My RL is getting better, although this christmas is burning money already. Bills for heater and electricity came in and they aren't pretty, but nothing that can't be paid within the next three months. More important is that my carpal tunnel syndrome is getting better, especially in my right hand, so I think I'll be able to return to full-time jobs again next year or the following. I can't complain about my private life either. In terms of Discovery, I made many important experiences, tried out many things, skilled up to the average in VHFs, learned to play and exploit LFs, enjoyed flying a Fearless and still kick arse in any battleship. What started with Thunderer teaching me battleship combat later resulted in quite a bunch of blues I'm happy about .
There was a big down moment which almost lead to me leaving, but you can blame @Skorak for making me stay in literally the last moment. Met every now and then a bunch of cool people that are rarely seen on forum and prefer to play the game by just logging into the game and having fun instead of watching the playerlist for hours to find targets. Did much dev-related stuff, tried out all kinds of modding, especially system modding, both in theoretical concepts and trying to get it work in the game. I probably uploaded like ~200 videos this year again, mostly about gameplay and roleplay but also about deving. I'm pretty happy with the progress of my stuff, especially in hindsight of roleplay. I'm glad to see Forlorn and the Vagrants got officialdom, the latter finally got their appropiate nomad equipment and the new ship models. @Durandal, @Xalrok, @Erzie and @Skorak did one cool thing after another and even with Erzie having left, the other three are still kicking and doing a great job on the stuff they do, giving the mod and the community much love without receiving anything in return (apart from Xalrok, I know he gets drugs and blowjobs from the donation money - as if the server really needs that much money per month).
Could have been better, yes, but it also could have been much worse. Even more reason to value all the cool people I get to play with here almost daily, to RP with them, play other games with them every now and then and just have fun, and still being able to enjoy a melting pot of creativity that is called Freelancer Discovery.
In terms of Discovery, I made many important experiences, tried out many things, skilled up to the average in VHFs, learned to play and exploit LFs, enjoyed flying a Fearless and still kick arse in any battleship. What started with Thunderer teaching me battleship combat later resulted in quite a bunch of blues I'm happy about 
