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KittenMag

Shared on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 16:30

I figured since I'm a designer I probably should get my act together and come up with some kind of unique Blog Header....and a funny picture!

I'm an Xbox 360 newbie =) Last week I got back from a month long work trip where I put in over 300 hours! I work for a litigation consulting company and travel to trial sites from time to time developing opening/closing and expert presentations/demonstratives used in court. But that's not important.. what is, is that my company pays out overtime for these trips and my "gift" to myself was an Elite Xbox 360, and 5 games to get me started on this new gaming adventure.

I was 7 or 8 when my dad bought a C64 for my sister and I for xmas... and my trigger happy fingers were never the same. I've mostly been a PC gamer, but I still have my original Playstation, and played a ton of PS2 when it came out.

I've "quit" playing World of Warcraft about a year and a half ago and need something to "fill" some free time and the Wii is just not cutting it. It was a VERY hard adjustment to just stop playing cold turkey as I was probably putting in a good 25+ hours per week raiding. Up at all kinds of hours of the night, trying to "finish" a boss. Leading raids and getting pissed off at people. Crazy times but my personal life and sanity was fading away so I had to stop. The past year has been filled with work and more work and I started to miss gaming. What I have missed most though was the human interaction. Logging in daily to the guild and being welcome by a group of people that "spoke the same language". So I finally convinved myself that 360 was the way to go as I will get to play with other humanoids from time to time. Not to mention I got a brand new Sony XBR 6 42" TV that sits and collects dust otherwise! But more about the set up in a later post when I get my horrible cord situation taken care off =)

Since I usually take time off after these intense work trips, I spent last week on the sofa playing Fable 2... and replaying it... and playing some more after finishing the game. It has a lot of similarities to WoW, even the fact that I played for 12 hours straight, two days in a row =)

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rabbmasterflash's picture
Submitted by rabbmasterflash on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 16:32
welcome to the site!
fatLUNCH's picture
Submitted by fatLUNCH on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 16:36
wow... lucky you and all your OT.. feel free to add me to XBL.. fattLUNCH is me. oh and btw.. congrats on getting away from W0W!! lmao
Cynical_Hermit's picture
Submitted by Cynical_Hermit on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 16:37
Welcome to the site. I just recently left the xbox to go back to WoW so glad someone came to fill the void :P Plenty of friendly late nighters around here playing all types of games so hopefully you will find that group interaction you've been missin :)
doodirock's picture
Submitted by doodirock on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 16:40
Im still a WoW addict so I know how it is. ONE MORE BOSS... Still welcome to the site. If I ever get free time I try to log on for some Halo or Gears, but so far those times have been few and far between. In any case, welcome from another fellow Chicago Designer and WoW head. Feel free to ad me.
TheDastard's picture
Submitted by TheDastard on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 16:44
Welcome.
Lbsutke's picture
Submitted by Lbsutke on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 16:47
Welcome :) And do not let Doodi (doodirock) fool you, he does not log onto his 360 anymore...well maybe to watch "videos" but that is about it. Take a look around, pop into the different forums and get a feel for the place. If you have any questions just throw one out there.
J-Cat's picture
Submitted by J-Cat on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 16:48
Hey there! did you DL the Knothole Island expansion? It's not bad... expensive... but not bad. look forward to some gaming
Armada99's picture
Submitted by Armada99 on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 16:49
Hi I'm Armada99 and I'm a 360 addict. Sortof. Shooters are where its at! Feel free to add me, I'll pass you around to some female gamers if you like. Paging coulow and meemoos.
KittenMag's picture
Submitted by KittenMag on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 16:54
thanks all. lol doodi... the game is definitely calling me back.. but I have been good at resisting. Mainly because my once geared out toon [ahem...toon(s)] are worthless now and starting over again in noob filled areas is giving me a headache just thinking about it. J-Cat... I did download the expansion. I thought it was pretty good, especially since my character was SUPER fatty and I finally got some thin potions. haha
DruishPrincess's picture
Submitted by DruishPrincess on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 17:12
Welcome to the site. Former WoW addict here.:D See ya around the site.
Shuttdown's picture
Submitted by Shuttdown on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 17:17
Welcome to the community.
DaRedneck's picture
Submitted by DaRedneck on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 17:22
Welcome to the site Kitten. If ya like FPS games take a look the Pork Chop Platoon clan. See ya round the site!!!
Caduceus's picture
Submitted by Caduceus on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 17:35
Welcome to the site, we have all sorts from FPS, sports and RPGers. We have a small informal RPG clan, 2old2RPG as well, let me know if you're interested!
Stridog's picture
Submitted by Stridog on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 17:48
Year and a half, that means you were probably raiding BC content. Most of that gear is still good to the mid 70's...I mean...welcome :) Hope you find your niche here. If you ever want to come back to wow, check out Failure on Greymane for alliance and Veterans of the Horde on Ravencrest.
LtBlarg's picture
Submitted by LtBlarg on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 17:51
Welcome to the site that doodi built.. seriously. It is his site.... Well, that was in wiser days when he played Halo. Now he is a WOW crackhead and we never see him anymore. Congratulations on kicking the WOW habit. Another SOUL SAVED !!!!!
Inka Cola's picture
Submitted by Inka Cola on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 19:43
Welcome to the party... I bought the 14 day trial of WoW today. Is this the beginning of the end for me??? We'll have to wait and seeeee!! xbl - Inka Cola =)
Caesar's picture
Submitted by Caesar on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 19:45
wow is the devillllllllllllllllll
KittenMag's picture
Submitted by KittenMag on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 20:48
yes WoW is the devil but man oh man I sure loved me some of that hell You're right Stridog. I've raided BC content right before I quit. My guild was on Vashij and about to start on Solarian. But by then I've had about 2 years of constant raiding under my belt (including 6 hour MC runs when I first started haha, =/ ) and the idea of re-leveling and re-gearing is very unappealing to me at the moment, lol
AdomHussain's picture
Submitted by AdomHussain on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 23:40
12 hours straight, 2 days in a row...Thats hot

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