MonkeMischief

League was one of those global phenomenons that felt so fun to be a part of and try to get good at... Sometimes .

But we'd often just bot-stomp because we'd usually get rekt in matchmaking.

Once they declared their kernel-level spyware, that was the real kicker that helped us quit for good. Ha

It's amazing how much those games improved with sequels, but the first one on the OG X-Box was still an incredible experience, especially for the time!

Still a worthy experience I'd say! I could listen to the voice work of that game all day.

I even really liked the much more action-oriented Conviction. Never played Double-Agent though. Still have Blacklist on my list.

I miss when the "Tom Clancy's" monicker was representative of plausible tactical experiences. Sadly I don't think we'll ever see intense thinker-games with Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, or Rainbow Six again. :(

Ha, I met my now-wife on WoW so long ago :D.

I guess I consider myself lucky I never really got addicted to that point, as in, I never even maxed a single character. (I had a bunch of them in various race/class/faction/server combos though...later found out I had ADHD lmao)

I mostly treated WoW like a chatroom with a game attached hahaha.

I totally understand the draw though, like, I LOVE MMOs as a concept but I hate how difficult it is to make an ethical one that doesn't waste players' precious time, or incentivize addiction. I feel like there's an answer buried in how some MUDs operate(d), somehow... before casino psychology was introduced.

Reconciling the desire to pop into a "meta-verse" (screw you, facebook, that's our word.) to socialize and cooperate with others, against our finite time constraints on various scales, is a difficult challenge.

I could ramble on and on, but linear level systems definitely exacerbate this. I never played as much as my always-online friends so we'd all start characters and suddenly by next week they're all level 30 and I'm still like 13 and I'm like "K nvm."

But it's a very human thing to enjoy a sense of progression. Hm...

I'm glad you were able to break free though! We're similar in our gaming lives. Instead of one monolithic game, we pass the controller on single player games or play co-op stuff, and get a wide variety of experiences. :)

Someone call up the fine people of France and ask for lessons on how it's done!

(Heck, we North American should, too...)

100%.

Doesn't matter the country.

Do you work for a living?

Do you want to live without fear of governments and corporations breathing down your neck waiting to make an example of you or profit from you?

...Then we should be on the same side. Simple as.

Good-natured jabs aside, of course. ;) Love ya, Brits. <3

Big time.

And thanks for the link! learned a new philosophy tag for the silicon-valley-government-buying-neo-nazi-death-cult.

🌠the more you know (about the enemy) and all that. . .

Dale Cooper:

Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. It could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair or two cups of good hot black coffee. Like this.

Sheriff Truman:

A present? Like Christmas?

Dale Cooper:

[Taking a sip] Ah, man that hits the spot. Nothing like a great cup of black coffee.

--Twin Peaks

"Haw'sit goin', dood?"

Come on, Republicans LOVE children! There's a whole stack of suspiciously guarded files to prove it!

Yeah, wouldn't wanna pass up on another potential FDR!

Honestly this is an idea we should have been getting ahead of.

Gonna need some able bodies to rush the new reichstag.

But if he shits himself and collapses after 20 paces he's disqualified right?