abster316's Journal

7:28pm: still around
Rented Soul Calibur 3 and Dragon Quest 8 just the other night. Soul Calibur 3 didn't have anything impressive at the onset, but Dragon Quest 8 had me pinned the whole night. It's got a basic but great storyline, a sexy female as part of the crew, and faithful representations of the Dragon Quest trademarks, right down to the varieties of slimes to the half gold rule when you die. I've got work to do, but I'll be playing plenty more of this through Thanksgiving break.

2:01pm: Autopsy results
Despite having 4 straight years of soberity, the work schedule and his past history of drugs had taken its toll on Eddie, as determined by the autopsy results. Cause of death: Massive heart failure.
http://www.dailywrestling.com/articles/134087363.php

4:25pm: Samurai Shodown 6 still sucks.

And this morning, WWF superstar Eddie Guererro was found dead in his hotel at a premature age of 38. Although I question the integrity of his soap opera with Rey Mysterio Jr recently, I've been watching Eddie since his days in the WCW and loved his skill in the cruiserweight division. He will surely be missed.

3:44am: Trip to Chicago #9
I had my 9th visit to Argonne last Thursday through Saturday, and went and saw some cool science experiments, listened to some talks and visited a banquet. Also did some good shopping around the Water Tower region.

It had a catch though, I was riding through a major thunderstorm in between Milwaukee and Green Bay on my way back up into Upper Michigan, which sent me into a tailspin, being the wildest 100 miles I've ever rode in my life.

As for SS Tenka for PS2, they threw in all the animal friends as their own characters, added 3 more spirits, including a custom one, and they keep the censorship. Nice job Yucki.

11:26pm: The big 21 coming up soon...
Tomorrow, I'll be turning 21 years old! The big minor/major barrier will be shattered as I step into the young adult world. What better than to have a badass new computer and other special treats to boot!

More coming up soon.

1:03am: It begins, but slowly
I got my new Gateway computer on Wednesday, and I must say it's a blast. There are a pair of issues though. First I have a lot of trouble trying to set up a direct connection between this and my old one so I can transfer files. Secondly, it has a nasty habit of wanting to disconnect my flash disk while it's in use. It doesn't complain about any other USB devices I seem to plug into there...

Perhaps I could hold off for now on the new video card, because the integrated stuff is good enough as it is for now.

I'll be busy throughout the remainder of the weekend...

1:50am: Things are looking up!
I created a new Deviantart account. http://abster316.deviantart.com I've got my first ever CG coloring in there as well as a sprite animation I made with Cham Cham and Rimururu. I've been getting mostly positive remarks about it so far. I surprised myself when I found out how easy it was to make decent shaded skin in Photoshop! More colored sketchies will follow soon.

I finally got the loan I was asking for and I ordered my new PC without delay. It's expected to hit my place sometime on the 12th, which technically is today! Can't wait to get it and get current generation!

10:24pm: Ironic...
Still haven't gotten my programming assignment done. I'm stuck in a pair of places.

And I still haven't been able to get my loan, because me and pops aren't around when the bank is open. It looks like I might have to wait until next week before I can get my dream pc.

10:10pm: good news
I just saved a shitload of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico.

Ok that was a joke.

My loan got approved, so I'll be able to buy my dream computer fairly soon.

While SNK-capcom.com has some mature people, even the "seasoned veterans" at Neo-geo.com's forums continue to be assholes. Any questions?

7:05pm: I just realized something...
Everyone associated with Neo Geo.com, insertcredit, and MMcafe are a pack of faggots.

Suck dick and die assholes.

6:05pm: More weaknesses detected in Tenka...
Head over to http://sihon.net and check out the 3 latest movies Patrick put on there. Cham Cham is on #3. She's redrawn from her SS2 sprites and has her SS2 moveset. It's a shame because she had some cool tricks in SS4 Special. (one of my current Mugen wips) The worst part about her new incarnation is her new voice. It is absolutely horrid! It's worse than what they did to Nakoruru in SS5.

The bottom line is, I've got work to do when I put her into SS Mugen.

7:43pm: More stuff, less stuff...
It's 4 weeks in a row now that SNKP didn't update the Japanese SS site and just went with the english one. The scenario for Cham Cham was uploaded to the Tenka page as well as a couple more screenshots featuring her pounce move. You can see without blood how severely watered down the move looks.

SS Mugen gets better with some more coding, as the rage gauge is working better now. Once I get Yumeji close to completion I'll post some screenshots.

7:49pm: progress...
SS Mugen progress came along, as I managed to create my own working rage gauge. It fills up as damage is incured, and is maxed out for a while then empties itself. It's not perfect yet but at least it works.

10:21pm: well....
Fairly slow news day. It's been a little rainy outside and it's expected to continue through early tomorrow.

I am however doing some tinkering with some SS Mugen triggers hoping I get get some fatality effects going. The other throw I hope to give Yumeji is a little too complex for me at this point.

3:56am: Ouch
It's a little painful when you donate plasma and the needle goes right through your vein. It caused quite a bruise today. Then again, this is the very first time I donated with my right arm.

9:28pm: tiresome it is....
I've got a nice little PC I'm going for right now.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1279503&Sku=G153-1034&SRCCODE=BIZRATE&CMP=OTC-BIZRATE

It's got all the latest features and it's super cheap compared to what you see in the magazines.

As far as Samurai Shodown 6 goes, I'm happy that Cham Cham is in it, but there's a number of things that goes against SS compared to all the past SS games, most notably the lack of blood, and I'm sure a number of people have seen my campaigning on a number of forums. Yes, I feel it's damn important to the series. It's SNK's nature for screwjobs to do this kind of thing. The endings sound like something to go for, but I still think SS6 will be youthified in the end.

In other news I'm a bit tired from plasma donation and a little bit of schoolwork. I've gotten quite a bit done on SS4 Cham Cham since the last time I updated the shrine's Mugen page, but there's still a little bit left on the Bust version, and even so I'll only have half the character done. :P

9:06pm: Welcome
Welcome everyone to my blog of serious and sometimes random crap! This will go along with my new website once I get it created.