Online Gaming

Recently, Robely and I have been sucked into an online game called Duels. It is what I call a "background game". You create a character and follow some quests (which teach you the game) and then you fight against other players (you click on their avatar and challenge them and the computer does a little logarithm to tell you who is better)

The game is broken into skirmishes and duels. Duels count against a permanent record and give you good rewards, win or lose. But the challengee has to respond. Skirmishes are you practicing against someone and need nothing from the person you offer to skirmish against. So, just by having the game on in the background, you can earn experience while other players skirmish your character- hence the term "background game".

The real challenge to this game is determining how to allocate your skill points and and min-maxing the equipment load you can carry.

Oh, and did I mention it is free? Shameless plug- if you sign up enter Gregok or JadeFox in the refferal field to help Robely and I earn merit badges.

Warcraft:

Thus far I have managed to avoid Warcraft and Evercrack for several reasons: a) I am somewhat of a cheapskate (having no money for a long time does that to you, b) my pc probably couldn't handle it (considering it crashes sometimes on CIV IV and Diablo II), and lastly c) short term OBSESSIVENESS. I know I have an an addictive personality and I would be sucked in and would turn into one of the many zombies I used to know, with no social life and no sleep schedule. Plus I would get impatient and spend lots of money which goes against a
BAD, Bad. My foray into Puzzle Pirates and Star Chamber has shown me the folly of my ways.
Even on Duels, I have already spent real money, but I can spare 20$ now and then. And a month later I probably will have forgotten about the game.

Originally I sent out a post on my 360 page exclaiming about Duels and received a list of other background games I should try. It looks like I'll have a full week- hmm maybe I can call in sick to work.......

Tribal Wars

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Gaming Hall of Fame

It's that time of year when our illustrious default leader takes the time to compile all of our top 10 lists and prods us into voting which game should the Dallas gamers hall of fame.

The rest is quoted from TK's email:

To be eligible for our Hall of Fame, a game must meet these criteria:
1) It must have appeared on at least 2 "group" Top 10 lists, and 2) it
must have been published at least 5 years before the current year.

Advanced Civilization
1991

Age of Steam
2002

Cosmic Encounter
1977

Formula De'
1991

Napoleonic Wars
2002

Puerto Rico
2002

Robo-Rally
1994

Tikal
1999

Web of Power
2000
 
 
Each year, we choose (AT MOST) 1 game to induct into our Hall of Fame.
We use the 'Single Transferable Vote' method, much like "Counter"
magazine uses for their HOF.  This method has 2 great advantages:
everyone submits only ONE list, and "re-votes" to break ties are
virtually eliminated.


 Advanced Civ is by far and away my most obvious choice this year. In a tier by itself really.

Then comes Web of Power and Puerto Rico. The remaining choices I left as 'non worthy'. I can not stomach Age of Steam nor Tikal, but that's just me