Ca9ine – Gamer, Blogger, R3t@rd

by Ca9ine

August 14th, that’s the big day! My birthday!

As we approach this (un)holiest(?) of dates, I’m gonna be a cheeky bastard and publish a wishlist of things I sorely need… OK, maybe just want. But still, something for me! And I’m gonna be even cheekier and leave a little donation button here for you all to maybe help me retrieve these wants.

Ca9ine’s Wishlist

• Mad Catz Street Fighter IV Xbox 360 Fightpad Ryu Edition In order!
• Acer One netbook

That’s it! That’s all I really want. With weight on the Mad Catz Fightpad!
Your donations and gifts will be recieved with a hearty “Thanks!”

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Yup, that’s the name and brand of my new controller.
After my previous little slaughter of the Thrustmaster T-Mini, I had to go get myself another gamepad. The GameStop Advaned Controller has it all, and it was cheap! A fourth of the price of and Xbox 360 controller! It also satisfies my needs and my thumb is doing OK considering it’s still sore after the T-Mini’s abuse!

It features:

• 12 programmable action buttons
• 2 analogue sticks & programmable turbo function
• 2 powerful vibration feedback motors
• Programmable turbo function
• Comfortable Rubber hand-grips & coating

But, that being said, I’m still after an even more 1337 controller!
I’m after, and am gonna get the Mad Catz Ryu 360 Fightpad (bottom right).
There’s a few factors involved in why I’m getting this; It’s a pure D-Pad without the analogue sticks, made for fighting games, perfect button setup and licenced for Street Fighter IV, and last bo not least; It fucking rocks! The design and look is excellent! If you’re a Street Fighter IV fan, this is the pad for you!

Maybe I’ll get the Fightstick sometime  too!

PS.
Linked site is a flash site.
Navigation is needed to locate the accessories mentioned.

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Come on! Is the anything cooler and more addictive than Street Fighter IV?
The answer is “NO”, plain and simple! I was afraid I might have had hyped myself up way too much on the insane hype around the game itself, but no, this game even managed to impress me way beyond my expectations concidering!

17 years ago, Street Fighter 2 came to the SNES, and I have not been as overwhelmed by any other game in the series since. Until now! Street Fighter IV looks, feels and handles so great,  even when using a keyboard. I’m getting myself a D-pad or and Xbox 360 controller, though, something  just doesn’t feel right when playing a Beat ‘em Up when the controller is missing.

The graphics, you can’t complain. They are great! Smooth animations, impressive effects and for the PC, you can choose different artistic styling to the graphics. So god damn cool! I feel a little wet around some cavaties here!

The special moves are just excellent! Nothing has ever looked better!
HA-DOOOOOO-KEN! Can you tell my favourite character is Ryu?

The inclusion of Games For Windows – LIVE and the achievements is a welcome addition in my opinion. Fight other players online, and use the achievements to strive to become a better player (fighter? YESH!). Check the GFWL leaderboards and set your goal! I know I have!

Find me and challenge me! I’ll take you on!
SHO-RYU-KEN!

*Entry edited due to finding out the clan 99KINGS are cheaters*

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by Ca9ine

Fuck me it’s great to be home again!

After a somewhat, not exactly shitty, but not great vacation up north, it’s damn good to be home again. MY house, MY bed and not to mention MY TOILET! I love my toilet! It’s my sanctuary and my throne, where I can enjoy a few minutes of peace… and a shit.

In all seriousness, the old saying “home sweet home” couldn’t apply any more perfect to me. The best thing is, I still have a couple of days left of my summer vacation. Which I will and have spent refurbishing my middle son’s bedroom.

I’ll also be picking up and finishing the work on The Group Thing together with Hangman, Mustang, Salteh and Tsujigiri. And you can mark my words when I say; it will be jawdropping when it’s done. Expect a little blog entry here when it’s time. We’ve spent countless hours on it, so a little promotion here is well deserved if you ask me.

Now, I’m off to bed! Good night!

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Allow me, fellow gamers,
to indroduce and urge you to setup an account with Raptr.

Raptr is a social networking site for gamers which has it all, and is under constant development to satisfy the gamer’s needy needs. Track and share your gaming stats, post to eachothers profiles, compare your 1337ness with others and get the low-down on the latest relevant news in the ever expanding gaming world. Find new friends in the Recent Activity list or just check out what’s the most popular game these days by checking the Raptr Activity of games.

Think Facebook for gamers, people! Only way cooler! With the ability to post your updates, unlocked achievements, when you’re gaming and even a summary of your gaming day to Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, Ping.FM and Plurk. Compile all your gaming alisases and gamer-accounts onto a list on your profile page so both your friends and yourself can keep track of it all. Like I said, this is the ULTIMATE gamer’s social network!

Xbox LIVE/GFWL, PS3, Wii, Steam, even individual games, they all get tracked and updated to you profile once you go online!

Picture this; you just bought a new game, you find it to be great, mediocre or just plain terrible and want to share with others or warn others about the new game. Well, write a review! It gets published to the game’s respective section for all to see and take notice of. Your recent review also gets it’s own box on your profile so your friends can easily see what you think about the game.

I want to also mention the level of support and participation of the Raptr staff.
You don’t see the level of support and participation by the staff on any other site like this than Raptr. Got a problem or an issue? Get on their forum and say you do, you can be damn sure you’ll get in direct touch with one of them! If you’re like me and want to find out everything about Raptr, a little investigation will show you why Raptr is a success, and who is the mastermind behind it all. Hints: QUAKE champion,  QUAKE 2 champion, John Carmack’s Ferrari!

This network has it all, people. Raptr is getting huge! I could go on and on, but it’s best you go take a look for yourselves! Register, download the client and start gaming, tracking and socializing!  You won’t regret it! It’s all FREE!

Visit: www.raptr.com

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