When I became a mom there were some words that suddenly disappeared entirely from my vocabulary. If you are a parent, then you can probably relate. If not, you can have a laugh over how much parents whine... ;)
Gaming Session
We are a group of friends who just bought the same multiplayer game, lets sit down and have an all night gaming session... Yeah not gonna happen! You may get to play an hour or two, but then you will either have to feed your baby or go to sleep yourself in order to survive the 5 am morning call.
Which leads us neatly to the next word:
Uninterrupted
Uninterrupted gaming, uninterrupted sleep, uninterrupted dinner or just an uninterrupted conversation. None of these exist anymore in my world so I might as well get rid of the word and just get on with life.
Just
I am just gonna pop to the shop for some milk. Hah! There is no "just" with a baby. Every time you leave the house you have to carry supplies for a small army and if you are going for a visit it feels like you are actually moving in with the person you are going to see. Diapers, towels, extra clothes, food, toys, muslin clothes, lift, carseat, pram etc. etc. etc.
Quick
Related to just, but it is a word that has so prominently disappeared that it deserves its own mention. A quick dinner will end up as a 3 hour project as you juggle pots, pans, diapers and dummies trying to keep your baby happy and away from the hot stove, while not burning anything.
And saying "I will write a quick blogpost" becomes a laughing matter when your little baby girl poops herself every third sentence and then decides to hunt for the speakers cables, sending you on a wild chase to baby proof.
Well I guess quick still exists in my vocabulary in some forms such as:
Quick eat your dinner before she wakes.
Quick lets give her a bath before she gets angry.
Quick take a photo while she is looking happy.
and of course the old sentimental oh she grows up way too quickly.
What words have you lost after becoming a parent?
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Thursday, 3 October 2013
Sunday, 6 January 2013
The Repopulation - A light at the end of the tunnel for MMORPG crafting fanatics?
I woke up this morning wanting to write a rant about the sad state of crafting and player driven economy in MMORPGs today.
While doing research for my blog post I stumbled upon a gem of a game that I have somehow managed to overlook.
The Repopulation is a scifi MMORPG that market itself on being build on the same principles as UO, Vanguard and more importantly Star Wars Galaxies.
People who know me, know that I loved SWG. It was the first MMORPG I really got into and it was the first one I actually payed for. I was a Weaponsmith, the best on my server (at least if you ask me ;)) and I was for some time the Weaponsmith Correspondant as well. The reason I was dedicating so much time to SWG was because it allowed you to stand out. If you dedicated yourself to a profession, if you spent time building up your business, you could become famous. Years after I quit the game due to Sonys rewamp of the basic game mechanics I still found people mentioning me and my weapons on the official forum. And I loved it!
Anyways, The Repopulation promises to give you the same opportunity to first of all just be a crafter as your main role and also that you can specialise yourself in a certain niche, making you the go to crafter for those particular items. The game is currently in the Alpha stage, but it still looks as polished as many big titles out there and much, much more interesting. The Repopulation will be free to play, but with the option to buy the game and with an item store.
You can currently support the development team financially in order to get a headstart when the game launches. I advice everyone to check out the crafting video and other gameplay videos from the game and join me in the OMG, OMG, OMG SWG has been resurrected dance.
While doing research for my blog post I stumbled upon a gem of a game that I have somehow managed to overlook.
The Repopulation is a scifi MMORPG that market itself on being build on the same principles as UO, Vanguard and more importantly Star Wars Galaxies.
People who know me, know that I loved SWG. It was the first MMORPG I really got into and it was the first one I actually payed for. I was a Weaponsmith, the best on my server (at least if you ask me ;)) and I was for some time the Weaponsmith Correspondant as well. The reason I was dedicating so much time to SWG was because it allowed you to stand out. If you dedicated yourself to a profession, if you spent time building up your business, you could become famous. Years after I quit the game due to Sonys rewamp of the basic game mechanics I still found people mentioning me and my weapons on the official forum. And I loved it!
Anyways, The Repopulation promises to give you the same opportunity to first of all just be a crafter as your main role and also that you can specialise yourself in a certain niche, making you the go to crafter for those particular items. The game is currently in the Alpha stage, but it still looks as polished as many big titles out there and much, much more interesting. The Repopulation will be free to play, but with the option to buy the game and with an item store.
You can currently support the development team financially in order to get a headstart when the game launches. I advice everyone to check out the crafting video and other gameplay videos from the game and join me in the OMG, OMG, OMG SWG has been resurrected dance.
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