“Who says ‘like unto’?” said HGR. “What a nerd.” We’re currently on P10S, Pandemonium’s spidersona. Harrowing Hell was our prog point for a long time. numbers’ original plan was to put one web in front to mitigate damage and one in back to protect us from knockback. I thought this was a neat idea, b...
Ever since I’ve started coming in on Wednesdays, the weather on Wednesdays is notably worse than any other day of the week. Today, for example: my phone warned of all-day thunderstorms, a flash flood warning, a tornado watch, the works. When I woke up at 6:45 I could hear a torrential downpour outsi...
The thing about weekend road trips is that they don’t feel like actual weekends. You get home on Sunday afternoon, ready for the weekend to start, and you realize it’s almost over. This time around was fortunate: boss gave us Monday July 3 off, and of course the 4th was Independence Day, so I got an...
HGR: “newbie, ‘where’s Destiny’ has become your most frequent phrase of 2023.” Der Freischutz’s gun damages friend and foe indiscriminately. HGR tipped me off to this in advance, so I didn’t use it. newbie is cooler than me, so he gave the weapon to his man Destiny and does a lot of careful position...
newbie’s doomed timeline in Lobcorp from days 22-24 was an absolute masterwork. Under HGR’s expert advice in picking abnormalities, the Central Command department became a garbage fire beyond all compare. As mentioned, on day 22, newbie got Express Train to Hell. On day 23, he got a cute girl wing o...
New raid tier! Team composition: Kan has left to join a serious static (they’ve already cleared the tier), and we’ve recruited quof in his stead. quof is a member of GGG, widely famed as the best static in the West. However, this is his debut as tank. It’s been a steep learning curve. numbers (playi...
For the first 20 days, newbie’s Lobcorp play was hyper-competent, which was still entertaining, but not maximally entertaining. He had nothing comparable to my early game snafus—day 2 Beauty and the Beast (literally did not have anyone who could work non-repression without going insane), the Nameles...
Shocking news: I am rethinking my commitment to quitting Wolvden on the spot if they nerf lead stat gains lmaoooo It sounded like a good idea when I was on vacation and tired of having to constantly check my phone to send out hunts. However, back at the ranch, I do genuinely enjoy having something t...
A Saturday without raid. A chill day. HGR has begun questioning whether I have conscious experiences, so I guess I’ll chronicle the day here. I took my usual morning walk, then sat down with mocha to browse discord and the FR forums. Mid-morning I got a grocery delivery. Due to bringing up the groce...
By Tuesday we were pretty much horsed out, so we visited a distillery and an arboretum. Kinda neat how everyone has their own area of expertise. Mom texted Jem about the distillery and he was like “Ooh fun! I’ve heard that James E. Pepper 1776 is pretty good, but I’ve never tried it. I think they al...
Everything’s coming up horse. Saturday we went to Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, in Louisville; Sunday we went to a horse park and museum in Lexington; Monday we went for a tour of a horse farm. Churchill Downs was the highlight. I explained to HGR: “The actual Derby was a few weeks ag...
We interrupt the travelogue for breaking Wolvden drama: It has always been the case that pack members are capped on daily stat gain (+2 originally, later boosted to +4) while leads are uncapped, meaning that lead is the prime stat grinding position. Without guarana, Fortinbras reached 2500, as did h...
