Dr. Kaii:
I would like to submit this writing for the newsletter.
March 10, 3305
From the bridge of the Destiny:
My fellow CMDRs
We finally have made it to Explorer's Anchorage! Two months ago, when 13,000 of us across three platforms and all around the world set out on this epic journey, I was just another player with very little experience in exploring our galaxy (have been playing Elite for about a year and a month as of this writing), let alone playing with other people. I grew up in the "old school" console era, where multiplayer was limited to two controllers plugged into the 8 bit Nintendo, and unless Contra or Life Force or TMNT 2: The Arcade Game was in your machine, chances were that playing with someone meant secretly hoping that your playing partner would die so you could have a turn. Now, 30 plus years after I picked up my first game controller, I find myself in a connected galaxy full of wonderful people who are always willing to wing up and mine or explore together. My only other experience with anything like Elite
angerous came a few years ago with Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. I found that community to be, shall we say, less than inclusive when it came time to run raids or dungeons (which, for those of you unfamiliar with that title, require a party instance of 4, 8, or even 21 people to even attempt).
In real life, my name is Ben, and I have three jobs: I am a teacher, a newspaper delivery contractor, and a family man (which is the MOST important role I have, with my youngest with me, and my other children living with my ex wife two states away). My day literally starts at midnight and ends between 7 and 9 pm local time, leaving very little time for exploring the galaxy. However, when I do, I have found that taking video footage of the adventures of CMDR jovi_1981 and anyone else willing to share a wing or their own footage has become almost as fulfilling as being that overworked family man in the United States. In fact, I attempted to capture that message with a video I released this past Saturday (WP 7 Mining). Even though the videos I have been posting regularly do not get the number of views that other, more experienced content creators put out there, I am just humbled by the ability to make and share our expedition with whoever wishes to partake.
I hope I do not offend anyone with my candor, nor do I ever wish to put anyone out who does not wish to be included in the footage I shoot. I only wish to say thank you to people that I have never met in real life for the experience of a lifetime. And as a last thought - even though I prefer to play on PS4, I have the upmost respect for the gaming preferences of all of you and hope to be able to include footage from PC and XBOX CMDRs as well as my fellow PS4 pilots. Distant Worlds 2 has become an important event in my life, and I am looking forward to continuing the documenting of our adventures together.
Fly safe, and fly dangerously commanders. o7
CMDR jovi_1981 from the Bridge of the Krait Phantom
Destiny