I didn't playing MMOs because they sucked, quite the opposite. I liked them a bit TOO much, and I just don't have room in my current life for the time commitment they require. i still have some very fond memories.
Running a guild in a MUD in college (Dragons, Legends and Lore) and spending days working through the hardest area. It was this massive tower with a Royal family, and there were somewhere around 15 secret doors you had to find by reading room clues to get all the way to the top and find out what's really going on. Being part of an all-night 100-person raiding part in DAOC and taking the last treasure fort. Tanking in Darkness Falls and seeing a party run by followed closely by thatT huge Prince dude with the wings and his entourage in hot pursuit. Sitting on a hill overlooking a 700-person battle for a bridge and an island in Planetside, with tanks and bombers and mechs everywhere. Could almost smell the napalm. Llama hunting with a bunch of friends and disc shooters in Tribes 2, and hitting that perfect cap run where everything from flag grab to the escape is one long glide. Taking our time to work through the entire Temple of Atal'hakkar in WoW with some close friends in one sitting and appreciating the little details the designers put in. --------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Stan Zaske <swza...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It's my first MMO. After all these years of playing games it took the words > "Dungeons and Dragons" and "free" to get me to try it. I still play it in > single player mode however. Someday I'll take the plunge and join a social > group. Probably get eaten alive by the kids in there. LOL > > > Brian Weeden wrote: > >> I'm sure it's great but I went cold turkey on MMOs. With a toddler in the >> house and another on the way I am strictly a single player, pause any time >> sort of gamer now (not that I didn't enjoy my time with MUDs, DAOC, and >> WoW). >> >> Oblivion, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Civ 4 (still going strong), >> Dead >> Space, the Witcher - those are my type of games now. >> >> --------------------------- >> Brian Weeden >> Technical Advisor >> Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> >> Montreal Office >> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada >> +1 (202) 683-8534 US >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Stan Zaske <swza...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I have something you might be interested in Brian: >>> >>> >>> Dungeons and Dragons Online: behold the power of free >>> >>> http://bit.ly/8dUTM >>> >>> >>> Brian Weeden wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I bought a Q6600 for $250 in March 2008. I consider that to be a dirt >>>> cheap >>>> price to get a processor that will meet my foreseeable needs for 3-4 >>>> years. >>>> I bought a Radeon 4850 for $180 in Oct 2008 and it has suited me just >>>> fine. >>>> >>>> >>>> The last game I played - Batman Arkham Asylum - ran very smooth. And >>>> yes, >>>> I >>>> am running a 24" LCD. I've considered getting another 4850 and doing >>>> SLI, >>>> but I don't really see a need at this point and I'm not sure I"m going >>>> to >>>> get much value as opposed to waiting another 6 months and getting a >>>> whole >>>> new card. The next major game I will be playing a lot - Dragon >>>> Age:Origins >>>> - will probably run just fine on my current setup. >>>> >>>> However, I am still running a pair of Seagate SATA drives that I've had >>>> for >>>> years (250 GB boot, 80 GB data). So my upgrade this winter will be >>>> Windows >>>> 7 64-bit, another 4 GB of RAM (because I multitask a lot and run VMs), >>>> and >>>> a >>>> SSD boot drive. But I have no incentive to change my CPU. >>>> >>>> --------------------------- >>>> Brian Weeden >>>> Technical Advisor >>>> Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> >>>> Montreal Office >>>> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada >>>> +1 (202) 683-8534 US >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Stan Zaske <swza...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> With gaming it depends on the resolution you play at. With a 30" >>>>> monitor >>>>> you're going to need some decent horsepower and even with my 24" there >>>>> are >>>>> times I wish for something better than my 4850 (5850 coming up as soon >>>>> as >>>>> price takes the 1st drop). I'm confused, you speak of an Intel quad >>>>> core >>>>> processor you bought 2 years ago being dirt cheap? Did you get it used >>>>> because new and cheap don't equate to Intel processors. LOL >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Brian Weeden wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hard drives have been the major system bottleneck for most computer >>>>>> users >>>>>> for years now. I'm surprised that it's taken this long for that fact >>>>>> to >>>>>> settle in AND for companies to realize that's the future growth area. >>>>>> >>>>>> Video cards? Eh...unless you are a freak you can get by. I play most >>>>>> new >>>>>> games and get by just fine spending $200 every couple of years. >>>>>> Processor? The quad core intel I bought 2 years ago was dirt cheap >>>>>> and >>>>>> I >>>>>> have yet to saturate all 4 processors. >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------- >>>>>> Brian Weeden >>>>>> Technical Advisor >>>>>> Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> >>>>>> >>>>>> Montreal Office >>>>>> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada >>>>>> +1 (202) 683-8534 US >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Stan Zaske <swza...@yahoo.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Yep, Vista and Win7 are both very hardrive intensive compared to XP. >>>>>>> Better >>>>>>> pony up the dough and get a solid state drive with the "barefoot" >>>>>>> controller. LOL >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Steve Tomporowski wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I've noticed this 'problem' on both Vista and Win7. It seems like >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> system puts it's file manager to sleep, so that if you try to do a >>>>>>>> disk >>>>>>>> action, you get a substantial delay. For instance, I'll be playing >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> game, >>>>>>>> then I jump to email, when I try to drag and drop, there is a delay, >>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>> get >>>>>>>> the circle, then finally it moves the message. Of course, the next >>>>>>>> message >>>>>>>> goes quickly. The same with getting disk directories. I'll click >>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> drive, get the 1st half of folders, then the circle and then the >>>>>>>> moving >>>>>>>> bar, >>>>>>>> then it finally gives me all the folders. Of course, after that >>>>>>>> point, >>>>>>>> everything works quickly. My power settings are for always on, so >>>>>>>> it's >>>>>>>> not >>>>>>>> a power down. Anyone else seen this? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks....Steve >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >>>>>>>> signature database 4537 (20091023) __________ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.eset.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > >
