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Still very much in alpha/beta. Just tossed together first post today and got stuff "sort of" working. Check it out though and leave me love/hate/dicks. RN will be temporarily offline in the next few days while I rearrange some stuff.

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"The Plan"

Got some ideas for a new bloggish thing -- will be replacing the content here, which will be mirrored elsewhere. I had expected to get it started this weekend, but am busy smashing my face into my desk. (Thx python) Soooooon, however, sooon.

Also, NASL is awesome, huh.

Why do I need a twitter account to mess with Console.FM? Is this shit worth it?

Melty Blood is Gay

How awesome is it to be back?!!

Not that awesome, but there's some awe. I want to play something.

I'm scared of SC2. Although I have baller reflexes, my APM in RTS games is like 25. I just stare vacantly at the screen waiting to "react" to something. Perhaps this is fixable by being non-awful. Or with that yellow #5.

BUT WHO THE FUCK CARES ABOUT THAT ISH, DREAMHACK TODAY, SLUTS

I'm not really feeling my usual fanboy KP for this one though. I could be wrong. It's theoretically possible. Too bad European hours blow. Yo, Europeans, move your stupid continent. East or West, I don't fucking care.

What else? Oh yeah, looking for games to play.

There's a few good fighters out -- SSFIVAE, MB, AH, and BB. Plus there's the upcoming Tekken series nonsense. I do shit on a certain former Tougeki winner at AH but that's only because he's a disgrace to his own tiny yellow hands. Skullgirls looks...gay actually, fuck that. Apparently, no focus attacks in SF x Tekken, I guess it'll be more third-strike-ish? Shiiiiiiit.

How did I forget to mention in my last "installment" that the Jack Sparrow song is a radio hit in Japan? Watching J-thugs headnod to it at clubs in Osaka was fucked up. Not quite as much so as when I learned that apparently a lot of Japanese guys damage their wang through improper masturbation strats. (Squeeze as hard as you can apparently...) Deny that expand yo.

Oh, and this cover keeps getting passed around the internets. (Which is where I fucking live, but it's cool if you wanna crash my couch)



I don't really love the "for the bitches" R and B stuff, even if it's sarcastic, but it's 6969% better than similar radio tracks. I'd give odds that there will be a HUGE remix of Novacane before year end. (Instrumental too big) Not that black and yellow, black and yellow, garbage either.

New Nas single is a grower -- though all the "back to illmatic" hype seems way off mark. Sounds obviously post grime. That new xx track with the steel drums makes me vomit. New zomby track owned. New Benga "Smack My Bitch Up" doesn't live up.

And I'm off like a prom dress.

Why Am I Always Losing At the Internet

I'm in Seoul, gamer NERD heaven, a kingdom of crafts, be they star or war, a land of handjobs and tiny yellow hands. I return to Osaka shortly, and then, by way of a flying sky rape machine, I will return to the greatest country in the United States of America -- the USA.

What have I learned from my LONG stay in this god forsaking part of the world?

• The average Korean erect penis is 3.75 inches long
• I need video games in my life like PacMan needs white balls in his mouth
• If a girl says she's an "S", that does not mean she's a sub
• Raw horse meat is delicious but weirdly sour
• Girls at Black clubs don't like me no matter where I am in the world

Stay, tuned?

This is not a post

what did i just fucking tell u

Non Retarded Mage Changes

• Poly to 8 seconds. 
• RoF to 8 seconds.
• Reduce CS lockout to 7 seconds, reduce silence to 1.5/3, reduce cooldown to 18 seconds.
• Nova/Freeze to 6 seconds. 
• Increase frostbolt damage by 5%.
• 2 second CD on Ice Lance. (So you can't consecutively lance)
• Increase mana cost of Spellsteal by 30%.
• Increase amount absorbed by Ice Barrier by 50%.
• Mage Armor to 35%.
• Add to Frost Armor -- Whenever you apply a chill effect, regenerate 1% of your maximum mana. (Or any kind of mana regen mechanic on Frost Armor)
• Add to Early Frost or Ice Barrier-- Your Ice Barrier resets the cooldown on Early Frost. (Some way to control this mechanic)
• Add to Mage Ward -- When dispelled, Mage Ward deals damage to the dispeller equal to the remaining amount of absorption. (Or have this be a glyph or have this heal or have any mechanic that discourages melee purge spam train or stupid autodispel zzz)
• Change Reactive Barrier -- While Ice Armor is active, your Ice Barrier cannot be dispelled.

What Does It Mean!!???

Okay, so:

-6 mastery = -15% damage to frozen targets
15% Extra Ice Lance Dmg on FoF
15% Extra Frostbolt Damage Always

Situations

1. FoF and BF up - Dmg reduced by 15%
2. FoF only - Dmg unchanged
3. Deeped - Ice Lance Damage reduced by 15%, otherwise unchanged
4. No FoF/DF - Fbolt damage increased by 15%

To be somewhat more thorough:

1. FoF/BF - Fbolt+FFB Burst - Slightly reduced
2. FoF - Fbolt+IL Burst - 7.5% increase
3. Deep 4 lances - 15% reduction
4. Deep ilx2,fb, il - 7.5% reduction

k bi

Rated Battleground MMR

This is clearly broken, does nobody care? It's impossible to lose rating from games -- many players are already 2k+ and, from my perspective, everyone is still pretty terrible at rated BGs. My team has gotten ripped by MG's R1 crew and Insomnia we've traded with, and that's about it -- everyone else we've played is terribad.

Oh, and by the way, we're not good. We bring 2-4 healers and whatever other classes happen to ask first online. We have no strats that are significantly beyond "go get the flag" or "stop losing at blacksmith idiots." I run in and call out healer's name and occasionally get some assist help focus fire -- that's about it. Is this really it?

Nobody takes losing seriously. Sure we rage. I RAGE.

 "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU STILL ON BILLIANZ SWAP MOTHERFUCKER SWAP"

"NO ITS CLEARLY NOT MY FUCKING RING SINCE YOU ARE ALL FUCKING FROZEN"

"CAN SOMEONE PEEL THIS SLAVE WAR OFF ME FUCK"

(Sorry)

Without losing points for losses, we'll all eventually be 3k, so why care too much?

Also there's huge room for exploitation of the current system which I won't yet get into...

Resilience!!!

Are you kidding? 95 rating per 1% and no DR or cap?

WHY THE FUCK DID ALL YOU NERDS VOTE AGAINST ME PLAYING WARLOCK

jkjk i'm good and not emoraging

Can someone explain why all the TC nerds are like int > crit > mastery >> haste?

How is frost mastery good at all? Same rating scaling as crit, but 1% crit on frozen targets = 3% crit, which is more than 3% extra damage, while 1% mastery is 2.5%. Oh and the crit also effects non frozen targets. (Granted if you had 26% crit or so already this is less true but since that's not really possible...)

In full glad set, it's quite easy to hit 40-45% resilience damage reduction -- I'm sure some classes will be able to top 50%. As a mage, is this worthwhile?

I'm sure most players are going to be like "BRO JUST GET TO LIKE 30% AND THEN FROM THEIR STACK CRIT."

That's sort of valid advice I guess, but the nasty thing about flat reduction resilience without DR scaling is that the more resil you have, the more effective it is:

Say you have 100k hp and your attack hits you for 10k --

• Zero resil - 10 attacks oh noes
• 30% resil - 14ish attacks
• 40% resil - 16ish
• 50% resil - 20ish
• 60% resil - 25ish
• 70% resil - 33ish

Too much ish but that's how I roll. (Quite dirtily)

Granted 70% is kimpossible, but I wouldn't completely rule out 50+ for JC/BS sockcuckers. 

Anyways brb getting farmed by feralz

Looks Like "KY" Didn't Win After All

Pwnage inc.

What to Get That Special Someone

3===D ???

I promised a list of all my favorite tracks of the year and I shall deliver in the next week or so -- narrowed it down to about 50ish tracks so far.

More importantly though, where is Tim Riggins @?

PS I hope you jews enjoyed your 8 days of presents

War WTF Is It Good For

$$$$?

Okay so this VHS Head hype as of late has been driving me crazy because, well, I thought it was turbonerd avant-garde homoerotica for super highbrow music snobs. (The kind of people who don't think Alien vs Ninja is an amazing idea) Nonetheless, Sunset Everett is a grower. (Not so much a show-er)

I'm sitting here watching old Futurama reruns waiting on someone to post the new Friday Night Lights so if my next entry here is full of RAGE -- it's probably going to be due to lack of Riggins and too much focus on the random cliche black jocks with hearts of gold that are seasons 4 and 5. It didn't help that MNF was fucking two NFC West teams holy shit bad -- although for my gambling addicts, you can get long the whole NFC West conference to win the NFC title at 14 to 1s. (Probably a do)

Okay, Futurama is kind of amazing. Why did this show get semi cancelled? Oh yeah, downies.

I'll be back.

N Korea Dramas

North Korea puts S2S Missiles on launch pads. Kind of doubt anything will happen, but it's enough to keep tabbing me away from Ashlynn Brooke every few minutes. Also, isn't this Twista+Raekwon track aaaamazzzzinggg?

Also wtf thxgiving, you took Vampire Diaries from me. Oh well:

EXPLODINGDOG

N Korea Dramas

North Korea puts S2S Missiles on launch pads. Kind of doubt anything will happen, but it's enough to keep tabbing me away from Ashlynn Brooke every few minutes. Also, isn't this Twista+Raekwon track aaaamazzzzinggg?

Also wtf thxgiving, you took Vampire Diaries from me. Oh well:

EXPLODINGDOG

No Theo Parrish Amerie Mix on Youtube

Actually maybe I like the original better?

ITS THIS 1 THING THATS GOT ME TRIPPIN
ITS THIS 1 THING THATS GOT ME TRIPPIN
YOU DID
THIS 1 THING MY SOUL
MAY BE FEELIN

Novy playlist to the right to the right. Will def do some sort of top tracks of the year thing in the next few weeks. Probably be a lot of dubstep again on it as wtf else has come out this year.

Stay tuned internet.

DROP DROP DROP BOMBS

Sup lovers. Been busy living the thug life, by which I mean lifting weights, fucking bitches and killing nerds, because nerds need killing and bitches need fucking and that's fucking that. Yup, that. Before I go any further, I dedicate this track to my slanty eyed brother from another mother, Kim Jong the Illest.

Samples - Drop Bombs (Mochipet Remix) [Unfinished] by Mochipet

HERE COMES THE HERE COMES THE. (Yeah you know where's that going)

Are any of you nerds currently in line at Best Buy somewhere?

• Yes, I'm Jewish.
• Yes, I'm going to save $20 on a hard disk so I can get an extra TB of hentai incest porn HAMETE TYOODAI ONIISAN.
• No, I'm gay and fuck that nerdotry, I'm waiting in line outside Express.

All of the above should warrant killing yourself. (Sorry Jewbros but ffs what does a Jew need that you can't just pay for out of our sekret Jew trust fund)

Also, popculturally:

• Weeds wtf this season was good
• Why the fuck do I watch Nikita seriously
• 30rock is getting boring and reminds me of the spiderwebs outside my window
• Please let the superbowl be thugs only - Vick vs Big Rapist Ben
• What's a rapestand?
• New Girl Talk >> New Kayne
• I love this so fucking much
• Miami Heat lolol get fucked
• My RL APM is sub 50
• Female snowboarded are kinda scary jacked
• Peyton Hillis = Riggins?
• Glee is now too awful to watch

Oh Sup

I don't got shit for you cept 3==D.

Going on vacation for next 3 weeks to booze + crush azn girls. When I return I'll be in full nerd form I PROMISE. Btw, by "crush" I mean pay to get sat on by fat naked girls. The Japanese love that shit.

I just head this 2nite and I gaurantee you nerds haven't, even you hardcore dubstep nerds, yes you know who you are.



Also, does anyone else love this season of Weeds so far? AND VAMPIRE DIARIES + NFL START UP THIS WEEK. THANK YOU ELIJAH. Or was it Adonai? Or teen wolf? Yeah I'm pretty psyched. As in, "I'm pretty and you are too, PSYCHE."

Also, I have no idea what's going on since my last update, I've been totally AWOL with food poisoning + work. Apparently eating lots of shit you are allergic to is an idea which is lacking in goodness. No, it wasn't dicks.

Wish me lots of STD free girls in my travels. I'll try to fraps at least a few of them for you my <3s.

Also, who's going to be my gay Hellcats friend?

Could My 5v5 Arena Team Beat Any WNBA Team in Basketball?

And if we could, would it be worth it to Juwanna Mann that shit? Would I be be the ugliest or prettiest?

Did anyone catch Weeds? Yes, I know it's been fucking awful for a long time. But well there's murder and Clue references and a Milf druglord -- a few of favorite things. It's also the only thing on till the NFL gets going. Well...there's also Rubicon. But when I watch that shit, I feel like a huge NERD. Plus it's on AMC so the pacing is atrocious, ie nothing the fuck ever happens, sup Mad Men.

I don't really like scary old guys in America secret society phobia plots anyways. I'm just not very scared of impotent dying white guys unless they're Jon Voight. They're like the wrong kind of Republicans to be afraid of -- it's the creationists and anti-abortion crazies that worry me more.

Do you believe in Math? Yeah. Do you believe in Calculus? Of course. Do you believe in Carbon Dating? FUCK NO SATAN IS TRIKING U.

Or:

Do you believe that God created the whole universe 5000 years ago? Yes. Do you believe that the stars are far away? Of course. What about shit that's really far away, say the Andromeda Galaxy? Yes. It's 2.5 million light years away... So?

What Did Cinderella Say When She Reached the Ball?

(GAGGING NOISE)

So WoM is on the way out, for those who care, which, I do -- despite extreme levels of slackerness on my part and a lot of guest bloggers who I never liked much, 'cept you Trance you sexy motherfucker, I still have read the majority of the hokage's ramblings over the years and still think he was probably one of the reasons I stayed interested in the game as long as I have. (AND STILL AM SHIFT LET'S LSD SOME BITCHES)

Why is it "LSD" instead of "DSL" anyways?

I apologize, jk I'm not sorry at all, jk I am, for the lack of Beta rambling but the last few patches haven't changed much. For those out of the loopty-loop, the Mirror Images glyph now rapes faces (and makes them look up while doing so). As Arcane those little mini-mes start ABing kids for almost 3k a cast, which from my experience in the new WG zone, which is pretty gay tbqh, is basically enough to easily solo 1-2 people of most classes. This should remind you probably of Mirrors in the last Beta -- so this shit will definitely be hugely nerfed and it's unclear whether the whole Mirrors casting different nukes depending on your spec will be largely cosmetic.

Sprint change for rogues is okay. As much as I love rogue -- it's going to take a few more changes to lure me away from priest/mage. Sub is actually pretty fun but the inability to do shit to plate is pretty frustrating. I actually think Muti isn't too far away from being sweet.

That's all I got. Summer == basketball.

So This Patch

IS FUCKING AMAZING FOR LOCKS AND MAGES?

Current Mage Thoughts:

PvP builds are starting to look much more promising with the latest build, particularly because Blazing Speed is now Tier 2 and Imp CS is Tier 1. Arcane builds of the 31+/7/2 and Frost builds of either 2/7/31+ or 7+/0/31 look like they have pretty awesome potential. The Fire Tree itself looks pretty terrible still for PvP (actually in general) but with some improvement, it has great subtreeing with 7+/31/2 type builds.

Arcane feels like the most complete spec thus far. There's the ability to invest 31/32 points and there are actually some choices to be made going down the tree deciding exactly what you want. I feel that shaving one point from Tier 3, 9->8, would help a lot as would shaving Torment or Mana Gem from 3->2. I like that you can't subtree and get both Improved Blink and Invocation. Despite the significant mage forum whining concerning the fact that you have to take PvP talents occasionally in PvE builds, I don't really see this as very true, as talents like NP/Torment/Nether Vortex are all PvE options that probably won't be in PvP builds.

My two largest concerns with Arcane, and the first of these pertains to Fire as well, are Mana Shield and Improved Poly. The new Incanter's, with the knockback when Mana Shield is destroyed, certainly helps but this seems unlikely to remain as it's likely pretty overpowered even with the 10s cooldown on Mana Shield now. Mana Shield only absorbing 1270 damage and not getting any benefit from spellpower IS A PROBLEM. Part of me feels this needs to scale and be more to the tune of 4 times this amount, at a minimum, but do we want Fire and Arcane survivability tied to Mana Shield, or do we want it to be completely useless except for Arcane mages who refresh it every opportunity for the knockback?

Improved Poly is problematic even once given it's own DR that actually DRs. If a priest deaths my poly, should he get really eat a 3s stun? (And then a half DR poly since he's probably stunned inside LOS) Do I really always want to poly-poly-poly-lance to maximize CC time? Breaking poly to "extend" the CC chain feels weird. I do feel that Arcane needs a distinctive deep tree PvP mechanic. Slow is unfortunately extremely mediocre without a dispel punish. My suggestions are one of the following:

• Distortion - When you enter or exit Invisibility, you stun all targets within 6 yards for 1.5/3 seconds. (Opener stun DR -- i.e. doesn't DR with other stuns)
• Attunement - When dealing damage with your non-Arcane spells, you syphon mana from the target equal to 3/6% of the the damage done. 

The Fire tree is still a total mess and I can't really begin to speak about it without significant nerdrage. There's still no way of actually doing any damage in PvP or surviving even moderate pressure. Impact is awful at 7%. DB and Poly being shared DR is ridiculously stupid. Hot Streak is generally just not a very functional burst mechanic as you don't have demand burst when you need it. All of the DoT talents are problematic in PvP due to dispels and the need to cast sloooowww nukes to put up the DoTs. 

Frost still feels very much the same as WotLK, which is maybe fine. Shatter is back to reasonable as is FoF with this latest build. The removal of Frostbite in favor of Imp CoC is excellent, but Imp CoC freeze should be DR with Shattered Barrier and not Nova. It's still impossible to come up with a PvP spec that doesn't leave out a lot of desired talents in tree. I think at least 2 out of Permafrost, Brain Freeze, or Fingers of Frost should be come 2/2 instead of 3/3s. Swapping Permafrost with Piercing Chill would also solve the problem, but I'm not sure if the first 5 of Frost are too strong in PvP if you do this. Improved Freeze doesn't seem to work for me on Beta with any consistency, but I like the idea -- the problem is, now that WE is permanent, he's nearly always use OOM and you can't generate this proc that much. (You can simply resummon the fatty I guess) I don't really understand the whole Frostfire Orb idea and I'm not really a huge fan of turreting frostbolts in PvP, but to each their own?