This was a busy long weekend. I worked on the house a bit and did many other things. But mostly it was new game weekend. Age of Conan was prerelease on Saturday….evening. It is Conan. Plain and simple. Barbaric, whoring, violent, hack and slash fun. I really enjoyed it thus far (played to level 21). I am not a fan of zoning though, in a world of open concept games where you can go anywhere you want I find myself missing the dynamic of this factor. An example of this is going to a person to “transport” you via invisible cart to the next area. While the area your in is huge I still miss being able to hop on a boat or fly to my next destination without a zone line.
But I picked me up a couple of whores and did the horizontal waltz… ok I didn’t nor have I found out if that exists at all. But there are women called whores. I can only hope for some sort of colourful action in this game. It will help the parents keep their kids off of the game.
I have not experienced much about this game yet. I do know it’s better than what I have tried so far. We will see how the guild dynamic works. (Ex. guild towns, wars, raiding etc.)
I will post more when I get a better feel for the game. In the mean time my guild website is:
http://abydos.erthonline.com/site/index.php
2cp
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Career Review Day
Today was my day to say “Hey, I am doing well. Do I get to move up in the world?”
My career review went well. I have no desire to work though so I am sort of trying to jump start my brain to solve these problems. My brain wants to avoid them though so that is why I am writing this now. “Get back to work brain or I will stab you with a Q-Tip!”
Lady C is treating me with some respect now. I feel like she is coming around to the way I think and I am trying to change the way I act around people. Learning to be a leader is a lot harder than it looks. I am still a noob leader at best. My methods of leadership are “Do as I say not as I do” which does not fly. But I am trying to show these people that I am here and I am….here…to stay. Perhaps on pay day I’ll buy a case of beer. I will not being driving after the 23rd so life will be boring. I wish I could drive every day.
I digress. My review came and went fast. I have completed all my tasks that where set out for me so I don’t have any more tasks to do…. Wait a tick… if I finish my tasks don’t I get to move up in rank… or at least get new tasks. I did ask for more money, I really need it now. I am broker than I would like to think. I think the corporate staff meeting will announce the increases corporately. ‘J’ was saying something about 10%. Which is a whopping 4k in my pocket. Which is good. However I would like to be making the same as other people in my field. And that’s closer to 54-56k a year for a person doing what I am doing with only 1-2 years exp. I also did not get to negotiate my contract when I started so I did not get the same rights that everyone else did. I am pretty sure Lady C makes more than me by at least 10%. The fact I trained her sort of makes me wary.
Otherwise it’s good for another year and I am going to get booked into some courses. ASHRAE , Revit MEP, safety and first aid etc. I did ask for more opportunity and support to develop my design and knowledge base in mechanical. I admire ‘AJ’ and ‘AJ’ and what they have done with their skills and time. I would like to progress such as they have.
Most of all I want to earn my way into this honour roll of this company. I love this job and I intend to do what’s best for the company and me. Which means… sorry ladies, I cannot date you because I work with you. However I am willing to add you to the ranks of my Herim so that you may serve me in this life and the next. /snicker
2cp
My career review went well. I have no desire to work though so I am sort of trying to jump start my brain to solve these problems. My brain wants to avoid them though so that is why I am writing this now. “Get back to work brain or I will stab you with a Q-Tip!”
Lady C is treating me with some respect now. I feel like she is coming around to the way I think and I am trying to change the way I act around people. Learning to be a leader is a lot harder than it looks. I am still a noob leader at best. My methods of leadership are “Do as I say not as I do” which does not fly. But I am trying to show these people that I am here and I am….here…to stay. Perhaps on pay day I’ll buy a case of beer. I will not being driving after the 23rd so life will be boring. I wish I could drive every day.
I digress. My review came and went fast. I have completed all my tasks that where set out for me so I don’t have any more tasks to do…. Wait a tick… if I finish my tasks don’t I get to move up in rank… or at least get new tasks. I did ask for more money, I really need it now. I am broker than I would like to think. I think the corporate staff meeting will announce the increases corporately. ‘J’ was saying something about 10%. Which is a whopping 4k in my pocket. Which is good. However I would like to be making the same as other people in my field. And that’s closer to 54-56k a year for a person doing what I am doing with only 1-2 years exp. I also did not get to negotiate my contract when I started so I did not get the same rights that everyone else did. I am pretty sure Lady C makes more than me by at least 10%. The fact I trained her sort of makes me wary.
Otherwise it’s good for another year and I am going to get booked into some courses. ASHRAE , Revit MEP, safety and first aid etc. I did ask for more opportunity and support to develop my design and knowledge base in mechanical. I admire ‘AJ’ and ‘AJ’ and what they have done with their skills and time. I would like to progress such as they have.
Most of all I want to earn my way into this honour roll of this company. I love this job and I intend to do what’s best for the company and me. Which means… sorry ladies, I cannot date you because I work with you. However I am willing to add you to the ranks of my Herim so that you may serve me in this life and the next. /snicker
2cp
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Beltaine Part 2
Lady K is apparently in a bad mood today. I offered to throw a pie in her face when it was stated she is feeling neglected but she, rather curtly, denied my offer.
See a pie, in my mind, is a great way to get the attention needed. Go ahead, I dare you to walk by someone with pie on their face and not say anything. Go ahead... I’ll wait....no, no, put the pie down, throwing one in my face was not part of the original deal. Not only does a pie attract attention but the nutritional value alone is worth its weight in... well pie.
Ok, Back to Beltane.
After much fun we headed inside for a game of chess. I in my infinite wisdom managed to pwn my opponent on the first go, but I lost the second go because he felt piss poor about himself. I however acted like I tried. Who moves their queen to be taken by a pawn anyways LOL. Fortunately he did not see through my rouse. The first round though was funny; I moved a pawn on the far side of the board as bait and lure him to make the wrong move then BAMN! Take out his major players. I almost cried at how perfect it was.
There was a bardic competition going on. I salute them but the person who won should not have. There were many other who where better. I like the guy he is great but I thought their where better. One lady could sing like you would not believe. But I digress.
I looked at some shops and knew it was almost time for supper as I could smell it. However I forgot to bring any sort of plate and cutlery. Fortunately after running around like a chicken with my head cut off Rats found a lady and we got our setting.
The food was amazing. Wicked cool. Nuff said there. All you can eat prime rib for a mere 10 bucks...it could be lathered in whipping cream and cherries and I would have loved it for that price. Speaking of which that gives me an idea!
Court followed dinner. I was given a spoon for fighting. It was such an honour. I really have not felt that feeling in a while. It felt good to pick up a sword again. I also received a token from the Princess (which I lost and it was such a heartbreak to lose that) and a necklace from my lord Baron Baothuk.
The prince then stood up and apologized for some shit that he did. It sounded childish when I heard what he did but I did not care. There is a lot of inbred stuff going on with this group that really makes me want to slap people. Childish things. But I keep my mouth shut as it’s not my place to say a thing nor do I want to waste breath on deaf ears.
It was a fun fun fun night and I enjoyed every minute.
Lady K, don't be mad. It’s not worth the effort. And for the love of hell, you can speak to me at an event. I am not some plague rat.
2cp
See a pie, in my mind, is a great way to get the attention needed. Go ahead, I dare you to walk by someone with pie on their face and not say anything. Go ahead... I’ll wait....no, no, put the pie down, throwing one in my face was not part of the original deal. Not only does a pie attract attention but the nutritional value alone is worth its weight in... well pie.
Ok, Back to Beltane.
After much fun we headed inside for a game of chess. I in my infinite wisdom managed to pwn my opponent on the first go, but I lost the second go because he felt piss poor about himself. I however acted like I tried. Who moves their queen to be taken by a pawn anyways LOL. Fortunately he did not see through my rouse. The first round though was funny; I moved a pawn on the far side of the board as bait and lure him to make the wrong move then BAMN! Take out his major players. I almost cried at how perfect it was.
There was a bardic competition going on. I salute them but the person who won should not have. There were many other who where better. I like the guy he is great but I thought their where better. One lady could sing like you would not believe. But I digress.
I looked at some shops and knew it was almost time for supper as I could smell it. However I forgot to bring any sort of plate and cutlery. Fortunately after running around like a chicken with my head cut off Rats found a lady and we got our setting.
The food was amazing. Wicked cool. Nuff said there. All you can eat prime rib for a mere 10 bucks...it could be lathered in whipping cream and cherries and I would have loved it for that price. Speaking of which that gives me an idea!
Court followed dinner. I was given a spoon for fighting. It was such an honour. I really have not felt that feeling in a while. It felt good to pick up a sword again. I also received a token from the Princess (which I lost and it was such a heartbreak to lose that) and a necklace from my lord Baron Baothuk.
The prince then stood up and apologized for some shit that he did. It sounded childish when I heard what he did but I did not care. There is a lot of inbred stuff going on with this group that really makes me want to slap people. Childish things. But I keep my mouth shut as it’s not my place to say a thing nor do I want to waste breath on deaf ears.
It was a fun fun fun night and I enjoyed every minute.
Lady K, don't be mad. It’s not worth the effort. And for the love of hell, you can speak to me at an event. I am not some plague rat.
2cp
Monday, May 12, 2008
Beltaine Part 1
Beltaine was a success. I was a little late showing up but when I did I was asked to fight thus I fought in my first tourney this weekend. Apparently there will be flak for me not being carded but I believe it should be discounted after I do get my card. Perhaps the experience I have will compensate for this and people will see that I am not a noob fighter. Although I do need more training because I need to know how hard to hit for it to register as a blow.
Let me explain.
The first battle was a bridge battle. A makeshift bridge was set up and I was paired with my lord Vic. We where pit against the other 2 teams of fighters to hold the bridge and defeat our opponents. Very simple. Mr. Rats (George) went down to my blows first. He went down fast. I parried his weapon with my left and with a flick of my wrist I snapped the other blade into his helm. However I fell right then to a arcing blow to the head by his partner which was meant for Vic. I fell in battle then but saved my lord Vic thus allowing him to defeat the enemy.
The second battle was well fought too. I went in for a parry again… this time the blow was not fully parried and I lost my arm. Dropping my sword behind me went in with one hand behind my back. Again I was hit by Vic’s opponent that was out of my visual range. I went down but Vic managed to take the rest of them out from his knees. Well done lad.
Next event was a Valhalla. Everyone against everyone. This one I fell to a few blows but I did score some good hits. One lad had a two handed sword and was no match for me..except for the fact I did not hit hard enough. I parried his sword far out to my left and I stepped into its range and fired on off into his left flank. I backed off then thinking he I beat him and won the round when he came at me scoring a hit off my helm that I did not expect. He then told me that my blow was too light. It was a solid blow but I will take his word for it.
The next round of Valhalla I was a bit dazed and lost a strap on my tasset. Thus I was out for the rest of the battles.
I tried to fix it but I did not have the tools needed to remove the rivets.
Apparently people will be getting flak for me fighting but I will stand by them. The rules where followed (other than me being carded) and the rest of the people had fun. No injuries were reported although Rats had a bloody hand. His helm came apart and flew off when he was charged. Truth be told his helm was already bashed up pretty good this time. He made it himself but it needs to be fixed better.
I will contend with anyone there at anytime. It was fun and I did enjoy the rush.
The events after I will speak about in my next blog.
2cp
Let me explain.
The first battle was a bridge battle. A makeshift bridge was set up and I was paired with my lord Vic. We where pit against the other 2 teams of fighters to hold the bridge and defeat our opponents. Very simple. Mr. Rats (George) went down to my blows first. He went down fast. I parried his weapon with my left and with a flick of my wrist I snapped the other blade into his helm. However I fell right then to a arcing blow to the head by his partner which was meant for Vic. I fell in battle then but saved my lord Vic thus allowing him to defeat the enemy.
The second battle was well fought too. I went in for a parry again… this time the blow was not fully parried and I lost my arm. Dropping my sword behind me went in with one hand behind my back. Again I was hit by Vic’s opponent that was out of my visual range. I went down but Vic managed to take the rest of them out from his knees. Well done lad.
Next event was a Valhalla. Everyone against everyone. This one I fell to a few blows but I did score some good hits. One lad had a two handed sword and was no match for me..except for the fact I did not hit hard enough. I parried his sword far out to my left and I stepped into its range and fired on off into his left flank. I backed off then thinking he I beat him and won the round when he came at me scoring a hit off my helm that I did not expect. He then told me that my blow was too light. It was a solid blow but I will take his word for it.
The next round of Valhalla I was a bit dazed and lost a strap on my tasset. Thus I was out for the rest of the battles.
I tried to fix it but I did not have the tools needed to remove the rivets.
Apparently people will be getting flak for me fighting but I will stand by them. The rules where followed (other than me being carded) and the rest of the people had fun. No injuries were reported although Rats had a bloody hand. His helm came apart and flew off when he was charged. Truth be told his helm was already bashed up pretty good this time. He made it himself but it needs to be fixed better.
I will contend with anyone there at anytime. It was fun and I did enjoy the rush.
The events after I will speak about in my next blog.
2cp
Monday, May 5, 2008
GTA 4... or GTA 3 with better ___
Ok, so I rented GTA 4. Yes that’s right, I am too broke to buy it.
So I gave it a shot this weekend. The game pissed me off more than I liked. The controls are retarded. Seriously, they have a cover system that does not work a lot of the time, and the driving is so sensitive that if you move the stick a bit too far you end up almost losing control of the car.
Now the story is fun. I’ll admit that. And the city is pretty vibrant. You cannot go into every store but there are a few (maybe 10-15) on the first island that you can go on. I found though that this game actually made me toss my controller against the fing wall. Seriously, I hated racing and getting into battles. Racing if I hit the wrong button I am in the ditch. I have played driving games and I can hairpin on Gran Turismo so tight you cannot slip a piece of paper in between my front bumper and the inside line. Yet I cannot drive these fing cars to save my life. They have a grand prix in the game that is like mine and I’ll be damned if my car moved that that POS.
Fighting/shooting is also a pain in the ass. I was jamming on the buttons to get a punch off and do you think anything came off? No! Also holding the button half way down to manual target.... press it anymore and your back to auto target.... do they actually play the fing games?
The missions are the same as before. Steal a car, bring it here. Go kill this guy. Race this car and win. Drive me here. Etc. But they did add a new feature called relationships. You do things with people to make them like you. Wayyy to easy if you ask me since I went out with this girl, who is obviously an undercover cop, and I slept with her on the first date.
This game should also be rated adult and the boob tape removed. I mean, what’s the point of having a game rated M, then putting lap dances in it and keeping the rating of M by putting boob tape on the girl.... It’s still a lap dance. And hookers.... aside from being naked, they hop on you for 70 bucks and ride you like you’re a horse in need of breaking.
Rate it adult and remove the cloths man.
Also, this weekend I finished my first kidney belt for SCA fighting. It’s made from scrap and the stain did not penetrate before I put the clear coat on so I streaked it (which made it look like cherry wood... sweeeettt!). But it’s cool and it will be of some use.
2cp
So I gave it a shot this weekend. The game pissed me off more than I liked. The controls are retarded. Seriously, they have a cover system that does not work a lot of the time, and the driving is so sensitive that if you move the stick a bit too far you end up almost losing control of the car.
Now the story is fun. I’ll admit that. And the city is pretty vibrant. You cannot go into every store but there are a few (maybe 10-15) on the first island that you can go on. I found though that this game actually made me toss my controller against the fing wall. Seriously, I hated racing and getting into battles. Racing if I hit the wrong button I am in the ditch. I have played driving games and I can hairpin on Gran Turismo so tight you cannot slip a piece of paper in between my front bumper and the inside line. Yet I cannot drive these fing cars to save my life. They have a grand prix in the game that is like mine and I’ll be damned if my car moved that that POS.
Fighting/shooting is also a pain in the ass. I was jamming on the buttons to get a punch off and do you think anything came off? No! Also holding the button half way down to manual target.... press it anymore and your back to auto target.... do they actually play the fing games?
The missions are the same as before. Steal a car, bring it here. Go kill this guy. Race this car and win. Drive me here. Etc. But they did add a new feature called relationships. You do things with people to make them like you. Wayyy to easy if you ask me since I went out with this girl, who is obviously an undercover cop, and I slept with her on the first date.
This game should also be rated adult and the boob tape removed. I mean, what’s the point of having a game rated M, then putting lap dances in it and keeping the rating of M by putting boob tape on the girl.... It’s still a lap dance. And hookers.... aside from being naked, they hop on you for 70 bucks and ride you like you’re a horse in need of breaking.
Rate it adult and remove the cloths man.
Also, this weekend I finished my first kidney belt for SCA fighting. It’s made from scrap and the stain did not penetrate before I put the clear coat on so I streaked it (which made it look like cherry wood... sweeeettt!). But it’s cool and it will be of some use.
2cp
Friday, May 2, 2008
Cluster fuck of a week
OK first of all, if you’re reading this and I work with you, Lady K excluded, PISS OFF!
I find that there is something going on where people are trying to discredit me. However, my plans always work to my advantage, no matter if the outcome was anticipated or not. They are failing. And cannot win.
We are going to push forward with our new system next week and by George it’s going to make life so much better. I mean, after the children stop crying because we fixed their favorite broken toy.
When will noobs learn that for a company to function and for them to get a fing pay cheque there needs to be a system in place to ensure quality. How many times do you buy a pair of pants from someplace where after one wash they fall apart....and they don’t take them back at the store because you 'washed' them.... I am going to bet once. Well same goes for me and I really don’t care that there is serious fuk tardiness going on I will push to have my company reach new levels of perfection so I still have a job in the morning. Regardless of how much toll it takes on me.
I also hit someone in my friggen car today. Yes My BRAND NEW CAR has a smudge in the bumper. I quite literally dodged a bullet this time because I could be in serious shit with this. I grazed the man’s tire.
I blame 2 things, his speed which was way too fast and my glasses which are like a set of blinders. I love my bitty but I cannot wear these sexy glasses when I am driving, I need to get driving glasses.
With fricken laser beams.
Well it’s time to start hashing out my timesheet. I managed to be busy but very, very bored today so it’s going to be a chore to get that done.
No crashes on the way home god damn it.
I am going to be extra vigilant from now on.
2cp
On another note, pimping your nationality to everyone is annoying at the best of times. No one cares where you come from, or what shit you eat because you’re this. You’re still a snotty little _____. And stop butting in on conversations and snooping around my stations. I can see what goes on after I am gone and it is recorded. re: hidden cam at work.
I find that there is something going on where people are trying to discredit me. However, my plans always work to my advantage, no matter if the outcome was anticipated or not. They are failing. And cannot win.
We are going to push forward with our new system next week and by George it’s going to make life so much better. I mean, after the children stop crying because we fixed their favorite broken toy.
When will noobs learn that for a company to function and for them to get a fing pay cheque there needs to be a system in place to ensure quality. How many times do you buy a pair of pants from someplace where after one wash they fall apart....and they don’t take them back at the store because you 'washed' them.... I am going to bet once. Well same goes for me and I really don’t care that there is serious fuk tardiness going on I will push to have my company reach new levels of perfection so I still have a job in the morning. Regardless of how much toll it takes on me.
I also hit someone in my friggen car today. Yes My BRAND NEW CAR has a smudge in the bumper. I quite literally dodged a bullet this time because I could be in serious shit with this. I grazed the man’s tire.
I blame 2 things, his speed which was way too fast and my glasses which are like a set of blinders. I love my bitty but I cannot wear these sexy glasses when I am driving, I need to get driving glasses.
With fricken laser beams.
Well it’s time to start hashing out my timesheet. I managed to be busy but very, very bored today so it’s going to be a chore to get that done.
No crashes on the way home god damn it.
I am going to be extra vigilant from now on.
2cp
On another note, pimping your nationality to everyone is annoying at the best of times. No one cares where you come from, or what shit you eat because you’re this. You’re still a snotty little _____. And stop butting in on conversations and snooping around my stations. I can see what goes on after I am gone and it is recorded. re: hidden cam at work.
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