About
This is my personal journal, reserved to write about anything that takes my fancy or catches my whim. I am focussed on gaming at the moment, EVE Online in particular.
If anything is spelt or typed badly, or is grammatically dubious, it's likely that my cat wrote the post. Like most cats, he's notoriously bad at spelling.
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19 Responses to “About”
Easy to read blog-journal. I enjoyed while reading it and actually got some ideas from your experiences. Keep writing please, I’ll be reading.
Paws and fly safe,
Sidorph the Bald Minmatar
By wavewizard on Jun 29, 2010
I really enjoy your blog. You have a great writing style and the stories are very interesting and make me want to go check out some w-space.
By SurealX on Aug 9, 2010
Hi,
Great blog. By far my favourite out of the EVE blogs, as you write well and always have an interesting story to tell.
I’ve just taken my first steps into wormhole life recently, partly because your blogs made it sound so interesting. Maybe I’ll see you out there in our C5 sometime.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers,
Carthano
By Brad on Jan 3, 2011
Just like to say thanks for your blog, it is written well and is a compelling read.
Thanks to your hints and tips I have now tentatively stepped into the arena of stealthily hunting down other ships in wormholes, culminating in the explosion of a salvaging Buzzard I found in a Class 2 wormhole.
Thanks again, and keep writing!
By Camster on Jan 6, 2011
I’m encouraging piracy? Too cool.
Thanks for the comments!
By pjharvey on Jan 10, 2011
Heh… just read the blog entry about the Talocan Deserted Cruiser and I gotta say I can’t wait to engage more seriously in wormhole expeditions ( I can’t say I am into living there what with my determination to be a 1 toon guy but if need be it could become a longer voyage with the gang into unknown space). Either way drop me a line if ya want and tell me which toon is yours so if we ever bump into each other I’ll know to keep my gang off ya ( cabin fever tends to make people stir crazy and imagine a couple of main toons stuck in wormholes for a few days… yeah, lucky I ain’t to sane to being with ^^ )
Keep up the cool blog posts and fly safe ^^.
By CrimsonWolf on Jan 14, 2011
Thanks, Mr Wolf. I tag each post with my character name, making me easy to track.
Don’t worry about shooting me, give it a go. I find being hunted makes w-space life more interesting.
By pjharvey on Jan 18, 2011
Just wanted to say that I admire your blog and it’s a fantastic read. I need to try wormholes myself! Keep up the good posts!
By tgl3 on Jan 31, 2011
Hello :)
I love your WH related blogs and finally came over to explore your blog more fully. What a wonderful nest of surprises, full of nooks and crannies with hidden gems to marvel at when found! And wonderfully written as well. Please tell me you have a book germinating – if so it would be a wonderful exercise in right use of free will to bring it to life ;)
All the best and please continue writing.
By El Dukio on Feb 16, 2011
Excellent blog, the best one in CK’s pack imo. Your blog has inspired me to venture out into wormholes, just as soon as real life gives me the time and money to start playing again. Until then, I’ll continue reading your excellent posts and vicariously get my Eve fix. Thanks again :D
By MrVitis on Mar 30, 2011
Hello there
I’ll be blunt, ive been reading your blog alot. Mostly on my leaky capsule iphone app and it has gotten me through alot of boring work days lol. Anyway I would be interested in chatting to you in game and perhaps joining your corp for learning/fun etc.
Any chance of an email and a quick discussion in game??
Kappa
By Kappa on Apr 24, 2011
Oh and am totally comfortable chattin through a random rookie at if you like to prove am not just some pirate hunting you down just for some fame
Kappa
By Kappa on Apr 24, 2011
Thanks, Kappa. Feel free to join the ‘basket’ channel, which is our corporation’s open channel, where you can learn about the Wormhole Engineers and get a chance to chat with us all.
By pjharvey on Apr 24, 2011
Dear PJ,
you are one of my favourite blogs and have wrote about you in my own blog.
Well done and keep it up.
By Handown on May 31, 2011
Oh no! Where did the website go?
Phew – your back! This carebear needs his daily fix of piratical prattling! Glad to see you back on line.
By Watchadoin on Jun 27, 2011
This is me commenting on a blog.
I was surprised your twitter photo was not just a mirrored shot, are you in that place still?
By Richard on Oct 15, 2011
I am. And I am modelling thrilling headgear on Twitter, which I haven’t got around to mirroring here.
By pjharvey on Oct 16, 2011
Stumbled across this blog and love it! I’m in a 0.0 alliance, but wormholes have always made me curious. My partner started playing but we’ve struggled to find something we can both do together, i now have dreams of settling down in a WH POS together!
What sort of ships/skills are most useful in wormholes- they seem very T3-heavy?
By Epoc on Jan 3, 2012
Thanks, Epoc.
Plenty of pilots use battlecruisers for the lower-class w-space systems, and they are certainly good enough for the task, as well as being cheap both in skill points and ISK. It’s definitely worth aiming for strategic cruisers once moved in, as they are more flexible and powerful, and definitely worth the cost. They aren’t too onerous to train for either, really.
But it really depends on your goals as to what to fly. If you are going in as part of a mid-to-large corporation you may need battleship and logistic ship skills for Sleeper operations. If you are going in as a smaller group then battlecruisers are the best place to start, followed by strategic cruisers.
PvP is another kettle of fish entirely and mostly down to personal preference.
Of course, the most important skill is scanning. Train covert operations boats, cloaks, and scanning skills. You won’t get anywhere without scanning. If you can’t do it, or don’t enjoy it, find someone who can and does and stick to them like glue. And buy them nice presents from time to time, so they don’t feel like you’re taking them for granted.
By pjharvey on Jan 4, 2012