Feel free to post your own answer to the question: Since the server has been down, what one activity would describe how you've constructively spent your time?
JackOfSwords' answer: Finally washed the dishes from Christmas dinner. (Er... Christmas 2005.)
Visiting the website every 1-3 hours, groaning when I see yet another thing delayed EfU, and browsing the older General Discussion. Also, I've been trying to build a module...
I always stop right before I get to the end, thinking it's crap.
Watching Funny Or Die videos is also consuming my free time.
Sit around the house...becoming fat,,,,yea....finger movement keeps weight in check.
Read all 4 of the G.R.R. Martin "song of ice and fire' or was it fire and ice? To lazy to get up to look. Really wish he would finish the last book.
It's Ice and Fire. I know this, because I used to think it was an awesome allusion to Frost's "Fire and Ice", which made me want to read it.
Turns out. Ice and Fire. Lame.
To answer the question-
I packed all of my belongings into 10 boxes, with an assortment of furniture laying beside it.
I've been playing a NWN zombie survival game. It's not EfU, but it's pretty neat. The players can be a bit rude to new roleplayers sometimes, but it's a pretty fun little game, especially while I wait for the 'Dark to come back.
It's called Dawn of the New Dead. I can be found in the Roleplay section.
http://nwn.bioware.com/guilds_registry/viewguild.html?gid=14969
Some details:
-There are only about 5 players or so who are level two right now. -Zombies are mean, and get meaner at night. They can also break into buildings where you might be staying. -The server has a really nice traits system so you can get many "mini-levels" without actually getting experience. Because of the traits, every class is pretty well balanced out. -It's probably a little more difficult than EfU, although the game itself is quite different. -You can be pretty damn successful alone, but with a competant group of scavengers, crafters, distracters, priests, etc., you can do some pretty nifty things.
Downside? It's still under development, and there's not a whole lot of meat to build a watertight concept with. If you're a priest, you won't even know what god you're praying to, for example, and you can pretty much claim anything.
I haven't been able to bring myself to try another server. I finished Doom3, and have been trying out some of the better reviewed SP NWN modules from NWN vault while I wait.
I'm currently playing A Dance with Rogues part 2.
O.o
Garem, you bastard, I started playing the same one! Or at least, I think it's the same one. I played a zombie survival server called New Dawn or Dark Hour or sommat. Basically I was just flailing around for a competent RP server to fill my time, a sub for EFU. No luck so far.
The zombie server I played has a profession system- cooks, blacksmiths, etc. as well as special abilities for each class. Paladins can't catch zombie sickness, druids can purify spoiled food, and so on. It's nearly impossible to get to level one, but it's been fun. A bit hard to go it alone, obviously.
Yea so with EFU down I find myself doing more table top and hanging with pals. Tho now my pals are heading back to college (I do local college thing), and school is starting in 2 weeks. Just watched Suicide Kings with Christopher Walken , awesome movie, everyone should see it at least once. Um otherwise not alot really tried some other servers by oddily enough my standby server is down sametime as this one. So uh yea, and i can't do the big pop rp servers cause they lag like crazy. So just killin time till efu pops back on.
OmmadawnI'm currently playing A Dance with Rogues part 2.
Dance with Rogues I and II are both naughty modules.
Very naughty-no matter how freakin' engrossing the storyline and heart-beating sneaking and thieving it is.
The Ace Of BladesOmmadawnI'm currently playing A Dance with Rogues part 2.
Dance with Rogues I and II are both naughty modules.
Very naughty-no matter how freakin' engrossing the storyline and heart-beating sneaking and thieving it is.
<_<
Playing on other servers like Arabel and Pheonix Rising
Since the server has been down, what one activity would describe how you've constructively spent your time?
weeping softly... that's all. please come back, server pixie!
Since EfU has been gone I've been hammering HALO and surfing Ebay for weird and wonderful bargins.
I now am the proud owner of a replica Strider Sword [like the one Vigo had in LoTR but not Narsil] :D all for a mere $67 Au inc. postage!
I'm now hunting a Roman Legionariees helm which is currently only $22 :shock:
Secutor For ROME!
Yes, please.
Lovemaking.
-SaRF
For that zombie server it says I'm missing some CeP table talk thing, where do I get it?
cep2_v1.tlk
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=hakpaks.Detail&id=7000 The .exe should've had it.
Playing Dark Hour as well its pretty awesome.
Getting a lot of sun, reading British spy novels, and constructing complex malevolent schemes to put into motion when I get back to EfU.
Ive been playing the same zombie thing or i think it is, there are two servers, and its interesting. the same trapped feel of EftU but alot rougher and with zombies. And other than that partying...and by party I mean LAN party!!! My social life has raised from no human contact to very little if not no human contact. Thank you EftU for reminding me I have friends and there is a thing called daylight outside. Btw anyone know when it might come back up or is it a 'when we feel like it' thing