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Posted on 2010-10-12 by Ecliptic Rift

The idea of EVE

I read a comment on an EVE forum once that said, “I’m still in love with the idea of EVE.” (If I can remember who or where, I’ll ascribe it more exactly. Maybe it was on Chatsubo.) That more or … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-07-31 by Ecliptic Rift

Survey: EVE with kids

I’d like to know whether any of you play EVE Online with your kids. How old are they? What do you do together? My six year old daughter has expressed interest in playing with me. Right now, I think mining … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-07-31 by Ecliptic Rift

Cloak and Dagger: Hidden Operations in EVE

First in an occasional series The “cloak and dagger” elements of EVE Online have long attracted many players. Perhaps no incident illustrates this more clearly than the now-legendary Guiding Hand Social Club operation against Ubiqua Seraph. This alone has drawn … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-07-30 by Ecliptic Rift

Eternal Friday

Today is Friday: end of the work week, heralding a few days of relaxation, recuperation, and recreation. And today marks the beginning of an eternal Friday for me in EVE Online. From here on out, I will once again treat … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-12-22 by Ecliptic Rift

RL > EVE

Everybody knows that RL matters way more than EVE, of course. But sometimes it reaches out and grabs us. For those who may not know this part, though, my father-in-law had a heart attack on Friday. He survived, thank God, … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-12-18 by Ecliptic Rift

EVE-acation

I have all next week off (plus the surrounding weekends, of course). I have thus deemed this my “EVE-acation”. Lots of new things to try and skills to train. Also, my wallet could use a few more hundred million ISK. … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2009-12-16 by Ecliptic Rift

Translating your RL job to EVE

Yargok, who writes the excellently-named blog Wherever I May Roam, had a great post idea about discussing your RL job in EVE terms. So, how would your exact job look, translated into EVE? In my job, I’d work for some … Read the rest of this entry →

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