[05:01] Turk: HELLGATE!
[05:02] Gawain: I’m not as crazy as that.
[05:02] Gawain: thats fucking crazy ass crazy.
[05:02] Gawain: I saw that and I was like.. oh, hes just fucking with me.
[05:02] Turk: sorry
[05:02] Gawain: no.. you really did buy it.
[05:02] Turk: yes
[05:02] Gawain: so then I was like… well, they must have fixed a bunch of shit.
[05:02] Gawain: and then I was reading and you’re like “they haven’t fixed shit”
[05:02] Turk: I’ll update later with the current status
[05:03] Gawain: the extra funny comes in when you see that post right above the post with the forum pic on it.
[05:03] Turk: yeah yeah
[05:03] Gawain: jesus you’re not… subscribing… are you?
[05:03] Gawain: oh my god.
[05:03] Gawain: you’re subscribing.
[05:03] Turk: just to for a month
[05:03] Turk: to see, it’s only ten bucks
[05:03] Gawain: jesus christ you are sick. you need help.
[05:03] Turk: yeah
[05:03] Turk: the december patch sounds nice
[05:03] Turk: stonehenge as a hub
[05:03] Turk: outside areas
[05:04] Turk: again if they can fix shit
[05:04] Turk: and that is a big if
[05:04] Gawain: I don’t know you anymore.
[05:04] Gawain: fucking subscribing to hellgate.
[05:04] Gawain: jesus.
It gets worse. Below are two entries from my online banking statement:
So I’m already in for more than I wanted. Though the official website makes no mention of this billing issue (why scare away more suckers?) in the private forums the do at least admit they are aware. They offer little help. You can fill out an Ask a Question form. I received an email with this very unreassuring message:
Your inquiry has been received. You should receive a response from a Hellgate Customer Service Representative within 24 hours.
By my clock 24 hours have passed and I have yet to hear back from them. My bank account has not been credited. Perhaps Gawain is right and I’m sick and need help. But I hope they get the game in order. The glimmer of fun is there. The december patch also sounds like it has potential. I’ve heard mention of Stonehenge as a hub and the inclusion of more outside areas like forests. I just hope it doesn’t take longer than a month or two to fix these issues.
Still playing City of Heroes. I’ve been playing mostly in the mornings with my healer bot (action shots below). I only played with my friend (the newb) once last weekend. I figured out one mystery. I would send him tells in game when I saw him online and never get any responses back from him. As I found out he plays with the chat window minimized. Because it’s in the way of seeing whats going on. That is the reason he gave. From his newb point of view I guess I understand. There is a lot of stuff on the screen. It is probably a lot to deal with all at once.
For those of you that keep track of these things or are just curious (or bored even) here are two shots of Gawain’s good guy. The first one shows his bio (here is his badguy bio). The second is just a heroic pose.
I also joined the guild that Gawain’s hero is in. They are role players. The server we play on (Virtue) is the unofficial role playing server. But I wasn’t quite ready for this role playing thing.
Turk is now a member of League of Misfits! [Team]Turk: do I need to say anything?
[Team]Turk: can I just say thanks
[Team]Turk: not a lot of chatter
[Team]Lowblow: yeah go ahead. [SuperGroup]Turk: Thank you for the invite into the team.
[SuperGroup]Acorn Avenger: Hi Turk!
[SuperGroup]Acorn Avenger: I’m the Acorn Avenger!
[SuperGroup]Lowblow: ((they’re rude, turk, don’t worry. except for acorn avenger who is not rude but awesome instead.)) [Team]Turk: jesus their talking to me [SuperGroup]Acorn Avenger: [[naw, I’;m rude OOC, AA is just nuts]]
[SuperGroup]Lowblow: ((ok, I take back what I said then.))
I have a number of problems about role playing my character. First and foremost is the fact my hero is based on my old high school era comic book. So granted there is not a lot of character there to play with. I guess I’ll have to come up with something or use the crazy angle G uses. Some of it is just weird. To speak ooc (out of character for the newbs) you use double brackets at the beginning and end of the ooc text.
[[This is dumb.]]
Which to me is dumb. For now I guess I’ll just not say much in the guild chat channel. I think I’ll talk DarkIzer into joining up too and then make him open up his damn chat window.
This below is an instant message I got from an old DAoC guildie (take note of the name of said guildie) regarding my activities in City of Heroes.
[12:25] Antiroleplay: so i hear you’re a roleplayer!!!1111
[12:25] *** Auto-response sent to Antiroleplay: Playing City of Heroes. My global chat handle is @Turk
[12:26] Antiroleplay: it’s true!
Next I have a screenshot. Nothing special about it. Unless you zoom in to the full size image and read the text in yellow.
I wonder where Anti heard this information? Below is an in game chat log from the guild chat channel that is mandatory you stay in character.
[SuperGroup]Sofie La Mystere: No wonder no one eever finds this guy, living in ze sewers for 200 years, I wouldn’t want to find ‘im either.
[SuperGroup]Nick Wicked: Oi don’ know what you wuz expectin. It’s the bloody sewers after all, eh?
[SuperGroup]Sofie La Mystere: eh? Another english?
[SuperGroup]Sofie La Mystere: sounds more…canadian.
[SuperGroup]Nick Wicked: Pfft.
[SuperGroup]Sofie La Mystere: Your canadian eh?
[SuperGroup]Nick Wicked: Oim Nick Wicked, an’ Oim a bleedin Rock star, mate.
[SuperGroup]Sofie La Mystere: hm..
[SuperGroup]Nick Wicked: Canada! Oi nevah ‘erd such a thing.
[SuperGroup]Sofie La Mystere: ah’ve never ‘eard of you.
And here is my in game tell to this “Nick Wicked” person.
[Tell]–>Nick Wicked: your such a putz
[Tell]Nick Wicked: hahahahahaha
So you see I’m not the roleplayer here. I just don’t swing that way. Unlike Nick Wicked.
Gawain puts the caller from the last post in perspective:
[05:44] Gawain: honestly I think its awesome that YOU are the person to go to to bitch about hotels.
[05:44] Turk: I guess
[05:44] Gawain: people CALL YOUR ASS UP.
[05:44] Gawain: you’re almost goddamn famous dude.
[05:44] Gawain: you are the Lum The Mad of the hotel world.
[05:44] Turk: hahahaha
[05:45] Gawain: Turk The Belligerent.
I used PRICELINE for the first time. My bid was accepted by a Ramada Inn. I had requested a 2 star. When I mentioned it to someone where I am visiting, I was told that “nobody stays here. Even the police are afraid to go there.” I researched and found police reports and news articles that mentioned gang activity, brawls in the parking lot, armed robbery of the hotel, etc… I called Priceline and spoke at length to 2 people and was told that there are no refunds or cancellations. I don’t want a refund-I just want a different hotel in this town, even if I have to pay a little more. Do I have any options?
Just how bad is it getting that someone using priceline doesn’t want to stay at the worst hotel ever for a cheap rate?
Here is the chatlog with Gawain when I told him about it:
[06:08] Turk: here is a great forum post my ramada inn south beloit google alert emailed me
[06:09] Turk: you may have to scroll up
[06:22] Gawain: hahahahaha
[06:22] Gawain: those fuckers might as well close.
[06:22] Turk: no shit
[06:23] Turk: they don’t just to spite me
[06:23] Gawain: hahhahaa.
[06:23] Gawain: its totally personal.
[06:23] Turk: oh yeah
And I do feel sometimes they stay open just to spite me. They must know how good I will feel when they die a horrible death. I can out wait them though.
And here is me and Gawain in a public service announcement about voting:
[00:02] Turk: so you voting today?
[00:03] Gawain: no
[00:03] Gawain: the only way to win is not to play.
[00:03] Turk: really? sitting this one out?
[00:03] Gawain: I’m sitting them all out from now on.
[00:04] Turk: I’m going to vote with my dad in the morning
[00:04] Turk: going to throw in with Abama
[00:06] Gawain: Obama.
[00:06] Gawain: lol
[00:06] Gawain: you kill me.
[00:06] Turk: whatever
[00:06] Gawain: hahahahahah
[00:06] Gawain: whatever.
[00:06] Gawain: hahahahahah
[00:07] Turk: at least I’m not voting for an old fuck and a dumb twat
[00:07] Gawain: thats true. I approve you not voting for the retard and the old guy.
I’m no good at compiling top ten lists of anything. The topic of top ten movies was brought up by Gawain.
[03:29] Gawain: My Top Ten Movies
[03:33] Turk: damn it I hate this top ten shit
[03:33] Gawain: hahahahaha
[03:33] Turk: fuck off
[03:33] Turk: V for Vendetta?
[03:34] Gawain: yeah?
[03:34] Turk: I did not know you fell down and hurt your head
[03:34] Turk: go to the hospital right now
[03:34] Gawain: that was a great movie. It wasn’t as good as the comic, but it was still awesome.
[03:34] Turk: see thing is
[03:35] Turk: either it is as good as the source material or it is shit
[03:36] Gawain: pffft. thats not true. I think the comics of Spider-Man are better than the movies, but the movies are ok. same with Batman. “the stand” by Stephen King is a great book, and a pretty good movie, but its not as good as the book. its not shit though.
[03:36] Turk: my world my rules
[03:39] Turk: Leviathan?
[03:39] Turk: Army Of Darkness?
[03:39] Gawain: yup.
[03:39] Turk: come on
[03:39] Gawain: and yup.
[03:39] Gawain: neither one are classics, but they are both great movies.
[03:39] Turk: are you bleeding from your head wound?
[03:39] Turk: apply pressure
I would have said more if I had seen Unbreakable in his list.
So far I only have a top 1 movie. Also the original Star Wars would have to be in there too. So my top 2. Added Raiders and Empire Strikes Back. So top 4.
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