Timogorgon | Cheerful Ghost

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So I have found myself in possession of about 4 extra DotA 2 beta invites. Any one interested?

Travis Admin wrote on 01/06/2013 at 06:45am

I've only played for a couple of hours, which probably explains it, but I have yet to get any extra invites to hand out.

BR Supporter wrote on 01/06/2013 at 07:52am

It gave me 6 extra early access....I don't know why cause I hardly play the game. Weird

Tungsten wrote on 01/06/2013 at 03:49pm

Yep, 4 here as well... Is it just me or should they just make it public?

SignalWarden wrote on 01/06/2013 at 08:56pm

I had six. The DAY i finally gave the last one away I went to send it from my inventory and there were six more. I still have three left...

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/07/2013 at 12:55am

Thanks for sharing these everyone!

vdogmr25 wrote on 01/08/2013 at 03:11am

I have 4 as well. How about we put these up on steamgifts and maybe make one or two private cheerful ghost giveaways?

Travis Admin wrote on 01/08/2013 at 03:15am

At this point it's almost impossible not to have it if you really want it: http://www.reddit.com/r/sharedota2/

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/08/2013 at 03:26am

I think a Steamgift giveaway is a fine idea! Make it public, point to the site.

Profit?

Travis Admin wrote on 01/08/2013 at 03:47am

Yes! That's a great idea. vdogmr, my comment wasn't directed at you, I think I opened this and left it for a bit, so your comment wasn't here when I posted.

vdogmr25 wrote on 01/18/2013 at 05:15pm

So steamgifts has taken off Dota 2 due to area restrictions. Any other thoughts on using them to spread the word of the Ghost?

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/18/2013 at 05:25pm

Hmmmm, you could advertise about it in the sub-reddit for giveaways?

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So sometimes when I'm playing a game I've played and beaten multiple times, I start to come up with "rules" for myself to make the game more interesting. For example, sometimes when I play Final Fantasy tactics, I'll start to ban myself from using certain abilities because they're too powerful, or restrict the gear I'm allowed to use, such as no Knight swords. I've also tried going through Ocarina of Time for as long as possible without a shield just to see how far I could get.

I was wondering if anyone else does that, and if so, what are some of the rules or limitations you put on yourself?

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/15/2012 at 11:58pm

I am going to do a Let's Play about this sometime, but one thing I do in The Legend of Zelda for NES is max out my hearts, get the blue right and white sword and such before I hit level 1. That said, that makes level one easier... So. Harder...

Hm.

Well I had a dream with the Legend of Zelda that one could beat it without the sword entirely. I tried it a few times but couldn't seem to crack the nut, but some great souls have.

http://faqs.ign.com/articles/559/559800p1.html

Travis Admin wrote on 12/16/2012 at 02:21am

In the Elder Scrolls games, I always set out to make different characters with different stats and different focuses, but I always end up playing a sneaky thief archer/dagger wielder. So I'll frequently put these self-imposed rules on myself to force me to play in a different way. I just love that play style, it's hard not to go back to it, but it's worth it to see all the different ways you can play.

vdogmr25 wrote on 12/16/2012 at 06:01am

If a game has a difficulty setting, I usually choose the hardest available for my first play through. There's a few games where this doesn't work out; namely the Command and Conquer games, but it keeps things challenging. In games like Elder Scrolls, I try do at least one run though using fists only. There's a strange satisfaction in punching a giant to death.

Travis Admin wrote on 12/16/2012 at 06:18am

vdogmr25-- Elder Scrolls unarmed reminds me of this. If you haven't seen this, it's hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBiNx749Zw

MAJOR language warning on this. Don't watch unless you're ok with numerous f-bombs.

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Fan made Castlevania film... With Worf!?

I was curious if any of you fellow Mirthful Specters out there have seen this fan made Castlevania film that just happens to have a couple Star Trek: TNG alums in it. (Michael Dorn and, in later episodes, Marina Sirtis).

I started watching it primarily because I heard Michael Dorn was in it, but the episodes aren't that bad. I'd say they're better than some fantasy shows that have made it to actual television. *cough*Legend of the Seeker*cough*

What are your thoughts?

Halloween Horror Nights: Silent Hill maze

Over the weekend I got to experience Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. This year one of the mazes was themed on Silent Hill so I thought I'd share my experiences with you guys. While I unfortunately wasn't able to take any pictures at the event I found the above video on Youtube that takes you through the whole maze.

The video doesn't quite do the maze justice but if you're unable to see this in person, it'll give you a pretty good idea of what it was like. For one thing, the video uses night vision so you don't get a sense of just how dark and creepy the maze really is. In the little hallways between rooms it's especially dark and there are thin strings hanging down from the ceiling that feel like spiderwebs as you're walking through them. It seems like everything in these mazes is meant to mess with your head. I don't know if it's intentional, but the mazes even smell weird (they don't smell bad, just... kind of weird). This was my third year at Halloween Horror nights, and it's quickly become my favorite thing to do during Halloween time.

Enjoy the video and happy Halloween. :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/23/2012 at 03:34am

One of these years I need to come down and hang with you for the Halloween Horror Nights! I loved this kind of Halloween themed event and this one particularly looks like some of the best around!

I have experienced some good haunted houses in Portland but nothing video game themed!

Gary_Butterfield wrote on 10/23/2012 at 05:05pm

I would maze the shit out of this thing. Jon, have you done Frighttown?

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/24/2012 at 01:13am

I haven't done Fighttown yet. Only hit up Scream at the Beach a few years and the Haunted House at Disney Land and Enchanted Forest :D

Gary_Butterfield wrote on 10/25/2012 at 04:39pm

Frighttown is great. I recommend it. I've also done The 13th Door here, which was B+

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/25/2012 at 04:42pm

Sounds great, recently I haven't been too impressed with Scream at the Beach so checking out a new one sounds radsome.

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So we all got access to the Mechromancer early (yay!) Today

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/10/captainscarlett.jpg

So we all got access to the Mechromancer early (yay!)

Today it was announced that the next DLC installment will release next week (wha..?)

Here's a link to Joystiq's article on the upcoming DLC, titled Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty:
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/11/borderlands-2s-captain-scarlett-dlc-lands-on-october-16/

While I'm happy for more Borderlands, and I definitely am going to buy this* I don't even have 4 gun slots open on any of my characters yet and we're already getting our second dose of DLC. That... seems kind of quick. What are your thoughts on the new DLC?

*Actually I'm just going to spring for the season pass. I know I'm going to buy all the DLC packs anyways.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/12/2012 at 12:46am

I barley played any of the original BL DLC because as I completed the game I got a new PC and got into that pretty heavy. That said, I DO plan on going back and completing BL1 DLC. I imagine after I finish BL2 and BL1 DLC ill obtain the BL2 DLC on Steam in a game+all dlc bundle is the plan.

I do think this DLC drop is quick but that is the way of things it seems now. Thank goodness for Game of the Year Editions.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/12/2012 at 12:47am

On the Pirate's Booty DLC itself... I really like the theme of this. Adding stuff to increase the re-playability of the game is a win as well.

How many hours were the previous DLC packs?

Timogorgon Member Post Author wrote on 10/12/2012 at 08:09pm

I never finished the General Knoxx add-on but I heard it was pretty expansive. The zombie add on was pretty short but fun. I think it took me and my wife about 3-4 hours to finish. The Claptrap Revolution add on was pretty big too, took us somewhere around 8-10 hours to complete.

Keep in mind these times are just estimates, it's been awhile since we went through them, so I could be off. Never-the-less, the zombie one was much shorter than the Claptrap one. :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/13/2012 at 07:36am

Ok awesome, thanks!

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So last night @jdodson, my brother-in-law and I took the new

So last night @jdodson, my brother-in-law and I took the new Mecromancer class for a spin. And wow, is she awesome.

DeathTrap is quite possibly the most helpful special ability in the early levels. At level 9 I ran into a pair of Badasses (one Psycho, one Nomad with a shield) and DT tanked them both without any trouble! His damage so far is pretty impressive too.

As far as the Mechromancer's skills go, I haven't gotten very far into the Little Big Trouble skill tree to comment too much on it. For one, the skills I've gotten so far buff my chance to cause elemental effects, but I've only found a handful of fire weapons. That said, it did seem like the fire SMG I picked up was kicking a little more butt than a green-rarity gun should be doing.

Have any of you guys tried out the Mecromancer yet? Anyone picking up the Ordered Chaos skill tree? I'm very interested in how that plays out.

The Borderlands 2 character skill trees have been posted on

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/09/borderlands2skilltree.png

The Borderlands 2 character skill trees have been posted on the official website. There's even a skill tree calculator you can use. :)

http://www.borderlands2.com/us/#characters

Man, I was already torn between the Soldier and the Gunzerker characters, and now the Assassin and Siren abilities look really cool too!

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/08/2012 at 08:10pm

Doesnt seem to work on the iPhone, when I get to my desktop I'll try it out. I was thinking Gunzerker too but I am open based on this.

BR Supporter wrote on 09/08/2012 at 08:48pm

I will be playing Axton, the commando character. I like the idea of being able to place down a totally destructive turret. The turret enables axton to be support and yet still deal good damage himself. I just like the fun mix of support and dps.

Tungsten wrote on 09/08/2012 at 11:22pm

The assassin is the way I'm most interested in. He looks pretty cool.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/09/2012 at 01:05am

Woah. What's with the picture? Is that what you see when you open the skilltree? What about being able to see your character in realtime? D:

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/09/2012 at 04:42am

No it's the skill tree online selector.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/09/2012 at 03:51pm

Oh. I'm a dummy. Sorry.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/09/2012 at 04:52pm

Honest mistake.

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Sup CheerfulGhosters, Our Terraria server has been a huge

Sup CheerfulGhosters,

Our Terraria server has been a huge success I think. I've had a lot of fun seeing the houses everyone has built and fighting monsters with you guys. And I dunno about you, but I've ended up with a ton of new loot exploring and mining. :D

There's two things I'd like to run past you guys. First up, while exploring the underworld I found the item necessary to spawn the Wall of Flesh boss character (http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/Wall_of_flesh). We have a little over a week left on our server and I think it would be fun to try and kill this thing and put our world into Hardmode before we're done. However, this is not something I'll do unless it's cool with you guys and if you think we're all ready for Hardmode. Having said that...

I know some of the players on our server are not as well equipped as others. I'd like to help solve that. Both @jdodson and I have the items needed to spawn multiple Eater of Worlds boss characters (http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/Eater_Of_Worlds). He's surprisingly easy, and this would be a good chance for some of our lesser equipped players to get the resources necessary to craft some higher level weapons, armor, and other gear. I'd like to set up a night or two to farm the boss and help you guys get better equipped. :) So let me know in the comments when would be a good time for all of you to meet up and kill us some bosses!

Also, anytime I'm on I'm more than willing to help anyone out with whatever they need. I know looking for loot underground or in the underground jungle is pretty tricky for new characters and I'd be more than happy to come along and help you guys look for life crystals, treasure boxes, or whatever else you want to go looking for. :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/03/2012 at 04:20am

I am up for hardmode but I want more people to chime in before we drop the bomb on that one.

Ill just toss out a date and time of next Monday @ 8pm PST.

Tungsten wrote on 08/03/2012 at 05:14am

I'm in for the Eater of Worlds boss. I can't guarantee a time, but I can always try.

Travis Admin wrote on 08/03/2012 at 02:29pm

Thanks to fighting EoW with you a couple nights ago, I have actually fought him about 20 more times in my own personal world (so as not to destroy people's houses with meteor strikes in the CG world). I'm to the point now where I need to start farming hellstone and really build out my endgame gear. So I would be totally cool with doing this soon.

HOWEVER. I would suggest before we take on the wall of flesh, Jon should make a copy of the world as it is right before we do that and send it to all who are interested in keeping it. Since some majorly destructive things can happen post-WoF, it would be nice to have a clean happy world to go to just in case.

As for the EoW, if I'm on for any of those I'll help out to speed things up, and I can make some of the items needed to spawn him too if needed. But as for the loot, I really don't need it. In fact, if you check the "leave a penny, take a penny" chests, I dropped some demonite and shadow scales in there because I literally have no need for them. So I'll join the fight and give away any demonite and shadow scales that I manage to pick up.

WBS, you seem to have the most experience here (I think). What kind of gear do you recommend before jumping to the post-crisis world? I'll work on getting that ready.

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/03/2012 at 03:02pm

Hmmm if the wall of flesh could mess up the world in hard mode then maybe we should spawn a few days before the server ends. Ill snapshot it before and afterward.

Also if meteorite strikes happen more, we can add layers of dirt above us to protect from the strikes. That might work.

I am shutting off the server next Friday so lets say we spawn it next Wed the 8th?

Travis Admin wrote on 08/03/2012 at 03:24pm

I'm cool with any time after this weekend, to give me some time to get molten armor and a badass sword. Maybe the one that requires you to destroy all your other badass swords in the process. That's a lot of work, but sounds fun!

Travis Admin wrote on 08/03/2012 at 03:24pm

Beyond loot, everyone should try to get full health and mana before then as well.

Timogorgon Member Post Author wrote on 08/03/2012 at 05:37pm

I think I have the most hours clocked in to Terraria, but most of that was a long time ago before most of this stuff was added. The vast majority of my gear all comes from oir server. So I've never been to a hardmode world before, so I'm new to this as well. As far as gear goes Molten armor is going to be the best defense wise. I think phase blades or grass blades will be the best craftable weapons, but you might be able to find better stuff in the dungeon or underworld. If you can afford it, the minishark gun from the arms dealer is really good and a lot of fun.

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/04/2012 at 01:01am

Awesome, then unless anyone objects, lets do the boss Wed eve round 8pm PST. That work for everyone? Maybe bump it earlier if you can't do that Travis?

vdogmr25 wrote on 08/04/2012 at 01:30am

I'm up for Wednesday, but I'll need to hop in at some point for the eater of worlds. I'll probably be on every evening through monday.

Travis Admin wrote on 08/05/2012 at 12:03am

I've been reading up on prep, and I'm going to start preparing the world for the change, if anyone wants to join. Certainly get yourself prepared first. Defeating WoF creates an X in the world, one arm being corruption, the other being hallow, and the two spread VERY fast. In order to halt that we should have a sizable gap all around it. There's still the chance that the X will totally take out our town, in which case this is pointless, but if not we can breath easier.

So when you exit/enter town *BE CAREFUL* because there's going to be a gap. You will fall to your death without a golden horseshoe. I also recommend finding a magic mirror in case you do fall (and have the horseshoe to survive) so you can get back up quickly.

Also, for town itself, I'm going to put a few layers of brick down at ground level just in case the X spawns within the gap. While that won't necessarily stop it, it may give us a little longer to mitigate.

I recommend putting a few essentials in your bank, just in case.

Travis Admin wrote on 08/05/2012 at 06:46am

So I have the 10-block-wide trenches dug all around our important stuff. No light or way to get back up yet, so use caution. I need to see if the corruption/hallow can travel across wooden platforms.

The grounds of our town are now brick to fortify us against the corruption/hallow menace. I also went around every important building/area if it was underground. Stuff above ground *should* be safe, depending on where the X lands. If I missed anything, it's just basic gray brick if you want to add your own fortification.

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/06/2012 at 01:27am

First off, love the stone around the Village. It really make it feel like more of a cobblestone like area. I really like it.

I also like the HUGE drops now and hollowed area around the village, it gives everything WAY more scale. Does this protect us from corruption? Makes sense that it would, can't travel through air. :)

I am ready for the server drop, someone kindly gave me a few hearts :) and now I am maxed out. Totally love how much time weve all put into the game, it really feels like we have accomplished a lot!

Timogorgon Member Post Author wrote on 08/06/2012 at 05:18pm

Yeah the brick is awesome, it makes our town look really cool. There's a guide to containing the corruption/hallow which can be found here:

http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/Guide:Containing_the_Hallow/Corruption

I don't think containment should be a huge concern outside of our starting village (don't want to wreck our houses) because the server isn't going to be active much longer after hardmode is started.

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/06/2012 at 05:42pm

Hey all, let's pop the Wall of Flesh / hardmode Thursday at 8p PST. Does that work for everyone?

Travis Admin wrote on 08/06/2012 at 06:39pm

8 PST is a little late for me. 7 or 7:30 is good if it's manageable for you west-coast types.

Timogorgon Member Post Author wrote on 08/06/2012 at 07:02pm

Normally anything before 8pm is too early for me (kids don't go to bed before 8) but this week they'll be away at summer camp, so I can get on anytime after 6pm PST.

Tungsten wrote on 08/06/2012 at 07:11pm

It might work for me, but it does kind of depend on the kid. I'll try, but don't wait for me.

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/06/2012 at 07:18pm

Ok so let's do this Thursday at 6.30pm PST. That work well for everyone?

Travis Admin wrote on 08/07/2012 at 12:42am

That's fantastic for me. Gives us a chance to kill him a bunch if we're so inclined. I can get rid of all my voodoo dolls. And not accidentally spawn him. Not like anyone would ever do anything like that.

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/07/2012 at 01:16am

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It took longer than two weeks, but it looks like starting in

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/i-DF5xBvt/0/L/i-DF5xBvt-L.jpg

It took longer than two weeks, but it looks like starting in November Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO is going the free-to-play route. According to the article, free players will be able to play through all the class story lines but be limited on what flashpoints (think instances or raids) they can do and have limited access to the auction house.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/175042/After_less_than_a_year_The_Old_Republic_is_going_free_to_play.php

Ive gone to the Halloween Horror nights for the past two

I've gone to the Halloween Horror nights for the past two years, and it is SO MUCH FUN! I was actually going to pass on it this year and try one of the other theme parks, but now that they've announced a Silent Hill themed maze I have to check it out. :D

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Need an invite?

Self Imposed rules of gaming.

Fan made Castlevania film... With Worf!?

Halloween Horror Nights: Silent Hill maze

So we all got access to the Mechromancer early (yay!) Today

So last night @jdodson, my brother-in-law and I took the new

The Borderlands 2 character skill trees have been posted on

Sup CheerfulGhosters, Our Terraria server has been a huge

It took longer than two weeks, but it looks like starting in

Ive gone to the Halloween Horror nights for the past two