The Great Gamer Championship

Jayme and I have decided to determine which one of us is the best at playing games.  We're in the process of choosing the games to be played to determine the best of the best.  (Or atleast between us two.)  We're trying to get an equal amount of games on both the console and the PC, since he's a console gamer, and I'm a PC gamer.  The winner of this will get bragging rights an' all that, but I think we'll need to write an agreement of some sort stating that the winner is final, no bitching about how the choices of games are sucky, and how lag killed you, and that when entering, you agree that it is FINAL.  So yeah.  Here's what we have so far, and by no means is this list final:

FPS (Console):  Halo 2 (XBOX)
RTS (PC): Starcraft w/ Expansion

Fighter (Console):  Guilty Gear (X or XX) - (Playstation/PS2) 

Simulation (PC): Mechwarrior 4:Mercenaries w/ MekTek's MekPak 3

Sports (PC?): Pong

Puzzle (Console): Tetris

Arcade (Arcade): Initial D v3+  -OR-  DDR

So that's a tally of 7 games so far, 3 console, 3 PC, and one arcade.   Of course,  I'd like to have two more, including a FPS for the PC, such as Unreal Tournament... and an additional game on the console to account for this.  Perhaps a 3D Fighter such as Tekken 4/5, Mortal Combat: Deception/Deadly Alliance, or King Of Fighters: Maximum Impact?

We'll see.

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Eric Martindale
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Admin of GWing.net

GWing.net - Home

GWing.net - Home

Got a new face for GWing - kinda exemplifies the idea that it ISN'T JUST GUNDAM. But it still has a picture of a Gundam like, RIGHT THERE. Grr.

My Kids....

Glancing through some of my old text documents (I have a file called 'New Text Document (97).txt' ) and came across this:


Master says:
I took a Dremel and cut into the back of the thing.
Master says:
Removed the embedded battery
Master says:
>=D
Elijah says:
x_x
Master says:
Duct tape works wonders man, I tell ya.
Elijah says:
If you have kids, I hope they go to bed when you tell them.

ABC News: Saddam Hussein Removed From Court Room

Is anybody seeing this?

ABC News: Saddam Hussein Removed From Court Room: "Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein argues with chief judge, Raouf Abdel-Rahman after his half brother, Barzan Ibrahim, not seen, was forcibly removed from the trial held in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, Sunday Jan. 29, 2006. Saddam Hussein's trial quickly collapsed into chaos after resuming Sunday with one defendant dragged out of court and the defense team walking out in protest. The former Iraqi leader was then ejected after shouting 'down with traitors' and 'down with America.' Saddam and his seven co-defendants are charged in the deaths of about 140 Shiite Muslims following an assassination attempt against the former Iraqi leader in the Shiite town of Dujail in 1982. At left is Abdullah Kazim Ruwayyid. (AP Photo/David Furst, pool)"

Kinda makes me want to draw a party hat on his head... he's making a complete fool of himself. Oh wait. Saddam already was a fool. Maybe he's just trying to prove it?

Messenger

People's fonts in messengers.  What the hell?

I'm using Gaim, a program that allows me full control over any messenger I use, and keeps them all within the same window.  (AIM, MSN... all in one buddy list, plus all the messages can come in the same window, tabbed. =D  )  I've used a feature within Gaim to ignore people's font sizes, because it's annoying to read a size 6 font on even something like 1024 x 768 resolution, let alone anything above that.  So here comes this message, in a nice loopy font that makes me scoot so damned close to the monitor that I can actually see the pixels.  That's fine, I can deal with it.   But then as I cross the distance from my normal resting position in my chair to about 12 inches from the monitor, I notice that the text is written in a light grey color on a white background.  Ugh, what is this crap?  Pick on Eric day?

Oh no, wait... I get it.  It's all part of this "individuality" thing.  You know, when people are referred to as things like "xXx  PWRLVL  xXx"  and  "§Φ¶ђỉ€".  And their profiles say things like " wishing upon a star, i wished for a happy ending<3 ".  What kind of individual are you when you can be grouped with everyone else who does these 'emo' and 'punk' and 'jock' and 'rocker' and 'metal' things.  I guess you are ALL now considered IM culture whores.  Every single one of you who habitually check profiles, update their myspaces, have myspaces, and block people for a second time (or more) on a regular basis... are IM culture whores.  All of you.

Sure, it's all good when you disregard your shift key to actually capitalize things...  but it's bad when you leave CAPS LOCK ON AND YOU TYPE LIKE THIS.  It's even worse  when u type lik this and decide 2 substitute things so u dont hav 2 type so much.  At the very least, learn to type in proper English, you morons.

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Eric Martindale
IT Professional
Admin of GWing.net

Happy Birthday!

Seventeen years ago today, a girl was born to two wonderful parents.  As she entered this world, she brought extraordinary gifts that were packaged together in the most exquisite compilation to have ever graced this world.  Her smile has become something that provides warmth and comfort to even the longest of faces.  The sound of her voice soothes and heals any wound, whether it be physical, mental, or even the deepest of the emotional. Looking into her eyes lets one have a glance into heaven, displaying a woman of true strength.  Her touch sends one in to a state of absolute ecstasy with something as simple as a brush of her hand across one's cheek.  Her personality is warm and inviting, and when I am in her arms, I am home.

I love you Amber Lynn.

Happy 17th Birthday!

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Eric Martindale
IT Professional
Admin of GWing.net

I'm a ninja!

In every installation that requires a CD key, there should be a button.  The button should say something along the lines of:

"I'm pirating, skip serial and install."

I really don't care if it reports me to whatever company made the software, I really don't.  Just install the damned software.

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Eric Martindale
IT Professional
Admin of GWing.net

Old people

Old people... XD

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=163331162673210702&pr=goog-sl

Haha, Google Video turns up some interesting results, eh?

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Eric Martindale
IT Professional
Admin of GWing.net

Hugs and Kisses

Awww... I made Amber upset today, and I felt so bad about it... it hurt when she wasn't smiling.

We turned on a movie, and I ended up staying until 11:30, which was sweet.  We almost fell asleep on the couch.

We were watching "Gone With Teh Win!"

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Eric Martindale
IT Professional
Admin of GWing.net

Exhaustion

Remote Desktop-ing from work to my personal computer at the house today... and there I was, multitasking AGAIN... Photoshop and Dreamweaver both open... and I was DRAWING with RDP. Well, so Photoshop decides to lock EVERYTHING up. So, I restart the computer and open Remote Desktop again. I connect to my computer, I log in... and KAZZAM!!!!!111one!

There's everything running perfectly just as it was. I was happy. IPG!

I'm tired as hell now, too. We ended up doing like... 400 jumping jacks... and 100 kicks of each type. I'm tired as fook. Oh, and for those that don't understand what I'm talking about, I take Isshin-ryu Karate. Since I'm too tired to list my other experience in martial arts, I think I'm going to lay down.

Readygo.

OR NOT!

Our car decided not to start. Hell, it wasn't even turning. I kicked it. It turned.

You see, certain things deserve a good kick in the face sometimes. Of course, I'd never do that to a person. Unless they did something wrong. That's human nature, though.... ANYWAY. Before I trail off into philosophy, I'll continue on my previous subject. Things such as cars and the occasional computer deserve a good kick. Not just a love tap, but not a decapitation, either. I mean, have you ever build a quantum particle accelerator that just randomly stopped working until you kicked it out of frustation, at which point it sends 300W of microwave energy into your stomach?

Kicking something isn't always the solution, though. There I was using Windows, and it decided to choke and DIE! DIE! DIE! I digress. It was loading something, probably explorer.exe ... and I decided to stroke it. Stroking my machine isn't exactly conventional, but of course, it suddenly worked. Ever since, I've been extremely superstitious about the way I touch my machine. One wrong bump, and it gets irrated at me, and starts shooting sparks everywhere. But a little scratch on the top of the case and it's all good. It works like a charm, let me tell you. Your computer will be cooking popcorn and making your bed in no time.

Speaking of your computer popping teh popcorn, has anyone talked to HAL on GWing lately? Is it just me, or is Chrono trying to get HAL to grow a body and assassinate me? For real? He's getting thoroughly viscious. I've already started a topic on GWing about it, and I guess it'll evolve with time. http://gwing.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=539

Readyslowgo.

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Eric Martindale
IT Professional
Admin of GWing.net

Windows

Debates... oh the fun.

Today's topic? Linux vs. Windows.

I'm arguing that serverside, there's nothing better than Linux.  It's more widely used, even.  I'm also saying that clientside, there's nothing better than Windows.  My extensive point is that Windows would never improve if Linux wasn't a competitor.  Even with Server 2003, Linux still blows the rest of the market away.  Sure, I'd love to use a fully compatible mainstream box that doesn't crash.  But without competitors, Windows will never become that.  Thanks to Linux, we have improved greatly since the beginning.

Then there's the Mac thing.  At this point, you're probably asking, "I thought he was a PC guy?" and I am.  There's no denying that touching a Macintosh makes me feel sick.  However, let's give them some credit, right?  Look at what the iPod has become.  Apple has the potential to become the biggest, the best, and the most used.  They're getting there, and stepping over to the Intel chipset was a GREAT move.  But, it just isn't enough to give them the kick in the ass that they need, yet.  I'm speculating that if Microsoft doesn't clean up their act soon, whether it's Vista or Live... Mac will dominate the future market.

Of course at this point people will STILL be using their own Linux boxes off in the background, and the market share will be about the same.  So here I am, using Windows to access my Linux server - with an old iMac in the other room sitting in a pile of junk.

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Eric Martindale
IT Professional
Admin of GWing.net

An Update Before Bed...

An update before I go to sleep!

I've recovered a *VERY* old backup of GWing's index pages... and I don't think I have any better ones.

I'm very proud of Fletcher, mainly because it's so simple, yet so functional. I've not had any problems with it, and I seem to have everything modded perfectly for the uses it is put to.

Wow, I had intended to sleep at about 11:00, but a couple of friends came over. They left at 11:30. Yet here I am at 12:49 AM, sitting alone, still fiddling with HTML. Is there something wrong with me, or is this normal?

I'm also looking down at my signature for Gmail, which is what I'm using to write this entry right now. I thought at first that I enjoyed flaunting my IT-Professional-ism, but then I realized that I'm just too damned lazy to go down and delete it. Of course, my ultimate realization is that I'm still sitting here typing about absolutely nothing.
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Eric Martindale
IT Professional
Admin of GWing.net

Genesis

Yes, I am damn well aware that this is a stock template. Right now, I couldn't care less. I'm not even posting, really.

Well, GWing is back, but somehow, all of the files in my home directory disappeared, as well as all of my backups. For right now, I've created a simple placeholder page for everyone who just happens to type GWing.net into their address bar.

Now that I think about it, I may just end up redesigning the whole index page anyways. I'm considering using Drupal or something similiar, or just recoding a simple page for the index. I'm going to need to further tie in to the main user database - the phpbb one - to allow a smoother experience.

Now that I'm talking about the forums, I should mention that I have no idea how I put so many things on the board without completely breaking it. I have over 100 installed modifications installed, and I still have a functional forum. Now, don't get me wrong: There are a LOT of bugs... but it's functional. [Insert-puzzled-glee]

I think I will refer to the above insert statement as [IPG] from now on.