"And the noobs shall inheret the internet space ships"

 So in my absence from blogging my corp joined Test Alliance. I was very nervous about this move. What could trolls and noobs do in Eve? Well, the answer is.. Everything.

 After joining Tests I got a fast and very informative lesson on what makes alliances successful. To put this more succinctly, I got a lesson in what makes social groups of semi-anonymous nerds over the internet successful.

 The first proof that something was different about Test was that they... Responded! That's right, they responded to our request to join quickly. We had contacted other alliance of "elite PvPers" and been waiting for weeks. This was with sponsors inside these alliances attempting to get us in... Pathetic really. Test contacted us promptly and was very friendly. The rules for joining were clear, as were the expectations. Behind this veil of idiocy was a well organized leadership.

 After joining we were given access to a massive amount of information to help new pilots, and those new to Test. These were pages and pages of wiki  documents that clearly took hours worth of someone's time to produce, and all to help the new player be successful. Having been in some great alliances, I was stunned by this. I had never seen anything so clear and informative in my years of playing Eve.

 After sorting everything out and joining fleets it was clear operations were quite different here. Test wears their stupidity like a badge of honor. They laugh with their new pilots.. and at them, but its all in good fun. After seeing pilots get yelled at and kicked from other alliances for fits, and foolish losses, this was really a great change.

 Test has created an environment where new players can flourish and have fun. Attrition will kill "eliete PvP alliances". As all their 100M+ skill point pilots lose interest in Eve what will they do? The answer is they will die.

 While nothing is perfect, and I could live with a few less EULA violations.. Say once every 15 minutes instead of once every 5 in fleet chat... It is quite obvious that alliances like Goons and Test are going to run this game. Alliances that turn their nose up to new pilots and the inexperienced are going to slowly die off as the Eve universe expands.

 Get ready because a swarm of scrubs are coming to piss on your parade.

Well, its been a long time my... self?

 It has been a while. Most of my limited free time has been spent actually playing Eve instead of blogging about it.

 Think I need to update this page at least once a week from here on out.. So.. Here we go!