So it's been a while since I've posted (as usual). Not really a ton going on, at least nothing new and thus "blog-worthy," but I am still playing Rift and don't plan to switch games...in a way I haven't felt since EQ1 was the dominant game.

A lot of "big name" folks have left WoW for Rift, including a long-time friend Exeter/Belghast - and he's a "benchmark" of sorts that I can use to see if a game is really going to take off. He's looked at all the games since WoW came out, but his commitment to WoW has not wavered at all - until now. He's officially left WoW and is playing Rift full-time. FoH and Afterlife are officially Rift guilds too. Rift is different; guilds are moving to it, rather than "playing it while waiting for the next WoW expansion."

Of course, lots of people are saying "Rift will kill WoW," which is hyperbole of course, as "WoW killed EQ1." Yeah, if you consider "released 9 expansions since WoW came out" to be "killed." The only thing that can "kill" an MMO is the company that owns it - by shutting off the servers.

It seems, though, that Blizzard is content to let WoW decline, run on auto-pilot, seemingly, in favor of their "NEXT GEN MMO!!" code-named "Titan" that is in development. They've stated that they moved all their "star" people over to that team "some time ago."

So, it's nice to finally see a game that matches (IMO exceeds) WoW's polish and feature set, at release, get noticed. :) It's also a hell of a lot of fun to play.

We started our third batch of Homebrew on Sunday. This one's a recipe of her design; she named it "Fucking Ball ov Sunshine." The ingredients and style shall be kept secret until such time as it's been sampled. :D We're both pretty damned excited to see how it'll come out though. I'm working on a recipe for the next batch, code named "Black Cow IPA." Muahahaha.

I'll be re-entering R/C flying (yes, again, hush you). I have on the way from California, a Radian Pro full-house sailplane. It'll use pretty much every function of my (JR X9303) transmitter, and most of the programmable mixes too. Should be a lot of fun. For a knock-around "fun" plane, I also have a Parkzone Mosquito coming. It's small (20" wingspan), but it's full 4-channel control, and it's also a twin-motor aircraft. ;) Should be fun. I also own 2 Swift II flying wings that I need to pick up from my friend Chad. If UPS cooperates, I should be able to fly this coming weekend. (Well, UPS and the weather, but the weather's more reliable than UPS, sadly).

So that's about it. I'd love to have a huge, long Rift post to put up, but honestly, a good portion of the MMO blogging world is doing that for me, so I don't feel a need to add a huge "me too" type post. It really is a good game, and if you like MMOs, and aren't anti-fantasy, then you should be playing it. There's really no reason not to - it's missing zero features (other than housing). :) Though, one thing Trion needs to get up and running is an armory-like website, but I'm sure it's in the works.