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Saturday, January 26, 2008

Premium Toolboxes: Good or Bad?

Hello everyone, sorry for the late update...well you know me...
I'm really busy for this year,well it's because of my Thesis, so I'm not that active in GE and with the blog right now. But anyway, I'll try my best to keep you guys updated XD

Miss Hrin mentioned a few days ago in her blog and thru the GE forum about the new Premium Toolboxes. What's inside of the toolboxes? well..you'll be surprise...
Every time you open a toolbox, there's a chance (obviously a small chance) of getting an Elite Recipe depending on what type of Toolbox, it could be an Elite Armor recipe or an Elite Weapon recipe.


The plan of releasing the Premium Toolbox is scheduled on January 31,2008 which is supposively the original scheldule of the release of Tierra De Los Muertos which includes the Baron RNPCs: Kurt Lyndon & Edward Jameson and the new Premium items: Los Toldos Package, Otite perfume & Wheel of Destiny. The new schedule for Tierra De Los Muertos will be on Valentine's Day, Febuary 14,2008. (the scheldule of release might be subject to changes)

So what are the items that you can get aside from the Elite Recipes, here are the items that could be drop from the Toolboxes:

Weapon Toolbox
Recipe - Elite Arondight 1pc.
Recipe - Elite Finisher 1pc.
Recipe - Elite Calabrone 1pc.
Recipe - Elite Bracelet of Sylphide 1pc.
Recipe - Elite Mystic Knife 1pc.
Recipe - Elite Mantis Rod 1pc.
Recipe - Spear of Jiz 1pc.
Recipe - Elite Bracelet of Sylphide 1pc.
Enchantment Chip Level 40 3pcs.
Enchantment Chip Level 84 1pc.
Enchantment Chip Level 88 1pc.
High Quality Wood 8pcs.
Piece of Sapphire 3pcs.
Piece of Emerald 3pcs.
Piece of Ruby 3pcs.
Red Jewel Fragment 3pcs.
Composite Steel 30pcs.
Solvent 5pcs.


Armorsmith Toolbox
Recipe - Elite Plate Mail 1pc.
Recipe - Elite Robe of Neptune 1pc.
Recipe - Elite Striform 1pc.
Recipe - Elite Studded-leather Armor 1pc.
Recipe - Elite Robe of the Yeti 1pc.
Recipe - Elite Robe of the Salamander 1pc.
Recipe - Elite Chain Mail 1pc.
Enchantment Chip Level 40 3pcs.
Enchantment Chip Level 84 1pc.
Piece of Sapphire 3pcs.
Piece of Emerald 3pcs.
Piece of Ruby 3pcs.
Red Jewel Fragment 3pcs.
High Quality Cloth 10pcs.
Red Dye 1pc.
Blue Dye 1pc.
Yellow Dye 1pc.
Mustard Dye 1pc.


Craftsman Toolbox
High Quality Wood 10pcs.
Composite Steel 30pcs.
Soft Leather 10pcs.
High Quality Cloth 10pcs.
Recipe - High Quality Emerald 1pc.
Recipe - High Quality Sapphire 1pc.
Recipe - High Quality Ruby 1pc.
High Quality Emerald 1pc.
High Quality Sapphire 1pc.
High Quality Ruby 1pc.
Mega Ionium 5pcs.
Mega Aidanium 5pcs.
Mega Etretanium 5pcs.
Piece of Sapphire 3pcs.
Piece of Emeral 3pcs.
Piece of Ruby 3pcs.
Solvent 5pcs.
Mana Stone 5pcs.


Prices:
1 Weapon Toolboxes : 900 GPoints
10 Weapon Toolboxes : 8000 GPoints

1 Armorsmith Toolbox: 900 GPoints
10 Armorsmith Toolboxes : 8000 GPoints

1 Craftsman Toolbox: 700 GPoints
10 Craftsman Toolboxes : 5000 GPoints

Maybe you'll ask me why I put on the title Good or Bad?
It's because this has given mixed reactions in the community, some are opposing this release because they think that it will be pointless to hunt bosses for Elites since you can have the chance of getting an Elite Recipe in the Item Mall and it'll make the rich players more powerful. On the other hand, there are also people who accepts the new premium items with open arms since this can help other players who are unfortunate to get Elites because of their work, time zone differences, etc. and can also drop the selling price (and some overpriced) of Elites that are being sold at the Market Manager.

This can be a dual-edged sword, it can be good, or it can be bad.
But it's still depends on the you if you really want to buy it or just ignore it.

It's all up to you

you can visit Miss Hrin's Blog for full details
and also visit the discussion about the Premium Toolboxes here

Thursday, January 10, 2008

The Winners of the Intel Machinimasia Contests

Last December 15 & 16, Intel and E-Games hosted a seminar/workshop called Intel Machinimasia at Ascott Hotel (formerly Oakwood Hotel)

Machinimasia means Machine,Animation and Cinema. With Machinimasia, people are given a chance to create movies by using footages from their favorite computer games (for the seminar, we used Grandao Espada footages XD)

After the seminar, we were given a chance to create our own videos and a chance to win prizes if our videos were chosen as the best.

The contest is categorized into two: the Community's Choice where the GE community will vote for their favorite videos and the Overall Champion where the guys at Intel will pick the best video.

after many video entries and votes
finally, the winners have been declared


For the Community's Choice

1st Place: Reclusion
Prize: Gets to choose between: A pair of Rudy Project's Sunglasses or School Look Premium Package of his Choice and Lucifer Wings 30D or 3 pairs of Divine Angel Wings
Video:





2nd Place: Sigrid
Prize: Gets to choose between: Chrysalis Package or Ivory Bag Package and Choice of Lucifer Wings 30D or 3 pairs of Divine Angel Wings
Video:




3rd Place: Reimaru
Prize: Gets to choose between: Your Choice of Chrysalis Package or Ivory Bag Package and gets 1 pair of Divine Angel Wings
Video:



Consolation Prize:
GratestBahista
Deniva
Exebolt
Prize: A pair of divine angel wings



And for the Overall Winners:

1st Place: Bunny Pasig
Prize: Intel Core 2 Quad PC, Granado Espada Limited Edition Box, Your Choice of Chrysalis Package or Ivory Bag Package / Your Choice of Lucifer Wings 30D or 3 pairs of Divine Angel Wings

2nd Place: Darrickson Regondola
Prize: iPod Touch, Granado Espada Limited Edition Box, Choice of Chrysalis Package or Ivory Bag Package / 1 pair of Divine Angel Wings

3rd Place: Riasa Aguilar
Prize: P5000 gift check worth of Intel products, Granado Espada Limited Edition Box, Bear Package

Intel's Choice:
Philip Bengson
Prize: P10,000 gift check worth of Intel products

Congratulations to everyone!!!
(including myself XD)

for more details you can visit CM Veya's Blog
http://veya-estheisa.blogspot.com/

Saturday, January 5, 2008

POGS 2008



here's a new year treat...a cool gaming event lol
head on to Trinoma Activity Center for the upcoming Philippine Online Gaming Summit on January 13,2008 (that's a Sunday folks)
the event is presented by GAME! Magazine and sponsored by PC Express and Intel
expect lots of freebies, gaming tournaments, cosplays and musical performance

and they're giving away a Nintendo Wii and a gaming package PC...cool
and if you have a November or December issue of GAME! Magazine, you can use it as a ticket for the event

so what are you waiting for head on to Trinoma
if you don't know where Trinoma is, it's just beside SM North EDSA...^^
see you there ^^