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Today's Thoughts - January '04

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Log: #0050 - [2004-01-29]

past the 2345, past the 256, past the 50

The updates since the last Log:
· 6 new snapshots.

And we have another question from the Guestbook that I want to answer here:

why do you have the KATAKANA symbol for ki infront of everything.

Well, that must be an error in your language option.
Try to find the menu-point 'coding' or so in your browsers menu and switch to western codec. There are 2-3 japanese codecs and one of them produces the middledots (who i'm using all over the page) as Kanji or Kana.

Besides this... I passed the funny 2345-hours mark and reached the 2^6 = 256 Picture count as well as the 50th Log. Yay, I guess?

There are still lots of things planned for this site, but in the moment I only find the time when I really have to relax. Also, I cant do anything without some material. The one I want to adress with this, knows.
But maybe it is good that I can concentrate fully on other things.

Take care

Rena

Log: #0049 - [2004-01-25]

sorta hibernating

First things first, the updates since the last Log:
· one new snapshot.
· Aura submitted whopping 25 new snapshots and climbed up to a picture count of 111.
· As well, I added thumbnails for Aura's pages 10-12.
· Maliit was sending new stuff over as well - only 3 new snaps this time, but nice ones.
· the link section got a link to the very well done card-revolution-site now.
· the obvious updates of the charafiles.

All in all I'm very happy with v5.0 of this site so far. I hope you all apreciate the more often updates by now. It's way more comforting than the weekly pieces I put up or not, in my humble opinion.

I've came around to take a break and watched the first 4 episodes of Hack./sign - a very strange and also very slowpaced series. I kinda dont like Tsukasas way of thinking. But well. They're individuals. I'd act different. But then again. I'm no rolemodel, especially not in the japanese way.
What else... It really resembles Final Fantasy XI, as far as I can say that. The music, as nice as it is and as much I like to listen to it... kinda overloads the scenes a bit. I mean, when you cant hear the characters talk, there is something not right with the background music. Then... sung songs are not very good to last over several scenes, imho.
Hm, I'll watch an Episode or two when I need a break in the soon future, but I'm not as fascinated as all the hype around it would rectify. It's kinda like with Neon Genesis Evangelion or Lain. I expected too much.

Oh... why hibernating you ask?
Well, I'm not a bear, and I dont sleep more than usual, but I meant with that, that I'll tone down my PSO time about... let's say... 50% during the next 6 weeks, since it's exam-time.

So, everyone, enjoy the updates and have a nice time until next time

Rena

Log: #0048 - [2004-01-21]

questions and answers

Remarking about the page (besides daily chara-updates) would be the fact that we have 3 new Snapshots since the last Log. Enjoy.

Furthermore, in the Guestbook, there was following question:

I noticed you put Yukishiro besides alot of your names of your charas, which in Japanese roughly translates to snowwhite... Yuki meaning snow and shiro meaning white, explain.....

Well, Yukishiro is a 'fictional' Familyname for most of my characters. So some are siblings for eachother.
Rena being the oldest, Kahimi being the second child were seperated from their parents, who where chosen for the flight with Pioneer 1. Shinobu on the other hand, is the family's waitress and worked as some sort of Bodyguard for the children (Rena and Kahimi), when they where younger. Despite being an android, she grew into the family like a big sister for both of the girls.

In total, all my (reborn) Dreamcast charas have a story, but this will have to wait until I find time to write them down.

What else. Well, I tried 2c2 with Nocturne, some english HUcast and Donoph (also HUcast - was nice playing with you ^-^). It was ridiculously boring at first, then got a very little bit challenging when the english HUcast had to log off since he knew the map a bit more than we two did. But eventually, we found our way through it even though we both tried it for the first time.
Result? The bossfight needed more than 15 minutes and we scored a time of 1'21''44 - not perfect, but also not bad.

This leads me to a personal question to Sonic Team... why are the stages so boring? It's like playing a quest. I mean, yeah, there are some funny and creative Enemy-settings in there, but hey... It's boring after seeing it the third time.
Where is the classical random challenge in it?

Rena

Log: #0047 - [2004-01-19]

frost, stars and c-mode

first of, whats new:
· 3 new snapshots again.
· and of course updating the chara-files.

Yesterday, with the soon upload of 2c2 in sight, my personal goal was to get as many characters through 2c1 as possible. First was Nocturne, who had to wait 2 hours for a team to show up. Auracom assisted me as well as a nice japanese HUmar. We started as a 3-person team and scored 1'08''32. Very nice.

After a little break, I got rati online. A few minutes later, I gathered a nice team, since Solon and Kim also helped. We scored awesome 58''28!

I then got out Chiyo and joined a nice game of two japanese (a RAcast and a HUcast). A french HUcaseal joined as 4th. The HUcaseal got a bit lost in Area 3, since she was a beginner and never did 2c1 before. Chiyo was free to advance and cleared most of Area 4 on her own, did 2 switches and stuff. We had - even with the little delay, a very nice time, but then the HUcaseal got killed. Well ^-^ happened to me as well, the first time I tried this stage.

By now I'm way more familiar with this stage and would consider it as walk in the park. Let's see who I can get through it today.

Stars. Yesterday, I was dragged outside for a while. It was cold, no clouds and one could clearly see all the starsigns. It was wonderful. That's why I love winter.

And today? It's frosty outside. some tiny snowflakes fall down, nothing to mention. Hm. Good thing, internet exists, so I don't have to leave the house.

Take care, everyone

Rena

Log: #0046 - [2004-01-17]

4k

2260 + 1750 = 4010.

Indeed. PSO total time on Cube + PSO total time on DC.
Wow, isn't it? Isn't this game awesome? And still not boring enough to quit it. Must be subconcious messages.

Updates:
· 2 new Snapshots in the Gallery.
· daily update of the charadata-sheets.

Parfait solved C-Mode yesterday. Now only B rank and maybe 2c1 and she may level. Lots of Mind Materials wait to get used. But first, I'll grind her S-Rank - the Strudel Twin. Strange name, huh? Well, I wanted something sweet and joked around for around 10 minutes in the menu before settled on this. Google it up, if you want to know what it is. It's a sweet - so much I'd tell. ^-^

Rena

Log: #0045 - [2004-01-12]

Time out!

So, since Friday, the european DNS server didnt forward anyone to the game servers. Someone pointed out that the fact that it didnt even give HL information and the fact that playsega-HL information is also down, would mean, their database crashed.
Too bad that they went into weekend before this happened at Friday around 8 pm. MET and that noone was there over the weekends (where actually is most traffic, so this doesnt make any sense) to monitor and realise the issue.

We´ll, first I was trapped online with Rena and did several level ups as well as 2c1 and a c5 clear re-run for fun.
Then, Saturday, after cinema, I concentrated on RenaMS and got her repeatedly through the vhard Addicting Food-Quest (only one God/HP so far, but I won't give up). Nothing in 3 vhard Mines runs and nothing in the one Ruins run I did. Well, nothing besides tons of Photon Drops and some nice Barrier/Amp stuff.
So, RenaMS is in Ult now, downed the Forest Sil Dragon and will go back to Addicting Food for another Nar Lilly or two.

By now, the servers should be accessible again - I'll try to get online for some Challenges this afternoon. Every european should get at least 2 days refunded, that is, if they can repair the HL info-databank. Maybe we get a free month and it gets reset *laughs*

Rena

Log: #0044 - [2004-01-10]

Bushido da yo!

Woah. Been in ''the last Samurai'' today and I'm still flattened by this really good movie. First I thought, Tom Cruise (imho his only good role so far was as Lestat in 'Interview with a Vampire'. I really don't think he's a good actor most of the time) would ruin the movie, but he didn't. For an american movie, this was awesome. Especially with a start like that.
Very good fight-coreographies, a very good script and the actors were great as well. A big plus for the lack of any annoying, artificial sex-scene. Nothing worse than an ''obligatory mating scene'' in every movie that is not good enough to last without one.

In total, there are little issues, but those can be easily ignored. No masterpiece but the best what those people who worked on it, could do. I'm a little bit disappointed with the Soundtrack though. Too much 'Gladiator' in it - it could have been a bit more japanese instead. Especially I miss instruments like Shamisen.

Third-best movie of my year - with ''Master & Commander'' as first and ''Lord of the Rings'' as second place. I suggest watching it.

Rena

Log: #0043 - [2004-01-08]

decisions (Updated)

today ... to be precise around half an hour ago on my way ''home'' walking trough the ice-crusted snow (very nice, and its not that cold today as well) I decided that the gamecube would have been my last console.
What does it bring me to, when I pulverise tons of money into something that isn't worked out, not lasting and entertaining enough or - on the other hand, not ending. So with the end of the Cube, there will also be the end of the time where I kept on the pulse of gaming.

It does not mean, I'll stop having my fun with games however. I'll stay more or less frequent on PSO and I likely will buy episode 3, until it gets shut down for v3.
Start for this decision is that exams lie before me and the fact that I did not concentrate on several issues as much as I ought to.

This site will stay online for around another half year and then will eventually have to move. I dont know for sure yet.

Well, please dont put too much concern into all this babble. I'm a bit tired. I have the urge to change something. I'm kinda short of cash anyway. I missed a curve first and now I try to get back on track with driving over the field.
In no way I regret playing PSO. I regret some other things, but knowing me, I wont cry long over spillt milk.

So, by now I have created my 10th and last level Chara: Parfait, the Fonewearl.
Let's see how she turns out and when she will be hitting Bu-EI / Ult. *laughs*

Best wishes to anyone reading this.

Rena

Log: #0042 - [2004-01-05]

fly, little snowflake

Updates:

· The Chara-pages got extended about another mem-card.
· I uploaded a few new snaps myself.
· Maliit was busy snaping over the holidays: 13 new Snaps.
· As well, Muff mailed seven new snapshots..
· I'm proud to link to Hebico's Page now. See for yourself.
· I reworked the technical page / FAQ. Maybe you have never seen it before, but it's a bit more intuitive now, I hope.
· Besides this, minor shape-ups here and there.

Hm, what else...
Survived the start into the new year? I for my part, did. Scary things lie before me now, but I'll have to tackle them. *nods vividly*

Funny facts: over the holidays - which means in the time where I couldn't update the site - I accumulated 170 hours on PSO.
And I not just played PSO, I also played Viewtiful Joe (very cool and funny game, got pretty far into the 4th level but it's starting to get tricky), F-Zero (did I mention that I love the first level of the Diamond Cup? It has a Ken Ishii'esque music - yay ^-^), the Zelda Bonus Disk (I mainly concentrated on Zelda 2 and Majora's Mask so far - both are not seen as very great but I like them nonetheless) and recently as well: Vagrant Story (pretty harsh game, lots of stats but I'll eventually grow into it - some sort of training for Breath of Fire V once I'll buy a PS2 that is *laughs*).

Hannya for example boosted her TP Mat count from around 35 to more than 70 and surpassed 100 HP Mats as well as level 150. I did some more C-Mode with the Level-chars as well as the C-Mode chars and not to forget, I created a new chara - Kanti who is about to solve C-Mode before he seriously starts to level.
For those who wonder, Kanti is the name of the robot in FLCL (Furi Kuri) and officially genderless *laughs*.

So far, so good.
Have a nice January everyone.

Rena

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