Next week I'll post from Reykjavik as I attend my eighth EVE Fanfest. Somehow I've managed to attend all the events held in the Harpa concert hall and conference center. The facility opened in 2011 and Fanfest was held in the building from 2012-2018. And, like myself, Fanfest returns in 2025.
I had heard stories and talked to people who made the pilgrimage to the northernmost capital city on Earth who had quit playing EVE but wanted to meet up with old friends from the game. This year I'm not exactly in that situation but for the first time in my 8 trips to Reykjavik, 4 trips to Las Vegas and one trip to Toronto I'm not excited about playing EVE Online.
Up until the beginning of March I was getting back into the swing of the game. My planetary interaction colonies were doing well and I was looking at expanding from 6 planets to 12. I was involved with public contracts in Minmatar space and had started to expand into making runs to Dodixie. I had done one level of Project Discovery every day for the first two months of the year. I even manufactured a Porpoise and was looking for fits.
And then I ran across a video. The Oz did an interview with CCP Rattati, the game director for EVE Online. Apparently the idea of selling ships and linking the sale to the in-game corporation Paragon is not dead yet. One of the justifications to selling the ships was to aid new players. Invoking Malcanis' Law to sell things to new players when they were down? Something just snapped and I've barely logged into the game since.
But I still have presentations I want to see. Perhaps the news for the summer expansion will renew my interest. Or perhaps moving onto EVE Frontier is the proper course for me. I almost feel like I'm going to a timeshare presentation except the object is my gaming time instead of a time to spend at a vacation resort. Either way I really do need to pay attention to the Fanfest content this year.
And even without the convention I would want to walk around downtown Reykjavik and see what, if anything's, changed after the pandemic lockdowns. I'm getting old so I probably won't walk up to Hallgrimskirkja, the big cathedral sitting on the hill overlooking the city, but I probably will manage to walk around and get a sub.
Maybe even one of Reykjavik's hot dogs. The last time I was in Reykjavik the the Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur hot dog stand was closed (or at least moved) due to construction. I'd like to visit the stand at least once this trip.
I also want to make a trip to The Laundromat Cafe. If Trip Advisor is accurate the place is still open. Or has it reopened? Either way I really would like to make a stop in the place as well.
Those are my thoughts for now. Unless something comes up in the next 48 hours or so my next post will come from Reykjavik. Now I have to finish up the workday, check over my electronics, and pack.
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