Empire Avenue, I've written on this before, but my thoughts on this have changed. First off, for those of you who are reading this for the first time, might want to know what Empire Avenue is. Empire Avenue is a Social Network driven stock market game. Wait...What? Socially driven stock market game? Yep, that's right, in other words, you're activity on your other social networks, is reflected in your stock price. Not a very active Social Networker? You can expect your stock to drop a bit and for people to sell your stock. You're stock price is also affected by how many people sell you versus how many people buy you. The more people that buy than sell, the higher the stock price. Dividends are given to your stock holders. That's also calculated based on your Social Network activity and how much people interact with you. There you have it. The basics of Empire Avenue.
Now, some of you might wonder why exactly, am I writing another post about it? Well, some times, after a while of playing something, we have to step back and look at things from a different angle. Is the game really living up to our perspectives. Yes, many people consider Empire Avenue a game that merely connects your Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn, Facebook Fan Page, and Blogs.
So, what exactly do I think about Empire Avenue now? Well, first off, I should probably point out that, regardless of what I say here, I'll probably still end up playing Empire Avenue.
Empire Avenue to me has really taken a hit. There are a lot of legitimate people out there playing this, but there are also a lot of content farmers. I've noticed something lately, that the people that are really high up there on Empire Avenue, are people that are on it all day basically. Well, most of them. Not all of them. Also, many of those people tend to have 15-25 blog post or more a day. Just to produce good dividends. Though, luckily Empire Avenue only counts 20 blog post for the day as the limit. These people are also on twitter a lot. They tweet often. Not so regularly that you get sick of it, like spammy, but they do tweet often. Their Facebook pages, get a lot of likes. How? I don't know.
It make seem like I'm complaining about this, but I'm only complaining that it takes so much effort to even make yourself a top stock. It's ridiculous. On top of all those Facebook Post and Twitter Tweets, a lot of these guys upload at least 2 videos a day to Youtube. The system isn't really that fair for a lot of the smaller people. Especially people who aren't used to posting 10 blog post a day. You know how hard it is some times to find something to write about?
Well, I think you get the idea, the game is pretty much suited to people who are really active. Also, if you miss one day, it's not that bad, but if you miss two days on inactivity......your stock takes a hit. How is that even fair? Ok, I've done enough rambling. That said. I'm still probably going to play Empire Avenue. I'm still going to be producing content and writing articles. It may however slow down a bit over time. This can be quite a time consumer.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Minecraft - Second Opinion
Minecraft, the epic game of epic proportion. Ok, to a small handful of people, it's of epic proportion. Myself, being one of them. I've been playing this game for about a month now, give or take. My first impression, of seeing the game was, "hmm, might have to give that a try." My first impression of actually playing the game, "Wow, this is awesome."
Now, it's time to give a second opinion. I think I started playing while the game was in 1.5 beta. It's still in beta, but now, it's moved into 1.7.3 beta. A few patches have been made sense then. Among those, perhaps the most interesting and fun patch to date. The Piston Mod. Mods are well, mods that other players have made to add cool features to the game. The player that created the Piston Mod, submitted his creation to Notch, the created of the game and next thing you know, we have Pistons in Minecraft. A few people complained though, that Notch nerved them. You're always going to have you're complainers.
Adventure/Survival mode. When you start off in the game, you start off in what many people call Adventure or Survival mode. The whole object of the game when you start out, is a race against time to survive the first night. You have about 10 minutes of day time and 10 minutes of night time. So, that means, we have about 10 minutes to gather and craft what's needed to survive the first night. Why are we in a race against time? Well, at night bad things come out and try to kill you. If you had weapons, you could go out and hunt them. Granted you can find your way back to safety. What's out there? Nothing but Skeleton Archers, Zombies, and Creepers, "Oh My!"
Many people fear Creepers. Why? When they get close enough to you or you hit them with something, they tend to get angry and make a hissing type sound. Why is this bad? Simple, if you ignore the problem, They blow up. That's right, they do a lot of damage too and depending on how close you are, how much health you have, and how much armor you have, they just might kill you. So, why don't I fear them? Well, I've figured out that if I can get an Iron Sword or better, they die pretty quickly. Three quick swings, is plenty to take down a creeper before it blows up in your face.
What do I fear? Skeleton Archers. It's bad enough that they have Skeletons in the game, rather, they make them into Skeleton Archers....ugh.....sigh. That means that they can hit you from a distance. Better move in quick if you're going to take them down. Not that they take a lot of health, just that they can take a lot of health if you aren't quick about it. Skeleton Archers have a reputation that far proceeds Creepers. At least in my opinion.
Zombies are easy peasy mode. They aren't that tough and go down with a couple of swings of just about any sword. Oh, and then their are Spiders. Dark Black Spiders that jump around and try to kill you. These aren't really as tough as most people think. It's all in the aim. I've been able to keep Creepers, Zombies, and Spiders at bay pretty well. Now, get two or more Creepers, and I pull my hit and run strategy. What? Think I'm crazy?
Ah, building, the true attraction of the game. There is good news for those who don't want to fight and kill stuff. You can always build. "But, won't monsters attack me at night?" Multiple No's. Peaceful Mode, it's a builders best friend. Once you hit that button to change it to Peaceful Mode, no mobs will ever spawn. Except for the friendly ones. Pigs, Cows, Chickens, etc. If you are in adventure mode and you sleep in a bed at night, it will change to day. thus giving you time to build. Unless you're in a dungeon. Better light that bad boy up.
On a side note, it's worth noting that Spiders, aren't aggressive during the day time. They are however aggressive down in a cave where it's dark.
One can actually create a Private Minecraft server if they choose to do so. You can make it public, or private for you and your friends/family. Notch gives you the server software necessary to do so. Perfectly legal. Also, if you have a public server, Notch himself might actually come for a visit.
Note: Notch's name appears in Gold. If it's someone that has a White name, it's probably not Notch.
That said, I'd say my favorite strategy for surviving my first night, is to find a hill side and dig into it. Once I have enough wood that is. About 15-20 pieces of wood will do. After you have that done, it shouldn't take you but about 5 minutes, then you can hunt down either some coal, or some stone. Nowadays you can use a Wood Plank as a fire source in a Furnace and a chunk of wood to burn, and that creates Charcoal. Which can be used to make torches instead of coal. The stone you gathered is to make the Furnace with. There you have it. Minecraft in a nutshell.
Now, it's time to give a second opinion. I think I started playing while the game was in 1.5 beta. It's still in beta, but now, it's moved into 1.7.3 beta. A few patches have been made sense then. Among those, perhaps the most interesting and fun patch to date. The Piston Mod. Mods are well, mods that other players have made to add cool features to the game. The player that created the Piston Mod, submitted his creation to Notch, the created of the game and next thing you know, we have Pistons in Minecraft. A few people complained though, that Notch nerved them. You're always going to have you're complainers.
Adventure/Survival mode. When you start off in the game, you start off in what many people call Adventure or Survival mode. The whole object of the game when you start out, is a race against time to survive the first night. You have about 10 minutes of day time and 10 minutes of night time. So, that means, we have about 10 minutes to gather and craft what's needed to survive the first night. Why are we in a race against time? Well, at night bad things come out and try to kill you. If you had weapons, you could go out and hunt them. Granted you can find your way back to safety. What's out there? Nothing but Skeleton Archers, Zombies, and Creepers, "Oh My!"
Many people fear Creepers. Why? When they get close enough to you or you hit them with something, they tend to get angry and make a hissing type sound. Why is this bad? Simple, if you ignore the problem, They blow up. That's right, they do a lot of damage too and depending on how close you are, how much health you have, and how much armor you have, they just might kill you. So, why don't I fear them? Well, I've figured out that if I can get an Iron Sword or better, they die pretty quickly. Three quick swings, is plenty to take down a creeper before it blows up in your face.
What do I fear? Skeleton Archers. It's bad enough that they have Skeletons in the game, rather, they make them into Skeleton Archers....ugh.....sigh. That means that they can hit you from a distance. Better move in quick if you're going to take them down. Not that they take a lot of health, just that they can take a lot of health if you aren't quick about it. Skeleton Archers have a reputation that far proceeds Creepers. At least in my opinion.
Zombies are easy peasy mode. They aren't that tough and go down with a couple of swings of just about any sword. Oh, and then their are Spiders. Dark Black Spiders that jump around and try to kill you. These aren't really as tough as most people think. It's all in the aim. I've been able to keep Creepers, Zombies, and Spiders at bay pretty well. Now, get two or more Creepers, and I pull my hit and run strategy. What? Think I'm crazy?
Ah, building, the true attraction of the game. There is good news for those who don't want to fight and kill stuff. You can always build. "But, won't monsters attack me at night?" Multiple No's. Peaceful Mode, it's a builders best friend. Once you hit that button to change it to Peaceful Mode, no mobs will ever spawn. Except for the friendly ones. Pigs, Cows, Chickens, etc. If you are in adventure mode and you sleep in a bed at night, it will change to day. thus giving you time to build. Unless you're in a dungeon. Better light that bad boy up.
On a side note, it's worth noting that Spiders, aren't aggressive during the day time. They are however aggressive down in a cave where it's dark.
One can actually create a Private Minecraft server if they choose to do so. You can make it public, or private for you and your friends/family. Notch gives you the server software necessary to do so. Perfectly legal. Also, if you have a public server, Notch himself might actually come for a visit.
Note: Notch's name appears in Gold. If it's someone that has a White name, it's probably not Notch.
That said, I'd say my favorite strategy for surviving my first night, is to find a hill side and dig into it. Once I have enough wood that is. About 15-20 pieces of wood will do. After you have that done, it shouldn't take you but about 5 minutes, then you can hunt down either some coal, or some stone. Nowadays you can use a Wood Plank as a fire source in a Furnace and a chunk of wood to burn, and that creates Charcoal. Which can be used to make torches instead of coal. The stone you gathered is to make the Furnace with. There you have it. Minecraft in a nutshell.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Stupid Things People Do - Family
There are lots of stupid things people do. One of them is something far too many people do during the Holidays. Not only do people eat way too much during the Holidays, as though it's an excuse to indulge, People are often too lazy.
That's right, People sit around doing much of nothing on the Holidays. Instead of sitting down on your butt, why not for a change get up and play games with the kids or something.
I was spending time with my Second Cousins and someone just had to say something. Good thing I didn't hear them say anything. Something about me spending too much time with them. Bah, that's a bunch of B.S. if you ask me. Tell me something, what's wrong with people spending time with their family? What's wrong with people actually playing with the younger generation? Remember when we were kids? We used to run around the yard like there was no tomorrow.
And this is why people will always be fat. Too fricken lazy to get off their butt's. Instead, they'd rather sit around and socialize. Yeah, like that's really productive? When you're trying to lead an active lifestyle, sometimes, the best way to do that, is getting out their with the kids in your family.
This is the exact reason why some families split apart and they don't even talk to each other. Because people don't spend enough time with them when they are little. This is the kind of ignorance we need to shy away from. Many Christians believe there will come a time when the Blind will lead the Youth. I think that time is now. It's happening right in our own families. People are so stupid, so blind, so self centered, that they'll quickly point out something that THEY, don't think is quite right.
Is this a Society of Ignorant, Baffling Fools that we live in? I don't know about you, but I'd say half of my family is about Brain Dead. What say you?
That's right, People sit around doing much of nothing on the Holidays. Instead of sitting down on your butt, why not for a change get up and play games with the kids or something.
I was spending time with my Second Cousins and someone just had to say something. Good thing I didn't hear them say anything. Something about me spending too much time with them. Bah, that's a bunch of B.S. if you ask me. Tell me something, what's wrong with people spending time with their family? What's wrong with people actually playing with the younger generation? Remember when we were kids? We used to run around the yard like there was no tomorrow.
And this is why people will always be fat. Too fricken lazy to get off their butt's. Instead, they'd rather sit around and socialize. Yeah, like that's really productive? When you're trying to lead an active lifestyle, sometimes, the best way to do that, is getting out their with the kids in your family.
This is the exact reason why some families split apart and they don't even talk to each other. Because people don't spend enough time with them when they are little. This is the kind of ignorance we need to shy away from. Many Christians believe there will come a time when the Blind will lead the Youth. I think that time is now. It's happening right in our own families. People are so stupid, so blind, so self centered, that they'll quickly point out something that THEY, don't think is quite right.
Is this a Society of Ignorant, Baffling Fools that we live in? I don't know about you, but I'd say half of my family is about Brain Dead. What say you?
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