Mr Stephen Colbert has returned to US soil, but his hair has remained in Iraq.
Continue reading Colbert Report, 15th of June – 18th of June 2009
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Fresh news from the depths of the Free Realms twitter feed. The first iteration of guilds will be arriving “very very soon”. Not much information at the moment, beyond a 32 character limit for guild names. It’s a pretty big deal though, as it is a basic MMO feature that Free Realms has been sorely missing. In the picture below, we can see a guild tab has been added to the chat window, and there is a guild panel on the far right.  My extreme quester, Maltheas, is a ways off being able to tackle the 80 new Kunark Overland quests that arrive today, but I’m happy to know they’re there waiting for him. That is the (considerable!) extent of the content additions for my own playstyle, but raiders will be happy to see a couple of new instances to delve into. The return of Kurn’s Tower, a popular dungeon from Everquest, is quite exciting for an old lore junkie like myself, though it is unlikely I shall ever see the inside of it myself. When last we checked in with Maltheas, Ratonga Templar of the Celestial Watch, about four months ago, the leaderboard looked like this:  Now, in all honesty, he’s not been out and about much since then, except for during the various spring events. He’d never done any of the Brell’s Day and Bristlebane’s day events before, so that scored him a fair few. In addition, the only Erollisi day event he had taken part in was the very first. For whatever reason, my EQ2 account has always been a bit on the dormant side in the Spring. Burnout after Frostfell is probably part of that. I should have posted about this years new Erollisi event at the time, as I thought it was fairly superb, at least on the Team Good version of the events. Any day you get to have a pleasant conversation with one of your patron gods (In this case Mithaniel Marr, the Truthbringer), is a good day for a Templar. True, Maltheas did meet Brell and Bristlebane on their festival days, but neither of them exactly behaved in a particularly admirable way. So, lets see the current leaderboard. Once again, I’m using the original level cap of 50. Maltheas turns up at 10th place if I nudge the level limit up to 53, but seeing as the poor chap is still only level 35, I’ll stick with 50 for now as what I’m comparing him with.  Maltheas’ work for the gods has paid off, as he has crept up to 4th place. I did decide to let him gain a level during that period, as he has been venturing into rather more dangerous areas than he has previously needed to. Nanthera too, has been busy, and climbed to the top spot. The annoyingly named Everxxxxxxxyxxx has made a little progress too, though is clearly not terribly active. Eligh has stayed put on questcount, so is probably out of the competition in the long term. Everyone else from the old table has levelled out of the 1-50 range, which is unsurprising considering how many 50s there were in the previous leaderboard, and we have a bunch of new competition. They, of course, mostly have no idea that anyone is the slightest bit interested in how many quests they have done for their level. The average level for the table is actually a little lower than last time, so it would appear Mal may be at a bit more risk than previously! I’m still not very active in EQ2 at the moment. Free Realms, and a run through Kingdom Hearts 2 are mostly devouring my playtime, which is a bit limited at the moment anyway due to my having something that slightly resembles employment. So for now, Maltheas mostly stands around on the docks of Mara, dithering about what evil to vanquish next.  Ahh yes. you’re probably here for the patch notes, rather than the adventures of a small brown ratonga. GU52 update notes continue below the fold. Continue reading Everquest 2 Game Update 52 Patch Notes, and a Maltheas Extreeeeme Quester Update Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez has banned Coke Zero, calling it “harmful to people’s well-being”, which I am assuming is a polite way of saying that it tastes like crap. I am a big consumer of colas, mostly of the sugared varieties, and especially Cherry Coke. I do, however, find Pepsi Max and Diet Coke to be drinkable, so I am not entirely biased against low sugar colas. The brown cloying liquid known as Coke Zero is a step too far for me. Nay, a thousand leagues too far! I begin to wish that I, too, were master of a nation, that I could rid its pestilence from the land. I’d rather drink Tizer than Coke Zero. Ugh, I’d rather drink DIET Tizer. Coke Zero is an insult to the senses, but actually it is not quite the worst big name cola I have ever drunk. That would be this:  The abomination that is Coke Zero Vanilla. Venezuela’s ban is a step in the right direction, but this needs escalating to the UN Security Council, for the sake of taste-buds everywhere. If Captain America was interviewed by Fox News’ Sean Hannity:  Captain America hates torture. He’s also not big on detaining people indefinitely without trial. Luckily for him, Captain America is just about the only guy in the US who can get away with saying stuff like that without being called unamerican. Steve Ballmer of Microsoft is threatening to pull out of the US, if the Obama administration moves to close tax loop-holes that are allowing multinationals to avoid paying tax.:
He might love his company (a little too much), but he doesn’t seem to like the country that allowed it to grow and thrive. Microsoft managed perfectly well under previous, much higher, tax regimes, but I guess they’ve gotten used to not having to put much back in to America. Or maybe ol’ Crazy Steve is just shooting his mouth off without thinking again. |
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