Q4 2010 Resolution.

Thanks for everything I have achieved in this past few months.
It has been a productive year but I believe I will achieve more in this Quarter.

Here goes:

Win the Achiever's Club this year from Walton International.
Being best entrepreneur for the company.
Receiving my first RM 100, 000 cheque from my boss.
Receive my first bonus.
Get good results on college.
A happy life.
A happy and health relationship.
Retire before the age of forty. Ftw.
Playing more Starcraft 2 and Unlock more god damn brutal achievements.

Thank you for everything so far. Hope luck will be on my side all the time.

Starcraft 2 Collector's Edition Unboxing

The box owns.


The most coolest Pendrive evuar to be made. Its.....precious...

Starcraft 2: Collector's Edition USD 99.90....69.90 pounds. 149 AUS$

Box includes:
Original Sound Track
A 2.0GB USB Thumb Drive
The Making of Starcraft 2 DVD
...A "pulling" aka Comic Strip
The actual game
AND
Concept art booklet.

P.S: I WILL SUCK HIS/HER TOES IF ANYONE CAN GET ME THIS.

You know he is a gamer when......

Here are some signs that shows your friends are perhaps hardcore gamers but you never knew.
I can tell.

*Note: This post is for entertainment purposes only. All deduction, statement, and bullcrap that contained inside this post is all fiction and highly flammable.*




1. He knows what he is doing....when it comes to software or technical difficulties.

CTRL+ALT +DELETE. Doesn't work. How bout runnin' the cmd or check the registrar. Or maybe I should reinstall it.
They all have solutions to all the problems for computers even though they have no degree in the particular field.

2. He knows who John Carmack is.

Honestly, gamers know their idols, their gods to worshiped. We have standards.

3. He speak Game language. (Troll! Leeroy Jenkins?)

Gamers speak differently. I wonder did you notice. People who play a lot of games will use words such as duration, immune, you effin' troll, or "Say that again I'll stick my Frostmourne up your ass."

4. Do not come to college often or work.
.........self explained.

5. Has a cool ringtone. Be it Anime or OST from Games.
Trust me.

6. He knows the history of PONG.
Once upon a time in a lonely lab far far away, lives two Engineers......

7. He knows where is the cheapest CC.
I'll be your tour guide or eat lead if you don't want to follow.

8. He knows team play.
Gamers know the effectiveness of teamwork. But still....being cooperative is another issue.

9. He is realistic.
My kill. My Loot. Buzz Off.



10. Buys PC GAMER.
......Captain obvious

11. Game is everything.

He can chat for six hours straight because of a simple mechanic.
Look at his profile before he goes to bed.
Planning on what time he can rush home and stick his ass to the computer for the whole day.

12. He who has the Initial Z in his name.

ZiWen, Zhi Jern, ( I am so full of myself that I need infinite stomach)

Good Night. Shut up. Don't complain I blog for the sake of it. Adios. 2.25 AM.

I realized something.....

Well... there are times when you are really depressed despite nothing happen to you. Like now. For me at least.

I love my job. Meeting with different people, socializing with different people and sharing thoughts with different people. Although it is not everyone's cup of tea but I think I like the feeling of meeting different people occasionally.

What is there to complain?

You have a job.

You have a good result in your new college.

You have a girlfriend of four years and its considered as a stable relationship.

But why are you still not satisfied and happy like the others?

I went to Kampar for a vacation. I thought that I need some rest and some thinking.

Brought the PSP along. Tapped it. Played it. Throughout the day and night figured out nothing.

Until I left one of my belongings there at Kampar. It was my thumb drive that filled with Tenacious D songs... must.. have rocket sauce...and a dose of daily Jack Black's songs.....

Thanks to that incident.... I realized what has been missing, something that I must do before I graduate, something that I wanted to do long long time ago.

I will take my time to explain. It will be a lengthy post.

The situation now is like the bag in Kampar.

I left my dreams there.

I left my dreams because I am content with what I have, with what I own, and with what I desired.

The dream I wanted....

Small dreams: I want to organize a LAN party...in College

Big dreams : I want to work for any "insert name here" Entertainment Gaming Corporation

I've said it. I had came out with the proposal.

Now what I need is petitions from the higher ups and some sponsors.

And my thumb drive in Kampar.

The best dreams are the unattainable ones. - Lazard from Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core.

Video Games Live and Video Game Music.

It is like your everyday orchestra concerto. However, you will not recognize any music that is even close with 9th Symphony. Despite the differences, it is still very very well accepted by the society.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Video Games Live, it's all about Video Game's music ever to happen in the first time on Malaysia.

Sadly enough, I miss the commotion, but nevermind there is always next year. From the article I read from the Sun, I knew most of the song especially the theme of Metal Gear Solid and God of War.

If I had been there without a doubt I can write better in the article and have a better judgement regarding the pros and cons of the concert. I do notice that most of the shots and highlights were mostly video games for consoles such as the Playstation, X-Box 360 and Nintendo. Not many PC's games were presented during the concert itself.

Other than VGL, there were still many video gaming concerts going on around the world. The famous "Game Music Concert" has started since 1991 to 1996 originated by Japan. After the enormous hit in Tokyo, in 2003, German took the first step initiating the ever first Video Games concert outside Japan.

They named it "Symphonic Game Music Concert". It has such a good performance that even allows them to have this concert annually. Japanese leading RPG developer company, Square Enix noticed the commotion and decided to join in. The ticket were sold like hot cakes and they even allow viewers to enjoy it live via video streaming.

Question from the older generation people will likely think, "Why and how on Earth does this phenomena even get famous in Malaysia?". Trust me, the interactive media industry is absolutely the best industry next to medical that saves lives. Not a joke, not only does it provides major workforce, it also unleash people talents in terms from drawing to composing, and it also provide the best and blissful gift of all time, entertainment.

The phenomena here I am discussing about is the Interactive Media industry. If you want to be famous singer, join a singing competition and perform well in front of the camera. But for me, being randomly love by anybody just because of your looks, voice, or talent can be somewhat tedious. Nowadays, all you need is good look in my opinion. Your product will not sell if you look ugly this is what an Idol is all about.

However, in the case of a famous game developer such as Hideo Kojima, he knows his fan very well and his fans know him well too. He has never failed to deliver any expectations for the gamers. Gamers don't care about your looks, they measure your performance in terms of what you can deliver in your final product. If they don't like it, they will not buy the game. That's all.
I rather have one's talent being appreciated more than his looks.

It is a different world comparing to famous idol but if you can deliver, you will be respected and honored. How do you feel if your name was credited in a large screen while having your fans cheering at your name even they do not know who you are or what you look like. You feel proud because your work has reached their hearts.

This is how Video Games's music are different than those other music. You respect the game developer and the song. Unlike idol songs, you may only recognize the idol not the song or the other way around. However, in video game's music, you may not recognize the song but you are familiar with it and you will of course remember which game it is from and miraculously, you love it, it reminds you of the moment you are in while gaming . It has no opening nor ending, it was always an eternal never ending pattern of the same music. It doesn't have an opening, chorus, ending or what you may called.

It is different, the fans are different, the ideology are different. Which is why, the interactive media industry is growing in an unknown rate. A new industry that slowly emerging from a mysterious plateau, waiting to be discovered.

Things I secretly wanted...even till now.

1. A Haro plush doll.
2. To Cosplay as Old Snake.. but too fat.
3. To have Final Fantasy Main theme played on my wedding. Don't think people will know what is that.
4. Silver pocket watch from FullMetal Alchemist carried by National Alchemist.
5. A Death Note layout Notebook with rules attached..
6. A Ryuk plush doll.
7 Please. Give. Me. A. Tour De Japon Music from Final Fantasy.
8. Light's "hidden" wrist watch.
9. Joining the Interactive Media Industry.

Refresh Button.

It had been the 500th times I pressed the refresh button for logging into my UTAR Online Course Registration account. I sure some of you press over 5000 times. But fear not. I will help you to log into the website without the need for signing in and by passing the system itself.

It is wise that each UTARIAN needs to wake up early to register their course or else you will be suffering bad timetable for the rest of the semester. OR even worse for student that cycles you will need go for 6 PM class due to your late registration. But fear not, all will be solved with my method.

Steps
1. Get mozilla. If you wanna get IE make sure you will know how to save your password with IE
2. Save your password if you manage to successfully log in the course registration system. IT is best to save your password during the timetable preview.
3. After save, you will just have to wait until the day the course registration started.

Okay here comes the fun part.
First, you open Firefox.

Click history tab, then Click show all history.




Look for the link that I am pointing in the black line.
In case you can't see the link is.
unitreg.utar.edu.my ..../index.jsp
Put an effort to look for it. Too ease your finding click the Tags Tab above. And beside of Name tab. After locating it, and clicking the link. You will get something like this by passing the signing in system.



That's all and you successfully logged in without signing in.

Now worship me or press the refresh button for like 50000 times and still fail at registering the course. I am just kidding. Ok, off to study.

Greatest reason to ban a game.

Mosaics? Blurred image? *beep* ? Not released in your country?
Today post featuring the most akward and common reason to ban a game.

*Warning! Might not be so awkward and common to certain individuals.*

Australia gaming controversy and gatekeepers for the gaming industry are very hardworking indeed. They have over 20 games being censored for the last few years.

The famous Post-Thermonuclear apocalypse title Fallout 3 was edited because in game drug use.
True, in the game, you venture as a lonely wanderer with nothing but rocks, dirt, radioactive goons and critters that always wanted a piece of you. Most of the time to keep yourself alive and cleansing radiation. Drugs were introduce. Although there was no actual footage of you taking the drug and all you did was clicked or pressed the shortcut button to consume the drug, you will get MA15++ Fallout 3.

Not only it did get banned in Australia.
You might have guessed it was also banned in Japan due to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki incident during World War 2.

Harmless data game, Football Manager 2005 was banned from China for recognizing Tibet as an independent country. This is very weird... can someone kindly explain to me why they ban it because of recognizing Tibet as an independent country?

What about Command Conquer Generals? They do portray China as a neutral being...
Unfortunately, yes, they joined the club as well... "smearing the image of China and the Chinese army"........ Does it mean they are all the way evil? or all the way good?

How bout Nazis reference game? Do they get banned in Germany? Yes. They did.
Wolfenstein 3D was banned.
FATALITY! Mortal Combat was also banned for explicit violence in Germany. Although there no Nazi reference. Just for shattering a frozen enemy earns you a title of a violent game.

We have Europeans, Chinese, Japanese.... How bout Islamic country like Saudi? Yes they banned Pokemon. I am serious, no joke, the reason they gave because it is promoting Zionism and gambling." But not the game, just the trading card though. I don't see the difference maybe because i didn't play the game. Just Saudi though. And I have no idea how can it be related to Zionism because Japan invented Pokemon? Or am I wrong? Maybe I am wrong.

Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare will never be seen in the shelves of Arab Saudi too. Because of a Al-Asad pulling trigger to President Fulani's head I suppose?

That's all for now. Hope it entertains ya. If you guys are wonderin'.
Resident evil 5 is missing from the list. It has tons of gory scenes.
So does Metal Gear Solid.
Where is GTA? It is damn obvious that why the game is being banned I never state the obvious.
Where is WOW? IT HAS alot of explicit language directly or indirectly.
GAME ON!

Left 4 Dead 2? More like Left None Alive, 0.

We heard all about it.

Although 2 hours of non-effective gameplay in the Cyber Cafe could not be considered as a professional review of a mere FPS game, I know Left 4 Dead so well, I can even walk backwards from the starting point to the Safehouse. Okay a bit of exaggeration won't kill. But I am familiar with the prequel and so are my friends.

I assume anyone who reads my blog know what has been added and retained in Left 4 Dead 2. I even assume most of you already play the game as well.

My Review once again has evolved into simple minded point form phrases more than long essays style.

Weapons

Let me see. Unlike the predecessor, we have a huge options of weapons; from a handgun, magnum to axe and chainsaws. The biggest add is the melee weapons that delivers a one-hit kill towards any infected except for bosses.

To be honest, the melee weapon is overrated. If anyone can give me 3 good logical explanations that why we must pick melee over range or even having it in your slot I will and shall waver your opinion.

I'll give you 3 good logical explanations:

1. Killing everything it touches, it inflicts area damage.
Yes, the motion's of wielding one weapon is very damaging. Killing everything that is infront of your monitor. Hell of an experience for the first 20 minutes or until you find out bullet is always the better way.

2. We don't have melee in L4D 1.
Once again, as a true gamer thy shall question thyself. Do thy really need a melee weapon if a zombie apocalypse is happening?

3. Because its かっこうのいい (cool or stylish)or (kakko-u-no-ii) use it my beautiful readers.
Bloods will splattered all over your screen if you manage to kill them in close range. Which can be both a nuisance that blocks one view and looking realistic at the same time.

Believe me, I love being a melee player in any FPS or RPG. I eventually suck at shooting except for sniping.

Applying only a single or double motion of wielding into every melee weapon?Yes?No? Sorry for my high observational skill. Is it my fault that I noticed the axe can only swing from my left to the right? So, its like mouse 1, left to right, zombies die, mouse 1, left to right, more zombies die, mouse 1, same animation again , come on, you know the drill. Katana has only 2 swings from the left to the right and then vice versa. But its quick at least you feel good and hyper until a boss type infected arrives. Youtube it and look for yourself for the swinging motion of the axe and katana.

But its not a big of a deal right? We have guitars, machete, baton and even the chainsaw. They were so many. Yeah but they are all melee, they all feel the same. Might as well just give us a sword or a knife for the whole game. Sure it gives you a refreshing feeling from the start but on the long run.... you will still prefer a gun. Weird quotes that I heard, " Guitar the Charger ! Chainsaw the Jockey! Why don't you frying pan the Hunter just now?" This is getting ridiculous.

Another one of the biggest issues. IMBA.

On the blue corner, we have 4 epic survivors prepared to be chewed by the infected. Survivors can equip guns, medipack, painkillers and a throwable weapon. They have 2 legs that cant sprint and a plenty more gadgets such as limited incendiary ammo to assist them and chemical weapons.

On the red corner lies the boss infected where they come into 7 types and each of them have their unique abilities. I assume you know each of everyone of them. Charger, a mini tank which can't be knockback has 600 HP it charges and pummels the survivor to the ground. Spitter, an infected that spits acid through the mouth that causes area damage and lives a puddle of acids when it dies. Jockey, an infected that will jump to the back of your shoulders and pull you away from your team into dark alley corners. That sums it all.

And what do the survivors have?
Anything new other than guns? Yes, you can play melee and get eaten more quickly. New characters? Laser sights? More guns?
We must have 4 survivors or else we will have to change our game title.
I can now imagine how will the team being slaughter by a Boomer, Charger, Hunter, and a Smoker. Boomer explodes, cause confusion and takes away your vision, Charger rams survivor 1, Smoker pulls survivor 2, Hunter pounces survivor 3, all other infected gangs up at poor no.4 or replace Boomer anytime with a Jockey if lucky and just mount, pounce, pummel and choke all four of them into the ground, instant KO.

What's even worse are the normal infected seems like they are coming from everywhere.

3. Artificial not so Intelligent. (survivor)
Throughout the game, as the host, I have being targeted by Infected bosses all the time. I am the key victim. Since we are short of 1 player. We were force to have 1 A.I in our team. Unlike the L4D 1 they do not freaking get in your way and line up infront of your crosshair. But this does. Yes, sure they do heal. They do shoot. At one time at Autrium I get my ass kicked by a Smoker while I was picking up gas can. A.I was infront of me and he did freaking nothing to save me. I swear to god he was grinning ear to ear while I was being rape by the Smoker. It looks like a freaking human player now. DAMNATION.

4. Artificial almost too intelligent. (Infectos and Steven Spielberg or Michael Bay)
Trust me. They are smart. I know it from the bottom of my heart The Director has been enhanced. One of the most challenging part of the game is the constant incoming attacks from the hordes. It just never stops sometimes or maybe perhaps we are moving too slow. Boomers never stupidly appears anymore, so as other infected, they really do sit and wait for their chances to come.

However, L4D2 is still consider one of the best game and it is highly addictive if you have a bunch of friends to play. Playing with the A.I did not really unleash the full potential of the game, not to mention that we do suffer from spikes, lags and hanging.

Nevertheless, Valve still indeed care for their gamers and customers by providing more maps, more guns, more zombies, and more enhancement in the sequel. It is a good game and the best of all it still does retain the gameplay of L4D1.

Left 4 Dead 2 is still one of best game out there but don't expect much from the sequel unless you have friends on both sides of the team.

Conclusion, I give this game a 7 out of 10.

Call of Console Duty. Modern Warfare 2.

Could Infinity Ward had forsaken us?
Although the Gameplay was good.
I am always always trying to be professional but under these circumstances. No.
Although this time my writing requires more substance, I promise I shall do it on the next post.

- It has no dedicated servers.

- They changed the lobby of the Multiplayer.

- I swear I was playing Halo at that one second.

- Console style lobby. We can never select or choose any game servers made by player that we feel like it.

- 18 players max. Nuff said. You'll be killing the 9 people over and over again. Yes I am so happy.

- Due to the removal of the feature "LEAN" , which is popping out heads on the end of the wall to minimize exposure and the risk of getting shot, I have knife the wall thus revealing myself to the enemy dozen of times when I was going right and flashbang myself when I was going left. I shall name this event as "Phantom Lean." It's like having your arm being amputated and you still feel the pain. It's like you swear to god you press the lean button and it freaking pops out a flashbang. You are playing MW 2 . Hoorah. My . Ass.

- You were given a list of game mode. TDM, CTF, DOMINATION. ETC. But you were not given the list of servers you choose to join.

- I feel like playing Halo on the Xbox 360


- LEFT 4 DEAD 2 is the future all hail, Valve.

- Borderlands FTW

- Team Fotress 2? Can Malaysian just forget about COD and switch to TEAM FORTRESS 2?

- Blizzard Activision better not fucked up Starcraft 2 nor Diablo 3. I have major faith in the BATTLE.NET. Hell if they tweaked it into console mode. I will fucking join the game industry after I finish my degree and kill all of the son of bitches who have involved in the development of downgrading the service of battle.net.

- I will try to be fair. Without further hesitance, the skill, the perks, the additional new allocades, emblems, titles and level were done SUPERBLY. Yes. No sarcasm. It is really well done. Having you to kill with the same perks over and over to gain an upgraded version of that perk really amazes all of us.

Should all of us adapt? or should all of us protest?
Is the key to future gaming? I without a doubt certainly disagree with the action of IW.
I am always trying to be fair. I am always try not to be bias. The gameplay isn't that bad, but they twitted with the multiplayer too much.

It has lost its flexibility, convenience, friendliness( too Noob friendly), and freedom.
I gave it a five out of ten. Five for improvement and a minus of five for murdering the multiplayer mode.

On the altar of the Gods of FPS Gaming. For the moment, there will be a blank spot on the altar.

PS. Ah Yia, don't be disappointed. I feel your pain of knifing the wall.

R.I.P Yoshito Usui.

In the evening of September 20, Gunma prefectural police recovered the body that had been found at the base of a cliff face on Mount Arafune. The body has been formally identified by family as Yoshito Usui, author of popular series "Crayon Shin-chan" who had been missing since the 11th.

It is understood that Usui-san (51) was heading towards the mountain to go climbing and contact could not be made to him by family. On September 20, police recovered his body by helicopter. It arrived at Shimonita before 4:00pm. An inquest was held by police after his family confirmed that the body was that of Usui-san. Police are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding Usui-san's death.

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I will always remember how you've bring happiness to your readers.

I will always remember how Shin Chan make fun of everything.

I will always remember how you try to deliver the moral values of Japan's society.

I will always remember how it affects my thought, my actions, and my mood when reading this book.

I have learned countless values towards life by reading this manga.

I will always remember how it was the best in Japan.

I will always remember Shin Chan.

My view towards life: Everyone dies, it is one of the stage that everybody must go through.

You know you study too hard when.......

Answers all questions.

Question 1

a) What is MMO? Explain the culture and theories of "grinding".

(6 Marks)

b) LUK is the most misunderstood and complicated stats of all in the perspective
of RPG and MMO. Do you agree ? Argue in Malaysia gaming cultural context.

(24Marks)

Question 2

a) Define and explain the term "Tanker" in common gaming world.
(5 Marks)

b) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate answers.
" I am blind, _________ " Illidan Stormrage.
" I am a magic man __________ " Kael'thas Sunstrider
" ________________ ARE ONE " LICH KING

(5 Marks)

c) Define a player that is lower level compare to you but has an
equipment that can apprehend most of the gameplay.

(Marks will only be given if you are able to answer the next question.1337)


Section C

Explain the system gameplay and mechanics of FALLOUT 3, Warcraft 3: FROZEN THRONE, Neverwinter Nights and CALL OF DUTY : MODERN WARFARE and QUAKE III. You were required to

- state the developers.
- Gameplay mechanics
- History of the game.
- Their previous predecessors.
- The Railgun (QUAKE III only)
- Frostmourne (Warcraft 3)
- The N00B tube ( Call of Duty 4)
- The Undead ( Neverwinter Nights)
- VATS system ( Fallout)

(100 Marks)


Reminder : Suitable marks shall be given to the student if they were able to answer Section C.
The maximum mark for this paper is still 100.

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This is what you get for studying 5 hours straight, revising the same thing over and over again.

And it has been proven Ziwen inspirations meter will shoot over the scale if he was put under stress. Yes. I've reached a new level of epicness.

Goddess of Examinations and Patrons of Four Flats Please Forgive Me.

I was informed that it is best to edit this article that I wrote to make it more funnier, ridiculous and way beyond unreasonable... I hope one day, a savior will rise and build this type of higher education institute for our younger generation. All I can do is to live long enough to see that day actually happen. in which I deem, almost beyond impossible to happen. Laugh it out readers.


Semester 1:

Introduction to Computer Gaming.
Students will be expose to the environment of gaming. They will learn on how to differentiate Single Player mode, MultiPlayer mode, campaign, and other options. They will be taught on the purposes and the objectives of Computer Gaming, along with their pros and cons of the aspect. Students were required to pass one of their Gamer's Stamina achievement of the newbie section.

Newbie Handbook (will be continue on next post).
Achievements (Gamer's Stamina)

Play Hard - Students must be able to withstand a basic 16 hours of CyberCafe gameplay.
Hardcore - Students were able to withstand 72 hours of punishment of gaming.
IAMGOD - Student excel in both mental and physical fitness. To be evaluated after the finals.
ALLYOURBASEBELONGAREBELONGTOUS - Cheated in the Final Exam and escaped with it.
Student will not be penalized but will have to take up an extra subject called " Ethics and Social Responsibility of Gamers."


Console Gaming (I)
They will learn to define what is a console, what makes a console, and how to create a concept of the best consoles as a gamer. They will be educate from joysticks to A/V video wiring. Not to mention, they are also learning why the X BOX 360 fails.

One of the respected syllabus of this subject course.
1. Red Ring of Death
2. Controls.
3. The player.
4. Player's Behaviour.
5. Player Communication Process.
6. Violence Video Gaming.
7. Portable Handheld devices.

History of Games and Creators.
Who created the rocket launcher? How DOOM became famous? John Carmack? Will Wright? This is the subject for gamers to know what they should know as a gamer. In this subject, students will learn who, how and why creators developed a game. The secret of the railgun has already been discovered and why Duke Nukem failed to finish will be included inside the syllabus.

Syllabus of the course.
1. Valve.
2. Blizzard.
3. FPS.
3. Team Deathmatch.
4 Weapons of Choices.
5. Turn based strategy.
6. Godlike Game Creators.


Effective Calculation Techniques of Drop Rates and Criticals.
Learn how to program a critical calculation, using complex mathematical techniques to complicated calculation of drop rates. Students were emphasize on how to multiply their criticals and calculating drop rates for a certain items. This subject also heavily emphasize on the calculating movements, maps, skill timings. Balancing is the key of this subject.

Syllabus of the course

1. Descriptive Statistics
2. Mathematical Techniques of Brilliance.
3. Critical guide to balancing.
4. RPG calculation.
5. Algebra of Upgrading Equipments.


Introduction to Principles of In-Gaming Economics.
The studies of Game's Economics. Demand and supply for potions, weapons and NPCs.
How does one item affect the whole economy? Will easy items will always be cheap? Is the item a complimentary for quests or is it just a useless item to be sold for the merciless NPC?
Sketch the Demand and Supply Graph to figure out what will happen to the current economy. Profit Maximization!

Syllabus of the course

1. Demand and Supply of E- Cards and packages.
2. Monthly Prepayment Cards supply.
3. Achievements and Trophies.
4. Amount of time in game minus reality time.
5. Loss and Minimizing Loss while Maximizing Profit.
6. The Law of Quest givers and Quest takers.
7. Output of PVP deaths and entrants.
8. How bots and hacks affect the IGE?

For the Goddess of Examinations and Patrons of Four Flats, please forgive my humble desires and actions. I am bored of reading for examinations but I will always hope that all of you will open the gates of Distinctions or Merit or Pass for your humble servant. A -men
Good job, I gotta fail my real life and start leading a second life. GOOD JOB ME. Back to study....

The Many Reasons Why PC GAMING RULES.

1. LAN Parties.
We celebrate LAN Parties in CC as always. However, in the near future, I will have plans regarding LAN parties. Touche, it is one of the best reasons for PC Gaming.

2. Emulators.
Legally, you can't. But, Internet is a free realm.

3. Mouse and keyboard.
Best micro/macro devices ever created for PC gaming. Developing countless headshot possibilities.

4. Team Fortress 2.
Achievements! Constant updates from Valve made gamers stayed up all night to just finished downloading the patch.

5. DUAL MONITORS.
Can you watch TV and play games at the same time?

6. ~ (tilde)
For the win key, it brings out the console on almost all games.

7. Laptops.
It is meant for working. But we always end up installing games anyway. Civ 4 is a good game. Low spec, addictive, and fun.

8. DOOM
we have DOOM !

9. Overclocking.

Voids warranty, heck, I'll vote for extra frame per seconds.

10. Build your own!
Under RM 3000(USD 800), you can play almost any game on the market and putting them all together is stupidly simple.

11. Appearance Modding.
Every metal case has it's story and colour to go by and extra cool lights.

12. John Carmack.
Rockets, rockets and Quake and the discovery of deathmatch.

13. The Railgun (editor's choice)
The flashing light of death. Nuff said.

14. Horadric Cube.
Formulate more effective pots with disposable pots.

15. Ravenholm
Nothing beats a car dropping on a zombie.

16. Expansion Packs.
You ask for more, you got more.

17. Bondage Queen, feel the heat, only 17.
Hiring Bondage Queens in Dungeon Keeper series. Sado Machoistic.

18. Headshots.
Nothing is more rewarding.

19. Sid Meier.
Is he from the future?

20. Will Wright.
Is he god? He created The Sims.

21. Wall Penetration.
Self explained. Half Life, anyone? (Reminiscing the days where I have a good time with Yia, Ben and Guan, and Psycho. =). They all love to keep me from getting it.

22. Pro Gamers.
Because they can. A occupation where hardcore gamers really hoped and wished for. Getting paid while playing your favorite game. Damn those Koreans earning over 500,000 USD per year.

23. Fallout.
Super Mutants! Bomb in the middle of the city. Radioactive wastelands. What can you ask for more ? Nuka-Cola bottle cheers.

24. Break the limit.
Show your jaw dropping skill. Install Fraps and start recording.

25. Red Alert.
What can I say more? Good job. MK-II

26. Co-op
Operation Flashpoint and Armed Assasult allows you to join over 40 ++ combined players. WOOT.

That's all for now. XP

Blizzard Convention 09: Diablo 3 New Class Revealed

*WARNING* There is an actual footage of the gameplay. Kindly scroll down till the end and load it while reading. Thanks.

After announcing Starcraft 2 will be arriving on early 2010. I don't feel surprise, Blizzard is being Blizzard, they will always have bloody good reasons to delay a game. We had waited for almost 8 years, don't really have much to lose anymore ain't we?.

Demon bashing galore, Diablo 3, announced it's fourth class. Tribal Witch Doctors and mystical oriental Wizards had been introduced almost a year go, we've seen how they decapitate, dissect, dismember with aspiring destructive magics and brutal violent strength.

Before we go deeper, this class emphasizes on speed over strength. They rely on their knuckles and kicks, deadly combos and flashy martial arts moves. Once again, we will have a chance to fulfill our needs of saving The Sanctuary with nothing but bare hands...and a bald head.

Monk
Introduction
First impression.

What do players really care about is the character itself, which is the image and the skill trees. The image of the monk, which was wearing large beads around the neck and red dots on the forehead, perfectly portrayed it as a wandering monk or an outcast. Not to mention, the nicely tone muscles and the masochistic beard.

Automatically, without hesitant, we ruled this character as melee when we first saw him.

The character later position itself as a tough fighter, however, different from the Barbarian. Barbarian is a heavy tank that crushes everything with overkill firepower, while the Monk is like a versatile vehicle that can take out any target with swift and quick maneuvers.
Combo system was mentioned during the convention, just like the previous Diablo II, Assassin, the Monk could execute combo moves but not in the same way as the Assassin.

Skills and Moves

"The more explosions there are, the better." - Blizzard dev team
One word to describe the Monk's moves and styles. Flashy.
Exploding palm? Way of the Hundred Fist? Crippling Wave? A skills that deflects fireball if it was activated? What more could you ask for?

Do a huge step in.

Land a barrage of fists into the enemy’s face.

There was one move called Seven-Sided Strike that the monk could knock the living(or the dead) lights out of everyone(or demonic entities). The skills resembles the overused skill called Chain Lighting.

So, were they capable of striking lighting out of their first you ask? No, don't be silly. The only difference between Chain Lighting and Seven Sided Kick was you were the lighting.

In other words, in a split second once the skill was activated. He vanished into thin air, striking multiple enemies randomly with blinding speed.

Be rejoiced as the Monk was capable of ripping and tearing out demonic hearts and limbs of your enemies in matter of seconds. Exploding Palm, which was self explained, allows the Monk to strike his enemies' vitals, causing them to explode in seconds and dealing damage to other nearby enemies.

Another remarkable display from the Monk is a skill known as Impenetrable Wall. The Monk spins and rotates his staff forming a round barrier that can deflect any incoming missiles back to it's castor. I wonder if it can deflect arrows.

Ironically it strikes the resemblance of a Flamethrower. Heh.

A fantastic new class to begin with. Bare knuckles has always been one of the melees' player favorite. It shows a sense of manly masochistic when you are punching. What is better than punching hellish demonic beings with your fist? Watch the videos that I had uploaded for you guys. Enjoy. It might take a while to load.

And this is the end of the introduction of the new class. Game On!

I can feel something is slowy cracking inside me.

Definitely something is flowing out from the depths of my heart. I wonder what is that.

Something that is going to explode soon I think.

If you are facing trouble, only two options are always open. Coward it out or face it.

"Why must you do something?", "Can't you just stand and watch?", "It's none of your business anyway." and for every fucking time, every exact fucking time, I choose to face it. And it ends up being for better or worst.

I've changed. Once again. During my Diploma, I don't even give a damn about other people's comment or ranting towards me. I realize it today, I still have much to learn from my stupid yet petty mistakes. I have much to learn. I am too naive actually, I never really do consider other people's feeling. Wait... why don't I consider other people's feeling?

Does it even matter? Should I be a tank and run down every obstacles that get in my way? Or an ambulance? To only stop when it's necessary. Damn...life is like a traffic full of highways. Shit. I mean, highways full of traffics.. geez... my grammar.

But always in the end, I will choose to walk slowly towards my goal, crushing everything and carrying everything I can at the same time. Hell yeah, I am greedy.

......... .......... ......... ............ ..........emo

Fuck it, after giving it some thought, fuck it. If I have time to think of something like that, I might as well focus on my goal and have fun. To hell with people that against it, I am destined to be struggling all the way. I will always expect my friends to support me all the way and all of them to have a certain goal in life.

Thus a gamer's life revealed, quoted by Ah Yia.

Assasins's Creed. E3 2009

I will not be posting videos in this blog. I think pictures is a much way better medium than a 64 bit small resolution video streaming website.

The Rundown.

Goodbye Altair, Hello Ezio.Another one of Desmond's ancestor.

1486, Venice. Looks like a night parade is going on. Music, dance, fireworks... too bad you can stay to enjoy.One of the NPCs inform Ezio a machine is ready and located on top of the rooftop. A guard stopped, peeks under Ezio's hood. "It's you!-", he stabbed his guts with a hidden knife and killing him silently without anyone noticing despite the large crowd.

You are the best at what you can do, stealth killing and climbing the gorgeous architecture of Venice. Ezio walks down to the crowd and start climbing to the roof. In this sequel, we will be playing a nobleman of Florence by the name Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Ubisoft mentioned that Ezio is driven by vengeance, thus leading him into becoming an Assassin with the help of friends(one of them goes by the name Leonardo da Vinci.)


Guess I have to live without the glider for the moment.

Ezio hops into the glider, soaring through the air like an eagle, until the guards start shooting fire arrows volley by volley. Ezio evades the arrow and land a kick on one the guard face. Ubisoft added that the purpose of this device is not only for transportation but also creates a diversion.


Shall I pull him into the water and stab him or shall I stab him first?


Unfortunately, one of the wings caught fire. Ezio has to jump. I wonder did Leonardo charge him for any damages done towards his invention...never mind that since he is going to upgrade your weapons for you in the game, you'll be seeing him for quite a few times.

Ezio has been enhanced compared to his former self during the crusades, Altair. He can now kill two target in one move with his blade hidden beneath both of his sleeves.

A pile of petty haystack will not save you this time. Ubisoft has deployed an A.I that specializes in searching for anything suspicious. It's ftw I'll tell you. From what I've heard some are specialize in combat, while some are excellent at chasing, some are just good at sniffing Ezio out.


Will I ever had enough money to pay Leonardo for his inventions?

Ezio combat capabilities surpass his former ancestor, Altair. He can wield any weapons and since he is an assassin disarming weapons is one of best traits has to offer. Be rest assure as weapon varieties ranges from a dagger to a spear.

Ubisoft introduced smoke bombs for you to make a quick escape, that's neat.And they gave you an ability to swim, double neat.


The roof is mine! Buzz off.

No matter what it does, Assassin's Creed 2 promise gamers that it will be a huge improvement than it's predecessor. Until next time. Game on.

Alien Versus Predator. E3 2009

The Rundown.

Coming soon in early 2010
It will be released on the PC, XBOX 360 and PS3.

Made by the same development team of he last AVP, Rebellion.



What you looking at right now is the Demo on E3.

As far as I know, you will be given a campaign mode with 3 races to choose from.
A new addition has been added in the gameplay, which known as "Trophy Kills" when you are playing Predator.

In my opinion and my past experience, this should be a trophy/achievement system made by the developers. Which is always a good thing in Multiplayer and Singleplayer. Trophy and achievement allows players to change their ways of gaming according to the situation.

In other words, you have been given a choice other than racking up numbers into your kills.

Anyways back into the gameplay video,

The graphic looks astounding, the green mossy tree bark that you held and climbed on, the falling leaves and sun rays that hit forest trees and rocks. Not to mention, the effect of the plasma gun after it's been fired has been done in absolute detail and remarkably gorgeous.

As always, Predator has 3 major vision, Alien vision, thermal vision and normal vision. Not only does it allows you to spot the enemy easily, it allows you to check on what weapons are they carrying, what types of enemies are they, most importantly it allows you plan your attack before moving in for the kill.

When it comes to first person shooter, explosive is a must, the bigger, the better. Second is blood, the redder, the better. Melee attack in AVP is extremely rewarding. Other than it allows you to accomplish a trophy kill, the moment that the Predator grab the prey on his neck and watches the prey's expression fill with fear following with a scream of his final moment. It thrust it's wrist blade up his neck and brutally tear the prey's head off with it's spinal cord still attached to it's head as the blood gushed out like a broken high pressure nozzle.

Aliens are definitely terrifying, the claws, the tail, the freakish speed and the bloody blood acid that takes away health are annoying as hell in a fun way. Trophy killing against alien is indeed more satisfying.Watch it struggles like an insect with his teeth sticking out and shooting blanks. You know the drill after that.

Jumping has been enhance, unlike the ancient horizontal jump in every FPS. There will be a cursor indicating where you will be landing. Jumping has been made easy, so no more running into trees like George of the jungle anymore. Touche.

Okay. Until next time. Game on.

I am always thinking.

If i don't type out something into my blog. I can't sleep. It's fucking hell 5.15 AM and I can't get a decent sleep.

1. Future
I've been trying to hard. Accomplishing this, doing that, making this, chasing those. What the hell am I doing? Chasing after something which is unseen, untouchable, nonexistent?

2. Computer
I want a new com that can last me at least 5 years in the upcoming future games. Which is too much to ask I know.

3. Studies.
I did not do well in Mid terms except for some subjects. I realized that I am never good at studying or understanding through words written in sheets of paper. I learn from pain, past experiences, battle-flesh wound, scars and people.

4. Attitude
I understand myself the most and it always backfire on me.

5. Drawing a line
The weak shall perish beneath my feet and the strong shall join me as comrades.

6. Drawing double lines
There are only four consequences in every choice you make when you are in trouble. You will either get in Trouble, Deep trouble, Beyond trouble, Beyond reasonable trouble.

7. Smart is something, hardworking is everything.
Self explained.

8. I devour the weak to conquer the strong.
Or else how do we become strong.

9. There is only one competitor in my life. Myself.
I do everything for myself not the sake of others.

10. Whatever I do, it is always from the heart.
Nothing is above my heart. Conscious, is my greatest enemy. Rule no.1 never fight a losing better.

I will never do something that I am never confident with.

A Tribute to Dice, Dungeon and Dragons

Nothing could be more fundamental in the field of modern gaming than Dungeons & Dragons. Dating back to times of old, when boards are orphans and there are only 4 variations on your graphics card: Jack, Queen, King and Joker. The time before pixels exists.

D&D defined gamers in pop culture: scruffy, nerdy, clumsy, socially and physically inept. Compare the actual gamers of today (WoW players don’t count this time) and you’ll find that the media has been lying to you. Well it’s slowly changing of course but it is not quite there yet thanks to MMORPGs.

Does Pong, Monopoly, Pinball or Backgammon have a storyline? A basic premise at most and that is all. D&D has always been story oriented, as source of escapism being a major attraction of games. Like a shining beacon to the downtrodden and the oppressed. Gathering outcasts like moths to a flame. Where said moths can play the roles of stronger, magical, prettier and more agile moths, Moth they could never be.

To the uninitiated, D&D rules are like the insufferable teachers of their favorite subject. They either find something to like about the asshole, find a new subject to like or get the teacher fired. Where other genres would just hand you a weapon, show you where the trigger is and tell you to knock yourself out.

D&D would like you to have a valid identification, know how to take your weapon apart, submit an application, suffer through the waiting period and only then you’ll be able to shoot em up. The complex rules are there for a reason though, it requires an intimate knowledge of such rules to properly play the game and build a nice character. And yes, there is a possibility that the rules could change, there are also learning aids to the game such as the webcomic, Order of the Stick.

There are 2 drawbacks to playing D&D, one major and one minor. Minor one is that you won’t get good graphics, no beautiful 3D rendering of Sword Coast or the Ten Towns across the Spine of the World. Which is somewhat of a blessing, you don’t have to share it people (read magpies) who don’t know appreciate game play that are only attracted to pretty polygons.

Major drawback of D&D is there is not enough games to go around, since its adaptation the current electronic form, there are roughly a dozen game D&D titles (not including expansion sets). The solution, include the development engine into the game with the release of Neverwinter Nights. Which is fairly easy to use but let’s face it, not everyone could write a fantasy tale and enjoy a game where they know it like the back of their hand. This is due largely to the licensing difficulties of the D&D system. Where the intellectual rights rest largely in the hands of TSR and Wizards of the Coasts.

If there is a game system that could be integrated into reality look no further than D&D. Need to get a certain item from a person? Steal it from under his nose, kill him to get it, rough him up then make him surrender it to you, blackmail it, seduce him, buy it from him or do him a favor to get it.

Take your pick all the options are available. This how my love affair started with D&D, Stealing reward from a priest of Talos, ran errands from him and finally killing him, all in the name of loot and experience. The rules could also stray into reality, fell out with a friend is called conflicting alignments, lied successfully to parents is like rolled 19 bluff check against a DC check of 17. Feel intoxicated to easily, low constitution modifier.

“Those who loved Dungeons & Dragons never really stopped playing it.”

—Lev Grossman

I’ve been playing D&D ever since, hopefully my intelligence roll beats your DC check for this article.

Postscript: I did and might still qualify as an outcast as stated above.

In the loving memory of:

Gary Gygax (July 27 1938 – March 4 2008)

&

Dave Arneson ( October 1 1947 to April 7 2009)

Written and prepared by

The last dungeon monster, Psycho

****Editor’s Footnote:

Most of you have suspected, perhaps already knew that the writer is not me to begin with since we have different styles of writing.

This is made by one of my college mates back in diploma years. He promised to do a guest write for dungeon and dragons.

Now, living in solitude beneath the cold dungeon and drowning himself with liquor due to the death of his final comrade being humanified by chicks. He is known as the last dungeon monster, Psycho.

Drop your comment on what you think about his work.