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MB Caster Stats

k0n — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:23:31 GMT

Website: News (meltyblood.de/CasterStats/)

Basically, its a statistics logger of your games. You need the lastest caster to work this and shows you other player's statistics as well as character overalls.

How to run this program (assuming you have MB caster already installed):

1) Make an account. Register. Memorize your ID and password

2) Enable session logger on your MBCaster.

Code:

# If this is enabled, round information and session results will be printed
# to sessionlog.txt automatically. They will be in the same format as
# roundShow=2.
sessionLog = 1

3) Make sure your current nickname for your caster_config is the same nickname in your sessionlog.txt. If it isn't, just rename them all to the same name as in your caster_config's nickname.

4) Download the session log uploader. Downloads. Extract the CasterStats.exe to the same folder where your mbcaster.exe and MBAC.exe are located.

5) Run CasterStats.exe and press 1 and enter. You should be shown a preview of your statistics of your session log. Once finished, press a button to continue. A pop-up should appear. Now just enter your ID and you should be able to see your stats online.

Have fun~

Source:
CasterStats~

REVIEW: Hakushaku to Yōsei (Earl and Fairy)

The Anime MMOG — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:18:56 GMT

Hakushaku to Yōsei (伯爵と妖精, �Earl and Fairy�)
Genre: Fantasy, Love-Romance, Shoujo
Year: 2008
Episodes: 12 episodes (season 1 completed)

It is 19th century England. A young lady named Lydia, a �fairy doctor� who can see and interact with fairies, is on a ship heading to London to see her father when she encounters a dashing man who introduces himself as Edgar Ashenbert, the long-lost Earl of Ibrasel (aka the Blue Knight Earl), a nobleman both legendary in England and the fairy kingdom. He seeks Lydia�s help to find the mythical Sword of Merrow to claim his birthright as the Blue Knight Earl.

Episode 1 Screenshots:

Spoiler!

E&F would have been the typical shoujo reverse-harem, as it certainly had the usual spices for such - a young heroine surrounded by dashing men, off to an adventure within a passably amusing plot, with romances budding along the way � which would have been normally off-putting for myself, except that the characters just intrigued me.

Case in point: Edgar.

Do NOT be deceived.

Oh, Edgar; a perfect, gorgeous, charming Adonis. The blonde hair, tender expression, and ash-mauve eyes are quite possibly the most beatific combination in any bishounen, reminiscent of angel� Except that the pilot episode introduces him while torturing a man with a sadistic glint in his eye. Later on Lydia discovers that he had escaped from America where he was charged as a serial killer. How�s that for a leading man?

LOL pick-up line?

Throughout the series, the audience would be as torn as Lydia about this hero-cum-villain. On one hand, he spews the most flowery words that could probably woo the sun into rising from the West. On the other hand, he�s a deceitful, conniving bastard who manipulates everyone around him to achieve his own ends. His charming smile and lilting words (check out that pick-up line in the screenshot) are always lies in truth, truth in lies. Lydia is torn between falling in love and running away screaming. Poor girl.

Mmm, homicidal butlers.

As if the Earl�s penchant for deceit were not enough worry, Edgar also employs what could possibly be the most awesome butler ever (no shit, Kuroshitsuji fans). The stoic young man known only as �Raven� serves Edgar as both attendant and bodyguard. His left eye is �possessed� by a spirit that automatically turns him into a walking weapon once it senses that Edgar is in danger, his dagger weaving through bodies faster than I can follow. Bloodbaths, f*** yeah!

�You look good enough to eat.� *licks lips* ��Literally.�

What reverse harem is incomplete without a love triangle? And what better competitor for Lydia�s love than a horse?! �Cain� (not his real name) is a kelpie, an aquatic horse fae that has apparently been courting Lydia for years, not that she has been remotely encouraging (can�t blame a girl for not wanting to marry a man-eating water spirit).

Episode 2 Screenshots

Spoiler!

Plot-wise, it�s adequate. Lydia and Edgar embark on a journey to retrieve the sword as well as his title as noble, and afterwards use Edgar�s newfound status in society (*cough*conman*cough*) to pursue vengeance against a mysterious man called the �Prince� and his organization. They come up against both human and fairy villains sent by the Prince to destroy Edgar. There�s a whole can of worms in the back story (Edgar�s shady past, his motivations for vengeance, the identity of the �Prince�, etc) that never really gets tackled in the series yet. The �Prince� does not even make an appearance, and the series ends with too many questions � Who is this �Prince�? Who the hell is Edward really? Will Lydia ever agree to marry this conniving bastard of an Earl? � which will probably remain unanswered unless they make a season 2. The light novels are still ongoing, after all.

The Verdict: It�s not amazing, but still enjoyable. The characters are well-drawn (I love watching Raven in manslaughter-mode), and the art is relatively consistent. There�s plot, but don�t expect the series to be plot-driven, as the first season seems to be more intended for character and relationship development rather than storyline progression (albeit the latter catches on as the series progresses).

Generally there�s enough going on to keep one interested, and if that isn�t enough, the series treats the girls to nice fanservice (and really, who doesn�t like half-nude bishounen in the ending credits?) and massive lip service from Edgar, the god of pick-up lines himself. It was worth my time, but don�t count on me watching the series again or groveling at whatever-gods-may-be for a season 2.

Nothing like naked men on white sheets to end an episode.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Life's going good. Mostly.

Kyzuumi — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:34:11 GMT

So after all my friends yelled at me and threatened to drop obvious hints, I asked Stu out. And he said yes and got really excited and we're triple-dating to the movies this weekend.

Life is good.

Chris, can't take being rejected and having Stu and me be all happy, has to leave emo comments on my facebook and be a freakin baby. I'm sorry, but I never had or will have any interest in the future. And it's your own fault you gave Stu Soul Calibur and he invited me over in front of you. It's your own fault for hanging around us while we hug good bye - no one made you hulk around us. I don't care if you can't see this, I just want you to leave me alone - it's really creepy and all my friends are getting concerned... for me.

Back to the goodness, Stu wrote his number on my hand... like in the movies. :py35: And I got to write mine on his, I felt like everyone was watching, and I didn't mind. My brother had the last class of the day with Stu - he wrote my name next to my number and underlined it... a lot.

Parents are acting like stupid elementary school girls (Ooooh, gotta look good for Stuey!) (Ooooh, someone was on the phone with Stuey!)

Please. Don't act like little children. You would think they'd be more parent-like as I get older and am exposed to more of well... you know. And stuff. You'd think they'd be all like "Relationships are serious, know when to stop". It makes me remember how clueless they are (typical subjects among my friends are shaker porn, lesbian action [with the girls in my group], "cave explorer", "oops, that's a picture of a naked lady on my computer, isn't it?" and much much more)

Oh well. I'm happy, Stu's happy. Chris is just wallowing in his despair. I'm going on a triple date with my best friends on Saturday. For once, I don't mind I have an essay due on Friday that I didn't know about.

Keeping up with the times

Light — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:21:34 GMT

It sure is hard to keep updating computer hardware to match the demands of the latest things, but at least you can go a little under the highest standards and get nice components for very low prices.

Next up in my Power hungry system, and whats left of my Christmas spending money.
Plans are set to buy-

XFX nForce 750a SLI Motherboard - NVIDIA 750a SLI, Socket AM2/AM2+, ATX, Audio, Video, HDMI, DVI, PCI Express 2.0, Gigabit LAN. S/PDIF, USB 2.0, eSATA, RAID $149.99
OCZ SLI-Ready Dual Channel 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2x2048MB) x2 $39.99

The motherboard is perfect so that I can use PCI E 2.0, so that I can get the most out of my new video card, and so that my RAM can be upgraded from 2gig to 8gig of RAM. Because I sure as hell need it.. *lag spike* damn.
My quest to make lunia lag less also lead to major upgrades to my system, and even with the video card alone I am loving the difference it's made, now I am really curious to see how an above average system can preform!

The only problem I have is with Processors, I know nothing about them. If anyone can make suggestions or important information I should know about them, please drop me a PM or comment below, It would be greatly appreciated!
(The mobo only takes AM2, AM2+ and Phenom.)

Wild LaTale apperad!

LaTaleOnline — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:05:43 GMT

Pok�mon reference anyone~?
Anyway, No more fooling around. I thought that I could go with the flow and introduce myself.

I'm LaTale, however, I got that name by a mistake and I've gotten use to it. Call me whatever you feel like.
I'm 15 years old and a February child. I live in the northen part of sweden. (S� om n�gon svensk se det h�r. Haaaall��~! :jj: ) Which pretty much means that I get alot snow and cold weathers.
I've been reading english ever since I started 2nd or 3rd grade. Can't remember exactly. My memory have a habit of failing me. I've read some spanish too, but I kiiinda failed at it. So if you speak spanish with me, I would at least get a 1/3 of what you said.
I love to draw, listen to music, playing games and to sleep in my bed.
I'm not a very social person, so I tend to get quiet sometimes.
A thing I think you all should know is that I have Asperger syndrome. So If I ever say something that is offending, I'm sorry for that. Or if I'm just plain weird, I'll blame it on the Aspergers. Also, I tend to "repeat" myself, So I'm sorry if I annoy you. Funny enough, I annoy myself too. (Fun fact, Very few people know that I have it. I'll tell them when it fell right to me.)
Also, If I don't answer it's probably just because I'm afraid to say something the wrong way and make myself look like an idiot. So don't worry~! <3

Anyway, Enough about that.
I found out about LaTale(The game) somewhere in May 2008. Shortly after that I tried to find a LaTale site and found the LaTale Source. Who in June 2008 got thrown into MMOG. I've been here ever since and I like it~ Lovely place I must say~

I'd glady talk to you or answer any question you have. If I become quiet though, I'm sorry for that. I'm just un sure about what I should say to not make myself look like an idiot. (Somehow It ends up me looking like an Idiot~)

I would submit a picture here, but I didn't know what image... Oh well, Have some Melody club insted~!

I love ya' all so much~! <3
//LaTale

Kinda worked on story :x

JessikaLeigh — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:28:49 GMT

So this is a story ive been working on in college and on the bus to college

Alone, in her room. She hid behind her bedroom door, by the hot radiator. She hugged her legs for comfort.

Sighing a cold breath, she didnt notice a shadow by her window,
but she noticed the cold presense that could be felt around her.

A Dark shadow appeared out of the unlit corner of her room.

"I Hate you, i hate your soul and your ever being. Your attitude, it makes me sick. I Want to murder you."

Panic shot through her face, but by the time she had brought her head up, the cold presense had disappeared, along with the shadow.

Her curtains rattled after a gust of icy wind shot through them. She could of sworn her window was closed. She was too afraid to go and close it though, incase the shadow was waiting for her.

Quitely hovering downstairs, she hoped someone was there, even though she knew her parents where out off town for the weekend.

She let out a small tear in panic. Just who was this "thing" and why did it dislike her so much.

Trying to take her mind of things, she started to message her friends, well, what she would call friends.

TBH im gonna combine this with another story ive wrote
Id like peoples opinion so please feel free to leave me some (but no flamers please :py05:)

:py37:

Bokurano, Episodes 2 and 3

The Anime MMOG — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:33:45 GMT

Bokurano episodes 2 and 3

Episode 2 - The drama continues and the pace picks up a little bit. They continue the whole "wait till the episode is half over before the mecha fight" shtick, in an effort to increase the drama. I still don't know the names of half of these kids, but so far, I'm hooked. HUGE plot device in this one, so It's not one to be missed if you decide you wanna skip episodes in this series (like many people did with .hack//sign).

Episode 3 - Starts from where episode 2 leaves off, but with more drama in this one and no Mecha fighs. At all. There's a lot of drama and a hint of character development in here, as well as the thickening of the overall plot. I'm still intrigued though, as they also reveal another nice little plot piece here.

And now, for a more in depth (and spoilery!) review.

Episode 2 - Zearth

Okay, it starts out with a lot of "What the hell is going on in this game" dialogue going around, with a lot of emphasis on a cetain kid named Waku. Finally, I learn someone's name! Waku likes soccer, apparently. Yay, Character development!

Anyways, this episode also introduces a new character, this creepy Half mushroom, half Bonta-kun (see Full metal Panic! Fumofu) named Dung beetle. Wait...Dung beetle? Really? Well, I've seen weirder.

The kids begin to question Dung Beetle about the nature of the robot, and the nature of the game. After chewing them out for a lack of manners, Dung beetle shows them a little more about the robot.

When they are teleported into the Mech, 14 chairs appear, all of them having special significance to one of the 14 children who joined the game. After they find their respective chairs, Dung beetle mentions something about one kid piloting the contraption. Dun dun dun!

It's not that dramatic thought.

More conversation! Apparently Waku quit playing soccer because he didn't know if he truly enjoyed the game or was just playing it to be good at it, or something like that. I like anime that show inner conflicts like this, it's a good break from the Nakama filled goody goody Shonen I'm so used to.

Anyways, halfway through the episode, another enemy appears!

They spend a few minutes learning a bit more about how to control the robot, and they all decide on a name for it: Z-earth. Catchy.

So a battle ensues.

Then drama.

WARNING:
This spoiler tag is here fora reason, Read at your own risk!!!!!

Spoiler!

And so the episode ends with everything still pretty veiled in mystery.

Episode 3 - Secret

WARNING: Contains spoilers for episode 2. Read at your own risk.

Yeah...remember that Huge wave and huge spoiler from the battle in Episode 2?

Wondering about all the collateral damage from that fight?

That's what this episode is about. The kids are being investigated for being on the beach when the attack happened, and are being questioned through the whole episode.

Not much of anything happens except for

Spoiler!

Anyways, One of the girls comes clean to the authorities that they, the kids, were piloting one of the robots.

Some big wigs come in to investigate about Waku, and find out the only plot device of this episode (and the only important thing that happens:

Spoiler!

I'm hooked on this series, and I'll be doing double reviews like this for a while, since I'm gonna be watching it in order to see what happens. That And I've got a good long cue of older anime to watch and review. Holy crap!

Verdict after these three episodes:

From what I see, the formula won't change at all. If you haven't gotten into the series as of the first three episodes, you probably won't ever get into it.

However, if you actually like it (like me) it's looking like it's only going to get more exciting from here.

Happy watching.

There may be hope!!!1

acemaster34 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:47:36 GMT

I thought there was no hope of me playing another mmorpg ever again. But my birthday was 12/22 and I am now 16 yrs old. I am trying to get a job at staples, so I can buy myself a laptop and play mmorpg without anyone nagging me.
I am very happy that there may be hope!!!!!

Sanichi's Introduction?

LaTaleOnline — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:15:20 GMT

/flashes a smile

Well hello everyone seeing as everyone has made their introductions I suppose I should follow up and
proceed with making my own small intro. Unlike the others I like the blue text though.

Anyway you should expect a post often in the blog add be prepared for some images. I will try to use in
game images when every I can if they are related to my topic.
I am not an epic grinder like Authentic thus my character is only level 53 and I cannot wait to get to Foe Mansion.
I am a fan of anything Halloween related. I mean come on Vampanelar are awesome,
it interesting to see them fly at you with needles it so adorable.

Anyway you should just expect me to post random tips, interesting locations,
or just talk about things that may just plain out help you. Maybe send me a PM
and I might talk about something you may need help with.

Anyway this is short one so ,
Thats All from your local CM
Sanichi.

Note: I did not draw the picture in the intro !
Other Note: I guess I like to use red :P

mini-help on communication.orally.no negative thinkings~<3

PokerFace — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:31:07 GMT

Mini-guide in communicating nicely for Permanently Ebil people:

- Always smile, never look unhappy on first impressions, smiling will make u talk-able (prevent weird smiles)
- When someone offend you, try not to take it too hard, imagine them in a nightmare. Torture them in your mind.
- When talking, make eye-contact, if you find it rather awkward, look once or twice (prevent staring)
- If rich, buy their food once or twice, if you r buying from the same shop. Don't do it too much, it would make them too comfortable and will expect you to do it all time.
- If you just met someone new, try to find as many things in common, so you can bond.
- Try to prevent awkwardness as much as possible, it would break the chance of a relationship.
- If failed in talking to new people and felt great depths of awkwardness. Next time, try to be more talkative and happy at the start/hellos. Also, say big goodbye's and remind them of the highlights in the time you have met them. So they'll have a memory of you in their mind
- Promo your self, talk a correct amount of yourself to them so they start to know you and feel comfortable around you.
- Never talk about yourself too much. OTHERS NEED TO TALK TOO!!!

Well, that's just some basic tips. You should really know these things. But I'm telling you guys again because I have experienced many of these problems lately with people.... :py43:

Bokurano Episode 1

The Anime MMOG — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:16:11 GMT

Hey there. Mitchi here, since we've been having problems getting me added to the group, Kotarou was so kind as to let me post my reviews using the main account for the blog until the problem gets fixed.

A word of warning for my reviews: They may at times be spoiler ridden and sometimes biased (though I tend to try to make my reviews as unbiased as I can, everything still ends up being tainted by opinion). I also don't generally do screenshot reviews, as I watch most of my stuff away from a computer.

So now, without Further ado, I give you my review of Bokurano.

Bokurano Ep. 1: "The game"

Genre: Seinen, Drama, Mecha
Opening Theme: "Uninstall" by Ishikawa Chiaki

Premise: Some kids are hanging around a beach, when they find the secret lair of a game programmer. They are promptly lured into playing the game he has created.

Okay, first off, I love games, and happen to be studying programming, so this immediately appealed to me. I mean, kids getting sucked into a game? Brilliant. And of course, the theme song met my main requirement of being good music, but I've always been a big fan of Ishikawa Chiaki/See-saw/Kajiura Yuki.

So I sit there watching the opening theme and see Mechas. Wait, what? The description I read never said anything about mechas. I hoped it wasn't a case of old fashioned Slayers style "spoil the entire series in the opening sequesnce." Thankfully, it wasn't.

The series starts out with about 15 kids on a beach. I'm personally not a fan of introducing a ton of characters all at once, but at least they don't try to cram too much character development into the first episode.

It starts out pretty slow for a while, revealing a few character details...One kid seems like a mean older brother, one is a sadistic crab killer and the only one not in the same age group (a little girl) blushes from physical contact.

It also goes to touch on the Japanese ideal of "All for one."

So after about 7 or so minutes of this, they finally move on from their little beach party and find this little cave. They, like most youths, decide to embark on a little spelunking. Now, normally, this would be a very bad idea, right?

Well, this is where the story starts to move on. They find a bunch of computers and the guy who owns them, a man who made a revolutionary new game, and wants some people to test it. He coerces the 15 or so kids to join in, after explaining the premise. Starting to look promising at this point. It takes about three minutes to introduce all the characters by name. Long and arduous, and I'll never remember 15 Japanese names that were only said once.

And this is why I hate when lots if characters are introduced all at once.

Anyways, the episode finally starts to take off about halfway through with the appearance of a giant robot enemy. A mech appears for the players, and the game master guy come in to explain what to do. He tells them that he can only help them this once (and that he's never done this before either) and after defeating the enemy, he tells them that the earth is in their hands.

It ends just as vaguely as it started.

Ending theme: "Little bird" by Ishikawa Chiaki

Final verdict:
I wouldn't recommend this to anyone with a short attention span or anyone with little to no patience. However, it might appeal to people who liked .hack//sign.

I'll be watching more of this to keep you guys posted on if it gets any better.

Toodles~

School Project : Read&Reply

Kyzuumi — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:43:04 GMT

Simple Questionare for Girl Gamers (Guys Can Answer Too)

Basically, I'm looking for people who game's input on this. And I hope the lack of activity of the homework section wont hamper the potential effectiveness of this on my project :py02:

BACK TO SCHOOLz.

Senpai — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:02:39 GMT

After two weeks of vacationing in front of my computer, it's time to grind some school again.

orz

YAY FOR WEEK READING, MENTAL MAPS, SNAPSHOTS, ESSAYS, CHEM LABS, CHEM WKSHEETS, ALGBERA TXTWORK AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS HOMEWORK THAT I WILL BE BOMBARDED WITH TOMORROW. Hell yeah.

Also, I've been sleeping at 4 AM everyday since the start of my break. HOW DO I GO BACK TO SLEEPING AT 12 AM AGAIN? HOW? ;_; I am so gonna be screwed tomorrow. DAMN YOU EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. DAMN YOU.

:py02::py02::py02::py02:

DukeDevlin is such a jerk.

Kumatora — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:50:02 GMT

I made a poem and he called it crap and I cried.

Freezi introduces himself!

LaTaleOnline — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:26:49 GMT

Sooo....
To begin with, I never did this "blog-"thing before so please do not expect this to be great 8D.
Well I guess I will use this post to introduce myself...
So my Nick is "Freezi" as you all know, my real name is "Timm" (yes, two m's..) I am 19 years old and I live in Germany.
I applied as a CM for LaTale because I kinda love the game, except the fact that theres no quest for 60-7x :D and I love MMOG.... I really wanted to be a part of this :)
My Chars name is also Freezi and he is a lvl66 mace knight atm and is going to be a mace templar in the year 2020 (lol... slow grinding ftl...).

Well as I already said, I am not really great at this :D But in the future I will try to write more entries about the game and not about me rofl :D Maybe I am even going to post a journal of my mace knight and his adventures.

One thing I also want to do is keep yours guys updated about the changes after maintenance since LT does not have any Patch Notes.

Well I guess the two who posted before I did pretty much explained everything about this blog. If you still have questions you may either use the "Comment" Button @ their posts or write a PM to me ;)

Thats all.

Yours,
Freezi