Time to get my arse kicked

The annual WCG is fast approaching. I still haven't registered for it yet. It's time to get my arse kicked the same way like last year's WCG Halo2 competition.

Last Friday night, I was playing Gears of War with my kaki on xbox live. We were doing quite well and played as a cohesive unit. We really gave it to our opponents. One of my friend Spidey mentioned that it would be great if we could find a team of opponent that closely matched our skills and form.

From the back of my mind, I was think... Perhaps we would really stand a chance this time round. With the all powerful Spidey, Shotgun King Fantod, AI Killerway, there's really a possiblilty that we could make a difference. However, I know that if I am to be the 4th person in the team, I would probably bring down the team...

I always like to think I'm good. However, I know deep down that there are so much more better player than me... I'm really torn. AbbiyR for example, would be a much much better player than me.

Sigh... meanwhile, I'll check the Internet tonight to see if the registration is still open...

300K Club

Okie. I lied. This post is still about Guitar Hero II. I can't help it but that damn plastic guitar is still so damn attractive.

Last night, I've joined the 300K club. That's an achievement that's unlocked by achieving 300,000 points in a single song. It had seems unattainable to me initially but somehow, I did it. There's no question about what song I did it with. What else other than Freebird???

I'm really running out of achievements for this game. 400K? I think not in the near future. 1000 note streak? Not really up for it. Although I know that both this achievements can be unlocked by playing a solid solid Freebird on medium, it's just too hard. There're part of the guitar solo that I just couldn't grasp the rhythm.

I'm experiencing a strong reluctance to try to clear the song 'Stop!' in hard. As the difficult level said it, it's so damn hard and it really literally 'Stopped!' me in my tracks.

Meanwhile, I'll just be contented to try and bump up my career score.

Pathfinder

Yesterday was pathfinder day. On my way to work in the morning, I had no less than 3 different tourists coming up to me asking me "You got any idea where is....."

In some strange ways, I am glad that I looked approachable enough for them to ask for directions from me. I always enjoyed helping people out who needed directions and I genuinely tries to help them. I'm sure all of them got to their destination via the fasted possible route anyway.

This reminds me of an incident in Australia, Melbourne a couple of years back.

I was lost... trying to find my way to this ticketing booth call '1/2 Tics' where they sold discounted tour packages and stuff. Unfortunately, I didn't have a map with me at that point of time I approached this seemly friendly Australian fellow asking for directions. He was kind enough to give me directions.

"Go straight, hit *** street, turn left. 2 junction later, turn left at the traffic light. Then go straight and turn in *** street and go all the way to the end."

I followed his instructions to the letter. And I ended up exactly where I started! Hahaa! It was a good walk anyway. Thanks for the directions mate!

And thus the rock ends...

This probably would be my last post on Guitar Hero II.

I finally did it. 5 star for 'Carry me home' in medium.

The moment the achievement for 'Most likely to succeed - all 5 stars for medium' appeared, I felt a sense of exhilaration I haven't felt in years...

At the same time, I felt a moment of sadness... Regardless of how good I think I am at this game, there are limits and I think I've reached them. To complete 'hard mode' is a really tall order for me. I'm not sure if I can ever achieve that...

Meanwhile, I think I'll take a break from trying to be a Guitar Hero... At least, my wife, nephew and niece already think that I am one.