Final Fantasy XI

/ja "Provoke"

So me and my buddy Blazingskull aka BS roamed the wild streets of San d'oria in hopes of getting our HQ verison(Or +1) of the new and improved swim suit attire. Infatuated and captivated by the many other Mithras i saw roaming around strutting their selves around in Whitegate, made me desperately yearn to get my greedy claws on this infamous peice of clothing.

As i warped to Sandy i soon met up with my new friend. My belated absence didn't help the fact that i knew nothing of how to do the event. It took many times for me to understand how to do it. lol. but i finally caught on and began synchronizing my dances with the celeberity Mumor. I then realized it wasn't as difficult as i perceived it to be. I found myself with the regular version of the swim suit in no time. And a few fireworks to spare. XD

Once i got my swim suit BS and i entered Southern San d'Oria, to play "Spot the Difference"...(one of the three games you need to beat to get the Swim suit+1) i became very frustrated with the game, BS also was rather disapointed so we gave up for the time being and traveled to Bastok.

During out brief time there we played the game and beat it fairly easily. I can't remeber the title of the game but what you do is shoot bad mobs, and to cease shooting when a fairy appears if you shoot the fairy the game is over. Very easy we both beat it in no time and teleprted to Windurst.

Once in Windurst...we struggled to find the effing game guy, we shouted and nobody wanted help tell us the position. ;-; So we walked around a bit...finally found it by the chocobo stables. (Windurst is so fucking huge >< i hate it) I was getting frustrated with the game at first but i caught on and won it :D on the otherhand BS had to try it a few more times than I.

As he was still trying to beat the Windurst games i went to try my hand at Spot the Difference again. I beat it but i swear i spent about 5k doing so....

While i was playing StD lol (STD HAHA j/k) BS beat the Windurst game came back to Sandy too and tried StD again he beat it before me ><. yeah.

I beat it and we went and got our Swim suits +1!!!

Then he d/c'd =/

And i went of To Knighting well pond to fish for goldfish...all by myself. ;-; I asked Aes to join me but he was busy breaking his latent. >:[

I went to PL my friend and talked on the phone and was kind of a crappy PL didn't really pay attention much only one person died. I suppose i wasn't too bad. ^^;

I found myself on the way to Kuftal Tunnel to help Aes break his Latent. Boy that took ages....but he broke it and we fought the NM. Congratulations on getting the ws again Aes. ^-^

I hate people. They destory and create everything good and evil. If Only we could jsut stay nuetral to pain and pleasure.

This is a cautionary tale- one I will greatly condense. I was always interested in the MMORPG...but when EGM started featuring Milkman's adventures in FFXI, I decided it was time to try one out.

I started out at full speed, immediately joining a linkshell, which shall remain nameless, and making several new friends. I was recruited by a high level elf ranger (we'll call her Ginger), she was one of the linkshell founders...she was also the girlfriend of the hightest ranking member (we'll call him Jeff). I was excited to find another girl gamer who was so accomplished and eager to guide me.

I began playing everyday...the hours of gameplay rapidly increased. Missions needed to be completed; the family needed help with this and with that; so and so was going to help us power level; we had to go watch for a drop; there were farmers that needed chasing off...the list of things compelling me to play was endless. I was a college student with a part-time job...I had all the time in the world.

Except, of course, for the quality time I was supposed to be spending with my boyfriend- who, originally, was supposed to play the FFXI with me. My RL relationship began to suffer. We were both depressed because we wanted to be out on our own, but couldn't yet get there. He was in between jobs and not at all happy to unemployed. He was constantly feeling down. Instead of being there for him, I became increasingly unhappy with his lack of, well, satisfaction and happiness...and I withdrew into the very convenient world of FFXI. I never addressed the problem. I ceased offering the support I had always provided. The game sucked me in. I ate nothing but goldfish crackers, there wasn't time for anything else; I lost 20 pounds. My boyfriend got a job traveling.

I developed a relationship with one of the players in my linkshell. Another of the founders (we'll call him Fred), he informed me that Ginger, his RL friend, was actually a grown man in Texas..."her" prodigy boyfriend, Canadian Jeff, had no idea and was legitimately in love with "her." I kept the secret. On a whim, Jeff decided to surprise "Ginger" with a visit. Emergently, "Ginger" paid an ex of his to pretend to be the girl Canadian Jeff thought he was. I spoke to Canadian Jeff on the phone while he was visiting the love of his life...he was very nice and seemed genuinely upset that the connection he felt when they interacted online was missing IRL.

Shortly after this, I broke it off with Fred, using all of the deception and heartbreak he and his buddies had caused as an excuse. What really happened- my boyfriend had found some incriminating text messages on my cell phone and was on a rampage. In my haste to please him I changed my cell phone number and ceased all contact w/ Fred.

However, what I should have done was stop playing the game altogether. A few weeks later I developed a relationship with Seattle guy. He was intriguing to me because I had always wanted to live in Seattle. He was also the same age as me.

Long story short, my boyfriend found out about him too. We fought a ton, then I broke up with him...for not apparent reason. My RL relationship, formerly of much substance, had been traded for one of no substance at all. I now refer to this moment in my life as my early mid-life crisis/madness.

My new ex-boyfriend went to Boston for 4 months for his job. I opted to take a trip to Seattle to meet Mr. Seattle. The tickets were purchased in 2 months before I went; by the time I went I had already quit FFXI cold turkey and pleaded my case to my new ex-boyfriend via phone, email and in person at the last minute before he left for Boston. I no longer wanted to go to Seattle. I no longer wanted to meet Mr. Seattle...Mr. Seattle didn't know any if this. My new ex insisted I go and see what Seattle was all about and get everything out of my system. I went because I was a coward.

I thought of my new ex the entire time I was there. I cried in the shower and in the bathroom at the hotel several times a day. I was miserable on my own, and Mr. Seattle did nothing to help the situation. He was a complete asshole- insensitive, oblivious and just generally dickheaded. Whatever prettiness Seattle has to offer, it will never hold that for me again. I don't think I will ever want to live there again.

I called my new ex a few times while I was there and also as soon as I got to the airport to leave. He was slow to forgive me, since I had hurt him deeply. But he was eventually able to...he even trusted me again. We got back together a few months later. I cried and cried. I also made a personal vow to remember to appreciate the gift of his love and never take it for granted.

It has been 3 years...we have been married for 1 month and together for a total of 10 years (not including the FFXI drama). I still haven't forgiven myself though. I can still cry at the drop of a hat when I t...

this ones pretty simple. giving the rats tail to the dragon king and having the advanced classes unlocked. best gaming moment ever

After years of wanting these mitts, I finally got them two nights ago! Thanks to Aesica, Toshunl, Dess and XmakoX.

The fight wasn't all that hard, however due to the lack of an auto refresh on my whm I found myself falling short of what I could be doing. We did the run twice and had no deaths. Congrats to myself and mako!

Afterwards we helped Aes get his Weapon Skill for his Katana and that was successful as well, despite me falling short of mp once more....bleh!

On this night we did our second attempt on ZM4 inside the Den of Rancor! After last nights rather horrible turn of events, tonight went by very smoothly! Probably the most interesting part of the whole thing was when the gang got stuck in a tunnel having to recast sneak and invis over and over because of how unreliable the spell was! I was laughing so hard and how everyone was getting frustrated with it! From now we need to bring items for it haha!

There was only one death and it was due to a bomb explosion when we were clearing out the room for the rancor flame. Other than that it was actually a lot of fun! Congrats to everyone who finished the mission.

Level 75 red mage....a real departure from the normal job I pick to play.

Last night before my wife logged into FFXI i was trying to help Glean lvl up his DNC. So we went into dangruf wadi for a bit then decided he should fight T's. So we went along our marry way to the highlands. Along the way we run into a lvl 7 warrior galka, so glean and him team up. While in the highlands i encountered a T gob, keep in mind that im a lvl 15 whm now. so i join their party and we attempt to kill it, just to get rid of it so they could continue to lvl up. Make a long story short, the gobby was not having it and destroyed all of us. Moral of the story dont try to PL anyone until lvl 30+++ SORRY GLEAN didnt mean to get you killed.

I hate leveling mage classes. You cant solo with them because the moment you enter battle with something decent challenge or higher your screwed. Im going back to thf/mnk so i can whip some ass AGAIN!!!