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Just glazing over dozens of boring job descriptions and I found this: http://www.seek.com.au/users/apply/index.ascx?Sequence=173&PageNumber=1&ChannelID=1&SiteID=1&JobId=5901707&Keywords=

Thought someone might be interested...

Oh, I prolly should post about WoW eh, cos like... yeah.
Frostmaine just opened up, a PvP server for Aussies and stuff. If people wanna level there it would be fun, I rolled an orc. ^^
Otherwise Ill keep stomping around on blackrock, since its big enough to have a decent population of any and everyone anyway.

i feel that crowd roaring, the lights flashin

fireworks go off and i shake the ropes

i rip my shirt off and women go crazy, i stroke my mustache and they wish my hands were theirs

i wanna run wild all over some elementals

whatcha gonna do brother?

thats what i said to ragnaros




then i leg dropped him



heck yeah brother, this is why i play World of Warcraft

Everyones posting these... I'm not sure how you get tagged but eh... Maintenance.

Finish the sentence:

1. When I was a kid, I had an imaginary friend named...
Batman?
2. I will never get caught in public wearing...
I've cosplayed before. I've gotten drunk before. I make no such promises.
3. I'd rather die than for my parents to find out that...
...I'm legally retarded? Honestly, if there was something I'd rather die than let them know about, do you think I'd post it here?
4. Many people may not know but I'm a frustrated...
umm... no
5. Life would be watermelon if for one week, I could trade places with...
Someone with a cocky British accent and a razor sharp wit.
6. I am a lesbian and I have the hots for...
If I discovered right now that I'm a lesbian I wouldnt really be paying much attention to anyone else now would I?
7. I believe all of humanity should support...
Real Dolls. Same concept as a cats scratching post and is a supporter of darwins theory of evolution. Apologies if you are a burn victim or something.
8. The most ultimate fangirling thing I've done was...
Probably cosplay Iori. I like the style but it just wasnt as fun.
9. I embrace the genocide of...
Anyone involved in the making of the film Pearl Harbour. Aww yeah.
10. The best thing about being me is...
Eh... there is no best part really. Give me some damn perspective man. I can only inhabit one life at a time. Not giving a damn has its benefits.

At gunpoint, what would you choose? (No, really. you have to choose)

1. Chocolate cake that tastes like poop or poop that tastes like chocolate cake?
I figure I eat a lot of fast food so...

2. Really bad underarm body odour or really bad breath?
No brainer as everyone has said before me. Bad breath.

3. Become an overused condom or an overused tampon?
I'm pretty sure the dude who had the gun to my head would've killed me while I comprehended this question enough to make an answer. Err... I'll choose condom, atleast you are aiding someone in joy rather than misery.

4. Beastiality or necrophilia?
People say necrophilia because atleast you arent hurting anybody, but I definately gotta say animal. Engaging in sexual activity with an animal is repulsive yes, but atleast I wouldn't be gagging while doing something. The guides on the net to dolphin sex sound kinda fun too.
I'm ashamed to admit that I gave this answer more thought than any of the previous ones.

5. Ability to melt into a puddle of goo or ability to contort your body as if you had no bones or joints?
No one considers the fact that goo has no way to move itself except for whatever movement you have while melting. I'd take the other one.

6. Get trampled on by elephants or get attacked by angry fangirls?
Clearly elephants. In fact if I ever get trampled from this point on, no matter how bad it is I'll be thankful that it wasnt the other possibility.

7. Lose your teeth or lose your hair? Permanently.
Hair. Hopefully I'll be able to grow facial hair one day anyway. :o

8. Wasabe toothpaste or shawarma cologne (shawarma: an extremely pungent indian food)?
The cologne. Don't get me wrong though, I'm not fckin going anywhere the day I use it.

9. Marry Boy George (circa 1986) or marry Michael Jackson (circa 2005)? NO DIVORCE ALLOWED.
I don't know enough about Boy George to not choose him over Michael Jackson. Tight jeans though... win.

10. See Sadako crawling out of the tv or see your dad dancing around naked?
I've seen sadako crawling out of the TV. I've seen my Dad and another guy his age dress up in loincloths and face makeup and do an aboriginal... thingy, during a rather long drinking session. Sadako haunts you for a night or two... only.

IF's:
1. If you were a pornstar, what would your screenname be?
Slykura
2. If you can have one super power, what would it be?
Ahh I dunno, use the force. I mean what cant you do with the force?
3. If you were a movie title, what would you be?
Definately something Engrish. Fail to think of anything clever though.
4. If you were an anime character, who'd you be?
FAUST
5. If you have 10 bucks left, what would you buy?
$50 worth of counterfeit.
6. If you could turn a boy into a girl, you'd choose?
Rhett
7. If you will jump off the empire state building, who will you take with you? And yes, the person will die, too.
That kinda reminds me of the episode of the simpsons where Homer condems himself to death at an oil pump place, and Lenny goes along with him. Lenny reminds me of Rhett.
8. If your vagina could sing, what would be its theme song?
I'm a happy little vegimite...
9. One word to describe the person who tagged you.
No one tagged me, I'm a rebel!
10. One word to describe this questionnaire sorta thing.
words

I'm no longer aimlessly drifting through life. In the last three days I've formulated a basic short and long term plan and goals for life.

Fuck it feels good.

I am no longer a bum. I'm now an inspired bum. WATCH ME EMO NOOB.

Hai... yes. Rar...

Several weeks ago when I 'gave up' WoW I could type shit endlessly about what I was up to, not really talking about anything in particular. Right now though, Im a bit robbed of an imagination.

Today is the first day so far where I have felt like I'm finally getting somewhere doing this crappy job seeker program. None of the people really seem to want to be there, and the classes I have to go to are rather mundane... how to do phone blanket cold calling or whatever the fuck its called. Anyway, I pulled the person in charge of classes (I shudder to call them teachers), and gave her a sumerised version of my life and uni and now and what I want to do with it all. I got sick of her pairing me up with people who have IT qualifications... I mean fuck. I'm not qualified in anything... I can install windows and change video cards in my machine if I feel like it. I know what cout << means... but yeah... Anyway, I dunno whether its the fact that this woman just blabbers on like nothing, or I actually got the message across, but it feels like I got the message across.

Loki did his D&D thing last night, which I enjoyed until I got a little bit too tired. The whole playing in character thing is still not working 100% right. I like the fact that I chose a confused character... because I'm somewhat confused myself. :)
My main problem with the whole concept of role playing though is trying to grasp the feel of the environment that Loki is trying to set up, when evenone else is trying to play the game the way they want, or not bothering to try at all. On one side of the couch, there is this guy I've never met (in my house D:) that knows D&D like the back of his hand, and he wants the world to be as rigid as fuck, obeying every fucking law set in the player guides and shit. On the other hand we have a couple of people who are just here to have fun and be silly... which is great, but it kinda detracts from the game. Ah well. Hopefully Rhett will show up next week and I'll have someone to bounce of characterwise, and maybe he will tell people to shut the fuck up.

Incase you didn't see Jess' post, I've resumed responsibility as GM (i.e president, convenor, chair, grand fucking chancellor... whatever the hell you like to think of the position as) of my guild in WoW. I can tell you that the responsibilities you take on in this roll in WoW far outweighs that of anything I've ever done in a club environment. It's really quite a challenge, and full of its ups and downs. I get quite ammount of satisfaction out of doing it, and its nice to know that I feel like I'm making more of a difference, but at the same time I'm not sure that I will hold the position permanently. I'm fine with doing the workload, but this 'leader' stuff is quite new to me... in anycase I'll see how it goes.

Anyway, ah... thats enough from me for the next large expanse of time...

Haha, I was taking the centrelink interview thing today.
"Do you have any illnesses, disabilities, ADDICTIONS, or anything else that may prevent you from looking for work."

Uh-huh... I'm addicted to WoW. I raid on Wednesday nights and weekends, so I'd cannot possibly work these nights thank you. :)

I lolled... in my head atleast. Honestly though, centrelink is quite a lot of bullshit you have to go through to prove that you are unemployed. I'm want work so I can get off it ASAP :(

GIMME A REAL JOB (and Rhett too, he needs one)


...and yeah, I'm back at WoW again. I thought long and hard about going back to it too. Why did I go back? Well, the actual urge to play left me for a fair while and I thought that deleting my character would be quite a good deterent... but. I dunno, it kinda reminded me of driving home to Charlton after living in college for a while. College had been such a blast, and I was damned excited to go back home to see my family for a bit, but soon after getting home I wanted to go straight back.
It's like that really. You can be doing the most lame task and still find it fun. Why? Two reasons... because while you are doing that the game is a glorifed chat channel with some great people. The other reason is because doing these menial tasks actually benefit the people you are playing with, when it comes to itemization... and itemization (you character and its advancement) IS the addictive factor in WoW, so they appreciate it as much as I would if it were me. It's kinda the same feeling I got when doing Lunasy or Manifest stuff. The reason I quit in the first place is because just like irl people have disputes (which are somewhat amplified by online...ness) and it detracted from my enjoyment of the game, but when I see that people get over things and have fun... and Im not there with them... :(
So yeah, I'd rather farm 100x dark iron ore a day and do it for the community and the fun of chatting than playing a quality game like HL2, which feels quite empty in comparison.

Ima go farm Saki some thorium to level his armoursmithing... cos I'm a leet farmer. :)

Meeehhh... being productive sucks, but eh.

I'm missing WoW a lot, I got on last night, said hi to people before giving my account to Jess and a few others. Yeah, thats right... I got my character and her items restored, for when I eventually get back into it. The fact that I lost my enchants and my Mass of McGowan (READ: mainhand weapon, most important item) are a sorta nice deterent in going back, having to get them again.

Anyway, I realise how stupid I've been since buying a new PC, and not playing anything I've been missing out on in the past year or so. I bought Homeworld 2 a while back, and I'm not sure if I want to play it. It's really goddam hard. I mean, I loved Homeworld... one of the few games out there that made me go 'wow,' but I don't think I can handle spending an hour or so in micro management only to get owned and have to do it again. I wouldnt mind so much except that this is happening 3 missions in. I enjoy my RTS for sure, but Im not exactly into the build order and rushing gogogo sorta thing. :(

Anyway, these are the games I want to play on PC in the immediate future:
-vampire, the masqerade
-knights of the old republic 2
-BF2
-Tomb Raider (what ever the latest thing is)

Tomb Raiders is in there cos Jess really enjoys the series, so why the hell not. As for the rest of them well... the list is depressingly short for having owned the same out of date computer for 3 years. Throw me some suggestions people. Hell I may play that leisure suit larry game if I'm burn through these too fast. :p

I started Half Life 2 several days ago, and finished it now. The length is kinda okay I guess, when you consider that you get CS: Source with the game as well, but I can understand those out there that just wanting the sequal to **** game of the year. Since the word go in the game you are always doing something, and the chapters dont really seperate themselves as to give the player pause, and to go take a break. I'm sure there are people out there who finished the game in a couple of sittings and didnt even intend to. The flow is fantastic yes, and is part of the immersion of the game, but sometimes the game needs to give the player a break. Gamers have no will...
SPOILER ALERT.
In the first game your some scrub MIT graduate helping some real scientists do an experiment. Experiment goes bad, you wander around dazed and confused and end up wandering into another universe fucking up something that lookings like an alien baby queen and promptly being rewarded with employment thanks to the Gman. The Gman greets you in this game and babbles something incoherent before you come to, finding yourself in a very similiar circumstance to the first game, you're still dazed and confused, have no idea what the fuck is going on except that people are shooting at you... and one of the scientists you worked with is now 'the bad guy' and one of the other scientists has a hot daughter, so you sorta do what she tells you to do for a bit and everyone begins calling you hero of the rebellion, the only 'free man.' The bad guy scientist starts poking you publically about why I cause so much destruction...
HERES WHY FUCKFACE. YOUR GUYS SHOOT AT ME, THESE GUYS ARE NICE TO ME. IF YOU SHOOT AT ME IMA GO FUCK YOU UP.
And thats pretty much the whole story. The gman greets you again at the end of the game and says you've done a lot in a short time, and tells you you are pretty cool, and that you dont know shit... the only thing that is clear to you is that the gman is above your petty struggle between scientists, and that he is probably gay for you.
END SPOILER ALERT

...and theres HL2 in a nutshell. It was pretty awesome, and it was cool to play something with a decent ammount of action in it. Being the hero and owning everything was fun too, instead of contributing 1/40 of the effort needed to take down a big fiery giant dick that drops clothes and/or accessories.

Now Im gonna go eat some chocolate...

Have been chatting to a guy I knew from the Smash scene since I left to play WoW, and this caused me to sift through some of the old forums I used to be regular on.

Smashboarders:
Can I say... fuck me? Fuck me, the scene has grown quiet large in the last 8 months. When I first met these guys there was probably 4 or 5 people playing in Melbourne and if I wanted to play with them I had to drive 2 hours to the other side of the city for it. With the official comps that Nintendo held the numbers have exploded though, and at M@... a Melbourne comp that was held in February had probably 30ish plus people there, a large number of these being peeps from the Perth contingent. Now there is a comp going on of mainly just Melbourners the day before the Manifest weekend at SOMEONES HOUSE (LOL) with 30+ people confirmed. This is for Smash Bros Melee if you didn't know. A game that is probably around 3 years old now...

Ozhadou:
Not so bright here. The guys who run it seem to have put a lot of effort into getting things working. They record all of the official matches that happen and put them on the site in the form of torrents. The site looks marvelous since I last saw it also. Just reading a thread about Sydneys playtime closing down is somewhat depressing now... and sorta sets the the theme for the rest of the board. 'gg fun times, but now its over.' It looks very much like this is a group of friends who arent really willing to make the shift to consoles... which is understandable. Arcade culture is awesome, but for these games to survive competitively its the only way. OHN#, their annual competition looks to be extremely well done, but I get the feeling that the success of it runs entirely of the back of a couple of key members of this community and these people are what drives the community. Ozhadou is a community centered around arcade gaming if you are curious. Here is what they played at OHN4.
Tekken 5
Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Hyper Street Fighter 2: Anniverary Edition
Capcom vs SNK 2
Capcom Fighting Jam
Tekken Tag
Soul Calibur 2
Guilty Gear XX #Reload

This is all I've looked at so far. From what I've heard from Rhett, and one of the Lunasy guys who has op on GA servers, the general online community which once had CS as its sturdy backbone has somewhat had diminishing numbers recently due to WoW (and Guild Wars I'm sure, to a lesser extent). Highly amusing yes, but also kinda sad. Meh, what am I talking about... quiting WoW is somewhat stepping away from online culture. Gotta get me at a LAN. :)

Oh, and if any of you WWWA guys are reading this, Im burning to play some fighters and get back into things, even if its something like tekken or whatever you kids play these days. Please, no gay doujin games though. :/

Ah... it's good to be back.

November 23rd 2004. I purchase World of Warcraft and start a gnome rogue called Omeletta.
August 29th 2005... I delete the character and give up the game. RIP Ome.

To anyone reading this, hi... I'll probably spend more time talking to you in future. ^^

~Zan

Farming Alterac Valley is a nightmare on the senses, but it's better to be over it fast, than do it for a few weeks. 4k to go. :)

Anyway, I've been thinking about Manifest lately and lolling at the fact that everyone seems to have vowed that they will quit next year. Even people who I already disliked last year and believed them to be part of the detriment now seem to be a valued commitee member and cornerstone in comparison. Being a member of MOC I have been ignored to change my email on several occasions, and the email address that stuff is sent to will be closed shortly. I'm glad that I'm not hearing much about the escapades of the committee anymore, but Jess takes interest in it and atleast comes out with some rather amusing snippets of extract of the people who inhabit the organisation... and I say inhabit because a large portion of these people do even less than I do in contributing to the event that will be held in September. I'm sorry Jess, I know my lack of interest in getting stuff done stresses you, but it will be done. Not as a service to Manifest, but as a debt to the guys from Adelaide who have provided excellent accomodation, and a beer fund to us in the past couple of years. I look at AVCon and see a committee of fun people, Mitch, Connel, Neil, and the dutch guy. Every con needs a dutch guy. Manifest lacks a dutch guy, instead we get a lot of socially inept preteens who cannot pronounce 'yaoi.'

I saw AVCon this year purely from the perspective of the attendee, as after the car crash I had little energy to hand out, or even to do much in the way of socialising (hey, its an effort for us gamer guys ~_^). From a gamers perspective there was so much more that could be done, as there is so many different gamers to cater for. I've been slowly plotting the yearly gamer con I've dreamt about since first attending Manifest in 2002, and I'm ready to draft up a concept. Something to start off with that is more significant than fightcon and where we want to take it in a couple of years time. What I need to start of with this though is people. People with initiative. Both bn's intial varient of the cosplay ball and my attempt at creating the uni gamer society failed because I lacked people who wanted to run it and keep it going, not simply assist when asked on.

As said I have a draft for the concept in mind. If I can find 5 people I can find who want to run it with me... and I don't mean help out, I mean run it... I will write up this draft and get things rolling. If you are reading this, live in Melbourne and know someone, let me know. :)

Had to do something that wasn't WoW.

Not sure if I made the right choice though. Anyway, its been a drama and a half. Came with Mon, O, and Mons friend Erika. Erika got her car totalled by some blind old lady who decided it was smart to make a right hand turn reaaaally slowly. Anyway, we are all fucking sore, and I want those hours of my life back waiting for urine tests and ct scans to be cleared. Luckily it happened near Horsham, and Erika had friends near there so we stayed at their place til 2am and caught the bus over. I'm glad to be here and all, but without the energy to be all con going and what not AVCon is sorta bleh, me lacking the will to socialise with the avcon crew nore push crowds out of the way so I can play smash and shit. Oh well... bought a nice new overcoat. ^^

OMG new av

eye or rend ftw

I couldnt think of anything to write, accept that I will be in the cinema this time tomorrow night watching starwars episode 3. There are wookies in this one. Much happiness.

Anyway, I've been playing my rogue since wow release in November with only minor alterations in the talents it has, and I've now given up on my spec. It was an ok spec, I enjoyed playing it like that... but now I feel the need to be overpowered and two shot cloth classes. :p

START RANT HERE
Anyone who knows me knows how much I have loved the combat tree, and have done pretty much everything I can with it, short of switching to daggers and going some complete basterdly backstab crit build. (Wait... no I actually did do that before I switched to maces :/)

Here is an in depth analysis of the combat tree as I see it, and it's talents, and why it is gimp.

Imp Gouge - Anyone with a 22/8/21 (or whatever the fuck it is) build will have this, and it's the reason is supposed to be to have the time to be able to regen energy and backstab better, but has the added bonus of being able to run after using and restealth before the enemy in pvp can do anything is an added bonus (even if I think thats a fckin travesty). That asside, its great for that build, but not that great for a combat build in pve or pvp.

Imp SS - If you dont have this you suck at PVE, and you probably hide a lot in PVP as well.

Imp Dodge/Parry/Riposte - Brilliant in PVE, you last so much longer, its what makes combat THE PVE build, and best for levelling. In PVP its a mixed bag. Useless against casters, inconsequential against hunters (if you are wailing on them they are probably dead anyway, you cant dodge or parry ranged shots), great against melee shamans (though most are respecing to elemental to get chain lightning for zerg), great vs paladins (but meh), not bad against rogues but you still die to a noncombat build faster, druids in bear yeah I guess its okay and warriors...
Well... if it was effective vs warriors I may not even respec just to be one of the few rogues who can stand up to a warrior. Problem is dodging helps a warrior overpower you. Parry/riposte is all great against warrs but doesnt last long enough to count, and they just gained a crapload of rage to unleash on you while you were wailing away at them. To add extra insult to injury you can add a weapon chain to your weapon to counter it if you want, costs 3g. :/

Imp Evasion - 2 ranks equals 19 seconds instead of 15. Evasion, like dodge is only effective against rogues and other classes in some situations. Chances are the rogue you are fighting has prep and may just pop this twice anyway. Never used this before.

Precision/duel weild - Makes your weapons hit more often and your offhand do more respectable damage. I will miss this, consistant damage is excellent for PvE and PvP its handy for trying to put someone down when you have no energy and are down to nothing else. It is hard to judge just how effective these talents are so it will be seen if I miss it or not.

Imp Sprint - lol

Imp Kick - Love this skill, will miss it, but it only for the confusion factor when you have caster/healer characters low and they try to unsta heal/blink or get away. It's cool in PVE, since it works like counterspell you can run upto something and kick it and it will chase you back to a safer location. Two seconds is not long however, and it doesnt make the combat tree route worth going down.
It should be buffed to 3 seconds honestly.

Dagger Spec - I actually made a build getting this with an 8/21/22 build. It has its merits. It gets you imp parry/backstab/riposte and 5% extra chance to crit with daggers, and anything most people want in subtlety up to prep. You dont get lethality and cold blood though. This means little to me those, as 5% increase in daggers would only come to into play for me for ambush.

Throwing/Fist Specialistion Spec - lol

Sword/Mace Spec - If you came down this far in combat you are gonna grab one of these. Sword spec is an obvious help in PvP or PvE as easy extra damage. Mace spec I used to love, except that I swear it keeps getting stealth nerfs. Mace stun was why I stuck with this tree and its just sad when it procs during CS or KS oe immedialty after the previous mace stun and screws itself over with diminishing returns without actually doing anything. If they fixed it to not proc during other stuns or on itself I would not be changing, but I doubt they will do this when so many people are complaining about stunlock on rogues.

Blade Flurry - Really cool in PVE for obvious reasons, PVP it has a couple of uses... It will smack down any totems a shaman will throw on the ground, and it has a small chance of knocking rogues out of stealth before they can do an opener on you if you are wailing on someone else. It has a good cooldown of a couple of minutes. Genuinly a good ability, with the only drawback being that there has to be two enemys near you to be effective, and if they are both close to you then they are probably trying to kill you, the only classes that will try get that close too are warriors and rogues. Warriors can take the hits, and rogues can stun you so it can be rather situational at the best of times.

Aggression - 3 points gives you a 6% bonus to SS and Evis damage total. If you could put 5 points in to get 10% it would be cool. But you can't... so it's not.

Adreneline Rush - About on par with how cool CB and prep are. If you put this on for 15 seconds and mash SS and Evis, for those 15 seconds your damage output will be higher than ANYONE over the 15 second period. This, combined with blade flurry and evasion can help move the odds in your favour when things get messy. In PvP it is useful against shaman, shapeshift druids, and warlocks with high hp. That means basically anything that cant easily be killed with an ambush/cb evis combination. It also helps against warriors, but the odds are still very much stacked against you. Even then, nearly any class has the ability to snare/stun/kite you until the effect runs out making the ability that you cant use for another 6 minutes, and the one that you probably traded for cold blood or prep for utterly useless.

I've had a lot of fun as a combat rogue in PvP. Shaman 1v1 is a lot of fun, and dueling my pali friends is too, and there have been group pvp situations which I loved it, but it is still very situational and in most situations the versatility that prep affords, mixed with the burst damage that cb evis and ambush gives just works better for a rogue that wants to live.

So basically, this is what I'm respecing to once I get a shanker:

Assassination Talents (21 points)
Malice - 5/5 points
Increases your critical strike chance by 5%.

Improved Eviscerate - 3/3 points
Increases the damage done by your Eviscerate ability by 15%.

Ruthlessness - 3/3 points
Gives your finishing moves a 60% chance to add a combo point to your target.

Murder - 2/2 points
Increases your chance to hit while using your Sap, Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot abilities by 5%.

Improved Slice and Dice - 1/3 point
Increases the duration of your Slice and Dice ability by 15%.

Relentless Strikes - 1/1 point
Your finishing moves have a 20% chance per combo point to restore 25 energy.

Lethality - 5/5 points
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Sinister Strike, Gouge, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, or Hemorrhage abilities by 30%.

Cold Blood - 1/1 point
When activated, increases the critical strike chance of your next Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, or Eviscerate by 100%.

Combat Talents (2 points)
Improved Sinister Strike - 2/2 points
Reduces the Energy cost of your Sinister Strike ability by 5 Energy.


Subtlety Talents (28 points)

Master of Deception - 5/5 points
Reduces the chance enemies have to detect you while in Stealth mode. More effective than Master of Deception (Rank 4)

Opportunity - 5/5 points
Increases the damage dealt when striking from behind with your Backstab, Garrote, or Ambush abilities by 20%.

Improved Ambush - 3/3 points
Increases the critical strike chance of your Ambush ability by 40%.

Initiative - 5/5 points
Gives you a 75% chance to add an additional combo point to your target when using your Ambush, Garrote, or Cheap Shot ability.

Ghostly Strike - 1/1 point
A strike that deals 125% weapon damage and increases your chance to dodge by 15% for 7 seconds. Awards 1 combo point.

Improved Sap - 3/3 points
Adds a 90% chance to return to stealth mode after using your Sap ability.

Preparation - 1/1 point
When activated, this ability immediately finishes the cooldown on your other Rogue abilities.

Improved Cheap Shot - 2/2 points
Reduces the Energy cost of your Cheap Shot ability by 20.

Hemorrhage - 1/1 point
An instant strike that damages the opponent and causes the target to hermorrhage, increasing any Physical damage dealt to the target by up to 3. Lasts 30 charges or 15 seconds. Awards 1 combo point.

Setup - 2/3 points
Gives you a 30% chance to add a combo point to your target after dodging their attack.

Geez it's been a while since I've come back here. I feel all emo and stuff, and gosh... the Manifest boards is a little too overwhelming for my current state, that should might bring a tear to my eye. So here I am, typing away, wondering what Linken Park song is the most appropriate to my mood.

Anyway dear reader, I was at work tonight watching Heart Breakers (Not bad film that, kinda peaks at Jennifer Love Hewitt in a secretary outfit at the start though), when it cuts to a news break during the ad. What do I hear? "Coming up next, we bring you highlights of the funeral of the pope." I lol'd, really I did. I commented to the boss that it was not quite the most appropriate thing to say about a funeral. But I watched the whole segment and changed my mind. The news treated the event like half time break in the AFL grand final. People swarmed from everywhere to get a piece of the action. I'm not talking about the Polish people that turned out from miles and miles away, knowing full well that they would not find a place to sleep, no... power to them. The people I'm talking about are the massive ammounts of cameras, media, polatitions, delegates, probable tourists that showed up to bask in the moment of the fucking pope dying. It was like watching a ring of sullen vultures surrounding a wooden casket, nearly none of which couldn't give a toss about religion, Christianity, the Pope or his ideals... with the exception of ol' Dubwya who was probably taking notes on how to hold the good Christian card in his hand while being the fucking anti-christ.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not the least bit Christian. My heart tugged more when I saw ol' Qui-gonn Jin burning away on the big screen back in my teens. Should I really be grieving about this? I'm not exactly a fan of the pope, but I think I atleast respect that the ol' geezer had strong opinions on morality, something that most world leaders right now lack, and it just isn't dignified that the Pope and Catholocism is mocked by those same world leaders, who claim to work under the same God, and twist the ideals of the Church because of it. I hope Alexander Downder is really stoked that he brings home his kid a Pope Commemeration 2005 t-shirt, and I hope he sends me the fcking soundtrack (Christians outclass anyone else in the world when it comes to making freakin epic emo music).
Meh, I've lost coherence... I know this crap happens anywhere and everywhere but I'm angry tonight, I needed an excuse and I found one on TV. The point is... umm... gl hf John Paul the Second. Your ideal of hardcore conservatism won't be forgotten. Neither will your cool golf buggy thing.

Anyway, I now that I'm actually typing stuff I'm gonna take the opportunity to vent about WoW. My problem itself is not with the game, but the people. What ticks me off more than anything else is people that whinge about class nerfs. I hate (most) hunters. Hunters have to be the biggest whingers in the game. I could be because according to wowcensus.com they are the most played class in the game, but I have a theory. People who pick hunter learn to play the game one way. Solo. Hunters are an excellent solo class, and no one looks for hunters in their instance groups. To this end Hunters get ganked for soloing, and think that a good way to learn pvp is dueling. GG noob. First things first, dueling is NOT pvp. NOT. NOT PEEVEEPEE. Read that again. NOT. Why? Dueling is certainly useful for learning what another class is capable of and what they are likely to use against you, but it doesn't mean shit outside the gates of IF/Ogr. Boohoo hunter, you lost to an imp sap rogue who disarmed your ice trap and pwned you. Her is a brilliant idea, get a decent party of 3 or more guildies and go gank in EPL or something... cos Hunters shine in group PvP (HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF GROUP PEEVEEPEE TARD?). There you go, small tip for you all. Stop complaining about your DPS nerf and %(*^)*#(^% learn to play your class.
Okay I'm done
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Hmm, I live journal. Creating a shrine for ones self. To justify the existance of ones self, a need for the 'free' Western world to do when we no longer live on the praise of overs. A way of proving your intelligence, because there is no reflection...

I haven't been here in a while. Last time I started a blog I used it as an emotional dumping ground. Will I do this again? Will I look back on it and wish it wasn't there? (like last time). Good forbid anyone chooses to read this regularly, I really don't want to know that they do... one of the most childish things I remember myself doing is using something like this to give someone I knew who would read subtle hints and messages. She responded by writing up 3000 words in her own journal on why she hated me. A not so subtle message :(

Crap... people just read that. They didn't need to know that. I'm very bad at this... oh well. Hopefully I'll tire of this and use it as a dumping ground of weird dreams, as I only remember them if I write them up upon waking.


ANYWAY... I signed up for a reason.
*grabs survey... thing

1.FULL name: Brendan Mathew Tonkin (If I'd been born a girl I woulda been named Kirby... I think I got jibbed).
2.nicknames: Umm... Zan is a current one. May previous ones...
3.city and state born in: Cuhuna, Vic
4.state you live in now: Vic
5.birthdate: October 29th, 1983
6.astrological sign: Scorpio
7.school: Latrobe Uni
8.hobbies: Seriously? Ahh... games, and people (the internet is both an addiction and a learning experience on that subject)
9.sports that you play/enjoy: Water skiing, when I get the chance... which is not often anymore.
10.height: 185cm (Measure in feet? Get with the times man)
11.weight: 65kg
12.shoe size: Shrug, they aint that big.
13.right or lefty: I've never studied it close enough to make an educated opinion.

*What....*
1. What do you think of the way you look?: I look positively doppy. Sometimes I like it sometimes I don't. For every photo of me that I like there are 30+ others out there where I don't.
2. What do you think about your attitude?: Forever changing... my attitude towards life falls upsidedown and all around every once in a while. My attitude towards people... communication is the key, although I'm bad at it.
3. What do you think about karma?: It's umm... convenient.
4. What do you think about love?: It adds an extra dimension to yourself.
5. What do you think about fate?: It's also convenient...
6. What do you think about your self?: I'm kinda lost. I don't think I have a very clear self image, and I don't really understand my how I should improve on myself...
7. What do you tell yourself if times get hard?: "Whatever stupidity got you here, you will learn from it, and it will be for the better"
8. What would you give your life for?: Whatever can override the most basic instinct that gives me the will to live.
9. What do you think about your first love?: Typical unrequited teenage love.
10. What do you think about the first person that loved you?: I love her back :)
11. What are you scared of?: Isolation, being left out.
12. What was the saddest moment of your life so far?: I think in realising that I may be responsible for damaging someones psychi, simply out of trying to do the exact opposite. The sad part is the realisation that it all came out of arrogance, not kindness.
13. What would life be without friends?: I've been there... its was kinda empty, I don't know whether I could go back.
14. Without family?: Current situation things wouldn't change much, but I know I would miss them eventually. They mean well.

*The Dream Side of You*
1.Do you dream a lot at night?: I constantly day dream... my daydream is like a never ending conversation between two people. If I do dream a lot, I'm rarely aware of it.
2.Do you dream in black and white, or color?: Mostly black and white, still images.
3.Do you remember any of your dreams?: Not very often.
4.Where is your dream make out spot?: As in just kissing? I don't know, somewhere at night... one of the worlds wonders.
5.What is your dream kiss like?: tender and hungry at the same time
6.What is your dream job?: Heh, this changes once a year. Mine would be to run some sort of restaurant club thing which hosted competitive gaming events. Not quite a LAN cafe... but eh, I'm sure if you're reading this and know me somewhat you may be able to concoct it in your head.
7.Where is your dream house?: One that changes magically depending on visitors.
8.Where is your dream vacation?: Exploring the world is not really a vacation. To be honest I sometimes fantasize about taking my gf and friends water skiing...
9.Do you believe that your dreams are a gateway to your soul?: Long answer: define soul, short answer: yes.

*Family*
1.Parents names: Judith Louise and Gary (fail to remember middle name).
2.Do you live with both of them?: No
3.Any siblings? If so, names and ages: Aaron Gary (19 years old), Brittany Alexandra (14 years old), Corey William (11 years old)
4.Do you get along with your siblings?: Aaron: Distanced, Brittany: Yes, Corey: Hah, he's like a little version of me
5.Do you get along with your parents?: Not particularly. I've matured a lot more which helps, however I'm not particularly fond of my parents as people sometimes, because it reflects in my own behaviour. This is the source of my conflict with them.

*Do you...*
1.Do you write in a journal or diary?: ...
2.Do you keep an organizer?: No
3.Do you believe in love at first sight?: Not really
4.Do you believe that every person has one soul mate: No
5.Do you believe in god?: I KNOW there is a higher power, I choose not to believe anything more than that.
6.Do you believe in everyone (even the beyond helpless)?: No... I believe that a society inevitably has to destroy some people to make the system work.
7.Do you believe in having a good education?: I believe that learning is more important than being educated. Unfortunately people who choose to stop recieving formal education early may do so and be disadvantaged by the lack of will to meet more people and do more things to learn from. On the other hand, people who recieve too much formal education can become arrogant, and thus they stop learning believing their philosophy is ultimate. It's a double edged sword.
8.Do you believe in horoscopes?: I believe that reading one can affect the way your day turns out.
9.Do you believe in yourself?: I lack the willpower.
10.Do you shower daily?: Yes
11.Do you like this survey so far?: It's freakin long, and lacks commedy options, but then again, I'm not longer in the mood.
12.Do you like the person that sent you this?: Yes, I do... he frustrates me sometimes which verifies that fact even more.
13.Do you cry easily?: Yes, I'm the type who chokes on words in a song when I'm belting them out.
14.Do you believe in Heaven?: I believe I live in it.
15.Do you believe in hell?: See above
16.Do you believe in reincarnation?: If reincarnation is one of the infinite possibilities, then... yes.

*Favorites*
1.favorite day of the week: If I didn't have to work it would be Friday
2.favorite ice-cream: Spearmint choc-chip (can't go past it)
3.favorite movies: I don't have a favourite. What most affected me after watching it was Neon Genesis though. Most entertaining movie ever was the midnight opening screening of Starwars Episode 2. At the time I was depressed and stressed, and it brought back something nice from childhood.
4.favorite actors: Harrison Ford... umm, not really specific
5.favorite actresses: The chick from Lost in Translation. Funnily enough it was actually her small part in Ghost World which I related to and was really attracted to.
6.favorite quote: Do unto others what has been done to you...
8.favorite music groups: Tool/Perfect Circle, The Whitlams, Foo Fighters, Live
9.favorite music singers: The dude from Tool, my friend Rob.
10.favorite holiday: I'm a uni student, so the Summer one I guess XD
11.favorite season: Summer (if skiing is involved), Winter otherwise.
12.favorite colors: Purple, dark green... the extremes white and black.
13.favorite flowers: Rose I guess... they carry the most symbollism. I also think it was cool that it originated from knights in medievil times who gave them to dames they like, who upon recieving would eat them.
14.favorite book: I, Jedi
15.favorite school subject: High School: Multimedia... Uni: Japanese

*When you hear ___ you think of..*
1.Baseball: bat
2.Jeff: Acidburn (nick of a dude in college named Jeff)
3.Dog: Coss
4.Warm apple pie: That dude from American Pie
5.Socks: washing
6.Fish: yum
7.Nail: wood
8.Amanda: who?
9.Swimming: skiing!
10.Bologna: Pizza
11.Giant Eagle: the US
12.A nun: obedience
13.The # 69: vagina
14.School: St Josephs (My primary school)

*Relationships*
1.boyfriend/girlfriend's name: Jessi
2.crush: ^_^
3.where does that special someone live?: Tomotown.
4.things you like in the opposite sex: Eyes, hair, constant contradictions, uniqueness, the ability to lift the air in a room
5.when was your first kiss: First year of Uni
6.are you a virgin: Yes
7.the most romantic thing anyone has done for you was: Engraved their name, and mine on their Valintines gift, then afterwards told me their Chinese name, which she doesn't share very often.
8.which is more important- personality or looks?: Personality
9.first boyfriend/girlfriend: Thats highly debatable, and would open up a can of worms if I wrote it here. I'm not that stupid.

*Creative Q's*
1.If you had the choice to spin around the sun, or walk on the moon, which would you choose and why?: I can't choose. The sun is constant conflict, and would make me feel alive. The moon is silent, and melancholy, it would be beautiful.
2.What color do you think best describes you and why?: Green: Just really damn goofy, when I'm being light, and somewhat serious and bland when I'm dark.
3.If you could be doing anything right now, what would you be doing: In the embrace of a certain someone. I crave hugs.
4.Would you ever share you heart completely with someone else? Sharing completely is not sharing at all. It's giving. In which case... no. I need some of me to myself, and I need some of her to herself. Otherwise we use the parts we gave each other to reflect on our own beings.
5.Which sense could you not live without, and why?: Hearing. Communication is too important to me, and speech is the highest form of communication in my... err ears. I also would not be able to listen to music.
6.Have you ever written on a mirror? I may have. I used to draw things too...
7.If you could change one thing you did in the last 24 hours, what would it be and why?: I would've gone straight to sleep when I got home and not done this survey -_-
8.Do you prefer sleeping outside beneath the night sky, or your cozy bed indoors?: Sleeping in the night sky I would enjoy with somebody else perhaps. Otherwise I like indoors. Sleeping to the noise of rain is carries traits of the former, which I find really beautiful.
9.What is the most beautiful thing in the world?: hypocracy
10.Name one person whose changed your life for the better: Jess, of course. Many ways in the positive, and nearly no negatives.
11.What can someone do to you that would turn you on fully- physically or mentally- or both?: Appeal to my ego I guess. Anybody is more likely to be turned on if they can make you feel good about yourself.
12.If you knew you were going to pass away within the next few days, what would be the last thing you say, and who would you say that to?: I can't answer this...
13.What is one thing that can make you smile no matter what mood your in?: Something nostalgic. A song perhaps.
14.If you could meet anyone, past or present, dead or alive, who would you meet and why?: I have no idea. I don't admire many people alive or dead.
15.And finally, what makes you you?: My perception of self. Some of which is reflected back to me from people I interact with, some is my own construction.