Gundam Invasion

I was in highschool when gundam invasion happened. My brothers were hit and was assembling gundam models they bought from manong sidewalk vendor (Mom was too cheap to buy us the real thing). The real fun for me is assembling the mobile suit models. For my brother it as putting on the stickers and designing the look. For our youngest brother it would be the fun of destroying the mobile suit after assembly. I miss those days...

Well, for some crazy reason, some Japanese individuals decided to assemble a mobile suit model in Tokyo. My friend showed this to me and this is F-ing awesome. This is what I like about Japan and Japanese. Creativity and boldness. They are not afraid to release their inner child. Anyway, these guys assembled a model complete with lights and effects. I just wish it has a real-life cockpit as well as movement. When I became an engineer, my initial dream hobby was to create a cross between a mobile suit and C3PO. The dream was ruined by the endless search for money. Someday... Enjoy the videos...

This is absurd

Something crazy happened today. I mentioned in the previous post that I already quit WoW (at least for now). This morning, my college friend and WoW gamer YMed me about seeing my toon in Azeroth last night? HOLY COW! So despite my bumming schedule, I accessed my account to clear the mystery. Lo and Behold, some shitty guy charged my account with their own credit card. So naturally, I AGAIN cancelled the subscription. Lucky for him I was in a good mood or I would have changed the subscription to cover my account for 6 months recurring. Sheesh. So I cancelled the subscription, changed everything, email etc. After that I emailed blizzard in a semi-irrate manner. I was hoping to have a peaceful life after WoW. But even if I already cashed out, some dumb person would still have the nerve to charge up my account (I'm guessing that the credit card wasn't even his/hers) and somehow get my items. TOO BAD FOR YOU, I ALREADY GOT HACKED BEFORE QUITING!

This entry I guess is a statement for my earlier entry. I was right to stop playing this time. For good? We'll see...

The Why's of Quitting WoW...

The first reason why I started blogging was because I stopped playing WoW. Since I don't have anything interesting to do with the free time I gained for quitting WoW, my guardian angel (cookie) forced...errr... suggested to spend my idle time on blogging.

Playing this game has slowly turned to something of a frustration to me instead of an enjoyment. So for this entry, here are reasons why you should quit WoW. No offense Blizz...

• WoW is a game of wasted time. If you actually think about it, your actual playing time in WoW is about 30-40% of what you paid for. Why? Because 60% of the time you spend on log-in queues, maintenance days, rolling restarts and more importantly TRAVEL TIME. I'm not actually sure if maintenance days or restarts are reimbursed but even disregarding that, log-in queues and travel time can still account to 50% of your paid game time. Businesswise, Blizz ppl are geniuses. It is a "world" so of course travel is essential. But on the otherhand, I have wasted a lot (and I mean a LOT) just to get some deer antlers for a quest. Sheesh...


• Security in WoW is TERRIBLE! I have been hacked 3 times in 2 years of playing the game. Hacked meaning I lost items, gold and practically speaking precious time because some smart-ass players got to my email. Well, sure I got exposed to viruses. So not entirely their fault. And I honestly cannot dedicate my PC for pure WoW gameplay so I'm sure to be infected with some viruses once in awhile. But I know millions of users are the same as me. I did what security bulletins suggested. I cleaned my PC, installed several anti-virus programs and firewall softwares. The only advisory I did not follow was to not access third party websites which in my opinion is absurd (by the way I never access gold seller websites and add-on sites) . The security bulletins from blizz ain't enough. Surely some other ways are implementable.


• Support is lacking for some countries. There I was hacked and all. Still I didn't blame Blizz. So I decided to take some action on my own. By the third hacking incident, I was quite sure that security advisories were not enough to solve my problem. So I decided to purchase the well publicized Blizz authenticator. Wait for it.... this is not purchaseable in the country I'm at.

There are other minor issues also but I don't want to nag about those. These three are enough reason for me to call it quits. WoW can be really fun and addictive. For me it was a stress-reliever after work. I may play again in the future (maybe if I can order the authenticator) but, for now, Arthas would have to wait.

Oh and another thing, damn blizz for nerfing Locks!