eh?

why you guys didn't come watch me at my competition...? whine

A Leap Year Custom Lives On

No one knows for certain the origin of the custom that allows women to propose marriage on Leap Day. Leap Day, the extra day added every four years to put the calendar year in synch with the solar year. One explanation for the custom comes from Ireland. According to Irish legend, Saint Brigid, an Irish holy woman who lived in the fifth century, complained to Saint Patrick about women having to wait for men to propose. Saint Patrick agreed that this practice was unfair, so he decided that eager females could propose on this one day. A different explanation of the custom comes from medieval England. According to this explanation, people there thought that because Leap Day existed to fix a problem in the calendar, it could also be used to fix an old and unjust practice. In 1288, the custom became an actual law in Scotland. Not only did the Scottish law allow women to propose on any day during a Leap Year, but it also said that any man who declined a woman proposal had to pay a fine! Whatever its origins, the tradition of women taking the initiative one day a year lives on in Sadie Hwakins Day celebrations held in many communities in the US even today.

cool no?? xD

Booooooooyah

Many many works going on here. As y'all should know, National Junior Wushu Championships coming up.

16th-18th August 2008
Cheras Badminton Hall

Come watch me?

Many many busy la. Training now every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

TIRED.

Pooh.

Exams coming summore.

My English no come.

Bah.

Gak. I'm being mentioned in my mother's class o.o no wonder I was sneezing so much that morning.

Hmmm.. How's life guys and gals? Things are getting pretty hectic for me this month. Common tests, Practical reports, Mini projects and the like you know. Gah I don't like group work. Not when the work actually contributes to the final grade. And not when the members are expecting you to be the leader. T.T

O well, in other news, Jason has left us (me) for NILAI. But I bet all of you knew that already. He's settling into classes with all the brainiacs pretty well I suppose. Jason why don't YOU tell them.

Nat stop inflicting bruises on yourself. TskTsk.

Instruction: Remove one question and add in your personal question, making it a total of 20 questions, then tag eight people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in your chat box he/she has been tagged.

1. At what age do you wish to marry?
After i found a job and before i'm thirty..so......my twenties??.

2. What's your favourite thing to do?
Reading

3. Do you think money can buy happiness?
Yes and no. There are always arguements on this. xD

4. Do you believe you can survive without money?
No. Not in a money driven society such as ours.

5. What are you afraid to lose the most?…
Kay

6. If you win $1 million, what would you do?
oooo.....put it all in a fixed deposit and use the interest only.

7. Where do you like to go to spend your free time?
Don't really have one.

8. List 3 good points of the person who tagged you?
Funny, determined, acknowledges me as a superior being!!

9. What type of person you hate the most?
hypocrites

10. What is your ambition?
Ethical hacker XP

11. If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
Yeap.

12. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
Trust.

13. If you could undo doing one mistake in the past, what would it be?
Wasting much money on magic cards!

14. If you have a chance, which part of your character would you like to change?
Lack of confidence on stage??

15. What is the one thing you definitely can do without?
Computer.

16. What is the one thing you cannot do but wish you could?
Public speaking!

17. What is the one thing that you want now?
A bus from and to INTI-UC to ICSJ whenever I want.

18. American english or British english?
American english!!! The British have mangled the language that they have created by refusing to let it grow!

19. Apple’s or oranges?
Apples. Their sweet and crunchy!

20. When is the first time you meet the person who tagged you?
Primary school.

People to tag : Anyone who reads this. Please and thank you xD

Final patch notes for 1.01 CNC kane's wrath.

Desync Fixes


· Fixed a desync that occurs when a Nod ally attempts to create a Decoy army of a Mechapede.

· Fixed a desync that occurs when creating a free-for-all 8 player game with 6 brutal AI.

· Fixed a desync that occurs when playing a 6 player game with 4 AIs after both human players have been eliminated and are spectating the match.

· Fixed a desync that occurs when playing against a brutal AI with 2 players on level Unfair Advantage.

· Fixed a desync that occurs when playing with 2 players against a Brutal Black Hand AI on the map Unfair Advantage.

· Fixed a desync when 2 players use Black Hand vs GDI on the map Tournament Arena.

· Fixed a desync that occurs when engaging Firehawks with Seekers

· Fixed a desync when Venoms attack a Plasma Missile Battery that is detecting an invisible unit



Bug/Exploit Fixes


· The Message of the Day will now show up online for Kane's Wrath.

· In-game rank/stats now show up alongside player name while in the game lobby,
or during Automatch screen.

· Improved Automatch performance

· Reaper 17 – You can no longer sell a stasis chamber to receive a group of Ravagers for only 600 credits.

· You can no longer use group selecting to allow a Mantis, AA-loadout Firehawk, flying Shadow Team, or Slingshot to force-fire on other ground units.

· Titans crushable level increased. Titans can no longer crush other Titans.

· Fixed the minimap while match is loading


Balance Changes

The following balance changes are intended to make resource-gathering decisions more strategic, while also further tuning the combat forces to ensure even balance across all three factions in any combination.

General Balance Changes

· Refinery cost increased to 3000 credits, build time increased to 30 seconds, power requirement increased to 15 units

· Harvester cost increased to 2000 credits, build time increased to 20 seconds

· Tiberium Spike capture bonus decreased by 33%, income per second decreased by 60%

· Harvester health increased 25% for most factions, Steel Talon/Black Hand harvester health increased by 16%

· Build radius: most unit production structures no longer provide a build radius, all conyards have had their build radii increased by 25%

· Advanced infantry structures now provide a basic infantry unit when sold or destroyed

· Grasslands Landgrab: blue tiberium now starts at 0



GDI Balance Changes


---Structures---

· Silo cost reduced by 80%

· Power Plant upgrade now provides double the bonus power

· Power Plant cost and build time reduced by 12.5% to 700/7


---Units---

· Commando armor versus gun, rocket, and grenade doubled

· Grenadier range increased 8%, grenade speed increased 50%,
scatter increased 33%, blast radius increased 50%

· Rig: packed HP increased 33%, unpack/pack time decreased 40%,
repair drone range increased 33%

· Pitbull damage increased 25% against ground units, HP reduced 10%
against air scale reduction 200 to 150.


· Hammerhead speed reduced 17%

· Mammoth speed increased 12.5%

· Shatterer range increased 30%, sonic wave horizontal damage radius tripled,
pre-attack delay removed, clip reload time increased, cost increased to 1500/15

· Zone Shatterer range increased 30%, sonic wave and overload beam sonic wave
horizontal damage radius tripled, removed pre-attack delay, increased clip reload time, cost increased to 1600/16

· ZOCOM Orca burst damage capability dps increased significantly, clip size reduced 50%, cost and build time increased to 1500/15

· Titan crusher/crushable level increased to that of a heavy tier 3 walker,
damage increased 12.5%, railgun-upgraded damage increased 9.2%

· Behemoth range increased 20%, HP increased 10%

· Combat Engineer damage increased by 17%

· APCs now lay mines as quickly as the Mobile Repair Transport (instantaneously)

· Firehawks will no longer force-fire at the ground when loaded with anti-air missiles and group-selected with ground units

· Slingshots will no longer force-fire on the ground when group-selected with ground units

· Surveyor -- damage taken by gun-type decreased by 25%, speed increased by 20%.

---Upgrades/Abilities/Powers---

· Call for Transport ability cost reduced by 60%

· Hardpoints upgrade no longer decreases Firehawk anti-air missile speed

· Autoinjectors health bonus increased an additional 20%

· Ceramic Armor bonus versus gun- and cannon-type damage
decreased by 50% for the ZOCOM Orca

· ZOCOM Bloodhounds power cost increased by 50%, now provides veteran APCs

· ZOCOM Airborne power cost increased by 50%

· Steel Talon Bloodhounds power cost increased by 40%

· Composite armor build time tripled

· Tiberium Field Suits build time and cost doubled, armor bonus vs cannon halved

· MARVesting now returns 33% of the harvested Tiberium value



Nod Balance Changes



---Structures---

· Silo cost reduced by 80%

· Voice of Kane now provides the appropriate increase in combat effectiveness to nearby infantry

· Shredder Turret Hub for Marked of Kane subfaction can now fire when upgraded with quad turrets


---Units---

· Commando armor versus gun, rocket, and grenade doubled

· Beam Cannon range increased 20%

· Avatar beam weapon damage increased by 6.25%

· Purifier beam weapon damage increased by 6.25%

· Flame Tank damage taken from cannon-type decreased 25%

· Fanatic damage increased 54%, blast radius increased 25%

· Redeemer laser damage increased 6%, range increased 7%

· Mantis range increased 10%

· Confessor Cabal cost/build time increased 33%, unupgraded damage increased 50%

· Tiberium Trooper rangefinder has been fixed, increases unit range by 20%

· Awakened speed increased 11%, health reduced 25%

· Emissary -- damage taken by gun-type decreased by 25%, speed increased by 20%.


---Upgrades/Abilities/Powers---

· Reflector Beam ability no longer diminishes attack power, reflection range doubled

· EMP Cannon of the Awakened/Enlightened tuned for significantly faster responsiveness,
squads will no longer perform a funky backwards walk-dance when attempting to get into EMP range

· Call for Transport ability cost reduced by 60%

· Charged Particle Beam cost reduced 66%, upgrade time halved

· Dozer Blades cost and research time doubled

· Black Disciples cost increased 33%, research time doubled

· Purifying Flame cost increased 33%, research time doubled, damage bonus to Flame Tank increased 116%,
damage bonus to Purifier decreased 75%

· Commandeer Beam Cannon damage bonus increased by 50%

· Commandeer Stealth Tank: stealth-upgraded Avatar will no longer lose stealth when moving

· Rage Generator hallucination time reduced 60%, cooldown halved

· Supercharged Particle Beam damage bonus to Shredder Turrets decreased 70%

· Charged Particle Beam damage bonus to Shredder Turrets decreased 60%

· Laser Capacitor upgrade damage bonus to raider buggy increased 33%,
damage bonus to laser turret increased 50%

· Disruption pods now subtract the appropriate 500 credits on use

· Tiberium Vein Detonation damage decreased 20%

· Tiberium Core Missiles no longer reduce the range of the Attack Bike

· Shadow Strike Team power cost increased by 25%

· Shadow Team Explosive Charge damage reduced 10%

· Catalyst Missile radius decreased by 50%

· Mantises will no longer force-fire at the ground when group-selected with ground units



Scrin Balance Changes


---Units---

· Devastator Warship range increased 14%, damage type changed from cannon to grenade

· Storm Rider health, cost, and build time normalized to base Scrin across all subfactions

· Cultist health reduced 20%, speed increased 12.5%, mind control cooldown increased 33%

· Seeker damage taken from cannon type damage increased 10%, damage taken from gun-type damage doubled

· Disintegrator range increased 36%, back-end members of the squad should no
longer have trouble firing

· Devourer Tank uncharged damage increased 23%, charged damage increased 6%

· Mechapede disintegrator segment damage and range halved, corrupter segment range decreased 25%, disc segment modified to be anti-air only, range of disc segment increased 8%, Shard segment rate of fire improved significantly

· Corrupter range increased by 50%, speed increased by 17%

· Ravager damage from gun-type reduced by 33%

· Explorer -- damage taken by gun-type decreased by 25%, speed increased by 20%.


---Upgrades/Abilities/Powers---

· Lightening spike power cost increased by 50%

· Plasma Disc Launcher upgrade cost and build time doubled

· Blink Packs upgrade cost and build time halved

· Attenuated Forcefields research cost normalized to base Scrin across all subfactions

· Advanced Articulators cost/build time quadrupled

· Lifeform Recycling range increased 50%

· Blue Shards upgrade no longer reduces the clip size and firing rate of the Shardwalker

· Overlord’s Wrath damage reduced by 55%

· Conversion reserves now provide the stated bonus of 2x charged shot capacity

· Forcefields now take the intended 1% damage from sniper fire



Neutral Balance Changes

---Units---

· Mutant Marauder damage and speed increased 50%


Other Changes

· Added a Russian Lobby

School

Surds = turds

Nat + surds = crazie

Hoo boy.

WE WENT OUT. HAHA. On 30th MAY. Didn't do much. Jason, Nat and I hung around pyramid waiting for Mun and Nicky to join us after college. Had lunch at KFC. Proposed Hartz but Mun Li was suddenly so money-concious XD Just talked and talked. Not bad eh? Haven't seen each other for so long but still can talk so much. Tis good =P

College starting next week. NUUU. I haven't gotten enough of holiday yet. Anyone wanna come find me for lunch next week? =D

Yaha

YESSSS LETS GO LETS GO!!!

OUTING

HEY ALL LETS GO OUT THIS FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!