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no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:11:17 -0400

While many of you know that I am a fantastic blogger, I doubt you know about my other addictions. In the recent months (since it has become trend to post about our personal lives) I have become an alcoholic. And since I know you don't care, help me win this blogging contest, if nothing else, to pay for booze. I know I can count on you guys, GR! You know I'm good for it.

The only bad think about starting to drink at six in the morning, is by eleven at night it takes me three times as long to post a blog, but I doubt I'd be doing it if I were sober! I suppose with the bad comes the worse. Talking about worse! Here's something great, a song that probably sounds a lot better when you're ****faced:

Anyway, I didn't come here to post music-whatevers, I came here to stir up drama. Talking about drama! WHAT THE ****, VERDAK? There comes a point where you go from joking about being an e-*****, to actually becoming one. Come on, I know you're better than that. Don't ******* sell yourself, it's not going to make you happy. Play the game, just don't let the game play you. I'm just saying, you can sit at home alone and continue to post these fat-ass articles until everyone gets tired of it, or you can actually enjoy what you do. Seriously, I've been there, GR crowd can be harsh, can't it? They'll take it all from you and just ask for more. Don't do it, baby.

Eh, maybe an alcoholic shouldn't be giving girls advice on internet addictions, but she's pretty good looking, right? Rides horses and ****? Think I got a shot? Doubtful, but if she's reading this, send me your number and if I'm ever in Michigan or whatever I'll party with you, chances are. I party more than not, I'm a ******* animal. Just don't let me use power-tools (you're too old for me anyway, but doesn't mean we can't ****).

I'm thankful for all of the people in my life, be it friends, teachers, acquaintances, sexdolls, or whoever. I really do owe a lot to me friends, and I appreciate them being there for me through the good times and bad, I just wish I had more of them. I recently changed from showing up to work drunk to just not going at all, and I can say, I'm a lot happier, at least until I run out of money for alcohol. So send me some money! Paypal works: rossisgone@gmail.com, thanks buddies! You're saints, all of you.

Before I go, some wise words! Don't ***** yourself, be the pimp, and this video is amazing, but it might be because I'm hallucinating.

Oh, and P.S., Ming sucks dick, and likes it!

BTY out.

Finally

no.spam@gameriot.com (lol2p) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:21:06 -0400

So, one topic of discussion I frequently see on these forums is "valve doesn't fix bugs anymore vs there arent any game ruining bugs"

I sat down with my good friend Fool from Area 51 and jettyrehpyc. We came up with a list of bugs/glitches that need to be fixed. Keep in mind this list is coming from a competitive PoV, so some of these might not be as problematic for pubs as much as they are for competitive.

-Booming on incapped survivors almost never works
-AI tank lighting himself on fire before passing control to a human
-Players pre-lighting tanks, rendering them completly useless
-Silent crouching as hunters
-Skipping the apartment on NM1
-Forced spawns on finale
-Getting stuck in ceiling after getting punched by a tank
-Hunters cant pounce over witches w/o getting stuck
-Tanks spawning on the back cliff on BH5
-Forcing tank to go AI by lighting his only path to survivors (cheesy tactic)
-Survivors grabbing onto random ledges when getting knocked off a building
-Side strafing ladders
-Boomers exploding in air not properly booming the survivors underneath him
-Third tank/boat spawns on DT5
-Infected spawning in survivors during finale
-Not being able to repounce a survivor that just had a hunter knocked off him
-Damage pounces not counting if you pounce a smoked survivor
-Tank cant hit someone who just got a hunter knocked off them
-Hunters not being able to pounce over incapped survivors
-Hunters cant pounce over smoked survivors
-Hunter hitboxes are messed up
-Being able to melee hunters pouncing at your back
-Invisible walls on DT and DA
-Hittable objects randomly getting stuck
-Teams still randomly getting mixed up (not as often, but still happens)
-NM3 construction light glitch (not explaining this for the sake of it not becoming a regular happening in pubs)
-Not being able to leave safe room if there are no infected players (as in they all RQ, survivors can't leave because the game thinks people are still loading in)
-No settings to avoid Mod'd servers

Is this list enough to prove:
-They ruin gameplay
-That there are still bugs in l4d
-That since June 25th, Valve hasnt even touched any of these
-Valve has stopped patching bugs in l4d

For me, I hope that at least half of these bugs are fixed or at least acknowledged by VALVe along with the release of Crash Course. Otherwise, I will have given up hope on this game and all things VALVe.

Only if...

no.spam@gameriot.com (lol2p) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:11:33 -0400

After playing left4dead and wow for so long, Ive reached a conclusion. I wish Blizzard would have made Left4Dead instead of VALVe. My main reasoning behind it, Blizzard fixes bugs. Other reasons include a not broken lobby system and Blizzard actually naming their products what they are.

90% of the game ruining bugs in any Blizzard game are almost immediately fixed. I have rarely seen bugs/glitches survive in a Blizzard game for more than a month, something which seems to be all to common with Left4Dead.

Also, if it was made through Blizzard, it would use Battle.net, which as everyone knows is infinitely superior to the astic lobby system Left4Dead currently has.

Blizzard also calls their expansions expansions, not new games. Everyone is aware that everything in L4D2 could be put in L4D1. Blizzard doesn't force people to buy the new expansions or else fear complete desolation. I can load up any copy of wow with any expansions pack and still be able to play with my friends. This could easily be done with L4D: New Orleans. Will we see reverse compatibility? (feel free to correct me) I have yet to see VALVe officially say that it will be.

tl;dr Blizzard > VALVe

discuss.

Frustian's Mod + Pwnage.tv?

no.spam@gameriot.com (lol2p) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:31:13 -0400

http://pwnage.tv/forums.php?topic=784.0

Too make a long story short:

Those who have played with Frustian's Mod already know it is the better way to play. Just look at what it offers.

Replace all Medkits with Pills - This will remove all medkits in the game, including safehouse, nm3 ambulance, and finale kits, and replace them with pills.
Add 4 kits in finale- This will make sure there are 4 medkits by the finale button.
Disable Autoshotguns and Rifles - Replaces Autoshotguns with Pump Shotguns, and Rifles with Uzis
Stop Rushing/"Pre-Mollying" AI Tanks - The AI tank is frozen in place before a player gets control, And after 2 seconds of control, you will be extinguished and given full health. Giving you 2 seconds to run out of a pre-molly.

**** sucks, Blizzard blows, and I own.

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:29:59 -0400

Hey everyone! It's BTY and I haven't slept in four days. Why? Because I'm convinced that sleep is part of a communist infiltration plot. But that's neither here nor there, I want to talk about Blizzard and how they suck, so if you have something better to do than read some guys rambling about how awesome he is and how bad the biggest gaming production company is (Because it's cool to hate the big guy) you should probably go do that something.

While I don't play Crackcraft anymore (Quit years ago to get pro at RL and stuff) I haven't been hearing **** about how much **** it has become. Seriously, like, six months for a major content patch? When **** has been cleared three ******* days after the game came out? You have to be kidding me. This, and all of the stupid changes they made to talents (Oh my god, they made an incredibly easy game even easier! I didn't think it couldso be done) and encounters (what the **** is Naxx anymore?).

It's ****. **** on top of ****, (in a tub of **** made out of ****.) and even PVP, which up until Wrath was one of the only remotely challenging things left. Now you don't even have to win consistently to progress through ratings! All the pros are incredibly pissed about the direction the game is going. The best rogue in the world (Xut, of course) quit after Wrath's release. I quit after we one-shotted Illidan pre-nerf. Many others have quit because, quite frankly, the game's a ******* suckfest of suck.

It's just not challenging anymore. Does a game have to be challenging to be fun? Let us examine this. Tetris? Still played. Guitar Hero? Played immensely. StarCraft? We all know it's popularity.

Kirby’s Dream Land. Still play it? How about Spyro or Time Splitters? Or Lego Starwars? No? It's because all these games can be beat by a blind retarded monkey with one hand.

People still play the older Zelda games. They still play Mortal Kombat. They still play ******* original Super Smash. Why? Because even after all these years they pose a challenge for gamers and people who just want to waste some time.

WoW? Where the **** is that going? It's just becoming a walkthrough. An expensive, timely, detour-filled walkthrough of a game. You don't barely have to do more than press a button or two once every ******* 10 seconds and you'll be able to be just about as good as that guy who has been playing since release.

And you don't think people are ******* pissed? They are. Anyone who is smart enough to be pissed is pissed. The pros are pissed. I'm ******* pissed and I don't even play the game. Why aren't you pissed? Because you're a ******* consumerist ***** with no life, no soul, and no ******* brain. You just do what the media tells you to do, and you're too blind to see what's really going on. Think the Africans just became slaves? No. They were weaned into it. Eventually, they woke up one day, and saw they were sucking on a big blue glowing **** that had "Blizzard" tattooed on it. Saying yes to WoW is saying yes to slavery. I'll tell you why.

I talked to Hafu the other day and our exchange kinda went like this.

Hafu: Hi babe
Me: Who is this?
Hafu: Uhm Hafu
Me: Oh right. Still doing that WoW thing?
Hafu: Right
Me: How's that working out for you?
Hafu: Good
Me: That's good, I'm glad it's working out for you and everything. Good luck!
Hafu: Well.. it's not all that good...
Me: Hmm? Something wrong? BTY is here baby.
Hafu: It's just... well...
Hafu: It's ******* killing me.
Me: It can't be that bad.
Hafu: It is. Blizzard is ******* everyone over, and they are too idiotic to realize it. I'm killing myself here just because at this point I made such a large commitment to the game that I can't bring myself to let it go.
Me: It's all right... I'm sure a lot of people feel that way.
Hafu: I know that and that's the problem. People today are just feeding tons of cash into the Blizzard machine. And what are they doing? Just enough to keep them happy. It'd be fine to see a declining membership... but servers are actually becoming more populated.. really, who'd be stupid enough to pick up such a retarded game?
Me: You could always quit you know. Pick up another hobby... you're still pretty much a kid.
Hafu: Oh god I want to, you don't even know.
Me: I guess I don't, I am very manly and not easily susceptible to corporate influences. I do what I want, babe.
Hafu: Say that again.
Me: Babe?
Hafu: That's it... ohh.
Me: Okay... well like I was saying, maybe pick up something else? Like an instrument?
Hafu: But it's so hard! The games actually addicting... I get shakes...
Me: Don't worry, I'll be here for you! the whole way through. I'll be your WoW for you! You don't need it anymore!
Hafu: Will you really do that for me?
Me: Of course I would!
Hafu: Oh, BTY, play me BTY! Play me!
Me: Oh Hafu....

As you can tell (Other than my incredibly smoothness of smooth) that I'm really smooth, and that WoW is really actually, addicting. Anything that we put a decent amount of time into is. And this is where the problem lies. Is it bad getting attached to something we put a lot of time into? No it's not, not at all. It's natural, and it's supposed to happen. We raise children and through the years, we get attached. It stops us from eating the game when it takes our car for a joyride and runs into the town hall, causing thousands of dollars of damage, and raising our insurance. It's what makes us human.

But where the real problem comes from... is when that drug starts sucking. Imagine I sold you a bunch of coke. The good ****. And something happens: what usually happens when you try coke: you want to try it again. But this time I sell you ****ty Mc**** coke. This **** is ****, but you don't know that it's ****. This games not so much **** yet that you notice it's ****, you're just breaking it up and snorting it. And you might think something's wrong, that you're not getting the same buzz, but ****, you're just a kid and you don't know better, so you think it's just that time, so you go looking for that high. You start ganking Alliance scrubs, but I nerf that too. So you start PVPing hard core, but I nerf that too. You're barely getting buzzed at this point, but you can still raid! It's better than nothing! And anyway, you're hooked. You're stuck on this game. So you keep buying from me, and I keep giving you ****.

Eventually you just end up chasing the dragon, to the point where you're so out of it you're eating your own shoes and drinking battery acid, just to see what would happen.

Then it hits you. That mother****** is cutting his **** with ****. Now you're ******* pissed. But what the **** are you going to do? You can't stop playing. You're way too into it now, you gotta get that gear man. You gotta get that DK. You need those achievement points. Why do you need them? No one knows, but everyone's doing it. It's the cool thing to do.

And it gets worse. Lets imagine that coke wasn't really that bad but still really addicting. Now since coke doesn't do ****, I'm telling you, hey ****o, try this **** out that I call StarCrap2! It'll blow you away man! Now this **** has become a gateway drug. You think SC2 is going to be a good time? **** no. That ****'s twice as addicting and three times as ****ty. Before you know it you're going to be giving slimy businessmen *******s under a Newark bridge just to get a taste. Just to get a ******* taste of the SC2 that costs ******* $80 for each standalone game just so you can play the campaign. But what are you going to do? You're ******* addicted. There's no ******* way out now.

Kids, WoW is dangerous. So do what I did. And just say no. Say no to WoW, but if you really need something to do in all the extra time you're going to have, do what I do, massive amounts of drugs. All day everyday.

Just don't take that hit of Warcrack. Believe me... it's just not worth it.

[Video] Buddhist 3v3: Ming must die!

no.spam@gameriot.com (Buddhist) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:12:11 -0400

http://warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=106157

I'm going to put up the better download and stream as soon as they're working. Thanks for the patience. Till then, use horrible megaupload. I just added filefront, but you probably won't be able to download off of it, and the stream sucks, but it's a stream. I do highly suggest downloading it.

WoW 3.08
Edit time: 3 months, 100-200 hours of edit-grinding
Render time: 10.5 hours
Codec: Divx 30.8 MB per min
Team comp: Rogue Rogue Priest

Okay, first of all, this is a video made to entertain, more of a machinima than a PvP vid. I wasn't really trying to display skill, but if you think I played poorly, I disagree lol. Obviously I don't think that Ming is particularly good, I just chose him because he's easy to make fun of. Oh yeah, and really, this should not be used as a measure of Rogue effectiveness in arena atm, things have changed.

Anyway, much of the humor will be lost on you if you aren't familiar with some of the more obscure references:
-Ming is an popular blogger, with a long track record of Naruto references. He also claims to be the "Rogue Hokage", another reference to Naruto. "Jutsus" are like techniques or skills, from Naruto.
-Serennia: watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rAtlp2dDPU&fmt=18
-If you didn't realize it, the over-editing at some parts was done satirically as a joke.

During the vent section of the video, you can't hear my voice (I didn't talk), only Cel's and Adamman's, because of how FRAPS works when it records audio.

Voice acting:
-Buddhist by himself
-Cel by Maori
-Adamman by Cel
-Narrator by Cel
-Ming by Naruto
-Brutal Gladiator by Random girl with strep throat

Programs used:
-WoW 3.08
-FRAPS
-Vegas Pro 8.0
-After Effects CS4
-Flash CS4

Music:
-Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, played by Buddhist
-Various audio mixes, by VideoCopilot.net
-Sensual Woman by The Herbaliser
-Swing Lite by Luke Vibert
-Fragments of a Lifetime by Peo Kindgren
-Cry Baby Planet, FF7 Remix
-Still More Fighting, FF7 Boss Battle Theme
-Victory Fanfare, FF7 Victory Theme
-Black Wing Metamorphosis, FF7 Remix
-Ultimecia, FF8 Final Boss Theme
-Green Sleeves, played by Buddhist

No, I don't claim to be good at guitar, in fact I suck, but I liked the tie-in concept and went with it.

You better enjoy this %@!#.

Btw, http://buddhikus.mybrute.com

Might As Well Take Deadly Throw Off Your Bars

no.spam@gameriot.com (SKNeilyo) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:04:03 -0400

I don't know yet if this is intended or just a product of server lag, but basically what's going on is:

You wanna back out for an extra interrupt but guess what? That ability isn't ready yet, that ability isn't ready yet, that ability isn't ready yet, that ability isn't ready yet. Oh nice I actually threw the dagger at the dude, but he stopped casting 10 seconds ago.

******* useless, more useless than Feint, ty Blizztard.

Nerf Ret Paladins More

no.spam@gameriot.com (SKNeilyo) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:25:25 -0400

It's not enough.

Nerf them more.

Cut Divine Storm damage by 30%.

Cut Crusader Strike damage by 20%.

Return Hammer to what it was and give it a 1.5 min cooldown like Cloak to piss paladins off.

Nerf Retribution Aura by 75%.

Recolor their tier 7 to pink to piss them off.

Come on Blizzard, let's put these ****s back into their place - in the ****ter.

Mutilate No More, WotLK Raid Bosses Sound...

no.spam@gameriot.com (SKNeilyo) — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:09:31 -0400

Every time I feel like I've been jipped of the money I pay monthly, I'm going to post on this ****ty blog. So without further ado, here's me crying for a few paragraphs.

- Gouge now awards one combo point once again.

Good to see the devs haven't lost their touch, yet again proving they are mindless idiots with no clue on the class.

- Tricks of the Trade now costs 15 energy.

Why? It was never overpowered to begin with, this is a dumb change.

- Hunger for Blood now attempts to remove one bleed effect only.

So now our 51 point talent is basically a Luffa that costs energy. Wow, retarded much? This is now near useless.

- Deadly Brew now only has a chance to apply crippling poison. What a waste of potential. Now rogues will yet again never see use for Envenom, among other things.

- Imp poisons nerfed AGAIN.

- Filthy tricks now also reduces Prep by 5 min at max rank. Wow, a whole 5 minutes off! What a waste of a talent point, the only time this is going to be used is for rogue/healer 2s, and those even rarely see above 5-6 minutes.

- In addition to Infectious poisons being removed. Thanks Blizzard, you completely killed Mutilate and now force us yet again to spec Hemo or playing a crappy Backstab build, Backstab isn't fun. If you think these changes aren't big, or tell me it's just beta, kill yourself for being an idiot.

I'm just kidding, I love you all. But not that much. Not as much as I love Neilyo am I right Godsmak?

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So on my daily browsing of wotlkwiki.com I came across this little jewel:

http://wotlkwiki.info/index.php/The_Eye_of_Eternity#tab=Malygos

I seriously don't know what to say. They should just start an anime and blow their loads all over each other. Oh Malygos, you make me so hard! My **** is magically fortified!

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Lastly, check this out. I'm model editing race-to-race but it's not wokring out too hot, my face looks like it's been hit by a truck. If anyone knows a correct helm fix or w/e, PM me, much appreciated.

http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wowscrnshot092008005839zu0.jpg

DrakeDog 8 Released

no.spam@gameriot.com (frisbee) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:36:52 -0400

That's right my *****z SUPERMAN IS BACK

TBC Destrolock PVP 5/5/51
a Film by Goo www.jaehoonlee.com
Last Song: Crawling - dyF www.myspace.com/ztanikhqs
DrakeDog Forum www.drakedog.tv

http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=88863

get ready to see lots of serennia-paladin style players get blown the **** up son.

WotLK Beta: In a Nutshell

no.spam@gameriot.com (SKNeilyo) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:36:19 -0400

So I got the chance to play beta from a friend recently, he transfered his character so I can test Mutilate.

So after re-changing the spec, stocking up etc. I go into Outlands, Borean Tundra. All is well, some quests are very boring yet others are quite fun.

Here's my beef with the Beta.

First of all, you can't even make poisons anymore, and to add to that, you can't buy poisons anywhere. So I'm stuck with a stack of deadly poison and wound poison using Mutilate with it's ****ty mobility. I picked 41/20 for leveling.

Encounter #1: I stunlock a 71 ret pally until he has 15% life, and he judges me for 9.8k, cool. I'm dead. I got outplayed.

Encounter #2: Howling blast crits you for 7.5k, ******Dwarf crits you for 5.2k, you die. ******dwarf spits on you.

Encounter #3: Affix's Frostbolt crits you for 5.1k, Affix's Ice Lance crits you for 3.3k. Affix's Fireblast crits you for 1.9k, you die. I was also in some ice tomb ****, gay.

Encounter #4: ARCANE MAGE! HEY GUYS I CAN SPAM SLOW AND ARCANE BARRAGE, THIS SPEC TAKES SKILL TO PLAY I BET I COULD GET GLADIATOR HWAHWAH.

Encounter #5: RandomWarrior crits you for 4.8k, RandomWarrior's Whirlwind crits you for 4k, RandomWarrior's Bloodthirst crits you for 4k. You hit RandomWarrior for 211. You die. RandomWarrior laughs at you.

So I go into general chat; WOW ARCANE MAGES TAKE SKILL TO PLAY, JESUS ******* CHRIST.

Scrub #1: DUDE STFU ITS BETA STOP INSULTING BLIZZARD!
Scrub #2: WHERE SHE AT? I NEED TO KILL HURR.
Scrub #3: Why don't you just kill yourself? Quit the game man, and give me your key!

So then my keyboard ***** up as usual where / turns out to be E with an apostrophe, among other binds.

Hey, maybe I can go Shadowstep and win, oh wait I still don't have crippling poison.

Encounter #6: HEY I'M A DEATH KNIGHT EVEN THOUGH I'M AT 3% HP AND YOU'RE AT 60% IM GONNA DEATH GRIP YOU SO YOU CAN AUTO HIT ME AND KILL ME, THANKS BROSKI.

Final Encounter: I'm at 30% hp from killing 6 mobs, Shadow priest comes, Shadow word: Deaths me, Pains, me. I get away after potting, I'm literally 75 yards away from her, can barely her hands. She starts casting Mind Blast and kils me in the water, cool. I hope she drowned.

This is my ran about Beta, it's gonna be a long day.

Wow - A downward Spiral, vol2

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:52:48 -0400

My last blog was a lot of whining about season 4 and have to gear up my rogue again for no ******* reason at all, but this one is going to be a little different... I'm going to discuss what, in my opinion, is happening at Blizzard. Why they have completely changed the direction of their games, and why they are seemingly pumping out 4 games at once (WoTLK, SCII, D3, and an unannounced MMO).

The content in Burning Crusade... It seems completely uninspired. It seems like they have an assembly line for content now. Some of it is alright, but in BC we have zones that have the same structure, instances that share the same layout, and not much uniqueness in general. Most people wear the same gear even. For me, it doesn't seem like Blizzard is creating games from the heart, but rather making it from a checklist. Just for us to consume, for us to eat it up and then be done with it. Just for us players to drudge through it, it a vain attempt to reach some sort of status in this game. It's like they didn't take the time to really design just about 99% of the instances in BC, just made them real quick and didn't put much more thought into it that that. Even some of the raids are bleh... The inside of Tempest Keep is dumb and uninspired, for example. The zones also follow this methodology. They each have the same amount of quests per faction, the same amount of towns, and each zone is very similar in it's design. It's not a world anymore, it's more of an assembly line that we run ourselves through only because we have to.

And it will most likely remain like this. It feels like, at least for me, Blizzard is more of a bureauractic entenity then a video game developer. They have... lets see, the team patching BC, the team working on WoTLK, the team working on SCII, the team working on D3, and the team working on that unannounced MMO. 6 full team employed at Blizzard, all which include programmers, designers, modelers, artists, writers, team leaders. It seems to me it's more like one of those mega corporation these days then a video game designer that strives to make flawless games.

Blizzard has shown their stubbornness when it comes to making needed changes. Why? Well, in a large bureaucratic organization, it takes a while to get things changed. This is how I see things at Blizzard. Sure, things get done. But not as quickly as they need to be. Why not remove the retarded RNG talents in arena? Smaller development studios would, without a doubt, get things done better then blizzard when it comes to class balance (and many other things). I think Blizzard still has the talent, but do they have the development freedom that a smaller organization has? I'm not very knowledgeable in this area at all. This is merely how I perceive things.

And if you asked me why, I would have a hard time explaining it. But I'm going to try anyway: vivendi's falling stock price. Maybeeeeeeee? Vivendi owns Blizzard, and Vivendi's stock price has fallen pretty hard in the past few years (look it up). Now, I'm not an economist, nor do I have any real information about the relationship between the two companies. This is just a guess. A "maybe". Could Vivendi be demanding Blizzard produces more games, thus jeperdizing the quality of them? I dunno. But for me, it seems like it could be a possibility. It has been unlike Blizzard to work on this my projects at once.

Wow - A downward spiral, vol1

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:04:28 -0400

Alright, so this is going to be the first of my offical WoW QQ blogs. All previous entries about WoW weren't really up to to quality journalism I demand, but hopefully these will. Don't worry GR - more to come!

I'm going to look at season 4 in this article. Season 4... Thats 3 complete seasons. For balance purposes its been 2, because s1 everyone was bad and you could play anything. 2 seasons and there is still a huge imbalance in arena. It has shifted, warlocks are no longer gods, rogues are way too strong, and pallys keep getting worse. But we know this. It's been said, it doesn't need to be said anymore...

But guess what? Season 4 will bring: more class imbalance! Yay! Melee will continue to dominate, and blizzard is still too scared to inact any REAL change because they fear that it may have a negative affect on other aspects of the game, and that the class they nerf will whine a lot.

But for me, the worst thing about season 4: The grind for gear. I was maxed in s3. Best pvp gear in the game. I only started to arena seriously in s3, so prior to that I just had some random honor stuff and merc. Bad enchants and gems etc... So this is new to me, this honor grind and gold grind, but I hate it. It's NOT a challenge at all. It's not new content, it's nothing new at all. To remain competitive, I need to go grind for basically days worth of /played FOR NO REASON AT ALL. I'm on the verge of giving up, because I just feel like it's not really progressing my character, and that its a waist of time. It's not hard to do, if I had some determination I could get full guardian's in a week, and the gold by doing all the dailies every day for a while. But why?

It's not like with raiding, where I have a new instance to conquer. I'm not complaining that I no longer have the best gear. Just that there is only 1 option when it comes to competing in high end arena: get the best gear. Period. There is nothing else. So you either: have the best gear, or you don't. The rest doesn't matter. At this point in the game, gear progression is GONE. and yet blizzard introduces this new gear that will make melee more overpowered, and that no one wants to grind, but they do it because...?

I guess I feel like this isn't a way to make my character stronger, but rather the new season released makes him weaker. It was sort of like this with raids pre-bc, however when you think about how completely different raiding is, it's really not. I didn't get angry when naxx was released and my warrior in BWL gear would fall behind slighty. It was an opportunity... not a disadvantage.

P.S. I hate Martydom - Why do priests have a 20% chance to ignore my kick? Anyone? This and mace stun make me RAGE in arena.

WE TAKIN OVER!

no.spam@gameriot.com (Napoleon) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:14:10 -0400

Sup bruvvs, as u can see me and BTU are takin this over. They aint no stopin me and my bruvv BTU. we here to stay and rock this place. Even mings gunna be wantin to join forces with us.

You see, we the realest on this site. We keep reppin it for the peeps out there. We promotin it on the streets gettin our peeps to lock in and be enlightened to the world, we can't be stopped cuz we the realest. We gunna get our Rage portal when they see how sickkk we really are!

Now peepz be dissin me and my blogs but u aint knowin anything, I moved here cuz i realised the opportunity to be the best. WE DA BEST. You hear me man? Ye man. U see you guys take all this blogging so mad, writin **** that nobody cares about yet me n BTU are comin through this bringing the maddest content to you, and we aint doin it for the money we do it for the people. for you. We bring this maddd content and do it all for you, like my homeboy pac once said ' Napoleon is the wackest **** u ever seen'. When a legend see that in me when im a kid, man u gotta realise what u seein right here.

Yo to finish nigs here's a track dat really shows what we about, and shows wtf we do. This is us to the realest and whenever u hear someone bumpin this track, they been checkin out our blogs.

I Get Money

no.spam@gameriot.com (Napoleon) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:57:24 -0400

Cuz i made good contributions to the blog, i am entitled to half of the blog money on this blog. Therefore i will be expecting to sort it out soon when it's all updated n **** u know.

Grats to Briyan n Vir ma niggz, u did a good job.

WoW is NOT an eSport

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:03:54 -0400

WoW is not an eSport. By definition, you can say it is, but I want to look a little closer at exactly what makes a game an eSport. An eSport, according to wikipediam is "the play of video games as a professional sport." As we know what a video game is, that only leaves open the definition of sport.

If you go by the loose definition of sport, you can say that yes, WoW is a eSport. However, if you get past "Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively." and look into it slightly more, you will see the light.

"activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determiner of the outcome"

This is obviously NOT WoW. WoW takes the least amount of skill. WoW is a sport like sweeping a floor is a sport. WoW doesn't take any skill whatsoever, and thus, it can not be called a sport.

WoW's RNG makes it even a less likely candidate. In any real sport, the sole decider of a winner is individual skill - in WoW, this is not so. In WoW, an entire match can be determined by a lucky crit, or an unlucky resist. WoW, with RNG, can not be an eSport, but WoW without RNG isn't even WoW.

How many paid WoW players are there? I don't know of one who actually has a salary, most are only 15-17 years old. WoW, is not an eSport, it is just a fun game to play, and even that can be argued.

If you think I am wrong, take another look at my name. Thanks.

GEWD blog is GEWD - My Month of Blogging

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:50:11 -0400

After bringing a month of talented, quality, well thought out and planned blogs to the GameRiot community, I have seen what it takes to be the best, and my fellow bloggers, I commend true talent when I see it. Vir, you have to be one of the most worthless, crappy bloggers I have ever witnessed, but you know how to bring in the views to make things work. You are the true winner, and I admit this - good luck, and don't spend all your money on one *****.

Through the weeks, I have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Vir, your blogs might be the latter, but you put a perfect twist on things, that leaves people wanting more. You stem quasi-intelectual disscussion, making people actually want to click on your blogs - and in this aspect, you have succeeded, even though your articles are void of any real content. Like the master Ming, who taught the world how to truely troll, you have brought what you do to a new level. You are no longer the terrible blogger that posted about Obama being black, and Cyclones ravaging china like a undersage loli, but rather, you have perfected what you do - you bring an illusion of content to your writing, and for this, you deserve the $250.

If I kept up with counter posting your blogs, I am sure I could have won - but it wouldn't have felt like a victory. These cheese tactics don't leave one with the satisfaction of success - thus, I am happy with my well earned place in third. In the future months, I hope to perfect my blogging strategy, and hopefully, I will someday take first.

Live Blogging = Hits

It is pretty obvious that people like to be kept up to speed with a live blog, with the latest on whatever event might be happening. This can be seen with Mings blogs, which are pretty much void of anything worthwhile, but people still comment, and thus people still look at them. If you want hits, try to live blog for an event, or a tournament somewhere - garuanteed hits. In the future, I hope to cover some of the StarCraft tourneys, and hopefully, this will bring my viewers the same level of quality writing they expect.

Ming = Hits

Obviously, being mentioned by name by Ming is a huge thing, and can bring you thousands of hits. But, this isn't the only thing - smart advertising, as Vir as shown, can bring you even more hits than a mention by the Hockage himself. if you want hits, get out there and digg your articles, submit them to SU, and post on some popular forums - spamming or not, it will bring in the visitors.

Featured = Hits (sometimes..)

I thought that being featured on the main page was unfair at first, but after thinking about it, it usually is reserved for a quality, funny, or informative blog. Write something of quality, and you are sure to get featured, or blog about a recent event, and you might, if worthy, see your blog mentioned on the top of the page.

Well, congratulations again Vir, and here is to another month of quality blogging! Hopefully, in the future (with the implementation of a voting system) we will get to see some great bloggers spring up from the GR community. If Lipton is an example, it shows you what dedicated blogging can really do - someday, that could be you - having a staff position on GR itself. Who knows?

By the way, I still require a Rage portal. kthnx.

DO THAT RHYME YO

no.spam@gameriot.com (Napoleon) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:22:25 -0400

tuna fish - ludicrous - doin' this
spaghetti - Serengeti - Eveready
incomplete - sink and weep - toilet seat
back street - track meet - that's neat! - half beat
dictionary - pictionary - fiction's scary
esophagus - preposterous - sarcophagus
ninja turtles - jumpin' hurdles - flippin' gerbils
frat boys - fat goys - that noise
satchel - at you (atchoo) - A-chooo (sneeze)
real gentle stillness - severe mental illness
international hostel - supernatural nostril - fantastical raw wool
the tightest flow on the planet - the hypest don't panic
- the whitest known granite
oil of olay - spoil the day - boiled and played
egg yolks in your eyes - dead folks say goodbye - you choked on your lines
lackluster - just clutter - colonel mustard
worldwide stage - real tight cage - just got paid
listen to that - stick in your back - hit you so fast
rhyming words - flying herds - mining for turds
Houston Texas - who's goin' test this - goose for breakfast
IHOP - hi-tops - why not - my doc - flip flop - I bought - cyclops - eye Sock(et) - cry a lot
waffle House - awful blouse

Getting banned - how to do it... and how not to.

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:15:11 -0400

Quite a while ago I logged onto a friends and botted (lol bots) and got insta detected, etc. and got the account suspended for three days. wtf? Back in my day, when you botted - you got permabanned. And I am complainging, because I was trying to get the account banned from the getgo. I thought it would be funny at the time.

Since we are on the subject of this poor kids account -http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Spirestone&n=Xut Well, lets talk about his arena ratings.

Now, one thing you have to understand - this kid is an idiot. A major idiot. Before the season ended (actually, a week before it did) he had a 2280 arena team, and somehow, thought that within those last few days, he was going to go from 30th in the BG to like, well, anything lower than 80-something, which is what the glad cap is at.

Well, they played some games (I was on their ventrilo - he didn't know it was me that tried to get his account banned) and well, I heard the mayhem that started after they started bombing their games. They actually won a game (as pally gnome rogue warrior, haha) and got up to like 2290, which would have been FINE (even 2240 or something made it in their BG) but no, they wanted 2350! For what reason? They had this crazy fantasy that they needed it. Well, they ended up bombing all the way down to 1900, before they decided to remake their team anyway, since their paladin didn't even have the percent games required to get glad -_-.

So, here you have it - a could have been Gladiator reduced to this. It is really funny, actually. I laughed at him very much (and I will do so some more, after he gets back from vacation and I tell him he would have gotten glad if he didn't play - hehehehe). I hope he kills himself.

Anway, it brings up the subject about how damn hard the 1800 bracker is. There isn't much skill difference (not when it comes to playing a comp like that anyway) and really, it seems the only things that really get you past that, is lucky games and RNG. I just thought it was interesting, and now I will make sure not to bash all the baddies with 1950 teams, har har.

Anyway, I still have my AoC account activated (with the paypal bug) and, I have gotten bored of my level 80. Sad really, I just wish their was more to do (I won't be going back to WoW, but rather work on some other game projects I became involved in - look for a flash trailer soon). Any ideas of how I should get my AoC account banned? It will be a better story to tell the kids than "I just stopped playing."

Thanks for your help.

Diablo 3 - My Thoughts

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:10:20 -0400

After watching the great cinematic (which is expected from Blizzard) and reading up on it a little on the website, I can say I am excited. The new Diablo game looks awesome, the website looks great, and well, it looks like they won't be ruining it by turning it into WoW.

Diablo was always great because of the awesome unique feel to the game - you were your own character, etc.. and I think Blizzard is really going to stick to this, without making it terrible like WoW.

I, personally, am really looking forward to Diablo3. Seems like they are on the right track for success! As long as they keep to the Diablo feel, they should be seeing all the fanboys returning, along with plenty of new gamers, who have been waiting for a Diablo game forever.

I loved how they have the whole destructible terrain thing, nice addition. As are the new health drops, they, IMO, will make the game much more enjoyable overall. If they did it right, it should be able to keep you in the action for a while.

The gear, unlike the gear in WoW, looks to be diverse and awesome. The gameplay trailer showed off just enough to let us see how amazing the game is - perfect job by Blizzard.

I have a feeling this is going to be a winner for Blizzard, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Age of Conan raid exploits

no.spam@gameriot.com (Slappywag) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:51:11 -0400

Farming Yakhmar in a group of 6 and instantly resetting him

This one is really simple and I'm pretty sure anyone who would exploit it probably already has been.

You just need a Necromancer or Demonologist to do the pull.

You simply pull Yakhmar with your pets and then just run away along the left side of his cave. You might need to experiment a bit with how high you can run up the wall etc. It took us a couple of goes but it's easy as ****.

Once he gets to the leash spot, if he leashes while your pets are attacking him, he will return to his spawn point and -- congratulations now he will not attack or use any abilities until dead.

The great part about this is, if you don't do this in a raid group (ie: only take a maximum of 6) you can just reset the instance by reforming the group under a different leader (you only need 2 people to reset, to rotate leadership -- but you might as well take more since it's not like they can still your class-specific loot, and it's slow with a full group of 6 anyway).

Farming Kylikki / Honorguard in a group of 6 and instantly resetting them

This one I haven't really seen anyone talk about so I'm pretty sure it's new.

You will need a Tempest of Set with Sets Life Spark (or whatever the self-rez thing is) and the mind control ability too.

You simply zone into Kylikki's Crypt, and the first wall to the left (where the indent is). You get someone to crouch up and push against it around half way down the ramp -- and then you have someone else stand on top of them / behind them (but make sure your character is intersecting with theirs), and then, while pushing forward, simply uncrouch / hide and you will be pushed through the wall.

You will fall down to an area that is under Kylikki that is outside of the one that you can get to by emote minion_falling_down and are now free to run to either of the 2 bosses and bug them using the Tempest to pull them with their mind control. You will die on the fall here, but don't worry if you die you did it right. This is where the Tempest will self rez and get everyone up.

You may however need to pull a Spellguard or two out of aggro range since Kylikki won't move (you'll be jumping to hit her / using AOE spells) and if they don't run far enough you may need to kill them, but that's easy with a 6 man group.

Make sure you set your path to Field of the Dead when doing this so you can get out easily. You can reset this the same as Yakhmar. Enjoy your 6/8 t1.

I know a lot of you are probably getting kind of bored with the game like me (or have quit already). I'm just exploiting because I don't really care if I get banned tbh. Though, even a GM ports to you -- you can (seriously) just out run them and alt f4. We had a GM port to us on Kylikki yesterday and everyone split up and bolted in different directions, and because of the bugged terrain you can only see someone if they are like 20 meters around you so.... Yeah, Funcom is retarded as ****.

Drama? On MY Gameriot?

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:56:02 -0400

It appears that not everyone on GR has the same utmost respect for our blogger Ming. Now, I know this is old (but with recent developments, namely, cheating) I felt that it was needed to bring this little piece of drama to light.

Apparently, according to Kyle, Ming is really only here for his name (not a very nice thing to say, I feel bad just quoting him) and not for his quality blogging. I feel bad for Ming, it must be hard not to be wanted (esspecially, when you are treated like you are wanted.. to lead someone on like that, it is terrible).

That is the image... Click it for full size.

Kyle obviously tried to cover his ass (which is really sexy) but (no pun intended) failed terribly.

Hopefully, things will change now that Kyle is shown for what he really is: a pimp using his asian ***** (ming) just to make some cash. Shame on you, Kyle.

Zeppelin Pirates Online, The Future?

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:12:12 -0400

The rumor of a new next gen MMO has been floating around GR for quite a while, and with permission from the devs, I am permitted to fill you all in on a few details. First, something that hasn't been released yet, the name; Zeppelin Pirates: Online. Zeppelin Pirates is based off of a post apocalyptic future world, where bio-engineered Beastmen and ghostly Wraiths combat each other, and with the Humans and the Cyborgs for ultimate domination.

In a world where power is everything, you have the Wraith; a class of being fueled by their lust for power. So great, these beings have gone from being mere mortal humans to much more, a twisted half-phased shell of a human, resembling more of a ghost than a man. The Wraiths are fueled by their lust for the Cruento drug, which enables them to use their abilities, and gives them their precious life energy.

The Beastmen, a side effect of a horrible experiment involving the drug animalia, which was originally intended to supplement animal organs into that of a human. Once injected with the drug, normal humans would begin to take on the characteristics of animals, and with time, the Beastmen were born. A savage animal race, the Beastmen are driven by their greed and thirst for blood.

In a technological world, you have the Cyborg; an uprising due to a surprise turn of events involving near-human A.I. and the implementation of electronic parts into the human body. The Cyborg uprising turned the world over, creating a desolate wasteland of a once Utopian society. The Cyborg race, powered by their hatred for the Humans, constructed their master city; known as exodus. The Cyborgs goal is ultimate domination, and with their towering mobile city, they plan to move across the earth - destroying anything that stands in their way.

A once peaceful people, at the top of their evolution, the Humans had constructed a perfect utopia. Void of crime, their world was safe - but it was the very advancement of technology that brought their demise. With the creation of the Cyborgs, the Humans were thrown into a terrible war that left only parts of their former glory intact. Now only a bunch of rogue tribes, bound together by their one remaining testament to their former power - the city Rapshody. The Humans are on a quest to regain their former status, and they will do whatever it takes.

With four different races and eight classes, the game Zeppelin pirates offers something for every player. With a unique FPS feel, Zeppelin Pirates brings you ultimate control over your character and his abilities. With both FFA and Culture PvP, with certain zones sectioned off for lower levels, ZP offers a wide arrangement of quests, and PvP opportunities.

From level one you start off with your basic Zeppelin, where you are to scour the land in search of wealth and fame. As you progress, you get bigger and better upgrades, and even completely new ships. In ZP, raiding and battlegrounds are solely guild-based, allowing level ones to compete with max levels, in large scare guild-zeppelin combat. Your character's race, class, and spec will determine your best station on the zeppelin, but it goes much further than that, as a crewmate you will be expected to shoot the others out of the sky, and one also must always be ready for hand to hand combat.

With the innovative combat system, and the unique group play, I really think that ZPO will be the next great MMO. Look forward to future updates as I am able to release more and more information.

The next article will have some concept art, and even some actual models (apparently, the game is in a very early alpha stage). Check back for more information.

Blizzard Ice - Stop being stupid

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:58:06 -0400

I would highly doubt this is anything but for SC. If you didn't get it yet, the symbol found on the background image, well, matches the Protoss symbol perfectly.

It is obviously something related with SC, not diablo, not warcraft, but starcraft.

Hopefully, not a starcraft MMO. That would suck more than anything. Maybe a release date or something? Seems early for that, but I wouldn't really know.

If you didn't see this right away, you are either blind, ignorant, or just never paid attention to the SC race symbols.

http://img95.imageshack.us/my.php?image=loliceur3.png

There you have it. The other two symbols match Zerg and Terran.

Buddhist and Mahiko 2v2 Teaser

no.spam@gameriot.com (Buddhist) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:22:51 -0400

Hey bros, just unexpectedly got invited to this blog, seemingly at random. That's okay, though, because I think Vir is a giant ******.

Anyway, soon shall a video be released of Buddhist and Mahiko, 2v2ing for the glory of Ernor. It shall be edited by him rather than me, which means it'll be far superior to my last 2v2 video, because I suck at editing and he's actually good. Here's the teaser: Hot Buns

Hafu's crazy night, RRD; Bye Duelists :(, Hello eSports

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:03:34 -0400

My sources inform me that Hafu has apparently had a pretty wild night partying it up. According to some of the other competitors, Hafu didn't seem to really care about losing or winning anything, but rather was excited she had the chance to "talk to" some of the other teams. I don't know exactly what went down, but I can tell you to expect some really great pictures soon, including Hafu and some others. I'm not really all excited about seeing half naked male gamers, but it should make for some interesting drama around GR.

Hafu getting drunk and showing how she really acts, like the normal girl trying to get with a guy, really doesn't say that much. Hafu is an average foolish girl, and I thought it was typical of a female gamer. She didn't care about winning, she just wanted to have a good time, not that there is anything wrong with that, but taking a competition seriously will make people respect you more than fooling around with some guys at a eSports tourney. You can do so much better Hafu, go outside or something, stop playing WoW and get a boob job or something.

RRD is apparently really hard to play. I mean, hitting that cloak button and DEEPSing a priest down is really hard. GG did it really well though, pulling off three wins at the end. The first two games they lost pretty quickly, but with a quick adjustments, they pulled off the wins. Their easy mode comp came through for them in the end. Two rogues on a priest = dead priest.

Hopefully we can expect some more interesting matches, instead of ZERG ZERG ZERG. All the comentators have to do for a WoW arena is scream "OH MY GOD HE IS AT 2K HEALTH OH MY GOD" over and over, and there you go. WoW Arena isn't a good spectator game, it really sucks actually. You don't get to participate in any cool fun moments, and usually, someone just dies without you knowing how it happened.

I don't think there is much future for WoW as an eSport, and I don't think there should be, games like StarCraft are much more entertaining. I stayed up to watch the Flash vs. Hiya games, and with tasteless commentating I actually enjoyed it a lot. Staying up until 8am hurt, but whatever, it was worth it.

SC is a wonderful spectator sport, and when you throw a great gamer in the mix to commentate like tasteless, you get an awesome game. Flash gets a little stale, and while I like his wraith micro in TvT (and in TvZ, if you are lucky) his strats usually are just the same thing over and over. He isn't much of a showman (watch some boxer vids) but he is still an amazing gamer, and I hope he wins it.

You don't get as far as Flash has without practicing for 13+ hours a day, six-seven days a week for months at a time. In WoW, this kind of practice or dedication is never observed - WoW skill is cheap to come by. I think that WoW isn't a game, or should be a game, that would become an eSport, or even played competitively at all. WoW died with arena, and I think that Blizzard should give up on the whole "OMG WOW IS AN ESPORT" thing, and just let it be a ******* mmo.

Maybe future games will catch my interest, but so far, WoW arena is really stale, and uninteresting. Thank god we have some great SC tourneys going on, if you are interested check out: http://www.gomtv.net/ The Intel Classic is what is going on right now, while the Star Invitational is an older tourney, but still well worth the watch.

I just wish I could catch some tourneys that weren't going on at 5AM, ha.

Poet Laureate

no.spam@gameriot.com (Napoleon) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:17:29 -0400

Sup, thought u would like some sick bars for if u spittin.

Yo, why is the ripper so ill?
That would be a unpardonable breach of confidence for me to reveal!
He said one day all eyes would be on me
when they look up in the sky and see the neon 'C'
Rhymes inscribed on a nickel disk encased
in glass with an ion beam for longevity
For more then 10 centuries, impressions and memories
the first time-machine inventor will mention me
Canibus was a visionary indeed
he believed light could travel in multiples of c
The organic supercomputer that solved the mysteries
of Klein-Kaluza with 2 blue metric rulers
Liked Cool J, but thought Stephen Jay Gould was cooler
and he never liked to propagate rumors
Smoked Canary Island cigars
liked American luxury cars and beautiful Asian broads
He had a strong mind, he used to philosophize
about rhymes while he was pruning his Bonsai
He claimed that he had written the greatest rhyme of all time
but he would never take it out his archives
He wrote 2 songs per day
and was constantly was experimenting with his wordplay
In his youth he did a report on the Sloan Digital Sky survey
he got an F but he deserved an A
I followed his career from the first day
it seemed the lack of support contributed to his inert ways
I seen him put in 24 hour workdays
with deferred pay, undeterred by the word "shame"
Public humiliation was the worst pain
he was spinnin out of control like a class 5 hurricane
He said he wouldn't want another emcee to suffer the same
especially when there's nothing to gain
He was the illest alive but nobody would face it
he spit till his toungue was too torched to taste, it
properly funded corporations carbon-dated his latest creations
to extract the information
They found it utterly amazing
they claimed the body of his work was the same thing as a priceless painting
Never mattered to him, the art galleries hated him
cause Thomas Kinkade called, said he would take 10
Complete enigmas wrapped in puzzles encrypted in language
with sound but without shape or signature
Kept files in his garage, on MS-DOS
in a fire-proof pod, we thought it was odd
Outside there was a shed with an Oppenheimer lock
he apparently kept more wax then Madame Tussaud's
We were in total awe, cause it blew our minds
so many rhymes that were intricately designed
He WAS Poet Laureate of his time
and if you dont mind, I'd like to share some of his rhymes

[NUMBER TWO]

Alone in my room, looking thru the 32X telescope zoom
adjusting the focus of the moon
One should not assume the philosophy of David Hume
is nothing more then a subjective conclusion
What is the maximum field rate application?
the run away glaciation surrounding the ocean basin
affects the population fluctuation
on a continuous basis but that's just the basics
The juxtaposition of Canibus' position
the precision something no other has written
Way above and beyond what was intended
the unparalleled malleable enunciation of a sentence
You didnt go to college obviously
I can tell by your ungodly unintelligible terminology
A remarkable odyssey, the rhymes of modern speeds
when the brain orders the body not to breathe
Your competency is not up to speed, you not in my league
you couldnt possibly be hotter than me
Or oppositely you're minus 25 degrees, you'd squeeze
but the condensation makes rifle barrels freeze
Allow me to speak figuratively, ***** please
my intellectual properties are about the size of Greece
Your counselor advised you not to speak
my counselor advised me to keep rhymin until they stopped the beat
In the words of Joseph Heller, "I learned how to write better"
even though it sort of irked me
He said he didnt understand the process of the imagination
but he felt he was at its mercy
Which exploits my point perfectly and certainly reinforces
the reason why nobody's probably ever heard of me
Couldnt understand what I mean by ill
unless you try to translate what I print to film
This is the line of will, the circle of time
the cycle of eternity, the emergence of 1 mind
Academic phonetics render critics tounge-tied
Ive personified dry humor of ***-laude alumni
A wise man sees failure as progress
a fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic
And loses his soul in the process
obsessed with nonsense with a caricature that has no content
My style is masterful, multi-lateral
I could battle a fool and be naturally cruel
Words of scourn are a disasterous tool
from an existentialist view, I'm a better rapper then you
Grab the mic and rip your physical fabric in 2
my attitude is ****** up but admirable
Different methods interpreted into different forms
from entirely different perceptions and seen from different norms
Not just spittin a poem there's much more involved
there's much more pieces of the puzzle for you to solve
48 orders of mechanical laws
and rays of creational cause, enhance the cadence of my bars
Maybe I am self-absorbed
but thats the effect, to find the cause you should ask my A&R
Today is what it is, but only because yesterday was what it was
permitting you heard of Beelzebub
A tale of demons and drugs, pissy drunk in the club
with the DJ doing the needle rub
Chances are you'll never see me son
yeah I know my names Canibus but I cant help you if you need a dub

[NUMBER THREE]

I came to holla at some big booty *****es
and listen to the speakers thump, where you get conceited from?
Im so nice on the mic, they wanna beat me up
its deep as ****, I aint seen it all but I've seen enough
Really unbelievable stuff
theres a lot of times where I wanna speak but I'm stuck
I should leave this rap **** alone
and kick my incredible rhymes in the privacy of my own home
My imagination is my own
the liberty to speak to freely, lyrically on the microphone
Wit a pen in my hand, I bring motion to the enneagram
and become "Cani-millenium man"
Engrave my back with the emperor's stamp
been spittin scientific rap since the 17th century began
Tryna' escape the wicked empire of Def Jam
and the land where lyrics are bland and heretics hang
Every warrior has an axe to bury
but he has to learn to discern between enemy and adversary
I said to myself, "Germaine this is insane
its suicide its controlled flight into terrain"
I fought to regain, control of the plain, but went up in a ball of flames
and got banned from the hip hop hall of fame
For 2 bars I kept hearin in my head
over and over again, it cost me everything

[NUMBER 4]

Im convinced now that more then truth is at stake
Where people create language that pretends to communicate
Euphemisms are misundertood as mistakes
but its a bi-product of the ghetto music we make
From an extroverted point of view I think its too late
Hip Hop has never been the same since '88
Since it became a lucrative profession there's a misconception
that a movement in any direction is progression
Even though of the potency of it lessens
big money industries writing checks to suppress the question
And nobody gives a **** no more, no one goes to the book store
ever since the confluence of Moore's Law
But I stay in the lab, like Niels Bohr
and his son Aage, Edward Lorenz and Leo Szilard
Lyrically I took rap music and turned the knob
to the right full throttle and added panache
Why would I argue with my own conscience over the truth?
thats like me telling myself dont tell me what to do
Dialyses and analyses of battle emcees
sometimes I say things I myself can't believe
My lyrical is so skillfully elliptical
I can understand how it makes you miserable
You wonder why I never let you play your beats for me
or why I keep my studio enshrouded in secrecy
You wonder what's my infatuation with Alicia Keys
"Canibus why dont you speak to me?"
Yo, I meant it when I said no one can shine on a song that features me
thats why I said it so vehemently
You need to place the hate with respect
I'm probably the best yet, Poet Laureate!!!

END

My top five RTS of all time

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:25:05 -0400

RTS has always been my favorite genre. Over the years we have seen many great titles come and go, and only a few linger with us. Though I might not still play these frequently, these titles will always remain with me, as the games that shaped mine, and thousands of others, gaming lives.

5) Bringing up the rear, would have to be Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. This game is great if only for the campaign, and that isn't to mention the unforgettable custom maps that plague Battle.net. I didn't like the lack of a competitive air surrounding the multiplayer, and to me, the game was only worth the campaign. I never really got into War3, so it won't be one of the games I think of when I play RTS, but it still makes in onto this list.

4) Command & Conquer Red Alert just makes it past War3 as my 4th top RTS of all time. C&C will always remain a classic, even though the gameplay can get stale from time to time. It was C&C that shaped the world of RTS, and it also gave life to my interest in the genre.

3) Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings will always remain a classic. I loved the way everything worked in this game, from the unit management, to the unique way of building up and strengthening your army. AoE 2 will always have a special place in my heart, next to the other gaming greats. With the fun and interactive gameplay, I can see myself coming back to this old classic in the future, just for a few rounds of fun.

2) Coming in second, is the classic Total Annihilation. This game truly did shape the RTS genre. Being the first real 3D RTS, with both 3D units and terrain, TA made for a great experience. They coupled their incredibly advanced for the time graphics, with a unique gameplay. Their resource system was especially creative, and TA had some great little features that I wish modern RTS games would pick up on. TA kept things fresh for years with updated units and maps. This is the game that brought me into the RTS world, I still remember playing the demo years ago, for the first time.

1) Coming in first has to be StarCraft. If you haven't heard of this one, you have to be living under some kind of rock. I wanted to place good 'ol SC in second, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. SC is one of the (if not the) most balanced RTS games ever created. To this day, it holds a fan base of thousands of players, with BNET still allive and kicking. SC is the perfect game for someone looking for a fun time, be it on the expansive collection of User Maps, or if you just want to own some kids in Top Vs Bottom. All in all, SC will always be there as one of the best RTS games of all time.

House for Obama

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:20:04 -0400

I thought this was interesting. Clever little placement here, but unexpected. Saw this when catching up on some House, thought you guys would enjoy it.

Thoughts? Personally, I think it is typical of todays media to force a opinion upon their viewers.

Just got back from Korea, The Named, Ming is bad, Hafu Carried

no.spam@gameriot.com (betterthanyou) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:48:56 -0400

I just got back from my flight last night, after I went to Korea to visit my family (I am half Korean) I decided to see what was going on during the GomTV Intel Classic. I stopped by, and took a look around. To my surprise (I didn't notice this on their site) they were conducting a World of Warcraft 1v1 Tournament. I was amazed I didn't hear about this earlier, since one would think this to be quite the event.

I like the idea behind the 1v1 tournament. I think that Arena is too easy mode, and lets people fall back on their partners. You don't really have to play your class to the fullest in arena (lol druids are easy enough as it is) and usually, you can fall back on things like Cheat Death instead of actually playing.

The 1v1 tournament allows participants to show their true skill, and enables them to push their class to the limit. One mistake in a 1v1 tournament can cost you the match, and very likely even your place in the tourney. In arena, being easy mode as they are, if you make a mistake you can just rely on your partners, or your clutch skills like nature swiftness. In 1v1, you need everything you have to pull through, and it gets even harder when you are versing a skilled player.

I enjoyed watching the 1v1 tournament. Sorry I lacked in posting updates, but I had a lot of fun watching these new tourneys and I didn't want to write up a blog really fast that wouldn't meet the high standards that my readers demand, and the ones I demand of myself. I have kept up with things on GR, and I have been around a little - but now that I am back from Korea expect frequent high quality articles, like the ones you are used to from me.d

Very much like in the world of WoW Arena, Ming is carried in WoM. Ming's worthless blogs and drama are balanced out by Jasi's informative, well crafted pieces of art. Ming's worthless drama just brings in the hits for people to laugh at, not giving any "real" content. I can safely say that if Ming was taken off of the blog, GR or WoM would not suffer any loss of hits, and in fact, it may very well actually skyrocket. Ming is inhibiting the future of WoM and even the future of GR, holding both back from becoming quality, informative sites. Ming is carried by Jasi very much like players are carried by their teammates in WoW Arena. I think Ming should test his true skills and try out some 1v1, if he dares.

Ming is a bad example for all bloggers. I hear people who sound like trolls being called a "mini-ming" or the like. While the GR community knows that Ming is a troll, it also proves that to get noticed, you have to troll to an extent (some more so than others, as is the case with ming). This just tells the entire GR community that trolling and stirring up drama is absolutely fine for a blog on GR. I don't think this is the case at all, and believe that people like Ming should be shut down, to allow quality blogs (like mine) to flourish in the wake.

A perfect example of being carried in WoW Arena is Hafu herself. Hafu, the queen of druids, is in fact actually a player who would rather stay back and play defensively, than to actually try. As with Ming, I challenge her to step out and try some 1v1, to test her true strength. If her inner rage prevails, we could see a true star arise. If not, we would see her for what she really is, a fraud.

Hafu getting carried isn't really the best kept secret in the world. What is pretty surprising, is that she isn't even female. She is, in fact, a guy. Pretty sickening, when you think of all those times you fapped to her profile picture.