Livin' in Oblivion : IV

» Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:32 am

I've noticed that there's a number of new players who have joined the ranks in the last few months, so I'd thought I'd post the link to http://livinginoblivion.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/to-sum-it-up/. This is a series of blogs done by the same guy that did Concerned: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman, a comic strip about Half-Life. He's done a few of these and took Oblivion on a number of years ago. Unfortunately he's pretty much stopped doing the Oblivion series, but the entries he did do are pretty funny. Some of the early ones are hilarious. I suggest you read these in chronological order for them to make the most sense. I've posted the introduction in the link above.

Happy reading. Be careful reading this at work - I busted out laughing at work on a couple of the posts

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 3:45 pm

I could never possibly forget this -- it's pure genius. Shame that he pretty much stopped, though.

It actually inspired me to make a character like Nondrick, which actually lasted quite a while.

Thanks for putting this up; I hope it will bring others enjoyment... it damn well should. :goodjob:

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:43 pm

Never heard of this, must give it a look. :read:

» Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:56 am

I could never possibly forget this -- it's pure genius. Shame that he pretty much stopped, though.

It actually inspired me to make a character like Nondrick, which actually lasted quite a while.

Thanks for putting this up; I hope it will bring others enjoyment... it damn well should. :goodjob:

Given that the only *job* you can do in vanilla Oblivion is to get/sell ingredients and potions I'm not surprised.

He should've installed "Farm mod", or "Hillsborough Estate", or "Valley view estate" at least. Again, I guess he wanted to test vanilla...

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:50 pm

"I didn't even dislike the actual, physical town of Skingrad. I had a nice statue, some pretty ponds, and a chapel full of slaughtered clergy. Everything a decent town should have." This line set me laughing for like fifteen minutes.

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:18 pm

I loved his comment about Nondrick's qualifications for joining the Thieves Guild...

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:46 pm

"I didn't even dislike the actual, physical town of Anvil. I had a nice statue, some pretty ponds, and a chapel full of slaughtered clergy. Everything a decent town should have." This line set me laughing for like fifteen minutes.

Fix'd.

Im really loving this stuff, I bookmarked it. Got to Day 8 Conclusion.

» Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:04 am

"I armor up and head northwest, finding flax, water hyacinth, peony, sacred lotus, alkanet, and even a couple pearls in some clams in a pond. Plus, I come across a weird stone that wants to give me something.

Sure. Why not.

Magicka bursts forward from the stone, enveloping me. I feel tendrils of unnatural energy claw at my flesh, snake into my veins, and clutch at my heart. I open my mouth to scream and the ancient eldritch power pours into my lungs like blood-red smoke and clouds my eyes with visions of a barren, blasted land ruled by a scowling Daedra Lord perched on a massive throne of charred, splintered bone. When the darkness passes, I find myself clad in brutal black and crimson armor, holding a massive spike of a sword in my two shaking hands.

I continue picking flowers. Yeah, I know I’ve got magical Daedric armor on and am carrying a deadly four-foot double-edged Oblivion-forged blade, but that’s no reason to change my plans for the day."

:rofl:

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:59 pm

I am so gonna look!

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:20 pm

"I armor up and head northwest, finding flax, water hyacinth, peony, sacred lotus, alkanet, and even a couple pearls in some clams in a pond. Plus, I come across a weird stone that wants to give me something.

Sure. Why not.

Magicka bursts forward from the stone, enveloping me. I feel tendrils of unnatural energy claw at my flesh, snake into my veins, and clutch at my heart. I open my mouth to scream and the ancient eldritch power pours into my lungs like blood-red smoke and clouds my eyes with visions of a barren, blasted land ruled by a scowling Daedra Lord perched on a massive throne of charred, splintered bone. When the darkness passes, I find myself clad in brutal black and crimson armor, holding a massive spike of a sword in my two shaking hands.

I continue picking flowers. Yeah, I know I’ve got magical Daedric armor on and am carrying a deadly four-foot double-edged Oblivion-forged blade, but that’s no reason to change my plans for the day."

:rofl:

Oh, I forgot about that one. Yeah that one's a beaut too :rofl:

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:38 pm

Lol, I thought you would be talking about the movie "Living in Oblivion", the one about the angry film director.

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:39 pm

I'm finally getting around to reading this. Great stuff!

I’m down to about 600 gold now, but I’ve got sacks full of corn, bread, apples, pears, cheese, graqes, carrots, lettuce, and other general groceries. Time to mix. I whip up some two-ingredient potions, like Corny Pear Juice, Graqey Cheese Glop, Tomato Radish Squeezin’s, Blackberry Onion Slush, Potato Rice Stew, and Ham Watermelon Surprise (the surprise is that it tastes even more disgusting than Corny Pear Juice).

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:14 pm

Just finished reading the latest update. Totally loving it. I can't wait for the next one!

» Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:51 am

I've noticed that there's a number of new players who have joined the ranks in the last few months, so I'd thought I'd post the link to http://livinginoblivion.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/to-sum-it-up/. This is a series of blogs done by the same guy that did Concerned: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman, a comic strip about Half-Life. He's done a few of these and took Oblivion on a number of years ago. Unfortunately he's pretty much stopped doing the Oblivion series, but the entries he did do are pretty funny. Some of the early ones are hilarious. I suggest you read these in chronological order for them to make the most sense. I've posted the introduction in the link above.

Happy reading. Be careful reading this at work - I busted out laughing at work on a couple of the posts

Thanks for posting this, it's a hoot! He's a very good writer. I liked this little quip:

As if in recognition of my sudden gain in power, the world outside the gate of Chorrol greets me with a mouthful of wolf teeth. I don’t know what the deal is with the wolves in Cyrodiil. They don’t seem hungry, just angry. They’ll run right past a soft, tasty deer to bite into a legion soldier dressed in spiked plate armor, or, in this case, a botanist dressed in hair.

But hey, I’m not sweating it. I’m level three. I use my newly enhanced intelligence to determine the wolf’s every move (it has one move – to bite me) and every weak point (its weak point is its body) and my increased personality skills to sprinkle the battle with witty comments (such as “Yahhh!” and “Whulhuh!”), and in a moment, thanks to my newly increased strength, the wolf is dead. Yeah. I’m pretty much a badass.

Then it’s back to my main chore, pickin’ flowers, which is not so badass.

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 12:38 pm

Yeah, man I wish I could write half that well. These quotes are precious :lol:

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:44 pm

"In life, you don’t go into Crate & Barrel and try to ask a question but accidentally pocket a silver vase. Generally."

Speak for yourself buddy! :laugh:

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:19 pm

I read the whole thing from beginning to end last night. There were time I was afraid I'd wake up my neighbors I was laughing so loud.

» Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:51 am

It was great, but I have to say that near the end Nondrick became less and less cowardly... I guess that's what the situation required though.

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:28 pm

Yeah I think the real Chris (I believe that's the author's name) started to break through a bit at the end there. He admitted at one point that it's actually pretty boring to play the game that way - surprise, surprise - and I suspect he was finding it hard to stay in character

That's why I said the earlier ones were the best. Well written and worth the read, even so...

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:18 pm

It was great, but I have to say that near the end Nondrick became less and less cowardly... I guess that's what the situation required though.

Actually NPCs are fairly brave. That's one of the reason you occasionally find one dead along the road. They decided to fight instead of run away.

» Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:13 am

This is great.

» Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:19 am

nodrick is my hero

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:06 pm

Once I started reading, I just couldn't stop. Classic.

» Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:23 pm

This inspired me to make my own Nondrick-esque character named 'Bonzo'. Instead of being butt-ugly, Bonzo is a dashing fellow, but the downside is he only has about half a brain cell.

» Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:17 am

Thank you so much for posting this link. I'm off sick from work today and it has given me something to do and really made me laugh!!