Adventures of the Legal Dan

My life has been boring since the end of the theater, so instead I’ll do what I normally do and talk about games.

This one is a little different from most I play… it’s called “Hellrising”, and is an MMORPG. It’s browser based, so anyone can play it (Well, as long as you have internet explorer 4 or so :P) and is heaps of fun.  It is basically like an old text adventure game, with a slightly nicer console, with a small “map” in which you click one of 8 directions to move that way. There is no story, the game is simply based on wandering around, collectiong useful things like weapons and health packs, and killing other players (all human players too). There are three races: Human, Zombie and Vampire. Humans have the advantage of barricading buildings and using firearms, but when you die as a human, you have to wait for someone to inject a revival serum into you or else you become a vampire or zombie (depending on how you die). Vampires have the advantage of fangs which heal you as you attack other people, and a “cursed blood” skill which enables them to always rise as vampires when killed, regardless of how they die or if they are revived by a human. However their attacks do considerably less damage than, say, an assault rifle. I don’t really know about Zombies, since I haven’t played as one yet, but they seem pretty crap.

The game works via the use of “AP”, which stands for action points. An action point is used every time you perform an action such as moving, attacking, reviving, entering a building etc. You gain 15 AP’s an hour, and there is a limit to the stored APs you can have (The limit varies per species, as does max health). Ahh well, enough rambling, go get into the game! Once you are there, you can join a group for extra depth, and depending on the group you can work together for ulterior motives (like attacking another groups base). The url is http://www.hellrising.com .

What are you waiting for? Enter the horrors that await in Twilight City!

I posted a post last night, but the net evidently wasn’t working, and didn’t post… so here it is:

“Well, 4 of my 5 trials are done… and I think most of them went ok. I have another at the end of the month.

Also in my life, the last couple of evenings I’ve spent helping out backstage with Dad for a performance of “Beauty and the Beast”… It’s been good fun, despite some setbacks. Part of the scenery is a large backdrop, broken into three sections. On one side is a town face, and on the other it is a balcony. This is broken into 3 sections, each about4 metres long, 1.5 wide and nearly 3 tall. Each of these weighs about 500 kg. Now, these are supposed to be turned around several times throughout the play, to change the scene. Therefore for the first performance, they were on wheels. Guess what happens half way through? The small wheels broke . Lots of little ball bearings went all over the stage, and we had to move this huge prop by just scraping it along the ground. So after that, we now have to use blocks of wood covered in lubricant… which means it’s quite a workout! We are hoping to have big wheels by Wednesday though (There is a performance tomorrow, Wednesday, Friday and two on Saturday).

Other than that, I haven’t really done much with myself… so goodnight “

Ok…

So far I have done 1 physics exam and a maths one… I feel I went ok in the physics, but bombed out on the maths. :(  I just didn’t have enough time to properly revise everything. Anyway, tomorrow I have the second maths exam, then on Friday comes English… BLURGH!!!

Anyway, other than that, I’ve pretty much just been revising and bumming around doing cool stuff… Like Battlefront 2 and Exile. I’ve lately just gotten into a new band too… it’s a bit screamo, but still cool - Powerman 500. They’ve been going for ages, and I found out about them through a Tony Hawk soundtrack …. so nerdy. Anyway, I don’t have time for loads, but have fun!!

Me. Again.

It is far too late on a saturday night… 1:39, to be exact. But I can’t sleep, and I haven’t blogged in ages so in my fevered delerium I thought of this.

I suppose I should tell people what’s been going on in my life

I’ve mainly been trying to get ready for my trials, which are starting on Tuesday… the only problem is I’m quite a bit behind in my work, and have zero motivation. Ahh well, other than that I’m fine.

Other than that, I’ve been playing a coupleof computer games after 10 PM before I go to bed… the first is an ancient RPG called Exile: Escape from the Pit. It’s a very old style ques/combat based RPG, and very enjoyable. No new fangled 3d graphics for me. Besides, my computer runs it perfectly. The other is The Battle for Wesnoth, with is an open source turn based strategy game. It has very good gameplay, despite the rather generic races/moves/maps. It’s good for a free game though… just google either of the games and you’ll find some fun.

Other news… well, we had Jen down for a week. We don’t any more, but it was good to get to know her a bit better. Yesterday (Friday), I went down to the falls with Josh, Hugh me and Jen, and we picked up Naomi from the restaurant  where sheis doing a few days work experiance. We then did the long trail around the west rim, going all the way to the end. it was very enjoyable, and I am thinking of doing it more often. I’ll post some photos of it in the photos section later.

I should really get to sleep, since I’m feeling even sleepier now. This blog took only 7 minutes to write, which is much faster than my previous ones.

Cya later everyone,

Dan