Before I Forget

My brother's leaving for Australia this Monday already. I'll be left with the house all by myself again. Sad to say, I've gotten used with him around. It gave me a reason to go home more often. I'll miss him.

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Played 2 Warmachine games yesterday at UPCFA, despite being slagged by "not playing less than 500 points". I know there were some sour notes exchanged that day as both did have a breach on mini-wargaming etiquette (as a more experienced player, I should have lowered my pointage to match his; and since I didn't want to play lower pointage, he shouldn't have been making snide remarks about my refusal). Man, I scrimped and scraped the past quarter, asking favors from friends and relatives, to own and play my Khador where I am now. And I DO NOT have the buying power like other members of the community, so excuse me for my desire to play at a standard I didn't enjoy playing at.

Since I was looking at the old ranking, I wanted 500-point legit gaming ONLY. But after last Saturday, I decided that ANY session WILL BE COUNTED on ranking. If anyone wants to play with me at any pointage, give me a minute to tweak a list first before I unleash some smack. It's all open season now, ladies and gents. Play a WM game at a session with a minimum of four players, your result will be ranked.

OK now that I'm done bitching on that, here's another spark to light more fireworks --> I'm done "playtesting". I admit I have been lax at my metagaming which attributed to my loss to Joel on my first game. And no, I won't make excuses of having used Irusk the first time. Joel fought hard to achieve that win. I commend him for a game well-played. That's the type of opponent I enjoy going up against.

My second game with Pork, well it was the first time he faced Irusk's Inhospitable Ground spell. Yeah everyone agreed Irusk played that way is definitely gay LOL! I'll be metagaming more of him at home (sayang naman yung mesa, diba?).

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Greylords should be taken in two squads. Betting on the three to hold up something with their Ice Cage would require Vlad and his Signs And Portents spell. I'll buy me another blister when Mang's shipment comes.

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I went around Cubao this afternoon, looking for stuff I can use at home. As usual, I ended up scouring every inch of the Gateway DIY Shop. I plan on making the game area at home more habitable. Right now, it's just goddamn messy.

(NOTE: I tried posting a To-Do list of stuff here, but I think doing so would require a greater deal of project management. I'll just post up my progress as I go along.)

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I need terrain at home. Even the basic ones like hills, woods and rocky outcroppings. Before, I decided that I have to finish ALL my armies first before making terrain. Then it hit me that doing so would only stunt my creativity.

Make terrain when you feel like it. Paint when you feel like it. Watch TV when you feel like it. Do anything forced, and you'll just end up fucked up and miserable.

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And yeah, Slipknot still kicks serious ass. Jojo downloaded their vid, Before I Forget. Now the MP3 is on continuous loop on my Winamp LOL!

DA BOYZ!

After the Meycauayan roadtrip, here're some good times at UPCFA and the Shak with da BOYZ!



















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Dagdagan pa ang kahihiyaaaan!!! The rest of the pics off of Romy's cam (who BTW IS NOT IN ANY OF THE PICS!),

Journal of a Warmachinist

Journal of a Warmachinist, 22nd Entry

Personal Ranking
Updated: 18 February 2006

Games played: 22 +2 games [WR:86%]
Wins: 19 +2 wins
Losses: 3
Draws: 0

Opponents:
VS Cryx: W8 L2 D0 +1 win vs. Cryx [WR:80%]
VS Khador: W0 L0 D0
VS Cygnar: W6 L0 D0 [WR:100%]
VS Menoth: W2 L0 D0 +1 win vs. Menoth [WR:100%]
VS Mercenaries: W3 L1 D0 [WR:75%]

Armies played:
Khador: W18 L3 D0 +2 wins using Khador
Mercenaries: W1 L0 D0
Cryx: W0 L0 D0
Cygnar: W0 L0 D0
Menoth: W0 L0 D0

Warcaster Usage:
Sorscha: W11 L0 [WR:100%] +2 wins using Sorscha
Vlad: W5 L2 [WR:71%]
Irusk: W3 L1 [WR:75%]

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Journal of a Warmachinist, 21st Entry

Haven't been updating this or a while. Lemme just bulletpoint some stuff I've been doing:

• Finished painting 3 Greylords, although I might add some Escalation freehand on their capes.
• Almost done with 4 Widowmakers, and Epic Sorscha.
• Bought new case for transporting WM. Good for 2 jacks and lotsa troops.

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Personal Ranking
Updated: 14 February 2006

Games played: 20 +4 games [WR:85%]
Wins: 17 +4 wins
Losses: 3
Draws: 0

Opponents:
VS Cryx: W7 L2 D0 +2 wins vs. Cryx [WR:78%]
VS Khador: W0 L0 D0
VS Cygnar: W6 L0 D0 +2 wins vs. Cygnar [WR:100%]
VS Menoth: W1 L0 D0 [WR:100%]
VS Mercenaries: W3 L1 D0 [WR:75%]

Armies played:
Khador: W16 L3 D0 +4 wins using Khador
Mercenaries: W1 L0 D0
Cryx: W0 L0 D0
Cygnar: W0 L0 D0
Menoth: W0 L0 D0

Warcaster Usage:
Sorscha: W9 L0 [WR:100%]
Vlad: W5 L2 [WR:71%]
Irusk: W3 L1 [WR:75%]

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Journal of a Warmachinist, 20th Entry

Formalized the ranking into Sessions. SO any game you play, at whatever pointage, as long as you're playing it in a group of four or more WMers, you're ranked.

Just some short blurbs: Lost against Joel's Goreshade. Played Irusk for the first time. Inhospitable Ground is so nice. Having a fully-loaded Goreshade hack up Irusk is not LOL! Won against Pork's Ashlynn. Ah, the gayness of a hiding Irusk and his Inhospitable Ground. Behemoth went to town and mangled everything in its path. Goreshade's Deathjack and Slayer; and Ashlynn's Nomads and Vanguard.

Play more and enjoy more, stupid. Fuck the naysayers.

Personal Ranking
Updated: 29 January 2006

Games played: 16
Wins: 13
Losses: 3
Draws: 0

Opponents:
VS Cryx: W5 L2 D0
VS Khador: W0 L0 D0
VS Cygnar: W4 L0 D0
VS Menoth: W1 L0 D0
VS Mercenaries: W3 L1 D0

Armies played:
Khador: W12 L3 D0
Mercenaries: W1 L0 D0
Cryx: W0 L0 D0
Cygnar: W0 L0 D0
Menoth: W0 L0 D0

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Journal of a Warmachinist, 19th Entry

Played more Warmachine at Ryan's place. Les and Ryan's first games were against each other. This time, with Joel coming in also, I thought it best to let them taste what it's like with the rest of us.

All games were at 500 points, played using Steamroller Foothold.

Game 1: Kim (Vlad Khador) vs. Ryan (Nemo Cygnar)
Ryan became distracted with the spellcasting capabilities of my Greylords and the sniping capabilities of my Widowmakers, putting Nemo on a doorway so he could blast at my Khadorans. The extra camped focus he had was Disrupted from a nice shot from Eiryss, then old Nemo got finished off by an angry Blood of Kings Vlad. Winner: Vlad Khador

Game 2: Kim (Vlad Khador) vs. Les (Kreoss Menoth)
After an aggressive surge of all his forces, Les let loose a Cleansing Fire from his Guardian's arc node, incinerating all my Widowmakers. My Behemoth, carrying several focus on both its cortex and subcortex, came up to the Menite heavy jack and tagged Kreoss with a two-hand thrown Guardian. Being knocked down, the Behemoth pummeled Kreoss with boosted Bombards (Greylords, Eiryss and a Destroyer nearby just in case the Behemoth didn't do the job). Winner: Vlad Khador

Game 3: Les (Kreoss Menoth) vs. Joel (Goreshade Cryx)
Having missed two attacks, the Deathjack managed to reduce Kreoss down to four wounds! Payback time... unfortunately, Kreoss also left the Deathjack hanging with few structure points left. Kreoss, in all his excitement for throttling the Cryx monster, forgot to knock it down with his feat. Deathjack has the last laugh! Winner: Goreshade Cryx

Game 4: Joel (Goreshade Cryx) vs. Ryan (Nemo Cygnar)
An exhilirating game to end the day! Goreshade calls up his six Banes and charges Nemo's Centurion twins. Unfortunately, we all remembered the Magno-shield special ability! It became downhill for Cryx then. Winner: Nemo Cygnar

Personal Ranking
Updated: 23 January 2006

Games played: 14
Wins: 12
Losses: 2
Draws: 0

Opponents:
VS Cryx: W5 L1 D0
VS Khador: W0 L0 D0
VS Cygnar: W4 L0 D0
VS Menoth: W1 L0 D0
VS Mercenaries: W2 L1 D0

Armies played:
Khador: W11 L2 D0
Mercenaries: W1 L0 D0
Cryx: W0 L0 D0
Cygnar: W0 L0 D0
Menoth: W0 L0 D0

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Saturday evening, 21 January 2006

Went on one of the shortest road trips with SHAK boyz Pork, Arvin and Emp, but all fun and laughs nonetheless. Our destination? Meycauayan, Bulacan, home of the fabled jewelers' saw (and a bunch of other obscure miniature hobby-related stuff)!

And the trip was well worth it! I got me my own set for P550 and 10 blades for P85! I won't go explaining how this is all important to a miniature hobbyist like me, especially with all the white metal Warmachine has to offer! You really wanna know? I use it to saw off people's limbs. The fine cutting makes the experience less painful methinks LOL!

After a successful trip, on to the gaming haven of UPCFA hangar we go! And yeah, siomai was in abundance as well (too bad the Pepsi wasn't). In tow, I planned on redeeming Vlad, together with fresh Widowmakers, the Behemoth, a Destroyer, Greylords, and Eiryss.

My first game was against Fred and his Deneghra-led Cryx. If I can remember correctly, he had Deneghra, a Slayer, a Leviathan, four Deathrippers and a Pistol Wraith. He conceded after I managed to pick of his forces piecemeal. As usual, trying to outmaneuver an obviously faster opponent was my greatest challenge here. The Behemoth did exceptionally well, breaking apart his Slayer with boosted armor-piercing attack after boosted armor-piercing attack!

Emp was playing against Pork right next to us. Pork used his jack-heavy Ashlynn mercenary wargroup; Emp used heavy-infantry Cryx with a Deathjack led by Terminus. After a futile barrage of boosted attacks, Ashlynn was unable to take down the dreaded Deathjack, and found herself victim to its Rampaging assault!

My second game was against Pork and the same Ashlynn list. And, my god, was this ever an outstanding match! Vlad ended up hiding behind his troops yet again, seeing four heavy warjacks running towards our front line. After a sneaky armor-reducing grenade from a laid-back Gorman, the Behemoth was rendered almost broken by a focus-camping Ashlynn (escaping with only his Cortex and Right Arm, and several hull points available)! It was all-or-nothing for me! Gritting on the sheer principle of Page 5, I surrounded the combat between Ashlynn and the Behemoth (which was joined by a Talon). Even with three focus, the Behemoth didn't even scratch the mercenary warcaster's power field. In the end, I destroyed my own Behemoth with some Frost Bites (tagging Ashlynn in the process), but putting Ashlynn in the firelines of a Spells & Portents-aided Widowmakers. Two out of four managed to damage Ashlynn, leaving only four damage points left. Risking a back strike from a Talon, Eiryss veered off, and plunked an S&P-ed Phantom Seeker bolt taking out Ashlynn's last four damage points! For sure if I didn't pull that one off, I'd have lost the game. Always fun playing with Pork!

Hoping for more games, the nearby table was occupied by Warhammer-playing Obi and Gelo (and Emp). As onlookers, the last WM game was between Romy's Menoth and Fred's Cryx. A grueling melee ensued as all models were at each others' throats in the middle of the table! Deneghra unleashed her feat (although I wasn't witness to what happened during this time). Romy survived, and had his Kreoss answer with his own feat - knocking all Cryx models down. After a boosted Immolation and a boosted flamethrower attack, Romy enjoyed his victory as the rest packed up.

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Personal Ranking

Games played: 12
Wins: 10
Losses: 2
Draws: 0

Opponents:
VS Cryx: W5 L1 D0
VS Khador: W0 L0 D0
VS Cygnar: W3 L0 D0
VS Menoth: W0 L0 D0
VS Mercenaries: W2 L1 D0

Armies played:
Khador: W9 L2 D0
Mercenaries: W1 L0 D0
Cryx: W0 L0 D0
Cygnar: W0 L0 D0
Menoth: W0 L0 D0

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Oh yeah, I'll be permalinking my WM journals and timestamping them as I go on this post. It feels more connected to me this way ^_^

Journal of a Warmachinist, 17th Entry

Warmachine Weekend!

Playtested Vlad last Saturday. Personally, he's not aggressive enough, unlike Sorscha. Even with Blood of Kings on, he can still be taken out quite easily. Defensively played, not really my cup of tea. All my games were 500-point Foothold.

Game 1: Kim's Khador vs. Pork's Mercenaries (Pork wins!)
An unexpected charge at Vlad from a focus-heavy Ashlynn. Bigla ko na lang naalala Weapon Master pala sya! Kapow!

Game 2: Pork's Mercs vs. Joel's Cryx (Joel wins!)
Pork gets astounded by teleporting Deathjacks and six Bane Thralls appearing out of nowhere!

Game 3: Kim's Khador vs. Joel's Cryx (Joel wins!)
Tactical error on my part. Misread WM charging rules!

Game 4: Obi's Cygnar vs. Emp's Cryx (Emp wins!)
Terminus emerges triumphant once more!

Game 5: Obi's Cygnar vs. Kim's Khador (Kim wins!)
I was too disappointed with my performance I couldn't even remember how this match went...

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Personal Ranking

Games played: 10
Wins: 8
Losses: 2
Draws: 0

Opponents:
VS Cryx: W4 L1 D0
VS Khador: W0 L0 D0
VS Cygnar: W3 L0 D0
VS Menoth: W0 L0 D0
VS Mercenaries: W1 L1 D0

Armies played:
Khador: W7 L2 D0
Mercenaries: W1 L0 D0
Cryx: W0 L0 D0
Cygnar: W0 L0 D0
Menoth: W0 L0 D0

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Also demo'ed Warmachine to Ryan and Les. Took the first game 4 hours but it was hilarious til the end! Down to the last model! Warcasters pa natira! In the end, Kreoss proved to Nemo that the big spiked globe he was carrying wasn't just for decor only!

Til next time ^_^

Oh Yes, There WILL Be Blood

And I thought the Hannibal Lecter series could not be matched! SAW 2 just kept my eyes glued to the screen, scene after hella bloody scene! And their websites reflect the whole Saw horror! Obviously not for everyone LOL!

Of course, sheep will just refer to this as an icky bloody gorefest with no intrinsic value. But as always, I beg to differ. Despite the sudden bubbling of blood-frenzy, I learned to look at life with an even brighter perspective. Kinda like, enjoy all of your days, coz you'll never know when it'll be your last. And damn if it was in the hands of a homicidal maniac. Deep inside, it was tremendously frightening. Goddamn, it was downright scary! Of course one has to try his best to shrug off the terror and laugh.

My brother, Jei, disclosed to me the gist of the first Saw, as obviously I haven't seen it. But after watching Saw 2, I'm now on the hunt for an original copy of both.

Hello. Let the game begin.

Happy New Year?

Here we go. 2006. Which means I'll be gunning 30 this March. Just for kicks I checked out some Chinese website and checked my fortune this year, which I can't find anymore. It says there that I'll have bad luck this year. Doesn't that just pretty much suck? Who the hell enjoys having bad luck for a whole year? Be that as it may, I don't wanna be tied to it.

I'll make my own fortune this year.

Happy New Year, folks ^_^