But as far is Lord of The Rings online, I tried to get into it, but i thought the ingame graphics were almost childish (akin to Pirates of the carribean online), and the fact it was having horrible lag time. it took nearly 20 minutes just to get into the game and then another 10 minutes to move my character from one vendor to the next in the same section of town. the characters legs would be moving, but the character wouldn't! lol. a buddy of mine i work with was having the same trouble (this was a few months back).
i liked the concept though, and the character creation was awesome.
as far as gaming addictions go though, i think most are circular and repetetive. as we naturally get bored with one concept, we flow into the next game almost seamlessly.
my group tires of d&d about twice a year, and then we play magic or three dragon ante for a few sessions, then move into either star wars or d20 apocalypse for a few sessions, then its back to d&d for a major part of the year.
Sometimes, when you revisit games, they spark that same love you had at first, sometimes not. I know Diablo II is about the only "older" game I go back to with any regularity.
The Diablo vs The Hulk thread here has me itching to load up Diablo II on my laptop, but so far I have resisted the urge.
Sometimes, when you revisit games, they spark that same love you had at first, sometimes not. I know Diablo II is about the only "older" game I go back to with any regularity.
Watching the Diablo 3 trailers makes me want to play Diablo 2.
Then again, watching the Starcraft 2 Battle Reports makes me want to play Starcraft again.
Then again, watching the Starcraft 2 Battle Reports makes me want to play Starcraft again.
Watching those battle reports makes me want to play Starcraft 2
(I did play some Starcraft again though; and it's still as awesome as ever)
Dralenan, I'd wait for a moment before calling yourself an addict. Often when you do something you used to be addicted to, it's just a short surge, and then the feeling fades and you can let go again.
Happens to me a lot with old games; it's a few moments of 'wow, this game is/was awesome' and then after a few days or a week or two, it just fades away again
I entered 3 tournies. Bought several hundred cards. And won several hundred cards.
Starcraft 2 Battle Reports
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Yeah, fortunately, the game's scope is limited. I don't wanna know what would happen if that was Morrowind or somesuch...
In all honesty, since this seems to be what this forum is built around in the first place, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Life is too short to play games you don't genuinely love - but long enough to play those as much as you like.
speaking of MERP, heh heh, a buddy of mine back in the day slipped me one of the Merp d20's, and I couldn't figure out how come all night i couldn't roll above a 10! then when i realized it had the numbers 1-10 on there twice i busted a gut laughing. it's a good gag to play if you get the chance.
The original D&D dice were exactly the same way! And there were some sets that did NOT come with dice. They came with cardboard chits!
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They're friggin great.
The original D&D dice were exactly the same way! And there were some sets that did NOT come with dice. They came with cardboard chits!
Oh wow, I didn't know this. My first boxed set came with some blue dice, and you had to color the numbers in with a crayon or pencil tip or something.
Oh wow, I didn't know this. My first boxed set came with some blue dice, and you had to color the numbers in with a crayon or pencil tip or something.
Yep. You seperated the individual chits (which were perforated and had different colors) into different piles and placed them face down (the back-side was standard carbboard color). When you need to "roll" a die the DM would shuffle around the appropriate pile and you would blindly draw a chit.
Somewhere I have an old basic set with an unpunched chit sheet. I will try to find it and take a picture and post it here.