Random non-MCAT and only peripherally related to the MCAT thread - Part 4

[Nikki2002]

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In the Random Non-MCAT thread you are allowed to discuss all of the following EXCEPT:

A.) Breaststicks
B.) the MCAT
C.) cake
D.) VD


If you chose B then congrats! You are ready to begin postwhoring in the Random non-MCAT and only peripherally related to the MCAT thread - Part Quatro 😎

 

[MollyMalone]

As modems became more available, which permitted computer based communication, people started playing text-based RPG's together on bulletin boards (BBS).

 

[MollyMalone]

Eventually, as technology advanced, graphics and text came together and games began appearing that looked somewhat similar to modern MMORPGs. These games ran on the oldstyle networks (CompuServe, Prodigy, etc.) and were really expensive.

 

[Mr. Tee]

WoW 😎

 

[Beau Geste]

You mean this one? 😀 http://www.buzzhumor.com/videos/2226/Harrier_Pass

Yep. I grew up within an hour from Scott AFB in Southern Illinois and the airshows always had a Harrier. They would just hover over the Mississippi river and dip their wings. It was freaking awesome!!!!!

 

[Beau Geste]

I remember Lemonade and Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego on my Apple IIc.

 

[MollyMalone]

One the networks lost their stranglehold on the Internet, the game market was able to really explode.

While not the first MMORPG, Ultima Online was the first to become truly massively popular. Based on a preexisting series of games, it featured 3D graphics. It was followed in a few years by the first MMORPG to really become a household word -- EverQuest.

 

[MollyMalone]

Ultima Online, EverQuest (EQ), and another game called Asheron's Call were the dominant players in what you might call first generation MMORPG's. This state of affairs lasted through the late 90s and early years of this century.

Some (mostly forgettable) new games were introduced in the early 00s, but none of them achieved the market share of the Big Three.

Beginning in 2003, a few next-generation games began to make advances.

 

[MollyMalone]

EvE Online was the first really successful spaceship based MMORPG. City of Heroes, in 2004, brought superheroes to the table. Both became very popular, despite the fact that until this time the sword-and-sorcery model had been overwhelmingly dominant.

 

[DrBowtie]

Someone is ripping off wikipedia I think. 😎

 

[MollyMalone]

EverQuest, though having tried to keep up by releasing expansion packs, realized that they needed to overhaul their game to continue being a competitive force.

EQII was launched in 2004. Meanwhile, Blizzard, a giant in other gaming genres, decided to enter the marketplace with the highly anticipated World of Warcraft (WoW). Basically WoW ate EQ's lunch, beat him up, and sent him home to mommy. WoW is currently the most successful MMORPG in the US. According to Wikipedia (where I got some other help for this history lesson), 6 million people worldwide play WoW.

 

[MollyMalone]

Someone is ripping off wikipedia I think. 😎

As if. I've played every game I mentioned here. 😛

 

[MollyMalone]

I admit I looked up some dates to help my rusty memory.

 

[DrBowtie]

I'm more into RTS. Age of Empires 😍

 

[MollyMalone]

I'm more into RTS. Age of Empires 😍

AoE is OK.

Ever played Total War?

 

[MollyMalone]

I remember Lemonade and Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego on my Apple IIc.

I remember those!!

Oregon Trail, anyone?

 

[MollyMalone]

Thanks for the idea beary!

 

[DrBowtie]

AoE is OK.

Ever played Total War?

No. I don't dump money into games since they eat my time like flesh eating bacteria eats flesh.

Maybe once I'm accepted I'll pick up a habit. I mean hobby 🙂

 

[MollyMalone]

It was more fun than posting 1 2 3 4 or what not. 🙂

 

[DrBowtie]

I remember those!!

Oregon Trail, anyone?

Oh Snap!
Oregon Trail and Odell Lake.

I also like Gizmos and Gadgets on Mac. Circa 1995

 

[MollyMalone]

No. I don't dump money into games since they eat my time like flesh eating bacteria eats flesh.

Maybe once I'm accepted I'll pick up a habit. I mean hobby 🙂

🙂 Total War is really cool if you like military stuff and RTS.

 

[Beau Geste]

Oh Snap!
Oregon Trail and Odell Lake.

I also like Gizmos and Gadgets on Mac. Circa 1995

My friend had Oregon Trail. It was fun!

My brother plays Everquest, but I never really got into the whole RPG thing. Never had enough time to devote to it.

Plus, my brother always hogged the Atari and Nintendo so I really never played many video games either, except Super Mario Brothers (original) and Metroid (original). Oh and the Goonies. I loved the Goonies game.

Meh. I have other nerdy activities to keep me busy 😉

Off to work!

 

[MollyMalone]

My friend had Oregon Trail. It was fun!

My brother plays Everquest, but I never really got into the whole RPG thing. Never had enough time to devote to it.

Plus, my brother always hogged the Atari and Nintendo so I really never played many video games either, except Super Mario Brothers (original) and Metroid (original). Oh and the Goonies. I loved the Goonies game.

Meh. I have other nerdy activities to keep me busy 😉

Off to work!

I had the Goonies game, too... it was great!

 

[oxeye]

I'm more into RTS. Age of Empires 😍

My hubby is obsessed with Lord of the Rings II online. Stays up until 2 or 3 playing every morning. 😉

 

[oxeye]

Blue Angels is something that everyone needs to see. I saw them last Fall up in Gainesville. Very cool. I know someone who is friends with a fighter pilot. The pilot actually got to be one of the Blue Angels for a season. He said he got pretty bored of it quickly and preferred doing missions instead like he normally would do instead of shows. I can't say I blame him.

The blue angels used to be based (I think it was them anyway) less than 10 miles from where I lived. We used to get to see them practice during the year. It was really cool!!

 

[MollyMalone]

My hubby is obsessed with Lord of the Rings II online. Stays up until 2 or 3 playing every morning. 😉

Did not even know this existed.

Definitely not telling my bf. 😉

 

[oxeye]

Did not even know this existed.

Definitely not telling my bf. 😉

My BIL works for EA so we get lots of their games. 😉

 

[MollyMalone]

My BIL works for EA so we get lots of their games. 😉

Drool.

 

[DrBowtie]

Getting too low on the list. BUMP!

 

[pingouin]

I remember Lemonade and Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego on my Apple IIc.

Totally loved both of these!!!!!!

Lemonade Stand was the bomb.

 

[MollyMalone]

Getting too low on the list. BUMP!

I was starting to be afraid that I'd killed it prematurely.

 

[MollyMalone]

Hey BP! How's your day going?

 

[pingouin]

Hey BP! How's your day going?

going well! saw a couple of people, popped over to the hospital for a meeting (read: got paid to have lunch then sit with my mentor and listen for an hour while twiddling my thumbs, now catching up on SDN). Have to go back and see one more person, then

HAPPY HOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wheeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pingouin]

luckily both of the hospitals I work at are within a 10 min drive of my pp office, so it's no big deal to pop in and out.

 

[pingouin]

I do so love this self-employment gig. Why didn't I think of this sooner?

 

[MollyMalone]

going well! saw a couple of people, popped over to the hospital for a meeting (read: got paid to have lunch then sit with my mentor and listen for an hour while twiddling my thumbs, now catching up on SDN). Have to go back and see one more person, then

HAPPY HOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wheeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cool!!! Man, Happy Hour sounds like fun times. 🙂

 

[pingouin]

Cool!!! Man, Happy Hour sounds like fun times. 🙂

cheap beer, baby 😍

and the best wings in town. excluding the place down the street from my house.

 

[pingouin]

back to the subject of Ataris and such, did anyone else's come only with Pac-Man and States and Capitals?

 

[pingouin]

we also had Salmon Run, in which you had to swim upstream and avoid waterfalls and getting eaten by bears. I suppose you were supposed to spawn if you won, but that seems a little questionable to have 9 y/os do, no?

 

[pingouin]

Pitfall... QBert..... Asteroids... Caterpillar.... Donkey Kong..... Space Invaders....

 

[MollyMalone]

back to the subject of Ataris and such, did anyone else's come only with Pac-Man and States and Capitals?

I think mine only came with Space Invaders.

 

[MollyMalone]

Pitfall... QBert..... Asteroids... Caterpillar.... Donkey Kong..... Space Invaders....

Pitfall was awesome!

Adventure was my favorite though, with the keys and the mazes and the flying dragons all mapped out in brilliantly low-res graphics.

 

[pingouin]

it doesn't matter- my brother kicked my butt at all of them anyway. except maybe States and Capitals, b/c I'm a nerd like that. (although he's an engineer, so the Biggest Nerd award in my family is kind of a toss-up)

 

[MollyMalone]

Oh, and Warlords. I loved Warlords. And Casino.

 

[5moreminutes]

Cool!!! Man, Happy Hour sounds like fun times. 🙂

Those were the days.......

 

[MollyMalone]

it doesn't matter- my brother kicked my butt at all of them anyway. except maybe States and Capitals, b/c I'm a nerd like that. (although he's an engineer, so the Biggest Nerd award in my family is kind of a toss-up)

I was lucky, I didn't have a brother. 😀

 

[MollyMalone]

Those were the days.......

And now I'm thinking about Archie Bunker. 🙂

 

[pingouin]

I was lucky, I didn't have a brother. 😀

we get along very well. we mostly always have. although I was reminding him the other day that I used to lie for him to save his @$$ from the wrath of the 'rents and that he probably still owes me big for that.

 

[pingouin]

Those were the days.......

Those still ARE fun days. 😀

 

[pingouin]

ok, back to work for me. (yes, all of this has been on the clock at the hospital. NOW who's the post-*****?????)

 

[MollyMalone]

I have to confess that I don't remember States and Capitols. Which is sad because that would have been right up my alley.

Does anyone remember a book called something like The Big Blue Marble Atlas?

It was geography for little kids. When we were sick, we would read it and my mom would quiz my sister and I on stuff. And we thought it was a fun treat.

God, I'm a dork.