Playing, Watching, and Rooting

Today I truly ramble about in hope of finding some coherent thoughts about gaming, TV shows, baseball, and I don’t know what else but these are the things I wanted to comment on for the 3rd day of Blaugust 2021.

Where to Start

So yesterday I rambled about how I seem to have a difficult time sticking with a game or a character much beyond the first 15 to 20 levels. Today I’m starting to look at what I can do about that.

The games where I’ve held on the longest were WoW, Secret World, Rift, and LOTRO. The only one of those where I played any end game content was WoW and that was several expansions ago.

I did spend a bunch of time in Eve Online but that’s quite a bit different from the others.

In any case, I’m looking at trying to jump into one of those games and dedicating myself to reaching the endgame. WoW would have been a choice a month or so ago but now, with all their baggage, I’m not interested in supporting that company. LOTRO is the only one of the others that has current development going on so I’m thinking that might be my best choice but then I’m torn between playing the legendary server and a normal server.

For the other two, I’m worried that Rift and Secret World Legends may not be around for too many more years so that tempers my willingness to jump into either of those full time.

So I guess I’m stuck with a dilemma…play a game run by a company I can’t stand, try to push to the endgame in a game that might not be around for long, play a low population or classic server in LOTRO, or something else.

I want to game to decompress from work and COVID craziness but the choices are torture to me.

Why Did I Start Watching Another Life?

Last night I continued torturing myself trying to watch the TV show Another Life. This show had so much promise and the concept was something I was totally into – a probe shows up on Earth and we send an expedition to try to find the source of the probe. It sounded like a good idea with lots of possibility. I’m now 5 episodes in and I feel like I’ve been wasting my time.

The episode I watched last night pushed so far beyond the bounds of suspension of disbelief that my BS meter broke. With so called astronauts running around on a strange planet purposely demeaning those who want to follow safety protocols, I just have to give up. While I’m sure someone might find the sexual harassment of supervisors by subordinates in a small group of so called savior of humanity, but I just can’t take it any more.

And then I found out this trash was renewed for another season…huh?

When there are so many good shows that follow scientific logic and demonstrate good writing that get cancelled, how can this piece of crap keep going?

Oh well, I guess the Netflix Execs are fine with the star power of Katee Sackhoff in a show with horrific writing, but I’m not. I feel so sorry for her.

A Win for a Change

While I feel sorry for Katee Sackhoff, I’m feeling pretty good for my Angels. They actually pulled off a win today and one that featured Jo Adell.

Today’s game by Adell does not completely erase the disaster he had last season but at least he might be on the right track. It also does practically nothing to make up for the horror show that has been the Angels pitching staff this season, but maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

With Trout out for months, tens of millions locked up paying for Albert Pujols as he plays for other teams…with Rendon on the injured list and a meltdown of the bullpen, there’s nearly nothing that can be done to salvage this season.

Even an MVP season from Shohei Ohtani is only going to barely be enough to possibly keep the team at a .500 record.

As thing stand today, there are still 2 months left in the season. There is plenty of baseball to watch and while it won’t make much impact on the playoffs in 2021, perhaps we can watch some fun games in preparation for the future of the team after this season.

I’m at least hopeful Jo Adell is part of that future and maybe today’s performance can be the start of him getting to where he needs to be to make a difference in the future of the Angels.

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