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Somewhere on teh intarwebs Mark P. Nelson wrote:
[snips]

Thank you for your fine work Mark. I've decided that I'm no longer going to 
dance to Blizz's tune w/r/t ladders. I was fine with it when the ladders 
lasted longer than a year. However, since they've decided to cater to the 
Ritalin generation I've given up doing the same old thing over and over 
again.

I am no longer using the accounts below other than to mule (and to use the 
sorc on 'mosfet' for her level 44 'chant until she can train a new sorc on 
the account I'm keeping). Therefore, as they're just mule accounts (with the 
aforementioned exception) they don't need listing, thank you. I see that 
there are only four recorded for me. I must have told you not to bother with 
*nzmosfet and *mosfetnz previously.

> "mosfeet","SCx","Shaun"
> "mosfet","SCx","Shaun"
> "nzmisfit","Scx","Shaun"

The account that I'm keeping and playing is below. I would appreciate it if 
you'd continue to list it.

> "misfitnz","SCx","Shaun"

Most of the playing toons are built, 'cept an enchantress who I'll have to 
level to ~75 so she can wear the +3 enchant Ormus' Robes. I may make another 
Frenzybarb but that would mean taking the gear that I put aside for him back 
from Shady and she's just loving having such a powerful toon. I think he 
might even be better than the eBotDz / Beast 'zerker one that Blizz deleted 
for me.

Thank you kindly,
-- 
Shaun.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also
into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 

"~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote in
news:irsnd3$804$1@dont-email.me: 
> 
> The account that I'm keeping and playing is below. I would appreciate it
> if you'd continue to list it.
> 
>> "misfitnz","SCx","Shaun"
> 

Hey Shaun,

I totally agree on the ladder fiasco. I've finally lost it with hardcore 
ladder characters. Trouble is, I can't quite get up the fascination for 
softcore any more.

Been playing VtMB (again), took a run through Fallout 1 & 2 and then KotOR 
1 & 2 too (had the adventures one might expect getting them to run on 
Windows 7 64-bit in widescreen, but all doable in the end), all while 
waiting for the Witcher 2 to be released.

Also playing a bit of music after a long hiatus. Man you get rusty quick 
when you don't play every day anymore.

Best,
          Mark.
-- 
While I'll admit that anyone can make a mistake once, to go on making the
same lethal errors century after century seems to me nothing short of
deliberate.--V.

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Mark P. Nelson wrote:
> "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote in
> news:irsnd3$804$1@dont-email.me:
>>
>> The account that I'm keeping and playing is below. I would
>> appreciate it if you'd continue to list it.
>>
>>> "misfitnz","SCx","Shaun"
>>
>
> Hey Shaun,
>
> I totally agree on the ladder fiasco.

Yeah, not that Blizzard will be losing any sleep over it. :-/

> I've finally lost it with
> hardcore ladder characters. Trouble is, I can't quite get up the
> fascination for softcore any more.

Bugger! Hardcore non-ladder no good?

> Been playing VtMB (again), took a run through Fallout 1 & 2 and then
> KotOR 1 & 2 too (had the adventures one might expect getting them to
> run on Windows 7 64-bit in widescreen, but all doable in the end),
> all while waiting for the Witcher 2 to be released.

Heh! I'm a bit of a one-game man these last few years, those acronyms leave 
me scratching my balding head. <g>

> Also playing a bit of music after a long hiatus. Man you get rusty
> quick when you don't play every day anymore.

You sure do! I used to play with a guitar a bit but, after not having one 
for ages, than picking one up with thoughts of getting another I quickly 
realised that my fingers had forgotten how to make the chords and, boy did 
my fingertips get sore quickly!

What do you play (if you've already told me I plead senility)? I've never 
been a serious muso, more a dabbler. I used to do soundmixing and stage 
lighting for a touring band for a few years in my feckless youth. In that 
environment it's hard to *not* pick up an instrument. When there's three 
classic Telecasters there it's even harder! ;-) I always said I'd buy my own 
Tele and Fender Twin Reverb (or Super-Twin) one day.....

Hope you're well.
-- 
Shaun.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also
into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 

"~misfit~" wrote:

> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Mark P. Nelson wrote:

[snip]

>> Been playing VtMB (again), took a run through Fallout 1 & 2 and then
>> KotOR 1 & 2 too (had the adventures one might expect getting them to
>> run on Windows 7 64-bit in widescreen, but all doable in the end),
>> all while waiting for the Witcher 2 to be released.
>
> Heh! I'm a bit of a one-game man these last few years, those acronyms
> leave me scratching my balding head. <g>

VtMB: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (based on the PnP RPG)
KotOR: Knights of the Old Republic (Star Wars)

-- 
- How did you get here?
- I flew. These wings aren't just for show, you know.

"~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote in
news:is1auk$7l1$1@dont-email.me: 

> 
> You sure do! I used to play with a guitar a bit but, after not having
> one for ages, than picking one up with thoughts of getting another I
> quickly realised that my fingers had forgotten how to make the chords
> and, boy did my fingertips get sore quickly!
> 

I played long enough that my hands have the muscle memory to play the 
chords still without my having to think about it. Kind of like WordPerfect 
keys. I used them so long I'll remember those hot-keys still when I can no 
longer remember my own name. Of course my fingers take a bit longer to 
shift from one chord to another, but that's getting better with practice. 
Fingertips still hurt after too short a time, of course!

> What do you play (if you've already told me I plead senility)? I've
> never been a serious muso, more a dabbler. I used to do soundmixing and
> stage lighting for a touring band for a few years in my feckless youth.
> In that environment it's hard to *not* pick up an instrument. When
> there's three classic Telecasters there it's even harder! ;-) I always
> said I'd buy my own Tele and Fender Twin Reverb (or Super-Twin) one
> day..... 
> 

I play keyboards and guitar. I have a nice Ovation six-string and also 
love to play my wife's old Guild jumbo-body twelve-string. I no longer own 
any electric guitars. I used to play bass, too, but no longer. I had 
several years of classical piano when I was young, and the theory I 
learned then has been so useful ever since. I recently bought an 
electronic keyboard which has several hundred voices and have been amusing 
myself playing all the parts from Tubular Bells. I have always been amazed 
at what Mike Oldfield did with a sixteen-track tape machine (and he did 
his original demo on a single quarter-inch tape). Man, would that have 
been easier if he'd had today's technology.

I'm mostly well, thanks, and glad to hear (from the other thread here) 
that you're feeling a bit better, if only temporarily--isn't it all 
temporary, though?

My sister came to visit from Scotland last month, bringing a nephew and 
niece I've never met. I took them for pony-and-cart driving lessons and we 
all had a lot of fun.

All the best, mate.
                      Mark.


-- 
While I'll admit that anyone can make a mistake once, to go on making the
same lethal errors century after century seems to me nothing short of
deliberate.--V.

In article <Xns9EF694D28C25Fmpndisorg@88.198.244.100>,
 "Mark P. Nelson" <markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> electronic keyboard which has several hundred voices and have been amusing 
> myself playing all the parts from Tubular Bells. I have always been amazed 
> at what Mike Oldfield did with a sixteen-track tape machine (and he did 
> his original demo on a single quarter-inch tape). Man, would that have 
> been easier if he'd had today's technology.

One of our local radio stations does "American Top 40 - The 70s" replays 
every Sunday - Basically, they pick an old AT40 show that played on or 
near <insert this sunday's date but in the 1970s here>, and play it as 
if it were "today". Just last weekend, Tubular Bells was on the chart 
for the show they played, and Casey did a bit of his "let's look a 
little closer..." patter about it. According to him, there were more 
than 270 overdubs involved in the making of Tubular Bells, making it (at 
that time - dunno if it still stands) the all-time record for overdubs 
on a single song.

Made me look at it in a whole new light - I've always liked it, but 
never really thought much about what went into making it.

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Somewhere on teh intarwebs Auric__ wrote:
> "~misfit~" wrote:
>
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Mark P. Nelson wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>> Been playing VtMB (again), took a run through Fallout 1 & 2 and then
>>> KotOR 1 & 2 too (had the adventures one might expect getting them to
>>> run on Windows 7 64-bit in widescreen, but all doable in the end),
>>> all while waiting for the Witcher 2 to be released.
>>
>> Heh! I'm a bit of a one-game man these last few years, those acronyms
>> leave me scratching my balding head. <g>
>
> VtMB: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (based on the PnP RPG)
> KotOR: Knights of the Old Republic (Star Wars)

Ha! Thanks dude. I thought of Googling but the effort.... ;-)
-- 
Shaun.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also
into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Mark P. Nelson wrote:
> "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote in
> news:is1auk$7l1$1@dont-email.me:
>
>>
>> You sure do! I used to play with a guitar a bit but, after not having
>> one for ages, than picking one up with thoughts of getting another I
>> quickly realised that my fingers had forgotten how to make the chords
>> and, boy did my fingertips get sore quickly!
>
> I played long enough that my hands have the muscle memory to play the
> chords still without my having to think about it. Kind of like
> WordPerfect keys. I used them so long I'll remember those hot-keys
> still when I can no longer remember my own name.

Ahhh, yeah. Kinda like riding a bike yeah? I only ever dabbled so don't have 
that in-grained memory and, the last time I picked up a guitar it was like 
I'd never played. (Could be the senility and/or the drugs though...)

> Of course my fingers
> take a bit longer to shift from one chord to another, but that's
> getting better with practice. Fingertips still hurt after too short a
> time, of course!

Yup. It'd take a while to harden up again. I remember the first few weeks 
having sore fingertips..

>> What do you play (if you've already told me I plead senility)? I've
>> never been a serious muso, more a dabbler. I used to do soundmixing
>> and stage lighting for a touring band for a few years in my feckless
>> youth. In that environment it's hard to *not* pick up an instrument.
>> When there's three classic Telecasters there it's even harder! ;-) I
>> always said I'd buy my own Tele and Fender Twin Reverb (or
>> Super-Twin) one day.....
>>
>
> I play keyboards and guitar. I have a nice Ovation six-string and also
> love to play my wife's old Guild jumbo-body twelve-string.

I nearly bought an Ovation once but the salesman talked me out of it, sold 
me on a Washburn instead that cost twice as much. Trouble was I never did 
get around to saving enough for the Washburn so ended up without a decent 
acoustic. <shrug> If I did I'd probably still know how to play. <g>

(As I write this Neil Young's 'Old Man' comes on my office stereo [1K-odd 
songs on a single-purpose laptop playing on random, Winamp and Stereo Tool, 
plugged into an old Sony amp with JBL bookshelf speakers and a small powered 
sub]. I used to play a few of Neil's tunes on the guitar.... Good sounds.)

> I no
> longer own any electric guitars. I used to play bass, too, but no
> longer. I had several years of classical piano when I was young, and
> the theory I learned then has been so useful ever since.

Yeah, I know a few folks who started off their music careers with childhood 
piano lessons. Most of them say they hated it at the time... Odd thing was I 
always wanted piano lessons and used to 'play' with a nieghbour's piano as 
kid. Of course, coming from a background of poverty, lower-class English, 
piano lessons were but a dream. A saying I remember well from those years is 
"There's lots worse off...".

> I recently
> bought an electronic keyboard which has several hundred voices and
> have been amusing myself playing all the parts from Tubular Bells. I
> have always been amazed at what Mike Oldfield did with a
> sixteen-track tape machine (and he did his original demo on a single
> quarter-inch tape). Man, would that have been easier if he'd had
> today's technology.

*Love* Mike Oldfield! (At least, /did/, haven't listened to much for years.) 
My favourite of his was 'Ommadawn' and I still own 'Five Miles Out' and 
'Crises'. (The others have gone the way of a shed-load of albums over the 
years...) Heh! I liked Oldfield even more when I found out that we share a 
birthday. He's eight years older than me we share the day. :-)

> I'm mostly well, thanks, and glad to hear (from the other thread here)
> that you're feeling a bit better, if only temporarily--isn't it all
> temporary, though?

Indeed. Remembering that helps me get through the /not great/ times. F'r 
instance, it's 15.2şC here at my desk right now,
16şC outside (I have a cheap Chinese cordless doorbell that also has a 
in/out temp function), I'm freakin' cold, wearing fingerless gloves and 
several layers of clothes... There's no way on god's green earth that I can 
afford heating. But I get through it by telling myself that it's temporary 
(and there's lots worse off). It'll be warmer in the crematorium. <g>

> My sister came to visit from Scotland last month, bringing a nephew
> and niece I've never met. I took them for pony-and-cart driving
> lessons and we all had a lot of fun.

That's brilliant! I was rapt[*] when you told about meeting up after all 
those years apart. Good to hear. :-)

> All the best, mate.

You too buddy, you too. Be well.

[*] LOL, just found out that we NZers have our very own definition of the 
word 'rapt': http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rapt I used it in a combination 
of the NZ and the international senses. ;)
-- 
Shaun.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also
into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche