h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

These days, I hover over the Entropia Forum postings just as eagerly as I hover over my h2g2 pop-up window (wishing that EF could have that kind of gadget).

Damn, this game is addictive - but I do like it a lot!

You know that you're addicted to Project Entropia when:

You set the alarm for 4.50 am on your day off because there is this item in the auction that you just *have* to have! (It was an advanced model of a mining tool.)

You start a gaming journal at the Entropia forum, and start sharing RL stuff with other players too - and have had 945 people reading your journal by now!

Well, after 4 months of playing, I'm still very much into Project Entropia.

I got some cool pics from a recent beacon mission, but since the links won't work for everyone, I'll give you a description of where to find it instead:

Go to http://www.entropiaforum.com

Click on 'Forums' to the left in the the top panel.

Under header 'About Project-Entropia' click on subheader 'Diaries'.

You'll see a thread titled 'Flame Dancer's Diary' - if you click on the green arrow to the right, it'll take you to the latest posting I've made, with pics.

Let's see if this link works. I bought a flight ticket to CND (Club NeverDie) - it's a space station:

http://www.entropiaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=218673#post218673

The 4th picture is my favourite print screen from Entropia so far (view it in full screen to get the full beauty of it) - I'm thinking of using that pic as my desktop background...

Latest info about the Entropia Universe (as it's now called):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4953620.stm

and

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/arts/02entr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Not sure if the New York Times link will work - it worked for me the first time I clicked it, but not any more... now it wants me to log in before I can view it.

If you can't read it either, the text has been copied and pasted here:

http://www.entropiaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24420

In my opinion, Mr. Welter is just asking for trouble when saying this (second to last paragraph):

"He said that MindArk had never been asked about the game by the Internal Revenue Service or United States law-enforcement agencies."

Not sure if I like this development - we already have too many people signing up with the intention of making easy money rather than playing - and no matter how many times experienced players say that there *is* no easy way, they keep popping up. This publicity will probably only increase the number of money-grabbers...

Just wait.

The lawyers and accountants are next..

Isn't it odd how RL creeps into your VL? I've seen examples of that on h2g2 and now I'm beginning to see the same things ingame (game=Entropia).

Well... *twiddles thumbs* ... let's hope this guy isn't quite as hopeless as he sounds (former soc leader returned expecting his position back).

One of my Entropia avatars is also the society shop keeper - and lately, members have complaining that she hasn't been online much - which confuses the out me!

Friday: logged on at (ingame time) 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:00
Result: saw one soc member online

Saturday: logged on twice, only saw a former soc member online

Sunday: logged on twice, the second time I finally saw one (1) other soc member online, who logged off before I did

So I've been online Friday, Saturday and Sunday - and have yet to see any of the complaining people online. Now, those complaining are Europeans, just like me, so I don't see how we could possibly be online at completey different times!

It's a mystery - at least to me...