And the Horrible Addiction Begins...

I've been playing Rakion almost non-stop. It is an incredibly fun game punctuated by horrible experiences with mages. at the current I'm ranked 4551 out of over 50 thousand characters and ranked 940 out of over 10 thousand archers. Right now I'm enjoying the hell out of the game...the Mages are a little unbalanced as opposed to the rest of the classes, and the archers get pwned if the melee classes aren't on top of their game, but overall it's a game that is coming along very nicely.

Mahalo

Guard Your Lives...

I've found a new crack, at least until the 25th. I've been playing this game called Rakion. It's in closed beta for the moment, but I've been playing the hell out of it. It's a RPG/PvP type game. There's untold numbers of game types from what I've seen and it just gets sick when you've got 8v8 in there. If anyone wants to give it a try, go to softnyx.net or something like that, you'll find the downloader there. Oh, and I have an archer named Arynne on there. But if you do give it a try, and come across another archer named DivinityBow, you had better pray that she is on your team. When we were on opposite teams we ended up seeking each other out and were pretty evenly matched, in instances when we were on the same team, wo be the carnage that was unleashed. It was the type of thing that you warn your children about. untold swordsmen and Blacksmiths fell before our bows. I'm not exxagerating, she's surgical with that shit. The only advantage that she had was that she was 3 lvls higher than my poor archer was. but gods we hung out in the top 5 each and every match. Check it out..trust me you won't be disappointed. Oh, and don't make a mage because they are my favorite little chew toys. I friggin hate mages...

mahalo

Just a quick question...

Hey Clayson, what temperature do you keep your server rooms? I've got a really good story for you :)

Adventures in Pookyland...

I'm at a loss for words honestly. Without going into details, because I don't like to get the rumormill turning, I need to get some events off of my chest. Things like this will eat at you like a cancer, and I'm tired of feeling like I'm being eaten alive. There are things that happened in a game that seem to have changed the dynamic of a friendship that I've valued for a long time. The events of a game have me and several people whom I've called friends on non-speaking terms by the looks of it. Actions taken within a game seem to have gone grossly wrong. In what should be a fun game, a game which I've just now gotten running correctly, things have turned decidedly sour. I'm not entirely blameless on the subject, but I'm not entirely wrong either. I'm tired of not talking to people and I'm tired of feeling like a leper. I'm not going to apologise for the way things happened, in game, but I am sorry that it seems to have affected our friendship. I'm not as shallow as people might think, that running with another guild would have ended a dear friendship, but I am shallow enough to quit my own guild when I've been nothing but harassed for a while now. I don't feel any better but at least it's out in the open and I can at least start to feel better.

*phrase of the week: "Things will be different because they must be"*

Mahalo

As Usual...

I'm probably about six months behind the times on this one but I discovered the joy of podcasting yesterday. It started with Lex and Terry (which if you can't tell by now are being Podcast)and degenerated into a frenzy of subscriptions. I know subscribe to over 25 different Podcasts in addition to Lex and Terry is Zencast (how hot is that!!), all of the Air America Podcasts, NToddcast (which you have to get from Podcast Alley and manually add to your subscription), and several others on numerous subjects. Now if I could just justify buying an iPod I'd be all right. Hello, My name is Mike and I'm a Podcast junkie. Now if they'd only Podcast Don and Mike.

Mahalo

Who Needs MMORPG's...

I decided to go old school and went back to Gunbound, a fun little Worms-esque game, again out of Korea. It's cute, it's fun and it's free. aside from that, all the 13 yr olds seem to speak just spanish so you don't have to listen to their derision when you miss your shot :)

The Verdict is in...

Well, after giving both pretty considerable time I've come to the conclusion that Gates to Heaven is by far the more fun game of the two that I mentioned. Graphically it's actually pretty superior and much more fun to me. Though they thrive on different aspects and are good in their own rights. Here's how it breaks down:

1. Knight Online: A fairly decent game graphically and control wise. Slightly harder to control than GTH. It's main thrust is nation versus nation combat in the style of say Guild Wars, though much more geared toward character development. It's a pretty good game if you're for full scale warfare PVP.

2. Gates to Heaven: My favorite of the two. It's much more stylish, has a class progression skill and charts your development on several scales. Your actual experience lvl is there to raise your abilities class. You have also Zen xp which goes towards developing your skills. I have a wind hermit atm which is essentially an archer, which I sorely miss in WoW. I mean a dedicated archer, not a hunter that's pet dependent. I like the game much more because it's prettier, it's easier to control by a small degree, and the learning curve is pretty right on.

Now both games originate in Korea, which seems to be a theme in my free MMORPG quest, so there's a bit of engrish in the dialogue, but it's not nearly as bad as D.O. online GTH has more of an anime feel to it while Knight Online has more of a realistic artwork feel to it. I'm not much of a fan of pvp to begin with so that kinf of turned me away from Knight Online a bit actually.

So in a nutshell, if you're looking for something free to have a good time on with some really fun classes, go towards GTH, but if you're looking for something that's also free but geared towards large scale warfare, then lean towards Knight Online. They're both good games, they're both fun to the right person, and they don't feel "broken and incomplete" like D.O. Online did.

Like Kane from Kung Fu...

My search still continues. I've mentioned that on occasion I've played a game called D.O. Online (now called Martial Heroes). Well when that re-launched I've been unable to download the new client. So much like the title states, I've been searching barefoot looking for a new free MMORPG to play when World of Warcraft gets to be a little tedious to me. I've come up with two of them so far, both through e-games.com. One is called Knight Online and the other is Gate to Heaven. both are kinda the same graphically, but they are pretty fun and really get things back into their proper place when WoW just aggravates the fuck out of me. So if I'm not on WoW, I'll most likely be on one of those. I'll let you know how the experience goes as I get further into each. But if you're on a budget you really can't beat either game...especially since they're free :)

I was Thinking...

Do you all remember back in Sex Ed,m or Family Living, or whatever that friggin class was where you had to carry around that sack of flour for a week and take care of it like it was a baby? This is supposed to teach the importance of responsibility and make them realise that life is much more difficult when you have a child. Well, as stated above, I was thinking yesterday and this lesson is total crap. With a sack of flour you can still go to the mall, still see a concert or a movie, or go on a date. You simply look silly is all. You wanna teach them a real lesson, make them carry around something that screams whenever it doesn't get it's way, something they have to give up social events for or that limits their ability to go to the mall or a concert or a date. Give them something that screams at 2am for no good reason other than the fact that it's awake. Give them something that shits 5 times a day. This doesn't teach them responsibility or make them realise that a child will limit their fun. ALl it teaches them is how to carry home the groceries.

Mahalo

This is Just too Brilliant...

Now, when you consider how much these "Analysts" make per year, and the fact that they have researchers looking into this...doesn't that just make this screen just a little bit ridiculous?

I just had to post this...

Aside from World of Warcraft, there's another MMORPG that I play called D.O Online. It's a Korean game that, through some miracle has been (mostly) translated into english...or should I say engrish. It's often broken or at the best incorrect english, as if it was a direct translation through Babelfish or something. It's kind of a cool martial arts 18th century type of game. Anywho I received an e-mail this morning from the advertising wing of CRSpace, the developers(?) of D.O. Online. I had to post it here, not to make fun of the engrish insofar, but it is kind of humorous:

Dear mike

Today! EMH(the Empire of Martial Heroes ; extended d.o online) is
coming !!

You will be experienced with New functions! Bigger Maps! More Items ,
Quests, Skills! and more Thrills! with the Empire of Martial Heroes(new
name of d.o)

New Functions : Great new functions!
- New relationship systems are added.
You can make brothers relationship and master-student relationship
between players.

New Maps : Bigger world! More satisfaction!
- Brand new maps are added. It will extend the game world more than 60%
!!!!!!
You will see great land and new world.

New Items : Brand new and hot items!
- Over 60 level can change their hats or cloaks.
- Facial changer items are added.
- Up to level 100 items are added more !
- Some items effect are changed.
- More Unique items!

New Quests : New and great quests!
- Over 100 level quests are added.

New Skills : Great and beautiful skills!
- Over 100 level skills are added.

And new Thrills : Open your eyes and watch out!
- Now you will drop items when your hero is killedy by monster. So, you
need to watch out more!
- Now you need to find a right monster, if a monster is higher than
you(+8 level), you will not get full Exp from monsters.

SO there's that letter. But did I mention that the game is free as well :)

Mahalo

I'm back and I'm wireless baby!!

One problem down, one to go. Got the wireless network up and running and got internet back this morning, but Yvonne's computer is down still. Need to pick up a new power supply and that should do the trick...hopefully. So this one's at least back up and running. more to follow i'm sure

Mahalo

Need I say more?

My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Rail Gun of The Short Path.

Get yours.

Old-School Picture Week

At Big Kahuna's  

Hey there. Figured that I'd play a new blog game for this last half of the week. For the next 3 days I'm gonna put up old pics of myself. If you've got the cajones out there, you should do the same ;) That is all

Mahalo

Jesus are these people stalking me?!

Your Birthdate: March 15

With a birthday on the 15th of any month, you are apt to have really strong attachments to home, family and domestic scene. The 1 and 5 equaling 6, provide the sort of energy that makes you an excellent parent or teacher. You are very responsible and capable. This is an attractive and an attracting influence. You like harmony in your environment and strive to maintain it. You tend to learn by observation rather than study and research. You may like to cook, but you probably don't follow recipes. This number shows artistic leanings and would certainly support an talents that may be otherwise in your makeup. You're a very generous and giving person, but perhaps a bit stubborn in ways.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

I'm SURE the devil cried...

So, I picked up Devil May Cry 3 the other day. I must say that the reported difficulty was right on. Even on easy it about has me wanting to go cry to my mom. Though the game is incredibly cool, especially if you're into the HK movies like I am. Gunslinger style is right up my alley. Along with some of the new acrobatic type moves like slinging around a pole and nailing someone with the shotgun or slicing em in half with my sword. It's far too cool. The combos are a lot easier to string together as I can chain em with a few shots with the pistols. Capcom really made up for that abomination of a game, which shall not be named. The camera is still a little twitchy in it's conrol, but it stays close enough so that you don't miss any of the action. It's returned to the same type of style that the first game had. The reasons for being where you are are clearly defined instead of "hey i'm on an island this mission in the middle of nowhere and then...I'm in a city infested by demons that's nowhere on said island" with no reason for being anywhere. Caocom outdid themselves on this one in just the fun factor that I enjoyed in the first one. The second one tried to implement some cool additions but the camera was so screwy that you didn't even notice them or you were so irritated by the "story" that you didn't really care. DMC 2 was the Highlander 2 of the series...it should have just never been made.

Mahalo

I finally broke down...

I decided that after all these many months that I would finally break down and Google myself. And I've discovered that there must be something in the name. For some odd reason all of the entries for me revolve around Fan Fiction (which I don't write per se, but i do write RPG's so i guess it fits), comic books and creativity/drawing/poetry. It's really pretty unnerving. It all kinda ties into my theory of Infinite Selfs. I know I've tried to explain all of this to most of you before but I'll try to give the short short version for those of you who haven't listened to the litany before. I, as a 28 year old male exist in 2005. with me so far? Now my theory, which can not, and probably will not be proven or disproven in my lifetime, states that I not only exist in 2005, but simultaneously I exist in say, 3005, 1642, and 3000 BC. Now you may all say "isn't that just past lives bullshit". No but close. What I feel is that all times, past and future exist at the same time. If you follow August Ferdinand Moebius' theories than you know that he says that all points in time and space can be reached through out any other point. That's the point behind the Moebius Strip. but anywho, it comes out in the wash as that my consciousness is "stretched" across all of time and space, separated only by brief moments in time when I'm "dead". and just think...that was the short form. But so to make my point is for some reason all the other people with my name on Google share the exact same interests and habit, and talents as I do...it's just kinda creepy.

Mahalo

*sigh*

It's been an interesting week. Work aside I've been fighting off a case of bronchitis, rather unsuccessfully I might add. I signed into City of Heroes today off and on. It's not so much that I have no love for the game anymore. Far from it. I still would enjoy the game...except for the feeling of isolation. I've been out of the game for a while thanks to World of Warcraft. Where once I'd have people coming at me left and right, now the broadcast chat and my own PM's are silent. There's no one that i used to play with on anymore. It's just not as fun without people. I think this is one reason I've stuck with WoW. I need the human interaction. As much as my characters are theyre not as fun by themselves. kind of a spot to be in.

Just when things were going good...

I just received an e-mail from pensacola. Most of you probably don't know him, but i talked of him a lot in my old blog and some in this one. Stacey died tuesday morning sometime. It's one of those things where you were pretty sure it would happen, but he was one of the few good ones out there and did it all right and still got screwed in the end. He was someone who I always likened to Dilbert's trashman in the cartoon. someone who who a lot about a lot, including our conversations on Quantum theory and advanced mathematics. Though I haven't seen him in almost a year, he will be missed greatly by me and a lot of people. some people just don't deserve to die young like he did.

It comes equipped with On-Star too

It seems that just about everything i post in this thing lately is related to World of Warcraft. There's probably a good reason for that. Mainly because it's my main off-time hobby. Well that being said. I've been the proud owner of a guild for a little while now. We now have about 20 people in it. Of those we probably have about 16 actual individuals. Things are going pretty good. I got my mount the other day. I got myself a striped Frostsaber. very cute. very fast. and as mentioned before he even comes with On-Star ;).

Other than that things have been pretty normal. I've been kicking around MORE ideas for my RPG. That thing is never going to be finished as long as I have one second of free time. I swear i worked out all sorts of new systems for it the other day driving up to Bethel. For those of you who don't know the logistics involved in driving to Bethel from Portland just mapquest it. trust me, you won't be disappointed. I can't really say that World of Warcraft has influenced me in some small way to revise things a little. I can say however that it has in a large part influenced me to revise things. who knows, maybe if i stick with this thing long enough it may even get published one of these days. *snicker*

Anyway that's my monthly check it. since that seems to be the way things are going.

Mahalo