Has it been that long already? (Old man being long-winded)
So, I logged in for the first time here for quite awhile now. Up at the top was Notifications in red after logging in, seams I've been a member for over a year now. Just thinking about my train of thought about The Witcher in general back then would seam kinda amusing, while I view it as stupidity. Never knowing about The Witcher Universe, I was hooked on the game because of TW2:AoK for the 360. It was a free game for XBox Gold Members, so I gave it a shot on the words of the game summery, and in game pictures.
I will freely admit that since I am a normal male game player, seeing a hot, naked red-head a few times was one of the upper reasons for liking the game. But it was also the almost parallel world of TLotR that also kept me playing. That and the story of the game.
And when I say that as soon as the ending credits stopped for the game, I was instantly looking on the web to see if there was another game going to be released, you can surely believe that is what I did. And I wasn't disappointed either. I couldn't wait to get my hands on TW3:WH, oh what tails & characters would I encounter this time? When I realized that the release date was so soon after me finding out there was a 3rd game, I had to get to GameStop & pre-order it. Because I had no clue on how it was going to be received, was it going to sell out quickly or not? I couldn't take that chance, I also (to the dismay of another forum member, who is a great guy, just sucks that he can't play because of no Linux support) pre-ordered the expansion pass. Was supposed to get a Wolf's Head key chain with the pre-order, but never got it or offered to me. I didn't know about that part until it was too late & they were gone.
May 20th 2015, GAME ON! Nobody saw me for at least 3 months (outside of work that is), I can't recall how many days in a row I was awake playing it on my XB1. Being hyperactive, and a brain that won't shut down, I know it was a lot of days in a row. Then, like I do with everything I am interested in, I did a Google search to see if there was a forum board for the game series (obviously there was or I wouldn't be here typing this long post right now), and thus I registered my XB1 name DontBlnkBadWolf on July 16th, 2015.
I had fun in here for the first, almost, 3 months. Headbutted with @Dragonbird , got an infraction, for which I'm over that, I was stupid anyway. Hope she has been doing well, BTW. Then I saw a signature of one Mr. @Kallelinski and I quote: The unfulfilled love between Yennefer and Ciri and an incomplete family. So, being a little curious, I clicked it. Boy did my world change, I had no idea that there were books about the monster slayer. And in my world, who the hell was I to care about Yennefer? Triss was my love, Yennefer was totally rude & bitchy. Triss, sweet & caring. Kallelinski suggested that I should get the books & read them, then I would find out about everything. He also said to me that if I were to still chose Triss, then it wouldn't be the first or the last time someone continued with Triss. He was/is used to it now. I didn't stop with the first book either, I read that book in 24 hours straight (Remember, can't sleep). But I wanted more, my God how I wanted more. Amazon didn't have the correct release by date order when I bought the, what I thought was the 2nd & 3rd books, Blood of Elves & Time of Contempt. First three pages in, I had to stop because the timeline was off. Shit! I had to wait till payday to buy the real 2nd book Sword of Destiny, what I had was the 3rd & 4 books. Oh well, at least I would have 3 books to read. 50 hours after getting the 2nd book, I was looking to find the 5th book, Baptism of Fire. And Amazon had a release date of 2016 for the 6th book!!! OMG!
Google saved the day. Found fan translated 6th book, The Tower of Swallows (Title here in the States). Then I found the fan translated versions for Lady of the Lake & Season of Storms. Then I felt it. The true love that Yennefer had for Geralt, it was there all along, I was just blind to it because of the hot red-head in the game. But Triss wasn't who she truly is in the books. The games got it wrong. I was wrong. I was just plain wrong.
After B&W was released I played through on my lvl 40 NG+ and chose Yen, though it was still hard to do because of how Triss is in the game. Finished the game with Yen. Then I stopped, put the game away....walked away from here as well. And I have made some good friends here: Kallelinski is one, then there is @YenneferB & @Raven-beauty (I'm a man, what else can I say besides I'm a sucker for women? LOL), I always liked talking to those 3. Before I finished B&W on XB1, I built a gaming PC & I got TW3 with everything. Haven't played it on the PC yet because I told YenneferB that I was going to walk away when I finished on XB1.
That was until I saw on The Nexus that somebody made an Enhanced Edition. So after all of this typing it all comes down to this:
I am BadWolf, and I just can't leave the White Wolf for good. No matter how empty I feel inside because there will be no more books, no more Geralt in anymore games from CDPR. I just can't leave a Universe that I felt a part of. A Universe that I truly cried while reading the deaths of deeply rooted characters in the books. Characters that no matter how much Geralt shouldn't be around them, they had honor & courage. They needed Geralt as much as he needed them. We all need Geralt, in our own way. For either to have a snifter of vodka with, or to kill our own personal monsters. And because of that, I can never really walk away.
And as always: Good Luck on your Path
BadWolf
P.S. please don't let this thread lie empty. Share a thought or 2. I only hope that this thread does not get merged into the middle of another thread where members will overlook my post.
So, I logged in for the first time here for quite awhile now. Up at the top was Notifications in red after logging in, seams I've been a member for over a year now. Just thinking about my train of thought about The Witcher in general back then would seam kinda amusing, while I view it as stupidity. Never knowing about The Witcher Universe, I was hooked on the game because of TW2:AoK for the 360. It was a free game for XBox Gold Members, so I gave it a shot on the words of the game summery, and in game pictures.
I will freely admit that since I am a normal male game player, seeing a hot, naked red-head a few times was one of the upper reasons for liking the game. But it was also the almost parallel world of TLotR that also kept me playing. That and the story of the game.
And when I say that as soon as the ending credits stopped for the game, I was instantly looking on the web to see if there was another game going to be released, you can surely believe that is what I did. And I wasn't disappointed either. I couldn't wait to get my hands on TW3:WH, oh what tails & characters would I encounter this time? When I realized that the release date was so soon after me finding out there was a 3rd game, I had to get to GameStop & pre-order it. Because I had no clue on how it was going to be received, was it going to sell out quickly or not? I couldn't take that chance, I also (to the dismay of another forum member, who is a great guy, just sucks that he can't play because of no Linux support) pre-ordered the expansion pass. Was supposed to get a Wolf's Head key chain with the pre-order, but never got it or offered to me. I didn't know about that part until it was too late & they were gone.
May 20th 2015, GAME ON! Nobody saw me for at least 3 months (outside of work that is), I can't recall how many days in a row I was awake playing it on my XB1. Being hyperactive, and a brain that won't shut down, I know it was a lot of days in a row. Then, like I do with everything I am interested in, I did a Google search to see if there was a forum board for the game series (obviously there was or I wouldn't be here typing this long post right now), and thus I registered my XB1 name DontBlnkBadWolf on July 16th, 2015.
I had fun in here for the first, almost, 3 months. Headbutted with @Dragonbird , got an infraction, for which I'm over that, I was stupid anyway. Hope she has been doing well, BTW. Then I saw a signature of one Mr. @Kallelinski and I quote: The unfulfilled love between Yennefer and Ciri and an incomplete family. So, being a little curious, I clicked it. Boy did my world change, I had no idea that there were books about the monster slayer. And in my world, who the hell was I to care about Yennefer? Triss was my love, Yennefer was totally rude & bitchy. Triss, sweet & caring. Kallelinski suggested that I should get the books & read them, then I would find out about everything. He also said to me that if I were to still chose Triss, then it wouldn't be the first or the last time someone continued with Triss. He was/is used to it now. I didn't stop with the first book either, I read that book in 24 hours straight (Remember, can't sleep). But I wanted more, my God how I wanted more. Amazon didn't have the correct release by date order when I bought the, what I thought was the 2nd & 3rd books, Blood of Elves & Time of Contempt. First three pages in, I had to stop because the timeline was off. Shit! I had to wait till payday to buy the real 2nd book Sword of Destiny, what I had was the 3rd & 4 books. Oh well, at least I would have 3 books to read. 50 hours after getting the 2nd book, I was looking to find the 5th book, Baptism of Fire. And Amazon had a release date of 2016 for the 6th book!!! OMG!
Google saved the day. Found fan translated 6th book, The Tower of Swallows (Title here in the States). Then I found the fan translated versions for Lady of the Lake & Season of Storms. Then I felt it. The true love that Yennefer had for Geralt, it was there all along, I was just blind to it because of the hot red-head in the game. But Triss wasn't who she truly is in the books. The games got it wrong. I was wrong. I was just plain wrong.
After B&W was released I played through on my lvl 40 NG+ and chose Yen, though it was still hard to do because of how Triss is in the game. Finished the game with Yen. Then I stopped, put the game away....walked away from here as well. And I have made some good friends here: Kallelinski is one, then there is @YenneferB & @Raven-beauty (I'm a man, what else can I say besides I'm a sucker for women? LOL), I always liked talking to those 3. Before I finished B&W on XB1, I built a gaming PC & I got TW3 with everything. Haven't played it on the PC yet because I told YenneferB that I was going to walk away when I finished on XB1.
That was until I saw on The Nexus that somebody made an Enhanced Edition. So after all of this typing it all comes down to this:
I am BadWolf, and I just can't leave the White Wolf for good. No matter how empty I feel inside because there will be no more books, no more Geralt in anymore games from CDPR. I just can't leave a Universe that I felt a part of. A Universe that I truly cried while reading the deaths of deeply rooted characters in the books. Characters that no matter how much Geralt shouldn't be around them, they had honor & courage. They needed Geralt as much as he needed them. We all need Geralt, in our own way. For either to have a snifter of vodka with, or to kill our own personal monsters. And because of that, I can never really walk away.
And as always: Good Luck on your Path
BadWolf
P.S. please don't let this thread lie empty. Share a thought or 2. I only hope that this thread does not get merged into the middle of another thread where members will overlook my post.
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