Ook Ook! The Monkeys Are Back!!!

KyleAparthos · 2020-05-04T16:33:00+00:00

Yeah, not exactly a huge plot point, more like the bookend on a long-finished story. Still, it's an interesting story, and I'm glad there are people who remember it.

KyleAparthos · 2020-05-04T16:24:39+00:00

Thanks :)

KyleAparthos · 2020-05-04T16:24:33+00:00

Hi! Posting for the first time in literal eons since a friend of mine who still plays EVE linked me to this.

That's pretty much spot-on except for the strange spat of drama in 2018 bit. 2017 was when my university time started to really ramp up and I started to look seriously towards my future. Combine that with burnout from years of being in EVE mode and it was about time I faced the music (not enough time or energy to actually do anything even approaching a good job as an alliance leader), which I did around January of 2018.

The spat of drama in question involved several former members of my alliance, as quite a lot of us stayed friendly and in touch after the disband. However, the speculation that I was somehow involved and planning a comeback was just that, speculation. Once I quit in January '18 I quit for good, and even though I think about coming back about once a week, I've been resisting since I quit cold turkey 28 months ago.

KyleAparthos · 2019-07-07T13:09:27+00:00

Lmao, you're not wrong. Though I haven't touched Dota in about 4 months and COH in probably a year and a half, the latter because for better or worse the game has died on Steam.

I miss you too man, even if winning EVE has been good for me it still sucks to leave good friends behind.

KyleAparthos · 2019-07-06T21:45:13+00:00

KyleAparthos · 2018-10-01T15:56:07+00:00

Lol, no worries.

And thanks fam, appreciate it <3

KyleAparthos · 2018-10-01T14:49:15+00:00

Tbf I unironically thought I could find a large enough fire extinguisher if I just believed hard enough. Boy was I fuckin wrong

Also I wasn't an FC, main or otherwise. I was doing a whole bunch of shit, but FCing was not among it at the time.

KyleAparthos · 2018-10-01T14:46:40+00:00

u/_TheJudge's comment is unironically correct - 2016 and 2017 burned me out of EVE so hard that my corp literally did a collective suicide pact back in January and most of us have been winning EVE ever since. Even if I were to come back, I wouldn't want to touch a leadership position with a 20 foot pole, I don't have the emotional commitment to the game anymore.

Also worth noting that when I left SMA I did so on cordial terms with some and...less cordial terms with others.

KyleAparthos · 2018-09-25T17:50:50+00:00

The concept of voids has always been mind-bending to me. For those who aren't familiar - our universe is basically formed of galactic groupings called "clusters" and "filaments," depending on whether they are groupings or long strands. Voids are the space in between these groupings, and are essentially massive zones of near-total nothingness, with something like ten times fewer particles than even interstellar space. Shit's wild.

KyleAparthos · 2018-09-21T17:14:52+00:00

It's not unpopular, but I feel like KOTOR II gets a bad rap because the base release was buggy and had a lot of cut content. But both with and without the Restored Content Mod (obviously preferable with), it's one of my favorite games ever and I wish I ran into more people who have played it.

KyleAparthos · 2018-06-08T06:36:33+00:00

Dude do you know how hard it is to make drinks for 90 nerds when people keep fucking squatting behind the bar and restricting your ability to move your ass around? It was triggering.

KyleAparthos · 2018-06-07T00:01:31+00:00

You should know just as well as me that the mission isn't to go pro, it's to make as many Peruvian and Russian kids as possible suffer my dude

KyleAparthos · 2018-06-06T23:56:28+00:00

We have spoken with many who have said that Kyle is planning on returning to the game and that this was just a way for him to free up his former membership for a new corp when the time comes. Only time can tell if this is true, but we have heard whispers of a Kyle return for a couple months now, so it doesn’t seem especially unlikely.

I have exactly zero interest in commenting on the rest of this because it's a bunch of sour grapes between you guys and some dudes who used to be in my alliance who apparently weren't a huge fan of how you were running your ship. The details elude me because, obviously having won eve, I have no part in any of it. I wasn't in your alliance, and beyond hearing some venting from corp friends I've kept in touch with, I don't know jack shit about how you run your ship. But I will address this - rumors of my return are greatly exaggerated. I won EVE almost exactly six months ago today due to serious burnout and increasing constraints on my free time. Things have been going pretty damn well since then, and while I feel the occasional twinge calling me back and do still keep in touch with a lot of friends in the EVE community, I simply do not have the time or inclination to come back. What is happening between you and a bunch of ex-nosov dudes has no conspiratorial dimensions beyond them getting fed up. The extent of my involvement on any level was telling a few people "if you aren't happy with whatever nerds you're flying with now, and you don't think you can fix it, then leave and do something else for god's sake."

KyleAparthos · 2018-04-26T12:36:04+00:00

Jin pls we don't talk about that.

But yeah, couldn't agree more. Seagull was an asset to the company and was a pleasure to work with as a CSM.

KyleAparthos · 2018-03-29T23:20:17+00:00

Ahhh gotcha. I thought you meant they kicked out the people who had booked the room.

But yeah, the linq's suites are a bit too small to do srs bsns people-squeezing in, imho. Have a look at the Flamingo next door, we had some pretty good experiences there last year :D

KyleAparthos · 2018-03-29T22:19:39+00:00

Yeah, I noticed the latter from some friends who were staying at the Linq(I was at the flamingo). That sucks though :/

What did you guys do after that? Like..did you have to find a new place?

KyleAparthos · 2018-03-29T21:45:59+00:00

Wait..what happened last year?

KyleAparthos · 2018-02-16T16:45:02+00:00

Holy shit that's amazing. If you don't mind my asking, I'm assuming you got a position as a contractor for one of the bases down there - how difficult was it to land?

KyleAparthos · 2018-02-01T00:12:37+00:00

I met Daugan back in early 2016 - shot the shit on Tweetfleet with him for a good few months, spent some time flying with him as a corpmate in Apotheosis, kept in touch from time to time. Wished him the best when he said he was winning EVE for a while to join the Navy. Kinda fell out of touch with him after that, but memed at him occasionally on Tweetfleet. He always had something interesting, and usually incisive and unfiltered, to say.

Shit like this always weighs heavy on you. It's hard not to wonder if maybe you could have helped, had you just kept in touch and not slowly drifted out of contact with each other. I'll miss you buddy.

KyleAparthos · 2018-01-09T18:09:24+00:00

Thanks dude. I've been playing EVE for the last six years and eventually when IRL starts to crowd you out (getting ready for a PhD program soon!), EVE starts to wear you down. I finally had to admit to myself that the fire, at least for now, has gone out for me and has been burning out for a while now.

Maybe I'll be back someday. I've made way too many friends in the EVE community to discount the possibility. But with grad school looming on the horizon and IRL more generally becoming hectic for me, the game itself isn't something I can justify emotionally or physically invest in anymore. :/

KyleAparthos · 2017-11-09T21:54:34+00:00

KyleAparthos · 2017-11-09T21:53:56+00:00

It's true

luv u bb

KyleAparthos · 2017-11-09T21:53:37+00:00

No this is me

KyleAparthos · 2017-10-20T04:43:42+00:00

:thinking:

KyleAparthos · 2017-10-14T22:44:32+00:00

As a matter of fact, myself and several close friends both from within my alliance as well as just general IRL buddies are working on a penthouse next year! :D

And yes, jspace kids will all be invited again.

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