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Yeah, I think I'm not going to ever play this damned game ever again, because they're telling me I'm not allowed to play because I decided to stop. With such stupid tactics, I wonder exactly how they are the top MMO online. Oh wait, it's probably because they muscled out everyone else.

I'd dispute this, but I don't give a damn anymore. Fuck you Blizzard. You aren't getting any more of my cash.

My Black Friday went decently. Since Left 4 Dead 2 was 25% off on Steam, I decided to pick a copy up for my computer. I'm still going to ask for an XBOX copy for Christmas, though, so I can play co-op with my brother. But this one feels harder than the original. Not in they made the enemies tougher, but in the fact that the AI for computer controlled bots seems to have gotten stupider. If WeGame worked for this, I'd record a video and show what I mean.

I also picked up the Promethean sourcebook for World of Darkness. It's an interesting concept, and I have ideas for a chronicle I could write.

I'm also considering using that free week of WoW from Blizzard sometime soon. Although I would like to use it to develop my lesser characters.

But eh.

I'm not sure what to say.

I'm not exactly a happy person. I spent most of today bored and depressed. It doesn't help that I keep seeing how everyone else gets everything I want: friends, fortune, and happiness.

I feel so alone and isolated out here.

Recently, I've been playing Peggle World of Warcraft edition. It's incredibly fun and the levels are rather cool.

I also picked up some more World of Warcraft minis and got a handful of new monsters. Yay for getting new things.

And I'm considering getting back into the MMO. I would like to develop my lesser characters some more. But I'm not really sure if I want to go through the hassle again.

Don't really have much to talk about, so that's it for now.

Oh hey.

I figure this might be a bit easier than copying and pasting every single clickable into my posts.

http://www.squiby.net/user/Malthazar

So, yeah.

Short little thing I made using Garry's Mod and Windows Movie Maker.

I spent maybe an hour to an hour and a half today working on a TF2 map.  It runs, but I'm nowhere near completion.

It's been a long day.  I should get some sleep.

Today, I got to watch a play titled MacHomer.  It's Macbeth, but with characters from the Simpsons.  And all of them are done by one man.

It was really funny, and the guy is incredibly talented.  His Homer was a bit off, but just about everyone else was spot on.  If you ever get the chance to see it, then go for it.

When Left 4 Dead 2 was announced, I decided that I wasn't going to rush out and buy it.  Then they decided to give an incentive for preordering by giving everyone who preordered an exclusive american baseball bat.  I didn't care.  Now, everyone who preorders gets Bill's Beret in Team Fortress 2.  I still don't care.

I seem to have fallen into an apathetic state again.  Even my medicine doesn't seem to be helping.  I can't bring myself to really care about anything.  I find myself to be bored much of the time.  There's nothing I particularly want to do.

I hope I can get over this soon.

I may be a monotheist, but that doesn't mean I can't preclude the possibility of there being other gods.  And I am certain that there is some god out there laughing at me.

In the city I live, there's a games story called Compleat Games and Hobbies.  They announced on their website (http://compleatgamer.com/index.php) that they were holding an event called Get-Your-Geek-On-A-Thon (GYGOAT) on Halloween weekend.  They promised 52 straight hours of gaming.

It's a bunch of bullshit.

They listed their schedule in their forums here: http://compleatgamer.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1812
There are events listed for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  They also state that they would be running Zombies the entire weekend with the possibility of earning store credit.  There wasn't anything I was really interested in Friday, but there was a costume contest on Saturday.  I thought that I could take my Spy costume out.

So I went downtown on Saturday, and got in costume, then went to the store.  I spent almost the entire hour listed for the event, waiting for it to begin.

They didn't do a damn thing.

And that promised game of Zombies that was supposed to be running all the time?  Lies.  It wasn't running when I was there, and I see no indication that they ever bothered to get it running.

I wasn't really bothered.  A bit disappointed, but what I really wanted to do was the Arkham Horror event listed for Sunday (today.)  It was supposed to start at 8 P.M.

So I left home around 7:30 and got there early.  I got to the front door to find that it was locked.  I went around and let myself in the back door.  I was accosted by a man who I presume owns the store.  I told him that I wanted in on the Arkham Horror game, which seemed to already be in progress.

He told me that the event ended at 6, that the game was running long, and that he wanted to lock up.

I left, trying to keep my feelings of anger and betrayal from overwhelming me.

I have been a patron of this store for nearly 10 years, and never once have I felt this way about this store.  I can only chalk this up to the new management, because the old owner knew me, and would not have treated me in this manner.  If this is how the new owner is going to run this store, promising one thing and giving another, I see no further reason to patronize this establishment.

What really hurts is I made a purchase yesterday, supporting this corrupt system.  Well, they shouldn't expect anymore of my money.  And I will advise anybody not to make any purchases there either.  Because this will be the death of the friendly local gamer store.