So I finally hit 68 and can go to Northend. I am planning to get this character to lvl 80 before our holiday ends (9.1). Me and my cousing were leveling together today and we killed one big boss! See this screenie:
Archive for December, 2008
Learn2Play and more WoW
December 23rd, 2008
Learn2Play is a gaming community which has website, forums, gaming servers and a clan. The community is ran by some really awesome people I know and we would be hoping to see more people along! The community supports Child’s Play and they are going to donate 0.80 $ for every member the community has at the end of this year. So ask yourself, why wouldn’t I join a community with awesome people and make it for a good cause? No reason you wouldn’t so join in!
And to WoW again people. Leveling my druid is going well, I am lvl 48 when I write this. I also find a new site to get wow-signatures and the site is better than any I have seen before. The site is Magelo. I got this sig from there so you can keep track of my leveling more easy.
World of Warcraft continued
December 10th, 2008Waiting for screenshots? Not this time sorry but info about my character. I found this place to make WoW forum signatures easily and decided to make my signature. Clicking on it will take you to wow-armory to see my gear and talents.
So I am our groups tank which means that I dry to draw attenttion from enemies so they won’t attack our healer and mage. I try to keep the enemies only attacking me so our healer has an easy job of healing me and mage can cast spells on enemies without being attacked. The rogue helps me by doing damage to enemies. It still is fun playing it (I have lost interest in WoW two times when I hit lvl 20) and hopefully it stays as interesting as it is now. I do something else on the evenings though since our mage can’t play all day like rest of us and we respect it by not playing so he won’t be left behind at leveling. Still if you play at Kor’gall pass me a whisper if you read my blog:)
Black Mesa Source
December 3rd, 2008
Half-Life is back. This time its being made by some insanely good source modders so you could see the game that started the Half-Life continuum with improved graphics and gameplay. Even if you have completed Half-Life before you will still want to play this game.
You play as Gordon Freeman, a scientist working in Black Mesa. One day something goes terribly wrong and you will begin your way to escape from the Black Mesa. The things just get worse as you make your way towards the surface when Special Ops are sent to eliminate all survivors from the base. Prepare for unforseen consequences.
Watch the trailer to see how awesome the game looks.
High quality version of the trailer
Low quality version of the trailer
More info: (from: http://www.blackmesasource.com/about.php)
Introduction
Black Mesa (formerly Black Mesa: Source) is a Half-Life 2 total conversion remaking VALVe Software’s award-winning PC game, Half-Life. Utilizing the Source engine, Black Mesa will reintroduce the player as Doctor Gordon Freeman, along with the original cast of memorable characters and environments seen in Half-Life. Black Mesa was built and founded on the basis that Half-Life: Source was inadequate as the Source engine port of Half-Life, regardless of the intentions of VALVe Software. As such, Black Mesa was founded to fully reconstruct the Half-Life universe utilizing Source to its fullest potential in terms of art detail, level sizes and code features. This total conversion will not require Half-Life: Source to play – only a copy of any Source Engine game installed on Steam.
The Environment
Black Mesa is set in and around the Black Mesa Research Facility as depicted in the original Half-Life game. The research facility is a former Cold War missile complex based in New Mexico, and features a diverse array of locations ranging from abandoned rocket testing silos to modern administrative offices, from underground physics laboratories to a full-scale hydroelectric dam. The game continues beyond, into an inter-dimensional border world known as Xen. What will set Black Mesa apart from other Source engine modifications in development is the attention to environment detail. Levels will be faithful to the original Half-Life concept and built from scratch, yet will feature higher-resolution textures, detailed world models, and a higher quality of audio ambience courtesy of the Source engines soundscape system. The end goal of such attention to detail is an immersive single-player environment, which will engross the player in a story that is yet to be matched by any other first-person shooter.
Features
Black Mesa has many features, several of which are still in planning or being tested. Below are a few of the larger and more distinctive features of Black Mesa:
- Detailed and interactive environments based on the original Half-Life game, including reconstructed multiplayer maps;
- Single-player, co-operative and deathmatch modes planned;
- Original music score by Joel Nielsen;
- Artificial intelligence that will dynamically think, react and interact with and about their environment;
- Normal, specular and parallax mapping utilized on world surfaces and models where applicable;
- A priority on gameplay and immersion factors such as ambience, logical functionality and interactivity.
Game Modes
Black Mesa will feature three game modes designed to provide a high replayability factor.
Single-player
- Assuming the role of Dr. Gordon Freeman you will experience an immersive, story-driven mode of play. A world where around every corner a new threat or situation presents itself, provoking thought and interaction between you and your world. Relying on more than just combat to survive, your wits and intelligence will become strong allies in your fight for survival. Environments will be interactive, rich with detail, fully ambient and NPC characters will react to these environments and your actions therein. A world driven by story, locations conquered by wit, enemies matched with firepower. Welcome to Black Mesa. Run, think, shoot, live, Source.
Co-operative
- Black Mesa co-op will allow players to not only recruit the assistance of security guards and scientists, but also that of your friends! Share the single-player experience by battling through Black Mesa together. Players will be able to wage battles, travel corridors and emerge victorious over the enemies and escape the confines of the Black Mesa Research Facility.
Deathmatch
- The adrenaline pumping, bullet dodging, rockets-flying, big-red-button riddled deathmatch is back in classic Half-Life style, featuring graphically enhanced multiplayer maps and the full lineup of weapons. You’ll find yourself having more fun blowing away your friends than, well, anything.
