Carrier from Starcraft 2

Hey guys , whats up and today the subject will be the mighty Protoss Carrier from Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm. This unit does not attack directly, but instead sends out lethal waves of interceptor drones to attack the enemy continuously. With the interceptor's low damage per shot and fast attacks it is advised to stay away from units with heavy armor like the Battlecruiser and Tempest, which also deals bonus damage to massive air units.

The Carrier is great in small numbers to support a ground army, usually consisting of zealots, stalkers, and/or sentries. The interceptors can be doing solid damage, while taking hits for your ground army and targeting potentially dangerous units like Thors, Colossi, or Ultralisks. If you can afford it, I cannot overstate how important it is to keep "train interceptor" on autocast. This way, whenever an interceptor gets destroyed in battle, it will automatically receive a replacement in 8 seconds. Interceptors cost 25 minerals each to deploy. The carrier can deploy interceptors from beyond the range of fixed defenses, making it a siege ranged unit in a sense. The carrier is quite expensive to deploy at 350 minerals, 250 gas, and 6 supply, taking 120 seconds to build, twice as long as a void ray.

The carrier is most effective against light units of any type, like mutalisks, hydralisks, phoenixes, stalkers, and marines. However, it is easily obliterated by capital ships or other units with high bonus armored damage. The carrier also requires a fleet beacon to be built from the stargate, and it can also pick up the "graviton catapult" upgrade, which makes carriers deploy interceptors about 3x faster.

I hope you guys liked this blog. Let me know if you use the Carrier extensively in battles, I'm sure I could give you some pointers!

How to Farm Wheat in Minecraft

Have you ever wanted a better way to fight off hunger than go around killing animals all day in minecraft? Well, I will tell you how to make a simple but effective wheat farm that will eliminate hunger easily.

You will need:

1. Hoe

2. 8 water buckets

3. wheat seeds

1. Dig out an 8 block long, 1 block wide trench and fill it with water (make sure that the water is not flowing, as the plants cannot soak it up easily).

2. hoe the ground on all of the blocks touching the water (including the corner blocks) and plant seeds in them (seeds are found by destroying grass growing on grass blocks).

3.  Dig out an 8 (or longer) block long, 1 block wide trench like before next to one of the long sides of the existing farm.

4. Hoe the ground around that trench too and plant seeds in it as well.

5. Hopefully the hoed land has turned dark brown. If it has, then seeds will grow in it much better, about 4x as fast as non dark brown (if seeds are more than 4 blocks away from water of some kind, they will not be able to grow at all on PC).

6. The seeds do not have to be wheat. You could also plant melon seeds or pumpkin seeds in case you needed those too.

7. When your farm is done, it should look somewhat like the picture.


I hope this blog was helpful and if you have any comments or questions, be sure to tell me, I'm sure I can answer them ;)

Semtex Grenade in Black Ops 2

Hey guys, what's up and I have a blog today with an awesome Black Ops 2 topic: the Semtex grenade, a lethal grenade that sticks to anything it touches: vehicles, walls, floors, ceilings, or even other players! This sticky grenade is really fun to use and is very powerful, killing any player that gets the Semtex grenade stuck to them, even when they have Flak Jacket. Here are some interesting things about the grenade and what you can use it for:

-The Semtex works extremely well as a one hit kill as long as it sticks to the enemy player you are targeting. It can also be used to good effect against ground based scorestreaks like the AGR. Just don't expect to be able to land the semtex grenade on an enemy if you are in a CQC (close quarters combat) area if your opponent is already using submachine guns or pistols, you'll get mowed down before you have a chance to kill the other player.

- It can also be used effectively to keep pursuers off your tail by throwing semtex on the inside of a wall where it can be used as a short lived "proximity mine". If you throw it at the correct time, it will blow the player up and you will be successful in the skirmish.

-Another thing it is used to great effect for is getting fairly close to an enemy player, throwing a semtex at them, and then running away. This is very effective for sticking an enemy with semtex and having him blow up all of his teammates, being very satisfying to watch.

-The semtex grenade is also available in zombies mode on the map "town". It can be used effectively for killing large packs of the undead, or damaging them heavily in the later rounds.

I hope you guys liked this blog and if you have anything to say, don't be afraid to tell me, and with that, have fun experimenting with this lethal!

StarCraft 2 Viking

Hi guys! This blog is going to focus on the Terran Viking from StarCraft 2, a unit that can transform between fighter (air) mode and assault (ground) mode. Note that Vikings can only attack units in the same form as them in their current state (An air Viking can only hit air units, while a ground Viking can only hit ground). I will tell you how to use Vikings efficiently in battle. 

-A good thing to do with Vikings is take advantage of their transforming ability to avoid ground or air only units. A good strategy when facing zerg is when you destroy a zerg structure do the "Viking hop" a maneuver that involves being on the ground, shooting a structure until it dies, and then lifting into the air to avoid the vicious broodlings spawned from the structure. Another use for this is when there are air only units or structures like missile turrets or spore crawlers posted, you can fly in, land and destroy the turrets to make way for a drop ship land in hostile territory.

-Vikings are useful for destroying unguarded expansions too far away from your opponent's army for them to retaliate. This will slow your opponent's economic development and therefore making it easier to destroy their army.

-Absolutely make use of the Viking's bonus damage against armored units, especially capital ships like battlecruisers. They can also kite battlecruisers because of their significantly higher speed and longer range (kiting is shooting at the unit, moving back, and shooting again until the unit is destroyed). Kiting is necessary for this unit for it is very fragile in direct combat.

I hope you enjoyed this blog and learned about Vikings and If you have any comments or questions, be sure to let me know.

How to get Coordinates in Minecraft

Hi guys! Today I will show you how to get coordinates active on minecraft! Coordinates are useful for knowing where certain objects are on a map and knowing what biome you're in and how high or low you are  underground! To get the coordinates up, you have to press F3 on your computer (if that doesn't work try using FN-F3). With coordinates you can find the coordinates of your house and use the coordinates to find it  again if you are lost.

When posting seeds it is important to list the coordinates of all the main attractions (dung
eons, pyramids, etc.) so your viewers know where to look for the cool things in the seed. When you are underground, your coordinates menu will tell you what biome you're in so when you dig up to the surface you know approximately what to expect.

As you can see in the picture, the coordinates tell you where you are in x (length) coords, y (height) coords, and z (width) coords. It also tells you which direction you are facing, which biome you're in (which I've mentioned before) and other info about your location. (Y coordinates tell you how many blocks you are above bedrock, so the perfect place to look for diamonds is between 12 and 16 y).

I hope you guys learned something from this blog and found it helpful. Let me know if you have any ideas for what I should blog on in Minecraft next.

Pyramidvillage in Minecraft

Hey guys! Today on minecraft I've got an amazing seed that has a pyramidvillage! Not sure what that is? Well, it's a desert NPC village with a pyramid in it! The village does have a blacksmith, so you can loot it's chest and then take the treasures from the pyramid for a quick start on resources.

A sight like this is pretty rare, and because of the neighboring forest you can get a quick start on wood.


Even though the village is close to your spawnpoint, you can still get lost, so the coordinates for the NPC village are X-37, Z-117 (if you don't know how to use coordinates, you should read my previous blog). You spawn in the swamp, but the desert can be seen from spawn, so head over and the village will be there.

I hope you enjoy this seed. Let me know if you found any other cool things on the seed, and stay tuned for more MC seeds to come!

Death Machine And War Machine Scorestreaks In Black Ops 2

Hey guys! Today I will be talking about the War Machine and Death Machine scorestreaks in Black Ops 2! These guns can be a serious warning for other players to find cover or somewhere to hide once one of these nasty guns is deployed. Here is what they are, how to use them, and their strengths:

The War Machine is a drum loaded grenade launcher that fires lethal grenades at foes that always deal instant kills and inflict massive damage on hostile ground based scorestreaks. This is very useful for clearing out tightly packed groups of enemies and bouncing off of walls and buildings to hit enemies under cover from behind. However, to compensate for this extreme power, the War Machine only has 12 grenades, and cannot effectively get a one shot kill on an enemy with flak jacket. They cost 900 scorestreak points to deploy.

The Death Machine, on the other hand, is a very powerful minigun capable of clearing out tightly grouped packs of enemies in seconds, and it has 200 shots, much more than the War Machine. It has a fire rate of about 10 bullets per second, so be careful how you spend your ammo. When handling this weapon, on the PS3 press L1 to start spinning the minigun's barrel. this increases accuracy and greatly reduces the delay before firing, but won't be good to use in close quarters combat. When your opponent hears "be advised, hostile death machine spinning up", they will have to get inside or risk getting ripped to shreds by this weapon's high damage and rate of fire. They are quite cheap at only 850 points to deploy, and have a 5-10% chance of being in a care package.

I hope you guys liked this blog and if you have ideas for future blogs or questions, don't be afraid to tell me, I'm sure I can answer them ;)

MK48 Gun in Black Ops 2

Hey guys, Today the subject of this blog is the MK48 gun in Black Ops 2 Multiplayer. This gun is highly effective at medium to long range engagements, and because of its slow but powerful bullets, it can easily take down enemies in most situations. Here are some things you should know about this gun:

Most effective: In medium to long range engagements, where weapons like pistols and submachine guns are too short ranged to bring their fire to bear, with the sniper rifles taking too long to line up a shot, the MK48 LMG remains dominant. However, care must be taken in tight and narrow hallways with many corners, as pistols, submachine guns, and shotguns can easily take you out before you have a chance to use your scope of choice to hammer the opposition. The MK48 is classified as a light machine gun that works well with almost every scope in the game.

Attachments: Already being effective against enemy scorestreaks, the gun becomes even more effective in this already strong point with the FMJ (full metal jacket) attachment, which also gives it increased penetration against items like combat shields. For a scope, I reccomend the Hybrid Optic sight, which lets you switch between reflex and ACOG sights by pressing the main joystick. The hybrid scope gives this weapon effectiveness even in short range engagements with the reflex sight, which is an area where it was previously weak. As always, any gun is good with the extended clip attachment.

Good when partnered with: MP7, R870MCS, B23R, or S12  for close range combat (to get primary weapons as your secondary weapon, equip the "primary gunfighter" wildcard).

I hope you guys enjoyed this blog and if you have any guns you would like to know about, let me know, I'm sure I can blog about them!

Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm Widow Mine

Hey guys! Today I will tell you all about the widow mine, one of the new and extremely powerful units in Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm. This nasty bugger can burrow underground and launch lethal sentinel missiles at enemy units that walk within 5 range of it! The widow mine deals 125 damage to it's primary target, not to mention splash damage of 40 to nearby units, with an additional +35 damage against protoss shields.

The widow mine is cheap at 75 minerals and 25 gas, and because it is a basic unit, it can be produced from a factory with a reactor. Another dangerous aspect of the mine is that it can make a nasty siege unit that unlike the siege tank, can fire at air or ground units. Take the following advantages and disadvantages to widow mines into consideration:

Pros:
-Widow mines are cheap to build, costing only 75 minerals and 25 gas.

-Widow mines do splash damage to air or ground units.

-They may force your opponent to invest heavily in seperate detector production to successfully defuse your mines.

-They can be used in front of bunkers to block the approach of short ranged units like zealots, zerglings, mutalisks, marines, and hydralisks, all of which are vulnerable to area of effect damage.

-With the protoss Immortal's hardened shield it can reduce any attack's damage to 10 if it is above 10. However, the widow mine's attack is unique in that it ignores the immortal's hardened shield, enabling the immortal to be dismantled with heavy weaponry.

Cons:
-The widow mine, with it's extreme power and splash damage, also deals devestating friendly fire to your units. stay aware that units like broodlings could potentially direct friendly fire on your own army.

-Widow mines take VERY long to arm again after firing, so if your opponent was smart they could bait your widow mines out with units like marines, zealots, or zerglings and then use detectors with their army to destroy the mines before they re-arm.

-When detectors are present, the widow mine can be safely destroyed by longer ranged units, notably the siege tank or tempest, both of which have an attack range about three times as long as the mine.

-Getting more in depth with friendly fire, if you are using widow mines to fend off raids with mutalisks, void rays, or banshees, you should know that you can splash your own SCV's with the missiles.

I hope you guys liked this blog and if you find any more cool things to use this unit for, be sure to tell me about it!