http://www.whirly.org My online gaming experience plus other stuff Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:20:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We dinged 30 in LotRO on Friday, so Saturday we did all the stuff required to start skirmishing, and headed into our first skirmish instance. We died a few times learning the ropes, but won eventually. OK, maybe we don't know the ropes yet. It's hectic in there. Our biggest complaint ... http://www.whirly.org/lotro-to-skirmish-or-not-to-skirmish-that-is-the-question/ I gave Borderlands another shot. The last time I installed it, my skype started to act up, the program I use to run two computers with one keyboard/mouse 'Synergy' stopped working, and Borderlands was very unstable, crashing after a few minutes play. I thought it was going to be ... http://www.whirly.org/borderlands-naa/ I really like the crafting system in LotRO. I was able to created usable armor my very first try. I've been filling in the holes in our armor as we progress. It's very rewarding to put in the effort. I can't recall another game with a more usable crafting system. We ... http://www.whirly.org/lotro-whats-that-on-your-head/ I got sucked into Facebook. I've had an account for a long time, but I've ignored it completely. I think I signed up just to see what the buzz was about, or to look at a game. I was listening to the 'This Week in Tech' podcast and they mentioned ... http://www.whirly.org/farmville-farming-been-berry-berry-good-to-me/ I purchased Borderlands yesterday. It's not been a fun ride, but things seem better since I uninstalled it. I found it to be very unstable. It would lock up while loading, or play for a while then lock. It also screwed up Synergy, which I use to control two computers with ... http://www.whirly.org/borderlands-tried-to-kill-my-computer/ We were very rusty playing LotRO, but we finished a few, quite a few, quests and reached level 13. I've created my Hunter a full set of leather armor. It's nice that a newbie crafter can make usable things. We took three tries to get through the first part of the ... http://www.whirly.org/lotro-random-act-of-kindness/ We were still poking along in EQ II, level 55, when I screwed up. We have now moved back to LotRO. Mark signed up for the life time LotRO deal when it first came out, and has been talking about it often recently. I suggested we might consider moving and ... http://www.whirly.org/lotro-it-could-have-been-worse-swg/ This time we killed the boss in the Overlord's Throne Room in Runnyeye. Was it the Overlord? I forgot to look. Afterwards, we failed just past the Goblin Dining Room, two large groups. Oh well. Enough of this. We headed off to check out the Obelisk of Lost Souls again. ... http://www.whirly.org/eq-ii-yawn/ It wasn't easy, but we made it into Overlord's Throne Room in Runnyeye. There were a few deaths as we learned how to clear rooms. I'm the puller. I'm the one who needed to learn. The biggest trick is patience. I have a tendency to push it. Of course, you ... http://www.whirly.org/eq-ii-smells-like-team-spirit/ I thought it'd be fun to travel through Feerrott to take a look at Temple of Cazic Thule. I was wrong. Damn, there are a lot of mobs in Feerrott. Turns out most of them want to kill us. We were making our way across, slowly, when a few of ... http://www.whirly.org/eq-ii-feerrott-ick/