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March 30, 2005
Whiners and Being Tired
Man, I think I need to find a good "Blue Tracker" and stop going to the WoW boards. All people do is bitch, moan, cry and spout profanities at the CMs. I honestly hope that they add happy drugs to whatever CMs drink, because they're likely to crack soon due to assholes.
Every Tuesday we have maintenance. In the notes for yesterday, they included the fact that there were doing some hotfixes. Okay, so that means its more than Hey, we're rebooting the servers. Inevitably, there were problems with some servers coming back online--which I'm sure the mad rush of everyone trying to log in did not held (I won't even mention how many posts there were about people whining at 2:03 about the servers being late for coming up.... at 2:00. Get a fucking life people.
Anyhow, about half the servers were offline well into the night. Two of my three were down, leaving me to play Midd. which was cool actually. I got her from 14 to 16, and then ended up back in Brill, BSing in General with a bunch of people. Joined a guild too, in the process. All the characters in it are alts, so its going to likely be a slow moving guild. No biggie. (Levelwise, I'm right under the GM, who was at 18 I think).
After coming home from work, I checked the boards (common practice) and saw that in addition to a two-day extension on this month, but they're boosting everyone to a full-rest state when they bring down the servers tonight to finish swapping out some hardware. After those two days get tacked in, I'll have received two full weeks of extensions.
I know that the majority of the WoW populace doesn't read, or vent, on the boards, but it always seems like I'm in a minority of people who are not upset with what's happening. Hell, I think Mike and I were getting more annoyed waiting for Diablo 2's 1.10 patch (then again, that did take about a year--bad example). Maybe it's simply because I have a life? LOL Game's down? Okay, I have so many things I could go do: play in Photoshop, read, write, do some programming, roleplay, play another game (PC, PS2, GC, GBA), etc.. However, people are so stuck inside their games, that they flip out and will turn into the worst examples of the human species (outside of murderers and child molesters--but yeah, I think that's exactly how it would stack). We 'joke' about how Mike needs to get into some anger management (okay, so it's not so much as a joke, but we do joke about it), but I think these people should get in line way before him. Man.
Outside of that, I'm freaking exhausted. I don't know why I'm so tried, but I am literally beat. On the bright side, it was 60ยบ outside when we got home. Soon enough it will be warm and hopefully the remainants of this cold will leave for good. I'm going to seriously harass Mike about doing some sort of exercise after work, at least walking. If my parents can do it, we can do it. ::Sage nod.::
Nothing else to say. Dropping back into WoW for awhile. Got to see if I can use up some of this current rest expierence before I lose it (in a sense). If I use it all up, I'll get another full bar's worth tomorrow, and can milk that for awhile. If I can push out Sapheria's rested fast enough, I'm going to try and switch to Pepper and grind her's down some. No reason in wasting a good thing!
Posted by Coyote at 5:55 PM
March 28, 2005
MP3 Lists
After an exhausting evening, I finally got the main folder of my MP3s sorted, and properly tagged. Afterward, I uploaded the list to my site, and introduced a new subdirectory.
If you're bored, take a look at Coyote's MP3s.
Posted by Coyote at 2:27 AM
March 27, 2005
/dead
Caught a link to this on the WoW boards, and the freaking hilarious thing is that as soon as I giggled at it, Kahlua cried and then made her adorable disgruntled sound. It was pure randomness, but I absolutely died.
After I regained by breath (laughing without laughing, due to a sore throat, sucks) I sent the link to Mike. He laughed and then asked if I loaded that right before Kahlua awoke (we think she had a nightmare), and then picked her up and had her look at the screen, asking her if that was her.
Posted by Coyote at 1:05 AM
March 26, 2005
iTunes Wishlist
I absolutely love iTunes. When I got my Mac, I fell in love with the program, as I (used to be/rebuilding to be) a prolific music lover. At that time, I wasn't able to use iTunes on my PC, as it was a WinME machine. Thankfully, it's currently disabled, waiting to be turned into a Linux box. The new PC is a WinXP system, and thus iTunes was downloaded I think on the very first day of running it.
Yesterday when Mike and I were driving home, I thought of the best addition that could be included into iTunes. So here is my wishlist, composed of a single, lonesome wish.
Search by Record Label. That's it. Why? Because there are labels I know and trust to provide me with good bands: Fat Wreck Records, Trustkill, Roadrunner. I want to be able to discover their bands in a single place, rather than going to their websites. I want to be able to load up iTunes and buy new music, from new bands, without the need to switch between applications. Call me lazy, I consider it efficent. Now, how can I get this message to Apple?
/me goes to hunt Apple site for contact info.
Posted by Coyote at 6:42 PM
March 24, 2005
Spring Forward
Two days ago, on the way to work, something was mentioned on PST in regard to Daylight Saving Time. Me personally, I hate DST, but like most people couldn't remember why in the world we actually use this seemingly archaic tradition. Oddly enough, I was sorting that day and came across this book: Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time by Michael Downing.
At this time, I'm not very far into the book, but I did read some on the way home from work that day, and found it not only very informative, but written with a great amount of wit. I love books that feed me fact and wit at the same time; they make me feel all warm and squishy inside! :D
Updated, 2006.05.30 - Never finished reading this one either. Sigh.
Posted by Coyote at 10:21 PM
/boggle
I found a way to keep myself from making alts on WoW: Flexbar. Heheh. Blasted UI is amazing, in the fact that I can set my buttons anywhere but that's also the problem. With 96 buttons, I'm sitting here for a day, literally adjusting buttons. Oi!
I finished Pepper's setup today, with everything fully established. I did end up downloading a few additional UI (including a FPS monitor, finally), because one of the UI I had installed was causing the screen to flicker. Lemme tell you, that was a pain in the ass to figure out; which UI was causing a flicker during combat/loot. I had to go download a new one at that point, because the flick-causing UI was the one that hide the default bars. I re-installed (a new version of) Gypsy (which has changed; gah!) which then gave me the ability to move the main bars out of my way. They're mostly off screen now, except with Sapheria, because the pet bar is locked to it--so it sits almost off-screen, with only the pet bar exposed.
What took so long with setting up Pepper's was that I was trying to have some stealth/combat switch out, which didn't work. So fuck it, I re-designed and got it to perfection. Sapheria's shouldn't take horribly long; three areas: pet, ranged, close combat. Oops, four: other hunter abilities. OMG, I'll have trap buttons, and might actually start using them! /gasp
Anywho, screenshots will be forthcoming. (Along with a layout change, I swear). Mike and I have a three day weekend, so maybe I'll get it done this weekend. :D
[ Edit: Screenshots available here: WoW UI Shots. ]
Posted by Coyote at 8:05 PM
March 23, 2005
Whiners Piss Me Off
People can be so goddamned annoying on the Warcraft forums.
Class Action Lawsuit - Only a matter of time
Account Canceled
Can't even select one of my 60 character to post this under since the day this game has gone live I have tried different servers looking for some stability.
So with that said. Its only a matter of time now before you see a class action lawsuit against blizzard.
It will be for false advertising or failure to provide a reliable service for fee.
I've seen and kept a few documents where stability has reached 80% in many cases.
Wake up Blizzard your not only losing accounts your on the verge of getting hit with a lawsuit. If you think your EULA proctects you try again. There has been other filings against other companies and they had far fewer problems then you seem to have.
As for FUN Factor? Its non-existant at the high end. Repetative content. Content that cant even be reached cause people in guilds can't even log in and content that is broken.
Original link: here.
Alright, first point is this line: 'Can't even select one of my 60 character to post this under'. One of my 60 character, even with the poor grammar, I'm going to guess that this person means one of their multiple lvl 60 characters, rather than one of their 60 characters. Right there, point proven that they can access the servers and play, with enough stability that they have leveled not one, but multiple lvl 60s. Regardless of how hardcore a player is, without hacks, it still takes days of /played time to aquire a lvl 60.
I'm just so sick of people whining. If you don't like the game, fucking leave. I have never been angry enough to leave yet. I dealt with first day loot-lag, emergency maintainence, downed servers, authentication issues, impossibilities in downloading patches, etc. I have been kicked out of the game once--and my main server frequently is added to the 'terrible 20' list.
People whine about patches not coming out frequently enough--and then whine when a patch is released; first over their inability to download it (yes, I do think that Blizzard needs a better manner to do this, rather than BitTorrent; but if you wait a few hours you'll easily find it on a file server and be able to download it faster than if you used Blizzard's). Then starts the threads about 'ninja nerfs' . This patch brought about the "CMs lie" whine, stating that Caydiem lied about something that was or wasn't going to be patched. Hello, Caydiem isn't a developer, merely a mouthpiece. She brings to the community what she's told to bring, nothing more. Blizzard's patch notes aren't 100%, but you know what, I wouldn't want everything showing in the patch. Some of what they add are 'easter eggs' and thus shouldn't be publically announced. Let people discover them on their own!
Gah! People just drive me nuts!
/end rant
In other news, I told myself awhile back that when the new patch came out that I would try out Flexbars (after attempting Blizzard's own +bar UI mod). I was slowly getting everything set up, getting accustomed to /flexbar group button=## and whatnot. I was doing it on Pepper, thinking that I would try some roguey stuff--enter stealth = stealthy buttons; enter combat = combat buttons; low health = Sprint. So I got my stealth/combat buttons in place, alt-tabbed out (which I had been doing all night) and suddenly the buttons were gone. -_- Mind you, the stealth/lose stealth status didn't work, but oh well. /shrug
Tomorrow I'll just move the buttons to nice places and leave it be. I really don't need the popping menus and whatnot. Heh.
Bright side: Chazz found Diablo II and LOD. We'll be playing on US West. /dance
Posted by Coyote at 10:44 PM
March 20, 2005
Sigh
I made a few changes in regard to WoW and this site. Obviously I give it a considerable amount of attention here, as it is my main game (eventually I may actually make a layout which fits better, especially since winter might actually end soon!). Uploading information to WoWRanking and Allakahzam was tedious, so those profiles will no longer be updated, thus the links removed. Additionally, I did some (pre-)spring cleaning in regard to my characters, so there are a smaller number of them.
That might change, however. Scott contacted me a few days ago, telling me that he picked up the game. Mind you, I was terribly excited about this, with the exception that he was out of town at the time he told me. He said that he would be back Friday and have it installed on Saturday. It's Sunday and I haven't heard from him. I just text messaged him though, so we'll see.
Someone in-game today mentioned Xfire, so I downloaded it to see what it's like. Mind you, I don't have many people who play games that I would talk to, but we'll see. Maybe I'll make some friends through it? ::Shrug.::
In other news, I'm still sick. -_- It's getting highly annoying, let me tell you. I was getting better, but then on Friday after work I got a sore throat ... it's now Sunday and I still have it. Yes, I should go back to the doctor, but ugh. I would rather not. If it lasts another day ... or two ... I will go back.
Posted by Coyote at 2:45 PM
March 10, 2005
Are You A Yankee or a Rebel?
Sharon sent out this cute little quiz: Are You A Yankee or a Rebel? My answers led to a 46% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.
This rather amused me, especially some of the terms used in California that were listed as strongly Northeastern. Actually, I like the ones that were like, "Everywhere but the Great Lakes" and then get "Heavily used in the Great Lakes" immediately afterward. I blame this on our jaunt in Wisconsin. ::Nod, nod.::
Posted by Coyote at 7:30 PM
Welcome to World of Burgercraft
Someone posted this on the WoW General Discussion forum, and I nearly pissed myself it's so damned funny. Enjoy.
WoB: Welcome to World of Burgercraft. Would you like a PVE value meal, a PVP value meal, or an RP value meal?
Car 1: What is the difference between the PVE and PVP meals?
WoB: The PVP burger has onions. The PVE burger does not. Except sometimes. You can add onions if you want. And we sneak some onions in toward the end of the PVE burger but you don't have to eat them. You can skip that part of the burger.
Car 1: What about the RP burger?
WoB: Vegetarian.
Car 1: What do I get besides a burger?
WoB: Fries and your choice of beverage.
Car 1: I'll have a PVE meal with a diet coke.
WoB: WoB does not support diet coke but recognizes that some of our eaters prefer it. Under our end eater license agreement, you are permitted to consume diet coke as part of you meal but you must download your own diet coke from a third party source. In the future, WoB plans to make available its own low calorie, caffeinated, cola beverage that will be integrated into the WoB eating experience and help bolster WoB's reputation as the premier provider of immersive dining solutions.
Car 1: Huh?
WoB: We got no diet coke.
Car 1: What do you have?
WoB: We have coke.
Car 1: You said I had a choice of beverage.
WoB: You can choose coke or get your own diet coke.
Car 1: Do you have anything else? What about sprite?
WoB: Sprite does not conform with WoB's vision of immersive dining. Your use of sprite would be unfair to other diners as it would deprive them of the same experience you are having. Therefore, the use of sprite in conjunction with this meal is strictly prohibited by the EELA.
Car 1: THAT IS INSANE!
WoB: Shouting angers the filet o' fish.
Car 1: Fine. I'll have coke.
WoB: Please pull up to the service window.
Sign: We are aware that some of you are experiecing difficulty accessing our service window. We believe we have identified the problem as a stress failure of a service window retraction rubberband. We are currently testing a new rubberband and hope to have it in place soon. Thank you for your patience.
Car 2: OMG! WoB suxx0rz teh b1g one!111!!
Car 3: Shut up, troll. WoB meals are the best! This isn't their fault.
Car 2: Shut up, fanboi. I'm cancelling my order and going to Der EQ2chnitzel.
Cars 3-99: Then leave. Shorter line for the rest of us.
Car 3: Der EQ2chnitzel meals suck. WoB meals are so much better.
Car 2: Yeah but at least you can actually eat a Der EQ2cnitzel meal. Here you just sit hungry. OMG
Cars 3-99: Are you still here?
WoB: Thank you for your patience. The replacement rubberband did not meet our expectations so we have reverted to the old rubberband which has been patched. Here is your order.
Car 1; Thanks.... uh, you forgot my french fries.
WoB: There are no french fries
Car 1: You said it came with french fries
WoB: No, we said it came with fries.
Car 1: The difference being?
WoB: French fries are made with potatoes. Fries can be made with any starchy tuber and hot oil. At WoB we are constantly developing new and exciting fries. If you refer to the EELA, you will see that potatoes are never mentioned in connection with our fries. After our fries have been thoroughly tested and meet our standards, we will release our fries to you. You're gonna love 'em.
Car 1: So when do I get my fries?
WoB: We are not prepared to commit to a time when your fries will be ready. If we were to do so and fail to deliver as promised, you might be disappointed.
Car 1: Um, I'm pretty disappointed now. Can't you just please ask the fry guys? I promise I won't get mad.
WoB: The fry guys and the fryer array are located off-site. As I said, we are not prepared to commit to a firm fry delivery time window.
Car 1: Fine, I will eat my burger and wait for my fries....
Car 1: You forgot the pickles on my burger
WoB: No, we didn't
Car 1: There are no pickles on my burger. Look for yourself.
WoB: We are aware that some customers are reporting missing condiments during periods of service window rollback cause by the recent rubberband elasticity failure. We are unable to verify the presence or absence of condiments on burgers and cannot provide replacement condiments to our users. Doing so might result in an unscrupulous customer receiving extra pickles and ruining the eating experience for everyone. Thank you for your patience.
Car 1: There is no mustard either.
Car 2: d00d!11! You just started your meal. What makes you think you have EARNED mustard? Mustard is for the 1337 eaters who have every meal here.
Cars 3-99: Are you still here? Why do you care if he gets mustard? How does it affect your meal?
Car 1: OMG. There is a $!$%roach in my burger!
WoB: We are aware that some customers are reporting disagreeable insects in their meals. It is our experience that these insects accompany our diners to WoB in their cars and are in no way the fault of WoB. We recommend that you take the following steps, in order, if you encounter one of these insects. Check for the continued presence of the insect after each step.
1. Roll up all car windows
2. Open and close are doors firmly
3. Wash your car thoroughly inside and out.
4. Turn off your stereo, headlights, and windshield wipers.
5. Change the oil
6. Check the tire tread
7. Rotate the tires
8. Get new tires
9. Get new brakes
10. Get an alignment
11. Replace the starter solinoid
12. Replace the transmission
13. Replace the engine
14. Renew your driver's license
15. Renew your registration
16. Renew your insurance
17. Replace the car
If none of these steps fixes the problem, the insect never existed and you are making it all up to get attention.
Car 1: I did everything you said. I bought a new car. The $!$%roach is still there.
WoB: We are aware of incidents in which customers insert insects into their meals in order to gain an unfair eating advantage. We do not tolerate this behavior and will confiscate any meal found to have customer inserted insects. Further, we will cite the offeding eater for trespassing and ban them from future meals at WoB.
Car 1: I didn't put the $!$%roach in the burger.
WoB: Maybe you did and maybe you didn't. But a smart person would know when to shut his gob, wouldn't he?
Car 1: Can I have my fries now?
WoB: No.
Original post, link likely to die, as Blizzard's boards are buggy. Heh.
Posted by Coyote at 6:07 PM