FFXI imitates life (FFXI)
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thistlechaserJust like RL, I wish and hope and can't wait for time off, then when it arrives I'm bored because I have nothing I have to do. Tonight was the first night in more than a week where nothing was scheduled on-game. Yay! A day off!
...*wanders through various webpages because there's nothing on-game to do*...
There's just no pleasing me! Heh heh.
Made some bullets for Bara, but only half the amount I wanted to due to lack of iron.
Then went chocobo digging, and wow, most profitable trip ever. Ever, by a long shot. Part of it was luck: I was the only (or nearly only) digger in the Jungle for 15 minutes or so. During that time I got 6 ebony logs (10K each), 1 petrified log (30K), and 5 rosewood logs (5K each, if I were to sell them, going to keep to craft.) On top of that, a large assortment of other stuff. Too soon other diggers showed up and it was back to normal for our server (one item for every three stacks of greens) so I moved on. Went to the Canyon and from there to Meri Mountains. Picked up three (three!) gold beastcoins (20K each).
Unfortunately as soon as I hit item #100, I was "fatigued". Worst part was that I had about 15 stacks of greens left on me! And I appeared to be the only digger in the Mountains! $&#@$&
So on one hand, I agree with the people who say that chocobo digging was nerfed a hell of a lot worse than fishing. (Imagine fishing if you could only catch 100 fish in a 24 hour period, and you have NO control what fish those were. 50 rusty buckets, 45 rusty leggings, and 5 of the fish you were hoping for? Sucks to be you! Come back tomorrow!)
On the other, this trip was amazingly nice. (But recall that my first try in the new system was worse than usual.) Plus I can't kill my hand by digging for hours on end. Plus, as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
genomeffxi said elsewhere, limiting digging forces it to be a small part of your day instead of the whole day. (But on the other hand (woo, so many hands!) why can't I decide how much of my day to spend on something?)
So for me, the jury is still out. I'll keep trying a few more times and see how it goes.
Oh, and the new Striking a Balance quest in Whitegate? Slashiest thing ever. Those two guys were so cute! And so so so totally in love. I just wish one of them hadn't been an elf, because I kept getting distracted byhis dress how long his neck was.
Edit: And I really, really wish Besieged would get fixed. Assuming it's broken. All our mob forces have been at 99 for days now, yet I'm told there was an attack this morning. I haven't caught an attack since Monday night! >< *pokes the numbers*
...*wanders through various webpages because there's nothing on-game to do*...
There's just no pleasing me! Heh heh.
Made some bullets for Bara, but only half the amount I wanted to due to lack of iron.
Then went chocobo digging, and wow, most profitable trip ever. Ever, by a long shot. Part of it was luck: I was the only (or nearly only) digger in the Jungle for 15 minutes or so. During that time I got 6 ebony logs (10K each), 1 petrified log (30K), and 5 rosewood logs (5K each, if I were to sell them, going to keep to craft.) On top of that, a large assortment of other stuff. Too soon other diggers showed up and it was back to normal for our server (one item for every three stacks of greens) so I moved on. Went to the Canyon and from there to Meri Mountains. Picked up three (three!) gold beastcoins (20K each).
Unfortunately as soon as I hit item #100, I was "fatigued". Worst part was that I had about 15 stacks of greens left on me! And I appeared to be the only digger in the Mountains! $&#@$&
So on one hand, I agree with the people who say that chocobo digging was nerfed a hell of a lot worse than fishing. (Imagine fishing if you could only catch 100 fish in a 24 hour period, and you have NO control what fish those were. 50 rusty buckets, 45 rusty leggings, and 5 of the fish you were hoping for? Sucks to be you! Come back tomorrow!)
On the other, this trip was amazingly nice. (But recall that my first try in the new system was worse than usual.) Plus I can't kill my hand by digging for hours on end. Plus, as
genomeffxi said elsewhere, limiting digging forces it to be a small part of your day instead of the whole day. (But on the other hand (woo, so many hands!) why can't I decide how much of my day to spend on something?)So for me, the jury is still out. I'll keep trying a few more times and see how it goes.
Oh, and the new Striking a Balance quest in Whitegate? Slashiest thing ever. Those two guys were so cute! And so so so totally in love. I just wish one of them hadn't been an elf, because I kept getting distracted by
Edit: And I really, really wish Besieged would get fixed. Assuming it's broken. All our mob forces have been at 99 for days now, yet I'm told there was an attack this morning. I haven't caught an attack since Monday night! >< *pokes the numbers*
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Date: 2006-07-28 04:32 am (UTC)Also, it's *scary* how some of the ToAU cutscenes are completely in character for Cydori. The one with the mercenaries and the woman in the merchants' area? Totally what she'd do.
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Date: 2006-07-28 04:39 am (UTC)I hope there are more quests with those two guys. That whole sequence was so much fun.
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Date: 2006-07-28 08:51 am (UTC)About the quest, it's a quest so I did it of course, but I thought the elvaan was a girl with short hair until like the 5th cutscene when the thugs say 'look at him'.
I can't tell the difference with elvaan, both males and females have the same amount of cleavage, pale skin, skinny arms, fancy hair.
The guy in fisherman's gear is my same face model.
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Date: 2006-07-28 01:42 pm (UTC)*laughs* yes. The BST armor (dress) didn't help matters!
And on digging, yeah. I'd be surprised if they didn't adjust the numbers (either up or down) in time.
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Date: 2006-07-28 11:26 am (UTC)Ohhh Thistle... That's one of the most Republican things you've ever said... I'm so proud!^^
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Date: 2006-07-28 01:39 pm (UTC)You gave me a good laugh this morning! :D
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Date: 2006-07-28 06:12 pm (UTC)A Republican is much more likely to say "You work 40 hours a week, You should be able to keep all of that money; and because we know you have a strong faith, you will do what is right and contribute to charity and responsible causes and programs."
A Democrat is much more likely to say "You work 40 hours a week. Because we're not sure what your moral persuation is since we advocate people being allowed to do just about anything, we need to take a portion from you and give it to the people and causes we support because you can't be trusted to do it on your own."
Again.. just another political ramble my me...
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Date: 2006-07-28 09:44 pm (UTC)That much is based soundly on fact, just looking at policies and such. ;3 (Much as I wish some companies would get cracked down on... *coughoilcompaniescough*)
How it applies to the original concept: Chocobo digging is more an economic statement than anything. Thus it would fall more under a republican mindset in being able to do what you want with your earned time/money! :D You're still a crazy liberal, don't worry. ;3 *patpats*
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Date: 2006-07-28 09:50 pm (UTC)...buh? So under the republican mindset I could go get an abortion in my time? Because I earned the time and that's what I want to do in it? :)
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Date: 2006-07-28 10:37 pm (UTC)I meant you want to do what you want with your time/money to earn money, thus the economic freedom standpoint...
So if I wanted to prostitute myself for money, that'd be okay with Reublicans? :) Because legalized prostitution is something I'm for (jokes aside), but I don't believe that Republicans would agree with me. :)
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Date: 2006-07-28 11:26 pm (UTC)And I find it very funny that you can't wrap your head around Republicans thinking it's ok to do things freely. It's just a matter of being within moral reason. You can have fun and do what you want without treading that line, you know. It -is- possible. ;3 I have fun and do what I want daily and I don't have to push that 'progressive' line, or even come close.
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Date: 2006-07-29 06:18 am (UTC)There's moral questioning in prostitution, drugs, alcohol, gambling, etc...
Well, see, that's the issue, you stick "moral" into everything. "You can do what you like... as long as it's moral." You can't put a condition on things -- either people are free or not.
I'm talking about if you want to work at some existing company or if you want to start your own business selling flowers or something.
A prostitute, a blue collar worker, and a drug dealer all make money. From your last comment: I meant you want to do what you want with your time/money to earn money, thus the economic freedom standpoint.
And I find it very funny that you can't wrap your head around Republicans thinking it's ok to do things freely.
No no no no no. I'm boggling at Republicans' attempts to use the word "free". You cannot say "You're free to do anything... so long as it's moral". Can't you see that those two things are opposite? You're free or you're not. You can't be "conditionally free".
It's just a matter of being within moral reason.
And back to the argument this always leads to. Who gets to decide "moral"? My moral and your moral are a heck of a lot different.
You can have fun and do what you want without treading that line, you know. It -is- possible.
I'm pulling every single hair on my head out. :P WHO gets to draw that line? Why does anyone? You are an adult. I am an adult. Why can we not be trusted to make our own decisions on things? In Bara's comment (which you agreed with) he implied that Republicans trusted people to do the right thing. Yet I'm seeing anything but trust here.
This boggles me so much and makes me so sad. I'm 100% and perfectly fine with you drawing the line for you, but where does anyone get the right to decide that for other adults?
Don't you see? You are not talking about freedom. Or rather, it's like a dog: Free... as far as the leash permits him to go. You cannot put a condition on freedom.
You're an adult, I am an adult. We should get to decide what is right for our own lives. If you want to believe in the Bible and I want to use the FFXI Gamebook as my Bible, we should both have that right. If you want to eat meat and I want to live on dog poop for the rest of my life, that should be our choice. If you want to have sex with a man and I want to have sex with a lamp, we should be able to. If you don't like the idea of having sex with lamps, then don't do it. I have no right to tell you to do it any more than you have to tell me not to.
...well, this didn't help make me sleepy. :P
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Date: 2006-07-29 04:52 pm (UTC)This boggles me so much and makes me so sad. I'm 100% and perfectly fine with you drawing the line for you, but where does anyone get the right to decide that for other adults?
That's where democracy comes in. The majority makes the choices for the nation. If it's majority in your favor, I have to suck it up and deal with it. If it's majority in my favor, you have to do the same.
I don't get that you don't get my idea of freedom, because you put limitations on it too. It's ok to do something as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. I hear that so often from you. Congratulations, you're infringing on a murderer's right to kill someone, or a rapist's right to molest little girls. Total and utter freedom would lead to a collapse of civilized society. There is no such thing as complete freedom, but we're just about as close to it as you can get. There's always a line to be drawn. People just disagree -where- it should be drawn. But I think we can both agree that there is a line. :3
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Date: 2006-07-31 04:17 pm (UTC)We always come down to that, heehee. Maybe we should just start out with that from now on? ;)
Thistle: Where should we go to lunc-- Wait! I'm never going to change your mind and you won't change mine!
*snicker* :D
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Date: 2006-07-28 09:47 pm (UTC)Disagreed. Let's take same-sex marriage for example. No one is forcing anyone else to marry someone of the same sex... but one side IS keeping people from marrying the person they love.
One side says 'If you don't like it, don't do it. No one's forcing you to.' The other says 'I believe this is wrong, thus no one can do it. Because I said so.'. I see no control on one side of that, just on the other.
A Republican is much more likely to say "You work 40 hours a week, You should be able to keep all of that money; and because we know you have a strong faith, you will do what is right and contribute to charity and responsible causes and programs."
See, personally I find that rather insulting. A person needs faith to "do the right thing"? To give money/help/time away? I believe in no god, yet I give a lot of money away. To groups, to needy people I don't know, to friends in trouble (in the last year I've given more than $400 to people on my LJ flist alone). I have money, so I want to share it. It has nothing to do with faith. You can be a very good and kind person without a single bit of "faith" in your life.
And between you and me (and anyone who reads this comment)? In general, I find people with "faith" to be less likey to be "good people" than those without. Assuming "faith" means "religious", I see more hate and anger coming from that side. "You can't do this! It's Wrong! This is what I believe, so you must follow that as well!" It makes me so so so sad.
I know I'm going off on a tangent now, but why is there that need for control? If Joe Religious Guy thinks that vibrators are wrong and bad and "from the devil", then he should not use them. Where does anyone get off saying that no one should use or do or say something because it's what that believe? That comes off as so high-handed...
There are things in the world I don't like (war, eating veggies, hunting, people who want to brand themselves) but I'd never, ever, ever even consider saying 'Gah! I think branding yourself is wrong, so no one can do it!'. I don't understand how one adult could assume to tell another adult what to do or how to live...
A Democrat is much more likely to say "You work 40 hours a week. Because we're not sure what your moral persuation is since we advocate people being allowed to do just about anything, we need to take a portion from you and give it to the people and causes we support because you can't be trusted to do it on your own."
It's so odd seeing things as you see them. It's almost scary. :) Most taxes go to things like roads and keeping the government running, what tiny little percent goes to ANY cause, let alone one on the "because people can do anything" side? And right now, under this government, do you know how much is being given to churches and religious causes? (Hm, maybe I shouldn't use plural there. One religion...)
I hope this doesn't feel like a personal attack, it's not meant to be. I think you're a nice guy and all that, I just can't wrap my head around your POV on the world. :)
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Date: 2006-07-29 11:46 am (UTC)All of your arguments with Republicans seem to stem from religious issues. I am NOT a religious right Republican.
I will go on the record as saying I am pro choice. I despise the concept of the abuse of a medical proceedure to clean up irresponsibility and ignorance, but I would not presume to tell someone they couldn't make the decision for themselves.
I support the 10 commandments in courthouses... why? not because "ZOMG that's the word of GOD all ye sinners repent" but because they are good rules to follow, for everyone, regardless of religion or preference. Don't Kill... Don't Steal... Respect people... don't covet, be happy... SO many people show distain for them solely based on the fact that they are "religious" that they overlook the fact that they are just good ideas for eveyone to live by. I do NOT consider that a valid argument against them.
I don't support gay marriage... why? not because God sayz "I shall smite all these gays so ph33r them" but because I see it as arguing vocabulary not the issue of marriage itself. A gay couple in a civil union can be joined together and afforded the same rights under the law as a married heterosexual couple. The argument is wether or not the word "marriage" can be used. If it were about rights, Civil Unions would be acceptable and, I believe, a winning argument. But because the effort is on to obtain the word "marriage" the fight continues.
I actually hold onto more beliefs that I would call Libertarian rather than Rebublican. I would like every American to be able to make all decisions for themselves, but it can't be restricted. If we're going to allow people to make decisions on their own.. they have to be allowed to make the bad ones as well. If someone choosed to not put on their seatbelt, that is their right, but they (and society) have to accept that more people will die that way. If a person decides to waste their education and not learn enough to work and be productive, then they (and society) has to accept the fact that they might die hungry and homeless. The bad comes with the good. You can't hold on to an argument saying the Republicans can't force "their religion" (social issue) on me... when the democrats force "their welfare system" and "protective laws" (economic issues) on me... I still hold to the fact that Republicans want control over Social issues, the Domocrats want hold over Economic.
I enjoy our chats Thistle... we couldn't be more different but yet we can still talk about it...
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Date: 2006-07-31 04:37 pm (UTC)Ah, yes, I do pair the two a whole lot.
I support the 10 commandments in courthouses... why? not because "ZOMG that's the word of GOD all ye sinners repent" but because they are good rules to follow, for everyone, regardless of religion or preference. Don't Kill... Don't Steal... Respect people... don't covet, be happy...
I semi-sort of agree with you. But the problem is, people see "Ten Commandments" as being a religious thing (and isn't there one about putting no god ahead of this god? Ah, I asked Aurian, she said there are two. "'You shall have no other god before me'... And also the whole no idols thing."). So I'm all for not stealing, sleeping with your neighbor's wife (unless the husband-neighbor-and-wife both agree!), etc, but the Ten Commandments... Heck, what in the world am I saying? But the problem is, people see "Ten Commandments" as being a religious thing. It's from the Bible! It IS a religious thing, end of story. Seperation of Church and State.
The argument is wether or not the word "marriage" can be used. If it were about rights, Civil Unions would be acceptable and, I believe, a winning argument. But because the effort is on to obtain the word "marriage" the fight continues.
I'd agree with you there. If a Union would have the exact same rights and legal standings and all that as a marriage, I'd fully support it.
I actually hold onto more beliefs that I would call Libertarian rather than Rebublican. I would like every American to be able to make all decisions for themselves, but it can't be restricted. If we're going to allow people to make decisions on their own.. they have to be allowed to make the bad ones as well. If someone choosed to not put on their seatbelt, that is their right, but they (and society) have to accept that more people will die that way. If a person decides to waste their education and not learn enough to work and be productive, then they (and society) has to accept the fact that they might die hungry and homeless.
Totally agreed on all of this!
I enjoy our chats Thistle... we couldn't be more different but yet we can still talk about it...
Same. It's nice that we can chat without "omg you're such a nazi!!!!". :)
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Date: 2006-07-31 05:28 pm (UTC)"But the problem is, people see "Ten Commandments" as being a religious thing."
That wasn't what I said... I said people immdiately overlook ANY logic in the 10 Commandments because they can't see past the "religiousness" of them. If I were to paraphrase them all, into something more pleasing and called them the 10 super rules to live by. Would they all of a sudden be accepted by non-christians? Not agreeing with something simply because it has a religious history is not a very strong argument against it.
Seperation of Church and State
I won't even start on how that phrase has been distorted from its original intent.
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