Category Archives: Roc’s Ramblings

Random spewings from the mouth of Roc Wieler

He’s so Roc: Pilot Episode

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Words can be compelling when well written, leading the reader along on an engaging journey that the author controls. Yet how do we measure our success as a writer? Often times, our readers inject their own ideas into our stories: what the characters look like, how they sound, the visual surroundings, the music, all of it is subjective to each individual. This is part of the appeal of good storytelling, our ability to relate to the subject matter. It is also why many movies and television shows fail. For the most part, we are handed everything and asked to follow along. A good script will have twists and turns, leaving us guessing as to what is going to happen, or finishing on a cliffhanger to hopefully engender enough interest for us to return to the next showing of the subject matter. Continue reading →

Speed Racer

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I miss the Renegade, I thought to myself, as we inched through space.

Inched was a relative term, and I had quickly come to remember how much I detested civilian class vessels. It had been a long time since I had worked with a private corporation, and it was proving tiresome already.

My primary responsibility was to identify, redefine and implement every process within the corporation, from accounting to project management, to pilot training, and everything in between. Continue reading →

After Hours: Vol. 1 Anthems

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Well one good thing about being unemployed for the last four months is that it has given me the time to learn many things I have wanted to learn over the last several years. I believe that even as immortals, it is imperative for us to continue to grow. If we look to nature, we will see there are only two states that exist, growth and decay. Things never stay the same naturally. That is something we inflict upon our sphere of influence as humans. Continue reading →

In the Black

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One of the nice things about being an Empyrean is having access to the highest levels of medical care available in New Eden. Even still, as was common across all the Empires, there was always a wait, and I hated waiting.

I sat in the waiting area, looking at the other pod pilots, listening to a muzak version of “A Jita Welcome”, which really sounded awful to me, but I suppose was flattering to already be redone as a soothing piece to pass the time. Continue reading →

Roc’s MMO Kickstarter Project

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I’ll admit it, I’m a game junkie. But I’m also a creative thinker, and if you’re anything like me, as most players are, no matter how good a game is we always have our own ideas on how to make it better.

For example, some of my long term readers might remember this post DYNAMIC LANDSCAPES. TL;DR? RTS style AI working towards goals from a random objective pool.

We all have ideas.  Continue reading →