I’m sure some of us can remember the very first time we picked up our first controller, mobile console, game cartridge, played our first game of Counter Strike, mined our first minerals, defeated our first boss, finished our first game and celebrated victory with our friends. Little did we know those were the formative years of our gaming careers. From game to game we shifted, trying to find a game worth our while, trying to find a game that pushes our limits, trying to find a game that makes us better at what we do.

Our friends and relatives could never really understand us though. They looked at us like little kids in an 18 year old body. They thought we would never grow up, they thought our minds will only be in games. We take their sermons, we take their criticism, but yet we continue to play on and on.

friends and relatives could never really understand us though.

Then one day you stop and think. “Can I ever make a living out of the game I love?”, “Is it even possible?”. We then begin about dreaming the dream. The dream of playing professionally. If people who play basketball can make a living out of throwing a ball in a hoop, scrambling to grab a ball that is not in anyone’s hands, can make money for doing what they love the most, “Why can’t we do the same?”

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Note: This post may seem to be prejudice formed into words but believe me, it’s not completely groundless and baseless as it sounds. I try to be fair based upon my own experience as a gamer and an entrepreneur.

Why I don’t believe Starcraft 2 will hit among the Filipino MASS gaming community

Starters, the mass “gaming” community already had an established game of their flavor, which is DOTA and MMO’s. It allows them to be a “hero” instead of being a “commander”. Honestly, as much as I want to have faith in those people to be interested in a game like Starcraft 2 or any RTS for that matter, It’s like long distance relationship, it just doesn’t work.

Competitive Starcraft 2 is just demanding for the average gamer. You don’t get better with your PHP and one item wont make you the king of PVP. It’s who you are as a core that makes you better.

I ran different internet shops in our provinces, I installed various games from MMORPG, casual games, online games, RTS (real time strategy) and FPS (first person shooters) and as far as I can tell, people there don’t want to be a commander, it’s a huge burden for them to command an army and let alone they don’t want to play against people they don’t know which makes the skill pool rather inbred. In MMORPG, the masses look for a “strong” institution to be associated with, an established guild or a powerful clan. Clearly, not everyone wants to play a high-tension game let alone be in a high-tension situation with pressure coming from everywhere. Competitive Starcraft 2 is just demanding for the average gamer. You don’t get better with your PHP and one item wont make you the king of PVP. It’s who you are as a core that makes you better.

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Ever wondered why you could not text? Email? or even Call? Your phone’s not dead, nor are you, it’s just Globe’s way of saying, HI ~!

Erwin Feliciano, Head Customer Contact Management for Globe Telecom announced that Globe Telecom experienced service interruption in select areas in Visayas and Mindanao.

The service interruption was due to a fiber cut.

Globe subscribers in the area may experience some difficulty sending text, phone calls, and using mobile Internet. The company is working to restore service and that they will inform their subscribers as soon as service is back to normal.

Source @ERWINofGLOBE

Just to pass the time since I’m quite bored and have been doing a similar but more complicated project lately.

http://watdapak.com/seo-duplicate-links-remover

Please do comment if you have any suggestions or evil criticisms! Lol!

Ok, just as what the title says, you can actually play on Garena HoN “without” a beta key. Though I’m not sure if this would work outside the Southeast Asia region, but it certainly is a plus for the Philippine “adiks”.

When you first try to open http://hon.garena.com, you would notice a very large text saying that players from Malaysia and Singapore no longer need a Beta Key to play, unfortunately, other SEA countries would still need their Beta Key invites.

But, that statement is all we need… *evil grin* (for the most gifted of individuals, you wouldn’t need to read on as I know you should have gotten the idea by now, but for those who are meek of mind, please read on)

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3 guys walk into a bar…

The first guy says “I have got the smallest arm in the world”

The second guy “I have the smallest head in the world”

The third guy “I have got the smallest dick in the world”

The 3 guys go to the Guinness World Records

The first guy comes back and says “I really do have the smallest arm in the world”

The second guy comes back and says “Amazing, I do have the smallest head in the world”

The third guy comes back angry,

Who the FUCK is JUSTIN BEIBER!!?

Patch 4.1 will soon be upon us, and it’s high time we dig into the meat of this patch to digest the new content, features, and official patch notes. The rise of the Zandalari is happening soon on a realm near you, so make sure you’ve read up on the new level-85 Stranglethorn quest line, as well as the updated dungeons of Zul’Gurub and Zul’Aman — now suitable for five level-85 players with an average item level of 346 or higher. All-new epic gear, rare mounts, pets, and other interesting treasures await you, should you be able to rise to the challenge of the Zandalari!

If you’ve found yourself waiting in dungeon queues longer than you’d like, we have a new system, Dungeon Finder: Call to Arms, you should know about. The Dungeon Finder will be offering an additional incentive to players of underrepresented class roles. With this feature we hope to get you into the action faster.

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The Selected Few 2011 T-Shirt Design: Approved by the 3rd Generation Guild Leader, Karlo a.k.a. Sardines

The final and approved design has been chosen by Karlo [Sardines] and will soon begin printing, the temporary pricetag is: Php 200.00. Please contact / post comments here / or post on facebook regarding your reservations and/or orders. Thanks. [original post @ http://raeven.inutilz.com]

To make Origins, BioWare dredged up buckets of backstory from the minds of their best writers. A new land was invented, branded with religious intolerance and inherent racism. Then, once the continent of Thedas was concrete, BioWare forgot they’d invented all that engaging stuff and slapped a typical ‘kill the big bad thing’ fantasy plotline on top. For all its size and wonder, Origins didn’t make full use of its fascinating world.

Dragon Age 2 does it right. It’s still an RPG epic, it still takes upwards of 50 hours to finish. It’s still got a deep, complex combat system, and it’s still got a well-defined supporting cast. But it’s also an RPG that wears its mythology proudly, confident in its goal of charting the rise of a complete and utter badass. You.

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It is true that the people who voted Noynoy Aquino to the presidency did so mostly on the strength of his promise to fight corruption. But the presidency is not about fighting corruption alone. More than anything else, it is about leadership of a country.

Corruption is just one of the many problems facing the country

Corruption is just one of the many problems facing the country. And while Noynoy may be doing something about it, such as harnessing all the resources of the government to go after former president Gloria Arroyo and her family and allies, he is doing nothing about the other problems.

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