Recent content by adam.skinner

I hear GW2 runs fine on Wine. I'd recommend Linux Mint. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_2_on_Wine

I can craft up to platinum-level jewelry on Doulos Theos. Count me in!

Kodan and Tengu are the only races with viable homelands, I would think.

I try to weight cost and performance. I probably could have increased the ratio but not getting the "k" version (per the scatter above), but I'm pleased with the choice of processor. nVidia has always been a good choice for graphics cards. Since making my purchase of the 560ti, I haven't...

If you go into Contacts (Y), there is a section for LFG. I'm not quite sure how to use it; the wiki doesn't go into any detail. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Contacts

While I did receive the invite that was sent, I had trouble accepting it prior to my computer crashing for a few days. In the interim, the invite has apparently disappeared (along with all my silver!). Could you resend an invite to "demoran.8605"? Thanks! == Doulos Theos, Norn Mesmer...

Well, ASRock is taking their sweet time sending me the updated BIOS I need, but I did end up replacing my shot motherboard and have been using that. The upside of this is that I was able to check out my video settings. Everything has auto-detected to the highest settings, with the exception of...

Unfortunately, "average" fps doesn't really show the real picture does it? I've realised this for a while now, but Ars Technica has started to base their benchmarks on it. If a game gets crushed in a big zone when maxed, or during a big fight, isn't that what we care about? During the late...

It’s funny how things work out sometimes. On Friday, I was talking hardware with one of my co-workers, and showed him an article from Ars where they pretty much said “AMD sucks”. Now in 2010, I purchased an AMD processor for my computer. So I felt like enough time had passed and I was due for...

GW2 ID: demoran.8605 character name: Doulos Theos

Rift impressions I took some time to write up my thoughts on Rift after playing this weekend, so I wanted to share them with you guys here (they're also at the Rifts beta forums, with more specific feedback): === So I played Rift this weekend. It's enjoyable for what it is, and it's...

I also created a character on Gnarlwood, Defiant: Thufir the L10 (for the time being) Mage.

Guild already established? Has someone already established a guild on the beta server? It's been many moons since I've seriously played an MMORPG, and I've been interested in playing again. I received a beta invite for Rift this morning and set about downloading the client and researching...

The first MUD I played was Aldara ][ around 1994. I played (and was occasionally immortalized) on various muds, and my first MMORPG (aside from a brief experience in the gankfest known as Ultima Online) was Everquest. I was logging in and creating my characters (I believe my first character...

Kobato was good. Nyan Koi! was surprisingly funny (I'm a cat person though). I'm interested in checking out Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra as well. Honestly though, there's plenty from last season that I haven't finished (and lots of older shows as well). I'm also interested in...