Sorry I've Been Away...

May was a bad month for me. I have been very sick over the past few weeks and the doctors had no idea why. After a CAT scan it was determined that I had an impacted infection in my sinuses that was resistant to antibiotics. I have my final shot today and I'm finally starting to feel like myself again. I also had my 360 die on me so even though I was home, I couldn't even play games, aside from a little Oblivion; although sitting in a chair at my PC often made me quite dizzy. I returned to work Tuesday and have been working my ass off trying to catch up. I've almost accomplished that so I hope to return to site chat next week. I've been lurking around so I hope I haven't missed anything important.

Again, my apologies to those that might've thought I took off but I’m back and hope to get my Xbox coffin soon so I can get back up on Live.

See you around the boards...

Dojo Screens...

Well this is probably the last set of pics I will post of Basho. This is probably my favorite set as this is when I first found the hidden dojo in the Snow Dragon Temple mod. So without further adieu:

Time for Training

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Training Shot 1

Training Shot 2

Training Shot 3

Training Shot 4

Training Shot 5

Training Shot 6

Training Shot 7

Comments welcome, even encouraged.

More Screens...

Well it seems that the Oblivion screenshots were able to garner more attention than any other blog entry I've made to date. So because of this, I have decided to add a few general shots in this post I took during the "Lifting the Vale" quest.

Hunting in the Jerralls

Entering the Serpent's Trail

The Constant Snow Fall of Pale Pass

The Pass of the Ancients

I have a few more of this character and then I may go ahead and post some of the pics of my first character, an Imperial Knight. If anyone's interested, I may begin posting some info regarding the user-made mods I am following or currently using. Some of the work done is simply phenomenal! The Knights of the Nine Crusader helmet has already been reproduced from the limited pictures available and I'm sure it's just as nice as the real thing.

I hope you all like the screenshots; I sure enjoyed taking them...

Oblivion Screenshots...

Since I first purchased Oblivion, my girl and I have been taking screenshots. At one point, I would start the game up and just run around to take screens, not even playing the game. I have submitted a few to planeteldersscrolls.gamespy.com and even made a couple of front pages. Many of my screens have been posted on the official Bethesda Message Boards but I figured I would try posting some of them here to gauge interest. I would have just made a thread in the Oblivion forum but since most people here who play Oblivion play it on the 360, I didn't know what kind of response I would get. So without further explanation:

This is my newest character Basho. He's a Tang Mo (monkey people) from the Island of Akavir. If you're unable to recognize this race, it's a mod based on TES Lore. I named him after a famous Samurai-turned-wandering poet from Japanese history. Below I have some screens titled with translated haiku from Master Matsuo Bashō.

"Another year is gone; and I still wear straw hat and straw sandal."

"Along this road goes no one; This autumn evening."

"It is deep autumn. My neighbor How does he live, I wonder."

"Traveling this high mountain trail, delighted by violets."

"Among moon gazers, at the ancient temple grounds. Not one beautiful face"

"From time to time; the clouds give rest. To the moon beholders..."

Translated Haiku from Master Matsuo Bashō

I Never Thought I Would See The Day...