Personal Gaming Blog

Legion TD Debug Mode

2009-10-10T15:32:00.000-07:00

I've been doing some single player legion TD maps and I noticed the Debug mode. (note: debug mode is not cheating -> version 1.31e is a cheat version)

This was done with Legion TD version 1.31D.

What can you do with debug mode? A debug mode is used by developers to test their own map/game. Of course this leads to having max resources and food instantly so doing some testing makes it an easier job.

Just screwing around, massing out tanks and such, a few levels later killing the enemies captain.

Download the Debug Mode replay here

How to activate the debug mode?

Simply start up single player Legion TD map and type:

-debug

Afterwards you will have a set of commands available to use to test the map out. Some of them include max resource, start all the levels at once, quick start a level without waiting, repick your builder etc.

Cheers

Husky

Left 4 Dead Crash Course

2009-09-30T07:32:00.001-07:00

Left 4 Dead New DLC

Valve released their new downloadable content: "Crash Course" on the PC for free and 7 bucks on the xbox lol.

The new campaign includes "new locations, new dialogue from the original cast, and an explosive finale," and it spreads the mayhem across a co-op campaign, survival maps, and a "streamlined version" of the Versus mode experience lasting 30 minutes.

Steam just installed it for me automatically, so it's time to enjoy some zombie killing :)

Cheers

Husky

Legion TD Maxed out King

2009-09-28T05:46:00.000-07:00

Legion TD King's Stats

Sometimes you have to games where the players are bored and don't want to ruin the level by sending too many creeps to the opposing team.

This time it was exactly like that, and I was together with 1 guy against 4. So instead of sending creeps, they upgraded their king to the max. It's kinda waste of wood but whatever :)

You can upgrade him 30 times per upgrade type. Meaning 30 on attack damage, health regeneration and HP. Giving him a total of 300 dmg average, 60 HP regen and a health pool of 20,000. Not bad for a king :) One slight problem: it still is not match for the last boss on lvl 30.

Cheers

Husky

Jelly Car 2 iPhone App

2009-09-27T10:43:00.000-07:00

Jelly Car 2 Release Date

If you love Jelly Car 1 then your going to love JC2 as well. It has more features and the beloved map editor, Balloons and you can create your own cars!

If you updated your app to the latest version, the creator also included a new movie which you can access from the main menu. It's a little bigger block than the rest plus it has a color effects to it.

I'm sorry if the title is misleading, the only thing I know so far is that it will be coming out in this month or the next one. I'd say about 27 October (pure rumored).

Enjoy this video found on YouTube:

Cheers

Husky

Legion TD Shadow Guide

2009-09-27T05:07:00.000-07:00

How to play Shadow

This replay applies to Legion TD 1.31d. Click the link below to download our shadow guide.

Download our personal shadow replay and see how to do it.

The basic idea of the shadow race and to have it as easy as possible, is to mass the "Hades" unit. Which is the upgrade the shadow's ultimate tower. It summons Diablo which then summons imp with imba HP regeneration.

The replay is done in single player to speed it up a little - note: in multiplayer you will have a lot more gold to your build schedule. Meaning you can build more than you can do in place of single player.

Hope you like it.

Cheers

Husky

GeoSwarm Defense Review

2009-09-26T16:02:00.000-07:00

WARNING: MELTDOWN IMMINENT

GeoSwarm is an iPhone App game which is a tower defense game. It produces quite some good graphic effects and the engine that runs it works flawlessly.

GeoSwarm Towers
There are 5 towers only, but you can upgrade all of them to level 7 in which they turn into a special tower with huge range. But I have to admit the game is really balanced, even if you have the max tower levels - the creeps will still survive sometimes. There is also a nova towers but that tower is only available in some levels which upgrades the damage of other towers

GeoSwarm Creeps
The creeps of GeoSwarm are divided in 5 main species and some which only appear in some levels (there are no "air" levels):

Normal Creep - average speed/ average hp
Fast Creep - fast speed/low hp
Tank Creep - low speed / huge hp
Deflector Creeps - deflects some attacks / average hp / average speed
Swarm Creeps - invincible to all attacks except the nova tower

There are a bunch more individual creeps, special level events and some crazy unending wave games.
A must buy if you ask me, the replay value is really in there for only 80 cents.

Download GeoSwarm Defense

There might be a bunch of more things to say about this app, but I'm off to bed.

Cheers

Husky

Doodle Jump Review

2009-09-26T15:39:00.000-07:00

Do you like addicting games?

This is one of them :( Take a look at the pic below and see for yourself.

Basic thing you have to do is jump on the platforms and it will automatically jump higher and you can steer left or right to the next one and it goes on and on and on... Got my first try to 15.576. Oh and you can shoot aliens :P

It might not look great and more cartoon like, but there is actually no frame loss at all. And I must say it's very dynamic.

A good spend 80 cents I admit. Click the link below to find it on the iTunes store.

Download Doodle Jump

Cheers

Husky

Sephiroth song lyrics

2009-09-26T15:18:00.000-07:00

Hi people,

Also in final fantasy dissidia is the GREAT!!! sephiroth song, so i put the lyrics here on the blog with the translation:

One Winged Angel

IN LATIN

Estuans interius
Ira vehementi
(x2)

Sephiroth!
Sephiroth!

Estuans interius
Ira vehementi
(x2)

Sephiroth!
Sephiroth!

Sors - immanis
Et inanis
(x2)

Estuans interius
Ira vehementi
(x2)

Sephiroth!
Sephiroth!

Veni veni venias
Ne me mori facias
(x4)

Haryuu no
hanekata

Veni veni venias
Ne me mori facias
(x4)

Sephiroth!
Sephiroth!

IN ENGLISH

Burning inside
With violent anger
(x2)

Sephiroth!
Sephiroth!

Burning inside
With violent anger
(x2)

Sephiroth!
Sephiroth!

Fate - monsterous
And empty
(x2)

Burning inside
With violent anger
(x2)

Sephiroth!
Sephiroth!

Come, come, O come
Do not let me die
(x4)

The winged one
Of the lower reaches

Come, come, O come
Do not let me die
(x4)

Sephiroth!
Sephiroth!

Dissidia replay

2009-09-25T08:57:00.000-07:00

Dissidia fans and bloggers,

just like my friend i will make some replays about dissidia
mainly with cloud strife. im also leveling his mate sephiroth atm
i have to admid sephiroth is really strong, fast attacks with loads of damage

greetings

the flim

Legion TD replays with strats

2009-09-25T06:09:00.000-07:00

Upcoming legion td replays

Since my new macbook pro arrived yesterday I think it'll be a good time to test out recording some legion TD matches and editing them in iMovie. If you have any race that I should play, suggest one by making a comment below.

Cheers

Husky

World of Warcraft movie confirmed

2009-09-25T05:00:00.000-07:00

WoW Movie

After years of speculation, the MMORPG will be shot on screen. The director is nobody less than Sam Raime from such films as Spiderman. No idea on when it will reach the cinemas.

Now is the question, will it look as crappy as Dragonball Evolution?

Cheers

Mark

Gamer Console Collection - NERDRAGE!

2009-09-22T09:14:00.000-07:00

Ultimate Console Collection

Every seen anything like this? With the money he spend on the consoles - he could've spent it on a bigger TV.

Cheers,

Husky

Legion TD 1.31e Cheats

2009-09-22T08:20:00.000-07:00

+5000 Lumber in 1 second xD

Although I'm a fan of playing the game regularly I did find out how to cheat in this FAKE version. Check this post earlier on legion td 1.31e.

(click to enlarge) - > See the text message :D

JJ Cheatpack (with an activating phrase).

"Cheats added by enishiyuki22"

He plays on US East I believe.

Anyway to active the cheat:

"-eni " Two spaces after -eni

Hopefully people will stop hosting 1.31e soon. Guess that won't happen until Lisk will release the official version which will take a while.

Cheers,

Husky

Final Fantasy Dissidia tips

2009-09-21T13:07:00.001-07:00

New tip for final fantasy dissidia

If you read my other tips then u know im kinda into final fantasy dissidia,
im still busy with the story mode cause it is pretty big..
i managed to level cloud strife to level 100

im not into the new equipment cause i just wanna buy the best of the best without wasting items and money.. so i have to fight with shit gear..

im gonna give some tips to you how to fight a stronger opponent the easy way..
first the situation of a normal fight:

hit hit hit (bvr attacks) get a break and smash him with the square attacks.
repeat it..

if you got a stronger opponent make sure you counter attack..
with a stronger enemy go for the classic lame tactic: HIT AND RUN
if he attacks dodge it --> attack (square and NO break, cause break attacks take way to long for his defence) damage him and run until your bvr has recoverd

i did it a few times and it worked for me, playing cloud.

also used meteor rain (ranged dmg attack) and just flee and run whatever

ABUSE OR LOSE thats how to play a game

Download Dota 6.63

2009-09-20T06:41:00.000-07:00

Dota allstars 6.63

Ice frog released dota 6.63 today and I wanted to share it with you if you didn't knew it already. Check below for the changelog and the download link.

Download Dota 6.63

Heroes

Anti-Mage
- Mana Void AoE increased from 275 to 325
- Strength changed from 16 +1.5 to 20 +1.2

Axe
- Battle Hunger duration reduced from 10/15/20/25 to 10/13/16/19 and increased damage to keep the same total damage output

Bane Elemental
- Fiend's Grip manacost increased from 100/175/250 to 200/300/400

Batrider
- Reduced base damage from 64-70 to 48-52
- Sticky Napalm fixed from doing a higher constant slow instead of stacking and starting lower
- Sticky Napalm manacost increased from 15 to 20

Blood Seeker
- Base armor reduced by 2 points

Bone Fletcher
- Strafe changed from 50/60/70/80 AS for 10 seconds to 90 AS for 4/6/8/10 seconds

Bounty Hunter
- Imported a custom model for him that has his selection box fixed

Bristleback
- Warpath's attack speed increase changed to bonus damage (10/20/30 base with 4/8/12 bonus per stack)

Broodmother
- Insatiable Hunger lifesteal increased from 40/55/70% to 40/60/80%
- Insatiable Hunger duration increased from 12 to 14 seconds

Centaur Warchief
-Double Edge manacost removed
-Double Edge can no longer cause a suicide

Chaos Knight
- Phantasm cooldown decreased from 180 to 180/160/140

Clockwerk
- Rocket Flare vision reduced from 5/10/15/20 to 10 seconds
- Battery Assault damage reduced from 20/40/60/80 to 10/30/50/70

Dark Seer
- Ion Shell manacost increased from 60/80/100/120 to 70/90/110/130
- Wall of Replica no longer replicates allies
- Wall of Replica now deals 125 damage each time it affects an enemy hero
- Wall of Replica illusions damage improved from 35% to 60%

Drow Ranger
- Attack range increased from 600 to 625

Earthshaker
- Echo Slam now deals half bonus damage from corpses instead of full

Enchantress
- Strength growth decreased from 2.0 to 1.0

Furion
- Teleportation cooldown from 60/50/40/30 to 50/40/30/20
- Wrath of Nature now has a global cast range

Huskar
- Berserker's Blood stacking cap of attack speed and damage removed

Juggernaut
- Healing Ward cooldown reduced from 75 to 60

Keeper of the Light
- Illuminate max range is now constant at all levels

Lanaya
- Strength growth increased from 1.7 to 2.1

Lich
- Movement speed increased by 10

Lina Inverse
- Base intelligence increased by 5 points and reduced base damage by 5 (total attack damage unchanged)

Lone Druid
- Spirit Bear's entangle no longer prevents the target from attacking
- Spirit Bear's entangle damage increased from 40/sec to 60/sec

Lord of Avernus
- Death Coil cast range reduced from 600 to 300

Luna
- Lucent Beam now has a constant 0.6 ministun instead of 0.01/0.1/0.3/0.6

Magnataur
- Empower cooldown reduced from 12 to 7 seconds
- Reverse Polarity duration increased from 2/3/4 to 2.5/3.25/4

Morphling
- Morph's passive Agility and Strength bonus removed

Naga Siren
- Mirror Image illusion count changed from 1/2/3/3 images to a constant 3
- Mirror Image illusion damage taken changed from 300% to 600/500/400/300%
- Mirror Image illusion damaged dealt changed from 15/30/30/45% to 30/35/40/45%

Nerubian Assassin
- Mana Burn reworked

Old Mana Burn:
Burns: 70/120/185/260
Manacost: 65/85/100/115
Cooldown: 7
Cast Range: 500/575/650/725

New Mana Burn:
Burns: Mana equal to 4x Int
Manacost: 90/110/130/150
Cooldown: 35/25/15/5
Cast Range: 600

Examples:
Sven Level 2: 15 Int [Burns 60 mana]
Lina Level 2: 27 Int [Burns 108 mana]
Sven Level 7: 21 Int [Burns 84 mana]
Lina Level 7: 43 Int [Burns 173 mana]
Heroes levels without int bonuses

Nerubian Weaver
- Base damage increased by 5 points
- Geminate attack now works against towers
- Increased attack range buffer to prevent misfires on Geminate Attack

Nightstalker
- Void now slows for 2 seconds during daytime

Pandarean Brewmaster
- Fire Panda now has maximum movement speed

Phantom Assassin
- Stifling Dagger cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds

Phantom Lancer
- Juxtapose image lifetime increased from 15 to 20 seconds

Priestess of the Moon
- Starfall random chance to hit in 600-900 range removed

Puck
- Illusory Orb manacost increased by 25, Ethereal Jaunt manacost (25) removed

Pugna
- Nether Ward's Mana Flare cooldown removed (was 0.75)

Queen of Pain
- Shadow Strike cooldown decreased to 20/17/14/11
- Scream of Pain cooldown decreased from 10 to 7 seconds

Razor
- Base strength increased from 17 to 21

Rexxar
- Greater Hawk's invisbility increased from 4 to 6 seconds duration

Rhasta
- Mass Serpent Wards cooldown increased from 100/80/60 to 110

Rooftrellen
- Attack range changed from 100 to 128

Sand King
- Sand Storm cooldown from 40/35/30/25 to 40/30/20/10

Silencer
- Curse of the Silent duration changed from 2/4/6/8 to 5/6/7/8
- Curse of the Silent damage/burn reduced from 50/25 hp/mp to 20/10, 30/15, 40/20 and 50/25.
- Curse of the Silent cooldown reduced from 20 to 14
- Curse of the Silent manacost decreased from 105/115/125/135 to 75/95/115/135

Sniper
- Shrapnel cast range increased by 300

Sven
- Base agility increased from 16 to 21

Tauren Chieftain
- Ancestral Spirit cast range decreased from 1500 to 1000
- Earth Splitter AoE decreased
- Earth Splitter cooldown increased from 90/75/60 to a constant 100

Tiny
- Toss cooldown decreased from 15 to 10 seconds
- Craggy Exterior armor decreased by 1

Troll Warlord
- Battle Trance attack speed bonus increased from 60/80/100 to 60/100/140

Undying
- Dying plagued units heal reduced from 12%/3% on heroes/creeps to 6%/2%
- Tombstone armor reduced from 10 to 4

Ursa Warrior
- Fury Swipes damage increased from 6/12/18/24 -> 10/15/20/25

Viper
- Movement speed decreased by 10

Witch Doctor
- Voodoo Restoration initial activation manacost reduced from 50/75/100/125 to 25/50/75/100
- Paralyzing Casks manacost rescaled from 140 to 110/120/130/140

Zeus
- Agility decreased from 15 + 1.7 to 11 + 1.2

Items

Blood Stone
- Charge bonus and acquisition reworked

Old Bloodstone:
-450 HP
-400 MP
-6 HP Regeneration
-150% Mana Regeneration

-- Gains 1 charge per hero kill, gains 2 charges when killing a hero if the charges are empty
-- 1.5 HP and MP per charge
-- On Death: Heals 450 HP and 400 MP of alied units in 1700 aoe
-- Loses 1 charge per death
-- Gold lost on death is reduced by 20% (40% if Bloodstone has charges)
-- Respawn time is reduced by 10% (20% if Bloodstone has charges)

New Bloodstone:
-450 HP
-400 MP
-6 HP Regeneration
-150% Mana Regeneration

-- Gains 1 charge per nearby (1000) enemy hero death
-- 1 MP/sec per charge
-- Loses half charges per death (rounded down)
-- On Death: Heals 400+25xCharges HP of alied units in 1700 aoe
-- Gold lost on death is reduced by 25 per charge
-- Respawn time is reduced by 3 seconds per charge

Boots of Travel
- Movement speed increased from 90 to 95

Dagon
- Manacost reduced from 245/225/205/185/165 -> 180/160/140/120/100

Eul's Scepter
- Movement bonus increased from 20 to 25
- Now requires a sobi mask instead of a Robe of the Magi (100% Mana regen -> 125%, 16 Int->10 Int, 125 cheaper recipe).

Energy Booster
- Now available for purchase in the side shops

Force Staff
- Manacost decreased from 100 to 25
- Cooldown decreased from 30 to 25

Heart of Tarrasque
- Regenerates only while you are out of combat (haven't taken damage from player units for 10 seconds)
- Regeneration increased from 1% to 2%

Kelen's Dagger
- Cooldown decreased from 18 to 14

Khadgar's Pipe of Insight
- Recipe uses Headdress of Rejuvenation instead of Buckler. Loses armor bonus.
- Can no longer affect the same unit more than once every 50 seconds

Old Khadagar's Pipe:
Requires:
-Hood of Defiance (2050)
-Nathrezim Bucker (803)
-Recipe (800)
-Total: 3653

Gives:
-8 HP Regeneration
-5 armor
-30% magic resistance
-Barrier (active)

New Khadagar's Pipe:
Requires:
-Hood of Defiance (2050)
-Headress of Rejuvenation (603)
-Recipe (1000)
Total: 3653

Gives:
-10 HP/sec regeneration
-30% magic resistance
-Barrier (active) Can no longer affect the same unit more than once every 50 seconds

Mask of Madness
- Increased attack speed from 75 to 100
- Increased move speed from 15% to 20%
- Increased damage taken from 20% to 30%,
- Amplified damage happens as you take the damage once again

Magic Wand
- Recipe cost increased from 125 to 150

Mjollnir
- Recipe changed from Eaglehorn to Hyperstone, bonuses adjusted

Old Mjollnir:
Requires:
-Eaglehorn (3300)
-Maelstrom (3000)
-Total: 6300

Gives:
-35 Agility
-35 Damage
-Static Charge (Active)
-Chain Lightning (Passive)

New Mjollnir:
Requires:
-Hyperstone (2100)
-Maelstrom (3000)
-Recipe (400)
-Total: 5500

Gives:
-70 AS
-24 Damage
-Static Charge (Active)
-Chain Lightning (Passive)

Orchid Malevolence
- Reduced manacost from 200 to 100

Phase Boots
- Recipe and bonuses reworked

Old Phase Boots:
Requires:
-Boots of Speed (500)
-Chain Mail (550)
-Blades of Attack (500)
-Total: 1550

Gives:
-70 movement speed
-16 damage
-5 armor
-Phase (Active)

New Phase Boots:
Requires:
-Boots of Speed (500)
-Blades of Attack (500)
-Gloves of Haste (500)
-Total: 1500

Gives:
-60 movement speed
-12 damage
-30 attack speed
-Phase (Active)

Power Treads
- Recipe and bonuses reworked

Old Power Treads:
Requires:
-Boots of Speed (500)
-Gloves of Haste (500)
-Boots of Elvenskin/Belt of Giant Strength/Robe of the Magi (450)
-Recipe (400)
-Total: 1850

Gives:
-65 movement speed
-30 attack speed
-10 selected attribute
-Switch Attribute (active)

New Power Treads:
Requires:
-Boots of Speed (500)
-Boots of Elvenskin/Belt of Giant Strength/Robe of the Magi (450)
-Recipe (450)
-Total: 1400

Gives:
-70 movement speed
-10 Str, 13 Agi, or 16 Int
-Switch Attribute (active)

GamePlay and Cosmetics

* New Loadscreen by Kunkka
* Implemented HCL protocol for game hosting bots to control game modes
* Spanish and German (re-released) languages now available

* A message is now displayed when a hero buys back
* Added -int command to see how much Intelligence you have stolen with Silencer
* Clarity Potion now uses a unit targeting system
* Cooldown added to disassemble to prevent some abuses
* Day and Night cycle is synchronized across all game modes now
* Glyph cooldown is now reset on initial creep spawn
* Lag when picking Huskar decreased
* Weaver's attack range buffer increased to prevent misfires on Geminate Attack
* Window for killstreak sounds increased (double, triple, ultra and rampage) from 13.5 to 18 seconds

* Improved Aghanim's Scepter tooltip
* Changed granite golem's color (12095)
* Corrected various typos and misc inconsistencies
* Corrected PotM leap tooltip
* Corrected Circle selection height on Bat Rider
* Removed the visual effect zombies received when targeting low hp targets
* Removed Plague visual effect on non-hero units to help reduce visual clutter
* Added visual animation on Raxes 7 seconds before new creeps spawn (16268)
* Added a lot more fun names (5464)
* Added a visual effect to reveal the aoe for Dark Rift (21115)
* Added visual indicator when you gain a strength point with Flesh Heap (18010)
* Added a new visual effect for Land Mine explosions (9043)
* Added a new visual effect for Mystic Snake (PGRUnexpected)
* Added a sound effect to Mystic Snake
* Added a new icon for Mystic Snake (9868)
* Added a new icon for Natural Order (5462)
* Added a new aura for Natural Order (5467)
* Added Natural Order aura on TC's spirit
* Added a new icon for Power Shot
* Added a new icon for Repel (8875)
* Added a new animation for Storm Bolt (13541)
* Added a new icon for Split Shot (9868)
* Added a new icon for Stone Gaze (9868)
* Added a new icon for Tidebringer

Bug Fixes

* Fixed more bugs with sticky napalm
* Fixed Tangos, Bottle and Magic Stick/Wand from triggering last word
* Fixed Vladmir's damage aura having smaller AoE than the lifesteal aura
* Fixed Euls movement bonus not getting set correctly if you buy any boot items after euls
* Added an optimized version of the Dark Rift effect to improve performance (PGRu-Unexpect3D)
* Fixed Eyes in the Forest no longer scaling as it used to before the recent change
* Fixed Cranium Basher shop hotkey conflicting with Manta Style
* Fixed a bug with triggering illuminate while in spirit form very near the end of its duration

* Fixed Fissure to be properly interrupted if the user cancels the action or gets disabled before cast point is reached

Final Fantasy Dissidia Story mode

2009-09-18T04:24:00.000-07:00

*can contain spoilers*

Yesterday i was playing dissidia and found out the story mode is really big especially for a fighting game (it stays a final fantasy game to ofcourse). A tip for you is: STAY WITH THE SAME CHARACTER while the 4 chapters. if you dont u cant make the other story modes because eventually need lvl 90+ to win. I still havent finished that story line.. its really hard because the computer plays better, they got better gear and they got atleast lvl 92. Some tips for this story:

- lvl up and get a main character
- really learn to play with him/her
- use summonings (choose them wisely)
- buy the best gear u can get

My main character is Cloud Strife. He currently is lvl 85 and i cant manage those guys yet. my strategie is to play all the other story modes again for the chests for better gear. beat all you enemy's for the exp and try to fight every opponent at your best. even if they are lvl 1. vs low lvl enemy's u can try new stuff like blocking and a good counter move. play vs all the diffrent chars and check who is hard an how to play against them. you mainly got two types:

distance
close combat

get your own style, i dont know how to play the other characters accept cloud.

good luck

Final Fantasy Dissidia TIP

2009-09-16T12:22:00.000-07:00

well a small tip for final fantasy dissidia

maybe u just skipped it.. if you start the game from the psp main menu you see 3 options:

new game
load game
install

INSTALL THE GAME!! it makes it alot faster with the loading so less loading time which means:

more fights in same time..!!!

and who doesnt want that?

greetz the flim

Left 4 Dead 2 not coming to PS3

2009-09-11T11:52:00.000-07:00

Damn, I just found out Left 4 Dead 2 is not coming to the PS3. :@

It has been confirmed in a video that Valve took a big leap away from the PS3 and that kinda sucks for us PS3 owners :P Guess I'll have to get it for the PC then.

A Quest Knight Onrush iPhone App

2009-09-10T03:04:00.000-07:00

QuestKnight App

I've embedded a video below for the review of this App.

Hope you enjoy this game as much as I do :D It's free after all but you can get the full version with more stuff included.

You know.. what I really like about these iPhone games is that the longer you wait the better they get. With the upgrade of OS 3.0 the games look a lot better than they did before and the developers can do a lot more too.

Cheers,

Husky

Enfo's Team Survival 1.89

2009-09-10T02:25:00.000-07:00

Enfo MT 1.89

Old but enjoyable, the Enfo map hasn't died yet in Europe and tons of people are still hosting it besides Dota 6.62b. Two lanes to control, tons of spells and offensive ones too.

Download Enfo 1.89

Alive4Ever lvl 30 Guide

2009-09-10T02:17:00.000-07:00

Alive4Ever Level Guide

Well I'll be darned.... 10 mins after I blogged about the alive4ever app, I completed lvl 30 :D And it was easy mode too - within the 3 minutes in Single-player!

What you have to do is:

Get the best sniper rifle, the one which costs 80k
Equip all the + crict equipment you have and some +power will do it too. You don't need an HP vest for this.
Follow the origins eyes and keep shooting them
Sacrifice some HP to kill the eyes and afterwards the middle
If you don't want to get hit - this secondary challenge will be nearly impossible on single player

That should do it, if you have any trouble with other levels, let me know.

Alive4Ever Help Iphone App Review

2009-09-10T02:12:00.000-07:00

Just grabbed my hands on this exciting game on the iPhone: "Alive4Ever". (link will be added soon)

Game summerization:
It's an horror survivor game RPG, a bit of shoot-em-up all together. This is a worthy follow up for iDracula and MiniGore. You can improve your gear etc.

The controls are like any other zombie game on the iPhone - control them with both sides of the screen, and I gotta admit it works flawlessly without having your fingers blocking the screen.
This game has a lot of replay value and multiplayer is included as well.
Most of the levels require you to kill X zombies in Y time and Rescue X survivors or get Y bags of gold.
There are also secondary quests to do per game, and that will award you with more powerful equipment - its an RPG afterall :D

Currently I'm stuck at lvl 30 but I'll blog about it once I got it.

10 reasons to play dissidia

2009-09-09T09:43:00.000-07:00

Hi people,

I'm gonna give u 10 good reasons why u should buy a psp just for final fantasy dissidia

1) Its a total new fighting system, much like DBZ budokai tenkaichi (whutever) only little diffrent and more fun to play

2) There is a pretty funny storymode in the game

3) Fast battles

4) Alot of diffrent playstyles

5) U can give your fighter equipment

6) U can level your fighter

7) U can give your fighter alot of diffrent skills

8) Its a PORTABLE FINAL FANTASY

9) your favorite characters will be in it

10) ITS JUST SO AWESOME

Clonk Extreme

2009-09-06T14:23:00.000-07:00

Clonk Extreme Strategies and Tips

Years and years of playing Clonk really takes it toll and I've been awaiting the release of Clonk Extreme for ages now.

Finally the development team at Clonk.de comes up with some videos regarding the gameplay of the game and I must say it's still as funny as it was some time ago.

(oh and yea: it's a multiplayer online game :D)

If you don't know this game, then I don't blame you. It was located on an old game CD from 15 years ago Lol. Yet if you like it, the game probably won't cost a lot - and might be a nice alternative if you get sick from playing another game.

Cheers,

Husky

Dissidia Tips

2009-09-06T14:03:00.000-07:00

Dissidia Strategies

The Flim and I just got our hands on the Dissidia Game for the PSP.

This is what we know after an hour of playtime:
Try to find a good balance between attack damage and attack speed
Make sure you steal all their bravery until they got a break or are at zero
For beginners: Make sure to start with the story mode first to get the basic idea on how it works
Make use of your money, don't spare it all up - shop till you drop (got money enough)
In early story mode: Never attack the lvl 15 who is guarding the treasure - you'll just end up dead
You are in the air a lot - so make sure you have some air attacks at your disposal
Make sure to dash to your enemy fast

If you have some tips of yourself, share them in the comment section below :)

Cheers,

Husky

Warcraft 3 Auto Refresher

2009-09-06T13:14:00.000-07:00

Wc3 Refresher

I hear a lot of complains that there aren't any working auto refresher around for Warcraft 3.

Here I've uploaded mine which I personally use for Warcraft 1.24b.

(hosted on rapidshare - if you don't have an account, don't worry the file is only 70kb)
Download Auto Refresher for Warcraft 3 1.24b

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What is in the file?

Several source files and the program itself which you can just leave in the folder anywhere on your computer.

How to use?

Lol just launch the auto refresher when warcraft 3 is active and it doesn't matter if you already hosted a game. It will pick it up and start refresher at the interval you set for it.

Is it safe?

Yes, according to Blizzard, the use of auto refresher is not forbidden. Just think about all the bots hosting those Dota games.

Other Options?

Hell yea, you can set the name with which it refreshes - I would just use Brazilian fart or whatever you like. A website which you own is also nice. Colors are also included.

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Readme Text:

Requires Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 (Windows) or Mono Framework (Linux)

This package includes:
- Warcraft III Autorefresh program
- C# Source Code
- General Public License (GPL) file
- This readme file

===============
How To Use
===============

Run the executable, and ensure that the port number matches the one you are using to host a game. It is functioning correctly when you get the message "Game successfully refreshing."

You can also customize the look of the names that Autorefresh uses by modifying the Name Options.

===============
Troubleshooting
===============

A message says "Error: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it."

- Warcraft III is not running.
- You are not hosting a game.
- The port number setting does not match the port that you are hosting on.

===============

(Windows) A message says "The application failed to initalize properly (0xC0000135)".

- Ensure that the .NET 1.1 Framework is properly installed. You can download it from Microsoft's website.

===============

(Linux/MAC) Nothing happens when the application is run.

- Ensure that the Mono Framework is properly installed. On some distributions of Linux, you can install Mono by typing "yum install mono".

===============

Cheers and have fun with it - it just makes you more lazy :),

Husky

Download Civ Wars 2.18

2009-09-06T12:55:00.000-07:00

Download Civ Wars v2.18 Guide

Hey again,

I've been playing this map for a while and when I first played it I was like WTF! However I did know what tech wars was and am familiar with that, but Civ Wars is completely different and way more advanced.

Anyway below you can find a short guide written by me (would like to hear what you have to add) and the download link for civilization wars 2.18 can be found here.

Civilization Wars Guide:

Civ Wars is the same as tech wars - 3 lanes and 6 players total - resulting in 2 players competing in each lane.
Make sure you control the middle immediately at the start, this is important as that will allow you to make more units than your lane enemy. You can help your ally who plays middle by building at least 1 tent which spawns trolls in the middle lane. Afterwards go back to your own lane and that should result in you having more food than your enemy meaning you can take over your own lane as well for more resources.
When you start building tents and money start rolling in per round, you should start researching your town hall upgrades and make sure you get your research center asap.
If you enemy doesn't upgrade his units - then you shouldn't too. Instead focus on building epic buildings and increasing the income per round. This is important rule since middle never should spam units.
Stay updates with what your enemy makes - this includes countering his units. (remember tech wars - rock paper scissor game)
Tech fast!
99% of the time the game ends when someone reached the industrial stage and makes tanks....

If you got more tips make a comment below :)

Cheers,

Husky

Legion TD war 1.31D

2009-09-06T12:35:00.000-07:00

Previously on our Gaming Blog: Legion TD 1.31e and 2 player mode Legion TD.

Click here to download Legion TD 1.31D

Legion TD 1.31D Tips

What is the best race in Legion TD?

I would say Beast is easy mode, afterwards Shadow is nice aswell. I don't say shadow is best since the cost of the imps has gone up to 25 mana per cast which takes a while to regenerate.

How many peasants do I need?

At the start 2 is enough, when you go past lvl 10+ you need more and ultimately the wood upgrade. I would say stick with 4 - 5 depending on the race you choose. Aim for +200g at lvl 25.

Spare up money or spent it?

Spent! At least at the start of the game, the creeps are fairly weak and stay that way until the air lvl 5. It is better not to leak so you don't waste any money on the creeps which go to the king.

Leaking in Legion TD

It's not bad to leak, however don't make a habit of it. If you're leaking every single level - you're doing something wrong. Furthermore you are wasting money by not killing them.

Are there any cheats in Legion TD?

Yes there is an fake version out there, see this post on Legion TD 1.31e cheats.

If you got more tips to share, make a comment below :)

Cheers,

Husky

Vampirism Zero 1.06

2009-09-06T12:13:00.000-07:00

Vampirism Zero

This is a blog post dedicated to "Vampirism Zero", a custom made Warcraft 3 map.

If you are looking for version 1.06, then you can download it: Vampirism zero 1.06 - download will start immediatly, just put it into your warcraftIII/maps/download folder.

I also made a post on Vampirism Fire, which is the former version of the real Vampirism maps.

Cheers,

Husky

Vampirism Fire Speed 5.06

2009-09-06T12:11:00.000-07:00

Vampirism Fire 5.06

This is a blog post dedicated to "Vampirism Fire", a custom made Warcraft 3 map.

This one's is similar to the Vampirism Zero map. However I've been away from warcraft 3 too long so I don't know which one came first - probably fire.

Anyway the latest version for vampirism fire 5.06 can be downloaded via their forum.

If you are looking for Vampirism Zero instead, then follow that link instead.

Cheers,

Husky

Download Footmen Frenzy 6.5e

2009-09-05T15:06:00.000-07:00

Cattlebruiser just finished another update on the official Footmen Frenzy forum.

Download Footmen Frenzy 6.5e here

Changelog:

Fixed crash bug
Fixed Sheep/Ava Inventory
Fixed Issues with mirror images
Fixed some tooltips
Devotion to 2/4/6/9/12/15
Magic Frenzy to 15/20/25
Tornado cd to 120/100/90
AoE of shadow wave explosion to 150/175/200/225/250/275
Heal to 100/150/225/300/375/500
Holy grace hero duration to 10/12/15/18/21/25
Ghost hp to 400/600/800
Implosion range to 250/300/375/450/550/700
Bounties adjusted. Ranged units give higher bounties proportionately than melee units now.
Melee now has higher armor than ranged
Appropriation to 50%, 75%, 125%
Dudey cost to 350
Initial TP's have no resale value
Force of Nature buffed
Shock range increased
Dispel force summon dmg to 40/80/120/200/300/550
Dispel force can now manually target invulnerable summons
Buffed Great Fishing Harvest
Healing ward bug fixed

Update for 6.5d

Bug with invulnerables being undispelable fixed
Crashes are (hopefully) fixed
Drake nest stock time increased and leash distance decreased
Creep camp symbols should no longer appear on map
Nerfed range of implosion and made the buff more visible
Nerfed the damage output of frost sphere
Mirror Images have inventories again
Ghosts from Curse of the Banshee are no longer spell immune
Shift increased a bit

Updates for 6.5c

Rod works correctly
Curser and Tortured Soul added back - some spells are different.
Bug should be fixed where game ended if a player left during load.
Slave cost to 50 gold
Penguins armor increased
Three bears are tougher to kill
Bug where some heroes only had one item slot has been fixed.
GW choppers no longer get mana regen from middle
Golem can once again be repaired by peasant
Mine barrier cd to 8/9/10/11/13/15
Flamestrike fixed
Sharon attack speed increased
Pathing fixed (falcon cant knock anything off the map)
Soulburn and silence no longer disable item use
Attempting to repick without full health no longer counts as a repick attempt
Some tooltips have additional info
Holy grace levels correctly
Shift buffed
Shadow wave buffed
There is a known issue where healing wards will not heal a players second hero.

Version 6.5

Note
The map size is 1.7 MB. Everyone asked for a prettier loading screen, new icons, new spells, new everything, and a lot was added. So the map is much bigger… however, it is also optimized much better and you should not notice an increase in load time or lag. My load time actually decreased from 45 seconds to 31 seconds due to the increased optimization.

Heroes

Tooltip issues should all be fixed
Shift works correctly now
Jungle Stalker level 1 Command Aura corrected
Gargoyle duration fixed to what it was meant to be
Ohboy creep now gains mana from the middle
Awe aura now affects heroes
Three Bears are harder to kill
Issues with units dying as they spawn has been fixed. (I think)
Falcon punch shouldn’t knock into the bases
Tortured Soul and Curser have been removed just until issues with the new WC patch can be settled.
A new HCL library was added for the bots. It allows bots to choose game mode. If you don’t know what this is, don’t worry about it.
There is a known bug about the position of lich’s spells. However the hotkeys should still be exactly the same even though they are not in those positions.

Dark Ranger

Black Arrow - summons reworked. Number of units changed from 1/2/3/4/5/1 to 1/2/2/3/3/1. Stats changed on units. Level 4/5/6 gain attack and defense ups.

Jaood

Has hero damage.

PotM

Owls - level 4/5/6 are now ethereal
Owl Scout now summons two owls at levels 5 and 6.
Falcon - RoF changed to Falcon Punch!
Transmute replaced with The Three Bears
Hex replaced with Cripple

Countermage

Shock - cd to 10/9/8/8/7/6
Aura – Still 5/10/15/20/25/30 percent reduction on heroes.
Now 10/20/30/40/50/60 on units.
Lightning Storm – damage to 175/225/475. Cooldown to 150/130/110

Avalanche

Omnistrike - cd to 250/200/120
Roar- Jungle Stalkers - all levels of stalkers now have command aura - bonuses increase with level. level 3-6 now have blink - cd decreased from 30 to 15.
Increased slam dmg on Jungle Stalkers.
Stalkers now have fortified armor
Roar – AoE increased at all levels and unit duration increased
Increased cast range of ‘Hurl Boulder’

Assassin

Frost bolt dmg to 100/175/250/350/450/600 duration to 1.5/2/2.5/3/3.5/4

Goblin Warfare

Mine barrier cd to 8/8/12/12/15/15.

Archmage

Mass tp - units to 12/25/40

TheBigGame

Unholy aura move speed to 10/15/20/30/40/50... renamed to Haste Aura

Dino

Renamed unholy aura 'Vigor Aura'

Death Knight

Unholy changed to 2/3/4/6/8/10 regeneration

Metal.Bark

Slam attack speed reduction to 30/35/40/45/50/60 AoE to 200/250/300/350/400/475

Protoss Warship

Hallucination now lasts 30/40/50/60/70/90 seconds on heroes
Cooldown is 40/35/30/30/25/20
Interceptor numbers now 2/4/6/8/10/15
Interceptor skill was reworked to be more effective

Firelord

Lava spawns 4/5/6 has a small splash radius... dmg % gets higher with levels.

Curser

Forced Taunt - Forces units in an AoE to attack the targetted unit.
Implode - Does damage to a target unit before the buff explodes and does damage to surrounding units.
Mind Rot - Targets an enemy hero and drains mana as the hero moves. The more the hero moves, the more mana is drained.
Mass hex - turns all enemy units in an AoE into critters

Holy Guardian

Holy grace - Regens a unit or heroes health and adds armor to the unit/hero
Frost tower - Summons a frost tower that does splash cold damage.
Divine Touch - A healing chain that bounces to several friendly units. At each bounce location, small AoE damage is done around the unit.
Shift - Increases friendly units armor and decreases enemy armor over time.

Tortured Soul

Wail of the Banshee- A scream that causes units in an AoE to have a % chance to miss.
Frost Orb - The banshee sends out an orb of frost toward a target location. Shards intermittently break off, damaging and slowing nearby units.
Summon gargoyles - Self explanatory.
Curse of the banshee - The banshee sends out a spirit to possess a target unit. The targetted unit is damaged over time. The spirit is able to split off after possession and possess nearby units as well. Damage and # of possessions increase with level.

Sharon

Summon penguins - Sharon summons cute penguins to fight with her.
Awe Aura - Nearby units are in awe of Sharon's beauty. Their movement speed is slowed.
Bloodrage - There are certain times when Sharon is very angry and irritable. While in effect, her attack speed is increased.
Appropriation - Sharon loves money. When activated, she cleans the pockets of enemies, making an extra % of each units gold cost.

Bill K

Changed model to Admiral Proudmoore in an attempt to make items stop disappearing. Post in bug section if this is still happening.

Death Sheep

Random sheep now has 4 items slots; Picked sheep has 3.

Units

Reworked damage to heroes. Melee units will all do full damage to heroes... ranged units will be slightly less depending on range distance, etc.

Undead

Flying meatwagons no longer fly. Collision size changed. and splash damage tweaked.

Human

Militia and Knights buffed slightly.
Steam Tanks base dmg, attack speed and blink range increased

Night Elf

Chimera's are now glaives. Range/Damage increased, splash removed.

Orc

Crit Strike racial dmg multiplier to 1.5/1.75/2/2.25/2.5
Wyverns to Kodo Beasts.

Item Changes

Socks cd from 900 to 450
Changed cd of some lategame items.
Scroll of Saeki – units transported from 12 to 18
Drake Nest and Shinigami's Aura gold cost reduced to 4000
Drake’s Nest buffed
AoE of auto-salve increased. Now effects you and allied units (so you can get near any allied base for auto-salve)
Ring +30 replaced with Plate of the Stormlord - + 12 armor and 15% chance to purge attackers.
Added Staff of Revocation – Removes all buffs in an AoE. Contains 3 charges.
Added Circlet of Nobility - + 2 to all stats
Moved berserker mask to armor shop

Creeps

Item carrying creep added.
Demo now level 6 creep
Changed faerie range from 900 to 750
K-Rose Invisibility decreased
Demolisher AoE increased slightly and are raisable.
Ohboy creep added – Has mana charge and Replicate.
Mana charge restores a unit or heroes mana by 200 over 5 seconds.
Replicate creates a single illusion of any target hero or unit. The illusion does no damage and takes double damage.

Other Changes

New loading screen.
Removed cross teams and reverse heroes.
Many new icons
Pocket Factory bounty from 20 to 20/40/60/80/150/150
Chimera of Wind bounty to 50/100/150
Avatar of Nature bounty 50/80/100
Keldyn’s skeletons bounty reduced
Reduced restock and pathing of wisps a tad.
Reduced collision size of some units.
Random heroes get ‘Ring of Courage’ (+1 to all stats)
Added additional Tavern Protection – you should not be able to get up there with any spell.
Any stray units of a defeated player should be removed immediately. There is no delay like before.
Added a Quest Log with basic a gameplay guide and a small changelog.
Heroes now start with 20% mana at the beginning of the game.
The game starts with 6 spawned footmen at each base.
Repick command added. You can repick one time and it will replace your current hero with another random hero. You can only repick a hero if you have full health.
Swap command added. You can swap heroes with an ally hero. Both commands are only available for the first 3 minutes.

Cheers,

Husky

Download Footmen Frenzy 6.4b

2009-09-05T14:52:00.000-07:00

Nohunters.com released their latest official Footmen Frenzy map: 6.4b.

You can download it here: official footmen frenzy map.

Have fun,

Husky

DemiGod Tips

2009-09-05T14:38:00.000-07:00

I would like to dedicate this post to my readers as well, if you have any comments on how to play DemiGod then make a comment here and join the discussion.

Here are some I know and use a lot:

Buy potions and a lot of them
Having TP scrolls with you allows you to get more EXP by reducing traveling time
Know when to run away (this one is an important one)
Buy fort upgrades!
Try to evade DG's when you are low on mana (except when they are weaker than you)
Always stay near enemy troops to get the most out of the EXP.

If you have anything to add, make a comment :)

Legion TD 1.31e

2009-09-05T12:54:00.000-07:00

Hi again,

A note to those who are hosting Legion TD version 1.31ep on Warcraft 3. It's NOT an official map and people are still claiming it is.... gay Europeans I'm playing with :p

If you want proof: the official legion TD website says that version 1.31D is the latest one. Although I can't solve it on my own, we just gotta hope the creator of the map shows up with a new one soon.

UPDATE: This is a fake version where a guy inserted cheats, see here: Legion TD 1.31e Cheats how to activate them (but keep playing the official version D ;)

Cheers,

Husky

Assassins Creed 2: Ezio Gameplay Trailer

2009-09-05T12:49:00.001-07:00

There's a new AC2 game play trailer out and I gotta admit I'm darn impressed at what the developers included in the game.

Tons of finishing moves and some funny stuff like breaking the pole and sticking into the guard :D Gotta love it.

Cheers,

Husky

Mothership Zeta Crashsite Location

2009-09-05T07:59:00.000-07:00

Hehe guess I should blog a little about Fallout 3 some more. Anyway I've gotten my hands on the add-on: Mother ship Zeta and am eager to play it.

First of all, you get a new radio signal which is completely silent when you activate it although it makes a bit of cracking noise and after a while you hear an alien speak like the ones from Star Wars Lol.

Now for the location on where you can find it:

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As you can see it's west of Greener Pastures Disposal site. Oh and if you don't exactly know where it is, it's near the top right corner of the map.

When you get there you'll see a spaceship which didn't had the privilege to land safely and crashed. There's also a little Easter egg at the bottom of that ship (radio) which you can interact with. Although I haven't been there so I immediately got warped to the ship. And here is how it looks like:

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And after wards you get experimented on :D Don't worry, you can finish them all off in a couple of minutes.

Well, there you go. It isn't difficult to find it, just fast travel to Old Olney or whatever and walk the river down and it should be on the left - like 1 minute walk.

Cheers,

Husky

HAWX Guide and Review

2009-09-04T11:49:00.000-07:00

Husky here with a review on HAWX.

The name 'Tom Clancy' suggests a guarantee of good sales these days, Ubisoft is a well understood company as well as respected. It is therefore not surprising that the franchise, which once began with tactical shooters is expanding and broadening. Previously appeared games as the real-time strategy game Tom Clancy's End War, HAWX the new game genre for Ubisoft to experiment on. In Tom Clancy's HAWX you play from a high perspective: that of a jet fighter pilot.

Tom Clancy's HAWX

HAWX is about a group of elite pilots of the U.S. Airforce, the HAWX-squadron. The High Altitude Warfare experimental-squadron, as the full group is called, is the best team that the U.S. Air Force in 2012 has to offer. The player takes the role in this squadron of David Crenshaw, the leader/captain of the HAWX team. The team will be deployed along the Mexican border in the town of Juarez, to provide air support to a unit Ghosts on the ground working on a secret mission. Are you familiar with it? It's become clear that the HAWX storyline has relations with Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter 2, as the pilots give support to Lieutenant Mitchell and his Ghosts on the ground.

At that moment there are no threats at all in the world. The Airforce proves his class/superiority and the Ghosts complete their mission as said above. Yet the decision of the United States Government, to dissolve the HAWX squadron, is confirmed. Crenshaw then ends up, advised by one of his wingmen, in the company Artemis, a Private Military Contractor. And so continues Crenshaw as a freelance pilot. Over time - this part of the story is long and wide spoiled, Ubisoft said long ago: Crenshaw ends up back in the U.S. Airforce, and that Artemis is no longer actng "innocent", but the company found other contractor which pay a lot more than the UN does and so does the PMC turn against the USA. Crenshaw denies it and fights back instead. Balabing balaboom.

Relations with GRAW 2

What's the though on the plot? The story has definitely not the average depth of a Tom Clancy game. This is not surprising, flying games are not as well designed to have a real in-depth story. Ace Combat 6 showed that it can, but failed at many other points. Moreover, many missions in the game which might lend themselves well to follow the footsteps in the next GRAW game. Indeed, after the mission in Juarez, you as a pilot of Artemis are to give support to the Ghosts led by Lieutenant Mitchell, in a mission that is not yet in another game of Tom Clancy's. It would not surprise me if we see relations with Artemis being talked about in other Tom Clancy franchises.

Yet the game is phenomenal when it comes to dogfights and bombing (which is pretty easy). Try using expert mode in dog fights and it will be a lot more difficult to score some hits in off-mode.

Cheers,

Husky

Blizzcon VOD's including WoW - WC3 and SC

2009-09-04T09:52:00.000-07:00

Now that the blizzcon 2009 has come to an end, we - those who have missed some of the tournament matches - can view the video on demand (VOD) videos right from our computer.

The list is as follows:

World of Warcraft (WoW)

As usual, the team size consists of 3 persons. Blizzard says that is the most balanced setup Lol.
Participants:

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The winning team is from North-America, called "TSG" - DK, holy pally and a warrior.

StarCraft (SC)

Funny though, 3/8th of the bracket does not come from Korea this year.

Winner in this bracket is "Effort" playing zerg.
Click here to download all the replays from every match.

StarCraft 2 (SC2)

This bracket consists of exhibition matches from which I don't know a lot, sorry.

Warcraft 3 (WC3)

Finally, the wc3 bracket:

The finals consits of 2 orc players; namely Grubby and Lyn.
Grubby is from the same country as me but that does not mean I'm cheering for him :)
Downloaded the replays as I write this, it should prove to be a nice final match, click here to download replays from the final matches.

Blizzcon 2009 VOD

Cheers,

Husky

Download Dota 6.62b

2009-09-03T06:35:00.001-07:00

Hey again,

Making an update on the new map recently released by the Dota team.

Changelog:

* Fixed a major exploit that was recently discovered

Download here

Download Dota 6.62

2009-08-27T04:33:00.000-07:00

Dota 6.62 is here!

This is what Icefrog had to say:

There have been a lot of questions about 1.24 and DotA, so I'm going to take the time here to answer them.

A new warcraft patch has been released with the focus on fixing a bug that could cause you to get a virus when joining a game. As a result of this, some core Warcraft 3 functions that are used in DotA and most other maps had to be removed. To make up for the significant loss in functionality, new replacement functions were also added to the patch.

Some confusion comes from the fact that some maps like 6.59d work under 1.24. This is only partially true. There is nothing special about those maps, 1.24 is configured to run some maps in temporary 1.23 compatibility mode while 1.24 is further developed. The patch has not been properly configured to run 6.61b in this mode, so 6.61c will be released. That map has no changes except the version string.

As a result of the function changes, maps are not cross compatible between 1.24 and pre-1.24. A lot of code in has to be rewritten for maps to become compatible with 1.24. The next version of DotA (6.62) has all of its code updated to follow the 1.24 requirements.

As of right now, 1.24 still has various bugs in it's functions that prevent most 1.24 maps from running properly on it. As these issues get fixed in coming 1.24b/1.24c patches, 6.62 beta will be updated alongside them. As soon as the new patch is stable and 6.62 is tested on it sufficiently, it will be released. Hopefully the map will return to a stable code state in the very near future.

Once the 6.62/1.24 situation is over, regular map development will resume. The versions that follow it will most likely focus primarily on balance improvements and performance tweaks.

For people that cannot easily do multiple patch upgrades (net cafes for example), I recommend you wait until 1.24b is released before undergoing that effort.

Download dota 6.62 here

Cheers,

Husky

Download Warcraft 3 Patch 1.24b

2009-08-25T11:02:00.000-07:00

Blizzard just released the 1.24b version of Warcraft 3.
My guess is that it's just a patch for Icefrog to customize Dota some more :)

Here is the changelog:

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WARCRAFT III: THE FROZEN THRONE VERSION HISTORY
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Patch 1.24b
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PC WORLD EDITOR CHANGES

- Increased max map file size from 4 MB to 8 MB.
- Added the ability to store hashtable handles in a hashtable.
- Added GetSpellTargetX and GetSpellTargetY natives.
- Added a new base handle type “Agent” of which many types now extend from.
- Added a SaveAgentHandle native which can be used for saving most handle types.
- Added a JASS optimization dealing with global variable change events.

FIXES

- Fixed a few false positives caused by the "return bug" fix.
- Fixed a crash related to hashtable reference counting.
- “Shadowing” global variables with local variables no longer is possible.
- Fixed a type conversion dealing with operators (i.e. adding a handle with an integer).

Download it here

How to play Legion TD part 2

2009-08-24T06:13:00.000-07:00

There, we finally managed to complete Legion TD in warcraft 3. As I blogged earlier about Legion TD.

As you can see we totally overwhelmed them with the imbalanced shadow race. The Hades's Diablo keeps on spawning the imps with 450 hp and together with the nature's messiah mana regeneration, there's no stopping them. Gotta even admit they didn't stand a chance :).

Oh and yea it was just the 2 of us. There were no other players so we didn't had any gold income.

Cheers,

Husky

Diablo 3 Monk

2009-08-24T01:04:00.000-07:00

Diablo 3 Monk Skills and Combo Abilities

Name: Wyatt Cheng
Nickname: Dude with Skillz
Reference with: Diablo 2's Assassin
World of Warcraft's Rogue
Fighting Style: Concentrates on melee moves together with combo/finishing moves

The monk has 3 stages for every combo move. You charge up the stages and depending on the stage, you have different kind of attacks. Of course the higher the stage you're in, the better the attack/result will be.

Combo moves:

Way of the hunderd fists
Crippling Wave
Exploding Palm

You can also combine all the combo moves into stages. Allowing you to spam 1 button. Good for beginners and giving more depth to veterans.

Here's the real video explaining everything, enjoy!

Cheers,

Husky

D3 Monk

How to Play Bloodseeker

2009-08-20T12:19:00.000-07:00

This guide tells you how 2 play the hero "bloodseeker"

Skills:

1] Bloodrage: Increases your damage for some time but lose HP/s

2] Bloodbath: Regenerates HP when u KILL a creep (not for hitting)

3] Strygwyr's thirst: Increases your ms and gives u vision over a hero with low HP

4] Rupture: Deals damage + the enemy hero will gain damage for running

Hero type: Hunter

This means KILL KILL KILL u should get kills easy with hunting down heroes.. hide in the forest --> use rupture.. the enemy hero starts 2 run often, if this is the case then u can chase him --> your ms wil increase so you shouldn't have a problem getting 2 him.

Early game:
At the start: get a ring of health (very important) you want this item.. you got a low HP meelee hero. The enemey will try 2 get u down fast, u prevent this with ring of health. Futhermore at the begin just lvl up and get treads and vanguard. Get bloodbath and atleast 1 lvl of your ms skill.

Mid game:
In mid game you should get your kills, you should have treads and vanguard here, maybe another item like hyperstone or crystalyse (don't get mask!! you got your bloodbath.. i suggest u get hyperstone for the speed, later u can make cuirass, cuirass doesnt add attackspeed so dont upgrade it yet). Try 2 kill the low HP heroes, just go 2 their lane and hide behind the trees and KILL. (do this ALOT, every ulti should be a kill without problem)

Late game:
DONT!! just DONT GO ALONE!! you want 2 go in a group. try 2 hit on enemy heroes, when they start 2 run use your ulti should be easy from there. You should have some more items here: treads / vanguard / hyperstone / damage item (mkb,buri,butter). Get your damage items complete, after that cuirass.

Items:

You dont want 2 slow your enemy u want them 2 run and get low HP therefore u should get mass speed and damage. In the picture above you can see what items i basically use. Remember: you are a hunter, you are not a tank or are supposed 2 get any damage. They should be running for you so damage only.

Assassin's Creed 2 Videos

2009-08-20T05:05:00.000-07:00

AC2 Videos

There are some videos released to the public on AC2. And this game is gonna rock donkey for sure, although he said he was proud that he introduced a buy/sell system which in my view you shouldn't. Anyway below is the video, enjoy.

AC2 will be a monumental leap from the original Assassin's Creed, simply because the developers scrapped the entire "investigation sequence" which totally sucked and was a time waste IMO - yet the beginning of it was still enjoyable. This alone sets AC2 up to be an excellent paragon of all of the original's concepts. But that's just half the goods - They have also cranked up the story, NPC's and of course have given Ezio (or the player) an even greater variety of weapons, allies, and ways to simply kill. Oh, and the entire over-arching storyline with Desmond still leaves that mist of unknown hanging in the virtual air.

Cheers,

Husky

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Co-Op

2009-08-20T01:21:00.000-07:00

New: Special Ops mode in Modern Warfare 2

As it is announced in GamesCom 2009 - Modern Warfare 2 will arrive on 10 November. There has been a showcase of the Co Op mode and the Special Ops mode which is more focused on improving your time under the same conditions - rather than improving your gear and XP.

Special Ops mode now provides a third option for players to select at the main start screen that accompanies the traditional single-player campaign and competitive multiplayer featured in Call of Duty 4. It sort of connects the other two modes by allowing you to play either alone, with a friend using split-screen, or by going online for the full two-player co-op experience. Special Ops provides a series of quick scenarios for players to shoot their way through, moving from one point to another on a modestly sized map filled with enemies. You’ll unlock new levels as you collect specific numbers of stars, with more stars awarded if you play on the higher difficulty levels.

Now where is battlefield 3? :D

Cheers,

Husky

Fable 3 Announcement Trailer

2009-08-20T01:11:00.000-07:00

Here is the latest fable trailer available. It shows that there is a race for king/queen has began or whatever. The trailer is very short and not that descriptive, it is more of an announcement than showing gameplay.

Follow the link to view the video.

How to play Dota

2009-08-19T13:53:00.000-07:00

Defense of the Ancients Guide

The Art of playing Dota

First off, if you don't know what DotA is then what have you been doing the past 4 years? :D

This guide is dedicated to those who are not yet familiar to DotA in general so if you play it 24/7, this is not what you are looking for.

DotA (Defense of the Ancients) is a 5vs5 game arena map from a while back which became extremely popular as the version number rose. It's the Scourge against the Sentinal in a relatively large map. Each player gets to pick his own hero and equip it with items and level up. Heroes battle alongside the units spawned by their team against the enemy heroes and creeps. You job is to destroy most towers and ultimately the Main building of the opposing side. (this is either the World Tree of the Sentinel or The Frozen Throne of the Scourge).

Game arena maps are getting pretty popular these days and there are already several games based on DotA actually. One example is DemiGod, which I haven't played yet, heard it didn't really catch on. Anyway if you have Warcraft 3 installed you can get the latest updates from this blog, as new versions pop up you should immediately download the latest version and put it in the warcraft3/maps/download folder. The players who play DotA are keen to always play the latest version, and if you host even one version below the newest one - good luck finding players to join.

As custom games became more popular - and DotA in particular. E-sports arrived and that demanded high internet speeds which results in low ping for the players. Meaning the guys who host games should have an third party program or an bot host to ping the mili seconds (ms - i.e. if you join a game you'll see: YOUR NAME: 34ms) it takes to communicate with the Server. Ping means the delay with the click of the mouse and the action of the hero in-game (ultimately).

Once you set up your account and logged into Battle.net, try to join a game with is hosted by a bot. You can find one easily as they always have the same name with the mode + the number of the current game i.e. [iGC] Dota -APSO #314.
Now let me tell you something before you join a game, you have to know what game modes are. They became very popular since a year or two, and the most common are 'All Random' and 'All Pick'. These two modes are mostly played, and it means that either you pick any hero of both sides or you get a random hero from both sides. If no mode is entered, you can only pick heroes which are allied to your side. Sentinel or Scourge. I suggest on joining an All Pick (-ap) mode game first.

Once loading is done, the host will enter the game mode and you can pick a hero after 5 seconds. There are 9 taverns in total and tons of heroes which are added in some new versions. The creators always strive to balance a game because that is what makes it so popular, however you will always see someone rocking the game but that is simply because he either gets great help from his teammates or his ally is a noob (which then makes the hero look imbalanced, hehe imba).

All the heroes are divided into 3 classes: Strength, Agility or Intelligence based. Now the game is divided in 3 phases: Early Game, Mid Game and (yea) Late Game. Intelligence heroes are exceptional in early game if they can sustain their mana pool. And agility and strength are more late game type of heroes, of course this can change according to item choice. Agility are more fragile and have less hp, while doing most damage output. Strength are good all-round heroes. Most of them have a 1 type mana damaging spell, and are able to tank very well.

Let's get started, pick any hero you like most. And you will arrive at the sanctuary position of your team. Below is an image for the Sentinel starting place. It's actually a shopping area with tons of vendors.
Don't worry about all those items just yet, experience is the key here. The more you play, the more you recognize them and understand when and what to buy.

If it's your first game, buy boots at the 'Misc stuff' and tango of rejuvenation at the 'Healing stuff' (see image).

Here is the starting position for the Sentinel. (click to enlarge)

What you can see here are most of the shops in-game, there are some other shops including a secret shop which are in two positions on the map. There are also two extra shops in the woods on all lanes except the middle one, which should already be explored (check the middle in the woods between the two opposing towers)

Here is a legend of the Dota Minimap (click to enlarge)

As you can see there are 2 secret shops located on both sides. One on the Scourge side near Roshan and the other near the Sentinel near the bigger creep group and river.

Now that you know most of the details on the map and shops, it's time to start the game, go into any lane you like. Note that Dota players never want more then 2 heroes per lane. So always try to follow that rule. Some other rules to count on:

Middle goes Solo, meaning only 1 hero on the middle lane
Up and bottom lane should be 2 heroes each

Now some more important notes about usage of abilities and overall play of Dota:

NEVER ever use an ability/spell on a creep unless it's designed for it.
Make sure you don't continuously hit a creep, attack a creep with about 10% hit points and then kill it to take the bounty. You don't need to hit it 10 times in order to get money from it. Most other players try to creep steal yours then anyway, leaving you with no money.
If you are completely new to the game, make sure to tell your team so they can give you guidance and help you further. It's not stupid to ask questions, it's stupid to die and being shouted at for being noob. Everyone had their first time with something, so if they don't help you you are just teamed up with retards.
Dota is a teamplay game, meaning if you never help your team and just kill creeps - you don't contribute to the game. I see a lot of players just farming creeps all the game long and come into action when it's late game. So it was 4v5 all the way.
Health regeneration items are a must sometimes against certain heroes, it allows you to stay in the lane for longer and do some more creeping.
Don't run back to heal if you are at half hit points. If your team is in a battle with the enemy team, you can still run back and use a spell which could change the tide of battle.
Use towers to your advantage, try luring the enemy hero into thinking he can kill you. Let him get damaged by the tower and finish him off by stunning him or whatever.
Ask what items you should buy for your hero, people often give some advice on that, rather than tips on how to play Dota.

Last tips:

If your hero is still weak or does not have any strong items do not focus on killing opposing heroes, thus focus on destroying towers and killing creeps.
Always bring a Town Portal Scroll, at the beginning of the game this is really helpful because you can go in another lanes that have many enemy creeps on it, so you will earn gold faster.

Hope you enjoyed this little Dota guide for beginners, if I missed anything or you want to add something. Make a comment here and I'll credit you ;)

Cheers,

Husky

Current Game Generation lasts till 2012

2009-08-18T04:10:00.000-07:00

GDC Europe 2009: Cevat Yerli speaks about the next iteration of Cryengine and why games aren't going to get any better looking over the next three years.

CryTek CEO Cevat Yerli believes that after the current gaming generation (xbox360 - ps3 - wii - pc) the games will look as good as animated movies or even better with the use of the 3D engine that Nvidia offers.

I'm very keen to this since the industry is still in development as it is for the cost of the production of a game. I actually think we need to wait with the next gen games until the PC's are upgraded once again.

More from what he said:

Yerli was keen to stress that between now and 2012, we shouldn't expect games to advance much beyond what they look like today. "Games 'til 2012 will not look very different than [they do today], since engines are bound to console cycles." Yerli forecasts that the next major CryEngine upgrade will arrive in 2012, around the same time he believes the next generation of console hardware will arrive. That said, he fully acknowledges the strength of the Wii and the prospect of an elongated console life cycle and warned that if a new generation didn’t arrive in 2012-2013, then "it could be a long time."

While Yerli claims that the current graphical benchmark has been set, he says that we should still expect "huge gains in physics, AI, and simulation of special effects" over the next few years. He also says, in reference to the Fox animated movie series, that by 2013 "you will be able to do Ice Age in real time." Matching animated movies in real-time seems to be a major goal for Yerli, who used Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as a benchmark for CryEngine 3.

My current game rig is strong enough to play Fallout 3 on max, but I see this decreasing with every new game coming out.

What do you think about the current technology state of games and how it is developing?

Cheers,

Husky

Dota 6.61c Released

2009-08-18T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

Great news! Dota 6.61C has arrived and is available for download here.

Here are the changes since the previous game:

6.61 Changelog:
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## Heroes & Items ##
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* Batrider: Lowered Strength gain from 2.5 to 2.0
* Bloodskeer: Bloodbath no longer regenerates from images
* Bone Fletcher: Improved Searing Arrows damage from 10/20/30/40 to 20/30/40/50
* Bone Fletcher: Rebalanced Strafe from 20/40/60/80 IAS with 30 seconds cooldown to 50/60/70/80 IAS with 60/50/40/30 seconds cooldown
* Centaur: Reduced Double Edge cooldown (25->12 seconds)
* Faceless Void: Improved base Strength (17->23)
* Furion: Lowered Sprout cooldown from 11 seconds to 11/10/9/8 seconds and manacost from 115/140/165/205 to 100/120/140/160
* Magnataur: Reverse Polarity now pulls units slightly infront of you instead of all around you
* Medusa: Lowered Stone Gaze cooldown (70->35 seconds)
* Medusa: Minor improvements to Mystic Snake speed , cast range and cooldown
* Medusa: Improved Mystic Snake's damage from 60/100/140/180 to 80/120/160/200
* Meepo: Rescaled Geostrike from 4/8/12/16 to 5/10/15/20 damage per second
* Nerubian Weaver: Reworked Watchers [details below]
* Nerubian Weaver: Lowered Shukuchi cooldown from 13/11/9/7 to 12/10/8/6 seconds
* Night Stalker: Improved Intelligence growth from 1.25 to 1.6
* Ogre Magi: Reduced Multicast from 30%2x/45%2x+22.5%3x/60%2x+30%3x+15%4x ->25%2x/40%2x+20%3x/50%2x+25%3x+12.5%4x
* Pandaren Brewmaster: Increased Drunken Brawler critical from 1.8x to 2.0x
* Razor: Lowered Intelligence gain from 2.2 to 1.8
* Rooftrellen: Casting Nature's Guise on an allied unit (or other spells) will no longer take you out if you have it on you
* Silencer: Transferred Glaive of Wisdom's secondary effect of +1/-1 Intelligence from hero kills to Last Word. If an enemy hero dies under the Last Word effect, that hero will lose 1 intelligence and you will gain 1 intelligence.
* Silencer: Increased Last Word AoE from 700 to 900
* Rebalanced Curse of the Silent from 10/20/30/40 HP and 5/10/15/20 mana per second for 10 seconds to 50 HP and 25 mana for 2/4/6/8 seconds.
* Sniper: Increased Take Aim range from 55/110/165/220 to 65/130/195/260
* Spectre: Decreased Spectral Dagger cooldown from 25 to 16 seconds
* Tauren Chieftain: Lowered base damage by 10
* Tauren Chieftain: Lowered Strength gain from 2.7 to 2.3
* Tauren Chieftain: Decreased Natural Order percentages to 20/40/60/80%
* Vengeful Spirit: Improved base Agility (22->27)
* Viper: Nethertoxin now only works on enemy units
* Witch Doctor: Increased base Intelligence from 19 to 24 (base damage adjust to remain the same though)
* Aghanim's Scepter (Queen of Pain): Restored original cooldown improvement
* Aghanim's Scepter (Shadow Shaman): Undid part of the nerf on Mass Serpent Wards. It now gives +3 (up 1 from 6.60, down 1 from 6.59d)
* Buriza-Do Kyanon: Improved the critical value from 2.2x to 2.4x
* Helm of Dominator: Converted creeps now gain the Resistant Skin ability, making spells duration on them the same as heroes or Spirit Bear.
* Quelling Blade: Minor reduction to bonus damage (36->32)

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## Bugs ##
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* Fixed natural regeneration on rax
* Fixed an area where you could get stuck using TP scroll on the minimap.
* Fixed -ns mode
* Fixed a chance for duplicate heroes in -CD

* Batrider: Fixed Radiance from triggering Sticky Napalm
* Medusa: Fixed Splitshot triggering Essense Aura
* Razor: Fixed an error in the damage calculation method for Plasma Field that caused it to be slightly off sometimes
* Rooftrellen: Slightly increased Eyes in the Forest cast range (+25) to fix some order issue bugs
* Rooftrellen: Fixed Living Armor not regenerating structures properly
* Tauren Chieftan: Fixed bug with Natural Order sometimes instantly killing Forged Spirit summoned units

* Aghanim's: Fixed minor incorrect sell value on some versions of the item
* Khadgar's Pipe of Insight: No longer places the buff on units that already have it
* Bottle: Usage no longer removes Curse of the Silent.
* Linken Sphere: Fixed to properly block Mana Void and Nasal Goo
* Poor Man's Shield: Fixed bug with -swap
* Quelling Blade: Fixed bug with -swap
* Quelling Blade: Fixed triggering Curse of the Silent
* Rune: Fixed Regeneration sometimes not being removed when you are full if you use bottle at the same time
* Rune: Fixed Double Damage visual effect to properly show when the user is using low graphics mode

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## Gameplay & Cosmetics ##
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* Removed the int/agi/str distribution in -CD. It is now like RD in its hero distribution.
* Bottle: Now autorefills at fountain if it isn't fully used (2975)
* Reduced FPS drops when using Shiva's Guard and Plasma Field with some custom import files (PGRu-Unexpect3D)
* Sound Effects: Removed the "Allied hero has fallen" (heavily requested for removal due to annoyances)

* Invoker: Added a new Icon for Sun Strike (5312)
* Juggernaut: You no longer lose control while using Omnislash. You can use items like Dagger while Omnislashing (4938)
* Slardar: Added a new icon for his Bash (3587)
* Tidehunter: Added a new Anchor Smash visual effect (4393)
* Gem of Truesight: Changed hotkey from T to I to help against some common misbuys
* Increased the transparency a little more for the Circle Of Powers that aren't yours.
* Fixed -SP moving your camera away from taverns
* Fixed various minor inconcistences between sentinel and scourge units/buildings
* Fixed some very minor inconsistencies with acquire ranges on some heroes
* Observer Board colors now alternate between white and grey to make it a little more readable

Old Watcher's:
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Cooldown: 30/20/10/5 seconds
Movement Speed: 522
HP: 1
Bounty: 10-13
Vision: 1400/1400
Invisible

Urna Swarm:
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Summons scarabs from corpses. The Scarab can burrow and become invisible.
While it is unburrowed, it is visible to the enemy and has an Infestation
ability. Has collision when unburrowed.
Magic Immune.

Cooldown: 14/11/8/5
Movement Speed: 450
HP: 200
Armor: 6
Bounty: 26-38
Burrowed Vision: 400/400
Normal Vision: 1400/1400

Infestation: Can suicide to Silence enemy units 275 aoe around it for 3 seconds and deal 20 damage per second (non-stacking).

Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Cheers,

Husky

Toss The Turtle Mini Game

2009-08-18T00:14:00.000-07:00

A bouncing mini game which you can play for free on newgrounds.

What is Toss The Turtle about?

Basically you have to bounce as far as possible. The concept isn't new but the weapons, bombs and upgrades available make it a nice addition to the rest. And I must say I'm a big fan of games using good music which you can listen to for hours if needed.

On my first attempt I got to ~4,500ft - not bad, but after you play a while - it ain't good either :D Below are some pics, click to enlarge.

Buy nuclear bombs and machine guns and fly your turtle to smithereens!

Diablo 3 Character Classes and News

2009-08-17T23:47:00.000-07:00

Hey there,

I just came across Diablo 3 once again, but then it seems that someone made a page on Wikipedia for it, a long time ago actually. I'm quoting a bit what it said on the character classes:

As of July 2009, three of the five classes have been unveiled: Barbarian, Witch Doctor and the Wizard. A fake class, the Archivist, an imitation of a well known character of Diablo, Deckard Cain, was presented on April 1, 2009, by Blizzard as an April Fool's Day joke. Players may choose the gender of each class, a change from the fixed class genders in the previous two games. The Barbarian, previously featured in Diablo II, is the only class that Blizzard is planning to bring back for the initial release, but former classes may appear in future expansions.

Which basically means they want new classes to be introduced. However you should be familiar with Wizard and Barbarian already since they look like the same from Diablo II. My guess for the other 2 classes are; a paladin/cleric (healer/holy warrior) and something like a rogue/ranger (ranged) - sneaky and the like. They said on the E3 that the necromancer is not the same as the witch doctor, which means we could expect him to arrive in an expansion.

I found something neat as well, a talent tree for the Barbarian class and the general inventory system. Note: Shoulders and leggings are now available for use in Diablo 3.

Cheers,

Husky

How to Complete Legion TD with 2 Players

2009-08-17T13:33:00.000-07:00

This is a tribute to the great Legion TD map of Warcraft 3.

We (ANGRY-KOREA-MAN and LUNARIC-GUARD) on Europe are trying to beat the Magnataurs at level 30. However combined they have 30k hit points which seemed too much for our spam army.

We chose Shadow and Ghost as teams. Basically our strategy is to mass out phantoms and nightmares in combination with the life leech from the overseer.

(click the images for a larger view)

We maxed out all the stats for the king, yet he did not do any moderate damage to the magnataurs after they wiped our army to the ground. We picked up the pieces and left the battlefield.......

The Gaming Blog is Live

2009-08-17T11:57:00.000-07:00

Hi and welcome to the first post on this gaming blog. Currently I'm doing some onpage SEO for the blogspot blog, but I will be posting some game news in a matter a days from now.

Testing this new blogger template which I found using Google, and I really like it, hope you do too.

Cheers,

Husky