Friday, February 28, 2003

My blog is starting to look like the versions and revisions section of a game FAQ. Sigh.
I just saw my friend Lem yesterday. We talked about our whacked schedules for the day. I told him that I had a 7-8:30 class and that was it. He said that his sucked worse, as he had a 10-2 and a 6-9. And I'm like, 6-9? PM? What kind of establishment does he go into?
I'm in Indexing class as I write. I'm evil. My prof is talking about newspapers and clippings and articles. Oh no, real work.

Monday, February 24, 2003

I just came home from another weekend of C&C:Generals. Boy, it sure gets better every time I play. I managed to finish the China campaign. The damn GLA Scud Storm was annoying. It doesn't require power, which means the damn turbaned terrorists could have as many as they want as long as they have space. 0_o Plus mobile Scud Launchers hiding in the mountains armed with high explosive warheads aren't any fun either for my lumbering Overlord Tank army. Oh well, a speed upgrade, a cannon upgrade, and two or three propaganda towers on the strike force solved that. The rest of the Overlords were equipped with Gatling Cannons mounted on their turret. I mean, it's amazing how those Chain Guns could outshoot the Depleted Uranium Shells of the Overlord. The fights usually started with the Chain Guns blazing and ended with the cannons smoking. But what really gets my goat is the GLA Rocket Buggy. Small, fast, and damn long-ranged, units less armored than my regenerating Overlords tended to get blown up. But I eventually climbed atop their mountain hideout and gave them what they deserved. Thanks to a quad of Migs stationed in my airfield, as well as the mandatory Nuclear Missile silo. So that's what the Chinese do with their uranium in this game: after using them for fuel for their Nuclear Reactors, they use them for tank ammo. Smart people, them. Also smart are their Hackers: each one, when ordered to hack the Internet for money, produces at least $5 per 3 seconds. Get ten of them, and thats $50 every 3 secs, and they level up the longer they stay connected on the 'Net. The cash flow turns to $6, then $8, and finally L337 H4CK3R5 get $10 every cycle. I ended the last mission with a couple of oil derricks providing me with cash ($200 per cycle, I don't know how often, though) and 20 Hackers.
It allowed me to build a couple of War Factories and a steady flow of Overlord tanks.

I'm playing the GLA campaign now.

The GLA are sneaky thieves. I mean, really. The following units: the Technical (a pickup with a machine-gunner in the back), the Marauder (a medium tank which requires a General's promotion to build), and the Quad Cannon (bigger pickup, 3 more machine guns for use against planes and choppers and soldiers) can get significant upgrades when they salvage enemy parts by running over the steel carcasses. (They look like crates, and salvaging them also gives the GLA money.) The Marauder gets more armor and two cannons at max, the Technical gets a rocket grenade attack, and the Quad Cannon's shots look like lasers. Plus, the GLA general has an ability to get cash bounties for each kill made, up to 50% of the destroyed unit's or structure's price, even soldiers. Add that to the Black Market, which gives a $20 tip every cycle, and you have a lot of money for your Scuds. I guess in this game, as well as in a certain Southeast Asian country, crime does pay.

Friday, February 21, 2003

Command and Conquer: Generals rocks! Easily the best Westwood game to ever hit the shelves! It's like a cross of Age of Mythology and Red Alert 2! Call in emergency repairs, artillery strikes, bombing runs, in synch with your particle satellite beams, missile strikes, and troop movements! I played it once and was instantly hooked.

OK. Enough about that.

Um, I have this weird idea for a story that might not get off the ground. It's about this school populated by the following faculty and staff:
School Heads: Principal Kuno, Count Hanagoji, Yoneda Ikki
CAT Commandant & Vice-Commandant: Ikari Gendo & Fuyutsuki
Staff (They don't teach, but they're fun to put in anyway):
Medical 1: Mitsukake & Nuriko (I bet this would shock the male students)
Medical 2: Takani Megumi and Reinard Megumi (sweatdrop)
Boys' Counselor: Ryoji Kaji, Sha Gojyo (Saiyuki), Rimone (!)
Girls' Counselor: Katsuragi Misato, Melissa Mao, Urd (!)
Basketball Team Coach: Coach Anzai
Library Staff: Yomiko Readman and Wendy Earheart (Read or Die)
Teachers And/Or Club Heads:
General Biology: Ikari Yui
Basic Botany: Kurama
Basic Zoology: Ascot
Chemistry, Theoretical: Akagi Ritsuko
Chemistry, Laboratory: Ibuki Maya
Physics, Theoretical: Ines Fressange
Physics, Laboratory: Dr. Minovsky Craft
History: Meisuke Nueno (Nube-san), Cho Hakkai (Saiyuki)
Mathematics: Hinako-sensei (Ranma 1/2), Terada-sensei (CCS)
Shop class: Uribatake Seiya, Li Kohran, Drake-san (Read Or Die)
Home Economics: Tenkawa Akito, Liu Mao-Hsing (Cooking Master Guy), Belldandy(!)
Literature: Mizuki Kaho, Guru Clef(! What would he know?)
Computer class: Shigeru Aoba, Makoto Hyuuga, Romanova Nene
Mecha Brawling: Subaru Ryoko, Daigouji Gai
Mecha Marksmanship: Maki Izumi
Mecha Piloting: Amano Hikaru (Also Manga Club Head)
Club Presidents & Members / Top Students(Very hard to do)
Soccer:
President: Hidaka Ken
Members: Kinimoto Touya, Yanagiba Kazuya, Fuuma Yousuke, Tsukishiro Yukito, etc.
Softball: Chidori Kaname
Kendo
Heads: Himura Kenshin, Kamiya Kaoru,
Members: Shinguji Sakura, Shidou Hikaru, etc.
Basketball Team: (Take a guess...)
Fencing: Ryuuzaki Umi
Archery:
President: Kitaooji Hanabi
Members: Hououji Fuu, Higurashi Kagome
Karate: Kirishima Kanna
Judo: Tamano Hinagiku
School Paper: Hanasaki Momoko, Tanima Yuri (Wedding Peach)
Shop Class Best Students: Mizuhara Makoto, Skuld (!)
CAT club: Misumaru Yurika, Aoi Jun, Sagara Sousuke, Tessa
Rifle-Pistol Team Trainers: Kurz Weber, Tachibana Maria, Vash "The Stampede"

And so on... You get the idea, right? It's just so much fun to flesh out the characterization, I don't think I want to (or can write) a coherent plot for this. But since when did that stop me?

Tuesday, February 18, 2003

My report is done. Yay!
I guess I'm not joining the Eng'g tourney. I mean, 300 bucks to lose? Buti sana kung isang daan lang. But that's my coward side speaking. If it's as cutthroat as I imagine it to be... plus, I don't have Caden Senn terrain yet. I'll just go check the armies out, and see what happens. Baka magbago pa ang isip ko.
Like, I have to watch this film in the Multimedia section for a Friday quiz. I plan to see it tomorrow, plus I have to write 10 Italian sentences for Thursday. Easy stuff, less than a day to do.
I am so out of ideas for my SpaceBar series. My Cascading Lemon story is also grinding to a halt. Damn.
Hi. I'm back again. De-bayad kasi yung kanina e. Ngayon nasa comp lab ako. Hehe. Libre at mabilis. Sarap. Astig yung prof ko. Sukat niya na 29 minutes lang siya na late, kaya hindi pa kami puedeng um-eject sa klase niya. I swear, the man is a genius. That's why we like his classes. I hear all sorts of weirdness from him, like why war is good for the economy.

Speaking of war, there's a MechWarrior tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2003 at the UP College of Engineering lobby. Entrance is 300 Php, top three get LE 5s. (Sigh.) If only I am sure of my army's performance.
Caden Senn and her Fanboys
1 Ryoken II 193
2 Hauberk Battle Armor 27
1 Hauberk Battle Armor 21
1 Cavalier Battle Armor 14
1 Purifier Battle Armor 13
1 Highlander Peasant Company 5

Stats for the above can be found on mwrealms.com
Hi. Wala lang, just so I can say that I update this every so often. And BTW, a fellow writer was right. Ang kaunti ng lemons ng ST sa mediaminer.org 1 to be specific. I didn't bother reading the self-insert story. Paano kaya magpadala ng kuwento doon? Next time na lang siguro.

Arrivederci.

Monday, February 17, 2003





Kickin' Ass

Find out what anime character cliche you are.






Strong, Silent, Baddie-buster

Find out what anime character cliche you are.




What's Your Anime Weapon?







Take the Anime Sountrack Quiz


Am I starting to look complex or what?
Anyway, this morning was bad enough to start with. The loser jerks of Santa Perpetua Village, Q.C. who think I resemble Rowan Atkinson and were quite vocal about it were up early, and they have girlfriends who are probably stupid sluts. I mean, why would they hang onto guys who have to pick on quiet-types like me just to get assurance that they're human males? Putragis. Umaga pa lang bad trip na. Feh. Somebody ought to give those idiots one of the following: glasses, a lobotomy, or a burst of 9mm gunfire. Magdasal lang sila na hindi ako magkaroon ng willpower na gumawa ng bayolenteng bagay. Pasalamat din sila at wala akong lisensya o baril, dahil kung meron, tapos na ang mga P@#%&! buhay nila. Alam mo 'yon, high school pa ako e ganoon na ang mga hayop na 'yon? Peste. Just another piece of evidence that God allows evil to happen to his creation for reasons only known to Him.


Heavily Wronged
What Video Game Hero Are You?


Sounds pretty well on target, ne?

Friday, February 14, 2003

Yay. My own little journal on the web. Now to start worrying about other stuff, Like my LIS project.
My partner did a vanishing act, and so I guess it's all up to me now. Great. Just like in the movies. (Oh, the sarcasm!)
Hopefully, I can put a link to my blog on the site I'm making for my majors. Assuming I get to work in the lab later :(
I also have a report today on my other major, Library Management. It's about MOTIVATION. You know, the thing that Oogami, Misumaru, and a whole lot of other leader-type folks do. God knows I could use some right now.
(Open valves, vent steam and heat, heave sigh.)
Let's see how this quiz-in-your-blog works. Let's see what anime character I am.
Hero
You're A Hero!
You live to save the world! You are honest, true,
and always victorious! You may not always get
the girls/boys, but all you really want to do
is battle the bad guys.


What Type Of Anime Character Are You?
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What the hell? I'm Battousai? Jeez. What happened to my battle armor and my studies?

That was fun. Now for my Aura color.


Yellows are the most fun-loving, free-spirited,
energetic, and childlike personalities in the
aura spectrum. Yellows are wonderful,
sensitive, optimistic beings, whose life
purpose is to bring joy to people, to have fun,
and to help heal the planet.


What Is Your True Aura Colour?
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Yellow!?!?!?! Sheesh. At least it's shared with Pikachu and Iris Chateaubriand. (Sigh.)