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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
12:49 pm	B-day plans After hitting the other two sushi places in town (one not being open and the other is decent but small), I'm going to go with Mr. Sushi for the dinner. (Since I like it more than Siki...I still miss Snow Garden. ; ; ) So why don't we gather at my place around 6, and meet there at 6:30. (Or if you want to just meet there show up there around 6:30). After dinner we'll come back here for a bit, and then Rob's going to run a makeup game for the one we missed last week due to the snow. So... Food Festivities Fourth Ed. Three F's! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
8:39 am	Random Update 120 Dragon Age Picked back up on Dragon Age. Don't like who I supported for the Drawf King now, but oh well, I'll get to replace him next playthrough. Went back and beat the High Dragon. It was much easier this time that (a) I brought a long a ton of potions and (b) I was a few levels higher. So next will be the elf lands. On the mage I'm still debating which area to clear first. I'm leaning towards Redcliff first, and in this playthrough I'm wanting to do things I didn't do, so that would mean getting the golem army (and probably not getting Shale until after that), as well, as might or might not save the mages. I think I should 'cause I'm a mage, but then again it might be funny if the main character and Morrigan were the only mages left. That and since I still need to unlock Reaver and Blood Mage I'd lose Wynne and Lilanna anyway. Well, maybe not Wynne if I do all those first. FFXI In FFXI been doing questing and Chocobo Raising/Racing. Got all the BLM AF quests done. The only part I don't have is the gloves. But since everyone who does the quest will need the flame from Dark Spark thought I'd wait on that until others got there...or until I hit 54 and could wear the gloves. It feels a little odd though that this is my 7th job I've gotten AF for. For the chocobos, I need to get Gallop and Cantor onto my next one. So hopefully through breeding I can. And then after that I'm debating on moving my chocobo to Windurst. Mostly because watching the offical betting races, Windurst is 'always' in first. Bastok could beat Sandy for 2nd I think if I had help, but right now I'm the only one I know racing as Bastok. And even then even with SS speed and S endurance, because of my F in wits I'm not able to win all the time at the lowest tier of races. Actually I've only won my first race and haven't won since. One more placing though and I'll earn the first title from that area. (Which will be a bit sad to overwrite the Paragon of Black Mage Excellence one I've got now.) RPGs Rob's 4th Ed game starts up this week. I'm hoping I remember what to do, as it's been awhile since I've read the rules and as I've not played this version before I'm sure I'll have a learning curve the first night. Also need to get the basement table cleaned off, it's got my Eldar army, other 40k books, and Space Hulk all spread out on it. But I do have carpet under that table now so it will be nice for the feets. R2 has a L5R game that will be starting up on Jan 30. (Which is a Sat, so I won't be around to do stuff that night.) This one will be interesting because (a) I haven't done L5R before (other than the tabletoplarp at New Years 10 years ago), (b) this will be done over the internets and (c) we have 7 players. (7 seems large to me, esp when talking over the internet, but we'll see how it goes.) Akon Larp is in rampup phases. I've posted all of my main story points to staff and so far haven't gotten any feedback good or bad. Just the feedback of we've read it and we're good to go. So I guess that's good. So my next task is to work on all 70+ of the characters. Because this is Christian's last game, he's really opened it up. I don't know we'll have all of these played, but we already have 30+ pre-reg so I know over half will be played. I've started taking them chunk by chunk and then if I get a new idea, go back and fit that idea in even with the stuff I've already done, so in the end it is a process and not one where I can say I'm done with this section, moving on to the next. And I've already started toying with ideas for the Akon 2011 game. The sad thing is because this is before Akon 2010 I don't have a staff yet so all my ideas are being mulled over and approved by me. I had been trying to keep things open, but the more I think about things the more things fall into place as to what I want to do. Castle Age I'm still liking this game. And I still don't know why. I made a comment that I was still posting fine, and thought my ratio to Castle Age and normal updates was 50/50...and nope, Castle Age was more, so either I need to tone that down, or update more on facebook. 40k I'm still enjoying the game. I'm still learning the game. I still mess up on the rules in the game. But that's fine when you're playing with friends. The way both Andy and Rob have painted the picture though is I might be walking into a hostile environment on Saturday. It seems there's a clique of players who are the ones running the tournament who were trying to do everything around Andy except have him host it and provide the prises. So it really is poor planning on their part and in the end they might be shooting themselves in the foot, as the game won't grow unless you encourage and try to get new people into playing the game. Costuming Need to start the Vincent costume. But first need to rewatch to take notes on how the outfit looks. Since I'm going to try to piece this one together from scratch. Anime One Piece Season 2 Voyage 5 came out yesterday and I picked it up, but I didn't get to it. But it is now at the top of my list. I pulled out all the Anime I own that I haven't watched and put them into a pile. I started watching Dragonauts and made it through the first half of it, so finishing it up will be what I do when One Piece is all caught up. The other series there are Mushishi, Those Who Hunt Elves, Claymore, Negima!, Black Lagoon, and Wolf's Rain. Other Haven't been feeling too well this week, but I think I'm doing better now. Not 100%, but still a lot better. Wasn't fun spending my holiday sleeping. Didn't get anything I planned on done. So the painting of my army is still not finished. And I think I have much lower standards than Rob right now. I just want to get colors on mine while he's busy putting in little tiny details. And that is it for update 1202010 (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, January 8th, 2010
8:08 am	Dragon Age Parties I've been playing around with different groups to see how they worked and so I didn't neglect all of the members of the party. I still rotate out Alistair and Shale as my tank, Alistair seems to be able to hold people better, but Shale lets a lot more people hit him before he needs healing. With the shield talents though Alistair doesn't get knocked down or flanked which is good. So I've ended up keeping both of them rotating. Shale is a lot funnier with his dialoge though. Wynne is a staple of the party, I can't get rid of her. Well, I did once and ended up going through a lot of healing potions. But I will say the enemies fell faster. That group included Sven and Zraven. It was nice having two people with stealth where I could position them behind mages and then after Alistair ran into the room to get everyone on him have the two rouges stun and take care of the mages. I started putting Leliana in my party more to do her archery and to open the locks i couldn't. Then I noticed she was always meleeing and wondered why...and the reason was she was out of arrows. Then I noticed that arrows are hard to find and expensive. So I'll start saving those up for fights I need people at range. So then I put Morrigan back into the party, and omg things went so much faster and easier. With her controlling powers (have sleep and waking nightmare on her) and DD spells, things didn't hurt the tank as much because they were crowd controlled, and things died faster 'cause mages do a lot of damage. So right now my current party is back to Shale, Wynne, Morrigan and myself. I'm working on the Dwarf quest and finally got Oghren into the party, but...don't really feel like using him. And I do realize that I probably need to not do as many side quests as I have, as I'm already level 15 and I still have part of the dwarf stuff and all the elf stuff and then all the final stuff to go through before the boss, i have a feeling I'll be 20 long before the final boss. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
8:14 am	Dragon Age I am really enjoying this game. After turning it from Normal to Easy on the Mage story I found it 'really' easy. I think 'cause mages do so much damage and at range. Then when I moved back to the City Elf Rouge it felt easier, and so I checked and it was still on 'easy'. So I left it there. I've found that I'm treating the game more like FFXII in that I set up the tactic slots (Gambits in XII) and then I rarely pause the game to swap and issue individual commands. So this fits my play style a lot better. (Although Wynne ends up dying a lot 'cause she's out of the way and when reinforcements show up they get to her first.) I've also noted how I'm playing my rouge and even though Assassin specialization is really good...I went with duelist. Mostly because my tactic is to stealth past the main enemy and take out the mages first. So thus I'm normally not getting the backstabs on them (well, I could get one) thus duelist seems to be helping. I can also confirm that if you unlock a specialization on one character, it opens for all. Which is kinda nice, and kinda meh. It's nice for the harder to get ones or the buy the training guide (Spirit Healers 101 or Rangers for Dummies), but for the ones that party members teach I think there might be loss of dialoge and trying to get them to warm up to you to teach them. I ran into my first 'dragon' last night as well. It was an optional fight, so I tried it. I got the dragon to 50% life without being prepared for it. (Need to possistion people, and bring more potions, and wear/have fire resist gear.) (Comment on this)
Monday, January 4th, 2010
8:20 am	New Years and Getting Older I think this might've been the most mellow New Years in a long time. We had our themed pot luck (which was a lot of fun). We played some games. But all in all it really felt subdued, probably because my 10 shots of Sake was the most anyone had to drink all night, and after midnight pretty much everyone left. So there was no relvaries until the morning, there was no funny stories people aren't going to live down, we all seemed older and more mature in our actions. Although I do know part of it was due to about half the people having to work the next day and the way the carpools were set up. In other news due to Rob telling me about a 40k tourney at the local gaming store, I think I'll give it another shot. I'm debating taking my Eldar that worked well against Space Marines, Orcs and Chaos, or if I want to try a more vehicle destruction route. Played around and made two new list and wouldn't mind trying those out prior to the tourney. It feels weird. Symphony starts up next week. I kinda wanted to go tonight, but at the same time I don't want to go next week. I never understood the thing of meeting for a week just to have the following week off. Conductor says it's so we can get the music early and practice it on the week off. But I really wonder how many people actually practice the music on that week off. In Dragon Age I was able to get through half of the Redcliff area, and then I decided to try out a human mage. And I will say compared to the City Elf story, the Mage one was pretty boring. The good thing about it though was seeing how the tower was here compared to how it was when it was trashed as well as seeing the connection between the Mage Origin story and the Redcliff story. Makes me wonder how the dialoge will be different when I get there. Also it's really hard to not get into 'romance' with the Alastair and Zevran in the game. Really...one complement and they're into you. On the mage route I decided I wanted to just get through the story so I set it to Easy mode, and wow, it's a lot easier. But then again with my Elf I tend to not pause and give commands as much as I should so maybe easy is best for me. (Or learn to pause/command/pause/etc) So all in all now is a new year, I haven't really set any new goals, although I do know I need to trim back some of my other hobbies. In Dec I was toying with the idea of getting some music composition software, but that would just add to the hobbies and thus I should probably not. I still have costuming and mini-painting to do once Dragon Age is completed. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, December 21st, 2009
3:42 pm	Rothlesburger Will Not be #1 Overall pick in 2010 draft! In a bizare turn of events The Fumbles won their game against the Punks. This means the Fumbles will not finish last and therefore not have the first overall pick next year. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
7:52 am	Chinese (Buffet) New Year Got a concensus over the weekend on the idea of a Chinese (Buffet) New Year. So if each person could buy/make a dish we'll put them all out and have our own Chinese Buffet for the holiday. Don't worry about rice as I can make that in the Rice Cooker. What time would people want to gather that day? 6pm/7pm/8pm? I know 8pm is our normal Anime night gathering, but might want to start earlier since we'd have food. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, December 14th, 2009
5:10 pm	We Need To Play More Forty Kay Got in my first game of 40k in months today. I did really miss the game. Dan and I fought to pretty much a draw where both sides would declare victory. (It was anihilation, in the end I had a troop (Jetbike with cannon and Warlock) and a HQ (Farseer and Warlock), and he had a Heavy (Thunder Fire Cannon with no operator), a Fast (2 Assault Marines 1 of those had a Thunder Hammer), and a Heavy/Elite (Ironclad Dreadnaught). I think had we gone longer I would've finally come out on top (It would've been close). And I'm just happy that I was able to down 2 of his 3 dreadnaughts and take down Vulcan. (Vulcan and Jain Zar died on the same turn.) I used better tactics this time, but still one gamble I did in the middle of the game didn't work my way and left one of my jetbike squads open for the Ironclad Dreadnaught to assault them. (Is it sad that I was only able to destroy the dreadnaughts in melee and my Bright Lance did nothing?) So yeah, I wouldn't be opposed to playing some more of this on Friday or Saturday if anyone wanted. Current Mood: chipper (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 13th, 2009
8:45 am	Thanksgiving plans Okay, Tim's agree to host, so we'll be heading up to his place on the 28th. Here's what we have so far for food: Rob and Z - Turkey (they ask for donations for the bird) Dennis - Stuffing and Green Beans (or something green and veggie) Jon - Cranberry Sause and something else Tim - Mashed Potatoes and Gravy Richard - Bread Alicia - Sweet Potatoes or something Still need a veggie and a desert. Tim's said people can cook there. Tim what time did you want ppl to start showing up? Or what time did we want to eat so we know when to start cooking (esp for anyone cooking over there)? I'll probably cook at my place and bring it over between 5 and 6. Have 2-3 spots in my car. Rob/Z/Tiny - 3pm Dennis - 5pm Others - ?pm Eat 6-7pm? (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
9:45 am	November Stuff Okay, here's what I know is going on. Nov 12 - Anime Night (end of Cyote Ragtime Show) Nov 14 - Request for a Rock Band night. Nov 19 - Anime Night (new series - Last Exile was proposed) Nov 20 - Missouri Mavricks Hockey Nov 21 - Something Nov 26 - Thanksgiving (No Anime Night) Nov 28 - ??? The two questions here. 1) I know Z brought up a Friendsgiving, did we want to do that on the 21st or 28th? 1b) If we do who would want to host, I can, but will let someone else host if they want. 1c) Would we do a normal thanksgiving themed potluck, or did we want to have ppl chip in for a bird and do it that way (I'd lean to the pot luck myself). 2) What would people want to do on those Saturdays we're not fooding? (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 6th, 2009
2:36 pm	First Fridays Anyone want to head out for that tonight? (1 Comment |Comment on this)
8:44 am	Missouri Mavricks Anyone want to try to be part of the specticle of their first game next Friday, Nov 13? Current Mood: curious (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, October 30th, 2009
1:29 pm	I'm not dead yet In fact, I think I'm getting better... You have to admit, it's getting better, getting better all the time (cant get much worse). In your non-news of the day, I think I kicked the sick. I don't feel 100%, but I don't feel bad. Even went out in the wind and stuff. So I think I'm good for tomorrow night. But...since we're late in getting things out and with the cloud of a sick unknown, I don't think ppl were ready for potluck. So, bring what you can/want/think of, and I'll think of something to be a meat-ish type dish to go with all the candy. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
8:14 am	All Hallow's Eve Eve So today I got to dress up to go to work. Yes, this means I went to work. Or currently 'am' at work. Although I've only been here about an hour I can feel me wearing down again. But it's all in my head, literally. I'm not coughing or sneezing, no fever. Just sinus pressure and light headedness. On the plus side when I got into my car this morning I was taller than normal. (I'm guessing due to all the extra sleep I've been getting.) And thanks to me listening to 'Queen' on the way in, I have the urge to watch Shawn of the Dead. So maybe Richard could bring that by tomorrow night. I will say this about my Jin outfit. It's warm. So much so that I was fine on the walk from the parking garage into the building. But here I'm feeling hot. > Current Music: Don't StopMe Now (Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
1:21 pm	Bleh I think I there is a chance that I 'might' be getting sick. Bleh. I only say that 'cause ever since Saturday I've been sleeping more than normal, and feeling drained since then as well. Well, today I started coughing a bit and feeling a tad light headed. So hopefully after a nap or something I'll shake this. Bleh. Current Mood: blah (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 16th, 2009
2:35 pm	Weekend. Tonight: Nothing! Saturday: Lunch, Concert. Sunday: Donuts, NFL (all day) Monday: Movie And scatter in some FFXI during the time as well. Getting Thf closer to 75. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
5:25 pm	Halloween Meme (trip 2) The non-local ppl. These ppl are 'much' nicer to me! *chuckle* My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul evildennis goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Archer. cosmiccat gives you 10 softly glowing pineapple-flavoured gumdrops. eikiji gives you 3 white raspberry-flavoured wafers. goboaj gives you 10 purple pineapple-flavoured pieces of taffy. grrlgamer4ever gives you 17 light yellow licorice-flavoured pieces of bubblegum. livingdeadcrizl gives you 17 mauve cherry-flavoured gumdrops. sewinggirl tricks you! You get a scratched CD. time_in_red gives you 6 yellow chocolate-flavoured pieces of taffy. twilightjoy gives you 15 softly glowing watermelon-flavoured wafers. evildennis ends up with 78 pieces of candy, and a scratched CD. Go trick-or-treating! Username: Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern. (Comment on this)
5:22 pm	Halloween Meme Local Ppls: My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul evildennis goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Archer. hidaman tricks you! You get a block of wood. katzchen gives you 8 light orange mint-flavoured gummy worms. kbrighton tricks you! You lose 1 pieces of candy! kei_neko tricks you! You get a dead frog. nockergeek gives you 2 light orange vanilla-flavoured gummy bats. richman1 tricks you! You get a rotten egg. riff13 tricks you! You get a scratched CD. the_z tricks you! You lose 4 pieces of candy! tim_almasy tricks you! You lose 4 pieces of candy! xvolph tricks you! You get a clothespin. evildennis ends up with 1 pieces of candy, a block of wood, a dead frog, a rotten egg, a scratched CD, and a clothespin. Go trick-or-treating! Username: Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern. (Comment on this)
Friday, October 9th, 2009
9:30 am	Halloween Okay, Richard posted his birthday plans so I'll add in Halloween ideas. (I don't take full credit for this idea, a coworker said something and the my mind ran with the idea.) But wouldn't it be funny if for Halloween we all cosplayed as Food Network stars. Someone as an Iron Chef. Someone as Alton Brown. Someone as Guy. The Ace of Cakes crew. Etc. Maybe Richard as Alton. Z could be Paula Dean. Rob could be Guy. Dan could be Mario. Jon and Kat as Duff and Maryalice. Wait...that would leave me as Bobby. Or maybe Richard as Geof from Ace of Cakes and could take Alton. Wait, what about Chairman! We'd need a chairman! With an apple. Or maybe we just cosplay as all the old and new Iron Chefs. (The old ones had some cool outfits.) And then maybe we could for the pot luck do Iron Chef Halloween where we have to make a dish using 'Pumpkin'. thoughts/feedback? (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
1:54 pm	The disguise, it works perfectly. Trolling around looking at pictres of friends from old larps, I saw this one person that caught my eye as very attaractive. And then scrolling on the picture I saw the name, it was one of my other friends. >< I kinda felt really stupid for not recognizing them. >< Oh well, at least they can know their costume (disguise) was really good. Current Mood: embarrassed (1 Comment |Comment on this)