agaricus5
Level: Smitemaster
Rank Points: 1838
Registered: 02-04-2003
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Apologies for a Disappearance (+2)
I haven't been on the Forums for some time, and, although I wouldn't normally make much of a fuss about it, this time is um... ever so slightly different.
You see, I had two unfortunate coincidences that together stopped just about all my DRODing. First, I had a set of exams (which stopped all non-academic activities anyway), and this, I guess, interrupted my normal routine of playing DROD. The second was, however, I think a little inexcusable. I managed (after seeing so many talking about it here) to, um.... obtain and then purchase a copy of a game called Avernum. Unfortunately, as anyone who has played it might know, it can be immensely time-consuming, and so I began devoting quite a fraction of free time to it, and continued not to play DROD at all. The main problem with this is that I feel very guilty for playing Avernum instead of DROD, which is silly, but I guess it's maybe to do with the fact that I've been playing it for so long, and also because the DROD shortcut is on my desktop too, so I look at it every day.
So, I guess it's a bit silly, but hopefully I'll now have more time to devote to DROD and catch up on all I've missed.
[Oh, and as a side-note, Avernum (Actually, Avernum 2 to be more precise), is a really cool game. I quite wish I'd taken the recommendation about it more seriously when I first saw it. It doesn't look amazing, but hidden beneath the grim exterior is an involved plot, a massive world to explore, and a well-organised turn and combat system, although perhaps it is a little sparse with statistics (I like to calculate things in turn-based games). I've not played many RPGs, but I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who hasn't played it (although it may eat up more time than you imagine, so approach with caution).]
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(Yes, I know these games are almost ancient...)
