Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Rant 784 / Zombie Physiology
Toys these days...
Great. Just called Bell and they told me I can collect my PC tomorrow. I have no idea why they couldn't inform me earlier so that I could collect before tomorrow, like today!
Still, if they have really fixed it, I'm not going to complain much.
Moreover, I think it's free of charge. Well, it should. The computer is only 4 months old, except for the hard drive which is only a week old, and they already had to replace the motherboard and hard drive.
Yoot Tower is easier than I thought. The moment I got hotels, I could actually beat the game already! Offices somehow don't work so well because they tend to avoid high traffic areas which are inevitable when you need an express elevator and multiple supplementary elevators.
Hotels, on the other hand, aren't that hard to organize. The catch is the occasional pest infestation that pops up quite randomly.
I could easily just create one giant tower spanning the entire width of the map and fill it with hotel rooms, front desks and cleaners' rooms. Oh and security too.
And that's it! I can easily just let it run all by itself while I do other stuff, only returning once in a while to check for pests, click "OK" on popup messages and add more rooms.
It would be boring though.
If only someone would make a more complicated version.
As expected, they built most of the temporary defenses up while we scavengers went out to work. It's easier to list things that aren't built, so here goes:
- Piston Lock
- Water Turret
- Primitive Catapult
- Guerilla Tactics
- Lure
- Barricades
Yes we're desperate enough to even spend 20 of our final water rations on Waterminefield for the 75 defense points. 17 water rations left. Though we now only have 32 people remaining due to accidents, having only slightly more than a day's worth of water rations is a cause for alarm.
This means we're going to need to vote for Water Pump tomorrow. Fortunately it's only at lvl 1 out of 5, so water is not a real emergency.
We are so desperate for defenses, the above are unbuilt only because we lack the materials for them, mainly Nuts and Bolts.
Heck, we've even been told to upgrade our homes to House now. This will probably be the highest level of upgrade we'll be allowed to get because the next upgrade will require an Old Door, which isn't worth it. An Old Door in the Bank gives us 8 defense points currently, but the upgrade will only give the town a single additional defense point.
Of course there are further upgrade levels that will eventually give the town 20 defense points but we don't have enough concrete for those.
If we survive today's major spike, it's going to be easy tomorrow because the estimate is between 2275 and 2500.
2922 points, 2972 to 3219 zombies. Things aren't looking good.
Hopefully it won't hit 3200 zombies tonight. I'm guessing we'll end up with only about 2950 defense points, so at 3200 there will be 250 zombies entering the town. With 32 of us, that's an average of 8 zombies each.
Unfortunately the number of zombies attacking each of us is going to be random, so 8 will only be the median number. At that point, the Home Defense points will work their magic. At the moment I have 6 points, so there is more than 50% chance that they will overcome my defenses and kill me.
If we have 3100 zombies coming tonight, that's 150 coming in, or about 5 per person. I have a slightly higher chance of surviving then.
Things to do tomorrow:
- Bring back my PC.
- Reinstall everything.
Yep, that's going to occupy me for one whole day.
Fortunately Firefox 4 has this Sync function which I believe will allow me to transfer all the bookmarks to the desktop. This set of bookmarks is actually an older version of the one in the older desktop which was transferred to the new desktop, so it's like a skeleton of it, plus I added some more in the last few days.
THEN BRINK AND WITCHER 2!!! RAWR!!
Monday, 23 May 2011
Rant 783 / The General Consensus Among The People I've Asked Is That I Don't Look Like A Local
After we were done with the Big Rebuild, apparently we no longer have anything more to build except upgrade our homes to Shacks. Other things we can do are to scavenge for Defensive Objects and convert logs and scrap metals.
Which means things are about to get really interesting.
We currently have 2356 defense points. Tonight's estimate is between 2298 and 2461. Though we're 105 points short, we'll get an additional 49 points from the 4th level Upgradeable Wall that we will get tonight plus a bit more from the residents' newly built Shacks. At worst, they could also get some temporary defenses up.
Tomorrow is going to be very tricky. The estimate is between 2950 and 3225. In other words, we'll be needing an additional 750 points or so. The next and final upgrade on the Upgradeable Wall will only provide us with an additional 61 points.
All the temporary defenses will only add an extra 210 points.
If we build all the other structures that aren't worth their materials, including those that require water (Water Turrets and Water Minefield), it will only add 175 points on top of the above.
I have a very bad feeling about this.
Best scene begins at 0:45.
I have seen blind people before, both in real life and on various media, but I've never had to interact with one.
Which was why it got kinda awkward when I encountered this blind receptionist at this office where I had to drop off some documents.
When I got to the lobby, I just told her which department the papers were for, placed it on top of the counter and waited for her to slide it to herself. When she placed her hand in the receiving pose (like how you shape your hand when someone is handing papers or money to you) and didn't move, I looked at her and waited.
I was puzzled about why she just sat there looking down and waited for me to put it into her hand. Was she that busy with just her right hand?
It took me about two seconds to realize that the reason she wasn't looking at me was not because her small eyes were looking downward, but because she was blind and had her eyes closed.
Immediately my knee-jerk reaction was to say, "Oh," before I could stifle it, and I quickly placed the papers between her finger and thumb.
Then for reasons I still do not comprehend, she apologized.
Does being blind offend people or something? That would be so sad.
Anyway I wonder what the other receptionist was thinking and whether she was looking at us the whole time. I wasn't looking at her and she appeared busy when I entered.
Good. The pageviews are dropping. I was getting uncomfortable with the sudden attention. Who knows what is bringing all the traffic?
Down to 429 yesterday. I expect it to go below 350 today, then eventually back to 100-150.
Oh hey, there's an Indian restaurant that's offering delivery service to my area!
Khansama. I've never tried it before but it looks interesting. Free delivery for orders above S$50. Not very hard judging from the inflated prices on the menu.
Then again, it might be worth the price.
I don't know. I don't recall the prices from the Indian restaurants opposite of Beauty World. The other one I've tried recently is the one at the basement of Sim Lim Square where the briyani goes for $5.
The rice at the latter was much inferior to the former.
But for Khansama, just the plain briyani rice alone goes for $5.50 and the chicken briyani is priced at $9.50.
The most interesting thing about this brand is that they're offering weekday buffet lunch at $9.90 at the outlets near my home.
But it's only for weekdays :(
...
According to some people who have tried the buffet before, it has a very tiny selection. Basically it's just rice, naan, a few vegetable dishes and one or two meats. My guess is it's just something to get people to order from the ala carte menu.
The ala carte menu apparently is pretty good, eg the butter chicken. One of them also tried the Sikandari Raan which is "whole leg of lamb marinated in yogurt , spices and fresh lime juice and baked in charcoal oven for two hours" and said it was good, but it had to be pre-ordered.
Not playing LoL till I get my desktop back and they haven't called back yet. I'll call them after my last paper tomorrow.
Which means things are about to get really interesting.
We currently have 2356 defense points. Tonight's estimate is between 2298 and 2461. Though we're 105 points short, we'll get an additional 49 points from the 4th level Upgradeable Wall that we will get tonight plus a bit more from the residents' newly built Shacks. At worst, they could also get some temporary defenses up.
Tomorrow is going to be very tricky. The estimate is between 2950 and 3225. In other words, we'll be needing an additional 750 points or so. The next and final upgrade on the Upgradeable Wall will only provide us with an additional 61 points.
All the temporary defenses will only add an extra 210 points.
If we build all the other structures that aren't worth their materials, including those that require water (Water Turrets and Water Minefield), it will only add 175 points on top of the above.
I have a very bad feeling about this.
Best scene begins at 0:45.
I have seen blind people before, both in real life and on various media, but I've never had to interact with one.
Which was why it got kinda awkward when I encountered this blind receptionist at this office where I had to drop off some documents.
When I got to the lobby, I just told her which department the papers were for, placed it on top of the counter and waited for her to slide it to herself. When she placed her hand in the receiving pose (like how you shape your hand when someone is handing papers or money to you) and didn't move, I looked at her and waited.
I was puzzled about why she just sat there looking down and waited for me to put it into her hand. Was she that busy with just her right hand?
It took me about two seconds to realize that the reason she wasn't looking at me was not because her small eyes were looking downward, but because she was blind and had her eyes closed.
Immediately my knee-jerk reaction was to say, "Oh," before I could stifle it, and I quickly placed the papers between her finger and thumb.
Then for reasons I still do not comprehend, she apologized.
Does being blind offend people or something? That would be so sad.
Anyway I wonder what the other receptionist was thinking and whether she was looking at us the whole time. I wasn't looking at her and she appeared busy when I entered.
Good. The pageviews are dropping. I was getting uncomfortable with the sudden attention. Who knows what is bringing all the traffic?
Down to 429 yesterday. I expect it to go below 350 today, then eventually back to 100-150.
Oh hey, there's an Indian restaurant that's offering delivery service to my area!
Khansama. I've never tried it before but it looks interesting. Free delivery for orders above S$50. Not very hard judging from the inflated prices on the menu.
Then again, it might be worth the price.
I don't know. I don't recall the prices from the Indian restaurants opposite of Beauty World. The other one I've tried recently is the one at the basement of Sim Lim Square where the briyani goes for $5.
The rice at the latter was much inferior to the former.
But for Khansama, just the plain briyani rice alone goes for $5.50 and the chicken briyani is priced at $9.50.
The most interesting thing about this brand is that they're offering weekday buffet lunch at $9.90 at the outlets near my home.
But it's only for weekdays :(
...
According to some people who have tried the buffet before, it has a very tiny selection. Basically it's just rice, naan, a few vegetable dishes and one or two meats. My guess is it's just something to get people to order from the ala carte menu.
The ala carte menu apparently is pretty good, eg the butter chicken. One of them also tried the Sikandari Raan which is "whole leg of lamb marinated in yogurt , spices and fresh lime juice and baked in charcoal oven for two hours" and said it was good, but it had to be pre-ordered.
Not playing LoL till I get my desktop back and they haven't called back yet. I'll call them after my last paper tomorrow.
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Rant 782 / Terraria Replaces Meinkraft
Friday
Y'know, he may have hit upon something there.
Because lolis are now mainstream.
/wrist
The Brazilians were right though.
"Morde es #1."
My curiosity was really piqued by the 300+ pageviews from the other day, so today I checked the pageviews again.
Almost 600!!!
What on earth is happening??!??!
Someone really popular must have linked my blog to his/her website or something!
Also, 13 people were tricked into coming to my blog today with the impression that I have Witcher 2 porn here.
That's the most search terms related to Witcher 2 porn listed there that I've ever seen.
Sorry gentlemen, but this blog is perfectly SFW.
Another thing is, even if the increase is caused by normal red-blooded male gamers searching for Triss's boobies, it still doesn't account for the entire difference.
There were only 13 of such people versus a total increase of over 400 pageviews.
They couldn't have hit F5 that many times. 400 / 13 is roughly 30.
On a more negative note, there has been a marked increase in spam comments here too. Just the other day I checked the comments tab and found as many spam comments there as I'd usually find in 2 months. It's only halfway through the month!
Okay, so I only check that tab randomly but I think I haven't touched it since last month. Hence I'd say the spam is from the last 20 days or so.
Ants. This is a neverending story.
They're back and they're here to steal mouth wash from me again.
Seriously, they don't go to anywhere else in particular other than the few exploring ants that wander in random directions.
But every night since two nights ago I've had to rinse the bottle of mouth wash under the tap.
Goddamn ants with great oral hygiene!
I feel like eating durians but apparently I've got to wait till next month. Been seeing so many pics of durians and there's even a promotion for a durian tour in Malaysia.
An all-you-can-eat durian buffet plus return coach journey.
Not interested in going to Malaysia but that buffet... is just so tempting.
Too bad the promotion is over now.
But I still feel like buying durians.
Got to watch out for some the next time I go to the market.
And ask my bro if his gf hates the smell.
Today, I noticed a trend: I've been losing all the time ever since I began to play LoL on my laptop.
And there is a noticeable lag too, even though I've lowered all the settings to the minimum. In fact there have been many occasions when I appear to just get close to the enemies then turn back, when the fact is I did hit the hotkey for one ability but the lag in the laptop caused it to be skipped.
So far, I've only won once out of the 4-5 games I've played on this laptop.
Sat
Lemongrass tea. I haz sum.
Followed the instructions at the back exactly. Boiled 8oz of water and poured it into a cup with 1 teaspoon of the dried lemongrass.
Btw I have no idea why it's called "lemongrass" when it smells nothing like lemon. Probably the same reason why some people say that snake tastes like chicken. Who knows?
And it's organic too!
I'm not actually into this "organic" fad. This was actually a gift (and sample) to my mum from a family friend. Used to be a distant relative but they got divorced.
She was a bank manager back when we first came to Singapore but she's now the owner of a shop selling this sort of healthy stuff.
The smell. Not exactly a pleasant one to me. Reminds me of the times when I bite into spices that were meant to improve the taste of the dishes I was eating. Rarely have such occasions been pleasant. Seriously, bite into a non-dried star anise if you haven't tried it before.
Never really liked lemongrass even in food.
Still, it's better than an absence of taste I guess.
Better than drinking tap water.
I can play Yoot Tower on this laptop!!
So Yoot Tower can't be saved on a 64-bit Vista but works just fine on a 32-bit one.
Fun.
I'm currently having twin towers, one for pure offices and the other for mostly hotels and a couple of shops. Shops suck. This game is biased against malls, I guess.
It's a great game because it automatically mutes itself when I open another programme in front, so I can let it run in the background and make money without me watching while I do other stuff.
...
Triple towers!!! One for offices, one for hotels and another very short one for a mall. Getting expensive due to the extra Security and stuff, but it's neater.
:3
Watched some LA Noire on Vidyavidya.
The facial expressions were AMAZING! It's almost as if they had actors act out everything and pasted the videos of their faces onto the models in the game.
And I said "actors" because I recognized the mind-reading guy from Heroes in the game, so I wouldn't be surprised if the others were also actors, albeit lesser known ones.
This is getting so close to an interactive movie.
So apparently, my guess was right. In fact they used 32 cameras to record the faces as they act out the scenes.
That's a lot of effort.
Too bad it's not released on the PC platform.
So one of the MPs was "shocked" to find out that buses have been arriving late. It's fake and we all know it.
Anyone who takes buses know that during peak hours, buses frequently take very long to arrive, but when they do, they come in droves.
This problem is usually very obvious when we play transport simulation games like Cities In Motion, and the thing is, I don't know how that can be solved. People can't know everything, right?
The problem lies in the fact that in the buses' routes, there are only some stops that have unusually high numbers of passengers. Buses tend to get stuck at them waiting for people to board and alight. If there are multiple of such stops consecutively like in NTU at Boon Lay, it is unavoidable that buses stick together after a while despite their best efforts to leave the initial terminal at their proper schedules.
Some bus drivers have resorted to skipping such a stop when another bus of the same route is already there. This is done so that the buses don't all arrive at the same time at the next stop. The catch is that the bus already there may not be able to take in everyone.
Therefore the only way the MP can be really "shocked" is if he has never heard of such a problem before, in which case that is sad because it implies that he is no longer aware of the common problems plaguing the lives of average Singaporeans.
I'm not even going to discuss the obvious implication that MPs, their friends and their families do not take buses at all.
As for Tharman's comment that "expectations are high", they are only as high as the salaries the Ministers are commanding.
You mean the removal of certain Ministers are not due to the latter?
I mean, wasn't one Minister saying HDB flats were "affordable"? If he was right, why remove him for doing such a great job at keeping HDB prices "affordable"?
Speaking of him, why is he saying now that he's taking responsibility for the high prices?
So are they expensive or are they affordable?
The latter is probably right and they're "affordable" because it was said by a Minister while the former was expressed by a mere MP.
I hope I'm not going to get arrested for the blatant lack of doublethink here.
I'm sorry for sounding a little annoyed but with that salary the Ministers are commanding compared to the amount of land this government controls, failure is simply not an option, however you want to argue that this salary is perfectly fair.
It's not like they're relying completely on their political roles alone for their income.
Furthermore, I'm curious as to why nobody in the government has revealed their annual taxable income like Obama did.
Because lolis are now mainstream.
/wrist
The Brazilians were right though.
"Morde es #1."
My curiosity was really piqued by the 300+ pageviews from the other day, so today I checked the pageviews again.
Almost 600!!!
What on earth is happening??!??!
Someone really popular must have linked my blog to his/her website or something!
Also, 13 people were tricked into coming to my blog today with the impression that I have Witcher 2 porn here.
Sorry gentlemen, but this blog is perfectly SFW.
Another thing is, even if the increase is caused by normal red-blooded male gamers searching for Triss's boobies, it still doesn't account for the entire difference.
There were only 13 of such people versus a total increase of over 400 pageviews.
They couldn't have hit F5 that many times. 400 / 13 is roughly 30.
On a more negative note, there has been a marked increase in spam comments here too. Just the other day I checked the comments tab and found as many spam comments there as I'd usually find in 2 months. It's only halfway through the month!
Okay, so I only check that tab randomly but I think I haven't touched it since last month. Hence I'd say the spam is from the last 20 days or so.
Ants. This is a neverending story.
They're back and they're here to steal mouth wash from me again.
Seriously, they don't go to anywhere else in particular other than the few exploring ants that wander in random directions.
But every night since two nights ago I've had to rinse the bottle of mouth wash under the tap.
Goddamn ants with great oral hygiene!
I feel like eating durians but apparently I've got to wait till next month. Been seeing so many pics of durians and there's even a promotion for a durian tour in Malaysia.
An all-you-can-eat durian buffet plus return coach journey.
Not interested in going to Malaysia but that buffet... is just so tempting.
Too bad the promotion is over now.
But I still feel like buying durians.
Got to watch out for some the next time I go to the market.
And ask my bro if his gf hates the smell.
Today, I noticed a trend: I've been losing all the time ever since I began to play LoL on my laptop.
And there is a noticeable lag too, even though I've lowered all the settings to the minimum. In fact there have been many occasions when I appear to just get close to the enemies then turn back, when the fact is I did hit the hotkey for one ability but the lag in the laptop caused it to be skipped.
So far, I've only won once out of the 4-5 games I've played on this laptop.
Sat
Lemongrass tea. I haz sum.
Followed the instructions at the back exactly. Boiled 8oz of water and poured it into a cup with 1 teaspoon of the dried lemongrass.
Btw I have no idea why it's called "lemongrass" when it smells nothing like lemon. Probably the same reason why some people say that snake tastes like chicken. Who knows?
And it's organic too!
I'm not actually into this "organic" fad. This was actually a gift (and sample) to my mum from a family friend. Used to be a distant relative but they got divorced.
She was a bank manager back when we first came to Singapore but she's now the owner of a shop selling this sort of healthy stuff.
The smell. Not exactly a pleasant one to me. Reminds me of the times when I bite into spices that were meant to improve the taste of the dishes I was eating. Rarely have such occasions been pleasant. Seriously, bite into a non-dried star anise if you haven't tried it before.
Never really liked lemongrass even in food.
Still, it's better than an absence of taste I guess.
Better than drinking tap water.
I can play Yoot Tower on this laptop!!
So Yoot Tower can't be saved on a 64-bit Vista but works just fine on a 32-bit one.
Fun.
I'm currently having twin towers, one for pure offices and the other for mostly hotels and a couple of shops. Shops suck. This game is biased against malls, I guess.
It's a great game because it automatically mutes itself when I open another programme in front, so I can let it run in the background and make money without me watching while I do other stuff.
...
Triple towers!!! One for offices, one for hotels and another very short one for a mall. Getting expensive due to the extra Security and stuff, but it's neater.
:3
Watched some LA Noire on Vidyavidya.
The facial expressions were AMAZING! It's almost as if they had actors act out everything and pasted the videos of their faces onto the models in the game.
And I said "actors" because I recognized the mind-reading guy from Heroes in the game, so I wouldn't be surprised if the others were also actors, albeit lesser known ones.
This is getting so close to an interactive movie.
So apparently, my guess was right. In fact they used 32 cameras to record the faces as they act out the scenes.
L.A. Noire is also notable for using Lightsprint's real-time global illumination technology, as well as Depth Analysis's newly developed technology for the film and video game industries called MotionScan, where actors are recorded by 32 surrounding cameras to capture facial expressions from every angle.
That's a lot of effort.
Too bad it's not released on the PC platform.
So one of the MPs was "shocked" to find out that buses have been arriving late. It's fake and we all know it.
Anyone who takes buses know that during peak hours, buses frequently take very long to arrive, but when they do, they come in droves.
This problem is usually very obvious when we play transport simulation games like Cities In Motion, and the thing is, I don't know how that can be solved. People can't know everything, right?
The problem lies in the fact that in the buses' routes, there are only some stops that have unusually high numbers of passengers. Buses tend to get stuck at them waiting for people to board and alight. If there are multiple of such stops consecutively like in NTU at Boon Lay, it is unavoidable that buses stick together after a while despite their best efforts to leave the initial terminal at their proper schedules.
Some bus drivers have resorted to skipping such a stop when another bus of the same route is already there. This is done so that the buses don't all arrive at the same time at the next stop. The catch is that the bus already there may not be able to take in everyone.
Therefore the only way the MP can be really "shocked" is if he has never heard of such a problem before, in which case that is sad because it implies that he is no longer aware of the common problems plaguing the lives of average Singaporeans.
I'm not even going to discuss the obvious implication that MPs, their friends and their families do not take buses at all.
As for Tharman's comment that "expectations are high", they are only as high as the salaries the Ministers are commanding.
He said, "Expectations are high and we've got to try to make sure that, coming out of this whole process, we don't fall into one of two situations."
"One is to end up falling flat without being able to deliver much change. Two, trying to deliver change just for the sake of being popular and trying to please as many people as possible."
You mean the removal of certain Ministers are not due to the latter?
I mean, wasn't one Minister saying HDB flats were "affordable"? If he was right, why remove him for doing such a great job at keeping HDB prices "affordable"?
Speaking of him, why is he saying now that he's taking responsibility for the high prices?
So are they expensive or are they affordable?
The latter is probably right and they're "affordable" because it was said by a Minister while the former was expressed by a mere MP.
I hope I'm not going to get arrested for the blatant lack of doublethink here.
I'm sorry for sounding a little annoyed but with that salary the Ministers are commanding compared to the amount of land this government controls, failure is simply not an option, however you want to argue that this salary is perfectly fair.
It's not like they're relying completely on their political roles alone for their income.
Furthermore, I'm curious as to why nobody in the government has revealed their annual taxable income like Obama did.
Friday, 20 May 2011
Rant 781 / Dem Bewbie Physics In PS2 Games
So an online store is giving away 4 games for free to each of the first 10k people who register at its website.
Unfortunately, I've got to be from the UK to get the good set that includes Medieval II: Total War Gold Edition - Condemned: Criminal Origins - Alpha Protocol - The Club.
The bad set is just Sonic racing games.
And I couldn't just fake it by using the UK address given to me by VPost because I've got to appear in 192.com as a person above the age of 18.
They get their names from official records like birth records.
Can't fake those unless I use an actual British guy's name and that would be identity fraud. I'm not going to commit such a serious crime for a few games.
Oh wow I just discovered a new function in Firefox 4. When I right-click on my tabs, I can choose "Pin as App Tab" to keep it pinned on the left side of the bar without the X button so that I won't accidentally close it.
This is useful since I keep a few tabs open all the time, like Wikipedia.
Bell's different from Fuwell, I guess. Back when I used to frequent Fuwell, the technician would either fix my PC within 2 days or they would tell me they couldn't find the problem and that it's possible they never would.
Bell hasn't called me today. I assume he's planning to search for the problem for another day or two before giving up and calling me. Presumably he's just letting the PC run without doing anything as part of the test since I told him the problem was random.
Honestly, I would mind if he'd install games or programmes on it and use it constantly as part of the test. As long as they can fix my PC and I don't get arrested for anything, I don't really care what they do with it.
No games for me now.
The best is LoL but even this game makes my laptop burn my hand within a single round.
Another game I have here is Mount & Blade: Warband, but this laptop can barely handle it. It can run but there's always some graphics lag and distortion.
Finally, I have Deathspank but I'm not in the mood for action RPGs, regardless of their humour.
Snake? SNAKE? SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!
Nyanyanya - Bollywood style.
I just came up with the likeliest explanation for this spike: summer.
It's the same reason why 4chan is more active and it's the same reason why Vidyavidya is having more "newfriends".
Just had the worst PvP game in LoL so far. Most of the team, other than our carry in the middle lane, had no balls.
Only 5 assists because my teammates couldn't attack unless they were sure to win, again except for our carry, Caitlyn.
They hang back and play defensively while the opposite team were pushing so hard. Best advice given in the game was from our Veigar who, halfway through the game, told the team to split up and cover the three lanes after we had regrouped at the middle lane and survived one battle.
Shouldn't we push on after the five of us wins a battle together in one lane?
Maybe it's just me, but it was rather annoying when they refused to help me when I attack. It's true they had outleveled us by 1-3 levels by the time we had 5v5 fights but that's no excuse for running away with full HP.
As I've said before, I need good teammates to help me because I attack too aggressively. It's not like I have a choice - Moredekaiser's defence is his offence! Damaging enemies with my abilities gives me Armour points which act like temporary HP. The catch is that my Armour bar degrades by 3% per second, so I have to keep attacking to maintain it.
The importance of protecting my HP isn't just because I need it to stay alive like everyone else, but also because all my abilities cost HP to cast.
Hence I must be aggressive or I'd be useless.
Still, 6 kills and 15 deaths. I sucked badly in this game.
I kept pushing and pushing and my teammates just hung back and presumably cheered for me in their hearts (because, hey, we've got to be optimistic in life, right?). So many enemies won with such low HPs and at the same time, so many of my allies survived with like half HP and still ran back.
2 consecutive losses.
I sadden.
I've met a number of people who were ignorant of why many Scandinavian countries like Sweden are so wealthy today.
Here's why.
But... but.. I don't have my PC back yet!! I haven't even tried Witcher 2 yet! Will I get my computer by tomorrow so that I'll have one day to play it?
Rewatched Diamonds are Forever. Y'know, the James Bond film from the Sean Connery era. Lana Wood and Jill St John were hawt!
I think it's mainly because of the bad quality of the film used in those days. The blurriness hides a lot of details that would have been visible today.
By the time 3D films become the norm, I'd say real natural beauties are going to be rarer than diamonds.
Ignoring the piles of diamonds that certain companies are hoarding in massive underground vaults, that is.
Ordered pies again. Wanted the Lamb Special but it was sold out. Ended up with Teriyaki Chicken and Classic Beef (again).
Nothing that tastes like Teriyaki Chicken in the former. At best, I can only say it's sweet and it contains chicken.
Still good though. It's just like the Classic Beef in terms of ingredients other than the chicken and the additional carrot cubes.
Also, I might have been slightly mistaken the last time. The mash potato is only an inch thick, no more. It appeared thicker only because it kinda smeared into the meat when I cut into it.
I don't think I've ever run barefoot outdoors before.
So the Portal 2 turrets are now a reality!
If only it plays instead the voice of this turret.
Unfortunately, I've got to be from the UK to get the good set that includes Medieval II: Total War Gold Edition - Condemned: Criminal Origins - Alpha Protocol - The Club.
The bad set is just Sonic racing games.
And I couldn't just fake it by using the UK address given to me by VPost because I've got to appear in 192.com as a person above the age of 18.
They get their names from official records like birth records.
Can't fake those unless I use an actual British guy's name and that would be identity fraud. I'm not going to commit such a serious crime for a few games.
Oh wow I just discovered a new function in Firefox 4. When I right-click on my tabs, I can choose "Pin as App Tab" to keep it pinned on the left side of the bar without the X button so that I won't accidentally close it.
This is useful since I keep a few tabs open all the time, like Wikipedia.
Bell's different from Fuwell, I guess. Back when I used to frequent Fuwell, the technician would either fix my PC within 2 days or they would tell me they couldn't find the problem and that it's possible they never would.
Bell hasn't called me today. I assume he's planning to search for the problem for another day or two before giving up and calling me. Presumably he's just letting the PC run without doing anything as part of the test since I told him the problem was random.
Honestly, I would mind if he'd install games or programmes on it and use it constantly as part of the test. As long as they can fix my PC and I don't get arrested for anything, I don't really care what they do with it.
No games for me now.
The best is LoL but even this game makes my laptop burn my hand within a single round.
Another game I have here is Mount & Blade: Warband, but this laptop can barely handle it. It can run but there's always some graphics lag and distortion.
Finally, I have Deathspank but I'm not in the mood for action RPGs, regardless of their humour.
Snake? SNAKE? SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!
Nyanyanya - Bollywood style.
I just came up with the likeliest explanation for this spike: summer.
It's the same reason why 4chan is more active and it's the same reason why Vidyavidya is having more "newfriends".
Just had the worst PvP game in LoL so far. Most of the team, other than our carry in the middle lane, had no balls.
Only 5 assists because my teammates couldn't attack unless they were sure to win, again except for our carry, Caitlyn.
They hang back and play defensively while the opposite team were pushing so hard. Best advice given in the game was from our Veigar who, halfway through the game, told the team to split up and cover the three lanes after we had regrouped at the middle lane and survived one battle.
Shouldn't we push on after the five of us wins a battle together in one lane?
Maybe it's just me, but it was rather annoying when they refused to help me when I attack. It's true they had outleveled us by 1-3 levels by the time we had 5v5 fights but that's no excuse for running away with full HP.
As I've said before, I need good teammates to help me because I attack too aggressively. It's not like I have a choice - Moredekaiser's defence is his offence! Damaging enemies with my abilities gives me Armour points which act like temporary HP. The catch is that my Armour bar degrades by 3% per second, so I have to keep attacking to maintain it.
The importance of protecting my HP isn't just because I need it to stay alive like everyone else, but also because all my abilities cost HP to cast.
Hence I must be aggressive or I'd be useless.
Still, 6 kills and 15 deaths. I sucked badly in this game.
I kept pushing and pushing and my teammates just hung back and presumably cheered for me in their hearts (because, hey, we've got to be optimistic in life, right?). So many enemies won with such low HPs and at the same time, so many of my allies survived with like half HP and still ran back.
2 consecutive losses.
I sadden.
I've met a number of people who were ignorant of why many Scandinavian countries like Sweden are so wealthy today.
Here's why.
But... but.. I don't have my PC back yet!! I haven't even tried Witcher 2 yet! Will I get my computer by tomorrow so that I'll have one day to play it?
Rewatched Diamonds are Forever. Y'know, the James Bond film from the Sean Connery era. Lana Wood and Jill St John were hawt!
I think it's mainly because of the bad quality of the film used in those days. The blurriness hides a lot of details that would have been visible today.
By the time 3D films become the norm, I'd say real natural beauties are going to be rarer than diamonds.
Ignoring the piles of diamonds that certain companies are hoarding in massive underground vaults, that is.
Ordered pies again. Wanted the Lamb Special but it was sold out. Ended up with Teriyaki Chicken and Classic Beef (again).
Nothing that tastes like Teriyaki Chicken in the former. At best, I can only say it's sweet and it contains chicken.
Still good though. It's just like the Classic Beef in terms of ingredients other than the chicken and the additional carrot cubes.
Also, I might have been slightly mistaken the last time. The mash potato is only an inch thick, no more. It appeared thicker only because it kinda smeared into the meat when I cut into it.
I don't think I've ever run barefoot outdoors before.
So the Portal 2 turrets are now a reality!
Behold the Portal Turret, or, thanks to the recent release of Portal 2, the Portal Turret Version 1.0, aka "Classic." This cute little fella stands 38 inches high and while it doesn't actually move or open fire on hostiles, it does sport a working, rather creepy-looking laser eye and a motion sensor that triggers the famous Portal turret audio clips. It operates on either battery or AC power and there's even a little button that overrides the motion detector and plays the Portal theme song instead!
If only it plays instead the voice of this turret.
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Rant 780 / The Witcher 2 Sex Scene
So 2 characters in Portal 2 made fun of adopted children. Now the parents of adopted kids are unhappy about that. What about the insults about being fat??? Why aren't the fat people or their parents complaining about the game? Everybody is ignoring all the overweight people who were emotionally damaged by this game.
Why? Are fat people less human than adopted children?
:3
"We did contact Sony who distributes the game. They told us to contact Valve, the company that actually created the game. I did; we've not heard back from them."
"They're passing the buck on to somebody else."
"It certainly seems that way."
The things people say to get themselves noticed.
Oh crap! I just realized I've something very important in my old Caviar Black HDD that I did not back up - my list of spare emails!!! Although half of them have Facebook accounts which I can trace back, it means I've lost the other half. Or at least I think it's half the list.
Cisco auxiliary police slamming some asshole onto the floor... Like a boss!!
The other guy started shoving the policeman first, so the latter's response was pretty legit IMO. That Cisco guy must have felt so good after that.
The page views of this blog just exceeded the 300 mark for the first time AFAIK.
Like I've said before, I don't watch this number all the time so I cannot confirm if this is just a random spike or if it's constant.
Back when I first discovered this Stats page I used to watch it a bit, so I've seen spikes a few times. I'm guessing that happens when some bored person discovers this blog, finds it interesting and shows it to his friends. Pageview count rises.
His friends would check it out and decide it's not a blog they would visit regularly, or ever again. Pageview count drops back to normal.
Still, it's 300, a pretty big number for a blog that used to be getting 50 views per day last year.
And I have no idea why it's rising.
A stranger thing is that unlike before, there is no longer a single rant that attracts most of the attention. It used to be that the Zalgo rant got like half the page views of this blog or something before the Guile nonsense totally killed the traffic to that page until recently, but now as you can see, the most visited is number 163 in which I described one of the matches I watched on Starcraft 1 GSL, and it is not even ahead of the second most popular rant by a lot.
Judging from the number of page views in the last month, this number is either a spike or it only began this month. 4574 / 30 is only about 152.4 which is only half of this 300 mark.
Most likely a huge spike. The likelihood of pageviews doubling and staying there for no apparent reason is too improbable to be taken seriously.
Oh, and some people came here looking for Witcher 2 porn. I have no idea why Google is including this blog among the results for search terms like "Witcher 2 nudity" and "Witcher 2 nude".
Apparently Google thinks what I have here is some kind of Witcher 2 porn blog or something.
Seriously, Google,
Moreover, Witcher 2 was released only yesterday and everyone's searching for uploads of rule 34 of it already!
The Internet is truly for porn.
11pm. No call from Bell yet.
...
1.35pm. Got a call from the technician from Bell asking me to tell him what the problem is. Apparently it booted up just fine and he's now testing the RAM and HDD. Since it's a random thing and there is currently no offline game in the brand new Caviar Black, I understand that he may not find what is wrong.
Did I mention I removed the Blue before I brought it there? Probably not. It wasn't necessary to the troubleshoot process anyway.
I do hope he will find out what's wrong and prove me wrong. Would be a big waste of time and money if he doesn't.
But que sera sera.
What a majestic sight! What graceful flight from a lawnmower!
What exactly is the purpose of giving the power of flight to a lawnmower anyway?
Just received this promotional offer from Starhub via SMS saying if I recontract within the month I can get either the HTC Mozart or LG Optimus 7 for free.
Sounds good. In fact I like the Mozart for its 8MP camera which exceeds even the 6MP of my current camera.
But...
It's the PC Show next month!
It's one of the biggest, if not the biggest, technological expo in Singapore every year. Doubtless Starhub will have a huge booth there displaying many fantastic promotions.
The thing is, will they be as good as this?
Maybe.
Heck, I'll wait till next month.
Current list of items to be bought during PC Show:
1) Tablet (preferably with TV Out)
2) Handphone (recontract)
3) Camera (if the new handphone doesn't have a better resolution than my current camera, which is unlikely)
4) Printer ink (if available)
Senior Minister Goh is going to retire and become an Emeritus Senior Minister instead. It's most likely just an empty title that allows him to have something similar to the post of Minister Mentor without having any duty whatsoever.
I don't believe he's going to get paid for this position but I don't know. It wouldn't make sense.
I like this post made just for him. It acknowledges (and clearly states) the fact that he's been almost as important as LKY in the building of the country. Gives him the respect he deserves without offending LKY.
I've just noticed yet another issue I did not take into account when I calculated the number of days we can survive on our water in Die2Nite.
Concrete. I forgot about concrete.
We need water to make concrete, and each block of concrete is a defensive object which we need in order to take advantage of the Defensive Focus upgrade, which permanently raises the Defence value of these items for free.
I'm unable to tell how many bags of cement mix we will find in the future, so this is an unknown variable in the equation, preventing me from making any accurate estimations regarding our water supply.
About 18 may be a healthy estimate still, but I can no longer be as confident about this number as before.
In any case, I have to say this is an awesome town just because we managed to construct 2 of the 4 structures that require Foundations, leaving only The Big Rebuild to be built in the very near future.
Going to complete False Town today. Only 29APs to go, 4 hours before tonight's attack.
My first defeat in LoL!
I knew it would happen someday but I was hoping it would come later.
It was mostly this newbie Mao Kai's fault who fed so badly he ended up with a 0/14 k/d ratio. My lane buddy, Ashe, wasn't exactly good either, hence she (since Ashe was female and I don't know what the player's gender was) was unable to assist me in killing the enemies most of the time. Our Ryze and Jax were great but not good enough to offset their noobness.
We got the 2 enemies in our lanes down to a tiny bit of health so many times!
Sometimes, you've got to have balls regardless of your gender, man!
Nevertheless, it was a good game. Both sides, other than these two, played well.
Why? Are fat people less human than adopted children?
:3
"We did contact Sony who distributes the game. They told us to contact Valve, the company that actually created the game. I did; we've not heard back from them."
"They're passing the buck on to somebody else."
"It certainly seems that way."
The things people say to get themselves noticed.
Oh crap! I just realized I've something very important in my old Caviar Black HDD that I did not back up - my list of spare emails!!! Although half of them have Facebook accounts which I can trace back, it means I've lost the other half. Or at least I think it's half the list.
Cisco auxiliary police slamming some asshole onto the floor... Like a boss!!
The other guy started shoving the policeman first, so the latter's response was pretty legit IMO. That Cisco guy must have felt so good after that.
The page views of this blog just exceeded the 300 mark for the first time AFAIK.
Like I've said before, I don't watch this number all the time so I cannot confirm if this is just a random spike or if it's constant.
Back when I first discovered this Stats page I used to watch it a bit, so I've seen spikes a few times. I'm guessing that happens when some bored person discovers this blog, finds it interesting and shows it to his friends. Pageview count rises.
His friends would check it out and decide it's not a blog they would visit regularly, or ever again. Pageview count drops back to normal.
Still, it's 300, a pretty big number for a blog that used to be getting 50 views per day last year.
And I have no idea why it's rising.
A stranger thing is that unlike before, there is no longer a single rant that attracts most of the attention. It used to be that the Zalgo rant got like half the page views of this blog or something before the Guile nonsense totally killed the traffic to that page until recently, but now as you can see, the most visited is number 163 in which I described one of the matches I watched on Starcraft 1 GSL, and it is not even ahead of the second most popular rant by a lot.
Judging from the number of page views in the last month, this number is either a spike or it only began this month. 4574 / 30 is only about 152.4 which is only half of this 300 mark.
Most likely a huge spike. The likelihood of pageviews doubling and staying there for no apparent reason is too improbable to be taken seriously.
Oh, and some people came here looking for Witcher 2 porn. I have no idea why Google is including this blog among the results for search terms like "Witcher 2 nudity" and "Witcher 2 nude".
Apparently Google thinks what I have here is some kind of Witcher 2 porn blog or something.
Seriously, Google,
Moreover, Witcher 2 was released only yesterday and everyone's searching for uploads of rule 34 of it already!
The Internet is truly for porn.
11pm. No call from Bell yet.
...
1.35pm. Got a call from the technician from Bell asking me to tell him what the problem is. Apparently it booted up just fine and he's now testing the RAM and HDD. Since it's a random thing and there is currently no offline game in the brand new Caviar Black, I understand that he may not find what is wrong.
Did I mention I removed the Blue before I brought it there? Probably not. It wasn't necessary to the troubleshoot process anyway.
I do hope he will find out what's wrong and prove me wrong. Would be a big waste of time and money if he doesn't.
But que sera sera.
What a majestic sight! What graceful flight from a lawnmower!
What exactly is the purpose of giving the power of flight to a lawnmower anyway?
Just received this promotional offer from Starhub via SMS saying if I recontract within the month I can get either the HTC Mozart or LG Optimus 7 for free.
Sounds good. In fact I like the Mozart for its 8MP camera which exceeds even the 6MP of my current camera.
But...
It's the PC Show next month!
It's one of the biggest, if not the biggest, technological expo in Singapore every year. Doubtless Starhub will have a huge booth there displaying many fantastic promotions.
The thing is, will they be as good as this?
Maybe.
Heck, I'll wait till next month.
Current list of items to be bought during PC Show:
1) Tablet (preferably with TV Out)
2) Handphone (recontract)
3) Camera (if the new handphone doesn't have a better resolution than my current camera, which is unlikely)
4) Printer ink (if available)
Senior Minister Goh is going to retire and become an Emeritus Senior Minister instead. It's most likely just an empty title that allows him to have something similar to the post of Minister Mentor without having any duty whatsoever.
I don't believe he's going to get paid for this position but I don't know. It wouldn't make sense.
I like this post made just for him. It acknowledges (and clearly states) the fact that he's been almost as important as LKY in the building of the country. Gives him the respect he deserves without offending LKY.
I've just noticed yet another issue I did not take into account when I calculated the number of days we can survive on our water in Die2Nite.
Concrete. I forgot about concrete.
We need water to make concrete, and each block of concrete is a defensive object which we need in order to take advantage of the Defensive Focus upgrade, which permanently raises the Defence value of these items for free.
I'm unable to tell how many bags of cement mix we will find in the future, so this is an unknown variable in the equation, preventing me from making any accurate estimations regarding our water supply.
About 18 may be a healthy estimate still, but I can no longer be as confident about this number as before.
In any case, I have to say this is an awesome town just because we managed to construct 2 of the 4 structures that require Foundations, leaving only The Big Rebuild to be built in the very near future.
Going to complete False Town today. Only 29APs to go, 4 hours before tonight's attack.
My first defeat in LoL!
I knew it would happen someday but I was hoping it would come later.
It was mostly this newbie Mao Kai's fault who fed so badly he ended up with a 0/14 k/d ratio. My lane buddy, Ashe, wasn't exactly good either, hence she (since Ashe was female and I don't know what the player's gender was) was unable to assist me in killing the enemies most of the time. Our Ryze and Jax were great but not good enough to offset their noobness.
We got the 2 enemies in our lanes down to a tiny bit of health so many times!
Sometimes, you've got to have balls regardless of your gender, man!
Nevertheless, it was a good game. Both sides, other than these two, played well.
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Rant 779 / It's Only Been Less Than Four Months!
So I gave up. Within an hour of booting up, the PC stopped responding. Mouse and capslock worked fine, but everything I tried to open stopped responding as if the computer was busy.
After 10mins, I hit the reset button. On the boot screen, I apparently have no drives in the computer. No hard disk and not even the DVD drive.
Unplugged and replugged both drives, pressed all the connectors to make sure they were all properly plugged in. Nope. It couldn't boot into Windows. During the several reboots, it seemed to be randomly detecting drives. Sometimes there's the DVD drive, sometimes there's both the DVD drive and one of the HDDs, and sometimes just the HDDs.
Fuck it.
Put it into the box it came in and carried it to Sim Lim Square.
Then the guy at the back of Bell (the shop I bought it from) said the technician was on holiday (Vesak Day today, public holiday). Not surprised but annoyed nonetheless. Left my computer and trolley there after they took down my name, phone number and invoice number.
He said the technician would call me. Means I'll have to wait for someone to call. Means I can't wake up late.
Speaking of calls, why is HX's phone giving me random calls?
By the way, I just got a copy of Witcher 2 and Brink.
So all 3 games I've played against people in League of Legends so far ended in the opponents conceding.
Is this a good sign or is this a good sign?
...
Make that 4 now. What is going on? How can I be this lucky to get such good teammates?
Seriously. As you can see, my k/d/a ratios aren't even that good.
Okay, finally a game in which the enemies didn't successfully concede. Well, they were voting at the end and had only 3 "yes" votes, which was 1 vote short of the 4 they needed. Don't have a screenshot so I can't prove it. I was feeding (12/13/13) near the end but our Jax was good.
12/13/13 shows how aggressive (and successful, fortunately) I am. Hence I need good teammates to avoid being too much of a burden to my team. Ergo I have good teammates.
My bro felt like trying The Shepherd's Pie and my mum wanted to try a real pie (as real as it gets without being homemade anyway) so we ordered one.
Only picked the Classic Beef because we had other things ready for dinner already. Yes it wasn't necessary but they both felt like having pie, so whatever.
$23.90. $2-6 delivery charge ($5 in my case) and an extra $1 public holiday surcharge (yea, it's on their website but buried in some corner of it).
It was pretty good. Filling. A third of the pie would be enough for most people. Half if they're starving.
Comes in a 9" by 9" aluminium foil tray. Top layer consists of over an inch of mash potato, followed by a thin layer of cheese and the bottom is a mix of beef and a bit of corn about an 1.5cm thick.
Good for 4-6 people my ass. 6 is only if they're all women trying to maintain their figures. Or if they're babies. 4 would be average.
The strange thing about this is that online ordering is not available for same-day deliveries. If you want it within the day, you have to call them. Not a problem but it's just weird.
Not filling enough for the price but it's a new experience.
So according to my calculations in Die2Nite, my town has about 18 days remaining at most. We currently have 147 units of water left, plus another 140 if we fully upgrade our water pump. Our water consumption rate is 17 assuming the 34 of us follow our water schedules strictly.
287 / 17 = 16.88
After that, we have 1 more day to get the condition of Thirsty and another day to become Dehydrated. Once we reach 2300 hours while Dehydrated, we die.
Since half of us will stop drinking earlier than the other half, that half will have 1 day less. But that's somewhat offset by the "0.88", which really means 15 units of water. This means 2 will die a day earlier than everyone else. The other 15 will live the longest and get 19 days.
Hence "about 18 days".
:3
Episode 3 is taking so long only because it's unable to escape from the gravitational field of Gabe Newell.
After 10mins, I hit the reset button. On the boot screen, I apparently have no drives in the computer. No hard disk and not even the DVD drive.
Unplugged and replugged both drives, pressed all the connectors to make sure they were all properly plugged in. Nope. It couldn't boot into Windows. During the several reboots, it seemed to be randomly detecting drives. Sometimes there's the DVD drive, sometimes there's both the DVD drive and one of the HDDs, and sometimes just the HDDs.
Fuck it.
Put it into the box it came in and carried it to Sim Lim Square.
Then the guy at the back of Bell (the shop I bought it from) said the technician was on holiday (Vesak Day today, public holiday). Not surprised but annoyed nonetheless. Left my computer and trolley there after they took down my name, phone number and invoice number.
He said the technician would call me. Means I'll have to wait for someone to call. Means I can't wake up late.
Speaking of calls, why is HX's phone giving me random calls?
By the way, I just got a copy of Witcher 2 and Brink.
So all 3 games I've played against people in League of Legends so far ended in the opponents conceding.
Is this a good sign or is this a good sign?
...
Make that 4 now. What is going on? How can I be this lucky to get such good teammates?
Seriously. As you can see, my k/d/a ratios aren't even that good.
Okay, finally a game in which the enemies didn't successfully concede. Well, they were voting at the end and had only 3 "yes" votes, which was 1 vote short of the 4 they needed. Don't have a screenshot so I can't prove it. I was feeding (12/13/13) near the end but our Jax was good.
12/13/13 shows how aggressive (and successful, fortunately) I am. Hence I need good teammates to avoid being too much of a burden to my team. Ergo I have good teammates.
My bro felt like trying The Shepherd's Pie and my mum wanted to try a real pie (as real as it gets without being homemade anyway) so we ordered one.
Only picked the Classic Beef because we had other things ready for dinner already. Yes it wasn't necessary but they both felt like having pie, so whatever.
$23.90. $2-6 delivery charge ($5 in my case) and an extra $1 public holiday surcharge (yea, it's on their website but buried in some corner of it).
It was pretty good. Filling. A third of the pie would be enough for most people. Half if they're starving.
Comes in a 9" by 9" aluminium foil tray. Top layer consists of over an inch of mash potato, followed by a thin layer of cheese and the bottom is a mix of beef and a bit of corn about an 1.5cm thick.
Good for 4-6 people my ass. 6 is only if they're all women trying to maintain their figures. Or if they're babies. 4 would be average.
The strange thing about this is that online ordering is not available for same-day deliveries. If you want it within the day, you have to call them. Not a problem but it's just weird.
Not filling enough for the price but it's a new experience.
So according to my calculations in Die2Nite, my town has about 18 days remaining at most. We currently have 147 units of water left, plus another 140 if we fully upgrade our water pump. Our water consumption rate is 17 assuming the 34 of us follow our water schedules strictly.
287 / 17 = 16.88
After that, we have 1 more day to get the condition of Thirsty and another day to become Dehydrated. Once we reach 2300 hours while Dehydrated, we die.
Since half of us will stop drinking earlier than the other half, that half will have 1 day less. But that's somewhat offset by the "0.88", which really means 15 units of water. This means 2 will die a day earlier than everyone else. The other 15 will live the longest and get 19 days.
Hence "about 18 days".
:3
Episode 3 is taking so long only because it's unable to escape from the gravitational field of Gabe Newell.
Rant 778 / Six Hours Per Terabyte
Today's map as seen from our Map Viewer.
All the digits are the zombie counts on each tile, displayed like this because we have a level 5 Watchtower that reveals all tiles within 10 tiles.Yellowish-green tiles are lightly infested, reds are seriously infested, blues are practically bursting with them.
On my non-water days like today, this wouldn't be a concern. Since we have over 100 logs and scrap metals, I can just stay in town and convert these raw materials. Boring but necessary.
But after yesterday's killing spree, I wanted to look outside to see if my efforts did anything to stop them.
Nope.
Yesterday, none of the zombies were within 1 tile of my town. Today, 3 tiles next to town are infested.
As for defence, we're still trying as hard as we can to bring in defensive objects but it's getting hard when many of us are unable to reach non-depleted zones where they can be found. Defensive structures aren't needed yet because we only lack less than a hundred points tonight, something which can be easily remedied another cheap building.
The format process is slower than expected. It's taking 2 hours to format 21%.
...
So it takes 6 hours to fully format a 1TB hard drive. Important thing to note. Hopefully it's really that long and not because my computer has difficulty reading the hard disk or something.
...
I hate how it gets stuck at "Expanding files..." and then suddenly becomes unable to read the disk. Then when I restart it, the DVD drive isn't detected. Happened once the other day, happened again just now.
...
Encountered a few short pauses that could be explained by the fact that I was doing 3-4 things at the same time including watching the stream on Vidyavidya, downloading programmes and updates, and installing programmes.
Googling this issue gave me results that mostly point to temperature issues.
Possible. The grills at the front of the HAF 912 casing has 2 layers, which makes it a good filter but a bitch to clean. This basically prevents me from merely relying on wiping with wet rags because it can't reach the one inside.
None of the fans appear dusty, but I cannot see the fan in the graphics card. Might have to try if the pauses return. So far I'm not getting anything similar to what I had been getting before the format.
I guess I should use my heavy duty vacuum cleaner on it.
All the digits are the zombie counts on each tile, displayed like this because we have a level 5 Watchtower that reveals all tiles within 10 tiles.Yellowish-green tiles are lightly infested, reds are seriously infested, blues are practically bursting with them.
On my non-water days like today, this wouldn't be a concern. Since we have over 100 logs and scrap metals, I can just stay in town and convert these raw materials. Boring but necessary.
But after yesterday's killing spree, I wanted to look outside to see if my efforts did anything to stop them.
Nope.
Yesterday, none of the zombies were within 1 tile of my town. Today, 3 tiles next to town are infested.
As for defence, we're still trying as hard as we can to bring in defensive objects but it's getting hard when many of us are unable to reach non-depleted zones where they can be found. Defensive structures aren't needed yet because we only lack less than a hundred points tonight, something which can be easily remedied another cheap building.
The format process is slower than expected. It's taking 2 hours to format 21%.
...
So it takes 6 hours to fully format a 1TB hard drive. Important thing to note. Hopefully it's really that long and not because my computer has difficulty reading the hard disk or something.
...
I hate how it gets stuck at "Expanding files..." and then suddenly becomes unable to read the disk. Then when I restart it, the DVD drive isn't detected. Happened once the other day, happened again just now.
...
Encountered a few short pauses that could be explained by the fact that I was doing 3-4 things at the same time including watching the stream on Vidyavidya, downloading programmes and updates, and installing programmes.
Googling this issue gave me results that mostly point to temperature issues.
Possible. The grills at the front of the HAF 912 casing has 2 layers, which makes it a good filter but a bitch to clean. This basically prevents me from merely relying on wiping with wet rags because it can't reach the one inside.
None of the fans appear dusty, but I cannot see the fan in the graphics card. Might have to try if the pauses return. So far I'm not getting anything similar to what I had been getting before the format.
I guess I should use my heavy duty vacuum cleaner on it.
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