The site hadn’t been upgraded in a long time, too long in fact. So with the release of Wordpress 2.5 I decided it was time to really update this thing. I had been worried in the past with plugins and other things not working, but with 2.5 it seems that most things had been considered and there is even an auto -update-plugin feature. With a little research and a bunch of backups I decided it was time to go.

I did the upgrade this morning and was surprised at how easy it went and how almost everything worked right away. There were only two issues, and only one was major. The smaller issue was compatibility with the FireStats plugin. It was not showing some information correctly and messing with the sidebar widget tool a little. After upgrading the plugin it all works perfectly now. The bigger issue and the one I am not too happy about is the Adhesive plugin which I had been using to keep regular posts at the top and all of my Twitter daily posts below that, as to not lose the regular posts in all my Twitter spam. This plugin does not work at all and all other alternatives to it seem to break Wordpress altogether.

My options now are to stop with the Twitter posts each day or to try to hack the code to get it to work. Seeing as how I’m 1.) really lazy right now and not wanting to look at code and 2.) probably losing RSS subscriptions by posting Twitter things everyday I have decided to just let it go for now and to stop posting Twitter things.

I think most of what is in 2.5 is not noticeable by the viewer of the site, most things are what I will see in the backend, but I’m sure there are performance updates and such that might make it run faster. At any rate, if you see something that isn’t working, let me know. Thanks.

I’ll get right down to it. This game is taking over my life. I only started really playing last night. I accidentally got into a game that lasted 3+ hours. It was only supposed to last 45 minutes, as LyKaios had to leave. It turned into Helmer and I being attacked and harassed by the computer for another 3 hours. This wasn’t what I expected. Since playing it last night all I have done is think about this game. It’s an RTS, so it’s got all the building and farming and research that any RTS had. With Sins though, they don’t tell you much of anything when you start. You have to figure it all out on your own. This means being thrown into a 3 hour+ game with 2 AI opponents and while trying to fend off them, also trying to figure out if I research X thing, I can build Y thing later, right? I was and still am so confused but the level of depth in this game keeps me thinking about it. You can only build a few different buildings and ships, much less than any other modern RTS, but you can research almost 100 different upgrades and abilities, making it very daunting when you first start.

Anyway, that was my long rant. This game is really great so far, if you have some good people to play with and 3-6 hours to waste. If you have it, let me know, lets play a game. If you love RTS games, you should pick it up.

I give it a 3.5 out of 5.
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Sorry for the Lolcat title. I just havent posted since sometime in December or November. I remember saying something good was coming up, some cool content from BoredMind. Well here it isn’t. Here is where I will make up excuses as to why nothing has happened in that department. Can I blame it on school? It is my senior year and I am trying to get my senior research done, although I’ve been slacking on that too. What about a love life? HA. Oh I know, my free time has been consumed with staring at my monitor doing nothing or playing Guild Wars, which my freshman year room mate Mike got me to start playing. It’s fun. Keeps my inner geek happy while waiting for DnD4 and some people to play it with.

I’m also acting in and co-directing The Servant of Two Masters this semester. It’s an Italian play that was updated in the 1980’s with then-current inside political jokes and tons of feminist propaganda. We are basically updating the jokes, keeping the feminist stuff in there because it is somewhat subtle. Should be a good time and a new experience for me directing and also acting with the audience on stage.

See you next year!

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