Daily Ramblings – Gaming, Reading, Watching, and Learning

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CODM, Dark Time, Discord, Gaming, Learning, Reading, Reddit, Season 6, The West Wing, Watching

Call of Duty Mobile start season 6 today. There are new guns, the KSP-45 and L-Car. A submachine gun and machine pistol respectively. I completed the challenge last night for the L-Car and got the KSP-45 as part of the season’s battle pass. We’ve got a new map, new weapons, new character skins, and all kinds of challenges coming up. Oh, and did I mention they are adding jet aircraft to battle royale? HA!!! It’s going to be great fun!

For those of you doing the “Too Close for Comfort” Challenge, there is a slight glitch in the task list. The task of using The Purifier flamethrower 5 times wouldn’t work when I first started playing it. The key is to use the generic version of the Purifier, not the H20 version or even using a camouflage. You need to use the plain, generic Purifier and the task will count the games you use. This threw me for a bit, but I visited Reddit and the solution was there. I’d also like to pass on my thanks to CODM’s folks on their Discord channel. They directed me to Reddit, updated me that the glitch was fixed, and were terrific.

I’m reading Star Carrier: Dark Time. It’s a great read so far. I’m also reading my bible daily. I love a good story. Reading is what I call one of my “critical tasks” because it keeps the creative juices flowing. Each time you read, you are invoking your inner creativity, so that the scenes, characters, and story come alive. At least that’s what I do. I truly enjoy the escape that reading provides.

My sister and I are still watching season 2 of The West Wing. She’s been busy lately with her friends, going out and such, so we haven’t watched too much this week, but that’s ok. I’ve watched the entire show about 9 times. I just love this show. This time around, since it is no longer on Netflix, I am buying each season as we go, just like I did with The Sopranos. For those shows I really enjoy, I buy them, so I always have access to them everywhere. I don’t buy DVDs anymore. I really try to minimize the things I own, because there’s nothing like having access to everything I need digitally. I joke from time-to-time that I can literally survive with what’s in a backpack.

I’m watching a great documentary on the Civil War on Amazon Prime. I’m also continuing my studies on Udemy. This week I learned about the Index() and Match() functions. Today, the instructor is going to use both to show how powerful a combination these two functions are in Excel. I enjoy learning something new each day. It’s a real rush when you learn something you didn’t know the day before.

Well, that’s it for this week’s installment of gaming, reading, watching, and learning. I hope you all enjoy this posting. I’m thinking of separating gaming into a separate day, like Saturday, but haven’t decided yet. What do you think? Put your comments in the section below. I’ll listen.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Gaming, Reading, Watching and Learning

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Amazon Prime, Call of Duty, Civil War, CODM, Dark Time, Diablo Immortal, Grand Master, Ian Douglas, Star Carrier Series, The West Wing, Udemy

The Call of Duty Mobile saga continues. I am currently at the Grand Master level in both Battle Royal and Multiplayer and have a few more levels before I hit legendary. It’s a real grind. For those of you who do not know what grind means in this context, it is the literally playing and playing and playing until your objectives have been met. I grind to get ranked and I grind to get my diamond camouflages for my weapons.

I have also started a game called Diablo Immortal. Boy, that is a great game. All kinds of things to do, all kinds of weapons, gear, gems, and gold to collect. I am really enjoying the Role Playing Game (RPG) genre again. These guys at Blizzard really know how to create great games.

I’m started reading Dark Time, another book in the Star Carrier series. It’s another great read so far. The way Ian Douglas writes is terrific. The characters are awesome. The weapons and military craft descriptions are the best. I highly recommend this series if you are a SF fan.

My sister and I are in season 2 of The West Wing. It’s terrific. I never grow tired of The West Wing. The characters are so terrific! Sam, Toby, Josh, Donna, CJ Craig, Danny, President Bartlet and Leo are terrific. I won’t give away any spoilers, in case any of you are interested. The entire show is on Amazon Prime Video, but you’ll have to pay. It’s about $25 US per season.

I’m watching a new documentary on the Civil War and continuing with my Excel class on Udemy. Yesterday I learned about HLOOKUP. Today it will be INDEX(). I enjoy this class because of the short session lengths and the easy example files to work with.

Have a great Thursday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Gaming, Reading, Watching, and Learning

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Book 6, Call of Duty Mobile, Deep Time, Diablo Immortal, FPS, Ian Douglas, RPG, Star Carrier, The West Wing, Udemy

Believe it or not, I found another game to play. It’s called Diablo Immortal. It is a mobile RPG game produced by Blizzard. Wow, what a game. The stories are so detailed and the world is really immersive. What is really cool, is that you have other players who you can see that are all logged in and doing their thing. Call of Duty is still my favorite First Person Shooter (FPS), but Diablo Immortal is great fun! Another game I highly recommend if you are looking for a good one to play and keep you busy for a while.

I finished book 5 of the Star Carrier series and will start book 6 today. It has been a great series for sure.

My sister and I are still watching The West Wing. I also finished the history of Quantum Physics and need to find another documentary to start watching today.

My EXCEL course just covered some more conditionals like the many IF functions in EXCEL. It is great learning all this stuff. I use EXCEL quite a bit and this course will prove to be helpful for years to come.

Well, that’s it for now. Have a great Thursday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Gaming, Reading, Watching, and Learning – CODM, Star Carrier, The West Wing, Udemy – Excel Course

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CODM, Excel, Hobby, Learning, Reading, Season 5, Star Carrier Series, Total War WW2, Udemy, Watching, West Wing

Happy Thursday, folks!

Season 5 of CODM is upon us. They have loaded up some new challenges, updated rewards and goodies for completing them, and I am continuing to work on Diamond Camouflage for weapons. The Clan Battle has started up again, where specific games are set up for clans to compete. It’s all great fun! To make this easier to understand, I’ll begin uploading photos next week of various screen shots within the CODM portal.

I’m still reading the Star Carrier Series. The story so far has our hero locked in battle with a new alien enemy known as the G’rdock. It’s a crazy story so far.

I started watching Total War WW2 on Amazon. It’s a new take on WW2 that covers themes of things, instead of battles, like normal documentaries. Topics like mobilization, the aerial war, and other topics. It’s great!

My sister and I finished Better Call Saul. Season 6 doesn’t come to Netflix until July, so we moved over to one of my favorite television series–The West Wing. I just bought season 1. It’s been a great ride so far.

I’m still in the MS Excel course offered by Udemy. This week we are learning about conditional statements, like IF functions. It’s terrific to learn about all these things I did not know and it will make me more proficient when I begin creating better spreadsheets that will help me be more organized and efficient in both my work and my personal life.

Well, that’s it, folks.

Have a great Thursday!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Gaming, Reading, Watching, and Learning – CODM, Star Carrier, Total War WW2, Udemy Excel Course

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Better Call Saul, CODM, Gaming, Learning, Reading, Star Carrier, Total War, Tropical Vision, Udemy, Watching

I changed the title of today’s posting, because it failed to capture what I wanted to cover in Thursday’s posting. So, it is now what you see.

Season 3 of 2022 has started in Call of Duty Mobile (CODM). It is so exciting to start a new season. We have a bunch of new challenges, new characters, a new comic strip that encompasses the theme of this season (The Jungle), and it will be offering a new map, new weapons to camo up, and a continuing tournament from last season. I’m currently finishing up a submachine gun, then I’m going to shoot for Legendary status in both ranked multiplayer and battle royale. I’m stoked. It started yesterday. I played a bit, but my sister and I are still working through Better Call Saul and I take a break from that.

I also have a bit of great news. My sleep schedule has finally normalized. I’m back to midnight to 7 AM. I think it may have had to do with getting back to the gym and getting back on track with a steady workout routine. I don’t know what it is about going to the gym, but my workouts are so much better in the gym, than they are in my home. Now that COVID poses a little less of a threat, I have started hitting the gym again and it’s great!

The Star Carrier series is what I’m currently reading. Earth is in a civil war, and there are two groups of aliens that are threatening her. The crew of the America (which is the key ship in the series), is headed off to meet one of these alien groups head on, and it will be exciting to see what happens. I won’t give you more than that, but wow, what a ride!

What am I watching? I’m watching a series on Amazon Prime called Total War WW2 and my sister and I are still plugging through Season 5 of Better Call Saul. For those of you who are interested, Stranger Things season 4 has just hit Netflix. My sister is not a fan, so I’ll be solo watching that one. I’ve watched all of them and love the show.

My learning is dedicated to becoming better with MS Excel. The course I’m taking is terrific. I cannot tell you how much I did not know about Excel before taking this course. Wow! It is great. We are working through connecting multiple sheets and consolidating data using the consolidation tool in MS Excel. Again, this is a tool I never knew existed.

Well, that’s it for today. I hope all of you have a terrific Thursday!

Until next time…

Dave