I have been invited to make an appearance on the Jethal Silverwing Show on Tuesday, May 26th at 7pm PST.

And, I'm thrilled! I'm an avid fan of all the OGR talk shows and have made a guest appearance on all but Jethal's show to date. So this is quite an honor for me!

Join us next Tuesday when we'll be discussing various topics such as EQ2, FreeRealms, how to maintain small farm animals as family pets and much more!

How to tune in:
Point your favorite media player at:
http://live.onlinegamingradio.com/ogr.m3u

See you there!

Spyder

Last night SOE announced that the Venekor (RP-PvP) and Nagafen (PvP) servers were to be merged after Fan Faire this summer.

While not surprising. Its disappointing. And, over the next two months I have to decide what I'm going to do with my characters which I've put so much work in to. Transfer them to the RMT-PvP server? Re-Roll on a PvE server and start over after 4+ years of hard work? Do I just quit and seek out another game?

I really enjoy PvP.. don't get me wrong. I'm just not a fan of non-stop PvP from login to logout. Dying to raid groups every 10 steps when leaving immunity.

I knew that a merge was a possibility. I'm just disappointed that we weren't given another option first. And, I feel really bad for the hundreds of People on Nagafen who were hoping for an opportunity to transfer to Venekor because they transferred there last time and regret it. Or, rolled their new characters there not prepared for the scene there.

Ah well.. one more aspect of gaming that will fade out during my lifetime. I have almost two decades of fond memories of Role-Play-PvP. A long time run in a Vampire guild.. RP'n the death or turning of our victims and leaving cursed markers by their bodies. Playing the "Pirate" that would murder his victims on the waters and then loot them. The gallant knight who was an Anti-PK and hunted those who murdered innocent people.

One person asked me last night.. "Can't you still RP on Nagafen?"

To which I replied.. "I suppose. But, creating a macro to bow and congratulate every member of the 24 man raid group that just rolled me might get a little complicated. Especially while I'm being tea-bagged and humped by half of them." :(

Peace out,

Spyder

I was really surprised and flattered when Amnerys, a Community Manager at SOE twittered that I was being featured on the EQ2Players this month.

To read the interview, Click Here!

Well it is that time of the year when I start posting the nominees for this year's Quote of the Year!

I really enjoy sorting through the endless selections of idiocy, anger, witty and down right fun things said on the various forums and PM's.. about me. ^^

So, without further adieu.. here is the first nominee for 2009..

"Chris.. its not that what you are saying isn't spot on. Its the way you say it that makes people want to beat the piss out of you. You're like the House of EQ2".

This was a private message, so I'm not going to disclose the source cause I like him. If I didn't.. well, that'd be another story. XD

Next nominee up in about 3 months.. and as usual, voting to begin around Thanksgiving time!

In the meantime...

Remember folks.. its not griefing unless you are crying in real life. So don't bother the GM's unless you can squeeze a tear or two out.

-Spyder

I was very pleased to log on to BerryTastic.com today to find a new article featuring some snippets from my book currently under way. The excerpts covered focus on the Blackberry technical support calls I've taken over the years.

The book, once complete will span as far back as my days working with Microsoft, Charles Schwab, GoDaddy, Chase, and many other companies I've provided end user support for. Citing hilarious calls and visits and followed up with common sense advice for readers so that they can avoid becoming one of "those people". ;)

Enjoy!

Click Here to read the article!