Tumblr (3.0; @kat-ja)http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dc3a958949b605cb710204df08d752d4/tumblr_milt10IsAr1qkg7xro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>And I thought only my cat is like that</p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/46658771645http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/46658771645Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:39:15 -0400<h4 class="date"><strong>Sunday</strong> 24 Mar 2013</h4> <p>Regarding fashion: ever felt regret that you didn&#8217;t appreciate something in past? You had it easily available, but was too young/inexperienced and now wondering: why was I so stubborn and didn&#8217;t think of wearing this before?</p> <p>Talking about accessory, which for many French women became a part of their look, their signature - a scarf.</p> <p>In past I used to visit family in France a lot. Best place to make supply of that product. But back then I considered them very old-fashioned. It all changed during last 2 years though. Visited some fairs, where one of good indicators if woman was a hired hostess or is a businesswoman which You need to take very seriously - was a elegant silk scarf on her neck. Some women managed to pull off this look so amazingly, that I started slowly to change my mind about this accessory. Next time I&#8217;ll visit my mum, need to check Her &#8220;scarf drawer&#8221; which I ignored for good several years&#160;: )</p> <p>A bonus: Was lately searching on-line for stylish scarf which will complete serious business look but what do I find - &#8220;twitter&#8221; one&#160;; )</p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/6de3e9c36d54643ef1496ffad8f72015/tumblr_inline_mk6bgwGnMf1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p>For future photo spam regarding such topics, I will use <strong><a href="http://carredesoie.tumblr.com/">other place</a></strong> though</p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/46170023252http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/46170023252Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:44:00 -0400scarf<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/24f29aa03d1d2712c159d35ef1e9d59b/tumblr_mg4etv8mwK1qejgz3o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><h4 class="date"><strong>Sunday</strong> 17 Mar 2013</h4></p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/45575786349http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/45575786349Sun, 17 Mar 2013 06:50:00 -0400adorablecutefunnyanimalsnails“Sites that rely on [ads] will need to evolve out of it or they will eventually die off. Because one of these days the advertisers are going to wise up and stop buying into this dying model. Complaining about ad blocking reminds me of when the television industry complained about DVR technology or when the music industry complained about the sales of blank cassette tapes. If you don’t stay ahead of technology, technology will render your business model null and void.”<br/><br/> - <em><h4 class="date"><strong>Saturday</strong> 16 Mar 2013</h4> <p><a href="http://jeffgerstmann.tumblr.com/post/44951498816/it-seems-that-were-rapidly-approaching-an">Jeff Gerstmann</a></p></em>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/45537566798http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/45537566798Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:35:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/973bf07f8126648260f1e885d62b2503/tumblr_mjq9bl29IM1qegasto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2c7b492626dc683ef2c734664c168ed7/tumblr_mjq9bl29IM1qegasto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><h4 class="date"><strong>Saturday</strong> 16 Mar 2013</h4> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ornamentedbeing.tumblr.com/post/45457548796">ornamentedbeing</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <div> <p>Emperor Napoleon’s engagement ring to Josephine.</p> <p>How classically beautiful. </p> </div> </div> </blockquote> <p>This is perfect even nowadays. That’s why classic and simple is usually the best choice. Mine has a tiny sapphire too! ; )</p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/45481648153http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/45481648153Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:25:00 -0400classic<h4 class="date"><strong>Sunday</strong> 10 Mar 2013</h4> <p>What I wanted is being able to sync updates between several social media. I know you can grant access, connect services, <span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span class="hps alt-edited">simultaneously post on twitter+fb, </span></span>retweet, repost etc., but wanted something more: plan was to have literally everything in one place&#160;: )</p> <p>What I cared about the most was possiblity to automatically post chosen tweets to LinkedIn using #li or #in, like it could be done in past. But: Twitter cut off API access to LinkedIn (July 2012).</p> <p>After that, solution which worked for a bit, before Twitter saw what&#8217;s going on, was to use for example IFTTT, which allows to sync also plenty of other sites: FB, Tumblr, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, Youtube, so it seemed perfect. Unfortunately IFTTT was forced to remove Twitter &#8220;triggers&#8221;, disabling ability to push tweets to some places. That makes IFTTT completely useless for me: either everything or nothing.</p> <p>I do understand Twitter policy though.</p> <p>Think I will give up on researching this topic further&#160;: )</p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/45018827768http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/45018827768Sun, 10 Mar 2013 08:27:00 -0400twittersocial mediaLinkedIn<h4 class="date"><strong>Saturday</strong> 09 Mar 2013</h4> <p>Was watching some gameplay walkthrough of Tomb Raider, made by Chris Smoove. It really refreshed idea inside my head, that it would be really nice to always have option of creating female character also in FPS.</p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/034c17811a5d6f34b2871584bdd4057c/tumblr_inline_mjey7tqe3l1qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><!-- more -->Problem is that, at least according to my knowledge, popular ones don&#8217;t have this option. Do dev think it&#8217;s a waste of resource or there is deeper meaning (sort of: &#8220;don&#8217;t hurt women and children&#8221; mindset; ) ) and being afraid to get negative publicity?</p> <p>I did some short search: Warface doesn&#8217;t seem to be afraid (pic above), but that&#8217;s f2p. You have to actually pay to be able to play female model heroes, so no, thank you.</p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/44969769843http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/44969769843Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:58:00 -0500FPSgame designgaming<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b21acb90352ecd7a05ccde55fa24cb1f/tumblr_mj2qxwRVQU1rtdsh3o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/13c4599efb8f9bd15e8df630117a694a/tumblr_mj2qxwRVQU1rtdsh3o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/526f570671f1688228b6a8dad99a0a39/tumblr_mj2qxwRVQU1rtdsh3o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/01696b314fded2f5a5bebfa6a0a962bd/tumblr_mj2qxwRVQU1rtdsh3o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fbf33b3d5751e4034a0613945ab42a09/tumblr_mj2qxwRVQU1rtdsh3o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bf8e3b2877c82e8a6b6cf13d8a39c2b6/tumblr_mj2qxwRVQU1rtdsh3o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a088874599887db009be91e97faef386/tumblr_mj2qxwRVQU1rtdsh3o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f3d61a814653186e4508c562f245595d/tumblr_mj2qxwRVQU1rtdsh3o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/168e822c069bf828c79354c0ed4864c2/tumblr_mj2qxwRVQU1rtdsh3o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b46782d8b2e18910098801106d0fe434/tumblr_mj2qxwRVQU1rtdsh3o10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><h4 class="date"><strong>Sunday</strong> 03 Mar 2013</h4> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kekai-k.tumblr.com/post/44440600480/guild-wars-2-legendary-weapons-i-designed">kekai-k</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Guild Wars 2 Legendary Weapons I designed</p> </blockquote> <p>First one, “Sunrise”, is what I am aiming for.</p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/44445859179http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/44445859179Sun, 03 Mar 2013 05:41:00 -0500sunriselegendaryGW2<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f412fe48fdaaac584ddc4cd24cac6fac/tumblr_mil2b2SKMj1qewacoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><img alt="Polish driver (makes me proud ; ) )" height="400" src="http://files.gadu-gadu.pl/polska-ciezarowka-w-niemczech-dc68044dfe91efc55685ceda03bd914899d1372f.jpg" width="500"/></p> <h4 class="date"><strong>Thursday</strong> 21 Feb 2013</h4> <p>Maybe it was that polish driver also? (makes me proud ; )</p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/43658463905http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/43658463905Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:07:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/180e0b58cfcfb6a9839e098f62710aa5/tumblr_mij0mbfXuP1qfyjoto1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h4 class="date"><strong>Wednesday</strong> 20 Feb 2013</h4> <p>Imagination of mmo outfit designer :) (sorry, mean no harm, but just couldn’t stop myself)</p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/43585904811http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/43585904811Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:50:00 -0500mmorpgunintended cosplay<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1e51321c80865524a67063b2865f0d9f/tumblr_mhlguwHOBH1r5zacuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h4 class="date"><strong>Saturday</strong> 02 Feb 2013</h4> <p>Expectation vs Reality.</p> <p>My cooking skills from 2003 (that’s right, I was doing this before it became popular)</p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/42097009606http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/42097009606Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:16:00 -0500expectationrealitycookingfail<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2ea171e011afcdf40f59cb7ab2bb074c/tumblr_mgv3hxkQMH1r5zacuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h4 class="date"><strong>Saturday</strong> 19 Jan 2013</h4> <p>Proud of winning this game : )</p> <p>Was on skype with Ziggs and Yi. Other two pugs took 2 supports, but we didn’t give up.</p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/40908821561http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/40908821561Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:29:00 -0500LoLLeague of Legends““YO MOMMA’S SO FAT SHE GETS MAP COMPLETION AT TUTORIAL!””<br/><br/> - <em><h4 class="date"><strong>Saturday</strong> 12 Jan 2013</h4></em>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/40344242515http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/40344242515Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:43:00 -0500Guild Wars 2LoLGW2<h4 class="date"><strong>Tuesday</strong> 08 Jan 2013</h4> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-N_0CHYJ20&amp;feature=share">WoodenPotatoes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <div> <div> <p><strong>While you’re around exploring the area you hear Dessa actually speak to you. Game really shines when they actually give you dialogue like that voice-overs as you are running through rather than stopping and doing cutscenes.</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Offering scraps of lore in form of Dessa’s alerts is a really nice addition to Fractals and I’m hoping Arenanet will develop this more. In fact, what I’ve been missing is: game being more transparent when it comes to lore behind given dungeon or world in general.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><!-- more --></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dessa is probably from our time, that is very disappointing. I would prefer if Fractals discovery was more like an ancient thing. Now, this doesn’t mean that mists aren’t something old and mysterious, which they are. And I understand Arenanets’ urge to show history forming right in front our eyes, but I am not 100% convinced I like this tendency that much in way they do it. <span> </span>Sometimes I have a feeling that story telling in GW2 could be just done better.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Besides,<span>  </span>shouldn’t it take huge amount of time to figure out how to pull parts of the mists into existence? At least it should take more than 1 asuran lifetime work in my opinion. And if it is the case or not, this should be mentioned somewhere to make story more complete and deep. <span> </span>Such explanation maybe could be done in form of a chain quest which unlocks Fractals. Not thinking of anything annoying like gather 200 pcs of something, but simple “go talk to those NPCs” introducing to the lore behind fractals. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>I guess Arenanet did such introductory in form of Lost Shores world event. Unfortunately I missed it but from what I’ve managed to gather, not much really was explained. Regarding Fractals, I am simply not satisfied with possibility that Fractals of the Mists were discovered by accident, only because Consortium was exploring Southsun Cove in Lost Shores in order to set up a tourist attraction and vacation getaway location<a href="http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/75547-lore-request-the-lost-shores/#entry2088641">*</a>:</span></p> <p>Sounds like new content just popped up out of nowhere. Really hoping that there is something deeper behind this, who knows, maybe this was well and long planned “accident”?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>One more thing to add: The Fractals can show not only past events of continental Tyria, but also modern, future (maybe alternative future too?) <span> </span>which obviously is good and adds some spice, aswell as huge possibilities to develop and add more of those mini-dungeons in future. I hope we get to see not only Tyria, but perhaps events from other continents or even other planets?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>In the end it all boils down to grinding same thing X times, but I think epic lore makes such activity more bearable.</span></p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/40009118200http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/40009118200Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:51:00 -0500Loregame designGW2<h4 class="date"><strong>Saturday</strong> 05 Jan 2013</h4> <p>Finding party for lvl 1 Fractals of the Mists after long break from game was a bit frustrating, until I found out about <a href="http://gw2lfg.com/">http://gw2lfg.com/</a> which is very useful &#8220;dungeon finder&#8221;. Got to lvl 2 after half day of trying to find group in just Lion Arch and several parties with rage-quit people.</p> <p>Fractals seem polished, but I hope there are some with deeper stories inside than what I experienced so far. Only 1 thing bothering me that it feels like good old mmo times: clearing fractal lvl takes a bit too much time in my opinion and makes you tied to PC. And as a hardcore casual which I am now - I think I cannot count on fixed group but meeting random PUGs&#160;: )</p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/39750926836http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/39750926836Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:16:00 -0500game designGW2<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9dff2ccb56c75fb9133b52d97173d8e5/tumblr_mexpcxk5ki1rvpk8ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h4 class="date"><strong>Thursday</strong> 13 Dec 2012</h4> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://whitecharr.tumblr.com/post/37805100953/via-the-secret-world-funcom-i-dont-usually">whitecharr</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p>(via <a href="http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/subscription_no_longer_required">The Secret World | Funcom</a>)</p> <p>I don’t usually post stuff for non GW2 games, but this is a big announcement for another of my favorite games — The Secret World. They are following (somewhat) in the footsteps of Guild Wars 2, and going Buy to Play. <strong>At $30 for access to all the content of the whole MMO, it’s a steal!</strong> </p> <p>So if you’ve been curious or you just want a change of pace (modern day, horror-theme MMO), here’s something to ask for for Christmas! </p> <blockquote> <div> <div> <p>As of right now subscription is optional for The Secret World.</p> <p>This means that after buying the game you can play all of the heralded story-line and all content available right now without a paying a monthly fee.</p> <p>With four major updates released, which introduce much new content such as a Raid in New York, Auxiliary Weapons and many new missions, the game is better than ever.</p> <p>Buy the game before December the 31^st and all the content in Issue #5, which will be released shortly, will also be included and you will receive the Initiate Pack, which includes strong starter weapons, a Blood Raven pet and extra social clothing.</p> <p>So click here to <a href="http://www.thesecretworld.com/buy">BUY</a> The Secret World for just $30 / €30 / £24.99.</p> <p>Read on to get more information about these changes to The Secret World, or check out our <a href="http://forums.thesecretworld.com/showthread.php?t=62789">FAQ</a> on the official forums.</p> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> <p>Sold : )</p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/37851273622http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/37851273622Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:28:00 -0500The Secret World<h4 class="date"><strong>Wednesday</strong> 15 Sep 2012</h4> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.killabytesonline.com/post/31470271369/mike-obrien-dishes-out-on-current-wvw-rankings">killabytes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p><strong>Mike O’Brien dishes out on current WvW rankings &amp; more.</strong> (&#8230;)you can check out his original post <strong><a href="https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Current-world-rankings/first#post82393">here</a></strong></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><strong><br/></strong>Arenanet also provided a text file with all results from matches that started on 9-1 to 9-10 , which is very valuable and shows who won against who exactly.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Match-results/first#post112369">Link here</a></strong></p> <p>While I am writing this, there are already some quick calculations made by players.</p> <p>By the way, would be awesome if they provided info on servers total playerbase, including location of players (to help in choosing server which is for example active in most of timezones).  But this is probably too much to ask, and with current free server transfers - such data would get outdated soon.</p> <p>In my opinion what they should do is wait maybe a week more and start implementing fees for server transfer: but very slowly, not starting from 1800 gems but way less, like 10? This would help to slowly stabilize populations, preventing server hopping several times a day depending who has better WvWvW score at this very moment.</p> <p>edit:<strong><a href="https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Queue-size-data-from-9-14-to-9-18-NA/first"> information about queqes for NA servers</a></strong></p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/31577160951http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/31577160951Sat, 15 Sep 2012 05:04:00 -0400GW2<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma76dhevSp1r5zacuo1_500.png"/><br/> Guild Wars 2 meets Game of Thrones (and The Walking Dead)<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma76dhevSp1r5zacuo2_500.png"/><br/> Dynamic Event in Frostgorge Sound<br/><br/> <h4 class="date"><strong>Tuesday</strong> 11 September 2012</h4> <p>I must say that after going through all norn zones I honestly had enough of all that ice corruption behind every corner…but I really liked the fact that in one of Dynamic Events it was clearly stated how one becomes “corrupted”.</p> <p>I was a bit afraid there will be tendency to not explain anything at all ingame, regardless of how obvious something might look like. I always prefer to have at least some elements of the puzzle confirmed and not having to speculate about everything.</p> <p>I’m quite pleased in fact and my desire to get more into GW2 lore finally appeared.</p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/31344118530http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/31344118530Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:08:00 -0400mmorpggame designGW2<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma5gb7eemR1r5zacuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><h4 class="date"><strong>Monday</strong> 10 September 2012</h4></p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/31283828168http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/31283828168Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:47:31 -0400Random EncountersGW2<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9prwo60x31r5zacuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><h4 class="date"><strong>Sunday</strong> 2 September 2012</h4></p>http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/30715237629http://kat-ja.tumblr.com/post/30715237629Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:36:00 -0400Guild Wars 2