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On February 21 2012 09:58 Averen wrote:
but im not in lowsec atm, would that be a problem?

On February 20 2012 14:27 triforks wrote:
what movie is that gif from.

this gif: http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv286/Body_Shield/2895_4cfc.gif

On March 06 2012 18:07 Mandini wrote:
Alright, screw it, I waited something like 13 hours to snipe page 1000, and it seems like no one is actually going to make the last post on 999, and I don't want to triple post because I'm not bbq :p.

I started my time in EVE around page 570, my first post was on 573 where I trolled kwark (badly, but very fitting if i might add). I started as a humble rifter pilot that was devastated when I lost my set of +3s because we didn't really have the salvaging network we do now, and I am now a space rich LP tycoon who can fly a plethora of ships (even though I'm still bad at EVE).

As Def stated in his write up it has definitely been a journey, I thought I knew a lot when I reached the peak of my WoW career leading a top 500 guild of 10 close knit guys, smashing all the content and raping in pvp. I learned just how wrong I was when I started EVE. I have learned so much just by talking to all the amazing people we have in the hatchery and even in spawning pool. Just the economics knowledge alone I have gained through the whole W&G incident as well as the LP business in general is going to help me for the rest of my life. The team liquid members who actually survive to become veterans are some of the most intelligent people in the world, and I am proud to count myself among their numbers. The type of person that actually thrives in EVE is just astounding to me. I'm going on and on about this, but I can't actually say it enough. Playing EVE is an experience that I think everyone, well at least all TL members, should have to go through. Its very humbling, and you learn so much. So if you are reading this and havent yet joined up, give it a try, its a wonderful game, and being in the TL alliance just makes it that much better.

I know that I have learned from EVE, but I like to tell myself that I have taught people as well and helped them through their EVE journey, and I hope that what I tell myself is true. That was one of my goals when I volunteered to lead Spawning Pool, even though that turned out to be not what I envisioned :s. Regardless I do my best, and will continue to do so as long as I am a member of the TL alliance.

I will do a proper history blog at some point in the future (soonTM), but for now I am happy to end the triple digit page number era, and welcome someone else to come along and snipe that 1000th page first post. o7

On March 04 2012 08:32 DefMatrixUltra wrote:
So today, DefMatrix Ultra marks the end of his 1st year in Hatchery.

My activity in terms of playing EVE has been irregular. I'd say that about 4 months of those 12 months, I had basically no activity. Despite that, I've done a lot of shit - so much that it's even hard to remember it all. Seems like years of my life happened in this game.

--EVE

EVE is a strange experience. If you come into it alone, with only yourself and the game, you won't get it. It's a sandbox, and you run out of guidance very quickly. In fact, I'd say that most people that have played EVE don't even understand where the game is, what to actually do to get at the meat of the game.

EVE is not your traditional MMO experience. EVE chews up and spits out traditional MMO audiences like a meat grinder. You'll find no warm, sunny beach with palm trees here. No rolling meadows with rabbits or whatever the fuck running around. In EVE, people are out for your blood. Nowhere is safe. Someone will find you buried in your hiding place, pummel you nearly to death. The next day they'll log onto their trade alt and scam you out of every penny you own. Many many people have ragequit this game, some with years of playtime behind them.

--Hatchery

Hatchery is very much the best corp in EVE. Like EVE, it is a meat grinder. But unlike EVE, it has a will and direction and a reason. Many do not make it far in EVE, even with the help of Hatchery. If you can't make it past the gauntlet of trolling, if you can't shoulder unreasonable responsibility, if you can't own up to mistakes you couldn't possibly comprehend fully - then you are just one of the unfortunate many. But Hatchery pulls its members from the TL community. And this community is about as badass and battle-hardened as you can get. So man up and stick with it. The rewards are uncountable.

The Hatchery philosophy is all about being the best. Besides being the best pvp corp in game, Hatchery has experts in every field of the game. Any facet of industry, market, pve, pvp, game mechanics - someone in Hatchery is the undisputed expert on the subject. That's what happens when you take in TL membership and you hammer them with responsibility and knowledge that no Random Joe can sustain - once the flames have died down, a Hatchery member steps from the smouldering ashes.

When I first joined up, I was clueless and poor. I made most of my ISK off pvp since Hatchery collected and sold loot and distributed prize ISK to the top ten pilots. But there is this awesome guy named Pufftrees who seemingly printed ISK at will. He did stuff with contracts and was nice enough to loan me 1b (1,000,000,000.00 ISK) for my first "serious" month of contracts. I paid him back easily and was very successful with contracts. I eventually went on to obsessively dip my hands in all kinds of cashflow all throughout EVE. Thanks to individuals like Pufftrees, Motbob, and KwarK and thanks to the Hatchery philosophy in general, I am obscenely wealthy in game today. In 1 year, I've made more than dozens of random EVE players will make in their entire EVE career.

Similarly, while I'm not the best in the game at pvp, I am steadily climbing my way up there. Through intensive study and with Hatchery-instilled mechanics and philosophy, I will one day be among the best pvpers in the game's history. Make a note.


--DefMatrix Ultra

I wouldn't call my career illustrious or any other such word. I'm a Hatchery member, so excellence is par for the course. I've had a lot of fun in pvp. My first few months, I flew nothing but Rifters and loved the shit out of it. There's really nothing like zooming around at 5 kilometers a second only to land the real killing blow on your enemy - the tackle. When you're zipping from victim to victim with 50 combat drones painting a target on your head, you feel truly alive.

In a time where everyone was training Drake or Hurricane, I decided that I disliked BCs, and to this day I have Battlecruiser II trained. I trained to a ship that I thought was unimaginably cool - an Imperial Navy Slicer. Within a few months, I had a nearly maxed Slicer, and I still love the ship to death today. I've done a ton of solo pvp (more than most Hatchery members) in my trusty Slicer. I could post a bunch of killmails, but solo pvp is so much more than just mails. You learn a lot of stuff about the game when you're all alone with no intel, no safety net, and a bit of bloodlust.

But I will post some cool fleet mails.

+ Show Spoiler [Mails, Baby, Mails] +

--In Closing

Hatchery Life.

+ Show Spoiler +

On March 06 2012 22:22 Tristran wrote:


No PvE? :/
I do enjoy PvP but historically in MMORPG's I've preferred PvE. But having said that I have no EVE PVP experience like I said. All my effort has gone into PvE, I loved my Tengu, could active tank indefinitely and deliver amazing missile punishment. Before that I spent an awful long time in a passive tank Drake.

On March 06 2012 22:22 Tristran wrote:


No PvE? :/
I do enjoy PvP but historically in MMORPG's I've preferred PvE. But having said that I have no EVE PVP experience like I said. All my effort has gone into PvE, I loved my Tengu, could active tank indefinitely and deliver amazing missile punishment. Before that I spent an awful long time in a passive tank Drake.

On March 07 2012 01:40 Firebolt145 wrote:
Kwark? Minimum required my ass.

On March 07 2012 01:09 Firebolt145 wrote:
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Mate, after reading your posts (and I mean this in the nicest way possible), it is clear that you have a LOT to learn. :D

On March 07 2012 01:21 KwarK wrote:
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We PvE to fund our accounts and our PvP efforts. What this means is that we've learned to be very, very good at it so we can do the minimum required. Group PvE may fulfil your needs for roleplaying and pimping a tengu may give you a sense of satisfaction that no amount of empty sex with drunk girls can rival but for making isk, it's very suboptimal.

On March 07 2012 09:54 Firebolt145 wrote:
http://teamliquid.killmail.org/

Feel free to check the dates.

On March 07 2012 10:10 Tristran wrote:


So until I was either trusted in a greater role, or skilled enough to be in a greater role, or both, I'd be using those Rifter ships?

If I decided to rejoin there is a possibility I'd bring a friend, if you thought I was a noob then you'd be in for a surprise with that guy.

On March 07 2012 09:29 Tristran wrote:


I know ;P I realise I never hit the deep parts of this game, though I was never sure how to get there lol. It just felt like endless PvE mission running and quite lonely as well, despite being in a Corp.




My Tengu was fun, and its animation flew backwards when I last used it lol.
Still debating whether I'd want to rejoin or not, do you guys just group PvP almost, if not, every day?