Dynasty Warrior: Strikeforce

Yup, its one of the newer games in Koei's Warriors serieses...(Orochi, Dynasty and Samurai)

Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce is based on Dynasty Warriors 6 (which is based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms novels, which I have yet to play. In fact, the only other game in the Warriors series that I played was Warriors Orochi. Although it's based on DW6(no...why take out Xing Cai!!), its nothing like it...hell, its nothing like the other Warriors games....

Firstly, its more of an RPG than a hack-and-slash game. There's no army on your side, no officers, no one what so ever, you're on your own. So you're up on your own against a large number of guys who respawns without limit. There's no base where you can kill the base captain to stop the flow of troops. The map is divided into section, a quick loading everytime you enter that section. And there's equipment too. Its not like previous Warriors game, in that you have a sub weapon, and you can change your weapons. E.g, you can see Zhao Yun wielding a sword. Though his main weapon, Spear, is fixed, the subweapon can be changed.

Secondly, the AI is freakingly IMBA, since the game is designed for four players playing simultaneously. And the units can FLY, (float...as its called ingame...) and theres no way to control the camera aside from the D-pad which is kinda worthless. Though there is a secret to defeating this IMBA AI on single player. First, find a spear character, or equip a guy with a spear. Make sure it has the Arbor Orb(poison)...when attacking, jump, press TRIANGLE like hell, since the spear's reach is longer, it will likely collide with the opponents. When they jump nearer, quickly land, by pushing down the analog and pressing TRIANGLE. And then jump when they land..this way, they cant touch you, while poison and your berserk attacks are doing the job.

Thirdly, you can use MUSOU attacks like before. Instead, you have to be "AWAKENED" to use your musou attacks, and the musou attacks are I think random...sometimes its swinging the spear in arcs, other times, its charging at a guy... I think the AWAKENED thing is ridiculous...since when did Zhao Yun (guy in poster) have ice sticking out of him? Since when did Sima Yi glowing in Blue colour??

Finally, the storyline is in itself ridiculous... it follows the novel more than the actual history, and those who didnt fight, like Diao Chan and Yue Ying, ended up fighting...and there's a giant Tiger called Bi Xie, and Dragon called Tian Lu, phoenixes and a bunch of other myth things...what the hell happened to DW???

But those aside, and shutting an eye to previous DW, or rather thinking of DW: Strikeforce as Strikeforce, unrelated to DW, that way, its actually fun...I've only been playing for 2 days, and Im almost finished....wow...Im really good....(lol)

Five Types of Praise

Here's an interesting thing on tonight's message in EBC, so Im writing it down so that I can remember in the future....

Five Important Types of Praise found in the Bible

1.) Halal (yeah...halal...as in hallelujah...its pronounced as halar(i think)) - hmm...I forgot the proper definition, anyway, its about shouting as a kind of worship. We joyfully shout in our praises...

2.) Yadah - hands on worship...literally... Clapping, lifting of hands...

3.) Tehilliah - worshipping spontaneously, aka, in tongues, humming, without lyrics/spontaneous lyrics...

4.) Towdah - sacrificial praise... as in praising God although we dont feel like it...

5.) Zamar - praising with the aid of musical instruments...

Btw, the words are either Aramaic or Hebrew...

PS...I added EBC's Blog to my friend's list...

Rosario+Vampire

I first saw this in manga form on onemanga...it's actually quite nice in its monsters. The manga introduces each monster, their origin and characteristics. So before I shoot off, let me properly introduce Rosario+Vampire. Aono Tsukune is a public school student who failed his exams, therefore he cannot enter high school. By some chance, his father finds a suitable private school called Yokai Academy (which in words means Sun and Sea, however, monster is pronounced the same way). There he bumps into a girl, Akashiya Moka, who sucks his blood, and discovers he is the only human in a school for monsters. Moka is sealed by a Rosario, and when her Rosario is released she change into a super monster (known as S-Class in anime), the vampire. Tsukune's life is further disturbed by a succubus, a snow woman and 2 witches.

This is byfar the...er...largest difference between anime and manga...its almost totally different. Story sequences are changed. Why they happened are changed. The timeline is messed up. The actual plots are lost thereby changing Rosario in to an anime without substance...just like Doraemon..lol... And the BIGGEST difference is, the anime contains PG 13 stuff...mostly exposed underwears...which is sometimes laughable...though I thought it begin censored would be better, however, in the 2nd season, the bat(which blocks the panties) would sometimes end up blocking a lot of other parts as well, it ended up annoying me... The biggest annoyance is the transformation process...in the manga, it's instant, in the anime, its very long...and her boobs and ass swells up in the process...retarded...seriously...

But overall its a quite interesting anime in that its very, very funny.
From top to bottom: Succubus, Snow Woman and Witch...Tsukune being kicked by Moka

Reminds me of L....

Moka receiving a letter from her sister who wants to kill her

She cant swim, so she's watching Tsukune who's in the pool

Death Note

Finally, I finished Death Note...all 37 episodes of it....the entire story takes about 9 years...and is roughly divided into 2 parts, Light vs L(3 yrs) and Light vs L's successors (6 yrs)... Almost everybody who is important dies in the end...so it is technically a true ending...

Light vs L
I have to say, this is the better part. Light vs L is very, very interesting. How Light was able to avoid detection by giving up ownership of the Death Note, therefore forgetting everything about it, and then knowing his original self will track down the new Kira until he touches the note again, therefore regaining his memories. He is able to utilise Rem to kill L, thereby eliminating both L and Rem. Though in many ways, L still suspects that Light is Kira and is still trying to defeat him. Though it may look that Light has finally won, it was not so.

Light vs L's successor
Though Light has taken L's identity leading the investigation off himself, Wammy's House has received news of L's death, and has elected M and N as his successor, hoping both would work together to defeat Kira. M, Mello, refuses to aid N, Near. Near forms SPK and decides to go against Kira. Having deduced that the 2nd L(Light) is actually Kira. With the unintentional help of Mello, Near is able to solve the case and Light dies when Ryuk writes Light's name in his own Death Note.

Though I would very like L to win, is actually not quite that bad at all. Light underestimates Near, causing Near to win in the end. He doesnt deserve it. I hate Near actually. He's evil in a sense. In the manga, it is said he may have used the Death Note to kill Teru Mikami (5th Kira) and manipulating him to the maximum of 23 days dies before having him kill himself while imprisoned. Whereas in the anime, Mikami kills himself with his own pen. The manga is actually more detailed then the anime. For example, L's final thoughts were shown, and they actually had him brought to the hospital.

Favourite phrase: "watashiwa Eru desu", "watashiwa Kira desu" donoe why though..

Holidays...and Bookstores

Yea, so its the holidays, at least for a week...

So what did I do? Nothing special...Im spending little time studying since Im spending way too much time on animes and Warriors Orochi...I've finish Death Note and Rosario+Vampire.

What else did I do? I went to Shalom Book Corner(or was it Shop?) upon reading about it on Rebekah's blog... its really book haven for the poor people like me....Upon first glance, it looks like a clothes shop, but the treasures are above... Its kinda dusty, but not as much as Book Castle(which got me sneezing for the entire night), its kinda cramp, but being with books, its worth it. Most of the books are kinda..er...used...as in..er...old...since they're 2nd hand But there are some which looks kinda new...I bought 2 books, and might go back once I get more $$...but its not anytime soon though, since I probably dont have much time to read with SPM coming soon...

I've finally finished unlocking all characters in Warriors Orochi, and mind you, its kinda hard... it was surprising easy to win the last stages, though I struggled the last time I played. This time around, I won in one game, no replays... Is my gaming skills improving?? Hardest to unlock was probably Keiji Maeda...anyway, Im looking around to download Warriors Orochi 2 for PSP...

Thats all for tonight...Im waiting for Liverpool vs Aston Villa results...so I'll write about Death Note and Rosario+Vampire sometime soon...hopefully tomorrow...

Manga

Naruto - so Raikage and Sasuke are going for it...as for Zetsu, is he dead?? I mean technically the white half is dead, since Raikage snapped his neck. And the black white?? It would seem that Kakashi has figured out Tobi is Madara. And Madara is surprising interested in Naruto. Wanting to now how Naruto changed Pain's mindset....

One Piece - Again, the entire chapter is in twin pages...the pages are again paired up. We see Admiral Akainu's face, and his Lava Fruit's powers. As for Marco, he's a Zoan-type, not a Logia. His fruit model is Phoenix. And damn he's good. The giant marines are up to something, and there seems to be a marine sprouting nonsense on not letting Whitebeard kill Ace?? Is that me or is it a wrong translation, or is it just him sprouting nonsense....

Bleach - FINALLY!!!! Barragan is dead...that's a surprise since Harribel is not yet dead... Apparently Soifon's Bankai fails to kill him, merely shattering his skull, Hachigen kills Barragan by transporting his own hand(which is affected by Barragan's power) into the stomach of Barragan. It was Barragan's power that killed himself. And the thing about gods. It's laughable. Barragan claiming to be God of Huenco Mundo(and he serves Aizen...) and Hachigen saying that has no impact on Shinigamis, since their technically gods...

Hyakko and Death Note

Since there wasnt any manga this week, I decided to do a post on the animes that I have been watching this week, although next week is my tests(lawl). Namely Hyakko and Death Note.

For a "review" of Hyakko, read yp's review at here.. Btw, Torako, the main character's seiyuu is the same as Rukia of Bleach. Consists of 13 episodes..finished in 2 days

Here are some pics of Hyakko that I...er..."took" because they amused me...(Im currently insane about kawaii-ness...possibly due to exam-related stress)



Ayumi, after being mistakenly "confessed to"


Being stalked by a bi..(jk, forgot wat actually happened...that pink/redhair is a bi..)

After being scolded by sis for running away from home

Upon being found out by sis

Up to something mischievous

Begging the teacher to help them

Goin to Tatsuki's house without consent, ended up having a "party"

Creating names for Dodgeball "position" (since she doesnt know any Dodgeball stars)

As for Death Note, I just began watching it today with yp, since she wanted to see it so much... We watched a total of 9 episodes, and I must say Im loving it already... The story tells of a young man name Yagami Light, finds a note labelled as "Death Note" with instructions written on it. The writer has to know the name and the face of the person whose name he writes into the Death Note. Although intially thinking that it was a prank, Light still brings the Death Note home, where he tested it and found out that it was real. There, his plans to be "God of the New World" begins, where he eliminates criminals to clear the world of crimes. Ryuk, the shinigami owner of the Death Note follows Light around, as he is bound to follow him until either Light or the Death Note is finished.

(From Left: L, Light and Ryuk)

L comes into the picture when Interpol is alarmed at the deaths of major criminals all across the globe...L is the world number 1 detective, and no 2 and no 3 (using aliases when he is bored)... He takes upon himself to solve the case and challenges Kira(wat the media refers Light as), determined to stop this slaughter.

Both man are similar in that they both hate to loose. Their battle of wits is very, very exciting. In their deductions and their calculations, trying to think one step ahead of the other. Both man are intelligent way beyond average people and is said to achieve 100% in all their papers for the Toho University entrance exams (though L is only there to spy on Light).

The anime consist of a total of 37 episodes and 2 specials...and hope to finish them in next week's holiday...

When Kawaii Culture Strikes DotA

When Japanese people being to make DotA into their own style...DotA: Kawaii Vahsion...

this will be the loading screen



various heroes

Talk About Coincidence....

Shit. Fuck. Damn. And all the vulgar language you can think of...

On the left is a 3,000 year old statue, and I said, 3000. On the left, is the late Michael Jackson. See any similarities? Yea, thats right, they wore the same clothes....not...

Its just amazing how a 3000 year old statue can look like the King of Pop. Or should it be the other way around. Maybe God 'reused' his designs...running out of ideas maybe?? Isnt there a thing in the BM sastera novel that said that 7 ppl have the same face? though not necessarily in the same era.... There's some ppl speculating that Michael Jackson requested to be "turned"
through plastic surgery to become like the statue, and that he possible stole the statue's nose...

here's what I think,

Long, long time ago, approximately 3000 years ago, an old oracle of ancient egypt predicted the arrival of a "king" who will "dominate" the earth. everyone will "listen" to him, and sing his "songs". man will be in awe of him...and maybe call him a molestor....the oracle adviced the pharaoh to carve the image so that in the far future, man will be identify the "king"....

lol....

Command and Conquer 4 Announced

Official site

So Command and Conquer 4 has been announced, though Im not a follower, hell, I only played Renegade out of the entire Tiberian series, Im quite excited about this new game. Since my laptop cant support CnC3, I not putting too much hopes on being able to play CnC4.

Gameplay

Anyway, this game is the last in the Tiberian Series Mainstory line. I say this because, FPS like Renegade might just be developed, like the scraped Tiberium. Who knows? Maybe they might just continue it. So this game ends it all, with 6 years left before earth is inhabitable due to the effects of Tiberium. Kane and GDI makes an uneasy alliance to save the earth before they battle again. That was the end of CnC 3. CnC 4 has two campaigns which runs simultaneously, GDI being named "The Man Who Killed Kane", which drops the "good guys" face of GDI. This reminds me of the NOD propaganda in Renegade, how GDI was gaining power, and silently behind some disasters which they blame on NOD. The NOD campaign is titled "All Things MustEnd", which tells about Kane's motivation and meaning behind his plans and what his has done in the last 3 games..

GDI Concept Art

So anyway, CnC 4 has got a contest on naming it, at http://contest.commandandconquer.com/ sadly, it has pass its due date a few days ago. I thought up of Tiberium Extinction or Tiberium Desolation as its title. Or maybe End of Days, since it is the end for the Tiberium Saga....

Streak of Insanity

Lol...all I can say is that its weird...

My mom was calling me to help set up the table for dinner (my family takes dinner at 5.30pm, me and my sis takes it sometime later), and I was learning, more like glancing at "Teardrops on my Guitar" and "Majesty", and then I waited for a while, then run down the stairs, I didnt a sorta weird move, like right hand on rail, body jumps so that I would land facing the direction I want (lazy me), so anyway, this time I jumped to high or something, and bamp, my left feet collided with the shelf. It hurt so much, but I was nonstop laughing. My elder sis made it worst when she tried to say "Feet dont have eyes", but ended saying "Teeth dont have eyes"...

So I was in pain, and I was laughing, and I watch on middle toe, and it began to bleed, lots of blood, and it was two parallel wounds, where it struck the shelf's edge. And I laugh even harder...and I dont even know why...I wanted to put a plaster on it, but everytime I see it, I would laugh again...so in the end, poor mom had to do it for me... And i was sitting down on the dining table (standing was a hard thing to do) to "reserve" food for me and my sis, and I was laughing throughout the process....am I insane?? Maybe I lost it for a while?? Exam stress??

Its finally come to halt now, but I would still burst out laughing sometimes...just to weird...

True Love?

True Love Tattoos offers you a brand new way to really express your love for that special someone. Don’t ink your skin like everyone else, ink your heart. Or as they refer to it, your soul-canvas. So, do you really love your partner as much as you say? Here’s your chance to prove it. A true love Tattoo is a relatively safe procedure thanks to years of uncompromising research. The operation takes less than 3 hours from choice of tattoo until you have a polaroid proof in hand, however, they strongly sugest that you bring someone to escort you home after surgery. The team is highly professional and fully educated, so far, they have performed over 500 successful operations without any major complications. They provide a wide range of styles from old school to Japanese. You choose the art, they put it on your heart. Some questions and answers of this: Q: Does the ink fade with time? A: There are case studies indicating that falling out of love may have a slight fading effect on the ink, apart from that, this baby is for life. Q: Can i still be a heart donor? A: Yes, you can. However, be aware that research suggest that the new owner of your heart tend to get an unexplainable crush on the person whose name is tattooed on the heart. Q: How will i prove to my loved one that i hounered him or her with a true love tattoo? A: You will recieve one polaroid picture of your tattoo on place, and also a video recording of the whole procedure. By the way, this video comes with a great soundtrack from new amazing rock band “Vikunja”. Q: Is it dangerous? A: It’s not totally safe, but remember, it can be even more dangerous not to express true love. Q: How long does it take? A: It depends on the art work. big hearted patients tend to take longer. Q: Is it dangerous if i have a high blood pressure? A: On the contrary, it make the colours shine brighter. Do not get a tattoo if you have a weak heart, are ink intollerant or if you’re not sure you’re really in love. avoid getting a tattoo if you have a newly broken heart. Let it heal for at least 3 months. Laser erase surgery is available but not recommended. They also supply a special divorce discount if you can prove your partner cheated on you. In some cases they recomend you to cover up your old tattoo with a new one, they are especially skilled in making football team crests. This satisfaction cost about 9 000$ to 12 000$ depending on difficulity of tattoo.

Im really skeptical of whether this is true or not, since the Q&A is kinda weird...so who would wanna get a tattoo on the heart anyway? Its not like you can rip your heart out and show it to your buddies...

Guy A:"Hey I gt a heart tattoo for you"
Girl B:"Show me"
Guy A: "Here's the Polaroid photo"
Girl B: "Its Photoshoped"
Guy A: *Rips heart out* "here..."

The "Dead" Shall Arise..lol

A premature baby declared dead by doctors at a hospital in Paraguay was found to be alive hours later when he was taken home for a funeral wake.

Jose Alvarenga said he had discovered his son was alive after he heard crying from the box in which he was placed.

The baby is now back at the same hospital's intensive care unit and reported to be in a stable condition.

The head of paediatric care at the hospital said a doctor had not properly checked the infant's vital signs.

"This is a very unusual case," Ernesto Weber told the AFP news agency, adding that an investigation into the incident would be carried out.

A doctor who works at the hospital's maternity unit said staff had tried to revive the baby for an hour before declaring him dead.

"His pulse was so low that it was undetectable," Aida Notario said.

According to medical records, the baby weighed only 500g (17.6oz).

The smallest on record was an American baby who weighed just 280g (10oz), born at less than 22 weeks.

Mike the Headless Chicken

This is really just to push down that picture in the previous post so that the first thing you see is not a girl in bikini

So about this headless chicken...

Well, its a ghost captured by a camera sometime ago near my house in the middle of the Australia Outback...yea, right...donoe why I do this a lot today...

Anyway, he used to live in Colorado, a farmer Lloyd Olsen, had his mother-in-law for supper(i know how that sounds...but meh...) so he decided to celebrate by killing it(the chicken, not the mom)...apparently, either the axe was blunt, or he had a bad aim, the head was only half decapitated (Nearly Headless Mike...^^) so anyway, the chicken survived with one ear, and his brain stem(thats equivalent to brain for humans, not judging by intelligence...lol)

And it survived!! It's fed a mixture of water and milk through an eyedropper, and small grains...occasionally, it chokes on its mucus, whereby Olsen would clear it using a syringe..it even put on weight, from 2.5 pounds at the time of beheading to 8 pounds at death. It earned the family $4000 per month (equivalent to $50000 in 2005 dollars)... This led to a series of beheading of chickens by people who attempt to create another Mike, although some chickens survive, they live for a maximum of 1-2days...

One night, while on a roadshow, Mike started choking on his own mucus, sadly, the family had left his syringe behind, Mike passed away(lol...) the following day... However, he lives on in some people's memory and hearts, iniating the Headless Chicken Day(3rd weekend of May) at his hometown of Fruita, Colorado

Dickson's Order

Dickson want to see that Red Alert 3's launcher looks like....so.... I saw this pic in the installation file, but I don't noe why mine doesnt have a proper launcher, its just white box, and then black screen, and then the EA thing....though Gavin's have...maybe its becoz I didnt copy it into the Red Alert 3 folder....*shrugs*

see, I told you he's a $7.80...(chikopek)

Manga...again...

Naruto - Naruto died of hypothermia while searching for the Kage Summit location.....yea, right...So anyway, at least Danzo's eye and arm thing is solved...he got it from Uchiha Shisui...totally forgot the dude...doesnt he look a bit like Obito? Maybe he's Obito's brother...could be younger bro... So Danzo "mind-controlled" Mizukage?? It seems that Ao is saying so...and Byakugan? I shud have known....Maybe be that's Neji's dad's Byakugan...talking about Eye Transplant...theres a research of HEAD TRANSPLANT going on....you got that right HEAD TRANSPLANT...it may be a gateway to immortality...since your brain's functioning and you kinda..."renew" your body's age.... So anyway, so did Danzo mindcontrolled the Feudal Lord to make him Hokage? For that matter, couldnt he mind control the Jonins to vote him in??

One Piece - EPIC....you can tell by the twin pages...all pages, except the third are in pairs...thats epic...what with the Man with the Strongest Slash (Mihawk) vs the Man with the Strongest Defence (Diamond Jose, 3rd Squad Captain)...and of course, 1st Squad Captain, Marco.... What with Tsunami being turned to ice, Beams being Deflected by Blue Flames, etc.... This is gonna be one epic battle...

Bleach - Barragan is so toasted, with the shot by Soifon, though I wouldnt count on Hachigen trapping Urahara, as for how he came in contact with Urahara, learning about Soifon's Bankai? perhaps it was before the exile, or maybe Urahara contacted the Vaizards before sending to Karakura, because I have no recollection of Urahara being on friendly terms with the Vaizards...

Heroes of Newerth: Advanced DotA

Its dota on an independant engine...yup, like how CS Mod of Half-life became Condition Zero and Source, so DotA is transforming from map into Heroes of Newerth...its a S2 Game production...and they do have permission from IceFrog to make it, though they have to change names, UI and stuff so as not to incure the wrath of Blizzard...so like in the video, Pudge(a Diablo name) the Butcher, became the Devourer...but basically, the map is the same, you can even see treants..
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So obviously, its no longer Sentinel vs Scourge, since does are part of Warcraft, and Heroes like the Naga, Lycanthrope will probably have a large model makeover, but still keep the same skill...Item name may also be change, and Hero background story will DEFINITELY be changed...