"Minister of Culture"

Ha Ha! That rocks!

Did you know Runic Games' (maker of Torchlight, which I by the way did a review for over at Pressfire) Community Manager have a bit of an unothorodox title... Namely "Minister of Culture".

I wonder if it would suit me?

- Hello, sir. Why yes, I am the Minister of Culture for Planet Calypso.

No? How about Head of Trolls? Treasurer of Cookies? Harvester of Hugs? Flame Bait?

About SGA -My thoughts.

Second Golden Age. The three words that is on every calypsian lips these days. Three words that have created a vortex of emotions, hope, agony, frustration, inspiration and so on.

Well into the SGA period we've experienced some very nice drops in the community. Improved FAP, improved 2870, Mod Merc, Suprmacy, Angel, Sentinel, a204 amp, DOA Foeripper and Loudmouth.. Items that for the last 4 years have been a faint dream for hunters, items that was soon established to have ceased to drop entirely. Until now, with modified stats and a SGA brand.

In spite of these amazing drops, people still get frustrated for not getting a piece of the cake. From what I can tell, a large portion of the community had a perception of SGA as if it would rain goodies on everyone. Personally, I never thought that was what it'd be about.

Its the possibility to loot, its the hope of looting, its the dream that seems a little more real. I know this sounds awfully cheesy but thats what it is to me.

Either way, you can hunt as normal, or you can chase the dream -none of these means you'll get a secured drop. I was around when the last MM was looted, and when DOA's and ML's still dropped. Back when you went hunting atrax because they looted ML or you went for Warrior for that missing angel harness from your set. That feeling have vanished completely since drops stopped, and people have instead been hunting mobs that is easy on the economy for them, with high MU drops of limited items, and that suits their armor and weapons. 

Now people are ripped out of their old hunting routine to chase those dreams again. At expense of their eco, maybe - and that includes a bucket of frustration. 

Ship o'Hoy!

Oberon Nightseer showed me a neat little trick, where I managed to climb the ship in the Newcomer Arrival Zone (thanks for the help!) I felt like the Queen of the world up there!

Here's some cool pics:

Marcipan Fun

I was bored, and I wanted to work on something with my hands. Usually I have lots of hobby items at home, but since I recently moved, all I could find was some leftover marcipan from my birthday, and some cake decor. 

I had fun though :P

WoF Ceremony

Some photos from yesterdays WoF ceremony :)
Grats again Romania1 As for Sweden, you'll get them next time eh? ;)

The Gymnast

The Unfortunate Looter

These days, as we dont have teaming re-introduced yet, Ive felt alot of unfortunate globals hit my avatar. 

No, that does not mean I dont want globals. I need it to break even with the mobs Im hunting, no doubt. The thing is, there are few mob spawns that are extra interesting these days with the SGA going on, and thus I often find myself sharing huntingfields with friends and socmates, but unable to team with them. 

Loot is, in lack of other words, a damn big mystery. There are always a dozen theories circulating the community; some good and some bad. But how about the theory that when your friend is on the same radar as you, and complains about loot, you global on the next mob you take down. Every time! It happened to me about 3 times yesterday and a few the day before that aswell. 

Globals ususally makes me happy, and the first time it was sort of funny. But if I continure this then Im on the fastlane to really pissing my friends off (luckily Im dealing with some pretty patient people here). Im sure the entropians out there can relate to the loot blues, and how it affects you. 

Sigh!

I love the scenery...

One of the great things about the CE2 update so far is that I keep finding myself feeling like a tourist, taking pictures of everything. Of course, nature takes a huge part.

Here's some more of the screenies Ive taken from my trips:

I have long eyes

Thats what I used to say when I was little. I tried to convince my mom I had "long eyes" and could see things happening far away. Such as "No, granny isnt tired, she's waiting for me! I can see it, because I have long eyes"

Well it seems in Entropia, my childhood dreams have come true!

If you see the full size of this screenie, you'll notice a little yellow light in the distance..

Scoping in.... I saw it was the shopcontainer! If you look at the map, you can see how far away I was from the teleporter!

I have gained a new rank in far sight! whoo!

More scenery

Some Pics of Skam VU 10

My Storm Coat is bugged in the neck lining so no screenies of that unless the helmet is on and covering the flaw... 

Will work on making a small video showing some CE2 scenes in my settings. 

More screens

Vu10!

And the pictures doesnt even justify it. Im very happy I bought a new computer for this. Its running smoothly on Very High settings. The textures, the movements, the shadows, the day/night cycles. Its even better then I anticipated. I love it. 

Now just to wait for the rest of the 'game' to be implemented again and bugs to be fixed. But this is... breathtaking :)

Download at PlanetCalypso.com!

WoF Finale!

Oh, I completely forgot to blog about this.. Either way, Ive been helping out Team Sweden for World of Firepower! I thought it'd be appropriate since Im moving across the border anyway. Concidering Stoik have completely polluted my mind with his swedish nonsense, I sometimes even slip in swedish words here and there when I speak. I havent really noticed much to it myself -but my friends keep commenting on it, so I guess there's something to it. Im just about swedish enough to join the Team Sweden Support.

The Final this year will be on upcoming Saturday. It is USA vs Romania vs Sweden. 
USA won the first WoF, Romania is the holder of the most-point ever in a round record, and Sweden have been in every final since the start of WOF, but have yet to get the title. Sweden also beat last years winner, England, in the semis. I hope they will bring the title home this year. 

It will be a nervewrecking 4 hours of hunting frenzy on Club Neverdie.

I arrive to Sweden on Friday morning. Saturday night I hope we've won WoF and will have one hell of a party. Toes crossed. (I need the fingers for shootin')

WHAT IS WOF?
Short for World of Firepower, WoF is the largest event in Entropia Universe, with several thousands players hunting for their countries fame and glory. Its a hunting competition, where you score points for hunting. Its teamwork, with one captain, one main team and support teams aswell. 

For more info on WoF, Click Here!

Are you swedish? Want to help? Sign up here!

Battle Royale Lore

Event organizer Cat have finally finished the Battle Royale novella! It was well worth the wait. 

READ IT HERE!

The event took place in Entropia's Zychion Citadel a while back, and I won the whole thing. 

Its a damn well written piece of work, which I think described it pretty well with some artistic freedoms. Reading it, it is as if all the emotions we actually went through was amplified in such a way it would have been if it was for real.

Battle Royale suprised me a little with how different the psychology of the players were. I think the novella highlights that in a fantastic manner.

Great work, Cat! 
READ IT HERE!

RX-BOB forever!

Me and Da went back to our roots and did like we used to do before, create (and defend) art in pvp areas ;P

This time we were waiting for the RX-Bots (hostile players played by the devs of Entropia, whom you will get an award for killing.) to show up in PvP1.

Marvel at the fantastic RX-BOB!! Made from Mindessence, Explosive projectiles and some medium ammocells. 

Here he is holding me and Da, like the big huggable loveable robot he is:

I also got myself a RX-Bot kill, namely number 471. The reward was a full tt reworked infiltrator harness (F,L) which I am very happy with!

Awaiting CryEngine 2

Waiting for CryEngine 2 in Entropia atm, and its said to arrive during Summer. I really like some of the previews that has been shown to the community. This is my favorite:

Supposedly west of Fort Troy. (click for a large picture)

Here is some more:

Pink Saturday

Participated in Pink Saturday in Entropia again, for the first time in probably a year? 

It was nice to play Pink Sat again. Its a bit calmer mood over it then the stressing Champions League. I didnt get any globals, but in the end I was up there on the leaderboard switching between #2-4. In the last minute I fell down to #4, which of course sucks, because there's no prize for fourth.

But either way, the afterparty brought goodies as I won one of the fashion awards! Yay :)
Which reminds me, Pink is hosting a fashion event on CND in May. I might have to make an effort.

Pink Saturday at CND on Saturdays from 19:00-20:00. Live Commentary!
20 Ped Entrance, Most Loot.
Afterparty at the (2nd) Disco after the event, where everyone can join.

Champions League!

Im an avid fan of Champions League in Entropia. After being absent from it the last two seasons I came back this season (Season 1, 2009) after having missed the two first rounds. 

You can follow my progress here: www.entropialeague.com
And every sunday at 19:00 UTC you can follow Champions League live via JamHotTV!

A bundle of Bugsy Win!

I see I have forgotten to mention that my dear (ex)disciple, socmate and baby Bugsy won the Kevin Rudolph Video Competition that was held in Entropia!

You can see his entry here
A well deserved win. The animations are great, it reflects alot of the entropia life, and it will be very nice at the booths at games conventions. He worked really hard for it, and Im very proud!!
The prize was a LandArea and full supremacy.. What its worth now, Im not sure. But at least 30-40 000 $!