Champions Online... You have failed me for the last time...

Well got back home at my place today and after doing a little clean up around the house n stuff I got online to get some gaming in. Logged onto to Champions Online and hit an error. meh saw the error last week and didn't give it much mind because the game is new, there's bound to be hick ups. Did some more digging and discovered that I didn't actually buy the retail version of the game with the package I bought and can't play it. I double checked all my stuff and looked at the lifetime subscription I bought from Cryptic and sure enough it includes a download of the game. Well that's some slick bait and switch, include a download of the game, just not the retail version and don't tell the customer. So after getting a bunch of snotty comments about it on the Champions Online forum boards I've decided to cut my losses and get my money back. I'll probably have to get belligerent with Cryptic to get my money but I've gotten used to that.

EDIT: It works out for the best anyway, I really wasn't enjoying the game at all. I didn't get to any end game content or anything so I'm not sure how really that bad it was in the end, but the poor mechanics and lack of social tools made the game noticeably bad enough that it got in the way of me enjoying the game and since the ride there is more important than the destination, that's not good. If just one of those were a serious problem instead of both I would probably still be on board. The creative effort that went into the game was great, Oh well. Incorporating some of the elements of the hero system would have fixed most of the game mechanic issues I ran across but that's pretty common with a lot of level based games.

Just got home, had another heart attack

Sort of it was actually a complication of the first one happened last Sunday because I'm an idiot and didn't take my meds as faithfully as I should have and pushed my truck about half a mile after running out of gas. I also think I must of misunderstood the importance of one of the medications. It's basically key to making the Harkonan heart plug permanent.

Champions Online is getting a little better

I did a complete Rebuild of Warhead (including the look now that I found an old pic i drew of him) and so far things are a little less frustrating. it's a matter of figuring out what the hell these guys at cryptic are doing. 1st thing to understand that what ever cryptic did with Power Armored Characters makes them suck ass as bricks, they're blasters. I'm working on figuring the rest of their system out but so far it makes the hero system look easy. They've even got stuff like a typical MMO style crafting system which appears required to gear yourself properly just like every other MMO I've played, I'm not liking that. So far everything about this game runs contrary to the ethos of the real Hero System. Anyway, I'm gonna try rebuilding him again later with the brick framework instead of powered armor and try and keep the look the same.

Once I hit the level cap I'll have access to a lot more stuff though and be able to better judge stuff. Dispite my issues with the game its starting to grow on me. I'm gonna stay with it I think.

Whaco Jaco Michel Jackson is getting buried today

And its very annoying. Why's the plot gotta be less than a block from where I live? Put it somewhere else and close someone else's street down.

GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

I feel better. ;)

I left for work this morning and as I pulled out there was a freaking army of cops blocking off Glendale blvd and all the nearby allys. At first I thought That must'a been one big gang fight. But once I left I turned out the radio and immediately found out what it really was about.

On another note, not sure what to make of that guy. I dunno I've got a gut feeling he was actually innocent of the pedophillia stuff and it was nothing more than taking advantage of a guy who probably belonged in a mental institution but his family was more worried about the gravy train than his mental health.

Well if he's innocent of that stuff hopefully he's singing in a better place. If he's not... I ain't sayin' what I think out loud.

Government Thieving Bastards

Went to the courthouse today to button up a ticket. Got all the crap done on time for the fix it ticket and was told all I'd have to do is show that I got it fixed before the court date and the ticket would get waived. But the fuckers are making me pay the ticket anyway. Typical government lying thieving bastards! If they were up front and honest about fucking me over I wouldn't care as much. I just hate being lied to.