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March 21, 2011

A great night of dancing and friends at Detroit Bar

Filed under: Reviews — Tyler @ 11:58 pm
Detroit Bar

Detroit Bar

Detroit Bar

843 W. 19th Street
Costa Mesa CA 92627

Detroit Bar usually has good music and friendly staff, but I found last Friday to be an exceptionally great time. Not only did the bartenders and servers look good, but they had great attitudes and made me want to buy a drink here and there. I got zero sass when I ordered a non alcoholic drink either. The music was top notch and there was a good mix of men and women dancing to what seemed like a blend of techno and house music. That’s a good thing because oftentimes at clubs it takes hours for the dance-floor to pick up to anything beyond a male dominated uncomfortable zone. But at Detroit there were girls already dancing in a fun and non-pretentious manner pretty early in the night. The security at the club was present but not overpowering and that made the atmosphere feel safe yet relaxed. The last time I was at Detroit was a few months ago on a Saturday night so this was a great deal of fun.

One thing that I enjoyed about the music and people was that the audience had fun with the builds and swells in the music. People weren’t afraid to bust out a little bit. That’s a plus because I’m 30 years old and I don’t have time for any sissy dance floor garbage. If we’re goona hit it, it’s gotta be 100% or else I’m out. And Detroit didn’t disappoint.

The staff is really good at cleaning up spills and they do it fast for safety so that’s cool.

I’d definitely go to Detroit again. Although I don’t really go clubbing by myself because I don’t drink, I still like the exercise and my abs were monster the next morning.

I was stoked to be at the bar celebrating my friends birthday. I hadn’t seen him in literally years and it was good times.

HERE’s a link to current events and DJ’s at the Detroit Bar!

-Tyler

Why I Unsubscribed to Rift and Why Everyone Else will Shortly Follow Suit

Filed under: Gaming — Nauticaboy @ 8:25 pm

 

Rift Game Logo

Trion Worlds' new MMORPG, Rift, is doomed to fail.

 

The subject line says it all. This game has zero long term appeal. Rift, in essence, is a re-skinned World of Warcraft with public quests, similar to those first seen in Warhammer Online. The UI, the PvP instances, and the “soul system” all resemble traits WoW has. Even the rogue’s “combo points” and finishing moves are a direct rip off from WoW.

If you’ve visited any video gaming website in the last couple of months, you’ve undoubtedly seen a Rift advertisement boldly claiming “We’re not in Azeroth anymore.” I’ve also seen several television commercials for Rift as well. I’ll give it to Trion Worlds. Their marketing efforts peaked my interest enough to pick up the game. They even got me to initially sign up for the “Founder’s discount” 6 month pricing plan. I figured I might as well invest 6 months into the game since I probably needed a couple of months to reach the level 50 cap. I ended up cancelling that subscription plan today and I doubt I’m the only person doing so before the first “free” 30 days expires.

I’m a level 22 rogue after a week of play and everything I’ve done feels like I’ve done it in WoW already. The rifts that open up randomly and create the opportunity for public quests happen so frequently that I feel like I can’t quest normally without being sucked into fighting rifts from hours on end. Frankly, once people begin to unsubscribe to the game as I predict, rifts will be that much more of a nuisance to the players still playing. If the rifts in the game are ignored, they eventually kill the town NPC’s that give out quests; making leveling more difficult.

Before you Rift faithful try and dismiss my opinion by citing the positive reviews Rift’s received already, understand the point I am making. The game itself is polished. My client never once crashed and I didn’t notice any latency issues. If Rift was released before the original World of Warcraft debuted, it would be an absolute hit. However, that isn’t the case – WoW has been out for over 6 years. Case and point: Warhammer Online received very positive reviews as well and had a “successful” launch, yet Mythic Entertainment ended up having two rounds of layoffs a few months after the release. To date, more than half of Warhammer Online’s original servers have been removed/consolidated.

If you haven’t picked up Rift, don’t bother. You might be logging into an empty server.

-Nauticaboy

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