Monday, May 30, 2011

Lost SkillZ

Yay

I recently got hooked on watching pro StarCraft 2 games on YouTube and after going over few dozen of them i decided it will be cool if i go back to actually playing the game. It has been a very very long time since i last played. Apperantly there is a new season going on now and some updates to the Icons for the league ladders. Not to mention bunch of patches and updates to the balance of the game. So hey when it came out i played for a short period of time but i played it alot. I wasnt super good at it but i still had my SC1 skills and i had an almost 50-50% win-lose ratio. Now im getting back to the game and im totally out of it. Ive been trying some games today and i just get completely owned. I have this huge macro economy and always have tons of money and i cant seem to be able to get rid of it and byuild up my army. Even with superior economy when the big battle comes my enemy always has more units. Its just so annoying.
I know its been along time but can i really lose my skills completely?

It just doesnt seem real. Im very frustrated and dissapointed right now X_X I wonder if i sit down in my free time and really commit....will i be able to return to my previous shape or even get better? Or perhaps i should just stick to watching pro games and eat french fries.

Magic The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers

Got it couple of days ago on Steam. It was a cheap deal for the core game and the 3 expansions. And ofc i used to play the TCG as a kid so i thought. Hey lets see what this is all about. I red some great reviews of the game on the internet and soon enough i bought it.
The game is awesome. It feels exactly like playing it on a table with cards. Great interface, great gameplay. There is this one issue i have with the times where you can cast instant spells. As it is an instant you should be able to cast it wherever you like. But the duels are designed in such a way that you in-fact have certain situations where the game wont allow you to do so. Once you learn the restriction tho you can fix your style around it and avoid any troubles. But it is still frustrating. Also the game ends your phases even if you still have stuff you can do. So again you need to be carefull how you drop your cards in order to avoid triggering the attack phase. But except these slight mistakes by the developers the game is brilliant. Oh yeah you cant actually build your own decks but you can unlock more cards for the decks you play by winning games. I guess the reason behind this is when you play online you wont get pro players dominating with insane deck combos. At least this way everybody has pretty much equal chances. Im yet to unlock all decks or upgrade them to the max but so far everything seems pretty balanced out. I personally play a cute blue/black artifact deck and im loving it. Alot of the cards in the deck are from Mirrodin which is the set with which i started playing mtG so its kinda cool. Certainly brings back memories. Im saw a knew Duels is coming next month but ill still finish all the challanges and campaign missions. Its just a great fun and a good time killer. And at least i dont get stressed the way i do playing SC2 X_X
Bottom line: If you are a MtG fan. BUY THIS GAME! (and get the expansion combo deal as it saves you alot of cash)

Die2Nite

My town is up to day 19. We are having a spike today but we will handle it. Then tommorow we will be safe and hopefully day 21 will be mercyfull. We got amazing 3 day in a roll winds in the east. So we got some great replenishements there. And also we have a trench and a car park in the east. But we did not get too many DOs. Nevertheless surviving until day 25 still seems possible. We got this player called klakk and he has been kind of annoying on the forums. I guess the guy is just quite bored at this point. Sigh . . . but no matter how i hate him for the spams in the forum that is no reason to hang the dude.


The Hangover Part 2

Saw the movie on Sunday night. It was really hard to get a ticket for it!!! Friday and Saturdays got totally sold out. It was crazy. After the awesomeness of the 1st movie i was not surprised at all to see the huge interest for the sequel but still i was slightly annoyed for not being able to watch it on friday X_X
The sequel was EPIC! I mean this is totally going to be the best comedy of 2011 just as part 1 was the best comedy of 2009. If you want to have a good laugh this is the movie to watch. There couple of moments where people will have serious trouble breathing :D
Now if i have to be completely honest it did feel like the script writers had some trouble moving the story from chapter to chapter. I know you need a break from the comedy but the way it was done didnt feel very natural. On the contrary it looked forceful. Still the amazing acting that all the guys from the wolfpack did was the thing that made this movie good. The guys just have such an amazing chemestry on the screen. And Zach is soooo good he doesnt even need to speak in order to make you laugh.
Towards the end of the movie i got a bit nerveous. I knew Mike Tyson was coming back and i was like....wtf...where is Mikey? And then when he finally showed his face up i was like HOLY SHIT! ROFL :D
It was an unexpected way of doing it. In a way it was cool to have Mikey in the movie but on the other hand....i just know the only reason he did it is because he is kinda broke. I know it sounds silly but yeah....Mike Tyson is broke X_X. So that extra income came pretty handy for the ex-champion.
Anyway. Go watch the movie you wont regret it. Seriously i love the wolfpack so much im going to give it a
10/10! I know its not THE PERFECT movie but hell. . . . this is a movie you can watch again and again and it just wont get old. Im soo buying this when it comes out on Blue-Ray!

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