League of AFK

So I’m back to Silver 3… but I think my duo partner and I have found a reasonably good groove, and I think if it hadn’t been for a 4v5 (turned 3v5 quite quickly thereafter) we would’ve been back at my promos back into Silver 2 tonight.  Unfortunately.. well, the Orianna gave up first blood, called BS in chat, and quit out.  Even then we managed to do a great job holding back the tide, and our Nasus could have split-pushed us to victory had our Ashe not just given up after the Orianna disconnect.  I managed to hold mid’s inner reasonably well while still farming a feral flare (I’d already invested in the wriggle’s) on Kayle and continued to be a threat against any one-two of their team even to the end.

Moral of the story:  Don’t quit when things aren’t going your way.  You lose 100% of games you don’t try to win.

 

As always, you can find me when I’m streaming at http://www.twitch.tv/dethmourne

EvE-ning…

So I dropped out of TEST on my main for a while to run L4s in highsec and was graciously lent a Tengu.  I don’t have max skills for a Tengu, but they’re okay and I’m progressing fairly nicely in this aspect.  One thing I love/hate about missiles is their differences from guns – flight time vs instant hit, consistent damage, etc.

 

Still, say hi in EVE to Dethmourne Silvermane if you’re in Dodixie :)

LoL Ranked Placements done…

…and I got placed in Silver 2.  I’ve already been demoted to Silver 3 and re-promoted to Silver 2 again, so I think I’m moderately close to my current skill level.  Just trying to find a solid spot to play from – jungle’s looking mighty promising but I need to branch out from Rammus (who’s super-reliant on his teammates playing well, but stomps if they do) to more balanced junglers.

As always, you can catch me on NA as DethSilvermane or hit up my stream at http://www.twitch.tv/dethmourne

Galactic Civilizations

So I’ve been off the radar lately because my Real Life has been pretty crazy, but things are starting to settle down so I’m hoping to post at least once or twice a week.  I thought today I’d mention that I picked up Galactive Civilizations II the other day, and man is it awesome.  If you’re a fan of the 4X games (Civilization, Sins of a Solar Empire, Sword of the Stars, etc) this is a really, really solid offering from Stardock.  It’s got lots of moving parts, it’s turn-based, and it lets you create custom races (so right now one of my opponents is LunaNet, leader of the mighty Ponies from the world of Equestria).  If I had any complaints, I’d say that the core ships are awkward and that there’s almost too many moving parts.  Oh, and sometimes I have multiple races’ versions of planetary improvements (because YAY DIPLOMACY) and it would be nice to say that X improvement is obsolete (a function already handled automatically when upgrading your own tech tree’s buildings to the next tier, and also available manually for ships).  Still, though, this game has me ready to conquer the galaxy, one sector at a time.

 

Quick shout-out: GalCiv III is already available for Early Access.  It’s too pricey for me right now (boo Real Life) but I’ve heard great things.

EvE update

Welp.  We’re at a crucial point in our defense against the CFC – will they form up for 6VDT? Will we? WHO WILL WIN? EHRMAGERD.

 

I think if we manage to save 6VDT on Sunday, the morale boost will lead towards improved participation, and lead us from the edge of defeat to victory.  If we lose this, though, that’s probably the Fountain campaign done with.

 

On an unrelated note, I bought a highsec mission alt and I’m playing around with a Golem.  I’m kind of frustrated, though – my pilot’s capacitor skills are so weak that I can’t get away with the otherwise-awesome torp+ab fit I was planning on using.  Luckily, he had 2 remaps, so I was able to remap him int/mem and will be able to flip him back once I sort his support skills.  In the meantime, I’m going Cruise Golem, and that means less DPS, less mid-flight salvaging, and not being able to get away with the “gank mode” omnitank I had planned on, unless I shift up a booster from my LSB to an XLSB (and then I have to consider the capacitor issues again).

Two awesome (but short) updates

EVE update first: TEST is now actively engaged in dunking the CFC… and we are, so far, winning, by virtue of not giving up. THIS IS FREAKING HUGE. I look forward to continued success.

League update: I’m in Silver 5, FINALLY, and am actually at my promotion to Silver 4 :) Looking forward to continuing my rise as I lean on my ridiculous Sivir winrate.

TEST / HBC Split

I think the title says it all…

….but here’s the SOTA from TEST – https://soundcloud.com/eddicted/state-of-the-test-alliance-may

Jita Trading – Profit Report

Jita Trading – Profit Report

I’ve started doing Jita station trading, with a generous 1.4b in donations or interest-free loans kickstarting my trading (some of it within the last week, some of it 2-3 weeks out).  I’ve linked my API to eve-mogul.com so that I can have a public report showing tracking my profit; this link is that report.

 

Enjoy!  If you have any ideas on what opportunities might grant me better profit (that you’re willing to share) hit me up :)

New Computer

I have a new computer – it’s being pretty awesome so far.

EVE is installed, and the settings are cranked to max so I can enjoy my living quarters in Jita pleasantly :)

The only disappointment I have right now is that for some reason I still can’t get 60 fps in League of Legends while attempting to stream – I feel like I’m probably just setting up xsplit wrong, but I’m not sure what settings are causing my grief.  Any streamers out there that can help me?

Newbiedom (sort of): Jita

So I decided to start playing EVE again.  Since I’ve pawned off my last character, I’m starting completely fresh (character-wise) and with a 100 million ISK seed money from a friend.  Since my character doesn’t really have any skills, and I don’t want to spend time doing missions, I’ve decided that I’ll crack the proverbial whip in everyone’s favorite hive of scum and villainy – Jita.  I’m making roughly 5-10% a day right now (granted, who knows how long I can maintain that rate, since it’ll get harder to find places to put capital… eventually..), and I’m pretty pumped.  If I can just maintain my ROI throughput for a while, I’ll be able to buy back my old main.. and then have a nifty trade alt in the meantime.  I don’t know offhand any good programs for building nifty reports on profitability, so I’ll just start posting numbers every so often – Our base is 3/31 eve time, where I had almost exactly 100 million ISK.  I’ll report back every EVE Sunday with new data.