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First Marshal Aenise - Level 115 Burglar
Member of Situational Awareness http://situational-awareness.net/
Check out my PvMP videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZV...fuVom6u7V9nDtw
Also I was about halfway through my LOTRO story last night when my computer decided to stop responding resulting in me shutting it down. So it'll be a little bit longer for my story :P
[Jonp - Rank 11 Hunter] [Garaluk - Rank 9 Reaver]
Oh man, the memories..
Well, I started off around the end of 65; RoI wasn't due to launch for another few months so I used that time to hit cap.
First person I met that stayed around was Berodain. I remember selling him tier 1 scholar mats for 1.5g a stack which was alot of money for me back then. He was also my first kin leader until I joined Massive Dynamics at around level 45.
Most of my early days was with MD. I met Zulubeast, Stanle, Divaranth, Megamager, Bethollind, Fulk, Ellatoestabber, Jasthelion, Fantos (with the Warlords Merger), Cordshanker (Warlords merge) and alot more. It was fun trying to help people get geared and raid ready despite most of the kin being underleveled.
When I finally got to 75, I didn't know anyone. Getting a group was a huge pain; I had terrible gear and Marvi would turn me down for their Orthanc runs. I eventually met Lythiea, Snap, Dennis, Kraum, Agtug, Gamarin and a few others when they carried me to my very first successful raid..Draigoch T2C along with many more successful runs through Gamapug. I got my first symbol and made my first (of many to come) real LI. I was proud of that damn thing even though it was absolutely terrible. Gallanhael trolled me mercilessly because I had 2 majors on it.
I remembered spending an entire day trying to beat Lightning T1 with a pug group when it came out. I tried to do that raid religiously every Thursday, eventuallly getting them down after months of getting farmed. Met Xardas,Alohire, Heman and Alletain from pugging ToO weekly. I loved that instance even though I was broke from the repair bills. I remember leveling a burg with Gamarin and zulu to help drop Acid T2c. Gamarin, you quit your champ and because awesome at burg. Zulu, I still have you added on steam..but damn I miss the days when we would discuss builds and rotations and rocked identical stats/builds. Rover 2, Rover 1 out.
75 Moors was terrible for me when I first started..I got destroyed by warg packs day after day outside EC. I would group with Zulu and we used to jump on the pillars @ WTAB and just tag kills. It was always entertaining to watch Anessen, Oprah, Sycarius and Xuneng assasinate creeps. Guido and Gall always in TA front lawn, Toa tanking an entire raid until Ainur decides to send everyone to the rez or pull an entire keep because donvlad was inside..
Would always see Sarharien by TR.
Crygin/Shap, thank you for all the times you helped creeps advance their hunter deeds by pulling EC.
As I raided more and more, I eventually left MD after Atador convinced me to apply for Ainur. I was honestly surprised I got in.. It was fun raiding with you guys in the short time I was there. Doomsie, I still have the bacon flapjacks that you made. It was fun testing your patience in Roots of Fangorn by not dispelling poison.
With the disbanding of Ainur, I was mostly grouping with the Gama pug until that collapsed from internal complications and people going diff. directions. I was going to transfer my hunter out to find regular raiding groups after Reforged declined my application :[
Then I got invited into this brand new kin called Ceaseless. It was basically Gama2.0. It was fun having a regular group again that can read their skill tooltips. While it lasted. I laughed hard that one time you guys got to under 10% on BFE T2C and failed.
After Ceaseless, there was Asylum. Joining this pretty much confirmed that Aglaeka is an ezmoder and Belv is a fotm. Hamond made a warden and was actually good at it..I remember pugging his burg for Acid T2c..he was only used for his riddle and reveal weakness.
Shout outs
To those who helped me so much with my class:
Atador- Helping me get into Ainur, providing tons of scholar mats and just general hunter/RS talk. Also, I'd like to pk on that account again I nevercatch you on TS
Firahn- Helping me redo my LIs so Gallanhael would stop laughing at me
Meldreth- I used to always bug you for gear because i would get inspired from inspecting you
Dankster- You were the first guy to give mentor we through most of 75. Thanks
Shaera- Was always fun talking about rotations with you as well.
Katon- You helped me so much with EVERYTHING. Showing me how to trait for moors how to gear.
Zulubeast- It was great being a noob together and turning our stupid builds and rotations to max potential
Everyone else: (since I don't know who is staying)
Sno- I didn't know you for a long timebut Im glad I got to just chat with you guys over Vent. You were always cool to run with despite me wondering what the hell you were doing at times.
Frogzie- You helped me quite abit with my burg; I wanted to gear my burg after watching you do one hell of a job in Shadow wing.
Gamarin- Making the raid laugh at all the stupid things you've said. I will never forget that mic.. WOOKIE!!
Toa- Pull.TA.Now.
Gentlemen/Hallior/Ibelin- Was always fun parsing againts you guys. I used to make bank from Ibelin buying my scrolls..
Jas- I'll still talk to you outside of game even if you quit or if we end up on diff. servers. Still hate you for winning [Gweluechor] before me. Got you good with all the ####ty LIs I made for your champ.
Travisthechimp/Therunic- It nice to have you guys help for the weekly ToO. Officially placing those 3 mans on farm mode.
Rafa- Is there a class you don't know how to play?
Fancee/Dagwood- That awesome tank/heal package deal was so convenient..
Stocky- always quiet..but dependable.
Delamore- You seem to be calm AF even if you are yelling at someone..###?R1 to R6..R1 out.
Belselk- I always appreciated your sense of humour.
Megamager- You came a long way from when we were in MD together; I dont think I've ever heard you speak..
[b]Presdas- presplz. Stop knowing how to play my class better than me.
Lythiea- Sorry but not sorry for line of sighting you. Yes, I HAVE to kite that boss away from you and Kraum/Tuggles. I would get that unpottable fear IRL when you would just say "Pat" with that tone you do when you are about to get very very angry. Fiorgiggity.
Crispin- Zulu2.0 when it came to talking about builds/rotations.
Homesar- Inspecting you made me want to put up with minstrels who don't know what a ballad is being my main healer for Orthanc.
Agtug/Kraum- I learned how to play guardian from you guys. I didn't even have a guard..pulling aggro from you guys was pretty hard..but it was always fun to have you guys get mad at us for when we do. Breaking engage and making you sweat bullets for even thinking of using guardians ward Also enrage. It was always funny. It was always me. and Zulu. Kraum, Im glad you did not get robbed that one time you made us wait a good 15 minutes in the middle of draig. Agtug sounds like Morgan Freeman; Kraum sounds hilarious when he gets resisted. "Ohhmaigawwwdddd.f-ing rehhsisted.What is this?FFS Turbine"Tuggles making guard dps look good before guards HAD dps.
Drak- You made quite a name for yourself. Hope you had a spy loaded for when creeps were chasing you.
Katrin- Im sorry for dragging you into all those failed Saruman runs..flight school with Saruman.
Evogrin- That lag was unreal. [Plummed Hat]
He- Leroy method confirmed to work with pugs. Except the first time we tried it.
Tanar- The female dorf who never hurt to creeps but someone made it to a high rank by constantly being out there.
Malinuil- I was there when you got over 55k in a single day by no lifing moors with welth; teaching me how to yellow.
Viduo- I was there when you one shotted a creep for just a little over 15k. GG.
Mirillin- Double earrings. ohmaigawd. I think i reported you once for it.
Halviela- Can I still be your blade bro?
Kitnitti- If you are reading this..guurrlll you need to reply to messages.
Hamond- What is Mairi's number?
Xardas- The amount of TP I wasted for all the failed hits in peak with you..bubbling your pet in OD and getting wrecked by gnawers..
Chux- Nice boots bro, where did you get them?
Vahnya- Yes, I am still bitter about soloing Peak for you and Xardas and you loot the dagger when you aren't even at your computer. You certainly make ts more tolerable at times instead if hearing belv and snags argue and jak just sitting in the background yelling LOHHHLLLL and xardas telling jak to #### m8.
Zub- It was always fun grouping with you. I'm honestly not sure if you are being sarcastic or serious at times..but damn..listening to you yell at people over voice is absolutely entertaining. ELLO PAHHHTTTYYY
Guido- Going blue on burg for draig; lawl. Falling off your desk; lawl. Calling me Patrick every.single.time.you.log.vent . Thats how I got the name for my burg.
Snap- I looked up to your hunter when you first carried me through my first draig. 13k morale..dayyyuum
Diggory- You were just helpful in general, always nice to me too. Hope to see you around
Doomsie- I remember when you no lifed to R11 and zerging to kindred for GR. You would say goodnight and come back 45 minutes later haha.
Veenom- You actually took me to TA so you could gank.
Alohire- Dragged you into so many failed Orthanc runs..no regrets.
Crygin- Chasing me up and down grams is not nice.
Marvi- You traited fire before fire was the fotm.
Norfrid- I don't think I've ever heard you raise your voice..even after everyone else in the raid is yelling and blaming each other.
Aktis- You are such a bser. I KNOW YOU HAVE A MIC; I LISTENED TO YOU EAT CHIPS. Also you are a GTA ganker. Like Chocla.
Chocla- F-ing GTA ganker. Nothing like coming back from AFK dead, or chat spammed with bible verses. Pot your #### Patriotpea! *stands next to you* *stunned*. Sorry, didn't see you post it 17 times in chat
VivianIhavesomanyalts- You are a hoarder. Nuff said.
Mimboril- I still can't believe you healed that Saruman with a level 45 hat. That tragic accident involving M&Ms..
Belv- I knew your burg first. See below. You slack ja-
Aglaeka- thanks for spoiling me when it comes to heals. 7/10 -IGN,. still need to work on that block build. Also screw you guys for passing up an entire raid just to kill me afked at the CG.
Boharn- See above regarding the moors.
Jak- ROFLCHIPS. hearing you rage over stupid things is quite funny.
Gifred- I don't think I understood what you've said in the time that I've known you..maybe half..which is you cussing out belv or jak in TS.
Eomen- What was your miss chance for cappy?
Strikerin- Your hunter was good; but your flying skills in BF3 was way better. Its raining ace squad ribbons.
Nelgor- I never got the confirmation on this..is he actually black? That was always brought up in TS. That time you DCed in Saruman..and held aggro until you got back from relogging..
Skiddish- I used to die so much because I'm too busy replying to you instead of making sure that the boss' frontal is not aimed at my face.
Firemind- omg the meowing. You remember that time you and someone else duoed almost 2 raids of creeps farming boxes inside OR? I died from laughing.
Avulgarity- You keep sending me free food all these years..I've been feeling bad about it for years..
Ayleth- You raided like hell; How much dkp did you earn??
Airen/Zepphyr- Your rk was good, but your burg was def. wayyy better. Was always gun parsing againts you, belv and jak.
The MD crew- I still have most of you added on steam; hope to game with you all again someday.
Banoon- Took you long enough to post a picture of yourself..My theory is that you always afked after pasting the link and never clicking "Submit Reply"
Haveblue- Man, I've known you for along time now, I used to feel bad asking you to tank raids if its a terrible group.
Chickendorf- I remember having spars with you using frying pans in Galtrev.
Liamthecool- I lost count on the ongoing tally for our spars..
Halall- That time our ###### raid managed to get 11 people killed during P2 of Draigoch..and you managed to save the raid after being the only one left alive.
Slydewhoosh- Made alot of raids more fun; certainly made me stay long after I would have ragequitted.
Oprah- The mischief maker..Patrickstar will never catch up. Asylum was awesome; you are all crazy.
Linyara- the food. omg the food..prob the nicest people I've met ingame.
Laylith- See above
Xuneng- Unlocked Passive: Skill level Asian
Vulcwen- I always thought you were low key af considering you are one of the more active endgamers and forum poster from DD. Always fun discussing stuff with you.
Dulli- Randomly picking me up for your late night raids. Kept moors active when you went out with the kin.
Ssuper- Lol IIRC, your RK had terrible gear! Was in MD with you for quite some time. Those times we spent sitting on the fence @ Old OC hugging the flag and farming the creeps who escaped the rez camp and made it to camp.
Jonp- Wargs had real time satellite tracking on you for the longest time. Think I started talking to you when we first hit the blue ranks
Welthrop- One does not simply gank Welthrop. First noticed this noob when I inspected him and he had the golden necklace before I did. Always plays for real the second time around. The quickshot kite was real.
Shap- Watching you pretend to jump off of STAB and causing an entire group of freeps to ACTUALLY jump off the bridge was just too much.
Tuk- Making bank off of me for as long as I can remember..
Grim- You be Moria and I be Gandalf? Also, No arm me in edgeville noob.
Saenathra- Before there was Doomvirus; your guard was pretty legit, sad how your brand new tank was better than those who play it full time as a main. The BFE farm was real.
Jenraen- Learned hunter crazy fast; parsing pretty high considering you easily had half our /played. And then some. Watching you and Mal camo gank Trilogi that one time..420% rekt.
Minie- Preventing creeps from advancing their hunter deeds! Unless it was me trying to advance my hunter deeds..
Globalwarming- The P2W was so real! I feel honored ..DM me in edgeville nerd! I wont use Soulsplit
Shrekinator- You may now be known as Shrekinator, Monopoly Master, Finder of Farms, Merchant of Dwarrowdelf, Opener of Lootboxes, Collector of Keys, Hoarder of all that is gold, Farmer of Sambrog, Lever master of Helegrod and troller of Noobs.
Divaranth- Wherever you are, I will never forget that Pink pirate outfit and the borderline bannable jewelry names that would force me and zulu to go anon.
Klagg- The dude who eats more rice than me.
Aellor- Heallor! Thursday resets with BR @ Galtrev like clockwork
Machelp- Even after someone missed a pot for the 4th time and causing a wipe during Saruman T2 runs, you somehow manage to stay calm even when everybody else had perma bloodrage and Shaera typing all caps and threatening to start kicking people.Oh, and squirrels.
Jacbo- Still surprised you guys accepted my application at the time. I'll be watching Valor updates. Hope to game with you guys again someday.
Ianwulf- I feel like you never left the moors. Like ever.
Athron- There was alot of frost and alot of fire.
Ihealzyou- Running people through their first forge runs...then dragging you to mind numbing Saru attempts with a pug. Those spars we had...damn stuns.
Crispin- One of the few people I could always discuss my class with; and actually knew what I was talking about.
Blitzx- See above. The dps parsing WAS real.
Lef- I remember when you and Delamore were still in Defenders of Drunhale. You guys would constantly pug me and I would always ninja all the symbols from the skraids. YoumadR6?
Saeko- IIRC, you shared a kin with Firahn for the longest time.
Neoswede- Had our differences for sure but we've also grouped countless times. Still have that Orc bracelet from RoF 1st boss? QQ
Gus- Flipper of the Delving. Creeps sure did hate you. The eternal delving flip fight between Gus and Kraum.
Bee- How many alts do you have?Seriously...
Damianthegreat- Wish you still played this game..we had way too much fun leveling together.
Some other...
Staissi,Brom,Badol,Ringo,Aels, Soloblast,Capitao,Fulk,Rayzr,R unnerfour,Cam,Eosin,Uglyhoras, Hannion,Tud,Boehrainy,Zeev,Pil lshatnet,Redrid,Tarsnowbourn,O chad,Revan,Turtles(not Iliketurtles), Iliketurtles,Glorgnorbor,Ecsmy th,Kylhera,Cabo,Zveer,Hadagi,V ol,Bruzo,Celedreor,Ilen,Morefi re,Bugaburglar,Wink,Faulks,Sil entwhisper,Eatmyarrows,Niben,E loh,Silvermoon,Hurzu,Roudy,Lug gy,Edlorthar,Thaledrin,BRYANM, Ai,Morderswimteam
All those who was in Reforged,Deaths Bane, Balrog Riders, Ainur, The Kindred, Defenders of Drunhale,Knights of the White Cross,Delinquents, Nazgul Flight School, Massive Dynamics,Lords of the Mearas, Saurons Minions,Hope is Kindled,Shadow, Sons of the Seven Fathers, The last Company and Defiance.
To Capto, wish you had the chance to transfer with us. Cheers.
Last edited by Patriotp3a; Aug 10 2015 at 02:23 PM.
Fellowship Hadacar: I now have a mental image of a little pea with a NE Patriot's logo painted on it.Professional AFKer.
I have little history in LOTRO compared to all these pros, so I'll let my history be summed up by the great Pat's quote:
"Some random RoR kid."~Patriotpea
Nonetheless, Dwarrow is my home, and I'm sure many of you will subconsciously thank me for the thousands upon thousands of renown I gave you.
Dwarrowdelf-Gothash-R9 Reaver
@Celedreor-R5 Hunter
'Naked dwarf on fire. That can't be good.'
~ Sapience
Once upon a time, fifteen year old me decided to google some Lord of the Rings video games, hoping to find something fun. Now, I never played a MMO before, but when I saw Lotro, I decided to give it a try. I picked an elf female, hoping to become something like Legolas, a hunter. The name I spent hours on, looking for something elvish. Authiel is what I chosen after scouring the internet for what felt like days. It means battle maiden. Fitting for an adventurer. Anyway, when I started I couldn't quite understand how the game worked. I got stuck on the intro. Yes, the intro. I quit for a year after that.
I returned and got passed the intro finally. I remember getting nommed on by a bear at level seven. I was pretty sad, but went on anyway. I did pretty well, getting up to level 20 and then found out Lone Lands had to be purchased. I had no money. I quit again.
I returned once more a few months after and a few areas were open for free. I gained enough TP to buy quite a few zones to get me going.
Along my journey, I met Edwar, a guardian. We decided to quest together since we were on the same content. We followed the epics and then moved on to Moria. Shortly after, we both left our inactive kinships and created what was known as Allegiance of the Four.
Moria for me was a great time. I met Shrekinator, Machelp, Xik (before he even was known as that!) and Saintclairj. We did Grand Stair daily and once we got out of Moria months later, we briefly parted ways to do our own questing.
Finally hit level 75, and I was beyond excited. End game. Isengard! Lagtrev.
I met some new, wonderful people during this time. Gus, one of the best guards was always so optimistic, staying up late tanking Tower, sometimes drunk. A lot of late night hours passed during Saruman. Never completed it though until the level cap rise. I also met Laylith, one of the sweetest and nicest people I have ever met. She's a one of a kind and a great healer! I also met Wulfbeam and Tusker, and we would do skirms trying to get crystals. Linyara and Silentwhisper started inviting me to instances and I enjoyed their company as well, and being such friendly people, it was easy to get along. I met Capto during a Pug Tower, and we became friends as well. I miss the guy.
One of the best times I can remember during Isengard was when we were doing the cliff glitch during Saruman and someone didn't pot the fear so everyone ended up turning around and jumping off the tower at the same time.
A friend of mine named Setha helped me become a hunter, but I was still a noob and far from good. I envied Welthrop, Atador, Zulu and Patriotpea. Great hunters that I wanted to be like.
Rohan was exciting. I didn't care for the war steeds too much, though. I miss squeezing into the Snowbourne tavern and seeing people spar in the tiny space, or people throwing around consumables and setting off fireworks. A lot more crowded than Galtrev, yet not as laggy.
I started raiding more often and even gave PvP a try, but couldn't quite get into it. Didn't like being farmed by wargs. Hunter is after all the best creep food.
BG was a raid we ran often. One time, Patriotpea came in and somehow got punted by the door wardens and died mid air, and went through the door and ended up dead in Snowbourne. To this day we now know to always close the door.
Another memory is Shrekinator going link dead on his war steed and ran into a war band then fell off a cliff and died. Talk about some bad luck!
I made a warg after Xik convinced me to give PvP another try, this time on creep. I really enjoyed the class, but was hard being so squishy and getting the maps. I named my warg after my late dog, Roly. So he's always with me, and farming people at the same time.
I then started my own raid call channel, and it was just Shrek, Pat and I for a while. We started inviting more and meeting new friends along the way as well as having a lot of late night, early morning chats.
I gave PvP another try on freep during 95 and joined a raid Machelp invited me to. I ended up meeting Damondeth (Larveril) and Socrathia. We went out often, and became friends after killing many creeps. I met most of their kinship, Lost Legion at the time, and we started to do some instances together. Soon after level 100 was introduced and we decided on making a new kinship together that focused on harder content and PvP. For the first time in four years I left my kinship and helped create a new one. Defiance. Started out small, but slowly growing and full of great people. The banter never stops.
I want to give a shout out to some people I miss and love playing with. Without you guys, I probably wouldn't be playing right now.
Patriotpea<3, Shrekinator, Edwar, Larveril, Socrathia, Hathcael, Lentosh, Arknow, Jonp, Rii, Saeko, Badol, Solo, Ringo, Xik, Machelp, Saint, Roga, Laylith, Travis, Vicious, Eldana, Andjil, Eli, Banyan, Gus, Linyara, Silentwshiper, Wulfbeam, Zepp, Silky, Skuldrok, Alegra, Setha, Cande, Welthrop, Capto, Evo, Cam,Glaer, Koora, Lanclas, Tagrus, and Athron.
If I forget anyone I'm sorry. I met a lot of people during the way and have a hard time remembering EVERYONE.
I hope to see and play with you all again where ever we go so more memories can be made! Cheers.
Here is my post with some of my favorite screen shots!
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." -Marilyn Monroe
LvL 100 Hunter [color=#00FA9A][b]Authiel[/color][/b] - Rank 12 Warg [color=#9370DB][b]Roly[/color][/b]
[color=#87CEFA]Dwarrowdelf to Arkenstone[/color]
Why not right? My mind is kind of jumbled around so some of the story sequence might seem wonky...school starts again in like 15-17 days though so no worries!
I started playing this game around 3 years ago 1 day when I decided I was annoyed af by my cousin(Crucible)/2nd cousin(the infamous Ornallost). At the time I was (as the thug brom would say) an Xbox tryhard and was not interested in silly MMO's, but my cousin and his son kept bugging me to try it out and so reflecting on the tryhardness I made Blitzx. Btw, I was a CoD king....I could be making money off gaming ): THROWBACK TO WHAT WAS CONSIDERED THE SHT 3-4 YEARS AGO!
I leveled my hunter to around the 30-40s and instead went with an RK which I ended up giving a stripper name, Candii. This was actually my first toon to cap (75) but I didn't bother doing much at the time because RoR was coming out in a month or so, so I just finished leveling my hunter.
Awakened was my first kin because my cousin was leader of it and the people in it would help me to get through the game comfortably knowing they'd be punished if they didn't do so . jkjk When 85 came out and everyone was done grinding BG for 2nd agers, Henbeyn and Myrlin would take me on an adventure to the moors. Henbeyn ended up being some psychopath but I'm still glad I met him haha. Eventually Candii became nothing but my "pretend female player that gets free scholar mats from random dudes" , and my hunter became my main.
When my hunter became my main, Myrlin became my first ever moors duo and English friend o: #willneverforget. I moors'd for a while as a casual and met with some farmer drama, aka Sno. Sno ended up being a cool friend of mine and helped me decide my 2nd kin which i'll talk about in a second. As a hunter, Welthrop became my idol being by far the best hunter and reaver at the time. I was such a noob but the first time I solo'd welth's reaver as he came out of the norbog fields by ta I cried happiness. This was the day I started wanting to be good at the game rather than just some casual getting farmed by warg packs all day. Awakened was a great kin that I wish was still as big as it once was, but at the time I was playing it was not the kin for completing end game t2c raids. So with my desire to be more, I left and saw this champ parsing on training dummies in Snowbourn with Reforged under his name. Being one of the kins Sno mentioned to me in our chats, I thought it should be pretty good (because Sno was a good lm despite being a farmer). This champ parsing was known as Gentlemen. I sent him a tell saying, "invite me to kin please" rofl. After a little chatting I got accepted, no idea why, but I did.
The kin was great. We did raids, pvp'd, were very social, and had a great time overall. This kin helped me get better at my hunter and this would eventually lead me to get much much better at pvp. Because I was getting better at pvp, I did it a lot more. Songrider being one my best friends (still) from Awakened, was my first ever pocket healer out there o:. We killed many many creeps and met many many new freeps. Freeps like Galadraen and Somenoob who became awesome friends. Galadraen would soon introduce us to Snap as one of her good friends which would end up being 1 of my best friends. We all had this channel called betterglff I think? then we made the infamous BlitznFriends after the first channel was compromised. This was where my main peeps at the time were, but I met many others that I really enjoyed the company of like Samss(Samms?), Niirodil, Megamager, Morgolfin, Saenanthra, Tud, Pat, Ohp etcetc idr all of them atm. I went through most of RoR with these people and then close to HD release this kin named Asylum was made. I was invited shortly after it's creation by Ophra (is that how it was spelled?). Ophra was a really cool guy and people like Welth, Pat, and Songrider all joined as well so I went with. With this I got through RoR, then HD came out...D:
With HD, I retired my hunter for the most part, quit my rk, and quit my lm. I despised many of the changes but I still liked the game so I went on with my champ. Good friends such as Myrlin, Bowchant, Somenoob, Galadraen, etc would end up quitting for the most part or transferring to brandy and never seen again QQ. Eventually the veterans of Asylum were also quitting like Ohp and Pres. I ended up leaving around the time Pat and Welth. Then Classy Babes was made with Songrider, Snap, and I which ended up being my kin for all of 95 and a lot of lvl 100 cap. I also started maining on creepside during this time because I didn't really enjoy the freep changes. I had a warg from RoR that I use to fk around with all the time, but then I made it my serious toon. I would haunt the moors rez circles for ages and people knew not to ever come out alone (unless you were a yellow line welthrop or malinuil :<). I would reach r12 in a miraculously short amount of time with Hypnoticaaaaaa aka Snap. HD was rough for me in terms of the social aspect of the game :3. During this time I went through a phase of utter boredom with the actual gaming and fkd with people instead. I am sort of sorry for anyone that had to deal with me, but not really lol. Later in the year I met a group of players that would provide me with another good period of time in the game. At the time this group would be known as The Lost Legion.
The time period I met LL was the same time ToL (Tree of Life) was around and pvping while I called them fails 24/7 (because they were). The LL people were coming out with them but they seemed to be at least somewhat talented so I made a comment about their kin and having standards (which I'm sure is saved somewhere :<) as a tool to insult ToL. Sokrat(one of the main leaders of LL) would chit chat with me a bit and I think he was the one who invited me to come into their RC. I would be in there quite often for a time period and we had many laughs (about other players' abilities and ancient aliens \o/). Although I enjoyed this time, my membership was taken because they asked me to stop saying this one word but being myself ofc I said it against just because they said not to lol. This was around the time I would start playing on Landy. Landy life is pretty bland so I won't talk about it much... LL, now known as Defiance had some toons there as well so I was still around them, but not on good terms not long after they arrived. They would talk trash about KOOOOOORAAAAAH in OOC, I would defend her (as she was a friend), and I believe this is where the sour attitudes between myself and the kin started. We trashed each other for a while but as I keep playing this game, I care less and less.
The one interesting that happened for me on Landy was BAE o:. The great quote that I am periodically reminded of from her when she asked me if she was good or not..."You are Bae" would unexpectedly create this pro bond \o/. Bae being part of Defiance, was someone I was already a little acquainted to, but not quite friends with yet. She, along with a few others, would help me continue playing this game no matter how bored I get with it sometimes....I'll leave her name out of this though in case someone who dislikes me and doesn't know who she is wants to grief her about it.
After a bit of Landy, I came back to Dwarrowdelf (because bae yah kno) and tried to get started making it my main server again. Coincidentally, Niirodil came back to the game at the same time I came back to the server. Although I didn't last too long back on Dwarrow, she kept me playing on Dwarrow for much longer than I would have been. Because I was here there was drama drama drama haha. We became much better friends than we were in the past and would move on to Landy together. Niir is THE BADDEST BTCH EVER and she would end up quitting the game again but we still talk by other means. LIKE OMG WE'RE TALKING WHILE I MAKE THIS POST!
I would continue to log on Dwarrow pretty much everyday for at least 5 minutes just to check things out and talk to some peeps. I have discontinued my negative attitude toward randoms on DD, randoms on Landy, and Defiance. Bae wanted me to make friends with Defiance again because they're her friends and I'm...well...bae!, so I tried but I think they still don't forgive me . Maybe some day we can make up like 2 teenage girls would after a big drama fest over a boy ;D
There's so much more to the story and I know I missed a lot of what I wanted to include, but I just can't keep going back and adding more and more as I remember the past haha
This pretty much brings us to the present and the people that made the game what it is to me (all the kool kids are doing it)
These would be the people that impacted me most and would meet up with irl in a heartbeat if I ever got the chance.
Cousin/2nd Cousin- for getting me into this game no matter how stubborn I was and well....you know...family is family
Myrlin- my first english friend o:
Bowchant- my first english friend's dad who got me started on the path of hunter
Songrider- first and best pocket healer, and such a good friend that I will see you someday haha
Galadraen- being 1 of the nicest people i've ever met and introducing me to snaaaaaaaap
Sam- we were just really really good friends back when you still played
Bae- for being bae
Hathcael- for being my dood bae lul
Arknow- my only sort of active landy kin member left that looks up to me greatly <3
Snap- my longest active good friend that is so hard to convince to do anything D:, YOURE ALSO AN ORIGINAL CLASSY AND HOT BABE \o/
Niirodil- BADDEST BTCH EVER, at least to me....lol
Ochad- my white kid basketball STAAAARRRR
Gallanhael- my gawd you were funny as fk, even when you were completely bashing me for how fail I was it was too funny...BTW I named my warg on landy after you woooo
Others I'd like to mention that really made me enjoy the game:
First off, everyone that was in Awakened and Reforged- for being true kinships and great support/reason to play
Welth- my friggen hunter idol
Pat- we had many chats about hunter and the dps competition was real
Authiel- some of those late nights gurrrrl <3 no worries pat it was nothing like that
Malinuil- awesome friend and you got me on the path to gearing my hunter right....
Ohp- always such a chill guy...the voice...
Kraum- much leading, so determined, NEVER QUIT LOTRO
Sno- awesome guy, introduced me to exploiting and wanting to find out more and more ways to do so >.<
Belv- the 1 person that I feel will hound me as long as I play this game, he will always be my reason to respond
Jak- asylum----------nuff said
Aglaeka- asylum-----nuff said
Boharn- funniest fk ever, come back to meeeeeeee
Xardas- "IM GONNA SUCK YOUR D***", best comeback ever lmao
Vahnya- blitzypoooooooo
Guido- DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA, GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS, DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA
Hamond- DID YOU SEE MY PICTURE YET?
Zeph- the stories...haha
Jonp- so annoying in voice, but we all need that 1 friend \o/ ARE YOU DRUNK JON?
Sokrat- introducing me to the kin and giving me that period of good times
Damon/Larv- being that main guy who doesn't wanna look like a pssy <3
Gifred- honestly you felt like a little brother when you played haha
Minie- the pocket heals at 85 were real, and the late night chats when you were drunk....
Globalwarming- never knew anyone as chill as you, and the p2w was so.....amazing in a weird way haha
Dwadler and crew- for being my food during 95 cap
Saenanthra- best spider throughout all my time on DD, if I ever wanted a spider as challenge you were there
Capto- the glff entertainer
Lunchboxe- the guy in DB who always loved me even when DB disapproved
Bromton- always that kid who thinks he's a gangster
Hejazia- always the fool with no allegiance....glad I can finally trust you a little now
Aktis- you and your funny ### quote "MADA FAKA" over mic lmao, and calling me a pssy cuz I'm gonna join the USAF ):
Halviel- my DD sugar daddy whenever I keep coming back to DD....
Donvlad- "NO, I FARM YOU, YOU HAVE NEVER SOLOD ME"
Glowstickdush- "I CAN DO 3k DPS", *shows me CA log of 3k dmg with about 300 dps* hahahahaha
Nibble- she always said hi to me on her freep named Blubarri or something like that but would never respond again when i said HAI back D:
Akbalak/Mordem- some of the most entertaining OOC chats were spawned because you were there...
Danlz- ROP DEFENDER ALWAYS and MVP NO MATTER HOW DIRE THE SITUATION
Somenoob- you've outranked my hunter now ): always remember those warg pack days
Ayleth- dat cappy test you made for entry into Reforged....
and many more, cba to remember so many names but you know who you are
I keep remembering more and more ppl from other ppls' posts and from memory so I will be continuously editing probably....
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Didn't think I'd take part in this seeing as I don't play anymore and my main is on Landy, but that doesn't take away from the 2 years that I did play on Dwarrow and the amount of memories I have!
My turbine account says I started playing during the summer of 2012, and at that time I had originally rolled a elf hunter named Helraen who I kind of enjoyed playing... but when I kept getting farmed in Garth Agarwen, I bailed on lotro for about a year or so then came back and made my RK, Niirodil. The only thing that really sold this class to me were the green sparkles at the feet of war-steeds, however I really grew to enjoy playing RK, especially the diversity of healing and dps. Something at the back of my mind tells me that Covoguard (I might be totally wrong with this name), helped me level in Trollshaws and from there I met Nymerias in Sarnúr and her kin. We had such a laugh together in that one fellow (despite her being level capped and me only 40) that when I bumped into her again at level cap, we were like how stupid girls are after they haven't seen each other in a while. I later joined The Lollipop Guild who properly introduced me to PvE -- raiding especially. Believe it or not, I was still very quiet at this time, and didn't even know glff existed, so apologies for that stint about a year and a half ago where I was constantly hammering on. Following The Lollipop Guild's split, I then went sans kin for a little while, yet the friends I made from there opened up a lot more avenues! Shoutout to Nymerias, Shrekinator, Bellarus, Host, Gus and many other whose names escape me at this moment... I don't have the best memory.
Fast forward to when I first stepped into the moors (everything between Lollipop Guild and moors is a blur) and was pretty terrified to say the least because I still had no idea how to play RK really... I just remember there being a 1v1 circle going on and Xellor egging me on to take part. He was giving me guidance on how to 1v1 and I actually came out as the winner. From there, he was my RK idol. That fight is one of my most vivid memories along with Welthrop's reaver chasing me across the map a lot...
Another vivid memory took part a few weeks later and also in the moors; when Samss called me a "r2 raid baby," which I agreed with, I still had no idea really what was going on. Funny thing is he was saying it to actually start beef with me. God knows how we started speaking to each other properly -- I think it was mostly Chocla's doing, and I think he takes responsibility for it, especially the infamous "samss likes niirodil." From here, Sam introduced me to Blitz, Snap and Songrider in their Raidcall channel, and I reckon I was in it the best part of everyday for a good couple of months after getting over the initial 'too scared to talk because no one will understand me' phase. It wasn't until quite a bit later into the year that I would become good friends with Blitz and Song after both Sam and Snap took a break.
Around November-December time, just after Helms Deep got released, I feel like the social aspect of lotro, for me, was at its best. Even though people were a little bummed about the class revamps, it brought back a lot of people and it seemed that PvE picked up. Also around this period was when Floydan insisted on running Ost Dunhoth pretty much every single day, and although it was like an OD on OD (lawl), it was still nice to see the same people come together. Floydan, Capto, Mirillin, Authiel, Halviel, Bellarus, Vulcwen, Aellor, Klagg. Again, I know there were plenty of others, but I can't remember everyone's name, oops. I remember one run there was a very vocal mini in the raid, Amoxicillin, raging at people's rotations or for what line people were traited, who I then found out to be the infamous Jak. Before Asylum was established, the few times that I found myself in the fellows/raids with the people who generally had a bad rep, - and I admit, I wasn't so keen at first - I don't think I have ever laughed so much in this game. Not only that but they clearly knew what they were doing. Aglaeka, Belv, Bo, Ohpra, Jak, Xardas, Chocla and Zub and of course, Vahnya, thank you for providing hilarity in usually very monotonous runs.
About 7 months after initially speaking, Sam and I met in real life on 13th February and I can remember being absolutely petrified in case he was some big neckbeard or something... Shoutout to Firemind-1 for keeping me calm(?) and to Griminsboroth and Tukiltivi for making me laugh so much while I was sitting in the arrivals part at the airport. Even though Sam and I called it quits about a year later, we still keep in contact, and if anything, I have made a very good friend. After this, I didn't properly play again for a year and 2 months, though I occasionally popped on to see old faces. Funnily enough, as Blitz mentioned in his post, I bumped into him on my first day back just as he had come back to Dwarrow from Landy and ended up PvPing and PvEing with him daily. Old old faces had come back: Guido and He, for example, who I had never spoken to before, but ultimately influenced my short time back on Dwarrow greatly. I moved to Landy with Blitz after being a bit disappointed with how dead DD was, but the community there really is nothing like it is on Dwarrow, and hopefully still will be post merge. A big big shoutout to Blitz, Hejazia and Inthael: both on Dwarrow and Landy you three were very special in making my lotro time enjoyable in the past 6 months or so. To say that lotro hasn't been a significant part of my life these past few years would be a lie, despite how sad that sounds. I have met some amazing people and would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who has made my time on lotro the way it has been. I couldn't imagine a better community.
Blitzx, Samss, Ohhsnap, Songrider, Hejazia, Floydan, Authiel, Halviel, Mirillin, Xellor, Tukiltivi, Griminsboroth, Beeyoutiful, Bruzo, Capto, Patriotpea, Chocla, Klagg, Guido, He, Inthael, Gallenhael, Bromton, Nymerias, Shrekinator, Welthrop, Jasthelion, Zepphyr, Lentosh, Gifred, Firemind, Glorg, Hathcael, Spruno, Siphereth, Aktis, Tectonic, Host, Lunchboxe, Bellarus, Boharn, Jak, Aglaeka, Belvegar, Ohpra, Xardas, Zub, Vahnya.
These are the names of people who I think have made my time on DD what it was, and I apologise if I have forgotten any names!!
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Gamasammich <3 One of our many raid nights.
Lyth: "Huh?" Pretty much sums up our group 8)
Met some pretty great people in my 4 1/2 years on DD.
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But nothing compares... to when Sokrat is drunk and on voice. That guy is hilarious.
Awesome stories, all! I loved reading each and every one of them... loved the detail of yours, Blitz. Had a truly fun time playing with you these past couple years.
Loved the concise sincerity as I read yours, Authiel. You will be missed. (p.s. I think I still have your # lolol text me sometime haha)
Pat, your shoutouts are genius, my friend. I wish I had a memory like yours!
Niirodil - you will certainly be missed very much. I had some spectacular times on the game with you.
Same goes for Ohsnap! One of my very first LotRO friends. Do you think I can beat you in a spar yet? Meet you @ south Bree skirmish camp.
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So this a story about my lotro life,
It started out bam I entered the moors at lvl 57 was told by Sno Ithel Jacbo and Card man you got a mic just get that leveled, I made that promise came back when I was leveled and BAM next thing you know I am in Ainur. Sno a man of few words was and always had been a good dude who else did I get to talk strats with and all that other good stuff? All the hardcore raiding and pvping yall made me the player I am today Elitist and all. Yet through all the drama and bs we always had fun in vent/in game/destroying whatever was in our paths.
That lvl 65 punk Ainur Zerging Smack Talking Troll Youngguido but hey nothing but love for ya'll all my peeps from 65 cap wherever you may have gone ./shoutout. Well see Youngguido noticed there was no filers on DD so he made one Healree/Toxotica/Guidolicious.
Back in the day he ranked it to 7 first r7 filer on DD yeah that used to be a big deal, ran that BAMF creep tribe with Lavsnack and Luggy the only defense to Ainur. sadly thought Youngguido had to break away from lotro because he had a Real Life mission, as the months passed and the level capped changed no one thought he would return.
BAM 3 months into 75 cap Younguido returned this time he grew into Legacyguido, though on his return many of his Ainur kin mates had left the game and he had decided that maybe Ainur wasn't him anymore ( lol all the drunken trolling ) anyways he moved on as he continued to pvp and raid in a group named Gammamakemeasammich. On his pvp travels he ran into someone that would change his lotro career/life forever. That person would be Ohsnap/Hypnotica, Ohhsnap and Legacyguido Duo'd the DD moors destroying anything that came into contact with them ( if you don't believe me look at her minnis war-tab ) Legacyguido didn't make Ohhsnap, Ohhsnap made Legacyguido through their adventures they completed most t2c and amongst other things, along these travels I met many people man/dwarf/elf/hobbit that made the game play awesome but with in good intentions they decided maybe they would hike to a land far away.
Crickhollow is where they decided to ride to, on crick hollow they awoke their creeps Toxotica and Hypnotica creating a Creep Tribe named BAMF and through the year Legacyguido and Ohhsnap had been retired their creeps rose above leaving nothing but dead freeps in their path. Due again to real life situations Guido had to leave the game again this time for 2 years.
The return, as the months passed ones would ask themselves " where oh where is that jerk Legacyguido? " oh where oh where is that punk Guidolicious? " He-Man himself would ask Ohsnap " is he gone? is he ever coming back? " well he made his return and the Ezmoding Freeps ran for the hills, but he soon came to realize nothing was left his home had been destroyed the community had died off. He decided it was time to pack his bags for good ./waving goodbye to what remained of the server.
The main factor is the story will continue until the end of lotro a game you can always come back to, a game where you can meet new people or run into old friends I am forever greatful for all the people I have met through the years of the game a lot of different characters and personalities.
I could of made a better story but I am lazy af at work right now you all get the point.
I made a thread a few weeks back mentioning all the important people to me, and I deff missed a lot of names but just know I <3 most of you ;p.
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(R14 LM GHANK Arkenstone )
Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light - Bruce Lee
Awesome stories guys,i just admire the details you all were able to include,lots of memories coming back:P
My story is kinda difficult to explain with mere words.I started out near pre-RoI with a guard whom i would solo traited blue since i knew almost nothin about the class,gawd it was a real pain lv'ing him up and since i wasnt a fun of doin side quests i ended up doin of all frickin moria on foot(yes dat noob lv+9999) till i finally reached lv 65.Then i got introduced to monster play which was vip at that time.When i saw the spider class i almost knew that i would main that and freepside would have to come later.Starting out as a spider i didnt even knew about questing i just wanted to go spit some poison on the freeps i would find though that would turn out to be a painful experience:P Then RoI hit which brought the best instance cluster in the game but since i enjoyed creepside more i didnt had the honour of joining those ToO pugs.I managed to hit r3 which was a big accomplishment for me and soon i met the best raid leader i ever came across,Shap. I remember the time i asked him if i was strong enough to kill freeps on my own now but he told me i needed to develop my spider much further and that line alone pushed me forward into learning my class and the extent of its capabilities...
I joined groups and raids to get the feeling of group play,those might have been my best times.I also met my spider idols,Turtles,Veenom and Misterbubbles.I kept watchin them fight and came to know their playstyles and their strategems which would help me create my own playstyle and rotation,i promised to myself that i would become as experienced as them someday...
While my spidy was growing and growing i felt the urge to actually play freepside and develop my guard as best as i could.It was then at ROR when i got invited into one of the best raidin kins i ever knew,Ceaseless.I met lots of peeps(if only i remembered them all) but still i didnt trust myself with guard tanking to actually join groups.Fortunately my kin leader Kraum and Agtug(prolly the best guards in the server) helped me out on learning how to tank efficiently although i would still find a way to screw up somehow:P Eventually Ceaseless died out so i decided to devote myself to creepside because i couldnt afford all the new content with each update.
And so i found myself in the thick of battle once again in the moors as the updates went on and on(and lag became an annoying issue).Though i had little to no communication with freepside ,creepside became my haven not just because i was havin a blast playing my spider but thanks to many peeps i met and had alot of fun with them(if i were to name them all it would take me like all day).Honestly pvp was never for lotro and i knew there would always be somethin OP and broken(spider too with u13) but i didnt really care since i had fun most of the time.I now know what i didnt knew back then,that i didnt like lotro for its pvp but i did like it for its community and people,after all those are what makes the game fun for me.And that folks,is a piece of my story:P
I will miss you dwarrow...
Wherever the road takes my spidy, i will always web froobs in your memory:P
/peace out (Saenanthra/Doomvirus)
(R14 LM GHANK Arkenstone )
Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light - Bruce Lee
I won't bore you with too many details of my story. I am, after all, a casual at heart, probably the only non-elite here and a Pat-confessed "some RoR kid".
For kin reasons, I'm going to be transferring to Crickhollow unless there are some problems on that front, so I'll truly miss the whole bloody lot of you.
Buuuuuuuuut my time on Dwarrow has seriously been some of the most fun I've ever had. For every freep since RoR, I'm responsible for at least one of their ranks. From my times as a true noob to my evolution as Suicidal Reaver #2, I died to many and killed but few.
I'd like to thank a lot of folk, people often on the very fringes of Dwarrow - good people who otherwise might not even get a look in, in this thread.
I'd like to thank Earn, for inviting me to The Order of Light, my kin since February 2013 (3 months after I joined) and the kin I now lead, 2.5 years later. A small kin, it's where I also met the best LOTRO friends: Aramea (the Freddie Mercury of Dwarrow), Graembo (forever Leader of the Grae Company) and above all, Shorcia. Shorcia was the nicest person you could imagine, and also a worse player than me, hence she was the one person I could actually laugh at. Those four were the centre of the kin, the four main officers, but it wasn't just them; also Badari, who came in later as my only other active officer during these times. And of course, everybody who was a part of The Order of Light, which I soon intend to retire into a token kin, to fold into a bigger where some of my other friends ended up when we (hopefully) move to Crickhollow.
Everyone I've ever run with, who I've ever killed with, who has ever helped me with anything: thank you. You prove how Dwarrowdelf is the best community in LOTRO, not just a troll-infested place as some would have you believe. Particular thanks must go to Glorgnorbor for being a dependable glue to hold the server together, above all else. Also, to Dwadler. yes, really. He helped me and my kin a lot through tough times. Maybe not the Bestgaurdever, but he wasn't bad.
This is the hardest lot. I'll just do it in chronological order.
Dritorlz, or something like that, remember him? He called me noob, he yelled at me, he was a rude awakening to the harsh reality of creepside. And above all, he prepared me, right as I was starting, for the most turbulent game experience ever: being a noob on LOTRO creepside. Thanks, Drit, whoever you are and wherever you are, for that. It helped a lot!
Big thanks to everyone in Chaos, what a lot they were. Probably my only ever "elitist" kin and boy did I not belong there. But thanks for making me feel like I belonged anyway! Particular thanks to Jasiak, the LEGEND, for being my reaver inspiration. Thanks also to Shapcidrat, for being the Torment of Dwarrowdelf, the most efficient and experienced raid leader I've ever had the pleasure of working for. And special thanks to Saen (because #BringBackSaenanthra2015) for being the one who truly took me under his wing... legs, whatever. He's a beast, quite literally, and he truly taught me how to creep efficiently, no matter how much I must have annoyed him.
After Chaos came Disturbed. Disturbed was a breakaway from the inactive Chaos, formed by Rafiky the Filer (props to that great guy) and led by himself and me, with other amazing folk such as Amitolah, Stoniakah (Katrindal) and all the other guys. Those were the times. Also from Disturbed came a trio that, with occasional additions (particularly from my freepside kin), led me to fall in love with the camaraderie of small groups; myself, Pewie and Narzhagat. We were nothing special - a r11/12, with a r8/9 and r8. But we worked - we were so efficient, well led, with a brilliant sense of teamwork. If anything, that's the true success story of Dwarrowdelf. Small groups like that. That's what we should all be proud of.
Finally, a mention to Szaranor. Szaranor and his many alts really took me under his paw and looked after me. He's the most decent guy in LOTRO. He taught me how to creep with honour, how to make ends meet freepside, and above all how to really play the game. I learned so much from him. Also thanks to the guys we rolled with towards the end of Dwarrow when I kinda returned creepside; Motherofdemons, Thinlegs (Bogo) and Grimfoot, all those guys. You've all been amazing.
I've missed so many, it's a shame. But seriously, even if I never mentioned you, thank you for being a part of Dwarrowdelf.
Thanks, Dwarrowdelf. Thanks for the memories. I'll never forget.
Dwarrowdelf-Gothash-R9 Reaver
@Celedreor-R5 Hunter
'Naked dwarf on fire. That can't be good.'
~ Sapience
I don't even remember most of mine...
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If a Malledhrim Soldier dies alone in the forest because of canceled quest, will it make a sound? ~Leixy
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Trip To Mount Abu
Trip To Mount Abu
Exchanges and development to landmarks.
Breakfast and Taxes.
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Driver Allowance.
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Lunch and Dinner.
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Day 1: Arrival Mount Abu(270 kms/5hrs)
Mount Abu Chittorgarh Tour- After breakfast look at from the lodging and hit the street to the main slope station of Rajasthan. You would see heaps of Rajasthani, Gujarati and remote sightseers here in the city, all to escape from the burning warmth of the state. Register with your lodging and after some rest, continue to spend the night on a pontoon ride at Nakki lake-bordered with flawless trees and cool wind. Investigate the Mall street and later have returned to lodging for medium-term remain.
Trip To Mount Abu
Day 3: Mount Abu city visit
– After breakfast start for city voyage through Mt. Abu. Visit Jain sanctuaries at Dilwara, mainstream for its praiseworthy marble work. Prajapita Brahmakumari-from where they say the learning of Raja Yoga is spread. Adhar Devi Temple-devoted to Goddess Durga, got its name on the grounds that the legend has it that "Adhar" of the Goddess god fell here. Achalgarh-its one of the numerous delightful medieval landmarks in Mount Abu that is encompassed by monstrous tower dividers and is arranged at the highest point of a mountain pinnacle and offers beautiful perspectives lasting through the year. Master Shikhar-is the most noteworthy point in Rajasthan and is home to the sanctuary of Dattatreya, a manifestation of Lord Vishnu. Special first night Point-is an appealing point for the guests for it being in the characteristic creation in the state of a man and a ladies, really alluring amid sunset.Overnight remain at Mt. Abu.
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Day 3 Mount Abu
Early in the morning, check-out from the hotel, and proceed towards Chittorgarh.The history of Chittorgarh dates back to the age of Mahabharata. It is said that Bhima – one of the Pandava brothers – stomped the ground so forcefully that a water body was created here, currently known as Bhimlat. In addition to this, this place showcases the golden time of yesteryears beautifully in the form of glorious palaces and courtyards.You can plan a visit to the Chittorgarh Palace, built back in the 8th century. The construction of this magnificent building was initiated by Bappa Rawal – the founder of the Mewar Dynasty. While exploring this historical monument, you can also pay homage to Goddess Kali at the Kalka Ji Temple. The palaces of Rani Padmini and Maharana Kumbha are among the most beautiful pieces of artwork in the complex. Vijay Stambha – the tower of victory – is another attraction that should not be missed while exploring the Chittorgarh Palace. It was constructed by Maharana Kumbha in the 15th century to celebrate his victory over Ala-ud-din Khilji. It took almost a decade to complete the construction of this nine-storey building. There is also a government museum in the premises of this fort that can be seen by history lovers.Later in the evening, return to the hotel and sleep the night away
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Day 4 : Dipart
– After breakfast, look at from the lodging and exchanges to Airport/Railway Station for your ahead adventure with recollections.


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No. 5 Xavier beats Creighton 98-93 for record-tying 26th win
Xavier wins on Senior night
Trevon Bluiett hit a pair of 3s that got fifth-ranked Xavier going in the second half, and the Musketeers matched their school record for regular-season victories by beating Creighton 98-93 on Saturday.
Xavier (26-4, 14-4) has clinched the No. 2 seed in the Big East tournament. The Musketeers' 2007-08 team also won 26 in the regular season on its way to the school's second NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance.
Creighton (18-13, 9-9) hit its shots early and led for most of the first half. Bluiett's 3-pointers sparked an 11-point run that opened the second half and put the Musketeers in control. They led by 18 before Creighton cut it to 91-88 with 1:12 to go.
Xavier held on with free throws and finished with a season high in points. Myles Davis had 24 points, including four free throws in the final minute. Bluiett finished with 17 as five Xavier players reached double figures.
James Milliken had 22 for Creighton, which fell to 4-29 all-time against Top 5 teams.
The Musketeers were coming off an up-and-down week - they knocked off then-No. 1 Villanova at home and lost at Seton Hall. They haven't lost back-to-back games all season.
The Bluejays beat Xavier 70-56 in Omaha on Feb. 9, holding the Musketeers to their lowest point total of the season. Xavier went only 1 of 21 from beyond the arc in that one.
The Musketeers had trouble getting their shots to fall at the outset on Saturday, missing their first four 3-point tries. Creighton took advantage and pulled ahead 14-5, with Cole Huff hitting three 3-pointers during the spurt. The Bluejays led by at least four until Xavier went on a 14-5 run of its own, tying it at 34.
Xavier closed the half with an 8-2 run for a 44-41 lead, its biggest of the game to that point. Forward James Farr - one of three seniors honored on the court pregame - made three straight baskets during the run.
Bluiett kept it going, hitting a pair of 3s as Xavier scored the first 11 points in the second half for a 55-41 lead that would hold up.
Xavier's 17-0 run over the end of the first half and the start of the second was its fifth this season of at least 17 straight points. The Musketeers have had spurts of 25, 21, 21, 17 and 17 points.
Xavier point guard Edmond Sumner picked up his third and fourth fouls a second apart at the start of the second half. He got back in the game and fouled out with 6:22 to go. He played only 12 minutes and had two points.
Creighton: Bluejays are 8-58 all-time against Top 10 teams, with the only road win coming at No. 4 Villanova on Jan. 20, 2014.
Xavier: Farr, Remy Abell and Kevin Coker were honored on court before the game for senior day.
Creighton: Big East tournament starts Wednesday.
Xavier: Has a first-round bye and will play a quarterfinal game on Thursday.


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Predict tomorrow. Deliver today.TM That's what digital marketing is all about, right? It's a tall order. As digital marketers, we look at analytics, trends, and KPIs, perform experiments, and lean on other talismans of the future to help clue us in to what works and what does not. But there is a second part to this success: delivering on those insights now. Delivering content and landing pages; websites and social posts. Delivering CRM integration and marketing automation. Get both the "predict" and the "deliver" parts right, and it's a killer combination.
Truth is, both the predicting part and the delivering part are going to get a lot more exciting and complex in the coming years. This creates an opportunity for you and your organization to leapfrog your competition. More on this in a moment.
Why do I say it's going to get more complex and more exciting? There are major developments afoot that will change the game—much sooner than you think. Digital marketing platforms are moving to the cloud, allowing them to be plugged in to massive computing power and make use of the quickly evolving AI landscape to help offload the burden of digital marketing upkeep. Even more importantly, more accurate insights into successes and failures will be more rapidly available. This union of AI and cloud-based marketing platforms is a powerful catalyst, reshaping the orthodoxy of digital engagement. What was good yesterday will barely be given a thought tomorrow. Add to this the seemingly endless creation of digital channels, and you get the upcoming explosion of both predicting and delivering.
To move from doing just the basics (what I call the "table stakes phase" of digital marketing), pull away from the crowd ("differentiation phase"), and even blow them away ("innovation phase"), you need to start thinking now about your tactics for predicting tomorrow and delivering today. This is how you leapfrog your competition—using the changing landscape to drive differentiation and innovation.
Let's break this down a bit more:
The "Table Stakes" Phase:If you are not already doing this, start NOW. At this point, a good content management capability paired with marketing automation, social marketing, web analytics, and mobile and site search components (for content heavy sites) are a must-have. You need both the platform and the ongoing content and processes to create and manage your digital presence. It's also crucial that you target your content to the applicable audience. You need to be doing this, and doing it well, before focusing on the other two phases, in which you pull away from your peers.
The Differentiation Phase:
Once you have the "table stakes" above in place, you can begin to focus on what differentiates you from your competitors. Those items include SEO/SEM tools, content tagging systems, customer experience mapping (sometimes called customer journey mapping or CX) and data visualization, and customer identification. Typically, in this phase, integration with other tools becomes increasingly important. Such integrations include CRM (or AMS) integration (for customer identification and tracking), ERP or Ecommerce integrations, and integrations with other digital marketing tools for analytics, retargeting, etc. The key to success in this phase is to embrace a 360-degree view of your customers. To do this, you must have a unified view of your customer interactions and identity. You will also need to focus on a smooth customer experience, no matter what channel they are using or what activity they are undertaking. Careful steps will need to be taken to ensure data quality and integrity. At this point, you can start to make use of AI and Machine Learning (ML) to analyze data and information about your customers as segments, cohorts, and individuals.
The Innovation Phase:Building on the data and platforms that make Differentiation Phase successful, you can now pull ahead of the pack. In this phase, the focus is on full use of AI and ML and omnichannel success. Key items of focus are deeper integrations with all aspects of your business, using a "digital first" concept that prioritizes digital across any and all customer interactions. Key tools include content repositories and digital asset management that allow content reuse and customization no matter the channel, as well as robust data management and visualization coupled with AI. Success at this phase may start to include a strategy and delivery execution of more cutting-edge channels, such as Voice-Activated Technology (VAT), Internet of Things (IoT), chatbots, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and wearables. This phase involves extensive use of AI and ML to help manage and create engagement no matter the channel, including AI-driven tagging, multi-variant testing, dynamic creative optimization, and deep personalization.
A practical note: As you think about how to embrace both predicting and delivering on the future, make sure you are selecting platforms and not just a tool. A tool is something that helps you get the work at hand done: Either it works, or it does not. A platform is both a tool and a strategic asset. It helps you today, but also sets you up to grow and handle the challenges of the future. A platform is not necessarily one piece of software (though it can be), but is an ecosystem of software and microservices working together to deliver a unified digital experience to your customers. In some cases, a unified platform (i.e., all the functions delivered by one piece of software) makes the most sense, as it cuts down on complexity and points of failure. In other cases, there is a strong argument to use "best-of-breed" solutions and integrate them together. The path that is right for you depends on many factors.
A common mistake that I see with clients is a focus on the tool and not the platform. That is to say, too much focus on what the tool does for you today, but not the roadmap into the future. By far, the most expensive part of any project is the labor and time to get everything working. This is not only the direct time and labor it takes, but also other, less easy to quantify costs, such as focus, energy, and opportunity costs. If you select the right platform, it will create a smooth progression into the future. If you don't, not only will your progress be hampered (and maybe even thwarted), but any progression will come at more cost of time, energy, and labor. If you need a quick starter set of questions to consider when looking at a platform, take a look at our CMS selection guide.This is what I mean by "Predict Tomorrow. Deliver Today." It is what we do, but also a call to look deeper into a vision of our collective future and the "chops" (and in some cases, scars) needed to deliver on that vision today. It is both strategy and action in equal parts. To think well and to do well. It is a formula for moving beyond the collective herd and into action that delivers results tomorrow as well as today. Free free to drop us a line anytime.


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UK champion of higher education teaching quality, the Higher Education Academy (HEA) today announced a 'Global Insights' partnership with international leadership development firm Ranmore.
Together, they will launch a series of horizon scanning workshops and development events in Australia and the USA throughout 2017.
The Global Insights events, will focus on international leadership development in higher education and will be open to delegates holding strategic positions in HEIs and HE sector bodies - from Chief Executives and Vice-Chancellors to members of senior leadership teams (PVCs, Deans and Directors) as well as senior academics and international higher education professionals.
HEA Director Olivia Fleming, who is responsible for the organisation's strategic support services for teaching, said: "We are delighted to be working more closely with Ranmore to engage with and support the development and learning of global leaders in HE. They have a well-established track record in this field and these international events will enable participants to explore global challenges around engaged learning, access, attainment, innovation and employability."
Taking place in a range of cities in 2017, including Melbourne, Sydney and Washington DC, each week-long residential programme will provide participants with the opportunity to debate strategic issues, examine emerging trends and consider the evolving local and global HE environment.
Dr Tom Kennie, Director of Ranmore said: "We are also delighted to be partnering with the HEA. Using our complementary international strengths, these events will provide a number of distinctive insights into global academic policy and practice as well as case studies of ways in which leaders and leadership teams are responding to the evolving external context for teaching, learning and research, locally and globally.
"From experience of similar global programmes, institutions are increasingly using these events as opportunities for more in-depth horizon scanning as well as exploring potential international links and new networks. Using Ranmore's unique profiling system, the events also provide an opportunity for leaders to reflect on their personal capabilities as a globally engaged leader."
Olivia Fleming said: "At this stage we encourage anyone interested in attending to save the dates and confirm an expression of interest in attending as we anticipate high demand for places."
Event dates confirmed include:
1. The Australian Experience – Focusing on Globally Engaged Learning, Research and Academic Innovation, Melbourne & Sydney, 12 - 17 February, 2017
2. The US Experience - Focusing on Access, Attainment and Analytics – Washington DC, Virginia and Baltimore, 1 - 6 October, 2017
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UNICEF Innovation Fund Is Exploring The Curves of Blockchain Tech Projects
According to the recent announcement, UNICEF Innovation Fund invests around $100,000 in 6 firms to develop and build blockchain projects.
This Innovation Fund was purposefully announced to finance open-source and early evolving technology helping the children. It recognizes the solutions in technical areas including blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, deep learning, quantum computing, etc.
The recent announcement reads "Fund is planning to invest around $100,000 in Atix Labs, a software development firm at Argentina, tech companies Onesmart and Prescrypto at Mexico, a startup Statwig at India, Tunisian apps modeling startup Utopixar, along with web apps development company W3 Engineers at Bangladesh."
The firms prepare to individually build prototypes | systems that will address global issues including
- Transparency in healthcare delivery,
- Affordable access to mobile communications,
- Ability to allocate finances/resources in social initiatives
This new introducing firms will further join 20 other tech startups. The new startups coming in are already under management by the Fund. Moreover, they operate in sectors such as drones, data science, and virtual reality.
The news also says that the investments will be part of a greater blockchain initiative at UNICEF. This project will use smart contracts for purpose of organizational efficiency. Meanwhile, they will infuse efforts to explore and learn about distributive ledger technology (DLT). Moreover, the Principal Adviser at UNICEF Innovation, Chris Fabian states,
Blockchain technology is still at an early stage. There is a great deal of experimentation, failure, and learning ahead of us. We can see how, and where, we can use this technology to create a better world.
Back in April, UNICEF at Australia initiates to let public use their system's processing power for mining cryptocurrency as a means to donate charity. Also, the digital brand content manager at UNICEF, Tony Andres Tang was providing his full support.
Moreover, in February, UNICEF starts a charity drive relatively for Syrian children. They were asking PC gamers to make use of their system to mine Ethereum and in return donate their earnings. UNICEF purely focuses on driving the bright future for children by this program. As, this drive will give children access to education, water, along with health and hygiene services.
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Panasonic Biomedical Sales Europe B.V. has introduced two new TwinGuard Ultra Low Temperature Upright Freezers. The new models include enhanced features that improve the footprint and ease-of-use of the TwinGuard range for highly secure storage of high value samples. The new MDF-DU502VX-PE and MDF-DU702VX-PE provide an internal capacity of 528 litres and 729 litres, respectively.
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TwinGuard Ultra Low Temperature Freezers with Dual Cooling Technology offer the highest level of security for high-value samples. Alongside exceptional ease-of-use and data monitoring, the Dual Cooling System provides the highest level of protection. The two independent refrigeration systems provide a reliable and exceptionally stable -86°C ultra low temperature environment. If one system unexpectedly fails, the other can maintain the freezer in the -70°C range until service can be arranged.
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Building upon this core technology, Panasonic has upgraded its TwinGuard Ultra Low Temperature Upright Freezers even further with the changing needs of its customers in mind.
The new models also feature a flexible shelf layout with multiple shelf configurations that enable a wider variety of storage options. Existing inventory racks can be transferred into the new freezers.
A new colour LCD touch panel allows full user control, even with gloved hands, while the USB port makes transferring logged data to a PC convenient.
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The lonewolf developer of GNOBSD doesn't have much information on his website, but he does offer links to torrents. I'd like to know where he maintains and provides sources. Are they contained in the image(s) or available in a separate location? Since this is based on Gnome, and most of Gnome is GPLv2/3, he is required to provide his sources along with makefiles and patches, etc.
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I know, weird name for a title. How can there be joy in pain? Pain hurts. How is there joy in that? Well, let me tell you my story.
See, I'm no stranger to pain. There is more than one kind of pain too. I happen to be familiar with both physical and emotional pain. Most of the time I just push it out of my mind. Back about five years ago my daughter was offered an opportunity to go live out of state with my folks. My daughter asked me for advice. Knowing myself, that naturally I'd want her to stay I sidestepped her question and told her that in some cultures she'd be considered a woman, so she'd have to make her own choice and live with the consequences of it. She did, and she flew out the day before my birthday.
Four months later I was fired from my job due to my disabilities. To be fair, I can't blame them. They tried working with me, but I was gone more than I was there. Between diabetes and chronic pain, lower back and neck, the amount I could endure got less and less. It wasn't their fault. From a business point of view, I was unstable and they had to let me go. It wasn't my fault either. I couldn't help that my conditions were getting worse. At first I could barely get through an eight hour day and throw up. Then it was a six hour day. Then four. Then I was let go. It was good my daughter had left by that point. She left in August of 2013 and they fired me January 4th of 2014. By this point I was so bad that to be up for ten to twenty minutes caused vomiting. In Oct of 2014 I had cervical decompression and fusion on C5 through C7. That helped some. Now I can generally go for extended lengths with out getting sick, but I still have to be mindful and not over do it, which is still way too easy. As a result I have gone from being fairly active, where I could walk eight miles in a day, to very sedentary, where doing one mile is difficult. It's not about being slightly winded that I worry about. It's my back reacting to it and spending the next few days or more resting and recovering from it.
There is also dealing with the diabetes, that throws in even more fun. I'm brittle without exercise, add in exercise and it just gets crazy. As a result I carry a bag of supplies with me; a glucagon pen, a 1 liter soda (I prefer to use soda first. I find it's easier and faster). I also sometimes have seizures, which the diabetes makes me more susceptible to seizures. I've been known to grab a candy bar or soda and start drinking it before I pay for it. I get some weird looks for doing that too.
About a year ago I finalized the divorce, ending a marriage of twenty years. It's not that I stopped loving her, it's it was killing me. The stress of having to deal with her was just to much. With her being a multiple personality (D.I.D), PTSD, and so on, it just wore me down. For me, the hardest part was when she'd enter a psychosis and leave for a period of time. This was why my daughter was offered a chance to move. It was affecting her.
So to summarize, daughter leaving, disabilities took me out of work and greatly limited what I can do, and an end to a twenty year marriage. There's emotional and physical pain right there. So where's the joy?
The other day I discovered a song by I am They, called Scars. I immediately fell in love with the song. It reminded me that one, we're not alone. It also reminded me that our scars have a purpose, that our pain can be used to minister to others. Also, our story isn't done yet. Finally, He bore our scars to show us His heart.
Trust me, it's easy to get caught up in the moment, in the pain. All you can think about is the pain and how you just want it to end. But knowing that there is a purpose and a hope, that doesn't exactly make it easier, but it does make it bearable. Knowing that what I'm going through can help someone, there's the joy in the pain. Knowing that there's a purpose, even if I can't see it, that's at least some comfort.


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Asked question about my cheque on Friday, at some point I'm "now chatting to Chris" but it seems Chris doesn't want to chat with me
I imagine that Chris probably hasn't finished searching each and every Royal Mail sorting office between you and the Monzo PO box, which is why the investigation is taking a while
For clarity, this was tongue in cheek
Would you have felt better had you not been told that Chris had joined, and ultimately you were just left in the "waiting to be assigned" phase?
I'd prefer, hey Charlie I'm Chris I'm the specialist that is looking into this for you however it can take x-y amount of days for me to complete the necessary checks
Did you just open the chat to see what's going on or did you get a notification that there was a new message?
Yeah I would be perfectly fine with a message like this.
I have received "" before as the initial message, which I sort of liked, I assume meaning "I'm looking at this now for you", but after an hour it was deleted and the COp left the chat without comment.
I don't want to talk to you either
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No turkey today for me: it's duck all the way. Not a big eater of the gobbler, but love a duck slow cooked on the grill, so that's where it's at today, taking advantage of what will likely be the last 60 degree day for some time. Then eat, rest, computer time–I have some programs I want to check out–then writing.
Back to the NaNo, which is down to its last four chapters, and may inch over sixty thousand words tonight if I'm lucky. The wordage tells me that I may, just may, hit seventy thousand words when this is over, which is a good thing, because that puts it in an area where I can shop it in a lot of places if I go that route.
So all is good there. Just get through the holiday–or as Rocky called it, "Thursday"–and move to the next day, which will not involve shopping. Stick your Black Friday where the sun is non-luminescent: I'll be here.
This is, so I'm told, the day to give thanks. Okay, thanks. There you go, I've done given them. I know what I have thanks for, and what I don't–
There are a number of people on social media–and you know what social media I'm talking about–who like to put up pictures of stuff from like the 1960's and '70's, and ask, "Hey, Like if you remember this!" or "Like this if you remember how great your childhood was!" or "Like this if you weren't stoned on heroin by the time you were in college." Okay, maybe not so much that last one, but you know what I'm talking about.
There always seems to be a rush to some nostalgic time in a person's life where they talk about how cool it was to run around outside barefoot, or having your parent yell out the backdoor that it was time for dinner, and no one hovered over them while they played. (Oh, and for the meme going around that the people born in the 1950's and '60's were the last to play out in the street: come to my neighborhood. You'll be surprised.)
One thing you should know about the past: it wasn't as great as you remembered. There were a lot of interesting things that happened back in them days, but compared to today–naw, I'll stay in the future.
Sure, you had hand cranked kitchen appliances, and rotary phones, and maybe a TV that was the size of a Buick–but the chances are also good that you probably grew up for a while without air conditioning (as I did), and if you lived in any part of the country that had brutal summers (in other words, everywhere), there were probably more than a few times when you couldn't get to sleep because it was 80 degrees outside, and the humidity was 85 percent, and there wasn't a breeze in sight, so you laid there and suffered, hoping you passed out from exhaustion very, very soon.
It wasn't always easy to make a long distance call; I can still remember my mother having to get an operator if she wanted to call her parents in Florida, because those long distant direct dial systems weren't always working. And if you wanted to call someone overseas, you usually went through an operator, and then your call was routed through an undersea cable–as happened with the first international call I made in 1989. The echo was fantastic, let me tell you. These days, I can pretty much call seventy percent of the world while I'm driving down the road if I know the number.
As for that huge TV: three networks, plus a couple of local shows if you happened to live near a city big enough to support them. For the longest time in the Chicago area, it was CBS, NBC, ABC, WGN, WTTW, and WFLD–or, Channels 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 32. You watched what they gave you, and you were happy–mostly. And none of those stations ran twenty four hours; leave any station on long enough, and that damn Star Spangled Banner was gonna blast you awake at some point.
Oh, sure: go ahead and bitch about there being nothing on TV, but I can get my favorite shows out of the UK six hours after they were broadcast there–or faster, if I hop on my computer and look for an upload of the episode. If you can't find something to watch across eight hundred channels, you're not trying.
Speaking of computes . . . when I was growing up, they were either something you saw in science fiction, or they filled a room and pumped out enough heat to cook today's dinner. When I went to school to get my degree in computers, I was on of the first lab techs to rule the roost when we got out own computer–an IBM Series-1. We had the Model 3, with 32 kilobytes of memory to run our COBOL and RPG programs. Yeah, you heard me: 32k of memory. Kept that a year, then moved up to an IBM System 34, with 64 kilobytes of memory, 128 megabytes of hard drive storage, and enough tools to make your programming experience a sweet one. Yeah, baby: we were cookin' with gas!
Today I fire up my laptop, connect to my wireless router, and I'm working here, in the cloud–from whence this blog post cometh–and chatting with people all over the world. I can take it with me and work just about anywhere. I have access to as much information and as many cat pictures as I can handle, and if I want to see what the city I'm writing about looks like, I can call it up on a map and get ideas for a story–as I'm doing with my NaNo Novel this year.
Science and medicine . . . if you forget for a moment that you might not be able to pay for treatment, if you can, you'll probably beat most most stuff that's out to get you. As a child I was often afflicted with parasites of the lower intestine, and it wasn't pleasant. My daughter has never had to worry about that. Most of the time you can get something to help you with illness by going to the story and buying it over the counter. If you have high blood pressure, or high cholesterol, or depression, you can get something to help with that.
When I was a kid, if you had something with one of your organs, you were gone. Today, we have transplants. I was still getting tuberculosis tests until the fourth grade, and since I always came up with a false positive, I'd have to go off and have a chest x-ray, just to be sure that my lungs weren't bleeding out on me. My daughter only knows of these things through school–the same with polio and smallpox. We haven't figured out how to cure everything these days, but in the 1960's, a lot of things that could kill you back then are only bad memories today.
I am a huge geek when it comes to space, and the 1960's was a good time to be alive if you followed anything in orbit. But I also remember reading in school science books that, as far as anyone knew, it was possible there were canals on Mars, and those clouds covering Venus could hide a huge, planet-wide jungle filled with dinosaurs! Then the Mariner space probes came along and spoiled it all . . .
Or did they? We know that Venus is about as strange a world as they come, where the heat will kill ya if the air pressure didn't–we won't mention the acid rain. And while Mars doesn't have canals, there are cannons as big as the U.S., old volcanoes that rise twenty-seven kilometers above the plains upon which it sits, And huge depressions that were likely sea beds at one time. It is, for me, a world of wonder–
As are the other planets–and smaller bodies, too–in the solar system. We've visited every planet and taken pictures of them and their moons, we've sent probes to comets and asteroids, and in a few years we'll have our first look look at Pluto. We're discovering planets around other stars, sometimes with the help of amateurs who are given access to data collected by the larger scopes, or by data from orbiting satellites–or even using their own equipment. To paraphrase a line from Goodfellas, "It's a glorious time to look at the cosmos."
Believe it or not, there are a lot of things that are far better for people in terms of how things are done socially these days, than they were when I was a kid. In the 1950's and 1960's, it was hard to vote in some places if you were black; if you were a woman, getting an abortion or contraceptives were difficult, impossible, or illegal. Some states didn't allow people of different ethnicities to marry. And if you were LGBT, you damn well had better stay in that closet–or else.
It's not quite perfect, mostly because you've still got idiots roaming about who are scared of all the the stuff in that last paragraph, but it's getting there. Just about anyone can get married regardless skin color, and people are becoming far cooling with gays being allowed the same. It's going to happen everywhere, and in time the anti-marriage equality people will be a bad memory, just as were the people against people of different ethnicities getting married.
LGBT people are becoming far more a part of life than they ever were "back in my day". Neil Patrick Harris is pretty much a household name; Ellen DeGeneres and Rachel Maddow are all over TV; George Takei . . . oh, myyyyyyyy. Enough said.
It's not a perfect world for LGBT, but it's a hell of a lot better than things were before Stonewall. How many people my age remember Rock Hudson's life, spelled out in the same fashion as Neil Patrick Harris'? No, you don't. People didn't know about his life, because coming out as a gay man, in the 1960's, would have destroyed him as an actor. We don't remember much of his life: we only remember his death.
I don't look back. For me, there were a lot of interesting things that happened, too many to recount, so many that shaped me. But I'll never post something like the picture of a cassette tape and say, "Remember these? Like them if they remind you of a better time!", because all I remember was when the damn things were eaten by your tape player, turning Benny and the Jets or Bohemian Rhapsody into some gibbering, fever dream creature straight outta Lovecraft, and your normal reaction was to curse loudly, eject the sucker, and toss it in a bin or, as I often did, out the window of your car as you cruised down the highway going sixty.
Forward, I say. Let the past collect dust, and keep it there to use as a reference–but don't kid yourself that it was super fantastic adventure time . . .
That's coming on in twenty minutes. And if you're busy on the computer, DVR it.
We can do those things today, you know?


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Here's How Bath & Body Works is Getting Into Skincare This Spring!
Need a new sleeping mask? How about some makeup brushes? Bath & Body Works Skincare and accessories is a reality at the moment and only growing bigger with each season! It all started with a few facial sheet masks and it's spiral into a ton of other options now.
This Spring, you'll find a host of new sleeping masks that are $10.50 each and contain Hyaluronic Acid as well as mango, watermelon, or cucumber. Each mask can be worn overnight and act to hydrate and plump skin.
There's also a new range of Clay and Peel Off Masks as well as a line of makeup brushes. I do wonder if color cosmetics are on the horizon at some point!
What do you think?
And most importantly, would you buy them?