Comments on: Year End Wrap-Up http://dragonchasers.com/2009/12/30/year-end-wrap-up/ But what will you do when you catch one!? Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:05:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Barney http://dragonchasers.com/2009/12/30/year-end-wrap-up/#comment-127638 Barney Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:28:05 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=3052#comment-127638 Hey its a great blog, don't cut yourself, your still around. Anyway the fantasy is out here, the reality is with Tom Bombadil, whatever he is. Don't let the wraiths win out again this year, one good New Years Resolution is to join other blogger's and take a step towards transparency from the companies who profit from your blog writing by NOT writing April 15, 2010. Let private companies like Lijit and public one’s like Google know: you know they have not been transparent about what they make from our blogs; what % they share with US, the people creating the content they use and re-sell at great profit. If you can’t keep your fingers from working on April 15th, 2010, then ask companies like Lijit, Google, or any other currently profiting from you blog this basic question: What do you make from my work? What % are you sharing with me? Your UNION, P.U.B., Publisher’s Union of Bloggers, has asked these simple questions from companies such as Lijit and Google, and they have either not answered (Google) or used personal attacks and threatened legal action against P.U.B. and its members (Lijit). Why? Google, Lijit, and other’s profiting from publishers plan on there being no power among independent, freethinking writers. 'They will never act as a group, never ask us to be transparent, we can pay them whatever we want, if anything' Is your creative work worth asking this simple question? Then ask it, April 15th, 2010, and tell your publishing peers to ask for it too. Keep up the good work, Barney Barney Moran Founder, P.U.B. Hey its a great blog, don’t cut yourself, your still around. Anyway the fantasy is out here, the reality is with Tom Bombadil, whatever he is. Don’t let the wraiths win out again this year, one good New Years Resolution is to join other blogger’s and take a step towards transparency from the companies who profit from your blog writing by NOT writing April 15, 2010.

Let private companies like Lijit and public one’s like Google know: you know they have not been transparent about what they make from our blogs; what % they share with US, the people creating the content they use and re-sell at great profit.

If you can’t keep your fingers from working on April 15th, 2010, then ask companies like Lijit, Google, or any other currently profiting from you blog this basic question:

What do you make from my work? What % are you sharing with me?

Your UNION, P.U.B., Publisher’s Union of Bloggers, has asked these simple questions from companies such as Lijit and Google, and they have either not answered (Google) or used personal attacks and threatened legal action against P.U.B. and its members (Lijit).

Why? Google, Lijit, and other’s profiting from publishers plan on there being no power among independent, freethinking writers. ‘They will never act as a group, never ask us to be transparent, we can pay them whatever we want, if anything’

Is your creative work worth asking this simple question?
Then ask it, April 15th, 2010, and tell your publishing peers to ask for it too.

Keep up the good work,

Barney

Barney Moran
Founder, P.U.B.

]]> By: /AFK – The New Decade Edition « Bio Break http://dragonchasers.com/2009/12/30/year-end-wrap-up/#comment-127632 /AFK – The New Decade Edition « Bio Break Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:44:28 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=3052#comment-127632 [...] Dragonchasers wraps up his year in gaming [...] [...] Dragonchasers wraps up his year in gaming [...]

]]> By: Terra http://dragonchasers.com/2009/12/30/year-end-wrap-up/#comment-127625 Terra Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:00:21 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=3052#comment-127625 I love your recap of your year. I am not a "serious" gamer and thus haven't got into any of the games you talk about. (I also do not have a computer up to playing those games.) Found you looking at stuff about City of Eternals (which I love btw, I can play it when I want, and it is totally supported by my very outdated PC.) However, although I am playing much lower ended games (Did a stint with fallensword - only stayed as long as I did for the people bored me to tears & one with evony also bored me, but the people are awesome) I have seen a similar patter with myself. :) Anyway, I enjoyed reading what you had to say and realizing I am SO not alone in my game phases. (Well I have a wii, and have a xbox360... But well I like games where I can socialize IF I feel like it.) I love your recap of your year. I am not a “serious” gamer and thus haven’t got into any of the games you talk about. (I also do not have a computer up to playing those games.) Found you looking at stuff about City of Eternals (which I love btw, I can play it when I want, and it is totally supported by my very outdated PC.) However, although I am playing much lower ended games (Did a stint with fallensword – only stayed as long as I did for the people bored me to tears & one with evony also bored me, but the people are awesome) I have seen a similar patter with myself. :)

Anyway, I enjoyed reading what you had to say and realizing I am SO not alone in my game phases. (Well I have a wii, and have a xbox360… But well I like games where I can socialize IF I feel like it.)

]]> By: xXJayeDuBXx http://dragonchasers.com/2009/12/30/year-end-wrap-up/#comment-127623 xXJayeDuBXx Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:57:32 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=3052#comment-127623 Nice recap of the year. Happy New Year Pete, hope you have had a great Holiday! Nice recap of the year. Happy New Year Pete, hope you have had a great Holiday!

]]> By: Longasc http://dragonchasers.com/2009/12/30/year-end-wrap-up/#comment-127621 Longasc Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:57:39 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=3052#comment-127621 I already posted this on Petter's and Stargrace's blog, you have might read this already there. I just noticed I forgot to Mention Mount & Blade - I agree, it is truly an awesome Knight's Sandbox (tm). I got also a bit tired of beta-testing the Counter-Strike style online mode, which is not bad but not the part of Mount & Blade which made it so cool, the well done mix of different genres. I did not play any MMO as the year started, got burned out by WOTLK within a month. xD. But then I tried Age of Conan and had high hopes for Aion. Beautiful game, beautiful client – but too asian in looks and in the end the grind got me always around levels 25-35 in both Beta and Release version. I did not try Fallen Earth and Champions, in the case of Champions because I am not a superhero game guy, and FE sounded a bit hyped by the people who were playing it. A lot already unsubscribed by now, so I was probably right to wait a bit before jumping in, which I didn’t in the end. I played LOTRO during the Aion Beta Weekends and did not think I would play it after the first trial. But then I tried it again, got to love it somehow… but it still was not a great love. Then, while getting more and more depressed by Aion’s grind focus later on, I finally bought a LOTRO bundle for cheap – got 90 days playtime for some 5 bucks or so, plus Moria…^^ Needless to say, I am still playing LOTRO right now. While I still think it cannot win against Guild Wars or Guild Wars 2, I just played GW already for four/five years already and just needed a change back to a “classic” MMO world. Besides that, not a MMO, but a cool world: King’s Bounty and its addon Armored Princess are a very nice single player game in Heroes of Might and Magic style, with a bit more RPG and less strategy. Plus beautiful graphics. I can only recommend it. I regret not being in the mood nor having the time to test Allods at the moment, but it sounds like Allod of fun. There will unfortunately be no GW2 in 2010, so I hope that LOTRO keeps on getting better with each expansion and that I can finally see Rohan or Dunland in the upcoming Volume III. I already posted this on Petter’s and Stargrace’s blog, you have might read this already there.

I just noticed I forgot to Mention Mount & Blade – I agree, it is truly an awesome Knight’s Sandbox ™. I got also a bit tired of beta-testing the Counter-Strike style online mode, which is not bad but not the part of Mount & Blade which made it so cool, the well done mix of different genres.

I did not play any MMO as the year started, got burned out by WOTLK within a month. xD. But then I tried Age of Conan and had high hopes for Aion. Beautiful game, beautiful client – but too asian in looks and in the end the grind got me always around levels 25-35 in both Beta and Release version.

I did not try Fallen Earth and Champions, in the case of Champions because I am not a superhero game guy, and FE sounded a bit hyped by the people who were playing it. A lot already unsubscribed by now, so I was probably right to wait a bit before jumping in, which I didn’t in the end.

I played LOTRO during the Aion Beta Weekends and did not think I would play it after the first trial. But then I tried it again, got to love it somehow… but it still was not a great love. Then, while getting more and more depressed by Aion’s grind focus later on, I finally bought a LOTRO bundle for cheap – got 90 days playtime for some 5 bucks or so, plus Moria…^^

Needless to say, I am still playing LOTRO right now. While I still think it cannot win against Guild Wars or Guild Wars 2, I just played GW already for four/five years already and just needed a change back to a “classic” MMO world. Besides that, not a MMO, but a cool world: King’s Bounty and its addon Armored Princess are a very nice single player game in Heroes of Might and Magic style, with a bit more RPG and less strategy. Plus beautiful graphics. I can only recommend it.

I regret not being in the mood nor having the time to test Allods at the moment, but it sounds like Allod of fun. There will unfortunately be no GW2 in 2010, so I hope that LOTRO keeps on getting better with each expansion and that I can finally see Rohan or Dunland in the upcoming Volume III.

]]> By: Obligatory End Of 2009 Post http://dragonchasers.com/2009/12/30/year-end-wrap-up/#comment-127619 Obligatory End Of 2009 Post Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:54:16 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=3052#comment-127619 [...] and Pete both beat me to it (and so did probably, you know, every other blogger on the planet), but every [...] [...] and Pete both beat me to it (and so did probably, you know, every other blogger on the planet), but every [...]

]]> By: Blue Kae http://dragonchasers.com/2009/12/30/year-end-wrap-up/#comment-127617 Blue Kae Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:46:18 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=3052#comment-127617 More productive ways to spend your time? Of course there are, but a better question is are there more fun ways to spend your time? Seems like you're hitting one of the meh periods again, which happen to all of us. Nothing wrong with that unless its your job to review games, right Stargrace? Just don't disappear from Twitter. :) More productive ways to spend your time? Of course there are, but a better question is are there more fun ways to spend your time? Seems like you’re hitting one of the meh periods again, which happen to all of us. Nothing wrong with that unless its your job to review games, right Stargrace?

Just don’t disappear from Twitter. :)

]]> By: DM Osbon http://dragonchasers.com/2009/12/30/year-end-wrap-up/#comment-127616 DM Osbon Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:13:43 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=3052#comment-127616 Happy New Year too! My time with mmos looks to be confined to what comes the way in console gaming. The single player games that concentrated on the characters and less on plot, were the ones I enjoyed best. I hope for more titles with this mind-set in 2010. Happy New Year too!

My time with mmos looks to be confined to what comes the way in console gaming. The single player games that concentrated on the characters and less on plot, were the ones I enjoyed best. I hope for more titles with this mind-set in 2010.

]]> By: Stargrace http://dragonchasers.com/2009/12/30/year-end-wrap-up/#comment-127615 Stargrace Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:06:41 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=3052#comment-127615 Doesn't look like there was anything wrong with your year at all (aside from the real life stuff, injuries and health is no fun to deal with) as far as gaming goes - if anything I think that what you're experiencing is quiet common among all gamers at one point or another. Obviously your passion is still there, but I consider it a form of growing up a bit. Sure, you'll probably still dabble, but maybe your gaming is evolving into a different form - which I would embrace! It's maturing, as I like to term it (myself having also gone through this). As a very late blooming nerd, I see myself going through similar phases of gaming that others have already done, and watched them move on and have been delighted to know that I too will probably head that way eventually. It's not like any of us actually give up our geeky ways, but we do change and evolve. Hugs, and thanks for still writing here every so often, you won't be leaving my RSS feed any time soon! Doesn’t look like there was anything wrong with your year at all (aside from the real life stuff, injuries and health is no fun to deal with) as far as gaming goes – if anything I think that what you’re experiencing is quiet common among all gamers at one point or another. Obviously your passion is still there, but I consider it a form of growing up a bit. Sure, you’ll probably still dabble, but maybe your gaming is evolving into a different form – which I would embrace! It’s maturing, as I like to term it (myself having also gone through this).

As a very late blooming nerd, I see myself going through similar phases of gaming that others have already done, and watched them move on and have been delighted to know that I too will probably head that way eventually. It’s not like any of us actually give up our geeky ways, but we do change and evolve.

Hugs, and thanks for still writing here every so often, you won’t be leaving my RSS feed any time soon!

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