Blaugust 2022 Day 10

As I mentioned, I am a procrastinator, which you can tell by my short (but posted) 9th post of Blaugust yesterday. I did manage to get a little something published, even if it was not what I planned on pushing out.

Today, I look to return to my planned posts by looking at the fact that I am a gamer…My name is Rambling Redshirt, and I am a Gamer!

Yup, a gamer, and right now, I am running through a few different games. I’ve got a Beorning in LOTRO that I’m really enjoying. RambleClaw is fun to play, nearly indestructible, a good healer, and a decent damage dealer. My only issue is that I don’t have enough time to play her and am still working on getting up to a level that is new to me in the game. And that is a core issue I have with being a Gamer…I never seem to finish games.

RambleClaw is my current LOTRO main, but I’ve got several other main characters in LOTRO that are sitting at various levels – 32, 26, 18, 22, and 13. I’ve never made it too far in the game, but I am determined to get to Mordor at some point. I think RambleClaw is destined to make it, and I am currently working to make it so.

I’m also a Gamer that is playing Skyrim with intention for the first time. I am going to get through the game this time, and I’ve got a plan, and a build that I think will work. I’m going with an Illusion Assassin which I’ve heard is a pretty good build, and I think I can get through the game well enough by sneaking around, going invisible, and backstabbing my way. My experience in Skyrim is worse than LOTRO…I’ve watched a few videos and played through the tutorial, but I’ve never gotten far beyond that. I’ve played more ESO than Skyrim.

Once again, though, it shows that while I’m a Gamer, I never seem to finish the games I start. The same can be said of my time in Secret World Legends/ The Secret World. Actually, I think I’ve played the furthest in SWL other than WoW, and I love the game (I don’t have any love for WoW, it’s just a game lots of people play). I’ve journeyed through Secret World many times and have made so many trips to Kingsmouth, Egypt, and Blue Mountain that I’m not really scared when I go there anymore. This time through, I want to complete things, though. With the game barely on life support, I figure this may be the last time I’ll have a chance, and I’m actually starting before Halloween, so I feel pretty good about making good progress.

Finally, I am actually playing a game that nearly everyone has played, from kids to grandparents…Minecraft. It’s hard to believe that while I am a Gamer, I have not played Minecraft for more than 30 minutes in a single game. I know there’s some kind of endgame, and you’re supposed to be able to jump into a different realm. I think there’s a dragon, and after learning to craft lots of different things, you can take them on and fight the final battle, but I’ve barely built a house in the game before my current game. Ok, I still haven’t built a house, but I did dig out a cave and put a door on the entrance to keep out the bad guys.

I’m giving all these games another round and trying to play them to completion or at least to the end game. I’m pretty determined to make progress, and I’ve got another goal in mind…a tournament to pick the follow-up game to complete.

Yup, I am a Gamer, but I am so indecisive in the games I play that I am basically letting random chance and a tournament to determine what I play. I guess it’s kinda a game I created to pick the game I will play…sorta meta, I guess. Anyway, I am a Gamer, and I’m working on completing the games I’m currently playing with a plan to push myself over the finish line and an idea of what I’ll play once I reach that goal.

With all that in mind, I see being a Gamer as a positive thing since it helps me to learn to complete the things I start, to work out how to get through indecision, and it shows me that persistence will pay off in the end. My name is Rambling Redshirt, and I like being a Gamer!


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