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Friday, October 15th, 2004
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7:53 pm - Recruiter's Corner
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Lately I haven't had the time to play Lineage enough for any interesting posts. Rather than not updating at all, I decided to do some posts here and there related to what I do outside the world of Aden.
Today I want to go over some pointers for job seekers, if this isn't something that interests you, stop reading now. What I say here may seem like common sense to most, but considering the amount of simple mistakes I see each day on resumes and cover letters, some may find this helpful.
Cover Letter:
This is the first impression you set for the potential employer, you need to make it count. I go through 40-60 resumes a day on average, after awhile they all look the same. What makes me want to read more about an applicant is a well written cover letter. Here are examples of letters that will lead to resumes being placed in my "I'll read it if the position is still open 2 weeks later" pile.
"I'm responding to your company's ad in the paper, please consider my resume. Thanks for your time."
So you are looking for a job, and you are assuming that my company is only advertising for one position? Be specific what position you are applying for, if you can't even take the application process serious enough, what makes an employer think you will take the job serious if the position is offered to you? Also as much as it may sound anal, don't use "I'm", "ad", and "Thanks". "I am", "advertisement", and "Thank you" will present you in a more professional manner.
"Dear Hiring Manager,
I am interested in seeking employment with your company, attached a copy of my resume. Should you find me to be a good fit for any open positions you may have, I am available for interview. Thank you."
Ok, this is better than the last one, and if I'm really in need to fill a position, I might turn the page to read the resume. To me this person is not sincere about my company, it looks like a mass mailing to any HR department the person can find an address for. Most companies have web sites where you can find out information on the company, and what employment opportunities they offer. It is worth taking the time to do a little research before you send them a letter expressing your interest. It also helps the recruiter reading your letter to determine whether you will be a good candidate by including:
a) The positions or departments that interest you most.
b) The experience or skills you have that can benefit the company.
c) Reasons why the position you expressed interest in will help you in your career path, hence increasing your retention potential within the company. Recruiters prefer applicants that shows growth potential, rather than someone just out looking for a job until something better comes along.
Here's something that's definitely a common sense issue that some people forget: SPELL CHECK and GRAMMAR CHECK (I may have made mistakes in this post, but I'm not the one looking for a job).
These are just suggestions, how you draft that letter is up to you. The important thing is to make your letter stand out from the other ones that sit on the recruiter's desk.
I think I've bored you enough, next time a playoff game is called due to rain I'll bore you again with resume and interview pointers. If you are a job seeker, best of luck and I hope you find a job that turns into a rewarding career.
Ghost
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| Monday, September 20th, 2004
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6:26 pm - So....
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To begin I would like to start with a belated congradulations to the following people for their recent level ups: EE, Jesy, C2, Riverine, and Twinkies.
Been pretty busy lately with work so once again I'm behind with updating. When I do have a few moments I try to catch up with a few blogs that I read regularly. The hot topic lately has been talks of merging servers, if you haven't read it you should go to Riverine's blog and check it out.
I can understand from a business standpoint that the low server population on Ken and Dep is becoming a problem in the profit column. There comes a point where they will need to merge the servers or close down the game completely. Personally I have no problems with a merge of Ken and Dep, it will take time for everyone to adjust, but at least it will be played under the same conditions that all players are accustomed to.
Just because LoA has a higher population count does not mean that Ken and Dep should be merged with it. Even if NC allows us to keep our characters and items, I will be looking to move to another game should they decide to merge Ken/Dep with LoA. The reason why I would rather quit than to go to LoA is simple, to me LoA is a whole different game. It has different rules, drops, experience loss, items, and mops. Some may say it is unfair to those currently playing LoA will be affected by all these high level players and items entering LoA, which may affect gameplay and economy of the server; frankly NC Austin created this monster themselves. All other countries with their own servers play by NC Korea's rules, content, and server publish, so why should they make this LoA server. Prior to the introduction of LoA, server population on Ken and Dep was adequate from a business standpoint. People may complain about drops and whatnot, it happens, not everyone will be happy with a game, and they may move to another. But when they created LoA where everything just seems to be easier than the other 2 servers, most will rather choose the easy way out. Some may feel that when they switched to LoA, they started with nothing, therefore should the servers merge others should also start with nothing. REMEMBER THIS, you switched to LoA on your own free will, NO ONE forced you to switch servers. The numbers on Ken/Dep may surely have dipped with Lin2 and other newer games in the market, but it would not have reached this level if it wasn't for LoA. If anything they should shut LoA down, those that can handle playing Lineage under NC Korea's rules can return to either Ken/Dep, or they can quit. Why should loyal customers who have been playing Ken/Dep for 3+ years be punished by a company who clearly did not think ahead when they decided to launch LoA.
Bottom line, if Ken is merged with LoA, Cloe and I will be looking for a new game. I looked at City of Heroes, but I just might find something else since if I'm forced out of a game I liked by NC, there's no way I'm spending money on another game made by them.
See you around, maybe...
Ghost
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| Tuesday, September 7th, 2004
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12:39 am - Long Weekend
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| Wednesday, September 1st, 2004
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11:08 pm - So...
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Yup, once again we've fallen behind in updating this blog (so what's new right). At least our pledge blog is getting the frequent updates, and we will continue to post our personal entries here whenever time allows us to.
Lineage:
Well, I've been taking it REAL easy since I leveled. Reason being a: I usually take a couple of weeks off, before getting back to the grind of leveling. b: RL is consuming most of my time, and when I am home my time is usually spent unwinding after a long day. What I am doing different from my past few level ups is rather than not logging on at all, I log on and play for an hour or two just to keep the exp bar moving. Spent quite a bit of time hunting with Cloe while we got ourselves to safe %, and also did a hunt with her playing princess in order to work on getting that char to safe % too. No pics to post since there really isn't anything post worthy when you hunt fv mainly. My knight is currently at 52.13.10 and with a 4-day long weekend coming up, I plan on getting closer to the 25% mark by the time I go back to work.
RL:
A whole bunch of job recs just came across my desk, and I will be spending the next 2 weeks trying to fill over 20 positions in the company. They range from data entry, sales, customer service, admin assistant, to Genesys Certified Engineers for our offices in MA, NJ, and FL. So any of you CGEs out in those area looking for a job, call me o.o
I also have a story on my recent encounter with the folks at KeySpan. I'll save that for my next post since it's still ongoing (day 3 to be exact), and all I can say is that the experience made me question how some companies define the term "Customer Service" to their employees.
Anyways, it's late and I have a long day tomorrow interviewing applicants. See you around Aden....maybe. Happy gaming.
Ghost
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| Thursday, August 19th, 2004
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10:03 am - Finally
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Been 3 years but finally I reached the long awaited lvl 52 on Ariste, actually have to do it twice over last weekend since I lagged out in Fv and deleveled. I want to thank everyone in my pledge for the support I received over the past 3 years, in particular to Cloe for standing by me through the good and bad times (in-game and RL). I only wish Jared, Ron, Reub, Sim, Tony, Dana, and other old school BtP were around because it just wasn't quite the same without you. Also I want to thank Riverine, Jesy, C2, and all the other nice folks out there for the skins, heals, or just a simple "hello" while passing by.
Couple more pics here, first one is the pledge giving Cloe and I a fireworks show right after we leveled, thank you Willie. A big thanks to Kevin as well, I know it was so un-chinese of you to give me a gift, so all the more it was meaningful, and also your gift helped me in creating my new ToI 31 toy o.o
Finally just the standard hunting pic, nothing fancy since I'm working on getting to safe % so no bosses for me at this moment (Phoenix doesn't count as boss). I only included the iffy drops since lately I either get those or absolutely nothing from iffys, talk about no happy medium in this game.
That's it for now, good luck hunting and I'll see you around.
Ghost
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| Sunday, July 18th, 2004
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3:31 pm - Long time no post!
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I've been so busy with life that keeping the pledge blog interesting has been a challenge enough and since this one actually requires time to post an entry (upsaid is sooooo easy), I got lazy. ^^
Ghostie and I are both on our way to lvling. We roughly expect to lvl by the end of the month. He'll finally get his DK poly and I get my lame walking Fire Archer poly. heheh It's gonna make our hunts in TOI and on FI so much easier.
The lvling grind, of course, requires a lot of time spent in FV. Zels and Dais have been dropping quite nicely but well...who wants to see those screenshots? *snores* I did actually manage to get a non-cheap arse ifrit.
He dropped ndai, gems, adena, cmomr, nkat and bkat. It's not exactly a bzel but it's better than 3 mg and 80 adena.
Ghost and I were bored one night and didnt know what to do with ourselves. I randomly said, "Lets go kill Caspa!" We ran down there and him and his cronies were waiting at the stairs waiting for us.
Drops sucked. I'm not even sure they dropped anything - I don't remember. hehe. I just took a pic because we hadn't killed Caspa in a while. ^^
When I get burnt on lvling the elf, I've been popping on my little mage to play around some. Now...uhm...I'm not a very good mage. UnderthePink got to lvl 47 back before soft ac, spell nerfs, som nerfs, etc. She's long gone now (hated her stats) and I'm trying to lvl Aethra. She's con/int. I just want a char I can go to sieges with and annoy the crap out of everyone. So far, even at only lvl 3x, I've managed to do that quite nicely on a couple occasions. lol
Now...as you may remember from reading the BtP blog, I've been trying to save up ETS to go for a +9. There are a couple of ppl in BtP that have secondary elves that they dont play and they've not even done the quest. I decided to go take my mage and the puppies to Orc Beach to try to get them some orc spell books so they can finish the lvl 15 quest. I've always loved mages on OB. It's a lot harder now than it used to be but w/ the dogs, it was a cinch.
Spawn was a lil crazy at times. ;)
I managed to get one spell book...one down, 3 to go. For one ETS, anyhow.
Oh...I'm selling an Int Ammy if anyone is interested. Please buy it! When I sell it, I can buy another +7 ets off Gobbie. He's been holding it for me for ages. heh
Ok...I'm off. Good hunting!
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| Thursday, June 3rd, 2004
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4:32 pm - Level mode: On
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Well..after a bunch of setbacks - 20% exp loss - slowly getting my motivation back - in the midst of a crazy real life...
I've finally reached my motivation point.
Now that I'm here, I think going into 2% a day mode in FV is gonna kick in again so I can get that crazy Fire Archer poly. Sure, it walks funny...but faster shooting and better cast will let me take advantage of my 31f charm more effectively and will help out in TOI in general.
Last night was good for me, drop wise. This is a rare occurance for me:
I managed to pull in that bzel, 3 nzels, a bunch of various FV junk and we got a Cougar that dropped nice.
Yesterday, I saw on global that WK had taken Heine. There's a huge part of me that's always gonna be loyal as hell to WK since they're one of our oldest allies and along with Sins, the first pledge that took Beyond the Pale seriously. ^^ I jumped on my mage and decided to take a quick look.
Now...my mage is only lvl 34. She SUCKS. I suck at mage...badly. The fact that I went to this siege and did not die is amazing. The fact that I went to this siege and managed to silence Anklar and kill Cheetara w/ just coc (and I got .05 for that one lmao) absolutely amazes me. heheh I'm really glad I remade her w/ 18 int - it's so damned fun.
After the siege, I had switched to elf again and not 5 mins later, BB whis me and said that AG was up. Since I lag so damned bad at AG for some reason, I refuse to take my elfy there. When AG is up, my role is to go on lil mage and just blizzard the giants off the knights. It's kinda amusing since I only have 259 hp and about 30% MR if that. Bobstoops and BB were there...and I got there just 30 sec or so before it ended (they had been on their way to check Cougar)...the cheap arse dropped meditation sb as best drop. Woot!
Ok...gonna go post a couple of Cougar pics on the BtP blog.
Later.
current mood:  lethargic
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| Monday, May 31st, 2004
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11:47 pm - Quick update
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Yeah, it's been awhile since we updated this blog, sorry to those that read it. Don't have any pics to post this time, pretty much everything we've done lately is on the pledge blog.
Still slugging away on Ariste towards 52, I was hoping to get some serious leveling done over my 4 day long weekend but other things came up. Oh well, still doing ok....
Been having a cold streak on the over zelling department, took 34 elven shields and zelled them up, 8 went +7 and 2 went +8. I know Cloe needed a +8 so I traded with her so she can improve her ac and when I decided to zel the other +8, boom. So my quest for +9es continues. Decided to try my luck on t-shirts tonight, results were even worse, 10 t-s, only 1 made +5 QQ Guess when I'm on a cold streak, it's COLD...Think I'm just gonna focus on leveling and wait awhile before I try anything again even though all I really want right now is to improve my ac by 1 more point......
RL stuff:
Submitted an app for an internal job posting last week before I took off for the long weekend. I was told the interviews will begin a week from now. I hope I get it because I can really use a change, and should I get the job I will be the Recruitment Manager for the HR dept.
Got a new toy for my Durango this past week, full brush guard for the front end, and light guards for the back. Took me about 5 hours to put the thing together, and install it. It was a fun project since my family was up for a visit and my dad gave me a hand with the installation. Now I just need to install a pair of sports lights on the Brush guard, as well as changing my headlights and fog lights to complete the new look. My co-workers are trying to talk me into getting neon lights for the undercarriage but I think I'm all set with that.
See you around Aden
Ghost
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| Monday, May 24th, 2004
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7:57 pm - Quick update
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Ghost and I have been on a leveling spree as of late. That means a lot of FV and well..not much of any interest to post. hehe
We've gotten a few bosses - I'll post a couple of pics of those on the BtP blog. Drops have been...junk. I think we may have used all our luck up. hehe
The only good drop I've gotten recently came two days ago. I got it off my dog but I assume it came from an egg or dragonfly.
Ghostie and I have had some fun hunting FV together, too. It's fun using a sword for a change. I sorta feel bad because I know I get more exp out of it than he does and he makes less than he could alone. But god...it's so fun! :) It's always fun hunting together.
Anyhow..that's about it from here. I'll see ya!
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| Monday, May 17th, 2004
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5:51 pm - Getting back in the saddle
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| Tuesday, May 11th, 2004
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6:34 pm - Another one off the list
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Just as I was getting ready to log last night, BB told me that Vampire was up, and luckily we had enough scrolls so off we went with Lord and Army.
Anyways, been a long day at work so I'm gonna go relax and make some food, then back to the grind.
Still selling: +8s-mask 4.5m, +7cop 6.5m, +5ig 750k
Buying: Lion skin (lots), +0/4 t-shirts (10)
Ghost
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| Monday, May 10th, 2004
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12:06 am - been a while
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Having some trouble balancing two blogs, the game and life in general but I thought I'd post this here. :)
A few months back, I was overjoyed to see Simeon and Reuben come back to Lineage. They were a couple of the very first members of BtP back in the day of newbieness so it was cool to have them back.
However...due to r/l circumstances, they decided it was time to go. They sold all their stuf...had some fun blowing items and gave a few members of the pledge some parting gifts.
I almost fell out of my chair when Reuben handed me this:
Thank you guys sooooo much. If I didn't say it enough already, lemme know and I'll continue to thank you. The last few weeks have been amazing...increased my ac...killed some bosses I never thought I'd see this decade...and now the perfect "ending."
I hope to make good use of the charm. ^^
On another note - I picked up another +7 ets today so...the hunt for +9 continues. hehe
Ok...I'm dead tired so I'm out.
Gnight all.
current mood:  groggy
current music: Tori Amos - Yes, Anastasia
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| Sunday, May 9th, 2004
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5:53 pm - Event wrap up and more toi trips
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Event is now over and it's time to settle back into leveling mode. Been an interesting week, all in all no complaints since I did improve my gear a little, and thanks to BB being a good sport and TOI tourguide I got to see and end some new bosses (New to me anyways). So chalk off Seer, Zombie Lord, and Cougar from my to do list and all I have left with are ZQ, Vampire and of course Mummy Lord. I will add the higher TOI boss to my to do list once I gain some more levels. I have some serious work to do on Ariste, and I'm hoping I can find my leveling groove within the next week so that I can get back to my 2-3% a day.
You probably have seen the posts on our pledge blog, but I'm going to throw a pic of our trip to Mummy Lord below, this serves more as a reminder to myself why I need to level up:...
Collection of Zombie Lord drops over the event (no charms QQ):....
Seer hunt after event:...
Went to demon a couple of times but nothing even worth mentioning. BB invited me to go to AQ with Blackst0rm, this is what he can do to AQ o.o
and the drops....
Currently Buying: Lion Skins (lots)
Currently Selling: +7 cop, +5 ig, +8s-mask (last call on this item)
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| Monday, May 3rd, 2004
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12:47 am - Event time
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It's event time and it was time to take some bigger risks and be more aggressive with hunts. So on Saturday night we decide to hit TOI 41 . 8 of us started on this trip (BB, Lord, Cloe, Jeh, Armyboy, Grondwet, Paul, and yours truly) Cloe did most of the screenshots for the trip and you can see those at our pledge blog. We got rushed a few times, but mostly we handle the trip really well as a group.
Even better was that we get to find Cougar and ended it, drops were decent, no charm but still decent for event:
We did have a few casulties, Jeh, Grond, Army, BB, and myself all took our licks, but all in all we it was a fun hunt and plenty of humorous moments.....
So after the trip, I bought back my exp and decide to try my luck. I've been on a cold streak for quite sometime, and with the death I had a feeling that I was due for another hot streak. I had 6 +5cops left sitting storage, so I took those out as well as 6 b-zels, and went back to the house. Click, click, click.....well, I guess my cold streak is over, 2 of the 6 went +7 and 1 went +6. I already have a +7 and when I was saving all these +5s up the goal was to make a +8, so I took a zel out of storage and put that on 1 of the +7s....
Later that night, Demon was itching to go hunt FI since he missed the TOI hunt, so Cloe and I decided to go with him. Our plan was that if we did get an ascroll, Demon would get to keep it since we have a rotation going right now just to help all those in pledge to get an ascroll. BB joined us later and the 4 of us hunted for about 2 hours. Of course just because everybody else on the server was getting ascrolls during this event, it didn't mean we were gonna get one, we did however get this from one of the drakes:
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It was getting late and we decided to head in, Demon decided to blow something up, more details on that posted on pledge blog. Basically he made a +9rks, so while I was still feeling the midas touch myself, and knowing that I needed a decent undead weapon for TOI 51 hunt later, I decided to take a 7rap out of storage. BAM +8, ok guess the hot streak is still on, 2 dais left in storage, as well as 2 +6mbs, click click....+7mb (2).Ooooooooook then, let's see what else is in there that I can try my luck on, hmm.... 5 t-s and I still have 2 b-zels left, what's the harm? Result, +7 t-s, now I have that for my mage and another +5 t-s to blow up later. Cloe decided to join in the festivities, she said she only wanted to do 1 item, so she took one of the +7 boes she had saved up and zelled it.......+8!!!!! Now she's really happy since she finally has her +8boe. Now, I have 1 b-zel left in storage, and all my spare +5 stuff are in even numbers (yes I'm obsessive that way) except for 1 +5 t-s and 1 +5 pgs. Since I Already have 2 +7 t-s, and since I've been saving up quite a few pairs of pgs to try for +7, what the hell, if it blows I still have an even amount of pairs left for another time. So last b-zel and +5 pgs......
Talk about a hot streak, but I know it's going to end sometime and I'd rather not push my luck too far, so just to check and see whether there's still any luck left in me I decided to take a zel and the +6cop I made earlier and see what happens, BOOM...That answered my question and I was done for the day. 2.5% lost but improved my ac by 2, worth the trade off.
Ok, it's late, I'll post the TOI 51 trip tomorrow....Good Luck hunting all
Ghost
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| Monday, April 26th, 2004
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8:08 pm - Toi 51
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Finally decided to take my mage to Toi 51 and see how he fares up there. Was hoping to spend a whole day up there but I just don't have the time right now for an extended hunt. So I popped 36 wis pots, carried another 6 on me, 15 mana pots, some mgs just in case and off I went.
As I teled into 51, I can see how some people can spend hours there power leveling their mage, granted it really helps to be a int/wis mage, since even with 20 int at level 48 you can get into runs where it takes 4-5 tries to turn undead.
I found a good spot with wide open space, and plenty of lighting where I summoned my kbbs and parked them there for storage. Then I started to stroll around, figuring out a route where I can run around the floor and end up back at my kbbs.
 That's where I would lead the pack of orcs zombies to for the kill. The room was big enough and I just walked in a rectangular loop along the wall leading the zombies, turning them, then pick up the drops, throw them on my summons, and regen mp.
 
After doing it a few times you kinda figure out just how big a pack you can lure and still have enough mp to dispatch them safely.
Tried out 52 for awhile too, didn't get any screenshots since I was too busy running from undead elmore soldiers. They are blue to me and quite often I have to slow them before I can try to turn them, and those can take 5-6 tries sometimes hence a huge drain on mp. So after about 30 mins I went back down to 51. Drops weren't spectacular since there's no adena drops, elmores dropped spirit gems, condensed potions, and whetstones while orc zombies dropped braves, ghastes, res scrolls, and the odd zel here and there. I was there for almost 3 hours, made 2.8% and got over 110 res scrolls, 80 braves, 30 ghastes, and 2 zels. All in all a fun hunt and definitely a nice change from FV. The braves and ghastes will help with my knight's hunts too. Can't wait to go back there again next weekend...
Ghost
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| Thursday, April 22nd, 2004
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6:00 pm - Yeah Yeah, procrastination
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I know I know, haven't been updating here, but not like anyone reads this since most people read the pledge blog.....Work and RL demands just leave me with barely enough time to play and post on one blog, let alone two. I have decided however to alternate the posts, if it's something pledge related, it will go to the pledge blog, and anything else will stay here. Cloe's been pretty busy herself so sorry to the few that actually read this blog for the lack of postings.
Lineage stuff:
Well, it's event time again, so as much as I was planning on getting back into the grove with leveling Ariste, I will be spending quite a bit of time on Ghost to make money. I'm also gonna spend some time getting both my new elf GhostRanger and my mini mage MysticRaven to full law during event too.
RL stuff:
What's with Boston sports teams???!!! I'm not even a big Boston fan (don't go telling my co-workers at Boston Globe:P) but man, talk about "Choke" with the Bruins, up 2 games and still manage to lose the series. Celtics, zzzzzzzzzzz, I suppose I'll have to talk like alot of Boston sports fans and go with "well, we still have the Red Sox" until they find some way to blow their shot at the playoffs. Of course, there will always be the Patriots right!!! People getting excited over Dillon, and laughing their asses off over Ty Law lol, guess he fought the law and lost this time......Well, still early in the year, we'll see what happens. I'll be happy if NY Giants become a contender again (and yes, that's the only NY team I support so don't go keying my new truck!!!!!!)
Ghost
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| Tuesday, April 13th, 2004
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6:06 pm - Recap for past week
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Been struggling to get myself back into the game lately, it's the whole getting to first 25% slump period that I've been having for the past 3 levels. Did a couple of FI hunts with Cloe, Demon, Sil, and Paul over last 2 Saturdays, nothing for drops but they were fun trips:
 
 Did a couple more hunts with just Cloe on different characters, one of them was with my second mage RavenStaff and Cloe just so we can finish off our event DK poly. We got lucky and Cloe got her first TQD drop from Iffy:) With that done it also concludes my last hunt on that account, I'm really gonna miss my elf since through 47.5 levels he's never died, not even during d/c or siege.
Well, another b-zel from eggs to add to my collection, just need 3 more and I'll have all the b-zels I need for my 12 +5cops in storage.
Went to Kent siege last night since I got out of work late due to staff meeting, and I didn't feel like hunting. I was just gonna check out the action, but eventually got talked into joining in the fight. Partied up with a good group too, initially it was just Atari, Gobbie, and myself causing some havoc to their gate defense. But after both Gobbie and I were taken out by one of their fs mage, Minja, Arkisto, Stormy, Omit, and Cloe joined in the action too. Castle changed hands a few times, and we came up just a bit short at the end to retake it, but it was alot of fun. Sucks that I lost some exp from that death, but I think it's just what I needed to kick myself back into hunting mode since I have more motivation now to get to DK.
Anyways, here's my shopping list for the week:
Selling +8epm, +8tsu
Buying b-zels (7), c-dais (3)
Ghost
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| Saturday, April 10th, 2004
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9:00 pm - LMAO!!!
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| Monday, April 5th, 2004
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7:46 pm - Popping in to say hello
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I feel like I neglect my blogs. I'm such a terrible poster.
I had a pic of all the zels/dais I've gotten in the past couple of weeks but yeah...that's boring so nevermind on that. Most of us get zels and dais. heh Also...if you hunt lower TOI long enough, you're bound to get some 11fl scrolls. Didn't feel the need to include those either, even though I still can't help but ctrl-P whenever I get one. :)
My quest for a +7 bracer has just gotten really frickin annoying. I've blown up prolly 10-15 +5's with bzels and the best I got was a +6 that quickly met its' doom with an nzel.
Over the past few weeks, I've hunted a lot of TOI, more FI than usual, some DI, and a lil bit of DV. I think I was pretty burnt out on FV. However...I've come to realize that well...frankly..for an elf who's not rollin' in the dough, FV is where I need to be hunting til I can pad my wallet a lil more and pick myself up a 31fl charm.
I'd like to personally thank Chance for giving me some free advice on higher level elf hunting. He was very patient with my many questions and I sincerely appreciate his taking the time to answer them. :)
Here's my little collage of photos for the past week or so. Jeh and I had some pretty damned good spawns in TOI. You can also see me trying to sweet talk Mr. Millionaire into selling me a 21fl charm for my honey. :)
I hope the background comes out as transparent on this one. x.x It didn't on the other I made today but it has before. I think I'm having a blonde day...tis all.
I guess it's back to FV 'round the clock for me so I can pile up the cash again as much as I can. I bought another 200 wafers today and am down to 600k in adenas. hehe
Is there a wafer's anonymous?
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6:09 pm - Time flies....
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Just realized how long it's been since I last updated this blog, I guess it happens when I've spent most of the past 2 weeks grounded due to the lag I've been getting since the server IP move. It's alot better now and I actually managed to get a few hunts in over the weekend. No pics on this post since I haven't had the time to go through screenshots, hectic week at work and my evenings lately revolves around finally getting something to eat and sleep. Went to FI on Saturday with Cloe and Paul since FV is crowded even with the low server count. Granted we didn't get anything good, but spawn was consistent and it was fun. Looking forward to go again this weekend.
Blowing spree wise I'm in the process of saving stuff up and try my luck again when I get to 51.25, especially since I decided to take my second account off recurring billing, and just focus on my knight and mage. With that done I have 4 more sets of ac and weapons that I will try my luck on. Cloe helped me out this past week and got a really good trade with Blueberries, and I want to add a "Tse Tse Ni / Dor Jei" here as well (depending on whether you read Mandarin or Canto).
I finally got my asword after trading a few items, so I have asword for small mops and +9b-kat for the big ones:) Now I just need to trade my +8tsu for +9mb or get lucky with the mbs I have in storage. Next big project is trying to get ascroll for Cloe so she can unseal her ALA.
Here's my shopping list:
Selling: +8epm (prolly will be trying to sell this until the end of time)
Trading: +8tsu for +9mb and adena
Buying: n-dais (alot), b-zels (6), c-dai 150k, b-dai (3)
Happy Hunting
Ghost
*edit* Just a lil princess popping in to add his pic to the post. He was frantically driving down 128 in the pouring rain doing 90 so he could get home to get his sword. I decided to log in for him and complete the transaction so he didn't get in an accident. :)
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