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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Great Moments in Gaming: The Onyxia Wipe Video

a quick break from actual gaming by Renzie Baluyut

I don't know if you've already seen this video, but I just did a few months back.

Backgrounder: if you've been playing World of Warcraft, then you know that the later storyline brings in Onyxia, this big-ass black dragon boss, who has decided to take the southern part of Dustwallow Marsh as her lair.

It takes a massive effort to bring Onyxia down, with guilds organizing large raiding parties still getting wiped. Onyxia on her own is tough enough, but adventurers also have to deal with all kinds of Black Dragonspawn- among them, Black Dragon Whelps. Many, many whelps.

Now here's a disturbingly hilarious video of one such guild who had come knocking on Onyxia's lair. And promptly got wiped. Thanks to Alachas1985 for capturing this moment in viral video form- truly one of the greatest moments of gaming. Ever. Take a look.



Here's a transcription of what went down. Mind you, if you it's filled with expletives- so a word to the sensitive ones. Just had to stay faithful to the original material, is all. With that out of the way...

Odd groups go to the left, even groups go to the right. That means 1, 3, 5, 7 - left, 2, 4, 6, 8 - right. Seven and Eight are Whelp Groups.

Okay, now listen the fuck up: you're going to DPS very very slowly. Now... and by slowly, I mean fucking slow.

If you get aggro, it means you're going to lose 50 DKP 'coz you didn't know what the fuck to do!

And watch the fucking tail!

If you get kicked into the whelps, you lose 50 DKP again- for not being where the fuck you were supposed to be.

There is no aggro reset. The only... there's some shit about an aggro reset when some people don't know how to manage their aggro.

After 2 Sunders, you can basically start doing damage to it. Assuming you know how Aggro works, you son't over-Aggro.

OK, nuke it, DOT it, help the whelp groups...

When it's in phase 2, nuke it as hard as possible. You want to get it down as fast as possible. Have DOTs up on- on every time. 2 rows: Shadow Word: Pain, Warlock Curses, Rend, everything.

I don't see enough DOTs, more DOTs now! Come on, more DPS! Hit it like ya mean it! You'll get time to rest in Phase 3 while (down) getting Aggro.

Remember, save your Aggro-reducing abilities for when it lands. That means Feign Death, Vanish, -erm- fucking Fade, anything that you can use to reset Aggro.

At 40%, you will stop DOTs. Until then, you will throw more DOTs. Throw more DOTs, more DOTs, more DOTs. Come on, more DOTs! 'K, stop DOTs.

Now hit it very hard. And very fast!

Lee, run to the center! Mogrus, run to the center! Foresight, run to the center! Sarp, run to the center! Isis, run to the center! Whatever the fuck you do, don't stand next to other people!

Mogrus, center! Just heal me.

Lee, do NOT..! Go away from the head, Lee! Go away!
'K, DPS! Slowly! Come here, you fucking cunt! Watch the tail!

(Someone else) Whelps. (Somebody else) Crushim was Feared into...

WHO THE FUCK WAS THAT? Crushim, what the FUCK? Whelps- left side! Even side, many whelps! NOW, HANDLE it!

FUCK!

That's a FUCKING 50 DKP minus! What the FUCK was that SHIT?

If you stand in the right fucking place, there is NO WAY you are going to FUCKING get into the GODDAMNED whelps, whatever fucking FEAR, Tailswipe- whatever the FUCK! Okay?! It's like one in a fucking million!

From the- fucking north corner, to the middle, into the fucking Whelp cave, it's not even FUCKING remotely imaginable!

(end)

From Alachas1985's YouTube entry: The audio was created by "Dives" from Wipe Club, I had nothing to do with its creation, I only made the animation. Cheers to the guys from "Wipe Club" (http://www.wipeclub.eu) for making the sound clip!

Cheers indeed!

Friday, May 9, 2008

Must-play Games: Grand Theft Auto IV

It's probably the biggest game this year. The hype has been incredible, and the results are in. According to a news report on the Internet Movie Database, the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV has taken in US$500 million on its first week on the shelves, more than any movie in history has made in its first week. The amount translates to an opening week mark of 3.6 million game units sold.

The April 29 opening day sales alone were phenomenal- tracked at US$310 million- beating the US$300 million record set by Microsoft's Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 last year. Read the rest of this article on my other blog, "Renzie's Rants and Raves."

Check out Adam Sessler's review of Grand Theft Auto IV on this G4TV clip taken from their signature gaming show, X-Play.



Here's a game you should be playing right frackin' NOW. Grand Theft Auto IV is only available on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 (for now at least), so if you don't have either console, now's a good time to get yourself one. Sell an internal organ if you have to. Then sell another body part to get Grand Theft Auto IV.

I've already raved about how much I've loved its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. And by all indications, it seems GTA IV holds true to its promise to deliver a game just as kick-ass as the last one.

Gotta have this game. Period.

Cheers, everyone!

Monday, March 24, 2008

The Guild: Extra Stuff!

While we've heard that The Guild is currently working on episodes 9, 10, and a much-awaited season ender, I decided to get my fix of The Guild on their YouTube channel.

So far they've had eight episodes posted:
But they also have a few other videos, which I've decided to focus on this blog post. The most recent is this one, where we have the crew show off their nice little ON Networks/SXSW Greenlight Award for Best Original Production, right before they bagged the Yahoo 2007 Best Web Series Award, the YouTube Best Series Award for 2007. I think it's just cute to see the whole bunch off-character every now and then.



Then we have a gag reel from a whole bunch of outtakes from the first three episodes, posted in mid-October of last year.



And finally, probably my favorite thus far, is this cute little Christmas montage they put together. Featuring the music of Don Schiff, with a creepy Santa and cute little Cubby :)



Read more about The Guild as I feature the rest of the other episodes on this blog, "Renzie On Gaming". In the meantime, you can check out their official website for lots of great insider stuff and exclusive video, or you could check them out on Facebook and MySpace.

'Til next episode! Cheers, everyone!

The Gamer in Felicia Day!

Now here's a lady who can easily be every gamer-boy's dream-come-true. Felicia Day, ladies and gentlemen: she's cute, she's funny, and most importantly, SHE PLAYS GAMES!

Seriously.

In a recent episode of Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont, we get treated to an interview with Felicia Day and The Guild co-star Sandeep Parikh. Of course, they talk about the online comedy series- what it's about, how they came up with the idea for it, and what's in store for The Guild in the immediate future.

Somewhere along the conversation, Felicia admits to being a gamer all her life- getting into PC games as early as 6 or 7 years old, and rattled off quite a few of the games I also played back then- more notably, the Sierra series of adventure games: King's Quest, Space Quest and Leisure Suit Larry!

Woohoo! Man, I loved those games! And that was back when games came in antiquated 5-1/4" diskettes. Diskettes, man!

She also mentioned the Ultima series, a bad Diablo addiction in college, and as we all know now from The Guild official website, a two-year addiction to World of Warcraft!

Anyway, you can check the rest of the interview on YouTube, or right here, as I have conveniently provided for your viewing pleasure.



Check her out on her very own website, right here- where you could check out more pics (like the one above), and the kind of work she's done so far. Smart little lady has even done some branding and is doing a great job marketing herself online. Heck, she's even designed the website herself! Well done, Felicia :)

If you haven't seen it yet, go check out The Guild- it's a hilarious online comedy series which you can check out on the show's channel on YouTube, or on this great comedy site- Effinfunny.com. I've also provided some linkage (to all eight webisodes thus far) right here:
Read more about The Guild as I feature the rest of the other episodes on this blog, "Renzie On Gaming". In the meantime, you can check out their official website for lots of great insider stuff and exclusive video, or you could check them out on Facebook and MySpace.

'Til next episode! Cheers, everyone!

The Guild, Episode 8: "Tipping Point"

Welcome to our continuing coverage of The Guild, my new online favorite, and winner of the Yahoo 2007 Best Web Series Award, the YouTube Best Series Award for 2007, and the ON Networks/SXSW Greenlight Award for Best Original Production.

In our last episode, Codex now knows why Zaboo is so weird, and all is not well in Cyd's household. Meanwhile, Tink shows off her babysitting skills, Bladezz gets back at The Guild, and Zaboo bids Cyd goodbye :) with an ethernet cord.

Guild drama continues in Episode 8: "Tipping Point". Enjoy!



Read more about The Guild as I feature the rest of the other episodes on this blog, "Renzie On Gaming". In the meantime, you can check out their official website for lots of great insider stuff and exclusive video, or you could check them out on Facebook and MySpace.

'Til next episode! Cheers, everyone!

The Guild, Episode 7: "Home Invasion"

Welcome to our continuing coverage of The Guild, my new online favorite, and winner of the Yahoo 2007 Best Web Series Award, the YouTube Best Series Award for 2007, and the ON Networks/SXSW Greenlight Award for Best Original Production.

We see more of the Codex-Zaboo drama in our last episode. The Guild goes on, despite the debacle at Cheesybeard's. And someone else decides to drop on in! We get to know more about our not-so-welcome guest right here on Episode 7: "Home Invasion"! Enjoy this one!



Read more about The Guild as I feature the rest of the other episodes on this blog, "Renzie On Gaming". In the meantime, you can check out their official website for lots of great insider stuff and exclusive video, or you could check them out on Facebook and MySpace.

'Til next episode! Cheers, everyone!

The Guild, Episode 6: "Total Wipe"

Welcome to our continuing coverage of The Guild, my new online favorite, and winner of the Yahoo 2007 Best Web Series Award, the YouTube Best Series Award for 2007, and the ON Networks/SXSW Greenlight Award for Best Original Production.

The Knights of Good all hang out at Cheesybeard's in our last episode, and as Codex tries to keep the meeting right on track, we get more on- and off-line drama with terribly disastrous (and funny!) consequences!

This next episode, "Total Wipe", was the very first episode I've seen of The Guild, and made a total fan-boy out of me. Checked out YouTube, the official websites, signed on as a fan on Facebook, and yes, featured them on my blog :D

Enough about me- let's watch some more of Codex, Zaboo and everyone else in The Guild! Enjoy!


Read more about The Guild as I feature the rest of the other episodes on this blog, "Renzie On Gaming". In the meantime, you can check out their official website for lots of great insider stuff and exclusive video, or you could check them out on Facebook and MySpace.

'Til next episode! Cheers, everyone!

The Guild, Episode 5: "Rather Be Raiding"

Welcome to our continuing coverage of The Guild, my new online favorite, and winner of the Yahoo 2007 Best Web Series Award, the YouTube Best Series Award for 2007, and the ON Networks/SXSW Greenlight Award for Best Original Production.

In our last episode, The Knights of Good finally meet up at the local hangout, Cheesybeard's... and it was damn awkward. Also hella hilarious! The meeting at Cheesybeard's continues with Episode 5: "Rather Be Raiding". Arrr ye ready for another comedic clip?


Read more about The Guild as I feature the rest of the other episodes on this blog, "Renzie On Gaming". In the meantime, you can check out their official website for lots of great insider stuff and exclusive video, or you could check them out on Facebook and MySpace.

'Til next episode! Cheers, everyone!

Sunday, March 23, 2008

The Guild, Episode 4: "Cheesybeard's"

Welcome to our continuing coverage of The Guild, my new online favorite, and winner of the Yahoo 2007 Best Web Series Award, the YouTube Best Series Award for 2007, and the ON Networks/SXSW Greenlight Award for Best Original Production.

I'll tell you why The Guild is such a huge hit for me- three things, really:

1. The Geekness- it refers to dorky games like World of Warcraft and Guild Wars and stuff. And, yes, I do play those MMORPG's, dork that I am.
2. The Ladies- wow, Felicia Day (who plays Cyd/Codex) and Amy Okuda (Tink, pictured below with the crew on set) are both sooo cute!

3. The Humor! Tell me it isn't funny, and I will fight you :) Online :D

Now let's get back to the story. In our last episode, the Guild deals with an in-game issue: Bladezz got banned for spamming at the Auction House. Zaboo shows off his Photoshop skills and his -uh- "magic carpet". Cyd wants to desperately get away from it all, and proposes the Guild meet up for a change in real life.

So the chicks and dudes all finally meet up in this episode, "Cheesybeard's". Enjoy!



Read more about The Guild as I feature the rest of the other episodes on this blog, "Renzie On Gaming". In the meantime, you can check out their official website for lots of great insider stuff and exclusive video, or you could check them out on Facebook and MySpace.

'Til next episode! Cheers, everyone!

The Guild, Episode 3: "The Macro Problem"

Welcome to our continuing coverage of The Guild, my new online favorite, and winner of the Yahoo 2007 Best Web Series Award, the YouTube Best Series Award for 2007, and the ON Networks/SXSW Greenlight Award for Best Original Production.

In our last episode, after not being online for more than 36 hours, Zaboo finally shows up- at Cyd's doorstep! Zaboo seems to be bent on taking their online "relationship" to the next level, much to Cyd's ever-growing dismay. Oh, and after a very long bus ride, he also needs to "drop some kids off at the pool" :)

Check out this next episode, "The Macro Problem". Enjoy!



Also worth mentioning: kudos to Eric McKenney on those great character sketches, Joseph Limbaugh for the animation sequence (after Cyd's cold open), and to Don Schiff for the cute little musical score. You really put it together with this one, guys.

Read more about The Guild as I feature the rest of the other episodes on this blog, "Renzie On Gaming". In the meantime, you can check out their official website for lots of great insider stuff and exclusive video, or you could check them out on Facebook and MySpace.

'Til next episode! Cheers, everyone!

The Guild, Episode 2: "Zaboo'd"

Welcome to our continuing coverage of The Guild, my new online favorite, and winner of the Yahoo 2007 Best Web Series Award, the YouTube Best Series Award for 2007, and the ON Networks/SXSW Greenlight Award for Best Original Production.

In the very first episode, we are introduced to Cyd Sherman, who goes around online in a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) as a healer by the name of Codex. Our series of webisodes takes a peek into her life (as though they were vlogs), and how she relates with her colleagues from "The Knights of Good"- her online playing companions.

We meet them all in Episode 1. Cyd/Codex is having a rather challenging time dealing with her MMORPG addiction. From their Facebook page, we read:

Quirky and a bit socially awkward, Codex was a violin prodigy as a child but then ... she grew up. She's at a major crossroads in her life, but it's much easier to play video games than make any life decisions. She's a healer in-game as well as in-life, always helping other people with their problems while ignoring her own.

Of course, we also meet the rest of her guildies:

Vork - The guild's resident "tank", or warrior. His real-life name is Herman Holden, and is also the guild leader. We see how his life revolves around gaming; his toaster, mini-fridge and indoor skillet is all within arm's reach of his PC.

Hmm, maybe I should set my room up that way too... Anyway, here's the blurb on Vork from Facebook:

Vork is the Guild leader of the "Knights of Good." He focuses all his energy on the Guild and rarely leaves his house because, "doing things costs money." Everything he needs to sustain himself is within arms reach of his computer, so he never has to get up from his desk. Serious but well-intentioned, it's easy to push his buttons, which his Guildies do frequently.


Tinkerballa- or just "Tink"- is the guild's hunter/ranger. She may look sweet, but she can be rather direct if she has to be (which is most of the time). She's one of the younger members of "The Knights of Good", probably in high school or college. Apparently has a constant need for gaming; we see her playing a Nintendo DS even while the rest of the guild is just talking.

This is what she has on Facebook:

Tinkerballa has a sweet-as-pie face with a mouth that will bust your balls. She plays a ranger class, so keeps herself distant from the group physically and emotionally. The Guild doesn't know a lot about her personal life. She acts apathetic but she's defensive of her Guildies when they need help.


Bladezz - is the guild's rogue. Also one of the younger members of "The Knights of Good". He has a tendency to hit on all the female guildmates. Also seems to be quite handy with cards.

Here's what we find out about Bladezz' character on Facebook:

Bladezz is the youngest Guild member and a bit of a loot whore. He's always creating drama, but it's "never his fault." He loves to push people's buttons, especially Vork's. Bailing him out of trouble is a full time job for the members of the Knights of Good.

Clara - is the guild's resident heavy-damage-dealing gnome mage, which incidentally also uses her real name as her online name. Clara is a stay-at-home mom of three, cheerful and nice and all, but not exactly a model parent. You'll see :)

This is what we have on Clara on Facebook:
Clara is the mother of three children, but her real parenting skills come into play online. She is always full of buoyant enthusiasm regardless of logic and acts as a mediator during any crisis. On another note, she likes to giggle when she kills mobs. It's a little creepy over the mic.


Finally, we meet Zaboo - who plays a gnome warlock online. Apparently he thinks that he and Cyd/Codex have a "relationship" online, misinterpreting her normal smiley faces on chat as a genuine display of affection towards him. His real name is Sujan Balakrishnan Goldberg, and is HinJew, a combination of Hindu and Jew. Also pretty handy with Photoshop.

This is what we have on his character on Facebook:

Zaboo is overly enthusiastic about everything and is always willing to help out a Guildie, whether they like it or not. He gives 100% to everything, and his trusting nature frequently gets him into trouble. He's a whiz online, and can find out anything about anyone: And he does. Grouping with him is always fun, his enthusiasm can put anyone in a good mood.

Now that we got to know the guys a little better, let's move on to Episode Two now, shall we? This little bit is entitled, "Zaboo'd". Enjoy!



Read more about The Guild as I feature the rest of the other episodes on this blog, "Renzie On Gaming". In the meantime, you can check out their official website for lots of great insider stuff and exclusive video, or you could check them out on Facebook and MySpace.

'Til next episode! Cheers, everyone!

Watch "The Guild" on YouTube!

I have to thank Mike of "The Mike Abundo Effect" for this great find- The Guild -a funny new channel on YouTube. If you've been into MMORPG's like World of Warcraft as much as I have, then you'll be laughing your ass off with this brilliant online comedy.

According to Wikipedia:

The Guild is an award-winning online sitcom about the real lives of the online guild "The Knights of Good", with webisodes 3-6 minutes long.

The Guild is based on guilds in World of Warcraft and other MMORPGs. The first episode was posted July 27, 2007. It is broadcast on The Guild's personal website, effinfunny.com and YouTube. The show follows the life of Codex, the healer of The Knights of Good, in an attempt to lead a normal life, being dropped by her therapist as a lost cause, having a guildmate show up on her doorstep and facing the guild's internal troubles.

The Guild is written by Felicia Day (who plays the role of Codex), and yes, that's her on the picture to the left (ain't she a cutie?). The online series is directed and edited by Jane Selle Morgan. The series is produced by Day, Morgan and Kim Evey.

We'll feature everyone else in the cast as soon as I've done more research about them.

According to their Wikipedia entry, The Guild won the ON Networks/SXSW Greenlight Award for Best Original Production in March 2008, an inaugural award to recognize promising new digital series, as well as the 2008 Yahoo! Video Award and 2007 YouTube Video Award for Best Series.

At the time of this writing, there are some twelve videos on their YouTube channel. You can watch the first one ,"Wake Up Call" right here:



Read more about The Guild as I feature the rest of the other episodes on this blog, "Renzie On Gaming". In the meantime, you can check out their official website for lots of great insider stuff and exclusive video, or you could check them out on Facebook and MySpace.

Cheers!

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Have You Seen These World of Warcraft TV Spots?

Check out these funny World of Warcraft TV commercials- I actually was able to catch a couple of them on TV while I was watching VH1 in the 'States over the holidays.

This one has William Shatner as a Tauren Shaman.



This one has Mr. T as a -uh- a Night Elf Mohawk (really more of a Warrior, but don't say it out loud in front of Mr. T)



And lastly, here's Mini-Me, Verne Troyer as a Gnome Mage (what else?)!



Also, here are a couple of other TV spots, apparently for a European audience. This one has Jean-Claude Van Damme as a Troll Mage:



Translation:

"My name is Jean-Claude Van Damme... and I am a mage."
"Hand-to-hand combat for me: it's over!"
"Now I can cast powerful spells!"
"Just try messing with me... I'll turn you into a sheep."
"A sheep!"
"...Because we all are a bit like sheep, you know..."
"I am Jean-Claude Van Damme, I am a mage.
"And you?"
"What's your game?"

World of Warcraft. Try it free at www.warcraft.fr!


Lastly, here's Willy Toledo as a Human Paladin:



Cool huh, hope you had fun. What's your game?

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