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What happens in corp channel, stays in corp channel… At least Ogogov would like to think so.

Sorry buddy I had to! <3

Cairas > What does “Factional Warfare” mean?

Matamori Ghenki > opposite of fictional warfare

Ogogov > there are four player corps each related to the four main factions in eve

Ogogov > it’s a bit like a very big game of capture the fag

Ogogov > *glaf

Ogogov > *flag

Matamori Ghenki > LOL!

Matamori Ghenki > chat log saved*

Cairas > … a game you may or may not want to win…

Cairas > :-p

Ogogov > *facedesk*

Elric Redeye > ha, ha

This is from a few Christmases back, when I could still own a tree. And yes, that is my cat. *long suffering sigh*

MORE COWBELL!

That’s all I wanted to say really. Carry on.

I’ve done the “correct” version of this for various and always hillarious reasons, so this cracked me the hell up as it takes it to the next level!

Due to a request for some clarification on my “Linux is the OS MMO!” post, I decided to write up an excerpt from the Geek dictionary:

• Operating System (OS): Type of software that runs directly on the computer hardware, and allows you to run your applications.
• Linux: A class of operating systems that require way to much fiddling around with to actually use.
• MMO: Massively Multiplayer Online game like Everquest or World of Warcraft (WoW).
• Grinding: Pounding the stuffing out of little digital rabbits to get marginally better in the game.
• Purple: Quality of item in an MMO that is epic or legendary. Everyone wants them, and the designers make you hang out with 40 people you don’t know for 4 hours to even have a chance of getting one. Kind of like a nerd lottery.
• Raid: A bunch of people who band together to beat up a REALLY BIG digital rabbit, in the hopes of getting a purple.

For all you X-Treme types out there, the Somethingorothers have the advice you need to go big ALL DAY! And this comes in the form of The ThunderDrive Guide to Going Big!

So do yourself a favor and check it out bra! Then you too, can go big… RIGHT NOW!!

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I just had an epiphany when reading this thread over at Ars, Linux is the OS MMO! Think about it:

• Mindless grinding, check!
• Late nights, check!
• Girls = No, check!
• 5 minutes of glory, goto 1, check!

Seriously, you can spend hours or days running down something that should be simple. For example, getting an audio driver to work reliably so that you can surf to your favorite tunes, only to spend the whole evening at the command line trying to figure out why the bastard won't compile in. Bonus points if you have to search forums filled with snide unhelpful social outcasts to find out where to get the correct kernel source package because your distro came with the wrong one! (woops! lawl!)

Lets compare the above list to a popular MMO, World of Warcraft:

• Mindless grinding to get to level 60 (70 now, woops wait, make that 80), so that you can play the real game.
• Stay up past your bedtime so that your team can take down the raid that should have taken 2 hours… 8 hours ago…
• lol
• finally level up or get that purple, feels kinda nice right? So does a hit of heroine. But you can score that in 30 minutes. See you tomorrow night! We have to help XYZ get their purple bauble now!

In summation, the only real difference I can see between the WoWs and Linux, is that at least WoW is a game that is sort of fun. Perhaps some people that are your friends are there as well. Linux is well… let''s just say it belongs in the server room with enterprise support, and reinstall XP. That's it champ, now go meet some girls.

No, I meant real girls jackass. That Night Elf is probably a dude.

I picked up Dead Rising this passed Friday, and have been having a hilarious time at the expense of those poor stupid damned dirty undead.

Case in point, I got stuck in North Plaza after dark and decided I would try to brave the zombie infested wilds for an entire night, game time. With sunglasses donned, head shaved, Katana in hand, and several liters of Coffee Creamer, I barricaded myself in the North Plaza Knife shop and fought the zombie horde, for they are legion.

Just as the sun came up I was awarded an achievement for killing (re-killing?) 1000 walking damned.

Srsly.