Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: lammergeier out.
lammergeier
Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:25 am
#14
Ragnaat wrote:
Worst BioE Ever
With Love,
Hogarth
always been my motto, and proud of it.
Leafthemedic
Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:26 am
#15
Really going to miss you on TC-Prime 
/Salute
Took Alot
Master Doctor/Bounty Hunter <-- still wishing I could make meds as a MD)
Metropolis of Skystone, Tatooine on TC-Prime
dahrocker
Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:00 pm
#16
Aww
We'll be keeping a lighton inThornHaven TC for you, buddy.
Mighty-Quiin
Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:02 pm
#18
/Salute
Lam thanks for all your work as BIO Cor. All the guides and insight that you have brought to the profession....
One last time...
Race yah to the Cloner
Good luck...
OddWan
Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:43 pm
#19
lammergeier wrote:
as I mentioned, my term was nearly over. as I retire (and likely leave the game), I'd like to offer some of the reasons I made my decision.
I was strongly against the CL system during the CURB, but I gave it a try for nearly six months, hoping to see the benefits it was supposed to offer. instead, I see the game moving more and more towards a CL80-or-bust mentality. I am more strongly opposed to the CL system now than I ever was before.
...
creatures used to be more than 'angry bags'.
creatures had resists. creatures had specials. creatures had a 'ferocity rating', an assigned CL (sometimes arbitrary, to be sure, but it worked). creatures had 'personality'.
kreetles, the lowliest of critters, would aggro ANYTHING. no one ever knew why. they just did.
mantigrue screechers, a great source of endorian wooly hide, were terrible foes. I remember an ill-fated (and now famous) trip to endor that ended with a ranger HTFB filled with black-barred hunters. as the BioE in the group, I could make woundpacks... once I had the HAM to hand-sample resources to make them... we all sat in that camp for a LONG time. it was great fun, and it won't ever happen again.
'creature AI' used to be a combination of aggro, CL, ferocity, specials, ranged attack, BAF, stalker... all the information that used to be a part of mob code and /examine information. AI worked. instead of some hodge-podge of 'AI coding' stapled onto an 'angry bag' CL generic_mob_skin_xx, the AI was based on a number of identifiable factors... data that was stripped from mobs with the CURB.
and as true as it is... NO player should ever be able to say "Thank goodness I am not a (insert profession here). Man would this game be limiting." that should be a big red flag to devs and players alike.
Your reasons for leaving are extremely valid. Those of us who have been here through all the changes that have occurred remember fondly those creatures who were "personalities" and mention of the black ham bars brought a wry smile to my face. I have not been a BE long, but have been a CH all the live game and given the chance to go back in time in swg - I would. It was very special in those early days (buggy as hell - but special)
I don't see any way that swg can once again be that very unique game we began in.
You are a good correspondent (even when you are telling me off) and it is sad to see yet another vital personality leave.
/salute
KaiDiego
Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:30 pm
#22
You were awesome Sechs. Take care and best of luck beyond this game 
thegodofchuck
Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:34 pm
#23
Best of luck to you, Lammergeier. I'd been periodically checking to see if you were still around on the forums, hadn't seen you in game for a long time, was hoping you'd be around again. Still, can't fault you for leaving. We'll definitely miss you on TC. Take care!
Cad
Cad
lammergeier
Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:25 pm
#25
yeah, you call it monday.
I call it friday: my current work schedule is fri-sat-sun-mon, and it's game season. we had a week off (VPI plays two thursday games in a row), but it was 'parent's weekend' at both VPI and Radford... two universities that can't play nice with each other when scheduling is concerned.
I USUALLY work thurs-fri-sat-sun. I WOULD work wed-thurs-fri-sat if I could, but that'd leave the other bartender (nominally the 'bar manager') to work tue-wed-fri-sat... so giving up monday and splitting the week works out well... except that the 'mysterious third bartender' is now enjoying my thursdays while I drag along on mondays.
why is wed-sat so desirable? it isn't the money... any bartender worth their salt wants to finish the week on a big day (and can coax a few dollars more on a slow day, no cheats or tricks). friday and saturday are big enough that we staff two bartenders (only one on any other night). leaving work after a busy saturday with total freedom (read: days off) is HAWT.
back on topic. today is friday... for me, if not for you.
I get a ride home... my car is in the shop. I ask my roomate if he needs anything from the store, and grab his keys (sidenote: he insists I drive if we go anywhere, no matter if we drive my car or his. I used to drive a taxi, and I'm a hell of a driver. posted speed limit? my MOM thinks I drive too slow. unposted? buckle up, bub. gravel? mu-ha-ha. I once was driving my IH Scout (it'll climb a tree if'n it don't knock it down first) to test the new shocks ('78 Scout: $800. pulling 'off road' vehicles (monthly payments of $500+) out of ditches and mudholes: priceless), and looked down at the speedometer as I ran full offroad in southwest Virginia... 68mph, and accelerating.). I hit the local Kroger (formerly a Harris-Teeter), which boasts a decent selection of beer and wine ('spirits' are limited to ABC stores in VA, and they close at 9pm).
to tide me over:
Ecco Domani Chianti, 750mL, 13%. we're changing the menu at work, and the Ecco D Pinot G(rigio) is a big seller. the Rufino Chianti, however, usually ends up souring before we finish a bottle. I'm halfway through the bottle (I've been 'savoring' it with a critical eye), and I think it'll do nicely.
Takara's Nigori Sake (two of them), 375mL, 15%. unfiltered, milky white. sweet like candy. we carry this, and it's a fantastic cold sake. the Ginjo is superior (dry, with a silky finish) when paired with food (read: sushi), but as a solo act... Nigori 4 teh win..
Hakutsuru "Japanese Excellent" Sake, 720mL, 16.5%. the claim to excellence isn't a boast... this is a great classic sake (serve warm to room temperature). it's kinda vanilla in a Ben-and-Jerry's world (sake variety is rivaling the tequila and vodka booms), but sake has been brewed and enjoyed like this for about two millenia... ain't nothing wrong with that (btw... 'nigori' sake is an antiquated style, only finding favor with the 'new sake crowd' in recent years... nigori is 'how samurai drank it' sake, I'm told).
Unibroue's "Terrible", 750mL, 10.5%. from the French-Canadiens that brought us 'La Fin du Monde', 'Le Blanche de Chambly', 'Raftman', 'Eu Maudite', 'Trois Pistoles', and other wonderful *gasp* BEERS (most of which hover around 10% alcohol), we have this year's offering of a 'dark beer on lees'... apparently that's beer-speak for 'delicious'. I haven't tried it yet, but I have NEVER had a bad beer from them. if this breaks the trend... I'll be hollering from the hills. more likely, I'll be praising it come morning.
beans and rice. peasant food is delicious, and beans and rice are damn hard to beat as a staple (also... don't line up a few bottles without thinking of solid food... that's just trouble brewing).
back to the apartment. my roomate, who apparently didn't get the memo stating that Ragnarok Online isn't worth playing anymore (the only other MMORPG I ever played extensively)... or is as stubborn as I am with SWG... was still on my computer. time passes.
I log in to the SWG forums. I snipe at CL issues. I read the farewells.
I bring up National Geographic's Live WildCam at Pete's Pond on the other machine. I stumbled across this last night... it's nifty. apparently some folks at VPI's 'small business technology shelter' got $15k and three weeks to put it together. it ain't perfect... but while writing this, I got to see an elephant live on camera. peak viewing hours coincide with my sleeplessness. I find myself harboring a growing desire to visit botswana and sit in a hammock with a camera... or something.
I pre-order ToOW on one account... if I can't use the skiff, I'm sure someone else can. I laugh at the fact that my alt-account (randolphcarter) got beta access just before the beta was closed.
I write this. I finish the bottle of chianti. I close the "WildCam" and boot up SWG.
I finish writing this. I accept the EULA.
here comes the weekend. strap yourselves in.
EDIT: for the clicky.
I call it friday: my current work schedule is fri-sat-sun-mon, and it's game season. we had a week off (VPI plays two thursday games in a row), but it was 'parent's weekend' at both VPI and Radford... two universities that can't play nice with each other when scheduling is concerned.
I USUALLY work thurs-fri-sat-sun. I WOULD work wed-thurs-fri-sat if I could, but that'd leave the other bartender (nominally the 'bar manager') to work tue-wed-fri-sat... so giving up monday and splitting the week works out well... except that the 'mysterious third bartender' is now enjoying my thursdays while I drag along on mondays.
why is wed-sat so desirable? it isn't the money... any bartender worth their salt wants to finish the week on a big day (and can coax a few dollars more on a slow day, no cheats or tricks). friday and saturday are big enough that we staff two bartenders (only one on any other night). leaving work after a busy saturday with total freedom (read: days off) is HAWT.
back on topic. today is friday... for me, if not for you.
I get a ride home... my car is in the shop. I ask my roomate if he needs anything from the store, and grab his keys (sidenote: he insists I drive if we go anywhere, no matter if we drive my car or his. I used to drive a taxi, and I'm a hell of a driver. posted speed limit? my MOM thinks I drive too slow. unposted? buckle up, bub. gravel? mu-ha-ha. I once was driving my IH Scout (it'll climb a tree if'n it don't knock it down first) to test the new shocks ('78 Scout: $800. pulling 'off road' vehicles (monthly payments of $500+) out of ditches and mudholes: priceless), and looked down at the speedometer as I ran full offroad in southwest Virginia... 68mph, and accelerating.). I hit the local Kroger (formerly a Harris-Teeter), which boasts a decent selection of beer and wine ('spirits' are limited to ABC stores in VA, and they close at 9pm).
to tide me over:
Ecco Domani Chianti, 750mL, 13%. we're changing the menu at work, and the Ecco D Pinot G(rigio) is a big seller. the Rufino Chianti, however, usually ends up souring before we finish a bottle. I'm halfway through the bottle (I've been 'savoring' it with a critical eye), and I think it'll do nicely.
Takara's Nigori Sake (two of them), 375mL, 15%. unfiltered, milky white. sweet like candy. we carry this, and it's a fantastic cold sake. the Ginjo is superior (dry, with a silky finish) when paired with food (read: sushi), but as a solo act... Nigori 4 teh win..
Hakutsuru "Japanese Excellent" Sake, 720mL, 16.5%. the claim to excellence isn't a boast... this is a great classic sake (serve warm to room temperature). it's kinda vanilla in a Ben-and-Jerry's world (sake variety is rivaling the tequila and vodka booms), but sake has been brewed and enjoyed like this for about two millenia... ain't nothing wrong with that (btw... 'nigori' sake is an antiquated style, only finding favor with the 'new sake crowd' in recent years... nigori is 'how samurai drank it' sake, I'm told).
Unibroue's "Terrible", 750mL, 10.5%. from the French-Canadiens that brought us 'La Fin du Monde', 'Le Blanche de Chambly', 'Raftman', 'Eu Maudite', 'Trois Pistoles', and other wonderful *gasp* BEERS (most of which hover around 10% alcohol), we have this year's offering of a 'dark beer on lees'... apparently that's beer-speak for 'delicious'. I haven't tried it yet, but I have NEVER had a bad beer from them. if this breaks the trend... I'll be hollering from the hills. more likely, I'll be praising it come morning.
beans and rice. peasant food is delicious, and beans and rice are damn hard to beat as a staple (also... don't line up a few bottles without thinking of solid food... that's just trouble brewing).
back to the apartment. my roomate, who apparently didn't get the memo stating that Ragnarok Online isn't worth playing anymore (the only other MMORPG I ever played extensively)... or is as stubborn as I am with SWG... was still on my computer. time passes.
I log in to the SWG forums. I snipe at CL issues. I read the farewells.
I bring up National Geographic's Live WildCam at Pete's Pond on the other machine. I stumbled across this last night... it's nifty. apparently some folks at VPI's 'small business technology shelter' got $15k and three weeks to put it together. it ain't perfect... but while writing this, I got to see an elephant live on camera. peak viewing hours coincide with my sleeplessness. I find myself harboring a growing desire to visit botswana and sit in a hammock with a camera... or something.
I pre-order ToOW on one account... if I can't use the skiff, I'm sure someone else can. I laugh at the fact that my alt-account (randolphcarter) got beta access just before the beta was closed.
I write this. I finish the bottle of chianti. I close the "WildCam" and boot up SWG.
I finish writing this. I accept the EULA.
here comes the weekend. strap yourselves in.
EDIT: for the clicky.
Message Edited by lammergeier on 10-18-2005 02:28 AM