Clans

Ok, so the new year has come and it seems like it could be one of the biggest ones for me on a personal level. I have decided to join my friends Clan -PsY-. They are a great motley crew of people with a zest for competition and fun. Just my style.

So far it has been a little rough going with with people not being able to get online, a little smack talk between clans or clan members and the like. I know I am not a perfect example as I get trigger happy with my mouth as fast as the next person but what I can't get is how some clans just have no respect these days.

We had a game recently against another clan where our clan showed complete manners and just tried to have fun. Their clan ended up mouthing off how great they are and what kind of rubbish players we are, yet they haven't once played against our A squad. That kinda puts me in mind of how small minded gamers have become and how poor sportsman they make.

It is sad to see how the gaming and sports worlds are becoming more and more big mouth talk and less and less sportsman like. I see the potential for gaming world wide to be as huge as Soccer one day but with the way people behave in clan match's or competitions, I wonder how well it will be received by the general population at large.

I have invested a large amount of time and effort into the gaming industry. I have been around the block helping a lot of the big events run by Arena77 and have seen how a lot of the big time clans for Counter-Strike and COD are well behaved and the guys show up and play a great game but aren't arrogant about it, yet the dota world which has the biggest potential just continues to be big mouthed players that can only talk smack to other players. Pitty as they have the greatest potential to change the way the gaming industry is looked upon in SA.

In the near future with the potential for Dota2 coming out, LOL and HoN running around all of which are dota makeover's or revamps the gaming world is becoming largely aware of Dota or the game style of dota, which is high paced with great strategies and skill required. It is a game that continues to captivate and shows the skill of players online. All I can hope for one day is for the community for Dota and the like learn to be a little aware of how the talk to others.

Well that is my rant for the day! Cheers.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

So christmas and the new years has come and gone. Everyone has either had a great holiday season or you had a quite one with friends and family. I personally had a good one with my personal highlight taking a beautiful lady out for dinner.

Anyone got some new years resolutions? Haven't got any other than to make this one a great one.

Online Text Based Games

Simply put this phenomenon has been around for a long time and I have had my fair share of these games. My current 2 favorites are Tribalwars and Torn City .

Most of these games are slow going and have a real time play involved so that you could end up playing for years on the games. Which isn't surprising as these are real simple games that take real time into account.

Simple games like these are fun but they lack in graphics that the new games have. Although I am starting to prefer these text based games purely because of their playability. You could spend days and hours on these games where as in the newer games like COD: Black Ops you could only spend a few hours with it and then your bored.

Or the newer games end up being purely an online pay game that cost's an arm and a leg, like WOW which are really awesome but you can only play it online. Might as well get a free online game and be done with it then.

Oh well that's my rant for the day. :P

My conclusion Textbased = Awesome! :P

Not sure what to expect but I am slowly getting myself worked up about a special lady. I am planning on taking her out for some coffee this Sunday and I can't seem to make the days go faster. Please someone help speed up time. Then slow it down once it is Sunday!

Manga

One of the most recent things I have been doing is reading a lot of Manga. One of my biggest past times is to watch anime. Since I haven't had my machine for the last 3 months ( hair pulling of note ) I have been downloading the Manga for a lot of the anime series that I have watched or am watching. Turns out that is I am starting to love the manga just a little more than the Anime. The stories are full and descriptive but also allowing ones imagination to go wild a little. I look forward to going deeper into my manga in the future as they are extremely good!

Power of Nature

Gotta love nature and when it simply amazes people. Earlier today, there was a ring rainbow around the sun. It created quite a stir as a lot of the people here at my office have never seen this before. Crazy especially since this is a fairly common occurrence here in JHB.

Quite Time

After nearly 5 or 6 months, since just before the Soccer World Cup here in SA ( It rocked!) I finally have 2 weeks in a row of quite time. It feels weird to not have something on the cards for the weekend. I can usually give a friend a call and be off on some gallivanting drunk or gaming session but this time round, I haven't got anything. It is weird, but also good. I needed some recuperation.

Although that puts in a spot as I have nothing to do....