Towel Please

I don’t really consider myself a gamer. Once upon a time I would say I was. But that all changed with World of Warcraft. Around the time I started playing World of Warcraft, I installed an application called xfire. Xfire is a chat client, much like AIM, that allows you to connect easily with other gamers. It also tracks what games you play…and how long you have played each game. One day after playing WoW I happened to check my xfire account. What I saw made my jaw drop. Xfire said I had been playing for 52 hours. 52 hours of my life went into a video game. That is like a work week and then some. Shortly after, I canceled my account and haven’t looked back…except once. But I haven’t looked back since that one time.

I go through spells where I will fire up the PS3 or Xbox for some quick entertain. But I start feeling guilty if I have been playing too long. Anyway, I am babbling, on to the point. Today, I saw something that got the gamer inside me excited.

The announcement of Diablo III!!!te he!!

I probably spent more time on Diablo II than any other game. Even my non-gamer friends would waste hours and hours playing. So when I saw the announcement over at 1-Up, I instantly felt like a little kid on Christmas morning. When it releases, I envision a Sir Rob wasting a good portion of his life on it. At least for the first week. That should be about the time I start feeling the guilt.

Check out the teaser video!

Also, head over to 1-UP for the article and screenshots.

Oh! Ooooooh! Oooooooh! Ahhhhh. Towel please!

On a sidenote, 52 hours is nothing compared what other people have put in. I know people that have put 500+ hours into it. Can you imagine that. Has anyone ever been on their death bed and said “I wish I would have done more gaming.”

I think not.

Kicking the Habit…Once Again

I have what some might call a problem, some may call it an addiction. I drink a lot…of sodas. It’s really embarrassing for me to admit this. I have a lot of people looking up to me. It’s because of them I want to kick this dirty habit and get clean.

The turning point for me came one day when I was in a back ally servicing a quadriplegic amputee Gulf War vet. I was on my knees about to start the ‘Sir Robbie Rob World Famous Special’ and it hit me. Well, the vet hit me. The first hit was to the head, with what I don’t know, from that point on I was in and out of consciousness. I woke up laying in the filth of the ally covered in my own blood. My body was covered with bite marks and wheel chair tire marks. I had hit rock bottom…Actually I would say rock bottom hit me. I knew I needed to get help.

I reached out to my family but they gave up on me a long time ago. They got tired of me stealing from them just so I could get my fix. They would say “Why didn’t you just get a soda out of the fridge! We had a 24 pack!”. But they didn’t understand. They only had normal soda in there. My cravings were for diet soda. Anyone can get addicted to Coca Cola. It takes a real junkie to get addicted to Caffeine-Free Diet Coke.

It was because of the Diet Coke addiction I couldn’t find anyone with experience to help rid my of it. I would go to all of the rehabs in town and the conversation was the same everywhere.

Rehab Front Desk: “Addicted to Diet Coke?”

SRR: “Caffeine-Free Diet Coke mostly. Sometimes I drink a Diet Dr. Pepper or regular Diet Coke. I drink about 12 sometimes 15 cans a day.”

Rehab Front Desk: “Sir please get the hell out of here. We have REAL patients that have REAL problems.”

No one understood my addiction. I was on my own to kick this nasty habit. So I found a dirt motel in the middle of no where. I would kick this thing cold turkey. Right after I enjoyed a Diet Code from the vending machine. It was probably the best thing I have or will ever taste. Afterwards, I boarded up the room and started the rough road to a healthier life.

It was 5 days later that I came out of that room. The soda no longer had its’ teeth in me. I walked right up to that vending machine. It sat there tempting me to have another refreshing soda. But I won that battle I got a bottle water instead. I just said no!

I wanted to share my story so everyone with an addiction to diet sodas knows they’re not alone. There are others out there that are wanting to help you. Just reach out and we will help.

Hi. My name is Sir Robbie Rob and I’m a soda addict. I’ve been sober for 19…make that 20 minutes.

I’ve been neglecting you

I’m sorry that I haven’t been paying any attention to you blog. Things have been crazy and I haven’t had anything smart ass-y to say. Instead of another sweet blog entry I thought I would do something different. I’m going to give my fans (Hi Mom!) a little something to get to know Sir Robs a little better.

How am I going to do that?

With Random YouTube clips.

Say What?!?!

Yep, I going to post some of the best YouTube clips that will help my readers get a better idea of my sense of humor.

Transformers!

wtf?

I Love You Rebecca! NOT SAFE FOR WORK

Baffled? Confused? Great! You now have an idea of the inner workings of me.

I will kick into gear soon and get some posts going.

Peace

Kobe vs. Pool of Snakes

I came across this YouTube clip today. It features NBA basketball star Kobe Bryant hanging out with the Jackass crew. They set up a pool full of snakes and take turns jumping into it. Really not that funny…for Jackass. The cool part is watching Kobe line up to jump over the pool and slam dunk a ball.

Now you’re probably saying “That’s pretty lame compared to other Jackass Shananigans.”

That is fact but watch Kobe jump over the pool…into a dunk. The distance he jumped just blew my mind. Mindblowing! I can’t even jump rope.

That’s the random YouTube clip of the day.

Have fun.

Sir Robbie Rob’s Time Machine V

It’s that time again for another ride on Sir Robbie Rob’s Time Machine. In this posting we will go back to the day Sir Rob’s wrote the mesmerizing story ‘How did the Titanic sink’. Buckle up kids, it’s going to be a wild ride. Woot!

disclaimer: The following text is being re-produced here exactly as it was written.

11/30/90 How Did the Titanic sink

Around 1896 mem started building a ship called the Titanic.They said it would never sink. But it did on April 14, 1912. But when they finish it all rich and famous people took the cruise to New York. It was bigger than all the buildings that we have today. When the ship was half way to New York they hit an ice berg. It took three to four hours to sink but some people got of the ship in time. The ship went down with a lot of people on it. It split in two halfs. It sank in the Atlantic Ocean on April 14,1912.

You get that fool? It sank in April 14, 1912. How many times do I have to tell you?

That ends today’s ride on Sir Robbie Rob’s Time Machine. Come back next time to see young Robbie’s story about Sting and Lex Luger.