JUSTINTIME.

Bye Blogger.

2009-03-17T21:27:00.000-07:00

I will be moving to Wordpress. Leave a comment if you want to know the URL.

Bye.

Hey.

2009-03-06T17:57:00.001-08:00

I am in a very good mood right now. I just checked my Math grade online and found that I got a 97/100 on the Ch. 9 Test. I'm really happy because this gives me confidence that I can do much better in all other subjects in School. Now my Math grade has been pulled up to an A-, which seems pretty good to me. Right now I do not have any C's at all and hopefully I can pull all my B-'s, B's, and B+'s up to A's. For my English class, I have been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. I read a little a couple years ago and did not find it very interesting, but reading it now, I really enjoy it and find it to be a emotional and compelling novel. The author, really captured the mood of the the time period and showed me the reality of racism and prejudice against Negroes. In Art, we are now using water colors. It is pretty fun, but sadly, I messed up on one coloring assignment because my colors bled into each other and now it looks like a total mess. I hope my grade won't be too bad due to that assignment. In P.E. I guess our unit right now is Whomp Ball. I don't really like it due to several reasons. First of all, I'm not very skilled at batting, but luckily I haven't missed one hit yet. I get embarrassed when I screw up for the team and I hate playing outfield because I am not very sure if I can catch the ball or not, especially if it is a fly ball. Second, the teams are usually one-sided and we have had the same teams for two times already. Lastly, Michael Gunthrey is one crazy motherfucker. When he hits the ball, he throws the bat all the way back to the batting line and almost hits other people. He also screams, whines, and bitches about the team messing up. He can't stop criticizing other people although he himself is not very good at it either. But hey, I can't blame the poor guy. He's "special."

Surprisingly, I actually started playing MS Private Servers again, but only casually and to try out the Pirate class. I tried both the Gunslinger and Brawler on different servers and I find that I don't enjoy the Gunslinger very much because it's pretty much exactly the same as the Bowman. The only aspect that I like about them is that they can shoot while they are in the air. No more jump-shooting! On the other hand, I enjoy Brawlers a lot more due to their unique combos and interesting abilities. Right now my Brawler is level 40, but I can't find better Knuckles! I'm still using the level 30 one...which sucks. I have also been playing Rock Band 2! I love that game so much. RB2 is so much better than Guitar Hero. The overall feel and look of the game is just more simplistic and mature. I also believe that the setlist is just slightly better than World Tour's. I'm currently enjoying Expert Guitar, Medium Drums, and Medium Vox. One thing that I need to work on is Alt-Strumming. Whenever there is a long stream of notes I mostly miss sometime during the middle of the continuous notes and mess up my combo. I cannot wait for the Rock Band: Beatles! ..and also GH:Metallica I guess :)...and GH: Greatest Hits :)

Wow that was a semi-long post. I'm off to eat dinner and play some Table Tennis to get ready for the tournament in Sacramento in two weeks. See you and have a nice day.

2009-02-26T21:06:00.000-08:00

You know what? Fuck you, and you, and most of all..YOU! That's right you little fuckers. You know who you are, the shitbags who walk around acting like a bunch of faggots. And YOU, fuck you and your faggot-ass club. Fuck you for being such a fucking smart-ass. I am sick and tired of your bullshit attitude and you're not even funny, you fucking fat-ass. Fuck you and your little church crew. You guys are full of shit and not even Christian, so fuck you and go eat some Kimchee you GOOK! One day I will take a gun, shove it up your ass, take another gun, shove it in your mouth, and then I will shoot until your guts start dripping out and you cry for your hoe for a mother. That's right, who's the short kid now? Go suck a dick and shut the fuck up. Thanks.

Tired

2009-02-22T20:24:00.000-08:00

I am currently too lazy to blog anything. Sorry.

Ok..

2009-01-18T19:12:00.001-08:00

Phew...just got done studying for 3.5 hours for Chemistry. I still have lots of things to do including homework. I don't understand. Why do teachers still assign homework when the following week is Finals? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Well, I finally got my laptop back. I was arguing with my Mom over something that had nothing to do with the laptop and then she just said, "Ok I don't care anymore..you can do whatever you want and I don't care." She always says this when she gets mad at me so I know she doesn't mean it, but then she just walked into my room, stood there for a few seconds and dropped my laptop onto the floor. I was really confused..so I just accepted it and currently I am planning on using it tomorrow again when the mood in the house calms down a bit.

Stop. Just Stop.

2009-01-16T22:39:00.000-08:00

I'm sick and tired of everyone talking/caring about Ariel so much.

What the fuck happened to caring about the "average" player?
You all are fucking pathetic.
Fuck you.

What a week...

2009-01-15T18:35:00.000-08:00

Damn. This week really has been really hectic and full of confusion. First of all, UGO/Hearst bought 1UP. This resulted in the closing of EGM, 1UP Podcasts (including the 1UP Show), and 44 employees laid off (including many long-time 1UP veterans). I was filled with anger at first, but when I realized that Ziff Davis was losing money rapidly, I figured that it was a good thing for them in the long run. It was really a shock to many people, including me. What made 1UP unique and special is now mostly gone. I hate it when people say that 1UP will be the same. Face it, it won't be. The good news is that most of the laid off staff got to work on new podcasts/thoughts for the future. Here's a list of the sites/podcasts.

www.talkingorange.com - Ryan and Matt's new site! They said that they are still making video podcasts!

www.eat-sleep-game.com - Nick, Anthony, Philip, and Arthur Gies's new site! Rebel FM is now LIVE!

www.geekbox.net - Ryan Scott's site! He will be hosting another podcast!

Please support them!

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Well, onto my life. I've had so many presentations and projects due this week, and finals are coming up right around corner. I have so many borderline grades...two C+'s, two B-'s. It's really frightening to think of what my grades will become after the final if I don't study. Looks like I actually have to try this year. I gave my English speech yesterday. It was under the time limit, but I got a 94% on it (320/340) so I'm happy, and I gave my Spanish presentation today. I think we did pretty well on it. So now I only have one more presentation left! An easy (hopefully) History project. Oh..but I also have a huge Math review test tomorrow. 50% of my grade...even more than finals which is 20%. Ugh..I forgot so much material..looks like I have study like crazy tonight. We are doing (and almost done) Table Tennis in P.E.! Haha! It's the most fun I had in P.E. this year besides Ultimate Frisbee.

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Time for some gaming :) Version 6.58 for DoTA just came out! New Remakes of Dirge and Storm Spirit! New Visuals! Wow! This update has been extremely fun and well done. Good job IceFrog. (BTW IceFrog has a blog now...it's at www.icefrog.com) I haven't played in about a month though..so I really need to brush up my skills again.

Alright this is all for now..I've got to be a nerd and study study study and work work work.

A Sad Day Indeed..

2009-01-07T21:16:00.001-08:00

R.I.P.
EGM, 1up Podcasts, and 1up Show

To all of the excellent employees who have been laid off,
Best of luck to you guys.
You were the best of the best of the business
And no one..I repeat NO ONE can ever replace you.
Have a safe & quick recovery and continue to thrive and do well!

-Justin

Fuck School

2009-01-07T19:20:00.000-08:00

Wow. I fucking hate the week(s) before Finals. It's always so busy and this year I have so many speeches and projects to do...which are all very important to my grade. Long story short, I'm going to be fucking busy until the end of the next two weeks...I have a Spanish project/speech, English group project/speech, History, project..

and of course...

FINALS.
FUCK!

Sigh..

2009-01-05T19:45:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year Everyone!
2009!

Well. Winter Break is officially over. How depressing. I really enjoyed my time in Las Vegas (even though I have tons of makeup work and quizzes/tests) and the 2 weeks at home (although my dad was home almost all of the two weeks). Today was not that bad. I didn't fall asleep and I turned in all my makeup work! But I still have to make-up my Math quiz and two Spanish quizzes. It was so cold during P.E. today even though we were inside. I can't believe it's still raining over these past weeks. So what did you guys get for Christmas? I got an iTouch Case, Clothes, Graphing Calculator, iHome, and Call of Duty: World At War. The iTouch Case is really nice, but it costs a lot! I'm using and enjoying the iHome and the clothes were pretty nice. CoD:WaW is really fun and is the best FPS on the Wii right now! I'm pleasantly surprised at how it turned out and I'm addicted to the immersive multiplayer! I love how they are using the same mechanics of CoD4. I am currently Level 24 and I'm not too shabby :). Although I am just sick of people using Martydrom and overpowered weapons. Due to the sheer amount of people who use Martydrom, I am also using it now in order to get back at them. Today I got my highest kill streak yet! A record of 23 kills in a row thanks to the dogs who got me a total of 12 kills :). Lets see..my favorite maps are Castle and Dome and my least favorite is Makin and Upheaval. I'm dissapointed that the Wii version does not have Online Co-op and Nazi Zombies, but overall it is a wonderful game for the Wii. This game looks great considering that it is on the Wii. Now on the subject of iTouch, I have updated to 2.2 firmware and jailbroke it a second time. It seems to run faster and I'm trying to manage the number of games I install on it. I finally played SimCity and 7CitiesTD! Both are great games. Sim City can hold you on for hours and hours. The only thing that turns me off is the Mass Transportation bug. The Sims won't ride my trains! 7 Cities TD brings a new kind of depth to iTouch TD Games. Its complex and detailed mechanics really make this an amazing game, but it's hard! Alright I have to go finish my homework..I have a lot tonight :(. Cya!

U.S. Nationals 2008

2008-12-23T20:03:00.001-08:00

Well. I've been back for 2 days already since the end of Nationals, but I didn't really feel like blogging because I felt like crap..actually I still do. Nationals was a blast even though I played really badly and had bad food for most of the time. I played the u-1800,1900,2000,2100, and u-2200. I made a mistake by not signing up for U-18 Boys, but I just feel so intimidated because of all these kids who are so much better than me when I am already 16 years old. I really wish I started earlier, then I wouldn't be so bad right now. I didn't advance out of my 1800 and 1900 round robins, which I thought I would. I ended up losing to the C player in both of the events. They were rated around mid 1600s. I feel like I practice so hard, but my results never show my determination and will to exceed my expectations. I feel like such a letdown to myself, only mid 1800 when I am 16. Look at all these people. 11 years old and 2300. 12 years old mid 2000, 12 years old 2300, even Yuta is 1800 when he is 14. He is still ahead of me by 2 years. There is only 1 person who is like me, and that is Steven Li. That is the reason why we are such close friends, because we can relate to each other and understand our feelings. I try to keep my jealousy to a minimum, but I just cannot help it sometimes. When I always hear about Ariel and Lily and their amazing wins all the time, I get so pissed. I always say to myself, "So what if they are so good and so young?!" And everyone always praises them for how to good they are. Another thing that bothers me greatly is how Coaches can act sometimes. Some of them only respect players who have potential on becoming a great player when they are still young. For example, Dennis Davis always says how Yuta can make the Cadet/Junior team because he is only 14. He treats me a lot differently though, as if I have no hope left in the sport of Table Tennis. I am just sick of that. What happened to the "average player"? It seems like all people care about are young players who have great talent nowadays. Coaches, your attitude and actions can change a person's confidence and attitude towards themselves. After Nationals, I almost felt like quitting. Maybe I will, you never know. I am also bugged about teacher's pets. I am not going to name names but I know Dennis has his own favorites.

Oh well, other than that Nationals went pretty well. I traveled with Yuta,Dennis, and Guo Xie. (I know I spelled his name wrong). Every morning I would eat breakfast with Yuta at Paradise Cafe. :( That place was horrible. The best dinner we had was Wed. night at Benihana :) that was delicious. Other than that, I just ate in the hotel every night usually around 10-11 PM. Sigh, I wish I could go back again. It was fun.

However, one thing that really confused me was uhh...this certain girl. I just really wanted to talk to her about how everything is going and why she stopped talking to me. It just seemed like she really didn't want to talk face to face. Are you hiding something from me? Could she have just stopped wanting to talk to me? Is she scared? Did she find someone else? It is kind of hard for me to express my feelings through words right now, but I just want you to know that if you think that I don't like you anymore, I want you to know that I still do like you. Well, you know who you are if you reading this. I would really like to talk to you again. Please don't try to avoid me. :( I would also like to dedicate a song to you. Elliott Yamin - Wait for You. It's a lovely song.

"...why can't you look at me, you're still in love with me, don't leave me crying."

I know it's a little early but...
I would like to wish Natalie Sun a Happy Birthday.
Have an amazing 13th year.

One more day.

2008-12-15T17:21:00.000-08:00

I'm so excited! Only one more day until I go to Las Vegas for the 2008 U.S. Nationals! I'm more excited than usual because I'm not going with my parents this time & this time I'm going with Yuta. Today was such a long day at school and I fear that tomorrow will be even worse. One drawback of missing three days of school is that I have to make up a couple of quizzes/tests and homework, but luckily I have no projects to do over break :). I am kind of nervous for this upcoming tournament because I am 1866 going into the u1800 and u1900, but I'm sure that there are many people who had the ratings adjusted before Nationals. Hopefully I will do my best and try hard! When I come back I will do a comprehensive write-up on my experience & results. Wish me luck! Bye!

Yeeeee

2008-12-11T20:06:00.000-08:00

5 MORE DAYS UNTIL NATIONALS !

YEAAA.

Brrrrr.

2008-12-09T19:26:00.000-08:00

Today is so cold. I'm guessing the entire week is going to be this cold too. What a great time to wear my new hoodies/sweatshirts :). I went to my math tutor today, asked a bunch of questions because we're having a Ch.7 Test coming up this Thursday. I can't believe tests are worth 50% of your grade in math, considering homework is 20%, quizzes are 10%(!?), and final is 20%. That's just absurd. To sum it up, I have a Spanish Test on Thursday, Math Test on Thursday, Chemistry Quiz on Friday, and Vocab Quiz on Friday. Today I spent my time after school just watching SNL Digital Shorts on tulu.com :P. They're so funny. I also played some Ferrari GT on my iTouch. It's surprisingly good. Didn't play any Guitar Hero today. Alright I gotta go study and finish up my homework. late.

Monday...

2008-12-08T18:08:00.000-08:00

Ugh..who doesn't hate Mondays? They're just tiring and boring, especially when you have school. Currently I am very hungry. School was ok today...P.E. sucks..it was really cold today. I really want to pull up my grades. I highly recommend the book Brisingr by Christopher Paolini. It's a great book due to its well thought out plot and detailed characters. It can be funny, suspenseful, and serious throughout different parts of the story. I read a lot yesterday for the first time in quite some time. I'm currently listening to Beautiful by Akon, Jizz In My Pants by The Lonely Island, Welcome to Heartbreak by Kanye West, and Fall For You by Secondhand Serenade. I played a little bit of Guitar Hero today...mostly playing online now :P I enjoy doing 1v1 guitar/bass faceoffs, band quickplay with me as bass/guitar, and guitar co-op. I find that a lot of people like to leave during the game and it really makes me mad. Well I'm off to finish my homework. Have a nice cold day.

Wow...this was a peaceful blog today..no swearing..no hate..if only everyone was like this...

P.S. Julius Caeser is actually a pretty good story.

Table Tennis Woes..

2008-12-07T22:45:00.000-08:00

Update: Fuck School & you all.

2008-12-04T19:36:00.000-08:00

hey. school has been a fucking disaster. you know what? i have the "potential", but it seems like i can never pull it off, whether it is a test or project. why? why am i like this? i dont understand. I have a question for you. is a tall person immediately better than a short person? answer me you fucking shit. HUH DOES THAT MAKE ALL TALL PEOPLE BETTER THAN SHORT PEOPLE? A TALL ASIAN IS SO COOL HUH? JUST BECAUSE HE'S GOOD AT SPORTS AND CAN IMPRESS THE WHITE KIDS. WELL, NEWS FLASH! IT'S NOT SO HOW ABOUT YOU START TREATING PEOPLE ALL THE SAME NO MATTER THE RACE OR HEIGHT. YOU PEOPLE ARE SO FUCKING GOOD AT JUDGING PEOPLE. alright sorry for caps, but i cant help it. we're doing football now in p.e. ...yesterday we played ultimate football (AKA Ultimate frisbee except with a football) what the fuck? that is such a stupid idea, there's too many people on a team and it's just so unorganized and retarded. ok so we finally played flag football today and guess what THE TALL FUCKING ASIAN GOT ALL THE PASSES!! NO WAY! fuck stereotypes. alright im done with that.

on a slightly different note...

i got guitar hero world tour for my b-day. it's pretty awesome, but my one major complaint is that it doesn't support tvs that are 4:3. only widescreen! What the hell? there's not even an option to change it. Apparently RedOctane thinks that everyone owns a widescreen tv nowadays...alright time for some guitar hero news.

GH:WT
Recently beat the game on hard (guitar)
Trying to 5-star every song on hard on guitar, then i will move on to expert.
Assassin is hard and annoying.
The set-list is slightly sub-par
Open Notes on Bass!! AMAZING!
Drums at first were horrible due to hardware issues, but i got my usb-midi cable yesterday and tuned it! now it's a blast. since this is my first time playing drums, i plan on beating medium first, then work my way up the difficulties.
Vocals are hard. it's impossible to FC.
If you haven't got the free DLC, get it now! Electro Rock is amazing and should've been on the setlist. if you want to know how it is, just watch my vid of it here. i apologize in advance for the quality and sound.
The new guitar is absolutely amazing, EXCEPT for the slide bar, which you can turn off in the options.

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I haven't been playing that much DoTA lately. Sick of pubbies.
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Music!

Kanye West's new album 808s & Heartbreak is pretty good. I can feel his emotions about his mother passing away and his girlfriend breaking up with him. He's an amazing songwriter and is very creative. I'm sick of hearing people whine about him using Auto-Tune. First of all, let him experiment a new style! i'm sure he can tell if his music doesn't sound very good. Second, he doesn't even use it in all his songs.

A couple of worthwhile songs to listen to are: (I suggest you to buy the whole album though. It's worth it)

Welcome to Heartbreak
Paranoid
Heartless
RoboCop
Amazing
See You In My Nightmares

Alright this long post should make up for my absence :)

Late.

7 more school days until thanksgiving break!

2008-11-12T19:56:00.000-08:00

All I have to say is...Title.

Haha anyways for my birthday (Nov.29) I would like to get GH4 AKA Guitar Hero:World Tour. It seems pretty awesome and finally we can make our own songs and play other people's songs. Hopefully it will be in-stock in a week or so. I played an awesome game of DoTA with Steven's friends today. I'm still known as the noob on the team, but I didn't get as many bad remarks about me today than before :). We won our 3v3 Inhouse even though the other team had better players on it, but the opposing team had a really dumb Juggy who was a master team farmer in all situations meaning that he was busy farming instead of D'ing while his base was getting slaughtered. He didn't know how to Omnislash until late-game and only used it to KS. What a nub! By the way, IceFrog has released 6.57. Man he's been releasing new versions in a short amount of time...which is a good thing I guess. Anyways, Kunkka AKA IMBAPIRATECAPTAIN got nerfed, and Huskar got buffed! His Ulti does 50% instead of 40% and its CD has been reduced. The new cooldown at level 3 is only 15 seconds!

Anyways I got to see Melanie again today! Haha it was a blast. If only Iden came, it would be like a reunion of last years Fan-fucking-tastic Bio class. Well, in English we have to do this Julius Cesar project/presentation. It's due on Monday :( And I'm stuck with a group I don't really like..Oh well I shouldn't be QQing.

I can't wait till Thanksgiving Break!!

P.S. NEW REVIEW(S) ON MY ITOUCH APP REVIEW SITE CHECK IT OUT AT WWW.JUSTOM.WORDPRESS.COM

Veterans Day!

2008-11-10T21:48:00.000-08:00

First of all I would like to say a big "Thank You" to the troops that have served/are serving in the war right now. You will always be in our hearts forever. We will always remember you.

On the other hand, lets celebrate! Although I didn't get today off too, I am thankful for having tomorrow off! Lets party! I'm probably going to play some DoTA and go play some basketball at Creekside. Too bad Jon couldn't come over.

Check out Rise Against's new album, Appeal to Reason. It's pretty awesome.
Snow Patrol's Take Back The City is also awesome.

Enjoy the day off everyone!

Yo.

2008-11-08T14:28:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone. Well this week has been hectic as hell. I've been getting lazier and lazier. I didn't turn in an essay for English and have not been studying for any tests and quizzes at all. I have to get back on track and get working again, because I don't want to screw up this year. Steven isn't really too happy with me right now because I fucked up. I imagine that Serena is not too happy with me either. P.E. has been actually fun because we're doing Ultimate Frisbee now, but we only get to play it for three out of five days due to the mile and stupid fitness friday. My rating is now 1866. I knocked Yuta down back to 1886 and Steven to 1799. I've been trying to work on my serve in order to give me better advantage during matches. I've been trying out different heroes in DoTA in order to find one that I like the most, but I can never stay with same one! Well I'm off to finish homework. Late.

P.S. You can always check out my iTouch/iPhone App Review Site at justom.wordpress.com

Heeeeey.

2008-11-03T21:18:00.000-08:00

I haven't blogged here for awhile now. I've been mostly blogging on my other site that is only about iTouch/Phone Apps. You can check it out by clicking here. Well, school's been pretty stupid. I've missed some assignments now due to laziness. I've got to stop that :(. Anyways, table tennis has been going well too. I won $40 by getting 2nd in the u2000 and Open Doubles at the Concord Youth Cup. I saw Serena there, and I played her o_o. It was nice seeing her again after over a year and we started to talk again, but it seems like we stopped again....great -_-. i've been playing DoTA a lot more now..trying to get better. Sorry for the short post...I gotta finish my homework..

Late.

Click here for a dumb video of me dancing.

NEWSFLASH!

2008-10-14T19:06:00.000-07:00

Only faggots play sniper.

End of story.

‘Spore Origins’ Discounted to $7.99!

2008-10-12T15:20:00.000-07:00

As first noted on our New Games and Price Drops page, EA’s Spore Origins [App Store] has been discounted to $7.99 (from $9.99).

Spore Origins was a highly anticipated iPhone release which we enjoyed:

Spore Origins is certainly one of the most engaging games available for the iPhone. Using the Creature Creator to evolve your organism–to better equip it to eat and not be eaten in the dangerous game world–and to watch those changes work to advantage is highly satisfying.

However, some Touch Arcade commenters were concerned about the long term replay value. If you’ve been holding out, now may be a good time to pick up this high profile title.

App Store Link: Spore Origins

Shape-matching Puzzler ‘Spin’ Coming Soon

2008-10-10T22:25:00.001-07:00

Secret Exit, who you may remeber from our preview of the upcoming surreal puzzle game Zen Bound, will soon be releasing Spin for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Spin is a game that challenges shape recognition, one of the fastest mechanisms of the human brain. There are three game modes, unlockable trophies and a hundred different 3D objects. In other words, plenty to play and high scores to beat.

The iPhone version of Spin takes advantage of the multi-touch controls, allowing the players to quickly spin objects in three axes using simple gestures. With the updated controls (multi-touch makes a huge difference in gameplay), re-tuned difficulty levels and the large screen on the iPhone, this is the definitive mobile version.

Spin for the iPhone is an adaptation of the mobile hit SiL, which won two awards at the Mobile Game Innovation Hunt in GDC 2007 as well as the Best Mobile Game award in the 2006 Forum Nokia Pro competition.

See the game in action in the developer’s demonstration video:

Secret Exit is a small indie developer located in Helsinki, Finland. The team of five has been working on mobile games for the past year and will soon be making more fruits of their labor public. They are an eclectic mix of developers with backgrounds in the demoscene, mobile gaming, and mainstream PC gaming (the AI lead in the popular PC game Crysis is among them). We look forward to seeing more of what this group has in store for the iPhone gaming community.

RAGE

2008-10-08T22:18:00.000-07:00

Epic.

Tribal : Not Worthy of Buying

2008-10-08T18:34:00.001-07:00

Tribal

October 7, 2008

Available In: App Store

Price: $5.99

One of the best, high-quality games back in the 1.1.4 days has been ported to 2.1! This game has always been one of my favorites, and much hasn’t changed since back then. First thing you see is that title screen we all fell in love with. After that, you now see a new level select. Once you select a level, the game overall follows a little story giving you specific items to tap each level. Also, when you tap something, it gives a nice realistic echo of a bullet falling to the floor, which I find really neat and professional. The game overall does get a bit challenging, and is pretty long as well. Other than that, it’s the same ‘ol tribal we all had installed back in the good days…. It’s available in the App Store for $5.99, and I don’t think you should buy it, it’s a waste of time

Kroll Review : DONT BUY IT! (Just get the cracked version :D)

2008-10-08T18:33:00.001-07:00

Version: 1.0

Release Date: Sep 27, 2008

Price Purchased: $7.99

Publisher: Digital Legends

Developer: Digital Legends

App Store Page

Great graphics and smooth animation; solid controls

Very short, gameplay is disappointingly simple and repetitive

Kroll’s presentation will draw you in and provide some fun, but its short campaign makes it a poor value.

Kroll is a fantasy-themed beat-’em-up where you play as a club-wielding shaman in search of his soul. Instead of the usual months of silent contemplation, Kroll’s spiritual journey involves jogging through amazing 3D environments and bashing hundreds of enemies into goo. Kroll definitely offers a nice demonstration of the iPhone’s graphics horsepower. Unfortunately, the game’s glamorous presentation is not enough to conceal its lack of breadth and depth–there’s just no way this extra-short adventure is worth eight bucks.

Kroll plays very much like the classic side-scrolling arcade game Kung Fu Master. The objective is to walk through a level from left to right, while enemies come at you from either side. You have two basic attacks at your disposal: a fast thrusting attack and a slower swinging attack. As you dole out damage, you fill up a gauge that allows you to perform a ground smash attack that hits enemies in both directions. There are three chapters in the game, each with a number of smaller sections or rooms. Each section typically concludes with a miniboss fight, and the chapters end against gargantuan final bosses.

You move and execute attacks by touching one of three touch buttons on either side of the screen–the right-hand buttons move and attack right, and the left-hand buttons do the same on the left. Though moving and attacking in this way might feel awkward initially, the controls end up being very easy to use. The final boss fights are managed in a completely different manner. These encounters unfold as a cutscene; you have to quickly tap the indicated areas of the screen as the action plays out.

There are only a few types of enemies in Kroll, and their variation is almost purely aesthetic. This adds to the general feeling that most of the developer’s time was spent making Kroll look nice, and the game itself is a bit of an afterthought. Similar games feature jumping, high and low attacks, blocking, and projectile dodging; Kroll’s omission of these gameplay basics is disappointing. In fact, the gameplay is so simple that it almost feels like a rhythm game, rather than an action game. The gameplay highlights are probably the minibosses, who can present a real challenge and require some actual thought to beat. They are far more interesting than the final boss fights, which are fun to watch the first time through, but lack challenge. It’s too easy to memorize their sequences.

Ultimately, Kroll seems like it was made by a talented team of artists, animators, and musicians–along with one poor sap who was responsible for all the gameplay. Most players will be able to see all the content in the game in under half an hour; you can try a higher difficulty level, but its content will be the same. If you have some money burning a hole in your pocket, and you want to show off some really awesome-looking graphics on your iPhone, Kroll is worth checking out. Otherwise, you should probably hold out for a price drop.

Kevin Calderone’s Trace Finally Hits the App Store

2008-10-08T18:29:00.001-07:00

Kevin Calderone’s Trace game [App Store] has been released to the App Store. The game had been announced in early September on our forums. Trace offers similar mechanics as Line Rider by letting the player add to the level by drawing on the screen. The developer describes the gameplay:

Trace is a casual platformer where you draw your own path through the levels. Use the touch screen to draw platforms and navigate past obstacles to reach to goal at the end of each level. The game is easy pick up and play anytime, and high scores add another level of challenge.

The free game features 6 unique worlds, 120 levels, and an original soundtrack.

This teaser video demos the game:

App Store Link: Trace

Dota 6.55 Map Official Released! Dota-Allstars 6.55 Download

2008-10-07T17:30:00.000-07:00

Dota 6.55 Map Official Released! Dota-Allstars 6.55 Download. At last, the map is released!!! The changes is extreme, but must of them already leaked on my Dota 6.55 Beta post :D There are 2 new heroes ( Alleria the Windrunner and Kunkka the Admiral Proudmoore) + 1 reworked one, 4 new items, new loading screens and many more. The changelogs is very long. Let's check the official version changelogs :)

Official Changelogs:

Summary:
---------
* Added a new hero (Windrunner)
* Added a new hero (Admiral Proudmoore)
* Added a new item (Magic Stick,239688)
* Added a new item (Dust of Appearance)
* Added a new item (Phase Boots)
* Added a new item (Glyph of Fortification)

* New Loading Screen
* Redesigned and improved Sentinel and Scourge bases as well as nearby terrain
* Added a new game mode (-captainsmode/-cm)
* Rewrote creep/neutral/powerup spawn systems. The game timer now counts down to 0, at which point the creeps and powerups spawn. 30 seconds later the neutrals spawn. This behavior is the same as various popular modes, but it is now standardized to the entire game with the new clock. All game events are based off of this time rather than an arbitrary time based on the mode you used.
* Lots of various performance improvements and fixes

* Reworked Keeper of the Light
* Various changes to Enchantress's abilities
* Reworked Bounty Hunter's Track
* Rebalanced Insatiable Hunger
* Reduced vision aoe on Spin Webs and tweaked cooldown and manacost progression
* Minor improvements to Anti-Mage's base stats
* Tweaked Blur evasion chance per level
* Reworked Call of the Wild stats and mechanics
* Decreased Watcher's vision a little bit
* Increased Rhasta's movement speed a bit
* Improved Crystal Maiden's Brilliance Aura a bit
* Minor improvement to early levels of Bloodbath
* Increased Spirit Lance cast range a bit
* Improved Sven's Agility gain
* Increased Sand King's armor a bit
* Changed SA's Blink Strike to move him behind the target(231470)
* Lowered Chaos Meteor cooldown from 70 to 55
* Rebalanced Haunt cooldown (150/120/90 -> 120)
* Improved how the manacost scales on Crippling Fear
* Improved level 2 and 3 manacost and regen on Death Pact
* Improved Psionic Trap's cooldown progression
* Nerfed the duration on Battery Assault
* Increased Hookshot cooldown
* Quill Spray manacost no longer goes up per level
* Decreased day vision on Visage's Revenants by 400
* Removed magic immunity from level 3 Revenants and added improved magic resistance
* Improved movement speed of the ghosts on Exorcism a bit
* Undid previous damage return threshold change on Exorcism
* Increased Death Prophet's base strength a bit
* Added an extra arrow to Medusa's Split Shot
* Rescaled Medusa's Purge cooldown from 12/11/10 to 12/10/8 seconds
* Reduced Chronosphere cooldown
* Ravage AOE decreased for level 1 and 2
* Decreased Guardian Angel AOE and duration a bit

* Changed how Scroll of Town Portal works
* Reworked Black King Bar
* Rebalanced Sange, Yasha, and Sange and Yasha
* Changed Lothar's Edge Recipe
* Changed Diffusal Blade Recipe
* Changed Maelstrom Recipe
* Aegis now respawns you where you died with full hp and mana but is undroppable and unstackable. Roshan takes it back when he respawns if it is unused
* The game now announces who acquires Aegis
* Increased Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse cooldown
* Tweaked Manta Style
* Reduced Kelen's Dagger cooldown from 30 to 15 seconds
* Kelen's Dagger now only triggers on player controlled damage
* Changed Max Stock on Observer Wards to 2
* Decreased Sentry Ward's truesight range
* Couriers can no longer place wards
* Blades of Attack price reduction (650->500)
* Chainmail price reduction (620->550)
* Gloves of Haste price reduction (550->500)
* Increased Armlet recipe cost by the same amount Blades of Attack and Gloves of Haste were reduced
* Increased Power Treads recipe cost by the same amount Gloves of Haste was reduced
* Increased Vanguard hitpoints by 50
* Increased Boots of Travel movement speed by 5
* Boots of Travel now takes the same time as scrolls teleport (4->3 seconds)
* Increased Heart's regeneration rate from 11 to 15
* Added Scroll of Town Portal to Goblin Shop replacing Javelin
* Added Ring of Regeneration to Goblin Shop replacing Hyperstone
* Added Magic Stick to Goblin Shop replacing Gloves of Haste
* Rebalanced tangos to come in batches of 3 (same overall regen per pack)

* When there is only 1 Assist to a Sentinel or Scourge kill, the kill is
instead given to that hero. When there are multiple assists to a Sentinel or
Scourge kill, the gold is split amongst those assisters rather than the
entire team
* Changed First Blood to be given to the Assist players when creeps kill the
hero rather than giving it to Sentinel or Scourge and splitting
* Tower gold is split if Sentinel or Scourge gets the last hit
* Denied towers give 50% team gold rather than 0%.
* Changed and standardized the bounty values on all structures
* Slight adjustments to gold bounty variance on Sentinel and Scourge creeps
* Global team tower bounty increases a little per tower level
* Roshan now gradually becomes stronger over time instead of after death
* Increased Hero Kill Experience bonus a little bit (+8 unshared experience per hero level in an area)
* Hero Kills now give a flat gold bounty in an area (+40, not to killer)

* You can now purchase items in your base without a courier (they drop to the floor)
* Improved image compression used in the map (243150)
* Added a new command -quote # that plays a hero quote, -quote random will play a random hero quote. The quote entry method will be improved when more heroes are added. It has Witch Doctor, Nightstalker, Alchemist, Silencer, Sniper and Rhasta right now, i will add more over time
* Changed the Goblin Shops terrain a bit and increase the shop aoe
* Buyback is now done at your Circle of Power
* Shops can be added to control groups
* Added new flavor texts to some items (Magical Bottle, Refresher Orb, Eye of Skadi, Blade Mail, Gem of True Sight, Null Talisman, Staff of Wizardry, Scroll of Town Portal, Belt of Giant Strength, Point Booster, Energy Booster, Vitality Booster, Soul Booster and Tangos)
* Fixed an old Viper Strike glitch
* Reduced extra damage taken by Rune Illusions
* Added a new command to swap items (-itemswap x y where x and y correspond to numbpad location) inventory slots primarily for when dealing with undroppable items or items in cooldown
* Fixed some bugs with -kickafk
* Changed Sentinel consumable shop model
* Couriers now have a "Drop All Items" ability
* Added a buff indicator for Blur
* Added soundsets to the shops for when you select them
* Adjusted Blur's visuals for self/allies
* Changed -SD time to be the same as AP
* Fixed Maledict effect sometimes getting stuck on a hero
* Fixed a potential bug with Devour and Decrepify
* Fixed Illuminate's interaction with Cliffs and units very close to it
* Fixed some performance issues with Nature's Attendants
* Changed the World Tree/Frozen Throne tower models (236560)
* Added an undead crown model to King Leoric (205388)
* Improved Glaives of Wisdom projectile (219546)
* Lots of various terrain fixes and improvements
* Fixed minor bug with Alchemist's starting strength
* Improved Magnus movement animation (189265)
* Added an allied only visual effect to Charge of Darkness (219684)
* Improved Black Hole visual effect
* Added new animation for Night Stalker during the night (213624)
* Renamed the "new" recipe shop
* Added a new command for viewing your Hook Accuracy (-ha)
* Added post creepspawn gametime to replay data for parsers
* Fixed a very minor rounding issue for -ms
* Fixed Blackhole to properly pull Infernal
* Fountain heal range increased by a small amount
* Added a message to show who killed a tower
* Fixed a terrain glitch near the Scourge Secret Shop
* Added a new mode -fastrespawn(-fr) that causes respawns to take half as much time
* Clicking Power Treads no longer interrupts commands
* Removed Crow's mana upgrade capability
* Fixed some targetting issues on the World Tree (PGRu-Unexpect3D)
* Updated King Leoric's story (235450)
* Fixed some performance issues with Freezing Field
* Added Hero ID data to the replay
* Fixed a bug when entering -di before the game mode is entered
* -sc mode now spawns same creeps in the same lane
* Revenants can no longer attack items
* Added a test mode command -trees to respawn all dead trees instantly
* Fixed a bug with Holy Persuation and Infest

Some Item Details:
-------------------
This is not a full list of changes, see the above changelog for that. These are just some of the changes in more detail.

Blades of Attack:
==================
Blades of Attack 650 -> 500
Dagon recipe unchanged (so total cost is 150 less)
Crystalys recipe unchanged (so total cost is 150 less)
Armlet recipe is 150 more gold

Gloves of Haste:
=================
Gloves of haste 550->500
Midas recipe is unchanged (so total cost is 50 less)
Treads recipe is 50 more gold
Armlet recipe is 50 more gold

Chainmail:
============
Chainmail 620->550
Buckler/Mekansm recipes are unchanged (so total cost is 70 less)
Blademail recipes are unchanged (so total cost is 70 less)
Assault Cuirass recipes are unchanged (so total cost is 70 less)

Vanguard:
=========
Gives 50 more hitpoints

Kelen's Dagger:
================
Only gets disabled from player based damage
Reduced cooldown from 30 to 15 seconds

Old BKB
=========
Ogre Axe (1000)
Broadsword (1200)
Recipe (1600)
18 Damage
10 Strength
85 seconds cooldown
9 seconds
Total: 3800

New BKB
=========
Ogre Axe(1000)
Mithril Hammer (1610)
Recipe (1300)
24 Damage
10 Strength
80/75/70/65/60/55 seconds cooldown
10/9/8/7/6/5 seconds
Total: 3910

Old TP Scroll:
===============
Only 1 person can target a specific building
Gave massive bonus armor
Gave bonus regardless of casting state
12 second shop cooldown

New TP Scroll:
===============
Any number of people can teleport at the same location at the same time.
You can choose the relative area around the structure that you want to TP
to.
Only allies see the exact position, your enemies see it on the building
only.
Does not give any bonus armor
If structure dies while you are tping, the tp does not force cancel
2 second shop cooldown
Available in Goblin Shops

Old Boots of Travel:
====================
+85 Movement Speed
Teleport:
4 Sec Casting Time
60 Cooldown
75 Manacost

New Boots of Travel:
====================
+90 Movement Speed
Teleport:
3 Sec Casting Time
60 Cooldown
75 Manacost

Old Lothar's Edge:
==================
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Claymore (1400)
Recipe (650)
+21 Damage
+21 Agility
Wind Walk (Active, 9 duration, 17 cd, 75 manacost, 20% ms bonus)
Total: 4050

New Lothar's Edge:
===================
Mithril Hammer (1610)
Quarterstaff (900)
Scroll (1100)
+38 Damage
+10 Attack Speed
Wind Walk (Active, 9 duration, 20 cd, 75 manacost, 20% ms bonus)
Total: 3610

Old Maelstrom:
==============
Mithri Hammer (1610)
Boots of Elvenskin (450)
Recipe (1300)
Total: 3360

New Maelstrom:
==============
Claymore (1400)
Boots of Elvenskin (450)
Recipe (1400)
Total: 3250

Old Diffusal Blade:
====================
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Robe of the Magi (450)
Recipe (1550)
+15 Agility
+6 Intelligence
18 Mana Burn
Total: 3000

New Diffusal Blade:
====================
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Robe of the Magi (450)
Recipe (850)
+25 Agility
+6 Intelligence
20 Mana Burn
Total: 3300

Old Manta:
===========
Diffusal Blade (3000)
Vitality Booster (1100)
Recipe (1400)
+23 Agility
+6 Intelligence
+250 HP
36 Mana Burn
Total: 5500

New Manta:
===========
Diffusal Blade (3300)
Vitality Booster (1100)
Recipe (1400)
+30 Agility
+6 Intelligence
+250 HP
40 Mana Burn
Total: 5800

Old Sange:
==========
16 Strength
10% Maim (10% ms slow for 6 seconds)
10 Damage
Ogre Axe (1000)
Belt of Giant Strength (450)
Recipe (800)
Total: 2250

New Sange:
===========
16 Strength
15% Maim (20% ms slow for 4 seconds)
10 Damage
Ogre Axe (1000)
Belt of Giant Strength (450)
Recipe (800)
Total: 2250

Old Yasha:
==========
16 Agility
10% Attack Speed
10% Movement Speed
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Boots of Elvenskin (450)
Recipe (800)
Total: 2250

New Yasha:
==========
16 Agility
15% Attack Speed
10% Movement Speed
Blades of Alacrity (1000)
Boots of Elvenskin (450)
Recipe (800)
Total: 2250

Old Sange and Yasha:
=====================
16 Strength
16 Agility
15% Maim (30% ms slow for 6 seconds)
15% Attack Speed
15 Damage
15% Movement Speed
Sange (2250)
Yasha (2250)
Recipe: 800
Total: 5300

New Sange and Yasha:
=====================
16 Strength
16 Agility
15% Maim (30% ms slow, 15% as slow for 4 seconds)
15% Attack Speed
12 Damage
12% Movement Speed
Sange (2250)
Yasha (2250)
Recipe (500)
Total: 5000

MS bonus does not stack with Yasha

Old Sentry Wards:
=================
Vision: 200
Truesight: 1100
Cost: 200
Charges: 2
Lasts 6 minutes

New Sentry Wards:
==================
Vision: 200
Truesight: 700
Cost: 200
Charges: 2
Lasts 3 minutes

Old Observer Wards:
===================
Vision: 1600
Cost: 200
Charges: 2
Lasts 6 minutes
Max Stock: 3
Stock Cooldown: 6 minutes

New Observer Wards:
====================
Vision: 1600
Cost: 200
Charges: 2
Lasts 6 minutes
Max Stock: 2
Stock Cooldown: 6 minutes

Dust of Appearance:
===================
2 charge consumable. Does not stack in inventory.
Places a buff on nearby enemy units (1250 aoe). Only affects heroes (not
wards). While you have the dust of appearance buff, invisibility will have
no effect. This does not mean you are tracked, you aren't visible to enemy
if you are fogged. It just prevents invisibility.
Lasts 12 seconds. 60 CD
190 Gold

Magic Stick:
============
Cost: 210 Gold
Energy Charge (Does not stack)
When enemy or ally (not self) casts a spell around you (1400), you gain 1
charge. Maximum 12 charges. When you cast the item, you instantly regenerate
12 hp and 12 mana for each charge.
This does not trigger off of non-spells or attack orbs

Phase Boots:
============
70 Movement Speed
+7 Armor
+16 Damage
Phase (Active, 5 duration 10 cd):
Gives no collision with units
10% movement increase
Casting spells or items dispells phase

Boots of Speed (500)
Blades of Attack (500)
Chainmail (610)
Total: 1610

Glyph of Fortification:
=======================
Consumable Item - Instant cast, does not go to inventory.
Cost: None
Cooldown: 6 Minutes
Stock Max: 1

Gives Old TP Scroll style bonus armor to all allied buildings for 4 seconds.

Some Hero Details:
-------------------
This is not a full list of changes, see the above changelog for that. These
are just some of the changes in more detail.

++ Keeper of the Light

Illuminate:
=======
It now gives vision gradually as it grows in the area it is "illuminating"
rather than at the end.
Fixed Illuminate's interaction with Cliffs and units very close to it

Mana Leak:
========
In short, a mana rupture. The numbers are 0.035/0.04/0.045/0.050% of total
manapool drained per unit moved. So, if the target moves 700 units, at level
1 it loses 24.5% of total mana pool.. at level 4 it loses 35% of its total
mana pool. Duration of the buff is 5/6/7/8

If the target runs out of mana, the effect stops and the target is stunned
for 1.25/1.5/1.75/2 seconds.

Cast Range: 1200
Cooldown: 20 seconds
Manacost: 75

Chakra:
======
Increased cast range(500->900), lowered cooldown a bit(19->19/18/17/16
seconds), rescaled manacost (40/80/100/120->40/55/70/85), removed the damage
bonus and minor health regen.

Spirit Form:
=============
Morphs into a new unit, same stats/items as kotl. Gives him extra abilities.
He has ALL his abilities in this new form.

Manacost: 100
Cooldown: 80/70/60 seconds
Duration: 40 seconds

Blinding Light:
-Targets a 650 aoe. Causes units in the targetted area become blinded,
causing them to miss 80% of attacks for some time. Knocks back units 250
distance over 0.4 seconds.
-Cast Range: 600
-Mancost: 50 Manacost
-Cooldown: 20 seconds
-Duration: 3/4/5 seconds

Recall:
-Teleports an allied hero to you after 5/4/3 seconds. If the unit takes
player based damage in this period, the effect ends.
-Mancost: 100
-Cooldown: 40

Illuminate:
-Causes illuminate to self charge when cast in spirit form. You can
discharge it by clicking on a temporary replacement icon that appears in
your ability card.

++ Enchantress

Untouchable:
============
It now is a normal skill and scales 30/50/70/90% from 50/70/90%

Enchant:
=========
Creep control duration reduced from 120 to 80 seconds.

Impetus:
========
This is now the ultimate. Bonus Damage 15%/20%/25%, Manacost is 55/60/65 and
Cooldown is 0 seconds on all levels. As an ultimate it now pierces magic
immmunity

++ Bounty Hunter

Track:
======

The movement bonus is now given in an area around the tracked unit to all
allied units. The bonus bounty is given to bounty hunter as long as the
target dies while under the buff, the killer is not a factor. See tooltip
for more data. Costs 50 mana all levels.

++ Broodmother

Spinweb:
=========
Reduced vision
Cooldown from 90/75/60/45 to 90/70/50/30 seconds
Manacost from 140 to 50

Insatiable Hunger:
===================
Was 60/75/90 bonus damage with 40/60/80% lifesteal for 20 seconds
Now 60/80/100 bonus damage with 40/55/70% lifesteal for 12 seconds

++ Beast Master

Call Of The Wild:
==================
Greater Hawk:
No permanent invisibility. Has an active invisibility: duration 5 seconds 1
second fadetime, 30 cooldown
25 -> 200 hp
100 -> 40 bounty
280 -> 400 ms

Greater Quillbeast 700 -> 500 hp
Cooldown: 45/50/55/60 -> 40 seconds
Duration: 60/70/80/90 -> 60 seconds

Captains Mode:
--------------

Blue and Pink are the team captains. A random side starts the process(you
can customize this, see below)

Ban Time: 40
Pick Time: 60
Extra Time: 45

You start by alternating 1/1/1 in the ban phase. Each captain removes up to
4 heroes. Running out of time does not result in a random hero ban.

After that you enter the 1/2/2/ pick phase. Each captain picks the heroes
his team will use.

If at any time you run out of time, you start to use up your extra time. If
you run out and you are in pick phase, you get a random hero.

Creeps spawn 90 seconds after the pick draft phase is over. Right after the
hero pick phase ends, the 5 heroes for your team are presented with a
checkmark on them (RD style) allowing players on your team to pick which one
they want to be.

The captain that starts this process is random. If you want to give the
starting to Sentinel, type -cm 1 or -cm 2 for Scourge after the game mode is
entered.

The picks, bans, timers, etc are all presented in a board for easy viewing
by team mates and observers.

The official download link is here.
Official Dota-Allstars 6.55 Download

or you can try this mirror

Dota-Allstars 6.55 Map Download via Mediafire

If you curious about the new heroes, i already make a guide about them (still in progress though). You can check Alleria the Windrunner and Kunkka the Admiral Proudmoore guide there. For the screenshots, before i update the picture with the official, you can check the Dota 6.55 Beta screenshots. It's not too far from the official. I will update it on several hours. Yeah, gotta try it A.S.A.P! GL HF! :D

Credits to http://dota-allstars-blog.blogspot.com/

Racists

2008-10-06T17:06:00.001-07:00

I have nothing against white people, but sometimes you guys really get on my nerves. Stop with the racist comments that you say behind my back. If you got something to say about me, say it to my fucking face. I'm starting to hate school more and more. I have loads of shit to talk about you crackers, but do I go around talking about it to everyone? No I do not. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it. You think you have superiority over Asians? Well, one day you'll be working for us so you better treat us better before you get fired. We might be geeks, but it's only for these couple of years. We just want to get a good job and then live a good life. Well, enough for those issues, but lastly I would like to ask you guys to shut your damn mouth.

Today was boring and stupid. It was so cold and cloudy in the morning, but it got so hot in the afternoon. What's up with that? We're still playing hockey in P.E. and Zimmon and Brandon are so fucking annoying. No wonder why everyone hates Asians. I got hit about 6 times by the puck today, all by the same person. I got hit in the leg, waist, arm, and then finally the chin. I was like a meat shield today, but it helped my team I guess :)

I played a little bit of DoTA today. I'm sick and tired of leavers, noobs who aren't newbs, and arrogant faggots. Listen up people, this game isn't a place for you guys to talk shit about others, it's for playing the game! I had lots of fun playing Wurdle with Suchi on the bus today.

I'm looking for new music. If you have any suggestions please contact me at justomz92@yahoo.com

Peace.

Friiiiiiday

2008-10-03T22:17:00.000-07:00

Yo. Well today felt like the longest Friday yet due to the number of tests I took today. I got some more apps on my iTouch. I'm really enjoying these games now :) If you would like a couple sites for cracked apps for 2.x firmware, contact me. This afternoon I was so surprised. I got a 24/25 on the hard part of the Ch.3 Math Test! :D I played some DoTA today..but before I get to that let me talk about this kid named Zimmon. Ever since last week (when he got DotA) he's been talking about it like crazy in a really nerdy way. I mean seriously he sucks and he's always begging me to play with him..I don't really want to play with feeders. I'm screwed tomorrow..got an orthodontist appointment and I haven't been wearing my rubber bands that often. Well, I'm gonna call it a night. Cya.

Disrespect.

2008-09-30T20:43:00.001-07:00

Ok. So today we were watching a movie about the French Revolution in World History. We had to take notes and it was hard to listen to because of the low volume. So one person had to switch seats to sit next to his friend, and started to talk. It wasn't that bad at first, but it grew louder and louder and time passed by. They pretty much talked non-stop for the whole video and my teacher did not even say anything to them. In addition, the guy sitting behind me was blowing bubbles and made popping noises pretty often. So my point is that our society is really screwed up. Barely anyone shows respect at all and there is much racism. (The following is not directed to ALL Caucasians) You Caucasions think that the Chinese culture is stupid and gay right? Well, at least we have a culture. Where did you come from? What are your customs? That's right. You have absolutely NONE! Ooh Independence Day! July 4th! You people don't even know what those holidays stand for! So next time you think about talking smack about any race, just think about those "nerds" being your boss someday. Think about it. Ok that's enough of that talk for now. Haha I managed not to say one swear word in that rant. Yes. So lately I've been thinking of another possible future job. Freelance Writer about video games. I know that sounds very nerdy and it is, but it's something I have an interest and passion for.

So today I had to fix my iTouch again. It just suddenly rebooted and got stuck at the boot logo screen again. =/ So I had to re-install all the apps. It's pretty annoying. Well, I got a couple of new cracked apps :D

Trism
Super Monkey Ball
Blue Skies
DeBlob
CBK 3D
Spore Origins
Bejeweled 2
BiBall 3D
Bomberman
Tetris
Wurdle

The reason behind getting all these cracked apps is because I didn't know whether it was worth the money and I am happy that I didn't buy some of these because it really wasn't worth its price. (SMD, Spore, Tetris, etc.) But I've gotta say that these games are pretty fun nevertheless :D

PSATS are coming up. Parents are over-stressing about it.

I didn't know Mr. Detamore was in a band!

Their band is called Audio Out Send. Very unique name in my opinion.
You can find them at

profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=12565900

Fuck you Spore!

2008-09-29T18:00:00.000-07:00

Didn't you say that Spore could run on any decent computer? Well, that's complete BULLSHIT! Well I went out and bought Spore and tried to install it on my Mac, but failed. I'm extremely pissed off. Then I installed it onto my PC and it went smoothly, graphics don't look that bad BUT I can't fucking connect to the server. COME ON EA! Could you make games that don't have so many annoying problems?! Damn! And also fuck your 3-time activation policy. That's just plain stupid. Fuck you EA, fuck you. And what is up with people making disgusting creatures...immature faggots.

Wooo. Recent grades:
-100% Notebook Check History
-88% Unit 1 Test History
-84% Vocab 1b Quiz (I know 84% isn't too good, but my teacher said that our class did really shitty lol)

I only have $5 left in my iTunes account :( I'll just get a card when a really good app comes out that costs a lot.

I would also like to say Happy Birthday to Suchi and Suhau. Grats on turning 15 :P

Ok I gotta go study for a huge Spanish test tomorrow. Wish me luck.

Peace

Fuck School.

2008-09-25T17:43:00.000-07:00

Ok seriously what the fuck is up with teachers assigning tests on Fridays. Tomorrow I have 4 tests, 3 of which are important and 1 is not that bad, but come on! Chemistry:CH.4-6 Test, History Unit 1 Exam, Spanish:Vocab Quiz. The Vocab quiz may seem harmless, but it's not just matching definitions to the spanish word, more like reading comprehension and knowing other vocab besides the ones being tested on. Please God make me get at least a B+ on them, or I'm screwed.

Got to level 14 today in LaTale! Ugh 6 more levels till I get a new active skill (W.Break). Right now it's hella boring because I'm just maxing Stamina Upgrade..and going on maps with more than the average number of people on usually. Zim got DoTA today. Haha I want to see him get owned so badly in his first game lol. I don't think Zim can get very good at it...no offense. He's more of a RPG type rather than strategy.

Downloaded more games on my iTouch last night.
Fuzzle: Pretty fun, but challenging puzzle game. I like how it saves your game if you just want to play it for a little bit.

Glycon: Oh my god. AMAZING game. The best feature of all is the Online play, and there's always people on! It is a unique strategy game and requires lots of thinking and strategy.

iRide: Ehh..it's ok. Kinda wasted my 3 bucks =/.

Aurora Feint: Ah this game is wonderful. It's another puzzle game, but includes some RPG elements in it. Kinda hard at first :P

Ok I gotta study now. Wish me luck.

24 de Septiembre

2008-09-24T21:53:00.000-07:00

Hola mi amigos.

Ok so I gave my presentation today and it went ok I guess..Steven didn't know what he was doing and kept on stuttering on every slide. Hopefully that didn't bring our grade down. My finger is doing better today; only bled a little bit. I don't want to get hit again. I got to level 12 on LaTale. Finally got 2 new skills.

Break


	Increases attack damage by 170% and attacks multiple enemies.

and

Bamboo Cutter


	Increases hit chance by 1% a skill level when using a one-handed sword.

Ugh but so far Knight is pretty boring =/ Hopefully it gets better. And today I have finally encountered the dreadful KSers. Fucking kids shouldn't be able to play and guys who are fucked up should not play as a girl. This is starting to remind me of MS, but fortunately I have only had to deal with one of them today.

I tried to re-jailbreak my iTouch today, but failed. When I was on the final step of restoring it on the new firmware, it gave me a fucking error 6. What the hell? I mean, come on, don't give me this bullshit. Then I had to restore it and re-download everything..oh well at least I didn't lose all my apps and music. I shouldn't even have tried to jailbreak it..version 2.1 is already good enough with the AppStore. Ok I gotta go finish Chem HW. Catch you later.

Peace.

Back bitches.

2008-09-23T20:29:00.000-07:00

Wow haven't blogged for a long time. Well, lots of stuff happened recently. I don't know what happened to Natalie? She hasn't talked to me in like 3 weeks...school's hella gay right now. I'm already doing bad in a couple of my classes (chem,spanish,alg2) but surprisingly doing good in english lol. I have to do a stupid presentation that I did all by myself while my partner didn't do anything. I fucked up in Sacramento and at ICC RR. Lost to a 1400 and 1500..but at least I beat Pranav Gopal, the guy who beat me in the U16 Boys Semis at Berkeley. He is 1851. Hopefully I didn't go down under 1700..that would suck major ass. Congrats to Joe on the u500 win and u1150 finalist. Congrats to Yuta on u1950 Group B Champion. My shitty play was partly caused by my sickness. I found new MapleStory-like game. LaTale. LaTale is fucking awesome compared to MS in my opinion. Classes seem more balanced. Awesome combo system. Sexy spawn rate. Pretty good EXP Rates. PVP. Flashy Skills. Daaaamn. People are still in denial as this being the MapleStory killer, but you'll see. Next year, everyone will be playing it. The only thing I don't like about it the amount of people on right now and sometimes sluggish controls, but that's it. I can't believe Andy is still playing MapleStory..and he says he quit. Faggot.

So..I recently un-jailbroke my iTouch and updated its firmware to 2.1. It's fucking amazing. There's pretty much no need to jailbreak anymore unless you want custom wallpaper and apps, but the AppStore has plenty of kick-ass apps. I switched back to listening to rock/metal again.

Currently listening to:

Haste the Day
Trivium
As I Lay Dying
All That Remains
Trapt

Ok wish me luck on my presentation tomorrow and hopefully I can level in LaTale :D

Peace.

Ha.

2008-09-06T08:27:00.000-07:00

Ok, so after watching the republican convention, McCain did not talk about his strategy if he is president. He only talked about how he was a prisoner and war and how he fought for this country. Same with Sarah Palin. She praised McCain's heroism just because he was in the war. Ok, so that means that everyone who has served/is serving in the war right now can be president? Also, Sarah lied about Obama. Oh by the way I thought you were supposed to be conservative Palin, but your teenage daughter has a child already! Could it get any more ironic? OBAMA 08

Sigh...I hope that Natalie didn't ditch me...she hasn't talked to me in like a week. I think she is getting as much practice with Coach Li and Coach Zheng before they leave..and I think they're leaving tomorrow. Not sure though. Well, hopefully she goes back to Palo Alto to train after =D That would be awesome <3

I don't really feel like playing table tennis right now. School has been making me extremely tired...for reasons that I do not know of. Maybe I should go to sleep earlier? Ehh...

Ok Warcraft. I still haven't gotten any better..I've been trying to..reading forums, watching replaying, being obs in 1v1 games..Ehh hopefully I will slowly get better as time goes on :] Last night, I had my best game of DoTA so far. Went 2-0-5 with Skeleton King. He might be a simple hero, but is effective especially with another ally. This week I have also discovered Footmen Frenzy =D It's crazy. It gets kinda laggy sometimes too. Ok that's it for now I gotta go to the orthodontist -_-

peace.

Sigh..

2008-09-02T19:50:00.000-07:00

-Fuck the Republicans..fucking dipshits..
-McCain might die while he is in office if he gets elected..too old.
-McCain doesn't know how to send an email..he has people do it for him.
-School is hella boring.
-I don't know if Natalie truly loves me or not..
-She's not replying to my emails :(
-Spore is coming out soon
-I miss Natalie
-I hope she comes back to Palo Alto during the weekends..please!
-Hate A Period..so tired.

Music..
J. Holiday - Suffocate
Trey Songz - Missing You

Damn...

2008-08-26T22:45:00.000-07:00

Spent the whole fucking night organizing shit...I hate school..I miss Natalie...Hopefully we can find a place at the venue this weekend...ugh if that goes wrong, then..shit. Help me!

Music <3

Ne-Yo - Closer
Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon - Dangerous
Kanye West - Good Life
Kanye West - Homecoming
SoB - Serious

Weee.

School...

2008-08-26T18:38:00.000-07:00

Ok wow I'm gonna hate Sophomore Year...

PERIOD A: CHEM
The teacher is ok, but there's lots of juniors in our class o_o wtf? these juniors who failed last year actually want to come to A period? Mrs. Noronha seems pretty hard..>< already assigned us to do a chapter 4.1 outline..well at least there's no class on Wed. now :D But then she's gonna cram more..7.5/10 so far

PERIOD 1: ART
Ok I absolutely hate this class. Why? Because there are so many people who have nothing to do except to talk and fool around the whole time. There are people from every grade level -_- Only 2 sophomores..like 2 seniors..and FIVE juniors..rest are freshman. Teacher seems to be a little bit too nice. Hope we don't have to share our art and talk about it. i'm only taking this in order to get the college credit. 5/10

PERIOD 2: ENGLISH
I don't like this class either..teacher is good, but lots of bad kids. and i mean LOTS of bad kids..And I only know like 1 person..I am so unlucky this year T_T English is gonna be troublesome >< help me! 4/10

PERIOD 3: AP WORLD HISTORY
Ok the summer homework was absolutely STUPID! took me like 3 weeks to finish it...well teacher is pretty good, but again kids are bad and i know 2 people...come on foothill!! I don't feel like talking about this anymore.. 4/10

PERIOD 4: SPANISH 3
OH MY GOD FINALLY! A class that I actually kinda like! Mrs. Newman is awesome..and Max is in my class :D He's so smart..I wish i was him T_T. Well spanish sounds fun this year..just hope that i don''t have to participate a lot xD I'm shy.. 8/10!!

PERIOD 5: P.E 3/4 TEAM SPORTS
it's mr. brown AGAIN! O_O He's easy. :P Gopi and Zimmon are in the class :D Yee. We're doing volleyball first though...ugh don't really like it that much. well last year of p.e. lets go finish this! 7/10

PERIOD 6: HONORS ALGEBRA 2 (AKA INTERMEDIATE ALG)
Ok..we have 36 people in our class...what?! teacher makes me fall asleep..talks so soft and slow..Suchi is in the class =D I have a feeling that alg2 is gonna be much easier than geometry :X
7.8/10

Well, that's it for the first day of school. Hope that the school year goes ok...

I miss Natalie..T_T I get to see her in 4 days! <3

Yes!

2008-08-21T20:25:00.000-07:00

Woooo. I guess that Natalie and I are in a relationship now. :] Can't let my parents find out though >< I've been watching/observing lots of wc3 matches. It's so intense. I need to learn more and faster. Right now I'm either deciding between going with Orc or Undead as main races to play as. Nelf pisses me off..I hate it. Human is just like orc, but I have a better feel for Orc's units' a little bit better. So actually it might be Undead and Human/Orc. No Nelf for sure. The ABCFamily show "The Life of the American Teenager" is awesome. I enjoy the plot and characters a lot, and I can somehow relate to it a little bit. Now I can't stop thinking about Natalie <3. Hopefully I can see + talk to her more. I want to hug her :3. I love you! Hopefully the age difference doesn't get in the way, but it puts a bigger burden on me T_T. oh well it will be fine. :)

I suck at wc3 currently.

EDIT: I think I found my new hero on the Source for DoTA. Nerubian Assassin <3

love

2008-08-21T09:01:00.000-07:00

I'm in love...once again. Well, everything is going ok I guess. One week until school starts, gotta get ready...damn summer went by fast as expected :(. I wish I could see her so I could talk to her and hold her :3. I fucked up on Monday night RR at ICC..didn't even win one match. I think I was tired because I was gaming all day :D But I gamed with Steven and he won his table o_o.

I think she's right for me because:
1. Extremely nice.
2. Funny
3. Creative
4: Loves genuinely.

Well, I've been played lots of DoTA and StarCraft lately. I've been getting better at DoTA. Ended a match from yesterday with a record of 4-0-2 :) Luna is a wonderful hero for me on The Sentinel, but when I'm on The Scourge, I always don't know what hero to pick :(. Mostly playing with friends you know in real life is the most fun AND beneficial. I learned a lot from them :). Talking about StarCraft, I FINALLY won a game against the computer on Medium. I know I know that sounds really nub and stupid, but I'm happy because I actually micro'd very well and managed my resources pretty well :)

Well, off to DoTA!

<3

Iloveyou.

first blog

2008-08-16T16:00:00.001-07:00

sup ppl.

LIFE:

well im hella bored right now so i might as well write a blog about life and other shit. i just watched Balls of Fury and i gotta say that it was one of the shittiest movies i have ever seen no offense. fucking bullshit plot with lame ass jokes. GG to the producers of BoF. i was arguing with my parents about changing table tennis clubs. PATTC is currently falling apart, with one coach and not that many high-rated players. ICC on the other hand is thriving, with many coaches, great facility and many different players. So i might be leaving PATTC.

GAMING:
ohhh yea. i just got WC3 (DotA) and STARCRAFT + SC:BW.

holy shit i have missed a lot. These 2 games, are some of the best games that have ever been made. SC has been out for a decade and there are still oh so many people playing it. (Have u seen the starcraft tourneys in Korea?) (iCCup).

ok so i have been playing WoW for a bit. I havent played since i quit in march 2008. well i kinda got back into it playing private servers like WoWScape and ArteWoW, but then i started my playing my druid on retail. so WoW is fun but im into sc and dota right now :P

ok that's it for now. peace.