Half right. Her one max-level character is a mage (Forsaken), and the next highest is a hunter (Troll).
I play all the tank/healing toons to keep her safe -- as any good husband should.
My wife and I both play, and have for years. My tendency is to play too much, get all the gear, and achievements, get frustrated by something stupid and quit for a while -- only to come back a few months later. My wife plays casually, *loves* the graphics, and all the little frills (pets, mounts, etc.), and actually *reads* quest text and follows the story. I tend to think she's doing it right, and I'm (usually) doing it wrong.
We'll be getting MoP and likely enjoying it enough to pay the fees.
Given that being creative and holding down a job are not mutually exclusive, no.
I'm sure there are a few artists who have been able to work for pay and still create art.
Of course, nobody *has* to get a job (especially in America) but paychecks are sure handy for the troublesome parts of an artist's life like food, shelter, and clothing.
Of course society should value artists. Society always has, and always will -- but we must concede that throughout history, most great art and artists went unappreciated in their time. This idea of 1. Make something artistic, 2. Show it to people, 3. ???, 4. PROFIT! is silly. And I know enough struggling artists to know that's how a lot of them think. They are generally miserable and live in fear of needing dentists and doctors because they're poor. So, yes, generally I say to artists: get a day job.
All these arguments are predicated on the false assumption that because someone calls themselves and artist, that they should then be able to make a solid livelihood from it. And even further, if someone gets some level of fame, that they are somehow entitled to maintain that. The world doesn't work that way. I play guitar in a band, and I have a lot of fun. Sometimes I get paid a little cash. Most of my income comes from an unrelated career that I also built for myself.
The musicians who are very talented and easy to work with became popular and were paid more, and the musicians who weren't quite as talented would just play music in their spare time, with friends at pubs and family gatherings in exchange for dinner and drinks -- and work in other trades to make a livelihood.
There is no law on the books that states "Anyone who decides they're an 'artist' should therefore be able to make a living at it."
Soon: "I have my whole life in this briefcase, and I have to have it in front of me at all times for fear of losing it. As you might expect, it makes going out in public embarassing, and my girlfriend left me because I tried to lay it on her back during sex."
I've named my briefcase "Sally" is this a good name for a briefcase with my life in it?
Protip: don't put your whole life in a briefcase.
I had the same experience in the KDE 3 -> 4 era. I tried lots of different window managers before finally deciding to try out Gnome for a while. I found I really didn't need all the configuration hassles that KDE provided me.
I'm a Web developer, not an "actual" programmer, but I love BASH, ssh, and vim.
I find GUI tools get in my way. Like using boxing gloves to play cards.
Oh Hi!
I'm a database admin/weirdo/geek and I have "big issues" (TM) with any and all database technology, and related discussion that does not fit with my myopic view of the world!
This Drizzle does not make me happy.
You kids! GET OFF MY LAWN!
I have sleep apnea which went untreated for 10 years. I would tell my doctor that I was falling asleep in the middle of the day, and while driving, despite getting 8-10 hours of sleep (and feeling like total shit when I regained consciousness) and he had no clue what the problem was. I finally found my own diagnosis after doing one simple Google search on "sleep disorder." The first result was an article about sleep apnea that listed every one of the symptoms that I told my doctor about. At my last appointment before switching to a new doc, I told him about all this...
Anyway, I went to a local hospital sleep clinic, where I was scheduled to "sleep" for 4 hours without a CPAP, and then four hours with one -- all the while being hooked up to an EKG. After the first 45 minutes, the nurse came in and said she had decided to switch me to the CPAP early because in 45 minutes I had stopped breathing 70 times.
The next day, I felt like a completely different person. I have now had a CPAP for about 5 years, and I feel like "normal" person again.
Now, my sleep deprivation is due to the Internets, just like the rest of you bastards.
My wife and I had recently watched "The Private Life of Plants" -- a phenomenal series hosted by Sir David Attenboro in which he describes durian and it's lovely taste and disgusting pungent smell.
Anyway, we saw it on the menu of our local Vietnamese take-out place, and decided "what the heck" and ordered some. Throughout our meal at home we could vaguely smell it from its sealed container and when the time came, we opened it and proceeded to try not to gag as we each took a small bite, which tasted like a cross between sweet caramel and rotten eggs.
We both had to take a couple of shots of tequila to rid our mouths of the stank, and we put the remaining portion in a plastic zip-lock bag outside in the trash can.
As far as kim chee goes, sometimes I like it, and sometimes it makes me kind of sick to think about it. Would not take it into space with me.
Would I be jaded for stating engineered pop bands designed to appeal to everyone don't work for me? I like Classical music and Ambient Electronica, am I wrong for not going with the 'norm'?
No, "don't work for me" is a perfectly valid point of view. But statements like "Gaming died in the late 90's" are huge over-generalizations.
Also, I've played Baldur's Gate and found that it (and it's sequels) suffered from big stability issues on both my and my wifes computers, so we tried to like them but eventually had to move along.
I tried Daggerfall a bit but it didn't "grab" me. I didn't like the graphics much.
I think that some (maybe most?) people just want something fun to do now and then in a particular game genre and don't really need their games to be all-encompassing. I like to sit down, whack a few things with a stick until the treasure and XP pops out and go on to the next. If I can do that with my friends (or groups of people) even better.
I remember playing lots of games back in the day, all on my own, and they were fun, but playing a decently designed game with a group of other people is what I really like. The social aspect of cooperative gaming (or even PvP) is fun for me. And there are lots of games nowadays that enable this.
Erm, or perhaps you've become jaded and just *think* that it did. I play a handful of different PC games now, and I've played hundreds of them over the past two decades. I'm still having fun with a lot of them. I know quite a few other people who are having fun as well.
In summary, gaming seems to be doing quite well for an ever-increasing number of people.
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... it just happens to have other people's content on it sometimes.
*cough*she'spretty,andiloveher,butshedoesn'tplaywellenoughtobetankorhealer,sohastobedps*cough*
Your subtext is showing... You obviously care a great deal about this game.
Half right. Her one max-level character is a mage (Forsaken), and the next highest is a hunter (Troll). I play all the tank/healing toons to keep her safe -- as any good husband should.
My wife and I both play, and have for years. My tendency is to play too much, get all the gear, and achievements, get frustrated by something stupid and quit for a while -- only to come back a few months later. My wife plays casually, *loves* the graphics, and all the little frills (pets, mounts, etc.), and actually *reads* quest text and follows the story. I tend to think she's doing it right, and I'm (usually) doing it wrong. We'll be getting MoP and likely enjoying it enough to pay the fees.
Given that being creative and holding down a job are not mutually exclusive, no. I'm sure there are a few artists who have been able to work for pay and still create art. Of course, nobody *has* to get a job (especially in America) but paychecks are sure handy for the troublesome parts of an artist's life like food, shelter, and clothing.
Of course society should value artists. Society always has, and always will -- but we must concede that throughout history, most great art and artists went unappreciated in their time. This idea of 1. Make something artistic, 2. Show it to people, 3. ???, 4. PROFIT! is silly. And I know enough struggling artists to know that's how a lot of them think. They are generally miserable and live in fear of needing dentists and doctors because they're poor. So, yes, generally I say to artists: get a day job.
All these arguments are predicated on the false assumption that because someone calls themselves and artist, that they should then be able to make a solid livelihood from it. And even further, if someone gets some level of fame, that they are somehow entitled to maintain that. The world doesn't work that way. I play guitar in a band, and I have a lot of fun. Sometimes I get paid a little cash. Most of my income comes from an unrelated career that I also built for myself.
The musicians who are very talented and easy to work with became popular and were paid more, and the musicians who weren't quite as talented would just play music in their spare time, with friends at pubs and family gatherings in exchange for dinner and drinks -- and work in other trades to make a livelihood. There is no law on the books that states "Anyone who decides they're an 'artist' should therefore be able to make a living at it."
Long, long ago, before there was equipment to record sound, musicians made money by playing live music for people.
Soon: "I have my whole life in this briefcase, and I have to have it in front of me at all times for fear of losing it. As you might expect, it makes going out in public embarassing, and my girlfriend left me because I tried to lay it on her back during sex." I've named my briefcase "Sally" is this a good name for a briefcase with my life in it? Protip: don't put your whole life in a briefcase.
I had the same experience in the KDE 3 -> 4 era. I tried lots of different window managers before finally deciding to try out Gnome for a while. I found I really didn't need all the configuration hassles that KDE provided me.
I'm sitting in a conference listening to a presentation, and I read your comment and it caused me to actually LOL. Everyone looked at me...
I'm a Web developer, not an "actual" programmer, but I love BASH, ssh, and vim. I find GUI tools get in my way. Like using boxing gloves to play cards.
You can have my cola when you pry it from my weak, atrophied hand!
Oh Hi! I'm a database admin/weirdo/geek and I have "big issues" (TM) with any and all database technology, and related discussion that does not fit with my myopic view of the world! This Drizzle does not make me happy. You kids! GET OFF MY LAWN!
I have sleep apnea which went untreated for 10 years. I would tell my doctor that I was falling asleep in the middle of the day, and while driving, despite getting 8-10 hours of sleep (and feeling like total shit when I regained consciousness) and he had no clue what the problem was. I finally found my own diagnosis after doing one simple Google search on "sleep disorder." The first result was an article about sleep apnea that listed every one of the symptoms that I told my doctor about. At my last appointment before switching to a new doc, I told him about all this...
Anyway, I went to a local hospital sleep clinic, where I was scheduled to "sleep" for 4 hours without a CPAP, and then four hours with one -- all the while being hooked up to an EKG. After the first 45 minutes, the nurse came in and said she had decided to switch me to the CPAP early because in 45 minutes I had stopped breathing 70 times.
The next day, I felt like a completely different person. I have now had a CPAP for about 5 years, and I feel like "normal" person again.
Now, my sleep deprivation is due to the Internets, just like the rest of you bastards.
This is not news, it doesn't matter, it's not /.
/. with this stupid shit at your own risk.
Start spamming
My wife and I had recently watched "The Private Life of Plants" -- a phenomenal series hosted by Sir David Attenboro in which he describes durian and it's lovely taste and disgusting pungent smell.
Anyway, we saw it on the menu of our local Vietnamese take-out place, and decided "what the heck" and ordered some. Throughout our meal at home we could vaguely smell it from its sealed container and when the time came, we opened it and proceeded to try not to gag as we each took a small bite, which tasted like a cross between sweet caramel and rotten eggs.
We both had to take a couple of shots of tequila to rid our mouths of the stank, and we put the remaining portion in a plastic zip-lock bag outside in the trash can.
As far as kim chee goes, sometimes I like it, and sometimes it makes me kind of sick to think about it. Would not take it into space with me.
Are you paying penance for sins in your past life or something?
Ok. Bend over. I'll just put the tip in.
What? It's just a proposal.
Invalid markup!
Ha ha!
No, "don't work for me" is a perfectly valid point of view. But statements like "Gaming died in the late 90's" are huge over-generalizations.
Also, I've played Baldur's Gate and found that it (and it's sequels) suffered from big stability issues on both my and my wifes computers, so we tried to like them but eventually had to move along.
I tried Daggerfall a bit but it didn't "grab" me. I didn't like the graphics much.
I think that some (maybe most?) people just want something fun to do now and then in a particular game genre and don't really need their games to be all-encompassing. I like to sit down, whack a few things with a stick until the treasure and XP pops out and go on to the next. If I can do that with my friends (or groups of people) even better.
I remember playing lots of games back in the day, all on my own, and they were fun, but playing a decently designed game with a group of other people is what I really like. The social aspect of cooperative gaming (or even PvP) is fun for me. And there are lots of games nowadays that enable this.
Erm, or perhaps you've become jaded and just *think* that it did. I play a handful of different PC games now, and I've played hundreds of them over the past two decades. I'm still having fun with a lot of them. I know quite a few other people who are having fun as well.
In summary, gaming seems to be doing quite well for an ever-increasing number of people.
Maybe Pong seems a lot lot lot funner when one is smoking crack. I dunno how else to explain this dude's assertion.