Strake wrote on Aug 6^th, 2020 at 2:46pm:




Now, you listen here, Apu, I like to work, but I'd also like the satisfaction of retiring some day.

I certainly appreciate that this form of grind allows all most content to stay relevant, but I also want the satisfaction of reaching that goal...

For the record, among most of the other Heroic, Iconic and Epic PLs, I did also do about 18 of the Racials lives legit.
Maybe you can say I'm simply not committed enough to stick around and do it all legit... and that's fair. 

But god dammit, I sure did have fun.

Gunga wrote on Aug 6^th, 2020 at 5:20pm:

Yup, it used to be an improvement over other MMOs. No longer... now it's just a really dated copy of other MMOs.

Gunga wrote on Aug 6^th, 2020 at 5:20pm:

We all need hobbies.

Gunga wrote on Aug 6^th, 2020 at 5:20pm:

If your point is that life is a hamster wheel, okay, sure, but it's a pretty weak point. The only reason you're trying to rebut my point here is that you just found out you're a hamster and OH MY GOD IS THAT A FASTER WHEEL?

Skoodge wrote on Aug 6^th, 2020 at 3:02pm:


Whether you're black, a mexican, white, a Muslim, the Pope, a jew, or black Santa Claus, this is something that we can all agree on.

...Except maybe if you're Jerry.

Gunga wrote on Aug 6^th, 2020 at 6:48pm:

We don't choose the conference calls, Tesla.

Strake wrote on Aug 6^th, 2020 at 8:46pm:


But you did chose shitty forum software, Zero Cool.


Gunga wins this one, I think Strake is too busy multitasking the Kistilan brigades lately.  Rattle that saber and fight the good fight.

If only there was a stainer left, then all the work would be done an Strake could take time off to Yuck it up and watch a masterful troll at work.  But right now it appears there are a lot of hamsters on a lot of wheels.  That spammer honeypot has shown me a lot of wheels spinning....

I feel sad for them.

noamineo wrote on Aug 6^th, 2020 at 10:14pm:



You think we need to have an intervention for Strake?

Ok, but let's take this to PM and really plan something effective.  Can we bring in Gunga and Head-Meat too on a conference call?  I think it will be more powerful if we do this together.  #superGuys

Strake wrote on Aug 6^th, 2020 at 8:46pm:


U rite, old man, U rite.

Mattyo wrote on Aug 6^th, 2020 at 2:47pm:


100

Gunga wrote on Aug 7^th, 2020 at 7:00pm:



I consistently never learn. My wife says the same thing. 

Wipe wrote on Aug 8^th, 2020 at 6:25am:



Here's the crazy thing.

Imagine if those hours went into building a small home. 

I think the homeless solution would be solved.  Like, you might not live in it, but if you put these thousands of hours into building a character into a charity work for a year, all gamers could possibly solve homelessness assuming an organization supplied the materials and project management/oversight on "getting the build right."

I think South Korea had something like this, mandatory community service and also a mandatory 2-year stint serving in their military before or after college.  My friend Silent Reality (Team Fortress Champion) had to do this after Michigan State even though he was multi-national and his dad was I think #2 at Coke in Europe.   All the money in the world, still had to go do a 2 year community service project for South Korea at the end.

But you look at South Korea and well, nice virus controls too.  Maybe a good idea after all.

But either way, grinding characters for thousands of hours isn't fun or productive. It's psychotic or lonely at best.

Wipe wrote on Aug 8^th, 2020 at 6:25am:


<3 Miss you in game dude. I've been clean of the game a year now or some shit.- Tes

WonderfulFoppyBint wrote on Aug 8^th, 2020 at 5:58pm:

Hope life treating you well dude.