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Jonni Favorite

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  1. You have to get super ninja and get in those command positions while in fleet. I never miss a chance =) I know it's a bit nerdy, but I get a nice feeling knowing I'm giving a couple dudes a boost. You sound a lot like me, except my ex is always on top of business. Where in the midwest are you? I'm in Chicago. Cheers!
  2. Diplomacy sounds fun. Is it anything like Supremacy? I've played that a bit and I remember having that same cloak and dagger feel through the alliance process, and nuclear escalation. Although I'm sure they are quite different games.
  3. I rather liked I Am Legend, although I've never read the original story but I'm familiar with the deviation. I thought in this case the alternative presentation was interesting, even if they completely switched perspective and perhaps missed the point of the story, or at least that's how it was presented. In any case, I like the movie more than I, Robot.
  4. Well, for starters, other than the Three Laws, the movie plot had really little to do with the original story. While I like Will Smith, and the adaptation of I Am Legend, the I, Robot movie just had too much cliche comedic moments and jam packed with unnecessary action scenes, at least given the contrast with the books. I'm not one to put down a movie simply for deviating from the original book, if the movie turns out to be good, like Blade Runner, but I thought I, Robot failed.
  5. You should give it a go. While set in pretty much the same universe as I, Robot, the galactic scale of the series takes a very different direction and spans a considerably larger timeline. Most notable is Asimov's use of pseudo-science (for the lack of a better word on my first cup of coffee =), for which he's famous for. I should probably read it again, it's been almost 30 years, but to be fair these days I don't read much fiction any more, I focus instead on history, philosophy and para-psychology. Right now I'm reading Debt, The First 5000 years, an interesting look at how our financial systems evolved over time. And when I say 'right now', I mean I have about a dozen books that I read here and there, sometimes backwards =) with 'Debt' being the primary.
  6. Thanks Scynner Perhaps you'll notice a pattern with my replies, but when it comes to choices of things I love, I have a hard time settling for just one =) But I'll try. 1. The first few years I grew super fond of the Myrm, I flew it in PVE, PVP, armor tank, shield tank, triple rep, I lost a bunch of them, just about everywhere. When wormholes were introduced I flew on in a C5 the very first day. Died in a blaze of glory of course! Northern Alliance CTA called for Megas, I flew a Myrm. To my defense, it wasn't an act of rebellion, I think at the time I just didn't know any better, it was my first large fleet fight. I still have a screen somewhere of the fleet returning and smoke trailing from my Myrm. Maybe one of my proudest moments in Eve. Sure I was at 10% structure, and way out of range to hit anything, but I made it man!!! However, I moved away from the Myrm, finding the Cane an excellent ship and quite versatile. No longer dependent on drones and the fallout for AC is much kinder for pvp. But it's been a while since I've taken that into combat. Not to knock drones, of course, so the Ishtar and Domi I've flown many times with success in small gangs. The Domi, despite its whale like structure, is quite capable. I like frigs a lot and the Ishkur and Jaguar would be my favorites in that class. I love the Jaguar and I've used one effectively in pvp many times. What I would like to fly though, and I haven't had a chance to yet, is a HIC like the Phobos, but I've always been fascinated by Ewar, I have top skills in most ships but have not seen much combat. I've dabbled in some good fits for the Rapier, sadly the only pvp I've experienced flying one ended up inside a bubble in Provi. That didn't work out well, but I didn't really have much of a chance to begin with. Besides these subcaps, I own a Thanny and would very much like to take that out on an op one of these days! I would also like to fly logi, I've spoken to Valence about it and hopefully I can jump in on the alliance training ops soon! 2. Board games - wow it's been a while. As a kid I used to make my own, growing up in a Eastern European country didn't afford one such luxuries as toys, so we had to make our own =) Thankfully I didn't have the same problem when I moved to the US and some of my favorites are: a. Axis and Allies - superbly balanced and easy to play but also non-linear, despite it being based on historical events. My friends in HS played this a lot, often stretching over several days for one campaign. b. Monopoly - hard to get tired of this one, turned out to be even more fun when drinks are involved =) c. Risk - perhaps a scaled down version of Axis and Allies, but the simpler game concept allows for several campaigns in one night. Or one hour, depending on your opponent? What about you?
  7. I'm surprised Elric seems to have so little following. Not that having a movie is representative of popularity or impact, but well an Elric movie would be awesome! Did you read any other Asimov stories? I understand he had quite a few short stories in an ongoing publication before he even got to I, Robot. Sadly I haven't read any of them =(
  8. Thanks Grieve, I hope to catch up quickly!
  9. Hi Ashin. Cool I'll check out the rest of the forum shortly, I don't work today so I want to spend the day finishing up tasks in HS and moving some assets over to Jita. Food, yumm, I love talking about food as much as I like preparing it =)
  10. Hi Simone, thanks for the warm welcome! I don't mind sharing, but I should state that I've always been fairly casual in my trading. I'm not the type to sit in Jita and micro-manage each order. I also don't do much in terms of buy orders, although I have thought about it at times. Early on I focused on one item exclusively, and I did this for many years. Tractor beams. In Gallente mission hubs they would sell for up to 2mil sometimes, yet a region or more away you could buy them from an industrialist at less than 1mil, so eventually I had a good spreadsheet with buy/sell locations. I would regularly load up several transports and dump a huge order in each market as 3 month sell orders. They would sell rather quick, doubling my investment. If they didn't sell, I would adjust markets until I reached the proper zen state. It proved a rather nice income for my starter years, with fairly low time investment. Once I was involved in Null, I figured stocking up the most active inter-regional gate systems made sense. Systems like Torrinos on the EC gate were quite profitable for a while, the recent turnover in the north changed that a bit. I stocked the markets by hoarding all the pve mods I salvaged, melting anything that didn't bring good profits. Usually meta 4 pvp items would sell quite well, with profits well above Jita or other trading hubs. Items like lg turret mods, arbalest, smart bombs, webbers, points etc. So my market activity is fairly passive, as I have other means to make isk, but it's a nice variety and a way to re-purpose the loot for maximum profit. While living in null I tend to not mission much and I don't recall salvaging anoms much, usually the bounties are enough to provide the isk I need to re-fit my own ships. But I would sometimes stock the market if I noticed items missing, usually things like miner equipment sold well, and scripts are sometimes a good sell, they are easy to carry and you can get away with a bit of a markup without everyone calling you a traitor to the cause =) Oh also when they changed rigs from universal to sm, med, lg. I made a fortune buying up BP for these rigs and selling in trade hubs. I am STILL selling them on some alts after all these years, although a lower profit than before.
  11. Where was that Mathias? We once went to the Smoky Mts and spent a whole day looking for bears, they were supposed to be everywhere, but on that day not-a-one. Maybe it was their day off.
  12. Ha, yeah a huge part of good cooking is presentation, and that's often just talking about it. Probably why specials at high end restaurants are not usually listed, but recited as poetry by some french accent waiter =) French itself is such a beautiful language that probably has something to do with why the cuisine has such a prominent profile. Liver stuffed duck with leeks sounds ok, but in French it sounds soooo delicious! To your questions: 1. I had a hard time picking this. I grew up in Romania and my dad took us on many road-trips. I've visited so many castles, any one of which could easily take top place. But I think I have a soft spot for the Black Hills in South Dakota. Perhaps it was the company and the circumstances of the trip, but I think the serene beauty of the place and the chill nature of the population, really makes it stand out as one of the favorite places I've ever been to. 2. I think it would have to be ice cream. I thought it was weird at first, but I've had quite a few ice cream deliveries, mostly in summer. Which makes sense I guess, ice cream in summer, except that I have to drive it in rather hot weather. One shop in particular specialized in fancy ice cream, like shaved snow, very delicate. There's no way that was going to reach the destination the same way it left the shop. I've even had conversations with the owners if there were ever complaints, which there were, customers always wonder why the ice cream is melted by the time it arrives. Helloooooo! Besides that, 2 shakes were probably the strangest. You just spent an extra $10 for 2 shakes. Ok, I guess if you have disposable income.. 3. Bears have got to be the coolest animals. And literally too. For the most part they're pretty chill, they like to keep to themselves and are not usually aggressive by nature. But mess with them and you get flattened into the ground. Turtles are a close second!
  13. Oh also re sci-fi, a graphic novel The Incal by Moebius and Jodorowski is one of my all time favorites. It was originally intended to be the first ever Dune movie, but Jodorowski's dream was too big for Hollywood. Many sci-fi movies borrow heavily from his vision. It would've been great. Anyway, after Hollywood turned him down, he turned much of the screen play concepts into this amazing graphic novel. A must read!
  14. Thanks Oshri. I think life just is interesting =) But quite often, like in Eve, you have to make your own content! And sometimes you get podded.. To your questions: 1. Tolkien - LOTR - before you say, ah that's everyone. I read The Hobbit when I was 9 and pretty much thought that was the end of it, until I moved to US and at 15 I stumbled onto a bookstore and pretty much had a nervous breakdown when I glimpsed at one shelf, a beam of light on it, and behold: the LOTR series. Not one book, but THREE and some supporting literature, which Silmarillion is definitely top contender. Although I lump the Tolkien experience all in one, it's not just one book, it's a universe! After Tolkien I would have to go with the Elric saga, I'm actually due for a re-read! I'm benefiting from the corp already =) 2. Asimov - I, Robot series - it was the first series I read by him, followed by Foundation. It's a close call between the two! 3. Favorite sandwich - It's impossible to have just one =) I love cooking and sandwiches are one of my specialties, my son says I make the best, but maybe all kids say that? Here are a few favorites though, in no particular order: a. Bánh mì, vietnamese sandwich - a recent discovery, and like any sandwich, much of the heavy lifting is done by the bread, it must be fresh, quality French bread or baguette. I lean with the bbq pork. b. Simple french bread or baguette with a bit of ham and mustard, butter if you want to splurge. There's a divine event that happens between the crispy bread, smooth butter and a good cut of ham. The mustard just seals it all together. My death row last meal, and I've thought about this) would be a Pret A Manger ham sandwich. Warm bread of course! c. What's better than French bread? Probably a pretzel bun. Pick your mixins, it's all good. Mustard of course! d. Schawarma sandwich - is this technically a sandwich? I think so, bread and filling. Chicken for me. e. My own sandwich - usually created with whatever's in the fridge, the best way to cook. I tend to go with some crispy bread, but a pita will sometimes work just fine. Stack a few things - grilled red onion if you have it, roasted red pepper, some cold cuts or maybe some roasted type meat from last night, stir fried again for proper goodness. Throw a sunny side up egg on top of it, but it must be perfect so the yolk is not fully cooked but only breaks when you take a bite in it, spreading the goodness everywhere, like a party in your mouth! Aggghh, I could go on and on about sandwiches, what a marvelous invention!
  15. Hi guys I look forward to flying with you guys and getting back to null. I've been around since 2006 and instantly fell in love with Eve. Despite unsubbing a few times, and losing a girlfriend over the game, I keep coming back. I spent the first couple years mostly care-bearing solo through highsec, until I stumbled onto the first solid corp, Gallente Mining and Manufacturing Inc (GMMI), previously named Phalanx Expeditionary Conglomerate. It was a strange circumstance of how I found this corp: I was working the market, as I still do, and the CEO made a rather large purchase and overpaid by quite a bit. I thought it was cool, but soon he messaged me and asked if I could give him a refund, since he made a mistake. Without thinking about it, I gave him a refund, and one thing led to another and soon he invited me to join. I made many lasting friendships in that corp, some drifted away or left the game, some I stil have on my contact list. In fact one of the directors of my very last corp, Ghosts of New Eden, is from those days. As an indy corp, this was a proper bunch of care-bears, but we cut our teeth together in our first pvp (still remember my hand shaking), and eventually moved to Vale and joined the original Northern Coalition as a corp. Being mostly indy, eventually the corp decided to leave nullsec, but I was having too much fun joining fleets and gate-camping so I stayed with one of the other corps, Sankkasen Mining Conglomerate. Eventually we got rolled over by NC. and our alliance got pretty much decimated with everyone going off in different directions. I joined a couple of corps after that, but everyone was moving around too much, I think I unsubbed briefly at one point, but essentially spent the next 2 years care-bearing again in HS. At one point, GMMI merged with a few other miners, formed Sundown Logistics and moved up to join SMA and the CFC. I ended up joining them and lived up in Pure Blind for a while. SMA had a reputation, as an indy alliance, as being soft, so we had tons of reds in our pocket constantly. From my perspective, it was a good opportunity to gain more pvp experience, if not roaming, protecting our space. There were also quite a few CTAs, the CFC had many enemies. Around November 2012, Sundown Logistics was looking to leave CFC and I decided to give away all my stuff in RL and moved to Hawaii, which, as you might guess, heavily interfered with my gaming =) After Hawaii, I traveled around the country a bit, lived in Austin TX for 5 months and the last few years I've been on and off in Eve, mostly joining corps that my old friends started up, and they decided to move into a WH about 3 years ago. I wanted to give it a go, but really WH life is not my thing and these corps, although based around a core of close friendship and trust, have always been very small and it's always been tough finding enough of them online to motivate that re-sub finger. So once I came back with Ascension, I decided I wanted to pursue the things that interest me in Eve, and provide a steady stream of content. I posted a message on the recruitment forums a few nights ago and got quite a few offers, but the one that stood out the most was the message from Solomon. And here we are. In RL I've been an interactive/visual designer for about 20 years, specializing in UI design. Currently I am working a freelance contract for a bio-tech firm application re-design, but this year in particular has been difficult to find good projects, so I supplement driving for Grubhub. In a way, delivery driving is the perfect job, and I often compare it with contract hauling in Eve. But just like in Eve, the pay is not that great. However, things have started to turn around and I have a few things in the works. Ultimately my typical work schedule would be a 9-5 CST position, but right now my schedule is all over the place, although the freelance project is pretty flexible. I've always been an active gamer, anything from Ultima Online, WOW with my kid, and of course Eve Online. I also enjoy Crusader Kings II, most of the Total War series, The Witcher and was quite addicted to Fallout 4 last winter. I'm decidedly very interested in history and fantasy, as well as sci-fi, and many of the games I play reflect that. At some point when I was 21 I fell in love, it was one of those storybook romances, had 2 beautiful kids with her, but eventually things soured and we parted ways. Perhaps we married too young, but love is what it is. Trying to catch up to the past, my Eve career is sprinkled with all sorts of RL Casanova activities, perhaps the only silver lining in a painful divorce. But those days are behind me as well, I'm now pushing 50, and if you're my age you know what I'm talking about: the desire is still there but reason is a thing now =) Anyway, I could ramble on some more but don't want to scare you (too much). If you have any questions, please feel free to ask, I love a good conversation. Jonni
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