I signed up for beta testing today. 

This is the story of Orian:

When I started playing ffxi, it was because of some close IRL friends, my roommate (Sphen) as well as 3 friends who lived in the same apartment complex as us (Chaz, Runefaust, and um, can't remember Andy's char's name). We all started playing in NOV of 2003. I started playing Orian as a mule for Sphen, and when I bought my own copy of ffxi, I just didn't want to bear starting over from my level 32 warrior(lol) who's subjobs included a lvl 13 whm lvl 5 thf and lvl 5 mnk, and eventually went on the include pld as my subjob for the duration of my time in Garlaige Citadel. It was my goal to camp and kill a NM, and seeing as I was a level 32 warrior without a worthwhile subjob, I chose to pick to camp Steam Scale Mail as my choice camp and drop from:

I killed him twice, and two times more did he best me ( I had no clue that a simple antidote would make the fight so much easier for me back then) but on that 5th time, after spending about 5 weeks camping him, I got the drop.
During this entire time, my adventures grew seperate from my friends who had joined a linkshell "DragonForce" while I spent my time with a group of people called "The Legion". All my friends developed internet relationships, even though I thought it was weird. Even those with girlfriends (Sphen) and that's how I met Littleone and Teggie. Chaz befriended Teggie and eventually only did quests with her and duo'd rather than partied. They actually got most jobs to 30 duo. Eventually the leader of the legion quit playing the game actively so he gave everyone a pearlsack, and having that pearlsack brought me great joy. I gave pearls to all the noobies that I met who asked, and I even offered pearls to many new players that I just happened to see without a pearl. I became friends with a couple people who were in the shell who's names you might recognize still to this day:
Desiranna
Smeagol
Lott
Naqi
Damion
M (hmm, taru who leveled RNG w/ Damion I leveled PLD in the jungles... hmmm)
- though most of them moved to Remora when the server switch first became available.
Sidenote: Desiranna was the kindest person I had ever met to that point and basically solo'd my PLD adv job quest for me since I was a 32WAR/13WHM, and even so, she only had kind things to say and encouraging words.
Around July of 2004, I moved to East Lansing after getting my associate degree and thus went my seperate ways with Bill, we were great roommates, but as we moved out, we had some troubles with bills and lost that friendship, which was really unfortunate, since his G/F and I (now his wife) were really close friends. Like we all are, I was addicted to ffxi and quickly convinced him to let me have the full account and then Sphen became the mule (52lolDRG) and my 32 WAR became the main. It took about 3 months for me to get the account from him due to missing one of the registration codes. He had stripped the accounts though, so I didn't have time for leveling, just farmed Tiger Hides and fangs for a while, and eventually Coeurls since the meat+hide+hair combo sold well enough for me to get back on my feet. I didn't really know anyone anymore, and those who were in the Legion with me had all quit or moved on to a "real" linkshell.  While I was farming for Silk Threads, I met a paladin, Vhai, who talked with her ls and got me into the LS Holywar. 
Some friendly faces were found in there which you may remember or recognize:
Taruna
Oishi
Vhai
Wolfram
Tarana
Dereaper
Regeanne
and I apoligize but I can't remember the leader's name.

This was the group that I did Genkai1 with. I managed to find just a few old screenshots.


At the same time, I joined up with some friends who were PST players, and though my schedule didn't allow for me to play with them very much, it was nice to have access to "MadCowErasure" because I was in college and sometimes I could stay up all night to play ( and other's I did anyway) and some of those member's included:
Moooomento
Erasure
Natcormar
Randrix
Fahrenheits
BigHeadKitty
and certainly more than I cannot remember.

This was ZM12 which they all fought for me again since I was the odd 7th man-


I stayed there for chat purposes until I was level 52 and got an invite from Littleone to get help with my Genkai2. It was SO awesome to be apart of such a big event with so many people. I had been in an alliance before, but this was the first time we were really out to do something that required some leg work to accomplish, and with the hard work of Morpheusss and Sarumann (extra vowel leaders, ftw) we pulled it off without much of a hitch. Shortly after this Genkai team up between Sarumann's LS and Morpheusss' LS which consisted mainly of two groups that staticed together on their quest to 75, they disbanded old shells and formed TCO. [FEB2005]
Morpheusss was the original leader, and he did a dam fine job. His tenure lasted until 07/2005 when real life and dealing with drama drove him from the linkshell along with a couple members to pursue smaller events that were more "fun" for him, where as Sarumann picked up the reigns and continued with the linkshell for large, end-game events. After seeing things that needed help, and after talking for a long while with Sarumann, I became an officer in TCO [NOV2005]. Sarumann, Vaala and Littleone were the foundation of the linkshell and I wasn't sure that the LS could survive at the end of the summer in 2006 when they all stopped playing. The main officers, Hidaeon, Malakani and myself ran the events though Hidaeon was the interim leader and had final say in things. I was certainly nice to play it off that I was just an officer and didn't know it all. However, the system was burning Hida out and he was playing less. This put more of a burden on me and eventually I was leading without being the main boss. For months this continued, but in [DEC2006] I reshelled the LS and became the 3rd Mega-Boss. The linkshell hit it's peak in the following year under my guide, but if it wasn't for all those that had come before me, it never would've been possible. The linkshell broke in DEC2007 after a long successful run.

Many people have came threw the door to the linkshell known as TCO, and while it's certainly hard for me to remember them all, I'm going to give a list of those that I can remember as well as a big thank you to them all for making the gaming experience what it was for me.
(In no particular order):
Morpheusss
Griever
Godinman
Brolond
Stormwind
Klitz
Osirusprime

Sarumann
Vaala
Dahealah
Littleone
Brocent
Zylithial

Valascaziel

Fithywill
Animcaion
Jennitaru
Hidaeon
Malakani
Sorceror
Sabastian
Guile
Sanctus
Hobocop
Littleguy
Aeonar
Moned
Xanthias
Laiyla
Earendur
Rendozzo
Noemi
Kassumi
Angron
Smurfett
Satanishere
Pyopee
Nathaniel
Pepito
Chibimonk
Nanas
Crazycuddles
Tercan
Didrik
Alphamale
Sherwin
Bradlowz
Madoushi
Souledge
Gilhaven
Sinjikun
Daryth
Raku
Chamac
Themightmole
Crashin
Danyel
Alvaretum
Alukard
Airek
Leethas
Sword
Sarial
Asya
Lotto
Amidamaru
Kyuubigirl
Roeark
Kwinn
Arcadian
Clypse
Drecian
Dylann
Elandriel
Faethor
Fallenoni
Vission
Frieza
Gredoric
Blackdeath
Hrist
Hunnt
Bide
Sidus
Ismarc
Jynxx
Kobe
Kenneth
Kobra
Maousame
Mghack
Monget
Ooble
Phoenixhel
Rah
Sabat
Satanos
Smokee
Codex
Suffocation
Stormcloud
Ulupalakua
Veageus
Zegrius
Ardon
Cappie
Kaell
Commissar
Cyrusskorrey
Deedil
Favor
Gael
Ghostgraphr
Hamhawk
Herodotus
Jevien
Krogoth
Losloco
Mier
Mirnen
Ramyrez
Nooje
Professional
Phebel
Raybrant
Raytheon
Razuile
Redeamer
Renegade
Therival
Tristelune
Tsama
Wivyx
Xipitotec
Zabini



I was the first member of TCO in sky.

When CoP came out, it was a LS event to go through and get those missions done. I was lucky enough to get a win on the second try for this Riverne part. [MAR2005]

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 With the new rank of Captain, I'm making a list of clears that I need to complete the rank.

So, that's 18 different assaults that I need to complete, assuming that I win them all, should take me just over two weeks to get the free Runic Portal Pass. I don't really know the difficulty of them all, but I assume that I'll fail a few of them. I'll give it until the 8th of OCT to have these completed.

Open up your favorite music player, baby. ;D
01. Put 'er on shuffle.
02. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
03. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.


If someone says "Is this okay?" you say:
"Meant To Be" by Squirrel Nut Zippers

How would you describe yourself?
"Move Bitch" by Ludacris

What do you like in a guy/girl?
"All She's Got"  by Sum41

How do you feel today?
"Never Gonna Stop"  by Rob Zombie

What is your life's purpose?
"Don't you know who I think I am?" by Fallout Boy

What is your motto?
"Is That Your Bitch?" by Jay-Z ft. Memphis Bleak

What do your friends think of you?
"Am I Wrong?" by Brand New

What do you think of your parents?
"No More Sorrow" by Linkin Park

What do you think about very often?
"Here Comes The BOOM" by Nelly

What is your wedding day going to be like?
"Open Your Eyes"  by Staind

What do you think of your best friend?
"Every Night's Another Story" by The Early November

What do you think of the person you like?
"The Artist" by The Hush Sound

What is your life story?
"3 MCs and 1 DJ" by The Beastie Boys

What do you want to be when you grow up?
"Summer Girls" by LFO

What do you think of when you see the person you like?
"Youth" by Goldfinger

What will you dance to at your wedding?
"A Moment Of Violence" by Streetlight Manifesto

What will they play at your funeral?
"Just What I Needed" by The Cars

What is your hobby/interest?
"Snake Charmer" by Rage Against The Machine

What is your biggest fear?
"Time Turned Fragile" by The Motion City Soundtrack

What is your biggest secret?
"It's Not A Fashion Statement, It's A Deathwish" by My Chemical Romance

What do you think of your friends?
"Mistakes We Knew We Were Making" by Mae

What is the worst thing about life?
"My Alien" by Simple Plan

What is the best thing about life?
"Down For the Count" by Bowling For Soup

What is the best thing about YOUR life?
"My Humps" by The Black Eyed Peas

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Wow! Some of those are some wild answers, many are much more appropriate for a woman. I'd like to see Mala update her lj with this, since she has such fun taste in music. I know that alot of other people will have some fun results. It also allows people to see what kinda music you are into.... and in my case, allows others to see that you're in ALL kinds of music.

I'd love to post about the updates, and how sweet it is to merit as war/sam or some such, but I can't log on and probably won't be able to get on until after Labor Day ;(

So, last night as I was downloading the update, it said "Unable to update due to insufficient memory". Not being the computer person that I am, but knowing that my computer is partitioned like 15gig to 135gig, I figured i'd relocate my Playonline from my C: Drive to my partitioned drive (F:)

Well!

Little did I know that you need to somehow re-direct all those codes to the new location. However, I don't know how to do this. So, does anyone know if I can simply transfer by cut/paste all the files from c: to f: and then do something to let the comp know to look for all the info in the f: from now on?

Or did I bone myself and have to delete all the shit (and all my macros!!!!!!!!!!!;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;)

And I have to re-install it all onto the f: ?

Thank you in advance!

I've just started actively doing Salvage for hopes of getting a few juicy pieces of armor, just like everyone else. I've been trying unsuccessfully for the last month to get a Nyzul Isle static going, but when I have the right jobs, I don't have the right time allocations, and when I get the right time slots, the right jobs can't show up. Oh well, this saves me IP for salvage for the time being.

The rest of this month, I'm going to devote to leveling some subjobs to 37. September I'm going to focus on making some gil, evening out our sea pops, and merits. This fall I'm going to level dark knight to 75. It's nice to have a game plan for the game, since things are so often not certain.