Victor R. Martinez posted: " There were nine city best times and marks established at the Socorro, Chapin and Omohundro invitationals. Here are the highlights from week three: Parkland senior Joseph Gomez ran a personal best 22.00 in the 200 at the Chapin Invitational. Pebb" Read on blog or Reader El Paso Running Read on blog or Reader Boy's Track and Field Top 10 Times and Distances: Week 3 Victor R. Martinez February 29 There were nine city best times and marks established at the Socorro, Chapin and Omohundro invitationals. Here are the highlights from week three: Parkland senior Joseph Gomez ran a personal best 22.00 in the 200 at the Chapin Invitational. Pebble Hills senior Mark Barajas ran a 1:57.49 in the 800 at the Socorro Invitational. Americas junior Diego Romero posted a personal best of 4:19.75 in the 1,600 at the Socorro Invitational. El Paso High junior Miles Westbrook ran a personal best 9:24.84 in the 3,200 at the Socorro Invitational. El Dorado's 800-meter relay of Jadarius Sanders, Josiah Trejo, Matthew Pinto and Miguel Chapa) won the Socorro Invitational in 1:28.95. Montwood's 1,600-meter relay team of Rex Hendrix, Nico Bostillos, Christian Saenz and Seth Salas), won the Omohundro Invitational at Eastwood in 3:23.38. Canutillo sophomore Eddie Najera tossed a personal best in the discus marking a 151-feet, 9-inch throw to win the Chapin Invitational. Montwood senior William McLilly Jr. had a personal best leap of 6-feet, 2 inches to win the high jump at the Omohundro Invitational at Eastwood. Franklin senior Mont Packer and Coronado senior Owen Levesque each hit the 14-feet mark in the pole vault. Levesque won at Chapin and Packer won at Socorro. For complete results of the Socorro Invitational, click here –  www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/538844/results For complete results of the Chapin Invitational, click here – www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/526283/results For complete results of the Omohundro Invitational at Eastwood, click here – https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/525509/results This week's schedule is as follows: Del Valle Invitational: March 1-2 at Del Valle. Del Valle, Eastlake, Montwood, Parkland, Riverside, Bel Air, Harmony, Ysleta, Eastwood, Horizon, Coronado, Andress girls. Burges Invitational: March 1-2 at Burges. Burges, Socorro, Americas, Pebble Hills, El Dorado,Hanks, Mt. View, Chapin, El Paso, Franklin,Andress boys. Cathedral/Loretto Invitational: March 1-2 at Bowie. Cathedral, Loretto, San Eli, Clint, Canutillo, Tornillo, YWLA, Fabens, Jefferson, Irvin, Bowie, Austin. Here the top 10 track and field male athletes in each track and field event after week 3: Chapin's Omari Rich ranks No. 8 in the city in the long jump with a leap of 20-feet, 7 inches. Field Events Shot put: 1, Ricardo Neira, Montwood, 51-feet, 8 inches; 2, Mateo Grajeda, Coronado, 51-6; 3, Alexander Kimba, El Dorado, 47-2; 4, Samuel Montes, Bowie, 46-8.5; 5, Diego Martinez, Eastwood, 45-7; 6, Jonathan Zamora, Chapin, 45-1; 7, Devan Quintana, Riverside, 44-9; 8, Angel Cortez, Pebble Hills, 44-8; 9, Astin Marquez, Socorro, 44-5; 10, Rafael Jacquez, Pebble Hills, 44-3. Discus: 1, Eddie Najera, Canutillo, 151-feet, 9 inches; 2, Michael Parker, Pebble Hills, 147-2; 3, Devin Mata, Burges, 141-10; 4, Mateo Grajeda, Coronado, 138-11; 5, Dylan Contreras, Franklin, 134-00; 6, Kaleb Finn, Coronado, 134-9; 7, Matthew Flores, Clint, 132-8; 8, Jason Nwaogu, Franklin, 131-27; 9, Evan Reyes, Pebble Hills, 129-10; 10, Roman Alvarado, Socorro, 129-4. High jump: 1, William McLilly Jr., Montwood, 6-feet, 2 inches; 2, Tenoch Pena, Austin, 6-0; 3, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 5-10; 3, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 5-10; 3, Andres Salinas, Franklin, 5-10; 6, Daveon Singleton, Chapin, 5-8; 6, Matthew Brown, Pebble Hills, 5-8; 6, Jared Gordon, Andress, 5-8; 6, Joaquin Rojo, Hanks, 5-8; 6, Adrian Juarez, Americas, 5-8. Pole vault: 1, Mont Packer, Franklin, 14-feet, 0 inches; 1, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 14-0; 3, Luis Espinoza, Franklin, 13-6; 4, Fernando Larios, Coronado, 13-0; 5, Joshua Jenson, Franklin, 12-6; 5, Diego Constantino, Bel Air, 12-6; 7, Matthew Slosar, Mt. View, 12-0; 7, Randy Jacquez, Montwood, 12-0; 9, Bryan Rodriguez, San Elizario, 10-6; 9, Christopher Mendoza, Mt. View, 10-6; 9, Matthew Portillo, Clint, 10-6; 9, Tobias Palmer, Canutillo, 10-6; 9, Cesar Ruiz, Del Valle, 10-6. Long jump: 1, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 21-feet, .50 inches; 2, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 21-4.5; 3, Chris Brock, Canutillo, 20-11; 4, Jaivian Poindexter, Pebble Hills, 20-9.5; 5, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Burges, 20-9.5; 6, Josiah Parks, Andress, 20-9; 7, Elias Munoz, Franklin, 20-8; 8, Omari Rich, Chapin, 20-7; 9, Javon Washington, Pebble Hills, 20-6.5; 10, Jordan Owens, Andress, 20-6. Triple jump: 1, Donovan Melendez, Andress, 43-feet, 3.5 inches; 2, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 42-4; 3, Nico Bostillos, Montwood, 42-0.5; 4, Julian Bailey, Chapin, 42-0; 5, Daveon Singleton, Chapin, 41-10; 6, Roberto Daggarty, Parkland, 41-9; 7, Jaylen Walker, San Elizario, 41-7; 8, David Marquez, Hanks, 40-11; 9, Matthew Pinto, El Dorado, 40-8; 10, Cameron Harrelson, Montwood, 40-6. El Paso High junior Miles Westbrook ran a personal best 9:24.84 in the 3,200 at the Socorro Invitational. Running Events 100 meters: 1, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 10.82; 2, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 10.90; 3, Ethan Armendariz, Del Valle, 11.11; 4, Jadarius Sanders, El Dorado, 11.16; 5, Ramon Laguana, Eastwood, 11.17; 6, Dylan Sims, Chapin, 11.18; 7, Abdiel Rincon, Americas, 11.19; 8, Eduardo Carillo, Canutillo, 11.20; 8, Ernesto Powers, Franklin, 11.20; 10, Salvador Duarte, Austin, 11.24 200 meters: 1, Joseph Gomez, Parkland, 22.00; 2, Jordan Morales, Franklin, 22.05; 3, Christian Saenz, Montwood, 22.37; 4, Jay Acuna, Eastwood, 22.80; 5, Shay Smith, Franklin, 22.83; 6, Ramon Gonzalez, Franklin, 22.91; 7, Jayden Sharpe, Eastlake, 22.92; 8, Adonis Bryant, Andress, 22.97; 9, Kamren Hannah, Burges, 22.99; 10, Jacob Olivo, Horizon, 23.00. 400 meters: 1, Jay Acuna, Eastwood, 50.57; 2, Hudson Meritt, El Paso, 50.77; 3, Jose Rosa, Chapin, 50.99; 4, Dauntae Herrera, Chapin, 51.02; 5, Jesus Zubia, Eastlake, 51.23; 6, Diego Constantino, Bel Air, 51.24; 7, Alonzo Rodriguez, Ysleta, 51.27; 8, Ky'Ri Bonner, Hanks, 51.32; 9, Max Mancilla, Eastwood, 51.33; 10, Seth Truax, Chapin, 51.83; 10, Esteban Armendariz, Burges, 51.83. 800 meters: 1, Mark Barajas, Pebble Hills, 1:57.49; 2, Seth Truax, Chapin, 1:58.12; 3, Esteban Armendariz, Burges, 1:58.80; 4, Aaron Call, Franklin, 1:58.97; 5, Juan Leal, Franklin, 1:59.45; 6, Jesus Gastelum-Bustamante, Burges, 2:00.16; 7, Iskander Vargas, Burges, 2:00.80; 8, Joaquin Moya, El Paso, 2:00.29; 9, Dauntae Herrera, Chapin, 2:00.38; 10, Malin Arnoldussen, Burges, 2:00.65. 1,600 meters: 1, Diego Romero, Americas, 4:19.75; 2, Juan Leal, Franklin, 4:22.10; 3, Aidan Torres, Eastwood, 4:24.55; 4, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 4:26.92; 5, Malin Arnoldussen, Burges, 4:27.63; 6, Carlos Mendez, Franklin, 4:27.73; 7, Sulliman Rodriguez, Eastwood, 4:28.14; 8, Seth Truax, Chapin, 4:28.67; 9, Edgar Valles, Coronado, 4:29.52; 10, Adan Castillo, Franklin, 4:30.96. 3,200 meters: 1, Miles Westbrook, El Paso, 9:24.84; 2, Matthew Engle, Franklin, 9:25.76; 3, Diego Romero, Americas, 9:26.74; 4, Aidan Torres, Eastwood, 9:26.98; 5, Juan Leal, Franklin, 9:32.71; 6, Carlos Mendez, Franklin, 9:34.54; 7, Humberto Serna, Coronado, 9:37.56; 8, Leo Valenzuela, El Paso, 9:37.69; 9, Adan Castillo, Franklin, 9:43.52; 10, Julian Guerra, San Elizario, 9:45.22. 110-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 14.66; 2, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 15.13; 3, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 15.38; 4, Harvey Wilson, Parkland, 15.74; 5, Mark Mukiibi, Bel Air, 15.79; 6, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 15.93; 7, Adrian Macias, El Dorado, 15.96; 8, Mont Packer, Franklin, 16.12; 9, Daniel Well, El Dorado, 16.29; 10, Tenoch Pena, Austin,16.63. 300-meter hurdles: 1, Josiah Johnson, Immanuel Christian, 38.81; 2, Mark Mukiibi, Bel Air, 40.65; 3, Tyler White, Eastlake, 40.84; 4, Owen Levesque, Coronado, 41.42; 5, Andres Hernandez, Americas, 41.47; 6, Elijah Gutierrez, Eastwood, 41.92; 7, Evan Chacon, Eastwood, 42.12; 8, Aidan Carr, Del Valle, 42.39; 9, Isaac Gutierrez, El Dorado, 42.79; 10, Andres Salinas, Franklin, 42.87. 400-meter relay: 1, Franklin (Shay Smith, Ernesto Powers, Ramon Gonzalez, Jordan Morales), 42.61; 2, El Dorado (Josiah Trejo, Miguel Chapa, Matthew Pinto, JaDarius Sanders), 42.79; 3, Eastwood (Max Mancilla, Jay Acuna, Gerardo De Leon Herrera, Ramon Laguana), 43.29; 4, Del Valle (Ethan Armendariz, Jake Fette, Max Giron, Jaylen Padilla), 43.62; 5, Coronado (Mason Slaughter, Blake Randag, Owen Levesque, Tobias Frescas), 43.73; 6, Americas (Andres Hernandez, Abdiel Rincon, Jayden Mendivil, Joaquin Hernandez), 43.82; 7, Burges (Jayden Bowser, Luke Dexter-Quinn, Kamren Hannah, Adrian Gomez), 43.96; 8, Eastlake (Christian Garcia, Jayden Sharpe, Dominick Soto, Erick Delgadillo), 43.99; 9, Socorro (Devin Fernandez, Elkor Landeros, Renee Galaviz, Sebastian Allen), 44.06; 10, Bel Air (Mark Mukiibi, Oscar Martinez, Christopher Davis, Diego Constantino), 44.52.   800-meter relay: 1, El Dorado (Jadarius Sanders, Josiah Trejo, Matthew Pinto, Miguel Chapa), 1:28.95; 2, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Victor Arellano, Seth Salas, Chris Saenz), 1:29.03; 3, Franklin (Luis Espinoza, Shay Smith, Ramon Gonzalez, Ernesto Powers), 1:29.60; 4, Eastwood (Max Mancilla, Ramon Laguana, Emmanuel Lopez, Jay Acuna), 1:30.67; 5, El Paso (Andre Fierro, Lorenzo Shields, Croft Tarwater, Hudson Meritt), 1:30.81; 6, Burges (Adrian Gomez, Jayden Bowser, Kamren Hannah, Luke Dexter-Quinn), 1:30.87; 7, Coronado (Ben Wilson, Owen Levesque, Blake Randag, Sebastian Juarrieta), 1:31.15; 8, Del Valle (Ethan Armendariz, Evan Tovar, Jorge Hernandez Facio, Maximiliano Giron), 1:31.21; 9, Canutillo (Eduardo Carillo, Ethan Villa, Jaden Mitchell, Chris Brock), 1:31.29; 10, Chapin (DAngelo Howard, Julian Bailey, Michael Medina, Caydin Purdy), 1:31.41.  1,600-meter relay: 1, Montwood (Rex Hendrix, Nico (Nicolas) Bostillos, Christian Saenz, Seth Salas), 3:23.38; 2, Eastwood (Jay Acuna, Emmanuel Lopez, Ramon Laguana, Max Mancilla), 3:26.92; 3, Franklin (Jose Rojas, Aaron Call, Sebastian Mendez, Aaron Dixon), 3:29.72; 4, Eastlake (Jesus Zubia, Ronnie Garcia, Erick Delgadillo, Tyler White), 3:30.37; 5, Canutillo (Chris Brock, Eduardo Carillo, Omar Rivera, Ethan Villa), 3:30.57; 6, Coronado (Franklin Armendariz, Rodrigo Pinales, Willem Scholten, Sebastian Juarrieta), 3:31.03; 7, 8, Burges (Yuri Alvarez, Iskander Vargas, Jacob Yeager, Esteban Armendariz), 3:31.44; 9, Americas (Andres Hernandez, Valentin Mendoza, Christian Hurtado, Diego Romero), 3:31.49; 10, Hanks (Abel Navejas, Jacob Del Real, Ruben Ortega, Yannis Galanis), 3:31.71. 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Wilhelm Arcturus posted: "The Site WordPress.com always wants to make sure I have something to write about in this section every month.  This time around I am back on about email subscriptions. Last month I was complaining that they were only getting delievered to my inbox e" Read on blog or Reader The Ancient Gaming Noob Read on blog or Reader February 2024 in Review Wilhelm Arcturus February 29 The Site WordPress.com always wants to make sure I have something to write about in this section every month.  This time around I am back on about email subscriptions. Last month I was complaining that they were only getting delievered to my inbox every other day.  This month... that stopped completely.  No email delivered with my posts any day of the week.  This coincided with WP.com removing a bunch of the email section of the subscription UI they put in a while back that looked like they wanted to take on Substack.  They have clearly changed their mind or are covering up some failure. Anyway, if you are still getting email updates from here, WP.com clearly thinks you are special. Also mentioned last month was the RSS feed issue, where WP.com is updating the feed only every few days.  I see this from other sites that use WP as their host, like Game Developer.  I will see nothing in Feedly for three or four days from them, then suddenly there will be 35 posts. If that sort of burst behavior doesn't bother you, carry on.  If it does, you can use the Feedburner RSS feed, though recommending a Google solution to a problem feels like herasy these days.  How have they not shut down Feedburner yet?  It must drive ad revenue in some way. WP.com has also gotten extremely finicky about being able to leave comments without having a WP.com account.  It seems that you either need to be completely logged in or be willing to leave a full anonymous comment, with no in between.  Thanks a lot WP. Finally, the wierd direct source bursts of traffic continued this month, though it has grown more erratic and seems to be tapering off somewhat. The Direct traffic line so far this year Basically, if it wasn't there I would be getting about 500 page views a day, 300 of which would be from Google search.  But with that direct traffic the daily views run between 550 and 1,300.  That makes direct traffic the top source so far this year. Traffic sources so far in 2024 I don't know what it means, but it does seem to be driving ad revenue.  Go money. Also, I strongly recommend you use Ad Block when visiting here.  I want the bots to pay my hosting, not you.  I currently use uBlock Origin for my own ad blocking needs. One Year Ago We were in Vegas during the Pro Bowl, those that was pretty much on accident.  We didn't go see it or anything. Meta was trying to get a younger demographic into Horizon Worlds.  I was also still on Twitter, though the alternatives were ramping up. At Enad Global 7, the Q4 2022 financials celebrated the start of the My Singing Monsters hype bubble. I was going on about some of the barriers in the way of going back to play old MMORPGs.  I was also pondering what Twitch drops do for games. Activision Blizzard Q4 2022 financials were out and, while Dragonflight did well, it clearly did not break any records.   They were also trying to drum up pre-sales for Diablo IV.  Would that mean that season 28 would be the last season for Diablo III?  Probably.  Meanwhile, Mike Ybarra was pleading poverty or some absolute BS. I was already on about the whole Cataclysm Classic question.  It would not be announced until BlizzCon later in the year.  I was also wondering when the peak era for crafting was in WoW. In Wrath Classic we were working on the Lunar Festival achievements, since those were now available.  We all achieved the title of The Elder.  I was also going pretty heavy on the Wrath Classic dailies.  We ran off and did Violet Hold and Gundrak. CCP was finally putting their Microsoft Excel plugin in to beta testing.  There was also the January 2023 MER to go over and a PLEX for Good campaign for earthquake relief in Turkey which raised $26K. I did a Friday Bullet Points post about EVE Online that covered the Photon UI, pink SKINs, Imperium War Bonds, and the company financials.  I also started looking at ship destruction in New Eden and I hit 260 million skill points on my main. At the CSM17 winter summit there was a dubious proposal about improving PvE. Actually in game, the collapse of the FI.RE coalition ended up with the South East Agreement in null sec. I had something about the postcards in Pokemon Go.  What are they ever there for? And WordPress.com changed out the WordPress app out for the JetPack app, though aside from a color change, I couldn't tell you why. Five Years Ago Epic Games had announced their digital storefront the previous December (2019), but we were finally getting a deeper look at their strategy for taking on Steam.  One word: Exclusives.  (Some of which were already up for sale on Steam, then withdrawn, making as many people angry as happy.) Over at Activision-Blizzard they announced record annual revenues for 2018, then laid off 8% of their staff.  I suppose, in hindsight, they predicted 2019 correctly, but laying people off while execs get bonuses is never a good look. Daybreak gave us some details about their planned special rules EverQuest II PvP server.  On the same front, the plans for the EverQuest anniversary servers sounded a bit muddled.  They gave us a revised plan for all servers before the month was out. Meanwhile, the PlanetSide Arena launch, pushed back to March, was pushed out again, this time until "summer," with a planned simultaneous Playstation 4 launch given as a reason. I also wondered what EverQuest III should even look like, were it a possibility.  I doubt that it is, but it is fun to speculate. All of that aside, with the approach of the EverQuest 20th anniversary I started logging in to play a bit with a fresh character.  I started on Vox, a standard rules server, with an eye on the tutorial.  I ran through the revolt in Glooming Deep. On the LOTRO Legendary server I was wrapping up in Eriador.  It was time to start considering Moria. I was also rolling back into WoW and Battle for Azeroth for a bit.  It was a change up from LOTRO. On the EVE Online front it was announced there would be no alliance tournament for 2019.  The February update brought us some fixes and the Guardians Gala event.  CCP was also talking about letting people buy skills straight from the character sheet.  There was also talk of a new launcher coming. I wrote something about the time zones of New Eden, it being a world spanning, 24 hour game. Burn Jita was back again, kicking off with explosions as usual. I wrote a bit about the city of Waterdeep, the heart of TorilMUD. Twitch offered me a free trial in Final Fantasy XIV, but I couldn't get it to work. I was on about there being no good expansions again. And there was word of a smaller Switch, the end of the Wii Shop Channel, eports was stomping its feet and demanding to be taken seriously, and the Olympics rejecting esports all wrapped up in a Friday bullet points post. Ten Years Ago A lot of people got their panties in a twist about Steam tags.  It was the literal end of civilization as we knew it… for about 30 minutes. EA handed over the running of Camelot Unchained and Ultima Online to Broadsword. I spent some time with Warcraft III attempting to discover the pre-history of WoW. There was Diablo III version 2.0, and the changes looked promising. On the World of Warcraft front, we were still talking about Warlords of Draenor.  Pre-orders were announced an there was a rumor that the expansion would cost $60, which seemed a bit steep.  Also, insta-90s looked to be coming as a cash shop item.  Would all of that stem the tide on subscription decline? Meanwhile, I finished the last of the LFR raids, witnessing the downfall of Garrosh Hellscream.  For all of the complaints about LFR, I enjoyed my raid tourism.  The instance group did Grim Batol, then made the jump to Pandaria before returning with slightly better equipment for Heroic Deadmines. I was wondering why PvP seemed to be a requirement for all MMOs. I got into The Edler Scrolls Online beta and declared it Skyrim-like enough for me, then never played it again. Brad McQuaid's Pantheon: Further Falling of the Fallen Kickstarter campaign was winding down, doomed to failure.  There was talk about what would happen next.  Plan B anybody? I ran another EVE Online screen shot contest to give away some items from the Second Decade Collector's Edition which I scored for free… after having bought it for myself.  And then there was the monument and drone assist and campaign medals and the repercussions of B-R5RB to talk about. I wondered what was going to happen with people being given free reign in Landmark. And, finally, it was the end for Flappy Bird.  I grabbed that from GameIndustry.biz and their look back to February 2014. Fifteen Years Ago My 8800GT video card died.  That was the second one to go. I had been looking at my dis-used GAX Online account and wondered what gamer social networking needed to be viable.  Since then, GAX Online has shut down. PLEX showed up in EVE Online fifteen years ago.  It doesn't seem like it has been around for that long.  And then there was the whole Goonswarm disbandment of Band of Brothers, and act that effectively ended the Great War, and which made the BBC news.  This led to talk of how much control players should have over their destiny. In game I got the mining foreman mindlink as a storyline mission drop, I upgraded to a Raven Navy Isssue, and finally bought the freighter for which I had been training, and got some ships blown up in the Worlds Collide mission… again. There was EVE Vegas, which was just a player run meet up at that point. I was still active in Lord of the Rings Online, playing characters on the Nimrodel server.  Looking for a class on which to affix the Reynaldo Fabulous name, I put up a poll on the subject.  While Minstrel won the poll, Reynaldo ended up being a hunter with a fabulous hat.  And when I wasn't fooling around with alts, I was leveling up my captain who made it all the way to Rivendell at one point. While over in Azeroth, it was revealed that my mom plays WoW.  I wondered at how active Westfall seems to be most of the time.  But the answer to that seems to be the Deadmines, which I ran my mom and daughter through. (No dungeon finder back then!)  There was a little pet drama with my daughter who wanted a raptor.  I also managed my first exalted status with a faction in WoW, the Kalu'ak in Northrend.  I wanted that fishing pole. On the Wii, we had Wii Music, which was crap, and LEGO Batman, which suffered a bit from being yet another variation in the successful LEGO video game franchise. And then there was the usual blog war shenanigans as somebody was still looking to blame WoW and WoW players for Warhammer Online's failure to meets its subscriber goals.  I think we're all over that now, right?  Warhammer did what it did on its own faults and merits in a market that was well known before they shipped. And Darkfall finally launched and began its short life as... whatever it was.  I didn't play it. Twenty Years Ago The aptly named Gates of Discord expansion for EverQuest launched.  While Smed called its bug-ridden launch "SOE's worst mistake in five years" it did see the game to its subscription peak of 550K and introduced instancing as the default dungeon mode, something WoW would make a genre default soon enough. The creator of the original Castle Wolfenstein game from 1981, Silas Warner,  passed away at the age of 54.  I played that game a lot back on my Apple II.  Also, that seems young now. Twenty-Five Years Ago Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, arguably one of the best entries in the Civilization series, ships.  My only nit-pick is that it ran full screen at pre-set resolutions so, unlike its predecessor Civilization II, if you play it today it either has to be in a small window or distorted full screen on your likely much-bigger-than-1999 monitor. Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance also launched, one of the better Star Wars titles.  But Star Wars was never plagued by bad titles the way Star Trek has been over the years Most Viewed Posts in February Just a Lockpicking Minute… Twitter and the Unleashing of the Great Blue Hope The New System Purge of Video Games Timing those Lucky Eggs for Friendship Milestones in Pokemon Go Bonemass and Mountain Fever in Valheim Stock Options and the IPO Moving in to a New Computer Once More Sailing into a Lightly Modded Valheim EverQuest Starting Points – What Can I Even Say About Qeynos? Quote of the Day – The Fourth A stands for… what now? Quote of the Day – But Think of the Shareholder Value! A Look into January 2024 Destruction in EVE Online Once again, the direct traffic surge favored recent posts, so there were only two carry overs from last month.  The Lucky Eggs post is a Google search favorite, which is what keeps it on the list. Search Terms of the Month "wagering-agreement-meaning-in-nepali" [I guess I keep this going by posting it] "aveo-enterprise-agreement" [Oh now what is this?] battle of m2-xfe titans lost by corporation [How about by alliance? I can do by alliance] poe daily game like wordle [There are many...] "civ5-research-agreement-worth-it" [Still yes...] gay game [Not my bag, but don't let me stop you...] gay game pc [Still not much help here] game java sex gay [Does being in Java change anything?] геи игры [Saying it in Russian doesn't go anywhere either] Game Time from ManicTime The numbers this month pretty much confirm what I probably could have told you based on my gut; I spent a lot of time playing Valheim, to the exclusion of other titles. Valheim - 89.63% EVE Online - 5.08% EverQuest - 3.40% Forza Horizon 4 - 1.13% Wreckfest - 0.50% WoW Classic - 0.26% The biggest change was WoW Classic, which had been topping the list for months.  I clearly took a month off from Azeroth. EVE Online I did get in and go on a few fleets this past month.  I did not spend a lot of time playing in New Eden, but I kept my PI farm going.  That is my sole source of revenue these days, though with the demand for mechanical parts, which among other things are required for fuel blocks, PI is worth about a billion ISK a month to me.  That and SRP is what keeps me solvent. EverQuest I am not so much playing EverQuest as touring.  I have been and out for my posting series for the 25th anniversary.  A nostalgia tour of my own.  The visuals stimulate memories which I then take and turn into rambling, semi-coherent posts.  The touring will continue until my writing style improves... or I get bored... or we get past the anniversaries.  The $1,500 Fippy Fest 2024 in-person ticket price certainly did not endear me to Darkpaw. Pokemon Go My wife and I are very close to hitting level 45... or we would be if we had finished up that last task.  You have to defeat 50 Team Rocket Go bosses to get to 45, and I stand at 25 defeated and my wife at 20.  We still have some remedial work to do on that front.  It could take a bit.  But at least we can still earn xp towards level 46 while we do it. Level: 44 (75% of the way to 45 in xp, 3 of 4 level tasks complete) Pokedex status: 818 (+3) caught, 832 (+3) seen Vivillon Evolutions obtained: 15 of 20 Pokemon I want: Three specific Scatterbugs; Sandstorm, Icy Snow, and Meadow Current buddy: Arctibax Valheim Whether or not Valheim was the right choice, it was the choice I jumped into in February.  I have pretty much taked a break from WoW all month to play Valheim, where there is always something to do.  We are currently in the mountains mining silver and search for the next boss.  I've geared up enough that I have ventured into the plains a few times and lived to tell the tale.  The mistlands await and maybe the Ashlands will be done before we burn out... so to speak. WoW Classic A very quiet month.  I did spend a little time in Wrath Classic working on my rogue, who is up to level 72 now.  Season of Discovery hasn't held much interest for me since we got past Westfall.  That is kind part of the nostalgia barrier I guess.  Happy memories of Westfall and a bit after that. Zwift I managed to get on the bike every weekend this month.  Color that a win.  Meanwhile, the lower level curve meant I racked up three more undeserved levels.  Still no glowing neon tire sets available to me yet. Level – 21 (+2) Distanced cycled – 1,879 miles (+59 miles) Elevation climbed – 69,829 (+1,909 feet) Calories burned – 57,294 (+1,609) Coming Up Apparently one aspect of getting old is constantly asking things like "Is it March already? How did that happen?" aloud to your aging friends and family, who all declare their mystification as well. So yeah, March. That means that we will hit the EverQuest 25th anniversary on the 16th.  Expect a post.  Also, I will likely carry on with my own series of starting points posts.  A few more zones and then a couple about getting places.  I will have to run from Qeynos to Freeport. You can expect some more Valheim I am sure.  Not done there yet.  At least not until we get to the mistlands... though reading up on that, things will get more complicated there.  Something about magic and a mana-like player resource.  We'll see.  We still have the mountains to finish and the plains to conquor. I will have to cast an eye towards WoW at some point.  Things are going on.  Cataclysm Classic looms.  Descisions will need to be made. And then whatever news the wind might bring I suppose. I guess we already know that Microsoft is laying more people off in March.  We'll have to see who else carries on with this trend. Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment.

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