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Jan 31 2009

Tribal Wars - Speed Farming

Published by bozoplay under GameStuff Edit This

Most every player in a tribe will say that farming and building strong villages is the boring part of the game but it will make that tribe much more successful in the long run. If we learn anything form history, the fighting in the European theatre in World War II ended more because the allies could out produce and out supply the Axis powers and not because of superior strategy or fighting tactics.

So the following is what I have learned about building a supply chain and support group within the tribe I am in. One of the keys as to why this could be done here is that there was limited attacking taking place on my villages. Almost like being the United States or Canada in World War II.

In order to Speed Farm effectively, you concentrate more on Light Calvary for troops, Farm/Warehouse and Market to create a production and distribution facility. It is much like a factory and TW Logistics. Light Calvary carry large loads of resources that can be found primarily in the Barbarian villages. Each flight of LC is always accompanied by 1 Scout to view what might be left behind in the village to determine whether additional trips are warranted. By the time you get to medium range farms that you are running a second pass on, the quantity will have grown due to in house production so add 10 to 20% to your flight. (LC’s carry 80/unit, 12K resources should have a flight of 150 + 25 cushion for a total of 175 to reduce trips)

  • 25 LC, 1 scout - Search for new farms
  • 50 LC, 1 scout - Service known medium size farms
  • 100 LC, 1 scout - Search longer distances
  • 250+ LC, 1 scout - 2nd pass on a known quantity in a farm and short range searching on unknown farms

During two holiday shutdowns, this proved to be a good way to start before the ceasfire had actually ended. Some flights of Speed Farmers were sent long distances to Barbs that were somewhat isolated from other villages timed to arrive shortly after the ceasfire ended. Some very large and virgin farms were discovered using this technique.

If your warehouses are large enough you can provide a service to your tribe members and selected other players by adjusting their imbalances through one for one trades. You don’t need to worry much about what resource they are asking for because it will all balance out at your end once you have 3 or 4 villages. Single orders of 40-50K (offered as mutilples of 1000) were no problem. Meanwhile, you also keep uppgrading your villages and keep your troop building occupied at all times. You just don’t attack very much.

You can also take advantage of any discounted deals that others are offering. It’s like farming without any troops. I set my range to 24 hours and only deal in multiples of 1000. The cart holds 1000 so why would you send it around half empty unless you are shorting the other guy,

That is the supply chain side. The other side of the is the longer range support group. It’s not unlike tanks or the old fashioned calvary as opposed to ground troops. The Heavy Calvary is the primary unit here for suppport. They can be a supplement to more localized support from other members of your tribe that may require support.

At least one village needs to have an academy and offensive troops primarily to noble larger Barbs that are centrally located in large pockets of same. For a lot of players this is close to blasphamy. “You nobled a Barb!. Are you crazy! Why don’t you just farm him.” The answer is simple. Speed is important in farming. If you can get closer to your farms, then you can have spears do some of the very local farming and they double as defensive troops/support for nearby tribe members. If the Barbs are well concentrated and well developed, they you can make more trips.

It isn’t very exciting but every once in a while you will need to remove a strategic independent to develop another area. You don’t get to kill off very many opponents troops but you also don’t have to waste much time rebuilding all the ones you have lost in a hurried attempt to noble a reasonably well defended village in the name of attacking the tribes “enemies”.

Sometimes a tribe can be it’s own worst enemy. Just ask the members of my tribe (lol)

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Jan 30 2009

Hammerfall - Fighting Monsters

Published by bozoplay under GameStuff Edit This

Probably like the rest of you, I was getting a little frustrated with the task of fighting monsters in this game. Certainly you have to succeed in this task or you can’t advance. So here are some of the things that I did to make this a little easier. These are strategical tips as opposed to giving away secrets.

Food is very important for fighting monsters to maintain energy and health. Stockpile as much as possible. When you think you have enough, go back and stockpile the same amount again. You can never have enough food.

At the end of a fight, always use multiples of the lower values in food. For example, if you need 200 health to get that level close or all the way back to full power, use 8 waters instead of 1 apples. When you fight, you need the larger values in bigger quantities, since you can only use one at a time. The same is true for energy.

Different monsters require different attacking strategies. Smaller health values mean you can use simpler attacks. Larger health values mean you need to upgrade your strength and attack before you begin fighting. Always keep an eye on your health level and don’t let it fall too low or you will be killed. If you have a lot of energy left, use the heal spell, otherwise food/heal. You may have to alternate between attacking and healing. Which spell or attack you used can also be dependent on whether you have items in reserve that give you more health or more energy. The Force Strike is often a good choice if you have an abundance of Health items in reserve.

Some of the spells are better suited early in the attack and some are not predictable. The way I figured out how they worked was to use them 3 and 4 times in a row to see if anything changed. Some do. Others are fairly consistent.

Don’t forget to check your energy and health levels before and after you battle with a monster.

I also don’t keep excess weapons, mounts, accessories or armor. Instead, I sell the excess in stores to either upgrade these four categories or buy more food. If my Guild is (55/50), then I would only have 50 mounts, for example. I uusally sell off the lowest valued ones first unless a quest in the area requires a specific item.

I encourage you to experiment and learn in this game because I personally think that’s what makes this game interesting.

A good gaming strategy is always “Quality over quantity”. The folks at Hammerfall seem to be doing their best to follow this strategy. Still only one quality game with no news of a second game as yet. Others seem to be just tweaking their existing games or making variations on a theme.

This game gets most of my play time. The other games I play more for study and to get other players to join other games.

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Jan 30 2009

Carappleburger Pizza

Published by bozoplay under Uncategorized Edit This

This pizza was an experiment with some pretty good results. It needed some tweaking and the next version will be even better I’m sure. It just shows that with a little imagination you can create a meal that is healthy, tasty and filling and with not too much effort.

The Stuff

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup white flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 tbsp. olive oil

1 tsp. baking soda

¾ cup water

1 tbsp. Italian spices

Toppings

1 carrot shredded

1 piece of mozzarella cheese shredded (size of a tennis ball)

1 cup of Pierre’s Make Anytin’ Wit It Sauce

1 apple cut up into smaller pieces

What To Do

Set the oven to 425° F

Mix all the stuff in an aluminum mixing bowl with a stiff stainless steel fork. Add flour if the mixture is too sticky, water if it’s too dry.

Scoop the dough into a non-stick pizza pan. I only have one and use it for everything that goes into the oven for baking. Take the stainless steel fork and work the dough around until you have filled the pan evenly.

pizzabox.jpgSpread the sauce (you can use a canned or jarred meat sauce in its place) all around the dough. Spread the cut pieces of apple all over and then the cheese and carrot.

Bake for 25 minutes or so and sprinkle demerrara sugar (dark brown sugar with the molasses still intact) on top of the finished pizza.

It was pretty good, filling, and fairly healthy for a pizza. It needed something though so the next time I might go to the store and get more ingredients. It was snowing like crazy so I had to use what was there. I’m thinking the broccoli spears again—just the little tips on the head, shaved off and spread all over the pizza. Some pineapple and a little ham maybe or Kolbassa and red onions. Maybe even a banana. (I remember a great meal I had at a friend’s restaurant in Barbados. Every course I ordered had bananas in it. The banana ice cream was the best I have ever eaten.)

Even the crusts in this recipe were tasty. They had a flavour a lot more like German pretzels. It all disappeared in one evening so it wasn’t terrible. It just needed to be booted up a peg.

Nah, that other guy used kick it up a notch and Bam just scares people. I just try this stuff because I’d rather try something creative than dial for delivery because I can never tell the difference in taste between the pizza and the box.

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Jan 29 2009

Tribal Wars - WhinyChild Form Letter

Published by bozoplay under FunStuff, GameStuff Edit This

whinychildblues.jpgOne of my favourite episodes of the Cosby Show was when Clair Huxtable (portrayed by actress Phylicia Rashad) was singing the “WhinyChild Blues” to one of the Cosby kids because they were whining about something or other that was not really that important.

I tripped over this in our tribes forum under Fun & Games. One of the members of our tribe found it in World 12 and doesn’t remember where so I don’t know who to give credit for this good stuff. It looks like a good letter to send to the whinychile’s that play the game and don’t understand that to be successful in the game you must attack other player’s villages.

Hello [player][/player],

You are receiving this T-mail because you sent me a message asking why I am nobling your village (or somthing of the sort). I receive many of these messages every day, and it would be very difficult to respond to them individually. I will be using this form, provided by [ally][/ally] to respond.

I am attacking your village because: (mark all that apply)

[] I’m not destroying you, I’m sending you to my fan club on the rim, you’ll find lots of people just like yourself
[] I’m capturing villages in a specific pattern on the world map, a smiley face to be exact
[] You are no threat to me. Even if my attacks would fail, there is no way you could retaliate
[] You are small
[] I would like to take over bigger villages but I’m trying to build up my base
[] Your English is lacking
[] You are obviously not active
[] I want more villages
[] You are whiny
[] You are close by, better targets are just too far for me to noble
[] You have failed to pay tribute, maybe if you would have sent us some protection resources like everyone else on this continent…
[] I am part of [ally][/ally]. Please? Stop? I don’t know these words and I hate things I don’t know
[] Because I can

Furthermore I find that:

[] Your caps lock key is broken
[] I don’t like the way your shoelaces are tied.
[] This is like taking candy from a baby, only instead of candy, it’s a village.
[] Alternatively I could decide to simply farm you rather then a full-out takeover, but that would leave your resources vulnerable to others and my troops are above the trivial task of hauling resources
[] I’m pretty sure your shirt is on backwards
[] You taste of fear, I like the taste of fear

As well, you:

[] Fail to understand this game is called tribal WARS
[] Failed to give your village a proper name
[] Failed to give yourself a proper name
[] Could have seen this coming when I scouted you, yet failed to respond accordingly by building more defense

While I see that you are now making efforts to defend your village through diplomatic means, I do not care because:

[] It is too late as I’ve already sent my nobles and cannot cancel them
[] Your message has only infuriated me more
[] I am part of [ally][/ally]

We at [ally][/ally] thank you for your message. We would like express that your message is important to us. We hope this form response has answered any of the questions you had. If you have any further questions or comments please feel free to:

[x] Shut up and upgrade your farm before I have to waste my precious resources doing it myself.

Thank you again,
[player][/player]

Written by somebody in World 12 according to siddhartha96

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Jan 28 2009

my best friend is the backspace button

all-thumbs.jpgThat’s part of a Facebook conversation I had today with LS, another really friendly Aussie. We were talking about the weather and how we both suck at typing because we have “fat fingers”. She responded with the title and like the great “thief” that I am, I pounced on it. A lot of my story ideas come about this way.

And what is it with the Aussie ladies? That’s the third one this week that has shown me how “refreshingly easy” they all seem to be.

OK, get your mind out of the gutter. I already have dibs on it and it’s not big enough for all of us to fit anyway.

What I mean by “refreshingly easy” is the ease in which these three really nice people have accepted me in conversations that we are having on the Internet. As you may know I am Canadian and like most Canadians, well we are pretty harmless. We have an army of sorts but we are more like the welcoming committee in a new neighbourhood. Most of the weaponry belongs in some museum and that suits me just fine. War is really outdated anyway. It might be best done in computer simulations and the “winner” gets reward points from the loser. That’s another story for another time.

The “fat finger” syndrome is more about how all of us are with sharing our thoughts on the computer. We are in such a rush to spit out and share what’s on our minds that the keyboard just gets in the way. When you really look at, the computer keyboard and its predecessor, the typewriter makes no sense really. The QWERTY concept of a keyboard was something that others have tried to change with pretty much no success.

I guess I’ll have to write the “What will replace the computer keyboard” story some time soon but like the other what-will-replace stories I never have the answer, just more questions. I don’t think voice recognition software is the answer either.

It can’t get into your mind and heart and figure out what you are really saying. It has trouble with people who have speech impediments and with background noise so don’t be using that software for your next business presentation with the latest porno thing playing in the background.

If somebody is developing the next level of that software, pick me as part of your beta testing program. If it can figure me out, it’s got a good chance of figuring out a lot of other people, too.

The thing I am learning in my most recent Internet adventures is that people all around the world are full of surprises. Sometimes all it takes, is a passing comment about the weather at the coffee shop.

That’s how I see Facebook and the news feeds now. LS accepted me as friend as part of my “recruiting” game (another story for later) and now we are starting to get together over a cup of coffee.

Mine was double-filtered. I had to run it through another filter because I screwed up and got some grounds in the “finished” cup. Maybe I’m just a fat head then (lol)
 
Some advertising guy in a coffee shop somewhere is probably writing a new ad for their coffee now. “Try the new and improved double-filtered Java Gigantico for those that need that special break that only the best blends can provide.”
 
That’s not a cup of coffee. This is a cup of coffee.
 
G’day mate!

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Jan 28 2009

Telemarketing Is A Criminal Offense

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At least it should be, in my opinion. It’s invasion of privacy using the telephone.

I am seriously looking at getting rid of my home telephone and going to a CC. Most of my meaningful conversations are either email or Facebook based now anyway. The problem with the telephone is that it could be something important and some bozo is trying to sell you something that you just aren’t going to buy that way.

If you need something, you go to the store or you check it out on the Internet and then you might call them. Telemarketing has become so ineffective that I wonder why companies still bother with it. I think it tells you something about the people running the company if they insist on bothering people in the middle of their dinner or while they are relaxing in the early evening hours.

Some even think you will listen to a taped message of their pitch and respond by clicking the appropriate button. So somebody must be responding or otherwise I have to believe they will eventually give up because it’s an incredible waste of time and money.

So to those people who are responding to telemarketers, I have one thing to say.

Stop It!!!

You should be charged with aiding and abetting a criminal. And I am being very close to being serious here. Your courteous and caring response is perpetuating one of the most annoying creations of this era.

I guess I’m just going to have to stop answering the telephone and let voice mail kick in. It is so impolite but there isn’t much choice. Maybe break down and get call display. The blocking thing is only good if you know who the bozo is that is bothering you.

I get tired of saying “No thank you. I’m not interested” and hanging up, once I figure out who they are and what they are trying to sell. Why is their phone quality and phone manner so poor? The bozo that runs the company? That would make sense.

I can’t figure out why Thursday seems to be their busy day. Must have something to do again with the bozo running the company and that quota stuff, no quota junk.

Stuff is useful. Junk is just junk. Telemarketing is really bad junk.

And many thanks to my friend RK, who actually read this post, for the following information. You can register your phone number with various national and regional websites that will reduce the number of telemarketing calls that you will receive.
 
RK sent me the link for Canada and I googled “do not call services” and was able to locate the U. S. government site and googled “do not call services australia” and located the Australian government site. There are numerous U. S. state versions as well. If you live in other countries, try the google approach with the name of your particular country. I’m sure over time this will be available world wide.
 
Canada do not call service
 
USA do not call service
 
Australia do not call service

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Jan 27 2009

If I Need A Good Nap

catnap.JPGIt’s winter in Canada so the days are shorter and it always reminds me that human beings are just another animal on this planet and maybe not the smartest one either. I think the big bear comes out in me at this time of year. Although I think my “hibernation” is more a reaction to staying in out of the cold because I don’t ski or play hockey like I used to.

So it seems you still get tired and a good nap is in order to recharge the batteries. For the last three nights I have had the perfect accompaniment for this nap. It’s professional hockey’s all star break so there was the NHL All Star game, the AHL All Star game and tonight the Leafs are back playing. They all were more like shinny games we played at the local open air rink as kids. Lots of scoring and no defence.

There is something about the crowd noise and the announcers voices that is comforting. It’s almost like your mother’s tranquilizing voice singing a soothing lullaby. I guess for Canadians, that’s not too far from the truth. It is our game although others argue that lacrosse is more correctly our national game. They both have very strong routes here, there can be no doubt of that.

The preamble to the AHL game was doubly embarrassing when a former American Idol finalist butchered both the Canadian and American national anthems. And somehow Toronto was part of the Planet World Team and got booted out of Canada because Milwaukee, Hershey, Scranton and Worcester all got transplanted to Canada for the game. So I didn’t miss anything there either. When did Wisconsin get a navy—The Milwaukee Admirals?

And the Leaf game. Last time I looked it was 6-1 for the Minnesota Whatevers in those awful red and green uniforms—Minnesota Wild? I remember two teams in Minnesota—the North Stars and the Fighting Saints (NHL & WHA). Once again Wiki came to the rescue when I couldn’t recall the Saints team colours even though I was working in team sales for Cooper at the time. The last two seasons had a notation that I thought was only reserved for car racing—DNF (Did not finish). They folded the team twice in the dying years of the World Hockey Association.

The WHA had two teams with the same team colours—Edmonton and San Diego. Made the equipment managers earn their keep after a fight. It added a new meaning to delaying the game. I guess San Diego Hamburgers in a brown and red uniform wouldn’t work. Ray Croc of McDonald’s fame was the owner.

Oh yeah and the DNF thing. That reminds me, NASCAR will be starting soon. Sunday afternoon will be nap time again. Nothing like the drone of 43 engines on steroids to lull you to sleep.

Those are power naps!!

Sing it Sheryl
“All I wanna’ do…

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Jan 27 2009

We Need A Mazda 2

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Mazda 2 (left), Mazda 3 Sport (right)

TK has made her decision on a new car and is standing firm despite her friends “giving her the gears” regarding the car of her choice.

TK thanks everyone for their comments on her choice of car, won’t change my mind though, just wait for the car album.

Aussies and Canucks have one thing in common. We are verbally polite. You have to read between the lines to figure out what we are really saying. It’s TK’s decision and you know where you can put yours. Hint: It’s kinda’ dark in there. I don’t leave as much space between my lines as other Canadians do.

So I haven’t kept up on all the latest stuff in new cars because I’m still driving the new car I bought in 2002. It works just fine and Alfonso fixes the minor stuff and the wear and tear stuff that the car gets in the light use I put it through.

But why did TK pick a Mazda 2. Truth is, I was wondering if she actually read gonna update my car and the answer is maybe. Looks to me that she has chosen a very functional and basic car and will most likely add a few personal touches to it in the final negotiations. Get them to throw in the better stereo for free or it’s no deal.

So I google Mazda Australia and Mazda Canada and Mazda USA. We don’t have a Mazda 2 in North America. The closest car I can see is going to be the 2010 Mazda 3 Sport which isn’t available yet. It’s really a 2009 but the car market here thinks we’re stupid or something so they think it makes the car “newer” if they lie about its age.

The Mazda has a very fuel efficient 1.5L engine and doesn’t have too many options—extra stuff. The Mazda 3 Sport will come with a 2.0L engine standard and then a whole list of options or extra junk (junk is just useless stuff)—Bluetooth, a military-like display for your dash, a 10 speaker stereo (where do you sit with all those speakers in the car), remote starter, remote keyless entry, bigger wheels, heated seats (I won’t tell you how I heat my seat), etc. etc.

So the 2010 Mazda 3 is going to cost us a whole lot more than what TK is going to pay for her Mazda 2. With today’s state of the world economy, we need Mazda 2’s. Not just in cars, but everything. That doesn’t mean that the higher priced models with more options aren’t still relevant. We just need to have the choice and we, the customer, will decide which one is right for us today.

The Mazda 2 idea is something I remember in my friends’ first cars. I didn’t get a car or license until my mid 20’s because I didn’t need one. Public transportation, friends and the fact that I was the youngest of 3 boys in a one-car family made that decision very easy. My friends had Volkswagen Beetles, Minis, Honda Civics, 6-cylinder Camaro’s with bench seats. Air conditioning meant you rolled down the windows by hand (if the handle worked) and drove quicker. The only real option you dealt with at the dealership was the colour.

So, for the North American car manufacturers, if you want to see your business improve give us Mazda 2’s and 3’s and 4’s, but let us decide what an entry level car should be and not you. And call a 2009 a 2009. Otherwise, when I get my next car in 2025, I’m going to ask for 2 stereos or it’s no deal.

And so I get a call from Mazda Canada relating to my email about the availability of the Mazda2 in Canada. The answer was they hope to announce the status of that car in Canada in the next two months. He didn’t say yes and he didn’t say no. They do teach customer service reps to be fence sitters, but maybe Mazda Canada is getting it. Time will tell won’t it.

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Jan 26 2009

Mafia Wars - Funny Search Terms

Published by bozoplay under GameStuff Edit This

One of the ways I get a handle on what players are looking for to make their game experience in Mafia Wars better is I review the actual search terms that are entered in real search terms entered in Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. The hands down winner is loot. It is the most misunderstood I would think because the game doesn’t allow you to buy loot. You either get it in a fight or through doing a job that sometimes rewards loot.

You won’t improve your chances of getting loot in a fight if you use the Top Mafia for adding your best game partners, but you will improve the take in jobs based on the level of your partner. If you are doing a level 40 job and only one of your partners is level 40 or higher you will only improve your job take slightly because only 1 player goes along with you in the job.

Some of the newer loot items only appear in the upper jobs like the Humvee. I currently only have one and got it in the Break Into the Armory Job in the Underboss Jobs. A simple way to look at loot items is, the more valuable the item, the higher up in the job list you will need to go to get it. So fighting is the best way to get the good loot.

I enjoy reading some of the search terms because they strike me as funny and I think I get an idea for what frustration the player is getting. So I would like to share some of them with you and some of my comments on each. It’s kinda’ like funny home videos for Mafia Wars. I hope you find them fun and maybe they will help relieve some of your frustration with the game.

was sind loots gut mafia wars

(what are good loots mafia wars) Google Translate told me it was German and apparently they don’t understand loot in Germany either.

why do i keep losing on myspace mafia wars

Stop playing on MySpace and sign up in Facebook! I run both and I can’t figure out how to add players in MySpace so it is a lot harder to grow your Mafia. The game is a lot easier and more enjoyable with more players. Facebook is a much better platform for adding players. It is much better as a social networking platform as well, in my opinion.

why can’t i buy properties on mafia wars

Maybe you don’t have enough money! Your money can’t be in the bank and you must own the associated undeveloped property. No abandoned lot. No restaurant.

how 2 get more mafia in facebook mafia wars

Add them from other games! I find it curious that in the latest update Zynga didn’t bring along that ability from Pirates/Football/Space Wars and a lot of their other games. Basically you add friends in those games and invite them at the same time. If you look at their news feeds you will see what games they play. You could also send them a message and ask “Do you play any games where you would like more players? What’s the weather like in your town? Do you have this problem with this game? etc.” That’s what Facebook is designed for. It’s a social networking platform. Make some new friends. They won’t bite. Warlords, Drinking Wars and Hammerfall RPG are other games that will allow you to add players.

mafia wars auto buy properties/automatically buy property mafia wars

These players were getting bored, too. When you haven’t played for a bit, it gets frustrating buying properties. What do I buy with that billion. Oh I still have 82 million left.

never get put on hitlist “mafia wars”

Apparently, little Johnny feels left out. Two ways to guarantee you get on the hitlist. Attack the guy who puts somebody on the hitlist, not his target or just keep punching some guy in the head.

you need an abandoned lot in order to buy a mafia mike’s.

Yes you do! Try to add a mafia mike’s every two new players. Don’t accept them as a group. I have 22 Mafia Mike’s with 53 total members so I missed some opportunities along the way. I’m in no hurry to get to 501 players. I personally don’t understand the reason why you would want to use the game up so fast. It has to be quite boring at that level.

buy armored car in mafia wars

The armored car is loot. You can’t buy loot. You get loot in fights or jobs that sometimes reward loot. I don’t remember what job gives what in loot.  A good plan of attack is to do only jobs that also occasionally reward loot. At higher levels you really don’t need the money do you.

why doesn’t use all my inventory on mafia wars

Each member of your mafia gets to use one weapon, one armor and one vehicle only. The game figures out automatically which ones are the best from your total mix including loot based on the attack/defense values. If you only have 20 members, 25 chainguns just costs you more in upkeep. Sell off the excess even though you only get half value. In this case, if you had 5 Napalm then you only need 15 chainguns.

“mafia wars” facebook firefox

Hold the envelope to your head. A game. A social platform. A good browser.
Chicago. The world. The universe. What are 3 ways to frustrate yourself using a computer. Hint: It gets easier as you go down the list. Johnny Carson on the old Tonight Show was brilliant as Karnak

mafia wars add without adding friend facebook

Apparently, Johnny prefers imaginary friends to real ones. For me, this one is more unsettling than funny. Kids need to turn off the computer and go play pick up baseball or road hockey or soccer. They honestly don’t know how much more fun it is to play with other kids. Read You wanna’ play in or out

need energy boost on mafia wars

Try a Red Bull! Only your playing partners can send you one. That’s what friends are for. The energy boost adds to your current energy level based on your maximum energy level. If yours is 100, then it increases by 25 and must be used up in the next 24 hours.

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Face? That had to have 300 or 400 million matches.

I know because when I first googled Stuff123 it came up with 370 million matches. I can write about almost anything then but I think you can see it’s not like other stuff you see on the Internet. It’s more about having fun.

Games are about fun. Winning is the result of having way too much fun.

Now turn off your computer and go outside and play with your friends. Save the computer games for when it’s raining.

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Jan 26 2009

gonna update my car…what should I get

Published by bozoplay under CarStuff Edit This

modern-car.jpegTK, the big cat lover , put that in her Facebook status.

I might look at a Subaru or something different nowadays, but first I’d have to sit in it. Test drive would be good, too. And it would probably be white.

I’ve had a number of different cars over my time behind a steering wheel and rented many others in various business trips and I have come to a simple conclusion about a car. The most important thing it should do is get you from point A to point B as efficiently as possible.

Since I live in Canada, I used to always look at the big 3—Chrylser, GM and Ford aka Fix Or Repair Daily. I didn’t have any good luck with Chrysler’s or Ford’s so I leaned toward GM and specifically Pontiacs—6 or 7 in a row.

The last few have been much more comfortable because they cut out padding from the door so the interior is wider and they opened up the area around the pedals so my feet weren’t cramped.

They drive very nicely. When I accelerate it responds as it should. When I brake, it stops quickly. Brakes should be 4-wheel disc and ABS. Tires should be the best you can afford. The car would be white in colour, because it hides the dirt best and comes up clean. Get the paint sealant option so you don’t have to wash and wax it so often.

Why the Subaru? If it was good enough for the Aspen police force, then it will work in my neck of the woods, too. Other vehicles will have to do the same.

I would avoid the hybrids for now. They are a very good idea but I think you will be paying for research and development costs for a few years yet. The technology isn’t proven and the repair costs will be high because you will be forced to go to the dealership a lot more. It should be respectable on gas consumption.

I would take any new car to my car guy at Alfonso’s garage. The dealership visits will only be for recalls and warranty issues. Alfonso will tell me straight up what needs to be done and he lives and breathes cars. So, in my eyes, he is an expert and I don’t feel like he is taking me to the cleaners.

The bottom line for TK is get a car that you would like to drive. Sure, make some practical decisions on what works and what doesn’t but you are going to be driving it so it should suit your needs and not what others tell you.

Talk to some more friends about their ideas, and then go sit in a few cars. The car will tell you whether it is right or not. It’s not much different than buying a new sofa—just waaaaay more expensive.

Spend wisely and get a good pair of polarized sunglasses and a nice driving hat, if you are into hats. It’s a mode of transportation, not a reflection on your personality and a measure of your success.

Opinions are OK. Recommendations are just stronger opinions. Car of the Year awards are more about “bribing” the writers to get them to vote for the car.

So buy the car that makes you the happiest. It’s your money and no one should tell you how to spend it.

I think the one in the picture isn’t a good idea. Where do you put the golf clubs?

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