Sunday, April 26, 2009

CSUN, Modern Warfare and Turnoffs!

So we are finally entering the home stretch with regards to finals and the end of the semester. As always, it just seemed to fly by. I’ve been particularly upset with myself as of late allowing one to get carried away with my past relationship and how it has affected my academic performance this semester. I seem to be holding down two B’s a C’ and border-line D to C- in another.




The class in question with the D to C- happens to actually be my favorite class, go figure, Computational theory and Automata. I royaly fucked up the last test, missing about 15 points on stupid questions that I had studied for and I could solve. But of course my brain decided to stop working when these questions came up on the test. So this puts me in the danger zone for this particular class, he has yet to grade the homework so that could push me up.

Why this is all troubling to me is because I received my financial aid for the coming year and was once again awarded 2 more semester of paid tuition. This puts me in perfect place to have not paid really anything for my degree. It’s another reason to not be compromising my education with women, especially those who are going to toss my emotions around. I feel extremely stupid for allowing my ability to reason to diminish since attending CSUN.

It may seem as if I have yet to let go of this past relationship. That could actually be farther from the truth. I'm actually just more upset with myself for not growing the pair to end it sooner and get overly attached. I knew better! There were signs! But for whatever reason, love or raging male hormones I stuck around. /end side rant.

In the mean time, Facebook has allowed me to find an old high school friend. A friend who also plays Call of Duty! He convinced me to go purchase Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, however I was hesitant at first with Modern Warfare 2 arriving later this year. I said screw it, it’s only money and bought it anyway.





I have to say it is particularly fun and offers a different type of similar (if that makes sense) game play than World at War. I was a tad bit clunky with the weapons at first but I think I have finally found mine in the G3 Assault Riffle. Very accurate, low kick-back, moderate damage, semi-automatic and quick reload suites me well. Now it is a matter of splitting my time between the two games!

Even though I spent the better part of this writing explaining why I should NOT be investing my time into women, one can’t help the male portion of me examine and look them over! So I got to thinking and began compiling a list of complete turnoffs when I see even the most gorgeous of woman walking around.

1) An enormous picture of a marijuana leaf on their shirt. I really don’t have to explain why but I will anyway. It sign that this person has totally screwed around with such things, more drama more shit one doesn’t need.

2) Metal coming in and out of every orifice. I never really understood the reasoning to turn ones self into robo-bitch or a clunky Christmas tree. Too many women with nose and tongue rings, and gigantic bar-bell looking ones coming out of their eye sockets. Utterly disgusting.

3) An obscene amount of makeup! I would actually prefer that one doesn’t have on any at all! It’s just the way I am. If you feel the need to play dress up and look like a god damn clown so be it!

4) Finally, A bag or tee-shirt with Barack Obama on it. It’s one thing to have an actually political opinion on such things but sport a shirt or something with a face on it having no clue to what it actually means is just plain silly. Most of the woman I see with shirt like this you could easily pose a political question that lies on conservative grounds to them. Spoof it as Obama’s point of view and they would just shake their head and say, Yep! I belief that to! It screams utter ignorance


Friday, April 17, 2009

Wizard’s Hostile takeover and WOW 3.1 Patch

I was recently debating on going to Magic: The Gathering prerelease next Saturday, I however have changed my mind. In what seems to be another attempt at world domination, Wizards of the Coast has pointed their Death Star towards Magic-League.com. With the rising cost of a pack of cards, $300 Mana Bases and some of the most abstract patents known to gaming, can this company be any more greedy?



Essentially what Wizards is asking of Magic-League is to remove any logos and links to Apprentice and Magic Workstation. For those that do not know what these programs do is they emulate a game of magic to the bare bones and I do mean bare bones. These programs are bare to a point where it is not really that interesting to me. Other players use these programs to get practice before major tournaments in which they plan to fill Wizards coffers.

Fantastic move Wizards! Continue to isolate and push out the veterans that created your game. We all see where you are going; no one wants to pay to play your piece of shit Magic Online. Shame on you Wizards! Charging full price play your game with virtual cards, that have redemption value when you feel it is best. It is absolutely ridiculous that you expect us to pay $4.00 for a pack of virtual cards and with your shit program.

Unstable servers, clunky interface and still no solid mechanism for trading effectively with other players. You continue to enforce this BBS system for trading that is full of bots and requires a monocle to read through. If Wizards keeps this pace up, the game is going to be full of snobby rich kids looking for some sort of fame in playing Magic.

I have a great example, two summers ago I was at the ass-factory we call Costa Mesa Women’s Center playing in a qualifier. I sat across from a kid who couldn’t have been more than 16 years old. I noticed him from other tournaments in the Los Angeles area and began a conversation with him. He went on to brag about how he had been to a Grand Prix in Texas and one in Seattle.

So I asked him how he was able to makes these trips financially. I do admit the question was mildly inappropriate however my curiosity got the best of me. He looked down and never answered and I proceeded to smash his face in 2-0. The kid probably had no hair on his nuts and manages to get mom and dad to fork some green to fuel his Magic trips.

Some new and exciting World of Warcraft news has come out. For those who don’t know the World of Warcraft 3.1 Patch finally arrived. I can easily sum up my thoughts on this topic.



Friday, April 10, 2009

Tritton AX PRO and Newegg.com

Monday came and I finally got my hands on this hefty piece of gear. First I must give mad props to newegg because of the smooth and painless process of actually getting my headset. The shipping was free and they got it here within 3 days. I firmly believe if I placed my order Monday-Thursday I would have had my package the next day only because I live 60 miles from their warehouse.

Having done a hefty amount of research on this product there was almost nothing left to my surprise when I finally opened it. I place everything out on my bed and began rummaging through the instruction to discover what I had ultimately figured would be the case, I needed another cable. I ran out to Best Buy immediately and bought what I though was the right cable.

Microsoft Xbox 360 HDMI AV Cable.

At that point I made plans with a friend to watch a movie so that I never got home to really test the headset until later that evening. So I eventually arrive at home and begin setting this thing up. At first everything fits and seems to work out right. But everything doesn’t.

I would have had the right cable if my TV supported HD. The item I purchased comes with an HD cable and a component sound cable. What happens with this setup is your HD cable is intended to be your video and now your main port (I don’t recall the name of it. The big fat one) is exclusively your sound.

Defeated, bummed out and slightly anxious that there might not be a solution and I could be stuck with a $180 headset, I end up going to bed and plan to deal with it the next morning. I call Tritton and ask them about what I need and if there is a solution. He points me in this direction.

Microsoft Xbox 360 Component A/V Cable Set.

I fly to Best Buy and make the exchange not forgetting to grab some Subway and head back home. I hook it up, after a few minutes of head scratching and flicking a tiny switch on the cable it came alive! I do not plan to write a review kissing Tritton’s ass. But if you’re low on space, money and need to keep the girlfriend happy I suggest dropping your money here. It’s worth every penny.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Pathetic, Annoying and Anxious!!

So I was trudging along my list of internet links and I came across this piece of garbage information. Now who seriously gives a shit how fast anyone clears Naxxaramas? Congratulations to the 25 people have won looser of the year award. Not only do I find the 25 people who cleared it pathetic, but anyone who deems this moderately exciting information needs some sort of evaluation.

To be perfectly honest I have stepped foot in Naxxaramas twice since the release of Wrath of the Lich King and horrors ran through my brain once more. The voices of gamers who have yet to have their balls drop acting like General Patton in what simply a tank and spank dungeon. My favorite, which never seems to fail to exist in any Ventrillo or Teamspeak channel, is the lone female gamer who constantly flirts and gets hit on by a bunch of grease-balls. It just simply never fails.

Now if you’re getting sick of my Call of Duty rants you might want close the page now because here I go again! For those who do not know Call of Duty has a game mode called Search and Destroy. The idea here is to Search and Destroy an objective, I place more emphasis on Search. Now if your team is on offense, that being it is your turn to Search and Destroy, I don’t think that implies sitting in your spawning zone with a sniper rifle. What makes this frustrating is the faggotry of having to find this last person after you have eliminated everyone else. He has no chance to get to the bomb site in time and win the match with a sniper rifle.

Lastly, I’m still anxiously awaiting my Tritton headset. My tracking invoice states it should be here by tomorrow (Monday). I did some deeper research about the headset and I couldn’t confirm whether of not I needed an HDMI cable or whatever it was called to hook this bad boy up. I went back to the Tritton website and it hints that every thing you need to hook it up is in the box. I’m going to be a sad panda if I have to go purchase more equipment to get this thing going.

The great thing is even though I have yet to receive the product, I feel that I made a great buy. I thought long and hard about the Turtle Beach 4X at Best Buy the other day but all the reviews and comparison that I read came to the exact same conclusion I did at the store. The conclusion was that the audio quality that the Turtle Beach 4X spits up lacks because of the wireless. Wireless 5.1 surround has yet to be perfected, supposedly.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Call of Duty..again, Tritton AXPro, WoW and midterms…

I’ve gotten insanely better at Call of Duty. Once again the control scheme still seems to hold me back. I have three major problems I need to overcome to achieve the excellence I once had with the original Call of Duty games. The first issue is I’m having is my brain does not seem to register the idea that I can’t shoot my weapon AND use the 360 degree free-look stick. The second problem I’m having is when I am firing my weapon and try to use the free-look I press it down to hard and perform a melee attack, basically causing me to stop firing. Finally there is one more issue I’m having problems with but that I will actually explain further down the page.

Now that I have reached player level 32 online, I feel I can give a good opinion on the game itself. It has the same feel as the old Call of Duty games, the weapons fire and act very similarly to the originals and the tactical aspect of the game is still intact. There are a ton of new games modes such as War and Sabotage. War is much like Domination except your fighting for one flag at a time in a push situation.

Some of the frustrations I have encounter with the game entail mostly with Team Death Match and War. These game modes get chaotic very fast with players getting up to artillery and dogs which can literary keep you pinned down for half your play time. Dogs are extremely annoying and frustrating in the fact you are unable to listen exactly where they are coming from if you do not have surround sound. Problem solved!

One of the most intriguing aspects of the Call of Duty games has always been sound and how much of a role it plays in being successful. When I played the original I had 5.1 surround setup for my PC and I could catch everything at the drop of a hat. Now I’m crippled in a sense with my dopey TV sound that hardly gives me anything.

I’ve decided to solve the problem with this badboy headset. I plan to purchase them from newegg.com and hopefully have them for in time for spring break. While it is quite a “spendy” purchase its defiantly one I feel is fairly warranted for how much of my free time goes into gaming. The headset will work with my Xbox, Wii and PC which is one of the primary gems of buying it. The Wii unfortunately will not benefit from the 5.1 setup, however it is nice to have the headset work for it anyway.

So once again I canceled my World of Warcraft account. The game is just wash, rinse repeat. PvP has gotten fairly dull and you literally have to have no life to raid. Raiding is simply boring anyway. You have to deal with 9-24 other grease balls who power trip because taking down the Lich King is their life goal. It is highly probable that I will go back to WOW but for now Call of Duty has me totally sucked in.

I had two of my three midterms yesterday; the third will come after spring break. I feel fairly confidant about both tests and how quickly I was able to nail down the problems. One of the most frustrating things that I typically find when I study for tests is I typically do my own online research. To my amazement I find a much simpler, easier explanation and method to solving the problem than my professor or the book explains. I just don’t understand why people have to go to such great length to overcomplicate something.