Ode To A Dinosaur

Hi Guys! 

(especially to all Tekken fanatics)

Remember last Friday when I said I was suppose to feature someone? 

Yes I'm not making it up. As a matter of fact, it's an interview with a PRO Tekken player.

Fortunately today, after a week of anxiousness (thinking he would back out ahahah)
I was able to steal some of his time. (Nah..I literally begged for it LOL!). 

LET'S BEGIN!

ME: Today I want to introduce you guys, the man behind the most popular Tekken team in the Philippines. Known as JAIL in Tekken Zaibatsu, the Founder of T'Recs himself,
Lyan Tansingco!

LYAN: Hi everyone!

ME: So in behalf of the readers, I would say "HI TOO!" *LOL!* 

Lyan, it's an honor for me to interview you.
I know that you're such a busy person so I won't take much of your time.
Let's now begin with my not-so-pro-interview-questions. (haha!)

ME: Was Tekken your first played arcade game?

LYAN: Yes. 

ME: Cool! So, when did you started playing Tekken and what's your favorite series?

LYAN: I started at the age of 20. (do the math guys, LOL!)
All Tekken series are my favorite, even Tekken 4, which most of my colleagues don't like.

ME: Who's your all-time favorite character? 

LYAN: None, specifically. I tried different characters based on their abilities,
I love using characters who I can easily adapt to.

I can only say that Marduk was my most played character since Tekken 4.

ME: No favorites at all, hehe.
What can you say about Tekken 6?

LYAN: It's good.

ME: What do you think about Rage System?
Do you find it awesome?

LYAN: Yes, because it adds spice to the game.
The effects are pretty cool as well as the added damage you get when your health goes critical.

ME: Yeah, for me it also adds suspense, since one mistake will definitely KO the winning character. Would you say that you would like it applied also in previous Tekken series? (referring to Rage System)

LYAN: Honestly, back then, I am not thinking about those effects in Tekken's previous series. It's a good thing that Namco added those.

ME: How about the Bound system?

LYAN: It's cool too.

ME: How do you maintain your skills in playing Tekken, how long do you practice in a day? How many times a week?

LYAN: No, I don't practice at all. No time anymore.
(isn't that cool? to play without practice and to win w/o practice)

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ME: You're known as the founder of TRecs. When did it started and how did you come up with that team name?

LYAN: When I started playing Tekken, back in the 90's, there were 2 teams.

SM North and Recto. SM North team is just SM North. TRec's was Team Recto and it started between year '97-98, we later changed it to Tekken Recto.

(more than 10 years already, awesome right?)

ME: So that's where the name came from.
And what can you say about the upcoming Street Fighter X Tekken?

LYAN: No comment. 

ME: Why?

LYAN: It's because I haven't tried the game yet, so until I've played Street Fighter X Tekken, that's the only time I'm gonna say something. 

ME: Fair enough. Do you always participate in tournaments? 

LYAN: Yes. (he's pretty active I presume)

There's just 2 tournaments I wasn't able to attend.
The one in Moomba Resto and Tekken PIT. (see?)

ME: Any trophies you bagged from the tourney?

LYAN: Yes, I got some at home.

ME: Can I have one too? (Lyan just laughed, err..)
Would you recommend other arcade games aside from Tekken?

LYAN: Sure, I also recommend Street Fighter.

ME: Yeah, that has a good gameplay too.
For my last question, how do you maintain respect in Tekken community?

LYAN: You cannot expect other people to always follow, that's human nature. Respect is earned not forced.

ME: Thank you for that Lyan, so to wrap this up. Any message for those aspiring Tekken gamers?

"This game is meant to be fun. There's always someone who will lose and someone who will win. Whatever the outcome is, just accept it. This game will give you either Friends or Enemies. Its up to you which one you'd pick."

-Lyan

And as a gamer myself, I strongly agree that games were developed and created to be enjoyed. I would say that I've learned a lot with that almost 1 hour of interview, whew! Some says he's a snob, but I object since I enjoyed talking to him and literally laughing all through our conversation. 

So that's about it.
Thank you guys for reading. Ta!

There goes my Hero!

"Why there's NO post yesterday?!"

A friend of mine asked me that, earlier this morning. First SMS I received today. This message made me smile. I really thought no one's taking me seriously about blogging, since I was literally promoting it and forcing them to like it. (LOL!) For that, I apologize, I know you miss me guys, but I have this thing about Mondays.

(I really hate Mondays!) Nah.. Just kidding. Truth is I slept the whole day yesterday and I woke up almost 4pm, not to mention the Internet was extremely slow. (Zzz.. Reasons)

Okay, done, let's get back to business. Heheheh.

So for today's topic, I would like to share you guys, one of my addictions (yeah, there's a lot that's why I'm using "addictions") none other than Heroes of Newerth. This game was introduced to me last 2009, by my good friends from Schenectady, NY. That time I was really into DOTA "Defense of the Ancients" (immortal enemy of a player's girlfriend LOL!) the game I'd choose to play over those fancy apps in Facebook and mall arcades. I played DOTA for 3 years then HON came. (weird it sounds like a boyfriend heheheh) It was closed beta (International) that time and you will need a beta key for you to play. My friend gave me the URL of the site and I was able to register, however, no beta key was given. So, what he did was, he purchased a VIP account and gave me 1 of the 3 beta keys (as a freebie from HON for buying it) awesome, right? Now that I have a beta key how am I suppose to use it? I don't have my own computer not to mention it requires a good Internet connection.

NOTE: For those who are not familiar with HON the reason why you need Internet connection is because you'll be playing with different nationalities of different countries. And its not rocket science, that for you to connect with those players you'll need internet connection. It does not have a Local Area Network gaming capability unlike DOTA wherein you can play even without internet connection.
(whew! lot of explaining)


 So yeah, that's one major thing that almost made me not play HON. Even BConnected and Netopia (popular Internet Shop in the Philippines) "that time" did not install HON in their computers because of the requirement. Question now is where am I gonna use this beta key? As if 7-11 will swap it to soda or McDonald's gonna give me large fries once I present the beta key to them. LOL! Game God must be irritated of my rants and whining, or it must have been my charm that finally get me to use my precious beta key! So what happened was, the owner of the Internet Shop (where I use to play DOTA) installed HON to some of his computers and he even encouraged everyone to play it. Sweet! ♥


Yehey! Time to play. ☻

At first, I was really having a hard time dealing with it, remember I'm used to playing DOTA. Though they  "almost" have the same concept and interface, item names and hero names were all new to me. And of course, they have original heroes as well. It's like switching your OS from Windows to Mac. But since I love these kind of games, playing it has never been a big deal to me. Honestly, I got addicted to it, especially when I got my own computer I barely sleep at all. It's like after 3-4 hours of sleep, HON's gonna call me to play again. That's how interesting this game is!

Believe me, it's like my own version of heroin. ♣ 

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The only weird thing I experienced in playing HON (well, until now), was everytime guys hear my voice (yup! there's a built-in VOIP, isn't that cool?). They can't believe that girls also enjoy and play these type of games.
"What's your problem dude? Can't you not make me feel like I'm an alien?" (don't worry guys, I don't talk to them like that, it's just a thought ☻)

Here are some screenshots of the characters I have played. (No, I'm not PRO)
If you noticed my fave item is thunderclaw and I love slaying Kongor. *EVIL GRIN*
FYI: I am not using that account anymore.
I have a new one (thanks to Open Beta!) and it's dedicated to Matchmaking (I♥coins).

(HON) Arachna = Viper  (DOTA)

(HON) Plague Rider = Lich King (DOTA)

Puppet Master = HON Original Hero

(HON) Rampage = Barathrum (DOTA)

R.I.P. STARKY 

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