I joke alot with friends and fellow bloggers that I am on the “D list” of EVE celebrities, mainly because I don’t consider myself an EVE celebrity. I’m just a player who blogs about the game, writing some fiction here and there and generally trying to have fun. The fact that some people like what I write is awesome.
So yeah, I have always considered myself on the “D list” as it were and that is fine by me. But, that all changed a few nights ago when I received a invitation from Nashh Kadavr to engage in a 1 v 1 battle to the death or more accurately, to the pod. I said, ‘sure’.
We agreed where and when to meet. I made a trip with an alt to go shopping for a Rifter as T1 frigs were the order of the day. I took some old fittings I used to use and changed things a bit. Hmm…..small rigs….why not. They are not that expensive and the tanking possibilities with a aux nano pump, nanobot accelerator and a trimark looked interesting to say the least. 200mm Autocanon II’s of course and let’s use a rocket launcher instead of nos. Everything was cap stable as long as I would pulse the small armor rep.
I had my alt purchase everything and ferry it to a station in our agreed upon system. I would travel down there with my main the night before so I would be all ready come “high noon”.
In real life, I arrived home later than normal from work, bloody traffic from a cell phone induced crash again. Hang up and drive people!!
I get logged on, take care of the dog and convo Nashh. He’s online and ready to go. I get to a safe spot, he undocks and those damn invisible timers nail Nashh.
I hate that. You dock up with a GCC and when the GCC runs out, you are still flagged to the station sentries. Come on CCP, you fixed this bug once, “re-fix” it again for FFS. Piracy is hard enough without game breaking bugs.
Anyway, Nashh needed some time to replace his lost ship from that damn bug. I told him to take his time, gives me some time to play with our puppy as she needs lots of love and attention. The fact that she’s the cutest “Coconut fluff ball of fury” doesn’t help. No, she uses her powers for evil not good. Makes Daddy proud sometimes. <evil grin>
Nashh comes out and say ‘feck it’ and he warps to me since I am in a safe. He drops out of warp and locks me up, I return the favor and open fire. No need for can theft here, it’s two warriors on the field. We need not those little things.
I close the distance between us quickly as his missiles slam into my shields. I close in and set my orbit, guns and rockets blazing. As his shields drop, bits of rust are flying off my rifter. Time to tank. I pulsed my armor rep and watch those small armor rigs do their thing and they did them well. We continued our dance among the stars until his “Kessy of Doom” fell to the rusty glory that is the Rifter.
http://www.eve-druid.com/kb/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=76190
It was a good fight to say the least and being back in a T1 frigate is always fun. I scooped his loot from his wreck to give back to him and we docked in the same station.
It was a rough night for Nashh loosing two ships. He was being a good sport and I felt a bit bad for him. So, I decided to give him the rifter but under one condition, he train to use the ship and we have a rematch some time in the future. Equal skills, ships and fittings would make a good match. The only factor would be pilot skill and honestly, I think that would be a better measure of Nashh’s abilities, he is a skilled pilot.
So ends Celebrity Death Match 15. Nashh, you are a good sport mate, keep it up and everyone, keep reading his recounts of the CDM on his blog, they are a good read.
Celebrity Death Match 15: http://nashhkadavreveblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/celebrity-death-match-15-galen.html
Other matches: http://nashhkadavreveblog.blogspot.com/search/label/celebrity%20death%20match
Tags: Celebrity Death Match, Kestrel, Nashh Kadavr, Rifter
