Flisher's Comment

Some game are like red wine.

2008-07-17T18:14:36Z

Hello there!

After leaving WoW for the AoC launch, i feeled tired of fighting agains't a beta game. I realised that AoC was a nice game, with nice promised feature, but Funcum failed to deliver stuff on the release date. If it was only the lack of content or leveling content, we could live with that. With the countless bug, it's something else. I was in the beta of many game, and I always made a duty of myself to report 1 bug per day, even when I had to work hard to find one. With AoC, with normal guild leader gameplay, I could probably report 10 bugs a day for 1 month and still have alot of them unreported.

Well, this lead me to Eve Online... back again. I was there on release, and there on and off during those 5 years. The game is now 5 years old and improved quite well. No major change, but the wheel is spinning by itself. Even after a 1 year break, you don't feel lost, but realise there are new thing in the game.

Some game are like red wine, and get better with time :)

Aoc - Guild Village

2008-06-05T16:59:47Z

Well, we did it. My guild now have a keep:

Gardiens du Lys - Guild Village - Phase 1

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AV Premade then AV premde, thenAV premade...

2008-01-08T18:08:47Z

I'm playing on the Ruin BG group. Since about 3 weeks, we saw horde AV premade appearing. Since 1 week, 3/4 of the game playedi n AV are agains't 40 people of the same server.

The same people, over and over, 7/24, for a few days. Are powerlevelling service now involved in PVP gearing? Should a group of people always queuing together in AV be considering exploting game mechanism sicne it's not intented by Blizzard(but easy to do)?

Is the Ruin Battlegroupe the only group with that problem?

My Curse.Com Case Modification - Part 11

2008-01-02T05:39:37Z

Spent some time on my computer case during the Holidays.

I changed the cpu fan from the stock one, to a Noctua NH-U12F. Basicaly, it reduce about 25 celcius from my computer when I run with 100% load on cpu/gpu. I tryed with stock / overclocked cpu and got similar result (there is no temperature difference between the 2 mode). Sidenote: while very easy to install, the heatsink is really, really huge.

I also changed the 120mm fan at the back of the case for another Noctua NF-S12-1200. Excluding the graphic card and the power supply, every fan in my computer are now Noctua.

You can see the picture of the new stuff here:

I also improved the wiring from:

to:

I also changed 2 yellow cathodes for red one:

Here is the final result with lightning turned on, in the dark:

Merry Cursemas and happy new year!

Pledge for involved people.

2007-11-29T21:18:14Z

May you be guild or clan leader, addons developper, dedicated techies maintaining the website or the voicechat server... All of you deserve some applaud. Wether you do your job well or not, you dedicate some time for others.

To all the 'normal' players out there: be happy if you have good people around you.

Many people don't realise all the effort put out of the game to make the thing run smooth.

People involved in guild management / support sacrifice their gaming time to prepare, organise, decide, discuss, vote, recruit, fix, repair, install. While many group have a 1 man show (Guild leader is also the webmaster, raid leader and such), alot of group now tend to have a officer board or even give duty to non-leading member.

Anyway, spent too much time here, going to play a bit :-P

French speaking clan in Tabula Rasa, pve and pvp a

2007-11-05T19:43:24Z

Hi, the rest of the message will be in french since it's te target audience :)

L'escadron du Lys (PVE) et les Forces Spéciales (clan avec option de ladder pvp) recrutent. Le premier utilise ventrilo 2.1(je sais, c'est passé date et douteux).

Je suis en charge des Forces Spéciales, nous utilisons teamspeak et rerutons des gens matures.

Contactez-moi par msn(flisher@hotmail.com) ou messagerie curse.com, je pourrais vous référer à un ou l'autres des 2 clans.

J'ajouterez un lien web pour les informations relatives aux Forces Spéciales, ainsi qu'un guide de skill pour débutant plus tard dans la journée.

My Curse.Com Case Modification - Part 10

2007-10-24T07:07:38Z

Well, now the serious thing.

Picture, picture and pictures...

The back of the case:

The side of the case in the daylight:

The side of the case in the dark:

Close-up of the window:

The feet of the case:

The panel itself:

My Curse.Com Case Modification - Part 9 - Some Pic

2007-10-21T06:36:20Z

Hi,

The bad news: it's not completed yet! Part are drying and I should put them together next week.

The good news: here are some picture.

You can see some metal pieces I painted in Yellow:

Here is the front of the case, without the plastic cover...

Here is 2 pictures of the interior of the case, with and without plastic component.

Next week will be the final assembly stage. Putting together all the pieces, addins the electronic part, the fan and lightning.

Enjoy!

Keyboard / Mice combo.

2007-10-18T04:50:24Z

Hi,

While I don't want to make pub or something, I'm improved my gaming gear today. While my Curse.com gaming rig is almost completed, I needed to 'refresh' my other gear.

While I don't plan modding my mouse & keyboard, i'll list what I use.

Mouse: Logitech MX510 (the blue in the MX51x Series) While many people don't consider this as a Gaming mouse, it's definetly a good mouse. Not the cheapest, not classified as gaming, but it delivered good performance for the last few year.

Keyboard: I just received my Logitech G11. This keyboard don't really need presentation. The full-pledge gaming keyboard from Logitech, lacking the LCD pannel... but more affordable.

I also have a Nostromo 52 Game Pad but never felt comfortable with it.

While some people buy one or two thousand dollar on a PC, some often sacrifice money on cheap mouse/keyboard... I'm not one of that kind. I think we need to feel comfortable with our input device. That mean responsive mouse, and good comfortable keyboard.

What kind of device do you use?

My Curse.Com Case Modification - Part 8 - Feedback

2007-10-15T04:19:47Z

The good news: The look is incredible!. While I didn't saw the final look since the exterior paint is still drying, my friend should complete the finition 'clear' coating this week.

The bad news: you gotta wait 1 week or soo to see the finished job.

FEEDBACK WANTED

Keeping in mind the exterior is black and the interior is orange(curse orange), should I use red or yellow SATA Cable inside the box?

For those who didn't saw the pictire of the pre-painted box:

Panel in the daylight:

Panel in the darkness:

The painted one really, really look better :)

Closed Beta Blues...

2007-10-09T21:11:07Z

After a few month of closed Beta testing and playing with Tabula Rasa, I feel the blues...

While I saw alot and alot of improvement in the game during the last few month, I'm also less active ingame. Why? Well, release date is coming closer and I start to feel that everything I'll accomplish ingame will have to be redone when the game will get out. Teh good news, alof of key where handled in the las fews weeks and alot of new players step in for the final phase of test.

I won't get into the details of the game as it's not the purpose of this post. I'll say I like it, (while other don't).

However, while many player think the game was too easy, leveling rate too fast... I beleive that some of the XP mechanism where planed on purpose to have people at higher level to test that content. Some player prefer complaining instead of trying to see the "reason" behind. My experience in QA / Support team is probably here for something in my reasoning...

Some minor change passing the xp bonus from X6 to 250% where probably planned age ago...

Anyway, let's relax a bit before the game is out... October 5... nah 19... November 2th...

SPAM, hum pub... in my mailbox... the real one...

2007-10-06T17:32:25Z

Hi,

Yesterday I received mail from SOE. Real mail, not email.

They want me back in EQ2 and offer 1 free month. While this strategy is original, the cost must be very high.

Well, I have to say it's a good thing, because girlfriend or people living with your will ask you alot of quest like what is this game, etc...

And don't forget, recycle paper when you don't use them...

My Curse.Com Case Modification - Part 7

2007-09-23T01:41:11Z

Been slacky in the last few days... but...

I got my paint. Black, Orange and Yellow that doesn't require primer. I also got a clear finish can ready.

I starded to polish/sans with grade 400 dry/wet sandpaper. I should finish in the next few days.

Only then I'll be able to paint the "beast".

More picture to come.

The use WoW word in publicity

2007-09-14T15:45:59Z

About 1 year ago, a few month before the expansion release, many compagny started to use the "W" word in written, tv or radio pub.

WoW your life, Add some WoW to your life, a WoW pricedrop, WoW, look at those price, etc.

Even big compagny like Microsoft did it when Vista released.

This week, I saw a Bell Canada pub where the beaver (their character used in all pub) have a todo list... and it was written: Reach level 70 and beat the new players.

Do you like the 'creative use' of WoW word or WoW related thing in pub? Does it make you go bersek?

Personally I beleive it's become abusive to use the WoW word everywhere. Maybe it's the easy way to write a slogan when you lack inspiration.

Have a 'WoW' day...

My Curse.Com Case Modification - Part 6 (picture)

2007-09-04T21:27:51Z

Hi,

Here are the first picture of the actual look. At this stage, the painting job is still to be done, but you can get a preview of what it'll look like.

Panel in the daylight:

Panel in the darkness: