I just wanted to check in and let you all know what's been going down with TFN. October has already started off super busy, and it doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon. Who's excited for Halloween!? *raises hand*
Here's what's been going on the past week or two:
REALMSCON
Those who were following along with my Twitter account were able to see a few fun things from the presentation that I tweeted out as it was happening. Of particular interest was this cool concept of Darkmoor weapons that MMO Team Lead Designer, Nathan Sumison, put up on the screen during his presentation about what all went into designing Darkmoor.
As soon as I put out that picture, I had a ton of tweets asking for the bow weapon. ;) I went ahead and interrupted the presentation to let Nathan know . . . THE BOW IS AMAZING!
Jeff and Gary also gave great presentations! I said my two cents as well. ;)
As for Realmscon itself, it was every bit as cool as I remembered from a couple years ago. BobaTom was there. (That's when regular Tom sucks in his stomach and acts like a muscle kid next to Boba Fett.)
I was unable to attend last year, but Nathan did, and Realmscon is quickly becoming a yearly trek for our team. Where will we strike next? I was hearing rumors of Wizard World, but it might have just been the crazed ramblings of Jeff Toney. He does that.
THE BEACH
We also took the opportunity to make the Realmscon trip a little family outing for us as well. Port Aransas is simply amazing. Anytime I can put my toes in the water and stare out into the rolling waves, I'm good.
The beaches are clean and the place we stayed at was stellar! (Except for the chilling pool water . . . it was much colder than the surf.)
More like SUNrise and destroy, AMIRITE?!
TWITCH
Well, we had some fun in September, didn't we? I made a few highlights that are probably worth sharing:
- I made amends for my cat hating comments by playing some cat games for Paige.
- There's the follower song . . . and then there's the country western version of the follower song.
- I actually took a Rogue to 20 in Realm of the Mad God. I must be insane.
Vanessa told me she's been playing another character on the side so we can stay on the same page in Pirate101. ;) Hopefully we can play some more Pirate101 this month. I'd also like to stream some Wizard101, DCUO, GW2, and Wildstar.
CALL OF CHAMPIONS
I think I found a MOBA I actually like!! I played a ton of this on our vacation. Call of Champions is by another Austin studio (A couple of original Pirate101 designers work there now btw) called Spacetime Studios.
Then again, I did just suffer a string of four defeats in a row this morning while I was typing this. LOL. At least matches only last five minutes, and I think that's what I like about this MOBA in particular.
I've been playing a lot as the Avalanche character, but I may switch it up . . . that string of defeats is hurting!
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And that's all the news that's fit to print for TFN at the moment. I'm super busy at work . . . so that's always a good sign, right? You know it is!
Happy dueling!