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2012-08-17 doycet Game Design, MMO & Computers, Musing

This is sort of a general gaming post, though it’ll end up talking about EvE very specifically at the end,

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Life in EvE: Shirt Off My Back #eveonline

2012-08-14 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers

“You bought a shirt?” CB’s voice on comms is muddled, as if he can’t decide between a mocking tone and

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Life in Eve: Two Months in the War #eveonline

2012-08-13 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers

Ty’s currently at 2 months and 2 days with the small corp he and CB formed solely to take into

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Mulling over a ‘tapestry’ style throne-war game

2012-08-06 doycet Game Design, Musing 6 comments

So I’ve been reading the George R.R. Martin books. They’re good, and if you haven’t read them and like fantasy

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A few more thoughts on the “Blanket of Ashes” game idea

2012-08-06 doycet Game Design, Musing One comment

I’m not set on running this. Playing a ‘song of ice an fire’ style ‘throne war’ game also appeals. Just

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A Blanket of Ashes

2012-08-03 doycet Musing 25 comments

So I’ve been doing those things that lead to lots of nifty ideas ricocheting off each other — namely “reading

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Life in Eve: Something Else #eveonline

2012-08-03 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers One comment

I drop onto the couch and stare at the massive screen mounted on the wall of my quarters. Too much

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Life in Eve: A Quick Thought on the Mate War #eveonline

2012-08-02 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing 3 comments

My Internet is out, so I’m writing this on my phone and don’t have the time, patience, or keyboard to

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Life in Eve: How it Goes #eveonline

2012-08-01 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers

“Any pilots available to help us knock down a couple infrastructure hubs? We’ve got a few ready to fall, and

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Life in Eve: Tripped and Fell into the Captain’s Chair #eveonline

2012-07-30 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 4 comments

“So I accidentally ended up in charge of a fleet last night, and –” “Stop,” CB holds up a hand.

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Life in EvE: Poking Around in the Corners #eveonline

2012-07-27 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers

Before I forget, I found an old map of the Caldari-Gallente warzone, and modified it to show all the locations

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Life in Eve: Continuing Streak #eveonline

2012-07-23 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers

After a week spent visiting Bre and Berke in the wormhole, I’m a little glad to stow Zecora back in

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Life in EvE: Achievement Unlocked #eveonline

2012-07-21 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers One comment

“How would you like the Merlin fit, Pilot?” I shrug to myself. I hardly ever fly Caldari ships, unless the

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Life in EvE: All According to Plan #eveonline

2012-07-20 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers

Ty sat in his quarters, scratching notes on a digital pad. If the crappy little Griffin wants to tackle you,

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Life in EvE: Habits #eveonline

2012-07-18 doycet MMO & Computers 2 comments

“So how boned are we?” asks CB. “Boned?” I think about the question for a second. “Oh, the Goon-scam thing?”

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Life in EvE: Kiting Only Works if Someone’s Trying to Pull Your String #eveonline

2012-07-13 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 2 comments

It’s the day after the CB and I lost a couple ships and, perhaps predictably, I’m back in an Incursus,

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Life in Eve: Winning #eveonline

2012-07-10 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 2 comments

[Last week, I was on a trip out of town, and on my flight back, I managed to leave my

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Life in EvE: The Best Bad Decisions, part 2 #eveonline

2012-07-05 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 3 comments

“Our targets are not, probably, going to be other frigates and destroyers.” Icarus’s voice on comms is as calm as

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Life in EvE: The Best Bad Decisions, part 1 #eveonline

2012-07-03 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers

“Someone call out when you’ve got point on the target!” The Ferox battlecruiser’s close-range cannons shorted out my frigate’s shields

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Life in EvE: Grumpypants #eveonline

2012-06-26 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 5 comments

“Okay, the new ship fittings are up in the Corporate Database,” I say, trying not to roll my eyes at

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Life in EvE: Evaluating Faction Warfare #eveonline

2012-06-22 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 7 comments

“I’m not sure about this,” CB muttered, slowly rotating his glass on the table between us. “You don’t have to

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Life in Eve: A Good Problem to Have #eveonline

2012-06-20 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers

I have way too many ships. A part of that is sort of a collector habit: there are so many

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Life in Eve: A Modest Proposal for ECM

2012-06-20 doycet MMO & Computers 9 comments

So, I just thought of this, and maybe it’s been proposed many times before; I don’t know, but I’ve never

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Life in a Wormhole: Trying for a Good Fight #eveonline

2012-06-19 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 5 comments

CB reports that we have a Nighthawk command ship and a… Caracal cruiser? Running sleeper anomalies? Really? A caracal? That’s…

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Life in Eve: Placid Exploration #eveonline

2012-06-19 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 3 comments

The wormhole system is compromised once again, with a Buzzard cov-ops frigate buzzing around. This isn’t really a problem, except

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Life in a Wormhole: Life on the Freeway #eveonline

2012-06-15 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers One comment

There are a lot of upsides to the kind of class two wormhole system we live in. Easy access to

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Life in a Wormhole: Caw Caw Bang #eveonline

2012-06-13 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 2 comments

The good news: I can log in! The bad news: The next two days are a frustration of angry evemails

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Life in a Wormhole: You Know What’s Good? #eveonline

2012-06-12 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 2 comments

Game of Thrones. Now there’s a good show. Ty’s account is still disabled, and I can’t get anyone to respond

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Wandering through The Syndicate #eveonline

2012-06-10 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 7 comments
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Life in a Wormhole: Back with Agony Empire #eveonline

2012-06-08 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers One comment

Ty’s out with Agony Empire for an interesting sort of seminar/roam, led by a fairly well-known low-sec ‘pirate’ who spends

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Mostly actual play from online tabletop games, played on Roll20. Also random other stuff.

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Session 09 of our co-op playthrough of Ironsworn: Starforged.

We pause long enough to trade supplies with an old and deeply unsettling acquaintance: Anora Talin, a razor-sharp trader with too much insight and no hesitation about using it. What starts as a resupply stop turns into one of the biggest lore sessions of the campaign so far.

In this episode:

- the precursor map/tablet reveals more strange behavior
- Cole’s importance becomes clearer
- secrets about the Balefire and Cobalt Reach emerge
- a new faction concept appears: The Tethered
- Tinker risks deeper contact with the symbiote
- navigation experiments go very, very wrong
- we end with one of our favorite cliffhangers yet

Thanks for watching/listening along with our little corner of space.

2026 04 14
Sometimes, the story tells you it wants to be something else.
Timefoolery finds us once again.

2026 03 10
See the thing is, I called episode six "Crystal Snails", and then I got Vulfmon's Disco Snails stuck in my head, and then this happened. I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry if you've never heard of Disco Snails.
I'm sorry if you HAVE heard of Disco Snails.
Mostly, I'm sorry to Vulfmon.

Inside every snail shell is a tiny glowing gastropod
Precursors might be dead, or fled: transcended into spacey gods
But here they left behind these shiny slimy buggy bodies
These super freaky guards will slime and kill you as a hobby

Crystal snails, they’re on the walls and closing in on you with glowing trails
Their slime is poison that will make your nervous system FLAIL
They crawl into your suit and lick your face until you fail
To breathe! Because you cannot fight these snails

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Current position's in your engine
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They’re not ill-willers, they’re just killers.

There's bodies in the airlock, for the snails are on the loose
Watch your step, they're only one inch tall and they crawl right at you
They've synthesize deadly toxins up in their buggy bodies
This downright funkadelic bunch have come to start the party (P-p-p-party)

Crystal snails, they’re on the walls and closing in on you with glowing trails
Their slime is poison that will make your nervous system FLAIL
They crawl into your suit and lick your face until you fail
To breathe! Because you cannot fight these snails

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Current position's in your engine
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They’re not ill-willers, they’re just killers.

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Their location? In your station
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They’re not ill-willers, they’re just killers.
(With apologies to Vulfmon.)

Inside every snail shell is a tiny glowing gastropod
Precursors might be dead, or fled: transcended into spacey gods
But here they left behind these shiny slimy buggy bodies
These super freaky guards will slime and kill you as a hobby

Crystal snails, they’re on the walls and closing in on you with glowing trails
Their slime is poison that will make your nervous system fail
They crawl into your suit and lick your face until you fail
To breathe! Because you cannot fight these snails

[Chorus]
Crystal what?
Crystal snails, they'rе leaving deadly trails
Crystal wherе?
Current position's in your engine
Crystal how?
They're on your ship, they've got the Drip
Crystal why?
They're not ill-willer, they're just killers...

2026 03 03
Tinker and Quin engage in a time-honored spacer tradition (drinking and conspiracy theories) followed by another time-honored ironsworn tradition (fighting for your life).

2026 02 24 timebolted
We meet Quintin's daughter, and then head out on our main mission. Both of these go exactly as we expected, as usual.

2026 02 17

Music by Kevin MacLeod. Intro by kleber-kgf.
This game, man... this game....

A few notes: the audio is still uneven. I tried a few things, but I need to try a few more. Stay with us and I'll get it sorted, I promise.

2026 02 13
Kiri's symbiote saves him... from something, or for something?
Quinn pulls on the strings trailing from everyone on Providence Station.

2026 02 03
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