New Techniques in Demon Savior

Well that was the deep post, now for a post that I've been wanting to post for a while. This one deals with new techniques Ryo and Marc employ in the second chapter of Demon Savior. First up is Ryo.

Since the events of Ryo's assault on the Nightmare Emperor and his battle with Lilith (the mother of all demons and considered thier goddess, she is the central enemy of the movie idea) he has spent much time on both his studies and creating new attacks and moves. The first is the shadow step, by creating a veil of darkness with his own spirit energy one can temporarily open a vortex catapulting the user at high speeds. This move is not limited to movement, but to objects as well. So Ryo can fire bullets or hurl objects into the veil causing them to travel at hypersonic speeds. Chaos drill, combining the shadow step and the chains of chaos Ryo wraps himself with the chains and catapults himself towards his enemies. The chains are covered with thousands of serrated blades that tear into foes. Last and by far Ryo's most powerful attack and final trump card Buso Namida (Arms Tears). Ryo pours all of his spirit energy into Zanzo and hurls it into the air, the sword spins causing thousands of weapons to rain forth from the sky. The weapons are all the weapons that Zanzo has done battle with and so the weapons that appear include the weapons of the previous demon generals as the final ones that rain down.

At the end of the Demon Savior series, Marc becomes the master of the Blitz style. He becomes the first person in Crescent High's fight club to hold the championship title for his style. Upon mastering the Blitz style he begins to perfect it by creating his own skills and moves. The first the Blitz Crush by focusing his spirit energy to cause the muscles in his hands to tighten he can crush objects in his hands. The force is equivalent to 1000 kilograms in each hand. Blitz armor, much like the Blitz crush Marc transfers spirit energy to his muscles causing his muscles to tighten up. However fast movement is difficult and so it isn't one made for fighting. The force generated by his muscles can repel small arms fire and lessen damage by 5.56 rounds. Marc's final and most powerful technique that stands next to the Bum Rush attack the Giga Buster. Marc grabs his foe and focusing his spirit energy into his arm he throws them up into the air at mach 5 speeds. He then follows them upwards and choke slams them back to earth.

So as you can see Ryo and Marc are still perfecting their techniques even after the events of the series. Making them forces to be reckoned with.

Alcohol: It Turns a Ninja Evil

Like I mentioned in an earlier post, one of the things that turn a ninja evil is alcohol. In some ways it's true. For example when people drink they tend to not be themselves. I mean it turns gentlemen into beasts. It smells awful and I think it probably taste just as it smells. Plus it is a drug that is legally sold, the other being cigarettes. I don't get it when people drink when they're sad either, I mean what you're drinking is a depressant and to quote The Simpsons "nothing like a depressant to solve depression". Why sit there and wallow in a drink when you can be doing something more productive like coming up with a solution to that problem or finding someone to talk to to make yourself feel better. In terms of parties drinks aren't necessary. It's a common stereotype to associate college students with alcohol. Most of the time it's underage drinking, but I think it's the fact that you have a lot of freedom when it comes to college. I write this because I had a "party" experience again and this time when it was when I was trying to sleep. The first time I had my roomate with me and this time it was me alone. The first time was an interesting time, my roomate once told me that he hardly raises his voice, I heard him raise his voice that time. He's kind of like me, when I raise my voice you listen theres no later or tomorrow its now. I got that sense when I heard him yell at the guy who broke into our room. I had that time again, only this time I wanted to freak the guy out. He simply walked into the room into our bathroom. I was seriously going to pull a take down on the guy and pull one of my pens against his fat throat. Only it ended up me standing outside of the door and saying "hey" while smiling a sinister smile that said "GET OUT NOW!" the moment he walked out. To my roomate who is reading this you know I'd totally do the first, only I couldn't prep fast enough (and that is why having a weapon readily availible is important).

That is why I'll probably not drink. I think if I were ever to drink is going to be with my brother (because he's cool and knows his limits) or dad (because I think it is every father's dream to drink with his son). However when it comes to friends I think I would rather enjoy a nice cup of tea with them. Sounds girly I know to my guy friends, but to a ninja like me it's the best way to spend a night. Plus its a cool idea I saw from Rurouni Kenshin where Kenshin offers to get a drink with Aoshi (who is a ninja as well) he declines and would rather drink tea with him instead. I feel the same way too, I'm a simple guy so I'd like a simple drink like tea to be sociable. So rather than getting buzzed on something that makes you sad, I'd rather get some caffine in me than poison. So if any of my guy friends are reading this, yes when I turn 21 I'd rather you brew me some tea and spend an evening talking with you. So that is why I'll probably never drink with friends and what I'd rather do instead.

More Nerdiness: Starcraft II

Well time for another nerd post by yours truely. This time I'll be talking about Blizzard's highly anticipated real time strategy game Starcraft II. It's been about a good nine years since Brood War came out and that was as close as anybody got to a sequel to Starcraft. However as any PC gamer knows an expansion can hardly be considered a true sequel. So we had to wait forever to get a true sucessor. I always wondered if they were ever going to make a Starcraft II, I remember a while back seeing a PC Gamer magazine cover that said something about it, but I think I was in the 5th grade or something. Also the way that Brood War ended it left the story open for more, but then again so did Warcraft III from what I hear. However Warcraft got World of Warcraft which is kind of an unoffical continuation of the series.

Let me say that I am excited about Starcraft II, not only because I played so much with my roomates but because I loved the series in general. Gameplay wise it's going to be big, with a pretty good story mode and the same multiplayer game people are familiar with and bringing it all into 3D. Unit wise the models actually look good in 3D. The Terrans are shaping up into a decent race this time (most think they're only good for beginner players) the Reaper and Viking units are my favorite so far. So with the announcement of the Zerg trailer and section open we're one more step closer to an eventual release date (hopefully one in the next two years, but I doubt it).

From what I hear now that Blizzard has announced all three races, they plan on working on some of the Battle.net options. After that they're going onto a beta and then "when it's done when it's done" will finally become an actual release date. So that's my thoughts maybe something deep next time.

Enjoying Time

Man it's been a while since I last wrote. Been pretty busy with upper division work and stuff. Well I just feel like writing now, without fear of being graded for grammer since I suck at it. When I first started to live here at the apartments I always felt that I'd stay here for the rest of my college career. I can remember the first time I came to visit this place and it was fun. I also remember the day one of my roomates called me and made me the offer to move in. At first I didn't know what to do, I had already filled out the paper work for living in the dorms for the next year. However looking back on it now I don't regret moving in (despite all the paper work problems I had to fill in since last week).

At that time and from the start of this school year I always thought that it would be me and my roomates Cliff and Nate getting into random games of Starcraft and just plain hanging out for the next two years. Theres one other roomate, but I had a feeling that he would move out at the end of this year so to be honest he wasn't there in this dream. Yet at the same time it was but an innocent dream that I had been holding on to. I won't go into details, but things happen and things change. All of us in our apartment are going our separate ways, thus the dream is shattered. Now I'm confused as to whats going to happen to me. I'm hoping that I can move in with one of my roomates and two other guys, but thats only if we can get a bigger place. I'm trying to enjoy what little time I have here, but it's difficult since I really want this semester to end.

I've only been living here for like 5 months and I feel that at the end of this semester I'm really going to miss this place. I always considered it my home away from home. It wasn't lifeless and dull like my dorm room. I was living with people I know and who care about me, but now I feel like I might lose the community I was given. I run into problems every time I think about this, even if we do find a bigger place I can't afford my own room and if we can't find a bigger place I don't think I'll be able to move in with them.

I know I still have another month before the semester is over, but in all honesty it's something that won't leave the back of my head. I'm trying to enjoy the time left I have here, but I at the same time I want this semester to end. It just makes me sore thinking about all this. So for now I'll try my best to enjoy the time left I have with my roomates.