Suckers are back

Them blood-suckers are back, boo!

Bloody good for nothing pests. It's kill on sight for me.

Well, I tried anyway, but not always successful.

While I do not deny that my eyesight is poor and my reflex is slow, I am convinced them suckers have the power of invisibility, or some sort of stealth technology, that they use when they know I am on them. Cheating cowards.

Managed to kill three of them in my room and one in the kitchen today. Good riddance, may you rest in pieces.

No blood-sucking mosquito is welcome in the house, I will greet you with my electric swatter, and an after-shock squish when I manage to hit you.

No mercy. You have been warned.

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Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred

Diablo IV first expansion: Vessel of Hatred, has gone live on 8th of October 2024, and with it the sixth season: Season of the Hatred Rising, has begun.

It's called the first expansion, so I guess Blizzard has plan for more expansion for the game. Well, as long as they keep making good games, they can keep earning my money.

Vessel of Hatred continues the storyline of the core Diablo IV game, there is a new class, a new region, and many changes. Haven't played enough to comment on whether they are good or bad changes.

Like many others, I am trying out the new Spiritborn class, but unlike those who sped through everything in order to reach the maximum character level in whatever small number of hours, I am playing the game in my usual casual and slow pace, enjoying the storyline and exploration.

I am in no rush, each to his or her own, but rushing to maximum character level is not my cup of tea. I am enjoying the lore, and appreciating all those Diablo II stuff they linked and referred to in this Diablo IV expansion. They brought back fond memories.

There seemed to be more Diablo II reference or continuation compared to Diablo III, hmm...

Anyway, enjoying the game thus far, still a long way to go in terms of storyline and season journey progression, but I am having fun, and that's all that matters.

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消失的150（二）

三年五个月后，又消失的150。

还给个低智商、无逻辑的理由。

第一次是失误，再犯是明确自知的选择。

选择堕落沦陷、一错再错，还有什么道德人品可言？

竟然可以有这样腐败的三观、糟糕的人格。

原来失望是有极限的，我现在是无感麻木的。

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Made it, barely

After a few days of absolutely unhealthy amount of gaming, I finally completed the season journal for Diablo IV fifth season: Season of the Infernal Hordes.

Had to go through this unfun time no thanks to the short season. If it's the usual three months I am sure I can make it in the usual fun way, as gaming should be.

Managed to complete most of the season journal quests as part of levelling to, or shortly after reaching, character level 100. That is good game design, so credit to Blizzard on that.

Each chapter of the season journal requires a certain minimum number of quests completion in order to proceed to the next chapter, giving players some semblance of choice. However, I hit a wall when I got to the final chapter of the season journal. It needs a minimum of 9 quests out of 11 to complete the chapter, and I managed to complete 8 without much trouble. The three quests left though, are basically gear level check, and are gated behind tedious and unfun grind-fest.

Now that is horrible game design, shame on you, Blizzard, shame on you!

To be honest, even if I had one more month to play leisurely in enjoyable fashion (as playing game should be!), I still would have hated the grind. Grind to get suitable end game gears, which is RNG-based. Grind in The Pit to get end game Masterworking material to upgrade the gear, which also has RNG-based portion. And grind to get the shards to open portal to go into The Pit... Argh!!!

Honestly I am so sick of the game now after days of tedious unfun grind.

Anyway, I managed to solo three of the five level 160 Fell Council of Zakarum, the high priests corrupted by Mephisto we first encountered in Diablo II, now brought back into Diablo IV season 5. Took me many minutes as I am poorly geared, I simply could not stomach the grind anymore so I did the quest under-geared. Their obscenely high resistance to damage (or perhaps because I was under-geared) resulted in way too long a fight.

Nail-biting too as I was down to my final chance after dying twice before even getting to them, but I prevailed. That's the quest I needed to complete the final chapter of the season journal. The other two quests are to face level 200 bosses. Forget it, because I don't find the grind for gear check fun.

That's season 5 done for me. I need to break from Diablo IV for now until the expansion comes out, which is just in a few days time, not long enough a break from this unfun episode.

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托梦

情人老婆仔的妹妹说梦到了妈咪，把梦境告诉了老婆仔，叫她转告。

在妹妹的梦里，爸比妈咪出席了妹妹的生日会。

妈咪很开心，给妹妹紧紧的拥抱。

妹妹问妈咪几时恢复可以走动，妈咪说是年头的事。

不知道怎么解梦，但我听了心里是暖暖的。

感谢转告，由衷感恩。

妈咪，谢谢你托梦给我们，愿你在天堂一切好好的。

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Win, but

Did not work overtime this weekend, win!

Did not turn on the laptop at all, so no self-deceiving 'less than 30 minutes so does not count as working overtime' scam.

Would have been a solid win if not for the disabling headache today.

Shortly after lunch, the headache just happened, and became more and more severe gradually, until it forced me to be zombie-like in bed.

Took a shower and some painkillers before dinner, as need to be chauffeur after dinner to pick up brother from the airport. Need to be functional.

The painkillers helped, rendered it akin to background pain instead of crippling pain. Still pain, but functional.

Shame really, would have been a real win if not for the headache. Instead of two days worth of rest and relax, I am ending the weekend nursing a headache.

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Out of time

The fifth season for Diablo IV, named Season of the Infernal Hordes, started in early August.

The thing is, it's a short season, only two months instead of the usual three. It's ending in early October and I am far from completing the season journal.

No thanks to the unhealthy amount of working overtime, and the constant fatigue state that I am in nowadays. Either I am too busy working, or I am too tired to play. Sad.

Anyway, I am playing the Sorcerer for this season, a Chain Lightning build. I am not even at the max character level of 100 yet, and I only have one week left.

One week till season ends and the launch of Diablo IV expansion, the Vessel of Hatred.

I am out of time!

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