Creature Feature: Jade

Yes, I have resurrected the hilarious and somewhat popular, Creature Feature. Todays victim is another denzien of the place known as SGN. Known as Jade. Or to some, the Jade Monkey. Don’t ask…..

Who is he? Well, consulting wikipedia, Jade is ‘a creature that would plague aircraft and cause a number of mechanical errors during World War II’. Wait a second… that sounds suspiciously like a gremlin to me. Meh, the description seems to fit. I mean in a game I did find numerous incidents happening to my empire…

Where is he? He lives in the land that is connected to America but is not America. Thats right people! He is Canadian. Beware, beware…..

How do I know him? Well, I saw him plenty of times on SGN and my opinion of him was a psycho who was left out of a mental institute and managed to get on to a computer and decided to get the highest post count possible. Its true! I aint lying. Well, not lying about the post count thing. I mean a forum was down and post counts starting from 0 and he managed to get several thousand already in a few weeks. But beyond that, I talked to him after he made the Foundation rpg over there. Foundation being a series of books about Humanity in the future that collapses into anarchy and stuff. I dimly recall things such as the Mule and all.

Anyway, thats another Creature Feature done. Who is my next victim? Only time will tell….

Stargate: Alliance

Well, in order to make an update for the blog, I need to pick a topic and I guess I will talk about this game.

Stargate Alliance was going to be a game coming out for the console and PC. It was going to be set in season 7 or 8 of SG-1 during Anubis’s time. It had an interesting concept really and even had videos of the game being shown in an SG-1 episode. The intro itself was what hooked me to the game but sadly it got cancelled after being plagued with difficulties regarding its production. Again, youtube was ever faithful in possessing the video. 

The story, as already mentioned, involved Anubis who the players fought as SG-1. And they also fought a new dangerous menace called the ‘Haaken’ I think that would have been an ancient evil race that was imprisoned by the Ancients a long time ago but were released once again.

Well, while not a very informative update so shoo people, stop tormenting me! And expect another update soon…

Not another WoW post…

Yes! Another one, even though I am not playing the game currently. Ahem. Yes.

Anyway, on to the matter. I became aware of the new video for the Burning Crusade expansion for WoW which introduces two new races namely the Draenei (who join the Alliance) and the Blood Elves (who join the Horde). Shown to me through trusted and faithful Youtube once again. Is there anything it can’t do? Probably quite a few things but that would be drifting into rambling now. The new intro looks quite good and reminds me a lot of the Frozen Throne expansion for Warcraft III which is several years old now. Probably because of the person doing the voice in the background.

Also, Ha! to you people who thought I would not make a post update for today considering my track record. Even if it was another World of Warcraft post….

Now its time to go back into the real world of black cults and other unspeakable things. Later people!

Aha! Got you!

Yes its been a while since I updated and some of you thought I wouldnt slack. Haha! Well, it looks like you were…. right… ok… ahem. Anyway!

Whats new? Well, the WoW free trial is now over and even though I have the option of subscribing for the month I don’t think I will do that at this point in time. Got too much to sort out, what with the evil rituals, the law and all – well my time is already quite full. So maybe, around June-ish I might subscribe again since it was quite a fun game. Would have been more friends if there were friends around to play with but guess thats what the Guilds are for in the game. Was offered to join one actually but declined since I wasn’t going to play for long.

What happened? Well, in WoW, quite a lot of things actually. I got up to level 14 with my Forsaken Warlock… might have gone higher but missed a day or so of the free trial so lost that time to advance. My Night Elf Druid remains at level 5 I believe. Pity, I was quite interesting in changing into a bear in combat. Anyway, as a Forsaken I had a fun ride on a large bat (yes I am aware of the humour here, shoo now) that flew me from one distant city to another. That was cool, especially when it flew into the underground city of the Forsaken that is *dun dun dun dun dun!* the Undercity. I died quited a bit on the last day though and believe me for an undead warlock it does suck quite a bit. Mainly because you turn into  ghost and have the option of either ‘repossessing’ your corpse or asking a Spirit Healer to resurrect you but suffer damage to all the items you carry… oh and a money cost. Argh! I think I died about oh…. 20 times? And thats because of following this guy in this party who THOUGHT he was a good leader…. heh. Did experience fighting in a dungeon… shortly… before I was massacred by a wolf and had to resurrect again. *sigh* Pity I could not make soulstones as that would make resurrection a lot easier. Oh best stuff was fighting underwater though. Was very cool.

What now? Well, not much. I found out that they are indeed making a third stargate series in 2008 which I hope goes good like its two predecessors. Also, they are making an animated Trek cartoon series based in the future where the Romulans went nasty and did a lot of damage. As for real life, well I cannot reveal the workings of evil regardless of the money you pay! Just that I have been very busy.

Hopefully, I can do the updates more regularly but if not then rest assured people, it will be updated. Now I must be off into the real world. Later people!

Day 3 and counting….

Yes, once again I have neglected the blog. *sigh* This time I blame my recent WOWdiction. Yeah I know. Even though I said I would not get an MMORPG for a while due to time restrictions, it seems I did get one. For the record, I blame the two EVEers! Thats right. I blame Mark and rick for their preemptive strike into an MMORPG.

Anyway, seriously, its actually a free 10 day trial that was being advertised on tv. Well, since its free and for a few days then I thought maybe just get a taste now when I am somewhat free before I become too busy once again and possibly when the offer was gone. The game is set in the Warcraft universe which was an RTS setting but has been ‘transferred’ into this huge online world. Its a fantasy world called Azeroth which has defeated the demonic Burning Legion’s invasion of the lands but it came at a price. Now the servants of the Legion, the undead Scourge, has broken free from their masters chains and have become the ’super power’ of the world. There are two ’sides’ namely the Alliance consisting of Humans, Night Elves, Gnomes and Dwarves and then there is the Horde consisting of the Orcs, Tauren, Trolls and the Forsaken.

Currently, I have taken a Warlock and am one of the Forsaken, though I did make another character who was a level 3 Night Elf Druid. These Forsaken  are essentially undead beings who have managed to break free and regain their minds. As a Warlock you gain this little demonic minion called an Imp. So far, I am on level 9 and I can see why these games are more fun when you have some friends with you. I did have a track record of not dying much until I took on a creature that was two levels above me and it killed me…. and I resurrected in my dead body which happened to have been next to the monster which killed me again… and again…. and again. Did manage to get away finally though….

Anyway, on to limitations, the first of which is that its a guest account so I am severely restricted on the interaction level. Can’t trade, join guilds or anything like that. Now the benefit of this trial is that its free, the downside is that its only for 10 days after which it ends. And of course if you dont know anyone then you can die very badly at times. I did join some groups but now I would have to make some new ‘friend’ groups whenever I log on.

Well, thats what I have to report for my… three days of absence? Wow…. and no comments… argh! See! This is what EVE does to my commentors…. anyway, signing out people!

Shush people!

Yes I know I have not updated the blog for the last…. three days? Wow…. Anyway, have been very busy and only had a few minutes to go on the net before disappearing into the black nightmarish realm from which I usually disppear into when busy…

Whats new? Well, I watched the new episode of Stargate: Atlantis. Before rick! Yes, I am shocked as well. Anyway, he has probably watched it by now so my victory dance must end now. Just kidding of course. It was a nice episode, not brilliant but a nice adventure type thing where something happened and the team must figure out what it was before it is too late. Pity though that SG-1 won’t appear till March-ish so we won’t find out what happened in that killer mid-season finale.

They the earlier episodes, which I saw a while back, are showing now on Sky so watching those a bit as well. They showed the one with a certain member from the TV show Firefly. Now that was a great show as well, one that got sadly cancelled. Just makes you think what makes TV networks think because its near alien logic to me. But alas…. anyway, stargate seems to have a growing addition in Firefly actors. I mean in total there are about 3 actors from Firefly that starred in Stargate namely as a female Wraith, the Orici and an SG team Colonel. Interesting, no?

Oh finally, that intro sequence for Casino Royale is back up it seems. While I do adore Youtube for all the great stuff that is put up, it can be a stubborn mule sometimes and makes things disappear…. Anyway, entry done for today.

An MMORPG?

I was going to write a larger post, perhaps what rick suggest with top 10 geeky ladies, but have to go out soon so don’t have time for that. Instead, I shall be talking about the addictive worlds of MMORPG’s. Not that I have such a game… technically, I have never been really interested in them plus the idea of paying monthly just to play a game, well….

Regardless though, such games seem to be quite popular nowadays so I have been thinking about perhaps joining this new frontier. Sadly, it does not look like I will be joining this gaming world because well… world of lawyers provides almost no time. But the ones I have been considering are either City of Heroes, World of Warcraft and Stargate Worlds which is in development till 2007. Based on the Stargate universe of SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. They made a wikipedia with all the latest information from the game which seems quite interesting. Might actually for this if I do decide to join the MMORPG world and hopefully might play it the sametime as rick with the opportunity of finally beating him in a game with both play… at the same time… ahem….

Anyway, thats today’s entry done so later all!

Creature Feature: Mark

Well, time to go back into the Creature Feature again. This days victim is one Markus Aurellius Maximus. Warrior of Rome and servant of Claudius Maximus. Actually…. no, its just going to be plain old Mark here.

Who is he? I think he might be a robot. A robotic replicant that was built to look like a human being. I mean the signs are all there…. Seriously though, he is known as UT or Unholytrinity or Unholytrinitivich or Mr Skinner from the X-Files. A doodler. Yes, one of those hippy people that see colours everywhere and say ‘Woah man, my hands are awesome! Woah, whats that… its my hair! Wow man!’.

Where is he? Inside a rainbow possibly but actually within the UK. Yes people, it seems I should be careful as this person could try and track me down!

How do I know him? I saw him back on SGN during a time when I would lurk and watch this RPG called DW. After the game ended, I quickly went for the opportunity to get a position and went for the head fist. The bossman and not lackies. After then I just kept hassling him until he accepted me into online conversations. Success people! Word of advice for some of you, persistence! Always wins out in the end. Now, I just hope Mark does not come on and see this…..

Well, thats the second creature feature done for the day. Who to do next now… any suggestions people?

Youtube addiction continues

Well for a moment it looked like I was not going to put up an entry today but I was convinced by rick to do so. Why was I reluctant to post? No topic really so it seems I go back once more to youtube. That lovely collection of videos, some of which have been removed because of legal issues. I would be damning the legal copyright system but its already damned. An example being that link to the opening theme of the new Bond movie which I posted a while ago. Yes my friends, the opening is gone. And it was such a lovely intro…..

Anyway, apparently, or so I am told, I have a favourite music video which is by Weird Al Yankovic namely the Saga Begins. Who told me? Guess! The resident coder. I have actually seen, or more like heard, this song before. Lovely parody on American Pie and Starwars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Funny song. Anyway, back into the night once more again…….

Creature Feature: Rick

Yes, say hello to a new thing to consume my time on the blog. The creature feature, a little examination of certain people I know and..well… examine them. The first participant being of course the resident coder named Rick.

Who is he? He is either a tyrannical System Lord or well… a believer in aliens being out there and secret conspiracies made by a cabal of rich influential people. Being serious now, he is a human being and a coder. Wikipedia defines coding as ‘In communications, a code is a rule for converting a piece of information (for example, a letter, word, or phrase) into another form or representation, not necessarily of the same type’. So guess thats what he does.

Where is he? I have managed to triangulate his position to be either in Austrailia or Latveria, yes the home of the Marvel Comic villain Dr. Doom. I personally don’t know which is worse. Living with the kangaroo’s or being in a comical place. He denies these allegations of course but I know the truth! Truthfully though, he lives in Austria.

How do I know him? Well, its been a while now. I met him on this little place called SGN where he was playing an RPG known as The Clone Wars. I was there helping in some Starwars EU thing and was asking for a reward, which was being a place in the game. After I joined, I think the game ended but it sparked a friendship between me and him. Something I abused thoroughly in the beginning by using a variety of tricks and pulling his legs (metaphorically people!). But sadly, he adapted and I think I broke his once innocent soul.

Well, thats the first creature feature out of the way. Expect more to come… won’t be a regular thing mind you as I won’t be covering every single person I know.