As I whisper in your ear...

...I want to fucking tear you apart.

Into the suck

So what was that I was saying about posting more regularly? Yeah.
Funny how life gets in the way of things.

It's looking like it's going to be even more in the way real soon now. Due to some financial difficulties that I won't go into here, i've been forced to take a second job. This is really going to eat into my free time. I'm even going to have to cut out some of my hobbies. I figure i'll have to give up either drinking or touching myself in the shower. Seeing as I absolutely will not have time to date, this is going to be a very difficult choice.

I'm definitely going to have to cut back on my latest time-sucking hobby. I've tried MMORPG's in the past and never liked them. They're tedious and repetitious and they make you buy them again on a monthly basis. I'm not sure exactly why I decided to give Eve Online a try, but i'm sure the crack-dealer-inspired two week free trial had something to do with it. Hooked me big time.

Years ago, when I was spending my time fooling around on a Commodore64, I met a lovely game named Elite. It was love at first sight, our whirlwind romance seemed destined to last a lifetime until we were torn from eachothers arms by a dead processor. Elite was ahead of it's time in 1985. I know because i've been looking for a worthy successor ever since.

Eve is it. I've been playing for about two months now, and i've just scratched the surface of what there is to do. I quickly grew tired of other MMORPG's because of the repetition. You do a mission and earn points. After you've earned enough points you advance to the next level where you do the exact same mission, the only difference being that the numbers are bigger. Again and again. And again. To be fair, there is some of that in Eve as well, but it's disguised a lot better. For one thing, there are no levels. Instead, there are skills that you need to train in. You can do anything you want to in the game as long as you've got the skills. No locking into a certain profession or character type. Tired of mining? Try trading. Too dull? Try combat. Feeling naughty? Be a pirate. Got an urge to explore? the Eve universe is HUGE. You really could spend years exploring.

I can't say how long i'll stick with this. Buying the same game month after month still bothers me. For now though, there are still a lot of things that I want to accomplish in the game.

Too bad i'm not going to have the free time.