GoreBagg 99 is Back in Town

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My deleted level 99, GoreBagg, is back in business, currently sitting at level 91, after a strong opening two weeks ago. Taking my time leveling, I’m also doing a lot of magic find for the folks coming up the line. We’re running lots of D2 safaris now that it’s very clear that we won’t be using D3 anytime soon. Had we known that Blizzard intended to scrub out any vestige of what made D2 charming, we’d have saved ourselves the trouble of the download and install, but we gave D3 a very fair chance — it was Blizzard that wanted to kill the game, and they managed to succeed eminently well. D3 is dead, long live D2.

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8-Fold Noble Swath

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This is the village of Kamantha after the attack by Zorons, led by the evil Lord Xantha. Our journey to rescue the planet Karmapa and rid them of this evil begins here…well, not exactly “here” here, but real close to here. Actually, it begins in the tiny Zon Encampment in the Hills of Exile. The storm broods on the horizon. Fires burn, fear is everywhere. You’re looking at Level II of my latest game dev: “Diabolical 3D”. It lives up to its name. Frankly, I don’t know of any way to win this game. Even the “normal” level is insanely wildly overrun in constant overwhelm. The monsters come in three character classes — “Annoying”, “Really Annoying” and “Goddam it, get the &O%^# away from me!!!”… You’ll be able to download it in various stages of completion; you can collect a complete set! Gotta go now, time for our 4PM music gig on justin.tv/gorebaggtv !!! I can’t help feeling just a little responsible for that huge heap of monster bodies over there by the pool. I know … let’s party!!!

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Maya the Dance of Illusion

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Here’s what I’m working on for release sometime very very soon. This was my first complete 3D game, but was never released, because the technology didn’t allow me to do certain things. Now I can, so here it comes to you in just a few days time. I’ll release it in stages of completion, allowing you to save earlier versions if you like, to see how I develop the levels out. There are a total of 12 levels, seven of them “named levels” with levelups and powerups, and side missions galore. It’s a huge map with lots to explore, and NO straps whatever! It’s all one big map with instant teles ONLY!!!

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First New Game in 2 Years

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It’s been a long time since I’ve released a 3D action first-person shooter, and it’s appropriate that it should be 2forts, on which I’ve been working on and off for about ten years now, adding detail, taking detail out, looking for that perfect balance of gameplay versus lag, and with the addition of the underwater and slime pools, I think this is going to be a release. I’m sending it out for testing today, and if it passes muster, we’ll try it online with multiplayer, then package it up and get it ready for download — the whole process will take about 1 to 2 weeks to get the install to you.

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Where Is Everyone???

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If you’ve ever hunted for a public online video game of any kind, you’ll know the frustration of dealing with the rantings and bitching complaints over the comm channel, but if you’ve ever played in a public online game, you will be painfully aware of the effect.

It’s worse than playing with BOTS, especially if there’s voice chat.

Text is fine, tell me and our team where the enemy is, that’s fine, but please, please, no voice chat. You can avoid the voice spamming misery of team chat very simply by avoiding people altogether. Sounds terribly pleasant, doesn’t it?

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Single-Player CTF???

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Yes, it’s entirely possible. I’m working on it now, and it’s working well. You’re up against a small or large army of opponents — you place them where you want them, and select the easy, medium or hellspawn variety of guards for yourself and the opposite team. You then start the game and let ‘er rip. More about this when I have more time to dissert on subject.

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There is Only One Song

Here is an amazing coincidence. For years, I’ve been wanting to find a way to explain the three-chord and four-chord music theory. The fact is that any song can be sung in any key, so creating a set of similar songs is actually easy — it’s been called a “medley” for years and years now — but this really demonstrates the absurdly simple and cave-man level of writing a pop song. Harry Nilsson told me at one particular recording studio luncheon straight off the roach-coach, that it was “stunningly easy” to write a pop song. Several pop song writers of the day including Randy Newman, Paul Williams and Jimmy Webb were at the table, and they all agreed, and by golly, all of them did it and they did well at it. Here’s evidence of the mind-numbing bone-chilling thoroughly Neanderthalic root of mechanical life. This is the stuff that keeps the wheels turning, and keeps thongs and botox running like bulls in the streets. We’ll talk more at this morning’s workshop.

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Something Entirely New & Different

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I’m working with our GODD team on a project that will allow you to build your very own personalized Egyptian Temple, suitable for individual use or large processionals. You get to find and place the various god figures around the temple. You can select special pillars and altar items and much, much more. You spawn into a storeroom full of rare ancient Egyptian treasures, storeroom after storeroom. It’s your choice, your decision all the way. After you’ve made your personal Egyptian temple, you might get the opportunity to have it placed for download so your friends can see it, too! Oh, one item of some interest: it came to my attention through personal research that most folks on youtube don’t get there by logging onto youtube anymore. They mostly see the youtube vids on facebook or websites. So if you’re not visiting me at my youtube channel, you’re missing a lot of fun and interesting things that never make it to my blog. Please don’t say it. “Now you tell me.” Sigh. I asked you not to say that. I shoulda said it a long time ago, true, but it never occurred to me that people no longer go directly to youtube. Heck, that’s where the party is!

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What Happened to the Instructions???

When you travel through WarfTown now, you might or might not see screen-prompts telling you where to go and what to do next. The primary reason for this is that the Adventure Class Orbs are now fully outfitted for qualified Certified Coaches, and they’ll be using a reference chart. The chart itself is no secret. The coaches have LIVE ACTION admin control over what happens in the Orb when coaching.

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