Xmas Stiff

[smilodon]

I had a most shocking experience last night.

My new sexy female avatar was off surveying for metal ore deep in the countryside. I had a mission to find an ore deposit so this bloke I know could build a load of cheap trash compactors. Anyway there I was deep in the countryside rummaging about in a gully for a big enough ore deposit and suddenly this strange black man approached from the direction of the nearest city. Well over six feet tall, apart from a pair of white boxers he was totally naked. He started dancing about and trying to kiss me!

It was either a swift boot in the happy sacks or take his face off with a blaster. Luckily I chose the former and as he writhed around clutching his groin I realised it was none other than Chimpy  :blink:

There are way too many pervos on Star Wars Galaxies. So I've binned my lady avatar and am now one of those blokes with horns on his head like Darth Maul.

[Gh0st Face Killah]

Are you sure this was in the game and not some sordid fantasy you have dreamed up?

[ChimpBoy]

Hehe - I do like to display certain exhibitionist qualities that you would never catch me doing in Piccadilly Circus (apart from that one time on the absynthe, but the Met have filed that away now.....)

Following on from the planet side comment above, I have played this on trial and would highly recommend it.  Galaxies has elements of grouping up to take on large tasks - I once found myself as a noob in a group of 10/15 imp marksmen taking on a rebel hideout.  But nothing like the 200 peeps being talked about before, that just won't happen.  Galaxies is more geared to small groups adventuring than full-scale combat.

Good to see you on there smilo - I personally get pretty bored with the whole surveying malarkey so it was refreshing to see someone persevering with it.  I bet you were grateful to see me when I saved you from that giant gubbur  :huh:

You need to get in the spirit - I was naked and dancing, you should have done likewise.  Thats when we get it on by typing the "/bonk" command     You gotta stop choosing these hot little fillies as your avatar - me gets a tad hot under the collar  :dribble:

[smilodon]

Originally posted by Gh0st Face Killah@Nov 21 2003, 07:23 AM
Are you sure this was in the game and not some sordid fantasy you have dreamed up?

More like my worst nightmare  :blink:

It's an extraordinary world though. I wandered into a cantina last night and expected to see the standard RPG three or four NPC's standing about doing nothing. However as I approached I saw about a dozen strange horse like animals standing about outside. They all had saddles and when I entered the cantina I found their riders.

There must have been at least twenty people inside, but the best of it was that they were all watching a band of about eight musicians playing away like a good'un. In front of the musicians were ten to fifteen dancers all cavorting about. The odd thing was that every one of them was a real player. They had formed into a troup of musicians and dancers and it seems they travel round the galaxy putting on shows  :blink:

Both a scary and a facinating experience.

[Benny]

What is an NPC? I've read the reviews and everytime I get tempted, they say it is boring and repetetive.

[smilodon]

Non playing character

I have no idea if it will have any legs on it as a game. I may get bored with it in a week or two. It's not a solo game though. The whole idea is to band together into groups and to play colaboratively.

Chimpy is right that it seems a bit of a lonely overwhelming experience to start but I'm beginning to see the idea behind it.

A fast paces shooter it is not. There are battles, some of them huge 200+ events but most of it is about careers and advancement. I may one day get to be an architect and to build houses. In fact if I stick at it I might be able to build my own city !

[Benny]

This might sound really obvious, but essentially living another role with all the trappings that go with it? hence RPG I s'pose. If it involves a lot of mincing about and killing time then I'll stick to me CS I think (albeit offline).

Cheers Smilo.

[ChimpBoy]

It is an RPG but not like Dungeons and Dragons - you need never enter combat if you dont want to.  Perhaps you could be a spineless politician who hires bounty hunters to kill politicial opponents, but couldn't fire a blaster to save his life.  Or you could just potter about finding materials and buildings droids - you can customise your designs when you reach a high enough level for the creative souls out there.

I see your point about the whole boring thing and RPGs, but this may have legs.  You can create another character if you like to play a different life on another server, or you could just surrender your talents in one discipline to move your character into a different direction.  I met a guy who did the whole combat bounty hunter thing, but got bored so became a master architect and now has an outpost mining materials which he crafts in his shop for adventurers like me.  Getting bored of that - then just surrender the skills and start anew.

This is not an FPS like Dark Forces / Jedi Knight - this is you living an existence in the star wars universe, dipping in and choosing different ways to live out a character.  If it replaces CS then you have a funny way of comparing games - the two share nothing apart from your time  :thumbsup:

[DuVeL]

Originally posted by smilodon@Nov 21 2003, 09:12 AM
I may one day get to be an architect and to build houses. In fact if I stick at it I might be able to build my own city !

I have made a sticker for @ work saying: I DON'T brake for Architects.  

[ChimpBoy]

Dear God.......

MASWG

[DuVeL]

Originally posted by ChimpBoy@Nov 21 2003, 12:46 PM
Dear God.......

MASWG

Haha, ROFL  :lmfao:

Children playing online games lose 5 IQ pts a month, study says
A study by doctors in the small European nation of Tsrif Lirpa (??) last week is conclusive evidence that online games such as Star Wars Galaxies, Everquest, and Asheron's Call cause an immediate and extreme loss of intelligence, grace, and good looks. Beware! If your child is stupid, clumsy, or ugly, he or she may already be playing Online Games!

[Cadaver]

A study by doctors in the small European nation of Tsrif Lirpa (??)

Read it backwards  

I'm guessing the date has the same significance in Holland, as it does in Blighty...

[JB]

Does this cost at all to play online?  Give us some details ladies.

[DuVeL]

Originally posted by Cadaver@Nov 21 2003, 03:33 PM

A study by doctors in the small European nation of Tsrif Lirpa (??)

Read it backwards  

I'm guessing the date has the same significance in Holland, as it does in Blighty... [/b]

Finally someone who notices it aswell.
That's why I got the part from the site.
GJ!

[smilodon]

Okey Dokey

You buy the game for about £30.00 and it's about £8 a month after the first free month.

To describe the game would take hours though and you'd all gte bored stiff