No News....Again

Man, this is a dry spell, while your waiting for something to happen on eo, check out this game, it's quite addicting after lvl 10 ;) but get ready for a long run...

Defend Your Castle

I'll try and unearth some news...

Big News Up Ahead?

I've been told repeatedley whilst online and from other sources that eo is definitely worth watching at the moment and in the near future tipping that a big announcement, one which is certainly due, is on the horizon.

Not really sure what this could mean, but it could be one of a number of things :

1. Total Wipe
2. Item + Stats Wipe
3. Another Server (this is one that's been going for a while)
4. New Version or mass updates
5. Game Shut Down

Yeh 5 is drastic. Lets face it all of them have been heard beofre and speculated over, and as far as admin attention goes recently it's been few and far between, infact i haven't seen an admin on in a while but couldn't that mean they are working on something big? Hmm, i'm not making any promises and i'm extremely uncertain myself however i will say it's worth keeping an eye on for now, just anything to bring a little fun and excitement back into our EO lives.

Eo Forums Taken Over By Zechooff

Yeah more forum news, sorry but endless really is running dry at the moment, seriously if anyone has any ideas for my posts then please feel welcome to comment.

However it seems as at the moment the forums are once again under attack, but this guy looks as if he means business, Zechooff or "¿δZⁿɱΩIî◘46046☺651♠165¿δZⁿɱΩIî◘46046☺651♠165" by his full name is simple reposting threads containing 3 pictures of Xzibit smiling or laughing, i must say one of the best spammers to be fair. Of course what he's doing is automated and the forums have seen this before, but to be fair he's actually completely consumed general discussion and is now beginning on Trading.

It'll all pass eventually but it's always funny when a spammer moves in and livens things up a bit, strange they never wipe out the lounge section isn't it? Get a glimpse of the madness here.

Thanks people.

Recent Server Downtimes

Seems as if the server has been acting up recently, it usually does around this time of year, if you get the connection message just be paitent as it's usually up within the next hour.

Larger post tomorrow ;)

Stat Whores Vs. Casuals

It seems to me at the moment that endless is sepereate into 2 classes of people, and no i don't mean actual 'classes' i mean there are some which go for the whole "training and kickass armour" routine and some who just laze about doing nothing, this is the war of the stat whores vs the casuals.

STAT-WHORES

These guys can get really annoying. Granted i spend a lot of my time being a stat whore myself, especially when new things are released or there are new things to see due to a level up i'm all over getting the best stuff and leveling up like mad, but the bitter fact is if you're a stat whore you need to be higher than lvl 10 which i am not, infact you need to be higher than 20, or 30 or whatever. At the end of the day you're determined as a stat whore not always by how you dress (we're not that prejudice) but by the way you act, are you constantly training, or getting the most powerful weapons, or would you care if you KSed some and got a big drop? Or lead monsters to someone else in order to wipe them out so you could have all the training? You do? Well then you may just be a stat whore, and these guys go around like big moneyn kicking ass and taking names, usually in the PK zone making it inaccessible to the rest of the world and its this arrogant behaviour which whilst deserved due to their commitment annoys people like us that just enjoy playing the game.

CASUALS

These guys flood the streets, often sitting down, and will also cheese off a lot of people. Again i'm gonna through my hat in and say i do spend a lot of my time being an EO Casual seeing as i'm a reporter and there's a lot more talk and a lot less do but i don't approach it in the same style. Do you laze aroud aeven or stronghold or anywhere else all day just chatting? Do you not ever level up? Would you miss you name more than your items or levels if you got hacked? Well welcome to the casual club, and unfortuneately it's getting bigger. With less updates and less chance of competing for the big prizes, the amount of casuals in the game has risen to the point where they're practically everywhere 'just chatting' while the rest of us are either trying to play the game or stat fest our way to the top, but themz the breakz.

I can't really call between these 2 seeing as they both have their annoyances, overall though i'd go as far as saying that perhaps stat whores are better because they're out of our way and atleast they're playing the game, but you can't argue with their dominace of practicaly everythign training related and that's iriitating, and as for casuals, need i say more? So i'm not gonna opt for either side i'll let you decide whose the most irritating, take your pick they're both poison.

The rise and fall of Endless Oracle

A couple of weeks ago i reported to you about Ducci's new server which could be connected to with the IP adress ducci.terminalx.info and using the port 8079, i said it was empty, deprived of members and needed updating however in that same post i reflected on the fun aspects including the choice of character names, the new radical approach to adminship and the ability of a whole new world to play with, sure it wasn't great but it was moving and i was willing to give it a chance.

I saw it through, logged on quite a few times and said hello, chatted with admins and actually attempted to play the game as best i could and overall i thought the admins were in good spirits and ducci did seem determined to continue with development, however this was to be short lived.

It soon surfaced that development was slowing, the admins were becoming less frequent and not as friendly, heard all this before? Yes i thought you had seeing as it's exactly what happened to endless online itself and you could see it coming from a mile off. With all small online game the enthusiasm is enough to drive development and attention at first and response may be good but eventually the admins realise they're losing interest and also how much work it really is to run a game, and slowly the game disintergrates and unfortuneately endless oracles was no exception.

Eventually Oracle's admins lost interest and got distracted and moved on to other servers and other friends, ducci found it hard to cope and people found holes in the server and slowly yet surely the server began to collapse, fortuneately and regrettably i say this, there wasn't much to collapse but it still stood to be taken down, and now it seems as if Oracle's days are numbered. Accusations have been made about Ducci's programming capability's which i'd like to dismiss in retrospect and ideas have been thrown out there which attempt to demerit the server orducci's work, but at the end of the day Ducci went and did something and it didn't work and there's nothing lost overall, i'm still behind him and the server through and through but it seems in vain now due to this hopeless situation.

Is this an omen for servers to come? Surely this is all that can come of private servers due to the frailities of poor programming and lack of attention but i suppose we'll see. For now this one's floating in the water, bring on DF's server the next lamb to the slaughter.

Happy Easter!

The news has been coming slow and thin recently, and i'm sorry that my posts haven't been very regular this week but i've had a lot to keep on top of (work), however, i promise a stronger approach to posting this week and i'd like to start by wishing everyone a happy easter!

The only news i can bring you at the moment is that the eo forums have been thrown into turmoil, the genereal discussion section is practically just full of spammers and spam bots and the admins just don't seem to care, it's a real shame to see especially considering a couple of months ago, with new updates and more amdins active it was seeming really positive, now we've gone down even further than before.

Well, that's all for now, enjoy easter and your chocolate and i'll see you during the week.

Back

Yeh i'm back slightly later than expected as we missed the home flight and were stuck in berlin till tuesday morning, fortuneately we did have a bit more fun though given our 2 extra days in the capital.

I'm just adjusting to whatever it is that has happened since i've been gone but it seems fair to say that not much has taken place. However if you want to keep abreast of all the developments of the Project Atlas Eo server (DF's Private server currently in development) then visit "blackwood studio's" home page here so you know what point they're at, looking at some of the things they've already accomplished on this new server it all seems to be moving positiviely.

Hey, if anyone wants me to post about anything specifically then please do let me knoiw, i'm finding it difficult without too much news to keep posts regular so if anyone wants me to report on anything including making little guides or stuff then leave a comment, other than that i'll try to dig out some news but don't be dissappointed if i don't bring you as much as usual, and if i post more about casual-internet-based activites and not specifically endless.

Cheers.

120 Posts - Going Away - MegaPost!

Yeh i just thought 120 posts was pretty cool, anyway welcome to the MEGAPOST. As you should already know i'm heading off for a bit, nothing "vacation" like , just a trip to Berlin, i leave at 2am GMT tonight =0 so yeh no sleep for me and i'll be gone until hmmm, sunday morning perhaps? So it'll just be you lot by yourselves until then, so i thought i'd give you a megapost to keep you guys occupied for a while, so lets get going!

First things first, head over to the eo forums and sign up if you want to stay on top of the latest news, and also to check out the craziness which is currently taking place on there, i mean seriously, yungstunna has returned and "waged war" on the forums, ressurecting old threads and spamming continuosly, i'm not in on the facts totally so i'm not sure if it's someone different on the account, but it's caused a bit of much-needed mayhem to keep us interested, bare in mind the strong langauge and if rob fox gets his way crude images but other than that the forums are good for a laugh so yeah check it out.

Next, to make sure you're in on the know-how then keep up to date on Nezlo's and Wikky's blog, not to mention the other great links in my links drop down on the right which also includes an email thingy in case you want to get in touch.

Next, i've added a subscribe button, so basically if you want to be kept up to date on the blog then just click the RSS button on the right and at the top of the loaded page just click the subscribe button and bam you're hooked up without any registration or anything, however if you feel like a more personal touch hook me up and become a follower of the picto-blog on blogger, not that there will be much to follow until sunday.

Ok, next thing, if you wnat to check out any of the servers i've been talking about recently then here are you're IPs and respective servers, i'm certain you know how to alter IPs, if not just ask or go searching on other blogs and you'll find out soon enough...

EO Oracle (Ducci's Server) : ducci.terminalx.info + PORT 8079

Rena's Server : renazaras.no-ip.org

Project Atlas (DF's Server (in development)) : Read about it here , looking really good.

So yeh knock yourselves out if you feel like a change of pace...

Awesome training up next, if you're gonna stay on your real server account then fair played help yourself to a cookie, and if you're looking for decent training then here's my suggestions...

• Desert - Not the whole place but that select area (a massive square) where there a gnomes and rock golemns, seriously this is awesome training for any level but especially those under ten, i mean it's practically always empty and you've got you're big hitters for exp with the golemns, and continuos and decent exp from easy-to-kill gnomes, check it out.

• Biters + Reapers Room (Room 2) - Not sure how to get there? Well check my massive update guide which is still getting hits here. A higher level for this and preferably a bow of some sort but still amazing stuff, biters are easy to kill if you get them early enough, they give decent exp, you don't have to move because of the constant spawns, the reapers are your big exps with some great drops, worth a looky but BRING POTS.

• Yeti (1st Spawn) - This is slightly slower granted, but just as rewarding/ The yeti's come in pairs and fairly frequently compared to other bosses, plus you've got penguins to keep you filled up until the spawns happen. The place is practically empty half the time and you have a good chance of bagging yourself a valueable ketova for restoring some of your pot money.

• Apozen Overlord Room - Not when it's pakced but when it's empty, honestly. When there's no-one there grab yourself a bow again and get going, since the spiders are passive until you attack apozen just stay clear of him and get a good distance form the spiders with your bow and pump them full of arrows. 4-5 should bring one down depending on level and it's 92exp in the bag, the spawns never stop so you've got plenty to attack just make sure you don't get into a close fight as they deal tough damage.

Ok, some more fun stuff now and a while ago i told you about that tower defence game Onslaught, well i hope some of you played it and here's another great game which is slighty easier and but just as enjoyable and a bit more deep called Vector TD check it out for some good strong fun.

Ok, and another game you should try and get hooked on (i know i did) called super crazy guitar maniac deluxe 2 or something crazy like that. Basically it's a stripped down guitar hero playable with the arrow keys and A,S and D, it sounds simple but it becomes a challenge later on has some decent choons for you to beat along to, go have a good go at it here, awesome for a browser based game.

Feel in the mood for a good laugh? I'm sure you've seen it all before but please head over to Chuck Norris Facts and check out some absolutely hilarious (at times) made up facts, some of them had me in stiches, some just made me... worry? They really are good and worth a good look over so head here to enjoy them and look out for Vin Diesel and Mr.T facts aswell.

In the mood for someting funny but your eyes are tired? Well listen to what will be tieing me over on my trip, the ricky gervais show, this collection of podcasts is absolutely classic, with Ricky Gervais, Steven Merchant, and the idiot genius that is Karl Pilkington, some of the shows have has me literally rolling in laughter and i'd suggest them to absolutely anyone to atleast give them a try becuase they're really that funny, you can probably torrent / download for free somewhere, but they're also avaliable on itunes and some for free (1st season?), visit the official website here.

Feel like a change in style? Then visit ZeroPunctuation and watch his library of hilarious game reviews, it's such a unique style but really effective and contains the sort of humour you don't get until a second after it's passed,they're only about 4-5 minutes long but it's still interesting and worth a good laugh sometimes, check out the massive library here.

I've been watching Danny recently, this amazing guitar hero "phenom" on youtube who has full combo'd (100%) pretty much every tough song, including through the fire and flames on expert, perhaps not everyone will appreciate this, but seriously check it out to be amazed for guitar hero fans and non-fans alike (the videos show his hands playing it aswell!). Link to TTFAF here and then sub links follow to other videos.

It sounds weird but i've been listening to loads of Metallica recenty, yeh, just thought i'd mention it ;D.

Hey it's april fools (well it may not be anymore depends when you're reading), i contemplated an april fools joke to play but i couldn't be bothered / that cruel so i just left it for you lot to come up with your own, enjoy.

I've been doing a lot of drawing for things recently, lots of landscapes and i can tell you i'm sick of seeing trees, so if anyone's got some artwork they'd like to share just post it in a comment (link or whatever) and i'll give it a look over and maybe post it.

Well that's it, i'll see you on sunday and until the enjoy yourselves! Thanks.