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Re: Finding Your Passion

merlik — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:24:49 -0000

No I haven't, what is it about? And thank you very much for checking out my blog.

Re: Finding Your Passion

merlik — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:21:53 -0000

Thanks very much Dan. I look forward to providing you with some great entertaining and informative content.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - I am really excited about the Vook and getting...

merlik — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:45:55 -0000

It seems really cool, but I don't have an iPhone and I would want it portable so it isn't something I'm going to be getting. When you release the audible version though, I'm there.

Re: Successful Geeks Really Are Out There

merlik — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:18:41 -0000

This book is great for people who already understand social networking. It focuses way more on the relationship aspect than the tools themselves. You most likely already understand many of the concepts this book covers, and it is still a good read and great info.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - The Thank You Economy. The world of content is...

merlik — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:24:24 -0000

I never would have bet against him, though I am biased as I have been a fan of his for 2 years now.

Re: MMO Recap

merlik — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:47:52 -0000

Thanks for the comments Howard, let me answer these one by one.

1. It all depends on what you want to play and where you have the most friends playing. I play World of Warcraft and Champions Online because that is where I have friends. There are some very good free MMOs out there as well if you just want to get your feet wet. Dungeons & Dragons Online is very good, so is Runes of Magic. Also what are you looking for, sci-fi or fantasy? Player vs. Environment or Player vs. Player.

2. Easiest to learn would probably have to be World Of Warcraft due to the number of players out there that are willing to help and they have worked very hard to get the starter areas simplified. The next patch will have an even better tutorial. And you can always message me in WoW, I'm on Aerie Peak and my name is Artticus.

3. Different games have different death penalties. WoW doesn't have much of a penalty as long as you go get your body. Warhammer Online is the same. EVE Online death can be very harsh and that is one of the hardest games to learn but also very rewarding when you master it.

4. As I said earlier I prefer Champions and WoW because that is where my friends play, MMOs are just more fun with friends. You can make friends in any MMO you play though. And there aren't really any good MMOs out for console systems yet in my opinion. Final Fantasy XI is out and I don't care for it at all, and Champions Online is coming out but I'm not sure if it can play with the PC players or not and I wouldn't want to play it unless I have full access.

5. I recommend a PC and specs depend on what game you want to play. The game websites will have the recommended specs. I play WoW on my laptop from time to time and it runs great despite it being 3 years old. As with anything though, if you are getting into gaming, the best PC possible is always your best bet.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - Thank you for your support and looks like we made...

merlik — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:20:29 -0000

Video would have been at a urinal if he had been #1 ;-) Congrats Gary. Told you you were on the NY Times list.

Re: MMO Recap

merlik — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:49:49 -0000

I will gladly do a show on the topic and just for a quick reference, an MMO is a Massively Multiplayer Online game. That is any game where a large number of people can log on and play together in a game where the world stays online whether anyone is playing or not.

And you would be surprised by the number of times I get asked that question.

Re: MMO Recap

merlik — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:43:12 -0000

That could get quite annoying if they decided to launch a Twitter War. Darn bloodthirsty Orcs.

Re: MMO Recap

merlik — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:41:47 -0000

Done, you can now subscribe via e-mail at the top, thanks for your suggestions.

Re: MMO Recap

merlik — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:40:44 -0000

Thanks, I might do a review here and there. Going to mainly focus on the news though.

Re: The Library of Today

merlik — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:45:42 -0000

I love my library, not only do I get movies from there but I got Trust Agents and tons of audio books from there so it is my personal educational store.

Re: MMO Recap

merlik — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:12:11 -0000

Disqus actually has install instructions now for tumblr. Just mouse over your site name on Disqus if you already set it up and didn't install. As far as good Tumblr themes go, I eventually want a custom one, but went with nice and simple for now. The facebook login is part of disqus and its in the setting tabs of your disqus management page.

Re: Welcome to the Crush It! Challenge [Video]

merlik — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:19:27 -0000

Nicely done, I love Disqus. I just launched my own niche blog vidcast. mmorecap.com

Re: MMO Recap

merlik — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:13:15 -0000

You are very welcome, thanks for the comment.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - I suck!

merlik — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:33:28 -0000

Damn right, I suck at a lot of things and I'm rapidly learning how to focus on the things that I rock at. Getting better all the time and I'm gonna rock the house.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - My Mom made me unstoppable…Period!

merlik — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:08:45 -0000

After your story yesterday I definitely believe it. That is really awesome.

Re: Overnight Success 2- A Call to Arms

merlik — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:24:39 -0000

Awesome message. I love getting away from the "social media" crowd here and there and integrating new people into it. I work with a lot of gamers, geeks and nerds that couldn't care less about twitter and such. And I do share with them how fun and how amazing it can be. I will continue to help people. Thanks for posting this Chris.

Re: What it Takes to Be an Overnight Success

merlik — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:04:18 -0000

Chris,

Thank you for telling it how it is. I'm not quite there yet, and I will be. Maybe not as famous and I am fine with that. I will have a very good income from working my passion and helping the people I do. It both scares and excites me knowing even some of the possibilities that are out there. Thanks again Chris.

Re: How To Level Up

merlik — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:10:58 -0000

Awesome post, relates with so much with what I want to do in life. Thank's Chris!

Re: Facebook- Please at least PRETEND to Care

merlik — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:28:42 -0000

All this and I've been having tons of errors all across their site lately. Hope they can get their act together. Don't want to have to try and drag my friends away from a crappy site. Getting on Facebook instead of Myspace was hard enough.

Re: Apple Announces iTunes 9

merlik — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:47:01 -0000

Awesome, thanks for pointing it out. That really is very sad that that's all it is. You'd think they would want to make it so it can tweet what you are listening to with a link for people to buy it or something.

Re: Apple Announces iTunes 9

merlik — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:39:19 -0000

Yeah I haven't been able to find anything about it at all other than on the new features page. Nothing in the help file or anywhere that I have been able to find yet.

Re: Apple Announces iTunes 9

merlik — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:22:33 -0000

Anyone able to figure out how to connect it to Twitter etc... yet?

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - The Numbers Obsession IPeople are too hung up on...

merlik — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:04:16 -0000

I used to be obsessed with numbers and I am a virtual nobody. Then it just hit me one day that I don't care who all these random people are. What I put out there I put out there because I love it. And hopefully I might find one or two amazing people from it. I've been lucky and have found a couple awesome people to really get to know and who knows what the future holds. It really is all about the Passion.

Why do it if you don't love it. Sure some things will seem like a bit of work here and there, the key is to keep focused on the end game though and make sure you are still on the right path for what you want.