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Deathmatch of DOOM
Submitted by DemiGoddess on Wed, 2004/08/11 - 10:32am.
I remember the good old days when Doom was super-pixelated and freaking slow, but it ran like a sprinter on steroids on my P133 (I overclocked it to 166 -- with superglue on the chip. Can't believe that worked. Meh.) which, at the time, was serious tech. Yes, I kid you not.

Nowadays, its Unreal tournament on a Friday afternoon, and 16.00 signals the time we sign off the system, close the doors, and 11 of us engage in an all-out blood and guts shoot-'em-up. Flak Cannons totally rule. So does 0 Gravity.

Looks like we'll have to invest in Doom 3 now. Hawt. ;)

Jozi is freezing today... /random
Lon

I am a Goddess. You are a mere mortal. I have no use for you. DIE.

Reminisce
Submitted by MordracK on Wed, 2004/08/11 - 2:18pm.
Ah, the good ol' days - nowadays you can relive them on your average cellular phone. I don't have it on mine (not that my phone can, yet), but I do run Ubisoft's "Prince of Persia" for pure geek status.

Personally, I never played Doom in those days of yore - I was enthralled by the entire Castle Wolfenstein series, though (having played CW1 and 2 on the old Apple II via various friends)

I also played the more complex Descent instead of Doom and even Quake back then (and let's face it, that game was years ahead of it's time), claiming "Doom and Quake are simply not 3D enough".

After that I went through a major hardware drought missing classics like Master of Orion and Master of Magic (I did, however play CIV and Wizardry 7, oh! And Star Control 2 (recently open-sourced).

Only during 2000 did I see the error of my ways when I started playing Quake3 - and now, I look for a more simplistic game engine - so sadly, I confess, I'm not so much into Unreal Tournament. Not that there's anything wrong with secondary fire and variable environements an weapons with unpronouncable names (call a spade a spade for crying out loud)...I just prefer the more purely stylised, fast paced game, especially in fps and rts (I prefer the *crafts over the C&Cs, and I'm guessing you prefer the opposite?).

As far as Doom 3 is concerned, a must buy. Not for the faint-hearted...

Now that we've established some of your preferences in PC gaming, I'm dying to know your preferred format for Magic...Does the thrill of standard and new expansions get your blood a-boil? Or does the thought of Alpha and Beta get your toes to curl?

Have you played my favourite favourite, Robo Rally (Richard Garfield is god!), or Munchkin?

You had better stop appearing this interesting, gurl, I am a notoriously bad influence ;)

::BLINK::
Submitted by DemiGoddess on Thu, 2004/08/12 - 12:52am.
Uh.. wow. You know MTG?!!

Give the boy a hand, folks: he's now on my list of Top 10 favorite netizens ^_^.

Actually, I work for the Wizards Online Community as a moderator (WizO Illusen, in case you were curious). I used to play T2 exclusively, but it becomes an expensive hobby and I don't always get to go to FNM tournaments. Besides, my rating sucks, and I have little hope of getting it much higher. The boys have more cash to throw around for the good stuff than I do ;)

Been playing a lot of Extended and T1 lately, especially online. I play with friends of mine over AIM, and a really nice young man from Michigan has lately been opening cans of a special brand of whup-ass on me lately. Kinda brings a girl down to earth, especially since I'm used to winning casual games. ^_^

Garfield is awesome, but Rosewater's silly Ironman format takes the cake. Playing Ironman sealed with Mirrodin was a real test of endurance, since I had to tear up that *sniff* pretty Chrome Mox when I was done... Tried it once, won't have the stomach to try it again. *grin*

I'm planning on going into T1 Food Chain Goblins, but some of the cards are really hard to come by around here, so I'll have to ship 'em in. And I don't trust the local postal system, dude. I've had some cards go missing in the system on more than one occassion, including some Morphlings a friend sent from Manilla.

/end ramble about favorite passtime

Wow again.
Lon
I am a Goddess. You are a mere mortal. I have no use for you. DIE.

Right Answer!
Submitted by MordracK on Thu, 2004/08/12 - 9:29am.
My motto is "You haven't played Magic until you've constructed a creatureless deck (and I ain't talking silly permission decks either)" and what better format for that than type 1?

Most of our groups finer type 1 cards were accrued via ebay, as a matter of fact. It seems dodgy, but has proven it's worth in the past. Not a single lost card to date.

I bought my first "expensive" single at Icon 1997 and never looked back since (it was a Candelabra of Tawnos, and I still count it as one of my pride and joys). The last Expansion I've bought boosters from would be Urza's Destiny.

Exactly how do you play on AIM? Is there a special client? or do you just trust what the other player draws?

Sex and the City Of Brass
Submitted by DemiGoddess on Thu, 2004/08/12 - 1:31pm.
How do you play on AIM? Webcams and Microphones. ;) The 3 second trans-atlantic lag is annoying, but it's helluva fun playing against someone with a gimpy accent. ^_^ Otherwise Apprentice is useful too, and you can chat on that too. If all else fails, yes, you basically use the honour system, and you kind of have to trust each other.

Hardly as good as Magic Online, but infinitely cheaper, since you don't have to buy the cards. I spend enough on cardboard, spending the same amount on virtual cardboard just somehow makes me feel... twisted.

If you guys play pre-releases, I bet I've probably seen you, and didn't even know it. Although I didn't play the Fifth Dawn pre-releases, last ones I played was Darksteel. (Go Dismantle/Darksteel Reactor combo! w00t!)

The Urza block was so utterly broken... it was a bit before my time too, I only started playing around Invasion, so I'm a MTG n00b for all intents and purposes.

We should hook up on AIM one day -- I love creatureless decks, but hate playing against control... right now I'm going through an aggro phase... lots of Angry Little Green Men and Mountains ^_^ Gobbos Rock!™ So basically, the easiest way to annoy me is to go "Draw, Island, go." Instant grumble... may as well concede *sigh*.

::grumbles about IS' line outage making dotcom browsing impossible _yet again_::
Lon

I am a Goddess. You are a mere mortal. I have no use for you. DIE.

But I digress..
Submitted by MordracK on Mon, 2004/08/16 - 12:53pm.
I've started replying to this comment a couple of times, each time stopping halfway, 'cos there's just too much to say...so I'm biting the bullet and subscribing to your AIM presence.

For IM, I primarily use jabber (open-source) over Psi using Obsidian Systems' public server (I don't like my IM clients fluffy).

So I doubt webcam and microphones functionalities would work - but I am keen to try this as mentioned by a user of your very own Glitch.

Subscription Confirmation
Submitted by DemiGoddess on Tue, 2004/08/17 - 1:09pm.
Aww... you dissapoint me, Mordrack. I was expecting (not without some degree of girlish glee) a "Spot the Netspeak l337 HaX0r Ch1ck" remark after that attrocious and blatant misuse of the English language.

Yes, MWS seems to be a good idea. I am planning on starting a MWS League of sorts, with regular online play scheduled, and hopefully, (but unlikely, considering my Magic budget) some prizes. As soon as I've tested it thoroughly I'll let you know. And thanks for popping by my site. I didn't know you cared. ;)

"Subscribing to your AIM presence".... *smirk* Man, it must have killed you to suppress an outburst akin to "Leave now, and never come back!" /Gollum.
Lon
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I am a Goddess. You are a mere mortal. I have no use for you. DIE.