Im back

So I am back

Long story short

I played a lot of Battlefield 3, got to rank 33, bumped the xbox while game was running and scratched the disk, now got back into minecraft, been playing a lot on legendary craft server and forum, trying to become a moderator on legendary craft, was invited to semi-open Old Republic beta which will happen sometime within the next two weeks.

Last night I went with a friend to the midnight release of Assassins creed revelations

My wife has really gotten into Soul Calibur 4 on 360

It is one of the only games she has more achievements than me

So I will try to update the blog more, get back into the habit.

Priorities:

9:30am-4:30pm (7)

minecraft

7 hours of Minecraft

Virtually virtual:

Played a lot on the LC server and did things on the forum. Got to be very active to become a Mod. Gotta get noticed by the staff.

I built most of a tie fighter! Ill post a pic of it when it's complete

BF3 release: night before the storm

Battlefield 3 comes out tonight and I am super excited!

I am going to the midnight release where I will finish paying for, and pickup my pre-ordered copy.

Then I will play until 6am ish. Take a 3 hour nap, and play all day :)

I have already warned my my wife about the amount of time I will be dedicating to BF3.

Since I am able to play the game next to non stop since the moment it is released there is a good chance I can get a high rank on the leaderboard and that is exactly what I am going for. A week of almost non stop BF3 in an attempt to get a good leader board rank record.

I bought 2 redbull to help out for the next 48 hours

I will record my time playing and post another blog, probably the end of the week showing my time played. A day or two after that, I will review the game and share my thoughts.

See you on the battlefield, otherwise, in a week!

Segway

Sorry I haven't been adding new posts lately. Iv'e been sick and watching a lot of the office. Two things that don't pertain to my blog.

In Minecraft LC server news we finished building that town.

I put my old house up for auction. Started at $3000 and sold for $5000. I was pleased :)

Battlefield comes out in a few days!

Think of this lull in blog posts as a segway between my Minecraft days and my Battlefield 3 days. Its taking some time for servers to switch over, so there is downtime. Metaphorically.

Making a MC village

Priorities:

11:00am-9:30pm (10.5)

minecraft

11:00pm-2:00am (3)

minecraft

13.5 hours of Minecraft

Virtually virtual:

So through a series of events I made a friend that ran a village on this server I've been playing on. I helped him with some town renovations and he promoted me to the title of builder within his town. We decided to make a new town together. I was assuming he would be in charge and let him call the shots but he got off a good 5 hours before I did and under

my command the new town went from some cobble stone on the grou

nd to a legit town! Its so cool directing people and helping people and managing a town. It is a lot of work to though and can be frusterating. I am interested to see what my partner thinks of the product of my work. Also, I feel like I am in charge now, I have been for hours, which feels like weeks in the virtual world. So it will be interesting to see who really takes the throne when he comes back.

I'll put up some pictures of the old town, new town, and current progress.

The old village. My house and shop.

Villagers at work setting the foundation of our new town.

Got some houses and road up.

I was going to upload a picture of my house in the mountainside too but it was having problems. I'll do it in a later post.

Thoughtful gab:

WOW! A big day for me in Minecraft. Not only was this the most I have played in one day while writing this blog, but it is also the most I have played in one sitting. Yes my body hurts, and I am hungry, and I miss my wife. But I got a lot done and it was fun.

No media night

Priorities:

9:30-12:00 (2.5)

minecraft

2:30-4:30 (2)

minecraft

5:30-6:30 (1)

minecraft

5.5 hours of Minecraft

Thoughtful gab:

Today is no media night for reals. So this is all I'm posting.

Legendary-Craft

Priorities:

11:30-3:30 (4)

minecraft

4:30-5:00 (.5)

dead island

5:30-6:00 (.5)

minecraft

10:00-12:00 (2)

minecraft

7 hours of games.

The most I've played in a week or so.

Virtually virtual:

Been playing on the Minecraft legendarycraft server. I was going to take some pictures of the house I made but kept forgetting. Most servers are chaos but LC server is fun. They have a functioning economy, the admins are friendly, and its real survival; they don't just give awaway stuff you have to find it.

Thoughtful gab:

My wife and I decided that we were going to have a media free night. Meaning no electronics or books, just productive work and us time. That lasted about half an hour then she started reading and I got on Minecraft.

6 year old plays Minecraft

Priorities:

10:30-11:30

minecraft

9:00-11:00

minecraft

Virtually virtual:

Was just messing around on some minecraft servers. That's all you really can do with them

Thoughtful gab:

Yesterday my 6 year old sister came over. She has played a few video games, like castle crashers on xbox, but not really any 1st person games. I had her play Minecraft. It was difficult to try and describe the game to a 6 year old. First thing she did was dig. She dug two blocks down and made a long trench. Over the course of about 2 hours she put a roof on her trench, added doors to the end, made torches, and expanded the inside. Of course I told her how to make the doors and all the crafting, but I wouldn't do anything for her and I tried to make her remember and figure things out and not just tell her what to do. It was fun and a neat experiment. Just see how someone who has never really played a first person game before handles it. I was surprised how well she remembered how to make a torch from scratch, using the charcoal method, and I was surprised how well she picked up digging and building. Out of everything, the thing she had the most trouble with was jumping. She would ask me to get her up a hill because she still had trouble moving. She would forget to press W to go forward and furious wave the mouse around or she would move forward, then jump, but had trouble coordinating them at the same time. Once she perfects navigation I'm sure she expand her level of play much faster. It will be interesting to watch the progress whenever she comes over.