Well, I've just about sworn off MMORPGs. I still have an active WoW account, but I've not been on it in nearly a week. I canceled my EvE Online account, and will eat glass before I ever play CoH/V again.
What's a disciple of the almighty silicon chip to do? I'll tell you what... it's to grab some emulators for old console games, and revisit my younger days of joy. I've been playing the hell out of some old Sega Genesis console games. Yes, I realize the games are probably older than the average McDonald's worker, but I don't care. The graphics might suck in today's standards, but the game design and sheer addictiveness has not been matched in the last 12 yrs.
And it was free... and if I can play a fun game for free, or choose to play a ho-hum game for $15/month... guess which way I am going.
Suck it, Blizzard... ya should'e stayed making RTS games...
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
My Man-gina is Itching...
I don't know what's become of me lately. I've really become emotional in regards to things that I would think only women would. Things like hearing sad items on the news, or an animal being done wrong, or an innocent child losing a parent...
I'm not sure if it is age, booze, booze-induced premature aging, or if I finally grew a soul.
*shrug*
I'm not sure if it is age, booze, booze-induced premature aging, or if I finally grew a soul.
*shrug*
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Sometimes Nature Just Sucks...
The other day, I am sitting on the back porch, smoking away and this baby bird comes running right up to me. I dont know if this thing is rabid, or retarded. So I continue to enjoy my lung lancer, and watch. The bird does not seem to be in any hurry to go anywhere. He's just sitting there, looking at me.
So, my one weakness kicks in... That being I can not stand to see an animal suffer. I am assuming the bird fell from it's nest (it was still too young to fly). I scooped it up into protective custody. I had no idea how to care for it, so I called the vet hospital.. and was told they had no clue how to care... for ... a bird?!? Apparently, unless you are a dog, cat, or ferret.. you dont want to get sick here as the vets dont have a fucking clue on how to care for you. Anyway...
So I finally get in contact with some people (wildlife folks) that seem to know what they are talking about when it comes to baby birds. It seems that this is a baby robin, and his being on the ground that this point in his life was normal, and I should just release him. Which I did.
I found his corpse in the parking lot 2 days later.
And I actually wept. Real tears. Because I had him safe, and I let him go... and he died.
There is a lesson in there somewhere... I'm just not sure what it is yet.
So, my one weakness kicks in... That being I can not stand to see an animal suffer. I am assuming the bird fell from it's nest (it was still too young to fly). I scooped it up into protective custody. I had no idea how to care for it, so I called the vet hospital.. and was told they had no clue how to care... for ... a bird?!? Apparently, unless you are a dog, cat, or ferret.. you dont want to get sick here as the vets dont have a fucking clue on how to care for you. Anyway...
So I finally get in contact with some people (wildlife folks) that seem to know what they are talking about when it comes to baby birds. It seems that this is a baby robin, and his being on the ground that this point in his life was normal, and I should just release him. Which I did.
I found his corpse in the parking lot 2 days later.
And I actually wept. Real tears. Because I had him safe, and I let him go... and he died.
There is a lesson in there somewhere... I'm just not sure what it is yet.
Friday, May 04, 2007
And That is Why I Should Not Drink...
It's amazing the things that appear here, that I have no memory of posting. It's almost as if someone else had access to the account.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Did I Hurt Your Illegal Alien Feelings...?
The last post I did was a bit... insensitive. I acknowledge that, and I say FUCK YOU!@
You don't like what I write, fuck off. Go to some commie website that strokes your ghey vein.. you wont get it here I assure you.
That said... St. Joe McCarthy is prayed to here, in the hopes he will intercede on our behalf, and rid this country of every stinking last one of you socialist pig bastards.. may you all rot in hell.
Or a ceptic tank... depending upon your geographical location...
If you're are left, then you are wrong... if you are too far right, you're actually leaning left... why can not there be center folk?
You don't like what I write, fuck off. Go to some commie website that strokes your ghey vein.. you wont get it here I assure you.
That said... St. Joe McCarthy is prayed to here, in the hopes he will intercede on our behalf, and rid this country of every stinking last one of you socialist pig bastards.. may you all rot in hell.
Or a ceptic tank... depending upon your geographical location...
If you're are left, then you are wrong... if you are too far right, you're actually leaning left... why can not there be center folk?
KFC=Kan't Fuckin' Comprehend?
This seems pretty simple... "I want a 10-piece meal, all dark meat. That's legs and thighs only please!" and the somnambulent behind the register says "Ok... $ten fiddy please".
Now one assumes when the register monkey asks you for cash, naming an amount as well to the cash they require... one would assume they did the math, and are aware of what it is they sold you, and what you would expect at the window.
"Que?!? Yo no sabe del pollo fuentes... Por favor escuchin mi managore..."
Cluck you, Pedro!!!... I want fried chicken... how fucking hard is that you wetback bastard?!@?
You give me an extra side or biscuits, I swear to christ I am calling ICE. I know damn well they got "el pullo" in your country of origin. So don't look at me like a retard in the middle of traffic. Go ahead, Juan, slap the backs of your hands together, and play it up for the public dole.. but GODDAMMIT when I come by, your spic ass better get my order right... or I will be making a phone call.
Correct order=Pedro get's a check, and stays...
Incorrect order= ICE knocking on Pedro's door, as well as white devil assistant manager at KFC getting arrested and sent to PMIA prison for aiding and abetting a federal criminal...
Now one assumes when the register monkey asks you for cash, naming an amount as well to the cash they require... one would assume they did the math, and are aware of what it is they sold you, and what you would expect at the window.
"Que?!? Yo no sabe del pollo fuentes... Por favor escuchin mi managore..."
Cluck you, Pedro!!!... I want fried chicken... how fucking hard is that you wetback bastard?!@?
You give me an extra side or biscuits, I swear to christ I am calling ICE. I know damn well they got "el pullo" in your country of origin. So don't look at me like a retard in the middle of traffic. Go ahead, Juan, slap the backs of your hands together, and play it up for the public dole.. but GODDAMMIT when I come by, your spic ass better get my order right... or I will be making a phone call.
Correct order=Pedro get's a check, and stays...
Incorrect order= ICE knocking on Pedro's door, as well as white devil assistant manager at KFC getting arrested and sent to PMIA prison for aiding and abetting a federal criminal...
What to Play, What to Play?
Well, EvE has gotten old. I left it a couple months ago, but left my main account paid as I am still training . I went back to CoH for all of 1 hour. Could not take it, and the game is deleted from my hard drive. Never again.
I had been on a 4 month break from WoW, and thought I would check out all the new things. I rolled a toon on each of the new races, and to be honest the Alliance toon seemed cooler to me. Made him a Shaman, and got to level 27 before I developed an ulcer and put it on hold. There are people on the new server I went to that I know, all Alliance-side, and thought I would just go with my old fall-back toon... the gnome mage. Mages level fast. Well, they used to. I can't seem to make any traction with this sawed-off window-licker. Seriously, I've leveled mages and it seems like the run from level 1 to level 40 took me -maybe- a week? This fool just hit 20 this weekend, and I've had him a couple weeks now.
Oh wait... I think I just figured it out. I don't play this game like a crack-addicted monkey hitting the biscuit button any more. I average about 10 hours a week on it now, as opposed to the 40-60 hours a week I did back when it was... well addictive.
Am I getting wiser, or just more apathetic in my old age?
I had been on a 4 month break from WoW, and thought I would check out all the new things. I rolled a toon on each of the new races, and to be honest the Alliance toon seemed cooler to me. Made him a Shaman, and got to level 27 before I developed an ulcer and put it on hold. There are people on the new server I went to that I know, all Alliance-side, and thought I would just go with my old fall-back toon... the gnome mage. Mages level fast. Well, they used to. I can't seem to make any traction with this sawed-off window-licker. Seriously, I've leveled mages and it seems like the run from level 1 to level 40 took me -maybe- a week? This fool just hit 20 this weekend, and I've had him a couple weeks now.
Oh wait... I think I just figured it out. I don't play this game like a crack-addicted monkey hitting the biscuit button any more. I average about 10 hours a week on it now, as opposed to the 40-60 hours a week I did back when it was... well addictive.
Am I getting wiser, or just more apathetic in my old age?
Time For My Annual Post
In all seriousness, I had forgotten I even had this thing. Work has had me hopping so much, that I have only time to drink and play games online. I suppose I could drink, and post.. but the seriously twisted path my mind has taken in the last year would probably get this site shut down from a drunken post.
And what has happened to Blogspot? Did Google® gobble them up as well?
It has been a while....
And what has happened to Blogspot? Did Google® gobble them up as well?
It has been a while....
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Almost been a year!
Wow, I did not expect I would've gone this long without posting. Even for me that's a long damn time.
Oh well, I'm back, and I hope to be a bit more frequent in my ravings. So much has gone on since I last post, I'm sure I could write a book.
Oh well, I'm back, and I hope to be a bit more frequent in my ravings. So much has gone on since I last post, I'm sure I could write a book.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Atlanta needs help....
While traffic troubles in the Atlanta metro area are not a new thing; the fiasco of Tuesday's hell really drives home (no pun) the point that this city has grown beyond the ability of the local authorities to cope.
The wreck (caused by one of thousands of doucebags around here) resulted in then entire northbound section of I-75 to shut down. Right at rush hour no less. My 30 mile commute home became a 3.5 hour endurance test. Other cities seem to have at least some coordinated plan when something like this happens. Not here. No, have a major wreck here and the entire city comes to a screeching halt.
The root cause to the problem is that the metro is comprised of some 27 different local jurisdictions. No one jurisdiction has been able to step up and get them all working together. Under normal circumstances, I would oppose federal intervention in any local matter. In this case, it may be acceptable if the state is unable (or unwilling) to take this in hand. And judging from the recent 'opus stupidis' of our current state level government I dont foresee this happening.
I need to move.
The wreck (caused by one of thousands of doucebags around here) resulted in then entire northbound section of I-75 to shut down. Right at rush hour no less. My 30 mile commute home became a 3.5 hour endurance test. Other cities seem to have at least some coordinated plan when something like this happens. Not here. No, have a major wreck here and the entire city comes to a screeching halt.
The root cause to the problem is that the metro is comprised of some 27 different local jurisdictions. No one jurisdiction has been able to step up and get them all working together. Under normal circumstances, I would oppose federal intervention in any local matter. In this case, it may be acceptable if the state is unable (or unwilling) to take this in hand. And judging from the recent 'opus stupidis' of our current state level government I dont foresee this happening.
I need to move.
Time for another monthly update
When I started this, it was with the intention of marking my little piece of the web. My own little pissing spot where I could voice my opinions on things. Politics, games, life in general... And suddenly I find myself (well, not suddenly as it has been building over time) totally losing interest in those things. It is a serious malaise that has hit me. I've had a belly full of things.
I never really expected to see things improve. I just hoped they would. This world is on the express train to hell, and nobody seems to notice or care. At least not those that can do something about it. And now I think I am one of the legions of apathy. I'm not fighting it anymore. I just want to be left to my own devices at this point.
Meh.
I never really expected to see things improve. I just hoped they would. This world is on the express train to hell, and nobody seems to notice or care. At least not those that can do something about it. And now I think I am one of the legions of apathy. I'm not fighting it anymore. I just want to be left to my own devices at this point.
Meh.
Monday, May 16, 2005
Mexican Prez Upset??!?
So fucking what?
He's pissed because the US is taking a firmer stance against illegal immigrants. I have only two words in mind for him: Bite me.
#1 This still IS a sovereign nation, entitled to all the privileges that entails.
#2 We have a right to monitor, protect, and seal our borders.
#3 President Fox can blow my white challupa if he don't like it.
I am so sick and tired of hearing how "other countries" feel about how we run our own damn country. My opinion, for what it's worth... The next time "President" Fox opens his bean-hole, I think we should show him a little love courtesy of the USMC. Drop a frag on the mexican (the lower case is on purpose) "Casa del Presidente" the next time this 3rd-world wanna-be opens his callupa-suck. See how fast he learns the meaning of "secure border".
Fuck it. Seal all our borders. You want in... Apply like everyone else.
He's pissed because the US is taking a firmer stance against illegal immigrants. I have only two words in mind for him: Bite me.
#1 This still IS a sovereign nation, entitled to all the privileges that entails.
#2 We have a right to monitor, protect, and seal our borders.
#3 President Fox can blow my white challupa if he don't like it.
I am so sick and tired of hearing how "other countries" feel about how we run our own damn country. My opinion, for what it's worth... The next time "President" Fox opens his bean-hole, I think we should show him a little love courtesy of the USMC. Drop a frag on the mexican (the lower case is on purpose) "Casa del Presidente" the next time this 3rd-world wanna-be opens his callupa-suck. See how fast he learns the meaning of "secure border".
Fuck it. Seal all our borders. You want in... Apply like everyone else.
Druid owns my soul....
Well, I rolled a Night Elf Druid...Just to give it a try.
OMFG!!!
Had I known about this toon 6 months ago... My Rogue would never have been.
Complete and utter fun.
Druid is the class that I always dreamed of. They are the "kitchen sink" of all classes. Caster, Healer, Tank, and Rogue. You want it, the got it. Mind you, they don't do it as well as the classes that specialize in the respective skills... But if you want to solo, or be the adjustable wrench in the toolbox of any party... Druid is the way. This Class is just too fun.
I think, in all honesty... Had I not rolled a druid, I would be canceling my WoW account soon. Now,... I dunno. I'm seeing me putting another 300+hrs into leveling a toon.
OMFG!!!
Had I known about this toon 6 months ago... My Rogue would never have been.
Complete and utter fun.
Druid is the class that I always dreamed of. They are the "kitchen sink" of all classes. Caster, Healer, Tank, and Rogue. You want it, the got it. Mind you, they don't do it as well as the classes that specialize in the respective skills... But if you want to solo, or be the adjustable wrench in the toolbox of any party... Druid is the way. This Class is just too fun.
I think, in all honesty... Had I not rolled a druid, I would be canceling my WoW account soon. Now,... I dunno. I'm seeing me putting another 300+hrs into leveling a toon.
Damn...time flys
Well, seems it's been over 1.5 months since my last post.
Sue me. You bastards would clikc the ads, maybe make me some cash... I might do it more often.
Anyway....
Well, I finally did it. I got a toon to max level. My rogue hit level 60 in WoW. That is the first (since UO) toonin any MMO I have maxxed. I felt proud when I did it.
And now... that toon sits in eager readiness to farm for me.
Yep, you heard me... It's a farmer. I've been on the top-end raids, and I have to say I am .... unimpressed. Soooooo.... what's to do?
Well, I rolled a few other toons... notmuch excitement there. That is... until I discovered the joy that is Druid.
Sue me. You bastards would clikc the ads, maybe make me some cash... I might do it more often.
Anyway....
Well, I finally did it. I got a toon to max level. My rogue hit level 60 in WoW. That is the first (since UO) toonin any MMO I have maxxed. I felt proud when I did it.
And now... that toon sits in eager readiness to farm for me.
Yep, you heard me... It's a farmer. I've been on the top-end raids, and I have to say I am .... unimpressed. Soooooo.... what's to do?
Well, I rolled a few other toons... notmuch excitement there. That is... until I discovered the joy that is Druid.
Monday, April 04, 2005
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Been busy
Well, managed to finally fend of that damned sinus infection. I'm now partially deaf as a result, but shit happens.
Also, I've been working like a dog in WoW. I managed to hit level 58 tonight. I'd be 60 by Friday, but work has me on call. And being on call make Baby Jesus cry.
As everyone knows... The Pope died. Major bummer here. He was one of the truly good people in a position of power to walk the earth. We're going to miss him.
Well, that's about it for now. Short post, but I need to shower and hit the rack. Work comes at early O'clock tomorrow and I am not looking forward to it.
TTFN
Also, I've been working like a dog in WoW. I managed to hit level 58 tonight. I'd be 60 by Friday, but work has me on call. And being on call make Baby Jesus cry.
As everyone knows... The Pope died. Major bummer here. He was one of the truly good people in a position of power to walk the earth. We're going to miss him.
Well, that's about it for now. Short post, but I need to shower and hit the rack. Work comes at early O'clock tomorrow and I am not looking forward to it.
TTFN
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
As Much As I Bag On Them...
Blizzard did do me right on one thing tonight. A couple nights ago I did a quest that showed complete, and for all intents and purposes it was complete, except I got no reward at all. Nor did I see the yellow "Quest completed" message on the screen.
So I petitioned about it, and the first response was something like "That is not broken, and we can't give you hints on how to complete a quest."
So I repetitioned, explaining that situation more clearly. Today, I get an email with *gasp*... An actual list of things to try to correct the issue, and was told that if those failed to repetition and they would do something.
I dont need them to give me a reward, or fix something out of the ordinary... However, giving me a list of possible work-arounds was very welcomed. If I can ever get this patch done, and eventually log in, I plan to try them first thing.
So I petitioned about it, and the first response was something like "That is not broken, and we can't give you hints on how to complete a quest."
So I repetitioned, explaining that situation more clearly. Today, I get an email with *gasp*... An actual list of things to try to correct the issue, and was told that if those failed to repetition and they would do something.
I dont need them to give me a reward, or fix something out of the ordinary... However, giving me a list of possible work-arounds was very welcomed. If I can ever get this patch done, and eventually log in, I plan to try them first thing.
Patching Interface Designer Wanted: Only Crackheads Need Apply
My gawd! The patch utility (as I have said in the past) for WoW is the WORST! A 60.5 MB file to download... Which, on my connection should take no more than 15-20 minutes, tops. But nooooo Blizzard, in their wisdom thought it would be really snazzy if they had a patch server with a dial-up connection.
How the hell does a game that is near the 1 million subscriber mark get away with such a shitty method of patching? I'd rather they just have a simple FTP server set up, and grab it that way. Manual patching I would take in a heartbeat over this.
And the fact my bits uploaded is almost 2x my downloaded does not soothe the pain in any way. Shit... I hate patch days.
How the hell does a game that is near the 1 million subscriber mark get away with such a shitty method of patching? I'd rather they just have a simple FTP server set up, and grab it that way. Manual patching I would take in a heartbeat over this.
And the fact my bits uploaded is almost 2x my downloaded does not soothe the pain in any way. Shit... I hate patch days.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
WoW (Working on What?!?)
Well, I went to the WoW website tonight, checking the patch notes and the forums to see if there is any mention of a fix for the issue that drove me to quit. Nope. Not a peep. Not even a recognition of this issue. They were fairly quick to respond when this issue hit the Alliance side. However, since this issue is more of a Horde problem they are in no hurry.
It seems the latentcy issues are even worse now. I am sure they are running around like mad trying to fix that. And I just the 'work around' they've put in place. Instead of looking at optimizing code, or possible hardware issues, they deiced to decrease the number of players allowed on a server at a given time. Yeah, I see the logic in that...
"Hey, I know! If we keep them in the login queue long enough, they'll be so happy to get in that they won't even complain about the lag. "
But hey, 16 slot bags are now marked "uncommon".
Meh...
It seems the latentcy issues are even worse now. I am sure they are running around like mad trying to fix that. And I just the 'work around' they've put in place. Instead of looking at optimizing code, or possible hardware issues, they deiced to decrease the number of players allowed on a server at a given time. Yeah, I see the logic in that...
"Hey, I know! If we keep them in the login queue long enough, they'll be so happy to get in that they won't even complain about the lag. "
But hey, 16 slot bags are now marked "uncommon".
Meh...
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