If you have a Steam account, go download it now. Crysis 2 MP Demo - Steam Page
(To the right, there's Download Demo... do it quickly, because this won't last forever.)
Otherwise, you'll need to go to EA - Crysis 2 MP Demo
Enjoy it!
Thursday, March 10
Dead Earth
A friend of mine, particularly one of the minds behind Kin has recently begun work on his own project, called Dead Earth. It's a pretty interesting read so far, mostly about kind of like a spirit world, what exists beyond us - an afterlife maybe.
It looks like it could really turn out nicely, so, if you're looking for something to read in between Kin and Malachani or whatever the case may be, I'll be syndicating his work for him.
Here is the download link to the first chapter. Unforseen Paths - Dead Earth
And the second chapter: Filling Black - Dead Earth
Thanks!
It looks like it could really turn out nicely, so, if you're looking for something to read in between Kin and Malachani or whatever the case may be, I'll be syndicating his work for him.
Here is the download link to the first chapter. Unforseen Paths - Dead Earth
And the second chapter: Filling Black - Dead Earth
Thanks!
Wednesday, March 9
Interesting Kin Factoids and some other stuff
Well before I get into that, I'm going to quickly also say that comment moderation has been disabled. But, if comments get out of hand I'll change that again. This means simply post a comment and it will show up - I don't have to approve them anymore.
Anyway, back to Kin. As it stands with a few pages down in Chapter 8, Kin is composed of the following:
70kb Filesize
37 full-length legal document-size pages
7 finished chapters
16,570 words
76,000 characters (minus spaces)
92,200 characters
595 paragraphs
1,500 lines
This is in comparison with the failed first attempt at Malachani:
152kb Filesize
65 full-length legal document-size pages
12 finished chapters
35,320 words
159,660 characters (minus spaces)
194,920 characters
1,222 paragraphs
2,955 lines
I originally started Kin with the thought in mind it'd be a short story. In all honesty, I was maybe about 5-7 chapters from finishing the first book with Malachani, which I considered was long enough to be a novel. There's so much more to write about with Kin, in fact there's another "main" character who hasn't even surfaced yet. I know Chapter 8 has been very far delayed and I really apologize about it.
Recently I've also been dropping some small lines of dialog and scenes from some ideas I had for the Malachani revival, which was started quite some time ago and dropped. I was very dissatisfied with how Malachani (the original) turned out, and didn't just get stuck in writer's block, but the story honestly stopped. I had no way out of it to go where I wanted to go.
I'm going to say this now, with the inspiration I have, I'm probably going to alternate between Malachani (the revival) and Kin. Honestly, I've kind of burnt myself out of Kin - it's not a permanent damage, but I spent so much time into it without tearing myself from it. That's why there's really been a delay with 8. But it's coming. I know I've said that multiple times but it is.
Taking a look at those stats, it's pretty scary to me how almost exactly halved they are between Kin and Malachani (the original). The chapters of Malachani (the original) were longer than those of Kin but there's nothing wrong with shorter chapters. But that also makes me feel good as well, stacking up those stats as my two largest projects (so far), and I've been writing very very lightly since I was in middle school. Together that's a little more than 100 full length legal document-sized pages of original content and literature. Sure, Malachani (the original) was that - original and written almost solely by myself, but Kin was the combined effort of myself and two friends.
The difference between the two being that Malachani (the original) [and, the ported characters of the revival] had character inspirations from friends. I asked them to give me a profile and they provided one, which I ran and made the original characters from; and that's where the buck ended - at the characters. Kin, as a whole, the story was already written and fleshed out by the three of us behind it - though I'm taking all of our ideas and combining them and throwing a few new concepts in here and there.
Anyway, back to Chapter Eight!
Anyway, back to Kin. As it stands with a few pages down in Chapter 8, Kin is composed of the following:
70kb Filesize
37 full-length legal document-size pages
7 finished chapters
16,570 words
76,000 characters (minus spaces)
92,200 characters
595 paragraphs
1,500 lines
This is in comparison with the failed first attempt at Malachani:
152kb Filesize
65 full-length legal document-size pages
12 finished chapters
35,320 words
159,660 characters (minus spaces)
194,920 characters
1,222 paragraphs
2,955 lines
I originally started Kin with the thought in mind it'd be a short story. In all honesty, I was maybe about 5-7 chapters from finishing the first book with Malachani, which I considered was long enough to be a novel. There's so much more to write about with Kin, in fact there's another "main" character who hasn't even surfaced yet. I know Chapter 8 has been very far delayed and I really apologize about it.
Recently I've also been dropping some small lines of dialog and scenes from some ideas I had for the Malachani revival, which was started quite some time ago and dropped. I was very dissatisfied with how Malachani (the original) turned out, and didn't just get stuck in writer's block, but the story honestly stopped. I had no way out of it to go where I wanted to go.
I'm going to say this now, with the inspiration I have, I'm probably going to alternate between Malachani (the revival) and Kin. Honestly, I've kind of burnt myself out of Kin - it's not a permanent damage, but I spent so much time into it without tearing myself from it. That's why there's really been a delay with 8. But it's coming. I know I've said that multiple times but it is.
Taking a look at those stats, it's pretty scary to me how almost exactly halved they are between Kin and Malachani (the original). The chapters of Malachani (the original) were longer than those of Kin but there's nothing wrong with shorter chapters. But that also makes me feel good as well, stacking up those stats as my two largest projects (so far), and I've been writing very very lightly since I was in middle school. Together that's a little more than 100 full length legal document-sized pages of original content and literature. Sure, Malachani (the original) was that - original and written almost solely by myself, but Kin was the combined effort of myself and two friends.
The difference between the two being that Malachani (the original) [and, the ported characters of the revival] had character inspirations from friends. I asked them to give me a profile and they provided one, which I ran and made the original characters from; and that's where the buck ended - at the characters. Kin, as a whole, the story was already written and fleshed out by the three of us behind it - though I'm taking all of our ideas and combining them and throwing a few new concepts in here and there.
Anyway, back to Chapter Eight!
League of Legends
This post is for Mercenary X, and all members of the MX Premade Team. This article is a MANDATORY read before you are invited to 5-man with us again.
League of Legends is a GAME. Take it seriously, and we die. If we lose (like we did for the first time tonight), WE LOSE. Simple as that. The other team beat us in some way shape or form. Our first match was fine, and we lost due to the fact that the entire enemy team was bulky DEEPS. The second match we lost because we broke our boundaries and attempted some new team arrangement. THERE IS AND WAS NO NEED to get all pissy about the fight, and that's to both SB and Jack. (Besides, you know we need to surrender if SB agrees to one.)
If you get ganked, it was your fault for not checking the map and having zone awareness. We will try to call out MIAs and important info but DO NOT RELY on them. We like to win but our goal IS NOT TO WIN, we're 5 bros having a good time in the League of Legends smacking up some enemy bastards, that's all there is to it.
DONT be afraid to Solo Queue or queue up with a couple of other guys; we DONT need to have 5 people to play the game.
Personal Adjustments:
Antmann: Please, read guides about the characters you want to play, learn some typical item builds for situations. Asking advice on builds IS ACCEPTABLE, but not every match, man. Come on, we know you can do it. If you want to get a practice match in, EVEN with bots or bros.
Jack: Dude, stop getting upset about the game. No ult is a "wasted" ult. Maybe not used right, but never wasted. If we lose, we lost. Don't admit defeat right away. If you ask monk for advice, take it - because you failed to put his teachings into practice. Calm the hell down and remember, it's a game.
SB: Try not to overextend too much, I know you've heard it a thousand times already but you've done it a thousand and one times man. Also, like Antmann, get to learn a character a little bit before you decide to try a new one. Admittedly, your personal best is with Ashe and Tristana right now, try some free champs here and there.
Sam: Be a little more patient with us, I know that you don't need to instruct me as much anymore but the rest of the team has talent they haven't unlocked yet (and so do I). If we're doing bad, you've been doing a good job at letting it go, just try not to let the newbie mistakes get to you, you've played lods of egaems that we have yet to experience.
Anyway, that's the story. Please just follow your lines of advice, calm down, and take the game as what it is - a game.
We'll see you for the next 5-man premade.
League of Legends is a GAME. Take it seriously, and we die. If we lose (like we did for the first time tonight), WE LOSE. Simple as that. The other team beat us in some way shape or form. Our first match was fine, and we lost due to the fact that the entire enemy team was bulky DEEPS. The second match we lost because we broke our boundaries and attempted some new team arrangement. THERE IS AND WAS NO NEED to get all pissy about the fight, and that's to both SB and Jack. (Besides, you know we need to surrender if SB agrees to one.)
If you get ganked, it was your fault for not checking the map and having zone awareness. We will try to call out MIAs and important info but DO NOT RELY on them. We like to win but our goal IS NOT TO WIN, we're 5 bros having a good time in the League of Legends smacking up some enemy bastards, that's all there is to it.
DONT be afraid to Solo Queue or queue up with a couple of other guys; we DONT need to have 5 people to play the game.
Personal Adjustments:
Antmann: Please, read guides about the characters you want to play, learn some typical item builds for situations. Asking advice on builds IS ACCEPTABLE, but not every match, man. Come on, we know you can do it. If you want to get a practice match in, EVEN with bots or bros.
Jack: Dude, stop getting upset about the game. No ult is a "wasted" ult. Maybe not used right, but never wasted. If we lose, we lost. Don't admit defeat right away. If you ask monk for advice, take it - because you failed to put his teachings into practice. Calm the hell down and remember, it's a game.
SB: Try not to overextend too much, I know you've heard it a thousand times already but you've done it a thousand and one times man. Also, like Antmann, get to learn a character a little bit before you decide to try a new one. Admittedly, your personal best is with Ashe and Tristana right now, try some free champs here and there.
Sam: Be a little more patient with us, I know that you don't need to instruct me as much anymore but the rest of the team has talent they haven't unlocked yet (and so do I). If we're doing bad, you've been doing a good job at letting it go, just try not to let the newbie mistakes get to you, you've played lods of egaems that we have yet to experience.
Anyway, that's the story. Please just follow your lines of advice, calm down, and take the game as what it is - a game.
We'll see you for the next 5-man premade.
Tuesday, March 8
It's Time.
He casually sat there, in a chair against the front wall which was part of a series of chairs in the highest office of the building. His arms were extended outwards, carelessly caressing the tip of his small black oak cane; one hand atop the other. The dark, looming clouds darkened the sky and ground visible out of the large windows that the back wall of this room was entirely composed of. This room didn't belong to him, well, directly. He did actually own everything relating to this business, but he had bestowed this particular room on the top floor to another individual. They grey granite of the room and flooring gave a dull luminescence due to the lack of light flowing into the room.
A man walked through the door, and closing it behind him as he passed without turning around. He proceeded to continue towards his desk, dropping a few closed manilla folders before passing the desk and proceeding all the way to the edge of the windows. Staring out into the city street, and the tower in the background, he crossed his arms behind him before sighing. He watched the clouds get slowly more dense and dark as shadow overtook the bumbling city.
The man with the cane began to rise from his chair, leaning his weight onto the cane. Once fully straight up, he re-centered his stance and freed his left hand from the crutch leaving it only gripped with his right. He cleared his throat gently. The other man slowly turned around from his gaze and looked across the room.
A man walked through the door, and closing it behind him as he passed without turning around. He proceeded to continue towards his desk, dropping a few closed manilla folders before passing the desk and proceeding all the way to the edge of the windows. Staring out into the city street, and the tower in the background, he crossed his arms behind him before sighing. He watched the clouds get slowly more dense and dark as shadow overtook the bumbling city.
The man with the cane began to rise from his chair, leaning his weight onto the cane. Once fully straight up, he re-centered his stance and freed his left hand from the crutch leaving it only gripped with his right. He cleared his throat gently. The other man slowly turned around from his gaze and looked across the room.
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