Gamer's Soul : Monster Hunter Chapter 2 Part 2 : The Lethal game of hide and seek

Ferithan grasped his daggers as large red scales pass by his current hiding spot. He tries his best to keep a low profile while keeping himself and his leader concealed.

"My, what large nose you have... the better to smell you with my dear..." 

He allows his thoughts occupy him as he try to keep his nerves in check.

"My, what large fangs you have... the better to chew you with my dear.."

He flinched as he thought of the next verse. What better way to relax than to remind yourself how your quarry can crunch you down with no trouble.

"uuuuughhhh..." 

The unconscious woman let out a whimper as she starts to wake. The hair at the back of Ferithan's neck stood as he took a breath and held it. He instinctively put a hand on the woman's armor to keep her still as he took a slow gaze at the last location his quarry was at.

His eyes widened as the unusually large wyvern slowly turns his head towards their direction. Its eyes slowly scanned the area and stare him in the face. It lets off a low guttural growl as it slowly slinks forward, eyes never leaving ferithan's face. It was then seen breathing in, about to let out a deafening roar when ferithan saw small movements just behind the monster's head.

"FLASH INCOMING!!!"

Ferithan ducked and covered the rousing woman while waiting for a second. It only took split of that second for the wyvern to turn and focus on an incoming projectile that then turned so bright it left the red scaled monstrosity unable to respond to the oncoming threat.

The wyvern stomped an unstable leg forward trying to catch its weight as he try to focus his eyes on a human shape in the direction the flash came from. When its sight focused a bit, it was too late. An older man holding a golden serpent blade have braced and swung his sword downwards onto his waiting snout.

The large monster dropped straight down like a rock.momentarily stunned.

"Hell yeah! Come on ye overgrown winged newt. after me!" 

Galadros swung his sword sideways to the wyvern's head to wake it up and started to dash opposite to the hidden hunters.

The wyvern shook its head while getting up, planted both front claws firmly to the ground one at a time and roared.

It then took off after the older hunter, less like the Rathalos it apparently is but more like a Tigrex. If not for its Dark Red coloration and its massive size, its movement might remind one of an extremely large tigrex instead.

Ferithan stared at the weird monster going after his master. He is unconcerned, the old man have faced travesty much larger than this. If he cannot bring it down, he will escape.

His thoughts wandered back to their unusual quarry. It is way too large for a regular rathalos and moves a different way than one as well.

He kept his position for a bit longer while making sure his master, Galadros have brought the monster further away so he can safely help their leader, Alexandra, to a safer hiding place for recovery.

"Ferithan, you stink."

He gazed down to the armored hunter and smirked.

"Why good morning, Teddy. Woke up from the wrong side of bed this morning?"

She tried to sit up assisted by Ferithan and removed her helm. Beautiful golden locks flowed out of the oversized helm albeit some tinted with blood.

"Shut up, what happened?" 

"Rathalos took our prey, all four of them. Master Galadros got pissed and attacked it while it was eating and got us in this horrible mess. Since the rathalos knew we were around, it scared a bunch of raptors to hunt us down."

He smiled as he saw her eyes still filled with sparkle instead of the dead flat eyes usually seen on hunters that had a bad fall and was about to give up.

"You took the brunt of it as you tried to give me and my sister more space to collect ourselves."

His smile faded when he got to the harder story to tell.

"The large rathalos came to you while you were busy with the raptors. Rathalos usually doesn't give you much trouble but this.. is way too large to be called a routine monster."

He pointed a part of her armor that lost most of its material.

"That is a tail swipe."

Then to a part deformed rather deeply.

"And then a stomp." He looked towards the clearing where he picked her up. "He then carried you to the middle of that field and had raptors nip at you. I am quite sure it was to lure the rest of us out after he lost sight of master. We were able to form a plan to get you out of your pickle. That is the reason for the smell. Ceiba leaves. It covered up our scent."

"Where is it now?" Alexandra was nursing her head as she asked the question.

"Master showed up and took it away so we can regroup and recover. My sister found a location where we can rest. Which is where we are going if you are done gathering your wits."

"Yes I have, thank you, I remember bits and pieces but I remember that bastard clearly..." She looked at her companion missing his armor and her own mangled armor.

"but we are severely outmatched and outgunned."

"agreed." Ferithan resigned with a sigh. He helped her to her feet and picked up her sword and shield.

"I sure hope there is water where we are going."

Ferithan cocked his head as he asked; "Why is that?"

"Ferithan, you stink."

Despite the situation, Ferithan cannot help but chuckle.

Return of a storyteller

Wow!

How long ago was my last post? 2015! OMG! hahaha!

I looked over all pages posted by me and had a blast reading through it! Peek into a gamer's mind is probably not the best title for this blog anymore as I do not play as much games as I play before. Maybe a little here and there but not as much as I do before.

I now play mostly mobile phone games and visit League of Legends from time to time (ARAM only). I have gotten a 7 day visit into Final Fantasy XIV and saw my familiar lalafel. All I was able to do ingame was to rearrange my UI (user interface: buttons/bars/questinfo etc) and play through some quests.

Oh and I tanked. GOSH did I tank!

I did the instance The Aery and it was glorious! my first run was a little wobbly.. after a few years my lalafel grew jelly in his legs and was not up to the task. I wiped once due to no fault of mine ( AHEM. completely my fault. my poor pick-up-group T.T SORRY!!!) but was able to readjust myself and play through the entire place. it was fun! the dodges, the timing on skills, they all came back to me. I remember why I love tanking so much. hahaha. I will post a video of the whole thing after I edit it.

I kept on writing.

I stopped posting them (half because no one was really reading them) but I kept on writing. continuation for The Seven Heroes and a new story!... that had no title... still pretty sweet! I will post them soon. I am excited on the direction my new story is heading. I have the entire story in my head (somewhere) and the seven heroes got a nice new direction too. I will continue that soon.

I will discontinue, however, my "Gamer's Soul" series and my wakfu fanfic as I have not played anysuch serious games for a VERY long time. I probably will post up updates for them from time to time but only for fun if opportunity arrives.

I AM NOW A FATHER!

God I love my family. My wife and my child are now THE source of happiness for me. I think that's why I need not play much games anymore hahaha. Everyday becomes such a grand adventure! My son, oh, what to tell everyone about my son, there is just so much! Everyday I see him grow bit by bit into such a smart person! A LOT of energy in such a small god given package! There are of course times that scares the heck out of me and my lovely lalafel wife as everything is so novel. I will try my best to give him the best of me. I will fail, a LOT, but I will learn and I will pick myself up everytime not to mention my wife will always be there to encourage me when I am down (and that's a lot).

A little something I made for him.

I will return shortly...

To write stories, updates, walkthroughs, post games and everything else in this mind of mine. Please look forward to it!

-Yanyi

FFXIV: Big Yellow Birds....of Eorza!

No, not the one in the kid's show sesame street. I am talking about CHOCOBOS!

Chocobos have been a staple on most installments of Final Fantasy not to mention starring in their own spinoff games (Chocobo's Dungeon, Chocobo Tales, etc). So it is of no surprise when we saw them running around in Eorzea in FFXIV v1.x as the official mount. Problem with that though is that they were depreciated by the spells teleport and return. Players have found very little use of these cute yellow aves.

A Realm Reborn gave our avian companion a new breath of life (so to speak) with lots of aesthetic armor and the ability for the birds to answer the call to adventure!

The Chocobos can now fight alongside its adventurer as a healer, tank, damage dealer or a free thinker. They can scratch, scrape, peck, kick, heal, tank or cast chocobo spells to help best the adventurer's quarry. They still, of course, serve as mounts to help us move around from a spot to another, so no, rest assured the game is not about chocobos...the name was not changed to Chocobo RPG: Battle the Primals.

As mounts...

When a player reaches level 10 they are allowed to visit the chocobo porters stationed in all the major camps and towns in the game. They will have preset locations that the chocobo will head to (auto drive :S ). You may, however, right click on the "chocobo-mounted" icon on the top of the screen to dismount at anytime. The chocobo will run away unfortunately, prematurely ending your ride. It is also possible to rent a free-running chocobo from the main towns but you will be limited to 10 minutes of riding time before the chocobo drops you and runs away.

After you have progressed enough in the main storyline (around level 21-ish) you will be inducted into one of the grand companies and will be allowed to purchase (using company points) a chocobo whistle to summon and mount your very own chocobo! These chocobos can be freely controlled and does not have a time limit.

Barding...

Leather barding

Uldahn barding

These grand company owned chocobos can be dressed by obtaining "bardings". Currently, you may purchase bardings by company points to dress them in company's colors.

At the most current release they only serve to please the eyes but in future releases, it is rumored they will have stat boosts for their masters.

The developers have also confirmed many other bardings to dress the chocobo at launch and in patches. (There is a behemoth barding rumour running around already)

As Companions...

Now, what does separate FFXIV Chocobos from other MMORPGs? It is the companion system. Once you are able to obtain a mount from the grand companies, you can speak with the wandering minstrel (right outside the grand companies' main office) and teach your chocobo to fight alongside you. Once taught, you may open your skills page and navigate to the "companions" tab and find a lot of skills added. These skills are shown below:



You can summon your chocobo by using a gyshal greens (which can be purchased in the main towns). This will add your named companion to your party (as shown in the very first picture). They cannot be manually controlled, though, you will be able to assign them to stances. This will give them set amount of gambits (ala FFXII) that they will follow to accomplish their role.

 Attacker Stance: This stance gives the chocobo a direct-damage role. It will scratch, peck and kick until the fight is over or until you assign a different task for it to follow.

Healer Stance: The chocobo will prioritize healing you (or itself) than it's other skills. It can also cast support magic as shown on the next image (chocosurge).

Your chocobo can also take a tanking stance and take damage for you. Very handy when you are a spellcaster or direct damage dealer. 

Or you can have them think for themselves via a free stance, healing when you are low, dealing damage when you're not.

You can also ask your chocobo to follow you around Eorza (though i would rather ride a chocobo than run around with one ;) ) or if you wish to take a break on your adventure you may ask your chocobo to withdraw.

Take note though, like all pets they thrive in incentive and what's more gratifiying for a chocobo than a gyshal greens? they would want one everytime you call upon them. Actually... its more like a bribe... since you cant summon them without one. XD

These big yellow birds had a lot of screen time in this installment of Final Fantasy. And I for one am very glad they did. See you next time! 

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FFXIV Leve Quests

 Final fantasy XIV 1.0 introduced a central hub style of questing. Instead of running around talking to NPCs and gathering quests, you simply talk to a single person in each main town. They will give you a certain number of quests a day, a la WoW dailies, which after you have completed will give you job experience and gil. "Very handy!" We say. "No more time wasted running around!" We added. Well yes, it would be... If that is not the main source of exp. Unfortunately, it is. There is also a limited amount of them and that they are very repetitive. In short, boring.

FFXIV:ARR took a different direction in getting precious exp (actually, a lot of different directions). You can do your main quest, job quest, side quests, FATEs (explained in an earlier blog post), Guildhest (will be explained later), dungeons and if that is not enough, you may still partake in 1.0's patented central-hub-style questing!


If you have decided that this type of leveling is your cup of tea, you may speak with any <Levemete> tagged NPC in either the three main towns or in the camps/villages all around the world. Those in the town will give all leve quests from level 1 to your current level in increments of 5-10 levels, whilst those in camps/villages will provide you with quests in the level range of the region where the camp resides.

You can accept up to the amount of allowances you have (replenishes by 4 every 12 hours to a maximum of 100) or to a maximum of 16 leves at a time.

The quest description, location and rewards are listed to the right so you can choose the leve quests with rewards or difficulty that interests you.

You can then run to the location of the levequests indicated by a red area on your minimap/map (press m or square). If you mouse over on all red areas in your map, it will inform you of the quest/leve it belongs to. Once within the area, open your journal and click "initiate".

Your progress and timer can be viewed on the Task list to the right of your screen. This will also inform of what you need to do to complete your quest. (if you remember FATEs, it looks exactly like it)
I noticed that if you enter a FATE while under a Leve, you will not see the FATE description to the right of the screen. I am unsure if you are contributing to the fate event then.



If you die while under a Leve, as long as you are saved in the same region, you may continue your quest without starting over. If you leave the region though the leve will fail and will penalizes you 1 leve allowance for every retry.

Once you have completed the task, you have the choice to run back and reap your rewards or continue questing and stay in the area.

Regardless of when you speak to the NPC again, all completed Leves will be rewarded with gil, exp and sometimes, an item or piece of equipment.

Instead of becoming your primary source of exp, these leve quests now allows us different avenues of leveling. get bored with one, there are always other ways to achieve your level 50. With all that explained, I will see you again next time!

-Yanyi

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Chiksilog!

Gamers don't simply sit on the couch all day... they make songs too!

Falling in-love in game happens from time to time even in the beginning when the mmorpg genre started. People can truly immerse into a role so much that they're feelings for guild mates, or in-game partner goes into real life. The problem is... sometimes... the other person is simply immersing him/herself into a role too... even with it being in the opposite gender...

This song is about falling in love in games or through the internet and all the heartbreak it holds as well. enjoy!

"Chiksilog" is a slang word for "lady with balls". It is by no means a reference to gay/lesbian people but a reference to those male gamers who masquerades as female online.

Chiksilog by Kamikaze

Magdamag nag-aabang maglalaro kaya {I have been waiting all day, will she play?}
Ang dalagang nagtatago sa alyas na maldita {The girl who hides under the name of "feisty"*}
Sa dating tagpuan sa bayan ng prontera {At our usual meeting place in the town of   Prontrera}
Katabi ng tindahan ng magic at sandata {Next to the shop of Magic and weapons}

Nung minsan nga ay nag-alay ka pa ng buhay mo {One time, you even sacrificed you life}
Ng kinalaban natin ang mga bagong dayo {When we were fighting another guild**}
Natalo nga sila at nagyaya ka mag-saya {We have beaten them and you invited us for a RL party}
Tanging hinihintay ang makita ka         {The only thing i'm waiting for, is to see you there}


Alas dos nung linggo (sa may gotesco)              {12 o'clock that sunday (at Gotesco mall***)}
Nagpolo pa ako(at nagpabango)         {I even wore a polo shirt (and cologne)}
Nananabik habang(hinahanap ka) {excited while (searching for you)}
Tumigil ang mundo nang makita ka         {My world stopped when I saw you}
Chiksilog ako ay nahulog                 {Chiksilog! I fell down..}
Nilinlang niloko alam ko ng sikreto mo! {I was lied to! betrayed! Now I know your secret!}

Walang saysay maglevel ang pantasya ay nasira na{There's no point leveling, my fantasy is ruined!}
Ang inipong lakas naglaho parang bula {The strength I have built up is gone like a bubble}
Kaya pala...ang husay mo sa espada         {So thats why... your really good at using your sword!****}
Si maldita... ay lalake pala                 {Ms. Feisty... is a man!}

Alas dos nung linggo (sa may gotesco)           {12 o'clock that sunday (at Gotesco mall)}
Nagpolo pa ako(at nagpabango)        {I even wore a polo shirt (and cologne)}
Nananabik habang(hinahanap ka)        {excited while (searching for you)}
Tumigil ang mundo nang makita ka        {My world stopped when I saw you}
Chiksilog ako ay nahulog                {Chiksilog! I fell down..}
Nilinlang niloko alam ko ng sikreto mo!        {I was lied to! betrayed! Now I know your secret!}

Chiksilog !!!

*Maldita is a really hard to translate word. In spanish, it means "damned" or "cursed" but in tagalog it means "naughty(non-sexual)" or feisty(mean spirited) yet old people use it most of the time as a word of endearment somewhat alike "tsundere" in japan.
**Bagong-dayo literally means new immigrants which would not translate well in the song. This one is about "war of emperium" or "guild war" thus they were fighting another guild for a territory.
***Gotesco mall is a real life mall in the Philippines. One of the places where lots of "computer rental shops" which are mostly used for online games can be found.
****Sword (espada) can sometimes be used to imply a guy's d*ck. This is a sexual innuendo and not implying that a guy is better than a girl in swordsplay.

disclaimer:
I do not own this song. It is owned by Kamikaze, a band from the Philippines. If you have any issues with the song's lyrics, please bring it up to them. lol.

FFXIV FATEs: an explanation

Final Fantasy XIV beta boasts Full Active Time Events (FATEs)

Hi guys! Its Yanyi giving you insights on Final Fantasy XIV!

When FFXIV 1.0 came out, there was an awful big void to fill after you finish your daily leve quests. It also felt too monotonous just going from one main town to another asking for leves and completing them after. The development team of FFXIV have released a whole lot of content to fill-in the gaps on questing and going into dungeons in FFXIV. One of these would be Full Active Time Events or FATEs.

FATEs are dynamic quests appearing in the world without anyone activating them. They are not instanced for a group (like leve quests) nor are they first-claim-first-serve. They simply either pop up in your mini map or an NPC will start offering the FATE quest. Regardless, you can join them whenever you want(within a set amount of time that the FATE is occurring), in a group or solo. "Now wouldn't that make it too easy if there are a lot of people going for them?" you ask? No, it adjusts itself dynamically according to the number of people attempting the FATE. It ranges from killing all FATE enemies in the area, killing a Notorious Monster, gathering key items either on the floor or by killing a certain monster and giving it to an NPC, defending a town and keeping the inhabitants(NPCs) from being abducted, or if they were abducted, rescuing the said inhabitants. This makes FATEs a lot of fun to play through. It is, to simplify my description, "dynamic".

You will notice FATEs by looking at your mini map. FATEs will have a range indicator around a FATE icon and will give you the level range when you pass over it with the mouse. Once you go to the location, a prompt saying that you have joined the event will show up in the middle of the screen. You can then either join in or ignore the quest. Then again, how can anyone ignore a starving kid asking you to gather/fight cactuars for cacti meat? You don’t want to make them cry do you? well, do you?!? ahem, moving forward. If your level is too low, your contribution will not amount to much. If you are too high, there will be an icon on the mid-right of the screen called "level sync" this will remove some of your abilities to match what the level range is for the event. Allowing you to contribute and receive rewards on par with those within the level range. This will encourage everyone to simply go at it.

The objectives for a FATE event can be viewed on the mid-right of the screen right above the quest viewer. Since there won’t be an NPC to start the quest for you, this is the only way to know what you were supposed to do. Be warned, if it’s one of those quests where you need to turn in items to an NPC, if you simply keep killing and stock up the items, once the NPC have enough items, you cannot turn them in. Therefore, no contribution... no rewards T.T Healers will be happy to know that starting phase 3 of beta, healing will not add contribution as well. YEY healers!

Once a FATE event is done, you will be given a screen providing you with the spoils, usually in the form of gil and experience.

A Gamer's Soul: FFXIV:ARR Chapter 2 part 1

My first entry for the game Final Fantasy A Realm Reborn, an MMORPG. I am actually pretty excited about this game. It comes out on the 27th of August. This is the reawakening of my character into the new remade world of Eorza.

I have played this game when it first came out, so my character remembers the world...

Chapter 2: Awakening

My consciousness drifted for some time... I allowed myself to drift through the darkness. Nothingness is soothing, peaceful even. For some time, I considered this a rest after one adventure and a herald for the next. It happens often... I feel like I am a soul jumping from one body to another. Each of them belonging to a different world.. All of them having unique adventures...

What was I last? It takes time to remember.. sometimes I cannot remember at all... Oh right, I was an old man, a penny-pincher.. Not a bad trait really... I was adventuring in a world called "the world of twelve". Alone. hmmn... That sounds sad.. Why would i let myself be alone... Wait, I remember a beautiful woman... No, thats a different "life"... Right, the one before the last... Dang what am I now?

It feels like I am still floating in nothingness but as I shift my attention to whats around me, sensation starts to form at the small of my back. It then turned to pressure. Am I leaning on something? Maybe... I am feeling gravity now on my bottom... Im sitting on the grass... I can recognize its smell...and also leaning on something hard and rough.. Oh.. A tree.. I can most definitely feel the wind too.. As the wind blew I also recognized the distinct song of birds chirping. Wow what a peaceful place. Where am I?

Slowly I opened my eyes. Ouch! A blast of color and light blinded my initial attempt to take in the world around me. I squinted a few times and tried to make out the blurred colors. I stretched my fingers and felt sensation in my hands. Whoa! Pretty small hands! My eyes began focusing on the tiny leather gloved hands that I am holding infront of my face. Am I a child this time? I leaned forward and put my hands on my face, eagerly searching for clues of what manner of creature I have become.

Between my fingers I saw something glint on my waist, no, on my belt. An iron scabbard with an iron xiphos. Im not a child. Im a warrior.. A very small one at that! Oh! I remember this life... in my distant past. Is this Vana'diel? Am I a Taru ta-.. No this is more recent, a lalafel, This is Eorza!

I took a good look at myself from my feet to my arms and my chest. Shiny brass and copper sabatons covers my feet to my knee, a tightly double-chained haubergion covers most of my body and a pair of iron vambraces along with a scutum lays on the grass. A swordsman! more accurately, a gladiator! Oh grand!

I jumped up and unsheated my sword and listened with glee to the distinct metallic ring it made as it cleared the scabbard.

Schhiiiing!

I twirled the Xiphos from my left to my right and held it upright in a combat stance. Closed my eyes as I danced a heavy choreographed routine. Looking into the darkness, I imagined my quarry. A short upward stab right under his chin, pull the sword back and drew a quick over head strike to his right temple. Ah! exhilarating!

I opened my eyes to a dodo staring straight at me. (well, sideways really... the other eye is on the other side of his.... never mind...) I kept from moving a muscle, breathing slow deep breathes watching the dodo and its next move. It started a step forward. He wants to dance.

I bolted into a sideways roll and grabbed the scutum on the floor, the leather straps are hard on my lightly gloved hand. I dont have time to put my vambraces on. The dodo went to a strut and started squawking. I need to shut this up. he will be calling his pack!

With the shield in between the frenzied bird and myself, I braced my shield arm to receive the initial tackle and readied my Xiphos for a stab. The heavy body of the dodo crashed on my shield and tried to peck my face a couple times. I dodged two and allowed the last one to glance my celata near my temple to get the timing right. A quick sword stab went deep into the bird's neck. I smiled, I did had the timing is right.

The bird kicked then staggered back. glaring as it squawks unintelligible.. well.. squawks... Im glad I dont understand dodo... for it was probably cursing me through hell and back....

As I was making fun of the bird in my mind, I was caught unaware, It crouched and launched itself into another tackle. The bulk of its feathered hide hit my scutum near the bottom propelling the other end of it to my face. The world swam.

With my shield lowered it took a couple swipes to my right shoulder. I desperately tried to keep my sword from dropping, my fingers grasping the hilt of my Xiphos with the pinky tightly around the pommel. As the world goes back into focus, I saw the bird going for another tackle, with my sword lowered, I tightened my grip and swung upwards. Putting my entire weight into its momentum, my sword opened a huge gash on the monster's side. with a rasping screech, the bird dropped to an eternal sleep.

I closed my eyes as I reviewed the fight in my mind. breathing steadily as I study each stroke, each dodge, every mistake and every triumph.

I am back in this world. Eorza. I smiled in the understanding and shivers in the excitement.

A whole new world of adventure! 

A Gamer's Soul: Wakfu Chapter 1 post 4

In post 4, my latest entry to the wonderful world of wakfu, I tried something different. made it into a journal entry. lets see how it goes..

Post 4

journal entry # MXVIII by Ephimethius...

"The initial climb to zinit proved arduous. The regular crabs keeps nipping on my toes and my dhreller decided fighting them is a waste of time and slept in my haven bag... such a timid creature... I'll be sure to give him a really long bath once we get back to Astrub. I can imagine that toothy frown now... hahaha

The eery starfish with its single ocular feature is very nerve breaking. The weak-snivelly starfish alerts its crustacean friends and keeps me busy trying to fend them off and keep myself progressing forward... sometimes.. i feel im too old for this....

All that was simply icing to the cake... the cake itself, a very gelatinous mixture of seaweed and olives, the gredovores. They move in groups and hits very hard. i can see each of them having some specialized role to play in a group... the ones with the olive-like eyes rolls around and physically rams his entire wobbly body onto me. surprisingly enough though, their body is pretty solid since it feels like hitting dragoturkey in full strut.

They also have some sort of wakfu user... a gredovore with a staff healing and casting water based energy onto me from afar. These semi-amorphous creature's mastery of water wakfu astounds me... being a water-wakfu user myself, seeing them cast wakfu to both support his allies and attack me is amazing...

I didnt really had the time watch and adore them... since their entire group can pound me to death easily, I had to keep on my toes and stay alert. after running through the entire length of the beach.. I met a most peculiar old man named Moze...

The first thing the man asks is food... ok, thats normal... raw crabs? easy, i have 6 in my bag... after extorting the smelly crabs from me, he was able to conjure some brain cells to tell me he needs his old amulet to open the path forwards... guess who took it? crabs... capn crablocks to be exact. a harder hitting crab with a disgusting looking tongue from its claw.... weird...

Looking through the damp and clammy beach, i find one of the larger-than-most crab... wearing a quarter of an amulet. it was so interesting how he eats with one claw and holds an amulet with the other.. like in that last movie i watched about a man greedily watching a single gold ring on his hands.. eery.. *ahem*

Anyways, he put up a mighty fight but in the end gave back the quarter of the amulet after being hit by bags of kama (i of course took back all my kama). The other three went easily after knowing what i am looking for.. the day passed with me chasing crabs with a shovel... for crustaceans... they're pretty fast >.<

After i put the amulet together the weird old man Moze gave the cliff next to him a kick and the cliff gave way blocking a section of the waterfall revealing the cave inside... ummmm.... so much for magic....

At this time of writing, i am inside my havenbag while inside the cave.. awaiting ullu to catch up.... and a very lazy dhreller to get up..."

A Gamer's Soul: Wakfu Chapter 1 post 2 & 3

Post 2 and 3 are really short. They were meant to be posts in a forum. I liked them enough to put them here...

Post 2

Ephimethius stepped out of his havenbag and his senses were overwhelmed by the sweet smell of amaknan bread and the bright yellow fields of his homeland.

He smiles as he looks beyond the fields, remembering the places he had been and those he have never even seen... adventure is what he senses. His nerves tenses and a familiar shiver went up his spine.

He caught himself muttering "a new day... a new day..." as if a mantra to aphyxiate his boiling enthusiasm. To keep himself in control. He spent most of his life chasing after adventure. He just had a feeling he will be in a one pretty soon. It starts today.

Adventure did start its call pretty early today. His attention shifted from the fields of amakna to a distant rumbling on top of a mountain...

"Zinit! Dang it Ogrest! stop your whinin'! It has been a long time since your love has gone d-...." his restless attention once again shifted. this time to a piece of a poster stuck on his leg. before getting blown away, he swiped one side of the poster and held it against the wind. the wind caught it and blows it sideways, enough for him to read the contents..

"Ah! our next destination my friend! LOOK!" He held it in front of his dhreller... somewhat prentending that his dhreller can read...

Seeing the perplexed face of his dhreller he smiled and started to explain...

"This my friend says we can climb Zinit! Adventure to be had are endless! A chance for my old bones to give that monkey up-top a good one-two!"

A grin spread across his face. "Plus we get to keep all the spoils! hehe!"

He lifted his bag and slung it across his body. He hefted his shovel to his shoulders as if carrying a huge sword and started walking. His dhreller right beside him.

"We cant do anything in Amakna anyways...or any country for that matter!"

His dhreller gave a grunt showing his disgust.

"What the heck is a subscription anyways, eh?"

They walk towards the crustry road to take a portal.. a zaap to the 'free' lands of Astrub and beyond to Mt Zinit.

(o.o.c.) part two! i think despite the lack of readers, i would continue on my little story. this documents my return and my first few unsubbed weeks. see you on part 3! Zinit solo climb!

Post 3

Ephi walks about the ruined town of Astrub. The roads are filled with either cracked bricks, dirt or grass. The houses are in poor condition and only a handful of residents stayed in this tattered place.

A talking blue cat with a beard directed him to a boat that can take him to the shores at the foot of Zinit. All he asks is 10 Piwi beaks...

Ephi gave a side glance to his fanged companion and grinned..."Well, im glad they arent taking kamas. hee hee!!" His dhreller showed his teeth that looks like a mock grin.

"Remind me to brush your teeth before bed, eh?" His dhreller shut his mouth and gave him a glare. "Well, you need it! Do you wanna look like me?" The dhreller gave a shocked look and started walking faster as they board the vessel.

The boat trip to Zinit was not hard. With the occasional starfish and gathered dark clouds, they got to Zinit without much incident.

As the vessel makes it way to the docks, the tall ominous mountain looms before Ephi as if warning him of the dangerous trek he was about to take. "Takes your breath away, eh Abu?" His dhreller gave a scared grunt. "Makes me wonder if im being foolish.." Abu gave a grunt.

The captain gave a wave to Ephi signalling their arrival to the docks and that they are ready to disembark. Ephi noted the dark old planks used on the dock. The wood shows wear and age. He gave a hearty handshake to the captain and on closer inspection, saw how ragged and scarred the captain was. His respect grew in an instant.

"Lets get started shall we?" Ephi and his dhreller started their adventure on a sprint. towards the foot of Zinit!




(o.o.c.) a very uneventful update... i was gonna make it more interesting but it wont be true to my adventures... I know the climb to zinit itself wasnt as boring. watch out for it! XD

A Gamer's Soul: Wakfu chapter 1 post 1

I started playing Wakfu when it was first released way before when (I mean I dont remember). I left due to boredom then went back when I saw the world flourish. I played Ragnarok Online inbetween the two Wakfu sessions...

I thought to myself, maybe it will be much more fun if I can write about myself jumping from one character to another. So I created a story about my "soul". 

By soul, I mean, myself. jumping from one game world to another. I think of myself as a soul jumping from one character to the next... I will tell a story about my jump from Ragnarok Online 2 to Wakfu. its as follows:



"Rassler! Try to keep him busy! our spells are almost done!" Yuniechan's voice was clear and concise as she, and her brother Rhaz, concentrated on their own spells.

A haggared Rassler grunted and obeyed, his greatsword, completely different from the shovel he used to carry around in a past life he still so dearly remember, separated the massive goat-like monster from his family...

"My strength is almost spent, my sweet lady! hurry up with the incantation lest he will break free from me!"

Facing rapaceus leader-monsters like baphomet along with the life-long adventure he and his wife Yunie endured have taxed the old warrior... Each block, each bash of his sword is bone-felt.

Yuniechan motioned to Rassler that her own spell has been woven.

"NOW!"

Rassler dug his toes to the black-crusted ground and sprung backwards just as baphomet swings its massive scythe upwards.

Rassler looks to his wizard and has momentarily forgotten his enemy, enraptured by the fire dancing in the mage's eyes as she chanted the spell. That always takes my breath away... He thought.

"FIRE EXPLOSION!"

A fiery pyrotechnic display buffeted the field and masked the grim figure of the foe along with the old veteran...

The initial wave of scalding hot air blasted the tiny area between the warrior and their quarry followed by flame and smoke... The beast was flung off its feet as it lets out a scream of anguish.

"AAAAUUUUUUUNNNNNGGGGG!!!!!"

Red shining eyes flickered through the dust, knowing the monster still lives, the wounded warrior crawls away from the monstrous figure... trying to get back to his wife...

"RASSLER!" Yunie shouts with worry as baphomet, though clearly dying, raised his scythe once more. Intending to have the warrior join him in death.

"Dang it!"

Rassler scrambles about looking for his greatsword. The dust clouding his vision as he scampers about on all fours.

Oh God, its over... Rassler's mutters in a panic... Death would surely be swift... But I cant die yet... And he knows he had no control over it.

A split-second away from being slashed and pierced through by a scythe, He hears a deafening shout from his brother in law.

"MAGNUS EXORCIMUS!"

Blinding light cleared the field of dust and finished baphomet sending the massive monster crashing to the floor. eerie red light finally has left its eyes.

Yunie caught the warrior in a cradle, The man clearly hairbreadth away from death whispers...

"I - I'm being called back to my past life, my love. Bapho... is he?... is he?"

Ignoring the hints of lunacy in his words, She held his hands to her cheeks... "Yes love, we took him down. another one for our trophies, we also saved a lot of lives you know. Now, lets get you patched up, and i will have a cup of hot choco delivered to your favourite chair...."

He is gone...

A few moments after, Rassler felt the warmth of his wife slowly fade from his touch. His breathing stabilizes and felt as if he is floating.

The pain is gone.

He knows his eyes are open yet all he see is darkness. He knows he is trying to shout but no voice comes out of his lips. He helplessly allowed himself to be carried along the stream of darkness...



Birds chirping brought him back from his stupor. Ephimethius slowly opened his eyes and found himself in his bed. In his old haven bag bed... Yesterday, he remembered hunting puddlies along with a guildmate... he stood up scratching his head. Why does he remember wearing heavy armor and swinging a heavy sword when all his life he has been holding a shovel? Why does he remember a beautiful wife and family when he has been all alone in the world of twelve?

A tear ran down his cheek as the beauteous woman fades from his memory slowly...

He took a deep breath, grabbed his shovel and called out for his dhreller. Its another day. A smile slowly crept up his face as he scratched his dhreller's fur...

"I will see her here soon. we will be together again and our adventures will begin anew."

He started whistling as he stepped out of his haven bag. He hefted his shovel to his shoulders just as how he carries a greatsword in a life he gingerly remembers...

(o.o.c.) Hi people! I am an old Amaknan player who have been playing a different game for a while... I wanted to come back so many times but my fiancee has been playing another game. I will see you all around^^ im level 28 enutrof

Introduction to the troubled mind...

I have started this blog simply to keep all my creations in check. My minds spews out stories from time to time that I want to take note of... for future reference, see? Its easier that way for me.

First things first. Who am I?

A gamer. 

Plain and simple. A person who spends his time out on adventures while sitting in front of his computer or PS4.

I am also a dreamer.

One who dreams and wonders what it would be like if my thoughts are translated to words and my words inscribed to paper... or better yet, e-ink. It is a wonderful feeling to browse back and read through what I have created. Sometimes hilarity ensues due to spelling errors, grammar errors or simply bad sentence construction. Then again, I write everything as I think of it... My mind creates faster than it can process... I can't keep up. I can never keep up.

I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. a city filled with trees and smiling faces. For me, it is also filled with curious things and playful animals. From rabbits to groundhogs to deer... it is such a fun place. I drew pictures before; of people, of stories, of places. But I don't do that now. For some reason, I stopped. Now I write and read. Read about love, adventure, failure, happiness, sadness, rage and anger. With all that pent up inside me, I write about them too or act them out with my wife. It balances it out, see?

I'm not a good writer.

Like I said, I am a dreamer. my imagination soars yet I cannot put them to words. The level of my mastery of the english language is still too inadequate to provide for me sufficient skill to say what I want. It is difficult.

It is fun.

So now, where are we at? Oh right. I write. I will post them. one by one. the bad ones... the good ones... along with my own real life adventures... I will have them here.

Read them if you want.

-Yanyi