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The Maplestory Inversion

For those still out there who still exist on the plane of two dimensions, tacky NX clothing and numbing amounts of 2x+ experience, here's a blog for you.

Even as I have sought to run away, limbs flailing, as far as I could from this godforsaken game, there is some allure to it that I cannot escape. Is it the childlike graphics? The great memories that it retains? The fact that that game was the reason for the diabolical spawn we called...

Tags: Maplestory Comments: 5 Submitted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 02:36 AM
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Starcraft II: Incendiary

So, at the time of this blog I just lost a few games, so I'm a bit edgy. I apologize if I act irrationally (unless it is within my capabilities to be irrational, in which case I have right to be unapologetic).

Headhunter

I'm not pretty keen on facing non-Terran races, because I'm cautious of what I can and can't do against them, since I have had little practice against them. Plus, mutalisks can really tick me off when they're used...

Tags: Starcraft II Comments: 3 Submitted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 06:25 PM
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Starcraft II: Saturation

Hello, my fellow VuTalians (or VuTalites, VuTalities, VuTaleans, VuTalers, or whatever name you go by). This blog will be dedicated more to critique than actual brouhaha, for anyone who actually reads these.

Outnumbered, Again

In this game, it was I, again, on Discord IV, fighting a lopsided 2v2 with myself and a proxy Terran against two Terran players. I can't say I blame the guy for quitting; I was lagging everyone out at the...

Tags: Starcraft II Comments: 1 Submitted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 05:43 PM
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Starcraft II: Continue the Insanity

By now, you're probably all sick of my SC2 blogs, since half of the front-page blogs are them. However, none of you have yet expressed dire outrage at my posts, so I shall take the freedom of continuing.

Sacrifice Everything

Look, I'm not much of a hotkey-oriented person. That essentially translates to "I will get totally boned by pro players." For that reason, I was very hesitant to vie for the "Sacrifice Nothing" achievement for...

Tags: Starcraft II Comments: 2 Submitted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:21 PM
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Starcraft II: A Stroke of Luck

Hello all again! You're probably all sick of me cluttering up the blog tab with Starcraft II posts, but hey, you haven't made many blogs since, so I have free rein on making additional blogs.

Slowly Killing Me

This match is a full-fury Terran 2v2 on Discord IV. Heck, it's the most popular map (supposedly), so why not settle for it?

The game started seemingly benign enough. I stuck with my personal build: massing as many marines...

Tags: Starcraft II Comments: 3 Submitted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:03 PM
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Starcraft II: Unorthodox? No, I'm Atheist

It's darkness here and I'm here to blog about a pair of rather unusual games as of late!

Early Bird?

In this first game, I am playing Terran vs. Terran (known to the higher-up as TvT, appropriately) on Xel'Naga Caverns. I thought, hey, I've been playing Discord IV for such a while, maybe I've improved well enough to try a 1v1 fight.

What subsequently happened... well, I wouldn't call it a test of my knowledge.

I'm on the...

Tags: Starcraft II Comments: 4 Submitted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 06:44 PM
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Starcraft II: Terran Overload

It's me again, and we're back to more blogging about games I've played (could be better if I knew how to upload the replays, but that's me for you).

Beware the Stalkers

In this game, I am playing a 2v2 on (Shattered Temple? I think). It was me and a Terran player (who promptly bailed) versus an old rival, Terran, and his Protoss buddy. This Terran person, ULIZERG (apparently his name was Ulises, but he didn't play Zerg), was a bit...

Tags: Starcraft II Comments: 5 Submitted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:18 PM
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Starcraft II: Friends Indeed

Hello, it's me again! And it's Christmas! Huzzah to all those who celebrate it, and I thank ye for making it an actual holiday so I can relax a bit.

So, where to begin...

30 Minutes or Less

For this trio of experiences, I share my dismal skills with the much more affable and powerful David!

Unfortunately, I'd say that we didn't get a great start. In a 2v2 on Discord IV, it appeared that our opponents were actually VERY high...

Tags: Starcraft II Comments: 14 Submitted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 05:28 PM
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Starcraft II: Staying Alive

Yep, it's me again.

So without further ado...

D-bagging 101

In this game, I was playing 2v2, all players, on High Orbit (I think?). We were all Terrans, and I wouldn't be wrong if I were to say that my opponents were well coordinated.

The game started pretty standard; I had absolutely no idea what my opponents were doing, while my ally and I were massing marines and marauders. Of course, my friend was able to mass more...

Tags: Starcraft II Comments: 2 Submitted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 04:32 PM
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Starcraft II: Lessons Learned

Yes, it's me again (and if I'm spamming blogs, well, you people should blog!). Got my Starcraft II: Starter Edition running (downloaded from the official site, so no PS or BS, mind you). So, let's go over some basics first.

The Starter Edition only allows me to play four/five campaign missions, two challenges (which I should get to), a few selected maps (max are 2v2 maps, no higher than that), and a custom map named StarJeweled (which is a...

Tags: Starcraft II Comments: 3 Submitted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:35 PM
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Just a game?

In every game--and I mean EVERY GAME--I hear the infamous words, "chill, dude, it's just a game."

Is it?

I mean, sure, we could just dust off our hats and go on to the next match, or leave to a different place in the cyberspace and be all whoop-de-doo. But is it just a game?

It's probably a real damn shame that it's come to this. What might possibly be worse than gamers who play too hard are gamers who play too soft. They have no...

Tags: Really? Comments: 6 Submitted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 01:46 AM
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Hand-Eye Coordination: Why I fail at RTS

Hello, folks! It's me again, here to saturate your blog tab.

Anyway, one of the earliest types of games that I've played between Sonic the Hedgehog and drowning people in Rollercoaster Tycoon in my younger years was real-time strategy games. You've probably heard it from a previous blog, and I may be suffering from serious memory failures, but hell, I'm willing to type it up again.

So here goes the story: my very first real-times...

Tags: Real Time Strategy Comments: 4 Submitted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 01:29 AM
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Money Pit

Good news: I've lost most of my liquid assets!

Okay, that's probably not good news. I melted all of my doubloons in Puzzle Pirates back into Pieces of Eight so I could play high-end Texas Hold 'Em. As you can probably tell, that didn't end well. (Fortunately, my real-life assets are intact!)

So, during the weekends, I completely liquidated 300k PoE. That was pretty much all I had left of what PoE I had on hand. Most of my buy-ins to a...

Tags: Puzzle Pirates Comments: 2 Submitted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 02:30 AM
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Indefinitely

This place... it just seems to echo...

...a thought that disappears into the caverns... and not a soul to hear it.

It seems as if this site's suddenly quieted. For just a day or two, it froze. Not a word nor a quip. Or so it seems.

Of course, it's not like that at all. People are milling around, sending fragments now and then, composing blogs as we speak, thinking of forum ideas to nag our minds. Yet few are posting; I will not debase...

Comments: 6 Submitted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 02:13 AM
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Unity

I'll be honest: I don't play many games on a regular basis these days. Between college dilemmas and a psychologically/philosophically mental breakdown due to too much free time when there is, it's hard to squeeze even those few rounds in a game, let alone a few minutes (for non-FPS games, the phrase is more appropriate the other way around). Nevertheless, I stalk the forum grounds of games past and present, if only to recall my fractured...

Tags: Maplestory Comments: 2 Submitted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:42 PM
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1 week ago
@Joaco Screw Psych! I know I'm crazy and I don't need no major to tell me that!
1 week ago
@Joaco Actually that would be an incorrect assumption. Not too big a fan of liberal arts.
2 weeks ago
@Joaco College has become a priority. Also, I retain the right to not speak of my choice of major.
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@Joaco Damn it, school\'s in session for me. Wish I could play more, but college beckons.
2 weeks ago
Wow. I am REALLY missing out on SC2. Hold 'Em SC? Hell YEA!

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