Vacation

Well, we got back from vacation and it was as if I had not left so things are not as dismal as they seem. Time to get back into the swing of Strategy Browser Gaming.

Ultimately, in Tribal Wars the Tribe I was in totally disbanded and is now spread out among any number of different old and new tribes. We will see how long this lasts since I got into a pretty small tribe.

Console Gaming
I went to the local Game Stop tonight looking for new meat(Wii games) and decided to get Resident Evil 4 and one of the Rayman games. The control of a Wii is slightly better than the xbox and playstations for aiming but it still cannot compare to a good mouse and keyboard.

My years playing doom up to Half Life spoiled me for any game on a console that uses any aiming system. They are nowhere close to as good or as responsive. I can remember doing jumps from platforms spinning 180 degrees shooting someone in the head on the level below me and then shooting someone directly below me in a split second in Quake3 without breaking a sweat and that would not even be possible in any of the new console shooters.

Even at the highest sensitivity the best pc gamer could clean house against the best console gamer in halo or whatever. That would be an interesting tournament to watch actually. I hereby patent the idea of console vs pc shooter tournament.

The Military Channel

The Military Channel has a show on at night that goes over the top 10 of a certain weapon or vehicle or whatever. Last night from 7pm to 8pm EST they had a show that I found very interesting:



Top Tens
Top Ten Infantry Fighting Vehicles
TV-PG, CC

The list was given as follows:

10. Humvee

9. LVT MK-4 (Landing Vehicle Tracked)

8. M-3 Halftrack

7. Universal Bren Gun Carrier

6. BMP-1

5. Sd.Kfz. 251

4. Stryker

3. MCV-80 Warrior

2. M-2 Bradley

1. M-113

The Drudgery of Dying

Well,

I have not posted much in the last few days due to the drudgery that is strategy browser gaming. Here is an update:

Tribal Wars W9 - waiting to die.
Tribal Wars W13 - waiting to die.
Travian W6 - building and waiting to die.
BiteFight - slow building process.
RuleTheSeas - slow buildling process.
Silentmurder - slow building process.
Others - waiting to die.

Fun. Fun. Due to this I have not had a lot to update this blog with. Hopefully I will get attacked and can detail how I was destroyed or was able to fight them off.

Desertion. . . aka Loyalty vs. Self-Preservation

Well, it seems that a lot of people are just full of hot air (unless they are on the winning team). A large part of the tribe has stuck in the fray even though it is looking dismal. Another large group started some attacks in the last few days.

Desertion in the face of an overwhelming army or force is an interesting thing. Players start thinking about personal survival instead of the survival of the group and that is when all remaining ties break down.

We have orders to start taking the villages of the deserters, however I do not think I will do anything to them unless they attack me first. I have enough on my plate to have to open a fourth front with deserters.

Ultimately, it does boil down to loyalty vs. self-preservation.