The DG Battle: Four Years Later

Getting the troops ready for battle!

Four years ago today the largest space battle in all of Eve, up until then, happened down in Providence. In light of recent events I will mention that there were about 17 or so Titans on the entire field, on all sides.

Between 2,500 and 4,500 pilots from -A-, CVA, LFA, Paxton, U'K and other aligned forces met in DG to do battle over recent advances our forces had made into Catch. Goodness knows I've written about this battle before.

If you are interested:

Catch Freedom

Goodbye Providence

Out RAGE

and especially What A Difference a Day Makes

Those are good starts on what was an important moment, not only in Eve history, but in my own path. Funny that so many of the players involved in that fight four years ago are still names being mentioned today - Progod, Makalu, and many others were important players at the time. In addition, many of those I played with back then are now members of Stay Frosty.

I didn't bring this up to rehash the past. It is the fourth year anniversary and I think it is worth mentioning it.

On and on it goes, when it stops, nobody knows.

The Immortal Game A History of Chess or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated

The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated ...The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human BrainRandom House Audio | ISBN: 0739340042 | 2006-09-05 | MP3 | 122 MbA surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a

3000 Ships Exploded

This blog/journal/rag/propaganda magazine is about a lot of things, but one thing it is about is marking the various milestones of my own personal Eve journey. If you go back thru the Archives you'll find plenty of struggles, hard-ships and near disasters. I am, if anything, an open book.

Yesterday I exploded the 3,000th ship of my Eve career. I wasn't trying for anything special to mark the arbitrary nature of that number, since it is rather arbitrary. So the milestone kill wasn't anything special, in fact it was another Venture.

I know there are plenty of pilots with more kills, and significantly more with less kills. But for me personally it remains a rather triumphant accomplishment. And one that I am rather proud of. I still remember my first kill, and racing to 100, 500, 1,000 and so on. I remember being ranked 42,000 on BattleClinic. And I remember my first two and a half years of living in Null and being more than happy with a handful of kills in a WEEK.

I've never played for numbers. I don't multi-box a scout or booster account. I only take drugs for special engagements. So the vast majority of those kills came the hard way. It is just the way I choose to play and not an indictment of anyone else's play style. ( I always feel the need to disclaimer that statement.)

Next milestones? I should pass the 100m skillpoint milestone soon. And then, at some point, the 1k barrier on BC ranking. Which begins the slow climb to number one. Granted, I may never make it, but it is after all the journey and not the destination, isn't it?

And this has been a great journey so far.