Our minds cannot repel logic of that magnitude!
Gaming
Blizzard Entertainment’s non-existent support
Jun 27th
So I am one of the unfortunate souls who have at one point in their lives sold their lives to Blizzard Entertainment and their gaming “sensation” known as World of Warcraft. I’m also sure that I’m not the only one who has realized that for the $14+ you spend every month you get absolutely no customer support at all. Give them a call on the phone: they’re always “experiencing a high call volume” and can’t place you in their queue. So they hang up on you. Send them an email: you’ll wait more than a week for a response. You’ll also be gambling that the response you get even does anything at all to solve your issue. Call the support line the second they open: they’re already experiencing a high volume of calls.
So seriously Blizzard, what do I get for my $15.17 (after taxes and whatever other bullshit you charge me for)? If I’m paying a subscription fee for something, I expect to get at least some inkling of support. Not with you apparently. My fees must go right into someones bank account. They clearly don’t go anywhere towards support reps or a Helpdesk that works.
So let me tell you what my first step is going to be when I get access to my account again is: stop paying for it. I don’t give a shit if a new expansion is coming out soon, or if the sequel to my favorite RTS comes out in less than a month, I refuse to give Blizzard any of my hard earned money for a product you can’t ever get any support for. Until you clean up your bullshit you’ve lost a previously loyal customer.
At the top of The Nethernet
May 5th
So I’ve been playing a little PMOG lately called The Nethernet. Anyways, I signed up last year way back when my previous employer didn’t have it blocked by their Nazi Barracuda filter. I only got to reach like a level 3 or something, and then they blocked it. Well now it’s not blocked, so I picked it up again. For those of you who don’t know what it is, it’s a nifty little passive game you play in your browser as you are browsing. From what they say on their website:
The Nethernet lets you play, create and explore vast new layers of the Internet: lay traps, create connections between sites, and gift friends with just a click of a button! Turn your web browsing into an adventure!
Anyways, so yesterday I’m getting rivalries galore – and I asked one of them what the deal was. Turns out I was on the leaderboard for the previous day. Cool – so I log on this morning and check out the leaderboard, and I see that I’m top dog all over the place:
So here’s to me for coming back to a game and rocking the charts! For those of you who want to join me on The Nethernet, do so!
FilePirate Moves to CodePlex – Hoping to be ready for LAN
May 3rd
After some dealings with Google with regards to FilePirate, and not dealings in a good way – I determined to move FilePirate away from Google Code. What sits there currently will continue to for a couple months, and will be deleted within a few months. So, with that move, FilePirate found its new home on Microsoft’s CodePlex. Now I’m usually not the fan of Microsoft products or projects, but CodePlex is actually pretty cool. Luckily they offer support for a non-crappy SCM solution now that they’ve picked up support for Mercurial. So, the new home for FilePirate is now http://filepirate.codeplex.com/.
With that being said – it is my plan to actively bring FilePirate back into development, and I hope to have it completed for use at this month’s LAN69 – which is May 28-30. If you’d like to see FilePirate in action, sign up for the LAN and get some fragging in as well. We’ve got some awesome prizes, too!
Vault Head Games and its first release – just around the corner!
Mar 30th
That’s right! I’ve finally seen a project through to its entirety! Vault Head Games, my game development company, is going to be releasing its first game very soon! The game right now is in it’s post-beta, final build, and is going to be going to the app review department at Apple at the end of the week! Within a few weeks, hopefully everybody will finally see Vault Head Games on the “What’s New” list on the iPhone/iPod App Store…and preferably not too long afterwards be seen in the “What’s Hot” lists! More details on the game and its release will come as we get things ironed out and hashed out – so keep your eyes peeled!
World of Warcraft Signature Generator
Mar 16th
So I’ve finally done something. Today during my lunch break, I would like to announce the release of my very own World of Warcraft character armory signature generator! Dynamically generate a forum signature/graphic like the one below using your very own WoW character! Make as many as you would like! Just if you like the service, a little donation is greatly appreciated! Get to the generator HERE!
What if I were a Dwarf Fortress character?
Jan 20th
So this morning in the standard IRC channel that myself and a few friends troll throughout the working day in order to maintain sanity, a friend of mine promptly went into a craze, describing me as if I was a dwarf from the awesome game Dwarf Fortress and you had just examined me. This came promptly after I went into a rant referring to myself in the third-person complaining about the hassles of budgets and money. So this is, apparently, what I would say if I were in Dwarf Fortress and you inquired about my thoughts:
Jiffy has been irritated about money lately. He slept in a fantastic bedroom recently. He spoke to a friend recently. He was satisfied at work lately. He admired own fine Bed recently.
Jiffy is a worshipper of Freedomassurance the Constitution of the United States.
Jiffy likes Tungsten, video games, Lizzy, dogs for their loyalty and tentacle demons for their corrupt intentions.
Jiffy is quick to anger. He is somewhat reserved. He finds rules confining. He is self-disciplined. He needs alcohol to get through the working day. He likes working outdoors and grumbles only mildly at inclement weather.
Now, to be perfectly honest, all of this is perfectly describing of me – with the exception of liking tentacle demons for their corrupt intentions. That part I’m not too sure about. But all in all, great job, and kudos to thp!
Coming in December: LAN69’s Holiday LAN Party!
Nov 8th
The time has come, and we’ve finally gotten off our butts and gone into LAN hosting mode. Our first LAN since our departure from the 1337lan name comes the second weekend in December, from Friday night to Sunday night. This LAN is an adult-only (18+) LAN party. The LAN will be hosted in my spacious, insulated, and heated garage with plenty of seating and power for 35 attendees. Pre-pay cost is $15 payable via PayPal, and the at-the-door cost is $20. Go on over to the LAN69 Website to get more details and to register! I hope to see all of you that weekend, until then, frag on!
MassiveLAN – T-4 days and counting!
Jul 6th
That’s right, there is only 4 days left until MassiveLAN ‘09! Pre-pay is closed, but you can still register on the website and show up at the door to attend this year’s amazing event! Now, for those of you that have been following the development of FilePirate – you might want to know that the beta test of FilePirate at last weekend’s GPA gameday did not happen – it was nowhere near done. And, actually, it still isn’t done – but it will be just in time for MassiveLAN! So come to MassiveLAN, frag your friends, meet new friends, frag them, and use the latest, most advanced piece of file sharing software possible!
FilePirate Alpha Test at GPA’s Gameday
Jun 17th
For those of you who have been following the development of FilePirate – Advanced LAN File Sharing, you will be happy to know that we will be engaging in an alpha test of the application at GPA’s Saturday Gameday this month. The LAN is on Saturday, June 27th at noon, located at the GPA clubhouse in Silver Creek. Those who wish to attend their event should sign-up on their webpage at www.gameplayersanonymous.com‘. If you are going to be attending and wish to help assist in the testing of FilePirate, please let me know ahead of time so that I may get an accurate count and some expectations on testing.
MassiveLAN/JonnyFunFun.net Left 4 Dead Server
Apr 3rd
So, to help make my obsession with Left 4 Dead worse than it already is, I put up a dedicated L4D server on my server. The server has been put up as a MassiveLAN group server for all attendees and staff of MassiveLAN to battle on. So, if you’re a Left 4 Dead player, feel free to either connect directly to, or through the MassiveLAN steam group, the server: l4d.jonnyfunfun.net:27015. The server runs 24/7 and hosts only Versus mode. There are some tweaks to the config that will come down within the next few weeks, so please bear with me on that front. If anybody has any problems, complaints, or suggestions, feel free to post a comment here or send me an e-mail and I’ll see what I can work out!
