Re: Off-Topic Topic
Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 6:39 pm
It's technically not proof. An image isn't proof of happiness, you'd have to witness it yourself. But I'd agree with what it's trying to say.
Personally I think you're happy when you have something to strive for. Not solely during your work attempts, I've no doubt there are people who can be content sitting around doing "nothing"... If you've accomplished what you want already. But working, it's something to keep yourself and your mind busy with. If you're given everything immediately, you're happy at the time, at first, but you get bored of it. But if you start out struggling, and work towards what you want, I think you'll kind of learn to be happy, and be happier in the end... You hurt at first, you struggle, and then your work pays off eventually.
Just my opinion.
... Hello again. :p Just for a little bit. Hope no one misses me, considering I disappear a lot... I find things to do. Made a few friends... boyfriend... AHEM ALRIGHT.
Played a few games since the last time I've been here, free-to-play. Not as animal-relevant as you guys typically hope for, sorry... But I'll try to remember them, maybe you'll find something you enjoy in them. Maybe not! No harm.
• Path of Exile -- Action RPG, 18+ or only 13+ if approved by guardians. 3rd person. Instances - if you're solo you're in an area alone, if you're in a party you'll load up in the same area. Extreme skill tree, and NOT pay-to-win last I was aware.
• Minecraft : Feed The Beast -- Various mod compilations for Minecraft, in its own launcher. Includes a dozen aesthetics blocks, technology, beekeeping, Thaumcraft - basically magic - extra biomes, and more; check their Wiki for more info. You can add or remove mods you don't want as well.
• TERA -- WARNING Typical MMORPG! 18+ or only 13+ if approved by guardians. Female classes might just be a bit too sexualized, as typical... However, fun character customization, and fun graphics for the most part. Typical leveling up and grinding, though, so I lost interest.
• Dragon's Prophet (EU) or (? NA?) -- Another MMORPG, 18+ or only 13+ if approved by guardians, only it revolves around... taming dragons! It's a closed beta as far as I'm aware, and varies depending which site you register on. Good luck getting in!
• StarMade -- Space game. A bit Minecraft style'd - yes, it uses blocks, but it's hardly a clone. Rather new, frequently updated typically two times a day. Create your ship however you like, buy new parts from the stores scattered about your system or destroy and salvage ships and asteroids. Just careful about the heat-seeking missiles...
• Warframe -- Sci-fi action, Co-Op (PvP planned), 13+. It looks relatively nice, you have a range of moves and abilities that are rather fun - jump attacks, slide attacks, wall running, etc. But after a bit it just feels like grinding. If you want a different Warframe, you farm the specific boss for 3 blueprints - chassis, helmet, systems. Gather materials for each of those, then build and wait 12 hours... then buy the Warframe blueprint itself from the store, and build it and wait 3 days. It's time consuming and tiresome, feels much more like they're pushing you towards spending money instead. But I definitely say it's worth a try.
• The Hunter -- Hunting game. Sorry! Looks real nice if your computer can handle it, relatively realistic - although you can find a few rocks that hover, definitely. But it's painfully realistic - sometimes you gotta be real patient to find a good deer, and running around's gonna scare them off too much, which means you gotta track them for longer... Yeah. Plus you gotta pay to hunt anything else than mule deer, or do a dozen "free" offers, OR win competitions (which you CAN win, I have) to get currency.
• The Hidden -- Multiplayer ... HL2 mod? 1 player, the Hidden, vs the rest of the players; The Hidden is invisible, fast, can cling to surfaces (apparently?), and your goal is to kill the other players. Other players - find and kill the Hidden. Pretty spooky, supposed to scare you. You're can manage to install it onto Steam without Half Life 2, but I've had a .dll error - irrelevant to owning/not owning HL2 - so haven't been able to try it out. Looks like fun though, definitely if you can play at a LAN party and everyone's screaming. Check out some videos, can be funny. :p
WIP games that I've been following...
• The Curious Expedition -- "A roguelike-strategy-puzzle-game set in the late 19th century in which you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before." Includes dinosaurs. :D 2D, looks very nice personally, and they've said they're trying to put out a demo sometime. Don't know if it's planned to be free or not, when finished.
• $ Banished -- City-building strategy. More medieval, older times than modern. It looks simplistic, nice, and fun... Although it may just get too repetitive or boring after a while, if you're more action oriented. Developer said he's trying to put out a demo sometime, too. Expecting it to cost money, and be released on Steam.
• Stone Rage / 2nd link -- Free to play, 3rd person, multiplayer action... Set in Pleistocene and Eocene eras. You'll be able to play as humans, neanderthals, and animals in deathmatch, survival, or team objectives. The environments look nice - I'm one for environments - and it looks like it has potential. Still feels a bit too soon to be expectant, though.
• Bless -- MMORPG, most likely 18+; very little information on them from what I'm aware. It looks AMAZING, but that might just mean the gameplay itself isn't great.
$ Divinity II: Ego Draconis -- Actiony, roleplaying... eventually grants you the ability to turn into a dragon, but you have to buy the game, and you run around as a human for a good bit still anyways. Whatever you kill doesn't respawn, I think - I could be wrong though. There is a demo you can try, but it's still just a fraction of time that you can try out being a dragon. I didn't like the feel of it, personally.
Personally I think you're happy when you have something to strive for. Not solely during your work attempts, I've no doubt there are people who can be content sitting around doing "nothing"... If you've accomplished what you want already. But working, it's something to keep yourself and your mind busy with. If you're given everything immediately, you're happy at the time, at first, but you get bored of it. But if you start out struggling, and work towards what you want, I think you'll kind of learn to be happy, and be happier in the end... You hurt at first, you struggle, and then your work pays off eventually.
Just my opinion.
... Hello again. :p Just for a little bit. Hope no one misses me, considering I disappear a lot... I find things to do. Made a few friends... boyfriend... AHEM ALRIGHT.
Played a few games since the last time I've been here, free-to-play. Not as animal-relevant as you guys typically hope for, sorry... But I'll try to remember them, maybe you'll find something you enjoy in them. Maybe not! No harm.
• Path of Exile -- Action RPG, 18+ or only 13+ if approved by guardians. 3rd person. Instances - if you're solo you're in an area alone, if you're in a party you'll load up in the same area. Extreme skill tree, and NOT pay-to-win last I was aware.
• Minecraft : Feed The Beast -- Various mod compilations for Minecraft, in its own launcher. Includes a dozen aesthetics blocks, technology, beekeeping, Thaumcraft - basically magic - extra biomes, and more; check their Wiki for more info. You can add or remove mods you don't want as well.
• TERA -- WARNING Typical MMORPG! 18+ or only 13+ if approved by guardians. Female classes might just be a bit too sexualized, as typical... However, fun character customization, and fun graphics for the most part. Typical leveling up and grinding, though, so I lost interest.
• Dragon's Prophet (EU) or (? NA?) -- Another MMORPG, 18+ or only 13+ if approved by guardians, only it revolves around... taming dragons! It's a closed beta as far as I'm aware, and varies depending which site you register on. Good luck getting in!
• StarMade -- Space game. A bit Minecraft style'd - yes, it uses blocks, but it's hardly a clone. Rather new, frequently updated typically two times a day. Create your ship however you like, buy new parts from the stores scattered about your system or destroy and salvage ships and asteroids. Just careful about the heat-seeking missiles...
• Warframe -- Sci-fi action, Co-Op (PvP planned), 13+. It looks relatively nice, you have a range of moves and abilities that are rather fun - jump attacks, slide attacks, wall running, etc. But after a bit it just feels like grinding. If you want a different Warframe, you farm the specific boss for 3 blueprints - chassis, helmet, systems. Gather materials for each of those, then build and wait 12 hours... then buy the Warframe blueprint itself from the store, and build it and wait 3 days. It's time consuming and tiresome, feels much more like they're pushing you towards spending money instead. But I definitely say it's worth a try.
• The Hunter -- Hunting game. Sorry! Looks real nice if your computer can handle it, relatively realistic - although you can find a few rocks that hover, definitely. But it's painfully realistic - sometimes you gotta be real patient to find a good deer, and running around's gonna scare them off too much, which means you gotta track them for longer... Yeah. Plus you gotta pay to hunt anything else than mule deer, or do a dozen "free" offers, OR win competitions (which you CAN win, I have) to get currency.
• The Hidden -- Multiplayer ... HL2 mod? 1 player, the Hidden, vs the rest of the players; The Hidden is invisible, fast, can cling to surfaces (apparently?), and your goal is to kill the other players. Other players - find and kill the Hidden. Pretty spooky, supposed to scare you. You're can manage to install it onto Steam without Half Life 2, but I've had a .dll error - irrelevant to owning/not owning HL2 - so haven't been able to try it out. Looks like fun though, definitely if you can play at a LAN party and everyone's screaming. Check out some videos, can be funny. :p
WIP games that I've been following...
• The Curious Expedition -- "A roguelike-strategy-puzzle-game set in the late 19th century in which you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before." Includes dinosaurs. :D 2D, looks very nice personally, and they've said they're trying to put out a demo sometime. Don't know if it's planned to be free or not, when finished.
• $ Banished -- City-building strategy. More medieval, older times than modern. It looks simplistic, nice, and fun... Although it may just get too repetitive or boring after a while, if you're more action oriented. Developer said he's trying to put out a demo sometime, too. Expecting it to cost money, and be released on Steam.
• Stone Rage / 2nd link -- Free to play, 3rd person, multiplayer action... Set in Pleistocene and Eocene eras. You'll be able to play as humans, neanderthals, and animals in deathmatch, survival, or team objectives. The environments look nice - I'm one for environments - and it looks like it has potential. Still feels a bit too soon to be expectant, though.
• Bless -- MMORPG, most likely 18+; very little information on them from what I'm aware. It looks AMAZING, but that might just mean the gameplay itself isn't great.
$ Divinity II: Ego Draconis -- Actiony, roleplaying... eventually grants you the ability to turn into a dragon, but you have to buy the game, and you run around as a human for a good bit still anyways. Whatever you kill doesn't respawn, I think - I could be wrong though. There is a demo you can try, but it's still just a fraction of time that you can try out being a dragon. I didn't like the feel of it, personally.
I'm sooo happy!! I haven't had pudding in 3 years!
