Death Meets Moe

“Hell, its about time.” <– i know right? lol. Like, it could’ve been out latest tuesday, but nooooo, tmnut screamyx decided to give me a nice surprise buttsecks, and threw me back to the stoneage. So like, i was stuck with some 2KB/sec uploads that constantly time out, and some filtered out 140ish pictures (just the first day – saturday) or so to upload to the server. Like yeah, not gonna happen.

Anyways off with the rage, more AFA08! So, like the usual eager fanboi packing his stuff for the trip, i magically left out my handphone as i left it to charge. And thanks to some crappy accident, or more specifically, THANK YOU MALAYSIANS for raping the traffic by slowing/stopping down their god damned cars to watch the scene, i never got to turn back to grab it.

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Hey everyone and once again i welcome you all for yet another late update. (almost 1 week rofl) As ive promissed from the last update, here i bring you, a “minor” ACF’08 update Why minor if you may ask? I’ll be honest: i ended up sleeping + lazying till around 5ish pm, and only reach Berjaya Times Square around 6+PM. By the time I’m there, the cosplay competition came to an end with the grand final performance.

Thankfully, the gang at TFM informed me that i havent missed much and the entire event is just so-so. So we just hang out as usual, and even go our own (and mind you, MUCH better) cosplayers thanks to Aiko’s (can visit her blog via the link on the sidebar) friends

As i need to get my EPF statement + prepare for AFA’08, again, i will spare you guys the long essays and start on with the entire gallery load.

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Remember the part i mentioned “Lich King doesnt completely dominate my mind“? Yeap, i epic failed that. Anyways, my first experience with WOTLK is with a DeathKnight (aka DK) DESPITE how i’ve mentioned that i wont hop on the DK bandwagon and just level my Rogue. Unfortunately, (or fortunately?) the WOTLK installation process storytelling Arthas’s story from the very beginning since he was born until he became a DK, and later on a Lich King and sat on the frozen throne with an orchestrated music and choir singing as the background music is well, lets just say im just too easily suckered in for THAT much effort.
 

As the first picture on the top shown, thats my Yami-chan I’ve created for my DK, named after the character “Konjiki no Yami” aka “Golden Darkness” from the anime ToLove Ru (trouble). I’ve sorta ran outta idea on what the hell to name my new DK, or what kinda race (ANY race can be a DK /facepalm) and looks i want my DK to be. So i look around for some inspiration, and there it is – my Yami-chan figurine staring right at me. There it was: THAT IS IT! It HAS to be her. So I’ve created a DK and modeled + named after her as close as i could.
 

I present you a gallery of the entire process from the beginning of the “introduction” stages until shes a full fledge DK. Level 55-58. “Segmented” in 3 stages.

The first thing i did, the moment i get to roam around the starting area necropolis, was:

Another of the most memorable part of the DK introduction quests, was the invasion of Light’s hope Chapel (LHC). Its just… totally epic. Imagine those invasion scenes from 300, Troy, LOTR and so forth. That kinda epic cept in a lot smaller scale. (id imagine having over 10-20k units would totally kill anyone’s PC) I’ll save you the long winded description and show you guys the pictures(as usual, click for full resolution pictures):

Ill leave the rest for you guys to find out should you be getting WOTLK soon. As for me, its time to rush for work
Stay tuned for the next update as well as i got some minor ACF’08 goodies to share

With the above picture, i suppose you know what’s coming. Again, another belated post, as i was supposed to get this done yesterday but hey, cant defy the Lich King‘s will now can we? I thought Malaysia’s going to be following US timezone release, which would be around Friday 1pm, apparently not, as it was pushed ahead (as with US themselves btw) to Thursday having a simultaneous release for WOTLK and so i had to rush for it after work to ALL IT (they were having some queue for freebies, like, 22″ LCD YO!) at Low Yat Plaza to grab my own copy.

So like, i managed to grab Sichiri along, since he got a camera phone (i know, its crap, but something at this point is better than nothin) where i have nothing to snap pictures for the event. When we arrived ALL IT at around 6:40? 6:50pm, like… lolwut? Wheres the party? Upon asking a staff, we just realized that it was over. (despite the damn thing saying it starts on 7pm lolwut?) Cant help but have the constant feeling that the ALL IT staff(s) are having the following look on us:

Anyways, i got myself a copy for MYR165 along with goodie bag, had some lol beef ball noodles with Sichiri, and head home for the win. Without further delays, here are the pictures of my loot:

As usual, the high res pics follow:

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Ok, initially i planned to have my “Yami-Chan adventures” included in this, however since i have no idea how to split galleries and showing the pictures 1 by 1 without the gallery plugin on another 10+ pictures can be a mess. Ill have this posted on a following post, expect it sometime tonight if the Lich King doesnt completely dominate my mind :3

Sorry for the belated (almost 1 week! >_<) update for my ticket purchase dear readers XD
But here it is, i shall present you 2 screenshots that will explain everything.

So this is it, it is secured, and i will be getting to meet THE May’N in person, get an autograph from her, and a handshake with my sweaty otaku hands covered with unspeakable white form of liquid as well, along with an exclusive entrance to AFA08, with front row VIP seats during the concert performance. Is the SGD118 worth it? OH HELL YEAH it is.

To Make up for my belated update, I’m gonna treat you guys to more AFA’08 update goodies if you guys haven’t went to their website recently. I will leave out the previous details that i’ve covered on my previous blog post to avoid redundancy, but if you’ve never read my previous post or any details regarding AFA’08, do head to their official website, or my previous blog post.

Latest added attractions aside those from the previously covered ones:

• Dont think this one’s new, but since it wasn’t covered from the previous update, here it is: Cosplay competition! (who didnt see that coming a mile away? ) 2PM – 3PM on 23rd of November, and it looks like it’ll be a 2 person minimum cosplaying group competition! Let’s not forget that AFA’08 is also FREE entry for those who are cosplaying. Unfortunately it mentioned that you have to register as a cosplayer before 7th of November. So tough luck to those who missed it >_<

• Arcade Showdown competition! Now this one’s pretty interesting, planned for both days (22 and 23 of November) of AFA’08, featuring prize money of 500SGD + 800SGD worth of products for the first place, for THREE types of games – Street Fighter IV, Tekken 6, The King of Fighters 98. Truly a must for any hardcore arcade fans, dont miss out on the registration as it is closing on the 18th of November.

• Shonen Jump World tour! (omg!) To quote: “As part of its 40th anniversary world exhibition tour, AFA08 has been selected to present this exclusive showcase in its final tour destination in Asia, having exhibited in countries such as France, Germany and the USA.” Just, simply amazing, shonen jump world tour destination at AFA’08, in a country just beside mine. To those who are unfamiliar with shonen jump, they are a weekly magazine that hosts/hosted various popular manga series that includes but not limited to: Dragon Ball, Slam Dunk, Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, D. Gray-man and many many others.

• Lastly, “The King” Ichirou Mizuki will also be performing at AFA’08! Now I’ll be honest and say that im not too excited about this one, was praying that it was Nana Mizuki(her picture) instead of Ichirou. Eitherway still a “legend”, and its definitely worth checking out. Check the official AFA’08 page as it contains pretty detailed information, or his wiki info here. If im 5-15 years older ill prolly appreciate his apprearence a LOT more than i am right now.

As it stands now, with Japan’s WonFes canceled, AFA’08 is pretty much the biggest thing this 2008 has to offer, and Singapore, a neighbouring country of mine (Malaysia) is the host of it. On one hand one would be cursing why isn’t it happening at Malaysia, on the other, being thankful that it is happening at a country just beside, which automatically cuts down a LOT of the traveling expenses as compared to events in Japan or America/Europe.

Thats it for today. I will be heading to ACF’08 held inside Berjaya Times Square located at Bukit Bintang for the cosplay competition and prior to that exchanging some Malaysian Ringgits into Singapore dollars for the coming AFA’08 this coming weekend. So i *MAY* provide a coverage for ACF’08 if its worth the effort I also have quite a number of blog drafts waiting to be completed such as the anime review that ive been wanting to finish it for a month’s time pending already T_T so definitely stay tuned to DMM

Lack of WoW updates recently, so i guess this will fit in. It all started with a slight EA bashing from the LYN AnimeShrine forum, or more specifically, the spamthread – late night thread. Before we all know it, it turned into a short but rather informational debate regarding vivendi, EA, and of course, blizzard.

Be warned, as the following will be an insanely huge TLDR;Wall O’ text as i will be pasting the entire debate entirely with some very minor editing to improve readability (such as spacing/paragraphs/grammars/translations etc). Dont worry though, i will be doing my best to post up a TLDR summarization for those that couldnt be bothered or just simply dont have the time to go through a huge Wall O text.

It is basically a debate between me and forum user – Dark Steno, i will be having his replies in quote while mine in italics to easily differenciate between replies. So shall we begin?

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