Malik
(5/27/04)
So, I've been away a
while. Once again, I have a good reason. I have switched
over from the free web space dealio to a real domain (which is not
up...read on...) via Brinkster. However, Brinkster made some
sort of mistake with my account order and thus I was left without an
updateable site until yesterday. In the mean time, I could
have written posts that would have only been unreadable by the
public, but that seemed freakin' lame to me. So, I took some
time from writing my usual posts and reviews and columns to instead
write Brinkster...and after the fourth email, I finally heard back
from them saying my account was up. Well, almost up...my
domain is still not registered, and to tell the truth, anger is one
of the feelings I am having about this. I'm also feeling like
my money is being wasted (I payed for my account over a week ago and
just now have a viewable site...at the WRONG address).
However, I will hold faithful to Brinkster, for the time being, and
hope they will get my domain up before another week passes...and if
not, they claim to have a 30-day money back guarantee.
Hopefully, it won't come to the money back option.
At least it's easier to deal
with the bullshit of this situation since I'm now that required
"over worked guy" at my job; I realized that when the
previous "over worked guy" turned to me, started laughing,
and then said how he couldn't believe how much shit I had to do at
work and started listing my projects (which took about 5
minutes...just to list my projects...sigh...). I feel like
life is shitting on me right now, but that is easy to remedy when I
get home and beat the crap out of a character in a video game...that
is when I realize why I do this site...
Anyways, on to the more
enjoyable side of things. I'm still playing away at La Pucelle
Tactics and loving it. The game does feel a bit dated in
comparison to Disgaea, but it is too fun to let that get in my
way. I've recently got addicted to the nature of miracle
attacks and the mass profits they can give you. If you have
LPT and don't understand, go to the Hall of the Dead (I think that's
the name...it's in the sewers and is the first room to the bottom
left of the entrance room...the room in which the game teaches you
about miracle attacks) and get a miracle set up with all the dark
portals hooked together into the loop (using some change-ups) and
all of the portals inside the loop area. Once it's set up,
purify one of the portals, and enjoy. If all the portals are
in the loop, you'll get massive cash and the double purification
bonus for purifying all the portals. Not only is it a good way
to establish some cash early on (I've gotten up to about 81,000 in
chapter 2, when I started doing it), but it also gives one some
puzzle elements to LPT as one decides which portals to hook up and
how. Also, try to get the path of the dark energy to zig-zag
and cover as many squares as possible for extra money.
Well, speaking of LPT, I have a
need to play. I also need to write a review, and I will...but
that takes some time. Also, since I missed Malik's Bitchings
last week, I will have one of those up tomorrow.
Malik
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Malik
(5/30/04)
Well, I ended up being offline
again, which was definitely not something I was wanting. I
ended up with no help from Brinkster, whom I can now call my old
web host instead of my host. I decided to try going with
another web hosting service; being ipowerweb.com this time.
Well, so far, so very hella good. I am hoping for my domain
name to be up in a few days, but until then, since I can see my
files actually being put up on the web, I am good to go in terms of
writing and posting. For those who want to get ready and can
actually see this page, which is a relatively low number of people
since I'm at a temporary space; I will be found at geek-asylum.com
in a few days.
Until that happens, I will be
spending some time updating the pages to reflect my soon to be new
domain name and playing with some of the great features that are
included with my ipowerweb.com account. Also, I will be
delayed in my posting of Malik's Bitchings for another week.
If Brinkster would have panned out, my latest column would be up,
but since it didn't work out, I gave up on editing and writing the
last few paragraphs for the time being. However, that will all
change in just a few days. I personally like to keep the
Malik's Bitchings restricted to Fridays (with the exception of
special geek occasions, like E3), so, I must ask for a little
patience.
For now, besides being greatly
relieved by my now almost 100% functional (will be 100% in only a
few days...man, I feel like a kid at Christmas) web site, I've been
playing a little less La Pucelle Tactics in order to make room for
Mario Kart: Double Dash...what can I say? I broke down and
decided to actually buy the disk since my previous connection is no
longer in the picture. Well, I normally don't like to post on
a weekend, so I'll wrap things up here...however, expect some good
things in the next week. Booya!
Malik
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