … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-02-26 by Ecliptic Rift

OOC: Blog Banter #5 Metagaming

I’m not part of CrazyKinux’s EVE Blog Pack, but that shouldn’t stop me from posting on the current blog banter on metagaming, right? This month’s topic comes to us from Mynxee of Life in Low Sec. She asks “Alts and … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-02-18 by Ecliptic Rift

Terminology for the demigods

I asked folks the other day which term they prefer: “capsuleer” or “podder”, neglecting to include the common “pod pilot” as well. As you might expect from as varied a bunch as make up our little community, the answers didn’t … Read the rest of this entry →

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