Monday, November 19, 2007
not playing, reading
My temporary surge of energy has gone...once again i have no enthusiasm for anything that requires thought. There sits LOTRO, all paid up and all I want to do is reread some of my old favourite novels. I have decided this is because I know I will enjoy them without having to invest any mental energy in them. Aha! I'm brain tired. Maybe its the post PhD brain shut-down. My brain has said "you don't need me any more" and gone for a walk...it may be some time.
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You think playing LOTRO requires energy?
I suppose it does kinda push you to sitting upright...
its the sitting up and the having to remember what the different keys do and how to work the combat stuff for maximum effectiveness and most difficult, keeping the directions straight in my head...mental energy...draining...ennui...rising
You need to do more fooling about without us rushing you through :)
BTW, if you're using asdf or whatever for movement, stop. That's a total pain, and only good for people who've been using it for years. Just use the arrow keys (not num pad) for movement. Much easier.
I probably do need to do more meandering...I think thats how I worked out that it was easier to handle if I set all the common battle commands to the number keys. I was doing way too much with the mouse and that was also the hand I was using to manipulate the arrow keys. It was very frsutrating having to move and then do command stuff.
I have been wishing for joystick controls in this. Perhaps I should look for a LOTRO gaming keyboard. I know they make them for WOW.
Also...I'm invigilating an exam at the moment so I had to search for my page...typing procrastination page and LOTRO gave me the top hit. Finally! Usually I have to find my page this way by going via a comment on Andrews site as mine didn't come up in the first 6 pages.
Jenny
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