Journal Entry 1

So, the Center for Advanced Studies flight psychologist suggested I keep a journal in order to collect my thoughts as I journey into the solar systems of the EVE cluster. He says that there is a high percentage of pod pilots who crack up. He said this is a good way to make sure that you keep perspective.

I’m floating here in a pod right now flying through Clellinon. I’ve competed all my orientation missions which were fairly easy up until the last. My guidance system, Aurora, told me that eventually I would learn better skills and the pirates that gave me such trouble today would fall easily before my guns in the future. I hope so because they put a beating on me.

Strange though, immortality feels no different than the life I led previously to this. Sure, I know that if I lose my pod and even this body I will be instantly awakened in an identical body and I’ll be good to go. As I stare at the planet’s and stations where so many little lives are played out…that’s when I feel the enormity of what I’ve become. A good majority of the pod pilots out there already know this feeling and they are infinitely more powerful than me at the moment. Perhaps that will change in the future.

New Beginnings

Ok, so let me give you some background information about the player behind Jimmy Cobalt.  I’ve been playing this game since about a month after retail in 2003 so I know my stuff. I remember when heading out to 0.0 your biggest worries were the cruiser rats that tried to kill you while you tried to get some megacyte. I remember freaking out as Lord Zap tore apart my industrial hauler in a Megathron. I also remember how much fun it was to play when everything was new.

So, I decided to start over.

I’ve had two high skillpoint characters and developed a lot of relationships over the years I’ve played but some of it became too much of a burden. I didn’t hang out with my wife in the real world enough, didn’t pay enough attention to my kids….all because I needed to help people win at “internet spaceships.”

So, I’m taking a much more relaxed shot at this game called EVE Online and I’m going to do it in a relaxing way. I might get back into some RP, I intend to focus on honing my PvP skills once I get my character to where I want him and I’m probably going to run missions and find some peeps to hang out with that fit my style of play.

As far as the blog goes it’ll be a smattering of in-character, OOC and just plain observations from me as my time progresses in game once more. Hopefully it will have some sort of entertaining value.

Here’s to a new beginning, a new hope….