RL and FFXI stuff

[thistlechaser]

Before any FFXI stuff, I'm happy to report that the assumed-abuse of fictional children (fictional, as they do not exist) will no longer be punished by LJ! The top LJ guy (while Brad is away) apologized for their actions. To those who weren't following this drama, that meant that people who posted stories about an underaged Harry Potter having sex with a related adult character were getting their LJs banned because incest is against LJ's ToS. Again, these are characters who do not now nor have they ever existed. There is no way to really hurt them, as they're not real people. Fiction, not reality.

I've not added 'chan' back into my interest list because all this has made me wary. Instead I like animarelic's idea:


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Anyway, on to FFXI! I wasted too many hours farming/camping stuff, though at least I got to add Bloodpool Vorax to my list of killed NMs. He didn't drop anything at all, but it's no biggie. I got a stack and a half of beastman blood in the 5 hours of leech-killing to make him pop.

Caught another level 1 Besieged (you weren't on, Achi, otherwise I would have poked you). Yay 300 limit points.

Spent the rest of the night helping get another LS BLU spells. I like killing things and free XP is good, so yay.

I actually ran around as DRK for the first time in forever, and I'm totally reminded as to why I stay on BRD 24/7. Running at normal speed is so slow! Took forever to get anywhere! *is so spoiled* It was fun doing Besieged as a DD though, so much easier than BRD!

While running around getting spells, I saw my first mirror! The mirror looks like a mirror! Fancy that! We also saw a NM (Farlander the Shrewd), but I totally forgot to get a screenshot. I'm kicking myself, since he's not listed in BG's Unclaimed NMs thread yet. :( I suck.

Hot & Cold in the Jungles is very very cool. Today I got a buffalo hide! And today and yesterday I got two adaman ingots made with anima (frigid and inferno). Both are kind of useless, but would be a free level 99 synth to any smiths skilling out there! I've also gotten two of the ingots to make reraise earrings (worth 25K each once Chaser makes them!), and a piece of that special coral to make RR hairpins. So nice! So different than H&C elsewhere!

And lastly, I wonder how long this mule will last?

No plans at all for tomorrow. I think I'll go to the DMV on Tuesday during the 7.5 hour downtime on the game. :(

Comments

[fealubryne.livejournal.com]

On the topic of in-game names, a friend and I have been having something of an unspoken contest to see who can find the worst ones in WoW. Thus far, some of the top ones are: Lolisadist, Virginkiller, and Beardedclam.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Heh! I think Beardedclam is the worst of those. Did it eventually get banned?

[fealubryne.livejournal.com]

Personally, Lolisadist frightens me the most.

As for banning, I haven't the foggiest idea. Most of them are "seen it once" things and there's no way to keep tabs on 'em. Though I know for a fact that there's been several sightings of Virginkiller -- and they've obviously been around for some time, as they're higher level than I am.

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

Brad doesn't really have any clout on LJ anymore, so it wouldn't matter if he'd been here or not. Also, I'm still cynical enough about the whole thing to call the 'apology' more of a fauxpology.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I thought he was still top dog (second to the new owner/company, that is).

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought so too for the longest time, but his response to the whole mess made it clear otherwise.

[barahir-ffxi.livejournal.com]

"underaged Harry Potter having sex with a related adult character"

This is disgusting and repulsive regardless of wether or not the characters are real people or not. Supporting abuse of children solely because the characters are fictional is beyond my comprehension. That someone even has these thoughts should be embarassing not embraced.

I'm not saying that people can't think any way they want to... but public display of such dreck is not something to be applauded.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

That's your opinion and you're welcome to it. :) Others disagree, however.

Hey, on a totally unrelated topic, I wanted to poke you on-game but haven't been able to catch you. On COR, do you use all the elemental cards or just light/dark?

[barahir-ffxi.livejournal.com]

I keep Ice/Earth/Dark/Light on me at all times. Ice to buff Paralyze and earth to buff slow. Dark for Dispel and Light for sleep. Other than that I usually keep a stack of any of the others for when I just need to do damage and not really buff any spells... can't beat a mindless 170-190 points of damage every minute.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks for the info! I have ~5 cases of each light and dark, but I'll have to pick up the others. Eh, not that I'll need them anytime soon. But it's good to have things ahead of time! :P