I haven’t played in over a week! maybe it’s that my guild is on avg, nearly 10 lvls higher than I (the elven archer of yore), and not all that in a hurry to help me out (they have a pretty consistent group of ppl… I’m not one of them) and my other char (27 fighter) isn’t as fun to play… nor is as rich.
I can trace this burned-outness to two sources: a long thanksgiving weekend without playing and the fact that I put my two mains on two different servers (Teva and Bijou) … MISTAKE! can’t pool my resources, nor associate with my contacts made on both servers.
If outspark enacted the STORE to actually sell useful things like character transfer, I’d be all over it. and although I understand the server imbalance risks in a character transfer feature… it CAN work. oh well… seems doubtful as outspark is slow moving with anything all that useful.
when you reach 30, you are thrown into a realm of uber spending, especially if your skills are backlogged.
I’m up to ~25s, and basically need another 10s to buy everything I need to catch up to my level.
the main disadvantage of the Fiesta economy over WoW’s is the lack of an offline ability to make money. in order to sell to other players in Fiesta, you must be logged in and in “vendor” mode. in which you are allowed to sell *5* different types of items (some are stackable, such as mats(materials).) this is pretty inconvenient for most people.
the best tip I can give is gather up what you want to sell and leave it on over night. there are plenty of players in different timezones such that you will have people buying, if your price is right, and there is some demand for what you’re sellin’.
tonight I sell Tier2 mats — hopefully I will make a couple of silver.
I’m tired, blurry eyed, yawning, yet the mind is relentlessly seeking “accomplishment.” my project TLH is nearly ready for public consumption. I’m uneasy, because I am having trouble squelching perfectionistic urges. everything must be in it’s place. all features. blah. is the taste window too small?!? shit, maybe I should redo it. man this time ago generating thing is annoying, I *know* I don’t have to write it by hand but I can’t seem to find a proven and modular solution. ok, that’s enough random jibbajabbah. nightnight.
outspark’s fiesta draws you in by displaying cutesy animey pretty 3d worlds and characters along with many shiney weapons and armors. but as for the latter-est, do not try if you are prone to depression.
I earned the clever title “Unlucky enhancer” after losing my 4th piece of equipment.. OK, that’s fine, most of those were extra. but, as if I hadn’t had enough, I try again this morning, for enhancing something of great value to me – my pristine shiney, overly expensive to replace steel crossbow. with yet another “LUCKY ELRUE” obtained I considered, hey, lucky, no way it’ll do the worst case scenario…. not only did the enhancement fail w/the so-called lucky elrue on the very first try, but I lost the item.
instead of quitting on the spot, I’ve been playing most of the morning hoping that with the bad, comes the good. no such fracking luck. 2nd MARA KQ with an empty chest bullshit.
I started requiring registration for comments. that’s as close as I could find to turning commenting off. OK, cool. NOT~ “MrRobby” has registered and commented on every post I have. fuck! what a pain in my ass. makes me wonder why the hell I keep a blog anyway.
what a ridiculous means of creating income: annoying the living fuck out of your fellow man. THANX, JERKASSES.
I hate bees. always have always will. ok, I have a sweet spot for honey bees – they are sweet and so is the fruit of their labors. yellow jacket wasps however, can go straight back to the fuckin’ hell that spawned them. without provocation, walking peacefully along the street I am bombarded and stung, a large an’ swollen bloody hole in my neck remains. the good news is that biotch didn’t make it back to the hive to brag about his/her score. dead bitch, squished beneath my mighty shoe. still, ow, and argh, arrrg.
citibank is my first CC with rewards – free of $$ charge; free of cost however – not even close.
#1 Gripe: thankyou network is pathetic.
the “reward” points you receive are approx. 100/dollar spent. ok fine. I decided to use some – 13,500 points for a PS2 – cool – about $135. I order it up on 11/20. it is now the 27th and the order status remains exactly what it was the day I placed it: “In Progress.” perhaps I need to send them a friendly reminder? oh, what’s this – no email or e-contact method whatsoever, an address and a phone #. fuuuck you!
#2 Gripe: my finance charge calculation cycle based on std purchases is *20* days. NOT the same as my billing cycle (30 days.) this underhanded practice basically forces you into paying every 20 days or else you get charged. this is the first time I’ve encountered this tactic; it is sneaky and irritating. fuck you.
#3 Gripe: seriously, where’s my ps2?! assholes.
#4 Gripe: I called citi about a month ago to inquire about changing the due date of my payments. ‘ok np’ the CSR says in a garbled D-student english tongue. I ask to have a fee removed – ‘ok np, check back with us in 7 biz days’ – wtf? apparently ‘billing’ has to look over the acct and decide if I am worthy. ok fine I say. thanks…… at which point the CSR launches into a spcheel about some credit protection – y’know, 30 days free of “id/credit protection” yada yada shit that is probably included in my account already anyway. I say no. she launches into yet another spcheel. I am polite, I say no thanks I will consider it – mistake – as this is apparently another keyword for yet another speech. I am annoyed. I said no. good bye. in short – my gripe is NO FREE CUSTOMER SERVICE – you pay with your time as they WILL TRY TO SELL YOU SOMETHING after “helping” you. fu.
#5 semi-gripe: I did end up receiving the PS2. it took nearly *two* months and the status was never updated. well at least I got it…
I’ve been trying to figure this out for over a week now. this is what my google.com/webmasters page says:
Home page crawl: Googlebot last successfully accessed your home page on Sep 20, 2006.
what the fuck? I added a sitemap to the same page about a week ago… no change. google is downloading the sitemap daily but nothing more. I’ve yet to find any answers and am properly frustrated about it. it does not seem like I am on any spam list – excluded from indexing – but perhaps I need to submit a reinclusion request? none of the discussion groups seem to have any insight to this predicament either. help!?
last detail. He was muttering over the heap of apparatus as he punched
attached was an odd-looking .png that contained pill (VIAGRA, CIALAS, Xanax, …) prices. who the fuck would buy perscription pills from a spam message? you’d have to be out of your fucking mind.
in seeing the world that is. mexico and canada should be easy… also intend on taking a US road trip someday but I want a 45-50mpg vehicle to travel with. a sexy sweet an’ funny companion is a must too.
update: didn’t realize how fucked up the map made my blahog until just now ;( click read more to see the map of already visited nations n’ states. More…
in one of my many random stumblings around the interweb I found something unique: THE SNEEZE – “half zine. half blog. half not good at fractions.” and found it to be a fucking riot.
this is surly a sign of how bad things have are beneith the veil of bush gov secrecy; perhaps we can look on the positive, this injection is a subtle admission of guilt – who else but crooks and liars seek innocence before being deemed guilty?
I don’t know how objective this Cafferty guy is, but he seems pretty upset about this, and I do trust CNN about as much as one can trust American mass media these days…
another youtube vid, I know, but these embedded things are slick: what are we becoming?
for me, change often comes suddenly and I am usually unprepared for it. I slump into old habits – many of which are gone for the better – for however long it takes me to recover… in the process of, I become more fascinated by passionate people as I often feel I lack it. many of these people find living life courageously natural. the drive these people exibit is interesting and generally worthy of respect. in my oft slouching state, I ponder these people: is it a passion gene, learned behavior, or hard work?
I am not good at hard work. I work smart or not at all. simply thinking about *hard work* makes me cringe. I do not like it and do not intend to ever learn how to do so. I believe I can achieve the same or greater simply by persistence – though this in itself can be considered hard… I digress.
some people make a healthy living off simply unloading their passion onto the intarnet – extroverted introverts. this concept is quite appealing to me and while feels close, has yet to be seen, as if when I open my eyes or turn my head at just the right time and direction, *it* will be there. I am becoming a believer that the universe will provide to those who make the call and are prepared for the answer, even though all I have now is faith….
firm belief in the idea of generating income and exposure while not working is fantastically rewarding. faith in creating systems that work all the time is what this era is all about. just because I have yet to create one that yielded $$ doesn’t mean they weren’t great experiences to build on – middlesyde, wildcatclassifieds, various personal sites…
I have a few goals (somewhat unrelated to my rant) :
.. further engage random people more comfortably particularly those I am attracted to; i.e. beyond an awkward two words – one sentence.
.. develop a small source of income entirely separate from my day job – I have a few ideas here – and eventually quit this (fucking) job.
.. purchase a motorcycle.
I’ve accomplished a couple other goals this past weekend.
for one, my house is no longer a place I dread returning to. I am hoping this is the first step towards creating a place to be more proactive and productive.
what empowers you to change?
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I am freaking out at work and I fucking hate this town.
for some reason, you *still* can’t get this shit (routine maintance?!) done on time. after nearly 2 years of running this game, and an near infinite amount of money to keep things moving forward, why can’t you bring servers back online ON TIME on a regular basis?!
your developers and artists are incredibly talented. the vision of the world and its implementation are astounding and revolutionary. I am only pissed off you’ve stolen so much of my life once in awhile.
so, OK, you have 4+ million subscribers, it’s a huge load; but that’s A LOT OF FUCKING MONEY. you could hire 4 million monkeys to do the same job your support staff does now. I’m sure there ARE exceptions, but WTF: your forums and your web servers go down when your game servers aren’t back up in time. there are a LOT of pissed off people wanting answers and rarely are they provided.
are you so greedy and inconsiderate that making deadlines is like a reward to your loyal subscribers? do we not pay you $13-$15 contractually such that you provide us a service? I feel like you nickle and dime us by constantly missing “deadlines.”
you are a drug dealer with all the supply in the universe; does this increase in temporary demand by pushing people to the ends of their patience actually provide benefits? if so I can’t imagine what sort.
No, I won’t stop giving you my money. Yes I pre-ordered your fucking collectors edition Burning Crusade expansion. I am simply disappointed in your irresponsibility to adapt, or at the very least, inability to be more upfront and honest with those who love you.
I pay and therefore I have the right and the privilege to bitch. *PLEASE* FIX YOUR SHIT BEFORE THE EXPANSION.
