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8th PHILIPPINE TOYS, HOBBIES AND COLLECTIBLES CONVENTION

Semidoppel — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:12:29 +0000

Wee! I have just attended the 8th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention held in SM Megamall Megatrade Hall 2 and 3, 5th Level Building B. Organized by TOYCON, the event will be from June 13 to 14, 2009 only. The entrance fee is worth 100 Php only, it is worth it because lots of freebies will be given away but only until supplies are available. This was my first time to attend this kind of event, I was alone because my repapips don’t want to go with me. It’s ok, they missed half of their life not to attend this convention.

The Adventures of Semidoppel (naks!)
It was 1 o’clock in the afternoon when I decided to go alone, I wish I have been there earlier but that’s impossible, I have work in the morning and my only free time is in the afternoon. When I got there, I saw weird-looking people, I don’t have any idea why they look like that. Then I knew it, these were cosplayers behind me, but not yet in costume. I went to the ticket booth and bought a ticket, here’s the ticket.

The ticket is not for the entry purpose only, it is also for the raffle event they held inside. I did not join the raffle because I want my ticket to be my first souvenir, haha.

When I am already inside, I saw the huge gallery of different toys, they have Transformers

Marvel Superheroes like Ironman, Spiderman, etc.

Wolverine of the X-men

Star Wars

Life size Action figures like Thor, C3PO.

And many more!

They also have the Customized Action Figure Contest here’s an entry:

They also have the G.I. Joe Fan Art Contest

Different booths can be seen inside and one of them is the E-Games booth, where they give freebies to their registered players. All I did was register to their booth and after that they gave me a Cabal CD Installer complete with latest patch. The posters were already out of stock, so sad T_T. GM Boom and GM Charl were also in the event, they endorsed Cabal Online, they show game features, and actual game play, latest patch and the upcoming patch Soul and Siena.

They have also shown the Trailer of Dead Fantasy
(If you want to see Dead Fantasy 1 and 2 click the link below.)

Dead Fantasy 1

Dead Fantasy 2

They have also shown different movie trailers of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Shorts and The Hangover.

Different bands performed, they have Reklamo, Fault line, Haponesang Dilat and Japan Baby.

It was so shocking when at the middle of Japan Baby’s third performance, the power was cut. “May sumabog po.” that’s what the host said. We all thought that the smoke that covered the band was just produced by dry ice. After 30 minutes, all went back to normal and the cosplay contest began.

Before I proceed to the cosplay, I just want to share the most important thing that happened yesterday, I saw Ashley and my ultimate crush Alodia. These two were so famous because of their beauty and the way they portray different characters. Alodia is already seven years in cosplaying, she was also one of the judges on the cosplay event. I was so near to Ashley but I was so shy to ask her to have a picture with me. I was one foot away from her, and Alodia was about two feet away from me. I have never been this shy to a lady before, it seems that I am seeing an angel, so overwhelmed of the beauty in front of me.

Ashley and Alodia

Here’s more of Alodia and Ashley’s Pictures

(click thumbnails to see larger pictures)

It was already 5 o’clock in the afternoon when the cosplay contest began. There were 170 cosplayers that joined the event. Different babes..ehem… made my fantasies come to life ahahaha! Also different superheroes, villains, ninjas, robots, and monsters appear.

Some are so gorgeous wearing their costumes, some have different gimmicks, some are really on “career mode”, just kile the cosplayers of Mecha Godzilla, Bumblebee and Ran Online character.

And this is my favorite, the Little Bumblebee.

It was really tiring but it was so much fun. It felt like that I became a child again, wanting every toy I see, craving to be like my favorite superheroes, imitating their moves and the way they look. I will be on this kind of convention again if I will have time, and next time I might join the cosplay, I am planning to portray Kakashi, and my 4 year-old brother as Naruto haha!

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CABAL NATION WARS in the PHILIPPINES SUCKS

Semidoppel — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:10:16 +0000

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It was so disappointing that the Nation War event of Cabal Philippines sucks! Why? Lots of bugs, lots of hacks, lots of cheats, and until now still unresolved. I’m tired of it!

I still remember the last war I joined last Friday (I’m a Procyon). I am targeting the Center of the map, when I am at the second guardian/legacy barrier(S6), I was surprised, three Capella players were already there! How possible was that? Six of us lead the run going to the center point and it was really impossible for these Capellas to be there that fast because it was way too far from their base. Also, it was not just a one straight path, obstacles and lot’s of terrain curves exists in the war map. One of my party members said that it was a MAP hack. MAP HACK WTF? What is that?

At first I was clueless about it, but when I am going to Mutant Forest to level grind on a certain spot, I discovered how this map hack works. If you know the Procyon spot where there is a nipa hut (we called it “kubo”), I saw someone level grinding there. I asked for a party, he declined it. Then suddenly I saw him passed through the “kubo”, yes, like a ghost. Then he returned so he passed through it again. He also passed through the trees, and any obstacles that may block him. He has a party member, and he said “pare naka Map Hack yan”. I’m just stupid not to remember the name of the character but it was a Procyon.

Another one that I hate, the speed hack. I experienced it when I do PK with a Magic Force Shielder. He cast cannons and lances very fast, I am a Force Shielder myself so I know what’s the fastest casting time of the skills even in a combo state. Normally, you can see how a character cast cannons or lances, you can see the retraction of the arm, but with this one he cast like there’s no tomorrow. He looks like suffering from epilepsy. “Parang nkikipag Jack en Poy sa bilis ng Kamay”.

How can we stop it?

First, we players must learn how to play fair. Yes this is just a game but still we should refrain from doing such things. It diminishes the game’s integrity. The thrill will be gone. I don’t know why some players will do these kinds of cheats and hacks. Botting inside the game looks legal nowadays because they can’t stop it, will these speed hacks and map hacks will be the next things that can’t be stopped?

How can they stop it?

If there were so called in-game GMs, why can’t they participate inside the war map during war hours and monitor every legacy barrier points. If they really want to stop it, they should put more effort in doing so, they will ban those players using such hacks. I still remember the times when Ragnarok GMs were so active in castle siege. They were hidden inside the castle, monitoring the state of the game. There was this “emergency call” bug that was abused by guild masters; it was a skill that you can warp all your guild members beside you in an instant. All Guild masters caught using the bug were really banned.

This post might bring negative or positive reactions from different readers or players. All I want to say is that this is my point of view; I just want to have a wake up call to each and every one concerned in the same MMORPG we play.

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MY FORCE SHIELDER PVP STRATEGY

Semidoppel — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:09:56 +0000

These types of PVP tactics were generated based on my own experience. I don’t say that IT WILL ALWAYS BE EFFECTIVE. Also these tactics didn’t require AOD ( Art Of Defense), because so many players will just say that we only win because we rely on AOD. So I’ll post tactics that will not require AOD so that they will not complain. By the way there’s a little discrimination on us force shielders, when we duel, our opponents will use ALL OF THEIR SKILLS just to win, AOD is a skill, so why complain when we use it. SCARED???

Force Shielder

Before I start, please bear in mind that we will assume that all characters will be on the same level. Equipments during pvp are also almost the same in terms of damage. Just to justify that everything I might post is possible.

PVP Against Warrior and Sword FS

HEAD ON! (No fade, no roll over)

* Shield Splinter 18 + Shield Charge 20+ Shield Break 9 + Shield Splinter 18 + Shield Explosion 20 + Shield Break 9

Sometimes 4 skills are enough as long as Critical Damage will be consistently possible. It happens to me so many times. This is not a damage per second type of attack, I call this as a nuke type of attack, as you can see Splinter was on lvl 18. The problem with this attack is that if critical damage will not occur on two consecutive of skills, you’re done!

MORTAL BANE TRICK

Same attack strategy just like what was written above, the only difference is that, before the duel will begin, you will cast Mortal bane. Here’s the trick, first it requires very fast hands, why? When you start the combo, begin the attack with Shield Splinter, then if it was already casted, right click the Mortal Bane icon so that the state will be cancelled, you recover your defense. We abuse the damage given by Shield Splinter and the Critical Damage Increase it has. This might look hard to do but it is effective. Warriors have very high HP compared to Force Shielders, sometimes the DPS tactic using novice or regular skills are not that effective because it relies on MB and AOD only.

If you can sacrifice a little more, try using level 20 Force Kick and I hope it will do a critical damage before you start the Shield Splinter combo.

PVP against BLADER, FORCE, BLADER

These characters are very hard to catch. Sometimes you will look like an idiot trying to catch them if you click the wrong skill to use. Tip? Start the combo with Shield Splinter and reserve the other range attacks if ever they will do fancy teleporting.

“HERE I COME” Move

*Shield Splinter 18 + Shield Charge 20 + Shield Break 9+ Shield Splinter 18 + Force Kick 20 + Shield Ray 20

* Force kick 20+ Shield Break 9+ Shield Splinter 18 + Shield Charge+ Earth Divide 20 + Shield Splinter 18

* Shield Splinter 18 + Force Kick 20 + Shield Break 9 + Shield Charge 20 + Shield Splinter 18 + Shield Ray 20

Here all skills with range capability were reserved so that wherever they teleport, it will be easy on us to follow at once.

As you can see, Shield Splinter was my favorite move, the damage it have on level 18 was 776, has a 61 HP down to an opponent for 8 seconds, also on the coming patch Splinter will have the stun effect, also the upcoming buff Might Wish will have +60 Attack.

Again, these tactics were based on my own experiences, they might be not the best strategy but still, it works without the use of AOD.

CABAL NEW ADDITIONS | FORBIDDEN ISLAND

Semidoppel — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:42:54 +0000

I was surfing the net searching for what might be the updates that E-Games will patch on Cabal Onilne. Then I saw these additions that might occur on the 2nd quarter of this year. I was excited because my character on this MMORPG will have another buff skill, and I can see that we can now match anyone on PvP. Here’s the additions I adapted from The Unofficial NA Cabal Online Podcast

New dungeon “Forbidden Island”
• Lvl. 125 or above
• Battle Style Lvl. 11 or above
• Entry item: Compass to the Lost Island
• New Introductory dungeon quest “Forbidden Island”
• Time Limit: 60 Min.

Here’s a teaser preview

New Force Shielder Skills

THE BUFF I WANNA HAVE!
A. Might Wish (Buff skill that strengthens one’s attack )
Type: Sword Buff Skill
Effect: Attack +60(Lvl. 20)

B. Field of Provocation (Explanation: Debuff skill that attracts monsters to attack oneself)
Type: A wide range Debuff skill
Effect: Fix the target of the monsters to oneself
Cool Time: 90sec
Time required: 15sec
Attack range: 5
Max Target Number :7

New Items(SIG Metal Level Weapon) (Weapons Level : Between Redosmium and Mithril

Cabal New Weapons

New Titles (About 800)
A. Addition of new title when field named monsters are killed
• When killing the named monsters of the map above Forgotten Ruin .
• After achieving the title, hints for the next title is opened.
B. Addition of Mission War Title
• Title is given upon killing of Legacy Guardian and Sage’s Ensign
• Title is given upon killing opponents
C. Addition of Crafting related Title
• Title is given when Lvl.4 of Rare Epic weapons/Armors item is crafted and succeeded.
• Title is given for every level of the crafting.
D. Addition of Chaos Arena Title
• Earned upon clearing Chaos Arena
E. Addition of Dungeon related Title
• Title is given upon clearing the dungeon
• Dungeons: Lake In the Dusk, Ruina Station, Frozen Tower of Undead B1F, Volcanic Citadel, Frozen Tower of Undead B2F, Forgotten Temple B1F, Forgotten Temple B2F, Forbidden Island
F. Addition of Quest Group Completion Title
• Title is given when a certain group of quests is completed
• Quests: Tutorial Quest groups, Scenario Quest groups, “The Fighter Who Leads the Stars” quest
G. Addition of Hidden Helper T related Titles
• Title is given when the Hidden Helper T quests from 1 to 82 are completed
H. Addition of BSLVL 100 Promotion Quest Title
• When promotion quest of LV. 100 is completed, the title is given
I. Addition of PK/PvP Title

J. LVL 170 Title
• Title is given when LVL. 170 is reached (Note: When the Max. level is changed to a higher level, the title is taken away and the requirement changes as well.)
K. Addition of Alz related Title
• Title is given when 1 billion / 10 billion / 500 billion Alz is in possession in the inventory. (When the amount changes, the title changes as well)

[Other Additions]
1. New Crafting Formula Card
A. New List of Formula Cards
B. Increased Success Rate of Formula Cards
2. Addition of the crafting items in the Port Lux Grocer
A. Normal Crafting items will now be sold from the Port Lux Grocer (Blue Feather, Shining Tooth, Strange Stem, Force amplificator)
3. Party Members Information on the GPS window
A. Function that allows viewing of the character name of the party members from the GPS or the Mini-Maps while in the same party.
4. Added “Stun” effect on the Shield Splinter Skill
5. Item Duration Information is added on the party member’s item looting information
6. Added list of “WExp” on the category of the Blessing Bead
7. Agent Shop location is added in the GPS window
[Changes]
1. Monster Spawn location and EXP changes of Pontus Ferrum
A. Monster Spawn Location Change, i.e. improved the game by relocating monsters so that the monsters are gathered better. Before, the monsters are scattered around making the grinding somewhat troublesome.
B. Substantial increase to the experience gained from PF mobs.
2. Changes in General Crafting Materials
A. Addition of Force Core(Piece) is needed when creating a Return Stone
B. When crafting an Upgrade Core, only Upgrade Cores of lower classes are needed(Upgrade Core(High) crafting remains the same)
3. Force Blader’s Battle Mode 2(Blader Shooter) attack skill changed
A. Before: Beam attack with Magic Skill after Sword Skill
B. Change: Normal Attack (4 Consecutive attacks), Beam attack removed.
4. Provocation Train Rank Downgraded
A. Before: Trainable at Master Rank
B. After: Trainable at A. Expert Ranl
5. Wizard Avatar Image Change (The Weapon)
A. Upon equipping the weapons costume, the weapon image changes to the staff
**Mission War**
[Changes]
1. Personal score achieved by attacking structures and guardians is adjusted downward
A. Personal score achieved by attacking the Gate/Force Tower/Sage’s Ensign/Legacy Guardian in Tierra Gloriosa is decreased by half.
B. 25% of whole damage is achieved as personal score.
2. Personal score achieved in Lv 95 ~ 129, Lv 130 ~ 149 mission war is increased
A. The reason of adjustment is that it is hard to achieve basic score in mission war for low level range as the score achieved by destroying structures is decreased by half.
3. It is changed to that the issue of mission war with no attendance does not affect on war penalty.

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