So I feel like crap again today. I can barely breath. Caroll was after me to get a chext x-ray the other day. I couldn’t be bothered. Now I wish I had. Oh well. Too late now. I stayed home yesterday and today. Hopefully, I will feel better by Monday.
Last night Zorah told us in guild chat that the new expansion is called Rise of Kunark. I did a little checking around. I found the same thing mentioned on Warcry. Anyway, after a quick search of the US Patent & Trademark website, I can say that yes, SOE has trademarked the name. They have not announced when the expansion will be yet though.
Well, I got an invite to play a game called Dungeon Runners. It is a strange little game published by NCSoft. The names of items and descriptions of traits are off the wall. The game play is pretty basic. I am not sure how I feel about it yet, but I am probably going to play it for a while to check it out.
At this point in time, you can only play it by getting an invite directly from NCSoft or from someone already in game. There are two ways you can play. You can play for free or get a $5 per month membership. By having the membership, you have access to the bank, you can use elite items, etc. The highest level is 100. It will take forever to get there. Downside is you can only play a human and there are only 3 classes. I am hoping as the game is developed more, that they will bring out more classes.
I have become really bored with all the games that I have been playing. I really need something new!!
EQ2’s Erolisi Marr day is a total snooze fest this year. The quest was over in a few seconds. The heart grab thing they have going on in Antonica is totally retarded. I just can’t be bothered. I am bored with the quests. The guild I am in is really nice. I like the majority of the people in it. I am just really bored with the game. I know that I haven’t hit 70 yet, but I am only a few bubs from ding anyway. So its not like it is a major difference.
CoH/CoV is an ok game. They do have some interesting things in the game. I am just so sick of ninja invites. Geez!! Would it hurt them to at least see if I am looking for a group? The Pocket D valentine event is a repeat of last year. There are different rewards, but I am not really interested in getting costume pieces with hearts on them. Bleh!!
I have not been able to find anything going on in GW. That is a nice game to play when DSL is down since it doesn’t lag over dial up. However, I get bored with it way to easy.
I was even thinking about going back to DAoC, but I just don’t feel like it.
I did a little beta testing for 9Dragons. I hated that game. The graphics were too much like a cartoon. The quests were lame. The system to learn even the simplest skill was too cumbersome. Forget that one.
I had beta tested D&D online. It was ok. Not something that I would run to the store to buy. Guess that is why I didn’t! LOL
The only one that I still play on a regular basis is Kingdom of Loathing. However, it is a turned based game with limited amounts of turns per day. So you can only play it so much. I really love it though. It is totally off the wall!!
OK!! So where does that leave me? Grr!! I guess I will have to catch up with my reading until someone can give me some ideas!!
For ages, I have been reading an online comic called “Penny Arcade” about these gamers. Those who are gamers or who are friends of gamers will fully understand these comics.
Anyway, the creators of this comic felt that as gamers, we are always being slighted in the media for the cause of many problems. They decided to create a charity to help children. This charity is really great. Its called Child’s Play. They utilize Amazon to send items that are purchased to various children’s hospitals for the holidays.
Even if you aren’t a gamer, this is a great charity to get involved with.
OMG! Last night was so fun! Krystae & I decided to single handedly do the Changing of the Guards. That was totally insane. We were the majority of the way up the tower when all hell broke loose. For some reason, it seems all the rest of the guards in the tower decided to come & join in the fun. So we were swarmed by them. It caused us to die really, really quickly. It was so much fun though. The only thing that I can think of is that maybe the pet I was using has an area of effect spell that aggroed everything in the tower. It was insane!! I loved every minute of it.
I haven’t started the Brell day quests yet. Krystae was saying that it was crazy. Some drunk was singing his own wacked out version of the milkshake song! I can’t wait until I see that!
I got my bed yesterday. I spent part of last night taking the old one apart. When I get home from work today I am going to put the new one together. This is going to be so great!! Well, off I go to work. At least it is overtime.
Well, Krys just got her new computer yesterday. She is still trying to get everything set back up on it & configured that way that she likes it. I just can’t wait until she can get back into EQ2. It sucks that SOE messed the game up so that no one with Win98 or WinME can log in. They keep saying that they are trying to fix it, but it has been a few weeks now. That is just insane.
I ordered my new cell phone. I should have it on Tuesday. I found out that it was cheaper for me to order over the internet then to go to the store. I wasn’t even charged shipping and handling. I am saving about $60. Plus there is a $20 rebate once I get the phone. So that is a HUGE savings.
The choice was for a new cell phone & get rid of the crap I have or an additional RAM chip for my puter. I decided that the cell phone was the more important of the two. I can’t wait.
Grr!! I have been having a lot of problems sleeping lately. I get really tired all of a sudden, sleep for about half an hour, then I am wide awake for a few hours. This is not good.
I can’t believe that Charmed is ending tonight!! That is so not good!! I have been watching that show since the day it started. It is a great show! There are very few TV shows that I will actually watch. That was one of them.
Well, I am going to try to get a little bit more sleep before I have to go grocery shopping.
This was a really productive weekend for me.
First off, I have been majorally cleaning out the stuff in my room. My sister BC hauled off tons of books that I wanted to get rid of. I am getting a new bed. So while I was cleaning to take the old one out, I decided to just give my entire room a major overhaul. The mattress is getting delivered today. Unfortunately, the bed is coming a little later.
Now, my main part of the weekend was spent playing EQ2. Krys & I had a lot of fun this weekend. Krys is my real life best friend for over 10 years. Well, we were running around in Maj’Dul, Sinking Sands, Pillars of Flame and the Shimmering Citadel. The guild we are in, Essayons, had a raid on Saturday. That was a lot of fun. We ended up raiding th DeathFist Citadel. It was great. With that raid, the guild members finished 15 heritage quests total in one shot.
Last night, Krys & I were going into Maj’Dul just as it was being taken over by the Orcs. OMG!! I had zoned in first & was running into the city. Krys was still zoning in when I start screaming into the zone for her to CoQ out as soon as she finishes zoning. It was totally insane. The orcs were slaughtering EVERYTHING around. Now that would be an awesome raid event, but the two of us wouldn’t be able to handle all that craziness.
On Tuesday night, Krys & I were working feverishly on getting a new guild site up and running. We just can’t stand the one that SOE provides for the guild. It is usually buggy.
We had some major difficulties. I ended up having to write something in the forums on ogaming to try to get it worked out. It is pretty much up now. We haven’t unveiled it to the guild yet. One of the guild leaders, Brazen, said that he liked it. I don’t think that Unbound has looked at it as of yet.
Essayons new page
Afterwards, Krys & I logged into Feerrott to work on a few quests. Last night Unbound did the same. We managed to get Agony for him. We also grabbed one for Darkelfken.
I am so not in the mood to go into work this morning. This have been crazy there. Not bad, just things seem to be going out of whack. I will be glad when this week is over.
Wow!! Today was a really busy day. I woke up at around 6am so that I could get ready for work. I got to the office at 7am. I thought that I would get in there early to get some paperwork done before the patients starting rolling in. Well, the first patient showed up at 6 minutes after 7. Her appointment wasn’t until 8am. Grrrr!!! I can’t complain though. Saturdays are really easy & it is overtime!!! FZ & I worked until 2pm.
On my way home, I called my sister to have her come help me set up my new bed. It took us about 2 hours to do the entire thing. It is really nice looking. I love the fact that I have added storage space with this one.
Afterwards, I logged into EQ2. I am so bummed out though. One of the guys from our guild passed away yesterday. I am really going to miss Zanadaugh. He was a great guy. He was always joking around. He had just gotten married to Jenili a few weeks ago. I can’t even begin to imagine how she feels. The freaky part is that he is the second person that I have heard of that has died this week.
The daughter of one of the nurses that I used to work with passed away a few days ago. She was just a few years younger then me. Her mom found her dead on the couch. It is way too scary. They aren’t sure why she died.
Anyway, Krys, Brazen & I were running around in Clefts of Rujark and the Shimmering Citadel tonight. It was a lot of fun. I haven’t had too many chances to group with Brazen.
Well, I am exhausted. My entire body aches from lifting the heavy pieces of the bed. I am going to pass out now.
Last night I got tons accomplished in EQ2. It was a pretty decent patch yesterday. The new guild functions are up. Hopefully, this will help us to recruit new members.
Krystae and I spent most of our time in Sinking Sands again. When I first logged in though, I had to run through the 3 thieves in the court quests. I want to get more of the Peacock Club quests out of the way. I am also working on In the Name of Love for the Court of Truth. That is the court that Krys & I decided to get faction with. We are already ally. We aren’t at max yet though.
While out on Hullcrusher rock, the named (Mythwail Hullcrusher) spawned. So of course we had to kill her. Our motto is, if it is named, it must die (unless it is epic & we are alone!) Well, time to dive back into Norrath. I have a few quests I want to finish up before heading to work.
