2010-06-14

Do you remember, when I created my paladin in World of Warcraft? My brother created a character named Sunbringer and I created a character named Moonbringer. Curious is that by the time we created those chars there were several Sunbringers, but no Moonbringer at all.

And now? There are 40 Moonbringers 2 months after I created the first one. (I'm talking about EU only)

Here is the original Moonbringer, curently the main tank of Status Online guild. We will be the best Czech Horde guild on server (because of me, ofc).

Common thoughts / 2010-06-10

Well, brothers and babes with nipple armors, our time will come soon. Once again we will hear word "Fight!" everyday.

When I saw Mortal Kombat for the first time I was a kid. I saw it on a real videogame machine, I and my friend were picking up coins all around the city for whole day, just to be able to play one match. And maybe that was why I was fighting a lot, even on my high school (maybe my classmates were asking, why I and Tomas are bashing each other to the ground - it wasn't real anger, it was just a sport).

I just can say, that Mortal Kombat is back, and that there will be no more "do it more 3D" attempts. It's really getting to the roots of MK.

Here is a real-action video and trailer for the game, enjoy it. If you like MK 1 and 2, it's really worth of it.

2010-06-06

I had such urge to make a bigger monters than goblin, so I picked up a troll unit and named it Mrraak (after a real troll).

I spent over 5 hours on it, shame I don't have my camera, because the colors aren't well captured - I shoot it with my phone. Most of the time I was waiting till the paint get dry, because I tried to make the color grandients my way - wet painting and after that a lot of drybrushing.

I had big problems with one thing - gold. I have a small bucket of gold color, but it never looks like gold. I even tried to create a gold color in photoshop and I never managed it - it's such... it just suck - that's why I love silver.

"Mrraak, da best iz!"

Common thoughts / 2010-06-05

Well, I was afdb (away from Dingblog) a bit. It was caused by my school exams and because I hadn't enough time - I moved from Prague back to my hometown.

I'm working on some projects because I need money for summer, but in my free time I'm watching a lot of painting tutorials, because I'm coating my Warhammer units... well I'm learning how to do it.

Here is my current desk, that I share with my brother and my old finished goblin spearman from last summer...

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I will show you the "new" goblin when it's finished, I already can see that I made some improvements and that my skill got slightly increased - better drybrushes, better color pallete used, and more face and skin details. I'm looking forward to compare the 2k9 and 2k10 versions.

So now you can see, tham I'm not dead and that still someone from DB team is showing the love to the Dingblog =)

2010-05-24

Well, after year I went "outside" with my friend - Sabina. We talked about our lives, when my ex-schoolmate and friend Peter came. After some beers, drinks and tequilas we decided to go to local disco.

First problem was, that some asshole was talking to and touching Sabina's bottom, I was getting quite angry of that (as always). After that she told me, that she's able to handle her problems by her own (as always). So I ordered another beer (as always) and let Sabina with Peter to dance alone. Then Sabina came, that I definitely should dance with them, that she knows I wanted to defend her (as always); I'm such paladin IRL.

So I went to dancefloor, but I realised I miss my wallet... it wasn't just a few seconds, so I run back to the bar and one of customers told me, that he gave the wallet on bar (he didn't run, he still sat on his place as before), so I told myself that he is telling truth. So asked the barman, if he doesn't have my wallet... OFC NO!

Well I lost all my papers, credit card, and a lot of money... it was incredibly stupid, because I took "full-package" wallet, normally I just took my ID and few bucks. But this time I lost everything.

So that was the most expensive party I ever attended to.

2010-05-20

Well, I don't know where to start...

My brother passed the high school final exams, adn I'm very glad about it. For two reasons: I'm glad he isn't a slacker like me; And since next school year, I will have back my room in my hometown - Sokolov.

I found two new co-workers: first one helps me with my work - he is twice faster as I'm, so I can spent time on something else; the second one is a php programmer - so he could help me with some other projects...
I'm glad for both, because if everything will go as it should, I would like to hire them after I take over my father's company.

I completed another 2 school lessons and in big style.... and, I think that one of my classmates likes me, but I totally ignore her, here is our last conversation:

she: "Are you waiting here for a taxi?"
"No, I always go by my own feet."
(a small silent pause)
she: "I was just joking."
"I wasn't, bye."

2010-05-17

Ten weeks, that's a good number. Right now I'm working on my speech about "ethical business" and I'm changing my mind: I will not play Star Wars, same as likely I will not play Cataclysm. Why? Well, I'm getting older and older and I have to take more and more care about myself... so until I will be full estabilished, self-sufficient person with own good money income - no games.

Today I started here a new blog as homepage for my WoW guild, but... you know, I realised that I'm getting again to my child-ages, but I can't afford it anymore. There's a big heavy burden upon me, and if I fail, I will have to live for another 20-40 years a miserable life; and that's not what I want to deal with.

This doesn't mean that I'm saying goodbye to Dingblog, this means that I'm saying bye to computer games as usual way how to entertain myself, as way how to spent my time.

And yes, by the way the book "97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know" (I bought this week), it's a bullshit - don't buy it. It will do no good for you. ;o)

2010-05-14

Well don't get disappointed. I'm closing my school semester, so I have to work on my school projects. At Monday I will be speaking about "ethical business" in my school, it will be mostly about small companies, ethical codex and about banks. Because to have a good ethical codex in small business means a lot for good management, and to have ethical codex in banks means to shit on people's heads.

I'm reading the book Metro 2033. If you like games like Stalker, or better, if you love book called Picnic on the Road (by Strugacky brothers) - Metro 2033 is a good choice how to spent time! I don't know why, but today I slept with a flashlight in my hand.

World of Warcraft. I play World of Warcraft, not much, but I play it, maybe I've grown and I realise, that school > game. I can't afford to be kicked from my school.
Right now I'm a guild leader of a 4 men guild - 2 paladins and 2 deathknights. And probably we will be looking for more guild members, at least 2, so we can "raid" all the dungeons =)

Business - today I bought another book "97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know", it will be probably a rubbish; but you always have to start somehere. With the next year, I will most likely take over my father's company, so I'm starting with my business plans and methods.

During weekend I need to write a survey formular for my bachelor work - it will be about WoW Gamers, their habits and... well their "addictions", and if virtual world of WoW is actually a small scale model of real world. I hope that all people here, on Dingblog, will help me and that they will complete the questionnaire.

And! I would like to thank to Bloody and Maylin for their translation. Thank you, I owe you.

Ha, I was writing all epilogues usualy by Monday, but this epilogue comes earlier!

Today my best friend, Sectoid, visited me at my appartment. We talked about games and work. I showed him my paladin charcter, so I run once Alterac Valley. I was the best in dps and third in heal. Maybe I spent too much time in WoW, because I'm getting insaniously good at something that doesn't have a greater sense. Real world doesn't care that I'm able to kill 20 virtual people and then heal everyone around me.

The book, Metro 2033, I bought on Wednesday, is quite good. There was no action so far, but I like the story behind - how it looks like to live in undeground, how people fight for their lives.

Last two weeks in school! After that I will have exams (should be easy). And then I will have free summer, I will torture my body, getting tan and drinking a lot of beer... I don't plan to stay closed in some office.

Maybe I will spent some time with my paly...

Wednesdays / 2010-05-06

Well, today was a quite sad day. In the morning, when I was waiting for underground train (called Metro), I saw how a old lady died. She just collapsed and that was all. After that I headed to school. It was incredibly boring, so I wrote an email to my old collegue, that I could use some help from him - he declined that he have too much work.

After that I went back to home and I told myself, that I should buy a book, so I bought "Metro2033" - I didn't know it's a bestseller. And I bought "Masse un Macht" from Elias Canetti.

After I went from the bookstore, I saw a junkie to felt down on ground and start to vomit, his junkie-pal was telling, if he is ok etc. I noticed that a police car was passing by... and I was wondering how the policemen could miss those two junkies.

In midnight I was thinking about making a small blogportal, something like Dingblog, for Czech Republic only. But my php skills are very poor, and most of my friends are just designers or they have full hands of work. I wrote to Moodh, who gave me answer, that he have full hands of work too... I believe him.

People we seriously need more bloggers here. Do you have any idea how to raise the numbers here?

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