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    Rowanheal
    "Live long and Prosper!!!"
    Name:Rowanheal Paks
    Location:Virginia Beach, VA
    Play Times:Mainly EST
    I'm Currently:working... boring but true...
    Play Style:
    PvP
    Socializing
    Raiding
    Permadeath
    Questing
    Static Groups
    Roleplaying
    Speed Runs
    Crafting
    Character Builds
    Exploring
    Achievements
    About Me:
    A gamer girl who enjoys DDO... mostly HAHAHAHAHAHA
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  • Journal » By Month » November, 2009

    What I’ve been up to…

    Posted On: November 9th, 2009
    Posted By: Rowanheal
    Posted in: Uncategorized

    I don’t have a whole lot to talk about. Life has been ticking a long at a pretty fast clip lately. How in blue blazes is it already mid-November?

    One thing I love about this season, well besides the deliciously cool weather, is the proliferation of pumpkin objects. I love pumpkin candles, sprays and plug in, so I had to give myself a budget. Otherwise my cleaning closet would be overflowing and I would be broke LOL!

    Game wise I have been busy in Dragon age. I know I know… stop staring at me. DDO is still fabulous and I love it and play at least once a week, but Dragon age is simple yumminess and I am, for the moment, completely hooked :)

    I do have something to say though, I am not in love with the way every game seems to have some sort of “social” site. Just how connected am I supposed to be exactly?

    I use myddo because I am at heart a DDO fanatic. I can’t resist keeping in touch with all my gaming friends. I don’t use it for Lotro, I play too sproadically and its simply not worth the headache. Now Bioware has a whole social site set up for Dragon age?

    I have been looking at how connected I am lately and bemoaning the amount of work it takes to keep everyone in the “social loop.”

    I want one program that does it all, and for now I am trying out Digsby. It connects your social networks, IM’s and various e-mail accounts in one smooth application. It takes some work to input everything, but after you are done, its all rather seamless.

    Just to highlight the issues I speak of, when I am finished writing this blog, I am going to have to copy and past it into the blogging software over on MYDDO. If there is a way to get the MYDDO system to automatically bring this information in, without the need for my intervention, I have yet to find it. So it’s another step I try to remember when I post blogs these days.

    Here’s a link to my Dragon Age info. That is supposed to work, but I hear it sometimes requires you to be logged in to see the info… kind of pointless really except I can use the site to look at my character when I am not in game. What in the world is it useful for except bragging rights?

    Look, I’m not saying its a horrible thing, I am just asking how interconnected do I actually need to be?

    Gaming wise, I utilize Xfire to keep up with my shennaigans, and on the Xbox I use their little program (which I have a link to on my blog.)

    So someone explain to me why I need all this stuff? *bangs head on her desk*

    And Xbox is adding in twitter and facebook functionality. WHY???

    I’ll stop complaining now LOL.

    There is something to be said for simply unplugging, yes?
    Mmmm… And don’t forget to head over to DDOcast to hear this weeks episode :)

    Ohhhh and while I am thinking about it, I am awfully glad I didn’t log into DDO today. Maintenance seems to have been a wee tad wonky and everyone on Thelanis lost their guild? ROFLMAO… I shouldn’t laugh, its had everyone in an uproar, but can I just say as oppsie’s go this one was Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious :)

    Game on!!!


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    DDO quest list updated… and DRAGONAGE ORIGINS

    Posted On: November 4th, 2009
    Posted By: Rowanheal
    Posted in: Uncategorized

    A quick drive by blog…

    Zeff worked on the quest list, and it should be current as of 11/1/2009. A reminder, if you have it as an RSS feed, you should have seen an update this morning :) If you have never taken a look at the list, you can do so by clicking on this following link. Rowanheal’s Quest List

    Look like DDO is getting a new server :) I saw the update on my twitter yesterday. Awesome news. I especially like that it is being open only to new players. It means for those of you who like to play untwinked, you can go over there and enjoy the challenge. I have no idea if I will venture over there or not. I dislike pugging…

    And now onto my favorite news.

    DRAGON AGE ORIGINS is finally here.

    If you were unaware of the game, its the spiritual successor to Baldur’s Gate 2 and playable on the PC, XBOX 360 and PS3.

    I personally ran my happy butt down an picked up my collectors edition yesterday. I will also admit to playing until my eyes were squinty and dry at about 1 am, and to waking up this morning to the mess of paper plates, water spills and two full ashtrays and going “Oh yeah, this is when I know I like a game!”

    Good character development, excellent RPG elements, fully immersive storyline and overall I am simply loving it.

    I’m putting in a video for it below. Watch it just for pleasure, or let it hook you in :D

    One word of warning, DragonAge Origins is rated M for MATURE… please be aware when watching this video! ( and since I can’t put videos on DDO… follow the link or go back to my home blog :)

    GAME ON!!!

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