A Little Break

The lazy-to-blog bug has hit me again, or rather i went back to my usual with regards to the level of “enthu-ness” when it comes to blogging. So why have i decided to blog? Just needed a break from my show-watching that’s why XD.

Seems like the people around me are getting new gadgets these past 1-2months. Be it new mobile phones, new computers or new mp3/mp4 players, i see many new acquired items. Is it partially due to the fact that they wanted to get these stuff before the GST hike in July, or simply because they wanted an upgrade/something new to add to their collection of gadgets? Either way, i’m sure everyone has their own reasons…

Tmr will be the last day of April, which would be somewhat near the end of the first third of 2007. (Go count the number of days from 1 Jan to 30 Apr, it isn’t exactly a third of a year.) I can probably only enjoy this kind of relaxed life for a couple of months more before it’s back to school and commitments (like what i’m not v sure myself. lol) proper.

My mind doesnt seem to be concentrating on writing this entry as i’ve made a few big mistakes like leaving out words, hence changing the meaning of whatever i wanted to express. Hopefully, i’ve realised all of those mistakes and there aren’t any more up there (and down below too). Is that a sign that i would screw up my modules in the uni? No idea. Maybe i always had this problem, just that it’s getting worse now. Oh wells…

Now to continue with my randomness of topics… First up would be the moving of AMK interchange to the AMK Hub. Of course, with so many shops at the Hub already opened prior to yesterday, naturally relocating the interchange to the newly built compound is simply the only logical option. However, either i’m really really ignorant (due to lack of reading of papers/news etc) or simply the officials (whoever is in charge of these stuff) didn’t bother notifying people in advance. I did go to AMK Jubilee on friday (one day before the interchange relocated) and i stayed till 10+. Though 130 at the temp interchange is at the nearest end, i did not see any notice/sign indicating the relocation of the interchange. Even if there were, those notices weren’t attention grabbing enough. Some of you may think, “Aiyah, must be ur eyes tia stamp nvr see properly.” Certainly, that could be the case, but if i can miss them, i’m sure many others would have too (assuming there are signs to begin with). Furthermore, Clarence who frequents Jubilee way much more often than me was still asking ME who hasnt gone there in like 2 months when the interchange would be moving to the Hub. Even if he doesnt really look out for signs/notices, i’m sure if the authorities had started to inform the public about it some time in advance, he wouldnt have missed it after frequenting the interchange for like a few times a week. In short, i’d like to say that the authorities in charge of that. sucks.big.time.

I dont like this article. Dont want to comment about it. Haha.

Oh wells, i’ve run out of things to write. And so here is yet another abrupt ending to an entry. Till next time~

Fixed Some Links

Fixed some links that were obviously wrong previously… Everything *should* be in working order now. Do let me know if anything’s broken/wrong. Thanks.

edit: Records page updated with 1 new timing and 2 new pictures.

Lil Blister

Finally got to play KOF:MI2 that’s ONLY released for the console PS2. Due to my lack of exposure to using ps2 gamepads, there’s a little blister on my left thumb now after playing a fighting game for hours.

Couldn’t possibly explore very much of the game (characters wise) in an afternoon. Thanks to clarence, i spent most of the time kinda training Duke and managed to do a 70% (think around there?) combo. But course it isnt a sure execute combo since i have a low %tage of doing DMs when i want to. Unlocked a few stuff here and there, completed a couple of dozen of EASY missions. It sure is a pain to unlock all the unlockables in the game. But oh well, i shall leave the rest to XX’s bro since i’ve deprived him of the last sections of the easy missions liao. Haha. Hard missions restricts the character u can use for each mission thus more training is required. I guess at the end of all the missions, even the average player will become a rather competent player at the game.

Gameplay wise the way combos are being set up is kinda different now since they have this “stylish moves” thing that is a specific sequence that does a certain number of hits which may result in the player being able to juggle the opponent to execute a DM or other special moves to deal some decent damage. Of course there’s the wall bounce thing that allows even more juggles (something like T5 system) but of course u can’t juggle your opponent against the wall forever otherwise it’d be totally unfair.

Kinda feel bad that i hogged it for a long period of time. Haha. Hopefully the other guys dont mind since they have a ps2 anyways and i’m most interested in KOF among us. Can imagine myself spending hours if i had a ps2 myself. Might get a joystick in that case since the %tage success in executing what i want i definitely much higher than the standard gamepad. But oh wells…

The only consolation is that i dont really use my left thumb is most activities i do so i guess i wont be affected much :D I should really stay home today (friday) to catch up on some things that i wanted to do these past 2 days but i went out instead. haha.

So far so good

Though i havent been using wordpress for very long, the overall feel is the best so far (diaryland [eons ago], then i.ph [gave up on it]). It’s by far the most user-friendly one i’ve used. Hope it doesnt disappoint as the days go by.

Well then, u might have noticed that i’ve posted quite a few entries in this new blog of mine. Well it’s largely due to my interest of CMVs and the many mega releases in recent days. Dont worry, such things do not happen very often as it takes much time and effort to produce 1 video of such quality. Unless more mega releases start appearing in the near future, the blog should be seeing more “normal” blog content. Heh.

Well then, i’m off to have my dinner now. Maybe another entry sometime soon. =)

p.s. pls feel free to leave comments…

The Meaning of Dreams

Hmm, before you think too much, this isn’t going to be a post on what i think is the meaning of dreams. It’s the title of a new CMV my online buddy, Robot-Hero has edited & produced.

This video features combos from many, many games by SNK, Capcom, Sammy, and other companies (sorry I not very familiar with their makers.) I’ll not make a list of games since it’ll make this post a little long as the video contains a collection of 2D fighting games. Certainly, there are several games in there that I’ve never touched in my life, but it’s still interesting to see some gameplay on those.

On the editing: a lot of effects used but it’s a different style from the past few videos i’ve posted. Again, those who are looking for a pure combo exhibition is gonna get a little annoyed. Instead of playing with the settings from the game, the effects are added on instead of playing with layers between the game’s background and foreground etc etc. I guess most of you wont know what exactly i am talking about. Some transitions from song A to song B isnt exactly very perfect and i think it’s the greatest flaw of the video. But otherwise, the overall editing has a good flow. The part i like the part at 3:41 where the “mode selection” and “character selection” part. Kinda had the game feel. Haha. Must have taken quite some time to produce that nicely…

On the combos: since Phoenix Force is a group that openly uses hex, no doubt hex editor was used in production in some of the combos. And certainly some combos are humanly possible with the use of such editors as doing it by hand is just simply… gonna be a pain. But of course there are also hand made combos such as though recorded from the console (i doubt that many people own a programmable joystick) and others which are clearly very do-able by hand (like my special appearance in the video).

I’m kinda lazy to take more screencaps to add to this boring, long entry. Haha. Anyway below is the link.
Link 1

Will add more links when i get them.