I made it through Hell!

Actually, I take that back. It's so misleading isn't it? You pass Hell then you end up in Inferno... shouldn't it be the other way around? Cause it sure feels like it should.

On a lighter note: Bheez helped me put together this "Barbarian's Guide to Inferno" for you. Check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IiU-PxTl5u8

xo ~glynnia

Getting hacked in D3

Yeah, I got to witness it in realtime, I got logged out twice and each time I logged back in, more and more of my items were missing. In my desperate attempt to change my password before it was finished, I completed the reset and logged back in, but alas...all was gone. So I requested a rollback etc etc...

This was the email I recieved after two days:


Greetings,


Thank you for contacting Blizzard Customer Support regarding your Diablo III account.


Each Diablo III account is limited to two rollbacks. We cannot guarantee the availability of future rollbacks beyond these two. Because of this, we require your approval to use a rollback to address this situation. If you would like us to proceed, please respond to this ticket and clearly state that you wish to use one of your two rollbacks. If you do not respond, no restoration will be made for this issue.


***Please do not play on the account in any region after requesting a rollback, as any progress gained before the account is rolled back will be permanently lost.***


To address a compromise, we will use a periodically updated rollback point to roll your account back to a prior state. Though rollback points are regularly updated, they may not be current when a compromise occurs. Progress (such as levels, achievements, and items) gained after the rollback point was saved but before the compromise occurred may be permanently lost when we roll back your account. Customer Support cannot adjust rollbacks in any way, nor can we assist with progress lost as a result of the rollback.


Your current account status appears below:


Aule/ Demon Hunter/ level 60
Aule/ Monk/ level 13
Gold 0
Hardcore Gold 0


If you approve use of a rollback, the account will revert to:


Aule/ Demon Hunter/ level 60
Aule/ Monk/ level 13
Gold 383783
Hardcore Gold 0


Any items you have gained since the above rollback point will be lost.  For additional information on how compromise rollbacks are handled for Diablo III accounts, see our article on Compromised Diablo III Accounts:http://www.battle.net/support/article/compromised-diablo-iii-account.


Note: After the first compromise rollback occurs on a Battle.net account, that account's access to the Diablo III Real Money Auction House will be restricted until an authenticator is attached. If you elect to refrain from adding an authenticator, and the account is compromised a second time, access to the Diablo III Real Money Auction House will be revoked.


Account security is critically important. To help protect your account, see the Compromised Diablo III Account support article linked above for account and computer security instructions and tips.


If you have further questions, please reply to this ticket. If you prefer to speak to a representative over the phone, our contact information can be found here: http://www.battle.net/support/article/contact.


Thank you again for contacting us. We hope you continue to enjoy your experience in Diablo III!




Best wishes,


Game Master Mazarhai
Customer Services
Blizzard Entertainment
www.blizzard.com/support


Ok, its not like i planned on playing any more blizzard games, seeing as I will be moving to Guild Wars2 when it comes out, but this was still my main means of passing time. I wonder if any other people are having security problems

I just thought this article was interesting

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/348595/blizzard-responds-to-diablo-3-account-hacks-offers-security-advice/

note how authenticators are not 100% guaranteed to protect you. Even though you pay extra money for them(some people might argue its a small amount to be fair)

But still there is something about this that reminds me of mafia extorition. Something along the lines of, "Pay our organization protection money, or something may "happen" to your store mr. fish monger."

And no blizzard, I didn't want to shell out on an authenticator before, and I still don't want to


EDIT: AGHHHH (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

D3 & Me!

Me and my new fling Lyndon the Scoundrel are having grand romps through the ruins in Diablo III! Nothing can stop the fury of a mighty Barbarian carrying her banner of the apocalypse accompanied by her boy-toy. NOTHING.

Normal? Check. Nightmare? Check. Hell? Check. Inferno? Check. Hardcore? Check.

I hadn't died once. Not once.

...

...

...

I died 50+ times in the span of an hour.

YOU MAY BREAK MY ARMOR TO A 100K DAILY REPAIR BILL, BUT YOU'LL NEVER BREAK ME.

/broken

</3 Shirley

When Games Go Downhill

Perhaps I'll make this a new series.

I can think of a few more games that have made me feel embarrassed to admit I had played them at some point.

Today's groan has been brought to you by: Age of Conan- Cyborian Adventures

~xo glynnia

What to expect when you’re expecting (the launch of a new Blizzard title)

Better late than never as I always say! ...Wait, do I always say that?

May 14th, on the cusp of May 15th 2012-

11:50pm: Maybe the authentication servers will launch a bit earlier to help prevent some of that bottle necking you know they have to expect come midnight… Yeah Blizz knows what to expect I bet they will. /starts spamming attempts to log in and fails

1 minute till 12: OK! So they don’t care about the huge dump the servers are about to take. Or… maybe they’re over prepared since they know how many copies this game sold. Oh man I gotta copy and paste my password faster so I can get in right at midnight and make Bheez cry!!! YEAH YEAH /speedily copies and pastes password

Midnight: /stares at clock while counting the amount of tabs after the paste before the enter

I got this on lock, totally gonna beat Bheez to it, gonna surprise that dunderhead Sel too since she doesn’t even know I got this game… AHAHahahahah.

12:30: WTF. WHY can’t we get in?? C’mon Blizz you buncha cash cow milking screw-ups!!! You’re ruining my night. I got my drank and my snack and my tunes but I’m missing my game!! /begin rage

1am: SON OF A B---- WHAT YOU GOT IN BHEEZ? WTF. WTF. /panic + manually entering password over and over as advised by Bheez (since you know, that’s what he did on his successful attempt… YEAH I’M IMPRESSIONABLE).

1:30am: You know what. I’m over it. This just IS NOT worth the time, I’m tired, I feel like I got stood up and now I have no will to continue- /while still continuing

1:31am: OMG I’M IN! I’M IN! BHEEZ I’M IN! (Bheez: that’s what she said). Time for the long awaited sorc—er WIZARD revival! Yeeeeah! Asahina welcome back to the world of the living-ish. /smashes CREATE button and holds breath

1:35am: /eyes bludge…begins to pass out from holding breath

1:36am: ERROR /silence

1:37am: …What? My character already exists? Damn that sucks! Ok, ok… Let’s try this one then… /quickly enters new character name, smashes CREATE

1:40am: NO! How could somebody have taken THAT name?? Ugh. I have no gamer identity anymore! Wait- what about this name… /enters again and again and again and again….and again… and…again…

Nearly 2am: There is NO way somebody already took “JLFJKLAFHFW83FHLFJAFDHNLFDAASDFLJFKLANBCUNEAICHDEAJKNFEA,TJDIIIIIEEEE” 

Just. No. ………..OK MAYBE THEY DID. Maybe… they did… /lip quivers

Sometime past 2 cause you know what, I stopped paying attention: BHEEZ IT LET ME IN WITH MY TOON! What…. You already started leveling?! /reaches through computer to strangle him

OH it was just a joke… HAHA. Yeah I’m cool! I’m totally cool. I’m good. Yeah. /deep breaths

I’m good.

Nearing 3am: You know what. I’m tired. Level 3 is fine let’s just do this tomorrow. /already burned out

FAST FORWARD 9 DAYS LATER:

/stares blankly at the character screen, chooses the level 59 Barbarian (aka the BARBIE), creates a game and stares at the last bubble on the level bar before level cap…

/logsout

/repeats for 2 days

Now that you’re all caught up with what I have been doing for the last 11 days I would like to say that the login-ability (yeah I’m a wordsmith) of the game has improved so now I get to log in and leave defeated after only a couple minutes as opposed to a couple hours.

If you were a fan of D2 and hoped that playing D3 would bring back all those warm fuzzy feelings, well, don’t count on it. I won’t spoil it…

Ok I will-R.I.P.CAIN.  Now who will fill the “ creepy mouth breathing grandpa wearin’ nothing’ under that linen robe and hasn’t had a bath since D2 with dementia and schizophrenia symptoms” void in my life??

If you want to be teleported back to a more magical time courtesy of the Nostalgia Express then my advice to you would be: Bust out your “retired games” box and just PLAY THE GAME THAT MADE YOU NOSTALGIC IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WAY less expensive, WAY less room for let down.

Now where did I put that Kid Icarus cartridge…

xo ~glynnia

The Greatest Happy Birthday Post in the World...TRIBUTE

Selicatessen The Barbarian

            She peered out from her helmet at the hordes of hell spawn spewing forth towards the gate she had just knocked down, skeletons, and ghouls, and cultists charged at her with murderous intent. Sel charged forward to meet them in battle raising her axe far above her head as she roared. She swung her weapon down once and felt the bones of the skeleton she had cleaved break. As she went to swing her mighty weapon once more suddenly the scene around her changed. “WHAT THE FAQ?” She exclaimed as she looked around in confusion. But then she realized where she was. The scene had become all too familiar for her. “STUPID CHECKPOINT RES” She huffed. This universe tormented Sel, The Barbarian formerly known as April, Telara’s Top Model.

          

  It was in this world that her fears came true. Not only were her headstrong warrior tactics useless here, but there was also a horrible, horrible lack of chocolate. “ugh” she groaned. Now she’d have to go and find that good for nothing sister of hers and her demon hunter lackey. Upon her return to the dungeon she had failed to clear, accompanied by the two useless fools who had been riding her coat tails since Telara, she pointed past the gate where she had met her demise. Glynnia ran forward and leapt through the gate as Sel followed her, the two barbarians rushing forward to meet their foes. Before they realized what had happened they were both back at the graveyard with surly faces glaring at Bheezem who was cackling wildly at the futile attempt made by the barbarians. “WELL IF YOU CAN DO IT SO MUCH BETTER WHY DON’T YOU TRY MR. DEMON TARD.” At this insult Bheezem’s laughter slowly died down as he approached the horde of enemies. Concentrating he fired multiple volleys of arrows into the group of hell spawn and watched as they were incinerated with fiery arrows. The two barbarians stared with irritated faces at the over confident demon hunter who strode back to them with a smile on his face. “Show off…” Glynnia grunted as she heaved her weapon over her shoulder and walked past him snubbing him, Sel following suit. Bheezem followed them as they intentionally kept many strides ahead of him, as to prevent him from stealing any more of THEIR kills.

            As Sel moved through the dungeon with the group she thought to herself what she was thinking by keeping such useless company. Granted she had to admit, even though Glynnia was a useless batch, she was a barbarian and understood the woes of a TRUE warrior. Not like the prissy chris angel demon hunter who was following them, what would he know about any talent or skill? Wave after wave of demons the group slaughtered, sometimes being slaughtered. Or rather the barbarians were as that emo skinny jeans wearing demon tard ran around invisible taking FOREVER to clear the mobs on his own. BUT ALAS such was the life of a mighty barbarian.

            The hours went by as time passed beneath the earth in the dungeons they were adventuring in. As they reached the end of the dungeon they encountered what was seemingly just another routine group of demons, but then they realized they were sadly mistaken. Mortar shots were fired off that soared past the heads of the barbarians and landed at the feet of the demon hunter. His eyes grew wide as an explosion sent him back to the graveyard at the start of the dungeon. Sel made a noise, half laugh, half startled cry, as she dodged the arcane orbs spawning on the ground trying to strike the elite monster down. As she triumphantly grinned after landing a blow and dodging another arcane laser, the grin turned to serious glare, as she stared at the frozen orbs surrounding her. Quickly she leaped over Glynnia dodging the orbs as Glynnia was frozen and shattered to bits by the impending explosion.

            Quickly she swung her blades round in a fast hurricane motion, moving as a living whirlwind towards the monster. As the winds from her weapons died down, the monster fell to pieces at her feet, diced like cheese cubes. As it began dissipating, it groaned its horrible death cry, “BE YOU AN ANGEL?” it hissed. Sel shook her head. “NAY, I AM BUT MAN…ROCK ON!” And as she jammed out on her air guitar she awoke from her dream, only to find herself still caged inside of Glynnia’s artifact caravan. As Glynnia steered her horse towards the nearest artifact market, she heard a “STUPID BATCH” yelled from the back of her wagon. Glynnia smiled as April The Heartless’ birthday came to an end.

Bheezem presents...testing new specs during a stress test

Title says it all! just wanted to see what the new sony vegas program I bought can do in 10 minutes

(you may want to watch it on youtube in full screen with 1080p though)

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

I suppose I look like the clerk down at the welfare office because people spam the internet translation of opening their palm to me waiting for money to drop into it, AKA trade window spam.

Now if he had asked me for money to buy tacos... I might have answered differently.

xo Glyn

You knew this was coming...