The Battlecry of FrantACs

The blog of the one and only FrantACs!

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Clarification on why Noble of Lost Pause got his channel terminated on YouTube.

This time YouTube has gone way beyond of their jurisdiction, banning and terminating an innocent channel without clear evidence and fair warning in advance. Noble of Lost Pause has lost his channel.

First of, if you read this Noble. We got your back, no matter what you do… we like it. Stay the awesome and cool person you always have and don’t let YouTube ruin what you have established, you still retain it and we fans won’t let anybody, especially YouTube. take it from you.

To those who have been wondering what happened, this is the deal. There are NO copyright infringements involved in this matter. YouTube is simply a derp and terminated Noble’s channel for… let me cite: “...violating YouTube’s policy on nudity or sexual content” on a MMD (MikuMikuDance) Animation of Lily the Fox Mechanic. The video is completely harmless and meets every single requirement to be allowed on YouTube. It does not contain any nudity nor sexual content - in short, it doesn’t violate the Community Guidelines.

Before the termination, his channel already got a strike for a Katawa Shoujo (visual novel) video, that contained the famous anal scene, which was completely censored. To top it of, we are speaking of a video, that Noble posted in 2014! It took two years for YouTube to decide: “You know what guys? Let’s fuck up this dude’s channel with a video that we had no problems with for 2 years.”

This kind of behaviour is unacceptable from YouTube’s side. There are so many other channels and videos that clearly violate the Community Guidelines, have far worse content, yet YouTube does nothing. They instead go and ban an innocent channel with a big community and think they can get away with this?! NO! THEY CANNOT!

We will fight to the bitter end. If YouTube will not show some respect towards its content creators, neither will we the consumers.

I hereby call out to everyone! Help and Support Noble and urge the representatives to notice their wrong doings. Post on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and anywhere else with the tags: #ProtectYouTubers, #MakeYouTubeGreatAgain, #WTFO and tell them, that they are targeting those who do not deserve it.

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An Open Letter to YouTube

Dear Susan Wojcicki,

My name is FrantACs and I am writing you this open letter to shine light upon a very serious topic that has recently hit me and many other YouTubers.

Recently I considered making a living of YouTube, making vlogs, gameplay videos, Q&As, etc. I never was a type of person that liked to be in the spotlight. I had many phobias and still have many today, that I have failed to conquer yet. But something like that didn’t hold me back from mustering my courage and finally step up and start my own show. I really wanted to, but the way YouTube works nowadays, it makes it really hard on us content creators.

Many YouTubers under the protection of Fair Use, following the YouTube Community Guidelines have been punished and received strikes unjustly, without warning. On the other hand many YouTubers seem to get away with explicit content till this very day, even though it is evident that they are not following the guidelines. I believe this is a very unjust and ridiculously unfair behaviour from your side and consider it as an insult to those who do follow the rules and yet still get flagged.

YouTube has become a hostile enviroment for us Content Creators. We no longer feel safe. For every video, no matter how original the content, there is still a chance your video will get flagged for the most ridiculous things. (For example, I had a video of my little ducklings and accidentally there was a box with a brand name on it. My video got flagged by a company that had nothing to do with the actual content and purpose of the video.)

Violence vs. Sexual content: It is okay to behead a woman in the most drastic and disgusting way and show it YouTube, but showing a bit of skin or a picture with boobs completely censored is too much...

You are being rediculous, sir YouTube. You used to be such a wonderful site, where people were free to create and entertain. Now all I see is doom and gloom.

THIS HAS TO CHANGE! The guidelines and rules need to be revised and it has to be clear what you can and cannot upload. Before enforcing rules and/or restricting ones Channel, give at least a 3-4 days warning, rather than taking action immediately.

My friends... #MakeYouTubeGreatAgain

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Hello boys & girls! It’s been a while since you heard something of me, but everything changes now.

Check out my daily streams, randomly from 3:00pm (CEST) to 5:00am (CEST)

I stream random games, maybe I can stream a few games on request too. Join me on my stream and participate in polls to decide what I should stream next!

Rise up once again, champions!

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The mentality of the community.

I never really was a “jump to the badwagon” type of person, but if it came to opinions and what I enjoy about a specific game I can be really salty. Now, World of Warcraft and it’s community was and still is a very sensible bunch. There is no “golden route” that everyone will agree upon with Unicorns and rainbows in the sky. No. But it’s really time to face a few things here. There will always be toxic behavior within the community, no matter what the devs do or what the masses will prefer for the devs to do.

Should the game be more “accessible” or more “challenging”? Why is it the game started to rise in subscription count when TBC was around? The content was certainly not trivial as it is today, yet people shelled out a monthly fee anyway.

Here arises another question. Why should anyone be entitled to “see” all the content, even if he/she pays a monthly fee? Just because one pays 15$/month does not mean the game should hold one’s hands, make content ridiculously trivial. That kind of mentality really backfires really easily. Those who would like to enjoy the game as it used to be, where challenges forged obstacles that needed to be overcomed and were drving you to press on and improve your gameplay. Well, there are no more such mechanics. Players burn through content really quickly and then the complaints arise, that there is nothing to do in game.

You surely remember the times as a child. You played many video games, your parrents payed for them. Surely there were many games, that you have never yet completed. So, does that mean that those games should hold your hands and become trivial in order to experience them fully, become accessible? That’s just insane. You should do the same thing you did back then, improve. Become better by playing the game. Isn’t that the sole point of games? What fun is there if there is no challenge, no rules? A game without rules, without challenge is just a shitty game. Face it. There is no romance in it, there is no adventurous spirit in it.

Did the community ruin the game? Did the devs cater to the “noobs”, was it a marketing point decision? Certainly, it all seems like that’s exactly the reason of World of Warcrafts demise. Marketing, making money, catering to a playerbase that is worse than casual in majority. “If a game has a selling point, then it’s doing fine.” That’s just ridiculous.

The game is beyond repair from a marketing point of view. If the devs were to revert all the changes in difficulty to the later, the game would see a massive drop in subs like never before. They could easilly lose even 4-5 milion subscribers.

The future of World of Warcraft is shaping up in a really obvious pattern. We will never ever see a game with a deep meaning behind it all as it was back in late TBC. Those times are over.

The Internet always was a place for toxic bahavior, WoW’s community is no exception even with the new generation of people, that started using it. I expect nothing else anymore. (Maybe I am ruined beyond fixing too...) But anyway...

Still, I might still continue playing it. Even with the sorry state of PVP. (PVP never was good. Late WotLK was still more or less fine before they started messing with the talent system in pre-Cata.) I have my group of friends with whom I enjoy of what is left of a great game. I play because of them, not because of the game. It is still fun at times. We do play all sorts of other games of different genres. We like playing games... having fun. That’s the whole point of gaming.

As long as you are having fun, you are doing fine.

Cheers!

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World of Warcraft is doing fine?

After the huge drop in subscribtions many of my friends and yours truly were questioning the direction of the game the devs took, completely ignoring it’s playerbase, giving no bucks whatsoever what they throw at us. Heck, we even turned a blind eye to patch 6.1, but let’s face it - Patch 6.2 is not that promising as it looks. PVP is still a mess, with or without the minor class balance changes. Content is still nonexistant. (I wonder how fast will we burn through Tanaan. 1 day? 2 maybe at most.) Another raid that should have been added with 6.1. Okay...

This is not how things used to roll. Remember the good times, when Pandas were just a joke and WotLK was not yet announed. Yeah, you know it. Warlords of Draenor was suppoused to be a TBC 2.0, but they dun messed up. No question, when WoD was announced it really did seem as if we would return to the roots, making content that could last for months, content that would be challenging and fun to progress through. But what did we get? Garrisons. Free stuff handed to you without the need of actually putting any effort into obtaining reagents. A huge “Gold Mine”. That is not fun.

What was it, that kept us in game before? What was it that made the game fun and engaging? I can tell you what it was.

Player involvement.

Players were present in a living world. You socialised, you formed groups, you had to travel to dungeons (no RDF), you had to farm reagents, you had to farm reputation, you had to farm gear, put gems into your gear, enchants, learning your class and keep practising in order to become better. You had a living world where you could socialise with other players. What do we have now? Almost none of this. Player involvement really did decrease. Content became trivial not needing the help of your fellow champions. This is what ruined WoW. All you do is sit in your Garrisons.

Why do raids need to have multiple difficulties? Personally, I think “current content” raids should be challenging. It should have this magical “woah, that’s so awesome, I want to get better so I can see those raids myself”. It should be challenging even for high end guilds to progress through these Raids, like it used to be.

World of Warcraft is an MMORPG. Games of this genre should be a time consuming nerve sink. It should take time (a lot of time) and effort (a lot of effort) to achieve anything. (Like it used to be.)

I have really grown tired of games nowadays. I keep on returning to older ones. There is a similar reason to it as I mentioned above. Games need to be rewarding, World of Warcraft no longer is such a game. Maybe, if they had PVP fixed, it could improve upon itself... but, well... I won’t go into that in this article.

You may think whatever you want. This is my opinion. I believe I am right with most points and if you disagree you are just simply spoiled.

Cheers.

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Flying mounts, are they necessary?

Short answer: You have to wait for that one.

Long answer: It’s always been a thing in the WoW community to b!tch about every single tiny thing and not stop until changes are made. Sometimes those changes might be for the better, sometimes not so much.

Flying, the big question mark. Is it necessary? Do we need it? If you ask me, well then... no. Ground mounts are just as good as any other means of transport in WoW. Have you ever asked yourself the question. Is this fun? Is it fun to fly up high as possible, hit the autorun key and go AFK? Is it fun to avoid all the glorious landscapes Blizzard so carefully forged? I think, they are worth more than just to be overlooked.

Let me put it like this, if you are the lazy type, poke around the Flight Master. Oh the good old Vanilla times... okay, stop right there. I am putting away my rose tinted glasses. I got it... If you really want to go from point A to B, the Flight Master is really the best choice. (Especially now in Draenor, they are well placed, everything is fairly close enough to them, so they are very much viable.)

Some time ago, when I was levling my alt (solely via dungeons) I was waiting for my qeue to pop, I went and started exploring the world a bit. And then it hit me. Wow, such immersion, many adventure, nostalgia. Now seriously. It really did hit me. The music, the landscape, the feeling. It was completely different from using a flying mount. I actually enjoyed being grounded (literally). If Blizzard could build more content for Ground mount based progression, then everything could take a pretty nice turn and people would maybe finally realise, how ridiculous and useless are Flying mounts.

I never was in favor of Flying mounts, nor am I going to change my opinion. It’s too much of a waste to force players to commute in Air and ignore all the lovelyness the world could provide had Blizzard put more effort into it.

So short answer (TL;DR): Read my post.

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World of Warcraft ban wave (6 months suspension)

To be honest, it’s not what I expected. It should have been a permanent ban.

Putting that away now for a moment, it’s been a while since my last blog post. Many of you have even forgotten about me, a lot of you don’t know me. Take your time and browse through my old posts in getting the image of what I am trying to achieve. But lets put that aside and get back on topic.

The ban wave. First of, it was well deserved. Cheaters, botters, scripters... call them whatever you want, were ruining my game. For too long I had to endure countless Battle Grounds full of kickbots, noob Hunters and Honorbuddy farmers. For too long was I forced to play with an incompetent team, ignoring any kind of team play, failing their own class feeding the enemy.

Finally as it seems, Blizzard managed to track down the cheater noobs and banning them for a fair amount of time (although I would have had permanently banned them.)

Let me ask you a question guys... yes, you! You who cheated and got banned. Why do you even cheat? What is the point of doing so? Like you pay for a subscription based game you don’t even play, if you use Honorbuddy (or any other kind of automation.) You even have to pay for Honorbuddy if you want to use it. Like what kind of ridiculous nonsense is that? How about, you play your F#CK!N’ game on your own and have fun doing so? If you don’t like the game, how about moving on and quitting WoW, so you stop ruining the game for others?

Is it lack of skill that drives people to cheating? Well, maybe PVP is not for you then. But let me tell you something... even if you suck and are a complete noob you should never rely on cheats! NEVER! You can improve by fair and legit gameplay. You can become better! Cheats will just hold you back and you will never be able to advance. Even if you stay on a middle range rating, you are doing fine already.

There is more... the creators of Honorbuddy are preparing to avoid the countermeasures Blizzard put up in order to detect bots. Whoever is the creator of that monstrosity of a bot, I am giving you free advice. Stay out of my game. Every single bot I will sight, I will report ruthlessly. And everyone else should do so too. I will gather as much feedback to report your cheater arses to Blizzard. This means war!

Stay classy!

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I am whole again! (Not really...)

From whence you came you shall remain, Until you are complete again

- Jack Black, Tenacious D

And I will be complete again... Those who don't get it, don't have to. It's just a thing that plagued my wellbeing lately, but don't sweat it... it will be alright, I hope.

Now then, the important stuff. Why am I writing a blog post after such a long time? Simple, I got $H!T to doo. Streaming and playing... the good stuff. Remember the good times? Of course you don't, 'cause you were never around when I needed you guys. But I don't blame you, I don't hate you. "Target acquired!" *beep* *shootshoot* "Whyyy...?"

Okay, so what's the deal? Nothing much really. I play, you watch. I will upload my saved games from where you can continue if you desire so once I go offline. What games will I stream? Well mostly older titles like Gothic, Doom, prequels of some well known titles and of course some new games as well namely: World of Tanks, Battlefield 3, Shadow Warrior 2013, Rise of the Triad 2013, Minecraft (with mods), etc.

So it's Gothic for now. I started playing it recently. I am already in Chapter 3, but I intend to replay it again maybe. I will play Gothic 2 The Night of the Raven for sure. (This time as a Mercenary or as a Paladin... I will decide once I finish playing Gothic 1.) So if you are interested in my latest Save Games, I will list some here:

Orc Village (Chapter 5)

Anyway, if you are interested in talking with me, contact me on Facebook, Twitter or Google+ or you can find me on IRC #FrantACs @ EFnet.org

Thanks for reading as usual! And if you are interested in watching my stream here on my blog, just click "read more".

Cheers!

Watch live video from FrantACs on www.twitch.tv

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One Piece - Oda-sensei hospitalised, YouTube Partnership - Duck videos!

Yep, that's right guys. Oda got hospitalesed with peritonsillar abscess (quinsy). Let's pray for his health and wish him the best! He needs a break too. Get some rest Oda-sensei and get better soon, so you can return to One Piece with full strenght! Thank You for everything!

Well yeah, having no Chapter for two weeks was quiet the blow for my schedule. (I am being serious here! I had to do extra learning instead of reading my favourite manga. Blasphemy!) The story is really at it's peak right now. Can't wait for the next Chapter to happen!

On other news: Yep, I did it. I went into partnership with YouTube. Oh, you didn't know I have a Channel? (FrantACs - YouTube Channel) Click that logo to the right and it will take you there. (If you are already there, please consider Subscribing. I might have some cute videos of baby animals that you might like.) So in other words, I have extra features for my Channel, and above all, I get payed a few bucks for my work I put in there. (Not that it's much, but every cent is appreciated.)

All in all it's a great opportunity. (Seriously, you should take every and each opportunity life hands you over, 'cause you never know what might hit you in the future.)

So as we speak, have some "Baby Ducks - Season 2013" video from my workshop.

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One Piece -- Chapter 700: His Pace & Episode 586: ''Big Trouble! Luffy Sinks into the Frozen Lake''

Time for some double coverage! Yep, that's right. I am here to make up for me not covering neither the new Chapter of the Manga nor the new Episode of the Anime last week. So, long story short, here I go!

Chapter 700, titled "His Pace" (or "At his own Pace"), a new milestone in the History of the Manga. The News sweep over the World!

*Spoilers*

Doflamingo resigned both being Shichibukai and King of Dressrosa. This led to a huge impact in the New World. All the trade routes with Doflamingo have been disrupted. Deliveries of weapons to countries in war are no more. Oh look! It's Boney-chwaaan~! eatin' pizza. :-* And Jinbei!

A lot of information is being leeked out by a reporter called "Absa". Does that name sound familiar? Thriller Bark? A ship similar to Thriller Bark is clearly recognised in the Manga. Is that guy Absalon? He can become invisible after all, so gathering information is easy for him.

Nonetheless, the whole World now knows about the Alliance of the "Worst Generation". Trafalgar Law & Monkey D. Luffy forming one of the Alliances, while Scratchman Apoo, Basil Hawkins and Eustass "Captain" Kid the other one.

                                                             Law Hates bread. *Shocked~!!!*

Who is the mysterious 7th Shichibukai? Well, it's great to have at least Buggy the Clown confirmed as one. I am so happy 'bout that. ^^

Hang on... what did you just say, Doflamingo? Whose Devil Fruit is that? ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? Mera Mera no mi, Portgas D. Ace's devil fruit.

This Chapter was awesome. Truly, give Oda 10 medals or 100.

Now, Episode 586 of the Anime.

                 Sanji in Nami's Body. Clearly, the Best part of Episode 586, by far.

So, to start it of, the Animation was great in this one. It covered chapter 661 of the Manga.

All in all, maybe the most disappointing thing in this Episode were that the Voices changed together with their hearts. :( I was expecting something like that episode in Fairy Tail, when they exchanged bodies. This was a great opportunity for the Voice Actors too, to do some silly imitations of the other charcters. Imagine Franky!Chopper being all "Suuuupeeeerrr~!" or Sanji!Nami with a deep voice, Nami!Franky going all "Kyaaa~!" and Chopper!Sanji "I became a human!". How cool would that be?

Nevermind though that. It was a great chapter. I liked it.

Next week, there will be no new Episode due to somekind of Marathon that airs on Fuji TV, the local network that airs One Piece too. But it might be a good thing too. Maybe, we will get a more packed episode the week after.

Cheers!

(Yay, long post.)

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One Piece — Chapter 699: Morning Paper

W-w-wait! Hold on! I need... I need five more minutes.

Okay I am fine-... I mean no! I need fuckin' five more minutes.

Okay, calm down. Everything is okay, everything is fine. Just breathe in  and out. In, and out. In, and out. *colapses*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWW YYYYYEEEEAAAAAAAAAH!

I-I-I just don't know where to start this of... I mean... Oh dear! Dear Oda, you did it again. You managed to pull of another great chapter. How do you do this? Very well, you want to hear my thoughts on this chapter? Okay. *colapses again*

Mayor Spoilers ahead!

First, I'd like to mention the color spread. Another beautiful piece of Art from Oda.

Okay, moving on. The most unpredictable, yet predictable "showdown" betwean Kuzan and Doflamingo went the way I did not believe it will take. Kuzan just kind of scared Doflamingo away. After that Kuzan and his friend Smo-yan had a pleasant talk. (Smoker: "... I... just died." -- Kuzan: *YouDon'tSay?*) So Kuzan does not regret leaving the Marines after all. I did expect that. Now as a Freelancer, he can look at the World with his own eyes and judge it himself. Good thing. 

By the way, that Penguin of Kuzan's is cute. Look:

                      Oh and Kuzan being Kuzan... he forgot his lines again. Marines: "We won't tell anyone~!!!"

Moving on, Kinemon recognised Shuusui. Yep I am talking about Zoro's Katana, the one he got from Ryuuma. Kinemon talked about Ryuuma as a Hero from the Wano country.

Oh, and that little brat... *rage/envy* ... that little brat got to bathe with Robin-chwaaan~! Taking advantage of his situation as a child. I so envy him... Moreover he got to sleep in one room with them, with Nami-swan too. I wish I was a child again for a silly reason there.

Enough of Fanservice!

Doflamingo actually did it. He resigned, the King of Dressrosa, from the Royal Shichibukai. (He actually cares for CC, daaaaw~!)

The plot is moving on. Alliances are being formed. Soon, the epicness in one piece, will double... no, tripple... no, words can not... indeed.

Next Chapter, shit's getting real.

Cheers!

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One Piece - Episode 585: "Shichibukai! Trafalgar Law"

Great episode being great. Just as presumed, this was another build-up episode.

Dem faces. Oh Law and Smoker. (Tashigi Kawaii~!) Priceless. To be honest, the moment of surprice when the Mugiwaras stepped out the door was great already in the manga. (F-Franky Tank~!) But hey, it was even greater in the Anime~! A girl in bikiny, a talking Kung-fu tanuki, a Severed head and a Pervert two Perverts with Kids right behind them. Sounds 'bout right.

Animation was alright for most of the episode, first half of it seemed a bit slow in pace, but overall an okay episode.

The kids actually liked Master?

I thought this before, when reading the manga... well, to put it into words: Isn't that DF of Law's a bit too OP? I mean, what is there to come in future episodes... Okay, STOP! Spoilers I won't tell. Read the manga if you want to really know. But okay, back on track... I mean, the Devil Fruit suits the theme of a Pirate Doctor, okay. That's not the problem. *ROOM* Sooo, what i want to say is that- ... *SHAMBLES* ...-tHaT !t,S Pr4CT|C4[[Z 0P. *FrantACs interrupts* WILL YOU STOP THAT, TRAFALGUY! *Law: Okay... :(* See what I mean? Words - indeed - cannot describe it. So, if you see a ship falling from the sky, blame on Law... oh and of course on the Strawhats. So many setbacks... damn! (Sky Island, granted.)

I am all revved up for the next episode.

Have some CodeProvider!

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One Piece - Episode 584: "A Duel of Swordplay! Brook and the Mysterious Samurai Torso"

My thoughts on this one? Not too shabby. Animation was okay, the duel between Brook and Kinemon's torso was cool, Brownbeards beard is brown, Captain-chan being cute, Smo-yan likes gas apparently and Law... ohh, Law.

Hundreds of hearts? They call them "Heart Pirates" for a reason now. Here we go guys! The one and only Law, a Royal Shichibukai, made his appearance in the Anime once again after a long, long time. (Not that long actually...)

Anywhore, there is not much progress, that we could talk about in this ep. It was more of a "build-up" episode. Though the next couple of episodes should be more exciting, hence my high expectations. Don't blow this one, Toei!

Shit's gone serious. Punk Hazard, here we go!

Have some CodeProvider!

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One Piece -- Chapter 698: Doflamingo Appears

What's up with that cower story again, Granny spotlight and Caribou departing?

Spoilers!

Ohh, WOW! Well, I usually don't do this, but the new chapter just gave me the chills, so I absolutely have to write down my thoughts on this one.

I mean, look at him! Doflamingo wiped the floor with Smoker's face like as if he were a Lucy-like-pushover. (No, Lucy from Fairy Tail is actually a pushover, NOT!) But why am I skipping evets? 'Kay, here's another one. Vegapunk actually made some suits, that can resist CC's gas. Clever one, Dr.Vegapunk! The suit made specially for Brownbeards size made me go "Daaaawww!" and laugh at the same time.

This isn't the last time we see of Baby-chan and Bufallo, that's for sure. Well, yes... the way Dofla entered the scene was pretty darn awesome. Severed heads flying 'round in the Sky. Yeah, just your normal day on the Grand Line.

So, the Green Bit that Law was talking about could mean the "kind of distance" between Punk Hazard and Dressrosa. Just guessing.

Anyway, it's acutally okay to beat up Ceasar, Sanji. But first let Chopper treat him properly, damn you!

Okay, so what's the plan, Trafalguy? Get to Dressrosa, destroy Smile, save whoever Kinemon is after, make Dofla angry (oh, we actually did that a chapter ago...) and get out. Sounds good to me.

So, it was you after all, Kuzan... that shadowy guy! Kyaaaaa~! I feel kind of sorry now for Doflamingo...

Spotlights in this chapter: Franky's hair, CC being all "puff" (now, it's really a shame he is actually a bad guy...), Luffy vs. Law's comprehension of their "Alliance", Usopp upgrading Nami's clima-tact.

One Piece is on a break next week. *Sad face* But it was a packed chapter, so I am kind of fine with it.

Cheers!

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Short story long... oh wait! Fairy Tail >< One Piece, Minecraft NEWS ... and I quit WoW?

Long story short, yep you guessed it right. I now officially blog about another anime besides the One and Only One Piece.

Fairy Tail as an anime came to my attention about 2 years ago. I was at a dead point and lack of anime. Yeah, I watched like all the anime that was sort of "available" at that time. So, yes I decided to give Fairy Tail a go and I must say, I was not misled by the first impression I got from it. In a few words: awesome, funny, awesome, exciting, awesome... and again awesome. Sincerely, if you are into One Piece as a shōnen manga/anime, you will MOST likely be into Fairy Tail. I don't want to spoil anything here in this post for you, IF you are not yet following either the anime or the manga of Fairy Tail yet. So, be warned! Next posts may contain spoilers!

           All the way, back to the trees! Naaah, I KEED YA! Redstone Update! Oh boy, oh boy! The release of Patch 1.5 is ever closer. The boys at Mojang decidet to reduce new feature additions in upcoming snapshots and focus on bug fixes. All I can deduce from that is, that the release is very close to the present date. They might release the PR of patch 1.5 Soon-ish.

The new features ... Oh com'on! You can use Google, right? Let me point you at the Wiki. Here, some videos on YouTube.

              Your average 13 years old WoW player:

" It's such a sh!tty g4me! $lizzard totally ruined it with st00ped Pandahs!!!1!!1ONE!one111! I IZ h4rdc0r3. U Play dis babiez gaehm!? U suckz0r7! GO cry mo4r!!11!! "

Okay, now that I have your attention...

They told you I quit WoW? They were right, but tell you the truth, I don't intend to stop playing like... forever. No, this is just temporary. I intend to come back as soon as I get better, both health and financially. Actually, I am in a pinch right now. But be at ease, I will manage somehow and return with at least half of my pride... one day. Heh.

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Royal Refugees! Rising like a phoenix from the ashes!

                 So this is it Guys... forget about the old guild. We are new, we are good to go! Eeyup, that's right. We formed a totally new guild with old and new people we could gather arround on the realm Burning Blade EU.

If you are a new player or a returning one, then this is the guild for you. We are looking for people, that are willing to learn together with us, since we haven't really touched the new content yet. (The unfortunate situation in our old guild was the reason for it.) So, if you are intersted, just contact one of our officers in game (Frantaa, Ragnarocek, Erewien, Andresxa...) or you can send me an e-mail ([email protected]) with your application.

As mentioned, raid experience is not mandatory for admission. If you have the will to raid and sacrifice a bit of your precious time on preparation for the next encounter, you will do just fine.

Our raid are actually really fun. We communicate via TeamSpeak and have a blast telling jokes, harrasing old Veterans with old fads from the olden days. It just never gets borring with us. But of course we always do our best to defeat any obstacle lying before us. (In the past, we progressed through Heroic content. We called it the <insert old guild name here> harvester)

So RISE UP, Royal Regees!

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Gothic Multiplayer, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, Minecraft, One Piece

                Here we are again! A new NEW version of Gothic Multiplayer approaches and soon will be released with all new features.

GMP developers (Ojciec Inicjator):

Not without reason, when we were calling the new GMP we have been adding the adjective “new”. Of course, we aren’t changing the orginal name of our mod. Simply, in our eyes, the number of changes comparing to the available version is huge, therefore it makes it an huge evolution.

After all those months, GMP went through a lot. The project was put on hiatus during the Anti ACTA protest in Poland. But once everything was settled, the project continued and has changed shape since then so much, that you won't recognise it. The GMP team is a few more steps close to fulfilling our dreams! Soon (let's hope very soon) we will be able to enjoy an all new experience and adventure in the fantasy world of Gothic.

                  Since the release of Mists of Pandaria (the all new expansion pack for our beloved game, World of Warcraft), some new information was released concerning Patch 5.1. Yep, you heard me right. The PTRs are up. Seems like, that this patch will expand upon the Wrathion Quest Line. (The Black Prince)

A lot of sound files were datamined and... I don't want to spoil anything here, but I can tell you, all $H!T is going to break loose. (If you are interested in those sound files,  you can find some YouTube videos in this MMO-champion thread here). Seems like those sound files are going to be part of some new Scenarios featuring the Alliance and Horde conflict.

Some videos popped up on YouTube about some "Brawler's Guild", that is going to be added in Patch 5.1 aswell.

TL;DR: Patch 5.1 IS AWESOME!

              The snapshots for Minecraft 1.4 have been mostly bug fixes now. That means, that the release is very close now. Most likely, it will be released arround Halloween.

It's going to be called the "Very Scary Update". All the content added will expand upon the Nether, the upper world with the addition of new mobs like Witches, the Wither and all new blocks and mechanics that will expand upon our Minecraft experience.

More details of patch 1.4 on Minecraft Wiki.

        And yet again, it's time to celebrate the end of the Fishman Island Ark with the episode 568: ''To the Future! The Path to the Sun!'' 

Punk Hazard! WE GO!

Cheers!