About

I started my journey in New Eden in April of 2018 and quickly became engrossed in the expansive universe in the game as well as the community out of the game. I cut my teeth on online MMOs with World of Warcraft in 2005, and while I had tried Eve sometime in that same era, I found the experience today to be far different than I had in either before.

I quickly found myself wanting to be part of the greater community that Eve Online has fostered. It became a wellspring of creativity for me and spurred me towards regular writing, having an online game to play with my husband, and wanting to meet others in this shared space. So, I founded this blog.

By day, I'm an IT Project Manager spending time with spreadsheets in a cubicle, holding meetings, and organizing activities. These seemed like perfect skills to translate into the game dubbed Spreadsheets in Space. So here I am.

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Annals: The Search for Home

Fatigued as a titan on roam, I returned to my quarters on Rokofur station and drop onto the sofa in the kind of heap that would have had my father sending me into parade formation drills. It's a passing thought and I smirk for it, there's not enough energy left in me to care. Besides, who's around to see me slumping? "Enter new log." I wait for the chime and continue, "Seventeen jumps from Rokofur to Yulai were shortened to twelve using the Thera wormhole connections. The Eve-Scout data proved to be accurate. Met with Ioannis Sepphires of Sapphire Interstellar Banking Solutions. Pleasant enough company even if he made me go planet-side to have our conversation. There's something to be said for meeting someone in person instead of just through relayed messages." I pause, drumming my fingers against the rugged material of my pants. "SIBS is an interesting proposition, and their Rhea Initiative deserves following. Ultimately, I believe Mr. Se...

Barriers to Entry: Where do I go Now?

If you've read my previous post on the New Player Experience , then you'll already know that I'm a huge advocate for the Career Agents in Eve Online . I think these are great intros into some of the mainstream ISK making ventures you might try out in Eve. Well, at least the non-PVP vetures. But like so many of the tutorials in Eve, they do not quite go far enough. Great, you have a Venture Mining Frigate, some mining lasers, and know how to shoot said lasers at rocks in space. But how do you actually make money at that? Oooh, look at you and your Wreathe Industrial Ship... but do you really want to use it to run low level distribution missions for a handful of ISK? Like I said, the career missions prepare you, but they're only the most basic of courses. After you complete the tracts, get the free ships, and hone a few skills, you need to work on a lot of other related aspects to really start bringing in the money. There are a number of streamers that have tried t...

Exploring For Fun, Profit, and Explosions

Some people find relaxation in making pixels explode in space. They long for the challenge of proving their superiority by making other players blink off the map and return to a cloning bay on some distant station. Some find it relaxing to exhale the stress of their lives in each statement made in fleetcoms. For me, my enjoyment in Eve comes from exploration. I set my sites on some system, lock in some waypoints, and go see what there is to see. It's proven not only lucrative, but a lower-stress way to prepare other aspects of the game (such as the vaunted PVP). It's also lead me to Wormholes, which I find to be amazing for adding a level of paranoia and attentiveness. So how does it all work? Fun and Profit Exploration in New Eden can be done for both fun and profit. There are some shared aspects between the two and I'd recommend a few lessons to keep in mind. First, get comfortable with the Map found in your Neocom menu. Not only can this help you plan your ro...

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