Monday, October 31, 2005

Timetable~

this semester timetable...

does not surprise me at all...

because...

it's almost the same as last semester...

[well maybe not on the laptop part... =D]

Friday, October 28, 2005

Maybe...

once my hair has gotten too red... i might consider dyeing it black...

been playing some old FPS games this morning and afternoon, namely

- Team Fortress Classic
- Half-Life
- Counter-Strike
- Day of Defeat

planning to get

- Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
- Counter-Strike: Source

once school starts for the new semester...

speaking of the new semester... it's starting soon in...

erm...

please wait while i check...

9-10 more days depending on how you look at the calendar...

once school has started, it will be "sianz" all the way...

so to keep my sianzation at bay...

i might also consider buying

- a laptop
or
- a PSP

[wait... did i say something similiar to this the previous semester holiday blog entries??? i think i did... LOLZ!]

cause next semester i don't really want to go hunting for computers at the labs... since Year 1 Semester 2 students also have their semester-long project to do...

=(

nah... i shouldn't complain much, since it benefits me greatly erm... to some extent... XD

kk shall stop...

for now.

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Hmm...

still slacking nowadays...

nothing much to update so i'll leave a note here...

- My GSD review has been push to somewhere in my blog due to my net connection will be back to using 56K again. just kidding XD. you can use the links just above my tagboard to access it.
[the real reason is because me want to blog soon as school is starting soon... heh]

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Going MIA

so i'll not be blogging until school reopens...

that is...

in a few weeks time...

AeroFlare's Guide to Watching:

機動戦士ガンダムSEED DESTINY (GSD)
Kidou Senshi GUNDAM SEED DESTINY (GSD)



[x] Plot Summary
[x] PHASE 01 - 怒れる瞳
[x] PHASE 02 - 戦いを呼ぶもの
[x] PHASE 03 - 予兆の砲火
[x] PHASE 04 - 星屑の戦場
[x] PHASE 05 - 癒えぬ傷痕

Plot Summary:
Cosmic Era 73. Though the signing of a peace treaty brought the war between the Naturals and Coordinators to an apparent close, tensions fueled by the continued threat of Blue Cosmos continue to run high. During a conference between PLANT chairman Gilbert Dullindal and Orb representative Cagalli Yula Athha concerning the threat of a new military arms race, an Alliance special forces team attacks the ZAFT base they're meeting at and makes off with three new Gundam mobile suits. Forced to pursue them, Shinn Asuka of ZAFT and Athrun Zala of Orb set out aboard the new space battleship Minerva, and engage the retreating Alliance strike team in combat. But just as they catch up to the fleeing ship, the crew of the Minerva receives word of an even greater catastrophe in the making, which will undoubtedly re-ignite the brutal war between the Naturals & Coordinators all over again.

Source: Anime News Network

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PHASE 01 - Enraged Eyes
「怒れる瞳」
Place of Focus: L4 Armoury-ONE PLANT
[The place with the least security around.]

Summary:

- For those who has watched the promotional videos for GSD, you can skip the first 3 minutes of the animation. Else, it's just the remake version of the battle between ORB and EAF during GUNDAM SEED's PHASE 38 - Decisive Fire 「決意の砲火」.
[Who killed the Asuka Family: Freedom GUNDAM or Calamity GUNDAM?]

[Opening Sequence: ignited by T.M. Revolution]

- ZAFT's L4 Armoury-ONE is quite busy for the launch of ZAFT's newest battleship, called the Minerva.
[Minerva: Roman Goddess of War]
- One ZAFT officer notifies Gilbert, the current Supreme Chairman of PLANT, about the arrival of the ORB's Princess.
[ORB's Princess: Cagalli Yula Athha]
- Apprantly Cagalli was shocked to have the conference scheduled at Armoury-ONE on the day of Minerva's Maiden Voyage Ceremony.
- Conference between Cagalli and Gilbert to cease military use of ORB's technology and human resources.
[ORB's technology: Taken from both EAF and ZAFT]

[Intermission: Kira Yamato and Lacus Clyne with many, many Haros - Advertisement/Toilet Break]

- While walking down the open hangars, showing ZAFT's latest Mobile Suit (MS) ZAKU at the same time, Gilbert praises the entire Athha Family for their deeds during the past war 2 years ago.
[When Gilbert talks about ORB building up armaments, Cagalli retaliate by telling Gilbert to stop calling her "Princess"]
- Sting, Auel and Stellar steal 3 prototype GUNDAM from one of ZAFT's poorly defended hangar after clearing the guards, pilots and technicians.
[And there goes Chaos (Sting), Gaia (Stellar), Abyss (Auel) GUNDAMs]
- The deployed ZAFT MS, aiming to stop those hijackers, prove to be easy kill for the 3 newest GUNDAMs.
- Athrun (known as Alex Dino to the unsuspecting ZAFT soldiers and officers) and Cagalli board the nearby fallen ZAKU Warrior, aiming to protect Cagalli, and fight Gaia.
- Chaos comes in and did some damage to Athrun's ZAKU.
- Core Splendor (Shinn) makes Chaos eat some missles (useless against PHASE SHIFT armor) and transforms his fighter unit into the Sword Impulse GUNDAM.
- Shinn Asuka: "Why are you doing this? Do you people want another war?"

[Ending Sequence: Reason by Tamaki Nami]

What justifies our time to watch this episode:

The picture says it all! XD
[Shinn grabbed the wrong place after Stellar bumped into him.]

What will stop you from watching this episode:

From innocent look to... o0! (eek!)
[Stellar using a knife to kill some people.]

Best Quote(s) from the episode:
Gilbert Dullindal: "Power is necessary because conflicts will never disappear."

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PHASE 02 - Those Who Cry Out For Battle
「戦いを呼ぶもの」
Place of Focus: L4 Armoury-ONE PLANT
[The place with the least security around.]

Summary:

- Brief recap of the previous episode.

[Opening Sequence]

- Sword Impulse vs. Gaia with some interferrence from Chaos.
- Arthur, the Executive Officer of Minerva, scolds Shinn for trying to damage Gaia while trying to capture it but gets scolded by Talia, Captain of Minerva, in return.
[This was funny. ^^]
- One Mirage Colloid-ed ship approaches 2 Nazca-class ships and destory one of the 2 ships with its twin main cannons, the Gottfried.
[Masked Man again and again.]
[Before this: ZAFT commanding officers sure don't like Talia ording them around.]
- Dagger L from the unknown ship launches and at the same time, 2 Dagger units that approach Armoury ONE's space-port, destroy a few Laurasia-class ship, headquarter and the port entrance.
- After explosion, 3 GUNDAMs vs. 1 GUNDAM with Abyss attacking with its powerful beam cannon from the front, Chaos from above Sword Impulse and Gaia from behind.
- Athrun saves Shinn but not without getting Cagalli injure from the blast coming from Abyss at near point-blank.
[What can one expect from a shield from a mass-production unit...]
- Gilbert is advised by a officer to board the Minerva as it is getting dangerous with poisonous gas leaking.
- Lunamaria and Rey board their own respective units, the ZAKU warrior and phantom and proceed to help Shinn in taking down those 3 units.
- Auel uses Stellar's block word ("Die") to force her to retreat.
- Lunamaria's unit thruster breaks down.

[Intermission]

- Athrun spots Gilbert heading toward Minerva and does the same thing himself.
[Where has the blood on Cagalli's face go to?]
- The Masked Man launches in his Exas, a Mobile Armour (MA), to buy them some time while waiting for those 3 units to return.
- Athrun with Cagalli, after dismounting from their damaged ZAKU, calmly name themselves as ORB's Representative Athha and her bodyguard, Alex Dino, to the gun-wielding Lunamaria.
- With no other weapons left, save the beam rifle, of the Sword Pack, Shinn changes his Sword Impulse into Force Impulse GUNDAM, shocking the pilots of those 3 units at the same time.
- Chaos, Gaia and Abyss make their escape after making a hole.
- Shinn and Rey pursue them will Impulse's energy level running low.
- Exas vs. Force Impulse.
- Cagalli accidentally calls Alex as Athrun.
- Minerva launches and Rey spots the Girty Lue (the unknown ship) from behind.

[Ending Sequence]

What justifies our time to watch this episode:

Rememeber this face, cause you ain't gonna see it again.
[Shinn Asuka, after getting knocked down by Gaia, nearly killed by the incoming Abyss.]

What will stop you from watching this episode:
None, this episode will simply blows you away. One of the best episode throughout GSD. =D

Best Quote(s) from the episode:
None.

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PHASE 03 - Ominous Gunfire
「予兆の砲火」
Place of Focus: Space Region outside Armoury-ONE and within Minerva
[The tour of Minerva bought to you by Gilbert and Rey.]

Summary:

- Brief recap of the previous episode.

[Opening Sequence]

- Exas (Masked Man) vs. Force Impulse GUNDAM (Shinn) & ZAKU Phantom (Rey).
[Shinn proves to be rather ineffective to attacks from all angles.]
- Newtype-reaction: Rey and the Masked Man.
[This is expected.]
- Minerva starts firing on Girty Lue.
[And in the meantime, refers to Girty Lue as Bogey-1.]
- Rey destorys 2 out of 4 Exas's attack pods.
[And force the Masked Man to retreat.]
- Girty Lue retreats soon after.
[Not before detaching their fuel pods and detonating them right in front of Minerva.]
- Minerva continues pursuing Girty Lue.
- Lunamaria reports to Talia about Cagalli and Alex (Athrun) and has given medical attention to the injure Cagalli.

[Intermission]

- The Masked Man and Lee talk about some stuffs and the 3 pilots.
[Lee is the other guy in charge of Girty Lue when the Masked Man goes out to combat.]
- Cagalli and Gilbert talk about the stolen units and their carrying ship.
- Gilbert offers Cagalli and Athrun a little tour of Minerva.
[Much to Talia's dismay.]
- Lunamaria speculates that Alex might be Athrun.
- Gilbert introduces Minerva's hanger and its unique Impulse and its launching system.
[He seems to be enjoying it like Cagalli said.]
- Cagalli is angry at the power of the 3 stolen units that caused destruction to Armoury ONE.
[Before Gilbert can finish his sentence, Shinn interrupts that says all Athha's words are and will always be sugar-coated.]
- Both ships (Minerva and Girty Lue detect each other presence at the same time.
- Rey apologizes fro Shinn's words, Gilbert follows suit soon after.
- Gilbert requests permission from Talia to have Cagalli and Athrun's presence in the bridge to see Minerva's battle from their point of view.
- Girty Lue, launches a decoy, after anchoring itself to the nearby asteroid and at the same time shuts down its engines.
- Gunner ZAKU Warrior (Lunamaria) and Blast Impulse GUNDAM (Shinn) launch.
- Gilbert deliberately calls Alex as Athrun.
[After finishing his talk. Note below (Best Quote(s) from the episode)]

[Ending Sequence]

What justifies our time to watch this episode:
None. Nothing outstanding in this episode.

What will stop you from watching this episode:
The scene where Sting and Auel rest within Girty Lue.

Best Quote(s) from the episode:
Masked Man: "If someone is too greedy, they'll lose even what they originally had."
Gilbert Dullindal: "The name indicates the existence of a thing. If, in fact, that name is false... If that is false, then it would mean that the very existence of that thing is false, wouldn't it?"

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PHASE 04 - Battlefield Of Stardust
「星屑の戦場」
Place of Focus: Space Region near the Debris Belt
[Backstab Minerva!]

Summary:

- Brief recap of the previous episode.

[Opening Sequence]

- Talia and Meyrin still "..." over the fact that Alex is Athrun.
- Chaos, Gaia and Abyss standing by at some abandoned colony while Girty Lue still has its engines off.
- Shinn and Arthur wonders why Girty Lue hasn't respond with MSs yet.
- Talia: "Crap!", Athrun: "It's a decoy!"
[A round of applause to our Captain of Minerva.]
- Chaos, Gaia and Abyss ambush Shinn, Lunamaria and 2 Guaiz-R MSs (free frags) and at the same time Girty Lue on Shinn and Minerva's radar disappears.
- Girty Lue appears behind Minerva and launches 2 Dagger-L MSs, missiles and fires its main cannons.
- Minerva uses the nearby asteroid as a shield against missiles.
[Archangel's helmsman > Minerva's helmsman, Battleship without MS support < MS]
- Shinn against Chaos and Abyss, Lunamaria against Gaia.
- Girty Lue fires waves of missiles onto the asteroid that Minerva is clinging to.
[And buries Minerva with rocks.]
- The Masked Man launches soon after.

[Intermission]

- Rey gets send out to fight off the incoming MSs and MA.
- Athrun decides to help Minerva by coming up with a suggestion.
[Arthur seems to be not receptive towards Athrun's suggestion. He seems... more worried about the Minerva and not his own life.]
- Talia decides to go with Athrun's suggestion.
[Arthur's face: "%^#%&^$%@^%#*"]
- The Masked Man's MA and 2 Dagger-L MSs (free frags) fights Rey.
- Minerva, after getting out from the trap, fires its Tannhäuser (Minerva's Positron Cannon) at Girty Lue and manage to damage Girty Lue.
- Both ships retreat, needing repairs.
- Meyrin tells the pilots that Alex is indeed Athrun.
[Pilots: Shinn, Lunamaria and Rey.]
- Some talks between Talia and Cagalli, Talia, Gilbert and Athrun after Cagalli heads inside to the resting room.
[Athrun apologizing to Talia for overstepping his bound.]
- Athrun thinking about the past until the pilots plus Meyrin come in and said some stuffs to Athrun with the exception of Meyrin and Rey.
[Athrun seems to be known to ZAFT as the legendary ace pilot, instead of just plain traitor.]
- PLANT observatory center detected that Junius-SEVEN is moving.
- Shinn plays back his sister, Mayu's, recorded voice on her cellphone.

[Ending Sequence]

What justifies our time to watch this episode:

[Blur Captain in the making!!! Talia, as a Captain, needed Athrun suggestion to get out of their predicament while she's still space-dreaming (there's no day or night in space).]

What will stop you from watching this episode:
Athrun not offering help to pilot MS to protect Minerva.
[Protect Minerva == Protect Cagalli at the same time since she's within the ship. So much for a bodyguard. LOL!]

Best Quote(s) from the episode:
Gilbert Dullindal: "Amazing, isn't it? The power of those who have been through countless fierce battles."

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Coming not-so-soon:
PHASE 05 - The Scar That Never Heals
「癒えぬ傷痕」

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Wednesday, October 19, 2005

...............

was reading through the comments on

Anti-XiaXue Blog

and i stop reading halfways...

[thinking i can find out why there are lots of people hating the above-mention character from Singapore...]

but when i saw

Anonymous1 vs Anonymous2 vs Anonymous3 vs Anonymous4........ vs AnonymousN

i wonder the majority of people commenting there are anti-XiaXue or pro-XiaXue...

anyways... i found the recent XiaXue's post about handicapped people...

Quote: "Woah, woah! HOLD ON DUDE. You mean only handicapped people can use handicapped toilets?"
anyone can use but the priority is given to those handicapped folks.. that's why it's called a handicapped toilet in the first place...

Quote: "The rest of us queue up to use a toilet - I don't see why the disabled should be any different."
Imagine this: you become a handicapped person overnight... and when you need to use a toilet and everyone's queueing for that particular handicapped toilet and since going by your reasonings:
(1) it is nearer afterall
(2) maybe he shares my love for handicapped toilets because they are so freaking spacious and usually has your own mirror and wash basin! Coolness!
how would you feel...?

Quote: "How come people have this notion that only the disabled can use facilities for the disabled?"
if you ain't gonna make way for disabled people... you would be the one who's being rude...

Quote: "If I ever break my leg (choy!) I think I shall use my crutch to anyhow whack anyone who comes near my MRT lift. When some person says I am being violent, I cry and say he is bullying a cripple, then everyone will automatically be on my side."
Some people know who's right, who's wrong. It's already wrong beating someone on the street so what makes your "whack-anyone-who-comes-near-my-MRT-life" logic any right?



above are my opinions... comments are always welcome but i will not tolerate flamers who are just looking for a fight here... and if you ask me whether i'm a pro-XiaXue or anti-XiaXue... my answer would be...

None. i'll rather be neutral.

from below... i feeling so &@#^&%$*@&^ that now i'm starting to take potshots at anyone... and my next target maybe...

- XiaXue again
- XiaLanXue
- P2P [can't use the real acorymn...]
- WnV [some chinese team for the CPL]
- My mother
- My Brother
- My Father
- anyone who pisses me off the last couple of days...

Mood: Violent

woken up by this at 5am...

[Repeat]
Car Revving Up
"Bang!"
[Repeat x14]

can you imagine this!? doing this crap at 5am in the morning... really feel like pausing the time if i can and go down to that person in that instant and strangle that person...

be right back

Saturday, October 15, 2005

more updates

- added Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase- to my watchlist

lol!

*Edited*
[and that makes it... 5 animes to replace 2 animes(refer to the post below); my HDD is now again... running out of space !!! at the rate not seen before i switch to PacNet 1500kbps access...]
*Edited*

that's all...

for now...

i guess...

hopefully...

and it's now time for...

breakfast !!!

[and i'm suppose to fix it myself... >.<'!]

darn...

and i woke up 4 hours before the target of 6:30AM

zzz

i used to have a habit of not waking up on time

but now...

i can't even continue sleeping...

zzz

anyways...

updates:

- didn't play DotA yesterday night... as everyone was MIA

- later going to Bugis once more...

- perhaps... i'll do some crazy stuffs in my home soon... none at the moment... but will blog once it actually happen...

- 2 of my currently anime watchlist are ending soon... starting with Tsubasa Chronicle ending today and Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid ending this coming Wednesday... replacing those 2 animes are... Mai-Otome (Thursday), Blood+ (Saturday), Shakugan no Shana (Wednesday) & ARIA the Animation (Thursday)

*Edited*
Some GMT mix-up
*Edited*

[chotto matte !!! i have 4 animes to replace 2 ???!!!]

- decided to push back taking the exam for Java indefinitely



that's all i guess...

time to cook noodles... for supper

heh

Friday, October 14, 2005

Something...

within my normally peaceful family is starting to vex me...

i shall go and have a very long talk with my mum...

ok...

PHASE 1 - Completed !!!

[sleeping around normal time for a Singaporean and waking up at my favorite time: 6am]

PHASE 2 - Pending...

[keeping this cycle running for at least 3 days...]



i got such an elastic sleeping time. lol

[it's actually a bad thing to have... =(]

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Breakfast...

at MacDonald later...

even though i have barely recovered from cough

*ahem*

time is around 7am to 9am i guess...

btw...

the DotA 6.19b just now...

was...

>.<

and

._.

i think i should start playing more of 6.19b now...

=D

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

just thinking...

[author's note: this was written by a DotA n00b and was mentally at the edge of the dream world... so pardon me for any sort of spelling errors or grammatical errors. =) constructive comments are always welcome.]

[Non-DotA player? Please leave now!!!]


[Version 5.84b]

Team-mates:
Magnus
Lina Inverse

Morphling can really own with from my game point of view...
- Lina's Ultimate
[Spellsteal of course...]
- Empower
[from Magnataur]
- Eye of Scardi
- Max-ed Blink Ability
- Morph all to Agility
[risky due to super low HP but it's worth it...]

Notes:
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Slayer's Ultimate Ability [+50% attack speed]
Magnataur's Empower Ability [+80% attack power]



was actually thinking of Morphling best ability to Spellsteal, team-mates to have and items beside the above two... and my trial build...

in my opinion...

==================
Spellsteal Section
==================

1) Spellsteal RougeKnight/SkeletonKing's Storm Bolt
(Max Level - 300 HP damage plus 2 second stun)
Best stun in the game. IMHO. Useful before getting the Eye of Scardi, but stunning with EoS is always preferred against Blinkers like Queen of Pain and pray that you can kill them before they blink away. =)
Alternative(s):
- Cranium Basher
(30% chance for a second stun)
Get this after getting the Eye of Scardi if you have an extra slot but you will have to rely heavily on luck though. Gives additional damage.

2) Spellsteal HolyKnight's Purge
(Max Level - Slow speed by factor of 7)
The magic negation will prove to be very useful against the likes of RougeKnight's God's Strength, Treant Protector's Living Armor, to name a few. Also, very useful before getting the Eye of Scardi and even more useful after getting it. Weak against Blinkers
Alternative(s):
- Diffusal Blade
(10 charges of Purge and Feedback ORB ability)
although the Purge effect is not as great compare to HolyKnight or Gorgon's, this is actually better than nothing, agree? Gives additional mana, armor and damage.

3) Spellsteal CrystalMaiden's Frostbite
(Max Level - 60 HP damage/second for trap for 3.5 seconds)
Can someone clarify with me... can an enemy blink out of a Frostbite??? other than that, the duration is longer than the best stun by a mere 0.5 second but never under-estimate the power of 0.5 second in DotA. Great against non-Blinkers and non-Strength-based heroes though
Alternative(s):
- If you can't get the best, get the second best. Refer to (1). RougeKnight/SkeletonKing's Storm Bolt.

4) Spellsteal OmniKnight's Repel
(Max Level - Repel offensive magics for 20 seconds)
'nuff said. This will help you survive against nukers. An other gray zone, can it repel MoonRider's Eclipse or Juggernaut's Omnislash???
Alternative(s):
-Black King Bar
(15 seconds duration Avatar which has the same effect as Repel)
Same as above. Gives additional HP, damage and when activated, gains additional armor and even more HP and damage.

5) Spellsteal DrowRanger's Frost Arrows, Silence
(Max Level - Slow attack rate by 20% and movement speed by 40%)
(Max Level - Silence an enemy for 6 seconds)
Frost Arrow will be useful once max-ed by either your team-mate or your enemy but only useful until you get the Eye of Scardi itself. Silence will be useful against Blinkers.
Alternative(s):
- The Eye of Scardi itself
(Slows attack rate and movement speed)
Gives additional increments to all departments of the Morphling
- Spellsteal QueenOfPain/Venomancer's Poison Strike
(Slows, 100 initial damage and 50 duration damage)
It's only for a short duration
- Spellsteal Tidehunter's Gush
(40% reduction of movement speed and a near-desolator effect: minus 5 armor)
This is one evil spell. Heh
- Spellsteal Netherdrake's Poison Attack
(40% reduction of movement speed and 24 damage/second)
Same as Frost Arrow but instead of slowing the attacking speed, the enemy hero has 24 HP loss per second.
- Spellsteal NightStalker's Crippling Fear
(40% chance to miss and 8 seconds worth of Silence)
Downside, night only. You will be cursing youself when the NightStalker's Darkness is still charging up and it's still Day]
- Spellsteal DemonWitch/ShadowShaman's Voodoo
(Turn an enemy in random critter for 5 seconds)
Thumb up for this
- Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse
(Voodoo for 3.5 seconds)
Gives additional mana and mana regeneration rate

6) Spellsteal OrgeMagi's Bloodlust
(Max Level - Increase attack rate by 50%, movement speed by 25%)
A better version of the Slayer's Ultimate that's all
Alternative(s):
- Mask of Madness
(12% life steal and when activated, Frenzy which increases attack and movement speed but takes in 20% more damage)
You will have to sell this away once you have the Eye of Scardi or you risk the ORB effect of Eye of Scardi to be override by the Mask of Madness which you do not really want, considering the money spent to build the Eye of Scardi (the second most expensive item in DotA costing a whooping 7050 Gold!!!)
Couple this with max-ed Blink, and figure out the rest yourself. =D
- Spellsteal BoneFletcher's Strafe
(110% increase in attack speed for 10 seconds)
Only enable you to attack even more faster
- Spellsteal Viper/LightningRevenant's Frenzy
(100% increase in attack for 20 seconds at the cost of 20% more damage taken)
- Hyperstone
(55% increase in attacking speed)

=======================================
The tedious Why-Not-Recommended Section
=======================================
Why these abilities are not recommended by me???

- GoblinTechie's Stasis Trap?
It takes too long to plant the trap and is easily counter-ed by Gem of True Sight or Sentry Wards althought it pays off if it traps an enemy hero since it has a very long stun period (13 seconds !!!)

- CentaurWarchief's Hoof Stomp?
Well it has a longer stun period but less damaging compared to RougeKnight/SkeletonKing's Storm Bolt. But damage is not your concern here. what matters more is that it only affect those within an AoE range of 125[?] from the Morphling compared to Storm Bolt's range of 500[?] single target

- DragonKnight's Dragon Tail?
This is IMO, even worse than Hoof Stomp. Single Target and stun at melee range, lasts for 3.25 seconds at max-ed level.

- VengefulSpirit's Magic Missile?
With damage at 325 HP damage, it's natural for it's stun effect to be low. (1.75 seconds)

- CrystalMaiden/Lich's Frost Nova?
Stun is the better choice over slow. Which is better, hitting a stun-ed hero or chasing a hero which has it's movement speed slow-ed by 4 seconds? The slow will be covered once you get the Eye of Scardi so why waste Spellsteal for this?

- NagaSiren's Ensnare?
Someone clarify, can enemy use stun while Ensnare-ed? Else, no effect against ranged hero like BoneFletcher. Ensnare lasts 5 seconds.

- Slayer's Light Strike Array?
280 HP AoE damage and stuns for 1.6 seconds and that's it. You hit the enemy once and he's off running. Need precise timing while trying to stun the running enemy hero else you will waste your time.

- UrsaWarrior's Overpower?
400% increment of attack speed for 15 seconds or 5 strikes whichever comes first. Its effect will be away before you notice it.

- OrgeMagi's Fire Blast?
Weak, Weak, Too Weak! (in terms of stun duration) 275 HP damage, single target, stuns for 1.5 seconds

- Prophet's Sprout?
Refer to NagaSiren's Ensnare.

- NightStalker's Void?
Night only. Slow for 4 seconds. Same theory as the immobolizing-or-chasing enemy hero. Not useful before Eye of Scardi and only serve to chase enemy off.

- NerubianAssassin/DemonWitch's Impale?
Straight line only and when you have casted it, the running enemy will be out of range of Impale. 300 HP damage and stuns for 2.25 seconds

- SlithereenGuard's War Stomp/Sprint?
Same as Hoof Stomp of the CentaurWarchief.
40% increase in movement speed but you take in 20% more damage.

- TormentedSoul's Split Earth?
Similar to Slayer's Light Strike Array

- ChaosKnight's Chaos Bolt?
Random stun for between 1 to 5 seconds and deals 200 HP damage

- Oblivion's Decrepify?
You cannot attack decrepify-ed hero physically. Slow 50% of movement speed though.

- Butcher's Meat Hook?
Nice try but is prone to be hooking creep without any practice.

- PandaranBattlemaster's Thunder Clap?
Same as Hoof Stomp.

============================================
Morphling Watch-List (for extreme morph-ers)
============================================
When morphing to the extreme Agility side:
[some instant 60-90% HP loss attack and assuming that you are in wonderland]
- MoonRider's Eclipse (1500 damage maximum, stick with your creeps)
- DwarvenSniper's Assassinate (655 HP damage over 2500 range)
- GoblinTechie's Suicide Squad (1500 AoE HP damage !!!)
- Slayer's Laguna Blade (1150 HP damage with Aghannim's Scepter)
- Juggernaut's Omnislash (1050 HP damage or 7xBaseAttack HP Damage)
- OrgeMagi's Max-ed DoubleCast Fireblast (1100 HP Damage with minor stun)
- QueenOfPain's Sonic Wave (850 HP damage with Aghannim's Scepter, line)
- Lich's Chain Frost (IMHO, with Aghannim's Scepter, 550 HP damage minimum, 2200 HP damage maximum)
- DemonWitch's Finger of Death (With Aghannim's Scepter, 1050 HP Damage)
- SandKing's Epicenter (1100 HP Damage)
- Max-ed Dagon (800 HP Damage)

When morphing to the extreme Strength Side:
[meaning your armor with base armor will be 1+7.1 with Eye of Scardi]
- Crystalys/Burize-do Kyanon (2x or 2.2x normal)
- Phantom Assassin's insane critical strike (4x normal)
- Desolator (8.1 armor decrease to 2.1 armor) [30+% damage reduction decreased to 10+% damage reduction]



i find the Morphling to be a very versatile hero... but being a jack of all trade is no good... haha... IMO

constructive comments anyone ?

lol!

i think i better off my computer... have spent quite some time on this... XD

zzz

even though i'm saying that i'm tuning my sleeping time...

in fact...

it just got worse...

i think i'll have to endure for 18 hours more...

starting from... now...

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

tegami

to: "Ces.Valentine" と "= wo" と "AeroFlare"

[yes you know who i'm referring to... including myself... >.<]

i think i found the following loopholes...



"= wo"

1) You know what abilities i have yet you don't get the items to counter...
[ie. you did not buy sentry wards to counter my Lothar's Edge which has Windwalk]
2) You like to wander at the river side-path...
[more prone to surprises or gangbanging by enemies...]
3) You don't request for support...
[support in the form of "Ces.Valentine"]

the rest is alright... just that you need to play more to improve on those basic stuffs like farming, hero build etc.



"Ces.Valentine"

1) You are playing at a level which is more cowardly compared to mine's...
[Juggernaut's Blade Fury is not that scary... >.<]
2) You don't stay with your creeps...
[if i used Luna... well you should know already...]
3) You did not studied the effect of most heroes' ultimate abilities...
[ie.: Omnislash]
4) When you play DotA, you tend to worry about other things...
[when you kept saying "sianz", "T.T" and more "sianz"... how to play with 100% concentration like that... =X]

i also have much more complains to you...

a) You... like to keep pausing the game...
[for toilet break...]
b) D/C-ing
[i only hated this one... which is far worse than "= wo"'s laggi-ness]
c) KS-ing
[more apparant in AI matches... but KS is everyday's life of gaming so i got nothing to say about this one... but just remember... when you KS, you are suppose to be richer than the rest of your team-mate and that's one reason more not to be killed by other heroes...]



"AeroFlare"

1) In the midst of buying Eye of Scardi, i accidentally sold off my Cranium Basher while selling away the Mask of Madness to make way for the Eye of Scardi
2) Micro-management and timing still bugs me a little
3) Tends to play more cowardly when using AGL-based hero than when using INT-based hero

i need to study up on more heroes... in my opinion...



my cough is acting up again...

>.<

oh ya...

btw...

checked my result already and it's

"dropping slowly... but nonetheless... is within what i had expected..."

BM0501 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION 2 "B"
BM0518 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT "C"
BM0519 PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT "B"
IT2505 IP TECHNOLOGY AND NETWORKING "C+"
IT2601 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS "B+"
IT2602 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE "B"
IT2691 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE PROJECT "A"

Cumulative GPA: 3.244 [decreased from 3.287]

50% of poly-life just went by... and now... must start to work hard since next semester i'm in the IT stream...

[to our wondrous, full of energy captain... no thanks needed... but i am now sort of worried for the rest's ECPJ result...]

anyways... best of luck to those who went to IT or Business Stream...

hopefully...

i can let this blog be stagnant for a while...

[and hope it don't breed mosquitoes... >.<]

Monday, October 10, 2005

wasted trip

went to animehouse to discover that it's not open every Monday...

zzz...

but...

1) i didn't bring the receipt, so if it's open, it's a wasted trip
2) even if i brought the receipt, it's not open...

will go again this coming Saturday to get my calendars and NewType magazine...

DotA 6.19b

hai 1 (Refer to: 1)
AeroFlare™ 1 (Refer to: 2)

(1) 19 October 2005,
Centaur Warchief vs Goblin Techie,
93minutes

(2) 24 October 2005,
Nerubian Weaver vs Phantom Lancer
42minutes

AeroFlare's worst enemy: EvilChamp or maybe he changed to some other wierd name.

nothing much

been doing nothing these past few days and i don't feel the urge to update my blog so frequently... so... now i will only blog whenever i step out of my house...

[which is quite rare...]

anyways... going to Bugis later to collect my pre-ordered 2006 calendars...

later...

[trying to tune my sleeping time again... might not be awake when everyone is...]

Saturday, October 08, 2005

i'm fine now...

just...

*cough*

that...

*cough*

i...

*cough*

cannot...

*cough*

finish...

*cough*

a...

*cough*

sentence...

*cough*

while...

*cough*

talking...

*cough*

properly...

*cough*

ciao.

and now...

i feel like i had just "refreshed" my body...

no more weird feelings in my body... but still got a bit of cough and flu...

[example: the strange feeling before getting sick...]

but...

what's left was the tiredness due to the lack of rest...

planning to rest for a very long time after i go collect my calendars at Sunshine Plaza...

won't be online for today's night i guess...

Friday, October 07, 2005

i led quite an unhealthy lifestyle...

and it's slowing creeping up on me...

don't feel very well today... physically and mentally... i think i should start resting more instead of mugging for java and playing games...

tomorrow going to get my pre-ordered 2006 anime calendar... namely... Bleach and Gundam Seed Destiny...

[i know i should not be running around under the hot sun when i know i'm getting sick soon... but... hope tomorrow it will rain...]

think i'll sleep again soon... since not playing any games for today...

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

tired

just came back from bugis...

[29hours without sleep...]

let's see...

- went to shaw tower to purchase "Goal!" ticket
- ate at burger king
- sp bought a new slingbag
- returned back to shaw tower
- watched "Goal!"
- had dinner at PastaMania
- return home
- blog

and then hopefully...

- DotA
- Sleep !!!!!!!!!

forget about the previous post...

going out soon...

to meet ian and sp in Bugis MRT station at 2pm...

catching the preview for "Goal!" and perhaps go slack around at Orchard area bah...

[to think that i'll be slacking at a place which i have already deem it as a boring place... compared to...]

cannot think cearly after the 20th hour that i'm awake...

[i have a bad habit of unknowingly switching my bio-timezone from GMT+8 to GMT-8]

think i'll go take a quick cold shower...

bbml

[my own acroymn: bbml - be back much later]

Saw from michelle's blog... [Warning: laggers beware!]

Your IQ Is 110

Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average

Your Verbal Intelligence is Exceptional

Your Mathematical Intelligence is Exceptional

Your General Knowledge is Above Average


Your Blog Should Be Purple

You're an expressive, offbeat blogger who tends to write about anything and everything.
You tend to set blogging trends, and you're the most likely to write your own meme or survey.
You are a bit distant though. Your blog is all about you - not what anyone else has to say.


Your Blogging Type is Logical and Principled

You like to voice your well thought out opinions on your blog.
And if someone doesn't what you write, you really don't care!
Serious and blunt, sometimes people take your blog the wrong way.
But you're a true and loyal friend to those who truly get you.


You Should Learn Japanese

You're cutting edge, and you are ready to delve into wacky Japanese culture.
From Engrish to eating contests, you're born to be a crazy gaijin. Saiko!


You Are Likely A Forth Born

At your darkest moments, you feel angry.
At work and school, you do best when your analyzing.
When you love someone, you tend to be very giving.

In friendship, you don't take the initiative in reaching out.
Your ideal jobs are: factory jobs, comedy, and dentistry.
You will leave your mark on the world with your own personal philosophy.


You Are 50% Boyish and 50% Girlish

You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch.
Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes.
You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them.
You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be.


What Your Sleeping Position Says

You are calm and rational.
You are also giving and kind - a great friend.
You are easy going and trusting.
However, you are too sensible to fall for mind games.


You Are French Food

Snobby yet ubiquitous.
People act like they understand you more than they actually do.


Your Personality Is

Guardian (SJ)


You are sensible, down to earth, and goal oriented.
Bottom line, you are good at playing by the rules.

You tend to be dominant - and you are a natural leader.
You are interested in rules and order. Morals are important to you.

A hard worker, you give your all at whatever you do.
You're very serious, and people often tell you to lighten up.

In love, you tend to take things carefully and slowly.

At work, you are suited to almost any career - but you excel in leadership positions.

With others, you tend to be polite and formal.

As far as looks go, you are traditionally attractive. You take good care of yourself.

On weekends, you tend to like to do organized activities. In fact, you often organize them!


Your Power Color Is Teal

At Your Highest:

You feel accomplished and optimistic about the future.

At Your Lowest:

You feel in a slump and lack creativity.

In Love:

You tend to be many people's ideal partner.

How You're Attractive:

You make people feel confident and accepted.

Your Eternal Question:

"What Impression Am I Giving?"


You Are Balanced - Realist - Powerful

You feel your life is controlled both externally and internally.
You have a good sense of what you can control and what you should let go.
Depending on the situation, you sometimes try to exert more control.
Other times, you accept things for what they are and go with the flow.

You are a realist when it comes to luck.
You don't attribute everything to luck, but you do know some things are random.
You don't beat yourself up when bad things happen to you...
But you do your best to try to make your own luck.

When it comes to who's in charge, it's you.
Life is a kingdom, and you're the grand ruler.
You don't care much about what others think.
But they better care what you think!


Your Birthdate: August 11

Your birth on the 11th day of the month makes you something of a dreamer and an idealist.
You work well with people because you know how to use persuasion rather than force.
There is a strong spiritual side to your nature, and you may have intuitive qualities inherent in your make up, too.

You are very aware and sensitive, though often temperamental.
Although you have a good mind and you are very analytical, you may not be comfortable in the business world.
You are definitely creative and this influence tends to make you more of a dreamer than a doer.




restarting my java revision...

now !!!

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Let's see...

did the java mock test today and it was... 56%

[without revision FYI... gonna see my foundation of java 1st then i'll start revising... since Mr Lee is giving another mock test this coming wednesday... cause i stated the day to him...]

hmm... went to Chong Pang with Kelvin to scout for friendly games but in the end we slack-ed at the big hawker center there...

[to kelvin aka cesario: sorry ar i eat too fast and too much... wasn't playing attention to the amount of food that i ate while i'm talking about what else... dota... lolz ! fret not... my turn to treat you will come soon... unlike......... ________ (fill in the blank: 20marks) anyways... i'm not even sure that you read my blog or not... haha]

continuing... at this time of the night... our dear leader... ivan-san is still online... probably playing the game that he labelled as lame and told me to stay away from it... and without a shadow of a doubt... MAPLE STORY

[first of all... sorry for the cap... i know some people out there hate people typing in cap... =X]

>.<



[running out of things to blog...]

that reminds me... someone just snowball-ed the "debt" from erm... "20 over[?]" to "20 over plus 4"... meaning... what you have asked me to do... it's done...

[i hate blogging at late night... even although i just finished my supper and feel not sleepy now...]

[what else...]

to ian-san and PSP-san[not the PlayStation Portable... XD]... movie that we will be likely to watch is maybe "Goal!" i guess... but the problem now is... the time and date of when we are watching the movie is still unknown... please tell me ASAP... arigatou !

perhaps i should start playing my PS2 soon... i have not touched my PS2 since the term break... [that's almost 2 months...]

game to be played is... [while waiting for the seasonal game-purchase rush of November/December] is...

- Genso Suikoden 3 or 4 i haven't decide
- Final Fantasy X or X-2 i also haven't decide
- Resident Evil: Outbreak
- Silent Hill 4
- Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time

don't ask me why i'm replaying those games... is cause... the last time i finished the game... i didn't finished it as in... completed every thing and unlocked everything...



meanwhile... when i used my PC for obvious reasons...

[dota talks...]

we...

[ian, PSP, kelvin and me]

are the pathetic bunch of people who can beat a team of AIs once in a blue moon...

[and the moon's blue today !!! -jk]

anyways... won't be dota-ing for today... since our hero has to work...

[hero = ian]

hmm... i guess i can say something how i feel about dota currently...

here goes...

- i hate leavers!
- i dislike laggers.

and the heroes that i can barely use or can use effectively...

- Night Stalker [currently my gay-est hero... thick in HP... but not armor...]
- Demon Witch [currently my highest HP INT-Based hero...]
- Crystal Maiden [can't slay STR-based hero when late game...]
- Moonrider [had trouble with blink dagger -> Lucent Beam -> Eclipse]
- Lifestealer [early ownage by other people... =(]
- Queen of Pain [didn't use the Fan of Knives bug of version 5.84...]
- Anti-Mage [wrong item build previously... but thanks to faizal in correcting me...]
- Juggernaut [my support-based/slayer hero]
- Phantom Lancer [*version 6.00 and above* Spamming images with abilities and manta]
- Necrolyte [my safest bet when fighting against STR-based hero...]
- Lich [better than Luna IMO...]
- Bone Fletcher [learnt from someone who liked to use this during my Sec Sch days...]
- Stealth Assassin [as above...]
- Holy Knight [mass creep rush anyone ? *before version 6.18*]
- Omniknight [support-based hero if i'm to play...]
- Zeus [wrong ability distribution previously...]
- Orge Mage [2 soul boosters with perserverence and i go happy triple-casting]
- Treant Protector [the only STR-based hero with stealth ???]
- Butcher [credit to ivan...]
- Vecromancer [credit to -ar]



kk i shall stop my post here...

later...

Sunday, October 02, 2005

Sleepless Night

again... i thought this should stop after the ECPJ ended 3 weeks ago... =(

anyways... in DotA... been getting trashed by AI since yesterday...

it's so insane... with all the micromanagement that the AI can accomplish...

i think i simply sux when playing DotA...



well... gotta start building my Strike-Freedom already... been in the box unfinished since the end of August... =D

[where's my cutter and all... Zzz]

later...

will blog again after playing DotA with Ian later... cause he said he not working today...