Random thoughts

[Chessie]

I find it hilarious when someone tries to me insult me by starting with, "well, you're not as old as I am so..."

LOL laughing @ almost 40...wtf ever.

 

[Reaver]

I was just about to say, "wait what" to Chesterama's post. I only know Dogmeat through Fallout 1, and he died every time I played. And I give him the skewer of meat every time, even though I know he's going to die a tragic death soon after.

Such a good dog. I try so hard to keep him alive, but to no avail.

In a previous post I mentioned that good ole Dogmeat is a playable NPC in Fallout 2. He's in a hidden location in the desert called the Cafe of Broken Dreams. It's one of those random location encounters that you need a high rating in luck to get. That being said, if you find this place and you're wearing the Vault Suit, he'll join you.

 

[La Volpe]

In a previous post I mentioned that good ole Dogmeat is a playable NPC in Fallout 2. He's in a hidden location in the desert called the Cafe of Broken Dreams. It's one of those random location encounters that you need a high rating in luck to get. That being said, if you find this place and you're wearing the Vault Suit, he'll join you.

I never found him in Fallout 2, but now I know where to look. Does he still die as easily?

The only dog I recruited in Fallout 2 was that robot one, K-9.

 

[Chessie]

I've unfortunately never played Fallout 2 but I do know that he doesn't die in 4 and Rex doesn't die in New Vegas.

Speaking of Dogmeat, I searched my videos and didn't find one with just him but I do have this one lol: (he's hanging around). This was my co-op tour for a gaming website and some drama had developed during the filming.

Spoiler: a bit gory

 

[Reaver]

I never found him in Fallout 2, but now I know where to look. Does he still die as easily?

The only dog I recruited in Fallout 2 was that robot one, K-9.

Dogmeat is very tough in Fallout 2 and does a ton of damage. There's another robodog in NCR. All you have to do is meet up with the mad scientist Dr. Henry. He gives you a syringe with mutagenic serum and all you have to do is use it on Lenny the mutant. He can be found at the bar to the west outside the NCR gates. After you use it on him, return to the doctor and he'll give you the robodog.


******EDIT*******

I just found the max attainable stats for Dogmeat from the Fallout wiki page:

Fallout 1

Hit Points: 50

Armor Class: 21

Action Points: 13

Carry Weight: 175

Melee Damage: 9

Sequence: 14

Healing Rate: 1

Fallout 2

Hit Points: 168

Armor Class: 25

Action Points: 17

Carry Weight: 200

Melee Damage: 20

Sequence: 16

Healing Rate: 2

 

[Chessie]

I read somewhere that the next Fallout is rumored to be in New Orleans. If that's the case, I might never see the sunlight again haha! 4 came out during NaNo last year so needless to say, I got 10k into my story and decided the Commonwealth was more important.

 

[Reaver]

I read somewhere that the next Fallout is rumored to be in New Orleans. If that's the case, I might never see the sunlight again haha! 4 came out during NaNo last year so needless to say, I got 10k into my story and decided the Commonwealth was more important.

I wish that I was into FPS games but I certainly understand the appeal. The only FPS game I play these days is Doom on my Sega Genesis.

 

[Chessie]

I definitely don't play just any ole FPS though. It has to be special since my gaming time is limited.

 

[La Volpe]

Dogmeat is very tough in Fallout 2 and does a ton of damage. There's another robodog in NCR. All you have to do is meet up with the mad scientist Dr. Henry. He gives you a syringe with mutagenic serum and all you have to do is use it on Lenny the mutant. He can be found at the bar to the west outside the NCR gates. After you use it on him, return to the doctor and he'll give you the robodog.


******EDIT*******

I just found the max attainable stats for Dogmeat from the Fallout wiki page:

Fallout 1

Hit Points: 50

Armor Class: 21

Action Points: 13

Carry Weight: 175

Melee Damage: 9

Sequence: 14

Healing Rate: 1

Fallout 2

Hit Points: 168

Armor Class: 25

Action Points: 17

Carry Weight: 200

Melee Damage: 20

Sequence: 16

Healing Rate: 2

Oh, wow. Now I'm going to have to replay that game and get Dogmeat, just to see him kick some supermutant ass.

I wish that I was into FPS games but I certainly understand the appeal. The only FPS game I play these days is Doom on my Sega Genesis.

I read somewhere that the next Fallout is rumored to be in New Orleans. If that's the case, I might never see the sunlight again haha! 4 came out during NaNo last year so needless to say, I got 10k into my story and decided the Commonwealth was more important.

I bought Fallout 3 after I found, played and loved 1 and 2. I still haven't finished it. I love the atmosphere and everything, but the gameplay just isn't what it used to be.
Even ignoring the FPS bit, something just feels off. But if I remember correctly, Bethesda (i.e. the Elder Scrolls developers) bought the rights after Fallout 2 (or Brotherhood of Steel, probably?); so that explains why the gameplay feels so different.

On a related note, have you seen Wasteland 2? (For the uninitiated, Fallout was a kind of a spiritual successor to Wasteland 1; I put a couple of hours into Wasteland 1, but dang, that combat system.) It looks pretty good, and a looks like it'll play a lot like the old Fallouts and Wasteland. I bought a copy a while back, but haven't gotten around to trying it out.

 

[Banten]

I read somewhere that the next Fallout is rumored to be in New Orleans. If that's the case, I might never see the sunlight again haha! 4 came out during NaNo last year so needless to say, I got 10k into my story and decided the Commonwealth was more important.

If Obsidian makes the Next Fallout again I will probably never play something else again. That's basically what happened after New Vegas. If Bethesda makes the Next Fallout, I will have fun shooting Supermutants. Either way it's a win.

 

[Chessie]

@La Volpe, we have Wasteland 2 but I've never played it. My husband loves it although he has yet to finish it. I've been threatening myself with playing it for ages now but maybe I just need to do it.

Also...SNOW! Finally snow!!!

*dusts off her snowshoes*

I'll be heading into the mountains today...yes!

 

[Banten]

Also...SNOW! Finally snow!!!

Walking the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.



(This Post apparently made me a Scribal Lord. Fear my Scribal powers!)

 

[Chessie]

Walking the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.



(This Post apparently made me a Scribal Lord. Fear my Scribal powers!)

New spell powers, too? I'm imagining your Koala in mage robes lol!

The snow isn't deep enough yet to comfortably snowshoe. But getting outside is great now that it's warmer!

 

[Banten]

New spell powers, too? I'm imagining your Koala in mage robes lol!

The snow isn't deep enough yet to comfortably snowshoe. But getting outside is great now that it's warmer!

Certainly. I now have the magical ability to sleep for 12 hours straight and smell Eucalyptus from a few meters away.

I'm putting that on my resumé.

 

[Tom]

I think my laptop touchpad is broken. My left-click keeps sticking and it's really annoying. :/

 

[skip.knox]

Have you tried a spell of Unsticking?

Unstick the Click!

(let me know if that worked; I shall be very excited)

 

[Tom]

I don't know if it would be considered a spell, but rapping on the touchpad while swearing profusely seems to have fixed it.

 

[DragonOfTheAerie]

I don't know if it would be considered a spell, but rapping on the touchpad while swearing profusely seems to have fixed it.

Don't rap on your computer even when frustrated I ruined a hard drive that way...Lost like 3 half novels and all my ideas and notes!!

 

[Tom]

Haha, nothing will ever kill this thing. I've dropped it, hit it, left it in the car during a heat wave, spilled liquids ranging from water to hot soup on it, everything. It's just like my phone--indestructible. I bought all of my electronics with durability in mind, because I'm a major klutz. I also live a pretty active life, so my stuff has to be able to get beat up and still work.

So sorry to hear about that hard drive! I've never had a hard drive kick the bucket, but I have experienced several crashes that wiped a ton of files. Back in the day when I was still writing on fanfiction.net, the crappy old desktop I was using crashed and I lost all of the fanfics I'd been working on for weeks or even months. Thanks to my FF account, though, I had a ton of it saved online so I didn't lose everything. That incident really drove home the importance of always keeping a backup!

 

[DragonOfTheAerie]

Haha, nothing will ever kill this thing. I've dropped it, hit it, left it in the car during a heat wave, spilled liquids ranging from water to hot soup on it, everything. It's just like my phone--indestructible. I bought all of my electronics with durability in mind, because I'm a major klutz. I also live a pretty active life, so my stuff has to be able to get beat up and still work.

So sorry to hear about that hard drive! I've never had a hard drive kick the bucket, but I have experienced several crashes that wiped a ton of files. Back in the day when I was still writing on fanfiction.net, the crappy old desktop I was using crashed and I lost all of the fanfics I'd been working on for weeks or even months. Thanks to my FF account, though, I had a ton of it saved online so I didn't lose everything. That incident really drove home the importance of always keeping a backup!

I swear every writer has a horror story about technology betraying them and files getting vaporized.

Haha...Your stories remind me of the time when I couldn't find my phone and i suspected it was tangled up in the blankets on my bed so I gave them a flick and WHAM! It hit the ceiling and fell to the floor. Well, I found it. Ive dropped my phone down stairs and everything, but it's still just fine.