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Free Software : Giveaway of the day

melz — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:54:49 +0000

Check out this post daily for free software giveaway

Now playing: J.S. Bach – Prelude from Suite for Lute in g minor (S K Y . F M – Mostly Classical – Listen and Relax, it’s good for you! www.sky.fm)

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Free Games : Giveaway of the day

melz — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:44:50 +0000

Check out this page daily for free games giveaway~

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Online Gaming with Streamyx

melz — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:28:26 +0000

I bet a lot of online out there would agree that Streamyx isn’t a very good solution for Online Gaming. Connection speed is on best-effort basis and not to mention the number of disconnection per day that I experienced. Back in hometown, my connection drops every 1–5 minutes after getting connected. If I’m lucky, maybe I’ll get to stay online for 3–5 hours and then get disconnected.

For online gamers, they will surely get pissed of by the connection. Let me give you a situation. Imagine that you’re playing Ragnarok Online and you’re in the middle of the Guild War. All of the sudden, you connection drops. I’m pretty sure you’ll go @*&(@39869*@(*^&(@*#7923@!! ScREAAAAAAAMYXXXXXX .

That’s what my housemate does all the time. All of the sudden I’ll hear him swear. When he does, it means the Streamyx connection has dropped. LOL FYI, he’s a BlueServer DOTA gamer. Every disconnection suffered increased the chances of his account get banned. And those who played on BlueServer knows it very well that users can only apply for one BS account per Streamyx account.

So… TMNET ~ How are we gonna enjoy our games when the connection is still crappy as ever ? What’s the point of promoting JumboPlay when the game keep halting and crashing whenever you have a disconnection. Might as well just spend some money and get the game CD instead. Sigh…….

Tags: online+games, blueserver, dota, streamyx, tmnet, malaysia, warcraft

DOTA BlueServer Quiz Answers

melz — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:12:58 +0000

My housemate was having trouble figuring out all the answers for account registration quiz on BlueServer the other day. Not being a WarCraft DOTA fans myself, I feel that it’s kinda weird that people have to answer questions regarding the private DOTA server in order to register for an account.

Anyway, I’ll just cut the crap and go straight to the point. My housemate stumbled across this site that contains all the answers to the quiz. I’ll just share it here in case someone needs it. =p

Blueserver Registration Quiz Q&A

Blueserver quiz question & answer 1
Who or where to report leavers?
*Users Management Forum -> Official Banlist

Blueserver quiz question & answer 2
What would you do if someone keep insulting you even you advised him or her not to insult you again?
*Get all the valid evidences and open a report at Official Banlist Compilation

Blueserver quiz question & answer 3
When is ban points getting removed from an account?
*Never

Blueserver quiz question & answer 4
What is the main objective of Blueserver?
*Creating an ethical gaming environment

Blueserver quiz question & answer 5
if you lost your password what can you do?
*Use the “Password Reset” that located at http://blueserver.org

Continue reading for more answers =)

Blueserver quiz question & answer 6
Each player are limited to how many accounts?
*One.

Blueserver quiz question & answer 7
Assume that you joined Sentinel Team, under which of the following situations you’re not allowed to backdoor?
*Scourge team has 4 players and sentinel team has 5 players.

Blueserver quiz question & answer 8
In the following items which combination is valid for making a leaver report?
*Offender name, a ping screenshot with offender name in it, reason and replay only.

Blueserver quiz question & answer 9
What should you do if teammate took your items without your permission?
*Advice him with proper language, make report if he doesn’t return the items.

Blueserver quiz question & answer 10
What is the maximum number of account you can create per supported email address?
*1

Blueserver quiz question & answer 11
Which of the following technologies will greatly reduce the chances of packet lost in a game?
*Antispike

Blueserver quiz question & answer 12
What is the minimum ban point(s) for an account to be permanently banned?
*3 ban points

Blueserver quiz question & answer 13
If an opponent player purposely feeding and his teammates are whinning for remaking the game, what should you do as a game host?
*Request the player to leave and file a report againts him.

Blueserver quiz question & answer 14
What kind of players are welcomed to Blueserver?
*Ethical and follow the rules

Blueserver quiz question & answer 15
Your warcraft are fresh installed. How do you get the latest DotA Allstars map?
*Download it from http://getdota.com

Blueserver quiz question & answer 16
How do you turn off the autosave replay feature?
*Open Bprotect.ini, change the autosave value to 0

Blueserver quiz question & answer 17
In which of the following situations a player is allowed to leave without violating the rules?
*2 of the players in Scourge team left. Thefore the remaining players in Scourge team decided to remake.

Blueserver quiz question & answer 18
Which of the following password are safe and hardly guessed by account stealer(a.k.a hacker for non-technical person)?
*Password: h3q@t$o1yk~0

Blueserver quiz question & answer 19
Which of the following email domains are not allowed for gaming access?
*Tm.net.my

Blueserver quiz question & answer 20
Which of the following situations below allow you to backdoor?
*When there are fair numbers of players.

Blueserver quiz question & answer 21
Which of the following factors are not affecting the latency of a game (Which of the following factors will not make the game lag)?
*Blueserver

Blueserver quiz question & answer 22
What do you think about people that provide answers to this registration quiz?
*Great… They provide free advertisement for Blueserver. Everyone knows about Blueserver. As they already fallen into a trick megablue designed to attract more players and popularity to Blueserver.

Blueserver quiz question & answer 23
If one of your friend account are banned, what should you do?
*Advise and explain to him why he should not to break the rules.

Blueserver quiz question & answer 24
A player tells you he is gm or implying that power has been given to him, what should you do?
*Get all the valid evidences and report him.

Blueserver quiz question & answer 25
Assume you’re a host which of the following actions you’re advised to do before you start the game?
*Snap two /ping screenshots, wait everyone ready and do a 5 seconds countdown manually

Credit goes to Glare (MalaysiaDota blog)

Tags: DOTA, Defense+of+the+ancients, WarCraft, BlueServer

Screwed up kingdom monarch in Utopia

melz — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:51:33 +0000

I got back into Utopia after 6 years stopping. Initially started playing it in year 2000. Kinda got addicted to it. I thought this time I’ll land in some good Kingdom. Damn! I was wrong. The King is pretty screwed up. A province got threatened just because he doesn’t wanna give his account information to the King. This dumb monarch’s friend wanted to play in the same Kingdom but this “victim” refuses to give in. Guess what’s their tagline now ? “ Play for the Kingdom, or the Kingdom play with you.” Pathetic!

Sadly, the province got “raped” by the dumb monarch henchmen. The rest couldn’t see the real picture behind what’s happening. The victim posted conversation between him and the monarch in the game forum but most of his post got deleted. Things doesn’t look good on his side now. He sent me his log. Seems like that stupid monarch give him some choice.

1. Give in his account details

2. Get p4wn3d.

3. Or defect.

As far as I know, trading accounts are not allowed in Utopia. I’m really dismayed by what’s happening now. Still deciding whether to defect or just delete the damn account for good. Who know’s I might be targeted next. Sigh…

Tags: Utopia

Dreaming to be a hacker ?

melz — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:16:30 +0000

Slavehack (www.slavehack.com) is a really awesome game. Its a browser based online virtual haxxoring game.

What is Slave hack ?
Slave Hack is an online hacking simulation game, Slave Hack is NOT related to any real hacking !
All in-game is virtual, everything is made up..like the IP ranges, software, warez etc.

Ok I’m not afraid anymore..so tell me about the features?
To start with the best: SH is a free game, you never need to show your credit card.
You start SH with a very old (133Mhz, 1gb harddisk) computer, you will need to gather some hack software quick or else you won’t be able to defend yourself in this virtual world ! You can choose to live very defensive with as goal to collect great firewalls and live peacefully…Or choose to collect powerfull Firewall-bypassers and password crackers to hack computers and make them your slaves.

These hacked computers(Slaves) can be used to earn money or gain more power:
-Use them to send spam (Earn a few euros for every million emails).
-Sell warez (Illegally download one of the latest games and sell it online).
-DDoS and destroy an enemy computer.
…and more.

Slaves will co-operate gently…BUT make sure you clean out all log files now and then ! Otherwise your PC will be visited by some nasty admins very soon…You can also use logs in your advantage though: Check logfiles of other pc’s to track any online transaction… and then what? Hack the bank account !

Goal of the game: Gather the best software and hardware around and hack as much player computers and NPC servers as you can to earn a spot in the highscore OR another goal is to obtain the power of pure pwnage and spread your clan all over the network.

p/s : I’m not encouraging anyone to hack nor I’m endorsing any hacking activities. It’s just a game. Have fun!

God Of War 2

melz — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:34:07 +0000

A review done by my friend,

MetapHor

In case you didn’t play the 1st sequel let me give you some stuff here that will make you regret that you didn’t bought and play God of War.God of War blew us away with its style and commitment to making one of the most bad-ass experiences in videogame history. For an original game it was a stunning achievement and deservedly won high marks from practically every reviewer who went through it. It looked fantastic, played smooth, and delivered in just about every area. But after some time to think and reflect we decided that we still wanted more and that even in something this good there is still room for growth so we put together a wishlist of things we’d like to see in God of War 2.

Can you really play a game which is one of the finest action games to date and ask for more? Of course you can. That’s the motivation that constantly pushes the art of gaming further along. Pac-Man was a hell of a game for the time, but thankfully we’ve moved on well past that landmark in gaming history. So in that same passion for excellence in all that we see and spend several consecutive hours of our life playing, progress must continue. And if that next step takes place on the PS3 and blows us away again, then bring it on. We can’t wait.

If you haven’t played God of War yet, then there’s no reason to continue reading this article. For one thing, you need to go out and play the game right now. We’re not yelling and screaming about this game for no reason. It needs to be experienced. The other reason is that there are a couple of spoilers in here that are better left as surprises if you haven’t played it yet. But if you know the game inside and out and have finished it at least once, then continue on for our God of War Wishlist.

Final Fantasy XIII

melz — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:08:46 +0000

The long awaited , the most anticipated , the most tempting GAMES of all

Final Fantasy XIII was officially announced for the Playstation 3 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. The intial trailer showed a very futuristic setting, one that we have never seen in a Final Fantasy game before, and a female protagonist (who could possible be the main character) fighting a bunch of guards. Her weapon was a sort of “Gunblade” and no, not like Squall’s, this one was a gun that transformed into a blade.

The girl fought a bit like Yuna, jumping around and pumping the bad guys full of lead. The battle system seems very “active” and fluid as there was a mass of enemies on screen and it looked like it went into a cutscene and back out of it with no load times. The game looks to be a true testement to the Playstation 3’s power. Not much else is known about the game yet.

Links to watch the sexy babe kick ass
http://www.ff-xiii.net/videos/XIII%20E3.MP4
I’ve watched the video myself and i considered my ass got kicked by the stunning graphics and the gameplay is awesooome!

The name for the whole FFXIII series has been dubbed “Fabula Nova Crystallis”. FABULA NOVA CRYSTALLIS, defined in Latin as “the new tale of the crystal,” is made up of several different titles based on variations of the FINAL FANTASY XIII universe. However, while each title in the project features different characters, different worlds, and different stories, all are ultimately based on and expand upon a common mythos.

More reviews to come

MetapHor

Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra

melz — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:28:46 +0000

Review taken from GameSpot.com

Xenosaga Episode III is a fitting, if convoluted, end to the cinematic science-fiction role-playing trilogy.

The Good: Intuitive battle system and well-balanced customization; great in-battle graphical effects; characters are all given a fitting sendoff.

The Bad: Story is wrapped up well, but you’ll need to constantly reference a database to keep up with it; obviously edited blood makes a number of scenes completely absurd.

Monolith Soft’s Xenosaga series is noted not only for its wordy German subtitles and lengthy cutscene exposition, but for its hugely complex storyline that’s influenced by equal parts science fiction, religion, and myth. The series’ first two chapters ended with far more questions and mysteries than they answered or explained, so Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra begins with an almost ludicrous amount of enigmas that need resolving. Fortunately, Xenosaga Episode III manages to wrap things up in dramatic and mostly satisfying fashion for the memorable main cast and the universe that they inhabit, while simultaneously leaving the door open for a continuation.

The familiar cast has reassembled one last time, including MOMO and her unfortunate, if jaunty, beret.

Episode III starts off with scientist Shion Uzuki participating in a break-in at a Vector Corporation research facility in an attempt to gain information. She’s discovered that her former employer, which was funding and directing the development of the android KOS-MOS, has a more sinister connection to the appearance of the gnosis (strange ethereal creatures that can destroy the living with a touch) than anyone knows. What’s more, apparently Shion’s own deceased father had some culpability in the alien invasion now afflicting the universe. With her heart in turmoil, the young scientist turned her back on Vector and has teamed up with Scientia, an anti-UMN organization that fights against the all-encompassing Vector and its distribution network. This small reconnaissance venture begins to scratch at the surface of massive intergalactic power plays, as several factions (including the zealots of the Immigrant Fleet, Ormus) begin to set their plans in motion to use the powerful Zohar artifact for personal gain. Unrest shifts among the member planets of the Federation, and war is threatening the people even as they live in fear of the gnosis. To reveal any more would spoil the game’s serpentine storyline, but Episode III, even though it can’t resist throwing in a bunch of new mysterious artifacts, places, factions, and terms, inexorably builds to its ultimate conclusion. Each character comes to his or her own sort of redemption as they resolve their pasts and face the future, and the general confusion of organizations and motives is slowly but surely reduced to a single, ominous objective. An extremely helpful feature is Episode III’s massive database, a huge reference table of characters, events, items, and other entries that populates itself as you learn new things–and there’s a lot to take in. Needless to say, those who haven’t played a Xenosaga game before will have a lot of reading to do to try to get up to speed, but there’s also a summary feature that covers the first two games if you need a refresher. It’s hard not to be taken in by all the grand, cinematic drama, and there’s plenty of opportunity to do so. Episode III has more than eight hours of voiced story sequences, some of which are delivered in truly massive chunks. With so much voice work and what’s largely a weighty, serious script, some of the delivery falters for some individuals. But there are also a number of genuinely moving moments that surround characters that you might never have expected to be sympathetic to. Despite all the twists and turns and a whole bunch of outright insanity at the very end, it’s a fascinating tale, even if parts of it seem determined to remain inscrutable. It’s also worth mentioning that, like other installments in the series, this episode has seen some edits for new territories–in particular, the removal of blood from some scenes. While this keeps the game happily in T-for-Teen territory, there is at least one major moment in the game where a character is obviously reacting to large amounts of blood–only the blood itself is completely erased. Instead of being a visceral, if somewhat horrifying, scene, it just looks as if the person is staring at the floor and going insane. While this isn’t too far-fetched for the Xenosaga universe, it’s still unfortunate, and the scenes that were made bloodless after the fact are extremely obvious.

The E.S. units have returned, and they’re as ridiculously powerful as ever.

The game’s battle system is derivative of the versions in previous chapters, with some changes and additions, and is easy to pick up. When on foot, your characters are able to use basic melee skills, powerful tech attacks, or magical ether attacks on enemies. Successfully damaging foes will fill the boost meter, which allows you to either “boost” a character to attack on the next turn, or save boost charges for a variety of special attacks. Something new this time around is break, which is a meter on each character that slowly fills as that character takes damage. If the meter becomes full, that person is afflicted by break status and cannot move for two turns; they’re also very vulnerable to critical strikes. The upside is that your enemies also have break meters, so you can use break attacks to immobilize them while setting up boost attacks or other strong moves to polish them off quickly. When you’re not on foot you’ll be fighting in E.S. mobile suits, giant robotic war machines with special powers. Each is equipped with an artifact called a Vessel of Anima that allows the unit to get charged up and use blisteringly strong abilities on foes. E.S.-based fights tend to feature a lot of mechs flying around doing crazy-looking attacks, and they feel really satisfying.

If there’s a downside to the battle system, it’s in how the difficulty ramps up. Just about all the enemies and bosses on the game’s lengthy first disc can be beaten very handily, but disc two introduces a number of very nasty people. Many of the later bosses in the game have abilities that will outright kill a character who wasn’t at absolute full health, and in some cases will kill you anyway. Many of these fights can also drag on for some time, as you spend about as much time healing and trying to defend as you do sneaking attacks in. The game is at least kind with the availability of resurrection items and talents, so that you can keep your party members popping up like daisies when not in E.S.es. Mechs, on the other hand, will disappear from battle entirely if they fall, so, ironically, you’ll have to guard your massive robots a bit more closely than your fleshier friends.

Even giant battle machines must fear explosions.

A new character customization system lets you allocate skill points into abilities, much like Final Fantasy X’s sphere grid, only a great deal more simplistic. Each character has two skill paths from which they can choose. Usually, one choice is offensive in nature and one is defensive; for example, the cyborg Ziggy can either learn a range of powerful break attacks on one tree, or he can boost his health and defense and concentrate on being an effective “tank” character to take damage in place of his comrades. Putting points in one tree doesn’t lock you out of the other, and you’ll probably finish out one tree and start learning skills in the other one anyway; but while the customization might not be all that deep, it still encourages you to make a conscious decision early on about the direction in which you want to take your characters, and it lets you build a balanced team. Encounters in the game are not random–you’ll see monsters on the map, and you can sneak up to attack them from behind for initiative, or place a trap on the ground to immobilize them. You can scoot past some of the foes, but because most enemies in an area don’t respawn after you’ve killed them, the amount of leveling you’ll do in one area can be a bit limited, so you might as well shoot everything first and ask questions later. For the most part, boss encounters seem to be balanced around the levels you get from killing most of the random enemies, so there’s none of that business of having to run around trying to gain another five levels and whatnot. The skill system also helps out with this a lot, as many skill trees include stat boosts like health and ether power, so basic stats can be increased without having to gain more levels. The game itself easily reaches a full 40 hours between the two discs, each with plenty of cutscenes to watch along the way. While you can single-mindedly work through the game without touching any of the extras, there are still items to seek out, including the newest incarnation of everyone’s favorite overpowered little robot, Erde Kaiser, and the mysterious segment file doors make their return as well. You can seek out alternate swimsuit outfits for your characters and you can track down special database files to reveal more information about the game’s various bit players and backstories. Once you’ve finished the game, you’ll get a clear file and an unlocked swimsuit mode that lets you replay any of the game’s story sequences with Shion and company dressed for the beach, provided you’ve already discovered that character’s swimsuit in the game. The clear file lets you replay only the very last areas of the game, but you retain all your learned abilities. There’s even a puzzle-based Lemmings-like minigame that you can play with a friend if you so desire–and there’s a level editor built in for you to create your own death traps.

The identities of the Testaments and myriad other pressing questions are finally wrapped up once and for all.

Visually, the game is fleshed out with a lot of smooth, futuristic ships and research facilities, large cities, forests, ruins, and more. Character animations for cutscenes and battles are well done, and just about all the special attacks in the game are impressive to look at–particularly the anima abilities of the E.S.es, which are able to create ludicrous amounts of carnage in a very short period of time. The cutscenes aren’t necessarily lip-synced, which can be a little distracting, but they still get the narrative job done. While the best music in the game is concentrated at the end–fighting massive bosses to swelling choral music feels incredibly right with this game–there’s a lot of great sound effects and stuff to augment the more mundane music in other areas, from the low-key hum of an E.S. engine as you move around a zone, to the distinct clatter of each character’s footfalls on a variety of surfaces, to the sharp metal crunches during mech battles, and more. Though the Xenosaga universe had become pretty convoluted with mystery prior to this installment, Episode III manages to resolve just about every remaining loose end you’d want tied up. If you’ve missed the previous two chapters, the barrier of entry to this game is high, but existing Xenosaga fans should get up to speed very quickly. If you’re looking for some highfalutin space opera and you don’t mind setting down your controller for 20 minutes or more at a time, definitely give Episode III a try to see how it all works out in the end. Whether this is truly the last time we’ll get to see these characters and this universe is one question that’s left unanswered.

By Bethany Massimilla, GameSpot

Posted Aug 30, 2006 5:47 pm PT