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- FN
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Random Gaming Thoughts
I'm getting very frustrated with RYL. I miss RYL1's Akkan vs Human ideal. God's Pirates is the most populated nation now because both races can party together there. The game (for pures) is just going to shite. RYL is becoming more frustration than fun. PWG is great, but they have obvious limitations being the publisher and not the developers.
I'm thinking of just taking the $35 loss and saying fuck it - because it's just not as fun as it was before. I'm also tired of playing by myself. Recruiting in a game where I'm the only SXR presense is a bitch. There is no MMO on the market that really inspires me to play.
Nothing seems fun anymore and I don't have the time to devote to any single game like I used to - that's what made me knowledgable about games - the time I spent in them. And my 'network' of online friends though games was pretty relative to the amount of time I devoted to the gaming itself - I just don't have that time anymore, so it stands to reason - I pretty much game alone these days.
I think I just want to quit gaming, tbh.
*sigh*
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I'm thinking of just taking the $35 loss and saying fuck it - because it's just not as fun as it was before. I'm also tired of playing by myself. Recruiting in a game where I'm the only SXR presense is a bitch. There is no MMO on the market that really inspires me to play.
Nothing seems fun anymore and I don't have the time to devote to any single game like I used to - that's what made me knowledgable about games - the time I spent in them. And my 'network' of online friends though games was pretty relative to the amount of time I devoted to the gaming itself - I just don't have that time anymore, so it stands to reason - I pretty much game alone these days.
I think I just want to quit gaming, tbh.
*sigh*
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Re: Random Gaming Thoughts
That's exactly what I've been like since NC2 came out the closet... you've pretty much summed it all up perfectly there.FN wrote:Nothing seems fun anymore and I don't have the time to devote to any single game like I used to - that's what made me knowledgable about games - the time I spent in them. And my 'network' of online friends though games was pretty relative to the amount of time I devoted to the gaming itself - I just don't have that time anymore, so it stands to reason - I pretty much game alone these days.
I think I just want to quit gaming, tbh.
*sigh*
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But FN .. I did, still have, and still will do have a lot of respect for you, and what you've done. And I certainly won't forget you just because we don't play some artificial game together.
Now I hope that doesn't sound even more gay either.
Eddie
Edit: Signed off twice. You pleb.
Last edited by Eddie on Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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With regard to your gaming friends, it might be partly the games themselves. I never met so many people (getting to know them to the level I have) as in Neocron. Of course, I've put more time, by far, into playing Neocron. Both in terms of hours of play and longevity of keeping the game installed. I started playing Neocron in Sept 2003 and for the most part have played at least 3-4 hours every day with only a single six month break. The second runner-up to that would be UO which I played for about a year, but I can't think of a single accomplishment I made in UO or remember a single person I met.
I can't think of any other game where I knew who the major players were on the server I played on. UO - nope, AO - nope, Dark Space - nope, Earth & Beyond - nope, WoW - no, Sim Online - somewhat, FoM - to some extent, MxO - hell no.
Another factor just might be your age. Online gaming is definitely aimed at 16-25 year olds. I'm sorta the exception because I didn't really discover online games (not counting MUDs) until I was at the upper range of that. Not only that, my wife prefers I go away and leave her alone once the kids are in bed.
I can't think of any other game where I knew who the major players were on the server I played on. UO - nope, AO - nope, Dark Space - nope, Earth & Beyond - nope, WoW - no, Sim Online - somewhat, FoM - to some extent, MxO - hell no.
Another factor just might be your age. Online gaming is definitely aimed at 16-25 year olds. I'm sorta the exception because I didn't really discover online games (not counting MUDs) until I was at the upper range of that. Not only that, my wife prefers I go away and leave her alone once the kids are in bed.
- FN
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RYL's community pretty much sucks. Most of them are just so... what's the word... STUPID. I'm meeting people of all ages, 15, 25, 35, 45 - and I've met people at all those ages who are equally clueless about gaming, the software industry, and just generally idiots. You see stuff like this all the time in-game:Lynx wrote:With regard to your gaming friends, it might be partly the games themselves. I never met so many people (getting to know them to the level I have) as in Neocron
"GM PLZ FIX LAG!"
"GM PLZ CAP ME ^^"
"OMG PWG ARE HORRIBLE CODERS - LAAAAAAAG"
I mean... to me, anyone with a millibrain should know GM's don't 'fix lag'. GM's don't autocap people (except in the MY version of RYL1 evidently). nd people are just so ignorant they don't realize what role PWG plays in RYL. Some of it, and I'm not trying to be racist here, but some of it is foreigners. RYL has such an international player base - that while I don't mind broken English - these people just act like immature children - then I found out they're like 28. 95% of RYL's community... I just wanna.... I just wanna fucking beat them like they stole something. Like, seriously flog them with a 2x4 and scream "What the fuck is your problem!? Were you dropped as a child? HOW ARE YOU STILL ALIVE AND SO GOD DAMN STUPID!??" I love it when Lev and I post on the forums because we have the "keeping it real and we're smarter than you" flair to our posts - NC-style. Then the little kids reply with the flat out dumbest shit.
I can barely stomach half the RYL forum's posts and in-game chat because it drags my IQ down if I look at it.
What's sad though is I check the NC forums now and then... and damn have the quality of those forums declined too, not to mention it takes about two weeks for a thread to be pushed off Page 1, where it used to take a day.
But how is my age a factor?
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Your age is a factor because you are probably finding "real-life" things more interesting than some make-believe world and you are less likely to put up with the stupid crap you mentioned.FN wrote:But how is my age a factor?
It's not so much an "age" as it is a "maturity" thing. As get you older and more mature, things kinda come into perspective as to what's really important. That's why you're thinking of giving up gaming altogether, I think.
5 years ago, I would probably have given up food, sex, and sleep to play a game. Now, I only game when (in no particular order):
a) I've done what I need to do to keep my career on track.
b) Done my school work (grad school).
c) I've spent time with the wife and made sure that relationship is healthy.
d) I've spent time with my kids/helped with homework.
e) Taken care of things all homeowners have to do.
f) Done whatever else might have come up (church, friends, side projects, etc).
Fortunately, I've got things down to a routine so that I can get all of those things done and still have time to play a game several hours a night.
Then again, it may just be me.
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Re: Random Gaming Thoughts
Eh It's festival season. Your gaming schedule has always lessened during the summer months, at least as long as I've know you it has.FN wrote:I'm getting very frustrated with RYL. I miss RYL1's Akkan vs Human ideal. God's Pirates is the most populated nation now because both races can party together there. The game (for pures) is just going to shite. RYL is becoming more frustration than fun. PWG is great, but they have obvious limitations being the publisher and not the developers.
I'm thinking of just taking the $35 loss and saying fuck it - because it's just not as fun as it was before. I'm also tired of playing by myself. Recruiting in a game where I'm the only SXR presense is a bitch. There is no MMO on the market that really inspires me to play.
Nothing seems fun anymore and I don't have the time to devote to any single game like I used to - that's what made me knowledgable about games - the time I spent in them. And my 'network' of online friends though games was pretty relative to the amount of time I devoted to the gaming itself - I just don't have that time anymore, so it stands to reason - I pretty much game alone these days.
I think I just want to quit gaming, tbh.
*sigh*
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damn you FN If you need I now have 2 new characters in RYL so if you want to party them I am on everyday. Don't quit. I don't think that I could last without you (j/k)
*now I hope that didn't sound gay ^^
*now I hope that didn't sound gay ^^
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I am the Fallen One gone to hell and back. I am the passage from this world to the next
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:: SynergyXR | Iverian Pure Ak'kan Guild ::
I am the Fallen One gone to hell and back. I am the passage from this world to the next
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omicron is spelt with a C not a K
http://www.greek-language.com/alphabet/
gay ass phonetic loving coloUr misspelling newblets!
http://www.greek-language.com/alphabet/
gay ass phonetic loving coloUr misspelling newblets!
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Comie wrote:omicron is spelt with a C not a K
http://www.greek-language.com/alphabet/
gay ass phonetic loving coloUr misspelling newblets!
its also a kick ass game, omicron - the nomad soul = sex!
SiL ..:..
http://www.idsoftware.com/games/quake/
Combat/action
http://www.secondlife.com
Community, creativity, chat, roleplaying, fucking around, exc
Or there is always Neocron.
I don't think I can play another mmorpg which requires leveling or not serious pvp. It's just... a waste of life. A machine built to suck your time and money. Plus everyone in mmorpgs is fucking STUPID. ^
Combat/action
http://www.secondlife.com
Community, creativity, chat, roleplaying, fucking around, exc
Or there is always Neocron.
I don't think I can play another mmorpg which requires leveling or not serious pvp. It's just... a waste of life. A machine built to suck your time and money. Plus everyone in mmorpgs is fucking STUPID. ^
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yeah I know what you mean FN, I have little desire now that I live in nyc to play mmorpgs for hours on end, id rather do that then watch tv probably but in the end id much rather go out and do something with friends. so my goal now is to just play when i have time and have fun, i only wish that RYL had better teaming, or it wasnt so nessecary, oh well i can always kill human newbs but for now im happy playing an hour every other day, i just dont have the time to be uber awesome at this game.
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im greek, so ya...im greekComie wrote:omicron is spelt with a C not a K
http://www.greek-language.com/alphabet/
gay ass phonetic loving coloUr misspelling newblets!
Neocron - New time
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looks like im at that part since....i dont get the last 2, and the first one i can walk 10 feet to grab, or there just isnt any around =DLynx wrote:5 years ago, I would probably have given up food, sex, and sleep to play a game. Now, I only game when (in no particular order):FN wrote:But how is my age a factor?