June 10, 2015

I'm a little disappointed with the amount of schoolwork I got done today. It was pretty much a fail. I read one textbook chapter and part of an article and that was it. I might try to finish the article before I go to bed. This day just got away from me. And I didn't really do much with my day other than avoid schoolwork.

I watched a lot of a stream where the streamer was interviewing one of the ARK developers which was really interesting. The developer was able to dispel a lot of theories that people have had about game mechanics and set things straight. Several other things were brought to his attention that people assumed were game mechanics but it turns out they are bugs so he made note of them so he could look into them. He also talked a lot about future aspects of the game. Already the developers of the game have been really active in fixing bugs, often releasing multiple patches every day. And it is cool seeing how interested they are in getting community feedback. Even if I never get around to playing much of the game I am glad I can at least support them with my purchase of the game. The developer said they have plans to support it for at least the next three years so I have plenty of time to find some time to play it.

Tonight was Chipotle night and my burrito was decent. I opted for sour cream as well as cheese and it seemed unnecessary. I haven't gotten it sour cream it quite awhile and I'll probably go back to that next week. I don't need any extra dairy in my life.

After dinner I had the multi-stream up because they were collecting the final artifact so they could summon the end-game boss. They have spent days going through caves to collect the artifacts and the boss fight was underwhelming to say the least. The boss was summoned on a platform that dropped off to water far below, and the whole thing was surrounded by a cliff. A lot of people on the server showed up to watch the fight and they lined up on the surrounding cliffs. It took forever to summon the boss only because they were missing a few of the items and some of the tribe had to go back to various bases to pick stuff up. When the boss, which is a giant spider, was finally summoned, they all started firing arrows at it and the little spiders that it spawned. And then one of the guys road up on his T-Rex and completely demolished everything. With every attack it destroyed all the little spiders as they spawned while also doing damage to the boss. It was all over in a matter of a few minutes and the T-Rex didn't even take any damage. So the boss fight isn't really balanced yet, but to be fair to the developers, they probably didn't expect people to get to the boss in less than a week. Also, despite all the work that went into getting the artifacts and other items to summon the boss, the only reward for defeating the boss was a banner. A little blue flag to plant outside your base. And to add a bit of insult to that, all the people who came to watch were apparently within range of the fight so they also got the banners. Whoops.

The dude with the T-Rex has been streaming for almost 30 hours at this point. I was watching his stream last night before I went to bed and throughout most of today. It's impressive. I think he's getting close to wrapping up but his group is working on taming a T-Rex right now and he's also looking for a raptor to tame, so who knows how long he'll go.

It doesn't really matter though because I should probably go to bed. After reading that article, maybe. Probably not. My goals for tomorrow will be the same as whatever I had for today seeing as how I didn't really get around to much. I need to read and write things as well as work on my website. I believe it is due on Monday and I've got a lot of work to do. Tomorrow, no distractions. Hopefully.