Saturday, August 23, 2008

More Vix-Adventures

Welcome Back avid blog readers....Assuming that I'm not here by myself Although a little counter to see how many times your blog entries have been viewed would be a nice little addition. You know like the ones you see on Ebay and other sites... Not so much to see Who, but nice to know how many people have paid a visit.... Just a thought.

Well, it's another lame Saturday shift.. We have 2 technicians and a ton of work from what I hear...Most of the time we try and are successful about leaving early... Seems today may not be one of those days. *sigh* But luckily I can surf the EF and post blog # 37 in between customers and that passes the time nicely.

My last week in EU has been interesting... I made a new friend here on the EF and we had a chance to meet up in game. Seems we both have a soft spot for the Ambu textured clothes.. BruteForce is helping me piece together an Ambu outfit. So far I have aquired a pair of Ambu Stiletto boots, next is an Ambu Gem Bustier, then a skirt and perhaps I'll top it off with a hat

Chatting with BruteForce has been a pleasure... He comes across as very open and inquisative, not in a busy body sort of way, but a genuine interest in getting to know me... Should you be in the market for a certain texture or an item of clothing, send a pm his way.... or contact me and I'd be happy to relay the message.

Lately in game, I have been drawn to the PVP4 area. The enmatter mining has been good and I enjoy hunting the Attackers... You could probably guess that I'm not a PK'er by nature... You'd be correct... I don't engage in that sort of thing when I'm out there.. I will never fire the first shot.
The last few trips out there were exciting... I found an ample of oil with the first probe just inside the lootable area of course, I managed to get out unharmed.. I tp'd back and placed all of the oil in storage and ventured back out in the same direction. Came across a few Attackers... the first 2 were no looters, ahead are 2 more and I happened to catch a glimpse of a green dot on the very edge of the radar... not too worried since I am not carrying anything.. pull the health bars off the 2 Attackers and start shooting, killed the first with the green dot not moving... Loot it.. BAM global... as tempting as it was to just keep going and take out the 2nd Attacker, my fight or flight response kicked in and I pressed the ESC key I didn't even get to see how big the global was or really notice what I looted...

I had Jambon on msn and let him know why I logged off... he got a nice laugh out of it and let me know that the global was for 104ped and asked what I got for loot I was curious to know too... All I could think was who ever that green dot was, had me targeted and was waiting for me to finish killing that other Attacker before killing me...My heart was racing and all I could think to do was log out... I waited about 15-20 mins before logging back in... thinking that green dot might be waiting for me as I log in However, I did get a quick look at the loot window and saw 2 vivo looking faps, since they were bright red and caught my eye... I let Jambon know and he did a little research as to what they loot.. I thought it was odd to see the same 2 faps.. but we know EU is "Dynamic" Jambon was all excited with what he found.. seems there is fap with a nice mark up.. the UnLimited Hedok SK20... we were both curious as to what I actually looted... so I logged back in.... found that the Attacker I didn't kill was no longer there... and I TP'd my ass out asap... Checked my inventory and there they were the 2 faps... both full TT value... 1 the normal Hedok SK20(L) and the other the Adj Hedok SK20(L)... I saw the ADJ and thought OoOooOo that's gotta be good....still fun to loot an Adj item.. too bad it wasn't the Unlimited...

On my next trip out there... I found a nice little spot where the Attackers spawn... and I was finding many small claims. The mobs were not looting... 7-10 Attackers in a row and nothing... dropped another probe and found an Average of oil... figuring once this claim was extracted I'd head back to the tp and relocate... Someone TP'd right where I was... I didn't think much of it since I had 7-9 pulls of oil... and the icon to show that you are safe or in a PVP area was Green... he shoots and my health goes down.. 2 more shots and I'm dead Well, that was it for me... I revived and saw my killer was there... figured it was not safe to go back to retrieve the rest of my oil.. I relocated and let it expire... Having the mentality that if I can't get my oil then no one will. Maybe not the best way to think... But I didn't want to take the chance of getting back out there just to find him camping my claim... Sure I've been out there before and been killed a few times... I've had more successful runs and less kills... So I will venture back out there from time to time with the hopes of looting the Minor TP chip...

I had a little visitor in my living room these last 2 nights... I was online with my headset on and I hear the chirping of a cricket I do have a window open with a fan inside, and it sounded like it was right there in the room... I hear it again and feel the need to investigate..Sure enough the little bugger managed to sneak in under the front door and that's where I found him.... I figured if could get back out into the hallway, I could get him back outside... I pushed him back through the bottom of the door and went into the hallway... flash light in hand.... *Poof* he's gone.... well I didn't hear the cricket later on.. so all was good.

Or so I thought.... last night, same thing... I'm online with the headset on and I hear a cricket, like it's right in the same room with me... Again, I get up, listen at the open window, and hear it... Could be outside, hoping it's outside.. get down on my hands and knees and listen... Sounds like he's behind the TV stand in the heater along the wall.... Right where I can't get too... The light above my head turns on and I grab my can of compressed air and try to blow him out from where ever he's hiding....

That only kept him quiet for a few minutes... I was chatting with BruteForce at the time.. I asked him if he knew a good way to get rid of a cricket.. His reply was to use my gun.. Since it was a young it shouldn't be too hard.. HA HA!

I have Jambon on as well... he suggested that since the cricket didn't like the compressed air.. tip the can upside down and freeze his ass out... I tried that... that pissed him off... mind you, I can't see him at this point... just spraying in the area I hear the noise.. I tip the can and spray, the can gets ice cold and he's chirping up a damn storm.... I'm thinking, Great, he's calling his buddies over *sigh*

Some time goes by and I hear him again... I have Jambon on skype/webcam and he heard it too. This time the noise is behind me, which is good... I take off my head set.. grab my flashlight, get down on all 4's and check under the couch... Found Him!! under the table, easy to get him... grabbed a tissue and scooped him up.. In the toilet he went!!!... I slept better knowing the constant chirping would not keep me awake.. He may have out smarted me in the first round...but he was pwned in round 2. Mwauahahaha!!

Holy Jebus!!! I can't believe it's almost 11:00am and I've spent almost 3 hours typing this out... between customers and phone calls.... Looks like we'll be ordering lunch in a few minutes... and I suppose I'll actually do some work after.. Like checking in the order and receiving it...

So with that being said... I guess I'll do something productive... or at least "look" busy...

To be continued!!!

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