Thursday, September 12, 2013

Magic Items in Diablo 3

Hey guys! I have something new for you today! Yesterday I got Diablo 3 on my ps3 and it's AWESOME! This blog will be about magic items you can find in D3. Magic items can include belts, axes, swords, chestplates, helmets, bows, and so on. The magic item will have a special attribute, like higher intelligence, higher dexterity, higher chance of finding other magic items, higher strength, etc. The magic items are randomly generated, so you never know what effect they will have, adding to this game's replay value. Note that higher strength/teleporter/ghost/boss enemies have a radically higher chance to drop magical items. Note that if you find a magic item that you cannot use as the class you currently have equipped (ex. You are a barbarian class and find a magic short/long/crossbow), you should ABSOLUTELY sell it to a merchant in town, as magic items are worth 10-30 times more than non magic items. 

How to identify magic items
Magic pickups have their names spelled out in blue letters. When you find them, do pick them up, because if you have two or more of a non bow magic weapon, you can put one in each hand, essentially giving you the advantages and special attributes of both.

I hope you guys enjoyed this blog and if there's anything else you want to know about this topic, feel free to post in the comments! Bye for now :)

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Enfield gun in Black Ops

Hey guys! Today I'll be talking about the Enfield assault rifle from Black ops multiplayer! This gun is useful in all kinds of situations, having a more mobile feel to it than any other assault rifles in the game. It is easy to get headshots with this gun, especially with the red dot/reflex sight. Here is all the information you need to use the enfield to its maximum potential.

-Because this gun is unlocked so early in your MP/Combat training career, you can use it to great effect against dumb bots or ignorant players. It is one of the best guns for simply scoring easy headshots at medium to long range.

-Don't be fooled by the (ridiculously) low damage bar on this guns stats. It is actually quite deadly to any player/AI, and aiming is faster than any other assault rifle (in my opinion), which makes it a popular choice among the AI at regular or higher difficulty. You could think of this as the more versatile, slightly lower damage successor to the HK21.

I hope you guys enjoyed this blog and if you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask.


Monday, September 9, 2013

Napalm Strike in Black Ops

Hey guys! Today the subject is the Napalm Strike scorestreak in Black Ops Multiplayer! This devestating scorestreak unleashes fiery napalm across an entire battlefield, which will incinerate any players that come into contact with it for about 20 seconds, regardless of which team called it in. Here I will tell you some tips on how to obtain and use this killstreak to your advantage.

-This kill streak requires 5 kills without dying (four with the hardline perk), and can easily be obtained if you remain at a fixed location, where a suppressed Sniper/LMG/AR works best. It is most effective when targeted on long, wide corridors/streets that are highly trafficked areas.

-It is possible to kill yourself by accident with this streak, and your allies as well if they don't get undercover quickly. The napalm is extremely potent, frying enemies instantly on contact.

I hope you enjoyed this blog and if you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Friday, July 19, 2013

How to Make Money in SimCity 4

Hey guys! Today the subject is how to make money in Simcity 4, a realistic city game which brings hours and hours of entertainment. I will show you a few points on both maximizing profit, and minimizing expenses.

Maximizing Profit:

-A common mistake a lot of players make is that they raise taxes too high to make a surplus. I think this is, ironically, the WORST thing you can do to make some cash, as high taxes will not attract new
residents, industry, or (less importantly), commercial zones for the time being. Instead, build lots of medium density Industrial zones and medium density residential because medium density residential can support apartment blocks for several hundred poor residents. This will increase revenue very quickly.

-Make sure to water your buildings, but only use cheap water towers because they only cost $50 a
month to run. irrigating buildings will significantly increase density of buildings, leading to more people, and thus more money.

-If you're going to make a civic building like a school or hospital, make sure that you have a surplus at least as big as the amount that it costs every month to run. For example, if I wanted to make a school, which costs $400 every month, I would make sure my profit was at least $400 more than my expenses so I would not be losing money.

-To make towering hi-rises, zone a high density residential area and make sure there's low garbage, low pollution, low commute time (the time it takes to get to work from the structure), and high academic, hospital, police, and fire grades. These skyscrapers can hold thousands of residents each.

Minimizing Expenses:

-If you are still a small city with schools and hospitals, consider reducing the budget so the amount of teachers to students or doctors to patients will become more realistic. This will also reduce the money spent.

-Don't build landfills or any other structures to deal with garbage, you'll have to pay for the sanitation dept. (the garbage trucks/people who work to process garbage), which costs around $2000 a month for even a reasonably sized landfill, which is money that could be used to greater effect for health, education, or police or fire.

I hope you enjoyed this blog and if you have any questions or comments, post them below. SimCity 4 rocks! :)

Monday, July 1, 2013

Galil gun in Black Ops

Hey guys, what's up and I recently got call of duty black ops 1 for PC, so today I"ll be blogging about the galil assault rifle in multiplayer. This weapon is a well rounded all-purpose weapon, best suited for taking out enemies from a distance. Despite the galil's clear iron sights, it is still preferred by most players to use reflex sight or other optical attachments.
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The galil has a moderately long reload time, so it is advised to get behind cover while reloading. The weapon fulfills its task as an all purpose weapon even better when equipped with the masterkey underbelly attachment, as this weapon allows for better CQC engagements, although when mounted with masterkey, flamethrower, or grenade launcher attachments you cannot have any others on the gun with them.

When creating a class, note that this gun is comparable in power to most of the higher assault rifles, so if you have black ops on the pc like me, then don't work up a sweat unlocking them, they're pretty much no better than this gun.

I hope you liked this blog and if you have any comments, be sure to post them!

Thursday, May 23, 2013

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!

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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 ;)