*before blogging, declares area Jack Thompson-free*

I've noticed recent decline in my productivity in my work, which is writing my books and doing my school work. Slowly, my knowledge of the human body's systems is deteriorating. My sharp eye can't detect out of place objects like they used to. My once overly-complex sentences incorporating ten dollar words are a rare sight!

Day by day, I wake up and feel I'm getting thicker. What's depressing is, I can see the problem, and the source of the problem. Problem is, the source is the one thing I begged for at the ripe age of three, video games. 800+ hours alone in BF2 I've been just pointing, clicking, keyboard-mashing and typing short comments. At least with RTS games, one had to think a bit more.

Solution: less BF2 (heck, I'm almost the Bronze Leaf rank, anyways), more GameSpot posting. So many of the old friends have left, there are still some of you in OT that haven't left yet. ^_^ Besides, posting should improve my grammar, so be a Grammar Nazi all the way! :D

Besides, after playing Bugfield 2, GlitchSpot will be a piece of cake.:lol:

Not much to say, but I'm anxious to see the damage (i.e. number of old members going). Just a little hei 'n' bei from the retired *ducks* Ketchup Man.

Basically, not much has happened since the last blog. New year, new resolution I won't hang on to, new degree of slackerness, new seasons of my favorite USA shows, Monk and Psych, and some new BF2 ranks.

And of course some new videos I played in, literally. Presenting community BF2s top secret film Raven's Call. :D

Been so long I've forgetten how to link. 0.o Such good memories, I can replay the moments like in a clip show of a sitcom. How time can wither things.:|

All in all, investing most of my time in Battlefield 2. :/ Once I reach 4 stars, hei a guy can dream :P, I might come back to GS, but it won't be the same GS. The community's moved on, like me. The great migration?

I've seen many old users leave recently. Silchas and squidney are a few I just checked now. I'm afraid to see who else is leaving. Silchas got banned. :(

So where are they all going? LL? Maybe I'll take another break from GS, of course clearing all business. RC's been dead for me recently.

Oh well, if I do go, I won't get myself banned on purpose. Who knows, sometimes things come back.

Ninjas, Plumber meets Hedgehog, Fire Emblem, Doh!

Naruto Clash of Ninja Revolution, Mario & Sonic Olympics, Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn & The Simpsons game all are newcomers for our Wii collection. I consider myself lucky to get new releases so soon. I usually wait a year or so for prices to lower. Hum-bug!

And to be honest, the only decent one in the lot is Naruto. Haven't tried Simpsons yet, I'm pacing myself.

I am birthday boy :P

Riding the new Beowulf Internet meme, not much to say. o.o I'm getting a new mouse, tho. My family's good at hiding the presents. :P And maybe a new router? I'll not raise my hopes too much.

I'm in the business, as it were

I've brought Battlefield 2 to the next level, and have gotten into the movie-making career with my "clan". I'm the extra/arty fodder/shoeshiner. Fancy title. 8) [BF2s] shall rise again! :twisted: Expect a Christmas release. ;)

With all these new things, I won't be on here as much. *hides in shame* I'll visit if I get my router fixed up. Router spazzes when web browsing, but it can handle online games. Thank you Linksysy. >_>

It was only matter of time before this dinosaur of a router became "sick". My BEFSR11 = Bloody Extreme Flipping Sucky Router is acting up and takes hours to fix. Apparently, this has happened to many people.

Others gave in and bought new routers and used the Linksys as a doorstop, while some found the piece of junk not even worthy to be a doorstop.

It makes me wonder . . . are EA games and Linksys one company offering buggy products at outrageous prices? Recently, Battlefield 2's been acting up. >_>

Due to technical difficulties, I won't be on much. :(

Listening preference for reading this blog: MJ's Thriller!

Now that've you got the hip music going, I'd like to wish you all a Happy Halloween, and that you get a ton of candy! ^_^ Even if you don't celebrate it, you can still dress up or steal people's candies. :P

*takes off fedora* It was a pleasure being a member of GameSpot for a year now. Despite the spammers, recent fad threads, suicide accounts, OT's all right if you hide in RC all the time. Because that's the stuff of OT: RC and the RCers. 8)

When the ghosts and ghouls are about, I'll officially be a 1-year member of GameSpot! :o I should get an emblem for this (this has been long debated by The Emblems Union folks).

I can remember sitting at the laptop, my trusty old HQ, registering to ask some questions in the Mortal Kombat Armageddon forums. Then I started exploring the site, making myself an avatar and sig, then venturing into Off-Topic! Nobody welcomed me much be back then, but who would? Those level oners are usually trouble-makers, spammers, alts.

Well, they got the spammer part right. :P

Now, people call moi by many names: The Ketchup Guy, Captain Jack, Queen Fanatic, whatever. I'm aiming for Psychic now. *rolls out Shawn Spencer parapehnilia*

Listening to: Wake Me Up When September Ends (Naruto version)

Just for the season, I've "made" a few new sigs! ^_^ *makes new sig rotation for the forums* Let's face it, you can't show your Halloween spirit in an online game.

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Listening to: Don Henley - The Boys of Summer

TOP 25 Union Views - Thursday Edition

News - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly:

• Vote for The Emblems Union or Fastesttruck's Top 25 Union (where do you think you fastest gets all these lists?)! Linkie
• Profile views haven't updated recently, so there'll be no list for today.

key: ^ = the union went up the list | v = union went down the list | x_x = union got booted off the list | ^_^ = made TOP status

List:

1. The Pokemon League Union =537427 (+726)
2. GS User Fellowship Union = 524762 (+2303)
3. Off the Books: Hip-Hop Discussion = 501678 (+1150)
4. World Wrestling Everything = 486638 (+1710)
5. ~The Naruto Union~ = 469484 (+1809)
6. -The Halo Union- = 407305 (+949)
7. The Emblems Union = 395809 (+1015)
8. The NBA Union Extreme = 394183 (+213)
9. Liquid Designs = 371610 (+596)
10. PS3 - THE REAL NEXT GEN = 256595 (+1064)
11. Naruto X Bleach Union = 254989 (+164)
12. The Consoles Debate Union = 235950 (+215)
13. The Elder Scrolls Fan Union = 220158 (+1133)
14. The Overclocking & PC Tweaking Union = 216512 (+488 )
15. GTA Legends Union = 211796 (+291)
16. The All Things Nintendo Union = 206112 (+112)
17. Silent Killers Society = 204870 (+188 )
18. Final Fantasy Experience = 204288 (+873)
19. The Guys and Gals United Union = 194422 (+7)
20. The Jedi Council = 193169 (+1059)
21. The Resident Evil Union = 187723 (+674)
22. The System Wars Union = 187448 (+649)
22. The Fable Union = 184312 (+297)
24. GameSpot Live = 175591 (+479)
25. The RPG Temple = 175226 (+703)

Requirements to get on list: Have more union views than those on the list already.
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[Updated 10/23-Updates Weekends]

Not TOP status, but nearly there!

News - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly:

• Thanks to lancelot200, officer of the NEWCOMER, for informing me of The Toonami Union

List:

1. National Football League = 181289 (+1023)
2. Square Enix Experience = 174848 (+1112) ^
3. The Fighter's Realm Union = 171609 (+605) v
4. Church & State = 162768 (+328 )
5. The Crysis Union = 161053 (+516)
6. The Next-Gen Grand Theft Auto Union = 155886 (+134)
7. The Sexay Clan = 143553 (+261)
8. Graphic Studio = 140073 (+1234)
9. The Soul Society = 138533 (+438 )
10. The HeadCrab Union = 138455 (+1176)
11. Sanctuary = 125378 (+198 )
12. Portable System Wars = 125120 (+141)
13. The True Warhammer 40,000 Union = 119870 (+160)
14. The Club Whatever Union = 121117 (+1259) ^
15. Ultimate God of War Union = 119178 (+172) v
16. Evolution of Nintendo Union = 116328 (+432) ^
17. The Legend of Zelda Union = 115518 (+378 ) v
18. Final Fantasy Fans Union = 110680 (+186)
19. Videogame Vixens Union = 110426 (+409)
20. Metal Union = 109839 (+393)
21. The Toonami Union = 107962 (+1797) NEWCOMER!

Reqs: 100k views & up
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If you know of a union that meets these reqs or have a question related to this list, please send a PM to Cyrax-Sektor.

Listening to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rtNcaQvFvI

The past few days, union views and profile views haven't been updating. Until the problems resolved, there will be no union or profile views list for The Emblems Union.

So, day off for mes! :lol:

TOP 25 Profile Views

[List Updated: 10/23-Updates Tuesdays and Thursdays]

Thanks to lonescoF and Sidburn19 for holding the fort and updating the list while I was away.

1. Jeff = 523093 (+ 830 new)

2. AaronThomas = 230109 (+ 215 new)

3. AlexN = 171981 (+ 197 new)

4. GregK = 163396 (+ 107 new)

5. Soulreavercross = 148049 (+ 115 new)

6. NeoJedi = 140281 (+ 811 new)

7. Bansheesdie = 120096 (+ 85 new)

8. adolfobaja = 102137 (+ 7 new)

9. Noweb_basic = 91731 (+ 174 new)

10. Wootex = 87414 (+ 63 new)

11. TheWesker = 87293 (+ 760 new)

12. Devouring_One = 82701 (+ 190 new)

13. Carrie = 81649 (+ 109 new)

14. fastesttruck = 74095 (+ 498 new)

15. Richie-G = 69222 (+ 89 new)

16. Kevin-V = 70369 (+ 204 new) ^

17. U1 = 68581 (+ 41 new) v

18. MrCHUP0N = 67091 (+ 163 new)

19. EightBitWarrior = 64146 (+ 123 new)

20. stephanime = 61502 (+ 28 new)

21. MattRorie = 59233 (+ 40 new)

22. jediskilz173 = 55875 (+ 199 new)

23. DoctorEggman = 52375 (+ 142 new)

24. dannyodwyer = 51370 (+ 63 new) Newcomer!

25. Ryan = 48397 (+ 148 new)

26. JodyR = 43654 (+ 61 new) Gets the boot!

TOP 25 Union Views

October 23rd, 2007 (Central Time)

FYI:

• key: ^ = the union went up the list | v = union went down the list | x_x = union got booted off the list | ^_^ = made TOP status

TOP 25 Union Views - Monday Edition

News - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly:

• Vote for The Emblems Union or Fastesttruck's Top 25 Union (where do you think you fastest gets all these lists?)! Linkie

List:

1. The Pokemon League Union = 536701 (+716)
2. GS User Fellowship Union = 522459 (+1685)
3. Off the Books: Hip-Hop Discussion = 500528 (+1511)
4. World Wrestling Everything = 484928 (+1744)
5. ~The Naruto Union~ = 467675 (+2527)
6. -The Halo Union- = 406356 (+1096) 40K!
7. The Emblems Union = 394794 (+1044) ^ We're moving on up!
8. The NBA Union Extreme = 393970 (+273) v
9. Liquid Designs = 371014 (+674)
10. PS3 - THE REAL NEXT GEN = 255531 (+972) ^
11. Naruto X Bleach Union = 254825 (+269) v
12. The Consoles Debate Union = 235735 (+382)
13. The Elder Scrolls Fan Union = 219025 (+817) ^
14. The Overclocking & PC Tweaking Union = 216024 (+647) v
15. GTA Legends Union = 211505 (+441)
16. The All Things Nintendo Union = 206000 (+199)
17. Silent Killers Society = 204682 (+287)
18. Final Fantasy Experience = 203415 (+1095) 20K!
19. The Guys and Gals United Union = 194415 (+11)
20. The Jedi Council = 192110 (+871)
21. The Resident Evil Union = 187049 (+1261) ^^
22. The System Wars Union = 186799 (+751) v
22. The Fable Union = 184015 (+833) v
24. GameSpot Live = 175112 (+220)
25. The RPG Temple = 174523 (+580)

Requirements to get on list: Have more union views than those on the list already.
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Not TOP status, but nearly there!

News - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly:

• Thanks to lancelot200, officer of the NEWCOMER, for informing me of The Toonami Union

List:

1. National Football League = 181289 (+1023)
2. Square Enix Experience = 174848 (+1112) ^
3. The Fighter's Realm Union = 171609 (+605) v
4. Church & State = 162768 (+328 )
5. The Crysis Union = 161053 (+516)
6. The Next-Gen Grand Theft Auto Union = 155886 (+134)
7. The Sexay Clan = 143553 (+261)
8. Graphic Studio = 140073 (+1234)
9. The Soul Society = 138533 (+438 )
10. The HeadCrab Union = 138455 (+1176)
11. Sanctuary = 125378 (+198 )
12. Portable System Wars = 125120 (+141)
13. The True Warhammer 40,000 Union = 119870 (+160)
14. The Club Whatever Union = 121117 (+1259) ^
15. Ultimate God of War Union = 119178 (+172) v
16. Evolution of Nintendo Union = 116328 (+432) ^
17. The Legend of Zelda Union = 115518 (+378 ) v
18. Final Fantasy Fans Union = 110680 (+186)
19. Videogame Vixens Union = 110426 (+409)
20. Metal Union = 109839 (+393)
21. The Toonami Union = 107962 (+1797) NEWCOMER!

Reqs: 100k views & up
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Removed
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If you know of a union that meets these reqs or have a question related to this list, please send a PM to Cyrax-Sektor.