Well, it's been some time, but yea, the ACCA exams are coming now. And I had to reschedule my leaves so that my exams fall within the range. Yes, so much for being able to take the computer based exams 'anytime' >.> Boah! I'm worn out from those crash courses! But they sure did me well, besides falling asleep once or twice in class because of fatigue ^^; But yea, they were good in general, though I didn't quite like that teacher who did F3... So... 1 week and 3 days to go! Gosh, it's so close :o
Otherwise... oh well, I've been into more games because of my sister -_- Got into playing Digimon World DS, which has not that good graphics, okay playthrough and slow as can be dialogues. The mechanics are a little weird though and I was able to exploit something, which practically gave me a rookie digimon which could pawn Ultimate digimons with a couple of hits and without taking significant damage. No need to say how much it ruled when it became Champion and Ultimate...
And yet otherwise, I've finished with M4 of #PMD-Explorers on deviantart. Been around even making a tumblr account (unknown008.tumblr.com) and am taking on the next part, which is Event 4. I'm not sure if I'll be able to pull up a collaboration on this one but if I do, I'm sure it'll turn out great! ^_^
And... driving test scheduled to 31st of January, Christmas coming, I'm trying to learn some flash, getting used a little more to Inkscape, what more? Oh, I need to get Victini soon before the event ends. Oh and the release of PU Beta is near, so stay tuned!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Explorers
So yea, I joined this group on Deviant Art and loved it to pieces as soon as I got my way in. Got into learning a lot of things, getting to know who the artist of my so used Mudkip avatar was, getting to know people with great writing skills and art skills same and oh, not enough words to express what I can say. I have immediately worked on my characters for the group and picked a Pikachu and a Mudkip (Peter and Marston respectively). Unfortunately, I have missed Missions 1 to 3 and 3 events which come in between each mission. I have started with my writing application (drawing needs a LOT of work before it can compete with the others ^^;) and I feel more expressive in writing that drawing... for the time being. I already have planned out the pictures, if I ever get to draw as good as the artists, in my mind. Can't wait to finish my missions and actually try to start on drawing.
PurpleKecleon (or PapayaKitty) is my favourite artist so far. Her drawings are amazing and breathtaking! Yes, I know that some of them way back from now maybe have been into... um... not very appropriate... stuff... but it seems she's over that now, and seems happy to be out of it. And yes, she's the one who have drawn the Mudkip I used the first time on Pokemon Universe and edited it for it to move. And then... woah, I meet her there, on deviant art. I felt a little ashamed that I have used her art and that I didn't pay much attention when I made the icon. Yea, I resized the .gif I made on Pokemon Universe and it was all blurry and ugly. So yea, I made a complete revamp out of it!
Other than that, there's Riiko (Or Luvaci or Shroomsworth), Marl (MarlKitty), Eevee (LexyEevee) who, latiass (Gunpowder), Michael (Mike) wrote great stories and which PK illustrated with her marvelous pieces of art. I didn't feel so keen to write since... since... that competition thingy for Commonwealth where they said that they didn't receive my application -_-. So much effort and then nothing. And I was so sure that I'll get at least the third place... anyway, I'm going astray and I simply love the group I just discovered.
On another side... time is really running fast. With driver's test in only 5 days, ACCA exams being conducted from 12 to 28 Dec... and oh, I passed in the F1 paper mock exam lol. Really didn't expect that since I didn't revise at all. Well, I won't be telling the mark, but I think that's a good start. Plus there were uncovered chapters in the mock exam too... so...
And yea, I'm also re-launching myself into pixel art. Been doing a fisherman in two different positions so far and still need to work the other 15 or so other positions for Pokemon Universe. The balance server on PO is up and been practicing a little with the balanced team. Not too bad, but I really miss my powerful pokemon :(. The Black and White Winter Tournament is over too and got a friend ranking in the ~3500. Pity I couldn't get in there... and I wonder what rank I would have got XD.
Also, more depression from AMHD. Really now, they made rating completely anonymous, you no more even see who rated you in your profile and the reasons for giving +ve or -ve ratings have been removed; the older skin have been removed, where I still could give reasons; I can no more close threads, nor open them, nor move them, nor merge posts, nothing at all!!! After all this time... seriously now, I really want to leave that behind, though it would mean to lose some of the friends who are still there. But most left it either way, to find other QA sites, but still like nomads looking for the right oasis to settle down. After all, not all oases contain the required amount of land or volume of water to cater for the needs of a particular person, and AMHD's oasis is now a dry, withered one. The only thing that grows are thorns and fungus, really. /rant
PurpleKecleon (or PapayaKitty) is my favourite artist so far. Her drawings are amazing and breathtaking! Yes, I know that some of them way back from now maybe have been into... um... not very appropriate... stuff... but it seems she's over that now, and seems happy to be out of it. And yes, she's the one who have drawn the Mudkip I used the first time on Pokemon Universe and edited it for it to move. And then... woah, I meet her there, on deviant art. I felt a little ashamed that I have used her art and that I didn't pay much attention when I made the icon. Yea, I resized the .gif I made on Pokemon Universe and it was all blurry and ugly. So yea, I made a complete revamp out of it!
Other than that, there's Riiko (Or Luvaci or Shroomsworth), Marl (MarlKitty), Eevee (LexyEevee) who, latiass (Gunpowder), Michael (Mike) wrote great stories and which PK illustrated with her marvelous pieces of art. I didn't feel so keen to write since... since... that competition thingy for Commonwealth where they said that they didn't receive my application -_-. So much effort and then nothing. And I was so sure that I'll get at least the third place... anyway, I'm going astray and I simply love the group I just discovered.
On another side... time is really running fast. With driver's test in only 5 days, ACCA exams being conducted from 12 to 28 Dec... and oh, I passed in the F1 paper mock exam lol. Really didn't expect that since I didn't revise at all. Well, I won't be telling the mark, but I think that's a good start. Plus there were uncovered chapters in the mock exam too... so...
And yea, I'm also re-launching myself into pixel art. Been doing a fisherman in two different positions so far and still need to work the other 15 or so other positions for Pokemon Universe. The balance server on PO is up and been practicing a little with the balanced team. Not too bad, but I really miss my powerful pokemon :(. The Black and White Winter Tournament is over too and got a friend ranking in the ~3500. Pity I couldn't get in there... and I wonder what rank I would have got XD.
Also, more depression from AMHD. Really now, they made rating completely anonymous, you no more even see who rated you in your profile and the reasons for giving +ve or -ve ratings have been removed; the older skin have been removed, where I still could give reasons; I can no more close threads, nor open them, nor move them, nor merge posts, nothing at all!!! After all this time... seriously now, I really want to leave that behind, though it would mean to lose some of the friends who are still there. But most left it either way, to find other QA sites, but still like nomads looking for the right oasis to settle down. After all, not all oases contain the required amount of land or volume of water to cater for the needs of a particular person, and AMHD's oasis is now a dry, withered one. The only thing that grows are thorns and fungus, really. /rant
Monday, October 17, 2011
Exams coming... soon!
Well, with everything happening, I'm having less and less time and the deadlines are approaching. Got on my 21st driving course, getting there, slowly but surely. Almost hit a dog last Saturday! Fortunately, my tutor braked in time and avoided any accident. Otherwise, getting very well with parking, rear drive and driving on the mains. Only thing now is that he told me that the traffic is much more difficult during weekdays, what is, on the day of my test. So, I'm going to use the day I have my ACCA mock exam, which will be on the 24th, Monday next week. So... driving course in the morning, then mock exam in the evening. Talk about a day off work...
Otherwise, I've been playing Frozen Synapse a little, got maybe halfway through the campaign, not bad, not 'extraordinary' either, but sure takes a lot of power from my laptop.
Something else which happened is that I made my first vectors. Electrode and Shinx. They're both on my deviant art account and I would gladly like some feedback on them. I've been doing Luxio in the meantime, but it's not working as well lol. In other news, I joined the group of #PMD-Explorers on DA. I was looking for a group where I could get some drawing techniques and get better at vectors, and stumbled on that group. And me having liked the PMD series, I started reading through it, seeing the nice drawings and the ~3000 members. Well, it was interesting and after seeing here and there, finally decided to join. I hope that I will be able to participate soon and get better at drawing too XD.
And last thing, touhoumon. Yes, I completed the game story wise, or so I believe. I have beaten the league, but it won't save the file, so I'm stuck 'pre-league' and made my way to the other part of that world to get some more tomes, got 2 in the process, not too hard, except for the Bamboo Forest one. Those 'blind mazes' get so confusing... So, I'm stuck there and I don't know where to get the last HM, Waterfall, which prevents me from going to an area I am pretty sure must be accessible; because the others don't seem to be.
Forum wise, I gave a last chance to AMHD. The activity sure has risen, but the issue remains the same. They treat volunteers as if they are employees and that is not acceptable. But as long as they don't come to me and say do this and that, I'll be fine. And I've been to another QA site since; answerbag.com. It's not 'that' bad, but it's not as good as AMHD used to be either. Oh well, I still have MHF, PHF and CHF where there are the options I like, besides the missing LaTeX in PHF and CHF. And I joined freemathhelp.com too. Not bad either, but they sure could do better!
Okay, I think that that's it for now. It's been quite long and... the IRC client has been blinking a lot now x3.
Otherwise, I've been playing Frozen Synapse a little, got maybe halfway through the campaign, not bad, not 'extraordinary' either, but sure takes a lot of power from my laptop.
Something else which happened is that I made my first vectors. Electrode and Shinx. They're both on my deviant art account and I would gladly like some feedback on them. I've been doing Luxio in the meantime, but it's not working as well lol. In other news, I joined the group of #PMD-Explorers on DA. I was looking for a group where I could get some drawing techniques and get better at vectors, and stumbled on that group. And me having liked the PMD series, I started reading through it, seeing the nice drawings and the ~3000 members. Well, it was interesting and after seeing here and there, finally decided to join. I hope that I will be able to participate soon and get better at drawing too XD.
And last thing, touhoumon. Yes, I completed the game story wise, or so I believe. I have beaten the league, but it won't save the file, so I'm stuck 'pre-league' and made my way to the other part of that world to get some more tomes, got 2 in the process, not too hard, except for the Bamboo Forest one. Those 'blind mazes' get so confusing... So, I'm stuck there and I don't know where to get the last HM, Waterfall, which prevents me from going to an area I am pretty sure must be accessible; because the others don't seem to be.
Forum wise, I gave a last chance to AMHD. The activity sure has risen, but the issue remains the same. They treat volunteers as if they are employees and that is not acceptable. But as long as they don't come to me and say do this and that, I'll be fine. And I've been to another QA site since; answerbag.com. It's not 'that' bad, but it's not as good as AMHD used to be either. Oh well, I still have MHF, PHF and CHF where there are the options I like, besides the missing LaTeX in PHF and CHF. And I joined freemathhelp.com too. Not bad either, but they sure could do better!
Okay, I think that that's it for now. It's been quite long and... the IRC client has been blinking a lot now x3.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Pokemon Universe Community Tournament
Well, as planned, there was this tournament going on since Saturday, and unlike all expectations, I found myself enrolled into the tournament, and won a blazing 6-0 on the first round. Viper (or Jarodel) won his first match with 6-4, a close one and Gammal, my other teammate won on 6-3 (I think) giving us a perfect score of 3-0. Anyway, we moved onto the next round and it was getting late for me, so I went to bed, but today when I wake up, I learned that our team lost to another team; Gammal lost 2 matches out of 3 and was automatically disqualified... I'm sort of disappointed that I wasn't able to be there at that time to have a match, especially since I've been working on my teams quite a lot, trying to make up some synergy... Probably another time then.
On another note, the ACCA exams are coming and I finally decided to take the computer based one. I can pay for the exams in November and then take part in it in December to get my first level qualification. On the 3rd, I'll probably be in another hotel for auditing; this time, Long Beach Hotel, for Sun Resorts again. This'll be quite far and I know I'll have to wake up early, but hey, I hear it's one of the best hotels around. So, I'm looking forward to it. I just hope that there'll be some transport so I don't have to take so many buses. I completed my Annual plan for the company (quite some work, and a lot of importance is put into that...) and am awaiting for 2 ERs from an Assistant Manager, one having the deadline already passed... I wonder what will happen...
Anyway, driving tutoring is going okay-ish, knowing that the tutor has quite of a difficult temperament and am on my 16th lesson. Been driving okay on the roads and the rear gear seems to be good. The last thing this remains is the parking part of the test. It doesn't seem too hard, but hey, better not shout out victory before getting the pass in the test.
Scripting is slow but surely coming. I just finished a level up script and started to work on the stats-up part, together with how items work and I started with the unleashes of weapons. There is something else too that I changed to make it work better in the Psynergy script, which I'll have to duplicate in the Djinn script. Well, it won't be ready that soon =P.
On a final note, I started playing touhoumon a little; a hacked version of Pokemon FireRed with touhous replacing the pokemon. The typing and stats are a little weird, but it's okay. I just got my 5th badge the previous day and my bonekas (touhous) are low-average level for that part of the game. Bah, it doesn't matter, I can still go on strongly!
On another note, the ACCA exams are coming and I finally decided to take the computer based one. I can pay for the exams in November and then take part in it in December to get my first level qualification. On the 3rd, I'll probably be in another hotel for auditing; this time, Long Beach Hotel, for Sun Resorts again. This'll be quite far and I know I'll have to wake up early, but hey, I hear it's one of the best hotels around. So, I'm looking forward to it. I just hope that there'll be some transport so I don't have to take so many buses. I completed my Annual plan for the company (quite some work, and a lot of importance is put into that...) and am awaiting for 2 ERs from an Assistant Manager, one having the deadline already passed... I wonder what will happen...
Anyway, driving tutoring is going okay-ish, knowing that the tutor has quite of a difficult temperament and am on my 16th lesson. Been driving okay on the roads and the rear gear seems to be good. The last thing this remains is the parking part of the test. It doesn't seem too hard, but hey, better not shout out victory before getting the pass in the test.
Scripting is slow but surely coming. I just finished a level up script and started to work on the stats-up part, together with how items work and I started with the unleashes of weapons. There is something else too that I changed to make it work better in the Psynergy script, which I'll have to duplicate in the Djinn script. Well, it won't be ready that soon =P.
On a final note, I started playing touhoumon a little; a hacked version of Pokemon FireRed with touhous replacing the pokemon. The typing and stats are a little weird, but it's okay. I just got my 5th badge the previous day and my bonekas (touhous) are low-average level for that part of the game. Bah, it doesn't matter, I can still go on strongly!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Second Thought about AMHD
Okay, yesterday some of the rules of the site were changed and we apparently are no more allowed to put in personnal feelings in our posts. Many of my friends are considering leaving the forum, so, I too will probably leave. I'll just be standing a little aback, watching how things will eventually turn out to be. I'm sad that the owners of AMHD are putting such things up. My hope right now is that the forum will not lose its members and become deserted.
Otherwise, I'm still at Grays Inc, got a new laptop because of the problems I was having with the previous one. This one has its problem too: it doesn't load the desktop sometimes when I turn it on. But overall, I think it's better than the previous one I had. I also got some new apps installed on my PC too and I'm planning to get some more stuff for Golden Sun script up for this week.
As for driving, I took my appointment for the 14th of November and I don't know if it'll be a first try-first pass or not. So many people fail the first time because of those mean policemen who only think about making money out of people. Oh well, we'll see how it goes.
On the gaming side, I played Ninja Gaiden (yes, I know it's a bit late) and finished the normal mode in about 5 hours. I'm now in the 'Head Ninja' mode and I'm in the Frost Area. It's a lot harder (that's a good thing) and I'm waiting to get the last few useful items to get those hard levels. It's short though and the extras are somehow wrongly hidden. I mean, they are well hidden yes, but once one miss it, you cannot get back to get the extras, which sort of bugs me. Oh well, after that I'll be picking up Golden Sun again to get the other things I wanted to get for the script.
Otherwise, I'm still at Grays Inc, got a new laptop because of the problems I was having with the previous one. This one has its problem too: it doesn't load the desktop sometimes when I turn it on. But overall, I think it's better than the previous one I had. I also got some new apps installed on my PC too and I'm planning to get some more stuff for Golden Sun script up for this week.
As for driving, I took my appointment for the 14th of November and I don't know if it'll be a first try-first pass or not. So many people fail the first time because of those mean policemen who only think about making money out of people. Oh well, we'll see how it goes.
On the gaming side, I played Ninja Gaiden (yes, I know it's a bit late) and finished the normal mode in about 5 hours. I'm now in the 'Head Ninja' mode and I'm in the Frost Area. It's a lot harder (that's a good thing) and I'm waiting to get the last few useful items to get those hard levels. It's short though and the extras are somehow wrongly hidden. I mean, they are well hidden yes, but once one miss it, you cannot get back to get the extras, which sort of bugs me. Oh well, after that I'll be picking up Golden Sun again to get the other things I wanted to get for the script.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
New Project
Okay, this time, I'm into another project. This actually started as being a project at Deep River Beau Champ, but due to the fact that it was much further than another project starting in the same week, but at Beau Plan, which is much closer, I swapped with a colleague who lived nearer to Deep River Beau Champ. So, I have been at Beau Plan, Pamplemousses since yesterday at Grays Inc. Ltd, a spirit/wine/rhum/beer//liquor, well you know, alcoholic drink producer. We'll be covering the Repairs and Maintenance process. One thing though... the name of the FC was familiar... a name I think I hear some 8 months ago on the Costa Cruise... Well, we get food there and transport, so yeah :3
Anyway, there's not much very exciting otherwise going on right now. Two of the closest Rizon servers went down recently and I'm having to fall back towards a little further servers, increasing the lag by a little... My Golden Sun Script is not moving much due to the rather high volume of work.
Driving is coming on slowly. With the balancing and startups being the worst areas. Why does the . The silly police HQ is open as of 9 am while I'm in the area at 8 -_-.
I thought my laptop was okay... but it got the same problem again. This week was definitely not a good one >.<
Anyway, there's not much very exciting otherwise going on right now. Two of the closest Rizon servers went down recently and I'm having to fall back towards a little further servers, increasing the lag by a little... My Golden Sun Script is not moving much due to the rather high volume of work.
Driving is coming on slowly. With the balancing and startups being the worst areas. Why does the . The silly police HQ is open as of 9 am while I'm in the area at 8 -_-.
I thought my laptop was okay... but it got the same problem again. This week was definitely not a good one >.<
Monday, August 15, 2011
Back to Office
Okay, I'll be back at the office tomorrow and the testing at Swan Insurance Co. Ltd is not even complete... I don't understand why they would remove someone on a job just because of an ERP which is not even a real measure of the utilisation of an employee. And one more thing, now I will be unassigned at the office, and will be asked questions as to why I am unassigned... Either they let me stay on the job, or don't get surprised when your fellow workers are unassigned!!! I could very well stay at home otherwise, and still stay unassigned and this way, I won't get awkward questions.
Bah, on another note, PU disclosed the release date for a Beta which will be for this December, and by the looks of it, it will probably be on the 31st, as always =P. Also, the devs are using some site to keep a backlog. I'm not sure how it works, nor how beneficial it is, but it probably is if they are using one.
Still in the lines of pokemon, Pokemon Rumble seems promising and I would probably should get it sometime. With the Nintendo 3DS which appears to cost some $250 (~ 7000 MUR, and which is indeed quite cheap), that should be fun, together with Luigi's Mansion, Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 3D and last but not least, Zelda Ocarina of Time. As the Best Wishes season is out, I would probably be able to get the lyrics and add them to my collection soon ;)
Also, I just realised that I missed one last summon in my Golden Sun Dark Dawn Game... =/ Haures is apparently obtained in another 'distorted' way somewhere over the map. Oh well, I'll get it next time I reset my game to get the other experience trees I need for my bot. Otherwise, the summon and djinn procedures are ready, excluding calculations involving luck, which I don't know the exact mechanics. Next on should be psynergies and items utilisation, and after that, monster skills. When the experience is available, they should be up too and lastly, the class change and psynergy change should be done last, since that's what I see as the most complicated as it constantly changes and alters the stats and psynergies of players.
Bah, on another note, PU disclosed the release date for a Beta which will be for this December, and by the looks of it, it will probably be on the 31st, as always =P. Also, the devs are using some site to keep a backlog. I'm not sure how it works, nor how beneficial it is, but it probably is if they are using one.
Still in the lines of pokemon, Pokemon Rumble seems promising and I would probably should get it sometime. With the Nintendo 3DS which appears to cost some $250 (~ 7000 MUR, and which is indeed quite cheap), that should be fun, together with Luigi's Mansion, Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 3D and last but not least, Zelda Ocarina of Time. As the Best Wishes season is out, I would probably be able to get the lyrics and add them to my collection soon ;)
Also, I just realised that I missed one last summon in my Golden Sun Dark Dawn Game... =/ Haures is apparently obtained in another 'distorted' way somewhere over the map. Oh well, I'll get it next time I reset my game to get the other experience trees I need for my bot. Otherwise, the summon and djinn procedures are ready, excluding calculations involving luck, which I don't know the exact mechanics. Next on should be psynergies and items utilisation, and after that, monster skills. When the experience is available, they should be up too and lastly, the class change and psynergy change should be done last, since that's what I see as the most complicated as it constantly changes and alters the stats and psynergies of players.
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