This weekend I will be playing, "move to a new house." So, any game playing can only be done after getting everything situated. That's not looking all that good. In any event, what will you be playing?
Oh, and today in 1896, Ethiopia defeated Italy in the battle of Adwa.
^"Moving to a new house"...that doesn't sound like a very fun game.
I am hoping to give an unmodded Operation Flashpoint:Dragon Rising a try. I have owned this game forever without even installing, which I finally did a couple of weeks ago.
Thanks, Shell, it's not. But I have hope that I can get everything taken care of the next couple of days and start a new AAR of Warlock.
Quote from: Shelldrake on March 01, 2013, 07:24:44 AM
^"Moving to a new house"...that doesn't sound like a very fun game.
I am hoping to give an unmodded Operation Flashpoint:Dragon Rising a try. I have owned this game forever without even installing, which I finally did a couple of weeks ago.
And we have 152 custom missions and counting. :)
http://sar.n1bus.eu/ofp-dragon-rising-missions
I will be thanking God that it is the weekend and that I am not moving. After that I will continue to hold on for dear life in Shogun 2 Fall of the Samurai and perhaps fire up Mark of the Ninja.
Good luck with your move MetalDog, I know how much they can suck.
Not sure how much gaming I'll get in over the weekend as I'll be working alot. However, tomorrow night a buddy of mine is coming over to play boardgames. Other then that I might try and fit in some Skyrim.
This weekend will be moving a lot of crap around the house.. the second half of our addition was never finished, and we just found out our contracter is free to do the 'finishing' next week... Needless to say my wife has a ton of 'crap' (All teaching stuff, but there's a heck of a lot in there!). Hopefully my knees will hold out the countless treks carrying stuff up and downstairs.. Be a nice new bedroom when done!
Might get some gaming in when wifey goes to bed ;)
Probably gonna miss Iron Front Saturday on SIMHQ :(
Moving into a new house is just about as tough as putting together a swing set at mid-night on X-mas eve. I've been in a Steam and Iron mood lately and so have finished off some old saved games. Lost as Austria vs France in the Adriatic, won as Britain vs Germany in Helgoland, and won as Germany vs RN in Scarborough. So 2 for 3. Not too bad for an Armchair Admiral. I don't have the guts to tackle Jutland just yet. I'll give the navy a rest and loot and plunder some in Skyrim I think this weekend.
I played 'Moving house' first weekend of Feb and have since spent some time on 'Working in Lithuania and Istanbul Sim' so am still playing 'Battle with the Boxes'
This week the new PC arrived so ill be staring in wonder at Arma 2/Iron Front in 24'' 1920x1080 HD orgasmatron mode and posting pics
Some CMBN/FI PBEM - now in 'OMG that looks huge' mode
Downloading Shogun II and playing some Assault Squad demo some more
Good luck with the move MetalDog. I hope everything goes smoothly. But above all don't pop a nut! Always get help lifting heavy furniture.
Edit: Whoops forgot to add what I'll be playing this weekend. Just picked up Forces of Nature DLC for Gears of War 3 on sale yesterday and All Fronts DLC for Gears of War 2, also on sale. Guess what I'll be playing? Time to go on an achievement hunting spree.
Thanks, W8. My son is going to help me. I am sitting here waiting for the charity I donated half my stuff to to come pick up what I am giving to them, so, less stuff to move. The big stuff remains, fridge, washer & dryer, some bookshelves, the recliners, but, once past the fridge and the w&d, nothing is too unwieldy thank God. Once I get settled, you and I need to start up a little MP game of something.
Iron Front MP on Saturday.
Continue ploughing my way though The Witcher 2. I'm actually enjoying it now that I've gotten past the opening bits and deeper into the story. Boss fights are retardedly hard though.
Quote from: Shelldrake on March 01, 2013, 07:24:44 AM
^"Moving to a new house"...that doesn't sound like a very fun game.
Ugh! I feel for you, Metaldog. One year I moved FIVE (5) times. The last time was to move where I live now, and I swore if I ever moved again I would sell everything and not move it. That was 33 years ago and I'm very happy that I haven't had to move in all those years.
As for gaming, it's Star Spangled Weekend (http://worldoftanks.com/news/2070-star-spangled-weekend/) at
World of Tanks, so I will be putting in a few hours with that this weekend. In addition, I'll probably be playing some
Empires of Steel and
Conquest of Elysium 3 as well as a few other PC games.
Good Luck MD.... lift with you legs :P I helped someone move last weekend but it a whole new ballgame with you are doing it yourself.
Finishing off my CK2 campaign and starting either a Sword of Islam or Republic campaign.
From there will finish off my March of the Eagles Austria Campaign and then who knows.....
PE
Thanks for all the good wishes fellas! I'm hoping there is only one more move after this. And that won't be too bad as I will be giving away most of the rest of my stuff before that one. And dig you avatar, PE :)
Good luck with the move, MD! I hope it goes smoothly...or at least smoothly as moving to a new house can be. ;)
Game-wise, I'm feeling like I might want to get my Greek on, so perhaps some Hegemony Gold is in order. In addition, I believe I'll (finally!) take a break from Distant Worlds to fire up Space Empires IV, which I just purchased from Steam the other day. I've never played the full game before (just the demo), and want to at least try it out before I get all overwhelmed by it again. :P
It is a great game. I haven't opened up my Distant Worlds yet. Please let me know how they compare.
I have spent many yarens in SE IV .
I play "Moving to a new house" every damn day as it's been my job for the last 12 years (not for much longer, though, yeehaa ;D ) so good luck and keep that back straight. Game wise, I'm currently playing the latest Xenonauts build, it's getting better and better, with a good variety of maps.
More Ghost Recon Online. It's actually not a bad little free shooter. Aside from that, I'm going to try to get a bit more Brutal Legend played. And I just picked up a game from GOG called Total Overdose that looks like Grand Theft Auto lite meets Desperado...which sounds like an utterly badass combo to me.
My wife tells me I may get to move-out anytime now. I'm not sure exactly what she's talking about but she seems certain about it. But I get to take the "Horse I rode in on" with me so I come out ahead, I guess.
Quote from: Longdan on March 01, 2013, 02:55:29 PM
It is a great game. I haven't opened up my Distant Worlds yet. Please let me know how they compare.
I have spent many yarens in SE IV .
Well this *is* me we're talking about (I can take forever to get around to doing stuff), so no promises as to how long I'll be. :P But I'll try to do a contrast/compare piece once I've spent at least a little time with it.
Quote from: MetalDog on March 01, 2013, 12:53:48 PM
Thanks for all the good wishes fellas! I'm hoping there is only one more move after this. And that won't be too bad as I will be giving away most of the rest of my stuff before that one. And dig you avatar, PE :)
Be careful with that nightmare MD.
And I agree about PE's avatar. Good stuff. 8)
Good luck MetalDog...moving house is my nightmare...and I'll be very, very happy if I never have to do it again!
I have a 25mile Time Trial on Sunday and a 100km ride coming up March 23rd - so I need to get some saddle time - gaming will be reduced significantly
I have GOT to try a wee sneaky of Band of Heroes. I'm so stoked about getting it and kind of deflated when I saw the rules.
BUT - either I'll game or I'll read rules.
Quote from: MetalDog on March 01, 2013, 07:13:52 AM
This weekend I will be playing, "move to a new house." So, any game playing can only be done after getting everything situated. That's not looking all that good. In any event, what will you be playing?
Oh, and today in 1896, Ethiopia defeated Italy in the battle of Adwa.
As stated by all - hope the move goes well my friend.
Still keeping up my resolve to learn War in the East and probably some Warlock when my resolve fails.
Surprisingly I've barely touched Skyrim this week. I started a new Distant Worlds campaign, playing as the humans. Noticed that the economy has been balanced a lot since I last played. I'm up to 68 colonies, have the biggest fleet, and the most territory, but I only have 1 million cash on hand and only have an income of 50-60k. Unlike previous games, I've had to keep my ship construction to a reasonable level. I actually had a negative income from colonies for awhile, but my bonus income made up the difference. This games starting to snowball so I'm going to start a new game with 1 of each race, with higher difficulty and aggressiveness levels. With photoshop CS2 now being free, I think I'm going to try my hand a doing some custom ships.
I *might* play some Skyrim too....
If I can get tickets, I may go to Emerald City Comicon in Seattle on Sunday.
Good luck with the move MetalDog
Good luck with the move Metal Dog!
Tonight is probably going to be spent celebrating and doing a wee bit of drinking with Mrs. Toonces while getting caught up on all our shows.
For the weekend I'm hoping to get in some Skyrim.
I fired up a game of Civ 5 with G&K on Epic and King. It's been awhile. I also noticed some mods using the Game of Thrones world that look interesting.
Good luck with the move, MetalDog. As someone who rents in a country where renters have hardly any rights, I move house a lot and it's absolutely horrible. Probably the most stressful thing you can do, even if you hire a removals team to help.
Myself, I will be playing Guild Wars 2 this weekend, and hopefully get started on my first multiplayer game of Dominions 3 - I can't wait!