Just Looking for Enlightenment

This is Larp stuff - sorry to those on this list that do not understand this:

Over the last week many things have been talked about in regards to a club that I love and have been a part of since 1998.

I will agree there have been some things that club has done in the past that I have not always enjoyed, but it has become a sort of second family to me for good or bad.

I believe that now we can look to the future of our club and really look to the fans of the Word of Darkness both new and old and create something that offers all fans games, social activities and just pure fun for all.

I think this will require work and comprise on some parts - but in the end, as long as we look to avoid the mistakes of the past and be open to new idea and the fun that can come out of this experience we should I hope come out even better.

So to my fellow World of Darkness Larpers - what is it you really want?
What is it you desire in a club?
What is it you are willing to give?
How can the future be great for us?

So i have once again started playing WoW again - I know crazy right.

I have a Horde Pallie and Horde Warlock on Windrunner.

I just created a Gnome Mage on Kirin Tor

So I keep hearing about folks that are playing, but i don't seem to have much luck hooking up with freinds to play with on WoW.

What i would like is to be able to do questing with folks, hang out and have fun. Do some instances etc.. My Schedule is all evenings PST time.

Please let me know.

And is it just me or is the Allienance areas just better looking?

Why July 4^th kicks ass: Celebrating that we kicks the British Ass, Created a country that infringed and still does on people’s rights – Lest you forget about the 2/3^rd rule for slaves, women couldn’t vote and that we were still killing Native Americans to take their land for ourselves. I mean who wouldn’t want to celebrate all of that.

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Today in the news, I have read that the Republicans would like to change the name of the democratic to socialist. I find this interesting from a group that is just a screwed up and my own political party. But it along with many other recent events got me to think. Why don’t we just outlaw political parties?

Seriously, it would be the best thing ever.

On another topic I wanted to list my political thoughts on those things that should not be controlled by the market.

 

Utilities (Electric, Water, Sewer): It is needed for business, growth, homes. This is not something which should be managed by the private sector so they can make a profit. To often the private sector keeps raising the rates in an argument that it is needed to maintain their equipment, when in fact it doesn’t. While the public sector does not always charge enough at times to keep up with infrastructure cost, this is something that could be put in place through legislation. Further I think the government should spedn billions in Solar, clean energy and other sources of none polluting energy if only for national security. We should not wait for the price of gas or oil to get high enough that energy companies decided that maybe they should spend money there.

 

Health Care (dental is included in this): With so many people unable to afford health care, and with abuse of the system by the few, the cost to most is growing where at some point the only way to get help would be through some black market doc who lost his license to practice. While many other countries have taken this over and made it work or failed, with cost outpacing inflation it has to be taken out of the hands of the private sector that shouldn’t be making a profit on the health of an individual. Some would argue that innovation would suffer if we did this, or that it would increase the cost do to government oversight. But with computers and technology at its current place, increased spending up front to computerized all records and billing, would streamline these. Cutting back on salaries for doctors, by offering cheaper education for medical school should help. I have been served by both the VA and Private medical service and to be honest, both have their problems. But I do not believe that anyone should make a profit off of helping me get well, or making sure my broken arm is set correctly.

 

The role of the government is to do what the market will not do in a reasonable time or cost. That is my belief. I also believe that we do not need a federal government or state government that is huge. So say profit leads to innovation, but I say profit can only lead to more profit. I support the market as long as the market is not making my life harder than it is. Right now the market, and by extension, big business is making my life harder. Tax loop holes, mortgage melt down, oil futures all of these things hurt me and most Americans, so tell me, why don’t we wake up and fix it. We would not have the roads, bridges, levees and other infrastructure, including many community colleges and schools where it not for the government, because the private sector business man doesn’t see the cost benefit in spending money on it. IT is this reason that Australia is spending its own money to build its own super internet highway for its citizens because they got tired of the private sector arguing it wasn’t cost effective.

I was curious if my life was any different that others that I see walking around in places that I tend to frequent, so I randomly asked several folks around how they live. It seemed a odd thing to do I know and I did get more than a few “who the fuck are you” looks, but over all the data I got back told me something I have known for some time.  I am a hermit and I hate people. Ok, maybe hate is much too strong a word for me to use, but I must admit that most of the world really annoys me on some level or another.

 

My life is not what I would call ideal, but I have come to enjoy it and to be honest, there is very little stress in it, which I consider good for the overall being of my health. While I live with two roommates, one of them I interact with very little as their time is spent in the garage which has been turned into a hobby shop for model boat building. We are not talking small little things either these are scale size model with a lot of detail work put in. Most nights he is in there tolling away, and on the weekend, we find him joined by the many friends he has that do the same thing. He is quite happy with his life, and I can see that in him. My other roommate or landlord spends her time working three or four different part time jobs so is always in and out of the house, or busy with friends. She is a social butterfly and has a disarming personality, which seems to come to the forefront when the house and garage is full of boys. She is a man’s girl, not a girly girl, and is more at home chatting with guys and reveling in her drama then dealing with girls, thus the reason she has for the most part guy friends. She is still quite awesome and a delight and she can spackle with the best of them.

 

Then there is me, when not at work, I am either reading a book, watching one of the many TV shows I have TiVio’d or I am playing a video game on either my Laptop, PC or my Xbox 360. The latter of which is a new purchase, and the two games I am playing are somewhat fun, but not as enjoyable as the game I just finished playing on my laptop. From time to time I do attend a live action game, but these have become somewhat boring to me, and do require a certain amount of energy to show up and play. This is my life not a bad one, but I don’t really have any friends nearby and I have found an activity that makes me go and get some. Time my dear is something I value. Wasted time is the devils works and well, I admit that on most days, spending time with anyone is in my mind wasted time. This I know is perhaps not a good thing, something that I think each of us needs to look at, none more so than me. Yet, I decided to look back at my life and I came to realize that I have never had that many friends. I had a few in high school, of which I have only stayed in contact with one. For the rest of those I have made over the years, they have come and gone, mostly consider do to my fault at not working to maintain those relationships, something I have never been good about. Somewhere bar buddies, and I do not go to bars anymore. Some just moved away, and contacts where lost never to be heard from again. But those that I would have liked to stay in touch with, I just never did. Perhaps that truly is something about me that I must come to accept. That life and those around no matter the true outcome can all be attributed to your desire to work at what you want.

 

My desires I believe are rather simple. To not die broke, be happy, live simple and enjoy that which is around you. Does this necessitate that I have friends or even lots of them to fulfill those desires? I don’t think so, although as we have seen perhaps getting a few friends to spend time with perhaps might not be such a bad thing. Don’t want people to look at me and worry I might gun them down, or blow them up. Hmm, there is this one… o never mind that was just a bad thought.

So last week my new Xbox 360 arrived along with my 12 month Gold membership. Saddly i have no friends to hook up with on it and the only game i have for it right now is Fable II.

I have tried Halo but am not very good with shooter games on the console.  at any rate, my xbox name is: GarionKane66

if you read this and have a account friend me.

I am looking for some Xbox games that i can share play time with other people on.

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The Executive You are a natural leader - with confidence and strength that inspires others. Driven to succeed, you are always looking for ways to gain, power, knowledge, and expertise. Sometimes you aren't the most considerate person, especially to those who are a bit slow. You are not easily intimidated - and you have a commanding, awe-inspiring presence. In love, you hold high standards... for yourself, for your relationship, and for your significant other. While it's easy for you to impress others, it's hard for you to find someone who impresses you. At work, you are organized and good at delegating. You understand how to achieve goals. You would make a great CEO, entrepreneur, or consultant. How you see yourself: Rational, calm, and objective When other people don't get you, they see you as: Inflexible, controlling, and overbearing

So of late this reset thing has gotten me thinking, what shall I Do? I just can’t see myself playing a character that was more powerful one day and then a weak as punk the next. I don’t care what the story is, you have taken away things that I used to help craft the character and over time build him up, now it’s gone.

 

For Harbin it’s not so bad. He has only been in play for a year so while I am losing over ½ it not a bit more of his xp on rebuild, I can find a way to make it work.

 

Seppo on the other hand I think I will just retire. He has never been much of a Crone since coming in play, and other then being a thug I don’t have much of a story for him to tell anymore. Instead I think I might retire him in June and create a new character for the reset. So I am thinking about joining a group of friends and creating an Ordo Dracul Coterie, what I shall play in that group is up in the air at this time. Suggestions from anyone that reads this?

 

Regardless of WW intention, I would have rather had a hard reset or no reset at all. I am in the boat with several others that in a year or two they will come out with WOD 2.0 and thus we will have a hard reset then, which being the case I would have waited.

 

More later.

There are things going on in many places of the land of LJ and one of my gaming habits. I am often one that agrees with the need to ensure our freedom of speech, but I also believe there is a certain amount of responsibility that comes with it. I am not a fan of anarchy, nor do I condone it, because that sort of speech or expressed desire for freedom, leads to a dark path which can only hinder society not help it.

I do not condone hate speech, or speech that references a dark part in history and tries to bring it to the forefront and make it relevant to something today.

In the last few days I have heard several folks refer to what is going on in a club I am part of as "Nazi" like tactics. Lets first look at the US as a whole and its history: We as a country have denied for years women the right to vote and have treated those of African-American decent with little regard and even when they were given the right to vote this country didn't protect it, it took 100 + more years for it to be truly fully realized. Women were given the right, long after this county was founded, but it took a lot of work to make that happen. Those of other ethic ancestry took even longer and let’s not talk about how Japanese in World War II where treated, or how we after 9-11 treated or looked at those of Middle Eastern decent.

To those that would say or use a group from the past to describe a club or its leaders or the owner as such needs to look at their own county, for we have denied the right and freedom of so many in our own past. We have censored and tortured and condemn many all in the name of National Security. Look at how this county has treated its gays and lesbians over the years. Or let’s not forget the fun hearings on Un-American Activities during the 1950's.

It’s easy to look at one group from the past and use them to identify a behavior you do not condone, but in doing so, you also show an utter lack of intelligence for yourself and those that were hurt by those very activities.

Call it censorship, call it capitalist heavy handiness, do not every refer to it as something the Nazi's have done, that just makes you look racist and stupid.

Good night all.

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My dear reader,

 

Today is a day that will live in the hearts and minds of men and women, or women and men until the end of days, or at least until midnight tonight. It is a day that many wish would never had happen, and some still pray that I will rise up and walk on water, hmm ok that last part is only me but what the heck.

 

Yes that is right my dear sweet readers it is my birthday and you must suffer the fate of me turning 42. You must live with the fact that I am one day closer to godhood, I mean old age, I mean being better looking, ah shit never mind I am just old and fat and one year older then last.

 

I look around at our little blue and brown(smog my friends) bubble in the universe and wonder if we are really going to make it, how far will be let things go until we finally realize that our greed or lust for things is killing us. Did I mention I got a new monitor for my computer? I thought this was a good place to mention that.

 

Hmm ok, so philosophy is out the door today, what else shall I try. Ah what does it matter its my birthday and I just want to say hello to all and to all a good night.

Several folks have contacted me asking me if work is keeping me busy or if I will ever back to playing WOW?

 

Of late work has been keeping me overly busy, but that work is now done and I am back to my normal work routine which means I have more time on my hand, so I loaded the Eve client on my laptop and also EveMon. While I can log into to Eve, I really can’t play the game, but I can make better us of skill training times and do a few sales on the market. But my poor old laptop wines away trying to stay cool while I run it; Poor onboard Intel graphics processer. Soon I will have 1 gig of ram in the old girl, not sure that will help out. But for now its fine.

 

I have to say I am overall very happy with my new Corp. They have been helpful with making sure I don’t train silly skills I don’t need, and taken me on mission runs to help me make money. I can’t wait for the next mining OP. I have paid for a second account and now have an Engineer type doing skill training for the new few weeks, while I figure out her final place.

 

For those that wish to offer advice I will list the name and API so you can pull both characters into EveMon and offer suggestions:

 

 

Shinjin Takana (New Alt)

User ID: 4340938
API Key: F90FF9444DCA480090178724E501D746C1CC2FD660B6471184D6588E4D487D68

 

Shiro Takana

User ID: 1736007
API Key: D6B42090E41042E3BDFB61250F46B25746AF0144B3384D008CD256A7553774E1

 

On the WOW front I will be playing a bit next week to help lvl my toon, and I will be giving Russ the GM spot for now as I am not as active as the guild needs. I wish I could say I will be more active in the future, but my problem is that I don’t like playing alone, and leveling right now means playing alone, and that is boring to me. I want to chat on line with folks while I do stuff and EvE has been giving me that.

 

On a personal note, life is ok, money could be a bit better but I am fine bills are paid, but I hate this time of year, and on Sunday I turn 42 – Yuck.. (ok maybe hate is a strong word, how about dislike)

 

Love and Kiss from the far reaches of space.

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BASIC INFO
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     Name: Shiro Takana
   Gender: Male
     Race: Caldari
Bloodline: Deteis
  Balance: 3,239,752.94 ISK

Intelligence: 20.52
    Charisma: 10.80
  Perception: 15.12
      Memory: 16.20
   Willpower: 14.04

SKILLS
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Corporation Management, 1 Skill, 250 Points
: Corporation Management I (1)             250/256,000 Points
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Drones, 2 Skills, 500 Points
: Drones I (1)                             250/256,000 Points
: Scout Drone Operation I (1)              250/256,000 Points
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Electronics, 5 Skills, 22,408 Points
: Electronic Warfare II (2)                2,829/512,000 Points
: Electronics III (1)                      8,000/256,000 Points
: Electronics Upgrades II (2)              2,829/512,000 Points
: Propulsion Jamming I (3)                 750/768,000 Points
: Targeting III (1)                        8,000/256,000 Points
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Engineering, 9 Skills, 825,268 Points
: Energy Grid Upgrades III (2)             16,000/512,000 Points
: Energy Management IV (3)                 135,765/768,000 Points
: Energy Systems Operation IV (1)          45,255/256,000 Points
: Engineering V (1)                        256,000/256,000 Points
: Shield Compensation II (2)               2,829/512,000 Points
: Shield Emission Systems IV (2)           90,510/512,000 Points
: Shield Management II (3)                 20,080/768,000 Points
: Shield Operation V (1)                   256,000/256,000 Points
: Shield Upgrades II (2)                   2,829/512,000 Points
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Gunnery, 5 Skills, 178,226 Points
: Gunnery III (1)                          8,000/256,000 Points
: Medium Hybrid Turret II (3)              4,243/768,000 Points
: Sharpshooter III (2)                     16,000/512,000 Points
: Small Hybrid Turret IV (1)               133,983/256,000 Points
:  (Currently training to level V, completes 12/12/2008 7:01:33 AM)
: Weapon Upgrades III (2)                  16,000/512,000 Points
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Industry, 3 Skills, 54,255 Points
: Industry III (1)                         8,000/256,000 Points
: Mining IV (1)                            45,255/256,000 Points
: Mining Upgrades I (4)                    1,000/1,024,000 Points
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Leadership, 1 Skill, 250 Points
: Leadership I (1)                         250/256,000 Points
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Learning, 10 Skills, 367,530 Points
: Analytical Mind IV (1)                   45,255/256,000 Points
: Clarity III (3)                          24,000/768,000 Points
: Eidetic Memory III (3)                   24,000/768,000 Points
: Empathy IV (1)                           45,255/256,000 Points
: Focus III (3)                            24,000/768,000 Points
: Instant Recall IV (1)                    45,255/256,000 Points
: Iron Will IV (1)                         45,255/256,000 Points
: Learning IV (1)                          45,255/256,000 Points
: Logic III (3)                            24,000/768,000 Points
: Spatial Awareness IV (1)                 45,255/256,000 Points
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Mechanic, 2 Skills, 346,510 Points
: Hull Upgrades IV (2)                     90,510/512,000 Points
: Mechanic V (1)                           256,000/256,000 Points
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Missile Launcher Operation, 4 Skills, 466,347 Points
: Defender Missiles II (2)                 2,829/512,000 Points
: Missile Bombardment IV (2)               439,518/512,000 Points
: Missile Launcher Operation III (1)       8,000/256,000 Points
: Standard Missiles III (2)                16,000/512,000 Points
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Navigation, 4 Skills, 142,837 Points
: Afterburner IV (1)                       45,255/256,000 Points
: High Speed Maneuvering II (5)            7,072/1,280,000 Points
: Navigation IV (1)                        45,255/256,000 Points
: Warp Drive Operation IV (1)              45,255/256,000 Points
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Science, 4 Skills, 55,156 Points
: Astrogeology II (3)                      4,243/768,000 Points
: Cybernetics II (3)                       4,243/768,000 Points
: Infomorph Psychology II (1)              1,415/256,000 Points
: Science IV (1)                           45,255/256,000 Points
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Social, 1 Skill, 8,000 Points
: Social III (1)                           8,000/256,000 Points
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Spaceship Command, 5 Skills, 208,513 Points
: Assault Ships III (4)                    32,000/1,024,000 Points
: Caldari Cruiser III (5)                  40,000/1,280,000 Points
: Caldari Frigate IV (2)                   90,541/512,000 Points
: Caldari Industrial III (4)               32,000/1,024,000 Points
: Spaceship Command III (1)                13,972/256,000 Points
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Well it seems that a freind of mine decided that i was running for President:  



http://www.news3online.com/index.php?code=59Z17NN437QR8rKo95FP

I think this is awsome...

 

So late this morning we had a nice little 5.4 earthquake centered 5 miles from where i work. The building i was in shook like you wouldn't dream, but it surived and we surivved. As the emergency Service Coordinator for the District i had a lot of work to get done after that occured, but i am fine my roomate is fine and no problems around work.

Now back to all of the paperwork i have to fill out.

 

I would like to start off by saying that I have always loved the world of Dungeon and Dragons. I have been playing it since the late 70’s as a little kid and I have watched as the game has expanded and changed over the years.

 

Last Friday DnD 4^th edition came out and I have to say I am overall very happy with this new direction for the game. Based on orders for the game it is selling like gang busters because Wizard ran out of the first run of copies and they are already on their second print run. Overall the rules are easier for combat and the creation rules are rather nice.

 

I played in a game on DnD game day and while the quick characters they gave us where not the best put together ones, overall I was happy at how the game played and how quickly combat went.

 

Now I was suppose to be in a new game starting Sunday, but that game has fallen through and to be honest I have in my head the kind of game I would like to play in, but finding it seems to be a ever growing quest. Some might think this is a bit inflexible, but to be honest if you know what you will have fun with why play in something you know won’t be fun.

 

1. I want to play in Eberron. This world is rich of material and the creator has been putting out on his LJ ways to play the game in 4E, even though they will not be coming out with the new setting book for over a year. He has pointed out that unlike FR, Eberron will not move in time and the core of the setting material will still be there. They will update the rules, and Dragon Mag on DnD Insider (that is another topic) has posted the Player Warforge and will be doing the same for the Artificer. So to be honest there isn’t really any reason I shouldn’t be able to find a game. (As a note I am willing to play in FR)

 

The problem is that so many folks want to run their own homebrew game with their own house rules and to be honest, in a new game like this, I don’t favor any house rules, nor do I want to play in a world that I myself can’t read books about to really understand the true nature of the setting. I also don’t want to play in a game that is one module after another, because they doesn’t give me something I need – role-play and character building.

 

2. I want a game that is a good mix between combat and role-playing. But this game has to have me developing relationships with the various NPCs, rulers, town people as my game progresses. I don’t want to spend my whole time at the table going from one encounter to another and another.

 

3. I want a game where me and the group start out meting each other at first level and work through our joining up as the game progresses. I don’t want the game to end at 12^th lvl because players don’t want to go higher then that, the game has over 30 lvls of play and I want them all.

 

4. I want a game that plays at least once a week for 4 to 5 hours or every other week for at least 6-8.

 

 

So I don’t think this is to much to ask, so why is it so hard to find a game.