Online Gaming

[Prober]

Originally Posted by Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

Here's information about Dofus (which I already PMed Pathless: Main Page - Dofus - a Wikia wiki

As I said (sort of) in my previous post, I play an Eniripsa (a healer/cleric), a Sacrier (a "tank"/fighter), an Enutrof and an Osamodas (a "summoner").

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

Just noticed that Eniripsa is Aspirine and Enutrof is Fortune spelled backward.

[dauer]

Lately I've been playing a lot of World of Kung Fu ( Welcome to the World of Kung Fu Beta Site .) It's a new MMORPG that's currently in closed beta 2. However, they're allowing anyone to sign up, pretty easily, with a cap on the number they're letting in. It's free to play and can be enjoyed without ever dropping a penny, but there are items in the mall that can be helpful and/or fun. I've created a spear character named Malachi and a fist character named Rothschild.

Currently I'm getting ready to start a clan which will have a focus on honor and respect. For example, not getting involved in drama and honorable PK. The way the game works, at lvl 20 and up it's a PK free-for-all when you're outside of towns. It doesn't actually look like that and there are checks and balances, but it still leads to some folks PKing in a very dishonorable way, e.g. while another person is doing PvE and is quite drained.

I have around 900k now for the school. It costs 100k to start, but then there will be more costs down the line to build the academy.

My first character was a spear but that got old after a while. The fist requires more use of strategy since it's all hit-and-run with internal dmg that continues to drain the enemy while I'm running around them.

[17th Angel]

Originally Posted by dauer

Currently I'm getting ready to start a clan which will have a focus on honor and respect.

I'm going to start a clan that will have a focus on lynching and burning torches....

[Pathless]

Originally Posted by 17th Angel

I'm going to start a clan that will have a focus on lynching and burning torches....

I think you should start playing Dixie: White Supremacism Online or World of Jim Crowcraft, then.

[Pathless]

In one of my ever-recurring attempts to find a decent online RPG, I downloaded the Dungeons & Dragons Online free trial. Although it is somewhat interesting in its transferring of the paper and pencil game to the pixelated screen--character sheets and all that jazz--I've found it to be another kill-oriented MMO"RPG" with no emphasis on RP. People repeat the same quests, rushing through them with muscle memory in attempts to grind up to the next level or get action points. Part of the problem seems to be that it's quite easy to create an uber-character that can kick ass through anything effortlessly. If you want to try it, make a Warforged Wizard with emphasis on strength, constitution, and intelligence. You'll get natural armor class, decent starting hit points, and the ability to zap those ever-present poor kobolds with magic darts. Huzzah!!

I find it pretty boring.

[17th Angel]

Originally Posted by Pathless

I think you should start playing Dixie: White Supremacism Online or World of Jim Crowcraft, then.

LMAO....

[dauer]

I can't believe I never mentioned it here since I've been playing for months now, but I've been sparring a lot in the c:si combat system on the Second Life platform: Combat: Samurai Island Website: News

It's a dueling system, mostly 1v1, no pk, but a clan I've just started is going to be working on expanding the types of activities. There's currently a bit of KoTH and FFA but nothing else. We're going to bring in more stuff like a 3v3 tourney we're planning, maybe some CTF type games. The devs seem to be expanding in that direction so hopefully there will be more built-in functionality along those lines soon.

My new clan is an unofficial team for The Final Stand: The Final Stand ::v.6::

Once we're established in c:si we'll likely be able to become official. Lately I've been using a new weapon in the system called the blood drinker a lot. Their special is a vampire buff and they're just generally more dynamic than the other weapons. They all require a lot of strategy to use but with these I was actually able to write a full strategy guide. My friend who's from TFS says C:SI is like CSS knife fights x100.

Previously I served as sensei in another clan but it wasn't active enough for me.

[wil]

I so feel like I'm reading another language when I stop in here....

I know my neighbor has said he is a gamer. This is the neighbor next door to me, we share a wall, but I don't know him... he's a gamer. We hear an occasional humm, buzz, boom of what I assume is some subwoofer but I've got no idea what kind of games he plays...

He told me once...I still have no idea...I don't speak the language.

My family plays senate, canasta, gin, wist, euchre, cashflow, cranium, balderdash, boggle, cribbage, chess, checkers, backgammon, clue, wits and wagers, pictionary, charades, why did the chicken, geist, hangman, dots, axis and allies, life, ware'e, pente....

[Pathless]

Originally Posted by wil

I so feel like I'm reading another language when I stop in here....

I know my neighbor has said he is a gamer. This is the neighbor next door to me, we share a wall, but I don't know him... he's a gamer. We hear an occasional humm, buzz, boom of what I assume is some subwoofer but I've got no idea what kind of games he plays...

He told me once...I still have no idea...I don't speak the language.

My family plays senate, canasta, gin, wist, euchre, cashflow, cranium, balderdash, boggle, cribbage, chess, checkers, backgammon, clue, wits and wagers, pictionary, charades, why did the chicken, geist, hangman, dots, axis and allies, life, ware'e, pente....

Ha! I can relate, wil. My upstairs neighbor, a teenager, has a wii and is also into computer games, and his dad is into big sound systems. We hear everything from stomping (wii), shooting and explosions (computer games), shooting and explosions (action movies), Super Mario Brothers-type blips and beeps and soundtracks, to victory shouts and complete wails of video-game anguish (from the actual people playing, not just the digitized victims of the shoot-em-up). Of course, to their credit, they also play card and board games.

Some of the current favorite games in my house include Backgammon, Skip-Bo, Five Crowns, Mad Libs, and a great storytelling game called Once Upon a Time. This last one is my favorite.

[dauer]

As board games go I like risk and scrabble. I want to get a copy of Settlers of Catan. I'd like to learn how to play Go.

[17th Angel]

Wil, I will find you the perfect game...... You can then proclaim the title of Gamer.

[wil]

Originally Posted by 17th Angel

Wil, I will find you the perfect game...... You can then proclaim the title of Gamer.

truth be known I'm afraid, very afraid. I have a highly addictive personality which I've got to watch. Pong was enough for me, I know if I were to sit and get into these I'd be there all free or semi free and not really free waking hours, falling asleep with the controller in my hand...

My poor deprived kids I refuse to let them have gaming systems (or meat, or cellphones/ipods in their ears) but they have them at their mom's house, so 50% of the time they can get their fix, here we play, and talk and read...

[17th Angel]

Originally Posted by wil

truth be known I'm afraid, very afraid. I have a highly addictive personality which I've got to watch. Pong was enough for me, I know if I were to sit and get into these I'd be there all free or semi free and not really free waking hours, falling asleep with the controller in my hand...
..

If I cannot find the game, I'll freaking make the game lol not too addictive... Tricky... But doable....

Originally Posted by wil

My poor deprived kids I refuse to let them have gaming systems (or meat, or cellphones/ipods in their ears) but they have them at their mom's house, so 50% of the time they can get their fix, here we play, and talk and read.
..

I find it interesting how you say such things as my poor kids, and such... They got it good... Need a balance of all things in this life...

[Vajradhara]

Namaste all,

oh i don't know how i missed this thread when it was more current.

i had been playing World of Warcraft for some time now but due to recent circumstances had to cancel my accounts. I had signed up for the new Conan the Barbarian MMORPG which is still in Beta. when i was working i would generally use two or three machines in my test lab for beta testing games.

i've owned nearly every gaming console that has ever been released, currently have a PS3, XBox 360 (which i need to try to repair and give away) and a PS2. i think that, of all of them that i've owned, i still most fondly recall the Intellivision system with their release of Dungeons and Dragons.

i've played Dungeons and Dragons on a fairly frequent basis until about 2 years ago... not to give too much away but i started playing when the rule books were Chainmail, Blackmoore and Greyhawk! i'm saddened at the death of Gary Gygax, a part of my childhood died too.

i didn't care for the online one at all.

board games and miniature games and collectable card games are really what i enjoy playing the most. got started with Nepoleonics a minature turn based wargame and moved onto Warhammer 40K and really liked it. i've still got two Epic Scale armies which i made back some 15 years ago or so.

i used to buy old board games during auctions at gaming conventions and picked up several copies of one of the best games, ever: Diplomacy.

i'm also a huge fan of Civilization both the PC game by Sid Meir and the original board game.

i custom build all my computers which are designed for computer gaming and, if you want, i'd build one for you too

in short... i'm a gamer.

metta,

~v

[greymare]

hey darlek, my boys are huge WOW fans. im forever buying them the "cards" so they can play. they have tried to get me into it, but to no avail. lol. i used to frequent the free euchre sites. i love euchre, but then, i realized that its very sad when you play cards in a room all by yourself and yell at the screen......................... (looks over shoulder). lol. usually i spend my cyber time, here on cr. my son returned his xbox360 cos there was a major fault, with them and we sent it back and we were given a new xbox360 in its place.