FFXI – Krizz

My primary character. (All characters are on Ramuh)

Character: Krizz
Race: Elvaan
Citizenship: San d’Oria
Rank: 8
Jobs:
WHM 73
DNC 52
BLM 50
NIN 31
DRG 24
BST 23
WAR 18
PLD 18
RDM 15
THF 15
RNG 14
PUP 12
BRD 10
SCH 10
MNK 8
SMN 8
DRK 7
SAM 7
BLU 5
COR 0

Cooking: 99
Fishing: 28
Leathercraft: 4
Smithing: 2

Flash Game of the Day – Armor Wars

So last weekend I had drill. While drill weekends normally completely suck, this one wasn’t too bad. It was very slow. That gave me time to do a bit of reading. One of my coworkers was playing flash games online most of the time.

One caught my eye and I gave it a shot near the end of the day on Sunday. That game was Armor Wars. You can find it over on http://armorgames.com.

This game is a turn-based card game. Each turn you accumulate resources that are the costs of cards. As far as card costs go, it’s pretty balanced. It all depends on your deck. That leads me to my next point.

You also have the ability to build your own deck. The interface could use some slight tweaking, but the deck building itself is good.

Deck limit – You can build a total of 5 decks (of course with the option to overwrite old ones). That’s plenty for the game as is.

Deck card limit – You can only have up to 5 copies of any one card in your deck. Overall, I don’t believe there is a limit to the size of your deck. The one I built, used, and destroyed with is 80 cards. I could trim it quite a bit, but I don’t see the need to fix it since it works.

Initial Hand – One thing that makes this game way easier is the ability to set your initial 7 cards. I set mine up so that I could get my power hitter out in the first or second turn (depending on opponent).

Purchasing Cards – As you play through you earn points (for victories and losses). These points can be used to purchase cards. Personally, I only found a couple useful for my deck.

I’m not sure if you can ever ‘win’ the game. The opponents don’t seem to go above level 8. I played through until I hit level 13. The computer doesn’t win unless I have really bad luck with drawing cards. I’ve never lost twice to an opponent.

If anyone is curious as to my deck, just post a comment and I’ll add it to the post.

Final opinion:

Decent time-waster, but don’t expect to play it for more than a day or two unless you like repetition.

Quote of the Day [090401]

“No, venti is twenty. Large is large. In fact, tall is large and grande is Spanish for large. Venti is the only one that doesn’t mean large. It’s also the only one that’s Italian. Congratulations, you’re stupid in three languages.”
-Danny, from Role Models (2008)
[I ran across this quote while over reading Least I Could Do ]

Random Fact Friday

Every Friday (when I remember), I will add a random fact. Some will be about me, others may not. Who knows?

March 20, 2009

96% of the time, I eat my cereal with a fork

March 27, 2009

I once made a guy bleed by stabbing him in the chest with a plastic fork.

Coin Tower Challenge

I was challenged on another YouTube channel to build a tower out of coins. I did this before I ever found anything online about stacking coins. I wish I had researched first. I could’ve made something much more impressive.

This is currently my video I’m proudest of. It’s simple, but entertaining.

Resident Evil 5

With the recent hype, I decided to check out Resident Evil 5.

I didn’t like it. But then again, I haven’t liked Resident Evil since the very first game. [Note: I still own the first two games for Playstation]

Now, before you string me up and torture me, let me explain.

I cannot handle the controls. That’s it. I love the concept. I love the storylines. Thirteen years later [Resident Evil was released for the PS in 1996], I STILL don’t like the controls.

Now that I think about it, I didn’t check to see if there was a way to change it in the options. Anyone know off hand? If I remember, I’ll hop on the demo tonight and check.

That being said, I did not make it through the first ‘boss’. My first attempt was actually my best. Afterwards, everything spiraled downhill. I gave the game a good 45 minutes to prove itself to me. It did not.

I will not purchase the game. I’m content with getting my zombie fix from Left 4 Dead.

Facebook Note – Bucket List

Bucket List
Place an X by all the things you’ve done and remove the X from the ones you have not, then send it to your friends .

Things you have done during your lifetime:
(X) Gone on a blind date
(X) Donated Blood
(X) Skipped school
(X) Watched someone die
() Given a Eulogy
() Been to London
() Been to Paris
() Been to Rome
() Been to Venice, California
() Been to Monte Carlo
() Been to Hawaii
(X) Been on a plane
() Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost
(X) Gone to Washington, DC
() Hugged a homeless person (and gave them money)
(X) Swam in the ocean
() Swam with Stingrays
(X) Been sailing in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
() Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons
() recently played in a paddling pool
() Ran a marathon
(X) Sang Karaoke
(X)volunteered at a soup kitchen
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only
() Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
() Seen the Northern Lights
() Been Parasailing
(X) Been on TV
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t
(X) Made prank phone calls
(X) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
() Fed an elephant
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(X) Fired a gun
() Danced in the rain-naked
() Been to the Opera
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
() Serenaded by someone
() Serenaded someone
() Seen a NZ Prime Minister in person
() Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone
() Driven a race car
(X) Been to a National Museum
() Been to a Wax Museum
() Eaten caviar
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
(X) Gone to the movies
() Been deep sea fishing
() Driven across the United States
() Been in a hot air balloon
() Been sky diving
() Gone snowmobiling
() Lived in more than one country
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish
() Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
() Seen the Grand Canyon
() Seen the Statue of Liberty
() Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle:
() Been on a cruise
() Traveled by train
(X) Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding
() Ridden on a San Francisco cable car
(X) Been to Disneyland OR Disney World
()Been in a rain forest
()Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
() Ridden on an elephant
() Swam with dolphins
() Been to the Olympics
() Walked on the Great Wall of China
() Been spinnaker flying
() Been water-skiing
() Been snow-skiing
() Been to Westminster Abbey
() Been to the Louvre
() Swam in the Mediterranean
() Been to a Major League Baseball game
() Been to a National Football League game
() Swam with sharks
() Been White Water Rafting
() Written a book or screen play

Quote of the Day [090227]

“Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.” -Fight Club

Quote of the Day [090225]

“Know something about everything, and everything about something.”

Facebook Survey – Letter C

It\’s harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag ten people. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real – nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can\’t use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1. What is your name: Chris

2. A four Letter Word: cars

3. A boy\’s name: Corey

4. A girl\’s Name: Chasity

5. An occupation: computer programmer

6. A color: chartreuse

7. Something you\’ll wear: clothes

9. A food: corndog

10. Something found in the bathroom: condom dispenser

11. A place: China

12. A reason for being late: crazy sex

13. Something you\’d shout: Crap!

14. A movie title: (The) Crow

15. Something you drink: Cola

16. A musical group: (The) Cure

17. An animal: crow

18. A street name: Canal St.

19. A type of car: Corvette

20. The title of a song: Cocaine and Toupees (by Mindless Self Indulgence)