EtG New Year Resolutions

[DoubleCapitals]

What do you want to set to achieve next year? (It can be related to Elements or unrelated)

Well for me I'd like to pass Chinese so I can drop it next year (pretty tough for me) and in EtG get to Platinum

[dragonsdemesne]

Win moar marks!  :p  (I think that's what I posted in last year's version of this thread, too)  I can't remember how many I'd set as a goal in that thread for 2012, but I ended up with 6 (I had 0 in 2011, and didn't play before that)

RL: Probably looks mostly like Captain Scibra's above.  Can't afford to move out yet myself...

Well, comparing to this, which I dug up from last year, I think my goals are pretty much the same.

Elements:

MOAR MARKS lol.  Apparently I had 0 in 9 months of 2011 and 6 in 2012.  Right now I have 13, plus 3 more codes owing, so I guess I earned 10 in 2013, which means I improved, and improvement is rather the point of new year's resolutions, so that's good.  I don't know how many nymphs I had at the time, but I have 38 right now.  I'll mention that so I can quote in a year's time and see how many the oracle deigned to give me.  Statistically, he gives roughly 1/month, and I've been playing now for 33 months, so I'm slightly ahead of the curve.  (no reward codes were used for nymphs, all were used for marks)  With average RNG, I should be able to say I have 50 nymphs this time next year.  It would also be nice to win Battle League this season; so far, I'm on track to do that, but anything could happen in the next few weeks.  Last season, for instance, I thought I'd end up second behind s2xaT5No, but he had a bad streak at the end.  I was also joking awhile ago that if I can get exactly 3rd place in BL and 1st place in CL, I'd have one of every league trophy from 1st to 3rd :p  (and no, sorry, I won't tank BL games to get that!)  I don't think anyone has that particular achievement, yet.

Real Life:

Still don't think I'll get to move out this year, but I've been saving lots of money towards trying to get myself a house or something like that.  I have enough I could put a decent sized down payment on a small place, but the monthly payments would still be unaffordable (and no bank in their right mind would allow such a payment to salary ratio) so I'll be chilling in my parent's basement for awhile yet :p

I want to read more books this year.  I'm a fairly avid reader, but I used to get a LOT more reading done, and so by comparison I feel like I should be reading more.  I still buy books at the same rate I used to be able to read them, so they have been piling up.

Recently, in a real life CCG, Netrunner, (the original, not the remake) I've been buying up a bunch of old cards on Ebay (It went out of print years ago) and I'm hoping I can get a complete set of those this year.  I used to play it a lot when it was still in print, and in the last few months, a friend of mine and I have had a resurgence of interest in the game.

I'm also hoping that sometime soon, my favourite customer at work, this really cute girl that works for the government, will come back again so that I can ask her out... She was in about five times last year buying stuff, and we always had some great chats every time she was in.  I'm really picky when it comes to women, and I'm not exactly the best catch in the world (unless they like elements trophies...) so I have had pretty rotten luck in that department.  I think this girl might be interested, assuming she's single, which I really doubt, but I haven't asked, yet.  (but no rings on her fingers, so... )

Speaking of work, I'll put down that I'd like to get a raise at work sometime in 2013 :p  I got one in the fall of 2013 and one in the summer of 2012 (I started there late 2011) so that's not completely unrealistic.

[dawn to dusk]

WIN MOAR
but seriously, I'd like to participate in trials but I highly doubt ill do that. Maybe I'll try to get in top 10 in BL or not come last in CL. They're pretty good to achieve

[andretimpa]

EtG: finish my Basic Edition (I'm 2 months away from it at my current pace). Actually start winning tourneys, instead of always coming at second . Give BL a try and that's about it.

[eljoemo]

I'm also hoping that sometime soon, my favourite customer at work, this really cute girl that works for the government, will come back again so that I can ask her out... She was in about five times last year buying stuff, and we always had some great chats every time she was in.  I'm really picky when it comes to women, and I'm not exactly the best catch in the world (unless they like elements trophies...) so I have had pretty rotten luck in that department.  I think this girl might be interested, assuming she's single, which I really doubt, but I haven't asked, yet.  (but no rings on her fingers, so... )

(Some point in 2014)

Dragons: "Hey Baby, how would you like to date the only EtG player with 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place trophies in Battle League and Championship League?"
Cute Girl: "Uhm..."
Dragons: "Girl, you haven't seen the size of my huge... Mark collection."
Cute Girl: "Wow what...?"
Dragons: "You only have to share with my 38 nymphs."
Cute Girl: "..."
Dragons: "..."
Cute Girl: "MARRY ME?!"

I think there's a good chance of this happening Good Luck all the same regardless

OK, my turn I guess. I don't really have any resolutions as such, just things that I'd like to happen:

EtG

- Fill out my unupped and upped collections. Need me a lot of ups and a couple shard and a few weapons. Should manage it with some grinding.
- Take part in more events. I am both glad and disappointed that I didn't sign up for War. Definitely want to take part in War 8 and forum Brawl is coming up I think.


Life in general

- Get into Uni. With all luck, I'll be graduating next summer so that's where I want to be headed.
- Get my Driver's License. I started learning to drive this Oct so I'll be able to take my test next August.
- Get a job. This one could be changed depending on how my immigration status looks. Even if I can't get a paying job, I'll look into doing some volunteer work to put on my resume. Nothing huge, just some part time work.

That's my year in a nutshell. Hopefully it'll work out. Good luck to everyone else on their plans.

[dragonsdemesne]

That... would be... strange yet awesome.  On second thought, maybe I'll wait before bringing up the 38 nymphs...  The long sword and bone tower can be mentioned earlier, though.

Actually, I should probably add getting a driver's licence to mine as well.  It's something I've never done, just because cars are so expensive, so I didn't really see the point getting a licence without a car.  At least I've gotten the university and job part down :p  I don't know how your high school experience was, but I liked university a lot more than high school.  (but I hated high school :p)

[eljoemo]

Maybe you could mention your blessed unstoppable boner cock balls. She may be interested

I think I prefer high school here in Canadia than back in England, but Uni should by different here's hoping for the best.

[Naesala]

EtG: Have a successful Brawl 3
Get all the shards
Start working towards trainer edition

Real life:
Continue transitioning
Find a Job
Overcome depression

[dragonsdemesne]

Well, without going into any details, Naesala, I've 'been there, done that' on the last two of your RL things (and possibly the first, though I don't exactly know what you meant by something so general)  So for what it's worth, these things can be beaten :p

[RootRanger]

Damn, looks like dragons passed me up in marks while I was away. Nice job, mate. As for me, I'm pretty happy with only 12, lol.

Anyways, I'll be designing and hosting a PvP Event this year. Maybe another mafia. Might run Elimination again too. Ya'll will have some fun to look forward to.

[Dm]

Something
Something
Activity
Something
Try to become a decent person
More something
Attempt to study more
Other somethings.

[dragonsdemesne]

I think majofa, Jen-i, and porbably Calindu have more than I do still.  Maybe mrpaper as well, but I'm not sure how many he's got.  Not sure about some of the old players like TStar or rastafla.