...on earth. Or is it? Due to complete lack of time I neglected everything from gaming to blogging to... well, everything.
It seems to me that on day 2 day basics we hardly get time to breathe eat sleep work and occasionally see the insides of the shower; not necessarily in that order. Activities that do not fall in one of those categories are lux.
And just when you think you “just finish this one last tiny task and you will be free” you realize there more just around the corner. So you need to say stop right now, thank you very much and actually do just that. Stop and take some time to smell the roses. I opted for digital roses in a virtual world of BATMud – http://www.bat.org. Was fun to talk to some of the old friends.
oh well
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
LoL Time and CET Time
League Of Legends (LoL) time id PDT aka UTC-7 aka GMT-7. CET time is UTC+1 aka GMT+1.
Friday maint is 01:00 - 05:00 PDT aka 09:00 - 13:00 CET (8:00 - 12:00 UTC).
http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/military/
Friday maint is 01:00 - 05:00 PDT aka 09:00 - 13:00 CET (8:00 - 12:00 UTC).
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http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/military/
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
The World Clock - Time Zones
When it comes to online gaming one common problem arises: we live in different time zones. That means we sleep, work, party, play etc at different "times" even if we all sleep 00:00 - 06:00.
When people in Central europe aka CET aka GMT+1 with DST ppl go to work, people in America aka CDT going to bed
On world clock one can observe different timezones at any given time. If that page doesn't work or there is simply too much info on it, use current time in UTC. There is a difference between GMT and UTC, but for the purpose of gaming and arranging events the difference is neglectable.
When people in Central europe aka CET aka GMT+1 with DST ppl go to work, people in America aka CDT going to bed
On world clock one can observe different timezones at any given time. If that page doesn't work or there is simply too much info on it, use current time in UTC. There is a difference between GMT and UTC, but for the purpose of gaming and arranging events the difference is neglectable.
To plan an event you can use meeting planner. If that is an overkill, all events should be planned in UTC/GMT and attendees should make a calculation on their own, account for DST and so on. GMT does not account for DST. So, CET is GMT+1 DST. That means that is is +1 from GMT when DST is not active (autumn and winter) and +2 from GMT when DST is active (spring and summer).
Here are CDT, UTC and CET.
Here are CDT, UTC and CET.
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glossary:
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
DST: Daylight saving time
CET: Central European Time
UTC: Coordinated Universal Time
CDT/CST: Central Time Zone
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time
DST: Daylight saving time
CET: Central European Time
UTC: Coordinated Universal Time
CDT/CST: Central Time Zone
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
LOLing around in multiplayer battle arens ; League Of Legends
A week or two ago I was introduced to League Of Legends ; a friend showed it to me (*** him, the game is rather adictive). More info about the game can be found on http://www.leagueoflegends.com/ or its EU counterpart http://www.lol-europe.com/
As the name suggests, the game is a LoL. I like it. It is a DOTA (defense of the ancients, a warcraft 3 mod) clone with some improvements. I like it.
The game is a real time strategy (RTS) that goes straight to action. No building, no preparations. Create and account. Tat way you get yourself a summoner. Summoner (you) controlls chamopin (a hero you choose for the duration of one battle). There are many (more then 30) heroies to choose from. (un)fortunately (for the minmaxer in you at least) they are rather well ballanced. But that does not mean some will suit you more then other as they are rather different when it comes to their abilities. Select your here (called champion) and run into the arena, engage in battle with other champions - player controlled heroes (or boots) and kill netral monster for boosts. To add more to the game there towers that defend bases and computer controlled minions who attack the first enemy champion / tower they see. Apart from getting better when you learn how to play the game, summoner (you) gain some easily distributable stats (ripped from wolrd of warcraft talent trees). WoW players will be pleased - reallocation of points (talents / masteries) is as easy as clicking, no gold farming.
If you have the time & will to try it, please do use this link: https://signup.leagueoflegends.com?ref=4b9017e0bd067 ; it will give mesome referral points.
I compiled a few links ; here they are:
As the name suggests, the game is a LoL. I like it. It is a DOTA (defense of the ancients, a warcraft 3 mod) clone with some improvements. I like it.
The game is a real time strategy (RTS) that goes straight to action. No building, no preparations. Create and account. Tat way you get yourself a summoner. Summoner (you) controlls chamopin (a hero you choose for the duration of one battle). There are many (more then 30) heroies to choose from. (un)fortunately (for the minmaxer in you at least) they are rather well ballanced. But that does not mean some will suit you more then other as they are rather different when it comes to their abilities. Select your here (called champion) and run into the arena, engage in battle with other champions - player controlled heroes (or boots) and kill netral monster for boosts. To add more to the game there towers that defend bases and computer controlled minions who attack the first enemy champion / tower they see. Apart from getting better when you learn how to play the game, summoner (you) gain some easily distributable stats (ripped from wolrd of warcraft talent trees). WoW players will be pleased - reallocation of points (talents / masteries) is as easy as clicking, no gold farming.
If you have the time & will to try it, please do use this link: https://signup.leagueoflegends.com?ref=4b9017e0bd067 ; it will give mesome referral points.
I compiled a few links ; here they are:
- lol beginners ; 1st reading, shamelesly ripped here: lol basics
- beginners tips ; good reading, shamelesly ripped here: lol basic tactics
- game mechanics ; game mechanics, recomended reading so you don't buy items that will not stack etc
- fan made manuals ; links to fan made manuals
- hotkeys, 1st step to stardoom ; hotkeys and shortcuts
- rebind your keys ; key redindings ... edit Input.ini
- LOL US ; http://www.leagueoflegends.com/
- LOL EU ; http://www.lol-europe.com/
- leaguecraft
- mobafire
- LOL wikia
- items list ; item list
In game, my name is Turbo Loonie. Come, let's have some fun!
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