Starcraft 2

I have come to conclude... I am a very sore loser in Starcraft 2. Very, very sore loser. v_v

Car Repairs and not much else

The past couple of days have been pretty dull...ish. Just not much really going on.

I replaced my spark plug wires+spark plugs the other day in my 3000gt, here are some pics of the engine with the new additions. (First pic in each set is the old, and the second in each set is the new.)

 Other than that, I've got the start of little job next Saturday with my dad. It'll be interesting. I'll enjoy it more than my current job (When I'm doing it anyways, which isn't more than twice every two weeks currently =/)

I'm also picking up Eve and SC2 again a bit. Mostly Eve, I miss the time sink it gave me, not just because it was a time sink, but because I enjoyed it.


Here is my main character, all about the combats. Tons of skills trained to 5 for Amarr ships, and a lot of Caldari. I love missiles and lasers. Amarr ships are pretty cool, and Caldari ships are cool for me too. So I trained in one, and then now I'm maxing out my Caldari. (Kai Nah is her name)

And her old pic is here. I feel I got really close in the looks, with a bit extra that I wanted to add/change. Her eye color used to be a grayish color, I changed it to a green/hazel color, and was surprised at how close I got the hair color. I also couldn't put a metal plate on her face, so a tattoo will have to do.

Here is the pic of my indy char in the new char creator. (Meniku is her name)

And here is the old pic of her. I tried really hard to get the same facial features and fullness, but it just didn't work out that well. There is also the fact that there are no decals/accessories yet, so I can't have the hair bands and thing behind my head. I really couldn't get it much closer, the two systems were really different, and I couldn't get the cheek fullness like I wanted, and the nose was a little shorter height wise. Oh well, still looks good to me.

G15 started working again

So uh, I decided to try and plug my G15 in the other day to see if it worked, and it didn't. Not really anyways. It plugged in, but pressing 1 pressed F1, certain keys repeated, and the problems went on. So I went back to my eclipse 2. I really didn't like the squishy feel of the eclipse, the feel of the G15 is just so much better for me. It's like, you have to actually press down for the keys to go, so you know when you've pressed it. Where the eclipse was just loosey goosey, and it was hard to tell if I actually pressed it sometimes.

Anyways, I looked around, and no other keyboards at the moment really grab my attention as "I MUST HAVE THIS" (other than the sc2 keyboard, but putting the numpad and arrow keys n stuff together just doesn't work out with me. I use those in combination too much. Mostly the delete key with the numpad.). Pretty much every keyboard I looked into because something was interesting, had reasons for me to not want it. So I decided, why not try again? Expect the worse, but hope for the best is a term I always seem to use. Anyways, it actually worked when I plugged it in!

So, bam. Until a keyboard really strikes me as a must have, I guess I'm just going to stick with my g15. Just wish it lit up more >_<

Need a new keyboard

So I spilled a little (lot) of water on my g15 the other day, and I'm using my old Saitek Eclipse 2 for the moment. Upon taking it out, I remember the lighting I really like from it. Completely unnecessary, but I like it. I also remember why I bought another keyboard. Certain keys require more pressure to use than others to register.

I'm kinda tired of the G15, and I don't need the LCD screen anymore. It also doesn't light up nearly as much as the Eclipse does.

I looked into the Eclipse 3, but I've read of ghosting, and the non programmable macros make me want to look elsewhere. It has the lighting I like though =/

The older cyborg v.7 or some crap like that seemed pretty cool, but it was discontinued, and there are no blue colors. Which is kinda awkward, only having green, yellow and red. That choice is obviously not possible anymore anyways.

Thinking of G110, one cool thing about it is you can make any color within red and blue for the backlight. I really like the unnecessary lighting of the eclipse though, so this is hard to figure out.

I need suggestions for keyboards that I might like. Not many keyboards seem to have the full backlight effect like the Eclipse does, if they do, I don't know of them =/. Shades of purple are also preferred, being my favorite color and all.

Also, enjoy the conflicting backgrounds from the pictures.

Gas Prices and Stupidity

So, when I first bought my car about 2 years ago, I looked up what octane gas I should be using with the phrase, "3000gt octane gas". I came up with the answer of 92 octane. So cool, just put in some premium gas, and I'll be fine.

2 years later (yesterday pretty much), I'm looking for a new car to buy. I found a 94 3000gt with DOHC engine and all extras. On the close up on the dash to show the mileage, I see the phrase, "Premium unleaded gas only". I then remember mine only says, "Unleaded gas only"... Hmm. Awkward.

So I start thinking maybe I don't need premium, but I'm not sure. So I refine my search with "SOHC 3000gt octane gas"... And lo and behold, I find out it since it gives less power, etc. etc., it only requires 87 octane gas...

So I'm all sorts of pissed at myself at that point, so I figure why not figure out how much money I've wasted. I calculated it to about $4500, more or less. If the price difference between the 87 octane gas and the 93 octane stayed about the same the last two years, I threw $4500 at gas companies for no reason.

The amount of face palm I gave myself when I figured this out, cannot be described in words.

Who would of thought 4 letters in a search could affect my life that much in the next two years.

Entry 16 of Neiko Hawke. Assassins want my body.

 I figured the first thing I should do is help the assassins look for this "Zevran" that is supposed to be hiding with the Dalish. One of the Dalish approached me as I walked into the camp and greeted me with the phrase "Champion of Kirkwall". It felt a little awkward coming from a Dalish Elf, but it still had a ring to it.

Upon asking about where Zevran was, she instantly knew where he was. She told me that she was actually instructed to tell anyone who came looking for him where he was. On top of that, he was in the same cave the Varterral was in earlier. Which only has one entrance. Why would he trap himself like that?

Upon entering the cave, we had the same routine of killing a few amount of spiders, and we eventually reached the end. Where the Varterral was again. I asked why it was still here, since we already killed it once, and Merrill explained to me that he is bound to this site by a Dalish god until his purpose is served. So even if he dies, he comes back. That must suck.

After we killed the Varterral (again), Zervran came out saying he wasn't expecting to see me, he said he was expecting his clan to come by to kill him. Since him leaving them was grounds for them to kill him. Not only that though, but apparently he was supposed to kill the Gray Warden, but was unable to, which is another reason why they wanted to kill him.

He then went on about how famous I really am, and that he liked my body. I was... Uh... Yeah... I gave him a quick notion that I don't fly that way, and he accepted that. I don't have anything against it, but uh... No homo... Right? I tell him that I'd let him go, but then he told me that if I did, the crows would be after me next. So there is only one way to settle this.

I showed up at their camp, telling them I have Zevran, but I have no intention of giving him over. Their leader says he's disappointed and whatnot, but I honestly couldn't give two shits about their code. It's full of shit to me.

The fight breaks out when someone tries to jump on Zevran, but he quickly throws a dagger right into his eye as he ran at him from behind. The fight was a breeze. All these "Crows" were nothing but all talk, and Zevran was the real assassin here.

He thanks me for helping him with this task, and ends up giving me a nice pair of daggers. I didn't really have a use for them, but Isabela might, so I accepted them. He talks about how it was nice to kill his brothers for once, and that he has many more to kill at his hometown. Before he leaves though, he asks me if I would reconsider my opinion about a night with him, I again stood firm on my "No homo" deal. He shrugged it off and replied with, "If you ever change your mind, I'll be in Antiva". Ehh... <_< Sigh.

Darkspore Entry 01. SPAAAAACCCEEEE

I picked up Darkspore earlier this week, and I finally got around to playing it. Being the anti-social person I am, I'm going to be playing solo the whole way.

Since I've already played the first few areas in the beta, playing the tutorial again was REALLY boring. =/

Anyways, upon starting up, one of the first things I went to do was modify one of my favorite characters, Blitz. His original art is right below this, but I like a more poky and angry looking approach. (Hence all the spikes and red)

Blitz's original art.

I also was given a higher variant of another character just for buying the game O.o. Can't complain I guess lol. (Maldri)

The environment is one of the things I like about the game, especially little things like this. A black hole ripping parts from the station off. Oh, and the backstory of this place is something along the lines of some people deciding they want to research this black hole. So obviously build right next to it. =p

The first boss was really easy, being the first boss and all. The second boss wasn't too bad, but his attacks were really annoying. If his attack hits you, it teleports you to a random location nearby =/.

If you want to know more about a specific thing in Darkspore, just leave a comment or send me a message, and in my next update I'll try to explain what was asked the best I can.