Great sight: An RPG Newbie's Morrowind Journal

[Megabot]

Hi Arwen WELCOME to the Forume!!!

Yes i think that this girl is a brave and cute girl she do the best she can possible do!!
A`m no better i think (when i get the game) still 3 days left cross my finger for that!!

[Silverthornne]

Heh Megabot, your fingers must be itching like crazy. Just 3 days, you'll survive!

[Arwen]

Thanks for the welcome Megabot!
I'm hoping that you enjoy Morrowind as much as I have.

Thanks for the nice encouragement Silverthorne!
This really is a difficult game for me, but I still love it.

[Megabot]

Hi there Silverthornne!!

Yea i have waited for the game for 6 years so...i DO hope a can get this game now before i get crazy here hehe!! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] and my fingers are soon numb here!

[vesselle]

hey hon!

i don't want your fingers getting numb, love. ::takes your hands and rubs them, to keep them warm and nimble::

need you to be in top form when you finally get it, love!

V***V

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[DraconisRex]

Arwen,

I don't mean funny like an idiot. Nor was it read-the-manual irritated. It was those little pop-up windows during your "processing and release" phase.

No, funny like an idiot is when you download the NVIDIA drivers for your GeForce2 and FORGET TO INSTALL THEM. Then buy a GeForce4.

But it won't fit in your AGP slot (too long). So you buy a $180 Aluminum case to put the guts of your computer in.

Only the power supply isn't compatible with the case. (New form factor.) So you buy a new power supply, but the new power supplies aren't compatible with your motherboard.

At that point you're out about $700. Plus you bought a new sound system for your computer because your computer isn't compatible with DirectX 8.1 in the motherboard sound system. Add another $175 for the card + $200 for the speakers.

Now you're out over a $1000 and you still can't play the game. Then you realize YOU FORGOT TO INSTALL THE NEW DRIVERS. DUH!

The game works fine. Not in its full glory. But it's still pretty good looking and it works with only minor performance issues that can't be resolved away.

So what do you do?

Well if you're the idiot (which I am), you but an Intel D850MV motherboard, 512MB of ECC DDRRAM (expensive stuff that) and a new P4 processor, a ATA 133 HDD controller, a 60GB 7200 RPM HDD, a 40X CD-RW and some cool wrapped cables and neon lighting... And presto, you have a brand-new computer.

The cost of forgetting to INSTALL THE NEW DRIVERS. $2000+ Plus much loss of face around the house. Wifey has assumed temporary dominence until I refuse to put-out. ('Course, *I* got a new computer. Woohoo!)

No, when I poke fun or find something humorous, it's only because I've done the same thing. Only, I've probably done it to a far grander scale.

Otherwise, sincere Appologies for my boorish behavior.

[Silverthornne]

Whoah Draconis! Well umm.. a new PC is always good anyway hehe .

[slackerboy]

hello Arwen
and allow me to return the favor by welcoming you to our forum:
Welcome to the Ironworks
Take a look around, we have a very friendly forum too
Enjoy the game, your doing just fine, your probably having more fun than the people that know exactly what they are doing.

[Kakero]

hmmm..the more I read that webpage the more i feel like I'm reading someone's else diary.

hehehe... [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Arwen]

Hey DraconisRex -

I think I was taking your use of "funny" the right way. I just wanted people to understand that I was trying to use the manual. I even read most of it before starting the game. I only skipped the parts that I didn't understand, which, granted, were many.

My biggest problem is that my memory isn't very good.

I don't know what you mean when you say, "little pop-up windows during your processing and release phase."

Sorry to hear about your computer problems. At least it seemed to turn out ok. Believe it or not, I'm actually pretty good at doing computer upgrades.

Hey, no appologies are necessary; and I didn't find your behavior to be at all boorish.