I need to get better at this..

However, I forget to post. Thus an update on my EVE Life.
I've joined a new corporation -SAW-. They seem like a decent bunch, everyone around my age so real life issues are expected and thus not a problem.

It has a very high amount of new players so vent is filled with questions, which is pretty cool since it makes me feel like I know what I'm doing.

We're lining up for Caldari in factional warfare... which is not so cool. I'll be honest, factional warfare looks absolutely amazing. I'm totally stoked for it, and it's been a loooong time since that's happened for a game. This however looks wild, and CCP is doing a fantastic job with their news posts to build it all up. The painful part is that I am for the first time ever in game thinking of Quincy as a down to earth Minmatar citizen and it feels kind of wrong to be planning to fight for the scummy Caldari. Busted station or no....
This of course means that the mighty Jaybird I is flying for the Ishukone watch. Although it's also moonlighting with the RSS... sssshhhhhh don't tell anyone.

Oh, and congratulations to the CSM members who earned spots on the council. Now go out there and prove the concept will add value to our game.
To be honest I feel that the biggest issue facing the CSM is the lack of community support. I feel that the first thing that needs to be tabled, before any other issue is how to get as many players invested in the process as possible. For the next round of elections I would view any number less than 30,000 votes as a disaster. People are passionate about this game, there's no reason that we cannot attain 50% participation. I should post this on the forums, but hey I like rattling on here.

Fly Smart,
Quincy

There goes another one...

EXTRA EXTRA

So it seems that MC is gone due to picking a fight with BOB and the usual internal struggles. Assuming of course this isn't a forum Maskirova, I hope this is actually. Well you know what they say about poking a tiger with a stick. Or poking a crocodile in the eye, or hopping into a circle of wolves after rolling around in hamburger.
Actually I thought that the alliance of MC, KIA and the other guys would've been able to carry the whole Tortugan thing off.

Chalk me up as someone else who underestimated the combination of talent, planning, perseverance and execution that BOB is capable of.

KiaEdz has a nice writeup of the whole thing here. Speaking of KIA, I would say the smart money is on them to have the ability to start filling the massive whole that will be left in the mercenary field. Although, I expect that the remanents of MC will form something. However, as BOB proved here the critical elements of an alliance that lasts are planning, dedication and execution. At the end of the day you need leadership, and a lot of it to make this work. MC was a force as long as the Captain was able to steer the ship.

However, whatever happens MC was the alliance that I always thought about going for, but like so many things in this game, I never gained the conviction to do it. Sadly, I won't get the chance now. Never know, maybe this will make me chase the next EVE opportunity that comes along.

Goodbye MC, EVE-Online will be different without you.

Fly Smart,
Quincy Tawharr