Looking at Friday through the Eyes of a Tired Hub

[undercovergeek]

imagine all the pixeltruppen are Gus, you come to love and cherish the little fellas

[Ubercat]

Well, they took all my cities.  Thanks for the encouragement guys, but it was to no avail.  Next time I am in a hopeless situation that I am sure won't change, I will remember the encouragement and good advice I got from my friends.  Thanks, guys :)

Reload!  And try again!

+1 Take it from Ministry!

[Gusington]

^Wow that came out of nowhere. Nicely done!

[Toonces]

Is there REALLY any other way?  In any event, I am going to fire up another game here in a few.  See what comes of it.

Sounds like you're hot for another try!

[MetalDog]

I have Civilization Revolutions for my Nintendo DS.  It's a poor port of Civ, but, the higher levels of it correlate to my attempts to master Monarch level proficiency.  And prepared me for the fast pace of the game.  Gone are the days of agonizing over every move.  It's not formulaic, but feel.  And a healthy dose of military units ;)

[Sir Slash]

You didn't lose MD. You came in second. No shame there man.  8)

[MetalDog]

THAT is an awesome way to look at it:)  I accept that.

[JasonPratt]

Those did not release yesterday. They released a few weeks ago.

Yeesh, I am just not batting well this week am I? 

BUT I HAVEN'T BOUGHT ANYTHING NEW THIS WEEK AT LEAST!

(...pretty sure Warlock 2 was last week... :-[ then again my concept of time is clearly not arglebarglewarglegarble.  ::))

[Gusington]

^Have a drink.

[Toonces]

What a pain in the ass.

So I'm in this dungeon (Morrowind) and I use my last levitation potion to reach a door to get farther into the dungeon.  I am going through that and, while swimming underwater I come across a door.  Come up, take a deep breath, dive down, pick the lock and get to another part of the dungeon.  Defeat the mysto skeleton thingy with some creative spell use and healing potions and then loot the crap out of the dungeon and get some fat lootz.  Backtrack and explore the previous chamber, and after several minutes of searching I realize that to get anywhere farther I've got to levitate again.

Damn!

Use a scroll of intervention that puts me back at Gnisis.  From there take the Stilt Rider back to Seya Deen, and then Silt Rider backtrack to Balmora.  Now I've got to unload my excess gear, search out a merchant that can spot me some levitation potions or scrolls, and then laboriously make my way back to the dungeon.

We're talking a good 30 minutes of real time to get back to where I left off.

So I logged and I'm gonna play something else for a while.  What a hassle.   ::)

[Gusington]

^Have a drink.

[Jarhead0331]

THAT is an awesome way to look at it:)  I accept that.

Second place is first loser. Congrats.

[MetalDog]

Right.  Because you win every game you play.  :P

[Gusington]

Gentlemen...no fighting in the war [gaming forum] room!

[Bison]

Right.  Because you win every game you play.  :P

Some times the more difficult strategic and tactical situations I find myself in go into a planning that phase that lasts months and sometimes even years.