An interview with the CEO of OUCH

I started playing Eve back in 2006, as Black Claw. Over the years, I've done a lot of things, put my hand into many different ventures. Even started a new character (Alexia Morgan) to focus on a career of covert ops PVP. One of my ventures was creating the Open University of Celestial Hardship (OUCH) to provide noobs and carebears nullsec survival and PVP training.

Don't fall in love with your ship

Many pod pilots get amazingly attached to their ships. It's almost as if their ship is a loved partner or something. They go through elaborate ceremonies with building, naming, and flying their beloved. And then they lose it in act of violent destruction, and their life, for a brief moment, seems like it's come to an end.

An interview with a highsec griefer

One of the things I've enjoyed doing in the past is interviewing people I've met in my travels. I'm going to be doing that again, and my first interview this year is with:

Tenaris Zeratul of the Killmail Crusaders

Latest donations from generous supporters

I can't do this without the support of those who generously donate to help me travel the New Eden cluster. Thanks to them, I can afford to replace my ship should I get attacked and lose it.

I'm trying to get around the entire cluster of more than 5,000 systems without losing the ship. An ambitious goal, I know, but I do think it's achievable.

Day 26 - Insmother

I've been busy. Ever since getting back into my ship I've had to fly from Berta (Derelik) back to where I left off in Insmother. A full 40 jumps back through lowsec and into nullsec.

But it's been a fantastic time! I've had some ideas that I've followed through on while I've been slowly making my way back to where I needed to be.

Rules of Corp Membership

I was thinking about rules today, and applying them in the corp structure. Now, I know that part of my recruitment spiel is:

[are you looking for] a corporation that allows you to do your own thing in your own time?

So I was trying to reconcile that against having rules. How can members do their own thing if there's still rules?

OOC: A new version of 'Eve Bloggers Portal' is coming soon

A long time ago I started www.evebloggers.com, a portal for those blogging about Eve Online. Back then there were HUNDREDS of people blogging about their experiences in the game.

Today, not so much.

Corp Recruitment is Open!

I've started advertising for new recruits to join my corp, Touring New Eden. The recruitment thread is here:

Are you a traveller, solo pilot or nomad?

Go have a read and then sign up to join the corp if you're interested.

I know not everyone will be interested, but if you're a traveller, solo pilot or nomad looking for a good home, I hope you'll join!

OOC: Eve Bloggers

It looks like www.evebloggers.com is dead. It's still showing new posts from blogs that have been added in the past, but no site updates or new blog additions have been done since July 2012 - coincidentally, that was when I last updated it...

Well, that didn't work out very well

You're asking, what didn't work out very well?

1. Inflaming the passions of Matari everywhere.
2. Me taking a break from the game. Again.

Both of them didn't work out very well.