EVE General Discussion

Recently I have read a lot of posts about how and whether people should play in certain ways. So I wanted to post something in response to that. But since I was feeling contrary, it's in the form of Shakespearean Sonnets


When the new pilot sees New Eden first,
Complexity makes all begin to fade,
But brings the birth of understanding's thirst,
And the resolve to find the light from shade.
Though new to Eve, to be both brave and bold,
To be ready to risk and lose it all,
Is not for just the bitter and the old,
But for those who get up after a fall.
So armed with a frigate, skillbooks, and pluck,
A brave new pilot also has good sense,
And turns to the community for luck,
Looking for help to boost their own defense.
'How should I go about finding my way?'
'What might I do, in what ways can I play?'


'Look here, new pilot, I know just the thing.
We have programs and schools that you would love,
Free ships and stuff that membership could bring,
Let us help you get up and rise above.
There are lessons, even training to start,
You can choose to learn anything you like,
Or fight with others if you have the heart,
And learn the when and where of how to strike.
Join in with us today and you will see
That we have formed our own community,
And even after you get your degree,
There is plenty of opportunity.'
'Let us teach you about your chosen way.'
'Countless are the ways taught by those that play.'


'A moment pilot, if you would give it,
I have a better suggestion for you:
You already have weapons on your fit,
Go to low sec and see a whole new view.
Where criminals are held in high regard,
A place where you will find all sorts to test
And to be tested by 'til your hull's charred
From countless fights over who is the best.
There is no better way to seek and find,
A place in this harsh space then to hunt down
Those who would do the same to you in kind,
And from your deeds and actions earn renown.'
'Go where the fire is hot and forge your way.'
'Have your guns out and dare them all to play.'


'No need to have a life of fiery loss,
Some prefer the relaxed way to succeed,
For a belt full of asteroids across
Can be the way to get what you might need.
Some lasers can be used for more than kills,
Instead, when they are aimed at rock and ice,
Those beams bring in the goods that pay the bills,
All with a start-up cost at the right price.
So if you should desire a slower pace,
Don't hesitate to search your local belts,
To find your spot, a rock to lock, some space,
And watch your hold fill up as it all melts.'
'Go to the nearest belt to find the way.'
'To mine is the relaxing way to play.'


'Dear pilot heed my words to benefit,
The secret to success is currency,
The flow of it, to sit or to commit
And find yourself great wealth or bankruptcy.
Those lasers have perhaps another use:
To buy them low and then to sell them high,
And earn from every pilot too obtuse
To understand demand beside supply.
The best of traders you have never seen,
Are those whose moves are silently central
In shifting the entire market machine,
And yet they make it all seem natural.'
'The place where you can profit is the way.'
'Buy low, sell high, and with the markets play.'


'If you seek more than standard fare from space,
take note of more unusual techniques:
A good, cheap fit can suddenly erase
Expensive ships which cause countless critiques.
Be sure to peer into your wrecked ship's kill,
For therein lies ganker's potential gain,
The target with so much it's overkill
And a payday that's bound to entertain.
For profit or incitement's sake go out
And make your presence felt, strike swift and true,
With purpose, cold and hard, even devout,
To wreck, to loot, cause chaos to ensue.'
'Find all the plumpest marks and head their way.'
'Shoot fast, loot fast, and with your mark's things play.'


'New friend, destruction is all well and good,
But ask yourself, where does it all come from?
Those things are built and make a livelihood
For many who collect a tidy sum.
Because they gather and assemble the
Materials, components and much more,
Their importance has an immensity
To underpin supply, and Eve therefore.
If you should seek to build or to create,
Investigate some good production lines,
Find goods, do your research, and contemplate
Your own foundation from Eve's great designs.'
'Creating and production is the way.'
'Make everything, so everyone can play.'


'Although space as you know of it is nice,
There is another place you can explore.
With the right gear, some probes, and rolling dice,
There's wonder, danger, sleepers, even ore.
Find the mysterious, elusive holes
And you will see new worlds of secrecy.
But these are not empty and the patrols
Of denizens are swift and strike quickly.
If you should seek adventure and great thrills,
Look for the signs that lead to the unknown,
To find more than you need to pay the bills,
And see the sites where few have ever flown.'
'Explore to seek and find another way.'
'Find your own universe in which to play.'

way to long fell asleep at work reading it.

I was going to be a jerk and say tl;dr, but forced myself to read a couple of verses and realised you actually put some work into it, so I read the whole thing. Rhyming structure and syllable count are on point.

10/10 would verily peruse again.

nice m8

I can do TL;DR too!

Burst Frigate Memory Interface
The burst frigate memory interface of the Logistic Lite contains
a 32 PG (16M x 16-bits) Intel PC28F128K3C115 chip. The flash
memory connects gluelessly to the processor and is mapped to the processor’s
external bank 0. This is accomplished by mapping the flash
memory’s chip enable pin to the ~AMS0 memory select pin of the processor.
The address range for the flash memory is 0x2000 0000 to 0x20FF FFFF.
The flash is pre-loaded with boot code for the blink and power-on-self test
(POST) programs. For more information, refer to “Power-Grid-Self Test”
on page 1-28.
By default the Logistic Lite boots from the 16-bit burst flash memory.
The processor boots from the burst flash if the boot mode select switch
(SW1) is set to a position of 1 (see “Boot Mode Select Switch (SW1)” on
page 2-16).
The flash memory code can be modified. For instructions, refer to the
online Help and example program included in the Logistic Lite installation
directory.

NAND Fleet Interface
The burst processor is equipped with an internal NAND fleet
controller, which allows the 2 Gbit ST Micro’s NAND02 device to be
attached gluelessly to the processor. The NAND flash is attached via the
processor’s specific NAND fleetcontrol lines and external eight-bit data
bus on the EBIU interface. The NAND fleet shares the data bus with the
burst frigate memory, Ethernet controller, ATAPI hard drive, and expansion
interface. You can write to each of the mentioned peripherals, one
peripheral at a time

Should have gone with a ballad. Easier to write, better flow.

Sonnets are not usually pieced together like this.

Get Morgan Freeman or Liam Neeson to read it and upload it to Youtube.

It was already in my head as being read by Morgan Freeman.

OP writes sonnet,
Glory of Eve extolled well.
Internet spaceships.

Between the moons of Providence they built
A POS they thought would lead them to great wealth;
How did they not see fortunes start to wilt
When Fozzie's grim mathematics were dealt;


And then there were the band of friends who #rekd
No way, they thought our skills could be shellacked;
But 'lo the Goons did let a blob project
'Tis Apex, their dear leader claimed as fact;


She stuffed so much into her ship it bowed
No tank, no alt to web, nor scouts, nor scan;
And when the Cats did swarm her juicy scow
Alas! Such injustice deserves a ban!


What can we learn from clones who can't just die,
We'd love to quit but R-L's just a lie!