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Fursuit raffle, go see!
Posted 12 years agoThere is a fursuit raffle here https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4515999/
Good quality work so check them out!
Good quality work so check them out!
Axle fixed, car is functional again!
Posted 12 years agoSo I finally got my car fixed, Yay.
Well, axel broke in BOTH of my cars!
Posted 12 years agoSo, twice now, both of my cars have broken axles, same place 2, taking a turn left on the way to work and the axle breaks just as I start to move.
I put the blue car into 4 wheel drive and managed to get it home (sort of) it couldn't make that last little hill to get to my trailer, just feet away from my drive way!
Fortunately there is an empty trailer just about a yard away so I parked it there. Tomorrow I'll need to figure out how to get a new axle!
I put the blue car into 4 wheel drive and managed to get it home (sort of) it couldn't make that last little hill to get to my trailer, just feet away from my drive way!
Fortunately there is an empty trailer just about a yard away so I parked it there. Tomorrow I'll need to figure out how to get a new axle!
What is that ONE game that really ticks you off?
Posted 12 years ago(I was looking something up while typing this up the first time and accidentally CLOSE THE WINDOW! GAHHHH! here we go again. . .)
mine is Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight.
First, a little history.
In 1995 Westwood Studios invented the first Official Real time Strategy game ever made called "Command and Conquer."
It became a genre known for base construction, resource collection, massive armies and tactical thinking.
Command and conquer started with the "Tiberium Saga" where a comet crashes on earth and from "Ground Zero" Green crystals called "Tiberium" begin to grow and spread across the earth. A fanatical and mysterious terrorist organisation appears known as the "Brotherhood of Nod" (or "NOD") led by a man named Kane (performed by Joe Kucan.) Kane Believes that Tiberium is the Next stage of Human evolution and fights to spread and control this valuable and powerful crystal. Though, tiberium has its issues, it spreads and mutates the environment and emits chemicals that are lethal to humans. The military force fighting to contain and reverse the spread of Tiberium is the Global Defence Initiative (GDI). In the early games, GDI has defeated Kane and his Brotherhood and believed Kane dead, but Kane always returns. (One thing never explained, and honestly I hope it never is.)
There are several other franchises in the C&C universe, Red Alert, Generals, but we are focusing on the Tiberium Saga right now with C&C 4.
The C&C gameplay has always been about base management, tactics, and COMMANDING massive armies, and CONQUERing your enemies. Each game has a large variety of units to choose from and each have unique uses and can greatly alter a battle. You can effectively create sneak attacks and hit and run tactics, or just overpower your opponent with powerful armor, or hit them from the sky with strategic strikes. Support powers alter the battle and can give you an edge when used at the right place and time. Finding extra locations to gain additional income and establish an effective stronghold, there is a ton of strategic possibilities and the battles can be huge and intense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCimGS7I1UQ
In C&C 3 they introduced a new faction known as the "Scrin." and alien force who lives off of tiberium and is brought to earth after Kane set up a trap to trick GDI to use the iconic "Ion Cannon" on Nod's main temple "Temple Prime" sitting on top of a massive concentration of Liquid Tiberium which causes a blast sending out a wave of energy that the Scrin (or as Kane calls them, "The Visitors.") detects and sends a scouting force to begin investigating.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJgr7vGUsc (first few scenes.)
After GDI manages to establish a defence and counter attack the scrin began constructing a network of Threshold towers which in the Scrin and nod campaign you learn they are portals to and from the Scrin worlds. IN the scrin campaign you order your forces through the last standing threshold tower, now indestructible upon completion. Then, you hear from the scrin Overlord say "Prepare a full invasion force, Earth will fall!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-TLy_-tz0g
Upon hearing this, many fans, myself included, were excited and looking forward to C&C 4.
We wanted to see The Scrin invasion, we wanted to see each side in separate campaigns finally accomplish their ultimate goal in a final, satisfying conclusion for each ending. Wanted to see even bigger battles with more units, more powers, more maps, and much more for this epic conclusion for the C&C Tiberium Saga.
What we got was a complete and utter insult that did not even remotely resemble Command and Conquer.
First, the gameplay.
They taken out EVERYTHING, no more base construction, resource collection (except for Tiberium crystals you collect for research but you only need it for a few minutes into a match.), and no massive armies. Instead we have a very small population cap (even smaller the more people there are in a match.) and you have to work with small teams, you have an All-in-one "base" called the Crawler which allows you to research powers, train new units, and can relocate. You get three classes, Offence, Defense, and Support. Defense builds some defensive structures and infantry, offence focuses on Armor, and Support focuses on the air force and support powers. There is ONE game mode called "Domination" where you take control different control nodes and the more you control the more points you get, once the score reaches the goal, you win. Killing enemy units and Crawlers grants more points as well. unfortunately, that is too risky, so the best strategies in C&C 4 involve AVOIDING COMBAT AT ALL COSTS!
Where is the COMMAND AND CONQUER aspect of the game!?
The Crawler system might not be soo bad if it was just one unit you can command as a mobile warfactory to build units at another location on the map, like in Tiberian sun (GDI called it the Mobile War factory, Nod called it "Fist of Nod.")
Another annoying thing is that units seem to have an "accuracy rating" so firefights last alot longer then they should. Two sides are shooting at each other while they are both sitting still, but only about half the shots hit, maybe more if you research the accuracy boost. Also, in the previous games, there were units that were "Strong vs infantry" "strong vs Vehicles" "strong vs Air" "Strong vs structures" and a combination of a couple of those. Here it is "strong vs Light, medium, or Heavy." which is actually annoying, especially when, say, a heavy vehicle is strong against medium vehicles, but absolutely WORTHLESS against a light vehicle! With a small population cap, generalizing your forces in single player is dangerous and makes your army (if you can call it that) very under powered.
So, gameplay is Abysmal, how about the story?
. . . . . .
it does not tie in with the rest of the series AT ALL!
In C&C 3 Kane stated that working with GDI is considered Treachery. C&C 4, first thing you see, Kane is voluntarily working with GDI! Whats worse, his motives changed, he is working to rid the world of tiberium as well! And yet, even though Nod is Working with GDI (except for one separatist that you put down fairly quick) in the campaigns the two sides are STILL fighting, and one of the major supporters of the alliance tries to stop you in the Nod campaign, with no explanation as too why.
First Nod mission you are assisting GDI with evacuation efforts of a city, yet when you get close to GDI units THEY SHOOT AT YOU!
Another problem with the story, they give your character a wife who they clearly want you to have an emotional connection with. Unfortunately she is BLOODY ANNOYING! She is a stereotypical whiny overly attached and emotional wife who is one of the very few characters if games or movies that I actually find completely annoying and a waste of time. I don't even buy your characters relationship with her.
1: you never talk, its just a first person view of what your character sees during cinematics and everyone talks to you, works great in the previous games.
2: She never touches you! When you wake up after a serious injury she doesn't run up and give you a greatful and warm hug, she just stands there with her hands clasped together saying "Oh I am SOO glad to see you awake!" No hug, No kiss, not even a handshake. What kind of marriage has two people who do not dare touch each other?
3: the Camera work gives a sort of "I don't care" sort of look. In the next to last cinematic she tells you not to help Kane, but after Kane talks for a minute and walks down a hall way, you look at her for a millisecond and then follow Kane like she was barely even a THOUGHT.
She didn't need to be in here!
Then the endings: They are almost identical where you open the portal, he walks through and then "ascends" then the tiberium slowly starts to disappear from the world.
The differences are in the GDI ending, when you had the intention of taking Kane out yourself, he talks to you and then Lt. Col. James from GDI says to stop him but instead you open the portal anyway. She shoots you reluctantly thinking that she has to in order to prevent Kane from going through the portal and letting something into earth wiping everyone out (which doesn't happen wither way.) The ending is a little stupid with Kane getting shot but survives like nothing happened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8No_Ea6tmYY
Nod ending your wife is there, walks away saying "I can't watch you do this" and Kane says he will find her while you go to the portal, Lt. Col. James shoots you to try and stop you but Kane walks up and picks her up by the throat and says "He was not yours to take!" and then with one hand holding the Col. up strangles her to death. (actually the coolest part of the game, really. Looks pretty intense even though the camera pans away as that happens. Also cool to see Kane finally do something himself and show what he is capable of himself. something almost never seen before in the C&C games.) Then the scene is offset by your wife balling her eyes out, STILL NOT TOUCHING YOU, and saying your going to be ok, then looks to Kane and says "You said he would be fine!" then Kane says "I thought he would be, but you are all so fragile." then he walks through the portal and Tiberium starts to disappear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBjd7_IblQY
C&C 4 Tiberium Twilight is the biggest insult in gaming, it doesn't match the story, gameplay, and I really hope they are willing to do a Complete remake to fix this mistake.
mine is Command and Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight.
First, a little history.
In 1995 Westwood Studios invented the first Official Real time Strategy game ever made called "Command and Conquer."
It became a genre known for base construction, resource collection, massive armies and tactical thinking.
Command and conquer started with the "Tiberium Saga" where a comet crashes on earth and from "Ground Zero" Green crystals called "Tiberium" begin to grow and spread across the earth. A fanatical and mysterious terrorist organisation appears known as the "Brotherhood of Nod" (or "NOD") led by a man named Kane (performed by Joe Kucan.) Kane Believes that Tiberium is the Next stage of Human evolution and fights to spread and control this valuable and powerful crystal. Though, tiberium has its issues, it spreads and mutates the environment and emits chemicals that are lethal to humans. The military force fighting to contain and reverse the spread of Tiberium is the Global Defence Initiative (GDI). In the early games, GDI has defeated Kane and his Brotherhood and believed Kane dead, but Kane always returns. (One thing never explained, and honestly I hope it never is.)
There are several other franchises in the C&C universe, Red Alert, Generals, but we are focusing on the Tiberium Saga right now with C&C 4.
The C&C gameplay has always been about base management, tactics, and COMMANDING massive armies, and CONQUERing your enemies. Each game has a large variety of units to choose from and each have unique uses and can greatly alter a battle. You can effectively create sneak attacks and hit and run tactics, or just overpower your opponent with powerful armor, or hit them from the sky with strategic strikes. Support powers alter the battle and can give you an edge when used at the right place and time. Finding extra locations to gain additional income and establish an effective stronghold, there is a ton of strategic possibilities and the battles can be huge and intense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCimGS7I1UQ
In C&C 3 they introduced a new faction known as the "Scrin." and alien force who lives off of tiberium and is brought to earth after Kane set up a trap to trick GDI to use the iconic "Ion Cannon" on Nod's main temple "Temple Prime" sitting on top of a massive concentration of Liquid Tiberium which causes a blast sending out a wave of energy that the Scrin (or as Kane calls them, "The Visitors.") detects and sends a scouting force to begin investigating.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJgr7vGUsc (first few scenes.)
After GDI manages to establish a defence and counter attack the scrin began constructing a network of Threshold towers which in the Scrin and nod campaign you learn they are portals to and from the Scrin worlds. IN the scrin campaign you order your forces through the last standing threshold tower, now indestructible upon completion. Then, you hear from the scrin Overlord say "Prepare a full invasion force, Earth will fall!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-TLy_-tz0g
Upon hearing this, many fans, myself included, were excited and looking forward to C&C 4.
We wanted to see The Scrin invasion, we wanted to see each side in separate campaigns finally accomplish their ultimate goal in a final, satisfying conclusion for each ending. Wanted to see even bigger battles with more units, more powers, more maps, and much more for this epic conclusion for the C&C Tiberium Saga.
What we got was a complete and utter insult that did not even remotely resemble Command and Conquer.
First, the gameplay.
They taken out EVERYTHING, no more base construction, resource collection (except for Tiberium crystals you collect for research but you only need it for a few minutes into a match.), and no massive armies. Instead we have a very small population cap (even smaller the more people there are in a match.) and you have to work with small teams, you have an All-in-one "base" called the Crawler which allows you to research powers, train new units, and can relocate. You get three classes, Offence, Defense, and Support. Defense builds some defensive structures and infantry, offence focuses on Armor, and Support focuses on the air force and support powers. There is ONE game mode called "Domination" where you take control different control nodes and the more you control the more points you get, once the score reaches the goal, you win. Killing enemy units and Crawlers grants more points as well. unfortunately, that is too risky, so the best strategies in C&C 4 involve AVOIDING COMBAT AT ALL COSTS!
Where is the COMMAND AND CONQUER aspect of the game!?
The Crawler system might not be soo bad if it was just one unit you can command as a mobile warfactory to build units at another location on the map, like in Tiberian sun (GDI called it the Mobile War factory, Nod called it "Fist of Nod.")
Another annoying thing is that units seem to have an "accuracy rating" so firefights last alot longer then they should. Two sides are shooting at each other while they are both sitting still, but only about half the shots hit, maybe more if you research the accuracy boost. Also, in the previous games, there were units that were "Strong vs infantry" "strong vs Vehicles" "strong vs Air" "Strong vs structures" and a combination of a couple of those. Here it is "strong vs Light, medium, or Heavy." which is actually annoying, especially when, say, a heavy vehicle is strong against medium vehicles, but absolutely WORTHLESS against a light vehicle! With a small population cap, generalizing your forces in single player is dangerous and makes your army (if you can call it that) very under powered.
So, gameplay is Abysmal, how about the story?
. . . . . .
it does not tie in with the rest of the series AT ALL!
In C&C 3 Kane stated that working with GDI is considered Treachery. C&C 4, first thing you see, Kane is voluntarily working with GDI! Whats worse, his motives changed, he is working to rid the world of tiberium as well! And yet, even though Nod is Working with GDI (except for one separatist that you put down fairly quick) in the campaigns the two sides are STILL fighting, and one of the major supporters of the alliance tries to stop you in the Nod campaign, with no explanation as too why.
First Nod mission you are assisting GDI with evacuation efforts of a city, yet when you get close to GDI units THEY SHOOT AT YOU!
Another problem with the story, they give your character a wife who they clearly want you to have an emotional connection with. Unfortunately she is BLOODY ANNOYING! She is a stereotypical whiny overly attached and emotional wife who is one of the very few characters if games or movies that I actually find completely annoying and a waste of time. I don't even buy your characters relationship with her.
1: you never talk, its just a first person view of what your character sees during cinematics and everyone talks to you, works great in the previous games.
2: She never touches you! When you wake up after a serious injury she doesn't run up and give you a greatful and warm hug, she just stands there with her hands clasped together saying "Oh I am SOO glad to see you awake!" No hug, No kiss, not even a handshake. What kind of marriage has two people who do not dare touch each other?
3: the Camera work gives a sort of "I don't care" sort of look. In the next to last cinematic she tells you not to help Kane, but after Kane talks for a minute and walks down a hall way, you look at her for a millisecond and then follow Kane like she was barely even a THOUGHT.
She didn't need to be in here!
Then the endings: They are almost identical where you open the portal, he walks through and then "ascends" then the tiberium slowly starts to disappear from the world.
The differences are in the GDI ending, when you had the intention of taking Kane out yourself, he talks to you and then Lt. Col. James from GDI says to stop him but instead you open the portal anyway. She shoots you reluctantly thinking that she has to in order to prevent Kane from going through the portal and letting something into earth wiping everyone out (which doesn't happen wither way.) The ending is a little stupid with Kane getting shot but survives like nothing happened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8No_Ea6tmYY
Nod ending your wife is there, walks away saying "I can't watch you do this" and Kane says he will find her while you go to the portal, Lt. Col. James shoots you to try and stop you but Kane walks up and picks her up by the throat and says "He was not yours to take!" and then with one hand holding the Col. up strangles her to death. (actually the coolest part of the game, really. Looks pretty intense even though the camera pans away as that happens. Also cool to see Kane finally do something himself and show what he is capable of himself. something almost never seen before in the C&C games.) Then the scene is offset by your wife balling her eyes out, STILL NOT TOUCHING YOU, and saying your going to be ok, then looks to Kane and says "You said he would be fine!" then Kane says "I thought he would be, but you are all so fragile." then he walks through the portal and Tiberium starts to disappear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBjd7_IblQY
C&C 4 Tiberium Twilight is the biggest insult in gaming, it doesn't match the story, gameplay, and I really hope they are willing to do a Complete remake to fix this mistake.
Romance: expectations vs reality, lol
Posted 12 years agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvAJt3VM0uk
This is a hilarious video, check it out!
This is a hilarious video, check it out!
Wow, house cat vs dog wrestling match!
Posted 13 years agoYes, a house cat vs a big dog, playing in a wrestling match, the results are awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWNS_NB_f8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWNS_NB_f8Q
Are you a dog? do you like socks?
Posted 13 years agoHere is a video for you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swmu.....tXdb-HfZnSMK6A
enjoy! (all you darn creepy people. . . )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swmu.....tXdb-HfZnSMK6A
enjoy! (all you darn creepy people. . . )
Any Minecraft servers I can join?
Posted 13 years agoSo I recently got minecraft, anybody have any servers I can join?
So, anybody play one of these online games?
Posted 13 years agoSo, been playing a few games, anybody play these?
Planetside 2
Guild Wars 2
Supreme commander 2
(lots of "2's")
If any of you play these games let me know and we can try getting together some time.
Might try these in the near future:
Hawken
Mechwarrior online
End of Nations (played beta a bit.)
Planetside 2
Guild Wars 2
Supreme commander 2
(lots of "2's")
If any of you play these games let me know and we can try getting together some time.
Might try these in the near future:
Hawken
Mechwarrior online
End of Nations (played beta a bit.)
The world didn't end, yet they don't quit. . .
Posted 13 years agohttp://weeklyworldnews.com/headline.....rld-postponed/
yea, this is outright ridiculous. when will they give up!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ_m6E5kLWQ
yea, this is outright ridiculous. when will they give up!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ_m6E5kLWQ
Favorite "end of the world"?
Posted 13 years agoAs you know, tomorrow is supposedly the end of the world, as anybody with a grain of sense would agree, its not going to happen.
(this guy is awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ_m6E5kLWQ )
you probably seen plenty of rants and such regarding this, so what I am going to talk about is this:
In gaming, movies, etc, what is your favorite "Apocalypse?"
Zombies?
Nuclear fallout?
alien invasion?
Weather-goes-crazy? (2012 movie, Day after tomorrow, etc.)
Sun flare?
Tiberium evolution? ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r93c6qN9XyY )
comment below with your thoughts. Have fun!
(this guy is awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ_m6E5kLWQ )
you probably seen plenty of rants and such regarding this, so what I am going to talk about is this:
In gaming, movies, etc, what is your favorite "Apocalypse?"
Zombies?
Nuclear fallout?
alien invasion?
Weather-goes-crazy? (2012 movie, Day after tomorrow, etc.)
Sun flare?
Tiberium evolution? ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r93c6qN9XyY )
comment below with your thoughts. Have fun!
Watched the classic movie "Rigoletto"
Posted 13 years agoI seen a movie years ago when I was little called "Rigoletto." And it is an amazing and beautiful movie.
The story is very similar to "Beauty and the Beast" except its not a "beast" but a man with a disfigured face named "Ribaldi" who no one knows anything about. Many people begin loosing their homes due to the bank pulling them out for an unpaid mortgage and they believe he is responsible, partially due to the fact that he moved in the same day the troubles started.
There is another character named "Bonnie" and she is a young girl who loves to sing and has performed at the towns talent show each year, unfortunately something keeps holding her back from winning, but she has a good spirit and is gracious about the outcome, though the girl who wins each year is boastful, disrespectful and arrogant (to say the least.)
Soon Bonnie begins to work at Ribaldi's mansion to help her mom keep her home, simply cleaning the house every afternoon, but one day she hears beautiful singing coming from the room she was told not to enter, and soon she learns of Ribaldi's singing talent and he soon teaches her to sing as well, and along the way he changes and affects the lives of many people in the town.
This movie is stunning, it talks about how beauty is not of the skin but in the heart and it shows that a person ugly inside can become beautiful, and that looks do not determine whether one is a monster or a man.
The acting is a mix of good and bad but, that could also show how even if something is not attractive on the surface it can still reveal a beautiful thing inside. A few people are a little "meh" as actors but some like Joseph Paur (Ribaldi) are excellent at their role. This movie is stunning and beautiful and is definitely worth watching with your family and friends, it has some laughs and some sad moments and can even inspire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUBR6kDQgaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyBMLGcFp74
The story is very similar to "Beauty and the Beast" except its not a "beast" but a man with a disfigured face named "Ribaldi" who no one knows anything about. Many people begin loosing their homes due to the bank pulling them out for an unpaid mortgage and they believe he is responsible, partially due to the fact that he moved in the same day the troubles started.
There is another character named "Bonnie" and she is a young girl who loves to sing and has performed at the towns talent show each year, unfortunately something keeps holding her back from winning, but she has a good spirit and is gracious about the outcome, though the girl who wins each year is boastful, disrespectful and arrogant (to say the least.)
Soon Bonnie begins to work at Ribaldi's mansion to help her mom keep her home, simply cleaning the house every afternoon, but one day she hears beautiful singing coming from the room she was told not to enter, and soon she learns of Ribaldi's singing talent and he soon teaches her to sing as well, and along the way he changes and affects the lives of many people in the town.
This movie is stunning, it talks about how beauty is not of the skin but in the heart and it shows that a person ugly inside can become beautiful, and that looks do not determine whether one is a monster or a man.
The acting is a mix of good and bad but, that could also show how even if something is not attractive on the surface it can still reveal a beautiful thing inside. A few people are a little "meh" as actors but some like Joseph Paur (Ribaldi) are excellent at their role. This movie is stunning and beautiful and is definitely worth watching with your family and friends, it has some laughs and some sad moments and can even inspire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUBR6kDQgaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyBMLGcFp74
Just played Guild Wars 2 Free trial, and it is awesome!
Posted 13 years agoSo Arena Net had a "refer a friend free trial weekend" starting on Thursday, people were able to invite up to three friends to play the game, a friend invited me so I can test if it works on my laptop (my 4 year old, hp laptop that can barely even play Team Fortress 2. lol.) and it worked alright after turning the settings WAY down, including one that made the image slightly fuzzy but still looks ok. I am concerned about how it would be able to handle World Vs World though.
The game is AWESOME. its an mmorpg that ACTUALLY emphasizes on the RPG part! You go through your own personal story which can change drastically based on your decisions, then exploration is also fantastic in this game as well. You can explore each region and locate Vistas and points of interest and other things which will give you some experience individually, but when you get 100% completion in an area you get some really valuable items. You might even find a few hidden caves with a treasure at the end when exploring.
Basically it has the Choices and Repercussions of the Mass Effect series, and the Exploration potential and rewards of Skyrim.
"Questing" has been completely redone. You don't go from npc to npc and get about 10+ tasks that are meaningless and feel pointless and spend many hours in one small part of the map and then eventually go on, no! you are actually making meaningful progress with everything you do. There are events that pop up all the time that you can participate in that will give you a lot of gold and experience and some loot as well. There are "quests" labeled on the map as hearts and you are usually given several different tasks to do to complete the quest, and everybody in the area contributes and gets rewarded. Sometimes the difficulty (and rewards) in both events and quests grow the more people show up. some events have "succeed and fail" conditions and both can lead to a chain of other events. alot of events also have and effect on the world as well, like one camp will either be in ruins and the waypoint unusable, or an enemy fortification is under allied control and you fight to maintain that. What YOU do feels significant.
There was one event where the "lionguard" as they are known were mounting a full assault on some "Fanatics" base, there were two entrances, you choose which one to back, me and several other players were hitting the west side, other players hit the east side, we converged on the center of the base about the same time, then it was a War zone and it was AWESOME. Then out of one building a massive Ice being burst into the plaza and it was a huge and intense battle to bring it down, even with all of these players. There must have been at least 20 players there and that boss was a real challange!
The combat is great, it is more "skill based" then "uber gear" based. You dodge roll from side to side and that alone opens up some strategy and makes combat feel more satisfying in my opinion instead of walking by some enemies and you slap them and they die just because of the weapon you are carrying. When you are at a high level and go to a low level zone it will scale your level DOWN so that the area is still interesting and can still be a challenge. In alot of mmos it seemed like there was absolutely NO point to go back because there was nothing to gain and no challenge to be had. "oh enemy *slap* well their dead."
The game is full of alot of great content, and it has only been out for a few months and I can see alot of new and great things coming up for Guild Wars 2 in the future.
Want a more detailed review? here is one by "AngryJoe"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax-_06Acj8Y
Let me know what you think and if you are getting it.
(currently have a character on the server "Black Gate." so when I buy the game that is where you will find me.)
The game is AWESOME. its an mmorpg that ACTUALLY emphasizes on the RPG part! You go through your own personal story which can change drastically based on your decisions, then exploration is also fantastic in this game as well. You can explore each region and locate Vistas and points of interest and other things which will give you some experience individually, but when you get 100% completion in an area you get some really valuable items. You might even find a few hidden caves with a treasure at the end when exploring.
Basically it has the Choices and Repercussions of the Mass Effect series, and the Exploration potential and rewards of Skyrim.
"Questing" has been completely redone. You don't go from npc to npc and get about 10+ tasks that are meaningless and feel pointless and spend many hours in one small part of the map and then eventually go on, no! you are actually making meaningful progress with everything you do. There are events that pop up all the time that you can participate in that will give you a lot of gold and experience and some loot as well. There are "quests" labeled on the map as hearts and you are usually given several different tasks to do to complete the quest, and everybody in the area contributes and gets rewarded. Sometimes the difficulty (and rewards) in both events and quests grow the more people show up. some events have "succeed and fail" conditions and both can lead to a chain of other events. alot of events also have and effect on the world as well, like one camp will either be in ruins and the waypoint unusable, or an enemy fortification is under allied control and you fight to maintain that. What YOU do feels significant.
There was one event where the "lionguard" as they are known were mounting a full assault on some "Fanatics" base, there were two entrances, you choose which one to back, me and several other players were hitting the west side, other players hit the east side, we converged on the center of the base about the same time, then it was a War zone and it was AWESOME. Then out of one building a massive Ice being burst into the plaza and it was a huge and intense battle to bring it down, even with all of these players. There must have been at least 20 players there and that boss was a real challange!
The combat is great, it is more "skill based" then "uber gear" based. You dodge roll from side to side and that alone opens up some strategy and makes combat feel more satisfying in my opinion instead of walking by some enemies and you slap them and they die just because of the weapon you are carrying. When you are at a high level and go to a low level zone it will scale your level DOWN so that the area is still interesting and can still be a challenge. In alot of mmos it seemed like there was absolutely NO point to go back because there was nothing to gain and no challenge to be had. "oh enemy *slap* well their dead."
The game is full of alot of great content, and it has only been out for a few months and I can see alot of new and great things coming up for Guild Wars 2 in the future.
Want a more detailed review? here is one by "AngryJoe"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax-_06Acj8Y
Let me know what you think and if you are getting it.
(currently have a character on the server "Black Gate." so when I buy the game that is where you will find me.)
Project Thanksgiving by 88.3 fm. Check it out!
Posted 13 years agoSo, Second Harvest Food bank and a few other organizations are working together on "Project thanksgiving" which has the goal to feed 5000 families a full thanksgiving dinner.
With just $25 it will provide a full meal for one family. Check it out and see the details here:
http://wcqr.org/2012/10/project-thanksgiving/
With just $25 it will provide a full meal for one family. Check it out and see the details here:
http://wcqr.org/2012/10/project-thanksgiving/
Play NBA video games? new playable character: JUSTIN BIEBER!
Posted 13 years agohttp://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/po.....13-with-video/
my thoughts on this:
1:WTF?!
2: what?
3: Why?
in the picture of the character it sure looks like they taken justin Bieber's face and put it on a basketball players body.
Um. . .didn't they see THIS:
http://abasketballjones.com/wp-cont.....BA-Picture.jpg
who knows, maybe they are trying to get teenage girls into the NBA video games. I don't really see any relevance in Justin being in Basketball, at all! what were they thinking when they thought of this?
"Hmm, we need something new for our games, nothing has been new, what shall we add in? I KNOW, how about Justin Bieber!"
WOW 2k.
my thoughts on this:
1:WTF?!
2: what?
3: Why?
in the picture of the character it sure looks like they taken justin Bieber's face and put it on a basketball players body.
Um. . .didn't they see THIS:
http://abasketballjones.com/wp-cont.....BA-Picture.jpg
who knows, maybe they are trying to get teenage girls into the NBA video games. I don't really see any relevance in Justin being in Basketball, at all! what were they thinking when they thought of this?
"Hmm, we need something new for our games, nothing has been new, what shall we add in? I KNOW, how about Justin Bieber!"
WOW 2k.
a free art raffle, check it out
Posted 13 years agohttp://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3865439/
give it a try!
give it a try!
a free art raffle, check it out
Posted 13 years agohttp://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3865439/
give it a try!
give it a try!
Thoughts on making a fursuit video review show
Posted 13 years agoI was thinking of making a "show" to make video reviews in fursuit on games, movies, and other things.
I would make a new channel and give it a fitting name. had a few "variants" in mind.
like:
Furviews
or
Furreviews
What are your thoughts on this?
And besides that what games or movies would you like me to review? I think it would be fun to work on something like this.
I would make a new channel and give it a fitting name. had a few "variants" in mind.
like:
Furviews
or
Furreviews
What are your thoughts on this?
And besides that what games or movies would you like me to review? I think it would be fun to work on something like this.
Favorite Sci-fi Characters?
Posted 13 years agoWas just thinking about different Sci-fi characters and I think one of the most AWESOME characters on TV has to be Ronon Dex from Stargate Atlantis (very closely followed by Teal'c from Stargate SG1.)
Ronon is known as a "wraith hunter" and the wraith is a predatory race who feed off of other living creatures, they tend to do this through some thing on their hands, essentially pulling the life right out of them. They are physically VERY strong, in one scene a wraith just flicks his wrist and sends a guy flying into a wall and he was staggering to stand up.
Ronon: he hunts them and tends to wipe out many solo, and he enjoys it.
he hates the wraith because they destroyed his people. as it has been said "Nothing is more dangerous then a man with nothing to loose."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkt44bzYWa8
Ronon being introduced to "Earth weapons."
Ronon and Teal'c Fighting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmc9eBBKfI
Ronon vs "a whole lotta wraith"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-717qXqL3Q
What is Your favorite Sci-fi Character or Characters? Movie, game, tv, whatever.
Ronon is known as a "wraith hunter" and the wraith is a predatory race who feed off of other living creatures, they tend to do this through some thing on their hands, essentially pulling the life right out of them. They are physically VERY strong, in one scene a wraith just flicks his wrist and sends a guy flying into a wall and he was staggering to stand up.
Ronon: he hunts them and tends to wipe out many solo, and he enjoys it.
he hates the wraith because they destroyed his people. as it has been said "Nothing is more dangerous then a man with nothing to loose."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkt44bzYWa8
Ronon being introduced to "Earth weapons."
Ronon and Teal'c Fighting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmc9eBBKfI
Ronon vs "a whole lotta wraith"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-717qXqL3Q
What is Your favorite Sci-fi Character or Characters? Movie, game, tv, whatever.
Battlestar Galactica Online: must play/Free to play
Posted 13 years agoBSGO is a free to play MMORPG similar to EvE online.
You can play as either the colonials or the Cylons.
if your not familiar with the show the Colonials are the humans and the cylons are the machines.
Both sides have cool ships and there are currently 13 different ships to choose from. (varients are being worked on, making 3 more versions of each.)
Strikes are basically fighter craft,
Escorts are medium sized ships
Lines are Cruisers.
And the latest addition is a Carrier.
Each ship has its own use and there are different ways to play with each one.
Some are faster and have higher avoidance to dodge cannon fire. some are slower but have higher resistance. others are great at providing buffs and support.
Level in the game is not as important as it is in most MMO's. if you know what you are doing you can take out someone 10 times your level. (no known level cap i the game.) Equipment do have levels to upgrade though. up to level 15. level 11-15 require a special item called "tuning kits." You can upgrade your skills and higher the skill level in different areas the higher level you can upgrade your equipment. It takes alot of time to build up to that point though. first level 15, then 30, and it keeps doubling from there up to level 10.
There is a premium currency in the game, but you don't have to pay for it. there are many ways to simply EARN it. Kill NPC's, sell water you find in asteroids, kill players, turn in daily assignments and a few others.
The game is VERY worth playing, I currently play on the "Scorpia" server for the Cylons (because the colonials seem to out number the cylons, but not out skill. lol.) and my username is Diabalos.
here is my referal link: http://us1.battlestar-galactica.big.....b&aid=3546
let me know what you think!
You can play as either the colonials or the Cylons.
if your not familiar with the show the Colonials are the humans and the cylons are the machines.
Both sides have cool ships and there are currently 13 different ships to choose from. (varients are being worked on, making 3 more versions of each.)
Strikes are basically fighter craft,
Escorts are medium sized ships
Lines are Cruisers.
And the latest addition is a Carrier.
Each ship has its own use and there are different ways to play with each one.
Some are faster and have higher avoidance to dodge cannon fire. some are slower but have higher resistance. others are great at providing buffs and support.
Level in the game is not as important as it is in most MMO's. if you know what you are doing you can take out someone 10 times your level. (no known level cap i the game.) Equipment do have levels to upgrade though. up to level 15. level 11-15 require a special item called "tuning kits." You can upgrade your skills and higher the skill level in different areas the higher level you can upgrade your equipment. It takes alot of time to build up to that point though. first level 15, then 30, and it keeps doubling from there up to level 10.
There is a premium currency in the game, but you don't have to pay for it. there are many ways to simply EARN it. Kill NPC's, sell water you find in asteroids, kill players, turn in daily assignments and a few others.
The game is VERY worth playing, I currently play on the "Scorpia" server for the Cylons (because the colonials seem to out number the cylons, but not out skill. lol.) and my username is Diabalos.
here is my referal link: http://us1.battlestar-galactica.big.....b&aid=3546
let me know what you think!
happy 4th of July (Veteran tribute video)
Posted 13 years agoA good day to remember the sacrifice our US armed forces made to ensure that we remain free.
Freedom is not free. Many soldiers had died fighting for our country and we should all give thanks for what they had done.
I had posted a link to this before but I figure I may as well do so again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqIzxhB7OHM
happy Independence day everyone.
Freedom is not free. Many soldiers had died fighting for our country and we should all give thanks for what they had done.
I had posted a link to this before but I figure I may as well do so again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqIzxhB7OHM
happy Independence day everyone.
Goldenwolf needs help, take a look:
Posted 13 years agoAs a continuation of last journal, http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3592710/
Goldenwolf has some new information, check it out here:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3595141/
He needs alot of help, spread the word and help him out.
Goldenwolf has some new information, check it out here:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3595141/
He needs alot of help, spread the word and help him out.
Help Goldenwolf out if you can, please read:
Posted 13 years agoA good friend of mine 
goldenwolf2879 is having a hard time, he has little financial support and has been trying desperately to find one. He also has a Really bad hernia that he needs to have fixed and he doesn't have any means of paying for it. If you can, please help him in any way you can, advice, donations (have to speak to him about that.) anything that can help him out. He is a great fursuiter and person and needs your support right now. I may even open up commissions for helping him out, I may not be a "great" artist but I can try my best for this case.
More info in his journal:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3591545/
goldenwolf2879 is having a hard time, he has little financial support and has been trying desperately to find one. He also has a Really bad hernia that he needs to have fixed and he doesn't have any means of paying for it. If you can, please help him in any way you can, advice, donations (have to speak to him about that.) anything that can help him out. He is a great fursuiter and person and needs your support right now. I may even open up commissions for helping him out, I may not be a "great" artist but I can try my best for this case.More info in his journal:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3591545/
Crazy/random dream (sort of. lol.)
Posted 13 years agoI had a dream that in school I was in a dance competition, and it appeared to be a Fursuit dance competition, and I was in the lead apparently, and at roughly the same time I had to fight some powerful being who was attempting to pull the world into a void and destroy everything.
Some familiar fursuiters were there as well, and the dance competition started in a sort of small class room and soon after everyone danced we moved outdoors and started another round at the edge of some treeline. still close to buildings.
At the same time I would duck out of the group and then fight whatever that being was that was trying to destroy the world.
yea, weird dreams. lol.
Some familiar fursuiters were there as well, and the dance competition started in a sort of small class room and soon after everyone danced we moved outdoors and started another round at the edge of some treeline. still close to buildings.
At the same time I would duck out of the group and then fight whatever that being was that was trying to destroy the world.
yea, weird dreams. lol.
Weird power failure, any suggestions?
Posted 13 years agoI was on my computer playing Battlestar Galactica online, first my laptop was plugged into a surge protector and it was getting power and everything was ok, then my computer was getting hot so I moved it over to the air conditioning to get it cool, few minutes later I switch back to the surge protector and I don't get any power. First I think it was the Surge protector, then I test the outlet, nothing, I switch to another outlet and the surge protector works fine, after a few tests I discover that the one outlet, and the small bedroom and the bathroom don't have any power anymore. everything else in the house works fine. I am not sure what exactly is wrong so any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated.
