Summer-time Blues...New Adventures(for now)...

Hi guys! I just wanted to blog real quick here and let you all know I am around and trying to at least pay attention to anything that might be going on ITS...though it seems that news is very slow right now. I had a feeling getting the CL update was going to take a while. I just can't find much to do when I do log in right now. I am really, really, really tired of farming, even tired of questing...I mean when you have run as many wizards as I have you have pretty much seen/ and heard it all to the point of ridiculous memorization. Also the pet pavilion....well, it's also very repetitive. I wish I could say I could get more into it as I know some have.

I have still been playing the other game, which I won't mention the name of...partly due to the fact that it's not exactly a kid-friendly game....not much of a language filter there. The game reminds me of a lot of games I use to play all combined into one as a MMO. And other than the weak language filter, I think KI could take notes from these guys on a LOT of things. There is so much to do on there. You never have to do the same thing one day to the next because of all the skills you can work on.

My favorite part of this game, though, has been the dungeons. It's so Star Wars meets D&D. And while in dungeons you can also work on various skills(with or without others around,) especially the ones that are harder to work on outside the dungeon because you are in a smaller, contained space and things are provided very close by.....when you are either lucky or make some good money to buy the materials in there to "practice" things.

Another thing is the music is awesome there. I mean I LOVE Wizard101's music, other than in DS, but the guys that made this game have so many different pieces of music...it's amazing. And you get to collect the music as you travel to and find new places. It keeps a list of all your discovered music in a mini-iTunes-type thing and you can even make a playlist of your favorite tracks....how cool is that?!?!

It's also nice to note that the game makers are not so greedy. They don't charge as much for membership....they really don't need to(will explain.) A good portion of the game is even free! I haven't become a member there yet....not sure if I will. I would kinda like to but I wanted to take advantage of the f2p system a bit before I might ever do that. They also don't have a Crowns-like system where you can buy items that give extra advantage, etc. They have "mini-games" that you can earn various kinds of funds to buy special items. And the mini-games are not like Wizard's at all. Your character is always involved in doing something that will actually help his/her skills outside the mini, as well as can help you earn gold outside, etc.

Anyway, the makers of this game are not so greedy due to the facts that the graphics on the game are not THE BEST. It's not all pretty and shiny and fantastic looking there like Wizard or Free Realms, etc. Plus they have such a world-wide following that they really don't need more. I mean it's not at all unusual to be walking through the different lands in that game and see people speaking other languages. It's kinda neat like that, really.

Well, it seems a lot of other bloggers out there are also a bit at a loss for news right now....some others have even taken breaks or are on a bit of a hiatus too. It would be very good if KI could get the ball rolling soon before too many people lose interest or what-not. But I also know that it would be awful if CL comes out and there are tons of bugs and people lose items, data, etc. So in a way we hate to rush them TOO much. We want CL to not cause too many problems when it does come out. Bugs are to be expected to a degree, but when people start losing items and things they worked hard for or paid real money for...well, no one likes that.

So, I wanted to mention again that, while there is little else going on, if anyone has any questions you can still feel free to write and ask me. My email is linked on the front page here under the "Questions" section. Who knows; your question may even help me get my head back in-game a little more...lol.


Until later...

Like the new Banner?...

I just wanted to give you all a shout and let you know I am here and not dead or anything. I spent a while on that banner the other day. It was a lot of fun, also a great distraction.

I took quite a bit of computer graphics while I was in college, but I have to say that doing it for a job would be horrible for me...and that is only because I would hate for it to ever be something "I have to" do. I like to be able to enjoy it when I want to do it. That was one of the "bigger" graphics I have worked with in a little bit. I guess I am kinda weird on how I do graphics; I start with little in mind, usually, and go with the flow...and what comes out sometimes even surprises myself...lol.

Anyway, I have been playing on another game site a bit. I am not going to name it, and it's pretty much nothing like Wizard101. I just needed a change of pace here and there, also an escape from some of the in-game tension/expectations as well as boredom lately. I hope I am wrong in the feeling that Celestia coming out will be a while still.

It's sorta sad; they gave us that pre-quest to the Warehouse, plus there was the Pet Pavilion, but once you have done those so much it gets to be as old feeling as the rest.

I have a newb running right now and I am not going to name him because I have no intention on keeping him as a permanent wizard. He is pretty much just something to work on, in the spiral, when I don't feel like the same old farming, etc. I will run him to GM, delete him, keep his pet, use it for breeding, then start another....most likely.

It's nice to have alternative games to turn to, though, when your others are in a bit of a lull. I know Mr. Thomas Lionblood(The Friendly Necromancer) would completely understand that. I thought it was awesome to hear he was playing Free Realms! Unfortunately I have done that game to the point where I really have little to nothing else I can do with it. I am still hoping SoE might get their act together on that and expand the lands, maybe get some new quests to go with those. It was something that had been talked about long ago and anyone that was there at the beginning knows; it's way past due by now.

At the same time, I am letting you know I am doing other games, I don't want anyone thinking I have quit Wizard101 or anything, I haven't. I'm just not ITS as much as I have been. But I do get on and check in. Alric got Luis his hat a few days ago, plus Alric and Dani collected 3 Skeletal Warrior pets while farming Snowcrusher...plus Luis will have an extra hat due to that farming.

One of two of the hats dropped to Alric for Luis.

This really makes Dani's third Skeletal Warrior drop, as she has got one before. All Skeleton pets have been given to young Esmee.

Score 1 for the boys as Alric got this Skeletal Warrior Pet to give to Val.

Also, I am still working on the Vampire Twins, who are in Hametsu Village right now. They also, recently, did Sunken City, which though it wasn't hard, it was tedious with having no AoE. Yes, I am playing these guys without "cheating." I never made any scarecrows for them before the enhanced cards were taken away...so they really are using what they have for their level. Part of their purpose was really to show people that two single-attack wizards could handle the major challenges of the game.

So, while letting you know all that, I also wanted to provide the Vampire Twins' battle against Grubb in Sunken City on video here:






So, with that all said; I hope you are all having a great week and a beautiful August!...

And I WILL see you in the Spiral!

Everyone Needs a Break Sometimes...

And I decided to go back to Free Realms a bit for a vacation today....

Two things I always loved about the game: 1) The days cycle through, night and day...I think it would be awesome if wizard did this, but I'm sure that will never happen. 2) It's beautiful, just like a painted dream.

The game is not better than Wizard, by any means, but it's sure less stressful as far as there are no famous people there and people are not trying to be better than each other constantly. It's a lot more relaxed...a lot less of a headache. So it's a nice vacation destination.

A few pics...

Me with my pet cat, Mojo, at Seaside.(The white swirls around my feet are from the speed boost my pet gives me.)

My favorite place to be and favorite thing to do there.

Me as an awesome Ninja in green.

Me as an Archer; my favorite combat job there.

At Snowhill.

My awesome Dragon mount, much cooler looking than the wizard carousel-looking dragons(sorry, but it just is!)

And, yes, you can actually swim there, and from Day 1 too!...and yes, cats can swim as well :)

Well, can't say it's something I can do for hours on end, especially since I am topped out in pretty much every job...and really all the ones I care about anyway....but it's a nice peaceful escape for some time here and there.