Today is a Totally, Completely, Absolutely Splendid Day - Page 5

MasterOfMagic · 01-04-2010, 01:18 PM

I'm making good progress on a project at work that has been mired in muck for awhile now. Also, migrated a major server with only a few minor problems, so that's neat! Later today I'm going to be having a game night with a few friends and cooking food for the rest of the week.

Things are looking good.

bluestarultor · 01-04-2010, 01:36 PM

I actually woke up at a decent time this morning and felt great!

I also added a new, much more tactical race to my roster last week in my major project and even figured out how to do a special icon for it. It still has me excited. On top of that, I figured out a great new way to handle my weapon damage that takes a ton of the pain-in-the-ass guesswork out of things. Also last week, but also still has me pumped.

It's also sunny out, my kitty hasn't left my side all day, and I'm generally high on life right now.

Hanuman · 01-04-2010, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Invisible Queen

I've played Diablo 2 all day. Running back and forth through the game for about five hours straight, killing monsters nonstop, and not gained a single experience point because a) my level is way too high for medium difficulty and b) I've still managed to die hundreds of times. Almost done with this tricky son of a bitch five part challenge. . .hooray for Median.

Outside is a desolate wasteland of cold, dark and snow. It's impractical, but pretty in a way. I'm going to watch some Qi and laugh and marvel at the wonders of the world. And by the world I mean Stephen Fry. I'll concur it's a splendid day.

I was going to comment about the hundreds of times thing, but then I realized you were playing medianXL...
Personally I'm way more partial to the original D2, but that's only because medianXL isn't really built for people who only play on hardcore mode.

Doc ock rokc · 01-04-2010, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by NonCon

Anyone else enjoying the hell out of today?

lets see. Couldn't sleep last night and had to get up early for school. so i get up and get ready but because of rain we dont have the internet (at the time)
i drive through rush-hour traffic (turning a 15 minute drive to a 45 minute drive)
drive to school keeping a eye on my low gas (because my sister borrowed my car last night) got to the school and saw no one was there. a teacher was there and told me i don't have school till tomorrow. i drive back in the worst of rush hour making the 15 minute trip in little short of a hour. to get home pass out. no more then 5 minutes after i went to sleep I got a called over to my mom to help her do some stuff around the house Because she broke her foot (dont ask) and getting yelled at for every thing i do wrong in my sleepy state.
get home pass out and got up to see the internet is up. to see this thread and realize I had a good day today.

Yrcrazypa · 01-04-2010, 07:35 PM

Today was a splendid day. I get into work, and an hour and a half later I am done. Days like these make me happy.

Amake · 01-05-2010, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Lev

I was going to comment about the hundreds of times thing, but then I realized you were playing medianXL...
Personally I'm way more partial to the original D2, but that's only because medianXL isn't really built for people who only play on hardcore mode.

It really isn't. Have you tried maybe not playing Hardcore? I mean that's like refusing to drive anywhere because you only drive a Formula 1 racecar.

(By which I mean vanilla D2 is like a racetrack and Median is every other road in the world.)

Hanuman · 01-05-2010, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Invisible Queen

It really isn't. Have you tried maybe not playing Hardcore? I mean that's like refusing to drive anywhere because you only drive a Formula 1 racecar.

(By which I mean vanilla D2 is like a racetrack and Median is every other road in the world.)

I actually feel a bit confined when playing median, and I feel very free when playing LOD... I mean sure median has PILES of new content... but they also have torn so much of the old content out of the game its simply not as fun as LOD for me. Example is how they butchered the skill tree instead of adding to it.

Softcore is a nice break... but its not something I like to do more than HC, SC is more like a roadtrip, there's more room to breathe and talk in depth, it's pretty merry and only 1 person out of 5 is worry about anything at any given time. Hardcore is more like powerblading or longboarding, feels like you are literally flying and sharing that experience is just as rewarding, especially when you really feel you have to try your best to watch out for each other.

People who don't enjoy HC probably don't get that feeling, and that's cool.. but when you scrounge around for expendable range weapons like javs and W switch them rapidly during combat, having to micro all your skills, shift+Leftclick paladin charge dodging, when D2 feels like a knife fight and every hit, every fraction of a second of stun feels like it could have been avoided it suddenly brings reason to manual dodging, one of the most fun parts of D2... diving into a room in A2 harem filled with magic arrow skeles ambushing you from every direction... the adrenaline of taking down bosses you remember killing you and your party over and over in softcore... now THAT's fun.

Remember everyone, testosterone is drawn to adrenaline.

And when you are in this adrenaline state and you die? Feels like you just got an uppercut right in the diaphragm. Shit gets real, gains meaning, and srsly isn't for people just wanting to take a break from reality and relax.

Heh, carebears =]

Amake · 01-06-2010, 03:48 AM

Yeah, HC is too exciting for me most of the time. It's funny, Hardcore mode D2 and Eve Online are the two games with the worst penalties for player death ever, and I'm playing both of them at the moment. Except I'm playing soft mode in both of them.

And I guess that makes the difference in our perspectives. I think all of the things torn out of vanilla D2 are boring. Median skips the boring skills, the boring monsters and the boring level grind. . . like Hitchcock suggested movies are just real life with the boring parts cut out. But I can see how in HC you'd want the boring monsters at least, the ones that do nothing but walk up and smack you, so you don't die quite as much.

Hanuman · 01-08-2010, 11:12 AM

Well since I'm HC the two most beautiful classes were skele necro and trapsin... the shadow army was cool but it was exactly like playing a reviver with double cap, trapsin worked more like a cold sorc, on top of that the hits in MXL just don't feel like they connect, yaknow?

Yeah, the boring monsters like in all other games are appealing since it's a great platform to enjoy classic combat with a real-time top-down manual dodging feel where as almost every other RPG lacks that footwork feeling.
But holy shit, the monsters in MXL are pretty tricky!

Ecks · 01-10-2010, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by NonCon

I'm breezin' through Final Fantasy X like it's nobodies business

So, what's none of my business?

As far as your topic is concerned, the day about which you were posting was indeed splendid, sir.

01-04-2010, 07:35 PM	#45
Yrcrazypa Not your babies daddy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 491	Today was a splendid day. I get into work, and an hour and a half later I am done. Days like these make me happy. __________________ Killer of threads.

01-06-2010, 03:48 AM	#48
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	Yeah, HC is too exciting for me most of the time. It's funny, Hardcore mode D2 and Eve Online are the two games with the worst penalties for player death ever, and I'm playing both of them at the moment. Except I'm playing soft mode in both of them. And I guess that makes the difference in our perspectives. I think all of the things torn out of vanilla D2 are boring. Median skips the boring skills, the boring monsters and the boring level grind. . . like Hitchcock suggested movies are just real life with the boring parts cut out. But I can see how in HC you'd want the boring monsters at least, the ones that do nothing but walk up and smack you, so you don't die quite as much. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed

01-08-2010, 11:12 AM	#49
Hanuman Love Is Strength Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Vancouver/BC/Canada Posts: 1,135	Well since I'm HC the two most beautiful classes were skele necro and trapsin... the shadow army was cool but it was exactly like playing a reviver with double cap, trapsin worked more like a cold sorc, on top of that the hits in MXL just don't feel like they connect, yaknow? Yeah, the boring monsters like in all other games are appealing since it's a great platform to enjoy classic combat with a real-time top-down manual dodging feel where as almost every other RPG lacks that footwork feeling. But holy shit, the monsters in MXL are pretty tricky! __________________ If you want to stay connected send me a PM with your email.

01-04-2010, 01:18 PM	#41
MasterOfMagic ahahah Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,456	I'm making good progress on a project at work that has been mired in muck for awhile now. Also, migrated a major server with only a few minor problems, so that's neat! Later today I'm going to be having a game night with a few friends and cooking food for the rest of the week. Things are looking good.