Mystic Worlds

Bye Bye Sony Station Access

The decision was final the minute I decided not to play Pirates of the Burning Seas.  Absolutely no point in me continuing to pay $30 bucks a month to play a single Sony title, EQ2.  And with nothing I'm interested in on the horizon, it was time to stop paying for the privilege of playing nothing.  And now that I don't have time to play anything at all, I decided to flat-out cancel my subscription all together.  I know that I'll make my way back to EQ2 again some day - probably whenever the next expansion hits.  Until then good luck and happy times to all the EQ2ers.

First New Year's Resolution Gone

One of the things I wanted to work on was going MIA on my blog because of work commitments.  The blog is important to me as a writing venue.  Gaming is important to me as my one and only, guilty pleasure.  It's only February and that resolution is in the trash can.

My job has me by the throat again.  I'm so stressed and agitated at the end of a 13+ hour day that I'm not playing a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g.  For the first time in many months I haven't read any blogs or listened to any podcasts.  In short, MY LIFE IS HELL.  See you when I see you.

EVE Online: Sanctioned Real Money Trading

Real Money Trading (RMT) in MMOs remains a hot topic of discussion.  I understand the arguments on both sides of the fence.  However, one of those arguments – it destroys the game economy should probably be put to rest.  I recently learned that in addition to the widely known fact that Sony supports RMT on specified EQ2 servers, EVE Online allows a flavor of trading that amounts to RMT and to reduce the risk of being scammed, implemented a secure mechanism to facilitate the transactions.  Did I just hear you say, “Wha?”