PSP 8

Good old Paint Shop Pro 8.3 :)
I have been mucking around with this good old, well not that old, image program again of late.. I still like it over Photoshop, I have Photoshop CS2 as well, but PSP 8 just seams to me that little bit easer to navigate.. Maybe I am just used to it..

Anyway here is my latest forum signature (ya may need to click on it to see the right size for it):



And here is a picture of me... Well a part of me...



Hey I had to post something.. This is my blog after all :)

Forum Searching.

To use the search button or not use the search button, that is the question...
Many Many forums I go to, mod, or admin, always have the 'non-mods' that tell everyone to use the search button.
Non-mod = forum members that think they are moderators.. wankers is another name for them.
Some of these forums are fairly larger in member and post size, and can be quite scary to a new-comer..

I have seen in may cases a new member post a topic and a non-mod will reply bluntly 'use the search button, there are already topics covering this topic' type thing...
So/or the person will use the search button and find a topic that is relevant to the subject they want to discuss and so they ad a good reply and then the 'non-mod' will reply 'don't revive old threads'... Type thing..

So whether the 'member' used the search or not, they will be attacked, yes it is an attack, by the 'non-mod' member..

They can't win.

What I want to say to all forum goers is "If you are not a staff member of the site/forum, shut the hell up, be a part of the community, have fun (at no ones else's expense) be nice to your fellow members, help them, don't attack them and let the moderators/admins/staff handle the 'work' part of it..."
If ya see something out of place/wrong/rule breaking then let the staff handle it. If you don't like it, ignore it and move on.. No need to comment...

No More SGO:TCG Tournaments for Me.. I think...

I played my first 'Live' Stargate Online: Trading card game tournament today ( I played a couple in the beta) and it was great fun...
But I don't think I will play another one again. I will just stick to the casual and bot games...
Why.. Well It is a rich mans game.. Who ever has the most money can buy the most cards and have the better decks. I don't have a lot of cash, So while playing the $5 for the entry fee, and you get a booster pack with that as well (worth $3.49US (as long as you don't come dead last), If you don't place high up in the ladder it seems as though you only tend to lose $1.50 US.
But When you have the people spending a heap of money on the game and getting every card they can, then they play in the tournaments, there is little chance someone like me will come up top who doesn't have that many cards..

Also you need to be free for about 4 hours to play.. and in my time zone, to play 4 hours (10am to 2pm) is a bit of a pain..
So I still only lose $1.50 US you say.. yeah but if I play 3 tournaments I have lost $4.50 (I think) which I could of bought a booster with anyway and been a $1 better off...

Anyway there where 19 people that started in the tournament, at the end I was equal 3rd in points but was ranked 9th overall (with 5th and 8th place missing from the ladder??).. How does that work? FIIN...

The game is still great, I have a lot of fun building decks from the limited cards I got, and playing casual games.. Tournaments though? I can't see the point, or the extra incentive to do so... Maybe in the future? don't know...

WAR Pushed back till 2008

Warhammer online: Age of reckoning (WAR) was due to be released at the end of this year just in time for x-mass...
Well no longer it is now due to ship for the US and Europe (an Australia too I hope) to the first quarter of 2008.
Not a real big surprise, all games these days never land on the promised date and are always pushed back...
It is probably a good thing.. More time to work on things and get more stuff into the game.. but I do hope this does not mean the system spec's to play it will be higher....