What Did You Do In Gaming Today

[Sakura]

Had so much fun doing this lil mini-game on RS called "Castle Wars". it works basically the same as capture the flag. Everyone gets sorted into 1 of 2 teams and then you can mage/range/melee attack all the players on the other team while trying to steal their flag and bring it back to your base. Every time the flag gets successfully stolen the team gets 1 point. Each game lasts 20 minutes and the team with the most points at the end wins. It's basically like an all out war and people get really intense about it but it's super fun if you don't take it too seriously. 

[efaardvark]

Played some more minecraft, scouting around for a good town to turn into a base in my hardcore game.  I like exploring and one of the great things I've found about the distant horizons mod is that it lets you see places that are over a day's travel away.  Not only does that let me plan my expeditions better but by providing distant landmarks it also tends to keep me from getting lost so much. 

[Forlorn]

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition (Switch)

When the party reached Nor Harbor there was a pretty grim atmosphere about the place. A mother and father were unable to pay their taxes, so a couple of mean bastards that had the authority of the magistrate of Nor Harbor threatened their son who was still a kid unless they paid their taxes or tried to kill and bring back proof of killing something called a Rhybgarou (I might be mis-spelling that) which no one in the town could kill and everyone just ended up getting hurt in the process, but it was all because of the taxes being so outrageous and no one being able to afford to pay them. The magistrate's henchmen apparently told people (by the will of the magistrate) that they'd never have to pay their taxes again if they killed the creature, but it was too strong for any of them, yet they kept trying because they were left with little other choice. It was a real sad point in the game. Oh, and Flynn was at the Nor Harbor town and apparently he's a knight of the Empire. Well, in Halure there was a note that Flynn left for Yuri and the rest of the party that he'd be waiting at Nor Harbor. Except the note was written on the back of a wanted poster with a really bad portrayal of Yuri's face. lol Despite this, the party headed to Nor Harbor. After Flynn came to Yuri's rescue, he turned his sword on him since Flynn is one of those dutiful knights of the Empire. Just then is when Estelle came over to the two and with perfect timing. Flynn kind of led her to a room at the Inn so they could talk because I guess he wanted to know why she was hanging out with Yuri when he's a wanted criminal of the Empire. Yuri had time to kill, so eventually he came to the guarded entrance of the magistrate's place which was where this little girl was for lack of a better word being picked on by these 2 imperial guards, but when she tried to get by the guards after the initial failed attempt she suddenly faced the point of a sword held by one of the guards. Yuri was there, clearly getting agitated with the guards, but just then is when there was this smoke bomb kind of explosion of yellow smoke (I'm guessing it was smoke because the 3 men coughed a lot) and just when Yuri had found the little escape artist through the yellow smoke, she said something about it not being the time, so she somehow switched out herself with some kind of life-sized doll of her and Yuri still thought he had her. lol He was just trying to kill time, but stumbled on a serious situation where the girl might not have needed help just then. Afterwords, Yuri figured Flynn and Estelle would be done talking by now, so he went back to the Inn to see if that was the case. Sure enough, just as he walked into a room that Flynn and Estelle were in is when she was finished telling Flynn about what happened from her and Yuri's perspective as opposed to what the Empire was saying. Flynn, ever the dutiful knight, told Yuri that he'd turn him in after they found the person behind the theft of the blastia cores which renders blastia inert more or less. Even knowing that, Yuri wasn't phased. He just wanted to get the Aque Blastia core back to the Lower Quarter in the Imperial Capital which was his home and the blastia core was basically acting like a filtration device for their water, he didn't seem to really care if he ended up in an imperial prison or not. A mage from Aspio who accompanied Flynn speculated that the magistrate was using blastia to control the weather and make storms so violent that no ships could leave port unless they wanted to be sunk. Basically, the magistrate was forcing everyone in Nor Harbor to pay taxes, but cutting off any way to escape to Torim Harbor which was the other part of that city and located across the sea. The concept of blastia that could control the weather intrigued Rita, so she wanted to investigate, too. Flynn was going to go through Imperial channels to investigate the blastia of Nor Harbor, but was denied by the magistrate. So, that was a little telltale sign that he was doing something similar to what Flynn's mage from Aspio (I forgot the little guy's name) theorized. There was a way around it, but there would have to be a state of emergency or an emergency type of situation for Flynn and his group to be able to, with imperial authority, go inside the magistrate's place. So, naturally, Yuri and the party was all for providing said emergency. They encountered Raven who was the guy that got Yuri out of imperial prison in the beginning of the game, but he hung them out to dry this time. They ran into that little girl with the yellow smoke bombs whose name is Patty. Both of them will join the party at some point because some DLC has their names on it. Well, the item names from the DLC anyway. So, Yuri rescued Patty because she got caught which kind of surprised me since she's such an escape artist. Oh, Yuri and crew also rescued the son of the couple that were talking to the heartless guards when the party first arrived in Nor Harbor. Apparently the magistrate got his kicks from watching monsters kill people in a maze-like dungeon that was chalked full of monsters. He'd been doing that with people's kids I guess who couldn't pay their outrageous taxes. The magistrate... I forgot his name, but I'll mention it next time. He'd been doing that for some time in Nor Harbor, so who knows how many people he killed by putting in that monster dungeon of his. Oh, and the party found the blastia that was controlling the weather. Oh yeah, and there's someone riding a dragon that destroys blastia for some reason that still isn't known. He destroyed the weather controlling blastia, so that problem was solved. Though that enraged Rita because of how attached she is to blastia, so she went on a rampage with a barrage of fireballs. THEN the party chased the magistrate to a ship that they had to all run and jump on since it was moving which is when they encountered the big guy with one eye, a scar on his face that was one of the people behind the theft of blastia cores. None of the blastia cores that were on the ship were the right one that was stolen from the Lower Quarter in the Imperial Capital City, Zaphias, according to the blastia expert who was Rita. I don't really remember how the ship caught on fire, but the whole thing sunk pretty quick and they found one of the possible candidates for the throne who I guess is a son of the late king of the Empire who passed away. I'm just guessing. The magistrate convinced Ioder (the guy that Yuri heard screaming for help on the ship and rescued that I forgot to mention and that Flynn and his group rescued Yuri and his party via their own boat) that there was an impostor who was pretending to be him. It's a BS story though, but Flynn's hands were tied and Ioder believed the creepy magistrate. So, I don't think he'll be paying any price since he's apparently got a silver tongue. Yuri ran into Raven again and after some talking he mentioned to Yuri that there was a rugged looking guild headed in a direction that I forgot (cardinal direction, I think Northwest) which got Yuri to tell the party that's where they were going because there's a guild connected to the blastia core thefts called Bloody Alliance I think. Something like that. Someone said they were in city ruins or the place that Raven mentioned was the ruins of a city. I went to the wrong place at first which was a place that had a barrier blastia which was clearly the wrong place. It was hard to see, but I finally found the ruins. I'm still trying to navigate around them though and not much has happened other than Koral getting fired/kicked out from the Monster Hunter guild because they thought he ran away when really he just got lost. That was also sad, but at least he's got Yuri and his party as friends that he's made along the way. Navigating the city ruins though is tricky and really weird, I'm still trying to go everywhere I can for treasures and monster goodies without triggering the next point in the story.

I didn't exactly intend to write so much, but that's what I've done in gaming since my last post. lmfao

[Zeref]

Just playing some FIFA today. 

[Sakura]

Finished getting the materials I need to make a weapon I need on OSRS to be more effective with a boss called Corporeal Beast. 

[efaardvark]

While doing a bit of exploration / wandering in MC I found a town with a cleric, a weaponsmith, a fletcher, and a librarian.  Decided to do some basic farming (cows, sheep, rabbits, wheat) and level up the townsfolk so I can get some equipment upgrades.  There's some interesting / useful biomes nearby too so I think I'll be using it as a base of operations for resource gathering for a while as well.
 

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[Soramee_]

been sick for the past few days so i took the time to level up my miner and goldsmith in FFXIV

[animechat]

I got bored and started playing 3d webgl games  online.

[Zeref]

I am still addicted to playing Super Mario Brothers on my Nintendo Classic have been doing this since yesterday. 

[Sakura]

I started doing slayer on OSRS, I should get 75 tomorrow. I could have gotten it tonight but I've been so sleepy all day and I just get tired after about 30 minutes on the computer. 

[Zeref]

I woke up early this morning and started playing some COD and doing the same thing here on my lunch. 

[Sakura]

I almost didn't do anything because of working on things here in the house. I remembered at the last minute though it was Tempo Tuesday on our clan events where we fight a skilling boss called Temporos together. I jumped on just in time to catch the last part of it. 

[Animedragon]

You should always keep the important things in mind and get them done, .....

..... the housework will still be there tomorrow.

[Forlorn]

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition (Switch)

I restarted the game again. lol I'm not really even sure why, but I just felt like seeing the scenes and hearing the dialog again. ^^ Ok, so, right now I'm at the part where Yuri broke out of prison via a prison cell key slipped to him from Raven who is a character that joins the party later on in the game. Nice gesture, right? The guy's really weird though. He disappears a lot. Like, shortly after joining the party for the first time he just kind of takes off on his own somewhere and leaves the party for a while, but I can't remember why. lol Then he comes back and joins the party. It's cool though, he's got some goot Artes which are kind of like spells or techniques that the player can use at the expense of TP which is a separate bar from the HP bar that gets diminished with each Arte that's used, but can be recovered in an impressive number of ways after winning a battle. ^^ Ok, so, Yuri chased the person that was using the name of Mr. Mordio to steal blastia cores to a castle type of residence that he got into through a window. lol I can't remember who actually lives in the place Yuri snuck into, but all Yuri is after is the Aque blastia core that the thief took from the Lower Quarter in Zaphias which is the Imperial Capital City. Apparently, the part of Zaphias where nobles live is also missing some blastia cores, but they don't notice as easily as the people in less fortunate areas like the Lower Quarter which Yuri calls home. Man, I love this guy, he may be kind of reckless, but he's trying to do the right thing for his hometown. The Aque blastia filters and cleans the water the Lower Quarter uses for pretty much everything, including drinking, so that's why he wants it back so badly. He's really passionate about tracking it down and getting it back to the Lower Quarter. Oh, he was going to return to his prison cell after he got the Aque blastia core back from the blastia thief, but the guards noticed he wasn't in his prison cell already, so he even said there's no point in going back to his cell now. rofl This guy's awesome, right? Ok, so, I'm pretty sure he got arrested already by sneaking into that castle-like residence through an open window when he came out of the front door only to be greeted by Imperial Knights who arrested him on sight of course without hearing his side of it. That's why he was in a prison cell which he was supposed to spend 10 days in, but who knows where the Aque blastia would be in 10 days? So, with that reasoning, he was kind of talking to himself (unless he was talking to Raven one of the neighboring cells, I already can't remember) and saying he needs to get out of the prison cell so he can take off after the blastia thief before he gets too far away. Unfortunately, after escaping his prison cell, he's been seeing Imperial Knights left and right in the halls of the Royal Castle which has led to him fighting them quite a bit. There's always some time to level up though, right? ^^ Right now I'm just about ready to progress the story further and see the scene where Yuri saves Estelle from the knights who draw their swords on her after she points a sword at them. It's a pretty sweet scene. Right now my last save was in the dungeon right outside of the cell Yuri was being held in. Oh wait, I was watching the scene with him and Estelle the last time I played before I decided I had to get some sleep and the scene was still happening, so I couldn't save at the time. So, apparently I have to level up Yuri by kicking some Imperial Knights around all over again. lol It's ok though, they're more a nuisance than anything else for Yuri to go up against. I just loaded up the save, so here I go again~~~ ^^ ^^

[Sakura]

We have clan events every week where our clan gets together and does events, skilling, bosses, and other things together. Today was woodcutting Wednesday which is one of my favorite ones to go too lol Just chillin, chopping trees, and chatting with friends. 

[Forlorn]

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition (Switch)

I got to the point where Yuri saves Estelle from the knights and they go into Flynn's room only to be attacked by that lunatic Zagi. That guy's seriously unhinged. After fending him off though, and repairing Flynn's door since Zagi kicked it down and Estelle didn't want to leave it like that lol, I'm now at the point where Estelle has changed her attire which is the one that she pretty much uses the whole game unless I change the outfit, so, after she jumped in the fight between Yuri and Zagi to assist Yuri I think she's ready to fight alongside him. I should probably level them both up some before progressing to the next point in the story, so I think I'll do just that. ^^

[Zeref]

Playing the old Mortal Kombat game 

[Sakura]

Another clan skilling event night on OSRS~! Thieving Thursday which is always one of my favorites because I need to level my thieving up a lot. It's one of the only skills I don't have at level 80 or higher. 

[Zeref]

Saturday morning Runescaping with @Sakura

[Sakura]

8 hours ago, Zeref said:

Saturday morning Runescaping with @Sakura

All day Runescaping for me  Well most of the day anyways when I wasn't watching a movie or doing some shopping. Have been trying to level the last few of my skills to 80 that aren't there yet and I only have 2 to go. 

[Zeref]

I've play some more Super Mario Brothers this morning and now I am playing an online Pokemon game called PokeMMO.

Edited July 15, 2024 by Zeref

[Sakura]

6 hours ago, Zeref said:

I've play some more Super Mario Brothers this morning and now I am playing an online Pokemon game called 

CaLLED WHAT YOU FORGOT TO PUT THE NAME 
Anywhooo I've been just playing RS, working on getting mining to 80 and it's currently at 77 now. 

[Guest]

Played Red Dead Redemption 2 most of the afternoon and then played a bit of Fallout 4 after that. I still need to try playing Baldur's Gate 3 sometime.

[Zeref]

22 hours ago, Sakura said:

CaLLED WHAT YOU FORGOT TO PUT THE NAME 
Anywhooo I've been just playing RS, working on getting mining to 80 and it's currently at 77 now. 

Thought that I put it I think I have got up to get a drink and thought my sentence was finished  It is called PokeMMO. 

[Sakura]

3 hours ago, Zeref said:

Thought that I put it I think I have got up to get a drink and thought my sentence was finished  It is called PokeMMO. 

Lolll dw I zone out all the time too ~ Today I just played some more RS but I didn't get any levels. I'm close to another mining level but I can't be bothered to log back in tonight.