Why It’s Been Quiet Around Here
Aywren Sojourner: Gaming and Geek Life
by Aywren Sojourner
1y ago
Yeah, it’s been quiet around here. Not because I’m not working on this blog… but rather because I’m doing something insane. I’ll just say that I’ve not been happy with the lack of response from WordPress on their newest plan announcement. A number of bloggers have pointed out the issues we have with it, but the silence just tells me they’re probably done with trying to compromise with customers. This also makes me feel like it’s all about the money with them at this point. Sure, companies are about money, but this is a tone-deaf approach to mixing up a product that most paying customers didn’t ..read more
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WordPress: Starter Plan – Paying More for Less
Aywren Sojourner: Gaming and Geek Life
by Aywren Sojourner
2y ago
Previous Posts About WordPress Plan Changes: WordPress.com Plan Pricing Changes – What the Heck? WordPress Announces New Plans – With Welcome Changes Well, we’re back on the WordPress train again. This time, the big news – properly announced in their blog – is of the new Starter Plan. Priced at $5 a month, it sits between the free plan and the business plan at an acceptable price point. This is a good move, based on customer feedback. However, the problem comes with the fact that this Starter Plan, while nicely priced for a hobby blog, is more expensive than the previous Personal P ..read more
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BDO: Fishing Corsair Style
Aywren Sojourner: Gaming and Geek Life
by Aywren Sojourner
2y ago
Every time I think I’m falling out of BDO, something manages to reel me back in. This time around, it was a special log-in reward coupon called a Weight & Inventory Exchange. What exactly does this do? Well, in BDO, like many F2P games, you don’t start with all of your inventory slots unlocked. You can get unlocks through quests, sometimes from special events or giveaways, and (of course) buying it from the store. Aside from paying loyalties now and then, this is one thing I won’t buy from the store. What does this have to do with fishing and why did it reel me back in? Well, back in April ..read more
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Calculating Your Backlog With Steam Dynamic Collections
Aywren Sojourner: Gaming and Geek Life
by Aywren Sojourner
2y ago
Yesterday I had a bit of a grouch about the changes Steam Calculator has made to how they calculate your backlog and percentage played. It’s a silly thing to complain about in the bigger picture of things, but I’m glad I did. Thanks to Krikket, I don’t have to scrap all the time I’ve put towards my Steam Challenge because I have a more accurate replacement for the Calculator. It was right in front of my nose all along (isn’t it always?) – Steam Collections. I’ve been using Steam collections for quite a while to keep track of the games that I want to play, have played, are gifts, etc. But for s ..read more
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Steam Calculator Changes Make Me Sad
Aywren Sojourner: Gaming and Geek Life
by Aywren Sojourner
2y ago
As some of you might know, I’ve taken an ongoing challenge in hopes to get my Steam backlog into a more manageable state. I’ve called this the Steam Challenge, something that I started back in 2014. In order to track my progress, I’ve been using the Steam Calculator to tell me how much of my backlog I’ve played vs. not played. Up until now, it’s done me well, and I frequently check it to keep an eye on things. Back in January, I was so, so happy that I’d reached a milestone of 66% played. My goal for the year was to get 65% played, so I was well over that. In fact, I pushed onward and eventual ..read more
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Vacation: To Helen (Back Again)
Aywren Sojourner: Gaming and Geek Life
by Aywren Sojourner
2y ago
It’s been quite a while since I’ve written here – not for the lack of topics as you’ll see soon enough! Last week, Syn and I went on vacation to a mountain town in Georgia called Helen. It was our first time renting an airbnb, and we had a wonderful experience. Oh, and when you see all these pictures of bears around Helen, believe them. We actually saw a wandering bear back behind our rental cabin while we were out roasting marshmallows – that was quite a scare! I have a few pictures to share from our trip. The neat thing about Helen is that it has a very German/Alpine aesthetic. We also went ..read more
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LOTRO: Rohan & Gondor Houses
Aywren Sojourner: Gaming and Geek Life
by Aywren Sojourner
2y ago
A long, long time ago, before this blog was established, LOTRO was once what I’d consider my main MMO. It’s hard to believe since I’ve rarely written about it. With all the excitement about the 15th year anniversary and gifts, I was drawn to log in again last week. Interestingly, I’d just re-installed the game sometime in March in order to change my password for account security purposes. In looking back, I did find one post about LOTRO from 2015 where I shared the box (that I still own) from my original pre-order. It came from Best Buy – I remember that because I still have the pre-order cloa ..read more
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FFXIV: Adventurer Plate Gallery
Aywren Sojourner: Gaming and Geek Life
by Aywren Sojourner
2y ago
Yesterday, I finally sat down and worked on my Adventurer Plates for all of my Mateus characters. Here’s what I’ve got (in alphabetical order). As you can see, most of these characters have something to do with either my Wayrift comic or my Spot of Mummery story. The exception is Fljot, whom I’m still not quite sure what I’m going to do with – I might even level Dragoon on him because I’ve found the new Dragoon to be quite fun and the idea of a bunny who actually jumps is amusing ..read more
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BDO: Second Dream Horse – Kinda Back in the Saddle
Aywren Sojourner: Gaming and Geek Life
by Aywren Sojourner
2y ago
In a very unexpected turn of events, I got my second Dream Horse awakening this weekend! I’m happy it happened, but I’d honestly be a lot more excited if it were the Pegasus and not a second Unicorn. Unicorns aren’t terrible by any means, but it would have been nice to get a different horse this time around. At least it wasn’t Doom. So I know I’ve been waffling about logging in BDO daily and feeding mats to my courser. This is mostly because, as I noted before, I have a severe lack of an Origin Stone, which is an item required to even attempt an awakening. It doesn’t matter how many days you l ..read more
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FFXIV Housing: Recreation Room Remake!
Aywren Sojourner: Gaming and Geek Life
by Aywren Sojourner
2y ago
Back in 2019, I wrote about the Rec Room I designed in our FC house – basically, I take the private chambers of my characters and theme it to become something for the FC and visitors to use. This is the room of my main character, and lately I felt that it was badly in need of a touch-up. That touch-up came this week with the addition of some new 6.1 housing items that got my thoughts going. Namely, the Trick Bookshelf Partition – a bookshelf that has a secret door that opens when you approach. Also, my main has changed since I created the original room, and I while I wanted the theme to remain ..read more
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