tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46672170206294630612024-02-20T19:29:50.609-08:00The Captain's BlogColoured bear, LPer, Thronester, gamer, book enthusiast, part-time nerd Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-31146553638219192062017-01-06T05:09:00.003-08:002017-01-06T07:16:35.734-08:00My 7 Wishes for Rimworld<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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1.<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Water</span>
</span>Usage: including thirst, peeing, pumps, irrigation, toilets, fertilizer, dangerous
floods after heavy rain, fishing etc</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">2.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> House
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Robots</span>: at first only able to clean<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, but <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">a separate rese<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">arch branch lets colonis<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ts program them to</span></span></span></span> haul items, sow fields and even fi<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ght eventually (robot cou<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ld become increasingly more intelligent and eventually turn into a<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">n AI<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">)</span></span></span></span></span>, need to recharge in the sunlight or at
docking stations</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">3. More <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Traps</span>: seriously, there must have been any advancement to deadfall traps in the
future, right? Maybe something to catch prey and prisoners alive? Electricity/taser
traps or even just ropes and nets?</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">4.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> <span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Rubbish</span>:
lost side products to every fabrication process, can eventually be recycled or
burned, influences the nature around you</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">5.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> <span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Auto<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> Lights</span>: auto doors but no auto lights? Come on!</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">6.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> New<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> Lifeforms</span>: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>a)<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> Plants</span>
for greater food variety, tofu for the vegans</span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">b) <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Aliens</span>, many humanoid, of course, but also some truly strange ones
like gas clouds, hive mind balls, god creatures like Cthulu demanding to be
worshipped</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">c) <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Mutants</span>, including vampires which act like humans on both Go-Juice and Luciferium but
can be repelled by light and need blood for survival (which can be synthesized after
some research)</span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">7. Unearthly <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Conditions</span>: strange phenomena like diamonds hailing down, sulfur fog, worm holes spitting out random stuff, moving mountains,
acid rain, healing wells, meteor impacts (influencing the landscape, adding new
ressources) etc</span>
Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-88725653087783547872015-01-04T10:15:00.001-08:002015-01-04T10:15:19.659-08:00Hiatus... Again<b>Greentings!</b><br />
<b>I spent a few hours today creating a video that was supposed to be my last upload before I have to leave town for some months (again, yes)... but my old computer gobbled it all up and now there's NOTHING left. So... this is it. I have to <span style="color: #6aa84f;">depart</span> once more and leave you guys alone.</b><br />
<b>I hope you'll have a splendid time without me and that you'll still remember me when I finally return somewhen in March or April.</b><br />
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<b>Bear-bye,</b><br />
<b>Greenbear </b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-945796093107171422014-11-01T07:54:00.001-07:002014-11-01T07:54:25.395-07:00Chivalry's dead<b>So here's the story how I quit playing '<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Chivalry</span> - Medieval Warfare'.</b><br />
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<b>I joined a server as an archer and took position by a cliff, so as to support my advancing infantry team mates. One of them approaches from behind and kicks me in the back, sending me flying into the abyss. I die and it is counted as a team kill... for myself. Yes, I just killed myself and got a negative score for it. The other player then proceeds to initiate a kickvote against me. Everyone else sees my magnificently high team kill rate and kicks me out of the game while said other player mocks me. Just lovely!</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-86461810108553924662014-08-15T00:46:00.002-07:002014-08-15T00:46:24.579-07:00A PC's Lament<b>Greentings, everybody!</b><br />
<b>I have returned to my home city and managed to move house quite well. However, same cannot be said about my computer. As it turned out, it <span style="color: #38761d;">broke </span>down somewhere in the middle of the moving process. I planned on getting a <span style="color: #38761d;">new PC</span>, anyway... but not like this. Never like this!</b><br />
<b>So since I'm currently broke (as usual), I will remain unable to upload new content until I can afford a new computer. My personal guess would be somewhen in September.</b><br />
<b>I am very sorry for all the disappointing news lately and hope you guys will stay tuned for further news!</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-13327837605769133492014-05-04T09:09:00.001-07:002014-05-04T09:09:09.769-07:00A Farewell of Sorts<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">My dear
subscribers, followers, viewers and friends! I have some rather <span style="color: #6aa84f;">bad news</span>
regarding my channel.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As most of
you know, I’m in the middle of an apprenticeship and this requires me to go and
visit a special kind of school… however this school is very far away from where
I live, so my employers decided to send me there only twice… but for a period
of two consecutive months! I will be living there in a <span style="color: #6aa84f;">boarding school</span> with
food, bed, education and entertainment provided. Pretty neat, huh? However, the
downside of it is that I cannot take my PC with me and record/edit my Let’s
Plays… and I barely have any spare episodes left due to all the stressful preparations
over the last month or so. What I’m trying to say here is… in all likelihood
you won’t be hearing from me <span style="color: #6aa84f;">until end of July</span>. Yeah, I know, that sucks.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There’s one
tiny glimmer of hope that might convince you not to click the unsubscribe
button and turn your back on me, though: since I don’t have to pay for anything
while being over at the school, I can save up a lot of money… and maybe use it
later to buy a proper <span style="color: #6aa84f;">new PC</span> with which I can record newer games, edit and
upload faster and produce videos of greater quality! How about that?</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I know it’s
a lot to ask, but I hope you guys will forgive me and wait for my return in
summer. Until then: big hugs from your old green bear!</span></b></div>
Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-88528119081238889932014-04-30T14:19:00.000-07:002014-04-30T14:19:13.623-07:00Greenbear vs. Plants vs. Zombies<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As some of
you have probably witnessed, I was gone for about two weeks at the beginning of
April, celebrating my birthday by going on vacation. I had some episodes
prepared with me on a stick so that I could upload one every other day to keep
you fellows entertained, but sadly the promise of an existing internet
connection turned out to be nothing but wishful dreams.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">So there I
was, on my birthday in a new location and without the possibility to give in to
my online addiction. What did I do to pass the time? I played the only game
available on my girlfriend’s laptop: <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Plants vs. Zombies</span>. </span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And what
can I say? It wasn’t all that bad. I played it quite a lot and soon started to
get a hang of it, learned the stats of all my plants, worked towards achievements
and hated the music for its catchiness. I beat the game once, but admittedly
turned my back on it the moment internet connectivity was established. Such a
silly, pointless game, but still… thank you, Plants vs. Zombies! Thank you for
entertaining me for otherwise I would have been forced to face <span style="color: #6aa84f;">real life</span> on my
birthday…</span></b></div>
Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-8476822051875054202014-03-12T01:45:00.000-07:002014-03-12T01:45:18.960-07:00And the Oscar goes to…<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Well, not
me for losing my <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Oscar bets</span> this year. You probably remember from last year
that I upload my predictions via YouTube and challenge viewers to contradict
me. Two users did so… and I lost against both of them. However, the small
number of challengers can be seen as<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a
good sign. And really, while I was right about only half of my picks last year,
I made it to an incredible <span style="color: #6aa84f;">16 out of 24</span> categories properly predicted this time
around! That’s 2/3, guys! I’m rather content, honestly.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">However, a
bet’s a bet and I agreed upon certain punishments should I lose. Let’s take a
quick look at all the categories and where I was wrong:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Picture: "12 Years a
Slave"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Supporting Actor: Jared
Leto, "Dallas
Buyers Club" </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Supporting Actress: Lupita
Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón,
"Gravity"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey,
"Dallas
Buyers Club"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Actress: Cate Blanchett,
"Blue Jasmine"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Original Screenplay:
"Her"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Adapted Screenplay: "12
Years a Slave"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Animated Feature:
"Frozen"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Foreign Feature: “The Hunt”</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Instead:
“The Great Beauty”</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Visual Effects:
"Gravity"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Cinematography: "Gravity"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Costume Design: "American
Hustle"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Instead:
“The Great Gatsby”</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Documentary Feature: "The
Act of Killing"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Instead:
“20 Feet from Stardom”</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Documentary Short: "The
Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Film Editing:
"Gravity"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
"Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Instead:
“Dallas Buyers
Club”</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Music (Original Score):
"Gravity"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Music (Original Song): "The
Moon Song" from "Her"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Instead:
“Let it Go” (“Frozen”)</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Production Design:
"Her"</span></span></b></div>
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“The Great Gatsby”</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Short Film, Animated: "Get
a Horse!"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Instead:
“Mr. Hublot”</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Short Film, Live Action:
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Sound Editing:
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Sound Mixing: "Gravity</span><span style="color: #99cc00;">"</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And here
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">CnAFilmsandAnimation:
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #99cc00;">Best Foreign Feature: “The Great Beauty”</span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #99cc00;">Best Makeup and
Hairstyling: “Dallas
Buyers Club”</span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>Punishment:
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Seargent363:<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">Best Picture: “American Hustle”</span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Foreign Feature: “The Great Beauty”</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Make-Up and Hairstyling: “Dallas Buyers Club”</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Music (Original Song): "Let it Go" (“Frozen”)</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Production Design: “The Great Gatsby”</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #99cc00; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Short Film (Animated): “Mr. Hublot”</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Best Original Screenplay: “American Hustle”</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Punishment: I have to sing and dance to ‘The
Gummy Bear Song’</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">So expect
some more random awkwardness in future videos!</span></b></div>
Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-30633252552742001022014-02-16T07:00:00.003-08:002014-02-16T07:00:41.587-08:00My Thoughts on: 'The Wolf Among Us Episode 2: Smoke & Mirrors'<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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ahead!</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">So the
second episode of TellTale’s magnificent cartoon point-n-click adventure ‘<span style="color: #6aa84f;">The
Wolf Among Us</span>’ has been out for some time now and I finally got around to
watching an LP of it. While the player’s decision has a heavy influence on the
developing story, I’m assuming certain aspects remain the same. Still, I will
focus on the conclusions in the very end of the episode and throw out a few
wild guesses as to what they might mean.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As you know
from watching the second episode (or will know now from ignoring my spoiler
alert), the body of Snow White found at the end of the first episode is
actually not Snow herself, but instead some random troll lady covered in magic
(aka ‘glamour’) to make her look like Snow. The murder site is quickly
discovered, where someone seemed to have <span style="color: #6aa84f;">re-enacted the classic fairy tale</span> from
the brothers Grimm, with a half-eaten apple, a pretty dress and flower petals
all around symbolising the glass coffin. Serving as the big cliff-hanger for
the episode, the sheriff discovers an envelope below the bloodied bed with
several pictures of ‘Snow’ sleeping on the still-clean bed and then one
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">photograph of Crane</span> (a sort of mayor of all the fabled characters and boss of
Snow White) groping under the sleeping Snow’s skirts with a disgusting smile.
Crane himself watches the discovery via the magic mirror and proceeds to smash it.
End of episode 2.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Now of
course the case is clear as day, right? Crane had a thing for Snow, but being
the weirdo he is, he paid a hooker to act out his fantasies with her instead…
until he murdered her in rage for not being the right woman. Someone needs to
stop him!</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">But hold
on! Ignoring our <span style="color: #6aa84f;">meta-knowledge</span> that they probably won’t reveal the true killer
at the end of the second episode (of 5 or 6 parts all in all)… why would Crane
bother to sever the troll’s head, dump it in front of the apartments, proceed
to hide the body in a river but forget to clean the room? Why on earth would he
leave some pictures of him at the crime scene? And for that matter: who took the
picture of him getting intimate with the troll? Certainly not himself. </span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Another
thing that bothered me was the <span style="color: #6aa84f;">‘coffin’</span>. The troll was asked to lie down on the
bed, surrounded by flower petals. Apparently that’s where she died, given all
the blood on the bed. However, the circle of petals was only broken at the foot
of the bed, indicating that the body was dragged off here. But how could
someone (especially someone as weak as Crane) chop a woman’s head off without
her struggling and thereby destroying the ring of petals? Wouldn’t the bed or
mattress be destroyed where her neck was if he had chopped through her throat? Or
did he drug her somehow just to go through a careful operation removing her
head without touching the surroundings?</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Also: if
Beauty was working as front clerk while the troll got slaughtered in the hotel,
why didn’t she recognise Crane when he walked in? Was Crane using <span style="color: #6aa84f;">glamour</span> to
hide himself, as well? And why would he want to draw attention to Fabletown by
dropping severed heads on his own doorstep, just to bail the sheriff out with
more expensive glamour?</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I’d say the
pictures are just a distraction. Fair enough, Crane’s a pervert and has a thing
for Snow White. Doesn’t really prove anything. However, someone murdering
fables and then conveniently leaving proof at the site of the murder all
pointing at Crane so as to send the sheriff on the wrong track sounds like a
good strategy. What appeared to me as the single-most valuable piece of
information we got in this episode was <span style="color: #6aa84f;">TJ’s observation</span> of one person dumping
the troll’s body in the river and then ordering a possibly second person to suppress
their laughter. I can’t really think of any classical fairy tale characters
whose laughter is their prime feature, maybe apart from Rumpelstiltskin. So
this shall be my guess until I get more information in the third episode. Any
objections?</span></b></div>
Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-41391277784502448122014-01-14T12:52:00.003-08:002014-01-14T12:52:33.230-08:00Gothic Hiatus and New LP<b>As promised in one of my early channel posts this year, I am working on a <span style="color: #6aa84f;">new Let's Play</span>, with the first episode going online tomorrow. It's an adventure made by Telltale, but not the title you're thinking of right now.</b><br />
<b>Also, I might be taking a small <span style="color: #6aa84f;">hiatus</span> from my Gothic LP. Despite the Gothic franchise still being one of my favourite video games series, I never really liked the last third of any of Piranha Bytes' games. I tried a few recording and they all ended with me giving up dead as a doorknob and completely frustrated. I might have to spend a few training days off screen once more before I'm ready to continue with the main story line.</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-5591901126282663372013-12-22T09:36:00.000-08:002013-12-22T09:36:00.155-08:00'Tis the Season...<b>... to be quite stressed out.</b><br />
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<b>Work's hell for me at the moment. You (hopefully) noticed that I haven't been uploading anything in the last few days/weeks. I do still have a few spare episodes lying around, it's just that I'm never at home. Lately it has been all 'Sleep - Work - Buy Presents - Sleep - Work - Meet Friends - Sleep - Work - More Bloody Presents'. I was planning on a special Christmas episode with me doing something traditional christmas-y in my usual awkward slowliness, but this project shared the same fate as my planned scary video for Halloween... meaning it has been delayed for next year, of course!</b><br />
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<b>However, things will get back to normal somewhen after the holidays. Hope you're alright and have a great time! <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Merry Christmas!</span></b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-69630392871861961592013-11-28T12:06:00.001-08:002013-11-28T12:06:32.708-08:00Videos vs. Melancholy<b>I've had a pretty awful day. Watching <span style="color: #6aa84f;">funny videos</span> on YouTube sometimes helps, but to be honest, my list of favourited videos that I keep consulting in such moments is rather small.
So do you guys have any funny favourite videos that always cheer you up? If so, send them to me via YouTube or send me a link to cptgreenbear@gmail.com!</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-33673127920356656672013-11-04T02:01:00.003-08:002013-11-04T02:01:48.588-08:00November News<b>Some news regarding my channel:</b><br />
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<b>1. I'm currently on <span style="color: #38761d;">vacation</span> far from home. I was smart enough this time around to prepare some episodes and take them with me so as to upload them from my new location. However, I wasn't smart enough to take the correct episodes with me, so Gothic -72- will be skipped in favour of uploading the next one in line. No worries, that video will get online as soon as possible and nothing significant happened in those 15 minutes other than me trading items.</b><br />
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<b>2. Therefore, there will only be an <span style="color: #38761d;">upload every other day</span> or so... and no thumbnails for now. You may still contact me via comments, PM, Gmail, Twitter etc. In fact, please do so. I have a lot of spare time on my hands right now =P.</b><br />
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<b>3. YouTube is changing its policy once more. The change comes with a heavy emphasis on copyright and apparently my partner programme (TGN) is quite anxious about it. Over the last few months I kept receiving copyright complaints regarding my <span style="color: #38761d;">Saboteur LP</span>. I deleted the first few episodes in question and tried to summarise their content in the next videos' descriptions, but the complaints keep coming and I fear I would have to delete the majority of this LP eventually, anyway. Since I always thought that the Saboteur LP was my lamest one I am not sad to announce that I will now delete the entire bloody thing to avoid any future hustle with YT and EA.</b><br />
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<b>Hope you people are alright. </b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-50653150639730219112013-10-09T05:25:00.001-07:002013-10-09T05:25:36.315-07:00Help?<b>I've got a little <span style="color: #6aa84f;">problem</span> on my hands that I cannot solve on my own. Maybe one of you knows a solution?</b><br />
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<b>As mentioned before, I got <span style="color: #6aa84f;">auto-connected with Google+</span> some months ago. G+ was kind enough to create a brand-new page for me that is essentially just mirroring everything I do on YouTube. Owner of this page is my old G+ account that I created with my real name back in the day when Google+ came out and some friends thought we should give it a chance. Since then, I haven't used G+ for anything. The account is just lying around like dead meat and same goes for the auto-created CptGreenbear-page.</b><br />
<b>Of course I could just ignore this waste of webspace, if it wasn't for the fact that this forced marriage significantly messed up my YouTube website appearance. My inbox was hidden in favour of half a dozen G+ features that I don't need or want.</b><br />
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<b>Using Google (oh the irony!) to search for a solution shows me that I'm not the only one with this problem. </b><br />
<b>The simple answer: <span style="color: #6aa84f;">disconnect </span>the page via YouTube settings.</b><br />
<b>The tricky answer: this option only works within <span style="color: #6aa84f;">14 days</span> of the forced connection. Afterwards, it is <span style="color: #6aa84f;">permanent</span>. This, of course, is nowhere mentioned on any Google support pages. Oh, and did you ever try to contact the Google support? They state on their feedback side that while they cannot answer any requests personally, they will make sure to mind the feedback in future updates. Yeah. Right...</b><br />
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<b>I then thought I might be able to just delete the page itself. You know, since I'm the owner of the page and all. But no, G+ tells me (and this must have caused quite some laughter at their evil headquarter) to either <span style="color: #6aa84f;">delete my YouTube account</span> or disconnect it first. The latter being a link that leads me nowhere.</b><br />
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<b>So this is where I am now. I really want to get rid of this connection without sacrificing my YouTube account. I own the YouTube website, the Google+ CptGreenbear page and the old G+ account that funtions as owner to said page. The latter two may get deleted for all I care. Any ideas? Let me know on YouTube or via cptgreenbear@gmail.com!</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-57285265175658828182013-09-08T13:18:00.002-07:002013-09-08T13:18:13.361-07:00No Conclusions<b>At the end of my Risen 2 LP, I told you about a special video I planned with my <span style="color: #6aa84f;">personal conclusion and review</span> of the entire game. What I was planning was something like the 'Movie Sins' videos, with me listing all the things I liked and disliked about Risen 2 - Dark Waters and supporting my points with video material running in the background. While my spoken text was quickly done, it was quite difficult to collect video material for all the features mentioned. To be a bit more precise, I have been working on this for several weeks already and feel I'm not even half-way through. Now, with my work and the according <span style="color: #6aa84f;">lack of spare time</span>, I really started dreading this project of mine, especially in regards to the fact that Risen 2 has been a rather unpopular LP of mine and I wasn't very happy with the game myself, either. Now who would like to hear me point out every single bug, glitch and logical error of a game you have already watched me play for over one-and-a-half years? You, sir? I don't think so. And where is the point in working on a video I do not enjoy making and you guys won't enjoy watching when I already have little time to do the videos I/you actually care about?</b><br />
<b>So why am I writing this and not just forget about my promised video? The main conflict for me here is this: on the one hand, I would like to show you as much of the game as possible (good and bad) and help you make up your mind about it. On the other hand, a video so full of negativity will only pull you down, would always be subjective and still fail to actually summarise the game in its entirety. And who didn't get a chance to make up their minds about this game after my overly lengthy LP, anyway?</b><br />
<b>So I decided this: I will abstain from adding individual reviews at the end of each LP and instead just state whether I liked the game or not and name the <span style="color: #6aa84f;">main positive and negative points</span>. Should be sufficient to clear things up, right?</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-25669758326109919332013-08-16T13:32:00.005-07:002013-08-16T13:32:38.680-07:00Availability<b>With me being really busy lately I'm even more forgetful about the <span style="color: #6aa84f;">messages </span>I have to reply to on YouTube. And it has been pretty bad before, I can tell you! So sorry to all those still waiting for my answer. The thing is that YouTube has one of the worst messaging systems I've encountered so far and it got even worse lately with my new (involuntary) linking to Google+. I do not get any visible updates for new messages or comments at all anymore on the YouTube standard page, but have to click through three subcategories before seeing whether someone messaged me. Also, there's no option to mark messages as 'unread', so I have to reply at once... or never! It's ridiculous, really.</b><br />
<b>So please: if you want to ask me anything or want to discuss a game or just feel in the mood to chat, refer to this mail address instead: <span style="color: #6aa84f;">cptgreenbear@gmail.com</span></b><br />
<b>Or, if you want to stalk me, check out my (rarely used) Twitter account: <span style="color: #6aa84f;">https://twitter.com/CptGreenbear</span></b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-37043420347581058712013-08-06T14:58:00.004-07:002013-08-06T14:58:50.860-07:00Working Bear<b>'Look at that lazy bear! Aspiring to be a proper LPer, but taking break after break from YouTube, not uploading anything ever! I WANT MA MONEY BACK!'</b><br />
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<b>I probably just quoted about 90% of my viewers and you're right. Here's my <span style="color: #6aa84f;">apology</span> to you. As you might know, I have been unemployed for quite some time, so I was able to upload every day despite my really crappy Internet speed. This has changed now. I finally found <span style="color: #6aa84f;">employment </span>and am now working in an awesome book store, selling literature and sometimes actually talking English with tourists! This is amazing for me and quite exciting, but also incredibly exhausting after my long time of doing nothing at all. Plus even if I was in the mood to work on my YouTube apperarance after a long shift of dealing with customers, I wouldn't be able to... because an upload usually takes several hours, which I simply do not have. So here are the three options I have right now:</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Option 1: </span>I start an upload when going to work, which means my PC will run the entire day with no one around, wasting energy and possibly dying in the heat for nothing.</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Option 2:</span> I start an upload right when I come home, giving you the usual daily videos but in the late evening (around 10pm GMT or later), leading to me being unable to blow off some steam in online games because my ping is going through the bloody roof.</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Option 3: </span>Alternating uploads either in the morning or the evening right before and after work, which is really confusing and messy, so there will be days when I just forget about it.</b><br />
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<b>Best one is probably number 3, however, there won't be any more uploads for a few more days. Reason being that I haven't edited any new episodes yet because of the same lack of time and energy.</b><br />
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<b>Sorry about all the inconvenience. Veriax is still doing great LPs, so you might want to watch him while waiting for me to grow up and get used to work life.</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-62870839693087938512013-07-10T07:30:00.001-07:002013-07-10T12:37:20.854-07:00Chivalry Noob Guide for Archers<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Some years
ago I was dreaming about an online FPS that involved medieval combat, including
melee weapons as well as ranged ones, soldiers trying to get into a castle and
others trying to defend it by all means necessary. Kind of like in Mount &
Blade but with real players working together.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Now I found
something very similar to this idea in <span style="color: #6aa84f;">‘Chivalry – Medieval Warfare’</span>. The game
features a small amount of maps and game modes, as well as four different basic
classes with a variety of weapons that can be unlocked by killing enemies. The
tutorial is great and introduces all the classes, but still I decided to mainly
focus on the only ranged class available and while there are both bows and
crossbows in this game and I’m very well aware of the major difference between
these two, all ranged combatants are always referred to as ‘archers’. I will
now attempt to give you a brief summary of my experiences as a crossbowman in ‘Chivalry’.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Yep, I’m a
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">crossbowman</span>, alright. They are the weakest unit in the entire game in regards
to their defence. They can be one-hit-killed even without head-shots, so it is
essential to stay unnoticed, move around a lot and be aware of one’s
surroundings. Bow users are just as vulnerable to attacks, but their great
advantage is that they can move around while notching a new arrow (aka ‘reloading’),
whereas the crossbowmen must stand absolutely still for the one or two seconds
it takes to reload their crossbow. They also lose sight of their surroundings
during this time, since they have to look down, so during the reloading process
they are an easy target for any class. Best way to act for a crossbowman is to
aim, crouch, fire at a target, then <span style="color: #6aa84f;">run for cover and reload</span>. If an enemy is
coming for you and is already closer than 15 metres, reloading becomes
pointless and one should try to block all hits with the sidearm (short sword or
dagger) and retreat, hoping for some team member to stop by and help out. Just
turning and running away works only if an enemy knight or archer pursues you,
since both the vanguard and the man-at-arms class have a jump attack that lets
them kill an escaping target easily.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The great
advantage of crossbowmen over bow users is their<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> increased damage and range</span>. Their
bolts fly further before dropping/arching and they can therefore stay further
behind the battle line, avoiding melee combat and bow men alike.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There is
one more small detail making a crossbowman’s life unpleasant and I’m not yet
sure whether it’s a <span style="color: #6aa84f;">bug</span> or an intended feature. If a crossbowman gets hit by a
ranged weapon (arrow, bolt or throwing weapons), there’s a certain chance of
losing the already notched bolt in their own weapon, causing the character to
automatically reload (which, as stated before, makes them completely vulnerable).
It doesn’t happen all the time, but veteran fighters will use this to their
advantage when approaching a ranged combatant, throwing their knives or axes at
them, thereby stunning them into utter uselessness just to finish them off in
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Speaking of
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">melee</span>, the ranged fighters are (obviously) quite useless in close combat. Their
short swords or daggers have a much smaller range than any other weapon in the
game, so exact timing and a whole lot of luck are required to take down any enemy.
Best way of fighting in close combat is to support other ‘proper’ melee
fighters by flanking enemies and casually stabbing at them.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">You have
probably noticed by now that the way of the archer is not the most honourable
one and indeed basically any other class user hates archers. Few rounds go by
without anyone complaining about ranged fighters and their <span style="color: #6aa84f;">noob way of
fighting</span>. Interestingly enough, some users claim all archers are over-powered
and should be downgraded during the next patch of the game while others are
sure that archers are way too weak for the game and should be removed because
they don’t pose a threat but rather a nuisance. As an archer, one is constantly
the target of insults, team kills and general hatred, while trying to cope with
the classes actual problems (especially on laggy servers aiming is downright
impossible while blindly slashing at enemies still works).</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A good
feature to help out troubled archers is the enabled <span style="color: #6aa84f;">kick vote</span> option. One can
initiate a vote to exclude any given player from the current game and all
players will see a small pop-up indicating the player’s team kills in
percentage as well as their idle time. This helps a lot to decide whether the
user in question was misbehaving and is a burden to its team or whether the
initiator of the kick vote was just frustrated or even confused him with
someone else.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The bad
thing about this type of kick vote is that people just glance at the percentage
of team damage said player has committed so far and then decide about their
fate. Let me use an example that happened to me not too long ago: I entered an
ongoing game, ran forward close to the battle line and shot a few bolts at some
enemy archers without hitting anything. Then I noticed multiple enemy melees
pushing through our lines to the right, so I aimed at them, waiting for my own
comrades to either step away or perish so that I had free line of sight. When
this was the case, one of our own knights stepped in front of me, facing
towards me and not the enemy, crouching down so as to be exactly in my way when
aiming. This happened quite fast, so my one and only shot at the advancing
troops hit him instead. Knights don’t die from a single shot to the chest and
though I was sorry for the team damage, I decided not to apologise for it,
since it was clearly his fault for trying to block me. However, once the
enemies were down, he initiated a kick vote against me and then immediately
started slashing at me with his sword. Since my team damage was stated at 100%
at this point, I was kicked so quickly I couldn’t even explain my situation.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This was
not an isolated incident. Melee troops often attack archers from their own
team, claiming poor excuses like ‘They were standing in my way!’ or ‘He shot at
me once!’. However, in a game where team damage is not only always enabled but
an essential part of fighting and approaching opponents more tactical, the <span style="color: #6aa84f;">ill
logic</span> of their behaviour becomes obvious.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A unique
gadget crossbowmen possess to benefit the team is their <span style="color: #6aa84f;">shield</span>. It’s too heavy
to carry around much, but one can place it anywhere and then hide behind it
to reload and recover from wounds. Especially in the game mode ‘Protect the
King’, this item becomes invaluable, shielding the king from enemy archers. Sadly,
the crossbowman’s shield is also one of the most buggy items in the game, often
crashing into nothingness when touched, so one mustn’t come too close when
hiding behind it.</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">All in all,
I’m sure there are lots of features that could be improved about the archer
class in ‘Chivalry’, though the greatest downside of the game is still the
other users’ inability to work together and appreciate class diversity.</span></b></div>
Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-37387027602953663152013-07-01T15:13:00.002-07:002013-07-01T15:13:23.016-07:00Break<b>I'm rather fed up with certain things regarding <span style="color: #6aa84f;">YouTube, LPing and other matters</span>, so I will take some time off.</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-43327073860924867942013-06-23T07:56:00.000-07:002013-06-23T07:56:09.873-07:00Thumbnails<b>A while ago I wrote a lengthy article here about my struggles to become a YouTube partner. When I was done with that several-pages-long piece of work, I realised that it was wholely about me whining and held no entertaining content whatsoever, so I deleted it again. Plus I actually did gain partnership shortly after. However, becoming a partner granted me only few of the promised advantages, the most important of them being: <span style="color: #6aa84f;">individual thumbails.</span></b><br />
<b>Seriously, people: this was the main reason for me to become a partner and it was absolutely worth it! Creating interesting, personalised thumbnails for each video has become one of my new favourite things related to my LPing career. It's so satisfying to have a little piece of art smile back at you, advertising for your videos instead of the random convoluted piles of mess YouTube offers non-partners as thumbnails. It looks a lot more professional (though the content of the videos certainly didn't improve) and attracts viewers much more efficiently than any exciting title ever could.</b><br />
<b>However, as Spiderman's uncle said: with great power comes great responsibility. Theoretically I could create any thumbnail I wanted. Of course, what comes to mind first are<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> half-naked women</span> pushing their various humps into the viewers face. Research has shown that YouTube viewers do indeed instinctively click on these videos more often than on others. And in fact I have done just that... twice now. Once for a Thief 2 episode named 'Hookers' because of a supposed hooker I knocked unconscious and then once more for my Gothic Erotica video, where I featured the in-game picture of a half-naked lady. So you see that - though I had the opportunity - I used this cheap trick only on videos where the thumbnail accurately descripted the content of the video... and not just to generate views and distract from my lack of humour/entertainment/general purpose in life. Don't want to point fingers here, but since you're all familiar with YouTube there's a good chance you know who I'm talking about. Gosh, how I dislike that guy. Goes to show that the path to the dark side is way easier to travel.</b><br />
<b>Another tricky thing about thumbnails is that you can't just march off into the depths of the Internet, grab any picture you like, drag it back home and then alter it for your purposes in order to create some fancy thumbnail. Generally speaking, EVERY picture is protected by copyright. Using it without the explicit permission of the owner is actually a <span style="color: #6aa84f;">crime</span>. There are some ways around this problem, however. Of course you could just ask an artsy friend to draw all the thumbnails for you or give you permission to use their work and attribute them in the video for it. If you have an artsy friend, of course. And if they are willing to work for your benefit just like that. OR you could check out the huge database of <span style="color: #6aa84f;">royalty-free images</span> available at various websites (wikimedia is my personal favourite so far). You still have to check every image you find there for its specific copyright status, but most of them are free to download, alter, distribute etc without having to credit anyone or being worried that the NSA sells your criminal arse to the local authorities. Or, in turn, uploads your private pictures on their website without your consent...</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-15728475551663962112013-06-04T15:01:00.002-07:002013-06-04T15:01:32.289-07:00Risen 2 Rises!<b>Good news everybody!</b><br />
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<b>Nevermind that last blog entry! Turns out the simplest solution was the most effective one: just deleting and re-installing the game fixed the corrupted files. Huzzah!</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-88465009865585079382013-06-03T06:07:00.003-07:002013-06-04T02:49:10.949-07:00Risen 2 Is Going Down<b>Just a heads-up: there is a definite possibility that I have to <span style="color: #6aa84f;">abandon my Risen 2 LP</span>. </b><br />
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<b>This is quite a bummer, given that I think I was close to the end and I would have liked to see this project finished properly, but I can't get the game to work anymore. All <span style="color: #6aa84f;">save files</span> appear to be <span style="color: #6aa84f;">corrupted</span>, leaving the game frozen during loading screens and forcing me to crash down to desktop or even shut down my PC manually at times.</b><br />
<b>I will try out a few more approaches and keep you posted on my progress. </b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-60397617480892703482013-04-18T19:10:00.000-07:002013-04-18T19:10:05.596-07:00Lent<b>Though I'm not a Christian, I have always been fascinated with the time of <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lent</span>. I thought it was an impressive way of demonstrating one's willpower and discipline to avoid eating something as delicious and elemental as meat.</b><br />
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<b>Naturally, I tried it myself at some point. I have to add, though, that I initially started to fasten in order to impress a girl I liked and that happened to be a <span style="color: #6aa84f;">vegetarian</span>. I managed to make it through all 40 days without a single bite of meat... and guess what? That girl became my girlfriend eventually. But that's a different story.</b><br />
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<b>Two years later, I tried the same stunt again, but admittedly <span style="color: #6aa84f;">failed</span>. I was a student at that time and I remember it to be a particularly stressful day. I was running about the city, trying to fetch important signatures on even more important papers and was growing more and more desperate by the minute. When I noticed a certain gnawing feeling in my stomach, I decided to quickly head for a popular fast-food restaurant and grab a <span style="color: #6aa84f;">burger</span>, as I had done so often before when having little time. I didn't even think about it at that time and noticed only hours later that I had eaten meat and thereby broken my pledge.</b><br />
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<b>So the year after, I actually wanted to figure out how long I could survive without meat. You have to know that coloured bears are carnivorous and I just love the taste of meat, so this was quite a challenge for me. Starting at New Year's Eve, I ate only fruits and vegetables, but mostly weird instant crap that was probably mainly plastic. I'm proud to say that I lasted 7 long months as a vegetarian before finally whispering 'Bring me meat!' to the people taking care of me during these dark times.</b><br />
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<b>Back to the topic, this settled the question of how long I could stay without meat, so there wasn't really any point in trying again every Lent from now on. So instead, I chose to stay away from something else that I liked to do way too much but that was probably not all that healthy for me: playing <span style="color: #6aa84f;">video games</span>. This was particularly tricky, because I had already started my YouTube career, so I settled for this compromise: I could play a video game (namely 'Thief Gold'), but only if I did a recording of it and uploaded it. Other than that: no video games.</b><br />
<b>I managed to get through this time, too, though it was quite boring, to be honest. I remember that I read a lot more than usual and watched any movie I own thrice.</b><br />
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<b>How could I overcome this success during the next Lent, you ask? This time, I challenged myself to <span style="color: #6aa84f;">not lie</span> anymore. Of course, this is impossible, with all the little lies we express everyday without even noticing. So the task was this: no intentional lies. If I knew the truth, I had to either speak it or be silent.</b><br />
<b>This was a really tough one and I'd advise any of you to try it just for a day. I made it almost through the entire duration of Lent, but then... well... let's just say losing this challenge against myself was the lesser evil.</b><br />
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<b>And that leads us to this year's Lent, which is already over. This time, I settled for something unspectacular, but that was increasingly bothering me. I was not allowed to drink any soft drinks, like <span style="color: #6aa84f;">cola and lemonades</span>. I managed this one with ease, so I have to come up with something more challenging for next year. Any <span style="color: #6aa84f;">ideas</span> are welcome, so let's hear it!</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-17999751604984685152013-04-09T13:59:00.003-07:002013-04-09T13:59:46.764-07:00Amsterdam, Mate!<b>This year, I spent my birthday in <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Amsterdam</span>. I didn't expect too much of the trip and prepared as much as any other tourist would: by staring at the city map on Google for a while and quickly checking whether there are any weird laws one should abide by.</b><br />
<b>And I must tell you I was really surprised by the beauty of the city. I don't know much about <span style="color: #6aa84f;">architecture</span>, but even to me the uniqueness of this city was remarkable. Especially the Red Light District at 'De Wallen' had so much more to offer than half-naked women behind glass doors. Tons of old churches, bridges, the canals, house boats, slim buildings, crooked houses, thousands of bicycles and all those spiral staircases... I truly enjoyed my stay. </b><br />
<b>The one thing that pleased me the most, though, were the people. Not necessarily just the Dutch people, but also all the tourists. Coming from a spot where there are solely Caucasian folks running around speaking the same (native) language, it was oh-so refreshing for me to hear this multitude of different languages, accents and dialects. Not to mention all the different skin colours, ethnicities, traditional clothings and general behaviour of <span style="color: #6aa84f;">people</span> who grew up in a completely different culture than me. Such a grand city! I recommend it to anyone who likes to travel and has an open mind when it comes to disputable topics like soft drugs and prostitution.</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-78817019393820716542013-02-25T01:19:00.002-08:002013-02-26T01:19:09.045-08:00The Oscars<b>In preparation for the <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Oscars 2013</span>, I did a little video with all my picks on who's probably going to win in each of the 24 categories. Then I challenged all my viewers to contradict me and put up a bet. If I win, they had to do one of these three punishments:</b><br />
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<b>1. Draw a picture of Greenbear!</b><b> </b><br />
<b>2. Write and perform a poem about Greenbear! </b><br />
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<b>3. Write and perform a song about Greenbear!</b><br />
<b><br />The competitors could also offer a reward for themselves (punishment for me) in case they win... which I thought was very unlikely. I got a lot of great suggestions and ideas and accepted almost all of them as suitable stakes for the bet. Most people bet on one category only, for example on Best Picture or any of the other 'big categories'.</b><br />
<b>Now with the ceremony over, it turns out that exactly half of my predictions were accurate, which gave a lot of opportunities to my viewers. Let's have a look! </b><br />
<b>Here are all my predictions and the actual outcome:<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">Best Picture: "Zero Dark Thirty" <span style="color: black;">(Argo)</span></span><br /><span style="color: red;">Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln" <span style="color: black;">(Christoph Waltz)</span></span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Best Director: Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln" <span style="color: black;">(Ang Lee)</span></span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis, "Lincoln"</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Best Original Screenplay: "Django Unchained"</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Best Adapted Screenplay: "Silver Linings Playbook" <span style="color: black;">(Argo)</span></span><br /><span style="color: red;">Best Animated Feature: "Paranorman" <span style="color: black;">(Brave)</span></span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Best Foreign Feature: "Amour"</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Best Visual Effects: "Life of Pi"</span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Best Cinematography: "Life of Pi"</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Best Costume Design: "Les Misérables" <span style="color: black;">(Anna Karenina)</span></span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Best Documentary Feature: "Searching for Sugar Man"</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Best Documentary Short: "Open Heart" <span style="color: black;">(Inocente)</span></span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Best Film Editing: "Argo"</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Best Makeup and Hairstyling: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" <span style="color: black;">(Les Misérables)</span></span><br /><span style="color: red;">Best Music (Original Score): "Skyfall" <span style="color: black;">(Life of Pie)</span></span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Best Music (Original Song): "Skyfall" from "Skyfall"</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Best Production Design: "Anna Karenina" <span style="color: black;">(Lincoln)</span></span><br /><span style="color: red;">Best Short Film, Animated: "Head over Heels" <span style="color: black;">(Paperman)</span></span><br /><span style="color: red;">Best Short Film, Live Action: "Death of a Shadow" <span style="color: black;">(Curfew)</span></span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Best Sound Editing: "Zero Dark Thirty" </span><br /><span style="color: lime;">Best Sound Mixing: "Les Misérables"</span></b><br />
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<b>Now let's take a look at the users who challenged me and how they fared. Since a draw means both sides lose, both competitors have to do their punishment in case of a tie.</b><br />
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<b>Winners:</b><br />
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<li><b>AlmostDomi - <span style="color: lime;">Best Picture: Argo</span>, my punishment: subscribing to her channel</b></li>
<li><b>CnAFilmsandAnimation - <span style="color: lime;">Best Animated Feature: Brave</span>, my punishment: subscribing to their channel</b></li>
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Picture: Argo, </span><span style="color: red;">Best Supporting Actor: Robert Deniro</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Director: Ang Lee</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence</span>, <span style="color: red;">Best Original Screenplay: Amour</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Adapted Screenplay: Argo</span>, <span style="color: red;">Best Animated Feature: Paranorman</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Foreign Feature: Amour</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Cinematography: Life of Pi</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Costume Design: Anna Kerinina</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man</span>, <span style="color: red;">Best Documentary Short: Open Heart</span>,<span style="color: lime;"> Best Film Editing: Argo</span>, <span style="color: red;">Best Makeup and Hairstyling: The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Music (Original Score): Life of
Pi</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Music (Original Song): "Skyfall" from "Skyfall"</span>, <span style="color: red;">Best Production Design: Les
Misérables</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Short Film, Animated: Paperman<span style="color: black;">, </span>Best Short Film, Live Action: Curfew<span style="color: black;">, </span>Best Sound Editing: Zero Dark Thirty<span style="color: black;">,</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: lime;"> Best Sound Mixing: Les Misérables<span style="color: black;">,</span> </span></span>my punishment: thanking him in an Oscar acceptance speech</b></li>
<li><b>eevylcheekin - <span style="color: lime;">Best Picture: Argo</span>, my punishment: subscribing to their channel</b></li>
<li><b>FilmAngel11 - <span style="color: lime;">Best Picture: Argo</span>, my punishment: drawing her profile picture</b></li>
<li><b>shutinproductions - <span style="color: lime;">Best Picture: Argo</span>, my punishment: subscribing to his channel and singing the Canadian anthem</b></li>
<li><b>TheRandomPasta1 - <span style="color: lime;">Best Picture: Argo</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz</span>, <span style="color: red;">Best Animated Feature: Wreck-it Ralph</span>, my punishment: pretending I won an Oscar and thanking everyone who wrote a comment beneath my Oscars predictions video</b></li>
<li><b>TiniestPrincess - <span style="color: lime;">Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz</span>, <span style="color: lime;">Best Animated Feature: Brave</span>, <span style="color: red;">Best Music (Original Song): Les Misérables</span>, <span style="color: red;">Best Production Design: The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey</span>, my punishment: doing a Let's Play of 'The Company of Myself'</b></li>
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<b>Draw:</b><br />
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<li><b>GazzaPlays - <span style="color: red;">Best Picture: Life of Pie</span>, my punishment: choosing one of the three options I offered myself and doing it for his channel</b></li>
<li><b>Numring - <span style="color: red;">Best Picture: Lincoln</span>, my punishment: doing a little puppet show with an interesting plot and at least one bear as an actor</b></li>
<li><b>Nuttylamb - <span style="color: red;">Best Animated Feature: Wreck-it Ralph</span>, my punishment: doing a How-To video on baking cookies</b><b> </b></li>
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<b>Loser: </b><br />
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<li><b>TheMisterJackles - <span style="color: red;">Best Actress: Jessica Chastain</span>, my punishment: letting him interview me and thuthfully answering 10 uncomfortably awkward questions</b><b> </b></li>
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<b>I would like to thank all the participants in this little challenge. It was great fun for me and I'm looking forward to the pictures/poems/songs of and about me as well as all the weird little videos I have to do now myself.</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4667217020629463061.post-37415672492054502952013-02-08T17:16:00.000-08:002013-02-08T17:16:04.235-08:00The Witcher Is a B*tcher<b>With the third installment of the Witcher video game series being announced in the most teasing of all teasing trailers ever, Steam decided to put up the first two games for sale. I have bought and successfully played through the first Witcher game after seeing a highly entertaining Let's Play of it done by Veriax, but restrained from getting the second one straightaway after its release, mostly due to the high price but also because I was afraid my PC couldn't handle it.</b><br />
<b>However, 10 € for a two-year-old video game is not too shabby, so I bought the second adventure of Geralt in hopes of a dark and believable setting, mature characters and decisions that will influence the storyline. All these features made <span style="color: #6aa84f;">'The Witcher'</span> to one of the few RPGs other than the Gothic series that I truly enjoyed and had high hopes for the second one. </b><br />
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<b>I'm not very far into the second game now but can already tell you that it is one of the toughest games I have ever played. Sure, it is fun and all, but despite the fact that I already played through its predecessor, I decided to go through the (very badly designed) tutorial with the result of me getting my buttocks kicked and the game advising me to go for '<span style="color: #6aa84f;">difficulty level</span>: easy' with a condescending digital smile. 'Easy' of course means 'noob', so I went for 'normal', which turned out to be a bad decision.</b><br />
<b>The game heavily relies on preparations for a fight, inexplicably forbidding players to drink potions while they are in a combat area. That means even if you manage to run away from the mob that almost killed you, you cannot save your sorry skin, because the game thinks it's not safe to drink a potion before you killed everyone around. Now <span style="color: #6aa84f;">potions</span> can only be drunk while meditating. So please take the time to find a secure area, sit down in the mud, meditate for a bit, empty a bottle of your choice and then get back up again. Is there an easier solution to quenching your thirst? I don't think so.</b><br />
<b>But it's not just that. </b><b>They overhauled the entire combat system as well as any interface in the game, Geralt's looks and every single voice actor I encountered so far. Geralt is invincible during the tutorial, but died at least TWO DOZEN TIMES in the prologue alone before I figured out that bunny-hopping is indeed a proper solution here. Now, that's all fine and well. I prefer challenging games over dumbed-down ones and like to feel rewarded when I finally get the hang of it... but 'The Witcher 2' doesn't reward you. Once you think you figured out how fights work, it throws you into a completely different scenario. For example a dragon attack right at the beginning of the game. Or a fist fight, which requires you to ignore anything you learned about the combat so far and press some random buttons as soon as they pop up on the screen. The term for this is <span style="color: #6aa84f;">'Quick Time Event'</span> and right after ladders, bugs and Adam Sandler, this is one of my personal archenemies. They even implemented it in some of the dialogues, making it impossible to actually read through all the available options before time is running out. </b><br />
<b>Speaking of different buttons for different actions would suggest that this game was released for PC first, but it rather feels like a console import. Geralt might be the toughest witcher in the kingdom, but he simply cannot jump. Climbing is only possible in a very few, pre-designed spots with the advice to <span style="color: #6aa84f;">'jump'</span> or 'climb down' popping up whenever one gets close. Geralt can magically run on the spot at the edge of any cliff without the risk of falling off, but will never be able to commit suicide this way. Ah, well, he could just swallow some potions and intoxicate himself. But only if he finds a secure spot to sit down and meditate at.</b><br />
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<b>Now, despite all my hatred against the difficulty level of this game, I quite enjoyed it so far and will definitely continue playing it. I just hope that they didn't get rid of the infamous girls cards from the first game...</b>Greenbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17007686937697733260noreply@blogger.com0