Welcome to Taggart

June 29th, 2010 | No Comments

I’ve been playing Eve Online kinda sporadically, but logging in at least once a day since paying for the subscription. It isn’t because I dislike the game, quite the contrary, but I’ve been busy working on other things at night which takes away my time to actually play.

However, as I get many of the ‘basic’ skills up to 5, I am coming to the realization I need to go and plan out my future skills to do what I need. I will be doing some work researching these things, as I want to do not only what is the most profitable, but will benefit my corporate friends (at a price)

Since I have not announced it yet, I am now a member of Taggart Transdimensional.

More than a role playing corporation, Taggart is based on the writings of Ayn Rand and specifically her book  Atlas Shrugged. The group not only follows the book’s outlook, everyone that is a member goes through a rigourous process in order to be accepted. It requires one to be very close to the objectivist vision put out by Rand. If you have ever read my political blog, you would see that I am very close to much of Rand’s message.

Application to Corporation

June 10th, 2010 | No Comments

I have made an application in Eve-Online to join a corporation.

One of the things about Eve is corporations run the game. No, I mean almost literally. Each corporation gains planets and powers, and certain individuals gain enough notoriety they get elected to the yearly council between players and the developers. One of the reasons I decided to try Eve was because of this arrangement. The fact the developers actually (sometimes) listen to the players in such a way is pretty unique. The only game that attempted something similar was Matrix Online, but all the player liaisons that were hired turned out to be too expensive. This tanked the game right from the get go, and why it is now defunct.

There are complaints about CCP I’ve seen. Many of them concern CCP creating content that is never expanded before they bring out something else, leaving loose ends. At least, though, they have the content that they promised in the game.

I don’t want to advertise the corporation I’ve applied for at this time, but it will become clear if I am accepted. Just read my political blog, as the philosophy is similar.

Eve Online Now In On-Deck Circle

June 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Being so disappointed in what was offered in Star Trek Online, I started to look into what Eve Online could possibly offer, and if that was more of what I was looking for in a space MMO.

So far, it is, but you know how fickle I can be.

Eve reminds me a lot of the paper and pencil game I love of Traveller, or, more specifically Megatraveller. Four ‘empires’ are available at the start, each following a stereotype of a society. You have the galactic hereditary empire (which definitely corresponds to Traveller’s Third Imperium in many ways) matched against their former slaves (much like the Jewish people who fled from Egypts slavery). They are diametrically opposed. Then, you have the progressive hippies (Obama supporters) against the evil capitalists (Dick Cheney forever). Or, something like that.

As I started my trial account, I decided on the evil capitalists, since they are Ayn Rand-ish in philosophy, and I’m currently reading Atlas Shrugged. (See my political blog to understand that choice.)

Using the name Sevnara (one of my standard names for MMOs – I used her for Star Trek Online too), I am now going through the tutorials of the game. So far, I am liking things a lot. Eve has a lot of elements I had wanted incorporated into Star Trek Online. Mind you, from what I understand, many of those elements have only been recently introduced into Eve from my reading of the various blogs via the Capsuleer application I downloaded for the iPhone. But, having those elements there, though it is going to take me time to get there, means now I have a goal beyond “get to Admiral”, which is the only goal I could have on Star Trek Online.

I am still new to Eve, and I have not joined a corporation as of yet (the guilds of the game), so I will have to see how that all goes. As of now, though, I’ve done like I did with Star Trek Online – Eve Online has now three months of my time locked in, so please Eve, don’t blow it for me.

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