tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168212009256034472024-02-19T17:14:01.492-05:00The Gamers' BullpenRanger Rob's home of Gaming, Sports, Movies and other assorted stuff.Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-21912305209824016852015-07-10T10:33:00.002-04:002015-07-10T10:33:29.236-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-33141710739849005842013-10-23T11:41:00.001-04:002013-10-23T11:41:42.413-04:00There and Back again...Part #4<div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #282828; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px;">
Well to continue with the theme...This has truly been an "Unexpected Party" for me. </div>
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A group of bearded heroes set forth on a quest, to reclaim what was rightfully theirs from a big red bird.</div>
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The next chapter of <strong>"There and back again"</strong>...</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Far south of Boston's foggy cold </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>To fandom meek and park of mold</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>We played the Rays from Tampa Bay</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>To seek World Series trophy gold.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>The Sox fans down south made mighty yell,</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>While Ray fans countered with lame cow bell</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Sox caused balls to leap, Rays went without a peep,</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Boston moved on and could rest a spell.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Onto ancient team and coaching lord</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Team of solid bat with ace pitching hoard</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>We battled and fought, looking good for Detroit</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>'Til Papi's bat spoke with thunderous word.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Far over Appalachian Mountains old</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>To city that weeps and stadium cold</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>We win the two of three, to the Sox fans glee.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>To claim League Series stranglehold.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Goblets were full of Sam Adams Beer</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Fenway was packed, roaring with mighty cheer </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Victorino's slam long, stirred many a song</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Red Sox claimed Pennant for another year.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>The Pirates were crying out in fright,</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>The Dodgers were moaning in the night.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>The Bird was red, it's fandom spread;</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>From City which brews and drinks Bud Light.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Gritty team sent poor pitched balls to sail </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Solid pitching made former Sox bats flail;</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>The Cardinal’s ire more fierce than fire</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Both Tinseltown and Steel City looked frail.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Old rivals again meet beneath the moon;</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Cards swept in '04 wish to change that tune.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>St. Lou shall learn to Fear the Beard</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Once again Champs will be the Red Sox soon!</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Far over Appalachian Mountains grim</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Comes a Cards team who don't feel chances slim. </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Pitch count and double play, shall <span style="color: red;"><strong>win</strong></span> the day,</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>And take World Series gold from them!</em></span></div>
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Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-46839442069245136682013-10-16T15:02:00.002-04:002013-10-16T15:03:07.560-04:00There and Back again...Part #3<div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #282828; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px;">
Some more <strong>"There and Back again"</strong> mojo...</div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Far over Appalachian Mountains old<br />To city that weeps and stadium cold<br />We </span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong>win </strong></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">the third ere the break of day<br />To claim a Series stranglehold.</span></span></em></span></div>
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Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-70686858858808007512013-10-07T16:23:00.001-04:002013-10-07T16:26:13.273-04:00There and Back again...Part #2<div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #282828; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px;">
Well...continuing with the <strong>"There and Back again"</strong> theme for our Bearded Sox friends....(<a class="bbc_url" href="http://sonsofsamhorn.net/topic/79849-104-alds-game-1-do-not-mess-with-this-team/?p=4985659" style="color: #0f72da;" title="">Part one can be found here</a>)</div>
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<u>Scene 2: Tampa Bay bullpen during warmups.</u></div>
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<strong>Cobb:</strong> Well, I could Roast them on the inside. That should finish them!</div>
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Last time I felt truly inspired and posted to the Sons of Sam Horn website was back during the 2007 World Series run (<a class="bbc_url" href="http://sonsofsamhorn.net/topic/23154-920-no-game-tonight-but-i-need-a-thread-to-post-stupid-stuff/?p=1068287" style="color: #0f72da;" title="">Lord of the Red Sox</a>).</div>
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To return to where they rightfully belong...</div>
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And with the Beards this team is showing...The symmetry was too much for me to stay away.</div>
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Time for the Sox to go <strong>"There and Back again..."</strong> (to<span style="color: red;"><strong> win</strong></span> it all!)</div>
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Our foundation is actually 52' so we took these plans and added 8' to each side in various places (Larger bedrooms pretty much.) There is actually a little addition on to these plans as well, we have a small 12' x 12' room where the mudroom / bullpen stairway used to be. There will be an archway from the dining room to this new "Sun room". Anyway...Bullpen access will now be in the center of the house.<br />
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<li>Dreadball Season 3 stuff should be here "Soon" hopefully before the end of the month.</li>
<li>Kingdom Death: Monster has been pushed back to Q1 2014 at least. I have no issues with this...it is a huge game...New price on the Box will be between $150 and $200, glad I dropped the $100 on the kickstarter. Still thinking about Magnetizing the whole game, making the players minis upgradeable as they upgrade their characters in the game....we shall see though. Rated R game...not one for the kiddos.</li>
<li>Legendary Fantastic Four is due out in October...looking forward to that. Got to play 3 games this past weekend of Legendary with 5 players...only won one of the games. Still good times were had.</li>
<li>Played a round of Robinson Crusoe with the kids...unlike Legendary...the ages 12+ suggestion on the box is there for a reason...will be a couple of years before I break this one out again with my 9 year old daughter....much longer for my 5 year old son.</li>
<li>Forbidden Island is still a hit with the kids. Glad I grabbed this one...</li>
<li>Warhammer 40K on the backburner...boxed up and packed away until the new house is finished.</li>
<li>Same with Battletech / Alpha Strike...</li>
<li>October 19th I'll be bringing both Legendary and Robinson Crusoe to the Boardgame geek meetup in Brunswick. <a href="http://mainegamer.tumblr.com/post/18390343950/3rd-annual-northern-new-england-bgg-user-meet-up">http://mainegamer.tumblr.com/post/18390343950/3rd-annual-northern-new-england-bgg-user-meet-up</a> </li>
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<br />Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-29797967983790785832013-08-21T09:22:00.002-04:002013-09-05T15:15:38.371-04:00Legendary Expansions, Encounters and Robinson CrusoeCouple of things that are on my Radar...<br />
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First two upcoming Expansions for Legendary, the Marvel Co-Op deckbuilding game.<br />
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The first of which is the Fantastic Four set, 100 Cards...Due out Oct 22nd. Adds the Fantastic Four, and Silver Surfer as Characters, plus Galactus as a Mastermind with none other than a 20 attack! Kinda makes Apocalypse with is 12 look like a kitten.<br />
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Next is a New Legendary box that is not Marvel based....Legendary Encounters. Roughly the same engine but not exactly the same. Based in the Aliens Universe....Ripley, Apone, Hudson, Hicks, etc. vs the Aliens. Game Producer has said you can use the Heroes or Colonial Marines in the other Legendary games. So You want Nick Fury to lead a new squad of "SHIELD Marines" against Kingpin you can...or put Colossus, Wolverine, Rogue, Storm and Cyclops against the Alien Queen (Brood anyone) you can do that too. Not fully interchangeable, sounds like the only thing that can be swapped about is the Hero decks...still that is pretty neat.</div>
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<br />Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-87027981904140365662013-07-22T14:38:00.001-04:002013-07-26T08:49:31.286-04:00New game on the way...Legendary Ever since I tried The Lord of the Rings board game by FFG I've fallen for Cooperative board games. Being on the lookout for any new one that may strike my interest, the interest of my gaming group, or even the interest of my Wife and Kids (now 8 and 5 years old).<br />
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I have Kingdom Death: Monster on the way...pretty sure that will be a non-starter for the Kiddos and Wife. I have numerous Dreadball teams having gotten one for each of the kids. Still they are a few years from really enjoying Dreadball. Then I discovered "Legendary" the new Deck building card game by Upperdeck.<br />
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Basics of the game work like this, 1-5 players take on the game. There is a Mastermind Villain that the heroes are trying to take down. This Mastermind has a Scheme (Read as what nefarious plot they are trying to achieve). They also have other Villains and Henchmen assisting them in their goals. Opposing them are 5-6 heroes.<br />
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The players play these Heroes but not in the way that you would initially think. This is a Deck "Building" Game. So with the expansion there are 32 playable heroes, 31 different ones and Wolverine get 2 versions...well because his is Wolverine. Each of these heroes has 14 cards. So the players select the 5 heroes they want to use and all of those cards go into a "Hero Deck" All the players get their own personal deck which starts with a 12 SHIELD agent / trooper cards that can be spent to recruit the "Hero" cards that come into play. So as these Heroes are recruited, they are added to that players personal discard pile. When their current player's deck is empty they reshuffle all their discarded cards to restock their draw deck.<br />
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There is a high replay value as with the Dark City expansion there are 9 Mastermind villains with 16 Schemes, 13 villain groups, and 6 Henchmen groups. Which can be randomized, or even pre-selected if you wanted to re-create a major Marvel storyline (Avengers movie, Inferno, Legacy Virus, Civil War...etc)<br />
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<li style="list-style: disc inside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Captain America</li>
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<li style="list-style: disc inside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Gambit</li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Hawkeye</li>
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<li style="list-style: disc inside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Iron Man</li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Nick Fury</li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Rogue</li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Spiderman</li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Storm</li>
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<li style="list-style: disc inside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Angel</li>
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<li style="list-style: disc inside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Jean Grey</li>
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<li style="list-style: disc inside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">Professor X</li>
<li style="list-style: disc inside none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">The Punisher</li>
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<br />Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-58897985075233195472013-01-07T11:19:00.003-05:002013-02-05T11:24:05.063-05:00Kingdom Death: Monster...Jumped in on another Kickstarter project. Yep, I am surfing the wave that is Kickstarter popularity right now. Anyway...this Boardgame project (Kingdom Death: Monster) will not actually hit store shelves until Novemeber 2013, but the idea and gameplay looked too interesting to pass up.<br />
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Love the look of the minis, how the game will play and that the group will be sitting around the table working together rather than against one another. As a mini painter / modder, I look forward to the challenge this game will present. <br />
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I ended up bidding enough in the Kickstarter to get the base game and the Dragon king expansion. I'm sure if it takes off with the group, I'll get more expansions later. Convincing the Wife to play will also be a challenge...but a worthy one.<br />
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Add on...Found a really neat article about painting fleshtones over on BOLS...(putting it here so I don't lose it when I actually get the minis this winter.)<br />
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Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-63737684692145403172013-01-03T15:59:00.001-05:002013-01-03T15:59:16.650-05:00Two years away...what have I been doing.<br />
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Well to be honest working on my other Game specific blogs. I wanted to keep the Chocolate out of the peanut butter as it were, and keep things more organized than they would be here in one Blog.<br />
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Current Project...Dreadball. <br />
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Wrapping up a Tukayyid Battletech campaign.<br />
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Ran a very fun Solaris VII Battletech Campaign. <br />
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Computer game wise...playing World of Tanks, Star Trek Online. Tried Mechwarrior Online, but it made me motion sick. Played through Diablo III once...was good. Waiting on Marvel Heroes, Mechwarrior Tactics, and Neverwinter currently<br />
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<br />Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-39953159711726536682011-01-05T14:07:00.006-05:002011-01-06T14:55:34.305-05:00World of Tanks, Racing game<span class="postbody"><br />
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<span class="postbody">That's it. Hope to see yah out there.</span>Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-86674506072069266502010-10-26T14:54:00.001-04:002010-10-26T14:59:24.414-04:00Panzer 88 - Horror movie due out in 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXV6EXR2y1gt6vdEcOG9Rcxv0Hkyksc2_meSEdVEV8PipgLF5gx6B-RcRiTyBCOrihAViisiw1vzIORlaDOtR_lKcpCn9k_ERUd5HLmHGmVx5b70-9Jyyo0UL7KZBZO03-YH58newaidI/s1600/panzer-88-concept-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXV6EXR2y1gt6vdEcOG9Rcxv0Hkyksc2_meSEdVEV8PipgLF5gx6B-RcRiTyBCOrihAViisiw1vzIORlaDOtR_lKcpCn9k_ERUd5HLmHGmVx5b70-9Jyyo0UL7KZBZO03-YH58newaidI/s640/panzer-88-concept-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
So I'm not normally one for Horror movies. Actually I never see them as I think they are stupid. This is probably due to my irrational fear of sharks, and that nothing really scares me as much as them. Anyway, I just heard about this movie, Panzer 88, that is about a German Tank crew in the Russian north, that uncovers some evil entity.<br />
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<a href="http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/08/23/star-wars-gary-kurtz-producer-rolls-into-horror-with-panzer88-panzer/">http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/08/23/star-wars-gary-kurtz-producer-rolls-into-horror-with-panzer88-panzer/</a><br />
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I've probably just been playing too much World of Tanks. ;)Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-19205942803051304202010-10-07T19:37:00.002-04:002010-11-08T14:40:20.607-05:00Having fun with World of TanksSo my spare time is going into a new game called World of Tanks.<br />
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Trying out Arty...Didn't like it. <br />
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My best game to date, in the VK3002DB (Mercedes prototype that was rejected for the Panther) <br />
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See we arn't the only ones that pick on Josh. Most of the enemy team pickin on him here. (My burning wreck just in front of him. <br />
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Anyway here are some screen shots of the game, and my jaunt through it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">USS Acadia (Constitution class)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">USS Kennebec (Constitution class refit) headed out to face the Planet Killer</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">USS Augusta (<span class="ship_breadcrumb">Cheyenne Class) dodging the wrath of a Romulan Scimitar...Galaxy class wasn't so lucky.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="ship_breadcrumb"><br />
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You are a d8: You are the true adventurer! Dragons rescued, princesses slayed, and all that business while O Fortuna plays in the background. Your social calender is crammed with heroic deeds, and you've personally saved the world from ultimate destruction at least twice. You are reliable, perhaps a bit predictable, but overall a shining example of what happens when courage meets determination.<br />
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Fun little Quiz making it's way around the geek net...Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-63814435400842815982009-11-25T20:29:00.002-05:002009-11-25T20:47:46.740-05:00Pulled the Trigger.Well, I did it.<br /><br />Pulled the trigger and bought the pieces to build a new computer. The Main system in the house is 7 years old. It has held up pretty well, with only one video card upgrade 3 years ago.<br /><br />Here is the new system.<br /><br />Motherboard:<br />ASUS P6X58D Premium LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail<br /><br />Processor:<br />Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail<br /><br />Best non-liquid cooler on the market:<br />Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM<br />XIGMATEK XLF-F1253 120mm 4 white LED LED Case Fan - Retail<br />Xigmatek Intel Core i7 compatible THOR'S HAMMER HDT-S126384 CPU Cooler - Retail<br /><br />Op System:<br />Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM<br /><br />Case:<br />COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail<br /><br />Power Supply:<br />COOLER MASTER UCP RSB00-AAAAA3 1100W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Power Supply - Retail<br /><br />Hard Drive:<br />Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive<br /><br />Disc Drives:<br />LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray Disc Reader SATA Model iHOS104-08 - Retail<br />Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B - OEM<br /><br />Video Card:<br />EVGA 02G-P3-1185-AR GeForce GTX 285 2GB 512-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail<br /><br />Memory:<br />OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK - Retail<br /><br />New Monitor:<br />Acer P235Hbmid Black 23" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail<br /><br />Freebie:<br />OCZ Diesel 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model OCZUSBDSL4G - Retail<br /><br />Lots of room to upgrade after this too. She can take another GTX285, or two more if I get really crazy in SLI mode. Room for 6 more GB of Ram as well. Motherboard came out this week. USB 3.0 and SATA III capable. So I can get a nice Solid state drive when the prices drop a bit.<br /><br />I'll be posting pics of the assembly and finished beast.Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-17936469848450593602009-06-16T18:50:00.001-04:002009-06-16T18:59:01.986-04:00Something Funny happened at work...Funny thing just happened at work. Most of you know I work Security at a University. Well, I'm doin my job, driving around campus and I see this guy, whom I'll refer to as Skatepunk from this point forth, on a skateboard. Skatepunk doesn't have on a helmet / pads or even a shirt. To make things even more interesting he is being pulled through the parking lot by an SUV going about 30 miles an hour.<br /><br />The Driver, aka DriverDude, of the SUV sees me, and rather than stopping, drives off campus with the Skatepunk in tow. They pull into a parking lot of a business just across the street from the University. So I park the car in a position I can watch them to make sure they don't come back on campus. I got Boston Sports talk radio and a new Dunkin Donuts Large coffee cream only, I'm good for a nice long wait. After about 15 minutes, Skatepunk and DriverDude walk away from the car with the skateboard and walk into the Civic Center parking lot to "Skate". After another 10 minutes, "Artsy Granola girl who was in the SUV and doesn't want to get into trouble" starts up the SUV and drives back on campus. I've seen ArtsyGirl before, she is an art student on campus and a good kid. DriverDude and Skatepunk see her drive off and give a "Where the heck are you goin?" look with palms up. I stay where I am and watch, slowly Skatepunk and DriverDude walk back onto campus at which point I approach them. I only catch up to DriverDude as Skatepunk has decided to walk fast and keeps walking as I start talking to DriverDude who is carrying the skateboard. I explain to DriverDude that I appreciate the exuberance of youth and but there is No skateboarding on Campus especially behind SUV's going about 30 miles an hour. If your friend wants to get himself killed, that is fine with me, just don't do it on campus...too much paperwork. Ok I didn't say that last part...but I really wanted to. DriverDude is like "Oh, OK...can I carry my skateboard?" I tell him yes and let him go on his way.<br /><br /> I drive over to the parking lot I originally saw the Skateboard/SUV event and see the SUV with ArtsyGirl in it. I see Skatepunk and DriverDude walk toward the SUV, skateboard in hand, and they are join by "PoorBastard" who looks like he just got out of class. They stand around and talk for a bit. Skatepunk climbs on top of the SUV looks around, hops back down. ArtsyGirl, walks towards a building with books in hand, probably going to class. <br /><br />PoorBastard climbs into a MiniVan, DriverDude and Skatepunk hop into the back seat. PoorBastard drives off, only Skatepunk decides that he wants to be different and fight they system by leaving his passenger door open as they are driving though the parking lot. Yeah, I don't got to follow the rules...yeah, I'm young a full of angst.<br /><br /> So I start up my vehicle and follow them to make sure Skatepunk doesn't jumpout at speed to do some more surfskating, ala Marty McFly. They leave campus and get to big 4 way intersection on the main roadway, door still open. I pull into the last parkinglot on campus to watch them and make sure they leave for good. PoorBastard drives through the intersection, up a hill, and past motorcycle police officer that is just off the side of the road, with the door still open. They get pulled over, and I have a good chuckle that is too good not to share.Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-92062326966107946742009-04-06T21:13:00.003-04:002009-04-06T21:22:40.628-04:00Random Musings...Been a while since I posted here, so here is my monthly installment.<br /><br />1) I've caught the painting bug. which is a very good thing. Been far too long since I've made any serious progress with my painting hobby. You can see what I've been up to over in my three army project logs.<br /><br />2) The baseball season started today. I'll be a Red Sox homer and say they are the team to beat this year. They have solid pitching both starters and bullpen and they are deeeeeep, with 7 starters and 4 guys that could be closers on other teams. The lineup is solid 1-7...if 8 and 9 can have average years, the Sox will win it all again.<br /><br />3) 40k is the game of choice at the moment. I've been spending my free listening to the guys over at 40k radio.com They have a weekly show that they talk for 2 hours about 40k.<br /><a href="http://www.40kradio.com/">http://www.40kradio.com</a><br /><br />4) This last weekend there was probably the biggest indy 40k convention Adepticon in Chicago.<br />While looking over some of the images I saw the most beautiful Eldar Army I have ever seen. I now have a goal. To some day paint as well as this guy.<br /><a href="http://www.gmmstudios.com/">www.gmmstudios.com</a><br /><br />That is all for now.Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-71540923339899166182009-03-13T22:09:00.002-04:002009-03-13T22:13:06.683-04:00Hey Folks,<br /><br />I got to roll some dice today. It was nice playing a very little bit down in the bullpen. However I was a little embarased that a grand total of 1 figure on the table was completely painted.<br /><br />Something must be done about this.<br /><br />So I went a little nuts, and made three new blogs. One for each 40k army that I have. I plan on updating these sites as i finish painting stuff...and keeping the Gamers Bullpen blog, for everything not related to those 3 armies. I added the new links over to the right.<br /><br />Enjoy,<br />RangerRobRanger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-22911382327827463662009-02-26T16:34:00.004-05:002009-02-26T16:45:46.558-05:00Just another reason John Elway is the greatest football player...ever.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3sEfZS7k4hmib9Dw3JAWHldIfY1BrQWXOohZ7zfH0n2TIiKcyi2WzhKDzK3Z-fIQ-hpu6cmJCosApE38aGmO_qWg03Rq5SbFwdQnGUb-9PxGMSJWase5yWD3IZWDLNRA6U2MIYB0r-k/s1600-h/John-Elway-Photograph-C12192603.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307225528493248370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3sEfZS7k4hmib9Dw3JAWHldIfY1BrQWXOohZ7zfH0n2TIiKcyi2WzhKDzK3Z-fIQ-hpu6cmJCosApE38aGmO_qWg03Rq5SbFwdQnGUb-9PxGMSJWase5yWD3IZWDLNRA6U2MIYB0r-k/s400/John-Elway-Photograph-C12192603.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I know it is the "slow" time of year for football. Never really talk much football, much more into Baseball. My favorite football player of all time is John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Elway</span>. In my opinion the greatest football player to ever play the game. He carried 3 teams to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">superbowls</span> with a group of wide receivers that would barely make other clubs, only to lose the big game. Then when he finally got some help in the form of a running game, he goes on to win two. His receivers came up with a term called the "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Elway</span> Cross"...it's what they called the little cross shaped bruise the football left on them when <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Elway</span> zipped a pass to them.<br /><br />Anyway, I saw this article and had to share.<br /><br /><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3930609">http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3930609</a><br /><br />Years after retiring, he is still the man.</div>Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-88568738404292963682009-02-13T16:21:00.002-05:002009-02-13T17:20:49.624-05:00Spring is coming soon!<embed name="flashObj" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=" src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1519799050" width="486" height="412" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=11862252001&playerId=1519799050&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" seamlesstabbing="false" swliveconnect="true"></embed> <p>Sounds of Spring!</p><p> </p><p>I also heard to day that Takashi Saito is going to wear #24 for the Sox this year.</p><p>When I got my Sox jersey with the #24 on it...it was for Dwight Evans, my favorite Red Sox of all time. Not for Manny. Kinda Happy the Sox didn't waste any time putting putting the number back into the rotation.</p>Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-31219529045518894032008-12-02T17:44:00.003-05:002008-12-02T17:58:22.440-05:00Whoa...missed a month.I got to get better at keeping this thing updated. Been a while so what has Ranger Rob been up to.<br /><br />I've got a couple of things on my workbench at the moment.<br /><br />#1) Epic Eldar. A good friend of mine gave me an entire Epic Eldar army. I've been playing with Army builder and basing these tiny beauties. I was all excited to paint them up....when I realized I was out of primer. Do I spend $8 on a can of paint or $8 more dollars on the kids for christmas... Yeah, so the eldar got pushed to the side.<br /><br />#2) Another Tac Marine Squad, and Dreadnaught for the Greenhouse Guardians. Doing quite a Mod job on the Dreadie. Using leftover parts from Leman Russes and a Land Raider to make this Dreadnaught a Quad Autocannon beast...lengthing the legs to make him taller. Might add some armor plates around the waist to give him an "Armored Kilt" look.<br /><br />That's it for tabletop stuff...I'll post some pics of the dreadie when he is finished.<br /><br />On the PC gaming front, pretty slow there. Been fooling around with a Free MMO called Atlantica. <br />I've been regularly checking the forums over at the Star Trek Online website. That game looks like it will be pretty sweet when it is released Winter 2009.<br /><br />That's all for now... Hope you all had a great Turkey Day.Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416821200925603447.post-67995816201846065962008-10-17T14:29:00.003-04:002008-10-17T14:51:09.403-04:00The Cap...<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/rmarden/Cap.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"><br /><br />So I got this new Red Sox cap last year...<br /><br />Pretty different, got a lot of comments on it...<br /><br />Anyway, I started wearing it to work last year during the Sox playoff run...the run where they lost 3 in a row to Cleveland. So I wear it in the night the Sox are facing elimination to Cleveland. Barry, one of the guys that works in my building and has commented on my new cap, comes into my office with a piece of paper in his hand. He picks up my cap and throws it into one of the cabinets and closes the cabinet door. He then takes a piece of tape and tapes the paper he brought in to the door of the cabinet. It read...<br /><br /><br /><strong>Rob's Doomsday Cap<br />DO NOT OPEN UNTIL AFTER WORLD SERIES<br />Not a "LUCKY" Cap!</strong><br /><br /> We had a good laugh, and I left the hat in that cabinet that night...The sox Won that game, so the Cap stayed in the cabinet for the rest of the playoffs and Boston Won the World Series.<br /><br /> When the Sox made the playoffs this year, brought the cap in to work, put it in the same cabinet. The sign Barry had made was still hanging on the inside of the cabinet door (Musta put it there after I took the cap out last year.) Barry had a good laugh when he saw the sign, and checked for the cap. <br /><br /> About 10pm last night, The Sox are losing 5-0, Barry comes into my office, Opens the cabinet, takes out the cap and puts it on my head. He then says..."It's not working, we got to try something else." Then after giving up two more runs, the Sox manage to score 8 runs in 2 1/3 innings and win the game. Just happens to be the greatest comeback in a playoff game in the last 75 years.<br /><br /> Just had to share...Ranger Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838194883407838979noreply@blogger.com1