Posted by Xander on 9 August, 2010 – 11:44 pm
So I kinda like First Person Shooters as a game type but one thing has occurred to me after having played so many. I mean I tried Crysis, I’m a long time Battlefield fan (not that Bad Company stuff but the REAL Battlefield series), I’ve played more hours on Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 than I’d like to admit and I’ve tried many others. Anyway this revelation is the various breed of FPS players you find online these days.
First off you’ve got the serious military kinda guy. He’s up on the weapons the tactics used and he can be relied upon to check the corners of the room when he enters. However he can also be relied upon to be the sucker of any game tactics which players develop to win more than play the game for entertainment. Read More »
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Posted by Xander on 7 August, 2010 – 11:17 am
Okay so we’re on like WordPress version 3 now with new funkier effects… So it’s time for another theme change.
Don’t pay attention too much to the details… or most of the design… it’ll change slowly… or I’ll reset it back to the old one after trying and failing to get this one looking right…
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Posted by Xander on 7 August, 2010 – 10:57 am
Now I play a lot of FPS games and the most annoying and irritating thing is actually the people who don’t hack but play like idiots but that’s a different track to my thinking to the current one.
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Posted by Xander on 3 August, 2010 – 3:19 pm
Christmas has started today. Yes that’s right, it’s the start of August and already shops are winding up to the retail event of the year.
Is that a groan I hear? A complaint about the sanctity of the ceremony, the whole atmosphere being destroyed by commercialism? Well I’m telling you, you are the one at fault.
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Posted by Xander on 3 August, 2010 – 11:51 am
Right the whole problem with D&D concepts of levels is that apparently you’re only option is to start out as some peon who knows nothing and can do little and then pit yourself against everything until next week when you gain unlimited power. This we know is flawed.
Firstly why?
Secondly why can’t I start with some skill, some reason to think I would be of use or indeed survive as an adventurer?
Thirdly why don’t more people adventure? It seems like the fast track route to fame and glory and UNLIMITED POWER…. And yet adventurer’s are always the exception without being exceptional to begin with…
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Posted by Xander on 8 July, 2010 – 4:02 pm
An oft complained about song by my friend from school comes to mind today.
I doubt he would argue with this case though.
My bosses came to me with a new contract this week, more money and more hours. So kinda wheel and woe right? Well they added the caveat that they wanted my memory to improve… no mean feat in my terms. In fact they went on and on about it almost as though they knew their purchase on this as a complaint was shaky at best.
Then the irony. Today I handed my cup to one of them asking for a cup of tea as he went to get himself a drink (he did offer, just in case you’re wondering). He returned some 5 minutes later with nothing chastising himself for forgetting and taking my snide remarks in his stride. He left and returned again 10 minutes later with, in his hands, his bottle of squash and my cup… of coffee…
Lesson 1 never be a smartass as there’s always going to be a bigger fish and you might just end up falling over it and looking like a real idiot.
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Posted by Xander on 7 July, 2010 – 9:34 am
No matter what anyone tells you… aside from me of course as I know more than all of them and their respective mothers put together of course… your registry is the lifeblood of your computer.
If your computer slows down, penny to a pinch of snuff that your registry is at least partially to blame. Computer keeps crashing? Could be a fragmented registry.
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Posted by Xander on 5 July, 2010 – 9:04 am
I started out writing about roleplay games for those who already played but the more I think about it the more I’m of the thinking that I should include those new to the game as without them the hobby dies off and writing for the community of roleplayers possibly means a lot of deaf ears as I’d estimate that many have already thought what I’m thinking and have written what I have.
Anyhow to aid those unfamiliar with the concept I offer… the wikipedia.
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Posted by Xander on 5 July, 2010 – 8:00 am
A fabulous subject for raising with the competitive. Debate, long used to determine who has the better argument, who’s in the stronger position… however isn’t it all just meaningless hocus pocus which could just as easily be replaced by the pudgel stick system from the TV series Gladiators.
In a debate there are manoeuvres and tactics designed to lead your opponent down a certain path so you can verbally and mentally ambush them later with your killer come back. There’s winners and losers and people deciding this fate sitting as impartial judges on the process. But isn’t this a logical process? Aren’t the great debaters seen as having sharp minds and an excellent grasp of logic?
A bunch of hooey… and I’m only being polite because this is public.
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Posted by Xander on 28 June, 2010 – 5:11 pm
Fantasy RPG settings are usually a well crafted affair with distant cities and intricate politics. The scenery rolls out before you presenting you with idyllic grassland, deep woods and jagged mountains. You can see the smoke rising from the hearths, you can smell the horses and general low tech lifestyle… then you introduce the players and the DM…
Roleplay is one thing and Rollplay is another. To Rollplay all you need is a vague excuse to kill the next thing coming and some dice and structure to decide if it works or not, roleplay is almost a breed apart.
To put it plainly, the problem I’m pussy footing around, if you’re in a fantasy setting then play as a fantasy character and not Neo with a new wardrobe! Read More »
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