Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Day 16 - Big Day
No, this day wasn't too special. Although one amazing thing happened today, which I wont mention in this blog, sorry. Anyway, I woke up today in a good mood. I'm done with all my exams, so that's one huge burden off my back. The day went by fast actually, I didn't do a thing today, which was nice. Just went about the house, killing time, messing around the computer. You know, you've done it too... I need a bit of rest for tomorrow since I'm taking my college exam, which I'm pretty sure I'm gonna destroy, but I shouldn't be too confident, don't really care. It's just a huge bother, to go all the way there, take the stupid test which is easy, and go home. Fuck that! Although, my friend and I might to to McDonald's which is always good, I love Early-Grave food. That's the only thing making the trip to Belgrade good, my best friend. We're gonna hit a few shops, see what's new, wish we had some of that stuff, like a guitar I saw the other day, ughhh. Gonna have to start killing people for money. Anyway, there's no grand plan for later, it's 00:11 on the clock, people keep interrupting me. I don't really feel sleepy, yet there's nothing to do. I finished watching the 5th season of House, so now I have to wait til September for the 6th season.............................................. A pause, people really need to stop interrupting me. Anyway, there's nothing more I could actually say about today or tomorrow. I'll update this thing when I get home tomorrow.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Day 13 - The Spider Dream
I had a weird dream a few days ago and now I feel like writing it here, it goes something like this...
I was in my house, which for some reason was in a Harry Potter theme, old pots, antique furniture 'n' all. Anyway, I was walking by a small cabinet, and I had a feeling I'd find a magic spider behind it, and to my surprise I did. It was a big black magic spider. This particular magic spider had a rare phenomenon of weaving a golden orb on it's belly while carrying 4 little spiders on it's back, every million years. I really had no idea how I knew of this legend and why it's happening right now, in my house, but i was psyched! A friend was there, but he just stood there, doing nothing. I didn't tell anyone about the spider. Also, there were a few of my girl friends there. One of which was idiotic enough, to run by me, and to avoid smacking into me, she jumped to the side, pushing the cabinet which I was standing by. My initial thoughts were "Oh god, please, just please let the spider be okay." and of course, the spider was crushed. I was so angry and sad at the same time. Angry at my friend and sad because of the spider. After seeing the spider, I sat down on the doorstep, put my right hand on my face, my left hand was extended on my knee. And she walked by me, and put the spider in my hand. The spider was still alive, but barely, it was just twitching and green blood was dripping from it. I was just petting it with my thumb... The spider was really hairy and had spikes on it, they were soft but still sharp. Also, the golden orb was dispelled and the four little spiders died too...
I was in my house, which for some reason was in a Harry Potter theme, old pots, antique furniture 'n' all. Anyway, I was walking by a small cabinet, and I had a feeling I'd find a magic spider behind it, and to my surprise I did. It was a big black magic spider. This particular magic spider had a rare phenomenon of weaving a golden orb on it's belly while carrying 4 little spiders on it's back, every million years. I really had no idea how I knew of this legend and why it's happening right now, in my house, but i was psyched! A friend was there, but he just stood there, doing nothing. I didn't tell anyone about the spider. Also, there were a few of my girl friends there. One of which was idiotic enough, to run by me, and to avoid smacking into me, she jumped to the side, pushing the cabinet which I was standing by. My initial thoughts were "Oh god, please, just please let the spider be okay." and of course, the spider was crushed. I was so angry and sad at the same time. Angry at my friend and sad because of the spider. After seeing the spider, I sat down on the doorstep, put my right hand on my face, my left hand was extended on my knee. And she walked by me, and put the spider in my hand. The spider was still alive, but barely, it was just twitching and green blood was dripping from it. I was just petting it with my thumb... The spider was really hairy and had spikes on it, they were soft but still sharp. Also, the golden orb was dispelled and the four little spiders died too...
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Day 11 - Razor, The Lightning Revenant
Since the new DotA came out, people have been freaking out about the reworked hero, Razor. So I decided to play with him a couple of times and see what's all the fuss about, here's my review of the hero.
Razor, The Lightning Revenant
Razor is lightning incarnate. It is a living being, capable only of unleashing it's tremendous electrical power to anything and everything nearby. The only indication of sentience from it is its ability to control its surges, which never seems to actually strike any it would call friend. Like its namesake, it cuts to the bone, with speed and accuracy, sometimes jumping from one thing to another. Its unnatural form gives it speed, and a thirst for blood. It is a force to be reckoned with, and only the strong dare face it.
Razor is lightning incarnate. It is a living being, capable only of unleashing it's tremendous electrical power to anything and everything nearby. The only indication of sentience from it is its ability to control its surges, which never seems to actually strike any it would call friend. Like its namesake, it cuts to the bone, with speed and accuracy, sometimes jumping from one thing to another. Its unnatural form gives it speed, and a thirst for blood. It is a force to be reckoned with, and only the strong dare face it.
Plasma Field
Ability Type: Active
Targeting Type: Instant
Ability Hotkey: F
Razor releases a wave energetic plasma which grows in power as it extends outwards. Deals damage to units both on expansion and on contraction. The further the plasma is from razor the more energy it has.
For detailed information:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2hs7ugy.png
Explanation:
When you activate this spell, projectiles go outward of Razor and when they reach their maximum range, they go back in. The projectiles look like Storm Spirit's attack projectile and they go in a 360 degree angle, like the active ability of Shiva's Guard. Now, here's how it works, in order for it to reach it's maximum damage (level 4) of 350, your target has to be touched twice by the very end rim or the electric circle. Because the circle deals damage while it's expanding and while it's contracting, dealing 175 damage each time it expands/contracts. It takes some time to land both circles right, to deal the maximum damage, but it's worth it. It's also very useful for farming, in lane or in the forest.
Ability Type: Active
Targeting Type: Unit
Ability Hotkey: C
Taps into the energy of a target hero, creating a charged link between Razor and his foe. As long as this link is maintained, Razor will continue to steal damage from the target and adds it to his own. Drains up to 10 seconds. Bonus lasts 13 seconds after that.
For detailed information:
http://i43.tinypic.com/282nkhx.jpg
So, at level 4, you steal 20 damage from your enemy every second, for 10 seconds, and the bonus lasts 13 seconds after that. This spell should be cast on the opposing team's DPS/Carry hero, so the effect would be that their main damage dealer would get their damage reduced drastically, while your own damage would get greatly boosted. This spell works well with Razor's Ultimate, Eye of the Storm. Since the target's armor gets reduced, boosting this buff further. This spell can be countered by simply running away from Razor, and the link will break. Although, with his 12% increased movement speed, this would be slightly more difficult, but not too much.
Unstable Current
Ability Type: Passive
Targeting Type: N/A
Ability Hotkey: N/A
Razor's very body is a constantly shifting miasma of dark energy. This unnatural state allows him to move with supernatural speed, and any foe foolish enough to launch a direct magical assa ult against him will have their boldness rewarded with a shock of purging electricity.
For detailed information:
http://i44.tinypic.com/jj1j0i.jpg
Explanation:
Ok, so basically this spell makes you a less desirable target for spells since it deals 100 damage back to anyone that casts a spell on you. It's pretty self explanatory, it boosts your movement speed by 12%, which make chasing down/running away a lot easier. And can be used in effectivly with his Ultimate.
Eye of the Storm
Ability Type: Active
Targeting Type: Instant
Ability Hotkey: E
The Lightning Revenant calls upon a powerful storm of crackling energy, which strikes weakened enemies with deadly bolts of lightning. The storm is charged with Razor's malevolent will, and will seek out only the most injured targets for its armor shattering blasts.
For detailed information:
http://i39.tinypic.com/v30z1v.png
Explanation:
This is the spell that everyone screams "BROKEN" when they see it. Basically, what it does is, picks a random target every 0.6 seconds in a 525 range and deals 62.5 damage to it, it also reduces the unit's armor by 1 point. Since it lasts 30 seconds on level 3, and has a cooldown of 60 seconds it's pretty spammable, and can also be used to clear creep waves really fast. It can be used together with any of Razor's other spells, which makes Razor a really scary hero in a team-fight.
Conclusion:
This is definitely an improvement to Razor, compared to the old one. In short, the old Razor had a steroid spell which increased his attack speed for 100%, but he took 20% more damage while it is active, and without items like Vanguard or The Butterfly, Razor didn't have a lot of chance to survive a good nuking, being an agility-hero (low HP). His second spell was a standard 300 damage Chain Lightning that jumped 9 times. A spell which increased his movement speed by 10% and gave him an extra regeneration of 2HP per second. His ultimate was, Storm Seeker, an ability which damages units around him for 120 damage every few seconds. He was basically and auto-attacking, item-dependent, boring hero.
The new Razor, on the other hand, has a lot of veriety. His first spell takes a bit of skill to land for full damage, his second spell is actually useful, which is basically an anti-carry spell. His third spell allows him to chase down heroes, or run away if needed, it also shocks back for 100 damage, so a near-dead hero won't cast spells on you, unless he has a death wish. And his Ultimate is actually pretty strong now. Some might say it's a bit imbalaned, but I'm not entierly sure, the armor reduction is maybe a bit too much. But, his Ultimate, when you look at, what it basically does, isn't a lot differnt from Krobelus' Exorcism. They both work within a certain area (even though Exorcism can chase down heroes far away from Krobelus), they both damage withing that area for a considerable ammount of damage.
Now, here's something a lot of people don't really know, the Ghosts that are summoned by Exorcism have the "Locust" ability, which bypasses armor(not 100% sure on that one) and other damage reduction items/abilities like Vanguard or Kraken Shell. On the other hand, Eye of the Storm deals magic damage, which gets reduced by default magic resistance (25%), Magina's shield and Hood of Defiance.
Also, Exorcism damages buildings, unlike Eye of the Storm, which makes it an incredibly good pushing tool, but it doesn't reduce armor. On the other hand, Eye of the Storm reduces armor by 1 every strike (which isn't a lot considering there are 5 heroes (and potentially creeps) on the field, but doesn't attack buildings, seems like a fair trade.
This was made in a hurry, so I'm sorry if it looks a bit sloppy, and thanks for reading.
Targeting Type: Instant
Ability Hotkey: F
Razor releases a wave energetic plasma which grows in power as it extends outwards. Deals damage to units both on expansion and on contraction. The further the plasma is from razor the more energy it has.
For detailed information:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2hs7ugy.png
Explanation:
When you activate this spell, projectiles go outward of Razor and when they reach their maximum range, they go back in. The projectiles look like Storm Spirit's attack projectile and they go in a 360 degree angle, like the active ability of Shiva's Guard. Now, here's how it works, in order for it to reach it's maximum damage (level 4) of 350, your target has to be touched twice by the very end rim or the electric circle. Because the circle deals damage while it's expanding and while it's contracting, dealing 175 damage each time it expands/contracts. It takes some time to land both circles right, to deal the maximum damage, but it's worth it. It's also very useful for farming, in lane or in the forest.
Plasma Field
Targeting Type: Unit
Ability Hotkey: C
Taps into the energy of a target hero, creating a charged link between Razor and his foe. As long as this link is maintained, Razor will continue to steal damage from the target and adds it to his own. Drains up to 10 seconds. Bonus lasts 13 seconds after that.
For detailed information:
http://i43.tinypic.com/282nkhx.jpg
Explanation:
So, at level 4, you steal 20 damage from your enemy every second, for 10 seconds, and the bonus lasts 13 seconds after that. This spell should be cast on the opposing team's DPS/Carry hero, so the effect would be that their main damage dealer would get their damage reduced drastically, while your own damage would get greatly boosted. This spell works well with Razor's Ultimate, Eye of the Storm. Since the target's armor gets reduced, boosting this buff further. This spell can be countered by simply running away from Razor, and the link will break. Although, with his 12% increased movement speed, this would be slightly more difficult, but not too much.
Unstable Current
Targeting Type: N/A
Ability Hotkey: N/A
Razor's very body is a constantly shifting miasma of dark energy. This unnatural state allows him to move with supernatural speed, and any foe foolish enough to launch a direct magical assa ult against him will have their boldness rewarded with a shock of purging electricity.
For detailed information:
http://i44.tinypic.com/jj1j0i.jpg
Explanation:
Ok, so basically this spell makes you a less desirable target for spells since it deals 100 damage back to anyone that casts a spell on you. It's pretty self explanatory, it boosts your movement speed by 12%, which make chasing down/running away a lot easier. And can be used in effectivly with his Ultimate.
Eye of the Storm
Targeting Type: Instant
Ability Hotkey: E
The Lightning Revenant calls upon a powerful storm of crackling energy, which strikes weakened enemies with deadly bolts of lightning. The storm is charged with Razor's malevolent will, and will seek out only the most injured targets for its armor shattering blasts.
For detailed information:
http://i39.tinypic.com/v30z1v.png
Explanation:
This is the spell that everyone screams "BROKEN" when they see it. Basically, what it does is, picks a random target every 0.6 seconds in a 525 range and deals 62.5 damage to it, it also reduces the unit's armor by 1 point. Since it lasts 30 seconds on level 3, and has a cooldown of 60 seconds it's pretty spammable, and can also be used to clear creep waves really fast. It can be used together with any of Razor's other spells, which makes Razor a really scary hero in a team-fight.
Conclusion:
This is definitely an improvement to Razor, compared to the old one. In short, the old Razor had a steroid spell which increased his attack speed for 100%, but he took 20% more damage while it is active, and without items like Vanguard or The Butterfly, Razor didn't have a lot of chance to survive a good nuking, being an agility-hero (low HP). His second spell was a standard 300 damage Chain Lightning that jumped 9 times. A spell which increased his movement speed by 10% and gave him an extra regeneration of 2HP per second. His ultimate was, Storm Seeker, an ability which damages units around him for 120 damage every few seconds. He was basically and auto-attacking, item-dependent, boring hero.
The new Razor, on the other hand, has a lot of veriety. His first spell takes a bit of skill to land for full damage, his second spell is actually useful, which is basically an anti-carry spell. His third spell allows him to chase down heroes, or run away if needed, it also shocks back for 100 damage, so a near-dead hero won't cast spells on you, unless he has a death wish. And his Ultimate is actually pretty strong now. Some might say it's a bit imbalaned, but I'm not entierly sure, the armor reduction is maybe a bit too much. But, his Ultimate, when you look at, what it basically does, isn't a lot differnt from Krobelus' Exorcism. They both work within a certain area (even though Exorcism can chase down heroes far away from Krobelus), they both damage withing that area for a considerable ammount of damage.
Now, here's something a lot of people don't really know, the Ghosts that are summoned by Exorcism have the "Locust" ability, which bypasses armor(not 100% sure on that one) and other damage reduction items/abilities like Vanguard or Kraken Shell. On the other hand, Eye of the Storm deals magic damage, which gets reduced by default magic resistance (25%), Magina's shield and Hood of Defiance.
Also, Exorcism damages buildings, unlike Eye of the Storm, which makes it an incredibly good pushing tool, but it doesn't reduce armor. On the other hand, Eye of the Storm reduces armor by 1 every strike (which isn't a lot considering there are 5 heroes (and potentially creeps) on the field, but doesn't attack buildings, seems like a fair trade.
This was made in a hurry, so I'm sorry if it looks a bit sloppy, and thanks for reading.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Day 10 - School, DotA
I'm sorry I haven't wrote anything in the blog for a couple days, I've just been busy with school. Which is going great, by the way. Took my math exam, finished it in a flash. Have another exam tomorrow, I think I'm pretty much ready, but I'm not 100% sure. Anyway, the past days were more or less productive, even though I was quite busy. But other then school, I really have nothing to say. I've missed training twice, which is really bad, since we have an exhibition on the 14th in the town of Kragujevac, and I really need to practice my sword fighting techniques. I might devote a blog to explaining Ninjutsu (Bujinkan), because a lot of people aren't familiar with that martial art. Last night, the long awaited DotA 6.60 version came out. I'm quite pleased with the changes. The only thing that I mind is the new item and show layout. There are two new heroes: Tauren Chieftain and Troll Batrider. Now, just like with every new hero, people need to get used to them, playing with them and against them. Also, the hero Razor has been completely reworked. Of course, a lot of people are pissed off because they think he's too imbalanced, overpowered or whatever. Here, I'll do a review of the new hero, in my next blog...
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Day 7 - Fawless
I really don't have anything to complain about today. I was woken up by a gorgeous, blond, police girl. She was looking for my "neighbor". Then I went to the store to buy some bread. The store owner's really cute daughter works there from time to time, she always smiles at me when I walk in. Today, she asked me for my phone number, we talked quite a bit via text messages. She seems like a sweet girl, but really childish, so I don't really want anything with her. Later through the day, I talked to a couple of friends, had a lot of laughs. Hung out with my best friend, played some DotA, 't was a blast. Played some Guilty Gear with an extremely good player, it was awesome. Helped out a friend with something. Watched some House, it was a really relaxing day. Sorry, no rants for now, but something's BOUND to piss me off soon. Anyway, I might actually do something with this blog other then just talk about my life that, honestly, you don't care about. So, I'll grease up my brain, and see if I can come up with something cool to write about in the future...
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Day 5/6 - This one was nice
Oh well, it's 04:03, I got home recently, and I wasn't home all day, so no blog entry for 5th of June. Anyway, this day turned out to be awesome, woke up at around 9:15, phone woke me up. Canceled the appointment with the dentist, woke up waaaaay too tired to walk all the way downtown just to get my face butchered. When he said "It's okay, call me tomorrow and we'll reschedule it." my face just lit up with joy. Went back to bed, slept for another 45-60 minutes, felt good as hell. Got up, wired my shit together, and went to Belgrade to sign that damn college contract, all went by flying. Been to a mall, watched some stuff, ate some McD's, had a lot of fun. After that, went back home, it started raining, bought bread on my way home, chilled a bit. Washed my hair, maaaaan can that thing be a bitch to dry. -.-'
Later on, went out. Had quite a bit of fun, but later through the night, few people started to annoy me. But I guess that's fine, since my whole day was pretty much awesome.
Anyway, did some stuff in between all of that, but I'm a bit tired to write anything and I doubt you wanna hear about it. XD
I'm off to the sack in a few minutes, will update this tomorrow...
Later on, went out. Had quite a bit of fun, but later through the night, few people started to annoy me. But I guess that's fine, since my whole day was pretty much awesome.
Anyway, did some stuff in between all of that, but I'm a bit tired to write anything and I doubt you wanna hear about it. XD
I'm off to the sack in a few minutes, will update this tomorrow...
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Day 4 - As I expected
It's 11:40 on the clock, and as always, the happy fun times last short. The reason for saying this is, the day went to hell as soon as I opened my eyes, and I'm not even joking. I get woken up by my friend's phone call, turns out, the exam is on Tuesday. I definitely didn't want this to happen, since I'm fucking ready for the god damned fucking thing and I don't want it delayed. After that I went to the dentist's... Oh boy, can that decrepit old fart piss me off to infinity. He always has some grand lecture to give me about every word that comes out of my mouth. Next, he starts fixing my tooth, okay that goes... Not entirely swimmingly but he gets the job done. THEN, he charges me 10 euros MORE then he usually does. My face is like O.o' but no problem, I give him the money. WHILE he was fixing my tooth, my phone starts ringing, of course, I didn't answer it. When I walked out of the office, I look at my phone, turns out the college secretary called me. I ring her, then she calls me back. And oh fucking boy, the conversation didn't really go, as planned. She called me to confirm our meeting tomorrow. Sure no problem, but we had to reschedule the meeting 2 hours later, because of my appointment with the dentist, again, tomorrow. Now, she asked me for some documentation, THAT I TOLD HER I COULD NOT ACQUIRE UNTIL I FINISH FUCKING SCHOOL... Mainly the last diploma. And even though I told her this last time, she asked for them again. I explained it to her again, and she was like: "Okay, no problem, then just get the other documentation and you can bring the rest when you get access to them." This pissed me off severely, since it's just a fucking contract singing. My friend signed the contract, they didn't ask for ANYTHING. This is what pisses me off, why ask ME for documentation, when they didn't request anything from my friend? Anyway, now I don't really have time to rest, I have to run around town, getting my picture taken, getting the other docs that I need for this stupid meeting tomorrow. This would ALL be fine if they told me that I HAD to get them. But they didn't say shit at our last meeting, no docs, nothing, just get the documentation at the exam. The fucking exam isn't tomorrow, it's fucking 13 days from now. As you can tell, I'm pretty pissed off.
And since that wasn't enough, my phone, just magically started fucking up, the keyboard got messed up, half the buttons won't work, the other half has to be pressed really really hard in order to work, but when you press it a bit harder then "really really hard" the button messes up and types out a character that you don't want. My friend just HAD to call me, ask me how I'm doing, what's up etc... And I really don't like this girl, she's just too annoying and childish. I can't stand her even when I'm happy, let alone when I'm about to shoot someone in the face from rage. On my way home, I have to buy bread, got to the bakery, the line is a billion people long, consisting mostly of really old people. I just took off, hoping to find bread in a store further up the street, and I did. Now I got home, get online, a shitload of people I don't like start messaging me. Good thing that among those idiots, there was a guy I respect, so it was all good. Other then that, I told everyone to... Well, lets just say I wasn't really polite. ^_^'
So, the start of the day was pure shit, and the rest of it doesn't seem like it's gonna get any better. On top of all this shit, my tooth just hurts for like 0.5s in 2 second intervals. Sure, I get it, it's supposed to be that way after a major fixing like today, but COME THE FUCK ON. Also, I have no painkillers... Happy fun times. ^_^
Now, I'm just gonna go take a nap, because I could really use one, also I need to wait for my mom to get home so she could give me money to get the pictures taken etc...
Yeah, I know I'm a bit too pissed off, but I can't help it. I used to be a lot calmer a couple years ago. Now? I get annoyed pretty quickly...
And since that wasn't enough, my phone, just magically started fucking up, the keyboard got messed up, half the buttons won't work, the other half has to be pressed really really hard in order to work, but when you press it a bit harder then "really really hard" the button messes up and types out a character that you don't want. My friend just HAD to call me, ask me how I'm doing, what's up etc... And I really don't like this girl, she's just too annoying and childish. I can't stand her even when I'm happy, let alone when I'm about to shoot someone in the face from rage. On my way home, I have to buy bread, got to the bakery, the line is a billion people long, consisting mostly of really old people. I just took off, hoping to find bread in a store further up the street, and I did. Now I got home, get online, a shitload of people I don't like start messaging me. Good thing that among those idiots, there was a guy I respect, so it was all good. Other then that, I told everyone to... Well, lets just say I wasn't really polite. ^_^'
So, the start of the day was pure shit, and the rest of it doesn't seem like it's gonna get any better. On top of all this shit, my tooth just hurts for like 0.5s in 2 second intervals. Sure, I get it, it's supposed to be that way after a major fixing like today, but COME THE FUCK ON. Also, I have no painkillers... Happy fun times. ^_^
Now, I'm just gonna go take a nap, because I could really use one, also I need to wait for my mom to get home so she could give me money to get the pictures taken etc...
Yeah, I know I'm a bit too pissed off, but I can't help it. I used to be a lot calmer a couple years ago. Now? I get annoyed pretty quickly...
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