Posted a Video for No Real Reason

Finally registered Fraps so I've been looking for an excuse to post something. While in the pandaren starting area I noticed a hunter with an excessive amount of pets. So yeah…

MoP Beta is Out, I Was Stupid

So that post a few minutes ago was entirely my fault…

In my cumpulsive need for organization I renamed "World of Warcraft Beta Setup.exe" to "World of Warcraft MoP Beta Setup.exe". That is apparently bad. Once I reset it, it's fine. As I was typing this, I got to the 11% and apparently it's now playable…

*sigh* There goes my afternoon…

MoP Beta is Out, I Cannot Confirm

So I saw some of the initial flurry out there. Was going to hold off for a few days but figured I might as well hope on the Panda Wagon. The 30mb installer downloaded without issue. But once I tried to run it…

Not sure about what link the dialog is refering to. Safe to assume it's some sort of "Whoa, our server is really fucking busy right now. Sorry!" type page. Will try a few more times throughout the day.

What Do You Mean There's No Install?!

Been meaning to try something browser-based forever but for some reason still haven't. Like when I heard Battle Star Galactica had an MMMO coming out I was all excited until I heard it was browser-only. Seemed wrong somehow; guess I've been gaming too long. Anyway. What prompted this was seeing some Drakensang-Online infos. Where to start…

One of These Days I'll Make It Move

Found a Blender NIF Import - Export Tutorial that I need to go over. Not artistic enough to create my own things but there are plenty of old Morrowind and Oblivion things out there that I'd love to try migrating. It would be a fun/motivational way to learn Blender and general animation things.

The files mentioned are:

Python 2.6.6 (32-bit): Download Link
PyFFI 2.1.10 (32-bit): Download Link
Blender 2.49b: Download Link
Blender Nif Scripts 2.5.8: Download Link
Nifskope (1.1.0-rc1+throttlekitty's nif.xml known to be working): See Main File section of Nexus page.

Stuff Like This Invites Wacks from the Nerf Bat

Wow. I remember seeing some all-DK 10-man videos on YouTube when doing random trolling but I never took them serious. But apparently some crew just took down Rag Heroic. Insanity!

• 1 frost DK
• 6 DPS blood DKs
• 3 tank blood DKs

Using Social Power and Influence for CS

Noticed this on my feed and had to laugh. Must be nice to have a recognizable name for the insta-responses. Decided to try loading up the client. Got all the way in and out with no problem. Tried logging back in with no issue. So whatever.

NCsoft Unleashes Industry Standard Pre-Sale Ploy

Get those gamer dollars committed to score the carrots! *lol* Looks like Guild Wars 2 is offering the standard three-way marketing line-up. All will include head start and beta access. The deluxe pack gives the in-game items while the collector's gives the CD, book, and RL items.

Not sure where I am with this game yet. S'okay since the options aren't available until April 10th (another excellent ploy… allow hype to build). The banker part of the deluxe would sell me but they hedge with “at your command for five days.” So no mount and a banker that expires? Standard may be fine.

That's a Lot of Warm Bodies

Taugrim mentioned an article at Massively that went over SWTOR head counts:

Vogel and Dickinson also shared some mind-boggling numbers relating to SWTOR staffing, as the game's development cycle featured 30 producers, 40 platform engineers, 80 programmers, 75 designers, 140 artists, and 280 quality assurance positions. How does one approach a ginormous project management task of this magnitude? Mainly by sticking to a rigorous triage process and thinking outside of the box when it comes to internal conflicts and team-building procedures.

That's pretty insane.

Maybe You Beta, Generate Social Excitement for Now

Got an eMail from the GW2 peoples about beta invites going out "soon":

In just over 48 hours, 1 million players signed up for a chance to participate in upcoming Guild Wars 2 beta events. Although we wish we could invite everyone who signed up to playtest the beta, we do have a limited number of slots available for each event and not everyone will be able to play. We know you're very eager for us to send out beta invitations, and we will be sending these confirmations out shortly.

In the meantime, we've prepared a little thank you for all those who applied - a brand new video that features never-before-seen in-game footage.

Just head over to the Guild Wars 2 Facebook page and "Like" us to watch the video! Thanks for your support, and we'll see you in game!

Video has less then 40 seconds of footage yet it did look damn smooth. Hoping I get an invite.

Achieving Despite the Climb

Working my way through the last of the Steam Skyrim achievements. Number 45 was getting up to the last Standing Stone: The Tower.

Been putting this one off since it's so tedious. I'd only found half of them on my own so called on the UESP for assistance. Normally any new characters pick one en route to Riverwood and never change again. Going to finish up 50 by switching to 2h and Heavy Armor, so it was a good time to grab the Warrior benefits.

While leveling said warrior skills in a bandit hide-out I defended myself with a human shield!

Once you take most of the items off a corpse you can lift it rather high in the air. After looting the melee bandit at my feet I ended up hoisting his body in front of me while his archer friend shot at me. The arrows would shoot into him as I walked slowly forward. Rather gruesome but have to admit I laughed…

Don't Everybody Mod at Once

As the de facto mod site it's surprising this doesn't happen more often.

You Under Estimate the Power of the Dark Side

Have eleven days remaining but doubt I'll bother. Should log in to check my mail and clean everything up… just no interest. Maybe in a few months.