Adventures on the Minecraft Server 2

Ok, so I'm having trouble coming up with ideas about what to write in this...episode? Chapter? I mean, a lot of things have happened, but they're mostly minor stuff, and the major stuff is...sensitive. Oh, by the way, a guy named MrSoSick on the server was promoted to co-owner. Congrats! Even though I'm still head-mod...not sure why....
Oh, and there's a new survival games map, FWI.
And chests are now unlocked, unless they're in a faction zone, of course, so it's like any other faction server, which is not a complaint.

So....Ok, I'll tell ya one of my older stories. I was...admin at the time, I think. Maybe mod. Either way, I had pretty good armor and weapons. So here's the story: There's this guy who's screename I'm actually going to name: Footballdude. He's a huge PvP-logger, and that's REALLY annoying. Now we have an official rule against it, so don't do it. Anyway, I challenge him to a fight, 1v1, which of course he's not going to do fairly. So he and about 5 other players are at the edge of safezone, while I'm a few blocks into the wilderness. Most everyone's telling him to man up and fight me. And he does what he always does: Run forward, attack, and run back into safezone. It wouldn't annoy me as much if he would just say he wasn't going to fight, but no, he does this for about fifteen minutes. In the meantime, these two other players are rushing me over and over. They have weak armor and swords, so I take them down in a few hits. Maybe there was more weak players attacking me, but in any case, they were only an annoyance. So the players (not football, who's still acting like a wimp) are attacking me with their bare fists, and I'm just slashing them to pieces over and over. It was one of the most epic feelings I have ever felt in minecraft. I felt like I was in a zombie apocalypse or something. You'll get your turn, readers. There will be a day when you get to be the survivor. The only problem is that even though they weren't hurting me, it was wearing down on my armor. So football's friend...who might have been MrSoSick (I don't remember, but I think it was) joins in. And he has great armor and a great sword, so he's a threat. We don't attack for a while, but we eventually go at it. And...I win. Yeah. It was pretty awesome. Now the other players are still rushing me, to the point where I have to go back to my base to get more armor. Some players are still calling for football to fight like a man. I did get some hits off him, but he always regenerates in the safezone. And if he did just go all out and tried to kill me, I would win, just from my armor and sword. So after what feels like an hour of this (I'm not the only one who's taking hits at football at this point), I hit him with my fire aspect sword, and he rushes for water. The only thing is, the water just happened to be a few blocks short of the safezone. All of the other players (I think even mrsosick) rush for him like hungry piranhas. The funny thing is, this guy who had no weapons delivered the killing blow. And I will not lie, when I saw (the guy's name, I forget) slayed Footballdude, I cheered. We all did. It didn't really bother me that I wasn't the one to kill him, it was just the sheer awesomeness of us finally killing him. I gave foot's armor to the guy who killed him (even though we couldn't find it all. *shrug*), because that's not I wanted. I just wanted him to lose. You may not understand my mindset, but you will one day, once you meet a PvP-safezone-logger. And if you do understand, cheer with me, will you? Foot was fine with his death, so there was no raging. And if there was, it would be overshadowed by the amount of "YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"s and "YES!"s.

So yeah, a short-ish, maybe minor story, with shady details from it being a while ago, but for me, it's still one of my memorable moments on the server.

Ellie: Help me...please (iOS) Review

("Ellie - Help me out...please?" is owned by Ateam inc.)

Ok, so here's how I found this app: I went to the App Store, typed in "mystery" (feeling a craving for clue-hunting), scrolled down a bit, and found a free little app called Ellie - Help me out....please?. Tapping on it, I quickly found that it was a horror game. So that and other things quickly came to mind, which I have decided to put in a list format. Aren't I nice?

Pros:
The only other Ellie I have heard of is the Ellie in the upcoming game The Last of Us (which I am very hyped to see, even though I don't have a PS3). So that got me tapping on the app.

The discription said that it had multiple endings, which I love (even though it drives me insane when I'm trying to find all the endings).

It was apparently a point-and-click (or tap in this case) escape the room type game. And even though I almost always use a walkthrough on these types of games, I do indeed enjoy one from time to time.

Cons:
It's a horror game. And I scare easily. Oh, the nights after I researched Slenderman and every pokemon creepypasta I could find...

Um....that's really about it....

Oh, and I just found out today that when an app says "iPhone 3G or newer required", the iPod touch 2G counts. Sweet!

So yeah, I was hooked, and I downloaded the game.
At night.
Apparently the same people who made this game made another game called Murder Room, which I have yet to play. For the same reason I was hesitant to play this game. I just wanted to say that real quickly.
So, I looked at the home screen, which was already pretty creepy (a lot of blood, and as we all know, blood is scary. ...at least for me). There's a small options page, where you can change the text from English to Japanese, and vice versa, as well as turn off the voice that Ellie has (I had my sound off the entire time, because the music was kind of unnerving as well, so that doesn't really matter). There's also a wallpapers page, where you can unlock wallpapers depending on what ending you get (good ending and bad ending, plus the other too endings on the add-on to the game)
I went through the opening, which is made up by a bunch of pictures, and found out the story: You ducked in a run-down abandoned building when your car broke down because of an earthquake...Ok, the story already is a little weird, since you went into a building that might collapse because of the earthquake, you freaking moron. You go in a bit more and find a TV screen, where a...young-ish, possible teenage, maybe in her 20s girl? Sorry, I can never tell with the game's Japanese art, which isn't that bad, BTW. Nothing like Juniper's Knot (I'm going to have to review that sooner or later too), but OK.
You meet Ellie (I forget her last name) and she pleads with you to help her, since she's been kidnapped and held for ransom. Her kidnapper was knocked out by some rubble during the earthquake, and you need to hurry before he wakes up.
Now, about this time I thought, "Y'know what? Why the heck am I playing this at night? Screw it, I'm waiting until morning." And so I did. Unfortunately, I had some errands to do and didn't get the chance to play too much of it until that night.
I know. *facepalm*
Now, like an idiot I was too sucked in by what little I played to wait until the NEXT morning, so I started playing. And....
Yeah, I was bad at it. I looked up a walkthrough a bunch of times. I actually used a walkthrough for the entire game. So sue me. I was still having fun, and some of the puzzles have a random answer, though it has the same formula.
So I played it for about half an hour to an hour (it's quite short, but trust me, it has some lasting impact.), and...yeah, I was flipping freaked out. I won't tell you why, but you'll find out.
...the eyes...why would you draw them?
Anyway, I spent the night with earbuds in my ear, listening to youtube videos.
The weird thing is, this game doesn't really have a whole lot to scare you. I mean, if you think about it, there's very little blood in the actual game, there's not any zombies or vampires...
But DANG, those eyes. Add in a flash of thunder and BOOM, instant sleepless night.
So, how's the game itself?
Well, if you're the kind of person who likes a quick scare, this game is certainly for you. It's not a huge scare (for normal people, AKA, not me), but it's pretty flipping freaky. For all you point-and-click type people, consider trying this game out. The puzzles are pretty clever, the small story is pretty good (there's not much story, but you'll see what I mean). But if you scare easily, stay far away. If you still want to see the story, try to find a walkthrough without pictures.
Oh, and for those of you wondering about the second room, I haven't tried it out yet. I'm still recovering. I played the game literally last night. I'm probably going to play it sooner or later, but probably not for a good week. Oh, I haven't tried Murder Room yet. Thinking about it, maybe, maybe not.

...Ok. That's all. Bye!

Server IP and website

 

Adventures on the Minecraft Server part 1

Ok, so about a month or so ago I started going on this server (here's the IP: 198.12.123.54). It's a smaller server (max of 24 people), a pretty simple fac/pvp server. Except for the little fact that raiding chests is nigh impossible. Yeah. It ticked me off too. Anyway, I hung with the owner, Green for short, for a while and found myself promoted to moderator after he changed the staff! Yup. It was pretty freaking sweet. A while later, I was promoted to Admin. And then, thanks to the lie of some ex-banned players, I was demoted to head-mod (which REALLY made me mad, but I'm hoping to get promoted again sometime soon). I'm on this server nearly every day (my username is in fact Kaito9049), so if you get on the server from this blog, give me a shout out. So basically what I'm going to write about is the many adventures that I've had on this server. I may not go according to chronological order, so keep that in mind. But I'll give you the most recent major event: My demotion. Put on your seat belts, 'cause this is going to be a flipping bumpy ride!

So before I can tell you the real story, I have to give you some backstory. There's these two guys who go on the server. Mainville and Runtress, or something like that. Several weeks ago they were part of a faction that were pretty much full of bullies. That's the only word I can think of. They lied, they killed defenseless players, they swore like nuts (Main and Runt still do), they degraded others any chance they got...so yeah, they weren't very popular. Eventually Green, the owner, banned Main, who was the main guy in the fac. So the server was fairly happy for several more weeks, until Main and Runt came back. I was an admin at this point (I wasn't before, obviously), so if they messed up too many times, they were out of there again. From what I can tell, one of the other mods is friends with them and got them unbanned. Huge mistake in my opinion. Now, I'm fairly liked on the server. I mean, I'm not the favorite or anything of course, but I have my fair share of server friends, I give free things out, I used to throw speed and invisibility splash potions at people (I can't do that anymore, but that's OK). But I'm not afraid to lay down the law. I've muted, I've jailed, heck, I've even banned a guy. But those two guys hate my guts.

So minecraftian life goes without too much incident (they get a few warnings for using language and such, but nothing really major), until one day the server has only about 5 or 6 people online, including Main, Runt, the mod (not naming names) that got them unbanned, and me. I like to teleport to people, just to see how they're doing. A little more history here. Now, Green has warned me before about PVPing (that's fighting for you noobs), because he wants staff to show an example, which I can understand. But here's the thing: I'm a fighter. I like to mine, I like to raid, I like to farm, I don't like to build that much, I admit, but I freaking LOVE to fight. Except when I lose. Anyways, I don't kill the defenseless. Unless they attack me. That's my main rule most of the time: Don't attack the weak unless they attack you first, then all bets are off. I've gone against the friggin' co-owner, for crying out loud (that's another story). But I do like fair fights. I don't enchant my armor TOO much.

But here's what happened: I teleported to the mod, and saw Main and Runt taking the lapis blocks from her mansion. Naturally, I thought they're stealing from a mod, which is a no-no. The mod was there, but I thought she just didn't know what to do. I hit Main with my fist, just to get attention, and he replies with his flame sword. Ok, I kind of panicked, I admit, but as I said: Don't attack unless they attack you first. And I had super gold apples, and I still almost died! There was two of them, of course, and I killed one, but it was still close. I don't remember if I gave their items back (I'm pretty sure I did), but they were still evidently ticked. So the next day I logged back in, and I'm head mod, which has WAY less power than a admin. The only thing a head mod has over a mod is that, well, you can jail and mute mods (I think. I've never had to try). I asked Green about it and he told me some people said that I was the one who griefed another admin's house. I didn't, by the way. Grief the admin's house. And I told Green so. Of course, he didn't believe me. He left, and Main and Runt start to taunt me, which meant that of course they lied about me griefing the house (they said something about a sign that presumably I put with my name on it). So Green didn't really take the smart route, with listening to a guy who got banned and all. He says I can get my ranking back eventually, but as of now no change has happened.

The night continued with Main and Runt putting signs on their base making fun of me and even changing their faction tag to "How many types of autism does Kaito have? INFINITE!" We made them take down the signs and an admin forcefully changed the tag. And then two admins and I kept watch over the two. I had to mute both of them. So they're not really too popular with any staff except the one mod. So yeah, I am really ticked. But what can you do? There's an admin+ rank now, which I probably would have gotten if not for those....You get the idea.

Alright, that's all I have for now. Check out the server and give me a shout out. Cya!

A (half-done) review of Professor Layton: The Last Specter

Ok, so a couple of weeks ago I traded in some games I didn't want (and they only took one, and gave me like five bucks), and got Professsor Layton: The Last Specter. Now, I had gotten the first Prof. Layton, and the second. I loved both of them; the puzzles, the story, the characters, the artwork, the cutscenes (oh, MAN the cutscenes are great), the minigames, they were all good. Heck, even the music wasn't that bad. The main "complaint" that reviewers have in these games is that, besides the minigames, the gameplay doesn't change that much. And....yeah, that is true. But most of the players and the reviewers agree that the formula for the games work, and it doesn't need to be changed. And no, I didn't get the third game (this is the fourth, a prequel), because I didn't have the money at the time. But I did read the plot on Wikipedia! :D
(BOOOOOOOOOO)
Oh, come on! Tell me you haven't done that at least once!
Anyway, as you might tell from the title, I haven't completed the game yet. I don't think I'm even halfway. But from what I can tell....yeah! It's about as good as the other games! The puzzles do seems harder, though, which is...good and bad, though you do have a lot of hint coins. The cutscenes are still great, maybe even better, the art is still great, everything is still...Layton-ish. And that's NOT a complaint. There's new minigames, of course, and they're fine. How about the story? Well, as I said, it's a prequel, and takes place before Luke came along. In fact, Layton has just gained an assistant (don't ask why she isn't in the other games, I don't know, and don't spoil it for me), and meets Luke a while later in the game. The main story is figuring out the mystery of a huge specter, or spirit, that is said to be summoned by the playing of a flute to protect a town. Oh, and I don't think the specter is a hologram or anything, because you friggin' see it. And that's not a spoiler, that's like the first or second scene (Oh, by the way, the specter looks like a freaking heartless. Not sure why). So yeah, without giving what little I know away, that's the story. It is actually pretty interesting, since this seems like the most supernatural thing in a Layton game yet (*cough* Diabolical Box). You can also move the walk and suitcase icons around if you want. Since I didn't get the last game, I'm not sure if that's a new feature.
OK, there's one more thing about this game that's new, and frankly, it should be its own game. It's called London Life. It's a RPG (weird, huh?), where you go around, doing jobs, and completing tasks that the townspeople give you. And next to all of the townspeople are from the games. Layton, Luke, heck, even Duke Anton is there! (O.O;). You gain money so you can buy food items, which restore your happiness (more happiness=more success in doing...pretty much anything), clothes, which give you stats to do things (like some buildings have a dress code), special items, which some tasks require, and furnature, which help you gain a roomate (Ok, your room is TINY, but you have a roommate). The game is very, very enjoyable, and a welcome break from the main game. Heck, sometimes it's even better! I would pay the same money I paid for any Prof. Layton game to buy a full-fledged London Life game. GIVE IT TO US!!!
OK, that's all I have for now. I'm eating. Bye.

An insane talk with no direction about Minecraft

Soooo...where do I begin. Oh, well, Minecraft is awesome. Oh, I know! OK, so I'm on this server, it's a pretty big one, I think it's ObsidianCraft, and the town I was living in went "into ruins" overnight (I guess the mayor left or something), and all the chests were unlocked. There were about 7 or so people living in that town, including me. Some of my valuables were gone, and I saw two people walking around in that city. I asked them about it, and they gave me about a whole friggin' half-stack of diamond and gold blocks (from the house made out of them that I assumed the town mayor made. How he got them is any one's guest). I thanked them, obviously, and sold them. ANYWAY, I joined this other town: pretty small, just houses in an area. Nothing really impressive, but I liked it. I bought an area, as well as my house. Now, this kind of worried me, but they said that the chests had to be open to the mayors. ...Ok, kind of scary, but I decided to go for it. Banndxstudios (a friend of mine) joined the town too, and he was kind of suspicious as well. I had a Silk Touch diamond pickaxe with like II efficiency, which the mayor kept asking to use all the time, by the way, and mined a grass block and buried a chest under there (after the mayor had caught us hiding chests in our bases). So one day, I decided to make a sort of pool for the town, in the wilderness territory, of course (Still haven't figured out how to do it properly). The mayor gets mad, saying I'm griefing. Uh...dude, it's in the wilderness. But nope! He just covers my pool that took me a while to make with some dirt blocks. I guess he wanted to claim that area and use it for houses, but...dude! It's wilderness at the moment! Anyone can use it! But whatever. I decided. "Hey, if he won't let me make a public pool, why not made a smaller pool in my house?" So I made a 3x3 pool, nothing special. But get this: He covers that too. Why? Apparently I'm griefing! My own house! So, yeah. Those two very annoying incidents, along with the fact that the mayors could have full access to our chests, gave Banndx and I more than enough reason to leave. So yeah. My rant is done, but I might continue the story from there. Ciao, noobs!

Quick reviews of random games

Batman: Arkham City 9.5/10 Incredible game, a free-roaming, action packed, tense, puzzling, filled with side missions and other things that will make it take years to get to 100% completion.

Pokemon Black/White 1: 7.5/10 It looks nice, but not much has changed. There is an updated battle system and even a Skype-ish feature (pretty limited), but nothing revolutionary. There's a new set of pokemon! Cool, I guess. White Forest or Black City! Well, if you don't have any Pokemon friends, you're screwed. The enemy organization is interesting, but the rivals aren't. Maybe a hardcore Pokemon fan would like it, or a Pokemon noob, but it didn't do anything great for me.

Kinect Sports: 8.5-9/10 Great fun, especially with friends or family, and it is good exercise. Different difficulties, so you can get challenged. The announcer and music clips are OK at first, but do get a little annoying. It's like a collection of minigames, with differing results. Table Tennis is OK, but sometimes the paddle won't reach the ball. Bowling is enjoyable, and looks nice. Track and Field is where the real back-breaker is. It has 5 events, and by the time you're done, you'll faint. It's fun, though, and one of the best for groups. Soccer is very fun, though you can't move around, only kick/block. It's still a fave, though. Beach Volleyball is fun, and it's like tennis, it seems even, but don't miss. Boxing is my personal favorite. You can't dodge, but you can block, which will build up a counter-attack. It's a fun workout, but not so good on multiplayer (the Kinect kind of freaks out).