My First Time As Tank

Hi Gamers! It's Gamesmaster35 of course in a uncharacteristic good mood. What has me in a good mood I hear my hypothetical follower saying? Well I just recently played my first dungeon in Final Fantasy XIV. Let me rephrase that I just recently TANKED my first dungeon in Final Fantasy XIV! The group I was with definitely helped a lot but I helped keep them alive and it felt wonderful to do so. I let them know this is my first time doing this dungeon and to please forgive any mistakes I made.





Sastasha is the first dungeon you play in the game. A dark cavern that reminded me a lot of the Black Reach in Skyrim. Filled with strange creatures  , other worldly looking plants and of course the mobs of pirate

scum that have hidden out in the cavern depths. It was a beautiful place if you forget about all the things there trying to kill you.






Anyway the fighting part went rather well. Flash was my friend in this dungeon. It helped the tank (me ^_^ ) do my job and keep the enemy off my teammates. The rotation in this game is quite easy to learn so no problems there. But the people I was with really helped a lot. I didn't know where I was going. Seemed like a pretty straight shot when I saw footage on youtube , trying to learn the fight but when you were actually in it the place seemed filled with alternatives. I was sweating bullets the whole time, despite a air conditioner that would make a Eskimo shiver. But I guess my teammates sensing that would generally help me out in figuring my way around. The rest was up to me. Next time I play it I will know where to go but this was a great start. Thanks Guys!

A Brand New Start

I started playing another MMO. I haven't given up on World of Warcraft but it's just been so negative in the community lately. I needed a change of pace. The game I decided to try is Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn. My first character I decided to name after my main in Wow. Mitsuya Wren. So far I love the game. The quests are entertaining and it has these little side quests called Fates that are randomly placed on the map. You usually have a time limit to get an objective done. People can join in on your Fate without any reduction in your exp. If you help someone who's already started the Fate your experience is kind of determined based on your participation. You have things called Leves as well which seem to work like bounties. You are given something that you must do or someone that you must kill and you are rewarded based on how well you did, and how fast you were able to accomplish your mission.

Best of all is that I found a nice guild.. still new so I don't even know the name just yet. It's a casual guild of other players in various positions in the game. Some are novices like me, some are seasoned veterans. All of them eager to help each other out which I love. It's nice to just be part of a guild again.I picked a guardian as my class in this game. I didn't know Guardians are this game's tank. I'm a little scared to take on this role.I've yet to do my first dungeon.I would rather do it with other guildies to see if I have it down.I've been watching tanking guides for the last three days and using different mobs to practice my moves and my rotation. I hope I can build up the courage to ask someone  in the guild . I'll keep you posted.

Lets Practice Streetfighter V™

Playing around with StreetFighter V. I want to get decent before I start taking on people online. So I figured I would practice with Survival Mode. Survival Mode you have to last for 30 rounds against various opponents, the AI gets more difficult as you go. You have about 4 different difficulties in this mode as well Easy, Normal, Hard, and Hell. Right now I'm playing Normal but once that becomes easier I will up it to Hard and hopefully finally Hell. But I figure if you can beat it on Hard you should be able to hold your own against most people.

I know this is going to seem weird coming from someone who is not over 70 years of age and is considered to be rather Tech-Savvy by most that know me but... I don't feel I have any use for a phone.I can't justify the expense of them even at their lowest price (which admittedly can be pretty low). I currently have no phone which comes to the horror of many people I know, friends and family. They will come at me with "But what if we want to get in contact with you?", "What happens if theirs an emergency and we need to find you?" and about the only one that I give weight to: "What if your car breaks down and you need a tow or something?".

All I can say to these people is experience has shown me that when I had a phone I would be paying $45 bucks/month for a overrated paperweight that would hardly ring because most of the same people telling me about the importance of a cellphone to keep up with family would never call me. Most of the time when there was a family emergency or something I would come on to the computer, check my email and my sister would be telling me about something that happened and for me to contact Ma.  But things like that might happen what once every 3 years or so? Maybe once a year if I would be generous. That means spending more than $500 for the off chance that I will hear news about one of my family members in dire straights sometime during the year. Otherwise the dam thing is useless. I get no use out of it and I'm just too dam poor to be spending money on stuff I hardly use. I look at some of these people with these extremely nice, filled with all kinds of features, types of phones and they work at the same place that I do. They've never said anything about any other place of employment as long as I knew them (which is 6 or 7 years some of them) and I'm just thinking how in the world can you be affording this? These same people spend money on outrageous hairdos and perfectly manicured nails, talking about car payments of $250 bucks a month which if their paycheck is like mine is about half of that paycheck for the 2 week period.. All I can do is shake my head. Maybe they have a boyfriend that takes care of the bills or provides them luxuries I don't know.

All of this started ruminating in my head when I was trying to make a business page on Google Plus. I have one already on Twitter and Facebook, and Tumblr so I figured I would make one for Google Plus as well. Of course Google being Google they want to get integrated into every aspect of your life and so wanted to verify it was me making this new account. At first it gave me the option to verify it through email, which I agreed to and clicked on the link promptly once I received the message. So I'm thinking good to go....right? No of course not, this is real life when is anything every as simple as they can make it. I go to make my first comment on my new G+ page and I get the screen asking me to verify that I am who I say I am but this time not giving me a choice for email. This time they want to do it by either voice messaging or text messaging my phone which of course I don't have! For the reasons stated above. Now eventually I figured I would get a phone for my business but not yet.. I  have a shoe string budget and I'm trying to build up a good inventory of stuff so if I start to run out I have some leeway to gather up $200 for more inventory. I tried going halfway and asking google for a phone number through their Google Voice Program but guess what. Google Voice requires a cell or landline phone to work. This SHIT SERIOUSLY SUCKS!! Why has society just decided that it's practically mandatory for you to own a phone? No matter how out of the loop, socially awkward or how much a lone wolf you are the world has deemed it just unseemly to not have this device strapped to your person like it was life support. If Alexander Grahm Bell was alive I'd strangle him with a telephone cord.

It's so weird to find myself making another posting after so much time of dormancy. But I just have to get this out. I've been working on bettering myself at work. I work a really socially oriented place and I don't always act with the best tact. Add to that I have a pretty pessimistic view on most things which rubs a lot of people I work with the wrong way. So I've endeavored to change. And I was doing pretty well. I tried to smile more, tried to be more optimistic and focus more on what can be done instead of what can't be you know. It all came to a head though a couple of days ago when I was working and one of the assistant managers made note of how much I changed and how much better this new version was compared to the "Mr. Grumpy" version I was before.  At first I was pretty happy for the acknowledgement of my efforts but then I got to thinking about that. About having to change everything about me just to be accepted. The old me would never accept that.The idea that to be liked all I have to do is put this stupid smile on my face, ignore when I'm slighted, hold my tongue when I think something is a stupid idea. To perpetually act like someone I would just hate if I met them before all this.

On the other hand I had to watch as someone I trained. Someone that in so many other respects was so much like me. He had the same work ethic, he  learned from me  and did the same job I did , he had the same initiative and drive. The only thing different was his more upbeat personality. And in less than a year he was being promoted. And here I am always stuck at the same pay and position, not because I don't work hard, not because I'm lazy or goof off but essentially because I'm not this happy go lucky person. I consider so wrong to be held back like this for such a stupid reason. Why does this world prize people having to act like they're happy even when there's no reason to be. Why is it a company can't promote you strictly by the job you do but have to take into account how you're perceived while doing it? Sometimes I don't think I will ever understand people, then again I'm afraid that some day I will.

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed I'm not Blue

I decided to start with my main's profile. I had a mix of new and old today. I did the StormStout Brewery Heroic today. This doesn't really help my item level situation yet but it does give me a little more confidence as far as going into dungeons with groups. It was a good run I wish I could record such things to look at my performance later.

The old was a solo ICC run. At lease it started off as a solo. A friend of mine joined me. A Priest Healer joined me when she heard I was having trouble with the first boss Marrowgar or something like that. We beat the first two bosses but I didn't know we were suppose to actually put on the rocket packs on the gunship.I'll try it again later tonight. Why was I there? Well I've been trying to get a ShadoPan Transmog going and I need to upgrade the armor I currently have to get the proper look to it.

Overall I was happy to see how well I was doing in the Brewery. It was my first time there. Tommorow I want to tackle ShadoPan Monastary.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/norgannon/Mitsuya/simple

This is my main Mitsuya. My next goal overall is to get to an item level of 521. Debating whether to engage in LFR or not I've been getting mixed messages from people about it. Mostly bad.I definitely don't want to pick up bad habits.Up until this point I've only been a part of one raid. Onyxia.

Hung out on the Timeless Isle with one of my old guildies. It was nice to see him again we all kind of went our separate ways and while the guild hasn't completely disbanded we don't have but a handful of members that actually play the game.But anyway it was quite an experience fighting alongside him.Unlike me he has a true passion for the game that has only gotten stronger with time.We are both fury warriors but where as I'm kind of stationary he flits and dances about.Dodging attacks, stopping spells in midcast. I've been trying to follow suit.It's a hard thing to do after playing so long, you know changing your whole style of play.He says it's because he was part of a raid guild for awhile which pretty much demands that sort of thing from their members. By the end of the day I was moving a great deal more.Able to at least dodge most of the blows some of these Yaunghol warriors were handing me.

I've been gathering more and more armor and I'll try to get you some more stats on the armor that I've picked up.Next time I think I will look up some glyphs and maybe go shopping for some gems (you quest alot you end up with alot of money).Things are slowly going in the right direction but I've yet to go to any dungeons yet.I hope to have some news on that next time.