So I'm back - there was some personal stuff going on (real life so often intrudes on my digital one!!) and I was unable to play much or blog. NOW, I'm in Gillette Wyoming and have all the time in the world! There is this white stuff that falls from the sky and you can't wear t-shirts outside and I haven't seen the sun.... Why oh why did I ever leave California!?!Actually, I'm only here a couple of weeks, but I'm still not going outside!
Back to the game - I've been doing a bit of beta testing for the free-to-play Champions Online and I have to say I love the new stuff! I think you all are going to have a great time with it. I also think that the Cryptic folks are pretty brilliant! With all the new, cool devices in the C-Store, even I will be shelling out some cash to buy stuff and I'm a lifer! (Gold subscriber, free players will be Silver) I can't go into details yet, but after the 25th, I'll post a blog about specifics!
So we had an 'end of beta' event last night that was a riot!! It ended with a three-zone costume contest with Cryptic Devs and GM's judging. The winner gets to become immortalized in-game and there were some really awesome costumes! I didn't win {sadface} but I totally agree with the judges on who were the finalists! Congrats to the finalists! (My costume is the one with the giant backpack - they didn't judge taking character biographies into account or I might have had a chance!)
The other part of the event involved the devs/GM's tossing random cosmic baddies at us in the middle of Ren Center! It was sheer chaos and I died over and over and over but the spawn point was close enough that it was no problem.... I just sat there, tossing my poor little teddy bear toys at the bad guys and giggling like a fiend! Clarence made an appearance! (Mecha-Teddy from Christmas Event)
Grond hopped in from the desert to make an appearance! (Yes that is TWO Teleosaurs in the background! Thankfully that Qwyjibo was fighting on our side and keeping them occupied!)
At one point we had Kigaltik, two Teleosaurus and two Qwyjibos up - SO MUCH FUN!!
I call this shot "Kigaltik sings 'Stayin Alive' with Teleosaurus backup singers!"
There weren't many people on Zone 3 at first, it was looking ugggggly for the heroes. There was talk of hiding in Club Capris but we were more afraid of the role-players than we were the dinosaurs!! (Just kidding my RP'ing friends!!)
First kill of the night - it seemed soooo easy! The crowd started grumbling and the GM's sort of went "Yeah?? You think that's boring??? Let's Play!" and then they brought the BOOM!
After all the fun, I went to the desert where Grond was gunning for me - this hit was the last thing I saw from him for the night... I woke up at Witchcrafts feet thinking he had every right, payback is a bitch!Hope to see you all on free to play starting January 25th!! I'm @geminiwench in game, I have 4 level 40s, am in 2 awesome supergroups (All-Stars and Aegis), have almost completed the tier 2 Science travel power and have been playing for over a year... I love to help out newbies so shoot me a tell if you need anything!!
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