Angevon's Fantasy Life

Dark Wizard 41

2012-01-25T13:33:00.000-05:00

Previous --- Index After Mugenai and Zem defeat one of the Griffins, and Limelle weakens the bishop, Niah makes up for yesterday's failure. Tadleer continues his paralysis streak. Shinobi Knife, go! Attack +12, Defense +4, Mobility +1 The priest is probably not much of a threat, especially after Buklauu's attack left it crippled. Unfortunately, our Cerberus

Shoot the Sun Event

2012-01-20T15:40:00.001-05:00

The Shoot the Sun event is back! .............. Too bad I honestly don't give much of a crap about Mabinogi at the moment. I can hardly give enough of a crap to rebirth my character.

Dark Wizard 40 (Asai)

2012-01-19T20:58:00.003-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Before we get into the main update, I thought I'd (try and) explain the item management menu. You can access this between maps. This window pops up right before you enter the equipment screen and is actually a handy reference. Every hireling unit can carry 6 items total, including his equipped items, which are marked by a * in front of the item's name. Your

Dark Wizard 39

2012-01-16T14:31:00.001-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Since 6 people were KO'd on the previous map, and there are only 5 slots open for units to guard a castle for the next map, I decided to send Sairek the mage on a search party. We're making him go to that Aqua-Aracna map that we were conveniently able to skip. Entering the town smack in the middle of the map. Wind drops? Is that like cough drops but for ...

RIP NPCs

2012-01-14T16:52:00.003-05:00

Evidently some hacking is still going on, as everywhere you look in Mabinogi, NPCs are dead. Here are some pictures provided by Vincent because I cbb going on myself. You also get to see Thetos, his two-seater Thunder Dragon. Pierrick apparently died standing up. What happened to that poor horse? You can't interact with dead NPCs, meaning we can't buy anything or

Dark Wizard 38 (Bonus)

2012-01-13T17:53:00.011-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Victory Notes Map: Algain Castle Guards: Boxxy Invye Casualties: Flimzy, to a hydra Somma, to enchanter's Ice Storm Bob, to a hydra Banquo, to enchanter's Ice Storm Sairek, to enchanter's Ice Storm Ickiren, to enchanter's Ice Storm Final Boss Defeated By: Firehaze Current Roster: 01. Ang-Amon (U) Leader CL: 5 (MAX) LV: 5 (+1 from previous) 02. Link (L) Human

Dark Wizard 38

2012-01-10T13:24:00.002-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next I think Drizzing has been petrified for about two days straight. Bones is near dead, but we can't give up. It's better to be offensive than defensive at this point. Bones isn't the only one hurting. I'm not animating it AGAIN. Both Fluffy and Squishy survived this Ice Storm, anyway. We made some progress this turn. Of all my near-dead

Hacks and stuff, oh my!

2012-01-06T11:55:00.000-05:00

Over the New Year's weekend two different sets of hacks became rampant in Mabinogi NA. From what I understand, basically, if a hacker could guess any item in your inventory, they could use that item to 'summon' your character to their desired location, and in the process, your item would be destroyed. Any item includes potions, equipment, anything. Even personalized stuff like upgraded armor

Dark Wizard 37

2012-01-05T09:37:00.003-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Siang 7th - Noon Wait for it... Well, that was unexpected. Brave wildman Flimzy, who had earned his rank from his reckless attack on a hydra so long ago, fell to two hydra's coordinated and relentless attacks. Note to self: Wildmen do not have the HP to survive two hydras. Siang 7th - Evening We're unsure whether the demon lord's spell on Rogutaan is

Dark Wizard 36

2011-12-31T11:18:00.001-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 6th - Continued Who didn't see this coming? =v Buklauu improved his healing spell (to heal level 3, which can cure paralysis and petrification). Our ghosts failed to paralyze the warlord once again, and we were unable to do serious injury to it, and so desperate measures had to be taken. He must be humiliated. (not the warlord: a hydra) It's

Dark Wizard 35 (Algain)

2011-12-28T16:09:00.003-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Siang 3rd Our scouts report that Aqua has surrounded himself with numerous magicians. Also, on Little Algain Island to the north of Aqua's castle is a powerful warlord minion. The enemy also has a couple of fast-flying harpies making a beeline towards our castle, which is actually a bad idea for them, since our troops are already starting to set out. In fact,

Dark Wizard 34

2011-12-21T12:07:00.002-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Siang 1st - Night Let's not dwell on the negatives. In good news, Boxxy left the enemy sniper near-dead. Also pictured: the two-hexes-thick bottleneck of enemies blocking the way to Aqua. Somma easily avenged his friend's death. (leveling up in the process) B.Mays was restored yet again by Rogutaan's healing hands. By the end of the turn, we've cleared

Ineffectual raging at Nexon NA

2011-12-20T09:56:00.001-05:00

I need to let off steam somewhere, so it might as well be here. My main character in Mabinogi is still locked out. When I try to log in as her, the game simply pushes me back to the log-in screen. At first, I didn't care that much. I have a pretty laid-back attitude towards a lot of things, and this was one of them -- especially since I knew from the IRC on the day the lockouts began that

Dark Wizard 34 (Bonus)

2011-12-18T20:08:00.010-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Victory Notes Map: Jhelyle Castle Guards: Zem Niah Casualties: Boxxy, to a Sniper's counterattack Invye, to a Hydra Final Boss Defeated By: Kefkai Current Roster: 01. Ang-Amon (U) Leader CL: 5 (MAX) LV: 4 (+1 from previous) 02. Link (L) Human Knight CL: 3 LV: 4 (+1 from previous) 03. Rogutaan (N) Human Druid CL: 4 (MAX) LV: 1 (class changed) Spells:

Dark Wizard 33 (Jhelyle)

2011-12-17T21:08:00.004-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Our next destination is to the south. Like the last battle, this will be very straightforward. We will cross the bridge to the city of Treal, and then proceed along the south road to Aqua's castle. Our scouts report that Aqua has surrounded himself with two warlocks, a bishop, and a magician. Resistance on the way there is surprisingly minimal. A wildman,

Dark Wizard 32 (Bonus)

2011-12-09T21:17:00.006-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Victory Notes Map: Tourla Castle Guards: Invye Buklauu Search Parties: Maddimst (getting alignment change) (some others I haven't introduced yet, also getting alignment change) Casualties: Zem, to enemy wildman Niah, to a hydra Final Boss Defeated By: Link Current Roster: 01. Ang-Amon (U) Leader CL: 5 (MAX) LV: 3 (+1 from previous) 02. Link (L) Human Knight

Dark Wizard 32

2011-12-08T23:08:00.001-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 27th - Evening Our ghosts have been ordered to target the enemy berserker in the hopes of paralyzing it with fear, without success. Conversely, Squishy's paralytic breath seems to be three times as powerful now. Mega Restore is cast. Since the enemy hydras seem to be hungry for Cerberus, the king has decided to use his healing magic on Squishy. I've

Dark Wizard 31

2011-12-05T11:07:00.002-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 26th - Evening Rogutaan has developed a new spell to muddle an enemy's mind. It can confuse one enemy. Confused enemies usually don't move very far from where they are and just attack the nearest unit, enemy or ally. Confusion is not that useful since you have to be near the enemy to cast the spell on it anyway -- it's likely just going to attack the

Dark Wizard 30 (Tourla)

2011-12-03T12:23:00.003-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Oh yeah, after we beat Aracna, we were told our Staff of Light's power increased. Basically this means we can summon class 2 monsters. So, if we wanted a new dragon, we don't have to start it out as a dragon pup anymore; we can summon the next version up, the zombie dragon. However, we can only summon class 2 monsters that we already have. Since Squishy has not

Dark Wizard 29

2011-12-01T20:04:00.001-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Reports are coming in from the towns and villages we have liberated from Aracna. Most people are grateful. Some are not grateful. The King's son, Prince Armer, who had been in hiding in the city of Cheshire, believes he should be in charge of the army. I hate to be rude, especially to my future lord, but if he were capable of the job, we would not have had

Dark Wizard 28 (Bonus)

2011-11-29T16:17:00.004-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Victory Notes Map: Cheshire Castle Guards: Tadleer Casualties: Buklauu, to a Death Wyrm's eruption breath Invye, to a Warlock's Eruption spell Final Boss Defeated By: Jim Current Roster: 01. Ang-Amon (U) Leader CL: 5 (MAX) LV: 2 02. Link (L) Human Knight CL: 3 LV: 3 (+1 from previous) 03. Rogutaan (N) Human Monk CL: 3 LV: 3 Spells: Level 4 Heal Level 1

Dark Wizard 28

2011-11-28T23:22:00.003-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next What's this? An update? Yes, since I finished my NaNoWriMo early and I've got a lot of free time, I've finally taken the time to figure out how to record a video and then edit it. I had given up earlier in the year because none of the video-editing programs I wanted to use could open the video for some reason and I gave up in frustration. But I finally figured it

Star Wars: The Old Republic

2011-11-27T18:00:00.002-05:00

Like many others, I got into the 'beta tester weekend' or whatever you want to call it. I didn't play very long, but here's how it went. The character creation was all right, though mine ended way more Asian-y that I wanted. Did not take the game seriously at all. My goal was to get killed in some hilarious hijinks sort of way. So I wasted a few minutes attempting to attack this giant

An elf's hell

2011-11-19T15:11:00.001-05:00

And so it came to pass that my elf wanted to fly like a bird. Riding a dragon isn't enough? But anyway. There is an annoying quest to get the elf transformation skill. First Castanea, head chief of elves, makes you do some fetch quests, and then Alexina in the human camp makes you choose one of three tasks. 1. Sketch 8 field bosses that appear in the base camp region: Giant Short Horned Gnu

Commerce System

2011-11-07T23:03:00.002-05:00

With G15 came the Commerce System. Basically, you buy stuff with fomor (humanoid monster) money and travel to another town and sell it there for profit. Here is a brief idea of how it works. Here's the window: (Click to enlarge) It previews the current market value of the item before you buy it. The red arrows up show you how many more ducats you would get if you sold the item at each

C-C-C-C-Crash!

2011-10-30T10:53:00.001-04:00

After a very, very long maintenance, Generation 15 is here! Ducats! Fomor Weapons! Merchant of Venice Storyline! Belfast Belvast Island! The Commerce System! Friendly Imps and Ogres! Like this happy guy. I can't wait to get in~ Hello loading screen! Uh. Well. Let's try that again. Maybe channel 6 is busted or something. ... Nope. My main character can't load the world. My

Fiodh Int + Shadow Cast City

2011-10-22T22:48:00.001-04:00

I bought Arrow Revolver page 8 a week ago, so now it's time to hunt for page 9. There are ten pages total, by the way. Page 9 only drops from the Small Moss Golem, which is the boss of Fiodh Intermediate for One. It's the solo version of Fiodh Intermediate. (Picture "borrowed" from the Mabinogi World Wiki) Waaaaaay back in the day, like back before pets were even released, Fiodh

Flame Horse

2011-10-18T15:09:00.000-04:00

Vincent and I got our flame horses now. Pretty awesome pet, actually. The boost skill makes it run significantly faster than the thoroughbred, at leasy until it runs out of stamina; then it's the same speed. It's all thanks to a certain giant lady from Ruairi ch5. She knew pretty much all the answers from the True/False quiz event from all the times she's done it. She already had 3

True/False Quiz Event

2011-10-14T21:55:00.002-04:00

Another event in Mabinogi is the true/false quiz event. Log in during the event period to receive a wings of the Goddess that will take you to the mana tunnel near Vales, the Giants' town. There will be two large boxes marked out on the ground, one red and one blue. At the top of the hour you will want to stand between the boxes to move into the correct box when the question pops up on the

Newest Pet

2011-10-06T21:19:00.002-04:00

A while back Mabinogi released the mounted lion pets. I didn't get one because, well, I already got Mr. Griffin. And Mr. Griffin can fly. Then there was the Crystal Deer. It runs as fast as the thoroughbred and it also flies. In both respects it's faster than the griffin. But I already have a thoroughbred, so. Faster flying didn't seem to be all that worth it, besides, I was

Shoot the Sun Event

2011-10-03T13:51:00.000-04:00

I haven't updated in forever, geez. Well, I'm playing Mabi again. NA Ruairi server. Right now there's an event I'm having fun with, the Shoot the Sun event. Every hour on the hour a giant fire sprite field boss spawns and pretty much everyone who's around punches the crap out of it until it dies. It's good for gaining proficiency on weapons since it doesn't get knocked back by any

G14 Log-in box changes

2011-03-25T13:33:00.000-04:00

Here's the G14 log-in screen. As you can see, they changed the skin on the log-in box. Looks nice I guess, but since this is the only place they use that skin, it's worthless, right?

Backloggery 2011

2011-01-31T20:11:00.031-05:00

I've got a backloggery account. It's a nice site, but it doesn't save your notes in an archive after you update the status. So I'm going to use this post to do that. Last year's games are here. June Mass Effect 2 1. Yay, we got Garrus back~ 2. Ahaha! Ashley and Shepard is not meant to be. Now to find a new love interest? Or what? Bachelor ftw? 3. Shepard got an email that from some guy

Dark Wizard 27

2011-01-08T15:33:00.006-05:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 21st - Evening Our snipers did a number on the enemy warlock. Our hopes of defeating it were slim, since no one could reach it due to the thick forest. But fortunately, Jim flew in and saved the day. Invye liberated a small town to the southeast. The talented Yumekai learned a new spell. It's the same spell Guv'Na learned last turn. Kind of

Metal Gear!

2010-12-29T23:42:00.002-05:00

A few years ago a friend came over with his Gamecube, and he made my brother play Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes all the way through until he beat it. I only saw about half the game because I had to work that day, and honestly, form what I saw, I didn't see the appeal in it. Jump ahead to about a year ago, when a different friend told me to get Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker on the PSP.

About the lack of updates anywhere

2010-11-20T22:46:00.003-05:00

I've been really busy lately. I know it's an overused excuse to explain lack of updates, but I really am! Here's why. I'm participating in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Basically, you work your butt off to write a total of 50,000 words towards the start of your very own novel by the end of November. That averages to 1,666 words per day, since November is a 30-day period. It

Movie List

2010-10-25T15:55:00.019-04:00

This is a list I'm keeping of all the movies I've ever seen. Feel free to ignore it :) I make no judgment here on whether any of these movies are any good. Includes movies I've seen in school. Probably missing some. I've seen EVERY James Bond movie, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and the Harry Potters, so I'm not listing them all. General 101 Dalmatians (1996) Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (

X-COM: Apocalypse - Game Editors

2010-10-17T15:32:00.002-04:00

Previous --- Index So you're getting frustrated by all the agents you've lost to the brainsuckers. Or maybe the enemy UFOs are way too powerful and keep destroying your hovercars in one hit. Don't feel bad for resorting to game editors. I did. Here's a little guide on how to fix yourself up using a couple of game editors. Midnight Editor The first editor I'm introducing is Midnight

X-COM: Apocalypse - Combat Basics

2010-10-16T11:27:00.026-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next You can choose turn-based or real-time. I like turn-based, so I'll be talking about how to play it that way. In real-time combat, you can only give basic directions to your men. They don't follow your orders very well and tend to shoot willy-nilly, wasting a lot of ammo. Before the battle starts you can assign your men into squads. Drag and drop portraits

X-COM: Apocalypse - Beginner's Guide

2010-10-16T00:42:00.010-04:00

Index --- Next X-COM: Apocalypse is a great game, but it can be hard for first-time players to figure out what to do. So I've made this little guide to help a friend get started. When you start a new campaign, you can choose the difficulty. From what I gather, this mainly affects how quickly the aliens develop new technology. After this, you will see the game's overworld window, which is

X-COM Archive

2010-10-15T13:55:00.002-04:00

Index of posts on X-COM. Starting Out Guide Combat Basics Game Editors

Dark Wizard 26

2010-10-11T20:00:00.007-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 21st Not much appears to have happened during the night. It seems Link avoided the sniper that did Buklauu in, and charged into a centaur, knocking the wind out of it. Link hit 34 damage to it, and it countered for 34 damage. Guv'na finally achieved his dream. Oh! We haven't seen that spell before. We found that the best way to deal with a sniper

Dark Wizard 25 (Cheshire)

2010-10-03T15:28:00.004-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 20th - Noon Our men have been recalled; by reclaiming Ridley we've gone as far east as we can. Now we are to head south. It seems Aracna is running out of places to go. His last stand will be Cheshire, the capital of our fair kingdom. He is sure to fight tooth and nail to keep it out of our hands. Cheshire is the purple castle on the lower-right. Purple

Dark Wizard 24 (Bonus)

2010-09-27T16:29:00.003-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Victory Notes Note: Contains two maps' worth of level up data. Map: Silka Castle Guards: Firehaze Casualties: Zem, to a Tremor spell Yumekai, to a ZAP spell Final Boss Defeated By: Jim Current Roster: 01. Ang-Amon (U) Leader CL: 5 (MAX) LV: 2 (+1 from previous) 02. Link (L) Human Knight CL: 3 LV: 2 (class changed) 03. Rogutaan (N) Human Monk CL: 3 LV: 3 (

Dark Wizard 24

2010-09-26T16:40:00.010-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 19th The treasurer woke me up in the middle of the night. Normally he and I do not get along, since he is, frankly, a skinflint and refuses to let me hand out as many promotions to our troops as I want, and to hire the people who have been asking for work. But apparently he heard some screams near his room, and this morning one of our stewards was discovered

Dark Wizard 23

2010-09-19T16:21:00.004-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 19th - Evening I'm surprised that the Ridley Castle still stands after all the earthquakes happening around it, and even on it. One of our ghosts attempted to put the Black Bishop out of commission, to no effect. 6 Damage, did not paralyze. Aracna knows he's in trouble. His Black Bishop isn't even hurt yet, but he's resting. I.e. he's expecting a

Dark Wizard 22

2010-09-15T22:11:00.007-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 19th Oh, Aracna, never change. The grievous injuries that Euld, Yumekai, and Rogutaan sustained forced them to back away and let our ghosts and dragons take point. I was just joking last update, but that runaway Ghost really did move close to Flimzy. Limelle entered the elven village. "Please go and help our mayor. I don't know what's wrong, but

The End

2010-09-12T20:57:00.001-04:00

I'm done. Good bye. By that, I mean, I'm done with MMOs. So, as some of you know, I've had an on-again, off-again relationship with Mabinogi. I still think it is a great game, but it's time to move on. The combat system is unique and the rebirth system well-developed. But it, like all MMOs, is a trap, meant to suck in your soul and never let you go. And the biggest thing is, we

Dark Wizard 21

2010-09-11T14:11:00.005-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next General gameplay updates so you hopefully get more of an idea of what's going on in one turn. Yumekai shows off his recently-acquired ice spell. It hits the targeted enemy and 2 enemies next to it (or an empty space). I have no idea where this ghost thinks it's going. But you know, I think I'll ignore it. Maybe it'll find Flimzy and paralyze him :v Guv'na is

Dark Wizard 20

2010-09-09T21:03:00.008-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 19th The intelligence reports have come in from all the local cities. We've asked our troops to gather as much information about the elves as they can. Enclosed is a general map of where each city is, since we have yet to find a replacement cartographer. The first report is from Bubba in Koz. Town Square: Elven magic? Please elaborate! Or don't...

Dark Wizard 19 (Silka)

2010-09-06T22:26:00.013-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next On to the next map! Silka. Every enemy's defeat in particular, because, well, we aren't losing. Scarn 17th There have been only minor skirmishes up to this point. We're nearing the eastern coastline. Soon we'll be in a perfect position to retake Cheshire. Cheshire is the capital of the kingdom --- it's the next map, south of this one, and the final Aracna

Dark Wizard 18 (Barth)

2010-09-05T14:15:00.007-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 11th We're making a lot of progress. I have found that I don't like traveling. lol typo Our cartographer disappeared during the night, so we've had to make do with this map. This is the in-game map. A berserker and sniper pair approached quickly. Our strategist went full force against it. Squishy is strong against physical attacks, but the

Chzo Mythos

2010-08-30T22:27:00.003-04:00

I'm not that big a fan of point & click adventure games. The only one I ever remember playing is... uh... EcoQuest when I was little. Yeah... Anyway, my friend Soma told me about the Chzo Mythos series. I had never heard of it, but it's freeware, so I thought I'd give it a try anyway. Available here: http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/donate.htm The creator is apparently internets-famous as the

Dark Wizard 17

2010-08-27T17:22:00.007-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 11th "We need some delectable elves in our army," the king told me. I'm sure he meant delightful, or delicate. But elves... they are elusive, keeping out of the affairs of men, and they usually stay neutral in all conflicts. None have offered to join us so far. But the king demands it, so we must push for them. I've put out a sort of propaganda

New Laptop Ramblings

2010-08-23T19:10:00.001-04:00

So I ended up getting this Sony VAIOVPCF125FX/B laptop. It's great, it really is. Windows 7 is very pretty visually and easy to use. Everything loads as fast as you'd expect from an i7 and 6gb of RAM. The keyboard is nothing short of awesome. There's a full-sized numpad (!!). And it even has the Home / End / Delete / Page Up / Page Down keys that most other laptops don't have. The backlighting is

Backloggery 2009

2010-08-22T20:14:00.039-04:00

I've got a backloggery account. It's a nice site, but it doesn't save your notes in an archive after you update the status. So I'm going to use this post to do that. December Quote for the month: "But how does it taste?" -- Naked Snake, MGS3 Mass Effect 1. Usually in games like these my party is biased towards humans, but I really like Wrex and Garrus. 2. The Mako would have crashed within

Dark Wizard 16 (Bonus)

2010-08-20T16:40:00.001-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Map: Insenior Castle Guards: Link Casualties: None Final Boss Defeated By: Firehaze Current Roster: 01. Ang-Amon (U) Leader CL: Max LV: 1 02. Link (L) Human Fighter CL: 2 LV: 5 (+1 from previous) 03. Rogutaan (N) Human Priest CL: 2 LV: 4 (+2 from previous) 04. Yumekai (N) Human Wizard CL: 3 LV: 1 (class changed) 05. Jim (C) Manticore CL: 1 LV: 5 (+3

Dark Wizard 16

2010-08-18T22:05:00.007-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 10th I found my lord dozing on the throne here. I quietly advised him to get some rest, and he told me not to interrupt his concentration. He was actually casting magic, "bringing harm to our foes," he said. Amon is the only leader with the Blade Storm spell. It has infinite range and causes (relatively) massive damage to any chosen unit. Very

Legend of Mana 004: The Wisdom of Gaeus

2010-08-17T13:30:00.001-04:00

Previous --- Index So &D woke up this morning and dear god why is that thing here? And what the hell is it talking about? I bet a reeeal bad mage is up to wipe us out with a harmy-army of punkins! If only. I can't go on with my jobby-job! Oh, but I need to go! This is so hairy-scary! Let's -not- investigate this. I promised I'd help Elazul. But, that'll have to wait. I found

Dark Wizard 15

2010-08-15T20:06:00.005-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 8th Dragon pup Bones was paralyzed and surrounded. Drizzing paralyzed a warlock. We are pressing on. Scarn 9th +24 HP, +18 Special Attack, +7 Defense Our men have named the hell hound "Squishy." I've been assured that there's a story behind the name, but haven't actually been told the story. Squishy was hit by an earthquake spell and critically

Dark Wizard 14

2010-08-13T20:44:00.003-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 8th - Morning Our ghosts made short work of a Wildman that crossed the bridge. We may be able to cross it without a problem. Buklauu liberated Teote and was given a package to deliver to Nieve by one of its citizens. Though we are hesitant to take him out of combat, we realize that the chaos of war has made life difficult for our people, so his

Legend of Mana 003: Niccolo's Business Unusual #1

2010-08-11T14:11:00.003-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Why #1? Because there's more later =_= Stupid fat rabbit. But the highway is full of bandits. It's too dangerous to leave the town. Don't you think so? I has a two-handed axe for a reason. How brave of you. I can't do business with those highwaymen about. Let's go teach those bandits a lesson. Once we're done, I'll make you rich. $_$ If you refuse,

Dark Wizard 13 (Insenior)

2010-08-09T20:55:00.006-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next We can choose to go into Aracna's lands. Or Aqua's lands. I would say both are equally difficult. But we are going after Aracna since we need money badly. Class change = raise in salary, and we had quite a number of class changes. Scarn 7th I rode all night to reach Tourla. The king wants to press onwards. A new map was commissioned. The bridges

Legend of Mana 002: Field trip to Domina (read: BORING & tons of dialogue)

2010-08-08T22:53:00.001-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Note: I really, really, don't like the L'il Cactus. I will be ignoring him her it whenever possible. Anyway, let's go downstairs. Whoo, a chest. My house is so.... lucrative! a boom tish Here's the only use of the circle menu from Secret of Mana. In the study, I can look up items, characters, monsters and stuff in the encyclopedias. It's not much but I

Legend of Mana 001: Character Creation & Intro Stuff

2010-08-07T21:43:00.004-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next We can choose to be male or female. I'm choosing male. We can choose a starting weapon. Dagger One-handed Sword One-handed Axe Two-handed Sword Two-handed Axe Hammer Spear Staff Glove (punch/kick) Flail Bow The weapon we have equipped affects the stats we earn on level up. Each weapon also has unique skills. Magic is kind of useless in

Inception (2010)

2010-08-06T21:18:00.003-04:00

So I finally saw Inception. It was good, but maybe not as good as the hype. It was a bit too reminiscent of Shutter Island with the insane wife thing. The characters were pretty flat, not much time given to develop any of them. But the story was pretty interesting and who doesn't like to see physics all turned around? Anyway everyone's probably seen it by now so I'm not going to explain the

Legend of Mana Archive

2010-08-05T21:41:00.011-04:00

This post will be an archive for Legend of Mana posts. Introduction 001 - Character Creation and Intro Stuff 002 - Field Trip to Domina (read: Boring & Tons of Dialogue) 003 - Niccolo's Business Unusual #1 004 - The Wisdom of Gaeus

Dark Wizard 12

2010-08-05T20:54:00.008-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 6th Our magician Yumekai also fell to the Warlord. The entire day was spent taking him down. But finally, we beat him, and Norma is ours. Demon Lord Aracna threatened us. I'm soooo scared. Boss battles are pretty lame actually. I used the Hell Hound to absorb the Warlord's counterattack, then basically just kept hitting him until he died. ...

Let's (Watch Me) Play Legend of Mana

2010-08-05T14:53:00.001-04:00

Index --- Next Cuz I don't really want your guidance. Legend of Mana (LoM) is the only Seiken Densetsu game released on the PS1, and is the 4th in the series. You may have heard of Secret of Mana, the SNES game that there are way too many fantards for (how many of them have actually beaten it without cheating? Aside from the 2~3-player option and the heavy nostalgia value, the game sucked

Dark Wizard 11

2010-08-02T14:33:00.006-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 5th - Morning During the night, ladywinter's dangerous fighting style earned her recognition as a Wildman. +33 HP, +12 STR, +4 Defense Ghost Billy Mays caused the enemy magician to be paralyzed with fear. Drizzing may survive. Our army is closing in on Castle Norma. Scarn 5th - Noon Hobbit Euld was ordained as a priest. With all the promotions our

Dark Wizard 10

2010-07-30T22:27:00.005-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 3rd - Noon Buklauu has become a priest. +20 HP, +6 STR, +1 Defense, and the Treat spell (it heals ~8 HP) Scarn 4th - Evening Boxxy has been promoted. He(?) must head to Milsey to get a bow. Same stat gains as Mugenai A dragon pup tried to run away. Invye was given the order to chase. Drizzing the ghost got too close to the enemy's base. He was

Metrocon Day 3

2010-07-25T23:23:00.001-04:00

Previous Today we didn't get so lucky in getting a good spot. We pretty much ended up on the opposite side of the hall, a little bit behind the escalators. But still a pretty good location. Except that the room right next to our spot was the cosplay costume pre-judging. So it got crowded at times as people waited near the door for their turn to be judged. Which made people with cameras come

Metrocon Day 2

2010-07-24T22:55:00.001-04:00

Previous --- Next My brother and I stayed for around 5 hours this time (compared to Friday's two). We found a spot against the wall right across from the escalators going down to this floor, so we had a good view of people entering. Pretty funny when people tried to pose while on the escalator. Or when someone asked for a picture of someone right as they stepped on the escalator; too late.

Metrocon Day 1

2010-07-23T17:18:00.002-04:00

Next Today was the first day of Metrocon, the anime/videogame/etc. convention in Tampa, FL. My brother and I don't buy passes because.... 1. It's expensive! $30/day per person. 2. It's not necessary (unlike MegaCon). Paying only gives you access to the main floor (i.e. shopping room) and events and panels. The main hall is open to everyone, and that's where everyone is when they aren't

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

2010-07-22T23:44:00.003-04:00

My wiki friend ZRoc recommended that I watch The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a BBC series started in 1984. DVD Cover of the second season. I don't watch much TV. In fact, the only thing I watch faithfully is Redeye on Fox News (I'm a conservative white female, so sue me!) and Mythbusters. One reason is because everything I watch, I have to watch with my family's knowledge. The only TV

Dark Wizard 09

2010-07-18T23:16:00.007-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 4th - Morning I woke up to hear these reports. An enemy Wildman did a number on our unnamed hell hound, and he is unable to escape. See what I mean about movement? The more surrounded you are, the less you can move. Manticores Jim and Bob are seriously wounded. Our king has set out towards Norma. He hopes to rally our troops with his presence. I

Dark Wizard 08

2010-07-04T19:51:00.008-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 4th - Morning Mugenai was able to secure Milsey during the night. We can ENTR towns. It uses up the character's turn, though. First we are going to church. If you pray three times in certain towns, the priest gives you an item. HLY H2O batman! (actually, if I prayed another 100 times, he would give me another one. These free items from

Dark Wizard 07

2010-06-27T22:17:00.004-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 3rd - Morning Invye and Jim have taken the town of Castin during the night. Originally, they were to head south and take Tourla Castle, but with the enemy still in sight, our strategist has ordered them to bunk down and repel the expected attack. Jim the manticore is in trouble. Chimeras are super-effective against him. Invye, on the other hand, is pretty

Toy Story 3

2010-06-26T23:44:00.000-04:00

When I heard there was going to be a Toy Story 3, I was immediately pissed. With Hollywood's bad sequel madness, what else could I expect but compete failure? So, I refused to believe anyone who said it was good and went to see it with a decidedly pessimistic attitude. From thepeoplesmovies As it turns out, I was wrong. The movie far exceeded my expectations. Its target audience is

Old Mabinogi Stuff

2010-06-22T20:45:00.001-04:00

So I've been cleaning out my screenshot folders to make it easier to transfer everything to my future laptop. I came across a couple of old, old ones. Herro bought Soma a kangaroo rat and we leveled him at mongooses. Gosh, Herro and I look emo >_> Probably the oldest screenshot I still have. Uchocobo is playing the Power Rangers theme song (which I didn't recognize, having never watched

Dark Wizard 06

2010-06-20T20:37:00.008-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 2nd - Morning (cont.) A hobbit named Euld who dreams of being ordained as a priest has enlisted. I sent him out immediately. Hobbits make amazing healers and we will definitely need his help. Buklauu's injuries are proof of this. The strategist has ordered him to rest for a while. The REST command sacrifices the unit's turn, but, if he survives the enemy

Getting a Laptop Soon

2010-06-14T22:21:00.004-04:00

I'm getting a laptop pretty soon, hopefully a decent one for gaming. Now, I know if I made it a desktop I can get the same specs for half the cost, but there are a few reasons. 1. My parents are specifically paying for a laptop. They assume I'll need one when I get a job and possibly move out, since I'm graduating soon. Yes, I'm 24 and still live with my parents. They won't let me leave o_O

BioShock Posts

2010-06-11T23:33:00.000-04:00

My posts on BioShock. Pretty much my thoughts on it. Intro Weapons Enemies Misc. Story BioShock 2 Coming when I get the game :)

BioShock - Story - Contains Spoilers

2010-06-11T23:32:00.001-04:00

Previous The game's plot unfolds from the conversation between Atlas and other NPCs, and through the recordings you find. People in Rapture used tape recorders as diaries. Through these you are given a glimpse of what the city once was, and how it became the mess that it is now. You also see ghosts sometimes, a side effect of the plasmids. The screen gets all fuzzy and gray like white

BioShock - Environments & Misc.

2010-06-08T23:06:00.002-04:00

Previous --- Next By the way, this game isn't really for the squeamish. It can get pretty gruesome. When you shoot/hit an enemy, raspberry jam splatters out. It's not realistic, but it is graphic. They also get 3rd degree burns when hit with incinerate. I heard this effect was censored in the German version. Dead bodies are pretty common, too, lying around in every level. In the second

BioShock - Enemies

2010-06-03T23:28:00.006-04:00

Previous --- Next If you're wondering why I keep posting about this game, it's because I can't stop thinking about it. It's engrossing. I guess I'm strange like that :) I don't get that much time to play it... Anyway, one of the things I like about this game are the type of enemy. The enemies are called splicers. They're average, everyday people (sort of). Not aliens or zombies or

BioShock - Arsenal

2010-05-28T22:46:00.013-04:00

Previous --- Next The weapons in BioShock. Hell yeah. So, to differentiate itself from other shooter games, BioShock gives you the option of using plasmids (genetic modifications) to equip yourself with. Attack plasmids can be thought of as magic in a role-playing game. Their use requires EVE, which is the blue bar under your health meter. You can recover EVE with hypodermic needles

BioShock - Intro

2010-05-26T21:37:00.006-04:00

Next My brother bought BioShock a couple of weeks ago, and after watching him play, I knew I -had- to play it myself. So I commandeered his computer. For those unfamiliar with the game, it's a first person shooter (think Half-Life, Unreal, etc.). It only has a story mode -- no online play. I love it. Here's scenes from the game's introductory level, which gives you a tantalizingly small

Mabinogi Update 2

2010-05-23T22:20:00.001-04:00

And with Windmill at rank 1, I pretty much quit Mabinogi for the entire month of February. Mostly because my daily schedule SUCKED! Monday 9:00am - get up, shower, breakfast 10:00am - leave to work in the lab 10:45am - work in the lab 1:00pm - class 2:00pm - more lab 6:00pm - class 7:30pm - go home 8:00pm - eat dinner 8:30pm - relaxxxxxx Other days were similar. Lab rarely lasted all that

Mabinogi Update 1

2010-05-22T00:14:00.010-04:00

I haven't posted about Mabinogi in ages, so here's a huge update on what I've been doing. There will be more to catch up :3 1. I don't play KR server at all anymore. 2. So like I had December 2009 free from school, but I really didn't feel like playing mabinogi AT ALL. So, I didn't. So much training time wasted but when you aren't in the mood, you aren't in the mood. Plus NA's font is

Dark Wizard 05

2010-05-17T17:12:00.012-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 2nd - Morning The gates to Hell have opened up during the night. I wish I was being melodramatic. An eyewitness said that when the king raised the Light Power Staff towards the midnight sky, it made a sound very much like a high-pitched scream. And the monster that was summoned was a demon hound of great power and strength. It reportedly leapt at a

Dark Wizard 04

2010-04-30T15:19:00.006-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 1st - Evening My lord has told me to go get some rest. When I asked if he'll rest too, he told me that the day has only just begun for him. He's surely very excited about our Holy Army's progress, but I hope he doesn't overexert himself. A report says our troops will encounter the enemy any minute now, but I'm too exhausted to stay up. I have another busy

Dark Wizard 03

2010-04-25T10:25:00.008-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 1st - Noon My liege has summoned up a lesser harpy named Invye. Contrary to their rumored nature, she seemed quite amiable, even when the strategist informed her of his plans. She will fly alone, straight across the mountains. I wish her well. Previous --- Index --- Next

Dark Wizard 02 (Quentin)

2010-04-24T16:45:00.009-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Scarn 1st - Morning The king desired a more local map to prepare for the coming battle. I hired a cartographer, and he produced this. 5 minutes in MSPaint... I may have to fire him, but it will do for now. A demon Warlord has taken over Norma. We will focus on taking that castle back, liberating the villages on the way. We may also take Tourla, since it

Dark Wizard 01

2010-04-23T13:14:00.011-04:00

Previous --- Index --- Next Out-of-character comments will be put in italics. I am setting up the story here. Ord 29th - Morning I haven't been getting much sleep lately. Who can sleep? The darkness on the horizon is closer every day. Soon it will be here. Every other stronghold has already been taken. When Quentin falls, the demon army will have won. It has happened so fast, there was

Dark Wizard Archive

2010-04-21T21:21:00.051-04:00

This is an archive for Dark Wizard posts. Introduction 01 02 (Quentin Start) 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 (Insenior Start) 14 15 16 16 (Victory Notes) 17 18 (Barth) 19 (Silka) 20 21 22 23 24 24 (Victory Notes) 25 (Cheshire) 26 27 28 28 (Victory Notes) 29 30 (Tourla) 31 32 32 (Victory Notes) 33 (Jhelyle) 34 34 (Victory Notes) 35 (Algain) 36 37 38 38 (Victory Notes) 39 40 (Asai) 41

Let's Play Dark Wizard!

2010-04-20T22:45:00.003-04:00

Index --- Next Dark Wizard is a hex-map turn-based RPG. There is no contemporary game like this at all. Period. Brigandine is close, but not quite. It was released on the Sega CD, near the end of its life, and so it's rare to find someone's who's heard of it, let alone played it. The English Cover It's a great game and deserves a look. The graphics may be dated, but it's the gameplay that

Las Vegas 2009 (part 5)

2010-04-17T22:42:00.000-04:00

Previous We went to the largest electronics store I've ever been to. Bigger than BestBuy. Pic from here. Fry's Electronics. They don't exist where I live. We always have to go just to browse their monstrous movie sections. Their anime section is rather large too. But damn anime is way too expensive. I almost bought Howl's Moving Castle, though. My dad bought some porn there. TMI,

Mabinogi Post Archive

2010-04-17T22:11:00.011-04:00

These are all the posts I've made about the online game, Mabinogi. As of April 2010 I only play on the North American (NA) Ruairi server. So don't expect any updates about the Korean (KR) server anymore :< Mabinogi NA 2008/07/15 - First Thoughts 2009/07/09 - Back to NA... 2010/05/22 - Mabinogi Update 1 2010/05/24 - Mabinogi Update 2 2011/10/03 - Shoot the Sun Event 2011/10/06 - Newest Pet

Las Vegas 2009 (part 4)

2010-03-26T14:35:00.000-04:00

Previous --- Next We wanted to go to Red Rock Canyon in 2008, but it snowed. Heavily. Yes, in Vegas. So we went this year (2009). Scenic pictures result. Sorry about the watermarking but it's precautionary. I do have the originals still. We ate at the Red Rock Canyon Resort's buffet. If you join the slot card club (every casino has a slot club) you get a hefty