Random Game Babble

kuemper · Thu, 7th Jun '07, 12:40am

Well, we've got RBPs for music, sports, cell phones and miscellaneous items, so let's get one for online games.

I broke 11 million exp. in fishing today in RuneScape. Only 2 million to go for the final level. I'm excited that I'm so close. It's repetative, but I get in this zen place and find it's not boring anymore. Best part - the place where I fish doesn't have auto fishers and most of the other fishers are quiet types. I like not talking when I'm working on skills.

Gnarfflinger · Thu, 7th Jun '07, 5:37am

Last night, it was revealed that one regular in the Civ PBEM circle has dissappeared. That meant having to replace him in probably 8 to 10 games. Considering that some of the games are in Civ III PtW or with an outdated patch for Civ III Conquests, so I don't know if they will be easily replaced...

That sounds like a headache...

Harbourboy · Thu, 7th Jun '07, 8:35am

Join a Civ IV group then.

The Magister · Thu, 7th Jun '07, 9:12am

Lan Gameing all day tomorrow. From 10am to 11pm.

w00t! My friends fear my leet skills.

Dice · Fri, 8th Jun '07, 7:58pm

I wish I could spend a whole day gaming some time .. *sigh* too much RL to deal with.

kuemper · Fri, 8th Jun '07, 10:53pm

I just got 98 fishing!

Only 10,240 monkfish to fish until the coveted 99.

Gnarfflinger · Sat, 9th Jun '07, 4:58am

HB: This is within a Civ Series group. The one guy has assembled a pool of players, and may still have trouble replacing the guy in all games...

Harbourboy · Sat, 9th Jun '07, 7:33am

Not sure what you mean Gnarfflinger. I play Civ IV in various incarnations and groups but I don't really know what a Civ Series group is.

The Magister · Sat, 9th Jun '07, 12:05pm

Best lan ever. We played againced another team and it was the closest match ever.

However now I'm back to relying in internet gameplay which is (lets be honest) second rate compared to lan.

jaded empath · Sat, 9th Jun '07, 12:34pm

I think the critical thing here is that Gnarf and the remaining members of the group do not want to give up on the games they're already playing, and the absent one was involved with some of those...and just having one of the player civs stop and get gobbled up would alter the gameplay significantly...especially if someone had had the culprit as an ally.

Gnarfflinger · Sun, 10th Jun '07, 5:03am

It's from a site that discusses all games in the Civilization series. There's even a message board for Civ I. The site has a forum for people looking to find PBEM games and replace players. Because a couple games use the older expansion or an outdated patch for Civ III...

kuemper · Mon, 11th Jun '07, 9:59pm

I got 99 fishing and a nicely trimmed cape!

99 fishing

The Magister · Tue, 12th Jun '07, 8:34am

Ha. Nice cape

kuemper · Sat, 16th Jun '07, 11:09pm

TY. I'm only a couple levels away from growing spirit trees now. I got 78 farming today.

kuemper · Mon, 25th Jun '07, 4:25am

I just doubled my money today. I sold 2 kinds of raw fish for 6 million gp.

I can get back to training construction now.

YPP has a new puzzle out, but I have yet to try it. I think you play it during a blockade.

Gnarfflinger · Mon, 25th Jun '07, 5:14am

My gaming has been on hold. With the hay harvest, I have had little time to sit and play. with most of the work done by Tuesday or Wednesday and the weatherman calling for high heat with ungodly humitidy, I can get away with sitting in the Air Conditioned house playing computer games in stretches...

The Magister · Mon, 25th Jun '07, 12:18pm

I have nothing to play now other then warcraft III.

Just waiting for Hellgate and Bioshock really. I hate slumps in gameing.

The Magister · Wed, 27th Jun '07, 8:49am

Arg. I just played online with a bunch of noobs in a dota match. And they were all on my team!

Terible match. I was the only one to get over 4 kills

Gnarfflinger · Fri, 29th Jun '07, 5:02am

Just getting back in the swing of Civ IV in preparation for Beyond the Sword. On Monday, I won a game via conquest on Noble. I got my Praets out and kept destroying everything in my path until Korea was the only nation left, and they had one city left on an isolated island. I then had to wait until my Galley's could get halfway around the continent to ferry my Praets across to kill them off.

Harbourboy · Fri, 29th Jun '07, 11:48pm

Must be only about three weeks until BtS comes out. Praetorians are great. Arguably, the only thing more powerful (or cheesier) than Praetorians are Incan Quechuas, especially at higher levels where the AI starts with archers.

Gnarfflinger · Sat, 30th Jun '07, 5:10am

I find that Quecha's are dissappointing when you don't have someone in your face from the word go...

Harbourboy · Sat, 30th Jun '07, 11:18am

At monarch level and above, the Incans should give you a faster victory every time, no matter what victory type you are after. It's almost unfair how powerful they are.

kuemper · Sun, 1st Jul '07, 4:27am

Are these idiots pulling the garbage with other online games?

I spent about 5 minutes trying to open a door and leave and this intergalactic booger-head kept closing it! Of course, he can't be reported becasue being a booger-head isn't breaking any of the game rules.

I decided to "spoil his fun" by hanging around and opening the door whenever he closed it. I wasn't the only person annoyed by this activity and it was in a fairly busy building with people going in and out a lot.

I played with him (Bro Dog iirc) for about 15-20 minutes before he started emoting with =[ at me. When I felt secure enough that he wasn't going to start up again, I went about my business. Lo and behold, 10 minutes later he's doing it again. I ended up world hopping to get away from the frustration.

iLLusioN' · Sun, 1st Jul '07, 8:39am

I hate when people purposely try to ruin the gaming of others. I especially hate clans that do so [myg0t] [JAP] etc. It's the most senseless thing on earth, and one of the most frustrating because most of the time there isn't anything you can do about it but to stop playing.

Thu, 7th Jun '07, 9:12am	#4
The Magister SPS Account Holder Gentlemanly Wizard Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: My Arcane Santuary Posts: 2,364 Blog Entries: 5 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 5,494 Level: 23 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 8.12% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	Lan Gameing all day tomorrow. From 10am to 11pm. w00t! My friends fear my leet skills.
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Fri, 8th Jun '07, 7:58pm	#5
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Sat, 9th Jun '07, 12:05pm	#9
The Magister SPS Account Holder Gentlemanly Wizard Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: My Arcane Santuary Posts: 2,364 Blog Entries: 5 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 5,494 Level: 23 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 8.12% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	Best lan ever. We played againced another team and it was the closest match ever. However now I'm back to relying in internet gameplay which is (lets be honest) second rate compared to lan.
	__________________ Why yes that is a fireball in my hand. What? No of course I'm not going to throw it at you...

Sat, 9th Jun '07, 12:34pm	#10
jaded empath Gems: 20/31 Latest gem: Garnet Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Da Rock Posts: 1,279 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 3,016 Level: 17 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 78.18% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	I think the critical thing here is that Gnarf and the remaining members of the group do not want to give up on the games they're already playing, and the absent one was involved with some of those...and just having one of the player civs stop and get gobbled up would alter the gameplay significantly...especially if someone had had the culprit as an ally.
	__________________ Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music. - George Carlin

Tue, 12th Jun '07, 8:34am	#13
The Magister SPS Account Holder Gentlemanly Wizard Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: My Arcane Santuary Posts: 2,364 Blog Entries: 5 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 5,494 Level: 23 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 8.12% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	Ha. Nice cape
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Thu, 7th Jun '07, 12:40am	#1
kuemper I'm gonna eat your soul! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Blood Wars Posts: 8,926 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 19,632 Level: 39 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 50.12% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	Well, we've got RBPs for music, sports, cell phones and miscellaneous items, so let's get one for online games. I broke 11 million exp. in fishing today in RuneScape. Only 2 million to go for the final level. I'm excited that I'm so close. It's repetative, but I get in this zen place and find it's not boring anymore. Best part - the place where I fish doesn't have auto fishers and most of the other fishers are quiet types. I like not talking when I'm working on skills.

Thu, 7th Jun '07, 5:37am	#2
Gnarfflinger Wiseguy in Training Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Lorne, ON Posts: 5,423 Like: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 11,413 Level: 31 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 53.32% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	Last night, it was revealed that one regular in the Civ PBEM circle has dissappeared. That meant having to replace him in probably 8 to 10 games. Considering that some of the games are in Civ III PtW or with an outdated patch for Civ III Conquests, so I don't know if they will be easily replaced... That sounds like a headache...

Thu, 7th Jun '07, 8:35am	#3
Harbourboy SPS Account Holder Take thy form from off my door! Join Date: May 2003 Location: North Harbour Posts: 13,227 Like: 56 Liked 11 Times in 10 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 28,200 Level: 45 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 72.67% Daily Activity 71.92% Weekly Activity 71.46% Monthly Activity 31.5% Achievements Awards	Join a Civ IV group then.

Fri, 8th Jun '07, 10:53pm	#6
kuemper I'm gonna eat your soul! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Blood Wars Posts: 8,926 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 19,632 Level: 39 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 50.12% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	I just got 98 fishing! Only 10,240 monkfish to fish until the coveted 99.

Sat, 9th Jun '07, 4:58am	#7
Gnarfflinger Wiseguy in Training Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Lorne, ON Posts: 5,423 Like: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 11,413 Level: 31 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 53.32% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	HB: This is within a Civ Series group. The one guy has assembled a pool of players, and may still have trouble replacing the guy in all games...

Sat, 9th Jun '07, 7:33am	#8
Harbourboy SPS Account Holder Take thy form from off my door! Join Date: May 2003 Location: North Harbour Posts: 13,227 Like: 56 Liked 11 Times in 10 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 28,200 Level: 45 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 72.67% Daily Activity 71.92% Weekly Activity 71.46% Monthly Activity 31.5% Achievements Awards	Not sure what you mean Gnarfflinger. I play Civ IV in various incarnations and groups but I don't really know what a Civ Series group is.

Sun, 10th Jun '07, 5:03am	#11
Gnarfflinger Wiseguy in Training Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Lorne, ON Posts: 5,423 Like: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 11,413 Level: 31 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 53.32% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	It's from a site that discusses all games in the Civilization series. There's even a message board for Civ I. The site has a forum for people looking to find PBEM games and replace players. Because a couple games use the older expansion or an outdated patch for Civ III...

Mon, 11th Jun '07, 9:59pm	#12
kuemper I'm gonna eat your soul! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Blood Wars Posts: 8,926 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 19,632 Level: 39 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 50.12% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	I got 99 fishing and a nicely trimmed cape! 99 fishing

Sat, 16th Jun '07, 11:09pm	#14
kuemper I'm gonna eat your soul! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Blood Wars Posts: 8,926 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 19,632 Level: 39 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 50.12% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	TY. I'm only a couple levels away from growing spirit trees now. I got 78 farming today.

Mon, 25th Jun '07, 4:25am	#15
kuemper I'm gonna eat your soul! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Blood Wars Posts: 8,926 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 19,632 Level: 39 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 50.12% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	I just doubled my money today. I sold 2 kinds of raw fish for 6 million gp. I can get back to training construction now. YPP has a new puzzle out, but I have yet to try it. I think you play it during a blockade.

Mon, 25th Jun '07, 5:14am	#16
Gnarfflinger Wiseguy in Training Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Lorne, ON Posts: 5,423 Like: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 11,413 Level: 31 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 53.32% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	My gaming has been on hold. With the hay harvest, I have had little time to sit and play. with most of the work done by Tuesday or Wednesday and the weatherman calling for high heat with ungodly humitidy, I can get away with sitting in the Air Conditioned house playing computer games in stretches...

Mon, 25th Jun '07, 12:18pm	#17
The Magister SPS Account Holder Gentlemanly Wizard Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: My Arcane Santuary Posts: 2,364 Blog Entries: 5 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 5,494 Level: 23 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 8.12% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	I have nothing to play now other then warcraft III. Just waiting for Hellgate and Bioshock really. I hate slumps in gameing.
	__________________ Why yes that is a fireball in my hand. What? No of course I'm not going to throw it at you...

Wed, 27th Jun '07, 8:49am	#18
The Magister SPS Account Holder Gentlemanly Wizard Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: My Arcane Santuary Posts: 2,364 Blog Entries: 5 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 5,494 Level: 23 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 8.12% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	Arg. I just played online with a bunch of noobs in a dota match. And they were all on my team! Terible match. I was the only one to get over 4 kills
	__________________ Why yes that is a fireball in my hand. What? No of course I'm not going to throw it at you...

Fri, 29th Jun '07, 5:02am	#19
Gnarfflinger Wiseguy in Training Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Lorne, ON Posts: 5,423 Like: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 11,413 Level: 31 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 53.32% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	Just getting back in the swing of Civ IV in preparation for Beyond the Sword. On Monday, I won a game via conquest on Noble. I got my Praets out and kept destroying everything in my path until Korea was the only nation left, and they had one city left on an isolated island. I then had to wait until my Galley's could get halfway around the continent to ferry my Praets across to kill them off.

Fri, 29th Jun '07, 11:48pm	#20
Harbourboy SPS Account Holder Take thy form from off my door! Join Date: May 2003 Location: North Harbour Posts: 13,227 Like: 56 Liked 11 Times in 10 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 28,200 Level: 45 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 72.67% Daily Activity 71.92% Weekly Activity 71.46% Monthly Activity 31.5% Achievements Awards	Must be only about three weeks until BtS comes out. Praetorians are great. Arguably, the only thing more powerful (or cheesier) than Praetorians are Incan Quechuas, especially at higher levels where the AI starts with archers.

Sat, 30th Jun '07, 5:10am	#21
Gnarfflinger Wiseguy in Training Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Lorne, ON Posts: 5,423 Like: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 11,413 Level: 31 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 53.32% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	I find that Quecha's are dissappointing when you don't have someone in your face from the word go...

Sat, 30th Jun '07, 11:18am	#22
Harbourboy SPS Account Holder Take thy form from off my door! Join Date: May 2003 Location: North Harbour Posts: 13,227 Like: 56 Liked 11 Times in 10 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 28,200 Level: 45 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 72.67% Daily Activity 71.92% Weekly Activity 71.46% Monthly Activity 31.5% Achievements Awards	At monarch level and above, the Incans should give you a faster victory every time, no matter what victory type you are after. It's almost unfair how powerful they are.

Sun, 1st Jul '07, 4:27am	#23
kuemper I'm gonna eat your soul! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Blood Wars Posts: 8,926 Like: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 19,632 Level: 39 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 50.12% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	Are these idiots pulling the garbage with other online games? I spent about 5 minutes trying to open a door and leave and this intergalactic booger-head kept closing it! Of course, he can't be reported becasue being a booger-head isn't breaking any of the game rules. I decided to "spoil his fun" by hanging around and opening the door whenever he closed it. I wasn't the only person annoyed by this activity and it was in a fairly busy building with people going in and out a lot. I played with him (Bro Dog iirc) for about 15-20 minutes before he started emoting with =[ at me. When I felt secure enough that he wasn't going to start up again, I went about my business. Lo and behold, 10 minutes later he's doing it again. I ended up world hopping to get away from the frustration.

Sun, 1st Jul '07, 8:39am	#24
iLLusioN' Gems: 16/31 Latest gem: Shandon Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: USA Posts: 817 Like: 0 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 2,196 Level: 15 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 47.1% Daily Activity 3.42% Weekly Activity 2.94% Monthly Activity 2.76% Achievements	I hate when people purposely try to ruin the gaming of others. I especially hate clans that do so [myg0t] [JAP] etc. It's the most senseless thing on earth, and one of the most frustrating because most of the time there isn't anything you can do about it but to stop playing.