I am Keith Neilson.
This site used to be called Under Construction, for a whole raft of pretentious reasons that I thought were very clever at the time (hell, I still think they’re pretty clever), mainly to do with the re-invention of the self from moment to moment and how we were all continuously under construction. This caused a bit of confusion, understandably enough, with people emailing me regarding construction materials and other building related gubbins. I’m not a builder, and I am in no way associated with the building trade.
What I am is human, male, a husband, a father and aging disgracefully. This is my blog. Its been around for a while and over the years I’ve blogged about a variety of subjects ranging from politics to video games and all sorts of other stuff.
I flit fom obsession to obsession unable to decide on one. I like video games, I hate government, I have a short attention span…er…what was I saying?
This Blog.
This blog has changed its focus in the last year or so (as soon as I discovered that blogging about my favourite video game got me a whole lot more hits than blogging about random stuff) and is now focussed on writing about EVE Online.
EVE Online (for those of you not familiar with it) is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game or MMORPG. Set in another galaxy and far into humaniy’s future, EVE Online see you take the role of a Pod Pilot, an immortal demi-god who commands starships through a direct neural interface. Commonly called a ‘Sandbox MMOG’, EVE Online is about as far from World of Warcraft and its clones as you can get. Its a harsh, unforgiving world where economic and political warfare are just as powerful as the more traditional blowing stuff up kind.
The posts here are signed with the moniker Mandrill, and I’ll occasionally blog about the activities on one of my characters in EVE under their names.
Jmarr Hyrgund is a pirate, he preys on the unwary and unprepared on the fringes of lawful space. He flies with The Bastards, a pirate corporation who are widely respected and feared. If you’re flying in Metropolis or Molden Heath, keep your eyes on local, there may be a Bastard on your tail.
Rokkit Kween is what is commonly called a Carebear. She doesn’t participate in PvP if she can avoid it and prefers to run missions and explore a bit in the Citadel region.
Comment Policy
I have a fairly open comment policy, If it isn’t blatant spam I’ll let it go up, even if its full of vitriol and bile. I have a thick skin and it will take alot to phase me and you do more damage to yourself with such behaviour than you do to me. I don’t expect to stir up much in the way of vitriol however. My bloggings are pretty inoffensive for the most part. Constructive criticism is always welcome and appreciated but “U R teh Ghey” comments are not.
Sponsors
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So, welcome. Pull up a pew and stay a while, we both might learn something.
