Nuchaleft's Den

2008 Olympics Top 5 Medal Tally

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:53:56 GMT

Country

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

China

United States

Germany

Korea

Australia

Miscellaneous Stuff

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:38:37 GMT

Well, my WoW account and all my characters have been restored and I've even been given some compensation... Thanks Blizzard and your wonderful bunch of game masters!

Now I've just got to be more security concious. Never use public machines for playing games.

On the Entropia Universe front, I won't be able to play it at all this month or next month Too many bills in too short a space of time.

My gold card will have to wait

On the Neocron front, It is now free to play for all existing non-banned accounts I've just got to recover the will to want to play it again though, as most of my friends have stopped playing it.

- Nuchaleft

All my hard work... Gone?

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:14:24 GMT

All my hard work... Gone?
That was what I was thinking when I logged into World of Warcraft this morning and found that all my characters were missing in action. I quickly contacted a GM about the issue via email who notified me that I should instead submit an ingame petition, which I have done.

A GM got back to me within the hour, and has told me that I should be getting my characters and their items back soon.

- Nuchaleft

W00t! Wrath of the Lich King Beta, here I come!

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:46:13 GMT

Just found this email in my Inbox:

Wrath of the Lich King™ Beta Test

You have been selected to participate in the beta test of World of Warcraft®: Wrath of the Lich King™. Welcome!

In the beta test you’ll get an opportunity to test the first zones of the new Northrend continent, and the new levels above 70. We look forward to your feedback on the overall experience, including quests, monsters, zones, aesthetics, and more. We would also appreciate reports on any bugs you may encounter. These can be logged using the /bug command explained below.

Getting started:

In order to participate in the beta test, you must upgrade an existing retail account that has been upgraded with The Burning Crusade®, allowing you to connect to the Wrath of the Lich King™ test realms. The World of Warcraft®: The Burning Crusade® game client that you use must be patched up to version 2.4.2 or later in order to install the beta test client.

Go to http://beta.worldofwarcraft.com and follow the detailed, step-by-step instructions to begin playing the Wrath of the Lich King beta.

Please be prepared to enter the current retail World of Warcraft account name and password you use, and the appropriate beta code listed below to authenticate your eligibility to connect to the Wrath of the Lich King test realms. To participate in the beta tests, you must have a valid retail World of Warcraft account active and in good standing as of July 15, 2008.

Below is a beta code that will allow you to upgrade a World of Warcraft account to be eligible for the Wrath of the Lich King beta test. Each beta code can be used only once to upgrade an active retail World of Warcraft account.

XXXXXX-XXXX-XXXXXX-XXXX-XXXXXX

Please retain this email for your records. If you experience any issues setting up the beta account or accessing the test realms, please email Billing Support at wowbetabilling@blizzard.com.

Sending us feedback:

Typing /bug in chat will open an error reporting interface, and we encourage you to use it any time you encounter a problem or want to send us a suggestion.

Troubleshooting:

If you experience any difficulties installing the beta game client, or have problems connecting to the test realms, please contact Technical Support either by posting on the appropriate forum at http://beta.worldofwarcraft.com/forums or by email at wowbetatech@blizzard.com. Please remember that this software is still undergoing development, so any in-game issues should be reported using the /bug feature.

I shall begin testing right away since I've already installed the Beta client.

- Nuchaleft

Picked up some DVDs

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:17:32 GMT

Sweet, I managed to pick up Stargate Continuum a day early, and Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the black pearl at half the listed price from ezydvd.com.au

- Nuchaleft

GO3 Photo Gallery up!

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:29:31 GMT

While this news is a bit late, The GO3 Photo Gallery is now up! click to http://nightwolfslair.spaces.live.com/photos/ or http://nightwolfslair.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!A94BFCD5ABABD181!404/ for more information. If you want to submit some photos, please contact me

- Nuchaleft

GO3 - The Final Day

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:05:31 GMT

Well GO3 has drawn to a close for the second year and what a great time I had! Meeting all the Entropia Ambassadors and other Entropia Players from around Australia, namely: Deathifier, Mulga, Shaz, Bagman, Missa, Ozi, Xaph, TimUnleashed, Vantastic and more, as well as meeting them, it was also good getting outta my comfort zone.

Blew a bit of money on drones and argonauts while showing my fellow aussies the game, Had quite a few interested people walk away with a client dvd, hopefully we'll see them ingame at some point

Big thanks to Southern Fortress Engineering for providing supplies for the stand at the Expo, attracting customers and for the wonderful T-shirts that we were provided with towards the end Coincidently, If you're ever in need of some crafted hunting armour, look them up, you won't regret it

Big thanks to all who turned up and an especially big thanks to MindArk for choosing the GO3 convention in Perth, rather than one of the game conventions in Sydney or Melbourne I suggested earlier

Anyhoo, didn't take too many pictures, though I did make a start on a new dance video, with a to be announced title.

- Nuchaleft

GO3 - The second day

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:46:34 GMT

The second day, unlike the first day was mostly full of the general public and media. The computers started working correctly again, which meant we could do some more showing off of the game to the public.

Andy Wells from Bigpond GameArena came by and got shots of the stand and the game, as well as doing an interview with Deathifier.

Handing out flyers (there was never enough) and Entropia Universe client DVDs, which seemed to be endless

There was enough food at the stand to feed a small army, thanks to the guys from Southern Fortress Engineering, to keep the Ambassadors going and going for hours...

Mcafee on my laptop died, so I had to replace it with AVG and ZoneAlarm, which I use on my desktop PC, I made sure to disconnect so that I wouldn't get hacked or anything of the sort.

I think I'm getting to like the game again, and I may just start playing some more. I made a fair bit of profit during the expo, not much, but still nice.

- Nightwolf

GO3 - The first true day

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:00:01 GMT

Ahh, on the setup day we of course set up the Entropia Universe stand, though due to unforseen circumstances the desktop computers didn't arrive till today, the official first day of the expo, which meant we had to use our laptops, which may or may not have been up to the task.

The desktop computers did finally arrive... BUT! They had the wrong graphics cards, They had to be taken back and exchanged, which they were, only 1.5gb of RAM short...

2 of the desktops have ongoing problems with power distribution, but by the third day this seemed to have resolved itself...

We've also had a few network connection problems as well, but they were fixed quite rapidly by the local IT guy.

- Nightwolf

GO3 Newsletter #4

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:06:37 GMT

HOT OFF THE PRESS

GO3 Electronic & Entertainment Expo 2008 is almost here and we are pleased announce it’s FREE to attend. It’s true, unlike other Expos, GO3 has decided to make it FREE for you!

Opening times are: Friday 10am – 8pm ; Saturday 10am – 6pm ; Sunday 10am – 6pm

That’s 3 huge days to come on down and hang out and have fun.

WHAT'S ON SHOW

GO3 2008 will have the following Exhibitors showcasing lots of great gear.

MSI	I-phone	Vodaphone	Macs4u	Edith Cowan University	Direct Memory Access
Alienware	Amnet	N-Gage by Nokia	SAE Technologies	Total Control	Anyware Computer Accessories
GameTraders, Galleria	Portacom	Gaming Collective	Access 1	InforTech	Blue Chip
Autodesk	Infortech	Stanbridges Hobby’s	WestCoast Tafe	Perth Laser Sports	Kaspersky
WACOM	The Nerd Shop	AussieWide Distributers	nVIDIA	Awesome Amusements	NerdNet
Apple	Westwell	Austin Computers	Curtin University	HGA IT & T Solutions	Verisafe
Rockstar Games	Perth Racer	Next Byte	Gifts for the Geeks	ICT ICC	Accor Premier
Entropia Universe	Centurion Computers	Murdoch University	World Series Paintball	Perth Racer	Central Tafe
AZENTEC	OLIN	AVLABS	Cyber Acoustics	aigo	MUSTEK
Acer Notebooks	Fujitsu Notebooks	& MORE...

TELEVISION COMMERCIAL

TV advertising for GO3 started on Monday 28 July on Network Ten, so keep your eye out for our ad, offering the chance to win great prizes courtesy of Portacom.

LOG ON FOR A CHANCE TO WIN

Thanks to our great friends at Portacom, visitors have the chance to win a Nintendo Wii simply by registering on the GO3 website, and then they have a second chance to win an NEC 7500 note book by coming to the show and placing their entry form in the box on the Portacom stand.

RADIO NOVA

Listen out for the Nova Casanovas they will at GO3 all weekend doing live crosses. They’ll be there at the following times.

Friday 10 am – 4pm ; Saturday 10 am – 4pm ; Sunday 10 am – 4pm

CONFERENCE TICKETS

We have a few FREE tickets for the GO3 Conference to attend the Social Networks room. Please contact me directly if you are able to attend the conference and would like to receive a free valued at $199.

GO3 IS FOR YOU

We have done the best we can to put on a show for you that’s interactive, informative and fun. What’s more... FREE for you to attend. What can you do? How about telling all your friends, posting your blogs and spread the word? We want GO3 to grow and become a huge event in the future and it will take your support to make this happen.

- Nuchaleft

First WoW Addon

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:57:04 GMT

Just a note that I've uploaded my first user interface addon to WoW Interface, the addon in question is my Ultimate Warcraft Battlecry Generator, its still early days, but it works great so far

I plan on adding a configuration interface, but that may take some time as I am still learning Lua.

- Nuchaleft

GO3 Schedule

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:17:50 GMT

The schedule is ready for my fellow EU Ambassadors:

July 31st:
- Setup begins sometime after 11am, finishes 10pm at the latest.
- Registration takes place during the day, you get a wristband, don’t remove it!
- Group dinner will take place that night, probably around 6-7pm.
- Suggestions on where to go (there’s 7 of us) are welcome.

August 1st:
- Day starts just after 8am, ends at 8pm, we leave before 9pm.
- The Hon Sheila McHale MLA, Minister for Culture and the Arts will be delivering the opening address at 8:30am, there's maybe some snacks after, and the media will be roaming around.
- If you did not make it to the stand on the 31st, we'll get you registered in the morning.
- Exhibitors Function, more information will come.

August 2nd:
- Day starts just after 9am, ends at 6pm, we leave before 7pm.

August 3rd:
- Day starts just after 9am, expo closes at 6pm, and we leave when the stand is packed.
- We start dismantling the stand after 6pm.

- Nuchaleft

GO3 Next Week

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:24:42 GMT

The Anticipation is setting in as GO3 arrives for its second year. As the previous year, it is being hosted at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Taken from the official site:

The GO3 Electronic & Entertainment Expo brings to Perth the latest in technology, communication, electronic games, in-car technology, communication, education & training, home audio & lots more.
Over 3 massive days heaps of exhibitors will showcase products & services across two huge exhibition halls at the PCEC, 1-3 August, 2008
Add better still... Entry is FREE! See you there!

And yes, As an Entropia Universe Ambassador, I too, will be there at the Entropia Universe stand, along with the other 5 Ambassadors; Ozi, Missa, xaph, Bagman and Deathifier. I look forward to meeting them as well as anyone else who turns up. I also plan on making some videos and taking photos during the event and uploading them to my blog so all can view them.

Oh, If you don't know what Entropia Universe is, read below

What is Entropia Universe?

(Taken from a previous blog entry) In short, Entropia Universe is a massive virtual universe with a real cash economy, provided by swedish developer MindArk. Think of it as Second Life and World of Warcraft combined, with elements from other games thrown in for effect. Being a real cash economy, you need to purchase game credits, or PED (Project Entropia Dollars) with real cash, but there are opportunities to make money in other ways, such as via Trade. The assets you acquire can then be exchanged back into real world funds.

Does that sound interesting? Give it a go!

- Nuchaleft

Latest Youtube video

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:37:29 GMT

My latest youtube video, for your enjoyment :-)

I don't normally like to do dance videos in games, but here is my first effort. There is a mistake though, you can see a cursor, which is fixed in the next dance video I am making.

- Nuchaleft

Got the sack :-(

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:19:23 GMT

Dear Diary,

I seem to have been made redundant, which sucks by all accounts.

- Nuchaleft

GO3: Latest from me

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:49:01 GMT

HOT OFF THE PRESS

We have some hot news about GO3 Electronic & Entertainment Expo 2008.

Thanks to the over whelming support from our Major sponsor AMNET along with other supporters & exhibitors. This year we are delighted to announce FREE ENTRY...that’s right, all 3 days are FREE!

What will you see?
IN 2008 you will see much more...

Free wireless high speed Internet access - Thanks to our major sponsor, AMNET, there will be free wireless internet access throughout the show floor.

LAN
Unleash the pro gamer in you! The Anything Interactive Playzone, powered by Alienware and Razer, will showcase the latest games with competitions to score yourself some fantastic prizes throughout the event. Test out the Alienware systems for the best high end PC gaming experience, as well as destroying the enemy with the latest and greatest gaming gear from Razer!

WACOM
Check out the latest award winning products, Tablets and interactive design tools at the WACOM booth.

I-phone
Thanks to Vodaphone, and Apple you have a chance to be the first in Australia to get up-close & personal with the latest I-Phone by Apple.

Rockstar Games
Play Midnight Club 4: Los Angeles at the Rockstar Games Booth!

The best way to see Los Angeles is at 245mph. Race at breakneck speeds through the streets of modern-day L.A. recreated in stunning detail. Drive the hottest range of real-world tuners, muscle cars, exotics and superbikes on the streets today. Customize your ride with the best after-market performance parts and custom kits. Illegal street racing with no track, no load times, no rules: Welcome back to the Midnight Club.

Play an exclusive demo featuring the Midnight Club Los Angeles Saleen 302E and win limited merchandise at the Rockstar Games Midnight Club Los Angeles booth at G03.

Nokia nGuage
Nokia powers up the game zone with the nGuage. Come on down and get hands on with this mobile gaming sensation.

GameTraders (Galleria)
Thanks to our great supporters, you will have the chance to play some of the hottest new releases an bag some great bargains.

WIN WIN WIN
Stay tuned to our web site & channel 10, for your chance to win an Nintendo Wii sports, an NEC 7500 laptop and more great prizes, simply by logging on.

Conference Speakers
This year we have the best of the best. Why not take a look at the GO3 conference, see who is speaking. THIS YEARS CONFERENCE IS FREE FOR THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE (Some conditions apply)

WE WANT GO3 TO BE NUMBER 1 IN AUSTRALASIA

GO3 IS SUPPORTING YOU.SO, WHY NOT SUPPORT US. HELP BUILD THIS WA EVENT!

- Nuchaleft

Renewed artistic direction for Diablo III

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:21:54 GMT

Dear Friends and the general public,

I have just read and signed the online petition:

"Renewed artistic direction for Diablo III"

hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition
service, at:

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/d3art/

I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might
agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider
signing yourself.

Best wishes,

- Nuchaleft

Good News Day :-)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:44:24 GMT

It is a good day today, thats for sure! My new laptop just arrived from Sydney to my house. I've been configuring it for my use.

It has a widescreen monitor, not that I care much

It cost me only $1100, as opposed to $2999, which is pretty good, if I do say so myself

- Nuchaleft

Diablo® III Unveiled!

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:07:42 GMT

Twenty years have passed since the cataclysmic events of Diablo®II. Mephisto, Diablo, and Baal have been defeated, but the Worldstone, which once shielded the world of Sanctuary from the forces of both the High Heavens and the Burning Hells, has been destroyed, and evil once again stirs in Tristram....

Following the unveiling of Diablo III today at the Blizzard Entertainment Worldwide Invitational, we've launched the game's official website, with information about the places, characters, monsters, and adventures awaiting you upon your return to the world of Sanctuary. Some of the site's highlights include:

The cinematic teaser trailer shown at the 2008 Worldwide Invitational
A 20-minute gameplay demo video
More than 60 screenshots and pieces of concept art
Deckard Cain's journal, narrated by Deckard Cain himself -- stay a while and listen!
And much, much more

Visit the new Diablo III website now to learn more about the game, and make sure to check out the official FAQ and the announcement press release.

- Nuchaleft

Video Cards: Of Pixels and Shaders Obscura

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:51:40 GMT

Well the good news is that I was able to pick up my Asus ES9600GT from the post office about a couple of days ago.

I have just installed it, but have yet to try out any games with this new card in yet. When I do I'll update this blog post with the information.

The damn card is larger than my old Radeon X1600, I actually had to move my 2nd hard drive down a bay and my sound card down a PCI slot so I could fit the card in properly. But its all good, Its in now

I really need to think about some more cable ties and some SATA hard drives

Keep Smiling

- Nuchaleft

Photo Album: GO3 2008

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:52:11 GMT

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More Photos...

Photo Album: Blog Images

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:10:56 GMT

Blog Images

Photo Album: Entropia Screens

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:58:34 GMT

Entropia Screens

Finally 2000 in rifle

9 hours of straight playtime o.O

Team Global (ie. Large Loot) 7

Team Global (ie. Large Loot) 11

Team Global (ie. Large Loot) 12

Team Global (ie. Large Loot) 13

Team Global (ie. Large Loot) 14

Team Global (ie. Large Loot) 15

My very first Solo Global (ie. Large Loot)

Unlocking marksmanship!

Photo Album: Program Screens

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:18:41 GMT

Program Screens

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Photo Album: Random Pics

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:13:34 GMT

Random Pics

Nytewolf Logo (Full Size)

Nytewolf Logo (Small Size)

Trash Vista

Vista Box

Music List: Jason's Trax

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:40:20 GMT

Jason's Trax

Alice Cooper: PoisonTrash
Alice Cooper; Desmond Child; John McCurry

Blog list: Blog list

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:31:21 GMT

My Entropia Forum Blog
My blog on EF. Nothing really special.

Book List: My Favourite Books

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:33:23 GMT

My Favourite Books

JK Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
A boy wizard seeks to kill the baddest wizard of all time...
Sean Williams: The Devoured Earth
The events that had been put in motion thousands of years ago have begun to come to a point. Will humanity survive or be consumed by that which hungers?
Ian Irvine: The Well of Echoes
Hunted by both friends and enemies, A girl must save the world...
Robert Jordan: The Wheel of Time - Book 11 - Knife of Dreams
Can't think of one.

Custom List: My Favourite Foods

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:18:25 GMT

My Favourite Foods

Jason's Christmas Cake
--PLACEHOLDER--

Custom List: My Anime DVDs

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:02:26 GMT

My Anime DVDs

Midori Days
Wierd...
Inuyasha vol1-14
Fairly good.