This was not my best Halloween. We didn't do anything, which was fine. Neither of us really felt all that festive. Really, I just kind of wanted a quiet day where nothing happened. For the most part, that's what I got.
At least, that's what I got until I fell. I have these houseshoes that are too big for my feet. When I'm not thinking about it, I shuffle around in them. There is a bit of the flooring in the hallway that is bunched up. I tripped over it and fell into a bookcase. I tried to catch myself but didn't. My butt hit the floor pretty hard and my shoulder took a nasty slam into the shelving.
The pain isn't too bad right now, but I'm not looking forward to waking up tomorrow morning. I'm sure the pain will be in its full glory by then. So just....great.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Guild Geekery
Funny story about the new game I'm playing. Everyone in there is one of the clones, of course, so you don't know anything about the people behind those clones. We got into a discussion tonight after Guild Battle (which we won, hallah!) and one of the guys mentioned he was old. Now, this guy . . . I honestly assumed he was like 17 or something. Nope. He's in his 60s. This opened up a whole discussion about our various ages. The youngest person in our group is 27, most of us are in our 40s/50s.
To me, this adds a whole other dynamic to how we play the game, especially the Guild Battle. Guild Battle is actually my favorite time of the day for the game. When I first started, I just randomly joined a guild (not the one I'm in now) and stumbled along to the various events. One night I was the only person in my guild who went to guild battle. It was there that a guy I'd talked to on occasion noticed what I was doing and invited me to join a more competitive guild.
I like the battle event because it's the one thing about the game that can't be predicted. Where everything else is based on how well you're building your characters (with some minor changes thrown in there for critical hits and stuff like that), Guild Battle relies on the humans behind the players. How many people show up? Who can get in fast hits? What kind of plans do you have?
There used to be quite a few guilds involved in the battles, but the two strongest ones are my current guild (that I happen to somehow be in charge of now) and our rivals. For a long time, we couldn't beat them. Then we started beating them every other day. But one of the smaller guilds decided to disband and join theirs. Well, actually, they wanted to join our guild, but we're on different alignment sides so they couldn't. Anyway, they joined that guild and suddenly they had the numbers. When we lost two days in a row, a lot of people were discouraged.
I really wasn't. It thrilled me because suddenly our typical back and forth wasn't a given. I thought about why they won and realized it had to be due to how they situated their attacks. We talked about this and one of the guys in the guild came up with a battle plan for us. We tried it and it worked quite well. So now we have an evolving rivalry, and that's just awesome.
I can't wait to see what they come up with next.
To me, this adds a whole other dynamic to how we play the game, especially the Guild Battle. Guild Battle is actually my favorite time of the day for the game. When I first started, I just randomly joined a guild (not the one I'm in now) and stumbled along to the various events. One night I was the only person in my guild who went to guild battle. It was there that a guy I'd talked to on occasion noticed what I was doing and invited me to join a more competitive guild.
I like the battle event because it's the one thing about the game that can't be predicted. Where everything else is based on how well you're building your characters (with some minor changes thrown in there for critical hits and stuff like that), Guild Battle relies on the humans behind the players. How many people show up? Who can get in fast hits? What kind of plans do you have?
There used to be quite a few guilds involved in the battles, but the two strongest ones are my current guild (that I happen to somehow be in charge of now) and our rivals. For a long time, we couldn't beat them. Then we started beating them every other day. But one of the smaller guilds decided to disband and join theirs. Well, actually, they wanted to join our guild, but we're on different alignment sides so they couldn't. Anyway, they joined that guild and suddenly they had the numbers. When we lost two days in a row, a lot of people were discouraged.
I really wasn't. It thrilled me because suddenly our typical back and forth wasn't a given. I thought about why they won and realized it had to be due to how they situated their attacks. We talked about this and one of the guys in the guild came up with a battle plan for us. We tried it and it worked quite well. So now we have an evolving rivalry, and that's just awesome.
I can't wait to see what they come up with next.
Sunday, October 29, 2017
I Get So Emotional, Baby
Uhh. Today was not good. I was very stupidly emotional all day, on the verge of crying, and just in a total funk. There was no reason for it. It wasn't real. I mean, it was real, but it wasn't based on anything. It was just the chemical mishmash. It means nothing, but it does keep me weepy about the idea of a cute picture of my second cousin, looking at a cat, the idea of the spider in the bathroom being harmed, etc.
Anyway, I have no idea where all of that came from. It was there, I managed to deal without letting it break me down, and now it's somewhat subsiding. Hopefully, I'll be out of this funk soon and I can just be creative and maybe write better posts.
Anyway, I have no idea where all of that came from. It was there, I managed to deal without letting it break me down, and now it's somewhat subsiding. Hopefully, I'll be out of this funk soon and I can just be creative and maybe write better posts.
Clone Wars
So I'm playing a new game called Guns and Magic. I started it because KK:H was doing a promo where you could get Kstars if you played it for a while. I figured I could endure it for 40 levels and then leave. The thing is, I started liking the game. Now I like it a lot. I'm not sure what the plot of it is actually. The plot doesn't make a lot of sense. I have my own ideas about the plot just based on the various activities we do every day and the repeating graphics.
See, everyone has a choice between a male or female hero character. Unless you stupid a stupid amount of actual money, everyone's characters look the same. You either have a blonde man with no shirt or a white-haired woman with lots of cleavage. He has a massive sword (no pun intended) and she has a massive gun. They travel with three support characters who change over time, but still always look alike. You fight enemies who look both like your support characters and some various other (though limited) character types.
The backgrounds are beautiful, but they're also all broken. You travel over broken bridges or strange areas where ships are filled in with dirt like an ocean disappeared and all the ships that were sunk at the ocean floor just filled in as winds blew dirt into them. The two cities, Liberty Port and the city of the elves, are both located high in the sky and surrounded by airships.
So this is my theory. This is what remains of a broken world. Someone found a program for making clones and while this program could make an unlimited number of clones, the variety of said clones was quite small. Over time, these clones forgot they'd been cloned and believed themselves to be various races. Now they all fight with each other. The blonde and white-haired humans who live in Liberty Port have a shaky alliance with the elves, but only as long as they are fighting the pirates (who attack every day) or the robots (no one knows why they attack). However, there are some humans and elves who have been corrupted and work for the side of evil, that's why sometimes you will face an enemy who looks exactly like one of the people in your party.
I'm sure that's not the case at all, but it's my headcanon and I'm sticking to it.
See, everyone has a choice between a male or female hero character. Unless you stupid a stupid amount of actual money, everyone's characters look the same. You either have a blonde man with no shirt or a white-haired woman with lots of cleavage. He has a massive sword (no pun intended) and she has a massive gun. They travel with three support characters who change over time, but still always look alike. You fight enemies who look both like your support characters and some various other (though limited) character types.
The backgrounds are beautiful, but they're also all broken. You travel over broken bridges or strange areas where ships are filled in with dirt like an ocean disappeared and all the ships that were sunk at the ocean floor just filled in as winds blew dirt into them. The two cities, Liberty Port and the city of the elves, are both located high in the sky and surrounded by airships.
So this is my theory. This is what remains of a broken world. Someone found a program for making clones and while this program could make an unlimited number of clones, the variety of said clones was quite small. Over time, these clones forgot they'd been cloned and believed themselves to be various races. Now they all fight with each other. The blonde and white-haired humans who live in Liberty Port have a shaky alliance with the elves, but only as long as they are fighting the pirates (who attack every day) or the robots (no one knows why they attack). However, there are some humans and elves who have been corrupted and work for the side of evil, that's why sometimes you will face an enemy who looks exactly like one of the people in your party.
I'm sure that's not the case at all, but it's my headcanon and I'm sticking to it.
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Nice and Cold
Yes, I mean it is nice and cold as opposed to it being cruel and cold. We'll probably get there, but it will take a while. For now, there is just enough chill in the air to make things nice. YAY!
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Perspective
Getting older is hard. Your mind settles down on a lot of issues, but while sometimes I think that's wisdom, other times I wonder if it's not just because you're in a lot of pain and your mind is being wonky. I think when women leave the stage of menopause, there should be a custom to give them a party to celebrate the fact that they made it through this transition without killing too many people. That's actually harder than it sounds.
Anyway, I had a good day today. We ran errands and they went well. Now we can just coast into the weekend and hopefully, that will go well too. See, as you get older, it really is the little things that make all the difference. No drama. Peaceful days. What more could one want?
Anyway, I had a good day today. We ran errands and they went well. Now we can just coast into the weekend and hopefully, that will go well too. See, as you get older, it really is the little things that make all the difference. No drama. Peaceful days. What more could one want?
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Editing
I've been quiet on Facebook for a while now and I think I'll stay that way. I'm playing some games and making some comments, but for the most part, I think it's best I just back away. It seems like everyone is so deeply mired in the negative right now. It's sad. It's like we can't let go of the darkness. We need to, we need to move on and live our lives, but it seems so very difficult for people. I was like that for a long time, but I'm letting go now. I can't change politics and I certainly can't change the political climate. All I can do is live through it as best I can. If I'm going to have the strength to do that, I can't let my mind dwell in the darkness.
On an unrelated note, I started putting away my summer clothes today. I also culled some undershirts that were well beyond any hope of holding together. I tend to keep those things around until they're so full of holes I have to tie knots in them just to keep some level of modesty. It's senseless to do that because I have other t-shirts.
I think we all need to really be careful about what we allow in our lives. Someone told me tonight that a few years ago she opted for a less effective surgery because it was outpatient and she didn't want her husband spending the night with his mistress. I think in a situation like that, we should teach people to take care of themselves and anyone who would jeopardize that should be edited out of their lives. It's for the best.
On an unrelated note, I started putting away my summer clothes today. I also culled some undershirts that were well beyond any hope of holding together. I tend to keep those things around until they're so full of holes I have to tie knots in them just to keep some level of modesty. It's senseless to do that because I have other t-shirts.
I think we all need to really be careful about what we allow in our lives. Someone told me tonight that a few years ago she opted for a less effective surgery because it was outpatient and she didn't want her husband spending the night with his mistress. I think in a situation like that, we should teach people to take care of themselves and anyone who would jeopardize that should be edited out of their lives. It's for the best.
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