The Balrog Bridge

Stupidity is always a great form of entertainment....atleast in my opinion. Oh, and I'm not referring to being or pretending to be stupid to entertain others. I'm simply referring to people who are just.....dumb. It's hilarious. And I think, it's a problem. A limitation to the progress of human beings as a species. Imagine if every single person on the planet, was super smart, and served to achieve a unified goal to actually become a civilization so great, Nikolai Kardashev would go 'oh fuck'.

You mean mean person!

I think perhaps, if people in general were that useless to actually NOT contribute towards human progress, the whole sci-fi picture I'm seeing in my head won't come true for a very long time. However, I'm not saying that what I'm about to suggest is technologically achievable at the moment, but I'm just going to go ahead and say that if or when we would be able to accomplish such feats, we should go ahead and do it, and say 'fuck you ethics'.

So, let's start of with babies. I saw this movie once, called The Island with Ewan Mcgregor and Scarlett Johansson, where humans were cloned and given identities. Well of course until they break out and well you know.......shit happens since it's a movie. I'm not going to suggest cloning, since I don't want copies of the same people all over the place, no matter how smart they are. So, here's my suggestion. Let's grow babies in human incubators until they reach a certain stage, alter them genetically to suit certain jobs, and feed their brains information specifically designed to succeed at those certain jobs at a very young stage. Instant 'guywhosgonnabuildaspaceship'. Or something similar.

Ah, Scarlett, why are you so hot?

Now let's say at such an advanced stage of human civilization, we let the baby grow.....normally. High-school drop out, and 'would you like fries with that?' YOU HAD POTENTIAL! However, it does come down to freedom of choosing doesn't it? Well, how about we look at it this way. There can be many kinds of humans in the future. Half-synthetic ones, genetically superior humans, humans who are immune to all diseases and of course, Christians. How could I forget, right? (U MAD?) If humans can be created for specific purposes, I don't really think freedom to choose would become much of a problem. Why? Well, because you will be one of the smartest beings on the planet, and you were born to become great. Or would you rather be wondering why the customer didn't want onions with his burger?

Hey did you hear? Jimmy, the guy who was grown in an incubator
created pills to cure cancer. Oh and yes, a medium coke please.

Now onto human enhancement. I'm thinking this would be met with criticism from conservatives and the religious front altogether, in the future that is. 'But why would you alter your brain with synthetics or nano-technology or something because that's not how you were made!' The answer is simple. Assume your arms were augmented, and now, you could do work faster and easier than ever before. Assume you had the chance to become immune to all diseases and be constantly updated to counter new ones. Assume you could run faster, think better, and use all five of your senses a 100 times better than before. Why would emergency workers need rescue dogs when they themselves could hear or smell a human under all that rubble? If genetic engineering has limitations, augmenting humans at later stages of life would make you even better. Human progress would be faster than ever before. Sure, you may be half a 'terminator', but then again, always remember that you are better.

So doctor, this enhancement has wifi capabilities right?

In the end, yes, this is all not possible at the moment. However, when the time comes, I think humans should disregard ethics fully or to some extent, because I believe this is the next stage of evolution. Maybe this all would depend on how wealthy you are (repo men) or how much of a 'true' human you want to remain, but when it comes down to improving yourselves beyond your wildest imagination, I really don't think people should back down. Go for it. Create humans. Alter yourselves, because we have galaxies to travel to!

This was it. 5 years of gaming, countless battles, hundreds of decisions, shitloads of conversations, and traveling the entire galaxy came down to the final battle between Shepard and the reapers. The Mass Effect trilogy has been my favourite gaming series after Metal Gear, and it's without a doubt one of the greatest sci-fi stories ever told. Bioware, the developers were geniuses.


So how'd I get ready for the final game? I bought the Collectors Edition, and generally stayed away from anything which was a spoiler the week it came out. However, since I ordered the game from Ozgameshop, I had to wait another week before I could play since they were based in the UK. Now I realize that this was a mistake. Why? Because before I knew it, people had started talking about the Mass Effect 3 endings. It was the hot topic in the gaming industry. A retake movement had started, and was gaining a lot of support. However, I didn't want to know what the ending was. I was under the impression that, with my full paragon Shepard imported from the second game, all those blue options would be available for me throughout this game.


But then again, I always knew one thing, though I did not want to admit it. If people were complaining about a bad ending, then Shepard probably died, along with a lot if not all his squad. But then again, I always knew that my full paragon and choices made earlier would probably get me something better. However, I guess all Mass Effect players knew going into the final game that, they had to sacrifice a lot, because the Harbinger wasn't going to play nice with anybody.


So back to actually playing the game. I enjoyed every moment. I didn't like how Mordin died, but then again, his sacrifice cured the genophage and that was great. I always considered Urdnot Wrex a great ally and friend throughout the series. I was under the impression that Thane would be cured in the game, but then again, the guy was dying. When he died, I really did hope that would be the last death I would see in the game. However, Legion was next. But that got the Quarians and Geth to work together, and that added to my 'total war assets', which I didn't really understand at this point.

So I did some digging. Apparently, in order to get the 'best' ending (the best ending was still horrible), I had to have an Effective military strength of more than 5000. And how do I do that? Play multiplayer. Bioware, that was mistake number one. Why in the world should a single player storyline be effected by multiplayer? What about the people who don't have the internet, or don't like the multiplayer at all? It was a bad decision on every level, and I really hope they fix it.

But then again, this wasn't a big problem for me either, since I played the multiplayer demo and kicked ass. In fact, I enjoyed multiplayer. Therefore, before I went ahead to assault the Cerberus base, I had an effective military strength of more than 6500. OHHH YEAAHHH!

But wait! As I was watching the ending sequence at 5 am, I was very VERY confused. Who the fuck is this God-child, and what's he doing here? WHERE ARE MY PARAGON INTERRUPTS? Now, this kid tells me this:



But I JUST allied the damn Geth and Quarians, and they are fighting your Reapers! The God-child vaguely explains three options to me. The first one, or the Red Choice, 'Destroy'. It's where you destroy all synthetic life, along with the reapers. Depending on your Effective Military Strength, Earth may be destroyed or saved in the process. And there was the Blue Choice, or Control. This was exactly what The Illusive Man wanted to do. Control the reapers. However, this was never something I wanted to do. I didn't believe that MY Shepard would even consider that option. But this option apparently would kill Shepard. And then there was the third option. Synthesis. Combine synthetics and organics and let's live happily ever after. Well fuck that shit because I'm not Saren either. This option would kill Shepard as well. Therefore, I decided I only came here to kill the reapers, and even if it would destroy the Geth and EDI, I had to do it.


But wait! No matter what option you choose, all the Mass Relays get destroyed! I will get to that in a second. And so, I choose the Destroy option, and watch as the Crucible kicks in, and wipes out the Reapers. Soldiers were celebrating on Earth. And THEN I see the Normandy fleeing from this huge red/orange explosion, with Joker pressing every button on the ship (it was hilarious really). But then, the explosion takes out the Normandy's engines and the scene changes to some random planet. The Normandy has crash landed, Joker opens the door, and out steps Liara (My LI) and Garrus. These two I brought to the final fight. What the fuck were they doing, running away? At this stage, I was really confused. So with the Mass Relays gone, all the galaxy's species were stuck on Earth?


And suddenly, a new scene appears. Under lots of rubble, there's Commander Shepard, his N7 tags visible. And he breathes! The end.



Wait...no. How is THAT the end? What about the species back on Earth? How did the Normandy end up on that planet? Who was the God-child? And how did Shepard survive the Citadel exploding? And why didn't the Mass Relay take out the Solar system? What happened to my little blue children? Technically.....shouldn't every single person be dead?


Apparently, this was it. Mass Effect 3 was over. I will skip the ending scene with the old man and the child. It's irrelevant in my opinion. I just couldn't believe that every single decision I made over 3 games, over more than a 100 hours of gameplay and buying the majority of DLC's had no real effect over how the game ended. It felt incomplete, and didn't feel like Mass Effect at all. I didn't want to replay the game, because no matter what, it all came down to three similar endings with three different colours. No seriously, that was pretty much the only difference. This was when I joined the retake group, and went deeper into what people thought about the endings on Bioware's Social Network. People had come up with the Indoctrination Theory, that Shep was dreaming throughout. I don't really know what to make out of the theory, but what stands is that Bioware screwed up. Big time. Their co-founder released a statement due to the outrage by fans, but it was very vague. Not much information about anything, except that they were listening.

Mass Effect 3 was overall a great game. But the ending ruins it all. Tali's googled stock photo was funny when I learned about it on Youtube. It's really hard to believe that after everything which happened in the ME universe, that it would all come down to three colours and that's excluding major plotholes in the endings. And this, after everything Bioware said prior to the release. I would love to blame EA though. However, I'm just going to wait until PAX this April to find out what Bioware has to say. They need to fix the endings, and do right by their fans. Until then, no replaying or DLC's for me. Oh and also, IGN is such a disgrace.

Disregard this post. I'm testing something :D

This is not a long post. Why? Because there is not much explanation needed to as why Step Up 3D was one of the most horrible dance movies to be ever created.

Now, I am not so sure why a lot of people actually LIKE the third installment of the Step Up movies. I watched it sometime ago, and I just kept on seeing Step Up 3D being made a part of "favourite movies" on facebook by...random people I know.

I liked the first two movies. They were great. But this one....was absolute BULLSHIT! So, if you wanted to create a dance movie, why does it ALWAYS have to be where the dance group needs money to "survive" a particular disaster...while there is some sort of arch enemy lurking in the background (to be met at the final dance off). And in the middle, throw in some cheesy lines, horrible acting, forced romance ("Rule number one in getting a girl inside a random club: Follow her around with a camera" - Courtesy of Step Up 3D)

All that happened. If this movie wasn't 3D, how much money would it have really made? Now it comes to the final battle. Yeah, usually these final battles are....VERY AWESOME. Like in the second movie. However, in this one....it was almost as if their opponents didn't exist. And oh yeah, the moment the competition was mentioned in the movie (where they would win a 100,000)....we all knew they would win hands down....and go home with the money to save their home...which by the way, could have only been built if these dancers actually had jobs...or if the main actor called Luke earned a LOT. But they didn't.

The final dance with the fancy lights was....good, but it would have been better IF the opponents actually had something spectacular as well. But did they? No...they looked like people who should have had a tough time getting around other rounds of the competition.

The only good aspect to the movie was the dude named Moose. He could act. Everybody else couldn't Fact.

3: Training Players, Player Levels, Fatigue and Morale


This section mainly focuses on how to make to maintain your squad well enough to face opponents, and to improve the abilities of some players. So, I will divide it into two sections.




a: Training and Player Levels


Training players is probably one of the most important things you need to do in OFM. Young players, will, and need to improve. And that will contribute to the actual quality of your whole squad over time.


However, a big mistake some managers tend to commit is, selling their better older players. Let's take Xavi for example, in Barcelona. Yes, you can get a hefty price for him if you sell, maybe around 40 million? His stats stand at 98-98-98, and thats very impressive by all means. However, imagine you sell him, and the rest of the old players, so that your squad consists of young, trainable players.

You, will be in trouble when you play against better opponents. You will also find it hard to train the better youngsters because they should always be included in the line-up playing better opponents. That means reduced time for training, and you should realize that you won't get a +3 in training every single time.

However, from my experience, players train if they are 28 and below. 29 and above, they won't train. So, the best thing you can do, is set out a plan, and train your players accordingly.

Also, upgrading your stadium's training facilities are a great help in being able to get your players to train faster. However, this options is only available for ticket holders.


b: Squad Fatigue and Morale


Seeing too many players with high fatigue and very low morale? Well, yeah, that's a problem, even if your team's total value equals to 500 million and more. Because a team with high morale and lower fatigue, can easily beat you. So, how do you ensure your squad is fit enough?

1: Rotate players. Don't make the same starting 11 play over and over again. Increases their fatigue, and reduces the morale of players who never make it to the starting 11.

2: Hire the Physiotherapist, Psychiatrist, and the Fitness Trainer. They will keep your squad motivated and fit enough. You'll see the difference between when you hire them, and when you don't. However, I think it's a tough decision for free users when hiring staff, but for ticket holders, there's nothing to worry about.

Heard of the magazine? Its some new lifestyle magazine which was released VERY recently. And there was an article which supposedly would find reasons why men cheat on women. I found that article to be pure bullshit. And for good reason too.


First of all, I had the feeling that the writer was not writing, but ranting. Ranting about men, to the extent that if I were an alien species reading it, I would think that men are evil demonic creatures bent on using women for their own evil needs. However, this is not surprising. Why? Because a lot of female writers who write about such issues, or even ones who write on their blogs about their own experiences are just ranting. There is absolutely no serious thinking done, but instead, its more of something like "I hate all men. They lie and cheat....(several rants later) and this is why men cheat".


One thing I know for sure is, those women or girls are epic failures. Why? Because they couldn't recognize that for relationships to be successful, success comes from both sides, and if that dual success does exist, most men wouldn't cheat. Let's move on to some of the reasons I can think for this, easy but sometimes confusing question.


I just bought a Pentium 3 computer. I love this computer. It has everything I wanted. Of course, there are others around, but I would stick with this one. However, a couple of weeks later, I felt that, this computer has slowed down, or IS slowing down. It doesn't fuction as it used to when I first bought it. But still, usage is good. Then, I tried out this new Core i7 back at a friend's house. It was awesome. Way better than the old Pentium 3. So, why exactly am I still using the Pentium 3? I could have been satisfied if it was consistent, but it's not, and I would now prefer the better Core i7. -takes out bat, smashes the Pentium 3 into smithereens, and buys a new Core i7-

You see where I am heading with that little story? There are several things to be noted here. First of all, people, men, women...aliens....they all do get bored. But that doesn't mean that the boredom should always stay. There is prevention, and there is even a cure. However, when a woman fails to recognize this and thinks everything is fine, or, that the man can never possibly go for another person, she should really slap herself and think again. Why? Because she is getting dumped, all too soon, and I will be there, silently laughing to myself while taking down notes.


Well, that's something which can come ordinarily. However, lets move on to the other, more confusing aspects. Some men, I have noticed are a bit primitive, like cavemen. They want to mate more females, and it gives them some sort of....male dominance vibe or whatever you might call it. Yes, all men do have a sense of pride, but in some, this pride, is just too high. And here is when the problem arises. Most of the time, the idiots who go with these sort of men, will be used, manipulated, and what not, and the very idiotic girls will NEVER even know until it is too late. But then, they will be crying or whatever asking themselves "Why did mister X cheat?"

-slap- He was cheating on you the day you found out his name.


Another reason I can come up with is, the problem you would find in women themselves. Being annoying, and a huge burden on a partner, WILL lead men to cheat. So in a way, women are sometimes the big cause, but by all means, they never know this and try to blame it on some unknown cause which would stay unknown until Earth gets hit by a huge meteorite and wipes out the human race. Relationships need compromise, but why can't some women totally get that? Change yourselves for the sake of something even better. But noooo. We are too perfect for that, says this very dumb female human test subject. But seriously, when a man or boy or whatever finds that the women they originally liked have started to annoy or frustrate them, there comes a big reason for them to cheat. Cheating rids of them of this frustration, something more like, a cleansing phase. Believe it or not, this does happen, and you most probably know it too.


So in the end, there ARE reasons, and there are reasons for these reasons as well. People just don't cheat. A man might not go on with Megan Fox even if he had the chance if he's more than happy with his current wife or girlfriend, no matter how much better Megan Fox might look. So, instead of ranting your ass off about how you got hurt or whatever, try to find reasons.

Just managed to find myself a good enough layout, although it took away my banner. Ah well, atleast the name of the blog appears, unlike some other....layouts available on the web. Anyways, I have some interesting stuff coming up today.

Today I stumbled upon this text on some very random website I found while searching for inspirational quotes. I usually don't really like pasting texts I find randomly, but this one, I thought was made very special by whoever the writer was, and it has a LOT of messages that can be made use of in life. Enjoy!


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10th grade

As I sat there in English class, I stared at the girl next to me. She was my so called "best friend". I stared at her long, silky hair, and wished she was mine. But she didn't notice me like that, and I knew it. After class, she walked up to me and asked me for the notes she had missed the day before and handed them to her. She said "thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I wanted to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

11th grade
The phone rang. On the other end, it was her. She was in tears, mumbling on and on about how her love had broke her heart. She asked me to come over because she didn't want to be alone, so I did. As I sat next to her on the sofa, I stared at her soft eyes, wishing she was mine. After 2 hours, one Drew Barrymore movie, and three bags of chips, she decided to go to sleep. She looked at me, said "thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

Senior year
The day before prom she walked to my locker. My date is sick" she said; he's not going to go well, I didn't have a date, and in 7th grade, we made a promise that if neither of us had dates, we would go together just as "best friends". So we did. Prom night, after everything was over, I was standing at her front door step. I stared at her as she smiled at me and stared at me with her crystal eyes. I want her to be mine, but she isn't think of me like that, and I know it. Then she said "I had the best time, thanks!" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

Graduation Day
A day passed, then a week, then a month. Before I could blink, it was graduation day. I watched as her perfect body floated like an angel up on stage to get her diploma. I wanted her to be mine, but she didn't notice me like that, and I knew it. Before everyone went home, she came to me in her smock and hat, and cried as I hugged her. Then she lifted her head from my shoulder and said, "you're my best friend, thanks" and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

A Few Years Later
Now I sit in the pews of the church. That girl is getting married now. I watched her say "I do" and drive off to her new life, married to another man. I wanted her to be mine, but she didn't see me like that, and I knew it. But before she drove away, she came to me and said "you came!". She said "thanks" and kissed me on the cheek. I want to tell her, I want her to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love her but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why.

Funeral
Years passed, I looked down at the coffin of a girl who used to be my "best friend". At the service, they read a diary entry she had wrote in her high school years. This is what it read: I stare at him wishing he was mine, but he doesn't notice me like that, and I know it. I want to tell him, I want him to know that I don't want to be just friends, I love him but I'm just too shy, and I don't know why. I wish he would tell me he loved me! `I wish I did too...` I thought to my self, and I cried.

Ok, recently, and on some other past several occasions, people have been asking me for suggestions in terms of what to watch. I have my own personal tastes in choosing TV series to watch, but seriously, I do think you might find my suggestions pretty useful. And DON'T ask me if I have the following series with me, because I really don't, except maybe one or two. I don't like keeping files for too long, I just like being updated with new stuff. Ok, here goes nothing.

It's almost hard to believe that in 2014, it will mark the 20th anniversary of this show which has captured the hearts of people for so many years. This people, is what I consider as the currently THE best show I have ever watched. I remember hearing when "Friends" was the new awesome show airing on TVM when I was small. I never knew what it was about, nor did I care, because I had more important things to do...like G.I Joe. Not the movie, the REAL action figures. But years later, I got my hands on the 10 seasons Friends brought us, and I didn't stop watching it until I got to the end. And by all means, it was a blast. Hilarious, filled with happy and sad moments, and full of life's greatest stories revolving around six very awesome characters. At the end, you almost feel as if you become part of the group, to the extent I was very disappointed when I reached the final episode. No similar series I have watched matches what this has brought to it's viewers, and this is still the reason why this show is still popular among many. Contains 10 seasons, started in 1994, and ended in 2004.

2# Dexter (2006)

A series I downloaded off the internet, because I was bored. Now I think to myself, HOW could I have been more luckier to get my hands on the series which is gonna be my favourite after Friends? For starters, Dexter Morgan, is a serial killer. He is also part of Miami Metro. Now, that might confuse people, but believe me, this series is worth thrills you will never forget. The series revolves around this serial killer figure, with him narrating a lot of the storyline (which I enjoy a lot, as much as I enjoy mockumentaries) It involves finding his past, his kill techniques, and how he covers up all his killings. Oh, and he does that pretty well. The story is very clever, actors are top-notch and yes, there's a lot of action, guns, chase scenes, mysteries, comedy, romance, hot girls...to the extent the only thing really missing might be exotic cars. Currently, there are 4 seasons, with the 5th season which I am dying for coming up this September. VERY much worth spending your time watching.

#3 Supernatural

Another series which might just catch you off-guard, the same way Friends did. A series, based on the lives of Dean and Sam Winchester, brothers, who's lives are based around the supernatural. At the beginning of the series, the brothers mainly act as hunters, hunting supernatural entities while on pursuit of their missing father. The family has a dark history, and while you might think that this is just some other horrow show...think again. Towards the end of the first season, Supernatural sheds light on bigger issues to the extent that towards the end of season 5, God, Angels, Lucifer, Demons and The Apocalypse, are ALL in the equation. Yes, you do get to see the devil, and damn, he is seriously strong. Takes out a lot of pagan gods in his wrath. Oh yeah, Paris Hilton makes an appearance too, in the form of a Pagan god, whom the brothers eventually...."take down." A series based on family bonds, a lot of action and drama, and a storyline so unique and better than the shitty shows you see on tv these days, you HAVE to watch this.
Currently ends at season 5, season 6 begins this year....godamn it, hurry up and give us the next season already :D

#4 House M.D (2004)

After watching House, I honestly lost ALL interest in any other medical drama/comedy based shows. For good reason too. My medical knowledge, is very very low, and therefore, I had my doubts when I first considered watching house. When I got the first season, I did hear about how popular this series was getting, and how it should be watched. At first, I thought...this must be just like those very boring medical shows. But that changed, big time. House, is simply, an outstanding show. The main character, Greg House, WILL become your favourite tv character if you really like this show. The guy is just, hilarious. Basically, House is a very smart and a unique doctor, who treats patients whom other doctors couldn't. His team consists of the show's other characters, and they play a huge role in making the show what it is, putting aside House. This though, is not only based on just the drama and mysteries coming along with patients. Drama is presented by the patients themselves, the doctors, and the whole hospital for that matter. You do get to see comedy, romance, tragedy, a lot of drama and a lot of mystery. And yes, almost all the female doctors in the show are pretty hot. Do check out Thirteen (2nd from the right in the picture haha) But seriously, this show is beyond words, with the 6th season being the latest blowing your mind away. The 7th season premiers this month, and I can't wait for it!

#5 How I met your mother (2005)

I am currently very sick of people who compare HIMYM to Friends. They simply just cannot be compared. This show, is VERY different from Friends, and brings you a whole different twist. And by all means, I love that twist. HIMYM, is already one of the most popular shows today. It is funny, has all the drama, the storyline is well-written, and its just very clever too. The characters all have their unique backgrounds, and the acting, especially by the all-so-famous Neil Patrick Harris is now a worldwide hit. Revolving around a character named Ted, and his bunch of friends, the series focuses mainly on their lives and their journey to find the right person, with the exception of two who found each other....a VERY long time ago. HIMYM like many other shows, starts off slowly, and becomes really good as each season passes. The previous season 5, was very entertaining, and most of all, hilarious. Contrary to the name, they haven't really shown the mother yet, although everybody hopes to see her soon. Maybe that's a downside, but still, it keeps the series going. Full of life stories and humor, How I met your mother is seriously worth the watch. Season 6 which I am eagerly waiting for begins in September.



Well, that is actually it. Hope you like my suggestions, and here are some other shows that I think you might like as well.

My name is Earl.
Prison Break.
Heroes.
The Big Bang Theory
24
Weeds
South Park
Family Guy
Knight Rider (new one)


I am yet to also watch Glee, and see what all the fuss is about.