5 years and still going

[Lantyssa]

I didn't realize there was a rehab question. Unless you mean the "Was it black tar or Pledge" that landed him in rehab question.

Maybe for MMOs you think?  This thread is about someone in FFXI who has a level 75 character after all...  it obviously runs his life.

[Chimpy]

It would be really funny if grunk turns out to be Ben Affleck during another stint in Promises.

[Slayerik]

And just when I thought Grunk's career here was cut short by the business end of the ban stick, he is back to fuel the flames.

Praise be Grunk.

I responded to flame bait, i did not flame anyone here.

You being around brings the Praise of Grunk. It just so happens the Way of Grunk involves submitting yourself to flames, rehab, ninjas, and enduring horrible grindfests.

[Morat20]

You being around brings the Praise of Grunk. It just so happens the Way of Grunk involves submitting yourself to flames, rehab, ninjas, and enduring horrible grindfests.

Stop bad-mouthing ninjas! They are the epitome of awesome! They were cool back when pirates were lame!

[McCow]

From troll -> flamewar -> draino rehab -> double blink ninja's in 10 pages.  That's a good start. 

Poopsocking llamas vs Pirates for page 11.

[CmdrSlack]

You being around brings the Praise of Grunk. It just so happens the Way of Grunk involves submitting yourself to flames, rehab, ninjas, and enduring horrible grindfests.

Stop bad-mouthing ninjas! They are the epitome of awesome! They were cool back when pirates were lame!

Some even fought samurais during the Civil War with Tom Cruise.

[cmlancas]

There were even some in the closet with Tom Cruise!


They go back that far, it's true.

[jpark]

Grunk what level is your ninja now?  Can you post some pics?

[cmlancas]

He's out grinding forum-love. Leave him alone. He'll return when he's ready for more sexy time.


 

[Oban]

Can someone with an FFXI account please log in and see if Grunk is still working over forty hours a week cracking crabs?

kthx

[schild]

I wasn't aware asking him if he was in rehab was trolling or flamebait.

Because, like, I had reason.

1. He's obviously goddamn psychotic.
2. His IP address.

So. Uh. Yea.

[bhodi]

Ninjas and rangers were the 'if you have money to burn, I can make you better than your counterparts' classes. Fortunately, I had money to burn so I outfitted my party with the best. Rangers and ninjas also made spell chains a lot more powerful.

Grunk: oh, you're saying that having to time abilities in order to avoid damage and successfully tank is unique. Right. You mean like Shield Block and Shield Wall? You've also got Last Stand, but that isn't strictly avoiding damage. WoW warriors and rogues have 'panic button' or carefully timed abilities in abundance -- and they are absolutely required for the higher level instances. You don't know what you're talking about.

[schild]

Bhodi, while I don't condone arguing with the moron, Final Fantasy did it before WoW. While it may not be unique to FFXI, WoW isn't a very good argument. Particularly since Blizzard games are the Frankenstein's Monsters of whatever genre they're a part of.

[Falwell]

After reading this thread as a new poster, I will now have a permanent inferiority complex. I just can't match "The Grunk Gold Standard".

[NiX]

You could give us all syphilis without having relations with us. That's kinda close.

[Velorath]

I wasn't aware asking him if he was in rehab was trolling or flamebait.

Because, like, I had reason.

1. He's obviously goddamn psychotic.
2. His IP address.

So. Uh. Yea.

Not to mention his 6 month stretch of unemployment.

[bhodi]

Bhodi, while I don't condone arguing with the moron, Final Fantasy did it before WoW. While it may not be unique to FFXI, WoW isn't a very good argument. Particularly since Blizzard games are the Frankenstein's Monsters of whatever genre they're a part of.

He wasn't saying it was first, he was saying it there was nothing even close to it in other games. I'm lazy, so I just brought the first example of his stupidity I could think of.

Also, I have a small problem with beating dead horses and arguing at brick walls.

[Tairnyn]

[TheWalrus]

Bhodi, while I don't condone arguing with the moron, Final Fantasy did it before WoW. While it may not be unique to FFXI, WoW isn't a very good argument. Particularly since Blizzard games are the Frankenstein's Monsters of whatever genre they're a part of.

I'll help Bhodi then...EQ1 with AA abilities. Bang.

[cmlancas]

Less serial, more charts pls. Thanks.

[Sky]

Less serial, more charts pls. Thanks.

[Montague]

[Sky]

teh winnar!

[raydeen]

10 pages and still going. Wow.

I couldn't get through the middle parts of this thread so I don't know which system Grunk played FF:XI on. I'm betting it was on a PS2. Playing it on a PC was like having a doberman wipe away your tears with it's claws and teeth. I recall one night installing it on one of the PCs at the school. I started at 3:15p and was done installing and updating by 8:30. By which time of course everyone else was packing up and going home for the evening. From the installer to the patcher to the fecking not being able to choose your initial server to the soot gray wasteland that was Bastock (where of course my friends decided to start from) to the mother fucking cock blocking hell hole that was the Dunes....Grunk, you are either a genius or a masochist in that you had the ability to find any kind of fun whatsoever in that game.

FF:XI didn't just touch me in bad places, it used power tools.

[Margalis]

Getting to level 75 is not nearly as hard as it used to be.

That said, I've been playing on and off since release and my highest job is 45...but I'm not an achiever, I just like to wank around. (I also started over once which doesn't help)

[LK]

This thread title will soon be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[Yegolev]

The first time I left town and could not find something I was able to kill alone was the day I quit FFXI.

[Slayerik]

This thread title will soon be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Its still got a ways to go to match the SWG thread o doom.

[Margalis]

The first time I left town and could not find something I was able to kill alone was the day I quit FFXI.

In all seriousness you just really sucked then. Did you even have a weapon equipped? Even the "even match" enemies are very easy at low levels.

[Der Helm]

The first time I left town and could not find something I was able to kill alone was the day I quit FFXI.

In all seriousness you just really sucked then. Did you even have a weapon equipped? Even the "even match" enemies are very easy at low levels.

I believe you missed his point ...

[Margalis]

Hmm...ambiguous language. Anwyay there is always something you can kill for XP solo at every level, although that XP may suck. Soloing strats are a lot better now than they used to be for most classes though.

[Phildo]

Has anyone linked to this yet?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=til2YR_00B4

[Tale]

Its still got a ways to go to match the SWG thread o doom.

The two SWG threads o doom.

[raydeen]

Has anyone linked to this yet?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=til2YR_00B4

I think the only game that approach ever worked in was AC. If I recall correctly, you could pretty much slaughter bunnies all the way to the max level. The sun might burn out by that time though.

[Sky]

Its still got a ways to go to match the SWG thread o doom.

Did someone say PARTY?