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  1. T-Hybrid

    Weekend Fun

    By T-Hybrid,

    Getting an early jump on the weekend tonight by going to the Spiderman 3 midnight showing (12:05 technically). Only the third midnight release I've gone to (Matrix Revolutions and Goblet of Fire being the previous two). I plan on checking out Pirates 3 when it comes out at the end of May too.
     
    Pokemon's been on the back burner lately, 40 hours in the first week...and only about an hour and a half since. Projects all over the place with finals right around the corner. But I have a feeling Wednesday after my last test it's going to be a Pokethon as I try and catch up with everybody.
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    Has it been a week? Sorry all! Things have been a combination of busy, weird, and interesting. In personal news, I had my first "formal" interview with an insurance agency in southern Minnesota. It's for an IT posistion, and we both seem very excitied to get involved with the other's life.
     
    Meanwhile, some of you may have heard some rumblings about a new console or two that were coming out around this time. Weighstation Free or something like that, and then this other one. The Wyy? Needless to say, after a frantic running around the mall district in Mankato, I came to the conclusion I had one chance. And so I found myself weighting outside Best Buy with 30 other brave souls overnight. A couple of guys up the line a bit had a small grill and got a fire going. Combine that with about 8 or 9 DSs and enough copies of Tetris and Mario Kart to go around, and the 13 hours flew by. I'm now just about that far into Zelda, and I have to say it's been awesome. The controls are smooth and it's a blast swinging the remote around along with Link. If you weren't able to get one, don't worry. More are on the way, and it's worth the wait.
     
    Classes are all hitting that frantic point as things countdown towards finals. So as is custom, expect little to no activity around the stories and Haven. Sorry for the lack of anything going on, but I've just been bogged down. Three more interviews in the next two weeks, combined with Thanksgiving and finals. If I don't see ya soon, have a great Turkey Day!
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    I've been fairly indifferent towards the Japanese Transformers Masterpiece line. It started with Optimus, then there was Ultra Magnus (aka Optimus White). I've seen pics of Starscream, but for whatever reason nothing really impressed me until I saw this pic:
     

    That's right boys and girls, Megatron's getting a makeover. But it's no tank, or car, or whatever other forms he's been forced into in the years since Generation 1 ended. Nope, this time he's back to the old ways. MP-5 will be Megatron in his original Walther P-38 glory.
     
    Of course, due to US toy laws and customs policies Megatron cannot be shipped to the US as is. Instead, importers will be forced to add some form of orange modification to the barrel. This will hopefully be done in a manner that won't harm the overall quality of the toy, but it's still unfortunate. Sure, they can try to ship him as is. But any sightings coming over seas will immediately be dealt with. Most likely in a manner that ends up leaving both parties without the figure.
     
    I'll have to put some serious consideration into this one, because this is probably the best chance a lot of us will ever have at owning the original Gun Megatron. In the meantime, I may have to pick up his Nerfier cousin in the Classics line to tide me over.
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    They Forced My Hand

    By T-Hybrid,

    I'm not going to be around this weekend, so I thought I'd make up for it with a bonus Fantasy Brawl Draft update.
     


    King Dedede
    Franchise: Kirby
    First Appearance: Kirby's Dreamland (GB)
    Why?: Metaknight may be the mysterious brooding villian, but King Dedede was the original baddie of the Dreamland universe. Well, until the very next game when he gave way to Nightmare, and later Dark Matter. But that hasn't stopped King Dedede from making guest appearances in nearly ever Kirby game since his debut. He's just as important to Kirby, if not more, than Metaknight. And because of that deserves a spot in Brawl's roster.
    Appearance: Though his appearance has gotten a bit "nicer' since his debut, Dedede has never been seen without his trademark mallet. And aside from his "toned down" evilness, Dedede hasn't changed his look since day 1. Why mess with a classic.
    Moveset: Dedede's known for his hammer, his ability to float (like Kirby) and his head-....Hold on a second.
     
    Not now VGM. I'm busy.
    ...
    Okay fine. What is it?
    ...
    They what? When?
    ...
    Seriously? Okay, wait here.
     
    Well, I got beat to the punch. Apparently Nintendo's decided that I'm too big a threat and have decided they need to start one-upping my little ol' Haven. Well, I guess that pretty much renders today's update pretty pointless. Boy, I had this whole draft planned out since I posted K. Rool, and now it's all outta whack. Do I count this guy in my draft? I had wanted to put him last week, but because they didn't announce anything big I'd thought I'd spring a surprise of my own. That pushed Dedede back until sometime in November, and caused this. If anything, I get at least half-credit on the call.
     
    Oh well, I've got an ace up my sleeve for the next one. Nintendo won't be stealing my thunder again!
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    Since I'm only in my second week at work, I'm not about to start spending all kinds of money. But just to test the waters, how many other people here are going to be picking up Pokemon Battle Revolution in the next few weeks? If a lot of my fellow BZPers get it around launch, I may go ahead and snag a copy (or at least try to) so I can get into PvP battling again after a very long hiatus.
     
    Hopefully Omi's still trying to hold the BZPFL together. I've been training up a team that I think could make things interesting for everybody involved. Don't know if I'll be able to fulfill my initial commitment to serve as a Leader in the League, but I'd still love to start going head-to-head with some other Trainers around the forum.
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    Big news for anybody who enjoys mowing through Chinese samurai or Japanese feudal warlords, as Koei has officially confirmed that Musou Orochi is coming stateside as Orochi Warriors! I've been a fan of the Warriors series since I played Dynasty Warriors 3 on my friends PS2. There's actually a Gundam Musou game on the PS3 which is supposedly the best iteration of the franchise to date. But since my getting a PS3 isn't in the cards for a while, I'm going to be enjoying the heck outta this new game.
     
    As the title of the blog suggests, every character from the two series will be back in this one (unfortunately excluding Nu Wa and my personal favorite Fu Xi). Also, Orochi himself along with Daji (who I guess is a Fox Goddess with ties to Nu Wa) will be joining the rosters, bring the total count to a whopping 79 characters. Take that Mortal Kombat: Armaggeddon!
     
    From reviews I've read, there are some notable omissions, namely any kind of CAW or the above mentioned godly duo. But since each character plays their own unique way, I'm willing to look the other way on this one. That is, until the likely expansion game (Xtreme Legends or Empires) is released.
     
    What's the story of this game? Honestly, I couldn't tell you. It has something to do with Orochi messing with the timeline, and the two sets of warriors meet, take sides, and begin to fight with/against each other. The coolest part is that you'll be able to enter battle with teams of three. That is, you'll control one character while two more wait in "reserve" and can be hotswapped in or out even in mid-combo.
     
    This means pirates and ninjas will at last work side by side. Though I couldn't figure out who the third member of that party would be.
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    The Final Countdown

    By T-Hybrid,

    Much like KIE, I'm carefully following the events of the last three days of the MLB Regular season. Our teams in a similar posistion. Both are trying all they can to win their respective divisions. I don't know if Houston has the cushion of the Wild Card, but I'm cheering for them just the same. The Twins in the meanwhile...
     

    For the Twins, it's sweep or play the Yankees in the first round. And even then, they have to hope the Kansas City can win at least one game. So, fellow Twins fans, cross your fingers. And throw in some support for the Astros. Because Santana vs. Clemmens in the World Series would be the coolest thing ever.
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    T-Hybrid is currently preparring for a big code release. While he's scrambling to put the finishing touches in place, he's asked his guest blogger to fill in.
     
    How's it all going? I would have liked to get a word in for the 100th entry, but T-Boss was pretty firm on putting out the Q/A thread. I had a few questions I would've liked to ask, mostly like when I'm gonna be expecting a raise. But since that doesn't appear to be happening anytime soon I'd best keep pluggin along on the entries.
     
    T's hard at work at his internship right now. He's a big shot programmer now, and has to actually deal with production releases and error checking. I sometimes catch him mutterin stuff about scope creep and how he misses the old days of only writing one program. But I gotta say he's been coming along real well. I have a feelin' that after its all said and done he's gonna be proud of what he's about to put out there.
     
    Time's running out for him. In a few weeks he's off to scout a new apartment, and after that he's gotta look into a more "professional" wardrobe. T-shirts and jean shorts can only go so far in the work force. And that one fancy suit of his ain't gonna be too comfortable five days a week.
     
    In the meantime I'm still hanging around the Haven. There's fewer people checking it out these days, mostly because the Bossman ain't around to liven it up a bit. Things keep up I'm gonna have to get the rest of the Blue Vice to stop by and form a band or sumthin.
     
    Well, that's really all I've got today. There's ugly weather blowin' up here and the patio's gotta close. So its up to me to batten down the hatches and make sure the place doesn't blow away over the weekend. There's supposed to be enough snow on the way to burry even me. And I'm a oversized cyborg dinosaur!
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    Now It's Do Or Die

    By T-Hybrid,

    American League Divison Series Game 2:
    Oakland A's 5 @ Minnesota Twins 2
     
    For a moment, it seemed as though they were going to do it. Cuddyer and Morneau go back to back...and the Dome explodes. And then the bullpen stumbles, Hunter makes a bad judgement call, and the game is back out of reach.
     
    I've got my fingers crossed that I get a chance to go back there Sunday, but right now I just hope that Radke can go out there and repeat the excellence that Santana and Bonser put out in the last few days. Friday may very well be the last game of his career...
  10. T-Hybrid
    Updates to Rebirth are going to be quite sporadic possibly for a few months. This is because of a few things. One, I managed to land a new job. It's an internship with a software consulting firm that promises me 20 hours a week and counts towards graduation (at least I think it does). The other (and far larger) problem is my Systems Analysis and Design course.
     
    We've got a semester-long group project that's sucking up a significant portion of my computer time (ER diagrams, Use Cases, programming...all that fun stuff). I'm about a semester out from graduation, so at this point it's basically me putting my head down and charging into the fray.
     
    Thankfully the fic is at a point where it can take a break and not leave too much hanging. The Inuva are close, but thankfully they won't appear and then sit around for a month while I finish up my course work. So stick with it, and keep an eye on the Haven and my Library thread for updates.
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    If you saw KIE's most recent entry, you already know that the MLB All-Star Vote is upon us once again. This is the time of the year when MLB fans around the world (voting is open in Japan as well) gather round their computers and major league parks and vote for the 9 (or in this case 8) players they want to see in the opening lineup of the Mid-Summer Classic.
     
    KIE and I have already exchanged votes, him voting for Joe Mauer and Nick Punto of the Twins and me voting for Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros.
     
    When I first started getting into baseball, I would simply vote for my entire team. More recently I have decided that isn't exactly the best way to do things (if only everybody felt the same way). So this year, instead of listing the entire Twins roster, I'm going to only ask for a bit of help. Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau.
     
    Last season, Mauer became the first catcher in American League history to lead the Majors in batting average (.347). He just missed making the 2006 All-Star Game as the starting catching, rallying late in the vote to edge out Jason Varitek.
     
    And as much as this is going to sound like a home-fan tooting his team's horn, Morneau is the reigning AL MVP and arguably the best first basemen in the American League. His biggest competition this year comes from David Ortiz, the Designated Hitter of the Boston Red Sox. Since the All-Star Game this year is in a National League park, the teams will not have a DH (the pitcher will have to hit instead). This puts Ortiz on the ballot as a first baseman, a posistion he only plays 7-8 games a year. I'm not going to try and argue against the potency of his numbers, but if yo uwant a true first baseman, Morneau is the best choice this year.
     
    There are other players who deserve spots on the All Star Roster this year (OFs Torii Hunter and Michael Cuddyer), but the outfield talent in the American League is deep (Ichiro Suzuki, Vladimir Gurrero, and Manny Rameriez to name a few), and I don't know if there's an argument that could be made for any specific three this year. But when it comes to catcher and 1B, the AL would be hard pressed to find a better pair than Mauer and Morneau.
     
    Of course, that's just my opinion. The actual vote is all up to you.
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    You ever have one of those moments where you know exactly where you messed up and wished you could get a mulligan? I had a moment like that about an hour ago. Thankfully it didn't cost me anything but my own pride.
     
    My dad took me out to eat Saturday night after we got back from moving my stuff out of the apartment. While there, I noticed a big banner advertising a Guitar Hero tournament every Tuesday. Down in Kato, my roomates and I got back into playing it. I had manged to become a master of Medium level, and had just begun venturing into Hard. So I figured it wouldn't hurt to go back Tuesday night and check it out. Fortunately I managed to get in, unfortunately it was the last night of qualifiers...which meant I'd only get one shot.
     
    The first round was a breeze. I finished Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend on Medium with 99% and was first place going into the second round. The next round was on Hard, still playing for percentage. I managed a 93% on Thin Lizzy's Bad Reputation, good enough for 2nd overall and a spot in the Head-To-Head.
     
    During warmups, I had watched the guy I was playing nail song after song. He was better than me, I'm not going to lie. Combined with my experience with Hard, odds are I wouldn't stand a chance. The song was Rock This Town by Stray Cats, which I had seen friends go through.
     
    Thankfully he hadn't played it as much either, so it was essentially a level playing field. I was leading through pretty much the whole song. But I fell apart during the final part, missing several chances to get star power.
     
    During the final stretch he activated star power and overcame the deficit. We both finished with a 80% success rate, but he beat my score by 2000 points. If you're not familiar with Guitar Hero, that's a grand total of four notes. I missed out on the finals by four notes, and the qualifiers are over.
     
    It wasn't all bad though. I got some GREAT practice on Hard, to the point where going back to Medium seems REALLY slow. Like, Neo dodging bullets in the Matrix slow. Also, I got a chance to play with Hyperspeed Unlocked. That's basically whatever difficulty x 2. I had to leave after that, as it felt like my fingers were going to fall off.
     
    But oh man...four notes! That's like missing the playoffs because you make the final out at homeplate! But it sounds like I'm considered a standby, as if two people don't show up I'm going to be let in to play. (It's two because the guy putting it together wants to enter the tournament should only one person not show up).
     
    So now I'm wishing illness (nothing serious) upon a couple of people so that I can hopefully get a second chance to try out my shredding skills.
  13. T-Hybrid
    Wii reservations became available today. It started at about 10 am CST, when I was sitting in class. I would've skipped, but I decided I've already used up my leniency on Twins games last week.
     
    Whatever the case, they aren't available anymore. The stores in my area are all out. The local Gamestop, for example, sold out of their 14 essentially before the store opened. Fortunately I wasn't the guy who stood in line for two hours after being told he wasn't getting one...only to go "Hmmm..." like some half-wit when the guy at the counter told me the same thing people had been saying for said two hours.
     
    Essentially, this makes up my mind on the Wii, at least for now. I've put feelers out to see what my odds are of picking one up as a holiday gift. My birthday's out of the question as that's about two weeks prior to release. Unfortunately X-Mas comes about two weeks after the release of Twilight Princess on the Gamecube.
     
    Basically that leaves me from November 19th until December 12th to decide if I want to get a Wii or not. And how I'm getting one for that matter. Otherwise I'm going to run into some hassles with which version I should buy.
     
    Also, I've got a Gamecube that I won't be needing anymore. Once I figure out what I'm doing Wiiwise, that will be available for sale. Don't know if it'll be to Gamestop to make up some cash towards Wii, or if I could make a few extra bucks by selling it used online. I figure somebody out there still wants one of these. If I can sell it to them and save them a few bucks comparred to Gamestop's price, while still making a bit more than the store would give me...I might as well cut the middleman and do that. It's how I swapped my DSPhat for a DSLite.
     
    So I've really only temporarily made up my mind. Fortunately the whole sell my Gamecube thing is still good for a few more weeks. At which point I probably will have to pay them to take it away from me.
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    I wasn't a big fan of the new fighting system introduced in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. Though I've been a fan of the fighting genre, it's usually been as a button masher. That is with the exception of Bloody Roar, where my skills with Xion are significantly honed (especially in the 4th installment, where Career Mode can be abused to make him significantly broken).
     
    However, when my roommate brought home MK: Armaggedon, the idea of a custom character feature was highly intriquing. The downside of this though was that most of the fun stuff (the more unique clothing and moves) were all "locked" and could only be made available by spending Koins earned in the main game. Desperate to actually dig deep into this system, I started the Konquest mode. It's been a few days now, and I'm hooked. Though I don't quite get the Kombat system (aerial fighting...) being able to custom build my own fighter and moveset helps to get a feel for how it works.. And I'm finding this has helped me get accustomed to playing as the "real" characters.
     
    Though I've refined his look to the point that I like, I've still got to pin down the types of moves I want to use. There's a certain style I'm going for, and it's been tough to build around that while still making the moves look believable. Also, I've got to come up with a more clever Bio than the one I've written (yes, you get to write your character's bio too). I can't decide if I want to take it seriously, or just have fun and write a joke entry.
     
    I'm on the fence between:
     
    "Hybrid arrived at the tournament having heard promises of punch and pie. Upon hearing that this had been a lie, he set out to put an end to those who had decieved him. But by the time he had defeated the last of the 62 kombatants, Hybrid had forgotten what it was he had been fighting for. Armed now with the powers of a god, Hybrid relaxed in his chambers and conjured his own punch and pie treat. It was the finest meal he had ever eaten."
     
    or
     
    "For Hybrid, the Mortal Kombat tournament had been a means of testing the limits of his power. But as he fought his way through the army of kombatants, he came to realize that these would not be the right group to do so. Now, with Blaze defeated and Hybrid empowered with the strength of a god, Hybrid was faced with only one solution. Using the full extent of his new power, Hybrid turned back time to when he arrived at the scene of the battle. He would once again challenge the finest warriors in all the realms, but this time he would do while using only one hand..."
     
    The first one would remain as is if I went with it, while the second most likely would be written a bit here or there. I like the idea of just fighting for the sake of fighting, but I might change things so that instead of turning back time he challenges the Elder Gods who have watched over the Tournament. I dunno, it's something I'm probably putting too much thought into.
     
    But in summation, MK:A = Fun.
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