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Neart ár ngéag!
Beart de réir ár mbriathar!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.comBlogger575125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-19760724881753746562014-12-17T21:09:00.004+08:002014-12-17T21:09:50.963+08:00A promise I made......on the Neverwinter FB page. iirc it's more of a reply to a comment on a fellow Neverwinner pertaining countless daily quests bar those offered by Rhix and Dagult Neverember. One of the most common challenges facing MMOs is this: How are you, as part of the dev crew, going to prevent whatever risk present in prolonged grinding?<br />
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Grinding is not abt having sex w/your ideal A-list celebrity, but rather the fact that the gamers have to tahan N hrs of pointless monster bashing just to achieve actual rewards (in this sense, focusing on PvP sooner or later actually seems legit). It's not abt what you kill as who, but rather doing the same thing w/nary a challenge (one good reason why Industrial City patrol in Marvel Heroes 2015 is so lag-vulnerable is due to doing the same thing w/a tactical twist, i.e. too many blokes and gals in the same server/instance).<br />
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Ofc there are certain alternatives to avoiding this problem called boredom. The most common way is to swear off the game temporarily, so that you can actually get a breather by spending time w/your bf/gf. Conversely speaking, it also possibly means that PWE is trying to prevent stuff like this below from happening.<br />
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Then, we have that thing called time planning. When you feel that 'tis high time for you to get a decent life off the PC, then chances are that you might end up playing less on a daily basis (pardon my shitty pun).</div>
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Ever since its official release last year, Neverwinter has created a whopping total of 5 campaigns (including PvP as well fyi). Story mode is story mode, the blokes @Cryptic quite obviously understood the need to bait the gamers. Let them grind for a fair bit (read: few months or so), then VOILA! We have a new campaign up in the cards.</div>
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1. No more grinding. At least for the next few weeks/couple of months.</div>
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2. New campaign packs (which may or may not be offered to the existing gamers for free as a loyalty reward).</div>
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3. At least one new race & class (Hero of the North pack doesn't count on the racial end since drow and Menzoberranzan Renegade are technically the same).</div>
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4. Perks and bragging rights.*</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eQtDpN1mcc">That is unless you're a genius capable of creating something out of nothing</a>.</span></div>
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iirc Tyranny of Dragons is nearing to an end if there's anything to go by Tiamat's presence. So who'll be next unholy sucker? I'd take Cyric since there should be plenty on the plate given Kelemvor's plot presence+Mystra finally making her long awaited resurrection. Hell, we may even end up seeing the real Alustriel Silverhand (pls note that Alustriel Silverhand=/=Alestrial Eliaden). If so, then we're out to see plenty of fun from the Zhentarim. Not to mention Elminster Aumar vs Manshoon Part Deux.</div>
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Or maybe we'll end up seeing a political crisis facing Dagult Neverember since the Sons of Alagondar do play a pivotal role thus far? Since they've got a major supporting role in the early parts in-game, why not give Arlon Bladeshaper some much needed screen time?</div>
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What about linking the next season w/whatever happening thus far where Drizzt Do'Urden and his merry Companions are concerned? Do note that those durned drow do have their grubby grip on Gauntlgrym now (and that's NOT including that most dangerous mutha*bleep* better known as Artemis "Barrabus the Gray" Entreri). Lest we forget, Faerûn's most BA rivalry actually had a hand in Neverwinter's current fate.</div>
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In S'pore, the chenghu will always say something like this during any dialogue session:</div>
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<b><i>"Please make your questions </i></b><span style="text-align: center;"><b><i>succinct."</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Where I get this info, no one has the right to buah me. What I'm gonna say is this: What the header says.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">In short, maybe the devs can try doing the Call to Arms event like... once every month or two? Via my personal experience, CTA is def the most in-demand event second only to Respen's Marvelous Game (albeit the last RMG was weirdly bugged). Order wise, maybe the devs can try doing each skirmish once instead of doing the same skirmish twice (note that CTA do have a history of hosting the same skirmish twice). The key lies in reliving the good ol'days where you can bash anybody you like sans the level limitations.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Won't suggest this since the PvP queuing system is terribly broken atm. But if the devs decide to go ahead w/this, then it'll be good to do the queuing system in the gear score bracket. Sadly, it seems that the devs have tried this before (I mean the GS part). The outcome? Insanely long queuing time.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">How cool can this get? The only bummer? High likelihood of insanely long queuing time (see above). Interestingly enough, the devs can opt to say "hey, let's scrap the other dungeons so that every player can focus on our newly modded CTA!"</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">You've fought the original McCoy, now for that newly evolved Beast. Technically speaking, the relationship between the real CTA and the real Respen's Marvelous Game can be summed up below.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Not duration of process, but rather duration of event. I know plenty of ppl will think I'm batshit crazy due to comments of laggy rubberbands going around like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T78lwKBIQYs">da'man w/swords</a>. True, false, or exaggerated, I don't care since I've yet to hit that laggy point (and to be fair, lag problem was actually much more serious the last time round). This is to give more gamers the chance to expose and express themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Gamers are still clamoring for this, I suppose. Let's make things a bit spicier here, shall we? Let's say your character has the title "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypyvcfnu4Gg">The Immortal</a>" (i.e. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu5LE5WUsRE">this</a>). What kind of bonus will this self pompous assery give you? Very simple. 5% chance of revival complete w/half life restored! (only caveat is having a 3-5 min cooldown) It's been quite some time since boys like Baofeng, Michael, Rion, and possibly Jeffrey (plus maybe even girls like Sharifah and Sheryl) have played CS while our ITE lecturer ain't looking at the right direction. So let's rumble! Not just PvP titles, but also PvE ones as well. To better every gamer's access to the 1st Gaming Amendment, why not give them a PvE specific perk? (Master of Monsters, anyone?) Unless a miracle happens (and I mean it without being sarcastic to the devs), chances are that not every gamers will be like me (read: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pFwBq0DDes">bodoh enough to learn the PvP ropes via constant death loop</a>).</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Ever wondered how it feels to have a kick ass NPC giving you dailies? Done correctly, a daily quest keeps the rest away. Inspired by the Siege of Neverwinter event, why not do an event lasting 1-2 weeks? By visiting a specific NPC every Realmers enjoy loving/hating, every hero/heroine can have a chance to impress him/herself. Every brand new day brings a brand new quest. Chance to get new title? Cool BA loot even for the uncommon ones? Who knows you might even have the chance to meet additional BA NPCs!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">The only catch? Wizards of the Coast need to play arbitrator. Some examples listed below</span><span style="text-align: center;">:</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Must pakei w/Elaine "not you, Elaine" Cunningham.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Go find Paul "neither that 13th disciple nor <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWalrusWasPaul">that walrus</a>" S. Kemp first.</b></i></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-60412983408554777342014-12-15T01:03:00.002+08:002014-12-15T01:03:11.222+08:00Nvr knew my boss (y) something I RT'd...Only realized earlier today. Apparently, even orang melayu has heard of Neverwinter.<br />
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P.S: If you think this is me shamelessly advertising Cryptic studios and what not... well, you're wrong. My character is such that I can get absurdly obsessed w/whatever I do. And that includes gaming in general...<br />
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1. Using Soulforged armor can be really hazardous. Generally, the difference between a n00b and a pro lies in whether one can make the most out of getting a rez... I swear you can get yourself killed easily once Soulforged effect gets triggered. Witness it first hand during my previous Gauntlgrym PvP. I'm not fibbing srsly. Want to use it for PvP, best you max the rank.</div>
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2. Assist is a very good way to learn PvP. In short, it actually does something decent or better when honing your tactical awareness of the situation. PvP in Neverwinter will always be absurdly fast paced, so you won't have time to react and resist (trust me when I say my character always die in open ground ambush). Unless you happened to be ppl like Juan "mata mata merah" Mata, Cesc "amigos @Barca, why always me?" Fàbregas, and Joe "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBuTeQAN1gU">not angry</a>*" Allen.</div>
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8. Skirmish and Gauntlgrym dungeons are exception to this rule due the break neck pace and relatively far shorter instance. I can assure you that having at least a 10% movement speed means tactical leverage (that plus maxing out your Battlewise feat alone=/=able to dodge aggro for GG dungeons). Most likely the reason why I can't really make the top cut for Executioner and Paingiver rankings. Living Dead title? You bet this is Arylos' first group PvE title. Talk abt invoking the name of Kelemvor lol!</div>
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<i>A/N-Realized I need to sleep soon. Might as well temporarily stop here since my next rant-alysis will be covering some specific PvP stuff (read: all your base are belong to us).</i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-49027722421454269202014-12-06T01:32:00.000+08:002014-12-06T01:32:04.804+08:00Demi Gods and Semi Devils (aka my own half assed analysis)Thank goodness that the Neverwinter photo battle for the winter season will last 1 week. Originally, I was planning to do 1 or 2 of those. Sadly, I prefer doing this kinda stuff once I got enough sleep. Since I feel like doing something random, might as well do may own half assed analysis on what is arguably Louis Cha's one of (e.g. Sword Stained with Royal Blood and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber) if not the most humanistic wuxia novel.<br />
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1st montage: Qiao Feng<br />
2nd montage: Duan Yu<br />
3rd montage: Xu Zhu<br />
4th montage: Wang Yuyan<br />
5th montage: A'Zhu<br />
6th montage: Zhong Ling<br />
7th montage: Mu Wanqing<br />
8th montage: A'Zi<br />
9th montage: Murong Fu<br />
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In the Buddhist lore, there are eight entities deemed beyond human. Yet, they still remained bound to Saṃsāra, better known as the cycle of being human (that's the best I can explain it. Sorry). In short, these eight entities are still considered human in terms of desires and emotions. Below is how I'd classify the individual characters accordingly. Note that Louis Cha managed to troll himself upon realizing that his characters have gotten more complicated (read: more humane).</div>
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In Buddhist lore, deva is quintessentially an invisible entity. Unless there's a human having an (?) opened divyacakṣus (i.e. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUYKSWQmkrg">this</a>). This is NOT to say that a deva=a ghost. Rather, we can easily equate them with the concept of "unseen beauty" or "unseen value".</div>
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Why him: Duan Yu would be basically one ridiculed as a loser by the standard of the society. However, this lucky lobo actually boasted innate talent (according to that fatso Yue Laosan [岳老三]) and/or pure dumb luck (talk abt having 2 smoking hot gf in the form of Zhong Ling [钟灵] and Mu Wanqing [木婉清]).</div>
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Why him: Qiao Feng was actually the master of the Eighteen Dragon Taming Palms [降龙十八掌], so we can see quite a bit of irony here. However, it must also be said that without the presence of water (i.e. seas, oceans, and rivers), a dragon is as good as ****ed. This is synonymous with Qiao Feng's character development where pretty much 60% of his story was a major identity crisis. That's until we got one bloody Hong-gi becoming his friend. No, I'm not referring to F.T Island. Rather, he's none other than the historical Yelü Hongji [耶律洪基].</div>
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A/N: Apparently, Qiao Feng actually taught us a valuable lesson in life-<b><i>There are many ways to die, but only two ways to live.</i></b></div>
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Why him: Two words, one name. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvHK6blDJaQ">'nuff said</a>. Srsly guys... the real Xu Zhu was anything but a looker. Def not that other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Fan">Louis</a>. At the same time, above mentioned part on being carefree seemed to be... well, I might as well let the Carefree Sect speaks for itself: 逍遥派掌门.</div>
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A/N: I realized getting hitched w/that super hot princess of Xixia [西夏] is like calculating the likelihood of dating Taylor Swift/Daniela Hantuchová/Horikita Maki/Park Shin-hye. Depending on how you see this parallel, it can be either super scary or super lucky. Depends, I guess...</div>
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Natural enemy of the nāga, the garuda always enjoy snacking one or a few of 'em. According to the Buddhist lore, the garudas detest the nāga. However, they are also tasked with protecting the devas. Which sounds kinda weird... kinda like how jolly ol' McCain would welcome the Ayatollah singing "bomb... bomb... bomb... bomb, bomb IS..."</div>
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Why her: I know it sounds truly weird... but whatever she did in-plot seem to only further that most tragic ending Louis Cha has ever done.</div>
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A/N: I could have included You Tanzhi [游坦之] as well, but I prefer to put him under another category. I mean, why would I be so stupid to classify him as Qiao Feng's better? No proof that Qiao Feng would ever lose against this bloke mano-a-mano...</div>
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I'd call this Xu Zhu's grandest moment of reckoning. To every monk, being reborn as a gandharva is tantamount to being proven as a failure. The reason behind this is very simple: Gandharva is quintessentially one of, if not the lowest fella in this caste system. In short, being reborn as one means you've just attained level 1 for your basic ethics. Def reserved for buggers guilty of rape, murder, and victim blaming. Not that buggers in my context should be seen as gay though...</div>
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Why them: If you believe in karma (not that I buy it anyway), it means falling from grace=you've done something really bad. Unlike how those real caste supporting mooks view the dalits, there's nothing sinful behind both our heroes becoming untouchables. While it'd be utterly stupid to blame that princess for Xu Zhu's fall from grace, pointing the finger to those trigger happy dudes where Qiao Feng was concerned could be seen as somewhat justified. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tbJ4HavnKE">That is until we see this moment of revelation</a>.</div>
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<b><u>Murong Fu [慕容复]; Jiu Mozhi [鸠摩智]; Murong Bo [慕容博]; You Tanzhi [</u></b><span style="text-align: center;"><b><u>游坦之</u></b></span><b><u>]; Xiao Yuanshan [萧远山]; Duan Yanqing [段延庆]; pretty much 90% of Duan Yu's problem [i.e. 父债子还]</u></b></div>
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Where should I start??? Okay, let's start w/the last one.</div>
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If there's anything in common between father and son, it'd be the tendency to get horny. Okay, I know this is too harsh a judgment on Duan Yu since his only moment of horny lust was actually instigated by Duan Yanqing (i.e. the numero uno of the Four Great Villains [天下四惡 / 四大惡人]. When I reached that part where Duan Yu was forced between having sex w/Mu Wanqing (who by then was alrdy unveiled as Duan Yu's "half-sister"), my heart ended up in my mouth. I was like... "oh shit, let this not happen..." Thankfully everyone managed to bail out w/o losing a hair or virginity. It'd be outright horrendous otherwise since Duan Yanqing was truly a scoundrel.</div>
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If only Duan Yu' dad nvr fooled around... ~le sigh~</div>
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Not only that, but it seemed that plenty of Duan Zhengchun's old flings might have developed some form of homicidal impulse. Note that only those marked w/* are to be considered homicidal bitches on a homicidal mission.</div>
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<i>Dad had sex w/Li Qingluo </i>[李青萝]<i>*, therefore Wang Yuyan became my "sis".</i></div>
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<i>Dad had sex w/Qin Hongmian </i>[秦红棉]<i>*, therefore I nearly had sex w/my "sis".</i></div>
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<i>Dad had sex w/Gan Baobao </i>[甘宝宝]<i>, therefore Zhong Ling's dad actually recognized her "bro" since I got bishonen looks.</i></div>
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<i>Dad had sex w/Kang Min </i>[康敏]<i>*, therefore she became a mad bitch horny for my best bro forever.</i> (okay, that's stretching the truth a bit far. Kang Min did try to seduce Qiao Feng though. That was after she's revealed to be a mistress of toy boys)</div>
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<i>Dad had sex w/Ruan Xingzhu </i>[阮星竹]<i>, therefore my best bro forever nearly killed you.</i> (okay, I admit that Qiao Feng's anger towards Duan Zhengchun was unjustified since everything was instigated by that mad bitch Kang Min. Didn't prevent Qiao Feng from committing culpable homicide tho...)</div>
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Then we have Duan Yanqing. Ever wondered how would you feel if that man you loath the most said to others that "he's my son LOLZ!" Basically, that'd either make you a fake bastard (bloke's barking mad) or a real one (that man actually shagged your mom! OH, THE HORRORS OF HELL AND PURGATORY!!!!). Altho to be fair, it was Duan Yu's mom making the first move. Hell hath no fury like a lady scorned, said hell actually provided a road to heaven for her only son. I really envy that Duan Yu...<br />
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Ofc we have Qiao Feng's dad. This loony old man was actually the cause of Qiao Feng's misery. Even though his intention was well-meaning (i.e. he couldn't bear the sight of his son serving the enemy like an idiot), his methods actually played vital part where Qiao Feng's untimely ending was concerned. In short, I take back my statement on A'Zi just now. <u><b>Wait,,, does that mean I should put Xiao Yuanshan as the garuda while A'Zi should be under the kinnara category? Grrr... I screwed up big time here...</b></u></div>
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You Tanzhi was a man hell bent on two missions. Mission 1 was to bump off Qiao Feng due to the debacle at the Juxian Manor [聚贤庄]. Mission 2 was to score w/A'Zi. Since the latter was so besotted w/the former (which led to that most tragic ending in wuxia novels), it means Tanzhi actually had to undertake two missions at the same time. One must NOT dismiss the impact which the tragedy at Juxian Manor had on You Tanzhi. In fact, his pseudonym "Zhuang Juxian" [庄聚贤] was not just a way of remembering the past. Above all, it's the glue preventing him from going all into pieces. On one hand, he desired A'Zi NOT b/c of lust. But rather he desired companionship. Something which he craved after everybody else treated him like scum. And all b/c of what? Because his family members were a pack of jerks? Hell no! It was the unforgiving society which chose to be that greatest jerk! Ironically, Qiao Feng was also a victim of that very same jerkass society. Ofc things didn't help that said jerkass society refused to empathize with the likes of A'Zi.<br />
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Then we have Murong Bo. This son of a bitch was arguably the architect of pretty much 99% of the tragedy so as to speak. Under the guise of a righteous man (fact was that the Murong family were an upstanding clan right from the get go), he actually instigated the conflict between the northern Song and the northern tribes. So how did he do it? Very simple. By giving fake info. No thanks to his dick dastardly strategy, a perfectly innocent family was forced to death. Long story short, poor Xiao Feng [萧峰] lost his mother to a bunch of bloodthirsty crusaders while his dad attempted suicide. The only catch? Xiao Sr never kicked the bucket. This was when he decided to create his own hit list (I mean Xiao Yuanshan). While it must be stated that Murong Bo's role in the plot was minimal, the impact of his ambition to revive the long gone Yan Kingdom was to be extremely severe (read: starting a war between the proverbial Crusaders and the metaphorical Saracens).<br />
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Then we have Jiu Mozhi. Now that bugger is really a damn problematic one. His lust wasn't towards women (since he's a legal monk) nor was it down to power (since his surname wasn't Murong). It's due to a hunger for more power. And all for what? It must be stated that his quest for power was to be that numero uno supremo in the martial arts world. There are many ways to earn respect and fame. Some do it through power, others relied on money. Then there are those who are desperately proving themselves in the name of merit. Jiu Mozhi belonged to the last type. While it's good to be competitive, going to the extremes can AND will have... well, as what the Freakonomics series enjoy quoting, "unintentional consequences". He tried to obtain the manual for the Divine Swords of Six Channels [六脉神剑]. Much to his dismay, <strike>un</strike>fortunately, the head of the Heavenly Dragon Monastery [天龍寺] managed to set down his holy orders in time. In short, Kurong [枯荣] ordered the holy book be cooked (and by that, I mean burning that manual). The only problem? As part of the Duan royalty, Kurong desired to have someone to inherit this super imba swordsmanship (<i>to set the record straight, the Divine Swords of Six Channels didn't require a real weapon. Channel your ki via any one of the vital energy channels within the human body=<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LaserBlade">this, I bluff not...</a></i>).<br />
As shit turned out, Duan Yu was the only one suitable for learning this. Why? Because only those from the Dali royalty [大理王室] had the right to learn it. This had nothing to do/ability, but rather the royal birthright. Scarily enough, it seemed that Duan Yu's memory was also super imba. Pretty sure he could easily recall pointless stuff happening more than 10 yrs ago (e.g. who were the ones bullying him 4 teh lolz).<br />
<i>In short, if you're good enough to remember useless stuff, it means you're old enough to remember important stuff.</i><br />
As you can guess, Jiu Mozhi ain't givin' up just like dat. Pretty much 99% of his role was to hunt down Duan Yu, so that he could truly learn the power written in that holy book. As for the remaining 1%... well, let's just say that even utterly rotten religious bastards like him deserve a break.<br />
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If there's anybody capable of embodying the asura, surely it'd be Murong Fu. Just a brief intro on the asura here:<br />
The asuras are seen as technically malevolent entities. This is very different from the other holy 7 in the sense that the rest actually have a decent/superior moral direction. The asura is one brimming with all kinds of negative emotions. One concept is that those departing to the asura realm are individuals who desired to do good, yet somehow managing to screw up by committing harmful acts (something which made Qiao Feng as qualified. Hate where such theory is going, man...). This is especially true for Xiao Yuanshan since the only immoral aspect of his character lies in the methodology (albeit good intentions in many cases tend to be subjective. Read: A'Zi). More damning assessment can be discovered <a href="http://www.chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com/en/index.php?title=Asura-gati">here</a>.<br />
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Was Murong Fu someone consumed by ambition? Well, I can pretty much liken his nature with his father. As they say, like father like son [虎父无犬子]. For the sake of his own selfish ambition, he cheated Wang Yuyan's feelings. For the sake of his own selfish ambitions, he desired the hand of that princess of Xixia (which culminated into that most fairy tale climax of the story). For the sake of his own selfish ambition, he had no qualms in spitting upon the basic morals of every human being. Yet, it must be stated that just like those doomed to be reincarnated as an asura, Murong Fu was a victim. He was a victim of circumstances, he ended up becoming his greatest enemy (something that I remembered to be part of the Buddhist dogma). For those who have seen the plot till the very end, I believe you all should understand what I'm talking abt. 'Tis ain't dogmatic rocket science, I'm sure of that...<br />
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<b>To be cont'd...</b><br />
<b>b/c I too ****ing shagged out liao...</b><br />
<b>But don't worry, preview listed below.</b><br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedShirt">#AllOurAncestorsComeFromTeesside</a><br />
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Singapore got its very own Great Singapore Sale, the Chu-Han War also had its own Great Han Bailout. You see, the difference between sale and bailout is quite apparent. Allow my Minghui-matics to do the parallel.</div>
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In this part, we'll explore how someone who looked like a girl managed to secure that Great Han Bailout.</div>
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[汉四年,韩信破齐而欲自立为齐王,汉王怒。张良说汉王,汉王使良授齐王信印,语在淮阴事中。]<br />
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[汉四年,遂皆降平齐。使人言汉王曰:“齐伪诈多变,反复之国也,南边楚,不为假王以镇之,其势不定。愿为假王便。”<br />
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张良、陈平蹑汉王足,因附耳语曰:“汉方不利,宁能禁信之王乎?不如因而立,善遇之,使自为守。不然,变生。”<br />
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During the fourth year of Han, Han Xin vanquished the vassal state of Qi. Desiring to make himself the King of Qi, the King of Han was enraged as a result. However, Zhang Liang advised the King of Han to accede to Han Xin's request. Hence, the King of Han sent Liang as an envoy to impart the royal seal of Qi unto Xin. Details of said event are recorded in the account of Huaiyin]<br />
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During the fourth year of Han, the vassal state of Qi was finally subjugated. An envoy was sent, telling the King of Han: "The state of Qi will always be a traitorous nation. With its location at the south of Chu, a temporary King must be installed to pacify whatever rebellious elements present. Your humble vassal is willing to undertake this task."<br />
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"I am now trapped here, hoping that you'll come to my aid. How dare you ask me to make you a King!"<br />
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Zhang Liang and Chen Ping then kicked the King of Han at the leg, whispering thus: "We are now in dire straits, how can we afford to refuse Han Xin's request? He must be made King and be treated with respect. If so, he will remain loyal. If not, he will rebel."<br />
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When you're on the up, everyone wants to be your friend. When you're totally down, everybody wants to shoot the dog. No matter how idealistic you claim yourself to be, this is reality. The world and history has told us this much. It doesn't matter whether you've got the mandate from that man upstairs. People will desert you once they feel disillusioned, never mind feeling betrayed. [1]</div>
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Can you imagine Erdoğan demanding Syria to cede the town of Kobane unto the Turkish rule post-ISIS? I know this what-if sounds absurd, but how Assad would feel is basically how Liu Bang felt here. Now I'm not implying Turkey will bail Kobane out since certain things are not meant to be refuted. My point is that when you're in trouble, you don't expect your most powerful friend to ask something like...</div>
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<i>"Eh, I really like that girl who happens to be your stead's BFF. Can introduce her to me? Really like that type who is a bit dark, and also very vivacious. I confirm will be a very nice bf and a very hiong lover one. Confirm guarantee plus chop."</i></div>
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I don't know about you, but if I have a girlfriend and a friend of mine happened to ask me this question...</div>
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Enter the twin talents, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping. By kicking Liu Bang, they're quite obviously not trying break his leg. [3] Granted true, Han Xin was being unreasonable. After all, he should have known his boss' current situation. Yet, they also reminded Liu Bang what kind of employee Han Xin was. It's one thing to be a jerk, quite another to be a life saving jerk.</div>
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In life, you can't have your cake and eat it at the same time. It's one thing detesting that bugger seated just next to you, quite another to ask yourself whether said bugger is the only man able to bail you out... [4]</div>
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[其秋,汉王追楚至阳夏南,战不利而壁固陵,诸侯期不至。良说汉王,汉王用其计,诸侯皆至。语在项籍事中。]<br />
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[汉欲西归,张良、陈平说曰:“汉有天下太半,而诸侯皆附之。楚兵罢食尽,此天亡楚之时也,不如因其机而遂取之。今释弗击,此所谓‘养虎自遗患’也。”<br />
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汉王听之。汉五年,汉王乃追项王至阳夏南,止军,与淮阴侯韩信、建成侯彭越期会而击楚军。至固陵,而信、越之兵不会。楚击汉军,大破之。汉王复入壁,深堑而自守。谓张子房曰:“诸侯不从约,为之柰何?”<br />
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对曰:“楚兵且破,信、越未有分地,其不至固宜。君王能与共分天下,今可立致也。即不能,事未可知也。君王能自陈以东傅海,尽与韩信;睢阳以北至谷城,以与彭越:使各自为战,则楚易败也。”<br />
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于是乃发使者告韩信、彭越曰:“并力击楚。楚破,自陈以东傅海与齐王,睢阳以北至谷城与彭相国。”<br />
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使者至,韩信、彭越皆报曰:“请今进兵。”<br />
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韩信乃从齐往,刘贾军从寿春并行,屠城父,至垓下。大司马周殷叛楚,以舒屠六,举九江兵,随刘贾、彭越皆会垓下,诣项王。]</div>
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[Come the same autumn, the King of Han pursued the forces of Chu unto south of Yangxia. Upon facing a setback, the King of Han could only choose to retreat and hold fort in Guling. Alas, the various lords had yet to come to his aid. Upon hearing Zhang Liang's advice, the King of Han decided to follow suit. Indeed the various lords soon flocked to his aid. Details of said event are recorded in the account of Xiang Ji]</div>
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[The forces of Han desired to return west. Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, however, said: "Now that Han possess more than half of the lands, the lords have all pledged allegiance unto us. The soldiers of Chu were already tired and their supply running low. Indeed heaven had announced the demise of Chu. Why not attack since there's a chance? If we're to let them go, this would be rearing a tiger for future harm."<br />
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The King of Han listened. Come the fifth year of Han, the King of Han pursued the King of Xiang unto south of Yangxia. Stopping there, he intended to join forces with the Marquis of Huaiyin (Han Xin) and the Marquis of Jiancheng (Peng Yue) to attack the Chu army. Upon reaching Guling, both Xin and Yue's army were nowhere to be found. The army of Chu attacked the forces of Han and gained a huge victory. Retreating once again, the King of Han was forced to defend deeply. Seeking Zhang Zifang's counsel, the King of Han asked: "The lords have yet to be seen. What must we do?"<br />
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Zhang Liang replied: "The army of Chu had just earned themselves a reprieve while Xin and Yue had yet to be allotted their own share of land. Hence, their tardiness. If a ruler can share his territory with others, he must made it known. If not, then the outcome will be unknown. M'lord can grant the King of Qi (i.e. Han Xin) the eastern lands stretching till the sea; as for Chancellor Peng (i.e. Peng Yue), he can be given the lands north of Suiyang till the city of Gu. Once both are motivated to battle for themselves, the Chu army can be defeated easily."<br />
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Liu Bang's current predicament was oddly like something happening N years later @the north east of England. Long story short, I doubt Karanka will escape sanctions coming from that UN of English football. And all for what? Because he was rightfully accused of disrespect towards the authorities taking the black. Now that Karanka is in the danger of taking that literal black, what are we to do? Who do we call? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13pxcLUMGa4">This guy?</a> And lest we forget, whatever vicious rumours circulating over Higgy's departure won't go away just because Go Dok-mi happened to be a victim of online slander. [5]</div>
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Interestingly, it seems that Peng Yue has attained the status of Chancellor [6] even before Liu Bang managed to unify the whole of China. In short, the two amigos calling the heaviest shot were Han Xin and Peng Yue. As for Qing Bu, it can be argued that since he's born a scoundrel (i.e. an outlaw), his level of respect was virtually zero. [7] <a href="http://unanswered-bloke-works.blogspot.com/2014/09/el-estratega-nueve.html">Ofc it didn't prevent him being joint first w/Han Xin and Peng Yue in the whole Executioner/Paingiver ranking</a>.</div>
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So there we have it: double action with twice the fun. While Han Xin's actions managed to galvanise Liu Jia into taking the same action, Zhou Yin actually took the chance to rebel. Granted that 90% of the vassal population was alrdy disillusioned w/their current boss, to see one prefecture's worth of military pwning a force six times the value is like seeing Boro putting 6 goals past Mad Ian's lads.</div>
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Let this be known: when Han Xin and Peng Yue decided to attack from their respective positions, their decision managed to create a chain reaction. Ever tried playing a Hunter Ranger at lvl 60? Ever tried doing a Feytouched effect via Fox's Shift? If you're like me as a Neverwinner, chances are that you'd realise the devastating effect wrecked on those dumbass cultists. Visualising this is like visualising the Han Xin+Peng Yue effect. [8]</div>
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1. Their decision must galvanise the rest in order to have an absolute chance of success (hence Zhang Liang's confidence that the Gaixia Screwjob would be Xiang Yu's Montreal Screwjob).</div>
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Point 1 is very easy to understand, but what about point 2? Allow this lowly strategist wannabe here to analyze this:</div>
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This weekend, we're going on a long trip down south. Quite a bit like how Robb Stark was intending to take down the Lannister dynasty mano-a-mano. Our only problem? Karanka confirm will kenna the banhammer, Higgy alrdy double confirm boh-liao...</div>
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Even if you're the most ardent Boro fan, it'd be hard to say "hey, let us put 6 past that barking mad Ian 4 teh lolz!"</div>
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Let us just do the simple Minghui-matics here...</div>
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Every Boro fan wearing the Red Shirt+desire to **** the living daylights out of those living bar codes next season=self serving bastard</div>
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Every player wearing the Red Shirt+desire to prove themselves=self serving bastard</div>
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Higgy wearing the Red Shirt+desire to see his lifelong dream achieved=self serving bastard</div>
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Karanka treated like a Red Shirt+desire to **** those men in black via results after 90 mins=self serving bastard.</div>
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Me living like a Red Shirt+desire to be El Estratega of Boro=self serving bastard</div>
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Amplify the word Self Serving Bastard. What do you get?</div>
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<i>To be cont'd...</i><br />
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<b>[1]: Wait... that sounds oddly familiar...</b><br />
<b>[2]: In the same way crisis is a-coming to my beloved Teesside due to Higgy's sudden departure.</b><br />
<b>[3]: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_st29mlQwU">Sorry for the piss poor quality here...</a></b><br />
<b>[4]: This NOT me throwing whatever little weight behind Higgy. Okay, there's such a thing called diff in opinions. So what? The current fight against the ISIS is full of differences in opinions anyway...</b><br />
<b>[5]: I don't profess to know even a word of español, let alone simple castellano. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6anvbBvSbDo">But still I find this El Clásico'kay weirdly amusing...</a></b><br />
<b>[6]: Ironically, Zhang Liang ended up being Liu Bang's numero uno choice for Chancellor after the war.</b><br />
<b>[7]: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzHV3Cbpjck">Just don't ask me whether Snoop Dogg has any hand in Super Mario grabbing coins like a Jew.</a></b><br />
<b>[8]: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBSIkiS_tVE">Quite a bit like how Hong Kong stock market shares tend to take a massive tumble whenever Adam Cheng did a new drama.</a></b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-11792136279059088972014-12-01T02:23:00.001+08:002014-12-01T02:23:51.309+08:00Cryptic...<b><i>Cryptic</i></b><br />
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Definition 1: Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.<br />
Example-Jon finds Dany's decision to fake her name in front of him a tad too cryptic.<br />
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Definition 2: That studio infamous for red text and lag.<br />
Example-While the Cryptic studio has been criticized over technical issues, it remains a general consensus that Neverwinter Online is a total success. Especially given the issues stated above.<br />
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<b><u>Proof that at least Cryptic is able to give me some much needed cheer...</u></b></div>
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Truly sucks, last night. While my beloved nation's loss can be attributed to key injuries plus some half-baked mind game targeted against one or a few M'sian players doing rokok, Boro's 1-1 draw was case of unforgivable circumstances, in which only the locals and neutrals were absolved of culpability. That's unless stuff like racism were involved. The fact that you got assaulted by a black merely means you should let the cops do their job. If they can't be arsed, it doesn't mean you should invoke the 2nd Amendment. Period.</div>
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Enough griping, I believe I have more reason to do so come tomorrow since I know I'll die a poor man in the same manner as that Lazarus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke.</div>
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The reason why I put the title above is down to me getting that much awaited coalescent ward. Call me an idiot, but I suspect chances of getting that precious disc is around 10% or maybe even less. This is taken into account that:</div>
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1. You can't earn Celestial Coins via the standard hourly invocation. Last time round boleh, this time round tak boleh.</div>
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2. Which inversely means you need 1 full week of logging in to get your much needed maximum dosage.</div>
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So far so good, I've been absurdly lucky in a sense that:</div>
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1. My first coalescent ward was obtained via my first Coffer of Wondrous Augmentation.</div>
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2. Just when I thought my entire Sunday would suck equally, if not harder than my upcoming week, Cryptic decided to drop me that belated Thanksgiving present. Sans watching Trish Stratus vs Stacy Keibler 'live' @Walmart ofc.</div>
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Both moments went to Arylos b/c I needed to do epic enchantments on my armor and main hand weapon. Just a word of caution though:</div>
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<b><i>Epic enchantments do NOT enhance your gear score!</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Rather, either they amplify the gear score or offset any disadvantage in gear score via trigger effect!</i></b></div>
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Take for example having a Feytouched epic on your main hand weapon. Supposedly you're out to create G-Dragon's BFF, namely F-Dragon. This is def a far better alternative compared to having a higher GS, but zero epic enchantment. 3% damage bonus will NOT last 20 secs, but it will up your GS by a whopping relevant amount since I suspect said bonus is calculated from the median power value.</div>
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Another example would be having a Briartwine epic. Once you trigger the effect, it will deal back 2% of damage dealt back to the attacker. Will this increase your GS? No. Will offset whatever disadvantage due to a lower GS? Yes.</div>
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This is VERY important b/c I've committed the stupid mistake of forgoing High Sentry's Longbow of the Unicorn in exchange for Stormcaller's Bow. Granted true I was merely horsing around (read: testing whether SB is better despite being only a rare gear). That plus I was also holding out for that final piece to my much wanted Forest Warden puzzle. While I've got no problem re-calibrating my Encounter skills set (i.e. I had to switch Split the Sky for Fox's Cunning to get around the handicap of scoring no F-Dragon), I don't like the trade off. I mean, yeah everybody have a lesser chance of dying plus that party buff bonus. Yet, I've been in circumstances where:</div>
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Which means using a higher GS equipment at the expense of an epic enchantment slot confirm totally bohua one...</div>
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<b><u>Nerf Alert!</u></b></div>
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There has been plenty of word going about where Hunter Rangers got themselves terribly shafted in the nerfing dept. One of the main complaints is that Fox's Shift got nerfed in terms of damage. In PvP and PvE alike, a lot of gamers would agree with me that FS=the best bet in AoE damage for HR. While Rain of Swords got some neat damage buff, it's not your BFF in both PvE and PvP (that is unless you're running a lvl 60 campaign lair against the boss. Ironically, a good RoS user can AND will murder any boss outright. Don't believe me, you're actually looking at Arylos here).</div>
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One thing I noticed is that in any party instance, the HR will always be that Jon Snow b/c of Robb Stark himself (i.e. mainly Control Wizards and Devoted Clerics). Even Great Weapon Fighters are still thought to be semi-imba. Which really says a lot.</div>
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If you desire any bragging rights, be sure to choose HR. Not only will you be lauded as the next King of Gondor and Arnor, above all you'll be proven as the next Drizzt Do'Urden minus his two hot girlfriends. Any other class will merely make you look like Artemis Entreri (in the sense that his official stats are higher than every fanboy/girl's fave traitor).</div>
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Firstly, be mentally prepared to let the rest become the hero/heroine. iirc the only way to impress any random party members is to emulate Drizzt's crazy tendency NOT to use potions, healing type or no healing type.</div>
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Secondly, you'll need to stage an effective ambush game esp for skirmish. In short, you'll still need that Marauder's Rush bs. Nerf or no nerf, this is your only chance to score anywhere above bottom place in the Executioner and Paingiver rankings. Not that you'll be that numero uno anyway...</div>
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Thirdly, you'll need Split the Sky. Yes, I know HR sucks in everything apart from being a literal survivor (which is something I've fashioned for Arylos. Just don't ask me whether I know where that former China tour guide got his Survivor T-shirt). Yet, you must also know that no member is indispensable in the party. StS can be a game changer in terms of CC stacking. Check out this skit...</div>
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<i>*chaos ensues for the mob due to Ng doing the correct art of splitting*</i></div>
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Above skit is fictional b/c I don't even know how many local chio-bus actually know where is Neverwinter. Yet, rest assured that CC stacking is a tried (i.e. theory) and tested (i.e. practical) experiment along the line of Albert Einstein's E=mc2.</div>
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Note: Ofc a party can do that w/2 CWs, but then again having a pure CW party means you're free to do anything w/o getting caught. Too bad my NSF years didn't have this kind of BA ppl.</div>
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<b><u>Companions=/=your gf, but you'll nvr know the rest...</u></b></div>
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While I failed to reach my KPI during the last Call To Arms (i.e. the Pit Fight against spiders and wolves), at least I got myself a double whammy. Firstly, that batshit crazy cousin of Cyrea Durothil ended up giving me a Green Slime companion (note that while Cyrea Durothil is my own intellectual property, Respen Durothil is NOT. That is unless you can't differentiate between Humans and Sun Elves).</div>
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Initial verdict is that Green Slime is good to use when it comes to giving the HR an edge in solo PvE. This is due to Acid Aura capable of doing either a standalone execution or as a combo w/Engulf. However, having only 1 Defense rune slot means you'll need to calibrate it as a Life Steal companion. Given that it's a control type, surviving shouldn't be so hard so long you have StS in handy. Done properly, you can easily wipe a small crowd.</div>
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Then comes this weekend's CTA. As I've said, playing HR means you'll have to settle for 2nd best in virtually 99% of the gameplay dept. The fact that I managed to become so much more than just numero uno for the Walking Dead ranking is truly a feat by itself. Not that this has anything to do w/Arylos worshiping Kelemvor anyway.</div>
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A lot has been said about men in black screwing any football team wearing red and bearing the lion's emblem. Be they my countrymen or my fellow Boro-thers in arms, black and red don't go well w/each other, it seems.</div>
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In the form of some surreal comedy, the Swashbuckler dye actually confers a costume color change along the line of maroon red. And to think everyone is out to kill a Blackdagger bandit or ten at the very least.</div>
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In the greater form of surreal comedy, however, it seems that Cryptic decided to reward both Myrreas and Arylos with a Swashbuckler companion. And to think both sets of surreal comedy actually took place BEFORE that fatal Saturday.</div>
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I can't say much abt Myrreas since I'm still comfy w/his Man-at-arms. For Arylos, however, Evia is quite an interesting fare. As a Swashbuckler, Evia is basically NOT a DPS spec. She's not a defensive spec as well, let alone control spec or nuke spec. Evia will ONLY operate her charm in a way every charming female rogue should: giving enemies their rightful welfare treatment.</div>
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Combat Advantage is an important system b/c it tends to separate Gambit from the gamblers. Gamblers only rely on chances (i.e. the punters), but Remy LeBeau himself is a master of chances (i.e. the banker). This is what separates adults from kids, masters from the n00bs. It's not a shame to call yourself a n00b, but calling yourself a master means you'll run the risk of severe testing (and to set the record straight here, I'm actually a n00b in terms of PvP). Swashbucklers will always give you a free CA attack every 2 secs (i.e. 2 secs cooldown). CA deals bonus damage, CA is basically what a Trickster Rogue does best (need to test whether CA damage can stack or not asap. C'mon, lvl up more, Evgreene!)</div>
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Note: You'll need Damaran Shepherd to add in that much needed +2% crit bonus for Ev... erm, I mean your Swashbuckler.</div>
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PvP. Either you hate it or love it. This is def your best source of Astral Diamonds income due to a bonus 4K offered as a victory prize. With the current patch, HR has arguably gotten weaker due to Wild Medicine getting nerfed by half in PvP. This means an even lesser chance of survival, let alone the cold hard fact that HR still remains the weakest link in terms of CC play.</div>
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However, PvP is a game of teamwork. If even the likes of Ronaldo and Messi can't perform w/o the rest, what's more every Neverwinner? Being the slowest turtle=/=weak link. I've learnt the hard way that those being the fastest tend to be the ones more suited to kill than to assist. To set my record straight, Arylos actually ended up having the 2nd highest assist rate on average (that is if I managed to score a victory). This calls for a correct set of skills.</div>
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Firstly, you'll need Aspect of the Pack b/c of the additional CA bonus generated within 15-20 ft. PvP is extremely pace-based, hence you'll need fast thinking and equally fast reflexes.</div>
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Secondly, Marauder's Rush. Even though the devs might have alrdy nerfed the distance (def they nerfed the damage since a 2K damage range is quite obviously crazy), MR remains as every combat HR's tactical mainstay.</div>
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Then, you'll need 2 means of enemy control. In short, either you ensnare, slow, or knockdown. My personal fave is Boar Rush due to damage buff in the current patch. Applied properly, a MR>BR sequence may NOT score you plenty of kills, but it WILL score you plenty of assists (note: defeating+finishing=kill. Only defeat or finishing=assist). The only problem? If opponent is a dodgy bastard.</div>
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<b><u>Gambit is not for gamblers</u></b></div>
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25% AP and BOOM! This is not Pikel Bouldershoulder casting his doodad magic, but rather this vid below.</div>
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Point is NOT abt why above vid lagi fast, but rather the fact that tossing energy projectiles is fun. In the same way you won't die once Gambit nailed you a kinetic card, likewise Disruptive Shot won't kill you. Against Guardian Fighters and Control Wizards with high Wisdom score, DS is virtually a useless bs. Against the rest, however, they'll call this a load of stupid bs. Especially effective against TRs and I can attest to you that TRs can be absurdly OP'ed given the correct team lineup.</div>
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iirc if you manage to meet 1 dodgy scoundrel, chances are that he/she is either a Scourge Warlock or Trickster Rogue. Against SW, just do that DoT bleed. Against TR, well, they tend to be suckers for sucker punches. If Gambit's tactics isn't one, I dunno what else is. Just remember to save all your AP for DS. Period.</div>
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<b><i>At the end of the day, remember this: as a HR, your role is that of a tactical support. Be it PvP or PvE, CC stacking or direct attacking support, this IS your role. If you don't like being a humble person, then HR is NOT the class for you.</i></b></div>
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There was an instance where I got myself into 4 man team w/o any magic users. That was against an Epic 6.8K Gray Wolf Den. My team got wiped more than once. Very likely at least twice or thrice. After an apparent failure on my part to gather vital reinforcements in the form of some French (?) CW (apologies to that particular individual who happened to be my guildmate as well. I was too much of an interface retard and I still am atm), things actually went to a head where...</div>
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Granted I can't recall the details, but it should be something like that. For the umpteenth time in my personal Neverwinter PvE record, I ended up becoming that de-facto party leader (read: I wasn't the original McCoy tbh).</div>
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Then came the moment where every fightback has its fairy tale ending. I still recalled very clearly that NO one actually died in action. I was too damn busy doing Fox's Shift in order to up my movement speed (since we only have 1 defensive tank in the form of a Guardian Fighter), I was also too busy to doing Oak Skin (since I was their only source of buffing/healing). At the same time, I was also too busy trying to nail in that occasional Rain of Swords (it really helped the cause that we've got 1 archer HR pulling off a Predator on that final boss).</div>
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Yet, it's not so much of my crazy <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP4BriB-9hw">GAR-cher-esque</a> performance that won the day. Rather, my choice of being a servant paid off big time. You see, having a full epic 4 piece means having the relevant bonus if we're talking abt epic dungeons specific armor. As a Forest Warden, the rest actually have an equal right to earn a +200 buff for their highest stat. Which means while the skipper got nothing, the rest did. Apart from the GF and ranged spec HR, the last bloke was actually a Great Weapon Fighter. Going by the normal assumption, it means my team actually become a monstrous bunch of hard hitters (apart from the GF ofc!).</div>
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The only problem? Oak Skin is just like your girlfriend. It's NOT abt the healing (e.g. me praising Stevia's bikini look)*. It's abt BOTH the healing and defense boost (e.g. me complimenting Stevia on BOTH her beauty and brains)*.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*I don't profess having a pretty and intelligent girlfriend by that name, so stop buggering me abt bikini pics.</span></div>
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P.S: Briartwine+Life Steal, anyone? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3IMTJjzfo">I have fun throwing Malus Blackdagger down the proverbial well</a>. For those who can get easily traumatized, I don't suggest partaking the Black Crypt dungeon. Montage of Traven Blackdagger might scar you for life if you happen to be a guy. If you happen to be a girl, triple confirm will scar you forever one. Someone in my party actually made a joke abt that portion. Which I'll not say.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-64796506540598791432014-11-25T22:27:00.000+08:002014-11-25T22:43:34.095+08:00Just a break...Need to swear off Neverwinter for a while. And by that, I also mean Marvel Heroes 2015. Just a few thoughts thus far before my temp hiatus...<br />
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N1. Whenever Neverwinter updated its official FB page, chances are that cynics would come out in droves.<br />
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N2. Main issues the cynical ones enjoy aiming at Cryptic lies in two areas:<br />
a. some server message in the color of Deadpool's costume<br />
b. Deadpool's Ultimate Server Lag<br />
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N3. I also have this kind of problem for quite some time. Due to the fact that my life is also about being the next Gary "not Lim" Neville/Jamie "not the son of Harry" Carragher and the next G.R.R "will he or won't he?" Martin, this also means I'm not that affected. [1]<br />
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N4. Many ex/ current players have lodge complaints on the official forums/FB page that they ended up dying today instead of another day due to Deadpool's Ultimate Server Lag. The fact that I'm still relatively unscathed means either:<br />
a. Tymora decided to make me her consort<br />
b. Kelemvor decided to make me his Chosen One [2]<br />
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N5. Due to the devs' decision to stem (?) whatever potential addiction plausible, Celestial Coins are now earned once per every 24 hrs or so. Basically, this means that gamers who wished to get that C-thing from a Coffer of Wonderous Augmentation need to log in everyday to do that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8M6EaKJTPY">Korean ritual</a> even if not playing. Costs 7 Celestial Coins plus only a small chance of getting it=May the Force (of Waukeen) be with you.<br />
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N6. To ensure you don't create some unwanted cock up, make sure you do the Invocation quest in Sword Coast Adventures first.<br />
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N7. Leadership is a MUST when it comes to choice of professions. Trust me when I say Astral Diamonds are your BFF since Neverwinter is no World of Warcraft.<br />
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N8. As for secondary professions, just choose one. Unless you happen to start on crafting those black ice stuff. Seems that Jarlaxle wasn't sly enough of a S.O.B...<br />
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N9. A lot has been said about rising AD price when it comes to higher end stuff. Which is why that Pretender Open Lord Dagult Neverember decided to do welfare handouts once your toon hit lvl 60.<br />
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N10. I too stupid, should have maxed out Clear the Ground. Doing a complete loop means scoring 1.2K+ of base damage. At the same time, this being a burst attack=pwned.<br />
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N11. Let's see if using CtG+Aimed Strike will work in solo PvE. Need to <a href="http://www.talkingcock.com/html/lexec.php?op=LexLink&lexicon=lexicon&keyword=PECAH%20LOBANG">pecah lobang the sky</a> first tho...<br />
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N12. Once you get a preservation ward, save it for any enchantment level up beyond the score of 5. Nvr destroyed=good for you. Destroyed=don't try again unless you got another spare.<br />
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Enough of Neverwinter for now, let me just say a few things on Marvel Heroes 2015 for the Industrial bs instigated by that dastardly Taskmaster.<br />
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M1. Bashing Taskmaster's retarded exams requires effective deployment. If PvP in Neverwinter is all about a game of wolves, then Industrial City Patrol is all about lone wolves being heroes in their own rights.<br />
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M2. Problem w/Industrial is the same w/Midtown Manhattan, i.e. you don't even get a shawarma in exchange for Wade Wilson's ultimate signature. [3]<br />
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M3. Wasn't too gung-ho when my Nightcrawler got his first Nate Grey's Psionic Armor. Due to my harebrained tendency to experiment tho, I found out that having your dodge reduced by 2% doesn't mean a shit since Cable himself is capable of sending Thanos running away scared w/this.<br />
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M4. Additional Tenacity=Nate Grey's Amazing Psionic Armor. Additonal Defense=Nate Grey's Uncanny Psionic Armor. Chance of energy blast per hit=Nate Grey's Incredible Psionic Armor. All these+boss damage bonus at 5%=Nate Grey's Total Badass Armor. [4]<br />
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M5. Replaced Excalibur's Saber w/Red Muramasa Blade. M4+big in Japan=Kurt Wagner has finally evolved once again. And this is not to mention 1 Legendary Blessing of Odin+Uru forged Warplate enhanced by Allfather's Fury. [5]<br />
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M6. Have event, sure everyone will go whack Taskmaster @Industrial City. [6]<br />
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M7. Juggernaut is one hell of baddest mutha***r. Srsly, who was the wise guy who suggested that standard 400 Eternal Splinters price for Cain Marko?<br />
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M8. Against Mister Hyde, you'll need 1 staple movement power plus any form of surefire invulnerable trigger. My NC nearly went to heaven twice b/c of how that bastard fights.<br />
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M9. That plus now me want Cosmic Kirigi Medallion.<br />
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M10. Now Gaz confirmed nerfed cosmic medallion drop rate like N months ago...<br />
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M11. Realized Black Panther, once calibrated correctly, can be an absolute animal in staging raids. Cryo+Snare+Dora+whatever magic doable by Magik=gg guano loco.<br />
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[1]: Doesn't prevent me from feeling frustrated last night due to me reaching nigh completion for my Well of Dragons foundry quest. Hopefully those 2 glaring issues will be fixed asap. Thanksgiving possible?<br />
[2]: This is not to say Ser A. Fergie=Kelemvor. More likely he's Tempus with Louis "van Goal" van Gaal=Torm and Arsène "bobbies suspect arson" Wenger=Oghma.<br />
[3]: Likelier you'll be <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYiZeszLosE">having a hot date w/Natasha Romanova tho</a>.<br />
[4]: Damn, someone should just egg Domino to bed Nathan Summers.<br />
[5]: "Kurt, you are one charming devil."<br />
~Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch<br />
[6]: Really feels like that moment when that school bully and all his cyber-buddies got gangbanged by some ragtag bunch of gays (need to have Shatterstar), blacks (we alrdy seen the grandest royal wedding via Wakanda), Jews (Magneto is one. And I don't mean Sir Ian "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32kN5r-YZFY">Gandalf isn't gay, Dumbledore is!"</a> McKellen), Asians (shameless self plug=my user handle in Neverwinter is dravyll and my Marvel Heroes user handle is singawine), and sluts (c'mon, all you male bullies. Unless you're gay, pls dun tell me you all nvr watch pr0n. As for every female bully, I feel gutted that your bf might be watching pr0n by time you're reading this).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-88733653336835418592014-11-22T22:39:00.002+08:002014-11-22T22:50:21.524+08:00Some character profiles for the Neverwinter SixGot nothing better to do. That plus I realized some weird stuff might be happening behind my back. Ah well, guess it's b/c my head is now operating at 50% due to my lack of ability in adapting to the weather change in my homeland...<br />
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At the same time, I hope to do+finish a spanking new chapter for A Ranger's Tale by tomorrow. In case anybody w/a piss poor taste in literature really cares to know, below is the overall story on the next 2 chapters or so.<br />
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Maybe a few things thus far on my current trip around the great north of Faerûn:<br />
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1. For some funny reason, Myrreas of the Dalelands became the Indian chief twice in a row. Dungeons, no. Skirmish, yes. Who'd have imagine a rogue fighting for the glory of Helm?</div>
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2. Quite shocking on how fast I'm closing onto the end of 1st half @Mount Hotenow. Plenty of bs to go around tho if we're talking abt catching those sneaky bat kids. I caught around 20+ of them and yet, I still end up in bottom of the pecking table.</div>
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3. Too piss poor to afford 420K worth of AD. Why am I saying this? Because I need a coalescent ward to do a lesser Briartwine epic on my armor. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T_T</span></div>
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7. Would it be better if you have tried completing around 60% or so of Sharandar and Dread Ring? To hit the Well of Dragons, you'll need a minimum GS of 10K. This is virtually the equivalent of elite Yanks busting Osama bin Laden years ago.</div>
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8. If you think trying to bust Osama's base is alrdy bad enough, wait till you try hitting Tiamat where it truly hurts the most. 1 initial screengrab prior to release actually shows a whopping 30K minimum GS requirement if I remember correctly. If this is truly the case for the first 25 member gangbang in Neverwinter's history, then be prepared for plenty of grinding. Or even worse, botting.</div>
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9. iirc I don't get the point abt botting. If you want to play the game, run the show like Cristiano "not that first" Ronaldo or control the show like Lionel "will I face him @England?" Messi. Even if you think your reflexes suck hard enough, there's no sin in trying to be your own José "O Especial" Mourinho or Pep "not you, Pep" Guardiola. In short, either you're cursed w/brawn, brains, or neither. Can't get even get a life via gaming, don't ever wish for a life in reality. That is unless your family is rich enough to keep you alive for more than 3 generations. Damn, Bill Gates really deserves our respect tbh.</div>
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12. In a nutshell, this means I have more incentive to split my time. Ah well, at least I have 4 more lives. Namely work (as a porter in SGH), football analysis (despite my unattainable dream of becoming Karanka's field strategist), being blogger (and a piss poor one at that), and being writer (despite my unattainable dream of becoming Minister Kenyataan Akhbar with Prime Minister Tun G.R.R Martin as my boss).</div>
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13. WotC decided to troll the fanbase once again w/5th ed of D&D. Thankfully, no more of those outright crazy bs like that famously known "OMG! THEY KILLED MYSTRA!!!!!"<br />
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14. Okay, I admit the Spellplague is a good plot mechanic. That is if you're able to tide yourself over the fact that several big names actually got offed (e.g. Tyr and Helm). At least we got Torm kenna promoted. Now that's a good thing iirc.<br />
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15. Don't feel like wasting time on doing 4 foundry quests? I strongly recommend the quest "Tired of being the Hero" due to this being repeatable 5 times per day. If that pretender from Waterdeep offers you a whopping 8K worth of AD, you should know where to look.<br />
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Hood of the Forest Warden<br />
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Displacer Beast Hide Armor of Fortification+2<br />
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Lesser Bracers of Archery+2<br />
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Oathbow<br />
<i>Of elven make, this white +2 composite longbow (+2 Str bonus) whispers "Swift defeat to my enemies" in Elven when nocked and pulled. Once per day, if the firer swears aloud to slay her target (a free action), the bow’s whisper becomes the low shout "Swift death to those who have wronged me."</i><br />
<i>Against such a sworn enemy, the bow has a +5 enhancement bonus, and arrows launched from it deal an additional 2d6 points of damage (and ×4 on a critical hit instead of the normal ×3).</i><br />
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Short Sword of Expert Parrying+3 (off hand)<br />
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<i>His years in Wheloon might have created the survival expert he is now, but only a fool will scoff at Arylos by calling him a mere knave. Indeed as the Eldreth Veluuthra first discovered, battles were won not just through bravery and valor, but also planning and boasting a sharp wit.</i></div>
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<i>Before any battle commences, all party members apart from Arylos gain one free action each. For every round of combat after the first, roll an opposed check using Arylos' Wis score against the highest Int score available. Arylos will gain the feat Combat Reflexes for free until the next round if he manages to pass the check.</i></div>
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<i>Like Fenmarel Mestarin, Arylos has always been one who is more at home all by himself. Despite whatever vehement denial stated, the Eldreth Veluuthra knew that nobody else comes even remotely close in comparison.</i></div>
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<i>Akin to the Lone Wolf of the Seldarine, Arylos has managed to hone his craft in survival unto the finest end. Whenever Arylos suffers a touch attack, you can choose to make a difficulty check for Fortitude save instead of resolving damage in the normal way.</i></div>
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<i>Score 19 or above: Arylos takes no damage instead.</i></div>
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<i>A/N:Aspect of the Lone Wolf cannot be used against death attacks.</i></div>
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<i>Add A/N: Yes, I know this counts as deflection bonus of sorts...</i></div>
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<i>His early years spent in the dark prison city of Wheloon, Arylos now still retains a semblance of the past. Combined with every detail of training received under Irion the Hunter, the young Forest Warden is indeed now the lord of his chosen art.</i></div>
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<i>Arylos is treated as having both Survival and Escape Artist.</i></div>
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<i>Improved Two-Weapon Fighting; </i><i>Track; </i><i>Wild Empathy; </i><i>Endurance; </i><i>Animal companion (a Damaran Shepherd named Geist); Woodland stride; 1st </i><i>favored enemy-Human; 2nd favored enemy-Goblinoid; 3rd favored enemy-Undead</i></div>
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[total ranger level: 10]</div>
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<i>Sneak attack +1d6; trapfinding; Evasion</i></div>
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[total rogue level: 1]</div>
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<i>Blade Storm; Stormstep Action</i></div>
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[total stormwarden level: 1]</div>
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A/N: Evasion per gained at level 9 for rangers is inapplicale for Arylos because he already have 1 level of rogue.</div>
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P.S: Shit... gonna try upping some conceptual quotes, end up burning too much of my time. Some more got 2 x bonus seals weekend event. Ah well, maybe I should try stirring some more shit before signing off...</div>
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<b>Disclaimer!</b></div>
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<b>Believing I will really pull the proverbial trigger is just like believing Aeranath will bed Alestrial Eliaden. Period. To put things in perspective, I give you <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShrugOfGod">this</a>.</b></div>
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Aiorn Wyvernspur</div>
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<a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Wyvernspur_(house)">http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Wyvernspur_(house)</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/24925713">http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/24925713</a></div>
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Kory</div>
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<a href="http://www.lollipop.sg/content/korean-actress-suicide-court-rules-jang-ja-yeon-was-sexually-exploited">Okay, I know that's me frying cold rice...</a></div>
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That hantu @Hermit's Wood</div>
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<a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Hero_of_Neverwinter">Cold rice pt 2</a>+<a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Aribeth_de_Tylmarande">3</a></div>
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Irion the Hunter</div>
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<a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Montolio">not so M, it seems...</a></div>
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Potential hantu from the East</div>
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Pls refer to my last post+<a href="https://www.facebook.com/parkshinhyefan?fref=ts">I still dunno who's responsible for sabo'ing my FB account...</a></div>
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Respen Durothil</div>
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<a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Harpell">...aka that guano loco son of a Longsaddle</a></div>
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Jen (of the Moonstone Mask)</div>
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<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/hunger-games-mockingjay-part-elizabeth-banks-reveals-jennifer/story?id=27085949">No intent to plug (i.e. promote) anyone</a></div>
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Whoever is the one sending Arylos all the way up till the Sword Coast...</div>
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<a href="http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/11/21/ariana-grande-date-american-music-awards-dating-big-sean-amas/">Same as Jen...</a><br />
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New add: Forgot to add this old bloke in terms of Doomguide weirdness. <a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Gray_Wolf_Tribe">Guess who?</a></div>
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And do I really need to mention the likes of Myrreas, Bhaasmond, Sheallyn, Cyrea, and Kareis. Will try to be creative for their last names asap. But not tonight.</div>
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P.S: Creating politics in Neverwinter plot-wise has never been so fun before. Not even those buffoons riding from Nesmé come close to whatever trollolol caused by Dagult Neverember and that mercenary cougar Sabine. C'mon, let's vote Renaer Neverember for president!*</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*If shit indeed happens from the magical blokes from WotC, please be assured that I hold no accountability b/c I don't even have one anyway...</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-9888466708864289612014-11-19T01:59:00.002+08:002014-11-19T01:59:22.783+08:00The Interloper Trilogy: Volume I (a list of chapters)Tried my hand in doing a brand new lair, this time round helping the Emerald Enclave. Apparently, you'll need to use elixir whenever trying to do your own Han Solo. This is due to having whatever potion buffs certified gone if you happen to die. iirc Arylos became Kenny twice, both times at the hands of those black dragon mutants. Scarily enough, either they jumped on me post-mutation or I'm just plain stupid enough to take their piss head on.<br />
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<u><b>Just a few tips whenever going lair mode...</b></u></div>
1. Since we're talking abt lvl 60 lair crawl, make sure you buff yourself w/whatever major potions relevant. Trust me when I say sometimes/most of the time, you'll need at least 2 diff buffs.<br />
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2. If the game suddenly lags for whatever reason (mine kenna due to PC running backup in the middle), congrats. Via personal experience, I can virtually guarantee a wipe out at your own expense once your Shift tab animation frames got stuck halfway. As Oddrun's most famous quote goes: <i>Yay! We're screwed!</i> -.-'<br />
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3. You can actually leave your daily lair for another day if you don't feel like starting it today. This is extremely important b/c the devs might have nerfed major potion drops probability wise.<br />
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4. Believe it or not, it takes only a little bit of brain cells committing suicide bombing to make the most out of every death. For me, it took me 2 tries to calibrate correctly my skill set. In this case of killing drow and cultists, never go full retard by eschewing Split the Sky. Just don't ask me why it took me 2 tries to figure this out.<br />
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5. Aimed Shot very good in kiting. Bait those cultist bastards into jail ftw.<br />
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6. Against pre-boss run, better not use Commanding Shot first. Against boss, boleh.<br />
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7. Believe it or not, Rain of Swords is very damn useful in boss fights. I actually tried this against that drow mojo boss. Turned out my final fight no need to do retry.<br />
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8. The most difficult part in helping those ancestors of Greenpeace lies in triggering those damned bottled lightning. Unless you happen to be a Trickster Rogue capable of going MIA, chances are that you'll need to kill 2 golems in a single shot.<br />
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9. In the event on pt 8 where you're left w/no choice, do StS+plenty of Fox's Shift. As attractive it might sound, don't do a Commanding Shot. Too many start up frames. Just do StS procc, shut up & take their $$$. That's why you'll need a maxed out Marauder's Rush if possible.</div>
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10. In fact, it's best for a party to do this if possible.</div>
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11. Now come to think of it, is it possible to attack the reinforcements first since those black bastards will die very fast w/o mutation?<br />
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12. Now come to think of it, def it's better to create StS procc setup>CS to kite>mod whatever fireworks in open terrain. If you're hell bent in fighting the lot near the lightning bottles, better for you to be a Guardian Fighter/Great Weapon Fighter. After all, it seems that the devs are now back in terms of buffing GWF.</div>
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So far so good, I've done 3 lairs including helping those blokes and girls from Emeraldpeace. One @Ebon Downs, the second one @Icespire Peak. Helping the Emerald Enclave is def much harder due to that stupid dark alliance between one cult and one entire ethnicity. Oh, and more thing. To enter the lair of dark alliance, one must kill that stupid spider woman first. Once you completed that shithole of a bigass cavern, you still have to face that same drider woman.<br />
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<u>To Ms Komala aka my ex-superior @the-now-defunct 32 SIB: If the term spider woman sounds familiar to you, it means you're equally boliao as this ex-subordinate here. I mean Peter Parker got bitten by spider=Spiderman. You kenna bitten by spider=<a href="http://marvel.wikia.com/Jessica_Drew_(Earth-616)">Spider Woman</a>.</u><br />
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<b><u>Please, hold your applause until the conclusion of the act!</u></b></div>
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<i>A brief note on Marvel Heroes 2015 since I dunno when my engine will re-calibrate:</i></div>
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Apparently, using Excalibur's Sabre should be the best choice for every sword-build Nightcrawler. Using a Red Muramasa can be a real killer due to bleed stack+probability to nullify heal. Yet to try this on higher lvl tho since I've yet to try harder stuff like Cosmics and red lvl raids.</div>
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Now if only I can get Nate Grey's super duper armor.</div>
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Sadly, I dunno how power spec system works. :(</div>
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<b><i><u>Book I: To Be A Forest Warden</u></i></b></div>
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<b>A/N: Since my planning sucks so much, basically it means Interloper will be done as a standalone trilogy. Which means this what-if project otherwise named The Neverwinter Six is waaay more ambitious than my real deal of a work.</b><br />
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[<i>The game was set, both players staring against each other. One was both a thief and assassin, the other both dead and now the ruler of death. Both boasted of a common past, she who has returned belonging to neither. Gone was Midnight and Ariel Manx, no longer Cyric enjoyed whatever sanity previously had at Zhentil Keep.</i></div>
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<i>A name which damned his entire life, an existence mocking the Prince of Lies. The Black Sun desired nothing from the Lady of Mysteries bar outright dominion, yet it was the Great Guide himself who earned her love.</i></div>
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<i>Granted nothing was already left countless years ago, but never a single bit did such a fact deter whatever immense hatred burning within the Mad God himself. The time for petty games now at end, upon the chessboard lain the fate of Faerûn. Only two chessmen were seen at both ends, one for the Mad God and the other belonging to the Judge of the Damned himself.</i></div>
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<i>"Allow me to introduce my champion, dearest friend and enemy," purred Cyric, his fingers caressing an ivory figurine in the image of a human. As for Kelemvor, he stayed silent.</i></div>
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<i>"Issil Dragonbane, he who has truly slain a dragon. Unlike some pathetic pretender of a giant cat."</i></div>
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<i>Again, the Lord of the Dead ignored the scarcely hidden insult leveled by the Lord of Three Crowns. Cyric frowned in blatant anger, a moment seemingly brief going on forever. Then he who used to carry the name Lyonsbane spoke out.</i></div>
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<i>"Behold my champion then, Cyric. One who is part of Or-tel-quessir, but never to be one at all."</i></div>
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<i>"An interloper no different from a living dead then. My, how have we both fallen. A pity our dearest Lost Goddess is no longer around."</i></div>
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<i>"Issil Dragonsbane may have slain a dragon by merit, but have you truly tasted the raw power hailed from the Weave?"</i></div>
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<i>Momentary confusion at first assailed Cyric, then something abruptly dawned onto him. Cursing both Mystra and Kelemvor, Cyric should have tried killing Ariel Manx before she called Dweomerheart home. Indeed as both a thief and murderer while still being mortal, chances were aplenty. Just that nothing had been done.</i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-57432762182343267752014-11-14T01:24:00.001+08:002014-11-14T01:24:40.116+08:00Ramblings of a mad man...Apparently, I need a life beyond Faerûn. In short, there has to be other things I can do. Ah well, at least it takes me much faster than otherwise expected to re-adapt to Marvel Heroes after N months of going MIA.<br />
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Since I'm hell bent in writing nonsensical stuff just for this once, might as well remind a certain Private Ryan something he wrote around 5 yrs ago when I leveled up to the next age level in my church fellowship.<br />
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<i>"To Minghui:</i><br />
<i>You have the body of an adult, but a mind of a child.</i><br />
<i>You must grow up!"</i><br />
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Not so surprisingly, Mr Eric Soh actually commented Private Ryan to be this kind of person. That was only after I mentioned this to him tho...<br />
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Now if only I can really prove Private Ryan wrong by either:<br />
1. Having a gf who is both intelligent and pretty.<br />
2. Having a career as Aitor Karanka's field strategist come next season.<br />
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Before I start retarded-izing all readers to come, allow me to up the ante via the clip below.<br />
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<b><u>Certain stuff I realized...</u></b></div>
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1. Not so recently looked through the Singapore Slammers roster.</div>
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That was when I first heard of whatever harebrained plan to create a tennis-aware S'pore.</div>
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Curious to know who will be in the roster.</div>
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Some names, I know. Some others, I lagi blur.</div>
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Weirdly enough, I still can recall the name Daniela Hantuchová.</div>
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Must be due to TNP running her pics many yrs ago.</div>
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Def must be back when Gan Eng Seng School was full of horny tweenage guys.</div>
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Me included.<br />
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2. Did Aberrant Assault.</div>
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Final boss full of crazy bs.</div>
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If you play him, can win.</div>
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To win, must die 1-2 times.</div>
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Which is why every Neverwinner needs divine injury kit,</div>
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Which is why all Neverwinners must challenge the gods.</div>
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3. Did Dread Legion.</div>
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Terrain full of crazy bs.</div>
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Final boss actually not so bs.</div>
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If you play him, can win.</div>
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To win, no need to die.</div>
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Which is why Split the Sky will always be Arylos' BFF.</div>
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4. Did another round of Master of the Hunt.</div>
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Terrain no bs.</div>
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Mob no bs.</div>
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Boss no bs.</div>
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Must be b/c I play that stage too much liao...</div>
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Also managed to create the correct skill set.</div>
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In the end I become top 3 on average rankings.</div>
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5. Had a test run on the Dread Ring campaign lair.</div>
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No play tank, no pakei.</div>
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No play procc, no pakei.</div>
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No Commanding Shot, no pakei.</div>
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Actually can decide between tank and CS.</div>
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Why I so stupid?</div>
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Think using CS+StS more effective.</div>
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6. S'pore won Laos.</div>
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Then realized only friendly.</div>
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Good attack not good enough.</div>
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Combative spine confirm good enough.</div>
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But still must have someone to boss control.</div>
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7. #SGTrollingGod strikes again.</div>
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Started some funny campaign entitled #OpsAirKangKang</div>
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If don't know what is kangkang, don't ask.</div>
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If know what is kangkang, then don't tell.</div>
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8. I inspired by #OpsAirKangKang</div>
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Die Schwarzgelben now kenna domestic problem.</div>
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CL confirm boleh tho.</div>
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Must be b/c CL too senang.</div>
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Must b/c German football even more power than S.Korean activists.</div>
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To help Kloppo, I suggest #OperationDuaKang.</div>
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DuaKang means big hole.</div>
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Got space to operate, then full of win.</div>
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Cannot operate enough space, then full of no win.</div>
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Ball not in opponent's half.</div>
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Ball in your own half, Kloppo.</div>
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9. Me no gf.</div>
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Me think got target.</div>
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Me dunno when/where.</div>
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10. Me realized speedrun too overrated.</div>
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Others may outrun me.</div>
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But they still me to make the 1st move.</div>
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I not talking abt jio chio-bu.</div>
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I talking abt running 5-a-side PvE.</div>
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I referring to Neverwinter btw.</div>
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11. Why always Balotelli?</div>
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Why always him?</div>
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Why Conte so kum gong?</div>
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Maybe he not kum gong.</div>
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I think Rodgers need to watch more Azzurri.</div>
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Tell entire midfield to bua Balotelli.</div>
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Don't discriminate kaki-lang.</div>
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Do support kaki-lang.</div>
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12. Dunno when my sis will take trip to Milan.</div>
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Dunno when/whether she'll meet Balotelli.</div>
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Dunno if Balotelli will call her by her full name.</div>
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Then tell her that he actually knows her bro.</div>
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That her bro is actually his big benefactor.<br />
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13. No Stevie, no Anfield.</div>
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...then sign Lallana kam-lan?</div>
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14. Dunno if future gf support Liverpool or not.</div>
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Or maybe her relative(s) instead.</div>
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15. What if I really one day have to sit at Karanka's left?</div>
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Like that future gf will hoot me or not?</div>
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I swear I not responsible for that 30 try penalty shootout.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-6797729336631367662014-11-08T03:59:00.003+08:002014-11-08T03:59:42.925+08:00Trolling break aka der SequelGot a bit of time, might as well record down whatever I've learnt thus far... and hopefully add a thing or two for my never-to-born Neverwinter Six. Actually come to think of it, I should have tried harder. I mean compared to the Neverwinter Six, the Neverwinter Nine were actually <a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Neverwinter_Nine#History">the truest deal</a>.<br />
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<b><u>Some stuff I realized earlier tonight...</u></b></div>
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1. Running Icespire Peak can be quite time consuming unless you happened to look around for blokes blessed w/that square diamond halo.</div>
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2. Thought I'd have lost the Cathedral of Madness quest for good. The only catch? <a href="http://guides.gamepressure.com/neverwinter/guide.asp?ID=19820">You need to know exactly which gate to go</a>. iirc there's only 1 Azazel. And we all know he's a horned bastard who happened to be horny for Mystique. Really sucks to be Nightcrawler, here's hoping he will score w/Scarlet Witch.</div>
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3. Funnily enough, you'll need to run around in circles if you're not aware enough in terms of your surroundings. Icespire Peak and the Chasm had taught me this much.</div>
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4. It may sound weird here, but it seems that earning XP for killing monsters & bosses involve a performance bonus of sorts. Simply put, the more efficient you are, the better your XP profit. I came to this batshit crazy conclusion via Arylos' crazy lvl up speed. Note that I don't ever remember the blokes @Cryptic saying "hey, let's do our own Manhattan XP Market lol!"</div>
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5. For the first time in personal history, I actually won against a normal team in Domination. Simply put, my team were all warriors going against a team including 2 magic users. Not that I'm the Indian chief ofc... Oh, and pls dun ask me whether the other team actually suck b/c I dun have the authority to demand replay vids from the Cryptic blokes....</div>
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6. In preparation for Tiamat's much awaited arrival come 18th Nov, it seems that Dagult Neverember has declared a whopping 8K worth of bonus Astral Diamonds, no matter which kind of Rhix's fixtures you decided to do. Yes, you heard me right. Stacked AD profiteering is now not just limited to PvP. Just dun ask me why that racist $$$ grubber from Waterdeep decided to be so bloody generous...</div>
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7. Racist Neverember's anti-discrimination bill basically means one thing: you can decide which daily quest to do. No need to like say die die must do everything. Quite a good idea from the Cryptic blokes if I say so myself.</div>
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8. If you happen to win a Domination PvP under the daily quest context, it means you'd have earned +1 completion for free. Sounds confusing? Nvr mind, let Minghui-matics do the maths for you.</div>
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<i>1 match won=3 matches played=8000</i></div>
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9. It's official, guys. For every G-Dragon seen alive, there will be at least 4 F-dragons certified dead. And I've just proven this shit via a Thorn Ward/Commanding Shot>Commanding Shot/Thorn Ward>Split the Sky sequence. Just make sure you have two types of wolves in your skill arsenal.</div>
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...might as well go ahead and do my own flawed analysis on the three paragon feat paths. More specifically for the Hunter Ranger class. The special thing abt Hunter Rangers is this: not only is this the only class capable of being a physical ranged spec, but above all this is an absurdly versatile class. This is exactly why switching stance is so important. Ultimately. the manner of your individual play will decide how the range-melee mix up game pans out.</div>
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Come lvl 30, every character must choose his/her own paragon path. For the Hunter Ranger, the correct paragon class chosen will create his/her own unique blend of skills. Because I am still single, alrdy bespectacled, getting horribly fat, and now waiting to go bald, allow me to invoke a surreal parallel here:</div>
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Suppose you're single and available. You have 3 girls to choose from, namely Girl A, Girl C, and Girl T. Which one will you choose to be your precious princess till death do both part? Quite obviously you'll need to know what each girl is like, correct? So let's do a breakdown on each choice given.</div>
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Girl A is that girl who somehow managed to notice your forest ghost existence first. You may have to contend with multiple crushes, but it seems that Girl A was the first one to smile and giggle towards your direction. Basically, it means either she's for real or you're thinking too much.</div>
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Girl C is that girl who somehow managed to share plenty of common aspects as you. Logically, she should be the one for you. Sadly, it seems that you're truly a forest ghost to her. Doesn't help that she's actually a close BFF of Girl A.</div>
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Girl T is that girl who somehow first invoked your interest. You know next to nothing about her, yet you verily soon realized she's quite unattainable due to her inner circle. This is not to say that Girl T is the daughter of some local MP, but at least you found out that one of her Facebook friends happen to be a local celebrity.</div>
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Just like all three girls are beautiful in their own ways, likewise the three paragon paths are also usable if you're good enough.</div>
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<i>Archer</i>:</div>
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This is def every Ranger class' first love. Ignore the fact that some of the finest rangers in fantasy happen to be the likes of Drizzt Do'Urden and Aragorn. When we talk abt rangers. we'll be like "oooh!!! Bow and arrows, forest and cover!!!!!"</div>
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Not so surprisingly, I've seen plenty of archer HRs, but little to none when it comes to the rest. It's like me choosing Girl A just b/c I perceive her to be the most pragmatic option. The only catch? My life as a ranger fanboy tends to gravitate towards every given technique certified risky. Which now comes to...</div>
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Def not the safest bet b/c it's like Clint Barton trying to emulate Remy LeBeau. The only catch? Hawkeye is def a certified ranged DPS spec, but Gambit will always be remembered by Nick Fury as that top notch combat artist. Forget what you might have learnt from TV b/c Gambit would always be at his deadliest once you give him time and space w/that metal pole. Flinging kinetic charged poker cards is merely his primary tactic. Using his staff of mass destruction will always become that greatest damage source.</div>
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No one should demand your HR to fight like Drizzt Do'Urden, but at least you should understand the term "primary damage source" at the verily least.</div>
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<i>Trapper</i>:</div>
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This is a feat path for those truly daring. If the first 2 feat paths are meant to go hand in hand, then Trapper is quintessentially straddled somewhere in between. It's like comparing CT-MRI w/mammography. Both belong to the same field (i.e. radiology), but you can't shoehorn both together just like that.</div>
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Suffice to say, the popular consensus is playing Trapper sucks. It's not so much on how really sucky is the Trapper path, but rather the insane learning curve involved.</div>
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I've recently stumbled upon one hell of a dinosaur poster in some random Neverwinter forum post (not the official one, mind you, since the mods would be more than happy to ban the ****er from Cryptic's official Sim Lim Square). Long story short, that person was whining over how HR should be an artillery spec. As some ARPG n00b who somehow managed to master the usage of a decent HR, I find this manner of post laughable at best. At worst, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wVagQ_LVd4">it's like Tony Stark assuming the throne of Wakanda</a>.</div>
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Someone actually tried reasoning w/a troll, believe it or not. If it's down to me... well, I'd try doing so otherwise as well. One, if not the most, hilarious lie that living fossil pulled out from his/her sorry ass is the insistence that Oak Skin is practically crap. Why? Because plenty has been spoken abt the minimal amount of HP healed, but nothing abt what truly makes this skill such a wonderful thing. Let's try to see things via 2 diff skits involving 2 same characters...</div>
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<i>Me: Wow, you look absolutely pretty in bikini.</i></div>
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<i>Stevia: Anything else?</i></div>
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<i>Me: Erm.. nothing I can think of now.</i></div>
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<i>*next day me kenna sepak by Stevia's friends*</i></div>
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<i>Me: You really look pretty in bikini.</i></div>
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<i>Stevia: And what you're trying to say apart from that?</i></div>
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<i>Me: I think you should try letting others know that you're not all beauty and no brains. You can't blame the average Joe for watching too much Baywatch, right?</i></div>
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<i>*immediately me kenna complimented by Stevia's friends*</i></div>
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When you get a gf who happened to be both beautiful and smart, you don't harp on how hot she looks in her fave two-piece. Likewise, only Stevia's detractors would say plenty of stuff on her outer beauty and totally kosong on her inner beauty.</div>
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The one thing granting any HR an absurdly high survival gameplay is activating Oak Skin. Which basically makes stance switch so vital. Coupled w/Stag Heart and you'll get one hell of a monster tank. Now come to think of it, I should test drive this on Arylos esp since I've alrdy gotten that Feytouched enchantment I wanted so badly. Now let's see if I can get Briartwine...</div>
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<b><u>Plenty of signature moves, but which one?</u></b></div>
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I realized that Split the Sky is best used in dungeon crawling and dragon slaying. I know this is a belated discovery, but no one should also fault Sir Stamford Raffles for being N ages slower than the likes of Sang Nila Utama and Zheng He.</div>
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In solo PvE, you'll need to slap in a Fox's Cunning so that your 1st-dodge-for-free can mitigate whatever retaliation big time. Against slow hitting mob, you can get away w/this. Not too sure what'll happen against the fast ones tho. Ofc this doesn't mean StS is totally crap in normal PvE since this the def the most straightforward way to one-shot those annoying quicklings running amok in Sharandar.</div>
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Blade Storm is good, but not good enough once you have Twin Blade Storm plus a maxed out Aspect of the Lone Wolf which gives you a base 20% deflection plus a whopping max 10% bonus in addition. The only way to make Blade Storm work is to combine it w/Twin Blade Storm. Which imo is outright bs in a very negative sense. This is NOT to say Blade Storm is 100% crap or even near 70%. But you'll really need to slap in a Lightning epic weapon enchantment in order to get the most out whatever batty amount of chain damage involved.</div>
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Stormstep Action is for Stormwardens out to get a quick buck from being a Trapper. For those interested in mixing this up w/Serpent Weave, you're encouraged to do so. Because as a pro Trapper, you'll need plenty of Encounter powers to tide you by.</div>
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Cold Steel Hurricane is quintessentially your DM. I don't mean Dungeon Master ofc, but rather the term Desperation Move. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL1oGRDqcvc">Ever played King of Fighters before?</a></div>
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The pros and cons of each paragon path.</div>
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Archery is all abt single target DPS. In fact, the only class capable of outgunning a HR range spec in this area is what I'll coin a Scourge Warlock nuke spec. Given Scourge Warlock's relatively new arrival, I believe there are plenty more stuff waiting to be tested out since my perception is that SW is basically the most absurd class in terms of the variety of playing style options.</div>
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Without a SW, however, you can be very sure the Archer HR will most likely take the cheesecake in terms of all things Greater Power domain. This is due to the whole Predator-Prey mechanic. Try this w/Feytouched against any bigass boss/dragon. Shit will go purple and 120% catastrophic. iirc I've seen before 1 dwarf Devoted Cleric and the other bloke taking down a dungeon final boss+his kahkia for Spellplague Caverns all for free. No prizes for guessing who's that other person.</div>
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Ofc as anyone will tell you, Control Wizards tend to bake the biggest cheesecakes. Just that they're not built to outgun range spec HRs in terms of damage.</div>
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Solo PvE wise, Archers do have a decent survival level. The only problem lies in timing the CC execution. That plus there will always be higher end enemies (bosses and non-bosses) which are quintessentially immune to non-magic CC effects unless on a lower health (fyi, ensnaring effects tend to have the least powerful impact). For every manner of PvE, defender type companions are strongly recommended. If you're interested to become a Jeff Hardy, Wayward Wizard is actually worth more than just 2 pops of gold.</div>
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Arylos belongs to this archetype. HRs are known for being survivors due to superior options in defensive buffs (the only offensive buffs melee-wise would be Hawkeye & Throw Caution). For range specs, effectiveness would have been effectively halved. This is due what I've said on the CC front just now. In addition, combat HRs tend to have better defensive/healing feats. Deflection+Wild Medicine+life steal x 2 would virtually guarantee your survival in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO_Mu6znx3I">a 1 vs 10</a> against Dragon cultists. Let alone pulling off an Oak Skin.</div>
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In terms of PvP, a lot has been said on combat HR being absurdly imba. Such statement is nothing but nonsense. I can easily identify Scourge Warlocks and Control Wizards as the showstoppers and gamechangers ffs.</div>
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The only reason why combat HR is such a prized asset in any PvP team is what I've stated above: high survival rate. PvP is all abt how long you can last, NOT how many you can kill. I've pulled off some crazy bs tantamount to half-assed suicide bombing and the next thing I know, my buddies arrived to avenge my idiocy on those more deserving of party wrath. It's not a sin to die like a moron so long you are able to pull one enemy or more down together w/you. Only a matter of directly or indirectly. Also, it helps a lot in terms of mass deflection and Aspect of the Pack since that means giving your team better tactical options.</div>
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Then we have Dungeon and group PvE in general. These 2 categories belong to the group attrition aspect where individual survivability is 2nd priority. The key is to heighten your chances of survival via body count and this is where combat HRs fall horribly short.</div>
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You see, combat HR tend to place survival first (just like the general HR). This is due to higher end defensive buffs made available (which now makes me wonder what the paladin class will do if Cryptic decide to put that in. Or even druid for that matter). Damage input wise, combat HR will lose out to the likes of SW and Great Weapon Fighters. Coupled with any Trickster Rogue pulling off a possible mass mob slow and you'll get my drift.</div>
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When it comes to Skirmish, it's even worse b/c Skirmish is all abt pace and aggression. Individual survivability means nothing next to shit, I can assure you that.</div>
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So how should a combat HR deal w/this manner of handicap? Very simple, folks. You have 3 Encounter slots, try to even things out by creating a tactical balance between direct AoE damage, CC, and group buff. Don't try to be hero b/c you won't ever be one. In fact, chances are you'll need to chip in from afar instead of getting up, close, and personal.</div>
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Take a leaf from Drizzt Do'Urden. We all know his exploits starting from Menzoberranzan. Doesn't mean he's always the one winning major battles at the most forefront. That kind of accolade belongs to Bruenor Battlehammer and Wulfgar.</div>
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<i>Personal tip: Commanding Shot+Feytouched=GG </i></div>
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Survival is not everything. Trappers are capable of surviving solo, but only when it comes to group warfare will this particular gem truly shine. Appreciating Trappers is a bit like appreciating pretty girls. 'Tis far easier for guys to be attracted by girls blessed with sexy legs and/or beautiful boobs. Supposedly we have a beautiful girl where the only visible asset happens to be her derrière. Would guys take notice ala first impression basis? Or would it be easier for them to notice an equally attractive girl with legs/boobs/both?</div>
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What I'm trying to say is this: Trappers tend to be under-appreciated. That's all. Due to Neverwinter being far more group friendly than solo friendly, Trappers are capable of being your BFF. However, a gross lack in options when it comes to solo-survival tends to hurt the Trapper. A lot of the Trapper's game tend to focus on CC damage. As I've said again and again, the CC factor for HR isn't really a big deal since even a TR can outgun any HR in this area.</div>
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And a word on PvP. Trappers need tactical cover to work their magic. Which is why I put PvP under Intermediate domain.</div>
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Most ideal companion? Go get a Leader type. The easiest one to get is Apprentice Healer, the easiest Epic grade to get is also a Leader.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-59134593095724759932014-11-05T01:52:00.001+08:002014-11-05T01:52:37.797+08:00Trolling break...Somehow or another, I may really start on writing the Neverwinter Six series, never mind how many volumes and manuscripts will this take me. Before I start getting ambitious though, I realized 2 things.<br />
1. I need to complete A Ranger's Tale first.<br />
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2. Blokes at Wizards of the Coast need to be convinced that S'pore got talent. And a local one at that.<br />
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By my own calculation, point 1 is pretty much 60% possible. Point 2, on the other hand, is 60% minus 60. If you dunno what I'm talking abt, it means you've failed your maths.<br />
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Due to fatigue overcoming me, I decided to write up a little piece on whatever experience I've gleaned from using Feytouched enchantment.<br />
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<b><u>The devs are prepping for Rise of Tiamat by...</u></b></div>
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Releasing a teaser gameplay trailer? Nah. Giving every Neverwinner a Vanguard Pack plus some never before heard title? Have to see whether Neverwinter's Twitter audience can hit the 39K mark.</div>
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So how on earth are the devs prepping for RoT? Well firstly, I actually expected a brand new campaign. Turns out that the devs are out to do a campaign expansion. How on earth are they gonna do that, have to wait for 18th Nov.</div>
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If there's anything the devs might have been guilty of, it'd be upping the difficulty of lair bashing. Just last night, I tried a hand or two in bashing Gnarlroot Caves and the Witch Fen. Just now, I tried a hand in cult bashing. So far so good, I only got experience in doing in Ebon Downs and Icespire Peak where this part is concerned. So what have I discovered?</div>
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1. Heightened difficulty. This is evident if you're somewhere bashing cultists (i.e. for Tyranny of Dragons campaign)</div>
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2. Fire in the hole>reinforcement on the way>from 1 vs 1 to 1 vs 3-4. This is evident if you happen try getting an actual Korean/Japanese gf/bf who happened to be @New Sharandar (i.e. Fury of the Feywild campaign aka Sharandar campaign).</div>
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3. Point no.2 seems to be painfully significant if you happen to try bashing the Witch Fen. Expect plenty of polymorphing once you try giving that final bitch her final fight.</div>
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4. Weirdly enough, fighting Grimak Nailbiter doesn't trigger reinforcement. Actually, they're alrdy somewhere waiting for their boss' instructions. Meh...</div>
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Ofc since my intent was to give my precious little Feytouched a beta test-run, it could be likely that whatever spike in difficulty was due to having an epic enchantment. Or maybe I'm really thinking too much.</div>
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<b><u>Some stuff I realized in the process...</u></b></div>
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1. Feytouched effect can be visible from 5 miles away so as to speak. Once your enemy turns purple, be very sure it's not down to random Halloween goers high on LSD (in another words, I do not have a problem w/ppl dressing up unless their fashion sense end up implying an actual acid trip).</div>
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2. If you failed to see any purple glow, it means Professor Picard has something to advise:</div>
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4. Strategy is all abt initiating the preemptive. In short, you're creating the F-effect via an effective setup method.</div>
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5. Tactical move, on the hand, is meant to be pulled off somewhere in the middle of heated battle.</div>
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6. Primary strategy means using it as a secondary tactical means, vice versa for tactical move. This IS extremely important due to the HR's stance toggle. If you can't even do this shit come lvl 60, then...</div>
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<b><u>How I tend to F-troll (for now)</u></b></div>
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One of the finest level in the art of trolling lies in this:</div>
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For every stupid argument proffered, there has to be a hidden knife offered. </div>
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For every stupid act committed, there has be a likelihood of suicide committed.</div>
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This, my friends, is what the Feytouched effect is made of. According to the Forgotten Realms lore, this is an ability used by fey pact warlocks. Simply put, Arylos shouldn't even be touching that thing! But whether Kareis will do it, however, is entirely up to <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory">the rest</a>.</div>
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The only catch? Stormwardens do HAVE an affinity w/the Feywild (i.e. the source of power for every Feytouched). Simply put, there IS a potential RP value from how I perceive this. Anything other than this tho, I might need to do <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AssPull">this</a>.</div>
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Okay, I digressed. Simply put, the only way to kill a troll is to troll him/her back. Staying silent is one method (something which Drizzt Do'Urden is still famous for), taking action through that person's own words/action is another (something which Artemis Entreri is still famous for). By stealing 3% of the enemy's trolling prowess, you can easily earn a profit far higher than a measly 3%.</div>
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Funnily enough, I don't know how the devs calculate the damage siphoned+used. 3% of target's damage can be extremely ambiguous (and even more so in PvP). Hence, it's my opinion that damage in this context is a fixed value based on the target's overall power. After all, Feytouched will instantly trigger upon executing any Encounter attack (note that I say attack. Which means stuff like Fox's Cunning and Oak Skin don't count).</div>
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<b><i>Primary Strategy/Secondary Tactic</i></b></div>
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This is ludicrously effective in creating that bigass AoE proc. Depending on your playing style, either you position this w/yourself as the central point or somewhere in between yourself and the enemy. Either way, you'll need to mob-kite everybody into your force field of BSMD. Once lightning strikes once, you're pretty much game on. The only wonky bs is the question on how many suckers will get themselves hit otherwise (note that StS will only hit-trigger upon enemy attacking you).</div>
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In the event where you need to do some AoE jailbreak (and trust me when I say every Neverwinner will run the risk of getting surrounded unless said Neverwinner happens to play a Trickster Rogue. Vengeance's Pursuit+Blitz+Stealth modal ftw), you'll need Fox's Shift in order to trigger that much needed get-one-dodge-for-free bs. Trust me when I say it works. But only if you choose to up your Swift Hunter heroic feat till like 4-5 ranks. I was really that batshit crazy in investing this much feat pts in the Trapper tree, Arylos has never looked back since.</div>
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A/N: Just don't try this if your HR happens to be at any enclosed space. Not even Jackie Chan can save himself from those batshit crazy cultists of every color conceivable.</div>
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Arguably one of the combat HR's finest AoE bs, this will actually hit one enemy PLUS the rest around him/her. If you happen to get yourself surrounded, it means you'll only be able to hit most, if not only some. Earning that need for speed, however, means you're able to jailbreak like the Roadruner itself. Suppose that damning 20 sec effect is over, it means Wile E. Coyote and his merry friends will be standing somewhere waiting to be shafted.</div>
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In the event where your StS is still in cooldown, FS should be your next bet in pulling off the F-effect. Due its hit-trigger effect deemed normal, it's actually easier to land that F-bomb neatly. Against tougher enemies however, I'd advise doing StS as strategy w/FS as tactic. After all, there's not much of a chance for you to one-shot those damned cultists if I say so myself...</div>
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<i>Rain of Swords</i></div>
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Far more useful in 1 on 1. Strongly recommended in fighting bosses (i.e. enemies blessed w/actual names). Don't choose this, however, if your secondary At-Will isn't Aimed Strike. Frontal AoE can be really tricky, so I won't suggest this w/o an effective bleeding DoT. In the event where you decided to troll, execute FS first>then do RoS. Make sure you manage to apply at least 1 stack of AS bleed, best if you can do a max 2 stack. I can assure you that trolling polymorphers has nvr been so fun.</div>
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Better known as Oak Skin's BFF, doing this will severely hamper your max damage output possible. Try this during dungeon crawls and you'll nvr regret kenna lugi this way. After all, only archer HRs are capable of cleaning the Executioner and Paingiver billboard charts.</div>
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<b><u>Mr Bill, anyone?</u></b></div>
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We all know Kill Bill, but do we know Kill Draco? Don't worry, I'm not some homicidal sociopath belonging to Gryffindor. We all know dragon slaying is a key part in being a Neverwinner. Since Drizzt Do'Urden wasn't able to kill Icingdeath via a fair fight, might as well allow 6-10 others doing it for him.</div>
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I actually tried this off against that blue dragon @Rothe Valley. My choice of At-Will powers stays the same. Class skills wise, I replaced Twin Blade Storm w/Aspect of the Pack (note that it's good for you to use either TBS or AotP w/Aspect of the Lone Wolf being your most important dalit).</div>
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A/N: As per normal, the bigger the tree, the bigger storm it will attract. Make sure you don't become North Korea unless you're comfortable w/having cultists shouting dogmatic slogans behind your back. For every thing else, there should always be a master threat generator. iirc even if you manage to jailbreak successfully like Jaime Lannister or Bryden Tully, it means technically nothing since you'll be forced to call off your beloved F-dragon tactic.</div>
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<b><u>I got a companion...</u></b></div>
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Above MV actually do have a bit of relevance here. You see, sellswords tend to boast of 3 main gifts:</div>
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Sellswords enjoy having more than a drink, sellswords like $$$ as well. As for girls... well, it actually depends. For Arylos' case, he may not have the drinks and/or money, but at least he got the girl. And by using the term girl, I mean the sellsword. Personally wise, I actually prefer her tavern brawler costume. Looks hotter this way. But I sorely digress again like a certain <a href="http://davideddings.wikia.com/wiki/Belgarath">Old Wolf</a> in Belgarath the Sorcerer.</div>
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Originally, I thought her effectiveness is nowhere near my apprentice healer and shield maiden. Turned out I was wrong big time. Originally, I was only messing abt. Somehow or another tho, my hot sellsword managed to impress Arylos way faster than you can say "101". Ironically, it was due to Arylos' previous outing w/her which skewed my opinion. Back then, Arylos was only like... what, lvl 40 or so??? Once kitted correctly, my sellsword can be one hell of a monstrous cat. Now if only I can earn like 300K AD so that she can be upgraded further.</div>
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<i>And before I go zzzz, here's a fitting theme for the Neverwinter Six</i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-79956716311051682282014-10-31T01:49:00.003+08:002014-10-31T01:49:46.300+08:00The Solar Trilogy; Volume I: Interloper (the real deal)Okay, server down, not gonna waste my time waiting 2 hrs straight. I mean I need to sleep, okay?! Thankfully I managed to redo the invocation quest in Sword Coast Adventure. Take note, ppl. In case you've yet to realize it, extending your Celestial Coins shelf life by 30 hrs regularly is the best way to regulate your real time.<br />
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1. Get that damned tier 1 Epic Forest Warden body armor (apparently, some crazy Neverwinners actually did an equally batshit crazy test drive <a href="http://neverwinter.gamepedia.com/Dungeon_Delve#Dungeon_Delve_chest_drop_rates">here</a>).</div>
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2. Exact my much desired vengeance on that damned Dread Caves dungeon boss (have to admit I've gotten over whatever mutiny happening N ages ago, makes it easier for me to blame that masterbrain).</div>
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3. Score that final damned Briartwine shard (realized I got myself really damned lucky in getting shard no.3 due to Dungeon Delves event switched on. Lol I only noticed "12 mins remaining" when I exited from Idris' Black House).</div>
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4, Doing a damned run out for Gray Wolf Den. (Got a rough idea on how to screw the boss, but def need countless Kenny moments to prove whatever theory bs relevant).</div>
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5. Get one Unicorn tier body armor in the most likely event where I actually scored myself a whopping 90 seals (and tbh, it's far more economic friendly compared to keeping your fingers crossed).</div>
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6. In the event where pt 1 or 5 gets accomplished, gonna start hitting Rothe Valley. 3 more tries before getting Cloak of the Emerald Enclave, further 20 hrs more before scoring a random Unicorn tier equipment (wait... then why I so damned stupid to temp buang Rothe Valley????? Some more got title leh!!!!!!!!)</div>
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7. Try doing an actual foundry. Been wanting to do a foundry, too much of a lazy bastard to do so despite alrdy hitting max lvl for dunno how many weeks liao...</div>
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<b><u>Some interesting conjectures...</u></b></div>
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1. Running any given campaign quest at your current lvl depends on two things: current lvl (atm only for ToD) and current gear score (for the rest). Basically, it means running ToD asap would be far more advantageous in both the short and long run. This>Proof that I really stupid.</div>
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2. Gear score factor also works the same for Gauntlgrym mine craft.</div>
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3. If you see anybody putting the [Looking for Party] tab in the name of dragon killing, pls don't laugh. Yes, I know it's 100% possible to finish any given ToD quest in solo. But it doesn't really give you the license to troll that poor fella. This is NOT a conjecture, but a basic rule of civility.</div>
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4. Apparently, getting a random shard IS possible if you happen to be a skirmish bum. Scored myself a few during the Call to Arms event for Pit Fight. Also got myself 2-3 of those while doing Wild Hunt rush. Again NOT a conjecture. Got problem w/the c-word, go take a plane to either Cambridge or Oxford.</div>
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<b><u>With all clearance done, let the show begin!</u></b></div>
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<b>Part 1: Characters</b></div>
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<b><i>Arylos</i></b></div>
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<u>Basic Information</u></div>
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Home-Hullack Forest</div>
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Former Home(s)-Wheloon; Hermit's Woods</div>
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Gender-Male</div>
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Race-Wood elf</div>
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Patron deity-Kelemvor</div>
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Known language-Common; Elven; Goblin; Drow; Drow Sign; Undercommon</div>
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<u>Dates</u></div>
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Born-1364 DR (discovered as an abandoned infant)</div>
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Alignment-Chaotic Good (formerly Chaotic Neutral)</div>
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Class: Ranger 10</div>
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Rogue 3</div>
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Stormwarden 1</div>
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<i>Will also appear in:</i></div>
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<i>Dreamer (Volume III of the Solar Trilogy)</i></div>
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<i>Starlit Cloak (Volume II of the Lunar Trilogy)</i></div>
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<i>Midnight Gem (Volume III of the Lunar Trilogy; mentioned)</i></div>
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Interesting stuff:</div>
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<a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Eldreth_Veluuthra">http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Eldreth_Veluuthra</a></div>
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<a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Kelemvor">http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Kelemvor</a></div>
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<a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Wheloon#Post-Spellplague">http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Wheloon#Post-Spellplague</a></div>
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<b><i>Irion the Hunter</i></b></div>
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Home-Hullack Forest<br />
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Former Home(s)-Cormanthor; the Gray Forest; the High Forest<br />
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Gender-Male<br />
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Race-Wood elf<br />
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Patron deity-Fenmarel Mestarine<br />
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Known language-Common; Elven; Goblin; Drow; Drow Sign<br />
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Born-around 1385 DR (rumored to be that day where the Spellplague struck)<br />
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Alignment-Chaotic Neutral<br />
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Class: Ranger 13<br />
Fighter 4<br />
Pathfinder 2<br />
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<i>Dreamer (Volume III of the Solar Trilogy)</i><br />
<i>Starlit Cloak (Volume II of the Lunar Trilogy)</i><br />
<i>Midnight Gem (Volume III of the Lunar Trilogy; mentioned)</i><br />
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Interesting stuff:</div>
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<a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Fenmarel_Mestarine">http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Fenmarel_Mestarine</a></div>
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<u>Basic Information</u></div>
Home-Hermit's Wood<br />
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Former Home(s)-Neverwinter<br />
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Patron deity-Torm<br />
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Known language-Common; Goblin<br />
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Born-1353 DR<br />
Died-around 1400 DR<br />
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Alignment-Lawful Neutral (formerly Lawful Good)<br />
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Class: Paladin 13<br />
Divine Champion 4<br />
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<i>Will also appear in:</i><br />
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Interesting stuff:</div>
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<i><b>Brave Unknown</b></i></div>
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Home-Wheloon<br />
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Former Home(s)-None/unknown<br />
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Race-Human<br />
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Patron deity-Kelemvor<br />
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Known language-Common<br />
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Born-Not known<br />
Died-1374 DR<br />
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Alignment-True Neutral<br />
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Class: Fighter 10<br />
Paladin 5<br />
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<i>Will also appear in:</i><br />
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Interesting stuff:</div>
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Home-Wheloon<br />
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Former Home(s)-Koryo (sold into slavery)<br />
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Gender-Female<br />
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Race-Koryan human<br />
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Patron deity-Sune<br />
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Known language-Common; Koryo<br />
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Occupation-Tavern wench<br />
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<u>Dates</u></div>
Born-1368 DR<br />
Died-1386 DR<br />
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<i>Will also appear in:</i><br />
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Interesting stuff:</div>
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<a href="http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20141012000228">Plus some possibly damning inspiration...</a></div>
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Home-Sword Coast<br />
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Former Home(s)-Luskan<br />
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Patron deity-Gond<br />
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Known language-Common; Dwarven<br />
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Born-1466 DR<br />
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Alignment-Chaotic Neutral<br />
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Class: Rogue 6<br />
Fighter 4 <br />
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Interesting stuff:</div>
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<i>To be cont'd, now too drained liao...</i></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-45694823820773329082014-10-30T01:40:00.002+08:002014-10-30T01:41:09.039+08:00The Solar Trilogy, Volume I: Interloper (apologies for cancelling this b/c of time factor)Apparently, calling myself a FR fanboy is just me saying I'm a Wood Elves fanboy for Warhammer Fantasy. And all for what? Because the only badass character bouncing in my mind is Drizzt Do'Urden. Just don't ask me why R.A Salvatore decided to create some weird mortal-goddess pr0n since I've yet to progress anywhere beyond the Hunter's Blades trilogy. What I do know, however, is the fact that Lloth is fated to trolled and to be trolled. As for Mielikki, I never knew until recently that her inability to troll actually resulted in that greatest troll-job ever known to the Faerûnian pantheon.<br />
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Moral of the story?<br />
Ao is officially impressed.<br />
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A/N: Just don't ask me whether I support Drizzt scoring with both Cattie-brie and Dahlia Sin'felle. It's already bad enough when I tried toying with Drizzt-Innovindil and Drizzt-Ellifain. She-Hulk was right in calling Deadpool a perv.<br />
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<b><u><strike>But before that...</strike></u></b></div>
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Last night, I got a taste of being the Indian chief against Idris. While failure to score my desired Epic tier 1 Forest Warden body armor was truly a bummer, I have to say the overall experience is more than enough to offset this minor setback (that plus it's far harder getting a piece of whichever epic enchantment you want so badly. Yay! 1 more Brairtwine to go!!!!). After all, one thing I like abt running lvl 60 epics is due to the gamer having at least a decent chance in scoring an actual epic gear. Just don't ask me abt legendary gear b/c I've yet to score one. [1]</div>
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One interesting fact abt Neverwinter is the fact that plenty of gamers complained that Wizards of the Coast have officially sold themselves out. [2] To be brutally fair, the fans are right in feeling hard done. Why? Because we're talking abt a legacy also known for games like Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate. Old school D&D blessed w/equally old school goodness+evilness+neutralness. [3] So how do I view the current sellout?</div>
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Despite a heavier emphasis on pay to play [4], Neverwinter remains a player in the F2P industry. I do not profess to know how many RPG fans are still considered living fossils ever since Link managed to bail Zelda out, but I do understand the makers' need to remain competitive. We have the client-based ones and browser-based ones. The latter case is considered more cost-cheap while the former need constant upgrading. [5] To assume something you're not confident about is NOT a fan's way of thinking. In short, hard decisions need to be made in the name of scoring w/casual audience. In this sense, I can only say both parties are equally correct.</div>
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So how did my first time go? Things do have a funny way in falling into place at unexpected timing. Firstly, allow me to be a dick by giving a few advice:</div>
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1. When queuing for dungeon raids (esp for epic ones), take note on how many red slots are there. See the blue one? That's you. See the green one(s)? That's them. See the red one(s)? We're talking abt Jeor Mormont and Craster's Keep. Unless you happen to be a lvl 120 Hunter Ranger going by the name of Coldhands [6], your Stag won't mean a shit. Period. In short, any number of red beyond the count of 1 means you should just bail out from the queue. No point being Robb Stark. [7]</div>
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2. Even w/having a full 5, one cannot discount Jeor Mormont getting himself killed. In the event where more than 1 member decides to bail, let Coldhands be the judge. After all, we're only Neverwinners, not Kelemvor. Yes, I understand the worst kind of pain inflicted by PUG members cursed by their unknown actual age.</div>
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3. Understand that it pays to be patient nevertheless. One surest sign that you should start warging back to Protector's Enclave/whatever starting pt relevant is having 2 or more members saying "**** it, we can't win against the Others anyway." In short, perceive the circumstances correctly if you desire to score at least once w/the Khaleesi herself. [8]</div>
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4. If you end up waiting like an idiot just when you're so close to victory (i.e. facing the last boss), take a deep breath and say "**** it, I'm gonna bail out on this stupid Greece of a stage. 3 mins waiting like some kum-lan idiot and still no reinforcements..."</div>
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5. To all those ppl who think killing that last boss is like finding a Dragonglass cache beyond the Wall, allow me to point out the fact that we've actually got a literal fat bastard killing one of these pesky Others. In short, pls grow some brains. If got no brains, pls grow some patience. No use injury kit, use that 3 min campfire chill to exchange useful pointers. [9]</div>
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6. Depending on how long you're planning to sit in front of the computer, make sure you're mentally prepared to queue for like... 1 hr or so? Most likely you'll end up singing karaoke [10] like some 22 yr old local lass for around 15-45 mins. That is before that gong ends interrupting your self-inflicted misery. No matter what, just make sure that similar circumstances listed below don't happen...</div>
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<b><i>Stevia: You're still playing that game?</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Me: Okay, just a bit more.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Stevia: Why are you so obsessed? I don't remember myself being so obsessed with my cat and she's still alive!</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Me: Actually I only need 3K more Astral Diamonds.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Stevia: For what?</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Me: For that cat priced at 800K AD</i></b></div>
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Now that point form analysis is over, allow me to share my personal experience in being that Indian chief.</div>
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1. I wasn't the leader originally. Somehow or another, I went Shift+1 upon seeing 3 green+1 red. Turned out that it's a 4 man gang. iirc 4 man still can make it.</div>
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2. Subsequent turnover, team from 4 nerfed to 2. tbh I've had half the mind to bail. Thankfully, me and that other Control Wizard end having a consensus to wait until the 1st boss.</div>
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3. By time we're prepared to kill boss no.1 like a boss, the team ended up getting 5 bosses instead of just 2. Just don't ask who suggested voting me as the CEO.</div>
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4. Getting 5 bosses means a breeze in terms of pwning Idris' sorry ass. iirc I've got nothing personal against PUGs. In fact, all my dungeon crawls were done w/PUGs. It's just a shame that there will always be ppl shaming the PUG humans by renaming themselves as pugs. Come to think of it, every of my epic dungeon rush was actually done w/the help of 4 true blue talented pros. [11] In particular, whoever the Control Wizard in the gang would always be that lightning blot CC pro. No j/k.</div>
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5. Believe it or not, fighting that stupid dead man chest involves plenty of CC from range. You can try pulling a melee duel or even a gank or two. I can guarantee you death by some stupid cheesy bigass knockdown bs. My suggestion is to leave this job for the CC specs since you don't call yourself one if you happen to be Great Weapon Fighter or Guardian Fighter. As for general mob clear, do anything so long you don't get caught. [12]</div>
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P.S & unrelated: Tried searching for a song that caught my ear, finally found it.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Smiling,_Proud_Wanderer_characters">Add this 4 teh lulz only</a></div>
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<b>[1]: Actually come to think of it, the devs are truly a bunch devious devils. Who'd have imagine playing your character at max 60 can AND will yield much better returns compared to... well, having your Trickster Rogue still stuck at lvl 29 or so.</b></div>
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<b>[2]: Altho how this actually measures up against Marvel selling itself to Disney remains a hot topic of online debate.</b></div>
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<b>[3]: In short, badassery-ness.</b></div>
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<b>[4]: Literally speaking, this is F2P ARPG we're talking abt. Understanding the importance of Zen means Neverwinter being technically P2P.</b></div>
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<b>[5]: Trust me when I say I've played Marvel Heroes 2015 as well.</b></div>
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<b>[6]: Come to think of it, I should just try kick-starting my A Song of Ice and Fire articles. Starting w/Coldhands no less.</b></div>
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<b>[7]: <a href="http://unanswered-bloke-works.blogspot.com/2013/08/since-every-school-is-good-school.html">http://unanswered-bloke-works.blogspot.com/2013/08/since-every-school-is-good-school.html</a></b></div>
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<b>[8]: <a href="http://unanswered-bloke-works.blogspot.com/2012/10/some-truly-interesting-conjectures-on.html">2.5K+ worth of lurker hits... wow, man...</a></b></div>
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<b>[9]: In the event where general consensus is "**** it, guys. We no score w/Dany b/c we all no Jon Snow!", be assured that entire party should be absolved of any blame and flame.</b></div>
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<b>[10]: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhjT_M6UIEY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhjT_M6UIEY</a></b></div>
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<b>[11]: <a href="http://geography.about.com/od/culturalgeography/a/South-Korea-Computer-Gaming-Culture.htm">Apologies if I manage to offend half the Korean peninsula.</a></b></div>
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<b>[12]: Those who have gone thru NSF, you all don't buat bodoh, okay?</b></div>
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<b>[14]: Bull Shit of Solo Destruction</b></div>
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<b>[15]: Best Friend Forever or Badass Friend Forever, you be the judge.</b></div>
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<b>[16]: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6WHBO_Qc-Q">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6WHBO_Qc-Q</a></b></div>
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<b>[17]: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1uGDjSVLOk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1uGDjSVLOk</a></b></div>
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<b>[18]: <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high-school/ebola-high-school-soccer-player-west-africa-taunted-pa-game-article-1.1976139">That's why you need Wisdom check.</a></b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-32808436407309446092014-10-26T01:11:00.004+08:002014-10-26T01:11:49.570+08:00The Neverwinter Six: The Solar Trilogy (to be cont'd ofc!)Starting on ART latest chap, finally got the motivation to do something useful to my future apart from analysing football. Sadly, it seems that either I'm destined to Teesside or somewhere under the tutelage of G.R.R Troll. But firstly...<br />
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<b><u>Something which others have alrdy knew...</u></b></div>
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Tried my hand in killing the mastermind behind the Whispering Caverns, turned out to be total failure. 3 ppl disconnected (note that by getting yourself disconnected, it doesn't mean a thing unless you've made it clear beforehand that Ned Stark has just summoned you for public execution). The most retarded thing ofc is not abt whether the Night's Watch are starting to desert, but rather the fact that we got 2 more new ppl coming in and that they can't get themselves into the fray. I swear this must be some kind of trolling b/c when you joined in any party instance AFTER shit has begun, you should be popping up at the latest campfire. I know b/c I've been through it correctly twice.</div>
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2. The longer you delay, the faster you die. It's like Le Professeur playing football against Big Sam back when Arsenal ended up getting totally arsed by Dougie "hopefully still Super Doug" Freedman's ex.</div>
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c. Thankfully, the devs decided that trolling isn't cool after the anti-trolling bill introduced by Downing Street. In short, you can expect plenty of mob chase when dealing w/the tentacle and nigh kosong mob spawn afterwards.</div>
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d. If you happen to play HR, pls for the love of the devs, do NOT stray from the mastermind! This is extremely important b/c firstly, it doesn't make any sense for you to shoot pot from afar when in fact point blank firing is merely considered a rare scenario. Secondly, staying afar means straying afar. Can't blame you for initiating mob chase for this instance.</div>
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6. I actually learnt that the hard way. That plus pulling off Split the Sky is extremely vital if you happen to be a Stormwarden. Combat, Archery, or Trapper, the Rock <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChCckO_F0Ss">has this to say</a>. You won't become Ciro Immobile overnight, but at least you can add in damage plus toasting an immobile mob all for free.</div>
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Gonna use this for my TR. Then I realised I accidentally bound it on my HR. I so damn retarded sia...</div>
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Once I get 4 of this, I'm gonna pull off a fail-proof merge due to me being lucky enough to earn my 1st Coalescent Ward at my 1st try in getting Coffer of Wondrous Augmentation. That plus I firmly believe getting 3 more Feytouched from Arylos' betters @Sharandar will require some bloody anal 4D luck.</div>
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<b><i>The Neverwinter Six: The Solar Trilogy</i></b></div>
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<i>"Remember who you are, do not call yourself for what you are. Time will change every one of us. Humans, elves, and dwarves... we all are victims to our years. If only the gods can never change, then you alone must decide whether Kelemvor has watched over you."</i></div>
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Those were the last words young Arylos heard from that only man he called father. No one knew the elderly warrior's name, not even the young wood elf himself. Yet, he could never forget that fateful day where his only kin was brutally taken away by death. Death by arrows and the sword, death at the hands of those who worship Shar herself...</div>
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<i>"Have you heard of it? We are accused of plotting outright rebellion! You have nothing to do with this, so leave! Far better it is for one to suffer than both!"</i></div>
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1479 DR, the year where Wheloon has officially became a prison city. Here, only the mighty ruled with an iron fist. None has ever traveled there, no one has ever escaped from its walls. If the past could be seen as kind to Arylos, then the present was anything but that. Distrusted at best and mostly hated, the wood elf has carved out a minor repute as a ruthless survival artist. Memories of Sharran cultists haunted his every step, any move made would surely invoke the ire of those around him.</div>
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Yet, little did Arylos know that what appeared to be an everyday occurrence would herald a new life for him. Life as a proper Or-tel-quessir, life as one who could never belong to his own people. A ranger blessed with a tactical mind unrivaled, an interloper cursed with the name of Kelemvor murmured in his heart. From Cormyr to Waterdeep, from the Crown of the North to what used to be the Jewel of the North...</div>
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<i><b>"This must be where my life starts now. The beginning of my years and the end of my time."</b></i></div>
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The first volume of this trilogy will take the readers on a journey like never before. It will be a journey of adventure and loss, a journey of questions asked. Here begins a story about life and heroes, a tale of those soon to be known as <b><i>The Neverwinter Six.</i></b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-65056549382919862912014-10-23T01:17:00.001+08:002014-10-23T01:17:19.765+08:00Forgotten Realms: The Neverwinter SixTried to re-kicking my ART engine, realized I might need to swear off the PC first due to the most obvious. Or at least I need to invoke, then straightaway exit the game. In case you guys are wondering wtf this post title is all abt, rest assured that you'll know the answer verily soon.<br />
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In other news, my beloved Boro has yet again courted the mockery of Steve, Carl, and Benny. 2-0 to Wolves, at least we're still 3rd. Ah well, at least ufotable mina-tachi managed to alert me to something special...<br />
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Allow me to express my thanks to each and every of my fellow Corsairs from Luskan for giving this stupid crew mate one hell of a blast in raiding Gauntlgrym. While I cannot comment on my Delzoun rivals, it's actually 100% refreshing to have 4 intelligent ppl leading the way. One problematic issue w/Domination is the fact that once you get yourself into a fix, chances are that it's b/c your team mates are equally dumb, if not dumber. [1] I've had the unwanted experience of getting a runt or two swearing off the rest. [2] You see, it's one thing to call your PUG mtes morons, quite another to realize that even a n00b knows how to cap. [3] Domination is for wolves, not cubs. Thankfully, I've had the honor to fight alongside plenty of wolves in Gauntlgrym.<br />
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Now it must be stated that Gauntlgrym is for those who understand organization. It is a battle between the Shinsengumi and Isshin-shishi, it's the Faerûn word for the Boshin War. Firstly, let me say that you'll need prolonged exposure in watching Angelina Jolie in order to perfectly understand the finer art of tomb raiding. It's easy to run about like a headless chicken, quite another to have a duergar taking off your head. The duergars in Gauntlgrym are not just pure evil, but also tough evil. If your gear score numbers less than... like 6K or so at least, chances are that you won't survive getting ganked by 3-4 of those dwarven terrorists.<br />
If you happen to be a Control Wizard or Scourge Warlock, chances are that you'll be able to CC them to death.<br />
If you happen to play a melee striker, good luck to you b/c you'll need plenty of that. [4]<br />
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The thing w/fighting Gauntlgrym is this:<br />
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For those who are new, I suggest sticking to re-forging weapons after your betters and seniors manage to acquire enough fire to flame the forge. If you happen to kill a fire elemental or three so that you can loot their fire, you better rush back to the forge asap before it officially gets flamed.<br />
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Same as above, just make sure you don't try multi-tasking. We, the citizens of S'pore, are good at doing this b/c of the society, but trust me when I say intelligent ppl tend to focus rather than to scatter-focus. Either you water the pump or you flame the forge, either you kill earth elementals or fire elementals. If you're not busy re-arming the infantry at the forge, make sure you start re-armoring the cavalry.<br />
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<i>Kill dwarven terrorists, kill their boss</i><br />
Killing the Blasphemer is extremely tricky. You don't go toe to toe w/the Head of Terrorism mano-a-mano unless you happen to be the Manny Pacquiao of Neverwinter. Even then, it merely means you're not necessarily Pinoy. There has to be strict coordination between members. Kill this head like Manchester United, NOT Manchester Dis-United. My suggestion is very simple for those cursed w/gear score of 7K or less: let those who know the game deal w/him. Gauntlgrym is extremely huge and its terrain are peppered w/fire, earth, and dwarven terrorists. Crypt raid is NOT dungeon raid. Which means you'll be allowed as many human team mates as possibly allowed. Therefore, you must discern which area you're gonna zone. Then decide for yourself whether by killing the HoT, you'll be awarded the title of Clegane Slayer.<br />
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PvP actually takes place at the same time as stage 2. Which means it's up to you whether you'll want to join in the proverbial Royal Rumble or stay back and pump in supplies 4 teh lulz. My suggestion is very straightforward: do NOT click that obscene button unless you manage to secure at least 1 key advantage out of the possible 2. Why I say this is NOT b/c I'm out to discourage ppl from learning PvP the cold hard way. Rather, you'll need manpower to secure tactical leverage for your team. Either your buddies manage win the artillery competition or getting the Mega Big Show himself to aid you. iirc if you lose out on both, then allow me to quote a buddy from TFF her fave quote:<br />
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<i><b>~credit to Oddrun who happens to be a German.</b></i> [5]<br />
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After securing either or even both advantages (that is if your team is absurdly efficient enough. Pls be clever and watch the meter in blue), you can have 2 choices: join in the fun or continue supplying help. At this point of time, it depends on whether you're game for doing PvP. If yes, then be mentally prepared to get yourself killed more than 10 times, intelligent friends or no intelligent friends. If no, then you might have to knuckle down doubly hard b/c chances are that many of your faction-mtes would be out going mano-a-mano against the rest. In short, you'll have to gather a whooping 5 elemental materials at one go rather than just one piece per interaction. iirc, this would be when the PvP is its climax.<br />
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<i>Fardelver or Dwarf King?</i><br />
It depends on whether you're a tomb raider fit for a king. If no, then you can only run Fardelver. If yes, then you'll need to decide which one to go first. Via whatever I've seen in the team chat, it seems that plenty of Neverwinners prefer going on a FC speed clear. For my case, I prefer queuing for Dwarf King. Now the one thing is this: Before taking the leap, make sure you do two things:<br />
1. Situate yourself at the relevant crypt.<br />
2. It doesn't hurt to be extra careful by posting in the chat where you'll want to do the raid.<br />
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Trust me, you wouldn't want getting yourself into the wrong crypt. I was stupid enough to commit this mistake earlier today.<br />
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Oh, and one more thing: Do NOT speed run! Gauntlgrym dungeons might be straightforward terrain wise, but it's residents are anything but that. In short, don't even contemplate joining the Gauntlgrym events if you can't handle the heat. I've had this experience of getting myself on the receiving end for Fardelver, but at least I know this was my team mates having a minor lolz rather than truly allowing me to sink or swim. [6]<br />
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Neverwinter, Jewel of the North. A city which has seen its glory long gone by, the legacy left behind by Lord Nasher Alagondar now in tattered ruins.</div>
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Open Lord Dagult Neverember, ruler of Waterdeep or Neverwinter?<br />
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Kelemvor and Cyric, Selûne and Shar. The battle is now set, a game of chess no mortal can ever hope to play.</div>
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<b>[1]: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm9eedCxNzM">Just don't ask me whether Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are now at Gauntlgrym</a>.</b><br />
<b>[2]: Ok, I'm being hypocritical here since I'm only 1.6. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMwMyUVp6ok">Still, bailing out halfway just b/c you're some immature prick is 1000 x more uncool than Carlito</a>.</b><br />
<b>[3]: For those who enjoy calling others retarded while having 0 kills/assist, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wVagQ_LVd4">Iron Man has something to say</a>.</b><br />
<b>[4]: It is also for this reason that Hunter Rangers tend to be ridiculously powerful ONLY in the hands of those verily best in the business. I mean why should you play a HR or TR if you can't even ****ing master the dodge mechanic?</b><br />
<b>[5]: Now to think of it, it'd be damn scary if my future gf has a friend living in Germany, Hamburg or no Hamburg.</b><br />
<b>[6]: Somehow or another, it seems that I might have gleaned a decent or far better rep as some ARPG n00b.</b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-51303783752461475302014-10-20T00:26:00.002+08:002014-10-20T00:26:30.118+08:00Decided to do something useful (?)Apparently, the worst way to die in dungeon raid is getting your loading time suspended even before the metre hits the halfway mark. While this is surely not a case of devs screwing me, def I'd have suffered the loss of like... maybe 3-4 Unicorn seals? Thankfully, I only managed to get myself screwed after completung my Sharandar quests for the day. iirc tho, that's the worst way to exit a dungeon raid, folks. Trust me when I said I was about to screw that dragon before the bandwidth or whatever decided to screw me.<br />
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On a lighter note, my beloved Boro won 2-1 against Brighton at away. Either my sudden absence meant nothing to the team at all or Karanka must have done some super inspiring pre-match pep talk. Either way, I'm still a piss poor blogger who happen to defy the typical S'porean standard of high standard. <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2706284/Yes-Former-WWE-champ-catches-suspected-burglar.html">Might as well do something light on the srs end here...</a><br />
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<b><u>No, not you Mr Randy Tan...</u></b></div>
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'Tis no j/k. I've got a churchmate by that name. More specifically Randy part. Before I launch myself into plagiarist mode, allow me to wish Mr Randy Tan and his beloved waifu a "how's life over there in Nippon" greeting.</div>
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With belated formalities done, let us continue onto what truly defines the R-word. Whenever we talk abt Randy, two things come to mind.</div>
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<b><i>Randy the Legend. That'd be the late Randy Savage, better known as "Macho Man" Randy Savage.</i></b></div>
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While I profess to have nothing do do w/pt 1, I do have a self-perception when it comes to pt 2. As for pt 3, I'll be the first to out myself as a victim of playground idiocracy for like... more than 10 yrs to near 20 yrs? Maybe that's why I've learnt to be self-cynical. Now if only Gibbo will contact me and offer me a contract next season...</div>
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<b><u>She-Hulk was right in calling me "someone not right up there"...</u></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Okay, She-Hulk confirm will kill me this time round, #rko or no #rko</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moral of the story; To all sikeena, pls dun try this @home, @school or @gf's home</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next contender for $$$ in the Bank: Tony Hawk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If anyone finds this scene familiar, be assured that this is what Marauder's Rush looks like in RL</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wrong guy? Houston, we've got problem here...</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-71293027264382323382014-10-07T22:11:00.000+08:002014-10-07T22:11:08.754+08:00Yesterday was public holiday......therefore, I'm not gonna wish anyone Selamat Hari Raya Haji. This is not b/c I'm a dick, but rather ppl might have the wrong idea that I'm gonna up some image of a pig in the name of trollololz. Ofc since I'm a S'porean, it's only right for me to understand what needs to be understood. Let alone embrace whatever that is right. To all whom it may concern, be assured that you won't have an excuse to issue a fatwa on me. To all in S'pore whom this may concern, I have faith in you all that Islam is indeed a religion of peace. Just don't ask me how many Christians are Islamophobic b/c I'm not some stark raving mad moral crusader out to kill Saladin.<br />
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Firstly, I've accepted the fact that I hate Domination unless the devs promise me a fixed format for team members allocation (i.e. 2 magic users a must, other details be damned).</div>
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Fourthly, queuing for Skirmish and Dungeon can be a bitch at times. Depending on the number of players gangbanging the AI, waiting time can range from as fast as 5 mins or so to a whooping 15 mins at least (in particular, it seems that the majority actually enjoy Dungeon gangbanging above Skirmish gangbanging).</div>
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Level up=too fast, too furious=I blame that 2 x XP weekend+Siege of Neverwinter. This was especially so for SoN due to that 1 week duration.</div>
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A/N: In case you've yet to discover, burning 38K worth of Astral Diamonds can be a bitch esp if you're out to lvl up whatever enchantment relevant. Rank 5 and beyond, no less. Some more I yet to upgrade any of my companion. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">T_T</span></div>
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1. iirc there's nothing difficult in trying to please that beautiful Sune Firehair (in fact, you don't even deserve to do CotG if Lady Firehair is not impressed).</div>
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Recently, I realized SGH has a new addition. While I don't know whether there are professional cosplayers here (no innuendo present here), at least that particular lass might make my workplace somewhat attractive to the Japanese. Enough prattle here. Since I'm gonna end this Neverwinter post on Faerun pantheon, might as well stir up some minor shit...</div>
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Lars Alterfate: There are only two types of girls worthy of my fancy. Whores and the domineering type.</div>
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Garyth Parkins: Because wherever heroes are, monsters will be there.</div>
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Guy Cody: That's the whole point about being a hero, right?</div>
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Tristan Ajax: Women and ale, these are the two things a man can't do without.</div>
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Eliador de Lioncourt: This, I will not. You are too powerful an individual to be raped again.</div>
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Kerstein de Bladefort: Woman, watch your tongue. I would have forced you on the bed if you're not so valuable a pawn.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-50999120588237690902014-09-27T01:25:00.000+08:002014-09-27T01:27:28.915+08:00Stuff worthy of Keiko and friendsWhile Keiko is def a common name before that cultural grandeur otherwise known as Nihon-koku, surely there's only one Keiko in Kalafina. I still remember saying something to my Blackburn supporting friend that...<br />
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<b><i>A</i>/<i>N: Apparently Kajiura Yuki was the composer, not the singer. Emily Bindiger, on the other hand, was that *fill in the blanks yourself*...</i></b></div>
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At the same time, I've also got myself started into Shikata Akiko. Apparently, she's far less famous than her spiritual sisters. But hey, it doesn't prevent me from calling her a friend of Keiko and friends. At the end of the day, can you imagine certain songs which either party (or even both) is able to adapt?<br />
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Interestingly tho, that one thing I'm curious abt is how Kalafina and Shikata-san will fare in terms of adapting gaijin culture into their future works. I mean, <a href="http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21620252-troubling-rise-xenophobic-vitriol-spin-and-substance">it's totally wrong in calling Japanese a bunch of yellow racists</a> just b/c the term gaijin means "either you're black, white, brown <a href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/asian-games-china-s-sun/1383880.html">or just East Asian</a>", no? I'm pretty sure these gaijin composers will have better luck in forming a collaboration or two w/the finest (?) oujo-san tachi ever known in Japanese culture.</div>
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So why am I using the b-word? Because I'm pretty sure no sane Japanese would ever contemplating a collaboration w/some unknown S'porean who is either self-delusional or... okay, let's stop at here.<br />
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P.S: In case you're wondering whether this blog starting to look like <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/the-emma-watson-nude-photo-leak-threat-was-a-viral-money-mak#3fr5go1">this ang-moh company</a>, be wholly assured that <a href="http://transport.asiaone.com/news/general/story/cabby-assaulted-refusing-pick-drunk-man-north-canal-road">I'm not the kind of Johnny Foreigner capable of punting some poor taxi uncle</a> <a href="http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/holly-hagan-alan-sugar-celebrities-7823349">from that good ol' North East of England</a>.<br />
*<a href="http://www.cabbieblog.com/blog/in-the-back-of-my-cab/cabbie-lingo/">this one added 4 teh lulz</a>*<br />
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<b><i><u><a href="http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/ado-versus-adieu?page=all">Hence without any further ado,</a> let the show begin!</u></i></b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-22068377727959436322014-09-25T00:46:00.001+08:002014-09-25T00:46:18.108+08:00Server up (today) and down (?/tomorrow)Gonna have a hand in typing something really boliao. Need to kick myself from the Neverwinter monster tbh...<br />
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<b><u>First impression: PvP</u></b></div>
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Have to say it's the wonkiest part in the game. More oft than not, you live and die by the manner of your team. PvP in Neverwinter is basically futsal w/o the ball. That is unless you consider a person's head to be a ball. Dark humour aside, my first impression of which class is best for PvP is...</div>
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Domination is truly one hell of an arena where magic=imba. I'm not too sure whether the imba factor is equal, lesser, or worse than the Speed of Asuryan rule for High Elves (note: this is Warhammer Fantasy Battle I'm talking abt here). If your team ends up bereft of any magic user, then you're gonna eat shit for the rest of the battle. Trust me when I say this is worse than <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_st29mlQwU">taking a bazooka to the knee</a>.</div>
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If you end up having either DC or CW/SW, shit is gonna be a 50-50 ball. If you have both, then chances are that you're gonna beast the opponent (that is provided the other team doesn't have this luxury of a lottery).</div>
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In fact, this is why I don't really enjoy playing Domination. Possible layout of any team is quintessentially a case of handing your $$$ to the nearest IR casino. In short, chances of getting unlucky, semi-lucky, or literally lucky is basically probability maths at its finest.</div>
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Remember, ppl. In Domination, there's NO such word as "handicap" apart from losing your head in the process. Figuratively ofc...</div>
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Arylos:</div>
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W-0; L-2</div>
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My first impression so far on Domination, class-wise is this: Trickster Rogue is basically your only best bet in taking everything out of something. Hunter Rangers are def the hardest class to master in terms of Domination.</div>
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The one thing abt Trickster Rogue is using Stealth. Without Stealth, you're better off dead. Period. One of the trickiest part in getting up close and dirty w/the opponent is the fact that you do NOT try chasing down isolated buggers running abt, TR is all abt taking opponents down while they're still CC'ed or engaged in combat. If you see one bugger running away, be very sure that 'tis a trap.</div>
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On Hunter Ranger, this is where the problem comes in. Unless you're ridiculously good at mastering the archery front (i.e. range spec), chances are that you're gonna get yourself raped 10 times out of 10 tries. Domination is far more towards effective CC rather than outright damage dealing, and the worst thing abt Hunter Rangers is that they don't have any decent mechanic mitigating their tactical handicap.</div>
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Guardian Fighter is absurdly good in playing up the tank, but even more so in tanking opponents via being the decoy.</div>
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Great Weapon Fighter seem to have taken the worst piss in getting nerfed tho since others are now making noise over what they perceive as unfair bias catering to every Justice Wong. I mean if you're really out to please a bunch of ppl who got themselves hard done by the stupid lottery system, you better ask yourself why you're doing it.</div>
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Okay, enough abt me being my own Justice Wong. Let's try looking forward. So what kind of HR tactic works best in Domination? My answer is very simple: do a Trickster Rogue sans Stealth.</div>
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To pull this off (and trust me when I say I've yet to do so), you'll need Marauder's Rush as the offensive mainstay w/the wife (i.e. Marauder's Escape) being your sole means of falling back. In Domination, there's no room for error. In short, you'll have very little room for dodging Clark Kent's shit. Even then, you'll have to take the risk of getting yourself killed 9 out of 10 tries due to an opponent or two going Rogue.</div>
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After you get yourself into an effective MR-ME hit-and-run, there shouldn't be much of a prob in deciding which other 3 skills you should be using...</div>
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...do NOT try certain moves in Domination since they tend to be more PvE friendly.</div>
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1. Marauder's Rush/Escape (your only friend in Domination)<br />
2. Rapid Strike (your staple At-Will)<br />
3. Aimed Strike (for much needed bleeding)<br />
4. Hindering Strike ( if you don't have this as your Encounter staple, no matter what/where, you don't deserve to play HR)<br />
5. Forest Ghost<br />
6. Disruptive Shot (yet to hit 40 mark, DS atm is merely a theory)<br />
7. Aspect of the Lone Wolf (for much needed survival due Wisdom being HR's secondary stat)<br />
8. Aspect of the Pack (if you still dunno how insanely vital this one is, you don't deserve to play HR)<br />
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1. Every other At-Will<br />
2. Every other Encounter<br />
3. Every other Daily<br />
4. Every other Class (I do love Blade Storm tho, just that it's ****ing useless in Domination)<br />
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5. Lurker's Assault (Stealth=BFF+BFF=Best Friend Forever+Badass Friend Forever)</div>
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6. Whirlwind of Blades (hit Tab>>execute this>>set off fireworks in the bathroom)</div>
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1. Bloodbath (negligible AoE damage, no idiot is gonna bunch him/herself closely to his/her buddy)</div>
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2. First Strike (can only slot 2 Class skills, sorry)</div>
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4. Tactics (ditto as well. Quite a shame since Tactics is very damn effective as an Action builder)</div>
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5. Cloud of Steel (ammo limited=tactically limited. I was stupid enough not to realise this until too late)</div>
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One interesting issue abt the Trickster Rogue's play in Domination is this: At-Will attacks tend to be much weaker on the whole unless you max out Scoundrel Training. This might not seem so much of a great deal, but trust me when I say it will matter big time once you choose to up Duelist's Flurry till Rank 2 or even 3. DF has a chance to deal bleed damage unlike Hunter Ranger's Rain of Swords or Aimed Strike (which is 100% surefire success). With 10 hits available, however, you can try doing the maths yourself.</div>
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At the end of the day, my suggestion is this: There are many ways to set the opponent up, go w/the one that you're most comfortable with. You can try doing more than 1 mean of combo/tactical set-up, but know what it means when I say Domination is outright crazy in terms of pace.</div>
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<i>Next up:</i></div>
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<i>Hollywood advocate the killing of Mr Bill.</i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-71473403371666113242014-09-19T00:22:00.003+08:002014-09-19T00:23:09.227+08:00Server down...Not the Google server ofc, but rather the Neverwinter server. You see, I alrdy got a new plaything after Marvel Heroes. Not that I'm gonna ditch Stan Lee and friends, but still Neverwinter is truly one hell of a challenge, Why? Because...<br />
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1. I tend to get myself disoriented easily.<br />
2. My right hand tend to wander off too much.<br />
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Former is basically abt how the camera zoom while latter case is all abt hand-eye coordination. I still remembered the first time I played this for a few hours or so. Thankfully I managed to get used to the motion swaying. I dunno who was the wise magi advising the powers-that-be to do this, but surely utilizing the chaotic manner of camera zooming really works, Why? Because...<br />
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1. It gives you a semi-real feel of actual combat.<br />
2. It sets your blood pumping.<br />
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Former is basically trying to create a visual illusion of being "there" while latter case is all abt either winning or dying.<br />
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<b><u>But firstly, a solemn advice from yours truly...</u></b></div>
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This is a game I won't recommend to those below the mental age of 21. You see, there's no actual blood, gore, and body parts. Such details belong to series like God of War and Ninja Gaiden. My only problem with Neverwinter is the fact that it can get extremely addictive if you're not careful. In short, the CC* system can AND will promise you one hell of a free roller coaster ride.**</div>
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*CC=/=Crowd Control. Rather, CC=Chaotic Camera</div>
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**Either that or you can liken it to one hell of a free bungee jump.</div>
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<b><i>Parents, you've been notified. Any Korean behavior from henceforth is no longer my problem.</i></b></div>
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4. This is NOT Diablo. In short, either you'll want to get used to whatever camera angle as threat generator or... well...</div>
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(I actually realized it just now after allowing my head to cool down. Being socially inadequate is bad, worst if you happen to be...)</div>
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13. Campfire is very important. On one hand, this ensures minimal wastage of potion (and with that $$$ wasted on potions). On the other, allow Wade Wilson to be my spokesman...</div>
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<b><u>Stuff I made up myself 4 teh lulz...</u></b></div>
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<i><b>Great Weapon Fighter</b></i></div>
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Bhaasmond of Baldur's Gate</div>
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<b>[Dragonborn]</b></div>
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<i><b>Control Wizard</b></i></div>
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Sheallyn Tymoran</div>
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<b>[Female]</b></div>
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<b>[Menzoberranzan Renegade]</b></div>
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<i><b>Hunter Ranger</b></i></div>
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Arylos of Cormyr*</div>
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<b>[Male]</b></div>
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<b>[Wood Elf]</b></div>
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<i><b>Devoted Cleric</b></i></div>
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Cyrea Corellite</div>
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<b>[Female]</b></div>
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<b>[Sun Elf]</b></div>
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<i><b>Trickster Rogue</b></i></div>
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Myrreas of the Dalelands**</div>
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<b>[Male]</b></div>
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<b>[Human]</b><br />
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<b><i>Scourge Warlock</i></b><br />
Kareis of Luskan<br />
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<b>[Tiefling]</b><br />
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<i>To be cont'd...</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*my 1st in-game character</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">**my 2nd in-game character</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-64566379189094645462014-09-11T23:46:00.000+08:002014-09-12T01:46:04.871+08:00El Estratega: Once<div>
A certain Anthony "not Hopkins" Vickers managed to write up <a href="http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/sport-opinion/anthony-vickers-steve-gibson-gambled-7741096">this very interesting article</a>. While Gibbo's gamble makes sense at the first glance, it seems that placing a huge bet on a season where 90% of the chips are down is no diff from Jeff Hardy doing a Swanton off the ladder ala #TeamXtreme vs #TeamDudleyville at Summerslam, TLC style.<br />
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To put things in perspective, this means either 1 of 2 scenarios.<br />
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Scenario 1: The Championship is quintessentially a Blackjack season where you know you're gonna have some weird talent tantamount to a 1 man #TeamMIT.<br />
Scenario 2: In the face of low home crowd turnout and Michel "Baise Angleterre!" Platini's very own FFP, the Riverside will very soon witness its very own showstopper by New Year 2015. Not that I'm talking abt the Montreal Screwjob ofc...<br />
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Now if only we can see El Dinero himself appearing somewhere in RWS lol!<br />
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A/N of self-wankery: After some soul searching, I realised one terrible truth. <b><i>I might be the only Kabukimono in Singapore.</i></b><br />
They say this type of ppl forever cannot get a decent gf, let alone making it big.<br />
Maybe that's why Maeda Toshimasu ended up becoming Maeda Keiji.<br />
Maybe that's why Uesugi Kenshin was equally batshit crazy enough to have Keijirō as his left hand man...<br />
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<b><u>That part which got ABBA lol'ing...</u></b></div>
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“其不可三也。发巨桥之粟,散鹿台之钱,以赐贫穷。今陛下能散府库以赐贫穷乎?”</div>
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“其不可四矣。殷事已毕,偃革为轩,倒置干戈,覆以虎皮,以示天下不复用兵。今陛下能偃武行文,不复用兵乎?”</div>
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曰:“未能也。”</div>
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“其不可五矣。休马华山之阳,示以无所为。今陛下能休马无所用乎?”</div>
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曰:“未能也。”</div>
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“其不可六矣。放牛桃林之阴,以示不复输积。今陛下能放牛不复输积乎?”</div>
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曰:“未能也。”</div>
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“其不可七矣。且天下游士离其亲戚,弃坟墓,去故旧,从陛下游者,徒欲日夜望咫尺之地。今复六国,立韩、魏、燕、赵、齐、楚之后,天下游士各归事其主,从其亲戚,反其故旧坟墓,陛下与谁取天下乎?其不可八矣。且夫楚唯无强,六国立者复桡而从之,陛下焉得而臣之?诚用客之谋,陛下事去矣。”</div>
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汉王辍食吐哺,骂曰:“竖儒,几败而公事!”</div>
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令趣销印。<br />
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"This, then, is the third factor made impossible. Distributing the corn of Juqiao and the wealth of Lutai to the poor, is this what Your Majesty is now capable of via emptying the treasury?"</div>
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"This, then, is the fourth factor made impossible. After the defeat of Yin, education became the axis of society. Weapons were stashed away and covered in pelts of tigers' hide. All these were done in order to announce the intent of not waging war again. Can Your Majesty now cease all military actions and start focusing on education, never to declare war again?"</div>
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(Liu Bang) Replied: "I am unable to."</div>
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"This, then, is the fifth factor made impossible. Releasing the horses at the peak of Mount Hua to prove the futility (of war). Can Your Majesty do without the cavalry?"</div>
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(Liu Bang) Replied: "I am unable to."</div>
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"This, then, is the sixth factor made impossible. Releasing the oxen beneath the trees of cherry blossoms to show no intent of stocking up supplies. Can Your Majesty truly do the same?"</div>
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"This, then, is the seventh factor made impossible. All who march under Your Majesty's banner have left behind their family members, tombs (of their loved ones), and ties of the past in order to follow you. Day and night, they looked forward in carving out their own niche of ground. If you are to reinstate the descendants of the other six warring states by exalting the nobility belonging to Han. Wei, Yan, Zhao, Qi, and Chu, surely your followers will return to their former masters. Going back to their respective family and tomb of their dead... who then can Your Majesty vie against for the entire land? This, then, is the eighth factor made impossible. Besides, the Chu faction has no capable rivals. If the other six vassal states choose to return under their former lord, how then can Your Majesty use them to your advantage? If you are to use this manner of strategy, surely Your Majesty will lose everything."</div>
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The King of Han stopped his meal and spat out whatever left in his mouth. Cursing aloud, he swore: "Useless scholar! You nearly ruined me!"</div>
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Hence, the command to retract his order.</div>
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《Annals of History: Marquis of Liu》</div>
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After the three #MomentImpossibru, Liu Bang only ended up getting more bad news. Quite a bit like Ricky "not Martin" Gervais only stopping short of calling the infamous 101 A-listers as A-sluts. Now let me assure that I'm not out to ruin anybody embroiled in the scandal. I mean if you're guilty of wanking, you're gonna get caught one fine day. If you end up playing the heroic hacker(s), either you'll go to jail or as what Jimmy Kimmel has implied, you're going to hell under 60 secs. 'Tis that simple. [1] So w/o further ado, let us look at the remaining 5 moments of IMPOSSIBRU!!!!!!!</div>
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<b>Impossibru IV</b></div>
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I recently read somewhere that the wealth gap in UK is truly shocking. If 'tis indeed true that 99% of the nation's wealth are owned by the super rich, then someone better try asking that Iron Lady how successful her legacy has been thus far. What Zhang Liang suggested was no diff from distributing the national reserves to the mega poor. Not just 10% or 50%, but 100%.</div>
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Viable?</div>
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Liu Bang's answer was no diff from me asking Gervais whether distributing hacked photos of Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton would be enough to prevent more rape cases happening at Columbia University itself. [2]</div>
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<b>Impossibru V</b></div>
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Education is good for preventing war, but educating ppl in ways of war ain't so. That is unless you're staring at war itself. Let me say out loud that war is nothing to laugh about. If you want to do so, please refrain from doing it in public. If not, I can assure you that even your father and mother will support you being stoned. [3]</div>
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Education together with a declaration of no-war, how attractive can that be? Surely like the prev Impossibru, surely every long suffering civilian would want it badly! Sadly, there's a reason why this is deemed Impossibru V. If Impossibru IV was all about assuming an unrealistic Robin Hood, then Impossibru V was pretty much being an unrealistic Confucius.</div>
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In war, you don't just appease the poor and suffering. I don't know how the children of Japheth view war itself, but it seems that we the Chinese do have an obsessive interest in maintaining the commoners firstly and foremost during times of unrest. In this case, it's better to be a Roman than a Chinese. Period. [4]</div>
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<b>Impossibru VI</b></div>
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Horses in ancient times are not like those innocent victims plaguing UK quite some time ago. I know PETA will issue me a "wanted dead or alive, but preferably dead" bounty for my aforementioned statement, but meh.</div>
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You see, how the folks see horses were pretty much like Americans see the 2nd Amendment. Jokes aside, it's actually a necessity in times of conflict.</div>
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If the idea of sending beasts of war away to some ulu ulu mountain peak sounds familiar, you're not alone. I won't be so crazy to say scrapping the 2nd Amendment would make any sense, but exiling the ISIS to Iran would be a more appropriate picture. After all, animals bred solely for war purposes tend to die off pretty fast in the wilderness.</div>
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So would this be viable for Liu Bang?</div>
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Cavalry has always been a valuable part in ancient warfare. Due to the insane difficulty to training both the beast and master, relieving your army of vital tactical units is tantamount to giving yourself a harakiri.</div>
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<b>Impossibru VII</b></div>
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Oxen were used for carrying supplies. Nothing wrong w/this, right? When it comes to war, ancient or no ancient, supplies will always make or break your chances of victory. During the Battle of Hanshui, this was exactly what Huang Zhong did. [5] In short, releasing vital livestock has got nothing to do w/whatever acts of mercy advocated by Buddhism. Rather, this very act was meant to tell the masses "NO MORE SPARTA!!!!!" [6] through saying "NO!" to military stockpiling. [7]</div>
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So could Liu Bang do it?</div>
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Well, if he could do it, he wouldn't got himself beat by Xiang Yu during the siege of Xianyang.</div>
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<b>Impossibru VIII</b></div>
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Apart from Impossibru I stated in my prev post, Impossibru II to VIII were all abt the King Wu of Zhou vs the King Zhou of Shang. While it's a tad likely that Zhang Liang's gf got some affinity with rocks coloured yellow, chances were that Zhang Liang's analysis was based on that military manual given to him by the Sage of Yellowstone [8] Since said manual was written by the famed Jiang Ziya, 'tis a no brainer to see Zhang Liang quoting examples from the relevant history.</div>
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I still remember annoying both my churchmates and NSF mates during my youthful years. How, you might ask. By mentioning Middlesbrough like some socially inadequate idiot. Sadly, this might have created a certain semblance of mockery directed towards my beloved Boro.</div>
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So what am I trying to say here? To see Zhang Liang quoting examples from the Zhou-Shang conflict is just like me mentioning Middlesbrough to the likes of Steve, Carl, and Benny. In short, it's called influence developed since young. [9]</div>
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Which now comes to Impossibru VIII, better known as Impossibru d'le Présent. This time round, Zhang Liang reminded Liu Bang where all his employees hailed from. Yes, you've guessed it. All, if not most of them hailed from the six vassal states under Xiang Yu. As it has already turned out, there were plenty of able individuals unhappy with Xiang Yu. It's like me paraphrasing that Original Guy earning enemies 10 x faster than whatever amount of ka-ching entering his BTC account due those distributors getting implicated. [10]</div>
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If Liu Bang was to heed Yiji's advice, however, he'd risk losing his entire base. [11] You see, the only motivation these lobos had was to have their own land. Feudalism has always been a history of fiefdom where your only ticket to recognition lies in having an acre of land or few. [12] Whatever Xiang Yu refused to give them, Liu Bei could promise them. By lobbying the support of the other six vassal states, these players would willingly transfer themselves back to their former clubs. There's no right or wrong behind the concept of pragmatism b/c we're all pragmatic to varying extent. [13]</div>
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At the same time, Xiang Yu was also that de facto dictator no one dared to oppose. Even if the six vassal states were to join Liu Bang's cause, Xiang Yu would make it double sure that they'd come back begging for their lives and everything else.</div>
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To put it in a nutshell, any attempt to undermine the power of Xiang Yu via bribing the six vassal states would come back and bite Liu Bang hard like a pack of ungrateful mutts. Period.</div>
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<b><i>Liu Bang's final verdict?</i></b><br />
<b><i>Refer below...</i></b></div>
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P.S: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl6Q7FkCMJw">Well, at least Li Yiji could have easily been more damn suay, I guess...</a><br />
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<i>To be cont'd...</i><br />
<i>Now gonna sleep asap, Marvel Heroes tomorrow?</i><br />
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<b>[1]: Now let's see if that Original Guy will hack this blog. *shrugs*</b></div>
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<b>[2]: If you think I'm being both a misogynist and an outright asshole, you're only half correct. You can call a misogynist an asshole, but you cannot call an asshole a misogynist.</b></div>
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<b>[3]: And when I say stoning, I can assure you that the ancient Jews were never guilty of smoking weed.</b></div>
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<b>[4]: Pretty much like how it's better to be a Frey or Bolton rather than being a Stark. Jon Snow shouldn't count b/c he's Ned Stark's bastard.</b></div>
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<b>[5]: <a href="http://unanswered-bloke-works.blogspot.com/2012/05/phase-gar-3.html">http://unanswered-bloke-works.blogspot.com/2012/05/phase-gar-3.html</a></b></div>
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<b>[6]: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvYZRskNV3w">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvYZRskNV3w</a></b></div>
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<b>[7]: Due to significant sensitivities, I'd appreciate it if this comment fails to spark off whatever jest made in the name of nukes. I am serious here, guys.</b></div>
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<b>[8]: Don't bother Googling for that term. I made it up myself. That pseudo-jerkass ah-kong he met tho was real.</b></div>
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<b>[9]: More specifically 1996 if we're talking abt my beloved Boro.</b></div>
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<b>[10]: As both Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics might have implied, unintentional consequences tend to go beyond whatever foresight and results we human beings are capable of otherwise.</b></div>
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<b>[11]: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fvTxv46ano">To further paraphrase this...</a></b></div>
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<b>[12]: On an unrelated note, I remembered Cyrgon asking Sparhawk why did he choose to go against him. Sparhawk's answer? Because he only desired a small corner of the world to live in, that Cyrgon was in fact threatening to take away Sparhawk's very own little niche.</b></div>
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<b>[13]: Which reminds me of how terribly pear shaped Fàbregas' stay at Camp Nou went. Well, at least he nvr emulated Luís "not Suárez" Figo. That'd be utterly hard to stomach esp if Los Blancos end up pulling off <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW6GxVRHDyI">this</a>.</b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-30900941428389120312014-09-08T02:04:00.002+08:002014-09-08T02:17:12.735+08:00El Estratega: Diez<div>
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Recently, I realised two funny things abt FB.<br />
The first thing is "what in the blue hell is the whole 'sharing w/friends of friends' system?"<br />
The second thing is "why in the blue hell am I seeing my name listed together w/those 1.7 million+ FB'ers liking Park Shin-hye's FB page?"<br />
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Ultimately, I can only deduce two conclusions.<br />
1. That American Jew has too much free time to burn.<br />
2. Either someone I don't know got too much free time to burn or I got too much free time to burn w/o realising it.<br />
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汉三年,项羽急围汉王荥阳,汉王恐忧,与郦食其谋桡楚权。食其曰:“昔汤伐桀,封其后于杞。武王伐纣,封其后于宋。今秦失德弃义,侵伐诸侯社稷,灭六国之后,使无立锥之地。陛下诚能复立六国后世,毕已受印,此其君臣百姓必皆戴陛下之德,莫不乡风慕义,愿为臣妾。德义已行,陛下南乡称霸,楚必敛衽而朝。”</div>
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食其未行,张良从外来谒。汉王方食,曰:“子房前!客有为我计桡楚权者。”</div>
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其以郦生语告,曰:“于子房何如?”</div>
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良曰:“谁为陛下画此计者?陛下事去矣。”</div>
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张良对曰:“臣请藉前箸为大王筹之。”</div>
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曰:“昔者汤伐桀而封其后于杞者,度能制桀之死命也。今陛下能制项籍之死命乎?”</div>
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“其不可一也。武王伐纣封其后于宋者,度能得纣之头也。今陛下能得项籍之头乎?”</div>
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曰:“未能也。”</div>
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“其不可二也。武王入殷,表商容之闾,释箕子之拘,封比干之墓。今陛下能封圣人之墓,表贤者之闾,式智者之门乎?”</div>
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“其不可三也。发巨桥之粟,散鹿台之钱,以赐贫穷。今陛下能散府库以赐贫穷乎?”</div>
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“其不可七矣。且天下游士离其亲戚,弃坟墓,去故旧,从陛下游者,徒欲日夜望咫尺之地。今复六国,立韩、魏、燕、赵、齐、楚之后,天下游士各归事其主,从其亲戚,反其故旧坟墓,陛下与谁取天下乎?其不可八矣。且夫楚唯无强,六国立者复桡而从之,陛下焉得而臣之?诚用客之谋,陛下事去矣。”</div>
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During the third year of Han, the King of Xiang launched an immediate siege against the King of Han at Xianyang. Filled with fear, the King of Han sought Li Yiji's counsel in a bid to undermine the enemy's power. Yiji advised: "During the ancient times when (Shang) Tang declared war on (Xia) Jie, the former honoured the Xia loyalists at Qi. Likewise when the Wu King attacked the Zhou (regime), he also honoured the enemy loyalists at Song. The regime of Qin was deprived of integrity, attacking worthy men serving their respective masters. Hence after destroying the other six states (i.e. Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei), none were left to carry on the legacy of those vanquished. Why not honour the descendants of the remaining six states? The civilians together with the nobility will then pledge allegiance unto Your Majesty. After displaying magnanimity, Your Majesty can consolidate power at Nanxiang. By then, the Chu will submit willingly."<br />
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The King of Han replied: "A good proposal. Take my seal and do what you need to do!"<br />
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Before Yiji managed to set off, Zhang Liang entered to pay his respects. The King of Han was having his meal during then. He then called out: "Zifang! Someone has given me good advice on how to undermine our enemy!"<br />
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After explaining Yiji's proposal, the King of Han then inquired: "How does Zifang think of this?"<br />
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I'll stop here temporarily. Firstly, the whole hoo-ha was down to Xiang Yu declaring siege war on Liu Bang at Xianyang. Basically, it means Liu Bang managed to get himself into the ex-capital of the ex-regime. Knowing what kind of person is Xiang Yu, should it be surprising to know his reaction? Xianyang wasn't just the capital of the now defunct Qin dynasty, above all it's also the most damning evidence pointing the Chu faction as one bossed by a despot. Lest we do not know, when Xiang Yu entered Xianyang, he basically did two things.</div>
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1. Executing the Crown Prince Ziying. [1]</div>
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Li Yiji's proposal basically makes major sense due to Xiang Yu's repute being no diff from the two famous despots before Qin, namely the Jie King of Xia and Zhou King of Shang. Ironically, the former's demise actually brought about the latter's dynasty. [3] Therefore, surely what the Tang King of Shang and Wu King of Zhou had done should work equally well for the Liu King of Han, no?</div>
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We must know that Xiang Yu's vassals were quintessentially descendants hailing from the other six warring states annihilated by Qin prior to its namesake dynasty. By being Han d'Generous cum lauded d'Goodman [4], the both commoners and nobles serving under the Chu banner would surely flock under the new banner of Liu Bang's new world order!</div>
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When we say a hungry man is an angry man, we must also understand that a happy man is an eating man. When it comes to food and glorious food, there's no diff between Austin Powers and Fat Bastard. [5] So imagine the kind of feeling Liu bang was having while eating in peace.</div>
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Now it must be said that I'm a certified neutral in K-drama, but Zhang Liang's coincidental appearance do seem a bit like the female lead getting herself into trouble w/o knowing it, after which that main flower hero next door decided to pop in and say hi. As a result, that guy managed to save the girl from getting raped.</div>
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Upon seeing his boss' ignorantly blissful face, I guess Zhang Liang must be wondering why this particular scenario feels so ominous.</div>
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Ofc w/Liu Bang being Liu Bang, quite obviously he'd want to share his joy w/his friends. I mean if I manage to get a gf who happened to be rich, pretty, and intelligent, surely I'll do so as well, no? Check this out, peeps.</div>
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Let us see, then, why Zhang Liang saw the potential success behind Yiji's proposal as nothing more than Taylor Swift getting a 100% steady boyfriend by this Christmas.</div>
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曰:“昔者汤伐桀而封其后于杞者,度能制桀之死命也。今陛下能制项籍之死命乎?”</div>
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This was Zhang Liang mentioning the Tang King of Shang attacking the last Emperor of Xia <b><i>with Liu Bang giving his most self-damning answer</i></b>. We must understand that the act of honouring the Xia loyalists only took place AFTER defeating the actual head honcho mentioned. By asking whether Liu Bang was able to take down Xiang Yu ala how Nightcrawler actually took down Exodus, it's a bit like...</div>
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<i>Me: Do you think our cubs can hold fort against teams hell bent in playing ball forward? I don't mean at 0-0, but something like 2-0 down like that...</i></div>
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Above skit has got nothing to do w/whether I'll earn a free trip to Incheon based on free merit. Rather, Liu Bang's reply was merely a case of "not sure if I can win or not."</div>
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“其不可一也。武王伐纣封其后于宋者,度能得纣之头也。今陛下能得项籍之头乎?”</div>
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Jialat... one kosong down, so how? As if dissing not enough, Zhang Liang decided to reiterate the point that #TeamHan sucks. By invoking the King Wu of Zhou's example of honouring the Shang loyalists, we're seeing Zhang Liang beating his boss repeatedly w/a historical two-by-four. [6] Quite a bit like...<br />
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<i>Me: Do you think we can pull one over Brendan Rodgers at Anfield later on?</i><br />
<i>Karanka: I'm not really confident of that...</i><br />
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“其不可二也。武王入殷,表商容之闾,释箕子之拘,封比干之墓。今陛下能封圣人之墓,表贤者之闾,式智者之门乎?”</div>
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I dunno whether Zhang Liang alrdy got gf by then or not, but if so, I suspect she must be his mentor's grand daughter. [7] Maybe that's why he mentioned King Wu of Zhou again.<br />
By honouring an enemy vassal's household (i.e. Shang Rong), it's like Taylor Swift composing a song praising Harry Styles.<br />
By releasing the enemy's son, it's like O Especial seeing his next match against Le Professeur as a dead rubber 90 mins run out.<br />
By honouring the grave of a deceased loyal vassal (i.e. Bi Gan), it's like us winning that most lucrative 90 mins in modern football, after which there's a post-match press conference to attend.<br />
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<i>Karanka: We got promoted and we deserved the win. However, Derby was a worthy opponent. I believe the fans shouldn't forget what Steve (McClaren) has done for this proud football club.</i><br />
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Can Liu Bang truly do what King Wu of Zhou had done? Liu Bang might be a scoundrel enjoying fine wine and the company of women thrice finer, but at least he's humble enough to recognise this before his finest servant.<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_19174_5-unexpected-downsides-high-intelligence.html">...b/c even a genius needs <span style="font-family: inherit;">zzzzzzzzzzz...</span></a></i></div>
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<b>[1]: In short, this guy surrendered already, but still kill him.</b></div>
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<b>[2]: In short, you're free to kop lui and hong chiobu.</b></div>
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<b>[3]: However, it must also be noted that you don't happen to destroy any given dynasty within a few years unless we're talking abt terrorist dynasty.</b></div>
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<b>[4]: Wah piang eh... damn cumbersome title siah...</b></div>
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<b>[5]: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu62k4K4sQ4">Or even Godzilla for that matter...</a></b></div>
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<b>[6]: And to think imagining yourself getting beat w/this is alrdy painful enough, let alone imagining Triple H being that proverbial Excellence of Execution.</b></div>
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<b>[7]: <a href="http://unanswered-bloke-works.blogspot.com/2014/07/el-estratega-tres.html">http://unanswered-bloke-works.blogspot.com/2014/07/el-estratega-tres.html</a></b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-47013037906053212542014-09-02T23:21:00.001+08:002014-12-04T20:59:49.519+08:00El Estratega: NueveIt's been quite a topsy turvy past few days for me. On one hand, you're dealing with the unfamiliar territory where your team needs the international break as a tactical break. As if it's not enough, we got the world' greatest hackbang. If you think Annabel "not Lez Ann" Chong was crazy enough to do 300 blokes or so, surely there has to be someone batshit guano loco enough to do the entire 4chan. Don't understand me, never mind. They say misunderstood people tend to be either 100% sheer spastic or 100% pure genius.<br />
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<u><b>As Nightcrawler famously said in Marvel Heroes...</b></u></div>
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<b><i>"Let the show begin!"</i></b></div>
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[汉元年正月,沛公为汉王,王巴蜀。汉王赐良金百镒,珠二斗,良具以献项伯。汉王亦因令良厚遗项伯,使请汉中地。项王乃许之,遂得汉中地。汉王之国,良送至褒中,遣良归韩。良因说汉王曰:“王何不烧绝所过栈道,示天下无还心,以固项王意。”<br />
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乃使良还。行,烧绝栈道。]</div>
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[During the first year of Han, the Duke of Pei became the King of Han, ruler of Bashu. The King of Han paid tribute amounting to one hundred gold coins and two measures of pearls. Acting on behest of his liege's orders, Liang offered these gifts to Xiang Bo. Upon requesting for the land of Han, the King of Xiang agreed to this proposal. After escorting the King of Han till Baozhong, Liang was sent back to Han.<br />
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Liang advised the King of Han: "Why not m'lord burn off all the bridges passing through, so that all will believe you have no wish to return? Via this message, the King of Xiang will be convinced of such."<br />
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Continuing where we left off previously, allow me to rectify a common misconception on the correct Han. Whenever PRCs call themselves the Han people, it's a reference to history. Ethnicity has got nothing to do with this since the original residents of Han were anything but Chinese. Sounds confusing? Do not fret.</div>
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<b><i>Just like America in the beginning wasn't populated by white Americans, likewise the land of Han in the beginning wasn't populated by the Han Chinese.</i></b></div>
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The land of Han in this context is most likely referring to Hanzhong plus the surrounding area of Ba. Many years later, this very territory would part of the state of Shu. [1] Terrain wise, this was an area easily defensible and difficult to breach. Going by the Law of Inverse Military [2], it also means easily defensible, BUT difficult to launch an attack. If my estimation is spot on, it means there could only be two main routes to advance.</div>
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1. Via the Yangtze river flowing east. Liu Bei tried pulling off this stunt in a bid to seek revenge on Sun Quan. As it turned out, the Battle of Xiaoting (better known as the Battle of Yiling) proved to be Liu Bei's military swan song in ways more than just one. [3]</div>
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Route 1 was a no-go as the onus for Liu Bang was to allay whatever suspicions legit.</div>
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Route 2 was the only viable path since it's easier to say "ninja" [5], which was why Zhang Liang advised Liu Bang to burn all the bridges.</div>
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In Rurouni Kenshin, the notorious villain Shishio Makoto once stated that it takes an assassin to understand an assassin. If I sound guilty of shameful plugging, it's b/c the Kyoto Inferno sub-plot actually got that part in the original manga. [6]</div>
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For Zhang Liang's case, it takes a conman to know another conman. Without a doubt, Fan Zeng should AND would have sensed something amiss. Understanding Xiang Yu was alrdy imba enough, having the same lvl of imba INT against Fan Zeng should be seen as 2 x scarier.</div>
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Why I said this is b/c of one very simple reason: Zhang Liang was NOT telling Liu Bang to say "I quit!"</div>
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Rather, it's giving Xiang Yu the false impression despite Fan Zeng's vehement argument otherwise. Reverse psychology has rarely been so high end b/c we're talking abt nailing 2 targets for the price of 1.</div>
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In short, 'tis one thing to claim you have nothing, quite another to prove it beyond doubt. [7]</div>
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<i>RL Application</i></div>
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If you are Karanka, what would you do during this entire international break? What's over is alrdy over, no point whining like Ser A.Fergie himself b/c we're not gonna get ourselves into Howard Webb's good little black book. I rather every single process to be done low-profile mode. After all, it's not really bad thing for major sports media caring nothing next to shit abt your team at best.</div>
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...nothing is said abt Liu Bang paying bitcoin currency where donating tribute was concerned. Why? Because when you spend, you don't spend virtual currency cursed with 0 value. If you're guilty of crimes like being a pedo or rapist, you do NOT depend on BTC for survival unless you're pretty sure all those BTC tributes will fetch you a tidy sum of real $$$. Like say... £85.3 million? That plus the Feds are capable of tracking down this kind of childish bullshit anyway...</div>
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[良至韩,韩王成以良从汉王故,项王不遣成之国,从与俱东。良说项王曰:“汉王烧绝栈道,无还心矣。”</div>
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乃以齐王田荣反,书告项王。项王以此无西忧汉心,而发兵北击齐。]</div>
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[Upon reaching Han, the King of Xiang refused to allow Liang to return (back to his home country) due to his ties with the King of Han. Instead, Liang had to follow Xiang Yu eastbound. Liang said to the King of Xiang: "The King of Han has burnt all the bridges, hence showing his sincerity in not returning."</div>
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At the same time, he informed the King of Xiang about Tian Rong's rebellion. Therefore, the King of Xiang decided to ignore the land of Han while deploying his troops up north against the vassal state of Qi.]</div>
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As it turned out, Xiang Yu remained distrustful of Zhang Liang. And why shouldn't he? After all, whatever suspicion against Liu Bang has never been your classic schoolyard bullying culture where forgive+forget is the only enforced golden rule.</div>
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Interestingly, Zhang Liang only told Xiang Yu the most damning truth after seeing through Xiang Yu's intent. By disallowing Zhang Liang to return back where he really belonged, Xiang Yu was exhibiting a sense of distrust 100% warranted. On the other hand, Zhang Liang saw through such a situation, hence stashing that proverbial ace in his sleeve beforehand.</div>
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Coincidentally, the King of Qi back then also decided to declare vassal independence. To Xiang Yu, this was no different from declaring rebellion. You see, vassal states back then were equally valuable to your everyday global politics. Inter-state diplomacy was quintessentially a coalition government boasting one common goal. Unfortunately (and quite naturally), differences are bound to get out of hand if we're talking abt coalition government. Ditto for inter-state diplomacy under one head honcho. For Xiang Yu, bumping off that troublesome son of a bitch=only priority. After all, no one was able to convince him that Liu Bang should be that greater threat. Either that or nobody even ****ing bothered doing so.</div>
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<i>RL parallel</i></div>
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This really feels like the whole under-reported 4chan fallout due to 101-gate itself. Like Xiang Yu's merry castle of cards, it seems that infighting aplenty will plague the board for quite a while. Actually come to think of it, who's really that son of a bitch Tian Rong? Those who disseminate or those who dissent? Or maybe there can only be 1 Tian Rong and he's somewhere laughing at 101-gate plus 4chan-gate.</div>
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<i>In footballing speak, it means...</i></div>
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No player is bigger than the team. Recruiting too many new players might actually have a desirable effect in this very context.</div>
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To quote Tony Stark in Marvel Heroes...</div>
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<b><i>"That was money well spent."</i></b></div>
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[项王竟不肯遣韩王,乃以为侯,又杀之彭城。良亡,间行归汉王,汉王亦已还定三秦矣。复以良为成信侯,从东击楚。至彭城,汉败而还。至下邑,汉王下马踞鞍而问曰:“吾欲捐关以东等弃之,谁可与共功者?”良进曰:“九江王黥布,楚枭将,与项王有郄;彭越与齐王田荣反梁地:此两人可急使。而汉王之将独韩信可属大事,当一面。即欲捐之,捐之此三人,则楚可破也。”</div>
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汉王乃遣随何说九江王布,而使人连彭越。及魏王豹反,使韩信将兵击之,因举燕、代、齐、赵。然卒破楚者,此三人力也。</div>
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张良多病,未尝特将也,常为画策,时时从汉王。]</div>
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[However, the King of Xiang refused to deploy the King of Han. After making him a marquis, he (Xiang Yu) ordered him (the King of Han) to be executed at the city of Peng. Liang was forced to flee, after which he returned back to the King of Han (i.e. Liu Bang). By then the King of Han had already defeated the three generals of Qin (i.e. Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Dong Yi). Making Liang the Marquis of Chengxing (trans: Chengxing roughly means success [Cheng] and integrity [Xing]), they attacked the lands of Chu from the east. Upon reaching the city of Peng, the Han army were defeated. Retreating till Xiayi, the King of Han dismounted himself and asked: "It's my wish to cede the land east of the pass. Who then can I give this territory?"</div>
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Liang replied: "The King of Jiujiang, Qing Bu, is a fierce general under Chu. Yet, there are already cracks in his relationship with the King of Xiang. Peng Yue and the King of Qi, Tian Rong, has staged their rebellion in the land of Liang. These two generals can also be persuaded as a short term measure. Yet, only m'lord's general, Han Xin, can be trusted with major affairs. Since you have desired to cede the land, you must cede it to those three (i.e. Qing Bu, Peng Yue, and Tian Rong). Once you do so, the forces of Chu can be defeated."</div>
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Hence the King of Han sent an envoy (i.e. Sui He per recorded in Qing Bu's account) to persuade Bu while doing the same for Peng Yue. At the same time, the King of Wei, Bao, declared rebellion (against Liu Bang). As a result, Han Xin was sent to quell the uprising due to the states of Yan, Dai, Qi and Zhao following suit. However, it was those three (i.e. Han Xin, Qing Bu, and Peng Yue) who were responsible for the defeat of Chu.</div>
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Zhang Liang was know to be frail in health, hence never fighting a battle. As the chief planner, he always followed the King of Han.]</div>
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One thing of note before I continue-Tian Rong got KIA [8] halfway through. With that being said though, that was only after Zhang Liang made the bribery proposal to his boss. At that time (i.e. Liu Bang getting arse beat at city of Peng), the Han army was at its all time low. Sounds eerily familiar? Depending on your club allegiance, this can either mean Man Utd or Middlesbrough. Since I'm El Bastardo Locales himself, it means Middlesbrough shocking form thus far.</div>
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Like Louis "van Goal" van Gaal, Karanka has also spent quite a hefty bag of northern quids. Unlike Man Utd, however, we're actually facing a somewhat massive turnover. They say desperate circumstances call for desperate measures. Enlisting the aid of the Three Bandidos was something of a super desperation move, but boy did it work wonders.</div>
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Telling Liu Bang to cede his hard earned lands to those whom he'd rather piss on is just like telling Tom Cruise to do this:</div>
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Yet, Liu Bang had no qualms doing so!</div>
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Why?</div>
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Because Zhang Liang said so.</div>
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This is no different from Guo Jia knowing Cao Cao, Zhou Yu being close to Sun Ce, or Fa Zheng understanding Liu Bei. Indeed Zhang Liang understood Liu Bang 100% just like how he knew each and every individual he had observed.</div>
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If you ever want to be Karanka's field strategist, surely you'll have to possess the same nature of knowledge complete with the exact extent, no?</div>
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Liu Bang's final decision is just like the West telling Iran and Syria that...</div>
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<i>"Hey, why not be friends since we got a common enemy somewhere near your backyard? You allow us to arm the Kurds with any weapons, but chem and nukes. In return, we allow you to bomb North Korea. Deal?"</i></div>
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Ofc that's NOT gonna happen. I mean, can you imagine the Feds and Anonymous cooperating to deal with whoever is that OriginalGun? Okay, I admit that joke is wee bit too far. My apologies if Anonymous are truly pissed off at the OriginalGuy for making a fool out of 4chan since I truly doubt OriginalGuy is never part of 4chan. Let alone being a man of net integrity.</div>
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Meanwhile at somewhere not so far flung, Wei Bao decided to stir up his own shit and fling it at his ex-boss. They say those capable of screwing you the hardest tend to be those knowing you the best. Or at least those capable of screwing you big time tend to be those knowing you quite well. [9]</div>
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Per expected by Zhang Liang, only Han Xin waas capable of major affairs in war. After all, do we expect Liu Bang to trust the likes of Qing Bu, Peng Yue, and Tian Rong when it comes to this kind of thing? Their beef was with their ex-boss, NOT their current boss.</div>
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It's just like Man City vs Arsenal. Do you expect Samir "not Nazri Nasir" Nasri to say "**** Deschamps!" unless it's a case of wrong identity?</div>
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Hello! This lad is a footballer, not some local 369 or foreign sah-lak-kow, okay????!!!!</div>
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In short, two factors apply for Han Xin here.</div>
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2. His status as the bastard subject of Liu Bang [10]</div>
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<i>To be cont'd... b/c I need dinner and zzzzz liao...</i></div>
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<b>[1]: Or better known as Liu Bei's base.</b></div>
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<b>[2]: You are only allowed to quote me whenever mentioning this term. Don't even try bothering web search engines since I can guarantee you plenty of pr0n, but NO such term.</b></div>
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<b>[3]: <a href="http://unanswered-bloke-works.blogspot.com/2012/11/dude-wheres-my-war.html">http://unanswered-bloke-works.blogspot.com/2012/11/dude-wheres-my-war.html</a></b></div>
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<b>[4]: Don't quote me on whether Hanzhong truly existed as a name back then.</b></div>
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<b>[5]: Unrelated to ninja, but it must be stressed home that you don't travel rough terrain like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkigkV0YOhI">this</a>.</b></div>
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<b>[6]: Haven't seen movie yet, but <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjZqcDYbvAE">heard the song alrdy</a>.</b></div>
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<b>[7]: Inversely speaking, you can also easily bluff the other party via the vice versa method.</b></div>
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<b>[8]: KIA=/=that Korean car brand, but rather</b><b>=Killed In Action</b></div>
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<b>[9]: Due to potential implications caused by the content of this post, I'm not insinuating any revenge pr0n agenda. And neither am I implying the hackjob was an inside job since the crux is all about the extent of understanding the infrastructure BEFORE whatever planning done.</b></div>
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<b>[10]: This is no joke b/c he actually angered Liu Bang by demanding to be made the King of Qi. Employees, please take note. The fact that you work for S.A.L.T Entertainment doesn't mean you have the right to demand a romantic date with Park Shin-hye. Ofc as it turned out, Han Xin actually became the King of Qi at the cost of his life N years later.</b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.com0Singapore1.352083 103.819836000000010.8441055 103.174389 1.8600605 104.46528300000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-31283664781487672042014-08-31T00:57:00.001+08:002014-08-31T00:57:27.098+08:00B/c I feel like doing this...Okay, 'tis a shit footballing day thus far. Boro lost 3-2 at home against Sheff Wed, thankfully Santa hasn't gone "ho ho ho!" yet. Is it too much for me to demand 3 pts from Blaugrana & Los Rojiblancos?<br />
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To Luis "not Suárez" Enrique:<br />
Why not try Messi in the hole w/Luis "tidak lugi" Suárez leading the charge?<br />
If Andrés "El Gegant" Iniesta is to play himself between the lines... well, I guess this idea is inspired by whatever little I've seen in Holland vs Spain 2014.<br />
If Sergio "not Ramos" Busquets screws up, no one to save you...<br />
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To Diego "El Troll" Simeone:<br />
Uno+Dos+Tres+Cuatro=Los Bastardos Desagradables<br />
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A/N: Apparently, above statements are reserved for the past. Now that we're <strike>most likely</strike> buried and dead against Reading, can I be a jerk towards Fandi Ahmad and Lions XII by saying there can only be one team for me? Sorry, but there's too much on the stake for the good ol' folks in Teesside compared to our Lions XII.<br />
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Add A/N: If anyone thinks I'm insulting anybody, I can only say perception at times is only a matter of the individual's mind. For any other circumstances, we call this manner of post either trolling or joking.<br />
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Final A/N: If I truly sound like a jerk, be assured that this is due to one cold hard truth. Namely two things.<br />
1. I have to work on Sunday.<br />
2. I know Sunday will suck terribly hard for me, no matter what.<br />
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...及军退,宣王案行其营垒处所,曰:“天下奇才也!”</div>
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Above statement refers to Sima Yi's reaction to his nemesis after Zhuge Liang kicked the bucket.<br />
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