So, what're you playing?

[Ingmar]

I tried the Risen demo yesterday. I can't tell how good it really is; the dialogue and voice acting are a bit LOL but its a EuroRPG so... maybe I'll wait for it to be on sale?

[fuser]

EVE, attempt number four at playing more then a week.

[caladein]

Off topic, but I gotta ask anyways.  Is release day delivery something special?  I was going to buy Borderlands from Amazon for release day but I don't see that as an option.  Is it just buying 1day shipping on a preorder?

It'll be a separate shipping option, but it's not available on Borderlands.  It sort of depends on the game: L4D2, Demon's Souls, CoD:MW2 have it; DAO doesn't.

[ghost]

EVE, attempt number four at playing more then a week.

Yeah, why bother?  It seems like this one is a game you get on the first go round or not at all.  I've "played" for about a year or more but still can't really fly the ships I want to fly so simply train skills most of the time. 

[fuser]

Yeah, why bother?  It seems like this one is a game you get on the first go round or not at all.  I've "played" for about a year or more but still can't really fly the ships I want to fly so simply train skills most of the time. 

First few times I had no IRL friends playing and ended up just mining or something or doing some missions, thanks to all the F13 people to answer newb questions.

In about 2hrs you can get over a million ISK, tons of ships, all kinds of new toys (hello warp scrambler), and skills to train. This is all from the tutorial and no reliance on mining/mission ISK. What's really great is its like CCP really listened to the community about what major roles are, heck one shows you the basics of tackling. The experience is a night and day difference and really have kept me playing and interested for a few days now.

Next is get out to delve and hang out with some PVP gangs 

[Yegolev]

After several tries, since I normally don't get into big brawls in Arkham Asylum, I finally beat the shit out of those henchmen waiting for Batman to show up at the party.  I gave one shot at the next fight and quit because I was tired.  The wife had already retired after watching me screw up the fight against those sixteen thugs in the foyer.

I then proceeded to waste 1.5 hours searching for things I missed in the bottom of the Mana Ruins in Mana Khemia... wasted because all I found was some money and a few items.  I then got back on track and took two classes, getting an A in both and now am going to spend the rest of the school term improving "social ranks".  Then Chapter 12 and maybe I can finish it and move on to the sequel.

[Ard]

You want the Muppy storyline.  Accept no lesser companion stories.

[Yegolev]

Yes sir.  Bad grades in previous terms caused me to concentrate on Jess and Muppy, followed by Roxis and ... well whoever I feel like that isn't Nikki or Pamela.  I have gotten better lately, though and have all As for my senior year, so it's not a tough decision.

[Ard]

I won't lie.  Muppy is the whole reason I beat MK in the first place.  If there's nothing as insane or out of left field as Muppy in MK2, I'm going to cry 

Best mascot character ever.

[Yegolev]

Muppy has the best theme song, also.  And the best VO, in my opinion.  If he just came out of left field, he would be practically normal: Muppy is fucked up.

[jth]

GTA IV (PS3)... it has been sitting on my shelf for over an year, and now in my vacation boredom I finally tried it. After 15 missions it seems great so far.

[Yegolev]

HAY COUSIN NIKO, LET US GO SEE SOME BIG AMERICAN TITTIES!

[Sky]

Bought $10 Moria plus free month, so I'm dicking around in Breeland. I was all excited to hit 15 with my champion, and had a set of dwarven bronze heavy armor all set to craft when I hit 15. Hit 15, crafted the armor (usable at 15), not realizing Champs get heavy armor at 20

Game is growing on me. I really like the music system, though I wish the input were more user friendly for real-time playing. Downloaded a few dozen files to play and I'm running through them to see which are good. Love the version of Stones on the lute while I'm at the AH. Then someone came in and started playing Stairway to Heaven 

[HaemishM]

You can play music in real time on LotRO, but it's more like improvisational madolin jamming than anything structured. And it really hurts the wrists.

[Azazel]

Aren't Champions the main heavy armour-wearing class? Like, who else could wear it at 15?

[Tebonas]

Guardians are the main heavy armour-wearing class in Lotro. So they can wear it at 15.

[Sky]

You can play music in real time on LotRO, but it's more like improvisational madolin jamming than anything structured. And it really hurts the wrists.

Actually, I'd have to say it's more like some brass kind of instrument, where you have a modifier for sharps and flats. But it's super clunky, especially with needing a modifier key to navigate more than one octave. And there's a latency and keyboards have shitty response times for things like triplets.

I do want to get around to transcribing a few things into midi and then lotro's music format, it's a great concept.

[ghost]

Yeah, I thought it was captains that got heavy armor at 20.

[Yegolev]

Love the version of Stones on the lute while I'm at the AH. Then someone came in and started playing Stairway to Heaven 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZzGM5n7JR4

Also playing LotRO, but since I have no musical talent I don't play instruments.
I will try to play Mana Khemia but I have been itching to play Demon's Souls.  Will find out in a few minutes which one I pick.

[Azazel]

Guardians are the main heavy armour-wearing class in Lotro. So they can wear it at 15.

Ah yes, I was confu-sed

[Sky]

Is there a BC in LotRO? 

[Azazel]

BC?

[Rasix]

Bat Country aka f13 guild.

[Azazel]

Ah ok. Not sure I understand what Sky's point is though. You lot are all on the other side of the planet to me, so I'm playing on the unofficial Oceanic server.

[ghost]

There is a guild that most of the folks seem to be in.  Cheddar is into it, I believe.

[Sky]

Ah ok. Not sure I understand what Sky's point is though.

MrBW hasn't given me an invite and I feel neglected and alone in a world full of danger and just need someone to hold me on long walks on the beach.

But it's not BC, boo! I like to idle in the proper guild chat with nobody else!

[rattran]

It's a group of very strange people in LotRO, and all the usual BC people. A very, very odd mix at times. Old Vietnam guys are cool, 20 something DRAMA! people, not so much.

[Azazel]

Ah ok. Not sure I understand what Sky's point is though.

MrBW hasn't given me an invite and I feel neglected and alone in a world full of danger and just need someone to hold me on long walks on the beach.

But it's not BC, boo! I like to idle in the proper guild chat with nobody else!

Ah, thought you were getting snarky. I'd hold you, except you'd never be there if I played on your server.
 

[Yegolev]

Sky, I'm also an officer in the LotRO guild (Riders of Middle Earth) so you can poke one of my characters for an invite.  See roll-call thread.  Normally I play on Sunday, generally from 1000-1900, and normally I play Dwuli.

[Ingmar]

I finally got around to trying Mount and Blade.

Holy shit that game is awesome! It reminds me of Pirates!

[jakonovski]

Halo 3 ODST is treating me pretty good right now. Loving the atmosphere of a deserted mega-city.

[ghost]

I finally got around to trying Mount and Blade.

Holy shit that game is awesome! It reminds me of Pirates!

I had a hard time getting into this.  I'm assuming it picks up after the tutorial?

[Ingmar]

The tutorial has little to do with the actual gameplay, it turns out.

[ghost]

Interesting.  I may try this again after the other thirty games I have bought recently.

[Draegan]

So I finally played Portal.  Yup I'm late.

Good show.