The Site
The site got its 25,000th comment back in June, which I mentioned on Twitter at the 24,999 mark, and then totally forgot to follow up on.
So now, a month later than anticipated (if only by me), I can declare that the 25,000th comment was left by Silverangel of Kitty Kitty Boom Boom who left a tangential comment about the size qualities of .gif files on a post about 64-bit gaming!
But that is the way blogging frequently is. You can write 2,000+ words on a topic, include one sentence about a some unrelated item, and THAT sentence will be what gets a comment. I find this phenomena hilarious, though I must also admit I am frequently that person as well, making the essentially off-topic comments on a post because something catches my eye.
Anyway, there is no prize for this, just a hastily created achievement unlocked graphic.
Because achievements!
Of course I saved in .gif format.
One Year Ago
There was a site put up by eBay about game return on investment. Unsurprisingly, it indicated that used games are a deal in that regard, so you should go buy some on eBay.
There was the passing of yet another Steam Summer Sale.
SOE forgot to pay their domain name registration. Meanwhile, Landmark was available for a deep discount after the Steam Summer Sale, leading to speculation about its future.
SuperData Research was listing out the Top Subscription MMOs while not defining what they really meant by the term.
Anarchy Online introduced a PLEX-like currency, GRACE.
The community manager for LOTRO was busy telling raiders and PvMP players that they weren’t getting any new content because they added up to less than 10% of the player population.
I finished up Pokemon Y on the 3DS.
In my attempt at the loremaster achievement in WoW I ran through Desolace, Feralas, and Thousand Needles one week, Felwood and Un’goro Crater the next. Then it was Winterspring, Swamp of Sorrows, and the Blasted Lands, the Cape of Stranglethorn, and the final bit of the Eastern Kingdoms. I was on a roll.
in EVE Online we were commuting to Delve, where maybe there was going to be a war, and chasing Brave Newbies around (then getting pipe bombed) when there wasn’t anything going on. That was back when we owned Delve. Fights went on sporadically for a while and many a Rupture was sacrificed simply try a fresh doctrine. So many Ruptures. Apocs did better.
Meanwhile the Crius expansion hit New Eden, making industry better… it did get better, right?
In EverQuest, on the Fippy Darkpaw Time Locked Progression server, the vote to unlock the Underfoot expansion failed, making it the second expansion ever to get voted down, the first being Gates of Discord nearly two years before.
With that I was wondering what other MMOs might go for the retro nostalgia server thing. Not WoW, that is for sure.
I was also on about housing in MMOs, what has really worked for me and what has fallen flat and why. This included some projection as to what garrisons might end up being in WoW.
Our epic game of Civilization V saw expansionism and direct conflict with the Aztec empire.
Five Years Ago
The late Paul the octopus created the largest page view day ever in the history of the blog, later to be surpassed by Cats playing Patty Cake and Alamo.
I was told I write like Cory Doctorow… or maybe Ian Flemming.
My daughter was Banned from Club Penguin. Tears were shed, lessons were learned.
EverQuest II Extended, the free to play EverQuest II, was announced. I wondered whether trying to play it without paying at all would be a challenge in and of itself. Meanwhile, there was some evidence that EQII accounts had value. That stunning news no doubt got them going on the authenticator they announced at Fan Faire this year.
I completed 100 levels in The Agency: Covert Ops. I was unemployed, what can I say?
StarCraft II launched. I still haven’t bought a copy. I’ll wait for the battle chest in a couple of years. It isn’t like I am going to be very good at it this time around. I was barely adequate at the original.
Hulkageddon III ended, and it even had a video wrap-up. And then PLEX was made transportable in space. I wonder if they waited for Hulkageddon to be over for that?
In another Summer hiatus season, the instance group started another run at LOTRO. This time it was Bung who was out, having the dual issues of moving and having a new baby to care for. Those of us in Middle-earth hung out with old friends. That put off deciding who my main character was, by letting me roll another one!
Blizzard gave up on some of their RealID plans thanks to much public kvetching. Shortly there after, the ESRB came out against Real ID as being bad for consumer security while proving they too were bad for consumer security.
Blizzard revamped Parental Controls again. As much as I have griped about them, they are better than any comparable controls I have seen, even in games that offer that as a feature.
World of Warcraft Magazine issue #2 showed up. Issue #4 would arrive 9 months later. No word on issue #5 as of now.
And, finally, somebody was trying to make yet another flying car that failed to live up to our expectations. Have none of these scientists ever seen The Jetsons?
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Most Viewed Posts in July
- The First EverQuest II Progression Server Polls and Some Details
- SOE Finally Gets a REAL Server Status Page
- A Call for Space Carebears
- Running Civilization II on Windows 7 64-bit
- Next WoW Expansion to be Announced August 6th, Just After Subscriber Numbers Get Released…
- Learning to do the Fozzie Sov Shuffle
- Quote of the Day – The Dreaded Rear Admiral
- Quote of the Day – Smart Money
- Ain’t No Cure for the Summertime MMO Ennui Blues
- EverQuest II Time Locked Expansion Servers Today
- Alamo teechs u 2 play DURID!
- Sheep Stole My Mining Cart
Search Terms of the Month
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[Well, yes, but it is shared adversity experience]
EVE Online
Fozzie sov came and New Eden began to burn… or sizzle… or whatever it is that happens when you turn on an Entosis Link module. Pulsating within a little green circle? Anyway, there are a lot of systems in play according to Timer Board. (400+ as of the moment I am writing this.)
Reavers have been out hitting distant regions to test the new system while Pure Blind has been an ongoing fight due to the fact that almost nobody in The Imperium lives there. Still not sure if the sov changes are better or are simply going to make more alliances collapse in exhaustion.
EverQuest II
The Time Locked Expansion servers opened up, and I rolled up on the PvE flavor, Stormhold. So far, so good. It isn’t the old days, but it is different enough from the Live servers to be an experience unto itself. There is a lesson in this.
Anyway, I have a level 11 SK in Freeport, am having a good time, and am looking for a guild, since there is no way I am going to create one myself.
Minecraft
Minecraft remains a thing I have been playing. There is, as I mentioned, a certain peacefulness to the game. My daughter stopped playing and now only watches me over my should now and again, until it becomes too frustrating to bear, then she has to walk away. I don’t do things the right way. That is what it is like being 13.
War Thunder
This sort of slipped off of my rotation. I think Minecraft and EverQuest II ate up the bit of time that I had been devoting to the game. Also, I was motivate by the daily prize thing for a bit, as at Day 25 there was a possibility of getting something useful. Instead I got a gambling token thing that was pretty much no value. My gut response was a bit negative.
World of Warcraft
I haven’t logged in since the week that the 6.2 patch went live, so I should probably take WoW off of my “Games I Play” list and move it to “Games I Watch.” There hasn’t been any frustration or a wave of “I’m so sick of this game!” or anything, just zero motivation to log in.
Coming Up
Activision-Blizzard results for Q2 2015 will be announced on August 4th, followed by the next WoW expansion on August 6th. The subscription numbers they report will likely determine whether or not Blizzard felt they needed some immediate good news and/or a distraction in August rather than waiting for BlizzCon.
And it is a good thing that is coming, because next month is also Blagaust and we’ll need stuff to post about, and those two dates will be grist for the blogging mill! We can’t count on Derek Smart to keep us entertained all the time!
Meanwhile, a friend at work has been talking about Diablo III, so I started poking my nose into that a bit. We’ll see if it goes anywhere in August.
And then I have some new projects coming up at work, my daughter goes back to school in the middle of the month, and I have been summoned for Jury duty as well, so it might end up being a tough month for posts.
The Ancient Gaming Noob 
Congrats on 25k comments – a well deserved milestone!
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Holymoly! Congrats on mega achievement :D
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That is what it is like being 13.
I don’t know, I would think that’s pretty much an age-neutral reaction to watching someone else play a game in what you think is the wrong way… at least she knows when to walk away! ;)
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