Zephyr's Asylum

She's The One.

2007-10-30T01:24:00.000-02:00

And about damn time too. Been seeing her all weekend, and a good part of the week, too. We "Click" to a level that is hard to believe. She really does "Complete" me. "Fill the gaps" would be the right choice of words. She is showing me a better part of me, and, hell, she showed me Mars Volta, that has got to count for something.

She's sweet. Probably the sweetest thing ever. I want her, and i'll do everything in my power to make her life better.

Bee, this is for you. To the way you make me laugh, to our "Inside Jokes", to the way you look at me with those golden eyes of yours.

I love you. I would not have it any other way.

I'll make it worth your while. I promise.

Exoskeletal Junction.

2007-10-26T14:45:00.000-02:00

Been watching the Office all night yesterday, well, until 4 in the morning. Went to the bathroom to take a leak and was greated by a weird little fellow. Wikipedia gives him no name, as it appears he is unkown to the scientific community(eh, To the unknown and beyond, live from our bathroom...).

About The Office. I will agree that it is really funny, but it did really start slow. Took them half the first season to get it right. You really kind of feel bad for Steve Carell (His Character), then 5 episodes later, they nailed his personality just right. Dwight was hilarious since day 1, tough.

Been playing Half-Life and Return To Castle Wolfenstein in combo. Already done with Portal, and it was quite a ride. A great game, cant wait to see what they will do with the basic concept, and turn it into something bigger.

Spent an incredible weekend with my dame. She is coming over today to stay for the weekend. I havent been that happy in ages.

Been listening to a lot of The Mars Volta here at work. So my posts titles may reflect that...

A Simple Man.

2007-10-21T00:24:00.000-02:00

Finally got around to play some CS tonight! It was almost surreal to see my ping under a hundred, stable for the first time in weeks. See, i am a simple man. I do not ask much, but two or so hours of ME time with 31 other burly mens armed to the teeth with guns'n'grenades. Talk about sophisticated! Like having tea in a pool with sharks.

There was no all-nighter to attend tonight, that is such a relief. I would not say no to a good night of sleep.

Going to see my lady tomorrow, some good times are to be had, most certainly. If her mom ever goes travelling, i want to give her the best evening ever.

Not a menial task, but i am more than up for it.

Food Poisoning.

2007-10-15T12:26:00.000-02:00

Oh god, the pain! Fried Shrimps in garlic buttery sauce sure sounds like a good idea, but it really is not. Had the worst stomach-hache in months, all night. Hardly had a moment sleep, and yet, here i am, at work. Lets just add Seafood as yet another type of food wich brings my digestive system to its knees...

Had an absolutely wonderful weekend with Bee, she stayed at my house for awhile. We had fun. She always got a lot to say, and to show, as a matter of fact. On-going really is pretty much an understatement now. She is one of the coolest girls i have ever met. We went to the movies together yesterday to watch the finale of the Resident Evil trilogy. Her brother went along. It was all kind of cool. He actually invited us to visit him in Rio de Janeiro, wich i plan to do, after much consideration.

Bought the Orange Box. Played a lot of Team Fortress 2. Had a shot at Portal and am almost done with it. They have created something truely great with its gameplay. The game in itself is fun, but the possibilities of games in the future using this very idea is whats impressive. Just started Episode 1, too. Played about an hour of it. Its a change of pace from the vanilla Half Life 2.

Thinking With Portals.

2007-10-10T10:06:00.000-03:00

Totally got the Orange Box yesterday. God i tought i'd be waiting months for this. Well, Team Fortress 2 is downloading as i write this, and have been for the last 9 hours. It's taking longer than it should, and it's all Iconet's fault, as usual...

Also getting a raise in allowance. getting from 0$ / month to a generous 200$ / month. This means im getting Dark Messiah and Vampire next month. They both use the Source engine, and are part of my eternal quest to own every and any thing Source.

Café is going well. today is payments day, and we got all the cash set up. Looks like we go on to survive another month! Awesome news!

Talking about news, nothing about Bia. She vanished from our world since yesterday. Let's wait and see if she ever comes back...

Something Is Afoot

2007-10-04T23:32:00.000-03:00

No, Really. Seriously, they MUST be thinking were stupid. Come on, the net connexion is great all day, but i still get 500+ Ping response from servers on games... Gonna call them tomorrow and show them who they are dealing with.

Something really unbelievable took place today at the Café. I created an account on MuSylphid, wich is pretty much an anomaly, after all the bad stuff i said about Mu in general. But hey, its pretty fun, and the armors are OH so pretty...

Talking about mindless mmorpgs in general, altought i did like it at first, as pretty much everyone that did touch it, i got no plan to go on with my level 7 warlock. I enjoy the game for what it is, but god, i could never muster the forces to go on until even mid-game. I admit i finally understand what the fuss was all about, back in 2004, but i cant get around the fact that people still play it after 3 years. World Of Warcraft is nothing more than mindless grinding. Its all there is to it...

But then again i have always been more of a Online FPS player. Stuff like Quake III, Unreal Tournament and Counter-Strike are what keeps me alive. And , lets get the fact straight. Whats most fun? killing random animals and beast for hours to get better level while chatting, or running, jumping and pretty much flying your way trought a no gravity space hell fortress with nothing but a rocket launcher as mean of communication?

True.Gaming.Bliss.

Slow Traffic.

2007-10-02T21:37:00.000-03:00

So much for nightly online battles... For some reason, ive been getting a ping response from servers of a minimum of 500... Been like that for two days now...

Mouses just arrived, gotta get them tomorrow. Its about time, clients are starting to be scarce this week. Now i just need to find a way to do some publicity, get more people in the afternoon. Its almost dead as it is now.

Parents talking about a trip to Canada for December of 2008, its been awhile...

Yours Truly,

Alex

Bunch of Old Stuff.

2007-09-30T20:41:00.000-03:00

Had a pretty big day of work on Saturday. Went in to open shop at 10a.m, and only went back home at 6a.m on Sunday. That was a bit tiring. Still, it was fun. God, its incredible how people can keep playing the same damn game over the course of a whole night...

Finally done downloading a bunch of old multiplayer games i have on Steam. Took off from work today. Gonna be playing some Dod:s , Cs:s, Cs and Dod all night. Its gonna be fun. I missed the days of all night, non stop online battles!

Its like, 01:30 A.M...

2007-09-28T01:29:00.000-03:00

Listening to Mars Volta while playing Half-Life 2 made me realise how insanely fun life can be sometimes.

Today has been a slow day. We did not get as much client as usual. Some good news about the mouses tought. We are receiving the order of new Microsoft mouses tomorrow. We already got the replacement for the defects, but they can break anytime...

Man, i really love music. Its crazy how it boosts your moral. You feel like someone different. Someone better...

Alex Out.

Offline.

2007-09-25T15:53:00.000-03:00

Got up early to open up shop this morning. Arrived at 10. Net was not working. Went offline all morning. Fortunately, we dont usually get much clients that early, and they came to fix it all up before 2.

The Orange Box is coming out soon, and it is really driving me INSANE. Fired up Half-Life 2 to get a feel before Episode 1 & 2... Bad idea. I really dont have the cash right now, and should just forget about it...

Had a go at heXen II yesterday, its made on the Quake engine. Its nice, but i was expecting more. Also downloaded Vanilla Civilization IV, but it doesnt have any content that Beyond The Sword did not already have...

Going out again with Bia tonight. She is gonna get hugged like theres no tomorrow!

Alex Out.

Believe.

2007-09-23T13:41:00.000-03:00

Halo 3 marketing campaign is an interesting one. Pretty much everyone who is a potential buyer has a very good idea of when it comes out, and what it is about. Still, Microsoft keep pumping out awesome Ads for it. The whole War museum thing pretty much brings it all to Art status.

An interesting head-up on Fark about The American War-On-terror cost rate going at 720$ Million U.S dollars a day. General concensus as of 2007 for most americans is that it has been a total waste of money. Took them long enough to get the message...

Went out to see Bia yesterday. Had a very good time. She is such a sweet girl, its really unbelievable. Plan to call her later today to see her again. Cant wait.

Just had a client asking to print a 96 pages draft of her book. Ran out of ink halfway trought... A clerk nightmare...

A Delightful Evening.

2007-09-22T13:22:00.000-03:00

Did the opening today. Havent slept much tonight due to yesterday. It was pretty fun. Bia is a very electric girl. Always got a say on anything and everything, quite refreshing.

Installed Heretic yesterday and plan to have a go at it tonight. Im so damn hungry at this very moment. I should really go get some food before everything closes down for the weekend.

Life really is kind of cool, and has been for the last few weeks. 2005/2007 so far had been some depressing times, it is good to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Planning to go out again with the lady later this weekend. Really hope we get the chance.

Still no answer for the replacement mouses from the provider, they were supposed to arrive yesterday...

Regards,

Zeph

Defaut de Fabrication

2007-09-21T14:55:00.000-03:00

The saying that you get what you pay for really does not get any better then it does in our current situation. The bunch of computer mouses we bought on the cheap is starting to become a serious headache. We are currently short on cash and ordering new mouses can get pretty expensive.

We are currently looking at 9x MICROSOFT P58-00020 Basic Optical Mouse, just need the financing now...

I found it interesting seeing the repercussions to such a simple business decision turning into such a critical point now. Just hope the keyboards dont die on us anytime soon...

Stuck here until 8p.m, then im picking up Beatriz for a beer. Looking forward to it. Should help me take my head off the problems here.

Truly,

Zeph.

Live from the crime scene.

2007-09-20T14:10:00.000-03:00

Almost a full month since my last entry. Been mostly busy with the Café. It has been a while. Everything is going smoothly. Looking into a solution to backup our clients database, if the server ever goes down, we are in a world of troubles...

Launch day on 01/09 has been a tremendous success. We have been going at it for almost a month with very little publicity and already 350 members. The usuals are nice, we are getting to know our people. All nighters are a bit more energy sucking than i tought they would be.

A working schedule has finally been planned, so i am not the one opening shop everyday anymore. I enjoy working here anyway, since i am under a lot less stress than i ever was under any employer i have worked for.

I have had little time for game playing in the past few weeks. Re-installed Trackmania United yesterday and had a go at it this morning. We finally got a copy of 1.6 working in network at the Café.

Started going out with a very fine lady from a neighboring city. She is ongoing, enjoys just having a good time and a good laugh. She made me try new things, wich i greatly enjoy now. Lets see where it leads us.

Overall a very nice month.

Your host,

Zeph.

Leaving for good.

2007-08-22T09:09:00.000-03:00

Yeah, so that lunch at Wanderley's Farm... i did not attend. Well, i kind of did, but there was some kind of mis-understanding on his side...

Anyway, looks like we are giving away our youngest dog! That's awesome , because she is one hell of a pain in the ass, all the time. She went trough 2 cellphones, my wallet and only God knows how many blankets. She eats everything she can touch. We'll be better off without her.

As for gaming, i went trough Quake, and am almost done with Quake 2. Still playing a bit of Quake 3 Arena on the side, but as soon as i'm done with 2, I'll start Heretic. I also installed Doom 3, but i'm already on my third playtrough.

Having some troubles with the lady. "I don't know if i still want to be with you." Whatever, just choose already!

Alex out.

A Hard Worker's Labors

2007-08-18T22:07:00.000-03:00

Today's was a very busy day. Woke up very early to teach french. Did so from 9h to 16h. Went right after to the cafe to do some basic work on electricity, lights and paint with Neto and Wanderley. Came back home a bit tired. Had dinner with the family and played a couple round of Quake 3 Online. Man online players on Quake 3 are fanatics. I could hardly score a single frag.

Did an attempt at playing Civilization 4, but i'm just way too drunk right now to play it properly. I'll have another shot tomorrow.

Talking about tomorrow, big lunch at Wanderley's grandfather's farm in the morning. Have to wake up early again to pick up Neto, so we can get some "Business Talk" going, exchange some ideas.

Downloading RF Online right now to play with Davi, one of my Ex's cousin from Minas Gerais.

Alex Out.

A piece of Gaming History

2007-08-17T15:11:00.000-03:00

Parents are back from Canada. They bought a ton of food they know they could not find here. We have received (Me and my brother) an undisclosed amount of money as a present from my Grandmother. This money has already been spent for the ID pack on Steam. This amount this week's spending on Steam to 300R$... Yeah, that's it until october.

So what does the ID pack include? Commander Keen Complete Pack, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear Of Destiny, Return To Castle Wolfenstein, Final Doom, Ultimate Doom, Doom 2 , Master Levels Of Doom, Doom 3, Doom 3 Ressurection Of Evil, Heretic Shadow Of The Serpent Riders, Hexen, Hexen Deathkings Of The Citadel, Hexen 2, Quake, Quake M1 Scourge Of Armagon, Quake M2 Dissolution Of Eternity, Quake 2, Quake 2 Ground Zero, Quake 2 The Reckoning, Quake 3 Arena, Quake 3 Team Arena. Yeah...

The ID pack brings my Steam game list to 44 games. That should keep me going for awhile.

We finally got the keys for the shop. I have to go there later today.

Alex out.

Rome Superiority

2007-08-16T01:27:00.000-03:00

So, that little Civilization IV thingie... That's a bit addictive, isn't it? Finished downloading earlier today, and it sucked me in. It's been awhile since i last played FreeCiv, so i had to do a guess game to really get going. Started with Mongols. It did'nt go so well (Just like History, ironic, ain't it?). Did a second shot as Augustus and his Roman buddies. It went much better. So far i'm 150 turns in, and my 6 cities are kickin'. There is a positive income, and no unhappy civilians. Anyway if there was, there is always martial law!

Parent's are coming back tomorrow, hope they make it back okay.

We got the flyers going for the cafe. They should be printed by the end of next week. Same thing for application to rent. Machines already arrived, and they are godly. Everything is going according to plan (read : Simulation?!?). We should be open by the beginning of September!

Alex out.

Man, What?

2007-08-14T12:34:00.000-03:00

Damn Steam, damn it to Hell! Spent 150$R on a goddamned game and it's expansions. Fortunately, it is Civilization 4, so it will last me a good while. I did say the same thing about Trackmania United last week tought.(That was another 60$R) The "Beyond The Sword" expansion alone made it a worthy purchase. That Youtube trailer i watched. Oh yes did i watch it. Over and over and over again...

So we're opening an Internet Cafe here in Lorena, should be open in a month or so. It's going to be called "No Maximo - Lan House". The project has been underway for awhile now, with two of my friends. We got some really big plans for that thing, let's hope it turns out well.

The parents are travelling to Canada, and should be back in a few days. They really did deserve a vacation. (Altought that could hardly be called a vacation)

Regards,

Alex

A new beginning.

2007-08-13T17:29:00.000-03:00

Ola,

It has been awhile, has it not? Well i'm back in business, now that this thing works with my google global account. Let's get writing!

Well, this is a test anyway. I'm going to try a major layout change.

Major updates soon.

Regards,

Alex

It's Out

2004-11-22T21:30:00.000-02:00

It's finally out! But i won't be able to play it until i can secure 80 bucks, as i'm getting the silver edition.

So far it's been a few cool weeks. School just ended, so it's vacation times! I will have way too much free time on my hands, i'll be doing more maths work... I got my Mp3 Player earlier. It's like the best invention after the wheel and sliced bread. Quality of the sound is excellent, headphone is just what i wanted, i can bring it anywhere, i don't mind.

Made some new friends in Canada, girls wich are really really cool. We get along pretty well and they can't wait till i get back in July to make the party with them, it's so cool.

December is coming really,fast, TutorialCentral project, wich has actualyl changed name along the way, is coming real soon, can't wait to see what it looks like.

Registred at Orkut.com a few weeks ago, and already 13 friends, pretty cool, even Milena Vellanga added me, i'm sooooo happy. Server is slow and i usually get an error message everytime i try to load something, but it's so cool i don't mind.

I've been getting pretty active on a new forum since september : aliensoup.com. An awesome community dedicated to fun and discussion, everything is cool there, except maybe the Gamecube section , wich is filled with console fanboys, i hate those...

Played Final Fantasy XI for about a month, i'm bored but i can't get myself into stopping and uninstalling. Don't know why.

Discovered a really great music group lately, name Blind Guardian, it's really special. One of their song "The Bard Song" is really great, i did'nt hear somehting like that that i like in a long time already.

Almost ready to jump! Tomorrow i'm getting a CD and booting up Linux built (Slax).We will finally know wich OS is the best (pretty obvious it seems).

Girlfriend coming on 10, can't wait to see her, damn, it's been so long...

regards,

Zephyr

Germany's Tale Continuation

2004-11-02T19:50:00.000-02:00

Part II of my german travel story.

So, after arriving at the hotel, i pretty much slept all day.The jet lag from South America to Europe is pretty incredible.I could detail the whole days one-by-one, but i believe it's not really worth it and i'd like to do this story thing in only 2 parts so.

Each day, i remained at home in the morning until 5hp.m (except some few special cases, see below) and than ,when my father arrived from work, we went out.

Some pretty cool place we went plus the details(Not in specific order) :

Jameson Irish Pub : Home to the Guiness, The Jameson Irish pub as a really strong OLD ambiance, wich i like particularely.Unfortunately, everything is made up, and everything is new.Waitress were pretty cool, food is awesome and beer is pretty good, too.People speak mostly in english

Paffkin Brewery Bar : Big , old place : Bestway to describe the paffkin, favorite german bar of Mike Jaeger, a known music group artist. They switch the barrel every 16 minutes, timed. They make theyr own Keulsh type beer.

Regards,

Zephyr

Digital Entertainment, Or Not

2004-10-19T20:09:00.000-03:00

Is it on? I'm getting amped, i'm getting amped. Or so he wished, those were the first few words coming out of the mouth of Frankie O'Connor on the last update video for Halo 2 at Bungie, Their done!

And now for some stuff that makes much more sense to all of you guys, i think i have some kind of pulmonal disease. Let's hope i don't die!

As you can all guess, i'm back from Germany, yay for old news, but whatever. The trip was really nice, lasted almost 3 weeks. I flew my way to europe on 20 of September, a beautiful day, altought my headaches were still going on at that very moment.

The trip by car to Sao Paulo was pretty fast actually, we went with a guy form orica. Arrived at the airport, everything was surprinsingly fast, that's something, because usually it takes time and theres complications. Got on the plane late in the afternoon, on business class affair Lufthansa (Creme de la creme trust me). Drank Champagne, eated salted almonds. I know i should'nt since i'm lucky to had that experience, but i'd like to complain on the custom chef menu we received. Mushroom pasta on a bed of tofu really has to be one of the worst things to eat. Watched I Robot four times on the small seat t.v (God that movie was so awesome).

Arrived in frankfurt airport in the morning, did'nt sleep at all in the 12 hours airtrip. Arrived there we had some issues with luggages, and the german really did'nt help us at all (Their not flexible, you would hear my dad say that a lot, he's right actually). We were able to quickly take the High Velocity Train up to cologne and then a regular urban train to Troisdorf, the city where our hotel is located, also the spot where my dad works.

Met Patrick, the owner, my parents talked a lot of him at home, he's a really nice guy, and so his is wife. The hotel was nice, altought a 3 stars, but hey, business class was good so no complains!

And that's part 1 of my trip history, be sure to come back soon for the other 2 parts of the incredible adventures of alex in other countries!(Traduction = i'm listening to maroon 5 and trying to learn the lyrics to This Love.)

Regards,

Zephyr

In Your Area

2004-09-16T22:42:00.000-03:00

Been feeling real bad for a week now, cold, headaches , you name it. Nothing as changed for the trip this monday! Everything is going as scheduled.

The Sims 2 was released ahead of time, on 14 instead of 17. Half Life 2 as finally moved to it's final cycle, vivendi has approved the candidate, wich means i will be playing it real soon. I plan to buy Half Life 2 off steam.

Add a bit more classes with Andrea, she is really awesome.

Regards,

Zephyr

Morning Is Boring

2004-09-13T13:18:00.000-03:00

Managed to read another rulebook of D&D (well, a supplement) named Deities And Demigods. It was pretty interesting so far, few rules than The Draconomicon. Told Paulo the coordinator that i was going to travel for a few days, so i would miss school. He said everything was okay.

Nothing special except that, oh, yeah. I obtained access to the arcade room on aliensoup.com and beated the score of the airfox game, but the net bugged...

Regards,

Zephyr

Pain Inside

2004-09-08T19:13:00.000-03:00

We had a week end of 4 days in all, wich was not all cool, since my brother managed to fuck the internet connection again.

So, here we are, wednesday, i missed school because i have some allergies, and it still doesn't feel well.

We got the net back at the expense of my mom's money, it's working now.

It hurt very much right now.

Also had some good news, i am going to Germany, 20th of September, for the Oktoberfest!

I know i am not updating very much right now, all my apologies, but i don't feel very well.

Regards,

Zephyr

No More problems

2004-09-04T01:51:00.000-03:00

Pretty crazy, a weekend of 4 days! Monday and thuesday are holydays! I really was looking forward to them.

I went today to buy a copy of Diablo II, but they were sold out! That sure was bad. Also the movie we were planning to go see, Alien vs. Predator, was at 3h, so we did'nt go. Later on i had portuguese class but it was cancelled again!

You could say i had a bad day, but it ain't so! Went to a shop and bought a D20 saga magazine (D&D related stuff), pretty interesting, can't wait to start reading it.

Also, spoke with one of my canadian friends, Guillaume Larente, and tought about maybe trying again to install Steam (http://www.steampowered.com/) in order to play with him on Counter Strike 1.6. I feared it would again not work (Steam has proven to be a instable and incompatible software on a lot of systems). At first , my fears became true, and i was ready to uninstall, but then i digged deep in the software and found out it was a mistake on my side! So, after fixing the problem and waiting for the software to finish upgrading with patches, i could finally try it out. Absolutely no lag! Finally i can experience the reason i bought a computer in the first place!

A lso spoke a bit with another friend, pascal, he now works (again) at the St Andre Golf. We had quite a laught reminiscing stuff, and speaking. I plan to organize a small clan with him and some other peoples, will be neat!

My best friend just broke with her boyfriend, it's really sad, because she had strong feeling for him, yet i support her and love her, no matter what happen, i will always be at her side, to the best and the worst.

Regards,

Zephyr

It's All About The Details

2004-08-31T23:55:00.000-03:00

Feels great to have the net back! We had to fight on the phone with Telefonica for so much details in order to get back online, but it was all worth it!

Yeah i also saw the changes on blogger, so i happen to have some problems with my banner, i'll check that when i feel like it.

So, a bit of details about what happenned these past months?Shall we?Allright, you probably all remember me talking about the travel to Cananda and stuff, well, it was great. I went there from July 7th till july 28th.

Went to a few cities, Montreal, Lachute and Blainville. The first 3 days were spent at my grandmother's house doing nothing, we recovered from the plane travel. After that i went to lachute for 2 weeks, more or less. Spent a lot of time at Julien's house, his family sure is awesome.
Met some net friends i had never saw, like Jessica. Also had the incredible luck of meeting Paul Alexis on my way to the wal mart with Jul. In Lachute i bought quite a lot of things.

-Homeworld : Cataclysm
-Homeworld 2
-A Deck of Magics : The gathering
-Zelda a link to the past for Gba
-A Gba Carrier (Silver)
-A Big Quebec Flag
-A Jester Ornament
-Some Gifts for friends in Brazil

After some days at Jul house i went back for 1 day to my grand mother's house, to stack some stuff. We went, me, Paul, Jul and Pascal, in car back to Montreal at Paul Alexis appartment, the next 2 days were pretty cool, shops, cards and stuff, and the day after we went by metro to la Ronde. I bought some more stuff in Montreal.

-Dungeon & Dragons Core Set Rule Books 3.5
-Dungeon & Dragons Deities and Demigods manual
-Dungeon & Dragons The Draconomicon
-Dungeon & Dragons Arms & Equipment manual
-Some Dices and a Pouch
-A deck of Magics for a friend.
-Some more stuff i don't remember

Went to my cousin's house in Blainville for 4 days.Mathieu is like me, he love everything related to games and computer, so we had a lot of fun. We watched movies, played some nice games and attended a family party in the weekend. I also love his parents, well, my aunt and uncle, they are kind and always smiling.

Last days were at my grand mother's house. I may be forgetting stuff or peoples, i will update on if i remember anything. It was an awesome trip, i love my country and i realized just how much i care about my friends, they are really important.

I'd like to reserve this space to a very special friend of mine, she also live in Canada. I spent some time with her in the vacation, it was like a dream, i did'nt talk to her for nearly a year, you cannot imagine how much i missed her. Tanya is one of the kindest and happy people you will ever have the honor to meet, you feel different when she is near, she is like an angel. She is one of my closest friend, one of the friend i wish to keep always, one of the few reasons i fear death.

When i went back, well, we just moved home to the appartment, so it was quite empty. I really love that new place. The reason i could'nt update is simple, the net was not yet installed.

I've been basically working on my campaing for the last month, it's coming along very nicely.

Regards,

Zephyr

Back From The Dead

2004-08-31T14:12:00.000-03:00

Well actually back from the real world, damn did that suck. Did'nt had the opportunity of getting online in more than a month, thanks to moving from a house to an appartment.

At least now the connexion is fast.

Well, portuguese class, i'll post a bit later.

I think it's gonna be a looooooooong post.

Regards,

Zephyr

In Canada

2004-07-08T16:28:00.000-03:00

Arrived a few hours ago. A lot of details, i`ll try to make it as short as possible.

Left the appartment yesterday at 4h Pm (Brazilian Time) and arrived at Sao Paulo at 6h30pm. The guys at the ticket station said only 3 of us (Out of six) could fly on Air Canada, the rest would have to cancel the flight or go on American Airflights. My dad decided to take American with 2 of my bros. My mom and my bro went with me on Air Canada.

The trip in plane took something like 10 hours (The first Airplane) and then 1 hour. I was tired when i arrived in Toronto and even more when we finally landed at Montreal.

I`m on a not-so-good pc with a not-so-good version of windows messenger, so any questions or comments should be forwarded to lucidique@gmail.com

More to come ,believe me, i`m just really tired now.

Regards,

Zephyr

Life Of Honor

2004-07-04T17:28:00.000-03:00

Today was pretty smooth, i was suppose to travel to San Jose Dos Campos, but my mom said it would be boring, so i stayed home. Decided to give Half Life a quick spin, to remember how much it was a boring game. Did the single player part until that monster in the silo area. Also played a bit of Specialists 2.0 with custom guns i downloaded yesterday.

Went to the kitchen to have lunch. After eating i watched t.v a bit.(Pretty Rare) 2 awesome movies were playing : Predator and Predator 2. I watched both of them and went back on the net to check my mails, so nothing special.

Today is my last day connected to the net until i'm back from Canada. I will probably advise some peoples on msn of what is gonna happen. Can't wait to be at the appartment!

Regards,

Zephyr

A Walk On The Other Side

2004-07-03T00:52:00.000-03:00

Went out a bit to help my mother. We stopped at the resto and after that i went to the movies, alone. I watched Spider Man 2, it was the premiere, an incredible movie. We went back home and had diner , pizza was great.

Spoke with some peoples on msn, played a game of Homeworld II and watched that daddy movie with Adam Sandler, i never remember the title. It sure was an awesome movie as well.

Spoke with Gustavo about some girls. Had a talk with Julien about what we will do in Canada, a lot of stuff i hope.

Also visited some new sites, a drawer/painter/photographer named Beksinski, a true genius as you can see on the pretty picture. I got a link to the author of the music on his websites. The guy name is Zbigniew Preisner. The kind of music like i have never seen. Well actually i think i did, some kind of instrumental music, but in a sad way. I love it.

Well, i'm tired to death and my father will upgrade internet! Better get some sleep now.

Regards,

Zephyr

Meal Of The Gods

2004-07-01T23:21:00.000-03:00

Looks good? Well i'd like to have one right now. Damn i'm so hungry for some real food! Nothing special happened today, boredom as usual. Oh yeah, when i played my last game of Homeworld II, i was listening to Valhalla from the Valkyrie Profile arranged album, and the music fitted perfect with my fight scene. Awesome!

Actionplant forums seems to be working properly now, last time i tried to log on i had problems. The new skins are awesome, i did myself a new avatar and a new sig for the occasion.

2 weeks before the launch of Tutorial Central, well it's not the official name anymore but it's still gonna be awesome.

Well i guess i'm off to finish my game of Homeworld II.

Regards,

Zephyr

Countless Chapters

2004-07-01T15:20:00.000-03:00

Sweet? A picture of the new cgi video from the Final Fantasy XII official website. It looks good and will probably be good.

Woke up at 10ham with an incredible headache, also i did a nightmare i don't fully remember, it involved something like being trapped, anyway i am the champion of nightmares that makes no sense.

Played a bit more of Homeworld II Demo, fucked my game completely because i somehow activated an unknown feature of the game (Well, it's not in the tutorial), that was the waypoint mode. I will probably try to master it later on.

Julien is angry at is parents because they control is money, well the money he wins when he works.

Nothing else to say i guess, except 6 days! The furnitures that were suppose to arrive today appearently didn't, who know why?

Regards,

Zephyr

After All

2004-06-30T13:34:00.000-03:00

School just finished, last test was the simulado, a 5-questions-for-each-subject test. I went with Helder to the Nitro Lan House (a new place near the school). I wanted to install Pandoras Tomorrow but computers were all full, so we waited for 15 minutes. When we got computers, noticed there was no cd on mine, so i just played Command & Conquer Generals. Slow computer, took 10 minutes to load the first map, anyway the game was ugly. After that i booted Cs, it was the wrong version and it jammed, got out of there and met my mother in the street, we went with 2 of my brothers to a restaurant. Went back home and here i am!

Yeah, so 7 days before Canada, can't wait to be there. Also, we are moving soon!

Made up my mind and i will buy Homeworld II if i have the chance in Canada, it's top innovation and deserve to be played a lot.

Well, i'll probably update a bit later, just wanted to cover the 3-days i did'nt.

Oh and if you see no update, it may be because we will have our internet connexion disconnected by Telefonica, since we are moving and stuff. So basically, if it happens, expect the next update the 9th in the afternoon.

Regards,

Zephyr

Under The Shenmue Tree

2004-06-27T21:48:00.000-03:00

Yesterday i found the greatest game of all time, and it's only the demo! I found the original online and it's quite cheap. The name of that awesome gem is Homeworld 2. The detail of the graphics on my pc is quite impressive, plus the gameplay is something extremely fresh.

Helped my father to transport some stuff at the appartment today, pretty much all my movies and computer games are there now, only my computer and clothes needs to be moved. (as well as some random stuff i forgot)

After that i went to Wanderley's house and played magics a bit. Caillo came without being invited. (I hate that guy)When he left, we planned to play a bit of D&D but i had to leave.

Played a bit more Homeworld and listened to the Shenmue Soundtrack. Damn, if there is a game i'm going to miss playing on my xbox, it certainly is Shenmue II!

English tests tomorrow hahahahaha!

Regards,

Zephyr

Ground And Space

2004-06-27T00:18:00.000-03:00

Nothing special arrived today. I slept a lot, woke up at 12h00, got on the net. While talking to some friends on msn, i got accross fileplanet and noticed that Ground Control (From sierra) is now free to download. It's a nice game, but i just tried the Homeworld II demo and THIS is a threat. It's actually the game with the best graphic displayed on my screen since i bought it in 2003.

Got bitched around by a girl on msn, why can't people leave you alone when you need to? I believe you don't need to be Einstein to understand that.

2 more tests this week and then it's finished until August, Canada, here i come!

Regards,

Zephyr

Quality Time With Quality Material

2004-06-24T22:53:00.000-03:00

Had 2 tests today at school. Both of them were quite difficult. Took me an hour or so. Right after school, we went to the appartment to bring all the furnitures on level 5. Took all afternoon, but now only a few things are missing.

Received 6 invites for gmail, gave 1 to Helder and 1 to Justin. They were both happy about it. Also i'm trying a complete transition over Gmail and just drop hotmail if possible. It is said on Gmail that it will become a pop3 soon.

Also, after the satisfaction provided by Mozilla's Firefox, i decided to install Thunder Bird, their E-mail pop3 client. I have yet to experience it, as soon as gmail turns pop, it will be done.

Well, tomorrow is maths test, hell in a can.

I'm tired so good night to the few souls who read this.

Regards,

Zephyr

Language Of Furnitures

2004-06-23T23:42:00.000-03:00

I missed school today, i actually had good reasons. It does all so happen my mother was going all day to buy the new furnitures for the appartment, so if i wanted decent stuff, i had to go and select it myself, thing that i did. We shopped for like 6 hours straight. We stopped at a cool restaurant with excellent food. Met Josee Roberto, teacher at Americana, he will have a meeting with me for english classes (Godamn it).

You probably won't believe it, but i actually studied today! I'm proud of myself, finally something i can achieve! I wish it could be like that everyday!

Also another hard thing to believe, as you probably noticed, the banner has appeared. I'm still trying to remove the google add and maybe restructure, thanks to the help of my comrad Zyphern.

Spoke a lot with Mishaga. She is a bit sad, i will do my best to make her smile as much as possible.

Tests tomorrow, i hope to get good grades for a change.

Regards,

Zephyr

Conflict Of Versions

2004-06-22T22:42:00.000-03:00

I found those covers on the net. I frequently play The Ninjawarriors on Snes. I also never understanded why there was 2 versions of it released on the same system with different names, one named The Ninjawarriors and another named The Ninjawarriors Again. After reading a bit on the subject, it seems there was a amiga game named The Ninjawarriors, so the snes version is simply a remake. I hope i get the chance of playing the amiga version, it looks really cool.

Downloaded America's Army ( a file of 745mo). It's nice ,but it does'nt really have that special feeling i was expecting out of it. I simply uninstalled, i believe Counter-Strike (even if boring as hell) as a little more originality to it.

Had a argue with my parents about study and stuff. I will study at least 1 hour each day, i have to do it, even tought i really don't have the will for it.

I spoke a bit with Renata Gazini (Ana Eliza's friend!). She would like to have the photos we took on Helder's camera, and as well chat on msn. I gave her my Google mail and my msn, altought she did not log on today (guess she only enter on weekends like all the rest here).

Oh well, i'm tired and i have nothing special to do, so better go sleeping early!

Regards,

Zephyr

Cleaning and Sickness

2004-06-21T22:52:00.000-03:00

Sorry for the lack of updates, i was a bit busy with the english work. It's been a week now with Firefox and it runs perfect! I also noticed that i contract no spywares instead of 40 per weeks! No new update for gmail as they did not give me any invites yet.

I don't know if i mentioned it earlier, but Paulo lended me Dungeon Siege. What a blast. It's like Baldur's Gate, except it's not boring! Still nothing for Pandoras Tomorrow, except the fact that Helder wants to try it at all cost, altought he perfectly know it will not run on his pc.

Mmm, yeah, did a lot of cleaning in my room for the appartment. Almost everything is in boxes and only require transport to the building. My mother is sick since about 3 days, some breathing problems. She is at the hospital right now, let's hope it's not cancer.

2 days until the exams start , and next week, thursday, it's vacation.

Also we found who stole my cards.

Regards,

Zephyr

Splinter Pixel

2004-06-19T22:41:00.000-03:00

Traveled to San Jose Dos Campos for the whole day, it was nice. We checked for furniture, eated at the restaurant and bought a bit of stuff. This is where it all start. I saw a shop, actually two of them selling recent games for all platforms.(WOA!) Saw a lot of cool Game Boy Advance games, but nothing i was looking for. The other shop, it was different. Unreal Tournament 2004, Far Cry, True Crimes and lot of other recent titles, i was amazed. Rest assured, i bought a game, altought not everything went well. I did'nt notice on the box that my 3d card was the only model that was not supported. It's sad, it's gonna cost me even more money to try Splinter Cell Pandora's Tomorrow. It looks very good tought.

I also attended the Fiesta De Juno at school tonight. I met Wanderley and the Japanese, eated a Churros and drank a bit of Hot Whine. I also met Barbara, she is cool. She was a bit sad that i left early, actually it was a bit boring.

Found the main song from Kingdom Hearth, i have been listening to it in loop for an hour now.

Regards,

Zephyr

Old Stuff

2004-06-18T23:27:00.000-03:00

Aleph One is the codename of the port. The real name of the game is Marathon. Marathon is the first title of a serie of 3 chapters (Marathon, Durandal and Infinity).

So basically, Marathon is Bungie's early attempt to Fps (before Halo). If you want a feel of what Bungie did before the xbox hit blockbuster, now is the time.

What i propose here is completely legal, the build is out of Source Forge and come with the free license and stuff so you won't get into any problems. This game was a Mac game, so it may not run perfectly on your pc.

Here are the files you need in order to start playing Aleph One - Marathon.

-Marathon Source code-

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/marathon/AlephOne-Windows-20040417.zip?download

-Aleph One's Marathon Port-

http://orbitalarm.bungie.org/downloads/alephone.html

---Details on how to install---

Windows : Just download both zip files and extract them. Just copy Marathon file into Alephone file and go in marathon, just click the icon.
Important : Windows user download the Special Windows Version of Aleph one on the website.

Mac Os 9 : Same thing, but you also need the latest version of SDL library (1.2 if possible) extracted in the alephone directory.
---

Understand that i cannot provide support for the Mac users, your on your own. I have been able to make it work easily on Windows, so should you.

If you have questions about the game that i cannot answer, try on bungie.net

Generation Of Thousands

2004-06-17T18:01:00.000-03:00

See that picture? If your not already jaleous, it means you have no idea what it is. I will tell you all mere mortals what it is. Gmail is the new project of Google.com. Pretty simple, a bottomless e-mail account with cool features. There is actually a bottom, but 1,000 mo is quite a bottom!

Getting a Gmail account is quite easy... Just joking it is not. There is only 2 ways to proceed. You can add your mail to the drawing list (Wich may not necessarly get you one) or simply receive an invite from a person already a member. So basically, as a member you also have 3 invites to give to some of your friends in order to create webs, ingenious, isn't it?

So , you probably all ask yourself : "To who will Alex give these incredibles Gmail invites?"

Well, to peoples who frequently use e-mails, that is! I am planning some kind of contest/fun/thing on msn, then again maybe not. I will think about it.

Oh and you can contact me on lucidique@gmail.com !Muhahahahahahahahahah!

Regards,

Zephyr

Take Back The Web

2004-06-17T14:26:00.000-03:00

Such is the slogan of Firefox. Pretty nice browser, replace totally Internet Explorer. I also have Netscape Navigator 7.1, it's cool and have a lot of features, but the template start to annoy me. Firefox template is regular and can also be changed with customs so easily. Only a few flaws of html, like on Bb's forums .(3Drealms)

Well, back from school, my mom made me angry right away. Let's hope i do not get disturbed for the next 5 hours, that would be nice. At intervallo i was in Ana Eloiza's class, chatting with some girls. I saw that girl named Amanda, men!

I think i will continue my html lessons now.

Regards,

Zephyr

Trojans And Such

2004-06-16T19:28:00.000-03:00

Nothing "Really" special today. It started with boringsville as usual, school. I teached "Graisse de baleine" to 3 persons in my school and i will make them compete. So far they are very promising. I was also advised to go to Skol Beat at the club this friday, still don't know if i'm going.

Yesterday was kind of Weird, at least at night. I "Somehow" contracted a virus on my pc, i still really don't know where it's from, altought i have an idea. It infected all my Java apps and files plus some files in my Final Fantasy VII directory. First sign that i had a virus was that some .exe were dispearing of my hd. Namely my Anti-virus and my telephone software. I was a bit freaked out but i knew what to do. I condamned Internet Explorer 6.0 and switched for Mozilla FireFox 0.9. I also added Outpost 1.0 firewall and proxy.

Only god know how much i hate virus.

Wanderley came to my house and we played a bit of stuff. He really liked the War Of The Ring Demo and the Snes game Ninjawarrior.

regards,

Zephyr

Made In Brazil

2004-06-15T17:01:00.000-03:00

Like my new look? Ok i look like Enrique Iglesias, just shut the fuck up. I really like it. Bought it from Locked Street and it looks really good. i guess a lot of people will laugh at school, it's gonna be cool.

Now i have to study 1 hour per day. My mom's gonna check me. It's not negative or anything, in fact i don't mind.

Got a new feature on my desktop. Some kind of act bar like on MAC OX. Really neat and useful. I'll post a pic sometime soon.

Regards,

Zephyr

Search For Lunatic

2004-06-14T15:46:00.000-03:00

Went to school, i was so tired and hungry, but it's not like there is food on the table in the morning. When i arrived, decided to make some cleaning in my things before travel. I basically uninstalled all games that i don't play with frequently and i stored all discs in my luggages.

I have one of thoses INCREDIBLE stomachache.

Felt like playing some rpgs so i re-installed Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII. I Will restart a new game on VII and try to beat Fujin and Raijin in my old VIII game.

Nothing special at the moment. Still a bit shocked by that stuff on Mikaella.

Well, i'm hungry, gonna check for some stuff.

Regards,

Zephyr

It Is Done

2004-06-13T22:21:00.000-03:00

I did it peoples! I sold my xbox! i did it for the price i basically asked for (525$can). I'm REALLY happy right now. My D&D Dream will come true! Spoke by mail with the buyer. He was a bit afraid before bidding, but who would not?

Did'nt do anything special except that. I just realised that i play a lot less games than i did in my free time, now i just surf the web. Guess im just waiting for july, am i?

Spoke a bit with Helder about my problem, he supports me. It's a good thing to have people supporting you.

Owww i eated too much chocolate after diner.

Regards,

Zephyr

The Watcher

2004-06-13T13:40:00.000-03:00

Yeah, i have to stay on my Mom's Ebay Account all day. There is less than 4 hours before the end of the deal, already 6 persons interested! Everyone in my family is pretty certain i will be able to sell it! I'm pretty happy now.

So yesterday, we did'nt go to the movies. Instead we got up the road to piquete and went to a family party at Wanderley's Farm. It was nice, and i had to try "The Hot Whine", god it was so good!

Also, Paulo is suppose to meet me here and lend me Dungeon Siege, looks very promising.

School tommorow. I had a 4 days weekend so it will be hard to return there.

Regards,

Zephyr

Then Again

2004-06-12T16:58:00.000-03:00

Cool pic huh? The main cover of the game, i think it's pretty. I am going to watch Van Helsing again today! Can't wait to be there.

I slept a lot today. All my atempts to get the movie in .avi format where in vain, the user kept disconnecting.

Over and all i had a crappy day. I'm not in my best mood and peoples keep puting me to my limit. May have something to do with my Gatty moving even more farther from me. I hate life.

Well, i should be happy and everything about Canada and all, but i'm, not at the moment.

Regards,

Zephyr

Ah The Critics

2004-06-12T00:39:00.000-03:00

Out of the two we wanted to watch, only one was playing, and i'm glad it was Van Helsing. This movie really is spectacular. Don't listen to what people say about it being a gay non-plot outrage to today's hollywood art. Critics are only good at molesting your brain, violating your mind. At first i tought it would be a flop without taste. I was blown away and my flesh was torn apart in millions of pieces. The action is non-stop, special effects are astounding and i can assure you that the combats are to be remembered. If you don't expect a novel of a story out of this beast, you will be satisfied!

Actually i'm downloading the .avi right now. I will probably go watch it again tommorow. I saw a cute girl at the cinema, also some old friends : Vinicius Vilena, Felipe and Julio from Drummond School.

Regards,

Zephyr

Peace Of Mind

2004-06-11T14:38:00.000-03:00

It works perfectly. Pretty cool, i already played a bit, i love this game. I wish i could try the expansion as well. As you can guess, i am talking about Age Of Mythology. Graphics are cool, they do not require a high-end pc or anything. It also has all that was cool from Age Of Empire 2 and a bit of Warcraft III (Lucky me!).

So i speaked with Gabriel about the N64 games for my bro. We also planned to go to the movies tonight. It also happen that i was later invited by Wanderley to go at the same time, i guess we will go as one group! Pretty cool, can't wait to be there. We have 2 movie choice : Van Helsing or The Day After Tommorow.

Tommorow is gonna be dungeon and dragon at my house. Anyone tried N1.02? Send a comment!

Regards,

Zephyr

The Way Of N

2004-06-11T00:04:00.000-03:00

Already 12h00Am, woohoo! A quick update before i go to sleep. Ok it's not so new since i got this game for around a month or so. The name of the game is N. N is a puzzle 2d platformer that takes real elements of physics in order to give a fresh experience. You are in control of a Ninja. Trained for stealth, silence, speed and agility, the Ninja is what you always dreamed to be, except for the 1.5 minutes natural lifespan he possess. Altought he will not live long, the Ninja makes up for it's greed for gold. Each gold piece will add a second to your life timer. The main goal is to exit the level by the door. Altought it look easy, it's a little more complicated. You see, gold is never free and this time it's garded by Ninja-killer-robots.

The game in itself gives access to 30 episodes, each episode is made up of 5 levels. Also, if you know a bit how stuff works, their is the debug mode, a simplified Map Editor (All in the game). It's not as easy as making a Starcraft map i'm afraid.In N, your maps are saved as ascii codes, so you need to open a text document and write them down. When you want to load the maps, you need to get your codes on your text document and input them in the game. I made a map, it's fairly easy and extremely cool. So here is the url to grab it.

N version 1.2 (1.3Mo)
( http://www.harveycartel.org/metanet/downloads.html )

Well, almost done downloading Age Of Mythology.

Regards,

Zephyr

Dawn Of Zone

2004-06-10T19:30:00.000-03:00

Not much stuff. Talked to Mikaella at school wednesday and she was extremely enthusiast about going out friday. Told me several times to call her. I did and after we planned all that stuff, she may be traveling. Anyway friday will be a role play party at my house it looks like. Looking pretty forward to it.

Some extremely bad news on Valentines day (9th June). My girlfriend is going to live even more far away from me. Thats so cool! In fact, no. That makes me angry, a lot .I don't know what to do. A lot of girls interested around me here in lorena, and i have to stay alone.

Installed Age Of Empire on my pc and my mother's. I played a lot with simon over Msn Gaming over at Zone.com. 1 cd is required for 3 players to play, totally awesome. It does not lag much over zone now. I remember the first time i played on zone, it was so retarded. They integrated a lot of msn messenger's features.

Currently listening to the world map music of Final Fantasy VII Orchestrated, makes me want to re-install it and start a new game.

Regards,

Zephyr

Sawed-Off Meteors

2004-06-07T22:24:00.000-03:00

Speaked a bit with Wanderley at school about my D&D buying project. To explain it briefly, i am trying to sell my xbox shrine on the net in order to buy a complete set of Dungeon Master books for Dungeon And Dragon play. The books for the latest edition are quite expensive. All informations regarding my Xbox sale can be found on the following Url.

Xbox Set Over Ebay(525$)

( http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8110308575 )

Also, played a bit more of Evilution's Doom II mod. Awesome! Read a lot of stuff about some upcoming events regarding the end of the world as we know it. I'm a bit skeptical, but i leave room for possibilities. We will all know soon enough. I am going to the dentist tommorow...

Regards,

Zephyr

Evilution & Plutonia

2004-06-05T23:15:00.000-03:00

Woke up at 10' by Wanderley calling me. Took a shower and headed to the Pao De Leite. Bought some food and joined him along the way. Tried to repair is computer. I believe that the fact he does not update is virus database may have caused him harm. We got back to my house with the japanese. Wanderley introduced me to Dungeon & Dragon. Totally awesome! I believe i will buy a set to play with my bro and friends when i get in Canada.

Spoke with Gatty and she is sad, also she miss me a lot. I will not be able to travel to her city, it's quite sad. Downloaded Doom II + Doom legacy + Doom Connector. Now i play Doom in OpenGl on the net, totally cool! Looks like Euphemia can't wait to see me! Men i feel the same!

Regards,

Zephyr

Tilting Beauty

2004-06-04T23:30:00.000-03:00

Woke up by my mother, after my shower she told me i could stay home, but i went to school anyway. Mikaela had worked hard on her part and i did'nt want to let her down. A 19 pages assignment. I was writing while people watched the film in english class. It was a movie named Hedwig, about a travesty who fled berlin to usa and formed a band, and got his/her songs ripped. The songs were indeed pretty nice(I'm no fan of Rock And Roll so it's a compliment). Did'nt really like the movie, anyway i had that report to write so...

Downloaded a bit of stuff and found Microsoft Pinball Arcade. As you can see on the picture, it's well rendered and the physics make it play like real tables. What i love about that game is that it retraces history of pinball. Each table is a testament to an era of tilt tables. My favourite table is Knockout, but Spirit of 1976 is pretty good as well.

Went to restaurant with my parents today. Don't remember the name of the place. It was a French food restaurant. I had a "Soupe a l'ognion". a "Steak au poivre" and some french fries. everything was great, especially that girl on the other table looking at me...

Gotta go to sleep, Wanderley will call me early tommorow. Time is not fast enough, can't wait tosee my friends in Canada!

Regards,

Zephyr

Only A Shade Of Truth

2004-06-03T20:20:00.000-03:00

She never came, but i still did my part. Should be done by tommorow. The regular schedule has been modified, we have two classes of english.(Yay!) Writed some stuff on tutorialforums.com on the debate forum. Hope to get some intelligent replies.

Wanderley had a problem with his work. His floppy was corrupted. Everything is fine now.

Feel like playing chrono cross with an emu. Reminds me i still have those two 700Mo + images of the game cds.

Regards,

Zephyr

Instrumental Damnation

2004-06-03T15:25:00.000-03:00

Had a big urge of checking Halo II stuff. Looks REALLY promising. Pretty much everyone mention it has the best first person shooter ever. A bit hyped, but Bungie did a great job with Halo : Combat Evolved. O'Donells instrumental musics in Halo II is as good as ever!

I was suppose to work on the biology project today at home with Mykaela, but she did'nt came. Well, she was suppose to be here at 2h30, it's 3h28 and still no news. I will work on it a bit later.

Oh! Something really cool as well. I finally got The mp3 of Grabbag from Duke Nukem 3d. No big deal if it was the pc version mp3, but it's the Nintendo 64 edition we are talking about. AWESOME!

Regards,

Zephyr

Leagues Preparations

2004-06-02T14:25:00.000-03:00

Ok, i quick update before i go back to school in 20 minutes. I am planning some cool stuff on Soldat. We (Me and some other peoples) are working on some new maps to do some amical tournaments on private games. If at least 6 people are in, it will be done. It's gonna be called "Leagues". I worked on some blue prints with Wanderley this morning, and we came up with 3 cool maps. I will mod them and compile them after school, and probably publish them on my ftp.

I will also put all the results in assignated posts on this blog. If it works, it's gonna be crazy!

Regards,

Zephyr

Wanderley 1942

2004-05-31T22:52:00.000-03:00

Yeah, a pretty normal day today. Started with school. Spoke with Mikaella to invite her with Padawanderley here, she is busy till friday. Experimented a new deck at school, but it needs tweaking, a lot in fact. Wanderley came to my house from 2hpm to 8hpm. We played halo with my brother for an hour, and i introduced Soldat to him. Thinks he like it quite a lot, but not as much as Battlefield 1942. I admit myself being a Battlefield addict, it's so nice and realistic.

Also, played 1 hour of Soldat with Julien. Played on 3 servers, then i decided to make my own, it was too slow on 2 of them, and the 3rd was filled with veterans. It was a lot of fun. Also speaked a bit about Halo II with him. He said he will ship me the collector's edition for free! Thanks Julien!

Started to fantasm again on LaRonde. My father suggested a season pass for the 3 weeks, i'm not against the idea, but it may be difficult to get Frozen Throne in the end.

Read some stuff on Belgium Beers. Stela Artois, i want to try this one if i ever get the chance.

Regards,

Zephyr

Banned From Server

2004-05-30T21:25:00.000-03:00

To see the correct stats, click the picture, it will get bigger. So, as you can guess, i was Zephyr.(Duh) Remember i have been playing this for a few days only, so i still consider myself a newb.(Newcomer with very little respect earned from the others) Anyway i enter the game, check the weapons selection...They removed my M79 and my Socom!What would become of me?!? Oh well, i take the Steyr and the Bazooka. The Steyr Aug is a bit more difficult to use than the M79, and the bazooka... I started playing and could'nt believe what i wasd doing! I was owning everyone, imagine neo againts the agents at the end of The Matrix. I was second the 2 first rounds, third one i got first, I had only time to take a picture then the admin banned me.

I finally emerged from the Noob state, call me an Middle Level now!

Bow down before my power!

Regards,

Zephyr

Live Long And Prosper

2004-05-30T19:29:00.000-03:00

woke up at almost two o'clock this afternoon. After speaking a bit with Zyphern, decided to install Msn Messenger Plus 3.0 on my old Msn6b. Gave me a lot of adware at first, so i uninstalled and saw it was a selection in the install. Everything works fine now, cool new features!

I had some issue with the plug-ins(Yes, Msn messenger plus now supports various plug-ins) for Winamp.I decided to uninstall them after some major bugs in my music player. Gave some suggestions on how to improve Soldat in the official forums yesterday. I received the following feedbacks today."Shut up you Bitch" and stuff of the same kind. It's sad to see that a lot of Soldat players are idiots...

Well that's all, guess i'll play some more Soldat, i really tought about registering the game, it would greatly help.

The Trial

2004-05-30T02:05:00.000-03:00

Add a talk with a friend from canada about what i planned to do in the future. It kinda resonate in my head, only one answer : nothing. Not only have i no idea, but also i feel like nothing is the answer. Everyone as a dream, after thinking about it,i have none. I see life as something without meaning. In the end, you die and your forgotten. What is the meaning of existence?

It's true i spend all my time on my pc, but i don't feel like anything else is important anymore... It as been like that for a few years now. What happened? I remember i used to like gym classes, had fun doing maths, i already loved school. Why is it i hate all those things now? What changed?

It's one of those times where you feel broken and hopeless. I feel like that too often is seems. Wishing you were someone else, that things did'nt turn out the way they turned. I really can't understand. I just feel misplaced and in the wrong direction. I wonder how everyone manage to go on with their lives without these interrogations. Everyone is so sure of themselves, looks like i missed a complet chapter of the book of life.

July again, it was july last year, i tought it would be my escape door. In fact it was just a new cell. I tough all my problems and toughts would vanish, but they did'nt. they took hold of me even harder. May this July be more meaningful for my existence...

Wow, i feel like a writer! Well, Bruno should be done with the downloads by now, so let's play some soldat!

Regards,

Zephyr

Etched Oracle

2004-05-29T22:52:00.000-03:00

Here it is, one card of the new set. Fifth Dawn! They look incredible. I wish i could buy the story books, Mirrodin universe look so rich and full of cool stuff. Anyway, 2 bad news. I got my Akroma and my Phage stolen! I'm really pissed now. Also i installed a new game called GunBound. I got my ass kicked every single time so i got bored, it's uninstalled now.

Speaked all afternoon with Euphemia. She is having difficulties with baby Sitting. Let's prey for her good health! I am bored now, and it's allready 11h00pm. What should i do?

Regards,

Zephyr

Frozen Core

2004-05-29T17:31:00.000-03:00

A artwork of my most beloved sin and need. Warcraft III expansion set, The Frozen Throne. Been thinking about re-installing Warcraft III, but it takes too much space.

Checked a bit of cards from DarkSteel and Mirrodin on the official Wizards web site. Also saw some Fifth Dawn preview cards. Also had a look at the really cool Core Set (But so expensive).

I'll post some cards i saw that are very cool.

Regards,

Zephyr

You Just Killed S.Maringer

2004-05-28T23:53:00.000-03:00

The title sums it up pretty much. You saw this sentence appearing in my screen so often. That was so funny, we downloaded a new map called city. 2 skyscrapper and 1 house in the middle. I wanted to use the barret for the first time, that was hilarious. He was flying in the sky like a bird, and immediatly felt down in blood. Yay for advanced weaponry!

Just a quick update to say i had crazy fun for an hour. Anyone reading this should try Soldat, completely crazy!

My arm itch, i don't know why...

Regards,

Zephyr

Glowing Fame

2004-05-28T20:20:00.000-03:00

Played a lot of Soldat today. Noticed something. Whenever i play on a server (Pro or Beginner), i always end 2nd-to-5th. I think i am really getting the hand on this game. I wish i could be good enough and enter a clan or championship, i will get famous!

Also did some shopping with my mom, checked some furniture. Walking down the street i found something completely crazy! A shop that sells magics cards! Godamn it, i was so happy. I bough a booster pack of Darksteel and got a few good cards, i will add them to a green deck today.

Nothing new except that, i was out pretty much all day long. My brother Simon annoyed me a lot to get my Xbox. He will probably continue to do so...

Spoke a bit with Michelle, she is cool, but afraid of everything. Wonder why...

Regards,

Zephyr

Grey Hairs and Name Tag

2004-05-27T22:35:00.000-03:00

Wow, it's already 10h30 P.M! Hard to believe, but i have been playing Soldat nonstop all day long. I have found my weapons of choice.A Steyr Aught and a Socom, or a M79 Grenade Launcher and a Socom. I really like the speed, fast paced gameplay of this. It's funny, i expected Tribes 2 to be similar when i first downloaded it.

Had some talk with my parents, flamed a bit. It's not always fun, but sometimes necessary. Can't wait for July, so much stuff and people to see! I may be able to get a hand on Frozen Throne, finally!(Been dreaming of it since late september)

I am going to sleep soon enough.

Regards,

Zephyr

Le Soldat Ultime

2004-05-27T12:25:00.000-03:00

What could that picture be? Well, after looking at some more small games like Jumper, i found a lot more stuff. It was inevitable, i would discover a True Multiplayer showdown. Here it is : Soldat. I would like to give details about it, but it has to be discovered on your own. As a 10 meg file (Free) You have the OBLIGATION to try it, it's goddamn original! Here is a list of server i play on : http://lobby.soldat.pl:13073/ . I am Lucidique In-Game. One thing great about that server list is that if you have the game installed, just click the link and the game will start in the server!

Soldat Client(10.3Mo)

http://www.soldat.pl/

No Gincana Today, i slept until 10, looks like english class will be reported again...

Call Of Gincana Part 3

2004-05-26T18:31:00.000-03:00

Greetings. Today i attended the gincana.(Some may say it was about time.) i did not contribute to my team, but helped Helder and the Dii Aqua. Stayed until 10'o'clock. Escaped with my brother, hell it was a bit boring. I searched for wanderley everywhere, did'nt find him.

Also played a lot of Tetris today. I did'nt play it for more than a year. I found a couple of different version wich will now live inside my hard drive. The picture you see is the neave version of tetris ( Check ancients posts for url, it's free). I also digged up Tetris 4000 wich is very nice. I just finished downloading Tetris Master, i will have a look at it in a few minutes.

Did a bit of Photoshop tutorials yesterday. I will post some of my works tommorow, check back!

Regards,

Zephyr

Allegory Of Immortality

2004-05-25T23:19:00.000-03:00

I found this article by pure mistake on google while searching for a model of an inverted knee robot. This article is named My Search for the Holy Grail of immortality. Writed by Emeagwali in 2003. Trough the basic of a "Prediction of the future". Emeagwali explain a bit on how will technology works in 50-60-90-100 years in the future. Some of the stuff he says appear to makes sense, some of it does'nt. Something striked me tought.

As Emeagwali describe that Computers and the internet can only be viewed from a physical point of view (The internet is 10,000 kms of fiber ropes that interconnect all computers in order to facilitate Human communication). He put emphasys on the fact that computers, in the future, interlinked with the net, will form a kind of Brain. Considering the fact that in 100 plus years, computer will be a lot more faster, everything will work extremely fast. Also one thing to be considered is the electronic implants.

"In 300 years, I believe that the Internet will remain a spherical network as large as the whole world. However, because it could be a zillion times more powerful, faster, and more intelligent, I believe that in 300 years the Internet will evolve into a SuperBrain as large as the whole world."

this sums it up a bit. There is more.

"Without realizing what we are doing, we are determined to redesign ourselves. Our compelling urge to redesign ourselves is deep-seated and will remain so. We have embarked on a self-propelled evolution in which we are both the creator and the created.

Already, we have imbedded our consciousness and intelligence into computers. Now that we have implanted our intelligence into computers, we are now figuring out how to imbed our computers into our brain. That is, how to imbed inanimate intelligence into animate ones."

This is were it gets completely logical, in the end, we survived since pre-historic age as a team.Still today, everyone is linked in society.

He explain that at some part, everyone will be linked as 1 Brain.

"Unification implies that we will become one people. With one voice. One will. One soul. And one culture. "
"We will understand that we are not human beings that exist separately from other beings. Instead, we may come to believe that we are small and separate beings that exist within a Super Being."

"I began by studying the interconnectedness between millions of computers configured around the Earth. I learned that interconnected computers do emulate one supercomputer. I then inferred that we could use that knowledge as a metaphor for living entities, which we also know, are interconnected.

Therefore, I have inferred that interconnected animals and plants do emulate one Super Being."

Ok it's a bit long, but i suggest you have a read.

http://emeagwali.com/speeches/immortality/my-search-for-the-holy-grail-of-immortality.html

Regards,

Zephyr

Looking Trough The Glass

2004-05-25T19:47:00.000-03:00

Cool? Indeed, it's my first ever accomplished tutorial on Adobe Photoshop 7.0. God this version is just the greatest! Took me some time to figure out where was the Linear Dodge Option. I know it look a bit crappy, just remember it's my first tutorial. A lot more coming soon!

Also i started some basic tutorials of Html as you can see now :

This part of my post is all typed in HTML!

Anyway, it started out easily, but i am sure it will get complicated. Played a bit of Zyphern's custom levels on Jumper. He needs practice at editing...

Regards,

Zephyr

Custom Material

2004-05-25T14:56:00.000-03:00

Ok so, as you can see here with the picture, i kinda made a logo for my blog. I think it's simple and looks good. (It's starring at you!) I'm having a bit of problems with the template. I am trying to make my banner (Similar to this picture) fit at the spot where you see the title of the blog. Tried a bit with my mother(She knows html) and it did'nt work. I will check a bit more on Blogger or maybe Google it after. If anyone has some information as for the code to input an image from an url to the title, please comment this post!

Also i have been messing with the Jumper Editor 2.2. I made two quick new maps. One is easy and fast and the other require some quick thinking. It's a zip file accessible from this url

Static Galore(253Ko) + Weak Minded(250Ko)

http://www.geocities.com/darksurfaceteam/jumpercustomzephyr1.zip

If the link is dead/Broken, try it a bit later...

Some Infos on how to play custom levels on Jumper:
1.Open Jumper editor. (You can get it from the url provided in the Interaction With A Jumper post)
2.Select load map from the built-in menu.
3.Get the file from where you unzipped it.
4.Press Play.
5.Voila!

The process of doing custom maps is pretty similar. If anyone who read this decide to make new maps, you can send them to me at fulgor28@hotmail.com . I will be happy to play them. I will also publish the best custom maps on a ulterior posts. So check soon. Anyway i'll be making more soon enough.

Regards,

Zephyr

Call Of Gincana Part 2

2004-05-25T09:49:00.000-03:00

Well my father did'nt wake me up...don't know why. Anyway, to sum up some of the stuff i found yesterday. After playing a bit of Jumper (See Interaction With A Jumper for more informations), i checked the link to see directly where it came from. After few researchs on the owners website, i discovered http://www.neave.com/. I must say it's one of the most original website i have seen in ages. i also found some cool stuff on it. He as a game section were you can play them on the site, download them to windows or Mac, or even apply the flash code to your website! To name a few : Pacman, Asteroids, Tetris, Simon Says, hexxagon and snake. They are hand coded by him and are of great quality. Try them!

Neave game section (All Free)

http://www.neave.com/games

I think i will sleep a bit more, my mom waked me up to open the computer so she can access the internet.I still can't wait for July, it's gonna be such a great month!

Regards,

Zephyr

Interaction With A Jumper

2004-05-24T22:59:00.000-03:00

A quick update before i go sleep. I was going trought the forums pages and found this little gem. Name of the file is Jumper. The zip file actually contain 2 of them : jumper 1.1 and jumper editor 2.2. A really cool arcad-ish platform game. As you can see from the picture, it's a little bit old on the graphics. Surprisingly, it takes quite a lot of memory to run it. I scanned and it's virus free. You can download the .zip file from this url.

Jumper 1.1(2.63Mo) + Jumper Editor 2.2(2.08Mo)

http://www.gameshade.com/dex/YMM/Jumper.zip

Have a look and see if you like, it gets a litte difficult after 2-4. I will post some custom level i will do when i have some time, check tommorow or a few days after!

Regards,

Zephyr

Defeat Of The Holy

2004-05-24T21:16:00.000-03:00
Played a lot of Netstorm tonight. Got owned pretty much all the time. Yay for level advantage! It destroy all the fun that game could give.

Already 9h08. I want to play something, but nothing comes to my mind. I guess i'll watch a movie. I tought of Playing Battlefield 1942 or maybe Counter-Strike. I feel like playing a new strategy game tought. Maybe Red Alert II off Kazaa Lite?

I guess i'll get my brothers t.v and watch 2 Fast 2 Furious...

Regards,

Zephyr

Damn, I'm looking good!

2004-05-24T16:41:00.000-03:00

Pretty soft afternoon. Talked a bit more with Euphemie. It's the first time she is online in the week! Also tweaked a bit of stuff and discovered that there was a huge amount of Custom Templates on other websites. I'll have a look.

Played a bit of Duke Nukem 3D. I love this game.Also tried to do a custom map in NetStorm, but it crashes to desktop,wonder why. Also i entered the online server to play a bit, i found 3 persons on ring 13.2 of these persons were level 43 and a guy named meteor was level 1 (As me). So the two 43 level guys proposed a 1 vs. 1 between me and Meteor, The upper levels would give us advice. After some quick speaking and action, i proceeded to beat the crap out of meteor. As my golem putted his high priest on the altar, my priest started the ritual and his priest was sacrificed to the furies! Enough babling, i got friend with the master player who helped me.

I guess that's all, tomorow is Gincana and i will probably chat on X-Chat or have a talk with some friends... May as well re-install Warcraft III and duel.

Regards,

Zephyr

Call Of Gincana Part 1

2004-05-24T11:56:00.000-03:00
Ok, this week is a special competition week at school. Also it does happen i go to the school who as the biggest celebration. Complete week without classes, only activities! So my father wake me up this morning and say "School Time!". I decided to stay here and sleep. Is that life or not? I will be going to school tommorow anyway and see what is going on. I planned to come home with Wanderley and Mickaela anyway after.

As for the Blog stuff, http://www.blogger.com/ is incredible. Pretty everything is customizable, and easily(And thats not even the Html editor i am talking about!). Slowly i'll make more change. I added a visitors counter by Xiti.com. An 18 line code after, it works, unfortunately it will not go public until i see how exactly it works. The icon is there tought, it's an obligation for free users.

Not much plan today, i will call wanderley for my Activity Shirt, also i may Join Zyphern's Addiction Blog to help him a bit.

Any comments?

Regards,

Zephyr

Le Test PhotoGraphique

2004-05-23T22:27:00.000-03:00

**TEST PHASE**

This post is simply for test purpose, don't even bother about it.Oh while i'm here i may as well add some useful informations.

Right now i'm working(A bit) on the Html part of my blog, you may see some new stuff appear from time to time (Link buttons, Color changes).Feel free to check them.Usually they are very cool places to visit or nice features to check.

Also i will be updating this page quite a lot, at least once per day, so check back often!

Regards,

Zephyr

The Silver Gathering

2004-05-23T19:00:00.000-03:00
A friend of mine, Zyphern from Canada, asked me to try something. Not eager at first, i slowly installed the small 15.8Mo file and started it.It was a game, a old game it seemed. I started the tutorial missions with meager interest only to discover how cool and interesting it was! So here i present it to you.

The name of the game is Netstorm. It is an old title made by Activion wich is now an abandonware (Means that the full version is downloadable on the net at no fee in total legality). Netstorm is a Real Time Strategy with 2d graphics in a fictional fantasy world. It is a little bit difficult to explain. Try the early missions yourself and see if you like it. I love!

NetStorm(15.8Mo)(executable install file) is available right here :
( http://www.netstormhq.com/download.php?view.1 )

By the way, it as a big feel of Starcraft and Magics The Gathering combined. Have a look and forge your opinion!

Paulo lended me a bit of stuff yesterday.
-Pokemon Silver for GameBoy Color
-GameBoy Camera
-around 20 Dvds for my parents to watch

Thanks Paulo for all these, i guess i'll be busy for quite a while :-)

Also i tried to play a little bit with the comments. If you wish to drop me a line, you will need to register on the page itself (Comments). Only need to register once, then it's ok. (Probably to reduce spam and stuff.)

Regards,

Zephyr

Day One

2004-05-23T15:09:00.000-03:00
**Possible Editing, remember i am still doing tests!**

Ok, a lot of cool stuff happened this weekend, let's start by the beginning!

Friday
I was bored of mIRC 5.91 full so i switched for X-Chat (It was recommenced by iJeff a few weeks ago). Works like a charm.There is those custom server buttons for quick access, i love it way more that that piece of junk mIRC is.

Saturday
Speaked with Euphemie, a friend from Canada. A really cool girl, i wish she could connect more often! At night i was with paulo Pimentel and Gabriel Drummond, we took the bus to Guara and eated at McDonald. 2 trios and a stomac pain after, i was home. The dog escaped the house, we searched for him all nigh long...

Sunday
Speaked a bit with my cousin on Skype ( http://www.skype.com/ ) and with my girlfriend over Msn. I also had such a cool surprise. Mayra finally connected on msn. I was really happy,she is so cool. A cute face,also! I had the idea of starting that blog after watching her blog.

No news as for when i'm going to start paying to play on Ragnarok Online...should be soon enough.

Regards,

Zephyr