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by Moonwynd
September 21, 2021, 10:23 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: New World - MMORPG
Replies: 2
Views: 593

New World - MMORPG

Hey everyone. I know it’s only been a decade but I hope everyone is well. Just wanted to see if anyone tried New World, AGS’ foray into the MMORPG world. I did the open beta along with Gak and it was probably the most fun I’ve had in a game in a very long time. It’s going live on 9/28 and I would lo...
by Moonwynd
March 7, 2012, 6:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: EVERQUEST GOES FREE-TO-PLAY
Replies: 41
Views: 19304

Re: EVERQUEST GOES FREE-TO-PLAY

I think I will play again.
by Moonwynd
June 29, 2009, 9:43 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Ahhh to be a noob again!
Replies: 15
Views: 6223

Re: Ahhh to be a noob again!

I haven't played in so long I am thinking of reactivating!
by Moonwynd
February 15, 2008, 12:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: post a horrible advertising slogan
Replies: 21
Views: 2783

Re: post a horrible advertising slogan

They have this at the pumps here:

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by Moonwynd
February 13, 2008, 5:51 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: WSJ: The Clintons' Terror Pardons
Replies: 16
Views: 1636

Re: WSJ: The Clintons' Terror Pardons

Those pardons make the Clinton's killing of Vince Foster seem tame!
by Moonwynd
January 29, 2008, 7:53 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: McCain will be the next U.S. President (IMO)
Replies: 1107
Views: 91133

Re: McCain will be the next U.S. President (IMO)

If Kansas can't handle some homos, I don't think they can rise to this occasion. The Phelps family is hardly a true representation of Kansas. Exactly. I am not a native of Kansas but I live in Kansas - and the Phelps family is detested by nearly everyone that does not share Phelps DNA. As a matter ...
by Moonwynd
January 5, 2008, 4:51 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: So I'm new to this game...
Replies: 197
Views: 71533

Re: So I'm new to this game...

Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:Fairys are yucky.
F'ing Gnomes.... :evil:
by Moonwynd
January 4, 2008, 12:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Something really fucking crazy happened to me....
Replies: 56
Views: 5720

Re: Something really fucking crazy happened to me....

This is the best line of Xyun's tale: But I'm pissed off because even though we practically cheated on him You said you had sex for about 10 seconds...she did cheat on him. Unless you Okies have some odd rule that it's not cheating if it is under a minute, is a blowjob or if she takes it in butt... ...
by Moonwynd
January 4, 2008, 12:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Something really fucking crazy happened to me....
Replies: 56
Views: 5720

Re: Something really fucking crazy happened to me....

Nick wrote:
Zaelath wrote:Pussy.

But seriously, you're all quite deranged.

She's an alcoholic ex, so you go out drinking with her.

He's a psychopath.

You're a prick ;)
by Moonwynd
December 29, 2007, 4:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Church and You
Replies: 74
Views: 7986

Re: Church and You

Noysyrump wrote:It all ended due to video games, not religion
Mage h8....
by Moonwynd
December 28, 2007, 12:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Church and You
Replies: 74
Views: 7986

Re: Church and You

I think you should try it at least once - if only for the fact that you are showing an interest in something very important to your lady. The roles are reversed for me and my wife. I attend Quaker meeting on Sunday morning. We have an hour long discussion around the fireplace while we drink coffee, ...
by Moonwynd
December 10, 2007, 1:33 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Who's on Guk Server?
Replies: 44
Views: 9929

Re: Who's on Guk Server?

Ashur wrote:Ashimar! (/rude at faux_ashur whoever it is!) 10 Barb Mystic on Guk.
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Perfmafrost is the place to be!
by Moonwynd
December 4, 2007, 12:17 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Get rich quick!
Replies: 47
Views: 21014

Re: Get rich quick!

I've been doing good following Miir's advice. I was finally able to buy a horse at level 29 - he is a 32% increase - not the best but it sure helps! I also have enough money to get a better house (but I am waiting on that because the "free" house suits my needs at the moment. I think right...
by Moonwynd
November 26, 2007, 11:33 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: iPod Touch Review
Replies: 60
Views: 13385

Re: iPod Touch Review

The Touch looks great! I would love to get one...perhaps I will in the coming year. I just got my first MP3 player on Friday - I got a Zune 30GB on sale for Black Friday for $69.99 - so I can't balk at the price at all. I know a lot of people do not care for the Zune - but I did my research and all ...
by Moonwynd
November 24, 2007, 3:08 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: I want to marry Acronis True Image (screw Apple)
Replies: 33
Views: 13985

Re: I want to marry Acronis True Image (screw Apple)

I met with a sales guy and an SE from Acronis last week - they flew out from Boston to meet with me. I had been evaluating Acronis for a while now. Since our organization uses VMWare extensively...and Acronis has some great P2V and V2P options on top of their already great product...looks like I wil...
by Moonwynd
November 20, 2007, 1:33 pm
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: Add a cool song
Replies: 451
Views: 194710

Re: Add a cool song

I am throwing one out here for my favorite British band from the 80's - 90's. Prefab Sprout was such an underpromoted band - but Paddy McAloon is a true songsmith that has influenced many songwriters since the late 70's. Johnny Johnny - 1985 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLPyrLfOYuo We Let the Star...
by Moonwynd
November 20, 2007, 12:31 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Cat-Killing Bird watcher
Replies: 11
Views: 957

Re: Cat-Killing Bird watcher

As long as he ate what he killed then no worries.

I love cats - they taste like chicken.
by Moonwynd
November 17, 2007, 6:16 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Heroes Season 2 Discussion *SPOILERS*
Replies: 294
Views: 27727

Re: Heroes Season 2 Discussion *SPOILERS*

I always chuckle when I hear people complain about subtitles. I think it's valid, I don't mind subtitles when I made a decision to watch a movie that I know is subtitled ahead of time, but to have them to any extent in a tv show I am not as fond of. I don't want to concentrate on a tv show like I w...
by Moonwynd
November 17, 2007, 1:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is your job?
Replies: 151
Views: 19573

Re: What is your job?

Got my Master's in geology back in '92 - worked in the field for several years before a fluke landed me in the world of IT. Presently I am the CIO for a non-profit organization. I keep thinking about going for my PhD. and possibly teaching - it would give me an opportunity to teach as well as do res...
by Moonwynd
November 14, 2007, 12:37 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Heroes Season 2 Discussion *SPOILERS*
Replies: 294
Views: 27727

Re: Heroes Season 2 Discussion *SPOILERS*

I can tell you one thing - I want to make a Kristen Bell/Moonwynd/Ali Larter sammich!!

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/SCHWING!
by Moonwynd
November 12, 2007, 6:29 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: 28 Weeks Later
Replies: 40
Views: 2858

Re: 28 Weeks Later

I have to agree with Nick - pure crapola. I watched this on Saturday - and don't get me wrong...I love zombie films. But to call these zombies is to do a great disservice to zombies. Danny Boyle did a better job setting a darker mood in the first flick. The beginning scene in the boarded up house an...
by Moonwynd
November 12, 2007, 11:41 am
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: I just resubbed
Replies: 7
Views: 2202

Re: I just resubbed

Yep - it was a mentor fest (my first time being mentored - actually, my only time ever being mentored). It all seemed like a blur to me - since Mid and Miir were killing things so quickly I hardly had time get a nuke off!
by Moonwynd
November 9, 2007, 9:29 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Florida employer: no smoking, not even on your own time
Replies: 44
Views: 2156

Re: Florida employer: no smoking, not even on your own time

It is his company so he makes the rules - if you find out the rules and cannot abide by them I guess you do not have to work there - seems pretty simple to me.
by Moonwynd
November 9, 2007, 7:42 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Wizard or Warlock?
Replies: 8
Views: 2371

Re: Wizard or Warlock?

I think you mean "Conjuror or Inferior_Class_01?"

:lol:
by Moonwynd
November 9, 2007, 7:13 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: I just resubbed
Replies: 7
Views: 2202

Re: I just resubbed

I am having a blast playing on Perma - I am level 25 and I have done nearly all of it soloing. I was in a group with Mid, Kal, Miir the other night - it was my first "group" - it was a mentoring group and I was in it for an hour maybe...and I went from level 19 to 21 in that hour. Soloing ...
by Moonwynd
November 8, 2007, 9:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New and Improved Picture Post
Replies: 188
Views: 137370

Re: New and Improved Picture Post

Aardor wrote:Your beard makes me feel like less of a man.

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That was probably four months, but I felt like the growth rate was slowing down.
Bah, you're young yet!
by Moonwynd
November 8, 2007, 9:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New and Improved Picture Post
Replies: 188
Views: 137370

Re: New and Improved Picture Post

Nick wrote:That beard....

it is awesome.

:shock:
Thanks, Nick :)
by Moonwynd
November 8, 2007, 3:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New and Improved Picture Post
Replies: 188
Views: 137370

Re: New and Improved Picture Post

I went as a shepherd - or as I called it, "Generic Biblical Figure_01" I just made the costume from fabric from the fabric shop and a walking stave I already had. The logon process in the background is for Citrix Presentation Server - it was a free poster I got when I got my CCA (Citrix Ad...
by Moonwynd
November 8, 2007, 12:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New and Improved Picture Post
Replies: 188
Views: 137370

Re: New and Improved Picture Post

Sorry, all of you lose. No one can out-hair me. http://ixtlanguild.org/gallery/albums/album02/sand3.jpg http://ixtlanguild.org/gallery/albums/album02/Image000.jpg Really? http://www.midwestbeard.com/cpg1.4.11/albums/userpics/10003/Beard6Months.jpg http://www.midwestbeard.com/cpg1.4.11/albums/userpi...
by Moonwynd
November 7, 2007, 11:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Texas
Replies: 53
Views: 4716

Re: Texas

People from Texas have far too much pride for their state. Nearly everyone I have met from Texas (and I live about 6 hours north of Dallas in KS) is bragadocious. I worked with a woman who was from Texas - she had a Texas state flag on her office wall - Texas bumper sticker on her car - wore a Texas...
by Moonwynd
November 6, 2007, 5:19 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Bee Movie
Replies: 10
Views: 1296

Re: Bee Movie

miir - where did you get that picture of me for your avatar?

Thief!
by Moonwynd
October 29, 2007, 3:46 pm
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: Paste Magazine - Name Your Own Price Subscription Offer
Replies: 1
Views: 1160

Paste Magazine - Name Your Own Price Subscription Offer

http://www.pastemagazine.com/ I've been buying this locally and it always comes with a great CD - this magazine has turned me on to some great artists I never would have heard of before. They are doing a promo where you can name your own subscription price for one year (11 issues) - the minimum pri...
by Moonwynd
October 29, 2007, 2:51 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: I Am Legend
Replies: 100
Views: 7907

Re: I Am Legend

Actually, the latest trailer gives some pretty good inferences as to the vampire theme - they show the protaganist working out in the morning - they have him saying, "I will be at the South Street Seaport midday when the sun is highest in the sky" - then at night they show him having to &q...
by Moonwynd
October 28, 2007, 8:16 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The official I am Legend thread!
Replies: 4
Views: 624

Re: The official I am Legend thread!

I claim the "Official" I am Legend thread since I actually started the official I am Legend thread...

I am Bored
by Moonwynd
October 27, 2007, 1:02 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Into The Wild
Replies: 8
Views: 1000

Re: Into The Wild

[Show]
The coroner said there were no signs of toxins in his system and that those seeds were not toxic - just moldy
by Moonwynd
October 25, 2007, 1:39 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: 30 Days of Night
Replies: 9
Views: 1255

Re: 30 Days of Night

I saw this yesterday. I liked the movie. I thought it captured the tone well enough - very dark, isolated and bleak. I liked the portrayal of the vampires - very vicious and unfeeling - not the romantic Anne Rice crap. The head vampire kept striking me as familiar - I had to IMDB him when I got home...
by Moonwynd
October 25, 2007, 1:36 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Into The Wild
Replies: 8
Views: 1000

Re: Into The Wild

I saw this movie on Sunday - it is a great film. I was moved to tears a few times (especially the Hal Holbrook scenes). Such a waste of potential - I read how stubborn he was in real life - he would not take any help from anyone. In Alaska he is viewed in a negative light by most. He is viewed as an...
by Moonwynd
October 24, 2007, 5:54 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Downloads?
Replies: 61
Views: 15940

Re: Downloads?

Well, I am a young Fae Conjuror - but I have to read up on how to progress down the Mage path - I remember when I first played when EQ2 came out and you had to do this sort of trial at level 10 to go down the path you wanted - of course after you did the island in the beginning and chose your initia...
by Moonwynd
October 24, 2007, 5:51 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: UI Mods
Replies: 3
Views: 1480

UI Mods

Does anyone use a UI modification? If so, can you recommend a useful one that has been regularly updated after patches? I have used UI mods in both EQ and WoW - some were pretty darn useful although they often broke after patches and the original author sometimes abandoned them.

Regards,

Moon
by Moonwynd
October 24, 2007, 1:02 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Downloads?
Replies: 61
Views: 15940

Re: Downloads?

Kaldaur wrote:What the hell, WoW is boring me. I'll reinstall today and come check things out on Perma :)
Cool beans!
by Moonwynd
October 23, 2007, 6:49 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Get rich quick!
Replies: 47
Views: 21014

Re: Get rich quick!

Great post. I never really played the market/auction/broker in any games - but I know it is the way to make some coin. I will definitely put this advice to good use.
by Moonwynd
October 23, 2007, 3:26 am
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: EQ2; Re-Review
Replies: 12
Views: 2832

Re: EQ2; Re-Review

I played for a few months when EQ II came out - I bought it on release day. Then I did not play for some time - but I bought Desert of Flames when it came out and played for a week - Fast forward to a few days ago - I was looking for an MMO to play at my own pace - with old friends (and new) - I con...
by Moonwynd
October 23, 2007, 3:15 am
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Downloads?
Replies: 61
Views: 15940

Re: Downloads?

So if they were giving old timers like me who bought the game when it first came out all of the expansions...then I went out and purchased EoF (which included all of the others) for 30 bucks for nothing? Oh well - that was 30 bucks well spent - after 21 hours of downloading I was nary more than 1/4 ...
by Moonwynd
October 21, 2007, 2:15 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Downloads?
Replies: 61
Views: 15940

Re: Downloads?

I logged in without issue - but I saw the system message about the issue. I bought DoF and played for about 1 week after that then quit. When I logged in today I wanted to see the character creation screen - WOW...SOE really updated the races and classes since I last played! Since my character on Pe...
by Moonwynd
October 21, 2007, 11:45 am
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Downloads?
Replies: 61
Views: 15940

Re: Downloads?

I am fully patched! That didn't take long at all....pffffft. :lol:
by Moonwynd
October 21, 2007, 1:30 am
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Downloads?
Replies: 61
Views: 15940

Re: Downloads?

Yeah - I will be calling Sony tomorrow. I actually left and went to the movies - two movies in two days. If tomorrow is a bust I am going to make it a three movie weekend :lol:
by Moonwynd
October 21, 2007, 12:01 am
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Downloads?
Replies: 61
Views: 15940

Re: Downloads?

I gave up after 21 hours of patching and still only slightly more than 1/4 patched. I went and bought the All In One pack which includes the original, DoF, KoS and EoF with the hopes that it will not only get me up to speed on the two expansions I did not have - but reduce patching time. Unfortunate...
by Moonwynd
October 20, 2007, 11:58 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Veeshanvault channel
Replies: 18
Views: 4226

Re: Veeshanvault channel

Sounds cool. As soon as I can manage to get this thing patched I will join the channel!
by Moonwynd
October 20, 2007, 3:43 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Downloads?
Replies: 61
Views: 15940

Re: Downloads?

Me either
by Moonwynd
October 20, 2007, 3:14 pm
Forum: Everquest 2
Topic: Downloads?
Replies: 61
Views: 15940

Re: Downloads?

I am not installing any expansions off of the download. I own the media for the original EQ2 that I bought on release day - and I own the DoF media that I also bought on release day. I did not purchase any additional expansions yet - so the only thing I did was install the original EQ2 and the DoF a...