The Duelist's Saga

Yeah I know its been a while since I posted a new entry.  I am starting the program to get certified to be a teacher.  Been playing a lot of games.  Still trying to improve my art skills but its slow going hard to keep moving when I know how far I have to come and see little improvement.  I am not giving up I am going to get better. ^^

SOPA:

I am sure most people know about this.  If this bill is allowed to pass it will change the face of the internet as we know it.  I typed of a quick  summary of how I feel on my steam account profile:

I normally don’t pay much mind to politics really. I have been keeping a ear open about SOPA for a while and I have recently learned on Jan 24th congress will vote on this bill. THIS BILL NEEDS TO BE STOPED! This will change the very face of the internet for the worse. The government should be be allowed to censor the internet just to try and stop piracy (which this bill won’t really help even though thats its intent). On Jan 18th from 8AM EST to 8PM EST many websites are going down in protest of this bill. I have changed my avatar with a picture I quickly made and typed this to inform any of my friends who may visit my page. If you can contact your member of congress that is from your area do so and tell them to NOT support this bill. We need to take action and let congress know that this bill is not the right way and to kill it before it passes.

I urge you if you read my blog and see this to let congress know to not support this.  They are supposed to represent us in congress which is why we elect them, remind them of this if you have to.  Again I am not the type of person who normally gets into battles like this but this will affect EVERYONE.  Your favorite website, if they post a copyrighted picture the government can demand it be removed under penality of law (I remember hearing that a violation of this bill is a felony (YES A FELONY!)  Even having a song playing in the background of a livestream or youtube video is a violation under this bill.  We live in the land of the free .  It is also possible that other countries could pass laws like this so lets fight against these.  This may be a US congress law but it will effect the world since it can block revenue from US based sources and even access to said sites.

Wow its been a while since I updated.

Well skyrim came out a few weeks ago and it is a REALLY good game.  I really need to play it more.  The menu system is a bit weird but once you get used to it, it actually works well.  Its awesome to be able to dual wield a sword in one hand and a spell in the other.  Been trying to draw more and improve my skills.  I have bought some new art books in the past few months and have some on my Christmas list.  Got lots of games to play and beat both on steam and on my ps3.  I got a RPG book I had been interested in for a little bit.  Its called ironclaw.  It seems pretty cool and the battles seem interesting as well.  My friends have already made some characters and I am trying to start building up a story/campaign for them to play.

FFXIV is going to undergo a massive overhaul in the next year or so.  Going to be interesting to see what happens.  They are still updating the current version even though they are working on revamping almost everything such as maps and several game systems.  From what I have seen and heard about the revamps I can say I am looking forward to it.  The game has massively improved over the past year but the 2.0 seems like they are going to make it even better I think.

Well that is all I really have to say hopefully I will post sooner next time.

Well a while back my copy of Disgaea 4 arrived after some trouble and I thought it might not get here since it was “delivered” but it never came to my house.  It showed up the next tuesday (was marked delivered on the friday before that.  I am enjoying the game.

Been playing dead island a lot lately and recently finished the main story line last night.  Overall its a very fun game, I highly recommend it to zombie fans.  Also been playing sactum which recently got an update and some DLC.  Very fun game and also I recommend it to any fan of FPS and tower defense fans.  The Terraria devs are being teases and occasionally release bits of info relating to the next update.  Getting super excited about that as well with the new content, ores, and items they are adding.  Minecraft is also undergoing some major changes as well.  I am love the new changes so far and am looking forward to the “planed” things potions, and enchantments.

Today FFXIV is supposed to be getting a massive update (patch notes http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/24910 )  All I can say is wow that is really a huge update and its getting me more excited about playing FFXIV again.  Sadly I haven’t been playing it much for a while but this patch might get me to log in a bit more often.

Well that is about all for now.

I know its been a while since I posted anything.

Ok lets see…..stuff to post…. umm excited about minecraft 1.8 update hope its soon.  Disgaea 4 will be here soon NIS said they are gonna start shipping orders no later than monday so hopefully I get it really soon.  Really been looking forward to the game as I am a big NIS fan.  Skyrim is also slowly approaching which is something else I am excited about.  Skyrim is gonna be awesome and can’t wait.

Well I am still working where I was last school year.  I tried to get into 2 different YMCAs but sadly was not able to.  They seem to have made a few changes for the better…. and maybe some more pointless changes but meh.  Still no luck getting into a school district to be a teaching aid.

Other stuff in RL just some general stuff going on some bad things and some good things not really worth going into much detail also because to fully explain everything would take a long time to type and I don’t want to type that much.  Our cat Max is still crazy but that is one reason we love him.

I will try and post sooner next time hopefully I have more to talk about.

Yeah I know its been a while since I posted.  Let’s see I have bought many new games since the last post (steam sale has been the biggest culprit).  I also picked up minecraft too.  I am enjoying it and a friend invited me to a server which has some cool people on it.  I am working on my sky island base on the server.  Currently there is still problems with pistons so the server has them locked atm so I can’t really test pistons to find out how to best do my idea for the base.  I could do some single player and test them which I might do though.  Also I bought Zettai hero project.  It is a really fun game (very Nippon Ichi Software so it lives up to its publishers style).

It always seem that the problem we gamers face is the to many games and not enough time or money to buy/play them all.  The steam sale isn’t helping either. lol  One of the free games I got on the ps3 was infamous.  I recently beat that game.  I can say I really enjoyed the game.  I do plan on getting the 2nd one sometime.  It seems to be doing as well as the 1st one did at least or maybe better (it varies) but most people seem to enjoy it.  So that means I will need to get it.

I guess I haven’t updated since E3.  Well some interesting things were at E3 this year.  I watched as much coverage as I could.  I think that all the companies press conferences were done nicely.  I think I enjoyed Sony’s and Nintendo’s a bit more than Microsoft’s.  A trailer for a new game called Overstrike was revealed at E3 and even though it shows no gameplay it looks like a fun game based off the humor in it.  It comes from the studio that did ratchet and clank (insomniac games).  Skyrim is looking really awesome and I can’t wait to play it.

Everyone over here is doing ok.  Our cat Max is doing well and still crazy but thats one  reason we love him. lol

Been playing Terraria a lot lately.  This game is a lot of fun (and the devs are going to add more content as time goes by for free).  Check it out.  I am currently trying to upgrade my armor so I can take hits better to I can finally kill the Eye of Cthulhu he keeps showing up and interrupting whatever I am doing so he needs to be dealt with. lol  This game is really a lot of fun.  If anyone buys it and wants to play together add me on steam (Kuyon is my steam name).

Not much else has really be going on.  Been playing pokemon black a bit and about a week or so ago was trading like crazy.  I got a long way to go in order to get all of the pokemon.  (para  you really should email me your friend code for white so we can trade and such) k.u.y.o.n.1.5.9.@.a.t.t.net  (take out the . s except for the one between the att and net haha)

Well not much else has really been going on except for the normal stuff.

Been a little bit but nothing really worth talking about has happened lately.

I got to the point in pokemon black where I can transfer pokemon over from platinum.  Need two DS systems to do so and my friend is coming out on sat so I can commandeer his DS to do it. lol

Beat portal 2 like 3 times (done some coop with a friend too) and I have to say it was worth buying.  I really recommend getting it.  Dialog is great and the puzzles are really good too.  Work has been going ok.  Some good and bad things which is normal really.  Really sucks that so many school districts are having budget problems and thus aren’t really hiring anyone.  (just as I decide to get into the teach field)  For now I am holding off on getting alternative certification for a little while at least.  I hope things improve in the next year or 2 really.

Para I responded to your comment but I figure a new post is more likely to catch your attention.  Feel free to email me your friend code in pokemon white so we can team up and trade/battle some too maybe.  Also have you been using the pokemon dream world?  Its pretty cool.  If you have feel free to send me that code as well lol. (k.u.y.o.n.1.5.9.(at)a.t.t.net) (take dots out and replace (at) with@)

Yeah I know its been a while since I posted.  Lets get to it…

Well from (not last but the one before) to about last Thursday I was kinda sick.  Had a sore throat, head congestion.  Wasn’t fun but I went to the doctor the last monday.  Gave me some antibiotics, sinus meds and some pain killers.  My throat hurt really bad so a little relief from the pain (didn’t take all of it) was welcome.  Thankfully I didn’t have strep throat think it was just a infection.  I am much better now throat has been good for 4+days still got some head congestion and my ears stop up some (making it harder to hear some).

Over the last month I have been plowing though pokemon plat.  I am doing so that when I get to a point in pokemon black I can transfer pokemon I can’t get in black (some legendary ones and such).  I am working on capturing the 3 legendary bird pokemon (articuno, zapdos, moltres,)  then I got to catch a few other ones in the game then catch pikal and dialga.  Along with some regular ones I can’t get in black normally.

I got a new headset a few weeks ago haven’t gotten to use it a lot but I like it (friend online got the same one when it was on sale (normally 130 and we got for 50) lol

Picked up portal 2 before it launched.  Played it for like 2-3 hours though out today (bit before work and like 1 hour ish after I got home).  I am really liking it the new things make you really think how to use things.  The dialog is really funny and is one of my fav parts of the game so far. haha

I also picked up the 3DS on launch day.  I don’t have any games for it right now (other than the pre loaded ones).  So far I like it as well not even for the 3D feature (which is neat).  Can’t wait for things to finally start coming out for it.

In FFXIV news….. well there is none because to be honest I haven’t played it more than like 1 hour in the past month.  Is it the game’s fault not really just taking a little break from it also the other games I have gotten lately…. they are not helping. lol  Still very excited about XIV and can’t wait to see it really get moving.  The news they have announced on upcoming patches are neat and can’t wait.

Well thats about it for now.

On Friday Japan had a big earthquake.  It was 8.9 on the Richter scale.  Its done a lot of damage over there.  Our thoughts are with you over there.  I hope all of you stay safe and can get back to normal quickly.  They are trying to conserve power over there and SE as announced that they will be shutting down the XI and XIV servers for at least a week to help save power.  This really reminds us that the entire world is connected and that stuff in far away places effects the entire world in many ways.

Well its spring break for me and I am off.  Gonna try and use the time off to catch up on some gaming.  Got to restart most of my games since all my data on my ps3 was lost recently.  Been playing Dragon Age II.  Its pretty good and I am enjoying it a lot.  The game is actually getting trolled on metacritic in the user ratings.  If you click on some of the profiles of have only reviewed dragon age II (and occasionally 1 other game) , these scream troll.  The actual ratings from the critics is more accurate of the the game.

Not much else has really been happening so I guess I will close for now.

(edit/update: its not much but I donated $10 to the red cross to help.  I would donate a little more but I don’t make a lot with my part time job and I need to save some money)

3/14/11 Edit

Ok I have to say this.  I have seen pictures of people on facebook (which I do not have an account for) and such making comments like this earthquake is karma for pearl harbor.    Ok seriously that is some sick **** .  That event happened almost 70 years ago most of the selfish **** who are probably saying this were not even alive that long ago.  Also those people need to seriously get over themselves.  ANY person who wishes death or pain on another group of people are sick.  These people who are saying these things are scum of the earth.  Its really sad that the unsympathetic pricks could enjoy the pain of others.  Japan has been our ally for MANY years now.  The war ended around 65 years ago… again long enough were these people were not even alive yet.  Its people like this that make me ashamed  so share the same species as them.  How can you can you possibly think that death and destruction on anyone is a good thing regardless of what they did.  Hell the people in Japan today most were also not likely around (or they were VERY young most likely) at that time.  It wasn’t there fault.  Are you really so irrational that you blame the descendants who had absolutely  nothing to do with it?  Also Japan DID apologize for their actions in the war including pearl harbor.

Seriously get the heck over yourselves.  Japan has been a good friend of the US for a long time now.  They have done what we are doing now (helping them).  (according to wiki) “The Japanese Foreign Ministry said that it would provide $200,000 to the American Red Cross to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. Japan also identified needs in affected regions via the U.S. government and provided up to $300,000 in emergency supplies such as tents, blankets and power generators if they receive requests from the U.S. for such assistance. One Japanese individual, Takashi Endo, donated USD 1 million from his personal funds to Katrina relief efforts.”  One of the things that redeems the human race in my eyes is when a tragedy strikes some people prove that there are still good people out there who think of more than just themselves.

(sorry for the implied swearing but I am angry that people could think like that.)

Japan again our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Well got my PS3 back…. it was replaced.  That means all my data is gone.  Sony thought it would be a good idea to no let you take your HD and plug it into another system to back up your data in case of a crash.  If you do that it will format the HDD.  Don’t know what caused the problem and there is no way to find out since Sony said that only the techs know and they don’t leave those notes on Sony’s computers for reps to see.  They also said they usually replace the systems because most people do not want their systems in the shop for 6-8 weeks while they fix them.  To be honest with the data I lost I would have actually preferred that if they could save my data.  I had YEARS of data that was lost because of this (ps, ps2,ps3 data)  In my copy of disgaea 3 I had around 200 hours in just that data I think.  Sucks but one small ray of light is I actually found an old copy of disgaea 3 data on a flash drive from years ago  (about 40 hours in) so I salvaged something at least.  Got to restart all games I want to finish and such.   (sigh)

Not a whole lot else going on.  I am thinking about getting  Dragon age II which comes out on march 8.  Played the demo and it was pretty good.  I also reserved a Nintendo 3DS over the weekend (which actually comes out ON my birthday).  I decided to go blue this time I usually go black because its a solid color.  Blue is my favorite color actually so eh lol.  Also on March 8th SE is planning on opening the beta version of the FFXIV official forums.  I am also considering getting one of the new pokemon games (black and white).   Disgaea 4 launched in Japan on the 24th of Feb.  so far there are still a lot of questions in the NA community about the game and I can’t wait WAIT for this game to come out here this summer (wish it was sooner).