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After Much Thought, I have Decided to Discontinue This Blog

It is very bitter sweet that I have decided to no longer update blogs.ai-ls.com/pyra . This will be discontinued shortly and moved to a new site which I have not yet found, possibly wordpress.com .

After an event last night, I wish to distance myself as much as possible from all that once was the American Idol linkshell, including turning over the domain to someone else. If no one takes it over, it will be allowed to expire when the registration runs out in January 2009.

Edit: No, not this one, this is the new version. The one that was discontinued was the original site.

The All Too Short Life of Persius

Hi!  My name is Persius, I’m a level 1 taru Warrior on Caitsith server

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Awwww aren’t I a cutie!

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Oh no, a big bad elf wants his name back 🙁

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Wait, there is still hope maybe they won’t click Yes

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Maybe they won’t hold down "D".

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Well, its been nice knowing you.  To every season turn turn turn, etc.

-Persius

Some pics that needed posting

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From the Bahamut v1 win. Woot!

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And, the mass nudity that follows an uncapped battle dumping you into a 50-cap zone.

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So yeah, it took 3 of you to beat down lil’ ol’ me. Hehe, cheaters!

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Ahh Orc NM Charmga, nothing like everybody chasing down Laocoon in his speedy pants.

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SKULLY DELEVELED! SKULLY DELEVELED!

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Poking my almost name-sake for the last time. Kind of sad.

That’s all for today.

Dynamis – Bastok Repops

This is what Az doomed me to when he told me his way to do the final sac pull

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You killed Pyra! You bastards!

Dynamis – Windhurst!

Hurray for winning this one. Its been a while since we’ve managed to 1) get the numbers, 2) get the zone, and 3) win it. Lots of good AF fell (but no smn, yet again. I’ve only ever seen that one fall once in 2 years of dynamis).

But anyways, congrats to all for the win.

On a personal note, I actually had fun trying some of the Sac pulls. I know that, for some reason, most of the ls usually tries very hard to keep me alive, even to the point of using PLDs for sac pulls. So, I was actually quite happy to get to test my luck on one of them. It was exciting, it was fun, and it gave me almost half a point of evasion skill up.

I just hope that limbus on sunday is as exciting. 🙂

The Best LS I’ve Ever Been In?

So I’ve been thinking a lot about life, liberty, and the persuit of pixelated goodies.  And I thought I’d make a list of what I’ve gotten as a result of being in this ls.

AFv2-

MNK Hands (Jeuno)
THF Hat (Windy)

Sky Gear-

Byakko’s Haidate
Genbu’s Kabuto
Suzaku’s Sune-ate
Genbu’s Shield
Suppanomimi

Sea Gear-

Rajas Ring
Brutal Earring
Both items for THF AF+1 (have not picked an item yet)

Pop NMs-

Optical Hat
Swift Belt

Other-

Rapparee Harness

That’s really a lot of stuff. Consider that my first ls only ‘bestowed’ upon me the Aquarian Abjs for Head and Pants (without, of course, nearly the funds to buy the cursed item), and WHM AFv2 head, feet, and SMN AFv2 hands, this ls exceeds many by a lot.

My second real ls got me the Yinyang Robe, A Abj Feet, Rostrum Pumps, Reverend Mail, WHM AFv2 Body and Pants, and gave me a cursed crown for my existing Abj.

My Tamas ring was all on my own, no ls ever helped me beat the airship battle for CoP.

The third ls I was in (very briefly as they stoped doing end-game about 2 weeks after I joined) got me the MNK AFv2 boots (although the leader tried to break her own rules and give it to her friend), and that’s it. They took the MNK AFv2 pants away when they did break their own rules, and allow a friend of the leader to lot over me (I still lotted, but lost). I was the only one who was elegible at the time, but I hated the dynamis leader. I was not sad to see this ls die.

In terms of time, this is the longest I’ve ever stayed with an ‘end game’ ls. I don’t think its just for the items, but I’m sure that shinies help. This ls is fairly unique in that they work together for the benefit of the group. Many LSes work for the benefit of the leaders first, then everyone else next. And while we certainly have our fair share of the greed, it isn’t as bad as many places I’ve seen. The inclusion of free days is amazing — many ‘end game’ type LSes have a high burn-out rate as the constant camping of monsters and activities can really lead to exhaustion quickly, especially with people who have jobs and/or families, and cannot afford to spend 12+ hours in front of their computer everyday.

I love doing new things with new people. This LS gave me the first opportinuty to really get into Limbus. While we might have some troubles with the learning curve on some battles, we are getting better and working better as a team. The Limbus group was also the first time I was allowed to take control and try my hand at leading a group. It is fun, and I hope it continues to be as much fun as it is now.

In terms of what we can kill, this is not my ‘best’ ls, in terms of what really matters, it definitly is.

Yay Limbo (revisited)

We’ve finally obtained a 4th chip for the omega set. This means, we can do a proto-omega battle, and get some homan pieces.

The problem is, everyone wants everything first and now. Trying to build a set of rules that everyone feels is fair.

I’m probably overthinking and trying too hard. I’m going to go level (or at least lfp) my thf and have some fun.

I’m also very excited for this first battle, but at the same time a bit frightened. Most groups don’t do too well on their first run, but if we win, we win. As long as we have fun, I’ll be happy enough (but oh do I want that homan body piece for my thf).

-pyra

Yay Limbo

I’m really starting to enjoy the limbo-ing we do. This week didn’t go quite so well, as we didn’t get the limbo we wanted. But, I still had a blast, aside from everyone being pissed off at each other from the beginning.

Its a good group to go with, especially since neither us nor them have enough people to run one solo yet.

-pyra