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1
General / Coin toss
« on: January 12, 2020, 02:23:16 am »
Anyone have one of these?

3
VR Gaming / Discussion with a Rifter
« on: April 16, 2014, 02:48:13 am »
Wanted to share a quick story about a discussion I had with a guy I ran into the other night while I was out and about.

I see this guy and his kid walking about looking at mobile phones and he's wearing Google Glass.  Being the techie nerd I am, I walk up and ask him about his experiences with Glass.  He enjoys it and all that but we get to talking about the Rift.

Turns out, he works for some media company as an IT nerd and one of their concept ideas is Rift enabled live stream concerts.  Basically the concept is they deploy a few CCD camera arrays that are very small at locations around and on the stage during live performances.  They're very small (small tripod sized) and the camera array is supposed to capture nearly everything in a 360 degree field of view with +/- 90 degrees vertical.

They stream all these images, sync them somehow, and produce a Riftable concert experience so that nerds like us could sit at home and watch a concert in London and get a full view of all the action.  Add the music and it's like you're almost there.  Apparently the CCD camera tech they're using has the ability to zoom as well on demand so you could in theory zoom in on the drummer and watch him play during your favorite song.

It's still in the early stages but he was really optimistic about it.

Mind = Blown.

Suddenly the raging capitalist in me starts to think of how many tickets you could sell to anyone, anywhere in the world so long as they had a Rift and headphones.  You could almost get the same concert experience (sans that pot smoking drunk two rows in front of you) and never have to leave your house.

After he told me the story and how excited he was I asked him if they ever thought about pitching to the NFL or maybe UFC for fight nights.  His answer was vague but he said that's a really good idea.

I'm sure you all have some thoughts.  Feel free to comment as I'd love to hear them.

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General / Follow the ... cypher?
« on: September 21, 2013, 04:49:32 am »
http://i-hls.com/2013/09/hebrew-can-you-crack-gchqs-cyber-code/#!

This screams of FA.  Get to work  one of you ultra clever people.

5
Non-VR Games / SWTOR: PvP in 2.4
« on: August 14, 2013, 11:51:47 am »
PvPer listen up.  Big changes are coming in 2.4 and many of them are steps in the right direction.

http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20130812

I'm going to read up and digest them, then post my commentary here.  You should do the same.

New Changes -

Ranked 8v8 will be removed.

Three new arena maps will be added for death match, last man standing type 4v4 arena matches.  Winners will be determined by the best 2/3.

There will be ranked and normal modes for arenas.

There are two modes for arenas, solo and group (you form a group in a similar fashion as you would for normal wzs now).
Matching for groups will happen now based on ranking and role.  No more 4 healers in top end PvP gear v. 4 tanks with no gear.

You can no longer spend skill points in warzones which will basically eliminate WZ respec.

Removal of the Free to Play warzone limitations.

A new Huttball map!

2.4 planned for deployment on the PTS 8/16

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Non-VR Games / Class Representatives
« on: July 10, 2013, 07:21:47 pm »
Important stuff here.

Please check out this post.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=6530655#edit6530655

And then nominate some amazing Guardian you know and love (okay just know and don't hate, ah scratch that.. that you know) in this thread!

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=659773

So I can get some things fixed!

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Non-VR Games / Rated PvP Team Sign Up Thread
« on: June 25, 2012, 11:58:28 pm »
Please post your interest (1 to 5, with 1 being yeah I might do that if I can't sleep one night and 5 being ZOMG I LIVE for PvP!!) in rated PvP team match play.

Include times that you would be able to make it and the class/role you typically fill (tank, healer, ranged dps, melee dps).

Example:

Mharz - Guardian Tank or DPS
Level of Interest: 5/5
Saturday/Sunday evening 10-1 EST

DO IT.

10
Non-VR Games / Server Transfers
« on: June 12, 2012, 11:44:02 am »
As many of you know server transfers went live today.

Jung Ma is a DESTINATION server which means people are able to transfer from Ven Zallow to Jung Ma.

New players should be showing up soon.  Keep your eyes open for new potential angels.

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General / Guess who I found...
« on: June 09, 2012, 01:13:02 pm »
So I'm playing the Guild Wars 2 Beta this weekend with Cherish and it's simply amazing in so many ways.

You'll never guess who I found though while exploring a major city..



Who knew?!?

(okay it's really an NPC but we were questing and exploring and when I saw him I was like.. "OMG.. Dago?!?)

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Non-VR Games / World Boss Speeder Progress
« on: May 21, 2012, 10:39:33 pm »
In response to recent member requests here is the thread to track/pursue world boss kills to get our speeders.

Here's the issues we need to deal with to make this happen.

1.  We need the world bosses to actually be up and alive.
2.  We need to kill said bosses 3 times.
3.  We need to pick times that work for members interested.

My suggestion:  Daily scouting parties will visit the world bosses periodically and report when they're alive.  When we get a positive for a world boss whomever finds it becomes the point for organizing the raid team.  Let everyone on TS know and send out a text plus blast (or have someone send it for you).  

"World boss kill [insert boss name here] in 30 minutes."

Post up on this thread list the boss and the date and time.  Then start up a raid group.  Find a senior member to help if you don't feel comfortable with this.  Get to the boss, assign roles, and kill the boss.

Post up on this thread listing the time and date of the kill.

At this point, I won't be leading these scouting groups since I'm out of game for a week or so.  I'll need someone to step up and promote these scouting teams in game.  Send me a PM if you're interested and I'll contact you.  I would suggest that anytime there are 6 or more members on go scouting.

Make this happen.  Every member that's interested should take 5 minutes in game and go have a look for a world boss.

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Non-VR Games / Raid Group #1 Schedule
« on: January 31, 2012, 10:16:47 pm »
Here is the Official Raid Group #1 thread.  This is where you want to check for regular updates on all the specifics with regards to Raid Group #1.

Sign up on the raid calendar to lock in your raid spot.

Loot is distributed based on a Loot Council and what is the best for the raid.  We will be preferentially gearing tanks and healers and rewarding performance and attendance.

Roster updated as of 3/12/12

Group 1: 8 man on weeknights T,W,Th 8-11 pm Server Time.
Raid Leader and Point of Contact: Mharz

Tanks
Mharz - Knight (Guardian) Tank
 

Healers
Victoria - Consular Healer
Faiden - Consular Healer
Trofles - Smuggler Healer/DPS
Cherish - Smuggler Healer (backup)

DPS
Aculeus - Shadow DPS (Melee)  
Tecknik - Trooper DPS (Ranged)


Current Progression:

EV, Normal 5/5, Hard Mode 4/5
KP, Normal 5/5, Hard Mode 0/5

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Non-VR Games / Raiding in FA
« on: January 16, 2012, 07:28:45 pm »
Hello everyone.

In the event you might have missed the memo I've been named the Master tasked with organizing raiding in FA.  This means I'll be working to organize raids for FA members.  Working with me you can help make the experience fun for everyone.

I'm making this thread to gather some information about raiding interest in FA.  If you're interested in raiding I would ask you to respond to this thread with the following information:

1.  Your class and desired role.  For example:  Jedi Guardian, Tank.  To plan a good raid we need certain roles filled.  I need to find out which roles are well manned and which are in demand.  This is critical to forming a group.  Also knowing your class will let me know what buffs you can bring to a raid.

2.  Your availability to raid.  Please give times in the server timezone.  For instance M,W,F 6 pm to 10 pm.  We'll form raids when we have at least 8 people available and willing to raid at a consistent time.

3.  Your level of commitment to a raid team on a scale of 1 to 5.  With 1 being you would show up most of the time and 5 being you cancel holidays and birthdays to clear content.  I plan to use this information to group like minded players in groups.  If you're light hearted and want to casually enjoy raid content you probably shouldn't be in a group with hardcore raiders.

4.  Your raiding experience (be honest) on a scale of 1 to 5.  With 1 being you've never raided and 5 being you should have been paid for all the hours you've put in clearing content.

My urgency about this is high.  The faster I get your response the faster we'll form raid groups and start to push content.  If anyone has questions, concerns or if you care to share your thoughts about raiding feel free to drop me a PM here or catch me in TS sometime when I'm free.

Update 1/22/12:  

Some raid facts:

Raid Size/Comps
Generally a 8 man raid group should contain the following:
Tanks: 2
Healers: 2
DPS: 4

Generally a 16 man raid group should contain the following:
Tanks: 2
Healers:4
DPS:10

Lockouts:
Lockouts are shared between level of difficulty, meaning that if you do 8 man raid you'll be saved to the 16 man version as well.  However you can do an 8 man hard mode AND an 8 man normal mode.

Consumables:
Each class has a main stat.  Every raider should come to a raid night with a supply of stims appropriate for their class for the night.  Every pull while working on an encounter should be done with everyone in the group using the proper stim.  Folks with Biochem can help out a lot by making stims prior to raid.

Class Buffs:
Every class brings a buff.  For raids, we want at least one of every class in a raid to get the maximum number of buffs to make sure we're at our best.  In addition, every raid needs at least 1 Guardian for Armor Sunders.  This is a debuff that a guardian applies to foes that reduces their armor and makes them easier to damage.  This could be a Guardian tank or a Guardian DPS.

Update 1/25/12

Based on membership response I'm suggesting the following Raid Times and Raid Groups.  The Raid Leader is the primary point of contact.

Group 1:  16 man on weeknights T,W,Th 8-11 pm Server Time.
Raid Leader and Point of Contact: Mharz

Tanks
Mharz - Knight (Guardian) Tank
Lithium - Consular Tank
Makuren - Knight (Guardian) Tank
Millhouse - Knight (Guardian) Tank

Healers
Strod - Consular Healer
Trofles - Smuggler Healer
Youkai - Consular Healer
Eethality - Trooper Healer

DPS
XfingersX - Knight (Sentinel) DPS
Keeloth - Consular DPS (Ranged)
Aculeus - Consular DPS (Melee)
Longboard - Knight (Sentinel) DPS (Melee)
Fuse - Consular (Melee) DPS
Tecknik - Trooper DPS
Erathaol - Consular DPS
Requiem - Smuggler DPS
Lan'obi - Consular DPS

Group 2:  8 man on weeknights T,W,Th 11-2 am Server Time
Raid Leader and Point of Contact: Tbone

Tanks
Pendas - Knight (Guardian) Tank
Roryn - Consular (Shadow) Tank

Healers
Anamodiel - Consular Healer
Sared - Smuggler Healer

DPS
Tbone - Knight (Sentinel) DPS
Broin - Consular DPS
Zephix - Trooper DPS
Setun - Trooper DPS
ArchNemesis - Smuggler DPS
Ratio - Consular DPS

Group 3:  8 man on weekends Day and Time TBD.
Raid Leader and Point of Contact: External Error

Tanks
Rumor - Trooper Tank
Balance - Trooper Tank
Saint - Consular (Shadow) Tank

Healers
Myth - Trooper Healer
External Error - Consular Healer

DPS
Baobinga - Consular DPS (Melee)
JazzyC - Smuggler DPS
Ket - Smuggler DPS
NoCry - Consular (Melee) DPS
Jeyk - Knight (Sentinel) DPS

Raiders

Currently the following people posted and mentioned interest in raiding.

We are overstaffed on Tanks and Critically Understaffed on healers.

Tanks: 10

Mharz - Knight (Guardian) Tank
Millhouse - Knight (Guardian) Tank
Amarantus - Knight (Guardian) Tank
Pendas - Knight (Guardian) Tank
Makuren - Knight (Guardian) Tank
Roryn - Consular Tank
Lithium - Consular Tank
Saint - Consular (Shadow) Tank
Rumor - Trooper Tank
Balance - Trooper Tank

Healers: 8

Troffles - Smuggler Healer
Youkai - Consular Healer
Sared - Smuggler Healer
Anamoodiel - Consular Healer
Mythrillian - Trooper Healer
Strod - Consular Healer
ExternalError - Consular Healer
Eethality - Trooper Healer

DPS: 17 (11 Ranged and 6 melee)

Broin - Consular DPS(Ranged)
Keeloth - Consular DPS (Ranged)
Aculeus - Consular DPS (Melee)
Longboard - Knight (Sentinel) DPS (Melee)
Baobinga - Consular DPS (Melee)
Tbone - Knight (Sentinel) DPS (Melee)
Fuse - Consular DPS (Melee)
JazzyC - Smuggler DPS (Ranged)
Ratio - Consular DPS (Ranged)
Requiem - Smuggler DPS (Ranged)
Ket - Smuggler DPS (Ranged)
Lan'obi - Consular DPS (Ranged)
Erathaol - Consular DPS (Ranged)
Zephix - Trooper DPS (Ranged)
Setun - Trooper DPS (Ranged)
ArchNemesis - Smuggler DPS (Ranged)
XfingersX - Knight (Sentinel) DPS (Melee)

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Non-VR Games / Those Angels...
« on: December 18, 2011, 06:23:40 pm »
One of the things I want to promote in FA is image.  Sometimes its hard to put into words everything I want US as a group to be but here's a start.

The back story:  Strod, Jeyk, Teck, and I were on Nar Shaddaa questing at about 3 am EST.  We were moving fast, shredding mobs, and ripping through content at high speed while still pausing to watch cut-scenes.  We rolled into a room with as a group to find a single republic player just finishing off a group of mobs.  He was struggling a little making his way towards an objective in the room.  We engage the remaining two groups and make short work of them, tag the objective and roll out of the room at high speed.  A couple minutes later, we noticed the player made a comment in general chat that made us (as a group) smile.  

Enjoy.



Those Angels...

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