Hmmm, only a few moments before I have to go eat breakfast then over for the movie matinee… ohhh, good place to start!
INCARNA
No fancy walking in stations video this year. Instead, they opted to show a really nice cinematic of a pilot exiting his pod in a station, and his inner thoughts about the entire process.
It really reinforced the elitism that capsuleers feel, and how much better than the rest of the society they are convinced they are. No matter how arrogant any of us think we are ingame, we’re nowhere near the mark set by this CCP video.
ROCK BAND
Well, Sam and the Rockettes (see what he did there?) made their debut at Fanfest. We had good fun (aside from really annoying group of Goons in the back, GOD they are asshats when they get together as a herd, except Black Lavender, everyone loves Black Lavender) and placed 4th in the competition.
Somehow my sweater came off for the second song, and I was left standing in a muscle shirt, the deafening roar of the ladies present very distracting. Hmmm, looking back, it may have been laughter, but either way, *shrug.
WHATS NEXT FROM CCP?
Planetary Interaction. Saw some nice screenshots of this. Think orbital bombardment with planetary grid control of the surface. After that comes Incarna, then Dust 514, which I am totally excited about seeing more on today.
Also, CCP is currently around the 400 employee mark, and is actively looking to fill another 88 roles. So if you have any interest at all, check their website for details.
Overall, EVE Online is going to have an incredibly strong year.
RANDOM ROC
- I got interviewed by Iceland Channel 2 News
- Met Wollami from DOTLan
- Met Serenity Steele (who is not the hot chick I thought she was!)
- Met the iClone developer, then proceeded to ask him if he knew we were going to crush his application. He took it all in good fun (ha ha?)
- Met a guy that has actually been using the EVE API and Cache Data to form an educational hypothesis and simulation generator for the spread of disease and virus outbreaks within New Eden using jumpgate travel data, population densities, etc, etc. It is the single most fascinating use of the API I’ve ever heard of. Very cool stuff my friend.
- Went to that giant burger restaurant again with Chris and Tennille.
- Found out the Sisters of EVE tour rocks. I can’t wait to bring my wife next year for this.
- Shoved my way past a fat Amarr.
- Oh, and this one is interesting… in fact…
NEW NPC AI ENVIRONMENT PITCH
So I got talking to one of the CCPers I am getting to know fairly well about an actual gaming mechanic I’ve been working on for about eight years. I won’t go into details here simply because he was REALLY interested, and said it was actually inline with something they were trying to accomplish and sounded like a viable solution to that issue.
How cool would that be if one of my ideas made into the game itself? Anyway, just wanted to say that if you see the factions starting to behave in a new and self-aware, goal driven way in the future, you read it here first.
ROC'S RAMBLINGS 
Just a funny thing after i read all ya posts.
Funny shit happens and stuffs happens. lol.
Just interesting how you added all these stuffs together that is not supposed to happen in real life but in a drama.
Loved reading up your posts.
Anyways, they accept ISK in those facilities of theirs? =o
The Incarna vid reminded me of you for some reason…