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[Crumpet]

Hey there QC.. I mean EO! (That's gonna get some getting used to xD) It's been a long time. Here's a story of what I've been upto in game since the last time I posted something on my blog.

Firstly I'm not longer on Caitsith. I went back to bismarck a long time ago and here's why.

I was in a linkshell on Caitsith which was a social and small event shell, they did Limbus and some sky but I felt it just wasn't enough for me one day a shout appeared in whitegate for a shell named Kings, a new HNMLS which was starting up. Since the two main linkshells in the server prob wouldn't accept me I decided to reply.

Now one the of requirements was 'You must be willing to use third party programs' and to be honest this didn't bother me at all, all successful HNMLS use some sort of bot to help claim and I sure as hell knew ForReal did so I threw together my app and I was accepted on condition I better my merits.

I checked the shell daily and nothing new was going on So I decided to pull out of the linkshell, I told the leader this but he told me he was quitting so It was all good. went back into my social ls and things didn't seem the same. One day I went to help out on limbus since I wasn't expecting them to let me lot anything in events again and A leader sent me a /tell

>>Sorry Crumpet but since you allianced with the Kings linkshell you're not permitted to do any events of any kind with us again.

Fair enough, I did just stop doing their events for another shell so I thought I'd just carry on helping people out.

Logged on one day and said Hi and about 10 seconds later I got the message across my screen

You have been removed from the linkshell group.

I was really shocked. What had I done? I /telled a linkshell leader who said he didn't break my pearl and it turned out that I'd been removed because I'd violated the Linkshells etiquette by simply affiliating with a shell that planned on using a bot.

To be honest I thought it was pretty pathetic. ALL HNMLS shells use a bot or else they wouldn't be able to claim or give their members what they want, I never did anything with this linkshell and I don't agree with botting personally but it's a fact that HNMLS's bot.

So I had no Event shell, no social and very few people who wanted to play with me so I thought fuck caitsith I need to go somewhere else.

I thought about Quetz. I still know a lot of people on quetz and thought it would be nice to go back and meet up with some old faces but I was afraid I'd end up like I did on caitsith So I decided to return to bismarck. I gathered my things, said my goodbyes to the few people who gave a shit about me and returned to my true home.

I had a good start, someone from seraph who merged with bismarck obviously had the name Crumpet so I had to change to Krumpet instead (To be honest I think it looks pretty cool. xD)

Now the next step was; What to do? Social? HNM? Events? I remember Hypnotize saying I was welcome back to FR if I returned to I sent him a /tell. But the conversation made me wary about rejoining. He said I'd be placed on trial again which really wasn't needed as I already proved myself and that i needed to be more active then last time because i treated it like a social shell, which was 100% bullshit as I attended absolutely everything when I was online in return for fuck all.

I told him I'd think about it and started to catch up with some friends, I sent Scuzzelbutt a /tell and I was suprised about what I heard. He told me that several people had left FR because of them not doing so much and that he's started up a new event shell with Hieisuin. What they planned on doing sounded good and I thought to myself:

The only things I obtained in FR were Zenith Hands and feet (Both freelot) Homam Head (Freelot) and SMN Bracers which I luckily won against 3 other people (Although if it was leaders decision like other stuff I prob wouldn't of been able to lot them at all). I was always 2nd in line for everything I wanted, I got fucked over on A body a few times and I watched in amazement as the same people got all the good stuff and others got left with the scraps. Why should I go back to that when this sounds so much better? I got on well with Scuzz and Hieisuin so I thought Fuck FR. Let's see what this shell has to offer.

The linkshell was called Rakuen (Paradise in Japanese I think? lol) and was an event based linkshell which didn't run too late for me. the atmosphere was great. We laughed when people screwed up rather then insult them like leaders did in FR and we accomplished a lot for a small shell. I even got more then I ever did in FR and saw people who got fucked over for stuff they wanted in FR get the items they deserved.

But sadly one day Scuzz and Hieisuin decided to retire their characters and get on with their lives so Rakuen shut down. Was a shock to me as I thought it was going so well but I didn't blame them at all and I hope they're both doing well with w/e they're doing at the moment. This stopped my gameplay pretty much, I had no motivation to play, I often came in from work tired and couldn't be bothered to log on to watch my moogle spin plus games on the xbox interested me a lot more. So I rarely logged on for a couple of months.

Then SE announced the abyssea expansions and the level cap increases. This was really what the game needed and sounded really interesting so I bought the expansion and went into an xp PT. The xp in abyssea is insane if you know how to run the party. I got BRD to 80 in no time and DRK to 79.

I needed a new thing to do with my game time. So I shouted for a dynamis shell. I quickly got a /tell from someone recommending a shell called Dynacore, a well established linkshell from Seraph. Didn't really need an intensive app to get in. And I went on my first run. I was really impressed. We owned zone after zone (Although I think the level cap helps a little bit) and the members know what they're doing. I love dynamis and this was exactly what I needed I'm close to becoming an alpha member at the moment and I hope the LS continues to do well.

Things on Bismarck kept becoming better and better for me. Hellscream who ran the HNM shell Mastermind decided to quit. He was one of the best geared people on bismarck and it shcoked a lot of people. That's when I ran into an old friend from FR called Grizzlie who was in his shell. I had a long talk with him. He didn't know what to do now that MM was gone and was considering starting his own shell. We got talking about what we'd do with our own shell and sure enough we both had the same things in mind. After a long search for a good name and linkshell colour. We started the linkshell Ambition.

Ambition is a points based linkshell, we decided on points because me and Grizz were both victims of the corrupt leadership decision in FR so we thought if people turn up and earn their points it's the fairest way to get gear. We currently do Limbus, Sky Abyssea and they do dynamis whilst I go with dynacore. We've done 2 omegas already and have had lots of success in sky and abyssea.

What's running your own shell like? Awesome is the word. Although I was shitting a brick at first. I'd never lead a shell before so Could I do it? I was afraid the shell would fail because I didn't know what I was doing. But Grizzlie has been a tremendous leader and I've learned a lot about leading so far. It feels so good going into a battle with your own group and coming away with great success, I wish I'd done this sooner.

Then things got even better. Angellus and Swat came back! Angellus is one of my oldest friends on the game and I jumped with joy when I saw her sign into PlayOnline viewer. I sent her a message to see if it was her and sure enough it was. She came back to Bismarck from Titan and I had one of my oldest friends by my side again.

I finally finished my RNG and am currently enjoying the game like I used to again I just hope the release of 14 doesn't kill the game too much.

So in summary. I'm now Krumpet on Bismarck. I lead my own event shell called ambition and I'm enjoying the game a lot at the moment

Sorry for the long post. See you around

 

[Shirai]

So, you're still playing FFXI huh?
Glad to read that you're enjoying yourself, I undid myself of it all early August.
The changes SE made to the game made me lose interest in it completely.
And of course plenty of other reasons.

 

[Crumpet]

Yeah still going strong. You in 14 now? What's it like if you are?

 

[Shirai]

I am, everything is still very new, and shiny.
The game is incredibly heavy though.
Even though I have been playing since the Alpha, when it actually comes to playing the game I am a complete newb again.

But that doesn't matter, I'm going to take everything nice and easy now.

 

[Crumpet]

I'm considering getting it once I have my new laptop in a couple of weeks. Might as well try it. I'm guessing you get a 30 day trial so it's no big loss if I don't like it.

Only thing I'm pondering about it the 2 name part. What the hell should my name be? xD

 

[Shirai]

Crumpet Withtea?

And yes you get a 30 day trial first.

 

[Crumpet]

Well I bought it. Installing now. Just trying to think of a name. I defo want Crumpet. But what for the second name. I was thinking Fuzzy Crumpet. But would like Crumpet as the first name if possible.