So, I have been playing EQ2 now for a little over a month. It’s a very pretty game. But it wears thin very quickly. When you start a new character, you can do a lot by yourself, quests, fights, etc.. But once you hit around level 18-20 you’re screwed. It’s near impossible to advance yourself because, either the things you’re fighting won’t give you XP because you’re too high of a level or the things are just too freaking hard and you need a group. Sony has come up with the Crappiest “Con” interface. Most games will color code the “Consider” feature. Very simple like green is easy, blue is tougher, white is equal, yellow is tough, orange is tougher, red is instant death. Pretty simple right? Sony’s idea is to promote grouping is an up arrow down arrow system on top of the colors. If a creature has an up arrow above their name it’s like there are 2 of them there. If there is a down arrow it’s like there is ½ of him there. So lets say you see a Gnoll (it’s a dog like creature) and he cons white. You think, “ok, he is white so that should be a good fight.” Well that would be true if he didn’t have 2 up arrows. Now he is like 3 white gnolls, so he is tougher and hits harder. Now, silly me, why wouldn’t they just color him orange or red? Why is there the illusion of simple-ness when in reality this thing is going to whomp on me? So I decided to create an evil character and made him a Cleric.
Meanwhile, in other news, I accomplished what I set out to do this weekend. I cleaned out my bedroom closet and even managed to clean up the bedroom as well.
I took about 1 full truckload of crap to the trash. I did the same to my Bookshelf and video shelf. Isn’t it funny how I realize that I don’t need a VHS copy of the The Matrix as well as my DVD one? Maybe I could start putting the VHS tapes on E-bay. Think anyone would by them? Next weekend will be the Bathroom and Living room, Then the Kitchen and Den, then probably the outside storage things. I have to say it’s Refreshing to clean out this much stuff. I mean, I haven’t touched or even looked at most of this stuff in a year. I know deep down that I probably will never use it again, so why keep it?
I think after the cleaning it will be time to re-decorate. I want to actually decorate my house like a normal Person. Ok, well make that a Normal person who happens to like Sci-Fi and makes it well known. I have some great ideas for the front room and it shouldn’t be that pricey to do. Then of course it will be time to re-do the wardrobe. One of the things I noticed while cleaning out the closet was the extraordinary amount of T-shirts I own. While I have some button down shirts, I don’t have enough to make a difference. I want to change that. Last year saw the Transformation from Married Steve to Single Steve. This year will be Single Steve to Stylin Steve. I feel good about myself now, But I think I can feel a little bit better. And if Paul would ever stop being sick, we could hit the Gym again and that will help.
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