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So I picked up on WoW Classic and have very much enjoyed going back in time to a place I thought I'd never see again. The nostalgia is stunning and the grind is EPIC! I've made an Undead Warlock and a Gnome Mage because my first ever WoW character was a Warlock (he was Human in the beginning, but arose Undead) and I've never had a Mage before so I thought I'd try that out.

Anyways, I'm on the Windseeker server and my battle tag is Gurnathron#1623. If you're not down with that, you can reach me on Discord at Gurnathron#7104. I'm also on PSN as Gurnathron and I think I'm on Steam as well but I'm hardly ever there TBH.

So why do I keep coming back to update everyone on what I'm doing? Because I'd love to stay in touch! Just because I'm not a member of this guild doesn't mean that I don't miss you all. I just had a lot of things going on (still do, but doing better) and felt it better for me to not impose on everyone. I'm still around and would love to chat!

Take care and have fun!

James

Well folks I've nuked all of my characters on GW2, ESO, and WoW so that means that I'm pretty much done with MMOs for like the rest of my life. I wanted to ensure that I had zero temptation to get back into those games and so I took some drastic steps.

I ended up purchasing a Playstation 4 console about a month ago (only like 6 years after it came out LOL) and have been enjoying the hell out of games like Witcher 3 and Horizon: Zero Dawn to name a few. It's quite an adjustment going from mouse and keyboard to a gamepad, but I'm getting used to it slowly but surely.

If you want to add me as a friend on PSN, my id is gurnathron. It's Sindarin for heart weaver 

All the best!

James

Oh and thanks to @Azilori and @Elisel for the belated birthday wishes! Turning 50 was a whole different experience LOL

I'm so addicted to Destiny 2 now. It's such a great game and I love how it marries some great action set pieces with a great storyline. All those years of playing Quake and Unreal Tournament finally paid off

I'd been hearing a lot of good things about Warframe lately and decided to give it a whirl. Definitely a good game from what I have seen so far, which really isn't much. Never played it before but the graphics are really nice and the story seems okay. Hopefully, it will get better as it goes along. It reminds me a lot of Unreal Tournament, but that's probably because Digital Extremes made both games. I can see why UT4 isn't leaving alpha anytime soon.

Also, I finally decided to whip out my copy of Destiny 2 and play that for the first time ever. Yup, you read right. Never. Played. Before. Go ahead, read it again. The opening sequence is really epic and I enjoyed a lot of the skirmishes. The story appears to be a lot better than Warframe at first glance, but we'll see if that lasts. 

I really don't have any idea how long I'll be playing these games. It could be a short-time distraction or it could turn into a dangerous obsession. Maybe I just got really tired of the whole fantasy sword and sorcery stuff. Heck, I started playing D&D when I was 8 and I read every fantasy novel I could get my hands on when I was a kid. I haven't dabbled in sci-fi much because there isn't a whole lot out there as far as games go. I did the EVE Online thing years ago and enjoyed it quite a bit. Went back recently to see how things have changed and I gotta say there's a lot of great improvements that have been made over the last several years. It should be good to see where they go from there.

So I just want to make sure that everyone understands that me quitting gaming has nothing to do with anything anyone said or did. I don't hate anyone here and I don't think anyone is trying to ignore.

I'll let you in on a little secret: my brain loves to lie to me. Constantly. Not only do I have ADD, but I'm also a highly-sensitive introvert with borderline personality disorder. YAH BABY! I'm just loving life with this stuff because I'm basically on a roller coaster of emotions. 

I love people one day and I hate them the next day. It could be anyone and they don't even have to do anything. I'll be high on life and then want to avoid everyone as much as I can. It sucks. I can't have normal, healthy relationships with people.

Why am I telling you all this? Because I want you all to understand what it's like to be in my brain so you know where I'm coming from.

FYI I'm done with gaming folks

Not just the games that RoH is involved in

All games in general

I'm just not interested anymore

If I'm going to spend $15 a month on something entertaining

I can always spend it on Crunchyroll and Funimation

I'm not leaving RoH

I'm not going on LoA

I'm still going to be here

I'm just taking on more of a backstage role

Feel free to reach out if you want to say hi

I'll still be around

Peace

Movie night!

Tonight's movie:

I know I haven't been gaming too much recently but it's because I've been watching quite a few movies over the last few days. I find that they're a perfect fit for my ADD because they have a definite beginning and end. I love stories, and I love watching how great movies put so many different things together to make it feel like you're part of it. 

I hate having ADD. I'm just so inconsistent and it's driving me crazy. One minute I'm all like GO GO GO and the next I'm like ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. I get bored super duper easy. I have lots of different interests but very little time to pursue them. I change things up at the drop of a hat.

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Finally got into Path of Exile, after having played the game off and on since it first came out over 5 years ago. I decided that it was time to dig deep into the game and to learn as much as I could while playing the newest Challenge League. I'm having a great time with the game and ended up joining a guild just so that I can play with other people and hopefully learn from them.

There's a lot of good beginner guides for PoE if you're interested in getting started with it, but there's no substitute for playing the game and learning from your mistakes. I figure it's going to take me at least the entirety of this League to get a handle on the basics and maybe be able to get into a competitive build so that I can run endgame maps.

For the longest time I could not remember where to re-enable status updates. Guess what? I finally found it! Now I can keep everyone updated on what's going on with me. And I can have followers again. Hooray!

New avatar! New me!

I'm taking a breather from GW2 and ESO for a few days. I've been playing ESO quite a bit lately, to the detriment of everything else in my life. My depression comes and goes and never seems to have any type of pattern. I'm still going to check in from time to time, maybe run some dungeons or take part in some events, just not to the point where everything else suffers. Feel free to message, email, and chat with me because I'll still be around, just in a more reduced capacity.

My deepest apologies to everyone for completely bailing on everything last night. My depression grabbed hold of me early in the evening and wouldn't let go. I attempted to sleep it off for an hour so I could be back in time to see if I had a spot on Cloudrest +3 Trial, but I didn't wake up until around 11:30pm. I was exhausted. It's something that both my doctor and my psychologist are keenly aware of, but wanted to bring it out into the open so everyone else knows as well.

I've done my best to keep this out of sight, but I don't believe that it is possible anymore. There are reasons for my depression but do not wish to go into them because I'd rather everyone see me for the cheerful, happy person who loves this guild and everyone in it. I'll do what I can to mitigate any future occurrences, but I cannot guarantee success.

SO after two days of gearing up all my characters, spending lots of coin in the process, and getting them set up with crafting, I'm ready to get back into playing the game. Not sure if y'all missed me or not, but I'm coming back in a big way 

Spend the better part of yesterday getting my low-level starter characters up and running. I now have 6 characters and I'm aiming to get each and every one of them geared and set up for success. I've reached a point of no return with ESO and I'm not sure if I'm going to keep playing GW2. I'll be finishing up with that tonight, seeing as how I'm still not ready for Trials.

Big HUGE MEGA thanks to @Ezoura for explaining how to change my ESO UserID. Now my in-game name matches my forum name, not only on RoH forums but also in ESO forums. So I'm the same person everywhere now woo!

For those of you who don't play GW2, I wanted to show off one of my max level characters. This is Galadirith Erydhris, my Norn Dragonhunter, hanging out in the lodge in Hoelbrak.

Thanks @Daizey, @witchbolts, and @Westvleteren for a great group tonight. Had a lot of fun hanging with you all 

Took these screenies last night while exploring Auridon, specifically the areas west of the Lluvamir Dolmen. I love how beautiful this game is!

2019 is almost upon us, ladies and gentlemen. I'm looking back at 2018 and wow, what a ride it's been! My wife was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer back in February, scared the living daylights out of all of us. Got her lumpectomy and then went through two rounds of chemo, she's now getting ready to start radiation treatment. She's been told by her oncologist that she is totally cancer free, but they still want to do the radiation therapy just to make sure that there's nothing left. I would highly recommend everyone NOT get cancer at any time in their lives like EVER. It's not fun.

Went through two jobs this year, currently unemployed and working my way through the system, trying to get Medicaid and unemployment benefits so we can keep our heads above water. This is definitely not a good time to be looking for a job, especially when a lot of the seasonal positions get shut down and there are suddenly more people in the pipeline. Tax time is almost here, though, and that should be a relief.

So what's the good news, you may ask? Once you hit rock bottom, the only direction you can go is up. Keep thinking positively, take whatever life throws your way, and keep getting stronger day by day. Learn more about the things that you want to do, have fun with friends and family, and don't let anything get you down.

So bring it on, 2019. Give it your best shot!

Almost forgot to post this here, just in case you folks want to hang out with me on social media!

Taken today in Vvardenfell, not far from the Tel Branora Wayshrine