Gaming
The Skullcrusher Reindeer Stampede
Dec 29th
So I got bored the other day from running heroics, and was just kind of hanging around in Ironforge doing nothing when I noticed something kind of funny.
People starting to gather on reindeer mounts! Ok, I can definitely lol at this for a minute or so. But then more people kept coming.
And more…
So at this point it’s getting pretty interesting. I walk over to the Christmas tree, open one of my presents, and bam, [Preserved Holly], a reindeer mount of my own, so I joined them.
Then someone starts the idea, hey, it would be really funny to raid an enemy city on reindeer mounts. We start small, OFF TO TARREN MILL!
We make very short work of that, when it’s finally said. UNDERCITY! Let’s do it!
If the screen caps aren’t enough, we got it on video too. Enjoy!
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Dec 23rd
I spent most of the night playing games that are old, I haven’t played in a while, or never bothered to play even though I had them for years. Most importantly, Half-Life 2 deathmatch. Some of the most fun I’ve had in multiplayer gaming ever. The screen shot above was of me using the gravity gun to pick up a very large metal cart shortly before I chucked it at my friends head at about 200 mph. But it doesn’t really say it until you kill them by throwing a toilet at them.
We did manage to squeeze in some Dark Messiah multiplayer, and while it has it’s moments, it ends up just being horribly unbalanced between the classes, and the maps are too big, and movement too clunky. But it was fun to see Ian’s reaction when I popped out from around the corner with a charged up lightning bolt that 1-shotted him.
The majority of our time was spent on the good old Counter-Strike: Source
It’s still a fantastic game, and loads of fun to play, even the same map for hours on end. Especially when you sneak up behind your friend while he’s not paying attention and perform the duty of removing his head from his body for him.
Apparently my reaction time is just too fast for him to respond to. Even when I stopped using automatic weapons and stuck to the pistol all the time, I was still wreaking serious havoc.
In all fairness, I did mostly get my ass handed to me in HL2, but it was my first time anyway, so it’s all good.
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Dec 13th
The latest reason is simply that I’ve been enjoying playing my druid. I finally figured out how to properly spec and play a feral druid, and due to being dual spec, it’s basically opened up my ability to Tank, DPS, and Heal, all on the same character, with just a couple mouse clicks to switch between roles. Here I am as a cat, enjoying a sunset zeppelin ride dropping bombs on pirates. Yes it’s as fun as it sounds.
I made the adjustment to being a bear tank just fine, actually. And these are my stats wearing crappy-ass level 57-60 gear at level 71. People said I was the best bear tank they ever saw. Bricks were shat once I informed them I had never done it before, and this was in fact my first time. Never lost aggro, once. Barely took any damage. I could get used to this.
Note: I did have a couple of level-appropriate pieces, but they were crappy green items.
I’ve been doing my “random dungeon” runs religiously, and I just finished a group where I was informed that I was one of the best healers he ever had. Yep, level 60 gear, at level 72. And I spent the first half of the instance completely forgetting to go into my tree (healing) form. Oops. Still rocked em. Full mana the whole run, nobody died once. Even the overzealous pally who was trying to get himself killed, but couldn’t, even when he purposely aggroed the whole room… kept his dumb ass alive. Kudos for me!
I even found time to crack jokes in between!
And to answer the questions of friends who do not play but are on the fence regarding certain information:
Yes, there is a Mr. T Mohawk grenade
It is real, and easily obtained, for free. Here’s my human warlock Mohawked
I night elf warlock… if only those dreams could come true… /sigh
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Dec 7th
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Nov 7th
Am I the only one getting annoyed by all these Mac ads lately?
I’m not annoyed because I am a Windows user. I’m not annoyed because I am an “anything” user. I’m annoyed because they are very misrepresenting.
Allow me to explain before you get all pissy with me…
The first point I want to make is about Apple’s claim that Macs are more secure. This is a FALSE STATEMENT!
The simple truth is, viruses are written for a target operating system because it is popular. Yes, most of these are targeted at Windows. But if the entire world were to switch en masse to Apple computers, who do you think hackers would target? Ding! It’s like putting a bullseye on yourself. Hack me, I dare you.
Simply switching to a Mac does not protect you. It is your responsibility, as the user, to not be a fucking retard.
Use antivirus software. Update it. Scan downloads. Don’t execute questionable content. DON’T USE INTERNET EXPLORER!
Seriously people, it’s almost 2010 and you haven’t learned yet?
Viruses spread by people being ignorant.
Most of them require some kind of user interaction to propagate.
Don’t be a noob.
A second point to make is that Macs are very expensive, in most cases, prohibitively so.
Macs with respectable specifications can cost 5+ times the cost of a PC with comparable specs, and the PC usually ends up being even cheaper than that if you custom build it from your own parts.
Good luck even trying to do that with a Mac.
Want to upgrade your hardware?
If you’ve got a Mac, it ain’t happening, at least not for a reasonable price. Hardly any of the hardware you can go out to your local computer shop or electronics store will work on it. And if it does work, you better believe you will have one hell of a headache making it work.
Macs claim to be more user-friendly, while also substantiating the claim that Windows 7 PC’s are complex and expensive. This couldn’t be further from the truth.
A Windows user will have a pretty hard time making the switch to a Mac. I know because I have tried. I used to say that the only thing Apple had going for them was a much prettier interface, but with the release of Windows Vista and 7, that gap is being quickly narrowed.
Windows now makes much better use of resources, and supports more hardware than ever thought before.
Like Gaming? Not likely to happen with your Mac, seeing as how most computer games are made for Windows. Even if you do have the rare game that will work on a Mac, you’re still in for a rough time. Take a look at the system requirements for each OS.
The Mac requirements for hardware are almost always DOUBLE the requirements over Windows. This is the drawback to the pretty OS that Apple provided you. Your OS uses ALL your resources. Which is fine if all you intend on doing is looking at your desktop, but some of us actually use our computers for work, or the internet, or gaming even. When we do, we like to have that hardware available to us.
Do you really want to spend 5 times as much to get less?
Be realistic. All that nonconformist talk goes out the window as soon as you can’t run the software or hardware you really need.
Anything that is on a Mac can work on Windows. The Windows stuff will NOT work on a Mac. Make the right choice.
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