Category: Gaming

[WoW] Home

Stargrace still can’t quite believe the place is hers.

Tucked into the Horde neighbourhood, her home looks less like a traditional structure and more like it grew there—rounded door, grassy roof, warm lamplight glowing from small, circular windows. A hand-painted sign hangs outside, freshly varnished and a little crooked, depicting a curled cat and the promise of “Coming Soon.” She pretends it’s for ambience. Anyone perceptive might notice the way she smiles at it.

Inside, a narrow hallway welcomes visitors first, its walls lined with framed paintings collected from her travels—markets in Orgrimmar, sunsets in Vol’dun, a misty morning she swears was taken near Halfhill. The floors are still a bit bare, but the place already smells like fresh bread and ground coffee.

The kitchen is cozy and well-loved, stocked with mismatched cookware and just enough counter space to make things work. Nearby, a little coffee corner waits patiently: kettle polished, mugs stacked, shelves ready for beans, teas, and eventually… patrons. There’s still work to do—tables to carry in, chairs to arrange, books to shelve—but the vision is there, clear as day.

Upstairs, tucked away from the bustle-to-be, are Stargrace’s living quarters. Soft light, quiet corners, and just enough space to rest, write, and plan the next chapter—of the café, or of a novel best published under someone else’s name.

It isn’t finished yet. But it’s warm. It’s hers.
And soon, if all goes well, it’ll be full of cats.

[WoW] Gold Making – Week 5 (2026)

Well, sales are picking up again but I also ended up spending a lot of gold. Instead of crafting all of the housing items available (which requires huge amounts of lumber) I decided to just buy it all off of the auction house. After all, what’s the fun of being a goblin if you don’t get to use your money for everything you could possibly want (especially when it comes to avoiding harvesting, which is my World of Warcraft nemesis).

With Blizzard’s announcement that pets are going to be able to (eventually) roam your homestead, sales of pets have also been rising. I also sold a handful of moderately priced recipes, and as always, some transmog. Sales are not quite at pre-legion rates for me but they’re quickly approaching it. Since I don’t deal in any furniture and I’m only selling items from older expansions, this is exactly where I would expect to see my sales at this point (where we’re all waiting for Midnight to come out, wandering off to other games, etc).

6.7 million in sales is lovely, even with 1.8 million spent. I’m hoping to restock my Warband bank back up to 100 million (right now I hover around 80 million) and then we’ll see how things go. As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself!

[EVE] Signal, Received

I’ve never been very good at asking for things.

Signal Cartel makes it clear, of course. There are steps. Three ranks. Member, C1, C2. Clean. Logical. Earned. C2 is the threshold — the point where doors like Anoikis Division stop being distant ideas and start feeling possible. Someday, I want to walk through one of those doors.

But wanting something and asking for it are two very different skills.

I waited my thirty days as C1. I stayed active. I scanned, mapped, helped where I could. Nothing flashy. No big hero moments. Just showing up, over and over, hoping that counted for something. Still, when it came time to write the message, my hands hesitated over the console longer than I’d like to admit.

Why do you want C2?

Because I believe in this place. Because exploration feels like home. Because I want to give more than I take. I tried to put that into words without overselling it, without sounding like someone I’m not. Then I sent the message off to Aldar Roanaok and told myself not to obsess over it.

I absolutely obsessed over it.

Today, the response came back.

C2 approved.

Just like that. A few words on a screen, and suddenly the weight I’d been carrying slipped away. Relief first — deep and grounding — then excitement, warm and bright and almost surprising in its intensity. I sat there smiling at nothing, stars drifting past the viewport, feeling quietly seen.

This isn’t the end of anything. If anything, it feels like the real beginning. There’s more to learn, more to do, more ways to serve the strange, kind, careful people who call Tranquility home.

I’m still subdued. Still the same explorer who would rather scan than speak.
But tonight, I let myself feel proud.

Fly your way,
E

[EVE] Morning Calculations

Mornings in space are mostly imaginary, but I still mark them. Coffee helps with that. One mug, drifting in a freeport, starfield slowly turning outside the viewport while my hangar inventory stares back at me like it’s judging my life choices.

The Helios sits there, familiar and unassuming. Cheap. Reliable. Invisible in the way that matters most in J-space. It has carried me through more wormholes than I can count, slipped past more dangers than it ever had any right to. No one looks twice at a Helios. That’s the point.

And yet.

Right below it, in the market listings, is the Odysseus.

Sleek. New. Expensive in that quiet way that doesn’t scream wealth, but definitely suggests it. I can afford it — that isn’t the problem. The ISK is there, waiting, whispering that ships are meant to be flown, not admired from a distance.

The problem is attention.

J-space notices things. It notices hulls that don’t quite belong, silhouettes that linger a little too long on d-scan. The Odysseus feels like an invitation to be curious about me, and curiosity out here can get you killed. I like being forgettable. I like being just another scanner passing through.

Still… the temptation lingers. Better performance. Better comfort. A small luxury in a life that’s mostly careful restraint.

I sip my coffee and tell myself there’s no rush. The Helios hasn’t failed me yet. But I don’t close the market window either.

Some decisions don’t need to be made right away. Sometimes it’s enough to just sit with them, coffee cooling in hand, stars turning slowly, and let the universe watch you hesitate.

Fly your way,
E

[WoW] Gold Making – Week 4 (2026)

We’re getting our winter storm right now, and I had other chores to do so this post is coming a bit late, but at least it’s coming! This week sales were much better than usual, and I think that’s because Remix is no longer going on (yay) so folks are back in game. I made just over 4.4 million gold for the week, with the usual sales. Pets, transmog, a few recipes here and there. I’ve not been selling anything from TWW or housing, I have spent quite a bit of gold on housing lately as I tried to pick up at least one of everything that I didn’t own. Gotta get that house leveled up!

In any case, it’s nice to see some higher sales. Today I did not put items back up for sale, instead I let them expire and I’ll get to them tomorrow morning. While I do try to remain mostly consistent, it doesn’t always end up that way. I prefer to do my auction house posting first thing in the morning, so if something else has my attention at that time, I tend to just leave things be until the next morning that I can get to them – and that’s OK.

As always, happy gaming no matter where you find yourself!