moonshineshadow: Really tired. So if I stop responding here I fell asleep on my sofa :P
How about you? Did you have a nice weekend?

Crewdroog: the history of the lobotomy and the procedure are fascinating!

AgentBirdnest: Just spent about 4 hours completely lost on youtube and wikipedia. I don't have the slightest clue where I started, but ended watching the 1960 US presidential debate and reading about lobotomies. Win :-)

Evenoon, everyone! *tips helmet*

ElTerprise: Oh...do not stop posting then :)
BUt i'm also pretty tired because i was playing Tech support for my family the entire weekend.

akhliber: I go through this process almost daily. Never know where I began, never end in the same place (or in one that makes a damn bit of sense.)
:)

AgentBirdnest: *energizing hug*
... unless you don't want energy... then take your pick between that and a *relaxing hug*
;-)

ElTerprise: *big thank you for the energizing hug*
Thanks some energy would be good after setting up two pcs and salvaging a third one :)
How are you doing?

AgentBirdnest: I want to try writing down my internet journey someday to see how far I can branch off in one sitting.
Then again, if I paid attention to where I was going, I probably wouldn't get very far :-p

Crewdroog: i was JUST looking at Victor Vran, how do you like it? I love hack and slash games.

AgentBirdnest: Hopefully that went well, and things are working as planned.
I'm tired too... Woke up a few hours early and was not able to go back to sleep. Doing good otherwise though.

akhliber: I'm loving Victor Vran so far, but I didn't think I was going to like it when I first started playing. The save system is strange, but works well once you understand it (at first, I was pulled away from playing a couple times in the first dungeon, and upon re-opening the game I'd be back at the very beginning... so until I got to the "hub" I just thought the save system was non-existent or just god-awful.)
I'm playing it with a gamepad and it handles beautifully. I haven't played a hack and slash game with a gamepad since Champions of Norrath and Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance on PS2, I think. It feels good. I'm particularly excited about the recent addition via patch of local co-op, as I think this is one my wife and I will have a lot of fun with together.

akhliber: I'd consider running some desktop recording software one day, but with my luck, that would be the day I decided to look up a million incredibly embarrassing things and then proceeded to die on the toilet or something. ;)

ElTerprise: Glad to hear that - aside from the tiredness of course :)

Well currently everythings is working - let's hope it stays that way :)

AgentBirdnest: LOL... I guess that is the only reason we have the tiniest amount of self-control. Fear of doing something embarrassing and dying on the toilet. If it weren't for that possibility, I would have no limits n__n
Well, luckily there is a really pleasant cure for tiredness. Hot chocolate (yes, I know it is summer, and I don't care), a cozy blanket (again, don't care), and reading until I fall asleep. I'm no longer tired if I'm asleep ;-)

NoNewTaleToTell: Sometimes it's okay to face an enemy in a game that you can't beat right off the bat and I appreciate games that have such enemies.

In The Mount & Blade Warband overhaul mod Prophesy of Pendor I've spent maybe two hours with my current character. In those two hours I've managed to get her equipped with a good sword, a great shield, useful mid-level armor, and a lower end crossbow, she already has a decent horse. With her current skills and items she can comfortably single handily take on small bands of low tier enemies.

Well on the hunt for a pack of troublesome bandits I noticed a band of 3 outlaw knights, however only 1 was healthy enough to fight. I thought to myself "with tactics it should be an easy fight". I was wrong. Very wrong. The knight is equipped with high level armor, high level weapons a top of the line shield, and his horse is also armored and upper level.

Tactics and generally trying to use the terrain to my advantage was completely useless. No matter what I tried I just couldn't overcome his superior equipment (and it wasn't even close). After trying to fight him several times I eventually settled on fleeing with my tail between my legs.

In a level scaled game I wouldn't have had that experience, the knight might've been tough but I would've won. Thanks to the lack of level scaling I know have something extra to look forward in the game, getting good enough equipment so that I can eventually triumph over that knight.