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Meet KS Proxy, my second PSO 2 character!She is a RACaseal at the point of this photo, though I quickly updated her to become a HUCaseal, as I find I enjoy hunters just so much more. I may try her out as a RACaseal again, but I am uncertain as to whether that is something I would truly wish to do. She is quite lovely though.
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The Howling Abyss on the PBEOne of my shorter games on the PBE in the new ARAM map. They finally fixed the towers (they don't spawn as being broken anymore) and everything seems to be working out great. Watch out for the Poro!
I feel guilty for neglecting my other titles...I'm not quite sure what to do about this. I've purchased a few games lately that I was very excited to play at the moment that I purchased them, titles such as: Pandora's Tower, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Defiance, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward. The only trouble is, I've barely played any of them! All I have been playing lately is the new ARAM mode on the League of Legends Public Beta Environment and I've been trying to be more active on the League of Legends forums as well. ... however, the new ARAM on the LoL PBE is fantastically epic.I'm most likely going to FRAPS a game or two soon, just for fun and to show my friends the updates on the PBE. I would be playing more PSO 2, except that it currently is not compatible with FRAPS; that, and I have to do my quest for my second class (Hunter going into the option to be a Fighter) and it seems like a lot more effort than I am currently willing to put into it. So, the League of Legends PBE has attracted all of my attention lately. Not only does it have the new champion, Lissandra, and the updated models for Trundle and Sejuani, but the ARAM matchmaking is a very satisfying experience, and can have games of varying time frames, though usually they are relatively short which means more games in a shorter period of time. The average game that I have played lately has been 20-30 minutes, as the PBE has unlocked all champions for all players, with a 20% IP boost enabled as well. It's still in Beta for a reason.This has caused some interesting glitches for me, however. The most noticeable one was my getting Morgana four games in a row; this was an unusually odd occurrence, for though my PBE account has quite a few champions unlocked (at least 30) I have yet to received a champion so many times in such a short period when I have my regular champions available. Now that all champions have been made available to me, I receive only a small selection of this availability with regularity. The strangest part is that every player on the PBE has all of the champions marked as playable/available, so it isn't as though Morgana is the only champion that I do not share in common with the other 9 players in the game. The one positive thing that has come of this, however, is that I have once and for all (until a new skin comes out) decided which Morgana skin is my favorite; Sinful Succulence Morgana. Note: The extra champions are currently disabled on the PBE. Links:
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Someone thought of a cool concept for Leona and Diana, so I thought I would pitch in!This is the thread for the concepts, so you can see what the OP had in mind. I did my best with what I had available at the time, though I'm planning on redoing the colouring with Photoshop (my trial ran out of time). If you're reading this, and you like/have an interest in the idea, bump the thread for us, so hopefully people who are a better artist than I can also see it, and potentially create a more spiffy piece of art. The photoshop version will also have a proper background, so that way she isn't just on a white sheet of paper. Hopefully, I'll have it redone by early next week. I hope the OP likes it! 6-inch Humanoid Found in the Atacama DesertI normally post about what I've been up to, or what my current interest is; however, I also have a job where my functionality is limited, as I am only part-time. As a result, I use the time to catch up on my news for the day/week/month, and often find fascinating things to read and research while waiting to further things to do. This time, on the fourth article down in the Science section, I managed to find this.
This story is really neat, as it shows evidence of a new mutation of the human genome. I admit to being somewhat disappointed that it was indeed a human, instead of an alien, but when I got to the part in the article where the scientist believes the specimen to have lived for 6-8 years with such a condition is absolutely remarkable. I hope that research can be put into this, and that more information can be gathered as to how this was biologically possible, and whether this mutation was a one-off or has possibilities to reoccur/has reoccurred. The show is finally here!The second Defiance episode is airing today, at this moment. It is truly an amazing show, I'm writing this during commercials. The second episode isn't disappointing, it really quite excellent. I had to take a break from the game due to my exam week unfortunately coinciding with the launch week for the game, but there is no such complication this week, aside from my social life getting in the way (how did I happen to get one this week, of all weeks?). If you haven't had a chance to check out either the game or the show yet, you absolutely should. The pilot was an hour and a half when it aired on Showcase, and was absolutely phenomenal. It's currently available to stream from the Defiance website Links:
Defiance photo: http://bandbent.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/defiance_syfy_germany_1920x1080.jpg Why? Just why?My question is simple. Why? Why would you play Karma if you have absolutely no idea on how to use her? Karma recently got a rework in the League of Legends game which updated her skills and abilities to such an extent that she no longer feels like the same character, and plays very differently. She isn't quite an AP mage, and she isn't quite a support, but instead has characteristics of both of these classes. As a result, you cannot build her as you would an AP mage, though you can still build her as you would a support to a certain degree. Yet people still insist on building her as a glass-cannon mage, despite her abilities being some of the shortest within the mage class. It simply does not work, especially with her heal having been removed. Yet despite all of this, people still insist on playing her thusly! Often, to a miserable effect. I just completed a game where we had a Karma player who wanted to support the attack damage carry in the bottom lane; however, Karma bought pure ability power weaponry, without the purchase of a single ward. This handicapped their lane, as they were unable to prepare adequately for the jungler ganks. The jungler, Rengar, then snowballed the rest of the game due to a lack of vision, ganking the bottom lane numerous times. Karma persisted on building AP, despite urging from our team to start acting like a support, for I was prepared to be Sona prior to the game starting. However, no wards were bought, so as a top, I was gold starved, attempting to light up the map to be able to split-push. Nothing worked, and eventually we lost, Karma having bought two full items requiring a Needlessly Large Rod and I having purchased on at the end of the game. Hopefully, she'll take our suggestions to try out Janna or Sona as a support instead of Karma, as they require less of a learning curve. RIP Traditional Karma, you will be missed.Getting kicked off the servers makes me a sad panda.I've had a lot of people complaining about the lag and connection issues in Defiance, especially on the Xbox 360; to them, I counsel patience. Even the best developers create new content that has some glitches in it, and this game in particular is a relatively new concept in the world of consoles.
I'm personally giving the game about a month or so to work out the connection issues, and we'll see how I feel about it from there. Although to be honest, since there aren't any subscription fees, I'll probably keep playing and just change games every time it disconnects me. Tonight's a perfect example of that; I got disconnected from the servers while working on a Hellbug event, so I went to go play League of Legends and won both of my games. All in all, a solid night, as I gained two levels in Defiance prior to getting disconnected. Defiance on the Xbox 360Started up Defiance on my Xbox 360 a few days ago, and I must say, despite the lag and being unable to connect 30% of the time, I am really enjoying my time in the game. The story is a lot of fun, and you get such a plethora of weapons that you may think you're back in Borderlands 2. I also really enjoy the third-person standard view, as I tend to shoot from the hip regardless of what game I play, and this allows for a bit more freedom when it comes to recoil. I'm currently wielding a modded pistol and an automatic shotgun~ You get to customize your character, who doesn't really speak aside from the few emotes the game gives you, which is totally fine by me. Got the same treatment from Master Chief back in the day, and the other characters more than make up for your silence. The multiplayer is probably one of my favorite parts, though I am pretty awful at the team deathmatches. King of the Hill, though, I'm pretty damn decent. I think it probably has to do with there being less opportunities for consistent camping, as the map is much larger and much more obstructed than those in the deathmatches. The Arkfalls are one of the largest multiplayer experiences I've ever had, as anyone who is currently logged into the game is able to join in the event. Space Debris crashes into the planet, which naturally attracts some of the less desirable elements on the planet, namely the Hellbugs. Your job, as an Arkhunter, is to break open the space debris to try and retrieve the technology located inside. You do so by allowing the smaller Hellbugs to attack the debris, opening up weak points while defending against the larger swarming ones. Eventually, you may end up fighting a gigantic monster, which you can only defeat when the fully grown Hellbug emerges from hiding within. Overall, a ton of fun, though the lag I experience during my last Arkfall was absolutely insane! I could barely move, never mind actually switch out my weapons to something with some ammo. ArkfallsHowever, the Arkfall prior to that, I had next to no lag with the same amount of people present; I suppose it just all depends on timing and luck. As such, here's my score from the event, woo! While the game is currently very laggy and glitchy when it comes to logging in and staying logged in, it is definitely a game worth checking out. One part that I'm very excited for (looking into the future) is how the players will wind up impacting the TV show, Defiance, launching April 15. I'm willing to ride out the bugs, because honestly, I haven't had this much fun in a shooter since Perfect Dark 64 (and yes, I do also play Halo; the combat here just suits me much better). Links:
Defiance: http://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Defiance2.jpg Hellbug Picture 1: http://cdn0.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/9669721/defiance.0_cinema_640.0.jpg Hellbug Picture 2: http://i2.cdnds.net/12/49/618x347/gaming-defiance-6.jpg Finally uploaded my PSO 2 White Day Emergency Quest video!Hooray, I finally got around to uploading my PSO 2 White Day Emergency Quest video! This one is basically just me running around to show all the different types of encounters you could have in a similar event-style emergency quest, plus the music is pretty awesome. I'm going to upload another video that shows the same quest on a harder difficulty, as the boss fights and crazyness that ensued on Hard was ridiculous, but epic. That one will most likely not feature a running audio commentary, since I want to post at least one video of each where you (and I) can enjoy the hilarious music that is playing in the background.
I do explain a little of what the Emergency Quest for this style of quest entails, as I know I was fairly confused in the beginning of playing PSO 2 (I do not use the English patch, way too paranoid for that!). Absolutely love this game to pieces! Remember, if you're interested in playing PSO 2, create your character on Ship 2, and join the English community on floors 10 and 20. You can also get pretty good with google translate, and join the Japanese players as well; that's what I've been working on lately. |
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