Random Babbling Post #93

Another one?

Almost at a hundred!

What on EARTH have you been talking about in here?

 

The meaning of life...why don't we make a book out of the babblings?

 

Well...first, I drive a new-ish VW Jetta which has a pretty good fuel economy (better than 90% of America made cars). And the state line is only about 85 miles away. If gas did offset any savings, my justification is that it was a nice drive though the mountains, and got the two of us out of the apartment during a very nice day.

And yes, booze in Utah is expensive. For a bottle of Grey Goose Vodka in Utah, it's $30. I found it in Wyoming for $23 for the same sized bottle. Also, if you want Everclear, the biggest bottle you can buy in UT is only 200ml for about $5. In WY, we found a 1 Liter bottle for $10. See what happens when the government controls the liquor?

Oh yeah...kegs in Utah are illegal unless you run a business and are licensed to serve alcohol...like a bar. I have a co-worker that hosts keg parties once every few months, and he has to make a trip to WY to get them.

 

*yawn*

Work done, feeling a bit sleepy now.

 

Finally! Seems half of this city has its internet down or coming and going.

Anyways, it's turned drizzly, and I've been playing games offline due to the dodgy isp.

And I pulled off an achievement I never thought I would.

Yay me, I guess.


EDIT: Okay, so since there's no "Random Gaming Babbling Thread" over in The Playground, I guess I'll go into more detail here.

Ask anyone who's played GTA3 "what's so bad about the ambulance mission?" and pull up a chair, have a snack and a coffee ready, and better have a pillow ready, just in case.

Rockstar is usually somewhat sadistic in making things tough on the gamer, but more to the extent of being challenging rather than outright cruel.

The tippy, rolls over if breathed on while turning, explodes like it's packed with nitro, steers like a tank and stops just a *little* worse than you thought it would (namely onto the patient you were trying to pick up) ambulance has a 'career mission' that is inarguably the most malicious, hair-pulling, leave teethmarks in your controller set of flaming hoops you have to jump through.

People playing the game with the intent of getting "100% completion" may be able to make a sports car dance on the rooftops from checkpoint to checkpoint; they may be able to hunt down progressively larger groups of criminals in a fairly fragile squad car; they may even be able to quell their violent instincts and peacefully ferry people from place to place in an unassuming yellow taxi, but they shudder at the thought of trying to aid the injured in Liberty City.

Every time I'd had the game on my hard drive, I'd usually give up on some of the trickier stuff, and the Ambulance Mission would be on that list.

But this time, after blowing through some tasks, and riding on a crest of good mojo, I decided "Meh, so what if some jerk will clip my bonewagon as I'm about to pick up the last patient and cause to tip over and smoosh him, making me fail and start all over? It's all in fun; let's just see how far I can get this time!"

Well...

...it was all the way.

On the first try.

There's twelve levels. The number of patients who're bleeding to death is equivalent to the level number. The ambulance carries three victims at most, so there's plenty of ferrying back and forth in later levels. And unlike any other 'career mission' each level chops off any extra time you may have built up and starts fresh with a flat, two-minute deadline. Seventy-eight people in total. And the city is filled with misanthropic sociopaths more self-centered than spinning tops.

And somehow I managed to weave through that lot, keep my charges alive and clear of gang firefights, keep my vehicle with wheels on the ground, and not smoking.

It's as if I entered some kind of zen-like trance that ignored the ticking timer, ignored the drops of blood from my maimed passengers, ignored how tantalizingly close I was getting to completion, and just focussed on "pick up that one, that one and that one, then bring 'em back for treatment".

Needless to say, wow. I didn't know I had it in me.

[ June 06, 2007, 03:49: Message edited by: jaded empath ]

 

Babble again?

Kitrax, I can't buy booze at all in the county I live in.

We got a fifteen minute shower today. It's a start.

 

May I have your attention please:

I've always wanted to say that. Probably would be better if I had something to say...

 

Yes, now I want news Damnit!

hey I'm back by the way, did anyone notice I havent been around much?

 

What?!?! Isn't Tennessee home to several different brands of whiskey? Can you at least buy beer (yuck) at the store?

In other news, we're looking for a house. And the way things look right now, we might end up getting a house just a 5 minute walk from my parent's house.

 

That happend to me last night. Where do you live?

 

I have another LAN day tomorrow.

Some people say it isn't normal to sit in a room and use a computer for hours on end. I laugh at them

 

Firecrackers?!?! What year are you living in? 1970? These days, you've got to go with something big. I got 2 boxes of Artillery Shells, a 48 piece assortment of Roman Candles, a box of mini-Artillery Shells, 2 gigantic 200g mortars, and 3 150g mortars.

Pfft...firecrackers. Just the lift charge of a small artillery shell is louder than several firecrackers going off at the same time.

I can't wait for the 4th!

 

Does anyone else throw and catch a small ball when bored at their computer?

I only just realised how often I do it.

 

My bro's away on camp. Therefore I have the computer all to myself. Yayness

 

Ugh, I've never seen the obsession with fireworks like that, Kit. They're just damn noisy! x_x

Two exams down...

Ten more to go...

 

Exactly...

We used to make bombs out of plastic milk bottles. Those would make car alarms go off all down the block.

 

Let's dance!

 

The last dance?

I have a stable connection today (I hope).