Sidebar Mystery

Posted by Wolfen in General

I looked into my missing Sidebar problem and I am not sure what to do about it.  The Sidebar will not appear on the front page of this blog no matter which theme I use if I am using Internet Explorer. The Sidebar does display on all other pages, even with Internet Explorer.  The Sidebar is perfectly fine when using other browsers.

Anyone have any ideas I can try?

Edit:  Well, wouldn’t you know. I make this post and the problem goes away on its own.  There must have been a problem with the post that got pushed to the next page.  /shrug

The Wait For Lothlorien

Posted by Wolfen in LOTRO

As previously posted, I started up Lord of the Rings Online again.  I decided to start from scratch with a new character and class.  This has been put on a short hold since I learned that the upcoming free expansion called Leaves of Lorien will offer up what they call a “New Player Experience.”  I want to see what all of this is about, so I will hold off leveling up my new guy until this is implemented.  The new expansion is due to go live this Tuesday.

Missing Sidebar

Posted by Wolfen in General

I just noticed that the Sidebar is not showing up on the right-hand side of my page when viewed with Internet Explorer 7.  It seems to work with all other browsers.  I’ll see what I can do to fix it in a day or so.

If you are using IE 7 and want to access various areas of my site, the Sidebar does show up of you click the Contact Me option at the top.

Eve Online

Posted by Wolfen in Eve Online

I took the plunge and downloaded the 14-day trail of Eve Online.  I have a friend who has played it for years who thinks it is the best MMO ever created, so I finally decided to see what it was about.

My first impression: It has a very large learning curve.  Even with the tutorial, there are a million things that I don’t understand yet.  It would be very difficult for someone who has never played an MMO to ever get the hang of it.  With that said, I do find it appealing in some ways, enough so that I will continue on with it for the time being.  I will talk about my stuttering start in future posts.

Gaming Again

Posted by Wolfen in LOTRO

My 17″ Macbook Pro finally arrived and I now have it setup the way I like it.  It has been a long wait, but I can now get back to gaming.  I decided to start with Lord of the Rings Online.  Since LOTRO requires the Windows operating system, I had to setup a dual boot configuration on the Macbook Pro.  I decided to install Windows XP, even though it won’t use all 4GB of RAM that is available to the machine.  The game runs great on high settings at 1920×1200, even though the 9600GT 512MB video card isn’t all that great of a card these days.

I have a level 37 Champion on the Windfola server, but I decided to start fresh, so I rolled up a human Guardian that I named Strongg.  I wanted to try out a class in the game that I had not played yet and Guardian was one of them.  Humans start in the Archet area, so my game introduction had me escaping from a cell and then helping a Ranger named Amdir to rescue some kidnapped hobbits.

Once the introduction is complete, I found myself in the town of Archet, eager to find some quests and get to work.  I didn’t have far to go.  Amdir was wounded in the battle, so I had to help him with defense of the town.  The first few are you typical newbie quests that have you go out and kill wolves and boars so that the town’s sheep are kept safe.  Once those are done, I was sent to a hunter’s lodge where some things needed to be done.  Seeing this lodge brought pangs of nostalgia to my heart because the lodge reminded me of my beloved Everquest’s Surefall Glade and the lodge that can be found there.

One of the farmers outside of Archet had a boar problem that he wanted me to help him with.  A boar named Old Bloodtusk needed to be killed.  I remembered this boar from the time that LOTRO first went live.  There was a line of people waiting to kill this boar and each time he appeared it was a general free-for-all contest.  This time, however, there was not another player in sight and he was waiting for me when I arrived.

After running several other quests, none of which were very challenging, I came to the last quest in the “game introduction” line.  Brigands were attacking Archet and I had to help Amdir defend it.  The town was in flames when I arrived and it was filled with battle.  I worked my way through the town, finally arriving at the final showdown, which culminated in a fight with Eogan, a servant of Angmar who was responsible for all the problems in the area.  I dispatched him with ease and ended the quest line.