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Emotional State of the Cass
Well, I'm okay. No, really. The funeral's been moved to Thursday and Baph has that day off so I'll be fine until then. Basically, when it comes to grieving, I do not gush everything out. That is just not my way. I am not repressing or squelching my feelings or being stoic or anything so stupidly "noble"; I just like to sort everything out a bit before I begin sharing my sadness.

 Medical State of the Cass
Started taking Welbutrin to quit smoking but the actual kicking of the smokes doesn't begin until Monday (heaven help us all) Also managed to convince the doc to give me a scrip for sleeping pills. Not just any, but the ones I am familiar with and like (no, not "like" like like, just plain "like"-like. Err, that is to say "I do not freak out when they start to take effect") I still am not sleeping more than an average of 4 hours at a time but I'm sleeping every night now which is a major step in the right direction. No, I have not taken them every night and I don't always take a whole pill either, but just a half one to nudge me in the proper time-frame is what I'm shooting for. Begun taking vitamins, exercise infrequently and reading again. Less stomachaches, less migraines and more energy.

Social State of the Cass
 I still have not gone dancing in a long time. Glad to be seeing people more lately and definitely glad to be feeling more outgoing than before but still missing that whole "out on the town" thing a bit.

Gaming State of the Cass
Been playing Star Wars Galaxies. Getting more and more pessimistic about it. It's still beautiful, full of wonder and so much potential but it's still buggy as hell. How disappointing. Some of the bugged quests have been there since the game's inception. Also, as with any online game, it's barely worth playign without a decent group. Right now we are focusing on levelling up and then we hope to find a good guild but as I said, I'm getting pessimistic because the game has got one flaw that is hard to overlook: it's virtually empty. I'm not kidding, it's like a ghost town sometimes. Apparently tons of people left after the combat upgrade and not many are coming back and they've done next to nothing to entice new players. Which is really sad because with a thriving economy and a bustling atmosphere the game is awesome -bugs and all. Without a decent sized player base, it's just hollow. Still have an account on CoH and I am still going to be playing it (probably going to try Sister Psyche tf tonight) but the lack of new environment and the mundane landscape just do not propel me to LOVE this game. I like it, very much and I wish other games would take a cue from CoH when it comes to character-building, but I just can't love any game that gives me NOTHING in the way of exploration. The whole "world" is just boring as batshit to move around in. Even the instances (ESPECIALLY the instances) are cookie-cutter. I need an interesting environment to explore or I just lose interest really. Badges are a great idea and I'm totally competetive about getting them (the only way I'm competetive really - me vs. the puzzle) but come on, getting badges because I happen across some special SPOT on a hill? That looks like any other fucking hill in the game? BLeh. Guild Wars is still with me too, but again without a decent group, it's not worth logging in. The world is beautiful, the characters are decent, the content is aces so far as I'm concerned (not too complex, not too predictable) and I can totally overlook the whole "gotta group" thing (it is called "Guild Wars" not "Solo Wars") but I cannot get past two things: the lack of Z axis and the ability to pick up NPCs to make your own group. Because of no Z axis, I cannot walk up a hill unless I find the "magic path" that the devs built into the scenary. Of course, they neglected to make this "magic path" discernable in any way shape or form so I can only surmise that this is yet another example of Dev Sadism_TM. I can't tell you how much cursing and head splodey I get into when trying to just walk somewhere in Guild Wars because I see on my radar where a mob is but I can't get to the damned thing because I can't find the effing "magic path". Now, the issue I have with the NPC grouping is just my personal feelings, not an actual judgement on the game itself. I want, no, NEED to group to do certain quests. I can use NPCs to do this. Some people love Guild Wars for this very reason - never have to find a pickup group again! but I hate it. Grouping with NPCs means NO conversation, NO strategy and NO feeling of accomplishment. I didn't kill all those Charr because me and my group are great players, I killed the Charr because I grabbed some NPCs and they are maxed out. I could just stand there half the time and do nothing and if I picked the right characters I'd win every battle. Wa-hoo. Guild Wars, while beautiful and interesting is not for me if no one else is playing it.
Ah well.
 I tell ya, the whole thing has got me thinking about taking up console gaming. Anyone wanna invite me over to play some Halo on their Xbox?

Comments

[dustyskinandall.livejournal.com]

as soon as I get one, we will Sexxxbox it up! :)

[not-hothead-yet.livejournal.com]

maybe we should find some hapless nerdy-type and flirt with him just to play his Xbox?

[aka-baphomet.livejournal.com]

"I tell ya, the whole thing has got me thinking about taking up console gaming."

DONT TURN TO THE DARK SIDE!!!

http://www.vanguardsoh.com/

http://www.darkandlight.net/

Although, personaly, I would donate the right nut to science for a non-fantasy based MMO that is well made.

philistine

[not-hothead-yet.livejournal.com]

why play if the environment is non-fantasy based? Sims don't appeal to me personally.

Both of those look fairly nice but until I hear more about the character customization and the combat system, I'm not making any plans.

wonder how AO is looking these days?

[not-hothead-yet.livejournal.com]

This looks interesting

Too bad it doesn't have a release date yet.

[dave-over.livejournal.com]

Just gotta say, I still love World of Warcraft.

[not-hothead-yet.livejournal.com]

fine game, great evironment, awesome exploring, loved my character, terrible players, rotton guild, next to nothing for customization of character... I don't miss it but I do miss playing with the group I had for a while. Much how I feel about EQL and SWG. Problem was, WoW, just like EQL ended up being "raid only" mentality after a while. I like raiding okay, but that's not ALL I wanna do. Plain ole grouping and questing is fun too but no one ever does that after level 40.

[dave-over.livejournal.com]

Well that depends on the server and the people, honestly. I play on Feathermoon, an RP server which is striving very hard to maintain itself as an RP server. Raiding? Absolutely, after all it's the only way to get into some of the end game content. But even having been 60th for a couple of months now, I am constantly have adventures with guildies and soloing trying to get some quests done. *shrug* your results may vary ;)

[adric]

Well, as much as I want you to come play some CoH, it seems we will all eventally end up playing GW forever.

So far, all these muds suck without group. Trimuph usually has some players worth teaming with... okay, well , sometimes anyway.

We ditched on the Hollows and spent some productive time hunting in Boomtown last night. much less random pointless death.

[not-hothead-yet.livejournal.com]

so when are you usually on? I bet we could figure out some time that you, me, The Lady, TYK and Salvaged are all on at the same time (maybe comorbid too)