[BE88] The Strategist

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Friday, August 21, 2009

Its been pretty long since I updated. Been rather busy with now being the preliminary examinations period. Anyway, I update my Twitter page almost everyday, even if its almost uninformative.

So far, the exams have been rather manageable, but it definitely didn't go as well as I hoped it would. I didn't manage to write a proper AQ for my GP comprehension, since I only had twenty minutes. Still, I managed to write two pages and a quarter of the third page. Chemistry paper 3 was horrible, and I realised I missed out a lot of things that I ought to know. Geography went a lot better than I expected, although the essay for Human Geography didn't go well at all. For some reason, I didn't have much to write about. It was very sketchy, a touch-and-go kind of answer. Math paper 2 today was horrible. Disastrous. Totally ruined my chance to get an A for math. I don't even know if a B is possible. High chance that I'll fail paper 2.

Anyway, enough of that crap. Lets go on to happier stuff, as well as more rants (I always rant. Its good). The Guild Wars 2 trailer got released yesterday, and its pretty cool. It put a lot of things into perspective, and it showed a lot of things that will be happening and featured in Guild Wars 2. I've had a lot of fun with Guild Wars 1, so I'll most likely be getting Guild Wars 2. The in-game footage in the trailer looks a lot like Guild Wars 1 graphics on maximum settings, and since my laptop can handle maximum graphics no problem, I should be fine. Still, I want to get a new computer next year or so.

There have also been a lot of rumours going around about World of Warcraft. Of course, these rumours are about the next possible expansion, Cataclysm. A lot of possible leaked information has been going around the web, and I'm not sure if its entirely true or not. Still, there are going to be a lot of changes happening in the Warcraft storyline. I wonder what's going to be the next big thing after Arthas. I have a feeling its got to do with the Emerald Dream. the Maelstrom, the Dragons, as well as Deathwing, back to wreck havoc on Azeroth after at least 10000 years of inactivity.

I've also been pretty annoyed by the Internet lately. I suspect its Singtel. There was one day that I loaded Facebook with the javascript stuff totally disabled, and there was no proper layout at all. It was like looking at a website purely using HTML. The bugged edit box that I'm typing in has been like this for a month already. Still not fixed huh?

I've also made the switch to a different private server. Scapegaming has been giving too much problems ever since it made the switch to Wrath of The Lich King, and my patience is wearing thin. I've had enough, and they took long enough. It isn't getting any better, so I've made the move to another server, which is actually owned and developed by an ex-developer for Scapegaming. They're the only server that I've actually seen above 1000 players after Scape, and to me, a high population is vital for having fun in WoW. The server is also optimised very well, with fast loading speed and no lag at all. Updates are frequent as well. It’s perfect, really.

Sigh, I'm really sick of studying. Haven't had a long and proper break for months already. Holidays are always spent doing work. Work, work, work.

Oh, I've also gone back to playing Voyage Century Online (VCO). Well, technically, I haven't really done much in there. I've sailed around, looked at the new features, did the new tutorial which really wasted my time because it wasn't fun at all, and its really basic. The rewards from the quests are good though. It brought my HP from 500 to 2000. I also went to try to look for materials to upgrade my ship, but for some reason, there didn't seem to be any players selling low-level materials. I remember the last time I played, such sellers were aplenty. There were so many, I can compare prices among shops and buy from the cheapest. Somehow, I have this feeling that VCO is dying. The population is dwindling, most likely because VCO really lacks the polish of a typical MMO you'd find today. I think the only thing that keeps people in VCO is the unique setting of the game, and the way you can have your own ship.

Did I ever mention that I'm watching Family Guy? Well, so far, I've watched finished season 6 and 7, and I'm halfway through season 5. Interestingly, it has the same pattern as South Park; it gets better when its older.

Sigh, I want to level up in WoW, but I don't feel like it. The lack of money is an additional turn-off. I have -100 gold now. Ah well.

posted @ 9:30 pm
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