The official "alone on valentine's day" topic

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Things turned out all right in the end.

internisus · shafer sephiroth Joined: 04 Dec 2006

stotelheim · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:29 pm

I did a bit of housework, got my VISA card, bought and played Lumines live, and am now considering getting a bit of coke for the rum that I've got kicking around. Could turn this into a nice night.

And last night I realised just how much I mean to and have changed the life of a young boy of 11 who I half the time don't even like. Which is, yeah, pretty good "good day" material.

So I had a good day yesterday.

And while I'm alone I've been finding out who I am these last few months, and I think I'm starting to like myself so much it's not funny.
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Cryo · Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: Columbia, MD

I was going to go out last night, but my car got snow-plowed in (like a 5 foot wall of snow-ice).

Not happy.
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Toups · tyranically banal Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Location: Ebon Keep

Mr. Business · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Hiding

Holy Shit! The Rapture! Chulip is coming out on time after all! Sons of bitches might have even shipped it today! Too bad I cheaped out on the shipping, so there's no telling when that's gonna get here. Why they had changed the release date to Monday is mighty mysterious, but it seems that things are now back on track.

V-Day + 1 is a success!
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RecessRapist · banned Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Well I didn't have a valentine today until I met my friend Emily while taking the bus after school.

Here's how it went:

Me"So you're alone too huh?"

Her"Yep"

Me"Hey since we're both alone wanna be my valentine?"

Her"Sure"

Then we went to the drugstore and we bought eachother a kind of candy we liked.

Which was really pointless in a way since we both spent money :/ But hey its the thought that counts!

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Cryo · Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: Columbia, MD

Rape is another word for surprise sex.
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BenoitRen · I bought RAM Joined: 05 Jan 2007

I was alone.

Like every other day.
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Kappuru · forum bishonen Joined: 05 Dec 2006

valentines day itself was horrible, i am a waiter and had to deal with many horrible people.

last night i went to a 'singles party' and surprisingly met a cute girl who liked my caustic wit, she had a good amount of pot, so we smoked it, i got her number when the cops busted the party, went home high and played REZ.

there's always tomorrow, guys!
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Laurel Soup · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Hitsville, USA

What!? Wednesday was Valentines Day!? Where were everyone's boyfriends and what the hell was I doing there?
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Mr. Business · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Hiding

Okay, Chulip update here! Gamestop shipped my order on Friday, which was yesterday. They're shipping it from the general Metroplex area, and yet they're estimating that the arrival day will be Wednesday?! ARGH! I can't believe these vicious shit-shovellers!

Oh snap, the tracker says, "ARRIVAL SCAN." Goddamn, I'm definitely waking up before noon tomorrow. I will report back with possible results and maybe, just maybe, CHULIP!
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Gironika · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Dragon Range

I also gave a nice girl a little gift, nearly claimed the #1-spot in Enthusia and so I consider this years V-Day a great success.

I alo fell in Love with Enthusia, once again!
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Kappuru · forum bishonen Joined: 05 Dec 2006

i'm afraid to start playing world of warcraft.
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Mr. Business · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Hiding

Still no Chulip. Looks like I'll be getting it on Monday along with everyone else. Thanks a ton, post office!
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Corinth · thatbox Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Psiga, you'd probably level faster without the level 70 escorts!

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Psiga, play Guild Wars.

psiga · saudade Joined: 04 Dec 2006

It would have to be orders of magnitude better than it was during the beta. I keep wanting to be able to fight three people at once and kill them all in fifteen seconds and then move on to the next mob go go go go.
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psiga · saudade Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Rerolled a different character class (from shaman to warlock), started from scratch. Burned through 10 levels in a day, and actually enjoy the game now. Imagine that.

Avoiding areas where other players have been killing people that I can't keep track of, being sure to clear out quests region-by-region rather than collect random quests strewn around the world, and only enlisting escorts when I'm taking on group missions or stuff that is otherwise clearly beyond me. (Along with the usual things such as logging out of the mainstream channels ASAP and only interacting with people I know.)

I kinda jacked up my other character since I spent the 10 day demo trying to experience as many sights as possible, rather than actually "play" the "game." Picking the right character class is important as well; reading about the classes didn't really give me an idea of how the game flows with them.

Still not sure if I'm liking it enough to pay monthlies, and upgrade to Burning Crusade, but yeah, the game is officially not sucking shit for me anymore. Good world, good friends, now good gameplay.
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GcDiaz · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Clinton, MA

I was gonna say, if you couldn't make 18-20 in SIX hours, then something is wrong with your style of play. Terribly inefficient. Now I see you're playing with more focus. I too have abandoned my original lv36 warrior in favor of the new character, a lv24 hunter. Got him to 11 on the first day, by playing the way you just did. Funny how I got this guy to 24 in a week, but the warrior took months to get where he is.

PROTIP: Get your professions early. The reason my new character is so much more fun to play is because I have better things to do besides grind. Soon as that starts to get boring it's "Ooh, a new herb to collect!". Or a new potion to make. Or a new skill to teach my pet. There's more to it than just "grind, rinse, repeat", so it's not tedious at all.

Oh, and nothing happened with that girl I gave the ride to, but we did have pleasant conversation, a little laughter, and a bit of indoctrination (she said she's trying to be an Adventist; I explained to her why all religion is bullshit). We'll be working together every Wednesday, so we'll see how this develops. I did make some inroads with this other woman, regular "shots girl" at my favorite bar. Sure, mother of three, past alcoholic, but a fine piece. She knows my intentions because I told her flat out; the ball is on her court.
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Toups · tyranically banal Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Location: Ebon Keep

I find it telling that the "alone on valentine's day" thread has evolved into a "WoW" thread.

Well maybe not telling but certainly appropriate.
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Wilkes · Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:55 pm

Mr. Business · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Hiding

It was definitely better off as a Chulip thread, for damn sure.

Psiga, quit playing WoW.
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GcDiaz · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Clinton, MA

Pretty organic evolution if you ask me. Lonely on VDay turns into lonely games, which turned into WoW as a not-lonely game that sucks to play until you get your bearings. Still, promulgated stereotypes itt. Someone could've at least mentioned WoW marriages.
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Focus · Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Some of us don't have 2000+ friends though.

How am I going to play Kirby with 2000+ friends?
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'The fuck is going on in here.

psiga · saudade Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Some dorks were whining about being alone on a pop-romance holiday, then some gamer geeks derailed the conversation. It's more P.C. around here to dwell on being alone than it is to appreciate video games.

On that note: WoW could stand to have some Kirby Super Star play mechanics here and there. Many aspects of the game are not geared for excitement so much as soul-deadening habit. It's like seeing the old people playing slot machines all day at the local casinos*. The trick here is just to avoid floating into those aspects of the game.

(*I live around Vegas, lawl.)
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psiga · saudade Joined: 04 Dec 2006

It would be good if it were a "haha, it's so funny because it's true!" joke.

If everyone who was going on about being alone had progressively changed the subject to how WoW makes life okay, then it would be sadly hilarious. This just seems like most of the alone guys are against the very idea of liking the game.

When I started derailing the thread, it was specifically in response to Toups saying that every game is a lonely game lately. But yeah, the truth of it is that I already knew the people I'd be playing with. So, like, when Kapp says that he's afraid to try playing WoW? I'd agree. Unless he already had some people he'd met outside of the game whom he'd feel comfortable playing the game with, it's probably not worth trying.
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Mr. Business · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Hiding

Hey just to be clear, I never had any opinion on this "alone on Valentine's Day" business; I just hate WoW, plain and simple. I am SB's most outspoken World of Warcraft detractor! Whatever the case, WoW makes nothing okay. In fact, it probably makes things several times worse!

Anyway, I originally came in here to talk about Chulip, which was originally supposed to come out on that day before Gamestop/EB dropped the ball.
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SplashBeats · Guest

WoW was pretty disappointing.