Hello. I have been strangely attracted here by Zubon’s Blog Posting Fury Method. He was what I consider one of the four lasting friends of the Southern Star Guild from the niche MMO A Tale in the Desert. While I am still searching for Dragynne and Aewl, the bloggers at Kill Ten Rats really grabbed my interest, and I hope to humbly contribute my own thoughts and experiences.
A Tale in the Desert was my first true stab at an MMO. I did try Everquest first, but was hit hard with kill camping and training mobs through the zone thereafter giving up quickly. I have in the past played World of Warcraft, EVE Online, Matrix Online, and Tabula Rasa to varying degrees. My current list of MMOs that I play are Warhammer Online, Lord of the Rings Online, and Guild Wars (roughly in order of play time). However, Guild Wars is by far the MMO that I have spent the most time playing.
I also run an actual play blog, Game Scribe, where I try to write in a wacky roleplaying/storytelling manner from the eyes of the actual character.
I am looking forward to contributing to this fine piece of internet blog-estate, and I hope I do not disappoint.
If there is one word WoW should have taught people how to spell, it is “queue.” I know Americans are weak on queuing skills compared to the British, but come on. If you are not going to write the word, just use “q” and get it over with.
: Zubon
Prediction: the comments look like “what? What?” in Spanish.
But I’ve been playing Spore a lot, hence the absence.
How is it? Mini-review: It’s like going on a date with a cute girl. She’s smart, funny, makes you laugh, very easy to be around her and you two have a blast. Then you take her home at the end of the evening and realize she’s really a man. As in, she actually has male equipment in the crotch locker. So what do you do? Call it off then? Or go through with it anyway so you don’t finish destroying a great date?
That’s what I’m debating.
In non-gaming news, got ourselves a cheap telescope yesterday. Thought I’d get my oldest son interested in science with some hands-on observing time, and we had a great time with it last night. The moon wasn’t up when we went out, unfortunately, but I could show him the disc of Jupiter, a couple of stars and told him how to spot the Milky Way, and what it was.
It was a very nice night that made me warm and fuzzy. One of the most honored and solemn duties of any geek is to pass the torch to future generations. I feel I’ve started doing that last night.
I was totally going to translate that last post in honor of the holiday, but I discovered that my diction does not convert well. It was just the same with a few “t’” and “be”s.
I have several government meetings on Friday. I will see how many of them are observing the holiday.
: Zubon
I removed a half-dozen or so sites from the blogroll due to inactivity. If I should re-add you, add you in the first place, remove someone else who has been silent (or not discussing gaming/internet/online gaming), etc., comments are open.
Those who have been purged are saved, just not displaying. Re-adding is easy.
: Zubon
Two years ago today, I started blogging about MMOs at my old blog, Existential Worlds, though I haven’t written there since joining the KTR staff, June 9th, 2007. It really hasn’t seemed like a long time, but it has been rewarding. I have met so many amazing people, many of whom I now call guild-mates in Casualties of War.
Thanks again to Ethic for welcoming me to his little soapbox in cyberspace, and thanks to all the readers and bloggers who make this hobby so engaging.
~Cyndre
The Large Hadron Collider goes live today. Some people have been concerned that it will accidentally destroy the planet (see first reference), if not a good chunk of the universe. Such worries are overstated; there is an infinitesimal chance that it will destroy part of France.
Just in case, though, watch this site. If the message of the day at “Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the earth yet?” changes, take the relevant precautions.
: Zubon
HT: Daniel Drucker
Update: xkcd rings in again.
Ardua reminds us about Warhammer 40K. Coming sometime to MMO, yes? In particular, he reminds us of the TV Tropes page for the game. Even if you know nothing about 40K, a category I share outside one RTS, this will give you a sense of the setting that went from “Warhammer in space” to “darker Warhammer in space” to “the World of Darkness is a bunch of fairies that fart rainbows” to “Cthulhu is a fairy who farts rainbows” and then one step beyond for the latest edition. You can still see the six WAR factions (one of which was eaten by bugs).
: Zubon