{"id":7888,"date":"2017-07-01T01:02:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T05:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/?p=7888"},"modified":"2017-07-01T04:29:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T08:29:28","slug":"but-i-refuse-to-give-up-i-am-dragon-hear-me-roar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/2017\/07\/01\/but-i-refuse-to-give-up-i-am-dragon-hear-me-roar\/","title":{"rendered":"…but I REFUSE to give up! I am dragon, hear me ROAR!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

..Ok, maybe that was a bit too much, but you guys get my point. A dragon doesn’t<\/strong> give up until it gets what it wants. And I’m not giving up. Infact, I’m already working on an idea as I speak. I’m going with the same idea of relocating the ‘canal’ to face the center of where the token would be. The rest of it, just took inspiration from looking at my old pictures of my trips; mainly Exo. What really got the creative juices flowing was remembering that 1×2 ‘Boathouse’ next to the river. I had an idea to name it ‘B2’s Diner’. It would have a table separating the two sections of the structure, and the back would have a crude fence (where there would be tables). The idea really looks good and I’m quite happy with it (that’s a good start).
\nAt the end of the ‘canal’ (actually, I have no idea what the correct term for this is. Is it a ‘cove’? Is it a ‘river’? …Ehh, whatever), I would have my house. Yet I haven’t had an idea how to decorate it (that it won’t look like an exact match of the one I had in OR), or of it not having a forge in it. I want to go for the whole secondary building thing.
\nAnother idea was to make it -like- OR, except the twin gravel path would have the thing running through the middle. It also won’t really feel right IMO. The point of having another deed is to start fresh..not rebuild what you had at your old place.<\/p>\n

I made a list of what buildings I require (and want). My house, a spot for Tulsi’s house, a central area for grinding Blacksmithing and anything else that requires a specific crafting object(like a Loom), Boat Docks, a Horse(maybe even Bison) pen area (and perhaps even having an area to raise up livestock like cows\/sheep\/chickens etc), Cart storage, and then finally Item Storage. However, most of these, I’m having conflicting ideas of what goes where and how to construct the structure. This is the first time in my life I had to plan out another deed for myself (that wasn’t an attempt of rebuilding OR).
\nAfter staring at the plan for an hour (and still debating on if I should put horse pens behind the diner or the smeltery), it was clear I was in need of help from Saint.
\nI approach this by saying “I’ve been working on a new plan that I’m actually going to like” and show him, then start talking about what I just said up there. As I talk, the Event log catches my eye yet again about the forums now available and to change your passwords… it’s been TWO DAYS since the forum came back up with the security updates! SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT IT ALREADY!! GEEZE. He claims it doesn’t bug him (how it ‘only shows up every half an hour’), after I said I wish there was a way to turn them off.
\nI also explain how I want to change my password, but I have forgotten that the email is pointing to my original ISP (who was InsightBB, before they got bought out by Time Warner, and before they’re now called Spectrum). I used the ‘Contact Us’ option on the forum and told them to please change the email (so I can change my password). I have yet to receive a response. Saint suggests I make a ticket…I just got done seeing that annoying Support tab popping up everytime I log in\/server transfer a week ago (after that incident with getting stuck behind a locked gate)! I am NOT going to be annoyed AGAIN (just to get my damn email changed)!
\nGetting back to the point I came on, he was too busy with his own deed to assist me, and then goes AFK. So I stop talking and patiently wait for him to respond. During this, I’m continuing to work in Deedplanner, trying to get the slopes going right. I use my docks as a good example of getting the slope to look smooth (with the depth being 21 dirts down). After a lot of hell, I finally got it by having the global height set to 15, and then lower the tiles to the water to -7 (which is 22 dirts). Also, Warlander(the dev of Deedplanner) has FIXED the ‘fail to adjust the global height and try it again = crash’ issue (in version 2.8.5)! HELL YES!! \ud83d\ude00
\nThat issue has plagued me for quite some time. Glad to see it finally fixed! He also says in a later version, we will no longer have to manually adjust the global height after importing a map; that it will automatically realize the water level and match it to how it shows ingame! I can’t wait for that.
\nAnyway, I’m heading back up the side ramp, get to the top and my Combat log flashes..another Aged troll. What the hell? That’s like the 3rd troll in that SAME spot in a week! Where the FUCK are they coming from?! Actually, it’s the forth troll this week, as one of them was a ven troll.
\nSomeone needs to NPC up and be all “The trolls are getting bold and harassing homesteaders in Inde! Please kill trolls and bring back 25 {Troll Ear}s as proof, in order to quell their numbers. *Rewards: Wad of gum x5 | 2500 Experience*” Be all WoW here, and have the drop rate of troll ears a true grind. lol<\/p>\n

However, that laughter turned into…mmm(drama). I told Saint about the frequency of trolls ‘in my deed’, and he says “put up some fences”. And I..WHAT?! Ok, did you not<\/em> see my main deed is walled up (when I showed you my current OR plan)? I tried to explain that “in my deed isn’t in my main deed”. Then I started feeling like shit and apologizing, telling him it’s the stress talking.
\nHe says he was AFK all of that time, building a lot of his deed. Decide to drop that silly ‘argument’ and (trying to actually be friendly here) asked him how’s it going so far. Says it’s going great, and shows me what his place would look like once it’s completed. And it is pretty damn nice (minus the crash I got when I tried to load it into Deedplanner. Thankfully it didn’t keep me from viewing it). What really caught my eye was this blackish area with forges and stuff, and a structure having various objects in it. I really liked this design, however I told him “I wish I had Slate in my mine”. He says that it’s ‘hard to find’ but knows where he can get some.<\/p>\n

I didn’t want to claim it as my own, because that’s wrong. So I tried to think of a way to make it work with remembering a really nice non-deeded area in Deli (that had a Workshop). It started off simple, but then I had another idea to make a ‘yard’ area (surrounded with stone arches). I called it ‘The Grinding Hall’. Thought of calling it ‘The Grinding Yard’. Though I had to wait ’till after I got back from dinner to try this idea. Coming back, I tried it and liked it..for about 10 seconds. Then it felt ‘too big’ and ‘too much open space’.
\nCame back on Wurm and asked Saint what he thought of it, and he said “try not to make the deed too big”. Wasn’t that the point of having a 29×29 plot? Though the more I think about it, I think he was using my own words against me (when I told him a day ago that I didn’t want it to be too big). And really, I don’t want it too big, and I stick to that. Then I finally told him what I said earlier in this blog post (about having conflicting ideas). After I get done explaining everything (in hopes he was done enough to help me), I asked if he could, and he says “do you have a deed up?” I stared at that question, then said “I don’t know how to answer that question. Yes\/No?”..praying he wasn’t going to say what I’m thinking……and he does, saying “when you get the deed up, let me know and I’ll help you”<\/p>\n

And I…I…I fucking lost it. FUCK this ‘friendship’! The gloves are COMING OFF! Yet I was also mildly confused at the same time. I explained to him the purpose of what I’m doing, hoping to hammer it into his head. He claims “it’s too hard to create the map”. Dude. No. Mapping is done! Now it’s the planning stage! And he says “can’t plan properly without a good map”.
\nMy anger swelled. H…HOW is what I’m working on, NOT GOOD ENOUGH for you?! Okay, pal. You asked for it. And then I proceeded to (yet again) remind him why I’m even doing this, and what his ‘purpose’ was. He continued to ‘ignore’ me, and I just kept it up. Then, I said “look, I know you’re busy building your deed, and I’m sorry for ever bothering you”. I said I could’ve asked the forum, but reminded him again about the dead email preventing me from resetting my password.
\n..Finally, my anger changed to pure pain, trying to apologize for what I’m saying and why I’m this way. I said “Saint, I’m not you. I can’t come up with an idea just like that”. I also said “I’m sorry for using you”, and “I’m the worst friend ever. This is why I have no friends.”
\nHe responds 5 minutes later, saying “relax bud” and telling me he was AFK and was “talking to some folks that showed up”. *facepalm* Ohhh fuck me.<\/p>\n

Later on, calming down, I gave him one last suggestion of how we could still deed the place up, to ‘go in halfsies’. Yet he says he spent all of his silver on buying a few rare items. Wow. My thoughts? “Well, you said you didn’t want the money, so I used it for me”, and that’s fine. Wasn’t pissed, just..disappointed. Then I asked him, one. last. time, to please..help me with figuring out what goes where. He says “i can come out in a couple of days” I became puzzled of what he meant by ‘coming out’, and asked him. He said to come out to the spot and “it always helps to look at it in person”. I started feeling a bit frustrated and said “So you feel that map isn’t enough?” He says “not without the perspective”.
\nAlright, this is a bit upsetting (and I’m going to call BS after stating all of this), but fine. “So, by Sunday then?” I ask, and then he says “oh forgot, tomorrow(aka today) is my son’s birthday, and sunday is my wifes, so this weekend is not good for me.” I refuse to call BS over this statement, because that would be very wrong.
\nKnowing I get my monthly check on Monday (and then go to the grocery store on that same day), I tell him that day is not good for me….so it’s going to have to be Tuesday, which royally sucks.
\nWhat I am<\/em> calling BS on, is him feeling he has to go there in order to help me. BULLSHIT! He’s only saying this to give him time to build his deed up. Ok, fine. So why can’t he just say THAT instead of making me think he’s purposely stalling in order for me to stop asking him for help!?
\nAnd WHAT the FUCK would coming back there accomplish?! I STILL wouldn’t have (or even bother getting) the silver to found it (until I knew I’m ready to found)! Plus, we have the mapping done! …Why isn’t it good enough? What is he not telling me? Now you know why I’m calling BS.<\/p>\n

So now I’m trying to think of what the hell I’m going to do for these three (long) days in Wurm while I ‘patiently’ wait for Tuesday to roll around. It took time, but I’ve came up with two options;
\n1. Go explore Release (boat only for now).
\n2. Go to the area and map out the height of the back road (and see if that’s ‘good enough’ for him (without him having to come back down there)).<\/p>\n

I think I might just do both. Use the weekend to explore Release (then on Sunday, go check out Saint’s place and check it’s progression since I was first there), and then on Monday (after going to the store and eating dinner IRL), I’ll go to the area and get the back road (including the hills in the back) mapped out.
\nAnd honestly, even if I deed it up, the mapping I would be doing, would be no different than an Import. I<\/em> think he’s bitching because the hills (that he<\/em> likes) aren’t there. I was planning to level them down as they’re in the fucking way. That, or he’s bitching because the map isn’t oriented the way he did it (though, which is actually the way Wurm’s exporter would do it, as it always uses North for its facing).
\nI feel I can’t work with it facing that direction. Why? Even though I enter from the
\nEast, every structure there would be facing in that same direction (or at least facing the center of the ‘canal’). When I look from my house, I would be looking towards the lake (which is East.. not North).
\nOR, everything has to face North (because that clay hill is keeping me from changing it). Though..I think it was the fact I had to train my brain of the facing. To be forced to think North (but still plan East), feels ‘alien’ to me. Though eventually, I would get used to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

..Ok, maybe that was a bit too much, but you guys get my point. A dragon doesn’t give up until it gets what it wants. And I’m not giving up. Infact, I’m already working on an idea as I speak. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7888"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7890,"href":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7888\/revisions\/7890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}