How can such a simple game supply so much entertainment and make me want to keep playing for so long? I think the fact that you can't really run anywhere is what makes the game last so long. Even so I've started playing Runescape again and I'm impressed with their new graphics as well as their new content for members.
The non-member content, which i am forced to play at the moment, is still enough to keep a casual gamer such as myself busy for hours raising the skills that non-members can. I simply cannot believe how popular this game, with low graphics capabilities and simple gameplay, is able to provide such a player base and so much entertainment value. It's simply addicting.
This addon rocks my socks! It has some nice features and although some of the information is a little off, it's nothing that can't be solved by some common sense.
Carbonite: Quest boasts some pretty cool features if i do say so myself. The most obvious one, and the most useful is the questing feature of Carbonite, it shows the location and steps to doing a quest as well as deplays a useful arrow that points you in the right direction. This makes questing a whole lot simpler and is great for thoes long drawn out quests that you need to keep alt-tabbing out to allakhazam for.
Another cool feature is that it displays friends or guild members who are also using carbonite:quest, and what quest they're currently tracking. This makes social interactions easier, just team up with someone you see who's doing the same quest as you! Ahh simplicity.
The last feature that I'm going to write about is the window feature, it allows you to move and change the size of all your UI menus. This makes it easy for people like me, who like to move their stuff around and resize them to my needs to do it without downloading a whole different addon.
Overall I'd give this addon a 4 out of 5 only because I'd like to see an update that improves the tracking feature, as of now it only points you in a straight line, it would be nice if it went over obsticles.
Carbonite: Quest can be downloaded at Curse.com
I just read a very interesting arcicle on tobold's blog it has an interview with a WoW gold seller, and while i myself have never bought gold, nor thought seriously about buying gold, the prospect of people making money selling ones and zeros has always been interesting to me.
If you look in the comments left on that particular post by tobold, people flame him for making the post into a shameless advertisement. I completely disagree, while the post may advertise the particular company selling the gold, i do not think that Tobold's intention was to show the "other side" of the gold selling story. And i agree with many of what i believe he was trying to get across.
Gold sellers are still paying costomers, they pay for the subscription and the CD key like everyone else, and while people say that their actions ruin the economy of wow, i have yet to see my local auction house listing linen cloth for 100 gold a stack, so i can say with fair certainty that the economy in wow is stable, and will stay stable for a long time.
There's also the argument that the lawyers of Blizzard make, that gold sellers are selling copywrighted things, and i think that's a completely rediculous argument. If I offered my gold to my friend in exchange for money or a service (let's say, mowing my lawn) and he accepts and the transaction is made, no money was given over the internet or through a credit card, so blizzard had no way of knowing that this transaction took place, yet when a gold seller uses the internet to sell gold they get banned for it. Gold is going to be transfered between characters no matter what blizzard does.
Also the thought of virtual gold being copywrighted is completely rediculous it's not like blizzard can take away your gold for no reason because it belongs to them. Not only would they lose a paying costomer by doing that, but the gold doesn't really belong to them! They didn't make it, they just created the ones and zeros that it took to make that an object in the game.
Anyways i probably won't ever buy any gold in the near future, but who knows? Until next post!
If you look in the comments left on that particular post by tobold, people flame him for making the post into a shameless advertisement. I completely disagree, while the post may advertise the particular company selling the gold, i do not think that Tobold's intention was to show the "other side" of the gold selling story. And i agree with many of what i believe he was trying to get across.
Gold sellers are still paying costomers, they pay for the subscription and the CD key like everyone else, and while people say that their actions ruin the economy of wow, i have yet to see my local auction house listing linen cloth for 100 gold a stack, so i can say with fair certainty that the economy in wow is stable, and will stay stable for a long time.
There's also the argument that the lawyers of Blizzard make, that gold sellers are selling copywrighted things, and i think that's a completely rediculous argument. If I offered my gold to my friend in exchange for money or a service (let's say, mowing my lawn) and he accepts and the transaction is made, no money was given over the internet or through a credit card, so blizzard had no way of knowing that this transaction took place, yet when a gold seller uses the internet to sell gold they get banned for it. Gold is going to be transfered between characters no matter what blizzard does.
Also the thought of virtual gold being copywrighted is completely rediculous it's not like blizzard can take away your gold for no reason because it belongs to them. Not only would they lose a paying costomer by doing that, but the gold doesn't really belong to them! They didn't make it, they just created the ones and zeros that it took to make that an object in the game.
Anyways i probably won't ever buy any gold in the near future, but who knows? Until next post!
I think I've realised why it's been so hard for me to keep playing a game for hours on end, i never play with anyone else. I always solo myself through a lot of the game and i suppose that's not the way that a lot of these games are meant to be played, I've recently started playing Rohan Online with my nephew, and we do everything together and it makes it so much more fun! we talk and stuff and it's so much easier than playing alone!
So anyway enough of my yapping I'm going to give my readers (however few they may be) a few tips on how to avoid getting bored when the grind in games sets in.
1. Play with others
Like i just said, it's a lot more fun to play with other people that you either know in real life (like your nephew for example) or with someone who you've met in a chat room or who you met in other games that you would like to play with.
2. Turn on some music
A lot of the times the music in games can be repetitive and boring, it makes you want to fall asleep! To remedy this just turn the music in the game off (look in the options) and turn on your own music while you play the game. This has saved me many an hour being bored while i farm stuff in FFXI I'm sure it will help someone out there.
3. Change it up a bit
Most of the time in online games they place many monsters of the same level at different parts of the game, you can fight different monsters to switch it up a bit!
4. Grab some Snackage!
Now, don't go overboard and get fat, but a little snackage while grinding really helps to stave off the boredom. Popcorn is a great snack for grinding because there's a lot of it and it's healthy!
5. Take a break!
I know I'm writing this to enable you to play longer without getting bored, but taking breaks is important. I know I always get restless when playing for long periods of time, get up and take a stretch or do some jogging, anything to help cure that restless leg syndrome you most likely have if you're having trouble grinding.
I hope that this guide was helpful to some people and i hope that you have a happy grinding experience in the future thanks to this little guide!
Remember! Play the game and have fun, don't let it play you!
So anyway enough of my yapping I'm going to give my readers (however few they may be) a few tips on how to avoid getting bored when the grind in games sets in.
1. Play with others
Like i just said, it's a lot more fun to play with other people that you either know in real life (like your nephew for example) or with someone who you've met in a chat room or who you met in other games that you would like to play with.
2. Turn on some music
A lot of the times the music in games can be repetitive and boring, it makes you want to fall asleep! To remedy this just turn the music in the game off (look in the options) and turn on your own music while you play the game. This has saved me many an hour being bored while i farm stuff in FFXI I'm sure it will help someone out there.
3. Change it up a bit
Most of the time in online games they place many monsters of the same level at different parts of the game, you can fight different monsters to switch it up a bit!
4. Grab some Snackage!
Now, don't go overboard and get fat, but a little snackage while grinding really helps to stave off the boredom. Popcorn is a great snack for grinding because there's a lot of it and it's healthy!
5. Take a break!
I know I'm writing this to enable you to play longer without getting bored, but taking breaks is important. I know I always get restless when playing for long periods of time, get up and take a stretch or do some jogging, anything to help cure that restless leg syndrome you most likely have if you're having trouble grinding.
I hope that this guide was helpful to some people and i hope that you have a happy grinding experience in the future thanks to this little guide!
Remember! Play the game and have fun, don't let it play you!