New MMO Asda Story

Title Screen OOOoooOOOoo XD

One of the one things I love to do but cannot is play MMO games.  The reason for this is becuase of my internet connection.  In the past there was a few games I would dabble in Trickster, Diablo 2, and Tribes 2.  Other than that nothing.  My biggest thing is something that is free.  I would hate to have to pay for something I can barely run.

Upon watching the MMO sequence on Lucky Star I was ignited to try a new one.  With my new computer I wanted a new game.  It was a bit risky to try, but I went ahead anyway.  I was in last block class today browsing the net.  (Was supposed to be doing a project) That is when I came upon an Asda Story ad.  It looked anime-like so I clicked on it.  Me and my friend Jonathan who sits next to me downloaded the client made our accounts.  He has dial up as well, so I am wondering how long it took him for updates.  Took me over an hour and a half XD.

Finally getting the game up and running was a chore, but then I finally got to do my character and such.  Course most of the boys look like KH Sora wannabes, but that is not really a bad thing.  Does not look like your typical MMO I suppose.  (Not that I know much).

I would do some really long thing about the game, but Meimi did it a lot better.  Please check Meimi’s blog out for it Basics Part One, and Basics Part Two.  That is about all, I will show off my character tomorrow, but now I am trying to get my other friends into it.

Kairu90....thats me, need a new haircut.....Can you do that?

Any of my readers have an account?  My name on there is Kairu90 if you want to party up together or something.  Cannot beleive someone took the name Kairu already.  That is MY name lol jk.

Lucky Star OVA!!!

The new Lucky Star OVA that was just recently subbed has been the buzz of most otaku blogs, and anime sites all together.  I finally was able to get my hands on it today.  I had to get it on the schools internet and go through 10 different sites since most things are blocked.  After long searching I finally found it.

My whole plan was to come home right after school make some ramen and sit down at the computer and watch it.  Though things did not go as planned.  Mom and dad had a pretty large dinner cooked and I was olbigated to eat that.  Then after which I had to do the dishes -_-

All that made me want to watch it more and more, then the time came.

I was somewhat expecting the theme song and dance here.....oh well ^^

It was hilarious.  I am still a bit pyched up about it even after a few rounds on Age of Empires 3.  Of course being an “Lucky Star” OVA it is just as random as the series you come to know and love.  What you see in the series is exactly what to expect too.  I love the Kagami Miku cosplay XD.  Too bad I forgot to snap shot that.  Might need to do that later.

My favorite part was the MMO section of the OVA.

Go Konata! Go Konata! XD

I was kinda of sad I thought I would never see Konata refered to as “Lengendary Girl A” unless I watched the re-runs.  That is when this came up.

AFK!?

What next…..hmmmm

Kawaii

I really felt bad for Tsukasa when this happened. She was slammed in the face with a volleyball. Poor Tsukasa, though truthfully it did make me laugh a little for some reason.

^_^

Had to screencap Konata sorry.

errr....ummmm!?

Frankly I found that odd. Overall though I loved the OVA. I was sad, I wish it was a bit longer. Or either something else come out. Unless I am an idiot and there IS something already out and I just do not know about it. Which seems pretty possible knowing me.
I am probably going to give this a few more watches on random occasions during the week. I love it!!!!

New Computer Finally Built

Just.....a....box?

I promise a computer part post sometime this weekend so here we go. As previously posted here are my parts shown in the image below.

These only ran me a total of $120 all together but to be perfectly honest I am a pretty surprised about how well everything runs on them. I was expecting very sluggish speeds and barely being able to run any of my games but in fact this computer is one of the better ones I have had. I am a pretty cheap computer guy. I want something that runs and checks emails and plays some music. If it does those 2 things I am fairly happy especially since I am not a PC gamer. I think It would cost too much money in the long run. (Yet buying the new consoles that come out is not? XD)

My workspace is quite the mess. On the left is the older computer I had to use. Laptop on the desk next to the monitor. Then my pringles can, oh and my oppai mousepad.

One of the scariest parts when putting my previous computer together was inserting the CPU. I always am surprised how small they are. After staring at them with a large fan and heat sink over them it is hard to imagine them being so small. Luckily this time around I was pretty comfy with the whole idea. After getting everything put together I turned it on.

The case glows, the front panel does too, but I never hooked it up. Too lazy.

All was good except for the one little thing. When the fan spun it would make a loud noise that was really dreadful. It was hitting something and what my first assumption was is the heat sink. I got on Newegg.com and talked with the customer support. The first suggestion they gave was to have me RMA it and send everything back. I really did not want to do that since the CPU worked just fine, plus I would have to take everything apart, box it up, and wait a week or so. In the end they gave me a $15 discount to order a replacement heat sink and fan for my CPU socket.

A bit dark I am sorry.

There is something I feel pretty bad about and that is the fact I found out why the fan was making so much noise. There was a wire touching against the blades very lightly. After deattaching the fan from the heat sink to inspect I found the issue and fixed it, put it back in, turned the computer on, and no dreadful noise. Since this was in the morning before school I did need to go and finish getting ready.

Flash makes it easier to see the motherboard.

When I got home I put all my stuff on it, XP Pro, Programs, Wallpapers, Games, and more. One thing I want to comment on. My motherboard has High Definition 7.1 sound. If you are having problems with it and you have XP SP3 then that is your problem. The Realtek High Def Audio Drivers will not install correctly because it is not included in SP3, yet it WILL work on SP2. You will need to rollback to get your sound working.

XD My computer building is quite....ghetto. Though I blame a lot of that on the poor construction of the case. I got it for $45 including shipping a year ago.

On the gaming aspect of this thing, I am pretty impressed too. I have a few older games that none of my computers could play. For instance UT 2004, my new computer can actually run the game flawlessly. I did not think the integrated video could handle the load but it did. It can also play my other games like, Age of Empires 3, 3D Custom Girl, Artificial Girl 2, Medeval Total War, Halo 1, and more.

I am sure you cannot tell in this....but...ummm the rear IO panel is taped on. The only way to get it in is to put it in before the Motherboard and I was way too lazy to take it out to put this in, so scotch tape it is.

I am very happy with the purchase as you can tell. Hope you enjoyed the pics I provided.  Sorry for my poor computer building.  Though give me credit it does work.  I need to get a new case.  As I said above I blame a lot of this on the case contruction.  It is very flimsy, but it is very large inside making it easy to work in my opinion.

Parts Finally Came In

Use the picture a lot I know, but this time it really matches

First of all let me say I am sorry for the lack of posting lately.  Though there is a reason for that.  I was waiting and waiting for my computer parts to finally come in the mail that way I can do a large post regrarding that.  The good news is that they actually came in yesterday afternoon as I was getting home from school.  The bad news is that things did not go as planned hooking everything up.

One good thing is that everything is working as it should right now, though I do find that I am in desperate need of a better graphics card as well as a SATA HDD or DVD-ROM.  My motherboard that I purchased only has one open area for IDE devices because lets face it IDE is getting older and slower and not many people use it.  Except for me who is too lazy to switch over.  I did also have some issues when trying to get the sound to work properly.  Amazingly enough even this cheap mobo I have supports high def audio which I am pretty surprised about.  The bad part was that Windows XP SP3 did not like high def audio and refused to let me install my drivers.

I will do a bigger post with pictures sometime this weekend so please bear with me ok?