What’s in a game?
I have taken up the hobby and job of starting to create my own video game.
This is an undertaking I’ve wanted to start for many years, I’ve always enjoyed video games, way back from before the Nintendo console first appeared on the scene. I have played video games in one form or another since the early 80’s. My fondest memories are of playing Atari baseball with my dad and irritating him by constantly making double plays on him.
I don’t expect to get to the point of competing with WOW or Final Fantasy in terms of a polished game anytime soon; I don’t have that kind of money, or enough talented people. I hope to have a game reminiscent of an 80’s arcade game out in a few months. What I need are some ideas. I have tons of ambitious ideas for later on, but the early stuff eludes me at the moment. (Have to learn to walk, before climbing a mountain.)
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Attack of the Real World.
Sorry i’ve been quiet lately guys, been really busy. Between work days alternating between 8 and 12 hours, and weekends going to visit people i’ve barely spent any time exploring the game lately.
I did finally get my leatherworker to where he could make the first half of the swiftarrow set,
My hunter that hit 80 already is still in kara gear, upgrading 3 peices to swiftarrow bumped his ranged AP by about 300 with no enchants. I expect the other 4 peices will provide good upgrades as well, add on some enchants and he should be good to go to start naxx 10 ing.
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Tags: Gear upgrades, Hunter, news, real world
Weee are the champions….
amI really must start taking screenshots when things happen. But, last night I finally became a champion of darnassus. In another 3-4 days I should also become exalted champion, and possibly at the same time, champ for the space goats.. (always wanted an elekk)
For those that are having difficulty with the jousting. With some exceptions, here’s a strategy that works well. Keep your shield stacked to 3, get in melee range, swing till your opponent tries to get out of range, toss a shield break and run back into melee range. if you are lucky you can get in a few hits with him only having 2 stacks of defend up. then it becomes a number cruncher.
if he is hitting you for 350 a hit, and you are hitting him for 350 a hit will be long, drawn out fight. If you are getting in a 1600 hit while denying him that opportunity you will gain ground. If you time it right, you can get in 2-3x 1600 hits while he’s only hitting you for 350.
Now, remember me saying something about exceptions? this does not work against the elekk rider npc’s. their melee swing has a shield break component. I have yet to beat them, as my isp stinks and lag happens at the wrong times.
My goal is to become exalted champion with all 5 racials so that I can acquire the standard mounts, as well as the tournament mounts. I’m currently sitting at 14 mounts, far cry from the 50 for the white drake. But thanks to the tourney, I will eventually gain 34 more mounts, which still leaves me 2 shy of the magical 50. So, I will have to head back to outland, finish up my last 2k cenarion rep for the hippogriff, finish up my netherwing, and skyguard (should put me at around66 mounts by that point) having succeeded in hitting 50 i’ll then push on for the 100 mount stable. what’s another 34??
hm, pvp mounts for each faction, plus a special one from stormpike, there’s another 6. (perhaps go after the talbuks next) that’s another 6, more for the pvp talbuks, then must start trying for the special drop mounts, ZG has 2, strat has one, sunwell has one, the eye has one, headless horseman has one, and beerfest has 2. One of these days will buy the vendormobile and the bikes. Oh can’t forget the AQ inside the instance only mounts. – i’m thinking that 100 is acheiveable.
I still want my stupid oracle egg to give me the green proto-drake…. obsessive much?
**** Edit 5/5/09 ****
In the last 4 days, I’ve gone from champion, to exalted champion for the “of Darnassus” title, and acheived exalted with Stormwind, and the Exodar. I’m about halfway through revered with gnomes and dwarves, and haven’t even been working on them. I’m either 4 or 6 tokens (forgot which) from exodar champion/exalted champion and starting on gnomes. I did go ahead and buy the 6 human horses, and the 6 elekks. Had a blast running with a shaman that put water walking on me.. was standing out in the middle of the water on a purple elekk.
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Tags: "Of Darnassus", Argent Tournament, Champion, Darnassus, Elekk, Exalted Champion, Exodar, Jousting, Mounts, Stormwind
I’m a wigwam, I’m a teepee
A man walks into a doctor’s office, the doctor asks what’s wrong and the man keeps chanting
“I’m a wigwam, i’m a teepee, i’m a wigwam, i’m a teepee….”
The doctor exclaims relax man you are two tense. (tents rather)
OK, corny I know, but with dual spec out, that’s what it’s like.
I went with the conventional wisdom of my guild, and set my alternate spec to resto, so i’m now (with the click of a button) a laser chicken, or a walking tree.
I have never meddled in the affairs of healers as they are subtle and quick to rejuvinate, but I figgured there is no time like the present to try it out. Ok, the best place to try out a new spec is not 10 man uldar.. but I digress. I found the healing to be quite intense.
I finally put this spec into place saturday night after the flame leviathan fight, we made it over to the colossii (colossuses?, two colossus) guarding the forge area.. After a couple wipes, I started glancing through the wowwiki info for the fights and found the wonderful little nugget of information about mob/tank/healer positioning to survive these little jewels.
We found that we had to split the group up into. well.. two x 5 man teams of 1 tank 1-2 healers 2-3 dps. I hit my magic button. (buttons buttons, who’s got the buttons) and became a tree to help out on the off-tank. (some pretty spiky damage going on there) With the raid properly positioned these two giant flaming pains in the butt finally went down. It wasn’t pretty, but it worked. We will do better next time.
I found in the boss fight yet to come, that i still need to learn a lot, having never before been a healer. I can’t save everyone, and if I try to, i lose everyone. Must find me a resto druid for dummies scroll somewhere.
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dual spec! but to what?
I went ahead and bought the dual spec option for my druid (don’t think I will on my hunters..) but I can’t decide which of the 3 other main roles I should spec into. The easiest would probably be resto as i’m already geared for high spellpower and wouldn’t have to change a lot. BUT, feral treated me well my first 70 levels. (I didn’t respec boomkin till I got bored with being improperly specced feral for what the raid needed.) I was feral tank specced in my old guild, but, we ran with an aoe tankadin that fit the mould of a rockstar tank perfectly.
Kitty dps isn’t that awesome when you are specced/geared for tanking.
So, I guess I will be switching between leaves and feathers.
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Two down, 48 to go
I have brought my second character to the lofty heights of lvl 80. And while the post title does say 48 to go, I don’t know if I will ever get anywhere near that far.
My second 80 is my dwarf hunter, who was my main character throughout TBC, was a guild leader, and went nutz with TBC dailys to get both the netherdrake and nether ray mounts. (must go back and buy the rest of the colors available.) This character did arenas (poorly but still earned enough for a few peices), and raided kara frequently till Katt’s transformation to moonkin and all else was forgotten. This is also my engineer/miner so I have a good source of ammo for this and my lower hunter, as well as quest items for borean tundra for all the rest as needed.
I’ve turned my attention now to my lower hunter who is a night elf, and is a skinner/leatherworker. Once I get his skill high enough, will make the blue lvl 78 set for my recent 80. I hope to get the dwarf into some 10man naxx action before too long.
After both hunters, comes my dwarf deathknoob, and gnome frostmage, both of which are into northrend already but aren’t overly active yet. The DK is my scripter, and the mage my enchanter/tailor.
If I really get ambitious, after that is my lock and pally still down in their 40’s, a priest in her 20’s, and a teenage shaman. my bank rogue will never level i’m afraid..
Then I might turn to my other servers.. But, I already have enough to keep me busy for the next couple years.
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A fishing WII will go.
I’ve heard of some crazy things in my time, but this might just top most of them.
A person has managed to integrate a WIImote into his computer’s controls for fishing in wow.
I was cruising around El’s Extreme Anglin and was browsing their equipment section. Fishing is one of the areas in wow that i’m very deficient in levelling. I just haven’t bothered doing it. One of the tabs caught my eye. Automation – To me the fishing interface is a bit clunky, having to position your pointer over the bobber to right click at the correct moment. and being largely unable to chat with your buddies during that time. (except over vent and then you have to have it voice activated..)
The page talks about some macros, then at the bottom… a seperate heading for WII remote. Being something of a technology geek, I had to follow the link to this post. I bet something similar could be cooked up with a PS3 control, which also has motion sensing tech built in, and operates over bluetooth.
One of my thoughts on this, was what a great way to let younger children play for a bit on the game that we slightly older children spend so much time on. They may not be able to read the chat, or follow vent orders in a raid. but they can hold a remote and fish to their hearts content, (and the limit of your bagspace whichever comes first)
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Random Screenshots
I found these in a dusty old yahoo group that I moderated and nobody ever came to. 
I hope they get to see the light of day here.
Wish I could say I was part of this team.. I still think that would have been an awesome setup.
My hunter alt still has his transformation rod.. couldn’t bear to turn in the quest.
Again, wish this were me… but who could resist a Ninja Turtle.
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Wow-Ku my first meme
To anyone not familiar with a meme, it is a phenomenon where someone has an idea, and asks others to contribute and feed/expand the idea.
Well, I’ve been asked to join in on the latest meme from Fimlys by the one and only Big Bear Butt Blogger.
Well here goes..
Feathered with antlers,
Moonfire, Wrath, Eclipse, Starfire,
Must out-crit the gnome.
now.. who shall I tag to continue this?
(will edit later with links)
sadly i don’t have time to read enough blogs to tag anyone elses site yet, Aspect of the hare, BBB and BRK are the only ones I normally read right now. Guess it’s time to find me a BRK fill in
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The End of an Era
It is sad to report that one of the most outspoken, knowledgeable, and well known of WOW hunters will be leaving our ranks possibly permanently. We all face the challenge and decision he has faced and will all make our own decisions. Me, I think he is doing what is right for him and his family. If we allow it to, WOW can consume us and bring us down as any addiction to drugs or alcohol can. BRK chose wisely, Family first.
Here is his farewell..
Anything in excess can be very bad for you, limit yourselves in how much you play. Instead of spending all your time on the computer go outside and see daylight once in a while. Do some creative writing, inventing, learn to play an instrument. You will find that you do enjoy your wow time just as much as ever, but you have other things that will also make you happy.
To BRK and family, I wish you the best for your future. Mrs. BRK the digital mistress (WOW) is gone, you remain, it’s a major statement of his feelings toward you in how he chose to respond to the situation. BRK you hang in there, you gave hunters a great foundation to build on, we can take it from here. We will miss you.
To anyone else struggling with the same issue of family vs. wow games. WAKE UP.. Your family needs you, junior’s t-ball game might not be as exciting as downing the lich king with 24 buddies.. but, at the end of the day, it’s a lot more rewarding. I count myself fortunate, I grew up in a two parent household full of love. My mother could not work after severe medical problems in the mid-80’s so my father worked to bring in the sole income for our household as a machinist for about 40 of his now 70 years.. At the end of the day (some of them 10-12 hours long of standing at a machine making sure the cutting tool bit into the metal in precisely the right manner) he would come into the house grimy, greasy, dirty, and exhausted. After a quick shower and some good food, he would still, tired as he was, try to play some basketball with me, or attend a play, a ball game, or whatever I happened to be doing in school. That was part of his job, as much as turning metal at 10000 rpms. That is what it means to be a real father, you put your family first. Your responsibilities do not end when the paycheck clears the bank. Bowling night (or now in our generation Wow night) is a luxury when you stop and look at the big picture. You may not get epic loot from being a good father or husband, but then again, the rewards can be legendary.
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