Back from Forthing

[melchar]

Got over the sore throat in time to take the plane to So.Calif and not be sick. The flight down to So.Calif was full and on time. Spent time with gil_liant's mom [so his sisters didn't have to worry about her ... since she just got a pacemaker ... while they went out camping with the little kids]. She's doing really excellently well and the time spent there was OK [albeit with a nigh total lack of internet].

The flight back was over-full [due to problems from the prior flight], but it also made excellent time and all was well, allowing gil_liant to pick me up & get me back home. Yay, home-ness is wonderful and I'm delighted to be here.

Comments

[nobarking.livejournal.com]

Yay home! Yay visiting while not sick!

[nationelectric.livejournal.com]

*cough* *cough*


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Which is to say,

[nationelectric.livejournal.com]

... *cough*

Re: Which is to say,

[melchar.livejournal.com]

You should try hot tea and honey for that cough. ^_^

NEVER!!!

[nationelectric.livejournal.com]

That's just what they'd expect.

Anyhoo...

[nationelectric.livejournal.com]

I should probably introduce myself. Hi! I'm Sony.

Re: Anyhoo...

[melchar.livejournal.com]

Dude! Has been a while. Where ina world are you lairing now? And do you know that boojum is hosting the current incarnation of the 'Gnomes'? check = http://www.boojumbunny.com/forums/

And message boojum there to get an account, so you can have access to see the games getting online ref'd there. Yes, I'm still reffing 12 games. ^_^

Re: Anyhoo...

[nationelectric.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's been quite a while! I was just thinking about you folks, and whaddyaknow, the googles!

I've been living in Austin, TX for about 11 years now, which (not coincidentally) turns out to be a dang fine town. *Most* of my socializing on teh int4rwebs these days is on lj.

The Warren, eh? I may just drop by!

Re: Anyhoo...

[melchar.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, one of our gaming buddies from 'City of Heroes' lives in Austin. [It'd be really funny if you knew him = David Norman.]

By any chance do you play 'CoH'? [that would be nifty.] And I hope you're still getting a chance to play rpgs ... or even console games.

Re: Anyhoo...

[nationelectric.livejournal.com]

You know, I think someone else mentioned David Norman to me, but I don't think I know him (although it can be difficult to be sure of these things...)

I tend to go through cycles with video games in general; maybe 2-3 times a year I'll get really into a game for a while and then move on. A couple of years back I got *really* into CoV for a while, but ultimately moved on (much to the terrible chagrin of Dr. Hans Plasticine and Ezra Tarxien...)

I still game, though not *quite* as much as I used to. For the past year or so I've been running a bi-weekly Mage: the Ascension game. Before that, we were playing Over the Edge.

Re: Anyhoo...

[melchar.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm, I like CoV, too. My highest level villain is L27, tho [hey, only been playing since Feb 17]; but if you ever play on the Justice server [grins] I'll team with you ^_^

Re: Anyhoo...

[nationelectric.livejournal.com]

It's not likely I'll get back on CoH/CoV anytime soon -- it's just waaaay too cracktacular for me. It becomes All I Do. Still, never say never...

Have you heard about the Champions MMO that is supposedly in development?

Re: Anyhoo...

[melchar.livejournal.com]

Heh heh - you're talking gaming here. Obsession is expected.

As for the 'Champions' beta, Vargr is on it and keeps some of us updated about it. Much of it sounds good, but a LOT of it sounds very bad. Sort of like WoW meets CoH - with everyone on a team needing to get the 'quest' [mission] items for it to count for them - AND the quest items having a v e r y slow drop rate ... like 20 minutes per drop chance. LOTS of problems with team-related things.

If you -like- the characters/agents/villains from the Champions rule set books, then you're more likely to enjoy it. But it really does sound like a 2nd try at the CoH idea ... with not nearly any improvements.

Re: Anyhoo...

[nationelectric.livejournal.com]

Aw, that's sad. On paper, it sounded like it would be a welcome improvement over CoH -- more character creation options, more immersive gameplay, a kind of storyline for your character, etc. But this, eh. Lame.

Re: Anyhoo...

[melchar.livejournal.com]

They're getting lots of 'you can't be serious/change this' feedback - so if they listen, there's a good chance the game will not suck. However, it will have to be notably -better- than CoH/CoV to get me to give it a try. _especially_ the team and base aspects of the game.