February 2009 Entries
Tabula Rasa is nearly done, so two birds with one stone today, what with being rather more lazy than usual with the blog posting, and the last in my somewhat presumptuous What TR Did Wrong series, and another in my Many Faces of Van Hemlock one. I'd imagine my own personal tale of Tabula Rasa was not so different form everyone else's. I think gave it the old Three Month Rule, and didn't start playing until early February '08, coincidentally, during my last blog-vacation, and Episode #1 of the podcast features a few of my first impressions of...
What with it being two games sort of, instead of just the one, I've got two characters I'd consider my Mains in City of Heroes and City of Villains. I've often had troubles with Altitis in the past, and perhaps now recognise it as a symptom of a greater fatigue and indeed, boredom with many of the MMOs I've played. The logic is simple; I'm bored of grinding out levels - lets see if it's anymore interesting as a different class? The answer is usually "briefly." If I ever hope to get anywhere at all in these games...
More talking fun here! I couldn't think of a particular topic of my own this week, so instead thought it might be interesting to ramble a bit about things that we thought were interesting, out there in the Blag-U-Spore over the last week or two proving that not only am I self-centred enough to talk about myself for a whole hour most weeks, but that I can also turn what other people think about completely unrelated things, into talking about myself for an hour! Van Rantlock & Cpt Chinstroker (Ep38) In which there's News, most of...
Still going with Tabula Rasa, although possibly not giving it quite as much time as I should, what with the other three MMOs I have on the go too. Gotten myself to Level 48 now though, which is surprising considering how little time I've given it. Maybe one three hour session a week (with +50% Boosters), since early January, and more than three levels under my belt, levels at the very top end. The game always felt fast; a constant flow of action, and to begin with, that did seem awesome. Pewpew lazors! Gogogogogo! Boot Camp...
So, how am I doing? One aspect of the Multi-Game Hopping Lifestyle they don't tell you about, is the splintering of self that it entails. One night, I'm a Superhero, another I'm a Swordsman, and yet another, I'm a Space Trooper. All of these are theoretically different people; the alternative is to RP it up as if I'm some kind of secretly time-travelling do-gooder, Dr Who style, which is just going to get complicated very quickly indeed, and not a little clichéd in the bargain! So while not much of a role-player in the traditional sense, I guess...