Archive for February, 2008

Goodbye Cervantes!

It has been a very long time since I have written anything on this blog. I guess, previously I’ve been bogged down because of many issues ranging from work to faction matters… but well that’s just an excuse :) . The real reason is because in the past few months I have been losing interest in GE.

Why? Well I don’t want to sound arrogant, but I guess the main factor is that I have achieved the goals that I set for myself at the beginning of the game. My main goal was to make WoG famous, and to a certain extent, we have achieved that. Of course we could not have done it without the aid of our allies, namely Halcyon and Vradical. Both of them have been through a lot with us since the days Illuminati and Fenrir dominated the map. Our alliance with Vradical dates back even to the old days of Yakisoba. I remember attending the weekly alliance meetings then and learnt the many strategies that the leaders of Dominion used to overcome Yakisoba. Those were the days when we were all noobs.

I have many fond memories of WoG and of GE, and I hope to share some of them with you :)

My 1st 3 Characters. Polariz, Necropotence and Purgatory
My first 3 characters. Polariz, Necropotence and Purgatory
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The last day with Fiasco as he became inactive after that. The other family
in the picture is Catastrophic. We weren’t even vets yet then. This screen was
taken because I noticed that god was watching us from above and that
he was red in color.
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Our 1st successful Interchange Mission!
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My most favorite AFK spot ever.
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Resting time in the City of Auch.
Over all I enjoyed playing GE very much. From the start GE gave me the chance to once again play with my ex guild mates from Ragnarok Online. It also cherished me with many new found friends. I would like to thank :
  • Catastrophic for giving me his full support since our Ragnarok Online times till this very day. May you as WoG’s new leader continue to bring WoG to new heights!
  • Callisto for his dynamic leadership, blogging and PvP skills. WoG would not be what it is today without you. I looking forward to play another MMORPG with you in the future!
  • MinistryOfLaw for all her hard work behind the scenes. Thank you for the great amount of help you have rendered to the faction. May you excel in your studies and your career.
  • Mafiaso for being our faction bouncer. LOL. More kills more fun!!
  • Ochazuke for helping me handle my account when I’m not around and listening to all my crap.
  • HunterX for treating me to frog’s leg porridge during CNY :) My treat next time.
  • The rest of WoG, thanks for everything. You guys have been great. Sorry if I was ever harsh to you guys (and girls). May all of you live long and prosper :D (both in-game and in real life). Maybe we will meet once again in another game. (AION sounds good ;) )
  • The members of Halcyon and Vradical, thank you for the aid you have provided us in both boss raids and colony wars.
Goodbye Cervantes!
aLKayeL

 

The Meaning Of Expert

ex·pert (ěk’spûrt’)

The word in Spanish is known as amaestrado, experto or acertado. In Japanese it is known as shoubainin, meijin, taika, kurouto, meishu, senmon. According to the English dictionary, an expert is a person who has special skill or knowledge in some particular field; specialist; authority, the highest rating in rifle marksmanship, above that of marksman and sharpshooter or a person who has achieved such a rating.

In the world of Granado Espada, the word expert has a different meaning altogether. Those who have obtained such a rank and are called Experts are those who have painstakenly gone beyond the levels of veteran and survived days and nights on end for weeks in the deepest darkest places of all hibernating till the day they achieve their goal. Blessed with 2DR/AR and 2k HP and an additional stat point, Experts can be considered the elite of the elite.

Our faction can be proud to say that we now officially have 7 full fledged mean green fighting machine experts. The following should be congratulated for reaching such a level. Note: we do have more experts but they don’t have a full team of experts

  • Callisto
  • Clovisa
  • FoOdWoLf
  • HunterX
  • Mafiaso
  • Ochazuke
  • SilentSteVE

(alphabetical order)
With more Veterans training day and night in squads, we should have another batch of experts coming up real fast within the next week or two. Hopefully once our strength gathers we can test our might against the untried bosses.