Guest Post: The Midnight Sun

Best Gate Camp Ever (But me on the wrong end of it...)

So yesterday was a pretty poor day for me.

I came out of the wormhole (appropriately destabilized) in Gesh, to help a corpmate move some ships. Flying along through low-sec in a Cheetah with cov-ops cloak is rarely stressful, so I wasn't paying as much attention as I should.

Turns out I paid WAY less attention than I should, and got popped on a gate that I was just sitting at like a moron while reading my blogs. *blush*

Suffice to say, I'm annoyed with myself, not with the pirates. I know better.

So I travel on, pick up a shuttle and keep moving. I help my friend (albeit after like 40 jumps because the target wormhole closed and he had to reroute me...) and head back to base in my handy-dandy shuttle. Not as awesome as a Cheetah, but seriously, it's a pretty safe way to fly.

I drop into Udianoor in my shuttle and see a rather healthy gate camp, complete with a half-dozen wrecks. "Woah... that's not so good.." I think to myself as I take a breath and hit the warp button. My ship hurtles forward, cutting a tight corner to align and zips into warp. I let the breath out, knowing that there's almost no chance of being locked, destroyed, locked again, and podded, before I could get through the stargate and be on my way.

I drop out of warp, and there goes my shields, and armor, and structure. I'm in my pod.. Holy cow, spam the jump button! There goes my shields, armor, structure. I'm waking up in a new clone.

I'm up on my feet, staring at the screen, opening up my combat log to try and work out what the heck just happened.

Smartbomb gate-camp.

The lack of locking suddenly makes sense, my poor shuttle and implant-laden (just +3's, nothing to cry about) pod fell victim to a well laid trap involving several smartbombing ships arrayed around both entrance and exit of the system.

My hat, were I wearing one, would be off to MasterMental over at Cosmic Encounter, a well laid trap indeed. Interestingly, Dotlan shows just how successful they were, as Udianoor peaked at over 120 kills within a 6 hour span.

Suffice to say a bad day. Fortunately, I wasn't making my "Loot Run", which I performed today without incident. I can safely say I'm ok with losing some +3's, a Cheetah and Minmatar Shuttle, when comparing it to the over 1Billion ISK in assets I moved and sold today.

Fly straight, unless there's a smartbomb!

Away!

Man I hope this posts, cause if it doesn't, there's pretty much nothing I can do about it. This Wednesday you'll see the first of my two guest posts. The comment contest is still running, and by the time you're reading this, I could be back any time. I should be away anywhere between a day and a couple of weeks(assuming nothing goes wrong).

Be safe.

Believe it or not...

I've only gotten one submission for the help I requested. Hey, if you're a friend of mine, or if you want some traffic, send me a post from your blog that you've already posted. I'll post it here, and you'll get some extra traffic.

Good Day.

Happy Pirate Giveaway

Another update this week, just to participate in Spectre's giveaway.

Lets cover the bases.

Spectre said: Create anything that publicly expresses something about me. Anything. I don't care if it is a billboard in San Diego that calls me a fucking jackass.

Spectre said:I don't care if it's an essay about how I have saved your marriage.

My wife used to let her mind wander in bed. We'd be making love, and suddenly she'd just stop paying attention. It got pretty bad for a while, and I was sure she was having an affair. Turned out she was just not attracted to me anymore. So I showed her a picture of Spectre, and BAM. Apparently in comparison, I'm not so bad. Thanks Spectre.

Spectre said: I don't care if you draw a picture on a napkin and upload it to Flickr.
I uploaded this to Flickr.

Spectre said: Hell, you can even just write a haiku

I have to tell you.
Spectre screwed your mom last night.
That's right. I said it.

Spectre said: or a badass death metal song.

Spectre.

Repeated over guitar that is way to loud seventy-three times.

Done. That was fast.

I've Got a Need

You're my soul and my heart's inspiration
You're all I got to get me by
You're my soul and my heart's inspiration
Without you baby what good am I
The Righteous Brothers - (You're My) Soul and Inspiration

So we've got a few things to discuss, you and I.

First off, I'm working a lot of overtime these days, and it's really curtailing my playtime. That said, I'll be back in the swing of things soon. That means though, that I'm cutting back to one post a week(just for now). Following this week, watch for one update on Wednesday. This post will have to do for this week.

Of course, that pales in comparison to the fact that I'm moving at the end of this week to a place that won't have internet. I won't might not get it hooked up for a month(though hopefully, closer to a week).

So that means it's possible I won't have posts for you at all.

I've thought about what that means to me and you guys. I had a bit of an epiphany. There's a few of you folks out there that've got blogs. I'm gonna spread some traffic around and you can help me fill this gap. Email a blog post you'd like to see in this space, complete with a link to your blog to amerrylifeandashortone at yahoo.com(For those that don't know, just replace the "at" with @ and remove the spaces). I'll stick in it the scheduler before I move next weekend. That means if you'd like to participate then I'd like to see them in my inbox by Friday at the latest.

Finally, I'm going to have a bit of fun here. The last person to comment on this blog post when I've returned will win 50 million(I'll simply check here when I return, and name a winner). You may not post a comment more than twice in a row or you will be disqualified.

Off Topic

I'm sure you've all heard about the earthquake in Haiti. Please, if you can, donate now.

EVE Blog Banter #14: What's Next?

When I ask what's next, it means I'm ready to move on to other things.

So, what's next?

Josiah Bartlet- The West Wing

Welcome to the fourteenth installment of the EVE Blog Banter, the monthly EVE Online blogging extravaganza created by CrazyKinux. The EVE Blog Banter involves an enthusiastic group of gaming bloggers, a common topic within the realm of EVE Online, and a week to post articles pertaining to the said topic. The resulting articles can either be short or quite extensive, either funny or dead serious, but are always a great fun to read! Any questions about the EVE Blog Banter should be directed to crazykinux@gmail.com. Check out other EVE Blog Banter articles at the bottom of this post!

The first banter of 2010 comes to us from the EVE Blog Father, CrazyKinux himself, who asks the following: As we begin another year in New Eden, ask yourselves "What Now?" What will I attempt next? What haven't I done so far in EVE? Was it out fear, funds, or knowledge? Have I always wanted to start my own corporation, but have never dared doing so? Is there a fledging mercenary waiting to come out of its shell? Or maybe an Industrialist? What steps and objectives will I set myself to accomplish in order to reach my ultimate goal for this year? EVE is what you make of it. So, what is it going to be for you?

I've always wanted to travel.

Never mind.

Ok, well I've always wanted to be a pirate. Never mind.

Ok, I've always wanted to run missions. Never mind.

I've definitely wanted to try to take a POS down. Never mind.

Ratting in 0.0 sounds like it might be fun. Or not.

Maybe living in a 0.0 alliance could be productive. If I'm someone else.

Faction Warfare MUST be interesting. If you can be up right after downtime.

I've always wanted to try my hand at Mercenary work. OK, this is getting boring.

Truth is, I've done a little bit of anything you can do ingame. I've traded, mined, and ninja salvaged. The only thing left is to lead a Corp, and lead an Alliance.

Almost everything I do is just building up experience to do that. It's only a matter of time.

Other Banter:

CrazyKinux's Musing - A beginning is a very delicate time...

The Wandering Druid of Tranquility - Words, words, words…

My God It's Full of Stars - What Now?

The Elitist - Plans for 112yc

Into the unknown with gun and camera - Show me the money

Ecliptic Rift - Enabling the future

Inanity and Doom - New Year's Resolutions, New Eden Style

Break Vol - Blog Banter #14

Guns Ablaze - What Now?

Adventures in Mission Running - The Way Forward

Diary of a Pod Pilot - Things I want to do

Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah - The Year That Will Be

Roc's Ramblings - WordPress ate my blog

Vive Virtual - Frontier Living

A Mule in EVE - Next on the chopping block

Prano's Journey - I Peer Into My Crystal Pod...

Life in Low Sec - Expanding the Franchise

The Light of Stars - Testing the claims of CCP

A Memoir From Space - A New Direction

The Chronofile - Blog Banter 2010

FlashFresh - What now for Flash?

EVE Opportunist - Fyreite in 112

Mike Azariah - Jiorj

Yarrbear Tales - Year in Review

The Independant Analyst - The Year Ahead

The Travels of Black Claw - Where ma I going?

Warp Scrammed - What to do this year

Sered's Lives - Searching for directions in 2010

Finders & Keepers - New Tears, Same Great Taste