SolarSentai

O.M.F.G.

*dies laughing*

*uses a wakey*

*dies laughing again*

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c5mHyuCVZU

From the same guy... and OMG at the last scene. I nearly peed myself!!!!

Okay, had NCSoft not cancelled CoH... I would've give this game a shot.

To me, it looks effin cool.

But until CoH is uncancelled.... not a chance in Hell.

I solo Hamidon all the time... wait... OH, you meant in-game... Well... uh... >_> <_< >_> <_< >_> <_< .... Don't judge me! ;-;

I think as I've gotten older, video games in general have started to lose its appeal to me. I remember back when I first got a Super Nintendo, Super Mario World was the most awesome thing I had ever seen. I mean, I had seen Mario 3 on the NES and such, but SMW totally blew my mind. The game was just in general fun. The graphics weren't anything all that special and the story was pretty basic. Hell, I've been known to fire up the Emulators from time to time and play it to this day.

I still remember going to Arcades and playing fighting games (Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter in all its incarnations). I didn't mind dropping quarters into the machines because the games were fun and the experience was there.

Nowadays... everything just feels like a grind-fest to me. Whether it's grinding to boost your stats or in game wealth there doesn't seem to be a level playing field.

What I really liked about CoH early on was that the "loot" system was pretty basic. There wasn't much you had to worry about and you could thoroughly enjoy the game without having to worry about getting the new shiny. And even with the invention system, it was a supplement to the simple system that was already in place.

I look at screenshots for other MMOs and I see the interfaces and I'm totally lost. There are just so many icons and so much information on the screen that I go crosseyed. To me that's not fun. I don't want to have to remember every single situational specialized ability to feel like I'm being productive.

And on the monetary side of things - I truly believe that once the game companies realized that people would shell out small amounts of money for shineys they all just jumped on the gravy train. Stuff that would've normally been included with a release was put on the side and then charged for separately. For 1s and 0s these companies really do make a killing. In another recently release MMO I saw them releasing weapon skins for $10 a pop. Seriously? For -1- skin... $10. And (if I'm not mistaken) it was -per character-. And the sad part is that I'm sure there were people who bought them. Even though I wasn't a fan of the Paragon Market in general, I still think we got the most bang for our buck with it. I was one of the few who thought that the NPC Costume Transformations were appropriately priced when they were first released.

Anyway, yea, video games... I love(d) em... but these days... I dunno anymore.

The installation was fairly old. However, my test was in response to what I saw on my Twitter feed (that was retweeted by Titan Network).



It implied that the game was removed from the Launcher, and that the Launcher was no longer providing updates.

Does that still work? I remember shortly after the NCLauncher going live that the old CoH Launcher no longer worked.

As always, I could be mistaken...

This ^

Mission accomplished.

It's kinda funny how the whole nachos and klondike bars thing started. Way back when, pre-i9, I occasionally went to the Hami raids. It wasn't something that I always did b/c I wasn't really in any global channels, and I really didn't know what the schedule was (or even if there was one). I would hear about the raids forming from friends, or if someone happen to broadcast in the zone I was in. I didn't make the effort to be "known" or "mingle" as there were so many voices being heard and it was hard to keep up with anything.

Post-i9 when the raids got smaller and more focused, and I started going on a more regular basis. I had gotten bored with the other stuff I was doing, no one in my SG at the time were really into the raids so I just went solo. The more I kept going, the more I kept seeing the same folks and I guess that's how friendships start right?

I'm not really known for being overly outgoing. I don't think I'm overly socially awkward but you never quite know how people will interpret you as a person (even if you have the best intentions). Anyways, I remember one of the raids, the monster hunting was going way too long, and I just kinda hopped into the bowl, started dancing, and when that didn't work, I was just spouting nonsense into broadcast basically trying to coerce Hami to come out. And it stuck... and became a regular thing.

The Hamiettes... oh the Hamiettes... prior to leagues, I would get so many tells for people asking to be a part of the Assault team. It was truly an honor that people wanted to be a part of the Hamiettes. And it might sound silly, but it really did break my heart when I had to turn people away because the team was full.

I never did really think it would stick. It was just me being silly. I guess there are worse things to be known for

And one other aside relating to this... most of my friends outside of the game couldn't care less about CoH, or video games in general for that matter, so when I would try to talk about the game, or things related to it (Hami raids), I get blank stares. But, October of last year, we took in two stray kittens. They were only a few weeks old. They were tiny, and clearly needed to see a vet. We had three cats already, so two more... as much as I wanted them, there was some protest. But there was something about them that made me want them even more... one was black and white. The other was orange. A bajilion light bulbs went off in my head. It was too coincidental and two perfect. And thus, "Nacho" and "Klondike" became a part of the family. No other names would be appropriate. And to show even more so how fate played a part in this, if we hadn't taken them in when we did, chances are they would have died. A day after we took them in, there was a freak snowstorm. Not that we got 12" of snow, but it was cold enough and enough snow that they wouldn't have survived.

Just goes to show much things in life are interconnected.

And as such, a short reply turned into a rant.

So, that's the story of how Zombie Fryer was known for nachos and klondike bars.