Hitting 80! (part II)

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Oracle10g is lvl 80!

So now everyone hurry up and get to lvl 80!

Comic by Scott Kurtz - See Ding!

Hitting 80!

We are very proud to announce that.......

Ubba is lvl 80!

He is the first of the clan to reach level 80. Grats dear knight!!

Comic by Scott Kurtz - See Ding!

Women's Magazine

You must check this out - it's helarious. A (hypothetical) women's magazine cover, pictured by UpiryGirl. I found it at l2vault, but it is also present at the official forums too.

If you are female, or if you are a male who ever had a close relationship with a female, you will find all article titles very funny. My personal favorite is the one about "Goddess Shilen relationship with her father".

Respect. UpiryGirl, you are very talented!!!

Update 29/5/2009: UpiryGirl is now offically part of the l2vault team.

About Elves

After all this careful studying of the patch notes and all those changes, it's time to have some fun with our favorite fun topic: Elves!

love,
a dark elf

Race selection: the funny side

I recently read an article on eurogamer.net, describing the experience of starting to play LII. The description of the races was so funny! I added some explanations (using blue fonts) for english words that might not be common knowledge.

"..

Lineage II's racial menu is quintessentially (quintessentially = typical) Korean - that is, it sounds like standard-issue fantasy, but looks like a headlong (headlong = head first) crash between nineties American comics, Japanese manga, Louis XIV rococo religious art and a Norwegian Goth club.

You can be a Human floppy-fringed fop (fop = vain person), an Elf floppy-fringed (fringe = decorative border - do they mean the hair?!) fop, a Dark Elf dominatrix (i am not explaining that, i am sure you know) in a bustier (you know that too; and if you dont, imagine the top part of a *female* DE), a strangely handsome Orc with chiselled (chiselled = strongly defined) cheekbones and cornrows (cornrow is a hairstyle), or a Kamael, which is a kind of one-winged, fallen-angel Goth-tart (tart = mmm let's say a female with loose sexual morals)

Only the Dwarves look like you'd expect - apart from the females, who are pigtailed manga chicks.

.."

It's worth quoting eurogamer's description for the game interface too - looool!

"..
a man with a deep voice and an educated American accent talks you through a tutorial as studiously non-threatening as an airline safety video. To be honest, there's not that much to explain. Click to talk. Click to move. Click to kill. Click to loot.
.."

Oh it was worth reading, not for the actual article content, but for the author (Oli Welsh)'s style of writing.

E.U.L.A Humor

It is also worth reading the Santa Event description in the latest L2 newsletter. I wish I knew who wrote it, he/she definitely has a sense of humor. Well done.

Comic from http://www.xkcd.com/ 
Excellent (geeky?) humor

Lolcatz @ Pailaka

Following Summoner's advice, I tried the second Pailaka named Devil's Legacy with an alt toon. As indicated in pirate-ninja guide, the NPC gave me an Ancient Legacy Sword which came with a special skill called Summon Tigress!

After killing each of the first two mini-RBs, I got the weapon enhanced, so finally I had both Ice Chill and Chill Strike. I so much wanted to keep the sword after finishing with the dungeon!! Maybe add some divine stones one day ;-)

On a more serious note, you can find an excellent guide at http://l2vault.ign.com/View.php?view=Guides.Detail&id=453

Grinding Comic

I need two of those for the endless solo grinding nights!

From the Adam@home comic series.

Waiting for the servers to start

Funny Tag

Try not to interfere in matters with a dragon..

..for you are crunchy and taste uber sweet in ketchup. 

from an asian l2 forum

It's hard being a girl

Can you imagine being a PP with a majestic mini-robe?? You love it or hate it - mainly depending on your gender.

Where do mice come from?!

I do not know what is wrong with me, the past 2 days I have been seeing mouses (is it "mice" in english?) everywhere!

Where do all those come from? How come they multiply in such numbers?

September 22, 2008

During the maintenance period on Tuesday, September 23, between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM Central Time (3:00 PM to 5:00 PM GMT), the following changes will be made:

Account Services

• All account service requests that were applied before today's maintenance will be executed today.

Events

• The Great Mouse Hunt event will be implemented during this maintenance window. Romantic music, chocolates and specially equipped dens will be provided to all participating mobs.
  

Detail from the noob comic

Mice Event (Humor)

source: http://www.thenoobcomic.com

You might be playing online too long if..

...you talk about your characters as if they are real people.

...you alternate between referring to your characters in the first and the third person.

... and none of your friends gets confused.

...you're still reading this list.

...you hang out with people you actively dislike because you need them in party.

...you have a PhD in manipulating the market to the best effect, even though you failed school economics.

..you can consume your body weight in junk food.

...you consider coke, chips, alcohol and chocolate a balanced diet (or even an acceptable combination)

...you can do money conversions between your game currency and dollars/euros in your head.

...you've ever tried to explain gaming to a school counselor, parent, or other PW/OC (Person With/Out Clue).

...you've suceeded.

...you're STILL reading this list.

...you've ever discovered, after gaming with your significant other, that you like their character better than you do them.

...you worship idols of Gary Gygax in your basement.

...you have friends or acquaintances who regularly refer to you as "Og." (Or something similar.)

...you've ceased responding to your birth name.

...you know a lot of gaming jokes that used to be funny once.

...your friend(s) who does not game feels very left out of all of your conversations.

...you've been gaming for more than half of your life.

...you knew a female gamer once.

...you were a female gamer once.

...you tend to play characters as different from you in race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and what have you as possible, just to confuse your friends.

...you've thought of four or five additions to this list.

...you've ever tried to discover the strengths and weaknesses of a haemophiliac werewolf.

...someone is attempting to explain the floorplan of a building to you and you immediately start thinking in terms of 10X10 squares.

...your character has more close friends than you do.

...you can't find your favorite shirt, but you know where all the dice that came with your first D&D set are.

...you feel that Gaming has played a part in your developing a personal philosophy

...you've thought about designing a game, and actually wrote more than 20 or so pages.

...and self-published it!

...you've ever taught your children to use the mouse using your favorite game.

...you don't know the sex of three of your closest friends, because they have gender-neutral nicknames and you never bothered to ask.

...you wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom and stop and check your shop/auction on the way back to bed.

...you tell the kids they can't use the computer because "Daddy's got work to do" and you don't even have a job.

...you refuse to go on vacation where there's no electricity, phone lines, or hotspots.

...you've gone a little blind trying to figure out if all those corpses had a blue glow or not.

Patching and Nerfing

With Gracia update so close, I keep wondering if my PP (Hierophant now!) is nerfed and whether I should concentrate on my other toons. I find no answer on that, by I vividly remember a RealLife comic by Greg Dean I have once read..

PS Did you notice the poll on the upper right corner of the blog? Go on and vote!

SeX SeX SeX

Let me introduce our new clan mate, Drunna!

Maybe you already know her, do you remember the comic?

She is strikingly beautiful, appearing of Mediterranean descent, with long black hair, tanned skin, and a voluptuous body.

Note: The pictures here are chosen for their *least* offensive content :)

In most cases, Druuna's role is that of a willing sexual object, submitting to sexual advances of all kinds with little or no complaint. The well-known comic revolves around a post-apocalyptic future, however we are looking forward to her adventures in the medieval world of Aden.

Yes, she is indeed a dark elf. Ofc.

Do I need a point?

Sometimes I wonder



Especially in our game, Lineage II, why do we log in every time?

No, we have no King!

We are a community, expecting the higher level characters of the clan to help in any possible way the lower level ones. This includes mentoring, sponsoring, buffing/healing/*, chocolate and encouragement.

The clan leader (Aristotelis) has sacrificed lots of SP in order to raise the clan level to five, and he is required to do warehousing duties as well.

Decisions are made based on discussion and ultimately voting.




Monty Python's Holy Grail

Arthur: I am your king!
Dennis' Mother: Well I didn't vote for you.
Arthur: You don't vote for kings!
Dennis' Mother: How'd you become king, then?
Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king!
Dennis: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Arthur: Be quiet!
Dennis: You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!


Maybe one day we will vote for a King :-)

Feeling Blue?

There are some excellent web comics available! Featured today:

The Noob by Gianna Masseti, an extremely talented artist. Updated every Monday, with lots of archived material for you to browse. Suggested reading.

Later in this blog, I will present more web-comics, all of them hilarious and very very clever.