Ohhhhh my aching back! I can still see the imprint of the hoof marks as Ox traveled right past me on the WOF Wins.  (Congrats by the way!) What is it about that Wall Of Fame board that makes us push our limits to be on there?  And there are so many catagories. That way there’s something for every type of player, from Merchant to Fighter and everything else in between.
That’s not the only thing we push ourselves for in Dark Warriors.
What about the trophys? Who doesn’t love a good trophy now and then.  And some of them take a long time to get.  Speaking of that, how long does it take to get 500 traps anyway?……
The rage castle is another feature that was created for us to test our limits, and push to be the best of the best.  Those monsters can kill the best of DW, so I dont feel bad about only getting so far.  One day…..
The World Champion is another part that we have to work really hard and diligently for.  But I don’t think Nos is going to be giving it up any time soon so keep your eyes peeled  
Jousting is one of my favorites.  The upgrades to it have been wonderful, made so much more simpler then ever before. I am no longer confused about playing it. I don’t know how they used to manage to get huge scores and win before the changes.  And I can’t get enough of watching my horse pull ahead.  Although it does take some time to build up a deck of playing cards the way that matches your personality.  Brute strength…..poisonous….fleet of foot….or a mixture of them, whatever works best for you!
The newest adventure is Pebble Island.  What is awesome about this one is all the things you can get out of your voyage.  And losing to the King doesn’t necessarily end your trip either, many times you get to keep going…..Just look out for those wind changes, the best sailors will keep their voyages going for a long time.
Now that World 3 has opened, I find myself working harder on my outpost, mining, and fishing then I ever used to. Since it’s going to take a while to build up stats, why not work hard on other things to make them strong?  But it is a lot easier to get on the WOF…..at least for now 
Although it does seem to be a lot harder to win at slots in world 3….but I know that’s just lady luck being the fickle person she knows best how to be.  So when, or if you play, don’t lose your shirt……or anything else for that matter……..please!!    LOL

So there I was, making banana bread…..in between venning, town fights, and trying not to fall asleep, when it hit me!  No….not the computer desk, the idea.  About how Dark Warriors is like a favorite recipe. Dont laugh! I really did think it.  You know the recipe I mean. Its the kind you have used over and over until you know it by heart.  The old friend who’s page is turning with age.  The one you glance back at just to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything.  That’s right everyone, a recipe.

The kind of recipe with a little bit of everything all thrown together to make a tasty surprise. Does that seem strange to you?  It did to me at first, but the more I thought about it, the more I agreed with my original idea. (Whew, thank goodness it wasn’t because I fell asleep at the computer and hit my head….ahhhhem um….nevermind!)  Now what was I in the middle of…..oh right!    Food  

After all, who doesn’t love food?  Take a cookie for instance……
Some like it mild, with not much spice…..maybe they are the people who come just to chat with friends they met here, and liven up the forums.  Some like it soft and chewy….they may be the people who create the romance of the game, and start families that make people feel special.  Some like it tangy….could it be that those people are the ones who come to simply fight and win…to prove to themselves and others that they are strong in heart and character?  Some like it sweet and chocolaty….they are the people who not only enjoy being sweet themselves, they are also the ones who make it a lot more wonderful for others playing this game.
Now I personally like it crunchy, with a light nutty flavor…..quite possibly because I’m a bit of a nut myself.  But…only a small one 

There is also the ones who like it sour…..these are the people who are simply a recipe for disaster…..there’s always a few of them floating around the world.

That’s right folks! Any way you like it, Dark Warriors is the game for you! We have a little bit of something for everyone in this recipe.

After all, everyone has to eat, so why not make it as good as it can be?

Well Hello. Any of you who know me keep it to yourself, those who do not know me I see this as a chance for personal growth so here it is, I am a 6ft 9″ Demi God of a man with diamond shoes and a golden toilet. I was once an obsessive Dark Warriors player but then I took an arrow to the knee (yes cheap Skyrim Joke there) and since then I have become a part-time gamer.

So I was living in the company of the living but as always this game is stickier than a lollipop found under the couch, and so I find myself daily checking my logs, my mail, training and even mining… As I write this I have played Dark Warriors for 2 years and 181 days, and I have mined for maybe 81 of those days, yet recently even the call of those musty dark mines has snared me yet again, 3 Burelia and 9 exp that is worth the carpal tunnel pain, lets go again!

So what is it that keeps us returning year after year? I think most would say its the people who play this game, and its hard to deny that logic without the other people its just me fantasizing about what Witch Gwyneth looks like. A mix of Megan Fox, Halle Berry and Beyonce if your interested. So the people of DW, we have a variety the vicious vegetables who keep the balance between alive, dead and crap I forgot to eat a beef stew. The new players who provide naive gullible nutrition for the growing veggies, all the way from these newbies to the oldies who spring up once every two years and remind us just how sticky this game can be.

Personally I don’t know what it is that keeps me returning, I absentmindedly log in and suddenly I am hooked again, could it be the people, could it be the hope that Nos or Ziggy have left PP on 100% and this could be that magical day I always dreamed of?

The problem that occurs when people do try and leave and return is they keep changing the damn thing, WTF happened to Westland? Where did subby options go? Jousting Cards what the hell we playing strip jousting now? These are versions of just a few of the questions that can be seen when returning players stumble back home after a drunken session in the real world. As always changes are met with 100% satisfied appreciation, easy way to ensure a 100% success record is not to read negative comments, simple example there of why I am not in charge of my countries economy.

I have just enjoyed Mama’s happy hour in local and the madness of 25 people all trying to bet on hi-lo chat and drink all at the same time, and I realized that these are the moments that keep us playing for 2 years and 181 days, grab your drink of choice and here’s too many more years, cheers!

Happy New Year

Wow!, that was my first reaction when I saw the new overview look.  Red tabs! A bit confused their. It has a story also of my character.

The story describes in a fascinating way what old overview had in plain aligned text. Now about those tabs, 6 in total. Five of them are tasks.

1. Go Fishing
2. Go Mining
3. Visit Gym
4. Go Lumbering
5. Go Joust
6. R (reset tokens)

At first this tabs are red which means you need to to do those tasks, when you complete each task the tab gets green.

Now with this new look makes me want to to do joust just for the tab to get green. I do first 4 tasks except Jousting. I hate jousting but I also hate to see one tab red and all others green.

Very nice update indeed, saves you a lot of clicks and time when you want to navigate through Westland, especially when you are in a hurry to do reset stuff before going to work.

I wonder if more tabs can be added. Hmm…, I should think of some and post in Ideas forum.

P. S. Dammit!, I have to Joust 2 times a day!

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It’s been months since I last wrote something in here!  Well, it has been stressful in real life for the Capo and apparently it has affected my DW gaming and unfortunately even my clan.  =(

Balancing real life and your virtual DW life, I just found out is not so easy at all. Focusing on the more important issues in real life gave me very little time to enjoy my virtual life.  This almost driving my clan to extinction coupled with the changing format and not enough support from the clan capo to really be there for the members have driven our clan to its lowest point.

Clan management was never easy and it has always been an up and down for most clans in DW,  at the moment, we suffer the most inactivity in over 2 years of our clan’s existence.  Now, what we are discussing is which clan to merge with, who merges with who.  aaahhhh  Things clan owners dread of even thinking about.

In the next few days there will be movements of members to a different clan once more, this time the Mafia will seek its new home.  Where, that remains the big question mark (big ?)

The Capo is a little sad but this things need to happen to give the mafia members an enjoyable gaming experience.

So….  Watch out for the comeback of the Mafia Family!!!

The Capo!

Almost back from Summer Vacation, so I have decided to put in JoJo, the Dog Boy’s post on Outposts and what he likes to do with them.

The Joy of Outposts

Many players when they are newer hear of this thing called a Slated Hut, where you build a house that then earns you gold. Some players start building one, but then loose interest after awhile and don’t return. Does anyone out there actually keep up with theirs? I know my Hut is sitting there semi-built, not doing a thing but falling apart. Similarly, most players start an outpost at some point, but I think most of them don’t do much to it, and then abandon it to the weeds.

And that is not surprising, because building a strong outpost takes a lot of work. First of all when you are new and you start an outpost, you need plats to sell for tokens, so you spend time in the Forest fighting dogs and hoping to find rescue a kitty and get some plats. Then you need ore, so you go to the incredibly fun task of mining, getting up enough tokens to train a troop or build a farm, then going through the wholoe process again. And really, the most exciting thing that happens in mining is you appear to be stuck in a wall. Or when the Beast eats you. Besides that, it is a lot of tedius clicking on “mine again” (though really, thats not much different that venning a million kills, just brainless clicking on attack).
Ok, so you find plats, go mining, build a farm and a mine and some troops, that probably took a month. Now you can go raid other outposts, but since you are so weak, the only outposts you can beat probably have 100 tokens total. But every once in a while you can get 500 in one attack, so remember that outpost! You will be visiting them every few days. And maybe someone will write you a nice letter about “Hey a-hole, leave my outpost alone!”

So you keep at it, decide to level up, realize that it costs more for troops now, you forget to have enough farms and some troops die, you leave 10,000 tokens in it and someone steals it. But keep at it young ones, it is worth it.

Because one day you will be strong like ox. Not our Ox, but ox in general. And then you will be able to get back at those meanies who kill you in the Ven and fill your logs with their terrible names. All those players who think they are so cool because they win CBR battles and have battle percentages in the 90′s. The ones who kill you if you accidentally leave gold in hand (even if its only 500 gold you accumulate while defending your city). Even the World Champion, yes you too can defeat the World Champion-in the outpost!

Besides being strong in the obviously way-cool outpost category (“Outposts are Where its At”, New York Time January 24, 2011, or “The Joy of Outposts”, DW Blog, May 2011, for example), there are real benefits to doing so. With your tokens you buy Death Sweat, which you can sell on the market for a lot of gold, in fact I just made almost a million in gold by my 10 seconds of attacking another outpost. And guess who will buy the Death Sweats from you? The same person you just stole the tokens from in their outpost. Double whammy.
So keep at it grasshopper. One day your outpost will be legend, talked about for years to come.

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