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Water Cycle Simulator v2

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:28:47 PST

Now that I'm into the holidays, and currently don't have a job, I need to find something to do aside from leveling my Battlefield Heroes characters. So I've decided to make v2 of the Water Cycle Simulator.

Now I need some ideas from you guys about what it should be like. Send me a comment if you think it would be cool to include something.

Current idea list:
- MORE clouds!
- Touchpad friendly controls
- Isometric view (undecided, discuss please)
- More game, less education.
-

Crysis on Steam

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:49:29 PST

It's cheap, It's a damn good game, and you can get it here.

$30* if you buy Crysis + Crysis Warhead.
$45* for Crysis - Maximum Edition, which contains Crysis and Crysis Warhead. Riiiiiight.

So if you end up buying it, don't get sucked in Pay the lesser amount

Just remember, these games eat computers.

*All prices are in $US.

A non-traditional 40,000 pageviews journal

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:11:10 PST

http://therealwazzar.deviantart.com/art/dA-Page-at-40-000-pageviews-141719916

Not entirely a new image, but I figured it would be fun to link it here.

Tweet Tweet

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:10:11 PDT

I could make you guess where my twitter page is, but I'll provide the link.

http://twitter.com/therealwazzar

Yeah, you probably could've figured that out yourself, but it gives me a false feeling of superiority when I provide you with something you don't really need. So there.

Also, here's my current 3 Album lineup:

Hybrid - Morning Sci-Fi
Jon Hopkins - Contact Note
Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place

Damn good 3.2 Hours of electronic music. And they're all from the 2003-2004 era. Interestingly, since then, Jon has improved, Ulrich has made more of the same, and Hybrid has gone down a bit.

Comma, comma, comma, comma comma, comma, coma.

Nailbiting

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:03:30 PDT

I've decided to give it up, again. I was a nailbiter when I was much younger (around 8-10 I think), and managed to give it up with a huge lego set as a reward (best reward ever!). I can't remember when I started again, but it was before my highschool years, and I've been doing it since then. Now that one of my fingernails has a huge dip in it and is growing like corrugated iron (luckily it will recover), I figure it's time to start taking care of the rest of them while they're still attached to my fingers. So I went out an bought a few things...

- Nail clippers
- A pack of small nail file boards
- A 4 sided nail polishing block

It's been a week and already they look much better. I reckon that after 3 more weeks, they'll look better than yours.

And if that shopping list causes you to question my masculinity, I'm going to track you down and scratch you.

Make that 4 years.

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:53:42 PDT

According to my page, I've been on this site for 4 years. I probably need to update it, since I've really only been lurking for the last 2 years.

Here's to another year of lurking.

Note: I have no idea what "here" is referring to.
Note2: I've managed to cut it down to 800 deviations in the inbox.
Note3: My Mood icon isn't broken. I'm bemused all the time.

1200 Deviations

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:11:01 PDT

...Are sitting in my inbox.

And I know exactly how it happened!

Damn, this is going to take a while to go through.

AAPT

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:04:44 PDT

I think we're finally free of them. The net was switched over to Internode a number of months ago (shortly after all the issues started). However, the phone line was still provided by AAPT. Recently Internode started doing phone services (Nodeline if you want to look it up), so we finally ditched AAPT for good...we think.

Knowing AAPT, they'll probably send out bills and statements long after their services are stopped.

PS: Mass Effect is awesome. It it had a similar feel to Deus Ex, which is also awesome. Now ME2 is on my wish list, right next to DE3 (and SC2, AC2, SC:C. Sequels much?). Speaking of DE3, has anyone heard anything about it recently?

Oh, that explains it.

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:24:14 PDT

I'm socially awkward in real life, and I'm pretty sure this is one of the reasons why...

[link]

Hax and Flu (neither of which I have)

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:10:23 PDT

Ohai. Why yes, I am writing this at 1am.

Anyways, Australia has BF:H servers. Woot! In the two months I've played on Euro/US servers, I've never been called a hacker. I've been playing on the Aus servers for less than a week and got called a wallhacker tonight. Maybe they didn't realise:
a) I usually stalk my victims for a bit before attacking.
b) It's a third person camera. You can see over walls and around corners.
c) I break commando cloaks for the lolz.

I find this great, though a part of me is concerned that an admin might decide I'm bannable with no screenshots or videos as proof.

On another piece of news, it turns out Swine Flu is in my area, and a student at my uni has a confirmed case. Everyone seems to be doing a good job of slowing the spread though. I'm just glad it's almost the end of semester, and soon I won't need to leave the house. Unless I get another job, which I probably should do.

Finally, listen to this awesome piece of trance. Feel free to skip about a minute in to avoid the intro beats.
[link]

BF Heroes Keys

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Wed, 13 May 2009 06:06:46 PDT

If you want to try it out before the open beta in June, go to Eliott-Ness.org to get a beta key.

Note that if you don't live in the US or Europe, the latency sucks. Hopefully they get some Australian servers before Yahtzee gets on and tears it to shreds.

And Sirens of the Sea remix album FTW

The Orange Box is Damn Cheap again

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:05:39 PDT

$10US. So if you haven't got it yet, be quick, because there's not much weekend left.

[link]

Battlefield Heroes Beta

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:32:29 PDT

Oh, so that's what you've been doing ya slacker.

Still no Aussie servers, so it'll be +200ms ping for a while longer yet.

And now that I've lost your attention, listen to these.

[link]
[link]

Meh, tis a shame you probably didn't see those links

I'm watching this space

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:56:28 PDT

[link]

[link]

It feels nice to be a useful idiot

Two songs

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:18:50 PST

These songs have ruled my headphones for the past few days

Mike Foyle vs Signalrunners - Love Theme Dusk [7:58]

Sudha ft. Zoe Johnston - Leche [Thomas Schwartz & Fausto Fanizza Vocal Mix] [8:14]

World of Goo is $5 on steam for the weekend. Good fun

Oh, and Coldplay's Viva La Vida concert tomorrow night

On the Mirror's Edge

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:48:35 PST

I've got it and am playing through it It seems good so far. I'm yet to see if it's worth it's price tag, but it's definitely worth paying for.

The controls feel quite good. There's a few little things that annoy me, like not rolling on landing even when I press the key, and not grabbing some ledges. Still, it's a whole lot more fluent and fun than Assassins Creed.

The graphics are very pretty On a high-end system like my brother's, it keeps a decent frame rate with everything on extra high and 16x AA. On a lower end system (good back in 2005) It runs smoothly, though everything is either low or off.

As for the rest, I'm yet to judge it, but it so far looks like quite a good game.

And add TheRealWazzar if you want some easy friend times to beat.

_{On a side note, Samurize is very cool}

Foods you love that others hate

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:17:22 PST

I find tastes to be a strange thing. I know there's a bunch of foods that I can't get enough of, but other people feel like puking at the sight.

I like:
- Mushrooms
- Tomatoes
- Olives
- Brussel Sprouts
- Broccoli
- Tofu
- Sarsparilla

Foods I avoid:
- Eggplant
- Zucchini (Mush I say!)
- Avocado (Good with other things, bad by itself)
- Capsicum (bell pepper)

Mmmm. Huge marinated green olives stuffed with sundried tomatoes, garlic, feta cheese, macadamias...

Mass Effect

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:51:28 PST

I've spotted it for $50. In Aus, new games come out at $100 and $20 is bargain bin price. Is $50 worth it or should I wait until it's cheaper?

Spam Attack

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:13:05 PST

I hear that while I was offline, there was a spam/hack attack.

I didn't get any links. I feel unloved

Queensland Part 2

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:43:04 PST

Well, looking at the news, I guess my weather isn't so bad. At least where I live isn't on fire or underwater. Or both. Now that would suck.

Bloody AAPT

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:22:44 PST

They screwed up, and we've been off the net for a week. Looks like another week yet before we'll be back on.

I wish companies weren't faceless, then I'd have somewhere to punch.

One of my mates (Abdul the Arab) said, "We should make some of those fashionable dynamite belts and 'take a stroll' to a local office

Update: The net is back up. We've still got out phone with AAPT, but the moment Internode brings out voice services, we'll be ditching those mofos.

Now, this should be fun.
445 Deviations
1 Notice
79 Journals
6 News Articles
10 Polls
4 Comments
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20 Faves, Watches, etc.

Queensland

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:12:04 PST

Hot one day, Humid the next. On the third day, it's both combined.

According to the internets, it's 28Â°C outside with 85% Humidity. I just read a thermometer inside the house that said 32Â°C, but I believe the humidity. However, the worst part is that there is no air movement.

I've been watching the clouds, and what they're up to annoys me. They let the sun through for around 10 mins, just long enough for things to start getting warmer, then they close over and keep the heat in. I wish they'd either rain or go away.

And according to weather.com.au, 6 of the next 7 days will be humid. Yeah, I'd believe it.

We seriously need to get aircon in this house

Edit: Finally, a storm. *Unplugs computers*

NFS Undercover Final Impression

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:22:34 PST

After 4 days, I've finished it. I think.

Plus:
- I love the music choice Lots of DnB as well at three Pendulum tracks.
- "I have a driver resisting arrest"..."Last name Cooper, first name Ryan".
- Great car choice. It's going back to it's roots with exotics Only missing car I'd like to see is the CCX (see the minus section), but it's got loads of other good ones (R8, TT, Veyron, Mclaren F1, Zonda, Gallardo LP-560...)
- Lens flares are pretty
- The cops are tougher. I've actually come to like that
- Police chatter

Minus:
- The heroic engine sucks! I could write a whole new journal on why.
- HDR was invented to help you see, not to blind you.
- Map is awkward. Made for game controller, not mouse.
- Map is 2 too many button presses away.
- Map is pretty much useless!
- Have to buy the CCX with real money, even then, you can't customise or use in career.
- You spend lengthening periods of time without any story, then it's all over. It makes Assassins Creed look refreshing.
- One little scrape on the wall and you lose a bunch of In The Zone points. Total a traffic car and you get more
- I no longer have the need for speed. The cars go waaay too fast. ProStreet actually had a great feel for speed
- You can't choose which music tracks to play or skip.
- Music track names don't appear on screen (except in menus).
- Rubber band cops.
- Police AI still isn't that great. I hit a spike strip, 4 mins and 3 destroyed cruisers later, they'd finally managed to stop me.
- They need a complete refresh of the body parts list. with 5x more options
- The list of rims has grown.
- Opponents cheat on highway battles.

Neutral:
- In the Zone points.
- Wheelman points.
- Lack of a main menu (It all seems to be in the pause menu.)
- Damage

Headdesk:
- You can now sort rims alphabetically!
- You can now engine brake!

I hope EA does a complete rethink of NFS before they bring the next one out in a few years. Go back to what made it popular (or what kept it popular up until Carbon), and keep it fresh.

Look what I found

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:04:51 PST

[link]

I've got myself a Garmin Etrex H. You know, that little cheap yellow GPS. So now I can geotag photos (Like I've been doing, but it makes it easier my end), and go geocaching

And 9 days ago, Cirque Du Soleil was awesome (as usual). The show I saw this time (Dralion) wasn't quite as good as the others I've seen (Quidam, Varekai), but cirque just have such high standards. And I was slightly suprised by the age of all the performers. I'm guessing the average was around 20! Oh, and all the music is performed live

Anyway, enough talk. Youtube!

Hoop Diving
Incredible balancing act
Skipping Ropes
Not from Cirque, but 33sec onwards is what they were doing

Memorable acts from other shows

German Wheel from Quidam

Foot Juggling from Varekai

(and brackets own)

Happy New Yeah

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:03:52 PST

...One hour ago.

And New Zealand is already 4 hours into the new year.

And Cirque Du Soleil was made of win I'll say more about that later. I need to sleep now...

_{_{Oh, and the "Yeah" was a typo I decided to keep...}}

I have a challenge.

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:23:42 PST

Don't drink alcohol on or around new years.

Thank me later.

Oh, and if you're looking for something to do instead of drink beer, Steam is having an awesome sale.

A few things (All $US):
- Portal ($5)
- TF2 ($10)
- Bioshock ($5)
- Orange box ($27)
- Audiosurf ($5)

Have a look. You might pick up a bargain. Or you might wish you'd bought your games now instead of earlier.

Ask me a question

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:32:35 PST

For the heck of it.

And it doesn't even have to be serious.

Srsly.

Nefis Peed

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:55:33 PST

Firstly, if any of you have seen a cool flash website, or anything cool in flash, give me a link.

Now, onto the journal.

In the past month, I've gone through NFS Carbon and am almost finished Pro-Street.

I can see why people are disappointed with them, and am glad that I didn't buy them (Yay for rental!)

NFS Carbon:

Pros:
- Autosculpt
- Much better vinyl support (NFSMW was weak in that respect)
- More paint varieties (Yum!)
- Canyon Duels

Cons:
- Not many items can be Autosculpted
- Many cars are unavailable in career mode (Audi R8, Koenigsegg CCX, Pagani Zonda...)
- No Widescreen Support
- The AI cheats (If it decides it wants to win, you should hope you're good at blocking!)
- Team drivers like to slam their brakes on right in front of you at critical moments, then speed off and leave you for dead.
- Pursuits are no longer a main feature
- Movies files crash my game

ProStreet

Pros:
- Much better autosculpt
- Widescreen support
- AI is more realistic
- Speed runs
- LP640 and Zonda
- Return to the closed circuit roots of the game (Some would say it's bad)
- Consequences for bad driving (Again, some would say it's bad)
- Decent car selection
- Oh the Speed!

Cons:
- Almost always start at back of grid
- Ryan Cooper
- Severe understeer on most cars (Damn driving engine)
- Tuning options could be better labeled for less confusion (Toe in or out has a +/- slider, not in/out)
- Ryan Cooper
- Ryan Cooper
- MY DAMN DRAG CAR WON'T WHEELIE! So now I have to go get one that does
- Drifting is seriously tricky (I'm yet to buy a Silvia or RX7 so I could change my mind)
- Nevada Speed Runs
- Auto Braking at inopportune times on easy assist modes (losing 80kph on a fast curve)
- Ryan Cooper
- Gavin May
- Ryan Friggin Cooper
- Why can't my Lotus turn on a dime?
- Crunch, smash, *rolls through the air*, Crash, Thunk, Thunk, Thunk, Thunk, Thud, ..., Tinkle Tinkle, ..., ..., Totalled!, ..., Do you want to restart? Damn Nevada.
- Unskippable start grid cutscenes
- Bloody Ryan Cooper
- Oh look, In-game advertising!

Congrats if you read all that.

Out of the two, I prefer ProStreet. It may not look like it by the length of the cons list though. Well, in a few months, I'll be borrowing NFSUC. I think I might actually like it

Bump

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:23:19 PDT

Bump

It's that busy time of year for students (in the southern hemisphere at least). Assignments are due, and exams are just around the corner. Yet I find myself playing TM Nations Forever.

And now I've made a clan. Yes, that's right. A Clan. Stupid eh

:[SDW]

It's Shoop da Whoop if you hadn't figured that out.

Colour & Formatting codes:
$FFF:$F00[$000$NSDW$F00$M] $G $<Colour of your choice>

Confused? Same. I can't do colours in my journal without being a subscriber, so Here's a monotone example of what it should look like:

:[SDW] TheRealWazzar

And the clan rules? Don't cheat, and don't do anything that can get you banned. Feel free to piss people off if you feel like it, just make sure you know when to stop.

What have I become?

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:02:22 PDT

public class Journal
{

System.out.println(
"The other day I was walking and tripped on a grate. I managed to recover pretty quickly and was walking normally within 2 steps. However, at the moment that I realised that I'd tripped and recovered, a single thought shone clear in my mind. Exception Caught."
);

System.out.print(
"What have I become..."
);

}

3 Years

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:34:54 PDT

Stats

149 Deviations
77 Scraps [browse]
6,043 Deviation Comments
3,085 Deviant Comments
29 News Comments
1,046 Forum Posts
28,218 Pageviews

And that ends my most inactive year on dA so far. Followed by an even more inactive year. I even changed the deviant type that I've had for 2 years from "Vector Artist" to "Procrastinator". I think that's more appropriate.

Since the start of 2007, I've lost the will to vector. I still do it as a way to kill time, but a lot slower and a lot less often than I used to. Besides, games are much better at killing time.

Come to think of it, dA has become a lot more boring since 2007. It was fun trolling the shoutbox, chasing poodude, and cruising the vector cars gallery daily. It's just not as fun as it used to be.

I won't leave dA. There's too much good stuff coming through my devwatch. Actually, it will probably be more of the same . Mmmmm, lurking

KTHXBAI.

Trackmania Nations Forever

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:23:35 PDT

Ooooh, Free game

I started playing it again. And now I've got over 210 medals.

My game name is therealwazzar. (No suprises)

Join me online for a live multiverse simulation. If I go online anytime soon

Or just add me to your buddy list to unlock one of those tracks.

New "Meet The..." video

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:03:55 PDT

There's a new Team Fortress 2 video out. They've really outdone themselves this time!

[link]

Absolute brilliance

Also, I've heard that there will be a free weekend sometime in the next few weeks. So if you really wanna play, keep an ear out for news.

And here's links to the rest of the videos.

Meet the Heavy
Meet the Engineer
Meet the Soldier
Meet the Demoman
Meet the Scout
Meet the Sniper

To go:
Medic
Pyro
Spy

Splinter Cell: Double Agent

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:02:39 PDT

If you've got a short attention span at the moment, or don't have much time, you might want to come back later.

I've been a fan of the Splinter Cell series ever since Pandora Tomorrow came with our Nvidia 6600GT back in 2005. At that stage, I was playing the likes of CS (original) and BF2. Having a stealth game was actually quite refreshing.

At the start of 2007, I picked up Chaos Theory for $20. Briliant value for money (excluding the awesome prices of steam games). You had better AI, better weapons and cooler moves. Not to mention a good storyline and great soundtrack (Amon Tobin FTW!).

I've been watching out for Double Agent for a while, and when I spotted it for $20 I jumped. I took it home and installed it. The first strange things I noticed were some invisible light sources. It's not easy staying undetected when there's a spotlight on you and you can't figure out how to avoid it. Shortly after, an invisible camera kept spotting me. Alarm bells started ringing in my head when I started clipping straight through some catwalks, falling to my death. I thought, gee, this is bad. They probably should have picked up on this.

At one point I wanted to load back to a previous save point. It wouldn't let me. It kept deselecting the save slot that I wanted every time I went to hit the load button. Now, most Splinter Cell players know that there's a lot of trial and error involved. But seriously, a dodgy save/load system? They screwed up royal.

At this point I went to Google to find answers. I found out that I was incredibly lucky. Here's why:

- I was running Vista
- I was playing with the graphics on full settings without any issues
- It was only crashing occasionally (I didn't suspect anything...yet)

Most people I encountered on the internet were having serious issues trying to play at all. If it worked for them, the graphics were bad (on all except todays high-end systems) and it constantly crashed. Basically, the game had more bugs than an ant colony.

At that point I remembered back to 2006 when I played the demo on our old system. It glitched out. It was playable, but the graphics were just scary. Yet if you read on the back of the Double Agent box, the Nvidia 6600GT is a supported graphics card. Go figure.

And the icing on the cake? Ubisoft have only released one patch for the game...a few weeks after release. Why? To put in a feature that was advertised on the box. That's right. Sad isn't it.

From what I've established, here's why it's all so bad. It was originally created for the Xbox 360, then ported to other consoles from there. Most game companies do this with hardly any problems. But Ubi Shanghai was in a hurry, and they seriously skimped on quality control.

And now? I'm in the last quarter of the game, feeling glad that I got so far. Because now it crashes whenever I go to reload my game...which is often. I might finish it when I have the patience.

So I've gone back to playing the Battlefield games. People complained that they were full of bugs. At least they've had recent patches though.

Summary:
Gameplay: 6/10 Same ol' Sam. That's good and bad.
Graphics: 9/10 This must have been where they spent all their time.
Moves: 8/10 Some seriously cool stuff here.
Music: 8/10 Pretty good. Not my style, but suits the game really well.
Story: 6/10 Decent. I think it's a bit vague because it relies on the players actions so much.
Performance: -16/10 Fail. They ruined it by rushing it.
Overall: 4/10 The serious flaws ruined a game with a lot of potential. It's sad really

Wow, that was long.

Next up? The Boob job.

What? did I say Boob? Oh, I meant The Bank Job. Sorry, Freudian slip.

Lemon Lime & Bitters

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:34:40 PDT

I just bought two bottles of Lemon Lime & Bitters. Bundaberg and Angostura. I made the mistake of drinking from the Angostura bottle first. In comparison, the Bundaberg bottle tasted like someone had peed into it. I'm not even sure if I'll finish the bottle. Bundaberg makes good Sars and Ginger Beer, but fails to be anywhere near as good with LL&B.

Next test - Kirks Lemon Lime & Bitters. I'm pretty sure it won't fare as well as Bundaberg, but I can still be suprised

Next Review: Splinter Cell: Double Agent. Hints? Don't buy it for any more than $20.

Whoa.

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:58:08 PDT

This is trippy. I should go AFK more often. Actually, something that's interesting to note is that the poll on the bottom of the front page has maxed out it's votes at 32,767. Anyone who knows computers well should notice something odd about that. I wonder how long it will take before the admins notice

Also, on the topic of AFK I'll be going to Cairns for over a week. So no net. You probably won't miss me, but you'll know when I return

Actually when I get back, I'll probably be too busy finding my way around again.

Hey, I can change the mood icon again

Mmmk...

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:16:39 PDT

Today is my 18th birthday

So far it looks like it will be a quiet day sitting at home with loud music and a load of games.

I haven't got any prezzies yet, aside from all the toys I've been buying over the last few months Then again, I don't really mind

BTW, I can't change my mood icon...when I click the list it seems like it's forever loading...Oh well

Time to go off and buy a lighter to start little fires, and I'm not talking about smokes

Clear The Streets Again!

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:50:31 PDT

If you happen to be on the Gold Coast, watch out for a crazy P plater.

Wai...

As I think about it, most P platers are crazy, so watch out for yet another one

_{_{_{And if you're wondering, I couldn't justify the creation of two more pointless plz accounts.}}}

Meet the Team + Free Weekend

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:14:50 PDT

Update: You can play this game for free from now until midnight sunday. [link]

Anyone kept up with the Team Fortress 2 "Meet The" videos?
Frankly, they're brilliant

So enjoy if you haven't seen them already.

Meet the Heavy
Meet the Engineer
Meet the Soldier
Meet the Demoman
Meet the Scout
Meet the Sniper

To go:
Medic
Pyro
Spy

My faves so far are the Engineer and the Sniper I'm seriously looking forward to the three that haven't been made yet, Pyro especially _{(HMMMMM MMMPPHH!! HHMMM HHHMMM HHMMMMM!!)}.

Filters

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:07:28 PDT

I've finally got a decent amount of spending money, and I've been looking into getting some filters for my camera.

So far the list goes like this:

62mm Adapter Ring
P Filter-Holder
P Wide-Angle Holder (Maybe later)
ND100
ND4 Grad
Tobacco Grad T2 Soft

Any comments or suggestions?

Tagged

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:20:18 PDT

I was starting to get that feeling that it had been a while since I was last tagged. When I saw "I've been tagged" appear on =Deathdart's page, I knew I was in for it.

I've been tagged a few times before, but not yet this year. So that makes my list of past taggers:

~metdude
~Bondy-1725
~blooddx66
~roguedeveloper
=Deathdart

Now onto the rules:
_{_{1. post these rules.}}
_{_{_{_{2. each tagged person must post 8 things about their self on their journal.}}}}
_{_{_{_{_{_{3. at the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people and post their icons on the same journal.}}}}}}
_{_{_{_{_{_{_{_{4. go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.}}}}}}}}
_{_{_{_{_{_{_{_{_{_{5. no tag-backs.}}}}}}}}}}
_{_{_{_{_{_{_{_{_{_{_{_{6.See Rule changing Policy.}}}}}}}}}}}}

Anyways...

1. I'm attracted to gadgets like these guys are with lights [link] . I cannot afford most...but I'm working on it

2. I've been off 2142 for over a month. It's probably long enough for my stats to go AWOL. I'll get back into it in the holidays...

3. It's rare if you see me wearing pants other than camo pants. I wish they did proper cloaking. That would be awesome

4. I still remember some small details in Pokemon Gold, even though it's been 2 years since I played it last.

5. I believe that I get addicted to things easily. That's why I won't drink, smoke, take drugs or play WoW.

6. I gave in and signed up to Myspace back in 06. However, I refuse to join Fackbook.

7. I make music in Fruityloops [link] . I'm not really any good, but I find it fun. (oldest (and crappiest) at top).

8. I make an effort to type properly on the internet, and even in text messages. Iz awlso floont n lolspeak kthxbai. Go figure...

I promise I'll think of better things when I get tagged next time instead of spending most of the time picking people to tag...You'll see what I mean if you look at their pages.

Now I tag:

And most importantly...~Mirrors Edge Trailer

What is it about DICE games that I find so addictive? BF 2142 kept me amused for over a year, and BF Heroes has got my attention, but this...

I just hope they do this properly.

And while I'm here, I'll list the games I'm impatiently waiting for.

- BF Heroes
- Starcraft 2
- Deus Ex 3
- Splinter Cell: Conviction
- Portal 2 or HL: EP 3
- And now Mirrors Edge.

Is Mirrors Edge the only original game...

Learning Flash

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:12:42 PDT

I'm learning flash.

What...

Ok...so I'm learning about the parts that I didn't know how to use before.

After a few weeks working in actionscript 1.0, I'm already trying to create a fully working one of these in actionscript 2.0. It's as a side project

When it's done I'll probably integrate it into the backroom section of my brand new flash website. Once I make a new website that is.

So, you see I'm 2 steps ahead. It's just that I haven't figured out how to do the first step.

Oh well.

Huh?

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:56:47 PDT

Where are my Ads! I'm horribly disappointed! I was looking forward to ads for all this time!

_{_{_{I love AdBlock}}}

Anyway, I just got a new phone off Ebay. It's a Nokia 6600, so it's not really new at all (+4 years), but it owns what I currently have in every way, and it's cheaper Now I just have to wait for shipping.

Oh yes, and if you want a suprisingly fun free racing game, get Trackmania: Nations Forever. I've been playing this for the past few days, and haven't had as much fun since playing Bumps & Stunts (I think I played that last about 8 years ago...yeah that's right...) on ~Secret-Master's computer. So seriously, for $0, you can't go wrong. Oh, and I think it runs through Steam. That might be optional though.

I can't think of anything else worth saying. I might submit some Uni stuff soon. It'll probably go into my scraps...

Status:

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:56:31 PDT

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This is just an update on what I'm up to these days.

Uni

I'm currently at Uni doing a Bachelor of Multimedia. It's a three year course, and I've just started, so there's a long way to go yet.

Current Activities/Studies:

- Flash (Everything except drawing...I've already know how to do that.)
- Learning Java (>_< I'll get used to it eventually)
- Working with Illustrator (Mostly crappy stuff. I might put it all in my scraps when I'm done. BTW, NO CARS. And don't ask for one...)
- Web design basics (Tables are yucky. Why is my tutor using them!)
- And more random junk.

I'm hoping to create a new website for myself with my new flash skills. Don't expect anything in the near future though.

Job

On a slightly newer piece of news, I have a job. Yay. Now I can buy stuff (once I pay off my $2200 uni fees).

Anyways, It's a Sweedish company, and there's lots of four wheeled vehicles involved.

I push trolleys at Ikea (Sorry guys, not Koenigsegg). The pay isn't bad, and besides, the lazier people get, the more money I get. I love $2 trolleys.

Vectors

I'm working on quite a few vectors at the moment, but it seems that I'm starting more than I'm finishing. Yeah, it's messed up, but from what I've heard, I'm not the only one.

I find that the laziness starts setting in right when I'm about to start the rims. I love doing the bodywork though. EAT MY RADIAL GRADIENTS ILLUSTRATOR.

In order of completion:
AC Schintzer BMW M Coupe - 95%, 30+ Hours
Audi TT (new) - 60%, 10+ Hours
Humber? - 40%, 3 Hours
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 - 15%, 4+ Hours

They'll be done whenever I finish them. They might not even get finished in that order.

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My sub is going to run out soon. But now that I have a job, I might be able to buy my own now. Then again, I could also spend that $40 on BF2142:NS. Decisions, decisions...

_{Footnotes

- I love IR and Panos. You all knew that already though.
- I want to hit whoever invented gradients in Illustrator. They're un-intuitive, and without the gradient transform tool, inflexible and hard to control. Gradient mesh is sweet though.
- I might actually get some games for my DS...
- Matthew Reilly books OWN. I've read 3 in 4 days.
- I probably won't get a sub until I've made myself some new CSS.
- I'm ranked #15 of FAV drivers in AU in 2142.
- I still haven't played Crysis.
- Time to ditch my POS phone
- My legs hurt.
- I'm tired.}

Oh noes!

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:17:50 PDT

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This will make a lot more sense tomorrow.

BTW, Treecko OWNS Mudkipzzz. But Flygon smashes them both.

Now where was I...Oh yes...DS games.

New System

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:34:53 PDT

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A what?

~wireblue has splashed out and bought a sweet new system. And I'll be keeping it warmed up when he's not around

Specs

- Intel Xeon 3Ghz (Dual Core)
- Nvidia 8800 GT (Gainward Flavour)
- 4 GB Ram
- 500 GB Hard drive
- Windows Vista Ultimate
- Gigabyte EP35-DS3P Mobo
- Pioneer 215BK disc drive
- Corsair HX-520 Power Supply
- Antec Solo Case
- Samsung 226BW Monitor
- Logitec G7 Mouse
- Logitec G15 Keyboard

All up cost? about $2000 AU.

Now what.

I'm running BF2142 on maximum settings and barely dipping below 95 FPS. Oh yes, about my driving. I'm now ranked 18th in Australia. 281st in the whole world. And lately, I've been recording my antics in Fraps. I think I've got about 30+ roadkill videos with a few double roadkills in the mix. Sucks to be under my wheels, unless you happen to be planting explosives, in which case it sucks to be me.

I've also installed Crysis, and although I'm yet to play it, ~wireblue has got it running on High settings at about 30 FPS.

TL;DR? Kickass comp, and I'm catching up on the last year of new release games.

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No More Hijacks + IR + Uni

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:06:38 PST

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Nooo Moar Hijinks/Hihacks

All done. The dictatorship shall be reclaiming 0wn3rship until whenever.

Polls

1. What would you like to see ~xero-ai draw more of? - ~xero-ai
2. Why does 2+2=4? - ~shinoahdeath
3. What makes a web page design look professional? - *mross5013
4. Which should ~shinoahdeath 's featured deviation be? - ~shinoahdeath again
5. Which is your favourite Game Studio? - ~OfficerMike

I've got my whitebalance set up properly and it's looking good! No more painful red pictures, Just lots of browns and blues. I'll put up pics whenever I get around to editing them.

Uni

I've had my first taste of uni so far. I'm liking it, but I'm afraid of when the work finally comes...

Whoa

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:42:45 PST

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Checkit

This is the awesome-est light painting I've ever seen.

EVER.

It's got some swearing, so if you've got a problem with that, put it on mute! Still, you must watch...

IR Tests

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:29:00 PST

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Ooooh, Lookies

Now that I can shove in images, I'll put up my IR stuff so far.

Music

Here's what I've been listening to - DT8 Project - Perfect World. It's House/Trance, so if you're not into it, you probably won't like it. If that's your thing though, go check it

My faves are tracks 3-5, 7, 9, 11-13. Probably 7 and 5 the most though.

Subscribed again!

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:19:30 PST

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Cool

I got pimped by +ekud!

Now it's time to pull out all the polls I've been meaning to do, return to the shoutbox, mod my CSS, and most importantly, get the Equals back! Ok, so the Equals isn't really that important. Still, it's good.

I'll update the list of awesome people. Ok...awesome people who've bought me subs. The rest of you are awesome too.

1. =Deathdart
2. ~roguedeveloper
3. +ekud

Sup

A lot has changed since last time I was a beta tester. Now they're testing this collections thing. It's like gallery folders except it's in your favourites.

I seriously cannot be bothered sorting my thousands of faves into categories. Maybe if I get ultra-bored I will. Good idea for those getting started though.

Ummmm

I don't really have much else to say...except that I'm working on a new journal background. Maybe even a revamp of the whole style. We'll see

Uni

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:59:09 PST

I just enrolled

It's a 3 year course, and hopefully I'll end up with a Bachelor of Multimedia. I'm not sure where I want it to lead, but at least this course is flexible in that respect.

So, in the coming year, expect things that you've never seen from me before, and twists on things that I do a lot of.

Just don't expect them to be any good.

New Toy + HL2 EP2

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:40:34 PST

Hoya R72 Infra-Red Filter

I'm still messing with the white balance & stuff, so don't expect any decent deviations just yet.

But you can see two shots I've done so far.

IR Test 1
IR Test 2

They were both taken on an overcast rainy day, so weather wise they look nothing special. Still, gotta admit that the trees and grass look pretty cool.

On a side note, I just finished HL2, EP2. Only 5 more achievements to go though...
Check out me and ~wireblue's stats here.

The Acheivements that we haven't got are some of the hardest in the game. In the Achievement 'Get Some Grub', you have to kill 333 grubs. I killed 329. Noooooooooo!!!

Update: I've done it . I managed to kill every grub and find every web cache, while holding a garden gnome.

I'm back again =D

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:50:31 PST

Again...

It was much better this time around. I got to go see ~Secret-Master and the kr3w, and got some good pics of NZ. I'll upload them once I've finished my next project...

Project Refresh!

Yeah, I just made that up. Anyway, I've been reviving my old pics in photoshop, something I neglected to do back when I submitted them originally.

Here are some that I've refreshed:

Wingit
Quiet
At Rest

Sorry I didn't keep the original versions for comparison. Not that they were really worth seeing.

I'll also be moving my average photos to scraps and deleting the lame ones.

You can tell if a pic has been refreshed if it has my logo in the bottom corner, and _{TheRealWazzar} on the other side.

So that's pretty much it for now

I'm off again. (Update)

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:04:27 PST

Off to New Zealand to finish what we missed last time >_< Just me and Dad this time.

I've also been putting my photos on Panoramio. My Account is here. The special thing about Panoramio is that photos that you upload there are put onto Google Earth for the world to see. I've already got 2 up on Google Earth, and I'm hoping the rest will be approved soon.

I've been greatly upping my FAV stats since last time. I think the last time I mentioned my position, it was on the 4th of October. I'd just moved into 85th. Now I'm sitting nicely in 26th. In the last 30 or so rounds, I've come 1st in the FAV in about 25 of them, Averaging around 15 kills per round. I also managed to collect the greatest measurable achievement for FAV driving...the Gold Transport Badge. To pick that up, I had to get 12 roadkills in one round. As of the last few rounds, the FAV has become more deadly than my best weapon, the Voss L-AR.

TL;DR: Going to NZ, Look for my pics on Google Earth, Kickass in an FAV.

Merry Christmas! Or something like that.

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:55:44 PST

I find it funny how things change over the years. My parents were dragging me and ~wireblue out of bed this morning. Years ago, it used to be us doing the same to them...

Merry Christmas from Aperture Science.

I couldn't help but notice that Trey the F'n Gnome was sitting on the shelf. Not to mention the turret tucked behind the ammo crates...

I envy you people with white Christmases...

Another Hint

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:19:41 PST

The vector is done, and I'm not submitting it until you can guess what it is

And yes, it's the vector I mentioned in my last journal.

Now, I've mentioned that it's the kind of car that a Ninja would drive. That is if they drive cars, because they obviously use motorbikes.

Here's another clue then. It looks like it drove out of Skunkworks.

BTW, check these out
Funny Interrogations 1
Funny Interrogations 2

It's REALLY good to be back.

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:10:51 PST

It was quite some 2 weeks. I never want to do it again

If you want the slightly more interesting yet less informative bit, go down to the bold.

The flight to NZ was scheduled for the morning of the 25th. It was canceled due to a birdstrike. The plane never got to my airport. Instead, we had to wait for 6 hours before going to Sydney, somehow finding our way to the international terminal, then catching a connecting flight to NZ. We got there 12 hours late. At least Virgin/Pacific Blue was nice and gave us free food vouchers, and transport between terminals. Not to mention free tickets...

Once we got there, it got increasingly chaotic. We spent the whole 2 weeks renovating a house. The nights got later, and the mornings got earlier just to meet the deadline. By Sunday 2 weeks later, we still hadn't finished, but the house was looking much better.

We were planning on going up to see ~secretmaster and the crew, but we ran out of time

We got to the airport on Sunday to find our plane had been Cancelled. Damn Cyclones in Fiji...

At least though, we had enough time to take a breath before the next scheduled flight the next day.

And so, I just made it back in time for my High school graduation. Hurrah!

The Bold Bit

Things I learned:

- Moths are the stupidest creatures still alive. They spend all night smashing themselves into lights. Then they bash themselves into any window on the house until they find one that's open, then continue to batter themselves on the lights. once they sustain some damage, they spin out of control, and make a beautiful moth-dust angel on our freshly painted doors and walls, where they remain until someone scrapes them off. By the end of the trip, I was killing moths just to raise the average IQ of the world. Even flies and sheep have more intelligence.

- There were way more flies in Christchurch, than there are on the gold coast. Every morning, I'd watch a swarm hover around on our back porch. And that's all they did. Hover around. However, though Aussie flies my be less numerous, they make up for it by being annoying. If there is a fly within 50 meters of you, it will make a beeline for you, and buzz around you until you kill it. And they're hard to kill...

- NZ air is beautiful. Sure, it is cold, but breathing and moving is easy. Gold coast air is excessively humid...

- NZ Ice cream Pwnz any Aussie stuff. We went through a whole 2L tub in one afternoon between 4 of us.

- NZ water is so lacking in flavour, that it's delicious. Seriously, never trust water with a flavour.

- If you need to do something, give yourself 1.5x the time needed, but work to meet the normal time frame. Then spend the rest of the time partying.

- If you set yourself tight time constraints, things such as canceled flights are almost certain.

- Australia is screwed. If it self destructs, I've got my evac plan prepared.

Oh yes, and I've started a vector that I'll actually get around to finishing. It's the ultimate car for Ninjas. I'll say no more

On the topic on Ninjas...LOL

It's good to be back...for now.

~ThEReAlWaZzAr — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:17:34 PST

Rightmost panel>>>

I've found that I'm at my best after leaving it alone for some time. That round, I only died 7 times, and got about 34 kills...as you can see, most with the FAV.

Now, on that note, it looks like I'll be leaving it alone for a bit more time. I'm off to NZ tomorrow morning, and will be getting back on the 9th.

I won't have the net this time around. Not that you'd notice my absence...