My Playlist

This is a collection of some beautifully (i feel so) played music taken mainly from movies and games. Hope you guys enjoy them. And maybe you guys can join this site as well.

Counter Strike

Finally, the post which I have been longing to write. Counter Strike, one of the earliest games featuring 1st person play involving two sides- the Counter-terrorists and the Terrorists. Beautiful and rather realistic gunplay coupled with above-average graphics make this shooting game one of the all time favourites.

There are three types of mission in CS, namely Bomb defusal or bomb planting at a specific bomb site (depends on which side you are on), Hostage rescue, and escape or assassination of VIPs. Of course, the round can be completed if the opposing side is wiped out as well (hehe i prefer this method). Scores are tabulated by comparing the number of kills, number of deaths and number of team wins. The wide variety of dress codes and weapons, accessories available make this game so much more fun and unique compared to other shooting themed games. View the fun facts of some of the accessories available in the game, courtesy of wikipedia, below.

Dress codes:
Counter-Terrorists: Counter-terrorist player skins are based on real-world international counter-terrorist forces.
SEAL Team 6 (DEVGRU) – Counter-terrorist unit of the United States of America. Olive drab camouflage, suitable for woodland maps.
GSG 9 – Counter-terrorist unit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Cerulean uniform with desert camouflage helmet. Camouflage suitable for urban maps.
SAS – Counter-terrorist unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Black camouflage and gas mask, suitable for any dark areas or night-time maps.
GIGN – Counter-terrorist unit of the French Republic. Navy blue uniform (with a riotsquad helmet in Counter Strike: Source), suitable for urban maps.

Terrorists: Terrorist player skins are based on fictitious terrorist cells.

Phoenix Connection – Terrorist cell formed out of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its fall. Based in and around Eastern Europe. Dark blue shirt with ski mask and ballistic vest, with winter camouflage trousers. May be mistaken for Counter-terrorist from afar, suitable for urban maps.
Elite Crew – Mysterious terrorist cell. Claims to have "world domination" as its objective and is based in and around the Middle East. Green jacket, khaki trousers, moderately suitable for desert maps, but more for woodland and jungle maps.
Arctic Avengers – Terrorist cell based in the Kingdom of Sweden. Winter camouflage, very suitable for snow maps, unsuitable for everything else.
Guerrilla Warfare – Terrorist cell based in South America and the Middle East. Dressed like a Rambo Impersonator, with a green vest and a red bandanna, suitable for woodland and jungle maps.

The weaponry is based on true weapons made and used in the real world, but the names have been changed slightly in later versions due to copyright issues from the actual maker. Another change would be that various weapons do not really reflect their true capabilities in true life because there was a need to balance the game. Examples include that of the GLOCK 18 pistol which lacks the auto fire mode as present in real life as it would then give the players a potent submachine gun, and the carbine also had its scope removed otherwise a whole load more players would be dying out there in the virtual world.

A fun fact for all CS lovers: spent bullet cases are ejected out of the wrong side of the gun simply because one of the designers was left handed and modeled the weapons being held in the left hand (ooo yea go leftists!) before mirroring this to the right hand, thus explaining the inaccuracy.

Now as usual, enjoy some videos below. The first is a very interesting remake of the movie 300 using CS.


The next video is rather nice to watch because of the screenplay and it just works very much like a movie. Enjoy.

In Other News

Spiderman theme song.

Cheerios to all!
Today I will hope to address the issue regarding my lengthy absence from posting any new articles. For any foreigners who happen to chance across this blog and want to get an explaination to the pathetic postings of this blog, here it is. As all close friends know, this year's promotional exam is drawing near- just two weeks from now. This great, important examination determines whether or not you get promoted to the next level of education and in my opinion, also tests on your ability to tackle stress.
As a result, I have been forced to spend more time doing the very thing that I despise: STUDY! Indeed, though it might be slightly too late already, I do hope to get past this great hurdle. Thus I have no choice but to abandon this hobby for the time being. At least for the next couple of weeks or so.
However, I do hope that those who wish to get help in relieving some bit of their stress, be it exam stress or otherwise, let it be known that the various videos posted in this blog and other sources would be of great help. To conclude this post, watch a video below. (Hope it helps)

Sports bloopers!

When have you last played a sport? Were you good at it? Did anything funny happen? Well, if something embarrassing occured during the course of the game, do not fret. Because you must know that even professionals can be rather 'unprofessoinal' at times and as a result, cause weird things to happen.
Today i happened to come across several amusing (and some rather horrific) incidents that occured in sport. Some, well, are caused by amatuers that are sure to bring back fond memories of your very own childhood, however others are caused by professoinal sportsmen who erm... had a bad game. Watch and enjoy. :)


haha... this shows that you better stick to stuffs that you ae familiar with eh? Don't be that unfortunate smart alex.

There you go. didn't i say that professionals get into trouble. Even referees aren't spared!

Ooo ouch.. That contained some terrible accidents.

Most certainly a bad day. :)

I feel for that guy who proposed. Man.. thats one evil gal.

Kung Fu

Today's theme shall be kung fu, otherwise known as martial arts. This sport is one for combat whether it is used for attack or self defense. Martial arts originated from Asia however no one really knows which group of people created this art first. Still, one thing is for sure and that is this art will never die out due to it's massive popularity among the masses. In fact it has even evolved to different forms of martial arts, for example, Jeet kune do (by Bruce Lee), Judo (from Japan), taekwondo (from Korea), Muay Thai (Thailand), etc. The difference that separates these martial arts would be the focus that the various fighting style has. For instance, Muay Thai focuses on using the elbows and knees to bring an opponent down and is very violent whereas Judo focuses on subdueing the opponent such that he cannot fight back. Naturally, the latter is less violent in comparison.
Now less talk and more of the visual stuffs lest I bore you further. The first video i got below is one showing Tony Jaa practising Muai Thai in front of a crowd. In case you guys dont know, Tony is an actor who has been in several action flicks such as 'Ong Bak: Muai Thai warrior' and 'Tom Yum Goong'. O and by the way, no mechanical assistance or computer-generated effects was involved in any of those shows he did. Enjoy... :)


For comic relief, watch the clip below that showcases the ancient arts of kung fu and Indian yoga. Amazing flexibility if you ask me. :0

Now back to some real fighting and who best to present it other then the best fighter ever: Bruce Lee. In this flick, Bruce Lee is up against Chuck Norris, who was coached by Bruce himself for this movie. Note Bruce's lightning fast reflexes and a switch of fighting style to Jeet Kune Do (his own creation with the trademark bouncing feet) after being beaten by Chuck initially.

To wrap up today's post, you must view the clip below showing Shaolin style of fighting in one of the earliest practice grounds of kung fu, where modern Chinese martial arts evolved from. Be wowed by the amazing strength of the various body parts of the Shaolin monks, especially erm...the erm...midrift area.

Hard Gay

Well, for today's issue there isn't much to write about, simply because words cannot bring across humour as well as pictures/ animation can. However, a simple introduction before we continue with moving pictures would be rather essential.
I have found a rather interesting show this time titled Hard Gay and this is about this japanese guy who calls himself hard gay and goes about dealing with problems people faces today. Note his trademark vibrating hips and wild calls. By the way, there is a slight playback at the start of the show but this is normal.
Enjoy.. :) (rated: for people above 16 and above)

Soccer

This is a rather cool video however the quality is slightly bad because most of it was taken years ago.

Now, soccer has been around for many hundred years and the origin of it is not confirmed. The British say that it was first played in their country while the Chinese argue that it was they who invented soccer. Wherever soccer originated from, one thing is sure. It has attracted millions of players and fans to the sport alone. Every four years during the World Cup, numbers bordering a hundred million people worldwide watch it live on satellite television and many more pay good money to view the games from where it is played. This great attention has made the sport most lucrative indeed and changed the face of soccer forever.

For example, watching matches in stadiums used to be very dangerous due to poor designs of the seats and many times, stands would collapse leaving many people dead. Furthermore, intense rivalry between fans of different teams often resulted in fierce fights accompanied with alcoholic drinks that would make casualties high and in many cases, fatal. Now, huge amounts of money have been pumped into making stadiums safer. Police have been called up to heighten security during big matches and rival fans are now separated into opposite halves of the stadium during such games to minimise violence.

However, why has soccer attracted such a huge number of fans to this sport? Well.. watch the video below and you will know the reason too.

The many tricks present in soccer is just too many to be composed in a single video itself but i am sure you understand now why some people liken soccer to magic. Also, many fans of this sport means that there will be celebrities and legends in soccer. Indeed, soccer has made people like Pele, David Beckham, Diego Maradona, Ronaldo, etc more famous, influential and richer then education could have ever allowed them. Beckham is regularly named among the richest persons in the sport arena.

Yet, hey hey hey...soccer isn't all about serious play and a must win sport. Many humorous occasions do happen in soccer. And when these do, more people are attracted to the game more then ever. Who wouldn't want to be entertained? I have added one more video below that is sure to amuse people who doesn't even understand soccer. Have some laughs people and let your hair down! :)

Play soccer, be a legend.

All about Runescape

Today's issue will be with regards to a 'massive online role-playing game': Runescape. I have played this game for several years to date and i must say that it is a very nice game indeed that is much suited to people of several characteristics. First of all, allow me a basic description of the game before i ponder forth.

Runescape is a game set in a fantasy world of medieval age where there is three basic classes- warriors or knights, mages otherwise known as wizards and finally, rangers or archers. However the good thing about this game is that you can train all three kinds of skills in a single character unlike that of most games where you have to create several characters to sample the different classes or jobs. The game is fashioned in a 2dimensional format; however being able to toggle the view change makes it seem 3dimensional. Still, the main disadvantage of this game as many players would agree is that the graphics as mentioned are not good enough to compete with many other advanced games that attract more mature players. Also, monster killing is rather slow and mundane compared to other rpg or mmorpg where killing monsters just take over several seconds( in runescape, killing monsters can take up to 30seconds!).

However, this game appeals to people who likes a rather peaceful relaxed pace game as everything about this game is rather slow and training some skills require excessive patience. This game is very varied as well as there are many ways of earning runscape gold pieces (for people who yearns for virtual cash) and also many different skills to train. Examples include woodcutting, firemaking, fishing, mage, range, cooking, crafting, runecrafting, etc. This game is a free to play however people who contribute US$5 monthly can enjoy members status granting them entry to members world where new territory lies, many more quests to be done, more variety of monsters and more skills available for training like thieving, construction, slaying, etc.

For people who like a bit of thrill, here come the fun part.... you get to kill players too! To add to the thrill, when u die u drop whatever you are possess at the moment (so keep stuffs in your bank!!!)and the player who killed you gets whatever you dropped. With great risks come great rewards. Doesn't it? :) Don't fret at the sound of this new though, runescape vies to protect many innocent players (or noobs hehe)and protective measures are such that players can only attack each other in specific areas like north of Asgarnia and Misthalin, the Wilderness or in the duelling arena in the east of Al Kharid desert. Furthermore there is a level difference rule in the Wilderness. The deeper you go the higher the level difference, thus players of higher levels from your character can attack you. So rule of thumb: don't wanna get bullied by pros, don't go too far north of the Wilderness.

Finally there is an interesting history about runescape itself for people who enjoys reading up about the storyline of the games they play. For example three Gods rule runescape, Saradomin the god of peace, Zamorak the god of evil and Guthix the god of war. The main thing about runescape will be about the rift between Zamorak and Saradomin. Go read more at the official runscape site.

For runescape fans who wanna know more about myself. Check me out. Firzen6666. And below is an interesting video i found on that compares runescape with WOW. The person who created this video is more towards the side of WOW though but it correctly shows Runescape life.

http://runescape.com

First entry: welcome all!

Welcome all to this new site that hopes to cater to all avid gamers, movie birds and sport fans.

I, Firzen Dustdevils may not have much experience in many online games or movie genres or various sports however i do have substantial knowlege on several role-playing games like personal favourites: runescape, mu online, diablo 2, etc. Favourite movie genres include humour, suspense, thriller or horror. As for sports, i am a fan of soccer but do enjoy basketball, badminton, track and field amongst many more. Therefore i am certain that i have sufficient substance to fill my blog in the future.

However, for many other areas that you readers may want to be mentioned can be provided in your comments and i will appreciate it greatly. Thank you and once again, for the success of the blog!