DarkMoonEnigma
Virtualsense Official
Staff member
Moderator
Community & Media Manager
Virtualsense Media Team
VCAT Team Member
Banner created by ... ShadowDragonV
During the course of 2005 each of us joined what was then called Project Entropia ... I joined April 2nd, Ant joined in September, Pusherman joined in October and Kendra joined in December. My original avatar is MindStar9 who is on ice while in this official position.
We became friends and over the years enjoyed fun times exploring the universe even though each of us had our own interests. Ant was heavily invested in building his trading empire, along with acquiring land areas and space transportation vehicles (he still owns the Yamato Mothership and we have been providing a warp service since Jan 2016).
About 95% of our passengers fly free because they are either Monrian Born, Toulan Born, own an estate at one of our three locations, or have completed the Toulan Citizenship Mission. The warp route is designed to cater to our Stall, Booth and Shop owners, as well as those selling from Shopkeepers in their apartments so they can do business and get back home to restock their items. For any paying passengers, the fee has always been 6 PED, and any fees collected go directly to the pilot on duty since the Yamato is owned by a Planet Partner and we can't operate it like a business. Check out the VS Space Travel Warp Schedule which is very detailed.
I worked with Morrath to create the Shop Inventory Tools for all 3 locations so that players could search for items to see who might be carrying them ... there is a specific procedure whereby shop owners can keep their inventory current, but not all shop owners keep up with it unfortunately.
Monria Shop Inventory Tool
DSEC9 / Larches Green Shop Inventory Tool
Toulan Shop Inventory Tool
It was Nov 26, 2015 when Ant bought Monria from the previous management team and created a new Monria Team. That's when we began our work as a full-fledged team with a priority to focus on community. We quickly created the Community Initiative Programs (CIP) and I began to work with amazing volunteers who put forth great effort to help not only with our new players, but also those who were visiting Monria for the first time, as well as returning visitors. Many of these volunteers are still with us, but we've picked up a few more along the way as we expanded our locations. Many of our Monrian Born players from back then are also still with us.
On Aug 19, 2020 Ant added Planet Toulan to his virtual assets, and this is when we became the Virtualsense Team. Virtualsense is the name of a real life company created in 2009 specifically to invest in Entropia Universe. It was always a dream of Ant's to get involved with content development, and this was his opportunity. Monria is on the Caly server and he had to work with MindArk's team to get our development done so did not have full control of development. After adding Toulan, he got busy and hasn't missed a Planet Partner VU yet.
On June 1, 2021 Ant launched DSEC9 and proceeded to build out 3 distinct map sections, but has continued to add more content over time. The team does not do content development full-time, but I'm still amazed at how much they have been able to accomplish.
ShadowDragonV created the following Everything Guides that help to navigate our 3 locations ...
right click on the links and open in a new tab ...
Monria Everything Guide
DSEC9 Everything Guide
Toulan Everything Guide
Shadow has been my community and media partner now for about 6 years ... she is nothing short of amazing and I am blessed to be able to explore and work with her on creative projects ... I think we keep each other sane in the whirlwind of craziness at times ... or at least we think we do.
I would be remiss if I also didn't mention another volunteer I work with who is rock solid, and that is Dea Devi who keeps our space travel service on schedule. She is also amazing and adds a hefty dose of fun to anything we do ... I love working with her too.
I'm getting a bit wordy here, but I'm known for that ... I just wanted to be able to give a little bit of history, but there's so much more ... the team has accomplished a lot over the years. Starting off as friends first 20 years ago and having engaging universe experiences for 10 years before becoming a team has been quite beneficial. We made a commitment out the gate to go the distance, whatever that looks like, and the community will always be a priority.
Thank you Ant, Kendra and Pusherman for being my virtual family and for giving me the opportunity to do what I do ... I am very grateful.
Here's to many more years together as friends and a team ... it's been incredible.
