Personal FAQ below. All gaming and broadcasting FAQ broken into their own pages.
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CPU Spec:
We are not trying to be fancy with our PCs, we just upgrade periodically (every couple years perhaps), and only a piece here or there.
Personal built following most of the guide from My Super PC.
Last upgraded mine June 2009.
Windows 7 Home Premium – 64 bit – Retail
Case Antec Nine Hundred Two
Motherboard Gigabyte Ultra Durable 3 EP45-UD3P
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 2.66GHz 2.67GHz
Graphics Card EvGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS 320mb DDR3
Soundcard Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
4.00 GB RAM
Two Western Digital HDs, 160gb and 500gb
Dual monitor display:
- Primary HP w2007 20″ LCD widescreen
- Secondary Medion 17″ CRT
Personal FAQ:
Q) Who are you?
A) I pretty much cover who I am on my profile.
Q) How long have you been playing games?
A) As a whole, over ten, closing in on fifteen years. I did not grow up with gaming consoles such as Nintendo, so I’m much more PC based with strategies and role-playing games. I do not get into horror or first person shooters at all.
Q) Who is your husband, does he play the games with you?
A) My husband is David, and yes, he plays most these MMOs with me. He is, in fact, the primary reason I even started any of them. On Final Fantasy XI he is Mallik. On Lord of the Rings Online he is Marmaman. Although because he is the one that works outside the home and is in general ADD about playing games, he is not online as often as I am.
Q) Do you know Japanese/French/Spanish?
A) I in fact do not know any other language but English aside from very basic words. I rely heavily on translators.
Q) Aside from the MMOs, what else do you play?
A) I’ve been strongly addicted to the entire Sims series. Own all three and virtually every expansion and stuff pack that’s ever been made available. The entire Civilization series, includes me still holding on to the old Windows 3.1 version of Colonization that barely runs. I’ve also been a pretty big fan of the Ceaser series as well dating back to Ceaser II and all similar games (Pharaoh, Zeus and Emperor). Can’t speak much for console games, as I don’t play on one much at all.
Q) Are you going to play ___?
A) I’m in fact, not a huge gamer. Certainly, when I start playing a game, I play to beat it… and the infinite time sink that is MMOs, I get hooked in. As far as playing more MMOs than what I already do, well, ask some of my friends, it takes pretty massive convincing for me to even start to think about considering it. As far as Final Fantasy XIV, this holds especially true.
Q) What purpose does this website serve?
A) A hobby. Before I started any online gaming, I picked up learning HTML and creating websites when I was twelve years old. I don’t personally care if anyone does or doesn’t enjoy my websites with me, I create them as a personal time filler and for fun. As far as gaming sites go specifically, I first created a profile for my FFXI character in early 2005 when my non-gaming friends were growing tired of hearing me blog about my FFXI adventures in my personal LiveJournal, and have slowly allowed it to evolve into what it is now today.
Rest under construction.
Feel free to ask me something if I have not listed it on this page.
Popularity: 37% [?]
The new expansion seems promising, I thought that about mines of moria (sp?) as well though.
How do those two new jobs play, any good?
They’re not bad really. Warden you have to memorize which gambits to use and runekeeper is pretty similar to scholar in several ways as how you’re currently attuned will determine which abilities you can use (nuke or heal). I’ve so far only played RNK up to 24 and as a healer as I was playing a mini static with David and our friend Ray… Warden I only got up to 14 and feel a bit annoyed by the gambit system.
Was thinking of starting FFXI up again, just for Dyna, but I think I would get bored very quickly. Have you and David thought about trying Aion out?
I’ve played the beta and its seems pretty cool so far, more or less a updated WOW with pretty graphics. It should be fully released by the end of the month.
Kris Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Oh… forgot to mention that… dynamis has also been canceled for the past two runs due to only 10 people showing up. /mumble
We’ve had multiple people mention AION to us, along with a dozen other MMOs and none are peaking our interest. It boils down to time and money constraints, and that unless the game is totally free… we won’t even seriously consider it. David’s a bit interested in XIV, and it hasn’t peaked much of mine at all. Spending $30-50×2 plus subscription fees for a game there’s no guarantee we’ll be playing for more than three months isn’t worth the cost. Plus, I also cannot discredit and throw away five odd years worth of work in FFXI like that.
Anthony Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Yea I can understand the cost with the games, Jen doesn’t have an interest in Aion, if she did we probably wouldn’t get it, because of the combined cost.
If I do come back, I’ll server jump to join your Dyna, will be on ikas so BLM powa!
Kris Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
I’m still in the same Dyna LS I was in two years ago with Mon/Thurs runs. The one you joined for like two or three runs then quit :p
Anthony Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Coolio!
So has attendance been a big issue lately?
Kris Reply:
September 11th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Due to a number of people finally getting jobs and school starting back up… it’s only been a big issue the past few weeks. Did a couple 13-15 man runs as a result. Did manage to clear Windurst with only 13.
Heeey, sorry it’s getting more and more lonely in FFXI….I really wish I could come back every now and then, I actually do miss it a lot! Well, for now, keep on trekking towards that Maat’s cap! I know you can do it! :3
Kris Reply:
October 7th, 2009 at 5:34 am
Yea, it definitely is increasingly lonely… but I knew it would eventually happen in FFXI. Just kept trying to be naive and pretend I’d never see it personally myself.
If I had the energy I’d log in now and do these with you, but this surgery has kicked my ass pretty hard, not sure when I will be able to sit in front of the PC for more than 30 minutes. Hopefully soon.
Kris Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Been seeing those updates on Facebook and figured~ What was the surgery for? That I never caught and just didn’t want to be one of those jerks that asked on an update for some reason >.>;
Its not something I tend to talk about since it does require some extensive descriptions sometimes. However it was for Crohn’s a disease I have had for 12 years, effects the bowel, I had 12 inches of infected bowel removed.
Its kinda gross, so yea
Kris Reply:
October 12th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Doesn’t bother me any, but I understand. I know you’ve told me you had that before, and I simply forgot~ Sorry. I’ve had a friend of the past ten years with Gardner’s Disease, that and my family in general is pretty gross… so descriptions don’t bother me any, but I understand fully if you don’t want to describe
I play an RK (Kastagarian) and I often group with my gf (Nim) who is also a hunter. The DPS these to can can put out is crazy we burn through mobs rather quick. I can’t wait to see what the two of them can do at 60.
Btw, I really like the site. Not sure if it was posted on the Kins site or on the forums but have been reading it for at least two weeks now.
Hope to see you in game,
-Kast
Kris Reply:
November 19th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Lol… I always feel I’m anonymous and unseen whenever I write, always takes me off guard each time I see a new commenter, hehe. I posted a link in my introduction post and it’s also in my signature, so yea, you most likely found it on OME’s site… has to be, since I rarely post on forums anywhere as is
My other two characters are obviously minstrel and burglar… neither can do great damage (I actually think my mini out damages my burg flat out, even though I’ve had her built for healing and very few of her abilities crit). Just the absolute contrast between those two and the hunter’s damage is insane, lol. I can definitely see why it’s such a popular class (as if I didn’t before, just playing it really makes it scream at me).
I think my biggest hurdle is seeing if I can motivate myself to level through Moria another two times. /groan
Kastagarian Reply:
November 19th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
I have heard a lot of people don’t really like Moria all that much. I guess I will find out why soon enough. Also would love to see what this turtle thing is all about.
I will have more time to level now that I have put “that other game” to the side.
Kris Reply:
November 19th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
We’re 57 on our duo characters now, but I’m doubtful we’ll hit 60 before Mirkwood and ever see Turtle in a real sense. Old raids disappear and people are rarely willing to go back to them once the gear is outdated.
Moria is hated so much because it’s a literal maze, and the tunnels are narrow making highly aggressive and linking mobs a nightmare to fight in closed areas. It was wonderful to see at first… but ugh, now I can never leave fast enough.
Kastagarian Reply:
November 19th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
I could make the big push to hit 60 but I did that once before in the other game and it really was not worth it. I would much rather take time, work on rep and so on.
As for raids, I am not sure how they are in this game but once I get up there if you ever want to run “Old” content please let me know. I would hate to play this game and not see all of it.
Kris Reply:
November 22nd, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Well, David and I will always be game (so long as we have the free time) to run anything. One of David’s biggest complaints is he keeps missing out on content when it comes to MMOs because he takes so long to level up… and because of the stipulation of me having to wait on him in LOTRO, I’ve missed out on nearly everything as well~
Good Job!
Kris Reply:
November 26th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Thanks
WOW has changed a lot recently and I feel like it is hardly the Pre BC WOW I use to enjoy.
Kris Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 3:14 am
That’s a fairly true statement of any game once they pass a certain age or someone’s been playing it for so many years. My personal reason typically stems from the game(s) losing the “new” charm in exploring zones for the first time, going through levels the first time, and just simply learning how all the mechanics work. Once that’s gone, a lot of my motivation diminishes and all I’m doing is going through the motions waiting till I reach the level cap.
Are you back to wow now or is this a temp thing?
I really want to start playing something, just not sure what.
I just cant go back to FFXI as much as I want to, I know I’ll give up on it again.
Kris Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
If you read my last post, you’d see I finally left XI. So many people are now gone from the game, I just lost the heart to stay around myself. WoW is still alive, thus, why I’m still playing… and doesn’t have nearly as many frustrations as LOTRO does for me.
Anthony Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I just read it, haha. I got my Rogue to 70 before quitting for awhile.
Kris Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
You generally bounce around so much on games in general… I don’t expect you to ever be able to commit.
Very nice, congratulations!
Is it me or are there more idiots in WOW these days? All anyone talks about is gear score, who fails, “l2p” and end game. I wonder how many of the 10 million actually play to enjoy the game or get involved in the social side of it.
If you ever find yourself on Stormrage(US) I know a tank who can use a healer
Kris Reply:
February 27th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
It’s speculative I think. WoW and idiots seem to stick out like sore thumbs more than any other MMO I’ve really poked at (aside from freebies), mainly because it’s so popular and accessible (easy)… But I definitely ran into the same issues on FFXI the past few years, and LOTRO is creeping up with the same issues (slow, but surely).
I’ve also found it’s a percentage of those that are nastier in PuGs than anything else because they hide behind anonymity, paired with desire of just getting through a grind quickly, and the thought they’ll never see the other four people again, so it “doesn’t matter” how they behave… But get them in their guild setting and people they know, they’re generally pretty nice. Very few that are just pricks and assholes all around no matter who you are.
I’m kind of stuck on Draka… after shelling out as much money as I did just to transfer and faction change five characters (husband included)… the idea of rolling another character, even an alt… overwhelms me, as I have to justify the expense (which means play them). Plus, after healing my way through two sets of T9, my husband’s armor, and three guildies… I respec’d to feral the other day and I now tank… I’m at the point I prefer to let full parties die than cast a single rejuvination :p