I second bubles opinion.

That would be awesome.

I have a question for you guys. I was thinking of adding a second gaming night at the comic shop. Dustin said Wednesday was good for the shop. We could roleplay more (perhaps making it our Cthulu night when Dustin gets his game going again) or board game. What do you guys think?

Yar it be me game this night ye salty bastards!!!!!!!!!!!

Pirates rule :)

Were you guys already 5th level the last time we played? I was just wondering. We can work it out at the shop. See everyone tonight at 6pm. Oh yeah I'll have your xp for you then :P

As far as I know, its going to be Shatzers D&D game tonight at the shop at 6:00pm

So... are we doing the RPG thing today?
Board games...?

Comic shop again...?

I'll make sure to check the blog when I get up.

Sometimes i'll go through a month where my connection dies like every twenty minutes, it sucks.

PB&J is possibley the greatest sammich ever.

"Who's going to save the planet from the giant meteor while Superman's vaccuming? You? ... I think not."


Good to know it wasn't just the hotel. I neeed mah MMO to get through the night! *twitch twitch*

I am going to remember to keep a DVD or two in my suitcase for emergencies from now on, though.

"Talk to me you bitches, I know you can hear me" Quote from the Real World metropolis.
Jeremy, the problem you were having was sprints fault. The shop had the same problem all day.

I thought it was interesting to see the "evolution" of Aquaman over the years from the ambiguously gay man in green tights and an orange fishscale bodysuit that talks to the fish, to the grizzled old pirate motherfucker with a harpoon-hook-hand... yaaar!

I also hadn't realized just how many times the X-Men have been X-Whored out. I knew there was a bunch... hell, I used to read like seven of them regularly. But I've found roughtly four thousand different X-titles so far. Which is only a slight exaggeration. Jeesus...

Woot Aquaman!!!!!!!

That was at times a good read. Never worth any money though.

You just can't get a good free service anymore, I guess. ;)

Digging through comic books again. I've got a big run of Aquaman! Woohoo!

Jeremy--I've turned word verification off and it still comes up. This has been an issue since blogger got it's "facelift" a while ago. Yeah it sucks :(

Oh... and Shatz- did you turn that damned annoying Word Verification thing on for a reason? Or was it defaulted on, and you just haven't shut it off yet?

http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=1203

I would have posted last night, but I had no internet at work. And no DVDs or other computer games as backup. Not even a book. Oh god, it sucked.

The laptop works fine here at home, so I'm still not sure if the entire wireless system at work has gotten fucked up somehow, or if they've added some new firewall without telling me. I got "kinda" access to the internet- text would sometimes load. No pictures or any scripts.

I need to clear out all the saved Network info so I can let it attempt to reconnect without the old login/pass still being used. How do I clear the keyring, anyway?

aight don't make me busta cap in your ass with my gat!!!!!!!!!

*sniff* I'm very lonely here :(

/sing "....all by myself. Don't want to be all by myself anymore...."

:P

Yo bitches post!!!!!!!!!!!

:P

Well I had fun last night. This new comic shop has much potential.

Anyone interested in maybe playing a boardgame or something Friday night? Dustin is the comic shop open on Friday? I was wanting to get another Zombies game in :) Let me know what you guys think.

Just one question. Is the comic shop pants optional? =0

Just called Jeremy... See ya guys at 6:00 at the new shop.

Yeah it looks like the game is going to happen at the new comic store.

Dustin--Have you just not called Jeremy or do you not have his number?

So the game today is going to be at the new store?

Farva knows, I called him, the only one who dosent know is Jeremt G. The game is Going to be held at the new game store, where collection Connection used to be.

Anyone know farva's # ? i cant find it and he probley doesnt think anything is going on.

Guys if you see this bring your Call of Cthulu characters tonight. If you are new to our CoC campagin just bring yourselves and some dice :)

Im up for whatever.

Dustin asked me to run something tonight. I don't know why he told you guys there wasn't a game tonight. You guys still want to play? If no one responds I'll just go home and play my rat :)

I guess... if Dustin said no game, I won't argue with 'em.

See ya' next week. Unless anyone wants to do dinner, or somethin?

the game today is off?

allright looks like i get to level my pally some more haha

so dusty told me the game is off ? i might not of been going i got a job at geen leaf . if u guys want to do boardgames or some thing call me.

http://www.gametab.com/news/493483/

Those guys are assholes....but also my new heros haha

I could probably do a poker game Saturday.

Okay I've cancelled my subscription again......... Just can't justify playing WoW when I would rather be playing my xbox or reading a book. My account is active till March the first. I may change my mind by then but I doubt it.

Flames are reserved for hot wings, or a good meal at an Indian resturaunt. You don't really get flames from your typical "We wash our tables with the same sponge we scrubbed the toilets with..." infections from a buffet.

Explosive diarrhea, sure. Flames, no.

As they say - what doesn't kill you, just makes you wish it did.




All:

Who is available for another Poker game this Saturday?

If food-bribes work, there will be meatballs served. (And maybe some chips and drinks, if anyone wants to bring something. <.< )

Good god were you guys trying to cause your asses to burst into flames? Just wrong..........

Didn't miss anything, John. Except the mass suicide attempt.

Dustin wasn't able to make it, so Farva, Bubbles, and myself decided to hit the just-reopened after 30+ major health violations buffet!

So hey what did I miss last week? You guys make White Wolf characters? Did Dustin kill anyone yet :P

See you all tonight.

Jeremy--Damn sounds like DDO is exactly what I thought it could turn out to be :(

Dustin--So what did I miss on Monday? More killing thrills and chills. I must know.

Bubbles--Hey let the guys in the guild know that I will be back on as soon as I get back from Vacation. I'm kind of missing the game. Sort of........... :P

Well that is all. See you guys on Monday. Post from Florida El Juan is out

So, I just got my invite for one of the DDO Stress Test Beta events yesterday. After setting up a long 2.5 Gig download for the "High Resolution" client thismorning, (A 1.5 Gig version with lower-resolution textures was available) I was able to install and run the program for the first time earlier this evening.

My first impressions of the game were quite poor. I've heard nothing good about the game from previous Beta testers after the Disclosure Agreement was lifted, so I had little expectations going in. In fact, the strongest praise I'd heard was "It's really fun... for about ten hours of gameplay."

Character creation is simple. You pick from a selection of the standard PHB races, plus a new addition (which may be from the Ebberon campaign...) known as the Warforged. A golem-type race, that receives only half-benifit from healing spells, but can be repaired and mended. You can customize your feats and attributes using the point-buy system, with a minimum score of 8. (-6 with racial mods. You cannot "sell" under 8.)

The textures a nice, though customization at this point is very minimal. Like WoW, everyone uses the same core body, just with different hairstyles and skin tones. They did, however, abandon the "eye candy" races. The men look like men, and the women... look like slightly less blocky men. (A good Darfen woman, indeed!) This may change for release, or be expanded on, but not likely at this point.

Stumpwater Jack, Level 1 Dwarf Cleric was born.

I started off on a pier in some nondescript city, surrounded by hundreds of other identical-looking new adventurers swinging weapons and hitting air. The controls were basic - manuver with the keyboard, mouselook around. Left click targets items and enemies. Right click swings your weapon.

Now, I've never liked these kinds of combat systems. It wasn't the Diablo-like right-click-to-attack system, but instead the "Right-click and you swing your weapon in the air. If you're close enough to hit, you might..." system from the newer Legend of Zelda-like games. There was an "auto-attack" feature that could be clicked on once you made contact with an enemy that allowed you to just continue swinging. But, I moved on.

The path led to an inn. Because all adventureres start at the inn. That's what they do. The NPCs were obviously marked with a different color nametag, and the objective points illustrated with big blue arrows. The first objective was simple - go inside and talk to someone else.

In we go to a room that was packed full. (Again, expected. This is only a few hours into the Beta event's opening... it's not like anyone had places to go.) I found the target, and accepted another small training quest. It was your basic "first quest" like in any good console game, where you're introduced to all of your basic abilities one at a time. Jumping, climbing, opening doors, levers, chests, etc. And your first experience with breaking random world objects to steal the goodies hidden inside!

Crate? Break it. Barrel? Break it.

This is also where I experienced my first bugs. Not little, to-be-expected Beta bugs. These were game-halting terrain glitches. I got stuck on the crates we were expected to be climbing on and around in that area of the "Training Area." Lots of rubberbanding. The character would move forward a few steps, then glitch back to some invisible snag point. Jumping sometimes cleared it. Sometimes not.

I managed to get myself up on a ledge to open a hidden chest. Trying to jump down off the ledge back to the ground got me again, stuck on something. He'd hit the edge, then snap back a few steps. He again couldn't move from his spot. After a few more minutes of struggling, I managed to jump clear of whatever invisible terrain glitch I was snagged on, and fall towards the floor...

... I never landed. The poor Dwarf glitched back to the ledge, only to walk off and fall again. The character at this point was unresponsive, stuck in a non-stop fall-band-fall-again.

Logging out didn't work. So I had to quit the game. With a sigh, I loaded the client again and restarted. Logging back into Stumpwater, I found myself in the exact position I'd left off at before. The fall, this time, completed, and I finally touched floor.

"It's a Beta..." I told myself. "Some bugs should be expected." Taking two steps forward, I moved towards my next objective. Only to spring back to my original position again.

Gaah. I filled out a big report form, noting that there was no "unstuck" feature. It would be delt with by a GM. No. Not waiting for a GM literally 30 seconds from the starting zone. Quit again. Restart. Delete Stumpwater. Reroll Stumpwater II.

Stumpwater was run back to the inn to accept the quest. For the sake of simplicity, I avoided all exploring and just went straight to my goals. I collected a few stone things out of chests, and beat down a few spiders. Cast a few spells.

Magic is apparently handled by a "spell point" system. I wasn't able to play around with it long enough to understand it fully, and couldn't even get one of the spells to work, but... uh. I was immortal in training mode anyway. The spiders weren't doing any damage when they hit, so I just beat them down with my mace.

Sucess! For completing the first quest, you gain a level. Leveling up reminded me of City of Heroes. Skills are modified by various minor upgrades. I chose one that gave me a 20% bonus to my 1st level healing spells, and moved on.

I moved out back into the inn, with a few healing potions and some copper coin, ready to seek out my first adventure. I walked towards the door of the inn, towards the wilderness...

... and got stuck on a loose board on the inn floor. I ran forward a few steps, only to get glitched back to my place in the middle of open floor. Stuck again.


This should be expected from an early Beta. Not a public stress test this close to the release date. If they can't even properly debug the noobie zone, I'm afraid of what the rest of the world has to offer.

It's an EQ-style version of the Temple of Elemental Evil. Except between the long slowdowns and game freezes, you could actually play Temple.

Quit to Windows.
Program Files.
Uninstall.

Damnit. :(

The laptop uses the older 144-Pin SO-DIMM memory. The newer DDR stuff is cheap at around $80 a gig. The old stuff will run me $200-300 to upgrade to a gig. (512x2.)

Baaah.

I call... http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=168

Ha-hah!

I shall call your Penny Arcade, and raise you a VG Cats!

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic

this made me laugh for a while.

Haha.

So my RAM still hasnt arrived in the mail......Im really tempted to say fuck it and just go buy it at best buy or something.

STEELERS ARE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!!!!!

I'm so freakin' happy :)

Bubbles I have movies in my collection that would make your head explode..... seriously. Ask Dustin and Jeremy about some of the crap that I manage to find. I'm just that twisted...... Get your new video card yet?

I was listening to The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiney(damn you jeremy) and when I opened firefox on the home page (it the random chuck norris fact generator) this popped up.

Angels sang out in immaculate chorus
Down from the heavens descended Chuck Norris
Who delivered a kick which could shatter bones
Into the crotch of Indiana Jones
Who fell over on the ground, writhing in pain
As Batman changed back into Bruce Wayne
But Chuck saw through his clever disguise
And he crushed Batman's head inbetween his thighs.

I just thought that was an amazing coincidence.

also I cant stop listening to this damn song, I try to but I cant get through another song with out going back to The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiney.

Jesus Christ Vampire Slayer?........That is fucking incredible.

So um I now have a copy of Jesus Christ Vampire Slayer...... We so need to have a movie night :)

Woo Hoo posting from my Gateway laptop that is now newly partitioned and dual booting into suse linux!!!! I'm the coolest of you all :P

so i have a new guy for the game he's kool talk at the gameto night.
dusten so much pent up rage!

Dustin--So you were teaching him how to zerg someone by letting him play you :P

*slicing Jeremys car tires* Just fine, Ill be goning to the college on monday to apply *crosses fingers*

I brought my machine to a friends house to teach him how to get zerged in starcraft, and his nextdoor neighbor has a open wireless connection......I can play wow again.....*Logs in* exept for the 2 hour wait to log the fuck in, im doing ok.

BORED AS HELL

WoW = video game crack

3 Pallys, mage, and my druid on princess run last night. First two attempts we wipe. 3rd attempt I'm like okay pallys heal I'll tank in bear form mage nuke while I attempt to hold agro. Down she goes. Not one of the three had managed to adjust to the new realities of the 1.9 patch. /sigh

So how is everyone doing this fine Friday?

Hmm well that sucks.


Well I thought it would take longer but I'm already going through withdraws from not playing WoW haha. I really need to get the stuff to upgrade haha.

Well it appears that Kishor turned his two week notice in well two weeks ago. Of course the powers that be kept it under there hat :( So that means a couple of things. First Kishor is going to be in New Jersey on Monday so I doubt he is playing anymore. Second is that there is another job opening here at the college for someone with computer experience (Jeremy, Dustin?).

On a side note we were barely keeping our heads above water with our boss, and one of our interns leaving halfway thru the semester. Now we are down one of our three full time positions as well. If I'm a bit cranky for a while just keep that in mind. We are so screwed........

I believe I have a total of two slots for ram, and I think my friend Josh (the one I mentioned earlier) said It has an AGP slot.

Heh.

I just sat down to look that up, too.

He is correct.

Your machine isn't actually that bad. (I'm assuming it is completely factory spec.) It has an Athlon XP 2400+ (2GHz) which is plenty good enough.

What's killing you is the intergrated video, and the fact that you only have 128 Megs of RAM.

A new video card will cost you anywhere from $25-$550 dollars, depending on how much you want to spend. Even the cheapest of cards will be a big improvement.

There are tons of cards in the $50-100 range on Newegg that will play Warcraft just fine. (It won't be on the highest graphic settings, but it will play it well.)


$68 ($58 after rebate) for a knockoff brand Radeon 9600. A good deal for a basic, solid card. (I think Dustin's system has a 9600 in it, actually.)

We can reccomend a few good brands / models if you decide to upgrade.

Memory is pretty cheap right now, too.

A 512 Meg chip will run you a little over $30. You can stop there, but if you've got the money (and your motherboard will support it...) you may want to go ahead and buy two. 512 will be a big improvement. 1024 will be even better.

You can get a nice upgrade for as little as $80-90 on a budget. $120-150 will get you even better.

You just wanna' make sure someone who knows a little about computers cracks the case open and takes a look inside before you order. I wasn't able to find any information about the motherboard, so you want to make sure it can actually be upgraded. Some of the cheaper motherboards used in those factory machines don't have an AGP slot (needed for the video card upgrade) or only one socket for memory sticks.

So I had a friend check to see what I needed to get to play WoW. He said all I need is 512 ram and a new video card.

So how much would that run?

eleven am? GOD DAMN i'll still be sleeping. haha

Okay. I'll be there about... uh... 4pm.

Well tommorrow is the big lan party. It starts at 11 am. I will be leaving my office at 10:45 so if you want to caravan over you can follow me. Otherwise this is Calebs home address

883 Carriage Lane
Wooster, Ohio 44691

Feel free to do a map quest. This is so going to rock :)

This is easily the most catchy tune I've heard in a while. Funny funny.

The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny! (Flash req.)


Shatzer- I'm still poking around with the Paly. I'm not all that happy with the new tree layouts. The 24/0/27 build I'm looking at doesn't even have a 31pt talent.

Jeremy--So what do you think of the 1.9 patch? I'm really digging the changes made to the pally. It plays right into what I want to do. Go go turtle :)

One big problem with the Alliance is NO one ever wants to play D. I dont know how many times I've found myself against 3 Horde and having to kill a warrior with a shaman and priest backing him up is damn near impossible.




.......fucking shamans

Yeah shamans are quite broken. The worst part about pvp is that most times the alliance side is very unorganized. I still kind of get a kick out of logging in and getting some WSG action. I just always expect to lose.

I FUCKING HATE SHAMANS.......

that is all

Ha-hah! FROSTSHOCK!

http://youtube.com/watch.php?v=4ZrVPA_v7-Y&search=world%20of%20warcraft%20switch

Farve--No problem. There are some unwritten rules about the blog. Never post phone numbers or email address without the consent of the person. So if you want to put your own information out there so be it. Just realize that there are programs that go out and collect that information and you may be putting yourself in spam "hell".

Jeremy and Bubbles--Sorry about last night. I was having some technical issues with my network. After trying to get on for more than 45 minutes I gave up and went to bed. As you can see I have resolved this problem. See you guys online tonight.

im sorry for the fuck up in edict

i can"t make it to the game i'm stuck in planecity.
bubbles call duste hecan give u a ride may be ?
xxx-xxx-xxxx



edit: Farve never ever post someones cell phone on the blog. Very bad idea. Oh by the way it is a non working number anyway...

Oh well.

They said you can return it, right?

Well, it is offical, verizon is a bunch of deciving asshats. The new card does work a lil better then the old card, but not good enough to play wow on, 900ms lant is average. No wow for Dustin, 1 year shutup.

kick ass kool jon

Okay I have some very exciting news. Caleb and I finally spoke yesterday and the LAN party is a go! It will be on Saturday January 7th at his place here in Wooster. All you need to do is bring yourself and your computer (if you feel like it). I'll have the projector and at least an xbox/gamecube. We may also be running a movie room as well, you never know :)

I guess I shouldn't really call this a lan party since I'm planning so much more. Maybe I should call it Shatzercon :P

I really want you guys to come, so take vacation days if you have to!

Later homeys

ok dusty now we r good
i can't help it i was publick schooled.

The experement for the most part was a sucess. I can connect to the internet, check my mail, post on the blogg, and that is about it. I can log into wow, but im getting like 1500ms lant, when I cast a spell, it takes a full 2 sec for an instant cast spell to go off. Im going to try and move the computer to another room and see if it helps, but I dout it will.

Farva-- we are no even for the computer, the account has another 30 days plus the 60day play card makes 3 months.

Jeremy--Oh okay that makes sense. Thanks for the translation.

Dustin--So how did the experiment go last night? Is it going to work for you? I hope so it would be nice to have you back on WoW :)

I think I can translate John. From my many years research on the intarweb, I now speak fluent rere.



Farva: so do u guys want ryhan this week ?

Shatzer: I think that inviting Ryan is the plan. It is Dustin's game this week so you may want to ask him.

Farva: no i mint food jon but i cant now will tell u later why .

Translated:

Farva: So, do you guys want Ryan's this week?

Shatzer: I think that inviting Ryan is the plan. It is Dustin's game this week so you may want to ask him.

Farva: No, I meant food John. I can't now... will tell you later why.

Favre--What the hell? I have no clue what you are trying to tell me. Does anyone else?

Bubbles--Listen assmonkey puppet when I tell you to do something...... :P

Haha, I cant do that man its a great guild and they have helped me alot.

Bubbles--So quit them and come join casual refuge..... :P I'll make you an officer and put you in charge of stuff <_< >_>

John - I'm already in a guild. Divine Insight.

I did my first BG today and they are fun as hell. just wish they didnt take so long to get into.

Oh yeah I forgot to tell you guys about my experiment this morning.

7:30 am

logged into my elune mule who was standing by the mailbox in IF. green - 70
logged into my durotan mule who was standing by the mailbox in IF red - 1230

1230 latency at 7:30 in the god damn morning!!!!!!!!!! My beloved 45 mage is trapped on a busted ass server :( They are going to have to do something about this. We can't even get thru an instance without at least one wipe due to lag....... Like I said I'm back on elune fulltime for the near future.

Farve--I think that inviting Ryan is the plan. It is Dustin's game this week so you may want to ask him. What about your Warlock? Are you in a guild already?

Bubbles--You want in on the guild?

Jeremy--You should just get the lifestealing enchantment yourself. Aren't you a 300 enchanter yet? :P

Nothing yet. It will be Lifestealing once I collect the materials for it, and find an enchanter that actually has that formula.

Now I just have to run UBRS thirty or fourty times till I get the matching blade.

so do u guys want ryhan this week ?
kool u can have my lev 13 pally jon.

I assume that they were all upgrades for you. So what enchantment did you put on the sword? Tell me I must know :)

I dunno if you want Dustin in the guild. He's kind of a noob. ;)



I was an UBRS loot-whore last night. It was rogue night.

Dal'Rend's Tribal Guardian dropped. I won the roll against a hunter.

Rend also dropped Eye of Rend. Nobody else needed it. A guildy won the greed roll, and let me have it.

Then the Beast dropped Blademaster Leggings. Nobody needed those, either. I ended up giving the winner of that greed roll 10g, and he let me take those, too.

So Durotan has been very buggy as of late. It is at capacity, which means tons of lag. We actually wiped in ZF because of it. So I am going to be playing on elune, at least part of the time. What this means to you guys (Farve, Bubbles, and Dustin) is I'm going to be around to help you level :)

I've also started my own guild. It is called Casual Refuge. You guys are going to love my guild tabbard. :P

That is how much money I had on my characters. They are decked out in all of the blues that I wanted and I still had the money to make my own guild. All of you guys are automatically in (Jeremy if you have an alt that isn't in the Triads come on in). Dustin if you restart please do so on elune. I want to make you an officer so you can help me run the guild :) Let me know.

Farve and Bubbles for in game help /tell either Trelan (my pally) or Drusillia (my druid). Of course if you guys are in the guild I'll always be available, no matter which of my 7 alts I'm playing :)

ps: OMFG Jeremy that Moonkin form is so freakin' broken. You are right it is a dps caster with ass loads of armor..... just broken. Of course I respecced to take advantage of it :)

Later dudes

Low levels can be fun. It is really fun to write for as well. Gives me a chance to make the story line very epic as well.

Last night was alot of fun.PLaying low levels is more fun then I thought it would be, even though i do miss some of the broken shit you can do when at higher levels.

Well I had a good time last night, I hope everyone else did as well. Fun fun fun.....

Well I hit level 45 this weekend with my mage! /cheer

Okay so this is pretty much all that I'm doing now. It is way to cold outside to go anywhere!

See everyone tonight!

Bubbles--Modem? ick

Jeremy--I'm way to sexy to die :P

I can still play at my house, but I have to get my modem working on this other computer and I cant find my disk it saids I need to isntall something.

Jeremy--Just got confirmation from John Pittman that we are going to do the laptop thing this saturday. He is meeting me in my office at 12pm. Will that work well for you?

Yeah, I can make that work.


I don't think Dustin is going to need you to list anymore comics. The store is gone as of yesterday......

Good to know.

Yeah well that is because you were distracted by my halflings huge muscles of doom! Don't make me kick your ass..... :P You have to admit she hits pretty hard. We are going to make a heck of a one two punch.

That assumes that both of us manage to leave Mirabar alive. :P

Jeremy--Just got confirmation from John Pittman that we are going to do the laptop thing this saturday. He is meeting me in my office at 12pm. Will that work well for you?

I don't think Dustin is going to need you to list anymore comics. The store is gone as of yesterday......

Jeremy--Yeah well that is because you were distracted by my halflings huge muscles of doom! Don't make me kick your ass..... :P You have to admit she hits pretty hard. We are going to make a heck of a one two punch. Add Kishors fighter to the mix and well Dustin may have to scale his encounters up again!

Farve, Bubbles, Dustin--If/When you have characters on Durotan please post. I'll add you to my friends list and get you a guild invite. Another question. How does the store closing effect your ability to play? Are you going to still play? Just asking. Later guys.

Caroline--Don't forget to post and let us know that you are still alive :)

Hey guys should I invite Kishor to the blog? I think it is a good idea, but wanted to ask the group first.

Dustin, the test batch of comics seem to have gone well. They're all selling for around 30 cents an issue, with some getting 50 cents to $1.

Were you wanting me to go ahead and list the rest? I can come pick up a load tomorrow sometime and get started.