In the mood for change

Hi guys! It has been a while since my last lucid post. Heh. I haven't been blogging much, since there is nothing interesting to write about.

I guess by now, most (in Cervantes, at least) would have noticed the exodus of Dominion's members to another newly-created faction. Illuminati, probably the baby of Miya and Sitoca, recruited the better (debatable :D) and more hardcore players from Dominion, who are seriously into raids. There have been some unhappiness in the past, due to inactivity from the more senior members and insufficient participation of members in raids. But I suppose all is well now, since the more hardworking and active players are grouped into one faction to do a common activity that is so important to them.

There is no clear direction on how Dom is to proceed from now, but one thing for sure, I am playing this game for enjoyment not stress. I don't speak for everyone, and I am sure everyone has different reasons for playing an online game, but I much prefer the laid back Dom before competition lead us to become an unwilling aggressor. Years of playing healers in different games must have make me into a softy. Ha.

Anyway, I digress.

What do you guys think about the new blog design? I have wanted to give Dom's blog a new look but haven't been able to come up any idea, till I found the very cool new character (new monster or npc, anyone knows?). So, do you like it?

(Part of the entry is replicated from my blog)

Colony War 08102007

[Entry written by VonGiftzhane]

It was a great war for the Dominions who had been able to participate in last Sunday's Colony War. For the Dominions, sitting on the top of the chain had been admittedly rather stifling. The spilt from almost two fifths of our member base had crippled us severely. Though I might have refer to it as a spilt, some who had chosen to stand by us might disagree otherwise. Whether it was a mutiny, a reform or a split, it has served to remind us to not be complacent. It had taught us a lesson and in turn humbled us.

The colony war started predictably with a massive amount of factions warring and tearing our beacons. Due to our inability to defend all, we had agreed to give our colonies to Fenrir, our all time ally and Illuminati, formed by former Dominions. I admit that it was heart breaking to see us losing nine of our colonies, but we have seen this coming after Saturday's sudden expulsion of members (and having them joining a new faction). Most of us in Dominion have prepared ourselves for the worst, and that was to end the war without a single colony. We knew that we were unlikely to be able to defend all but one, hence the decision. Yet we preserved to defend Scorching Plateau and had deterred people from taking over despite the heavy barrage we received.

With only 3 squads we managed to defend Scorching Plateau and take over Jezebel Glen and El Tejado Verde. It is a feat that we had not foreseen. It had been great fun fighting the war like we had been with Yakisoba.

With regards to Lezard's absence from GE, he is not retiring from the game but is in fact taking a break for his exams. He will be back, but not quite soon. Meanwhile, life in Dominion proceeds on with a Temporary Leader. Recruitment of Dominion is available at our forums. We welcome you with open arms, you can also pm famiglia / VonGiftzhane / Hush to apply ingame.

To all the players that had stood by us and given us your support, thank you and we cannot thank enough to Fenrir for standing by us despite being severely crippled.

To the former Domies

Thank you for being part of Dominion, and I wish you the best in your new faction :)

Those who wish to join Dominion

We would like to announce that starting from 12am today, players who wish to join us will require to send their application thru our faction forum at Membership Application. You can check out our requirement rules at "Those who wish to join Dominion" thread.

Thank you.

Malaysia GE Grand Launch Events & CW

Malaysia GE event had started on 14th September 2007. Sadly, i can't make it on Friday due to work. On the 15th & 16th September, i was there with my faction mates to enjoy it.

Cineleisure Damansara, see anything familiar?

Cineleisure Damansara where all the actions happened~Grand Launch of Malaysia Granado Espada~ This is the 1st time i set my foot to Damansara. Thanks to Rey & Kisuragi for giving me a ride or i won't make it to the events. Anyway, as you can see, the Great Hill Giant is guarding the entrance or he's probably just guarding the GE car from getting stolen >.< . I wish they offer the car as prize ~.~ As we enter the building, the 1st thing that we saw was....
Since i forgot what he was called... i'll just nicknames him as Tetra boss or general boss =x He look like he's so happy to see us. I wonder what is on his mind? make us as his dinner? kill us endlessly in Boss Raid?

GE Goodies~ Postcard, Mug, T-shirts and more!

Models wearing GE costumes

And the Stage, where all the prizes and various event was held except for pvp and boss raid challenge.

Players focusing on killing their opponents

By the time we arrive, we already missed few events. So, i started with 5v5 challenge. 5v5 challenge started at 4.40pm and ended at 10.00pm. This is due to some technical problem occurred during the event. I'm not good at details, so i just go straight to the main point.

Winners of 5v5 challenge:
1st : Dominion ( famiglia, Kisuragi, Leoz, Lezard, Ralphe )
2nd : YakisobaMY ( CrimZama, dodobird, Fishes, Kazu, Nuub )
3rd : Pachelbel (i'm sorry, but i didnt know then names of the players)

We went home with a very happy but exhausted feeling (and we're very hungry).

And on to the last day, 16th September 2007....

We arrived at 1.00pm at Cineleisure and the Granado Espada demontration was undergo. There are 3 events happening: Leveling Competition, 2v2 challenge and Boss Raid. For the leveling competition, i forgot the names of the winners >.< (sorry)

Winners of 2v2 challenge:
1st : Dominion I ( Lezard & Ralphe)
2nd : YakisobaMY ( dodobird & Nuub )
3rd : Dominion II ( Leoz & Kisuragi )

The Boss Raid Challenge : save the GM! occured after the 2v2 challenge which ends at 6.30pm. Each team are required to kill 4 bosses.

Winners of Boss Raid challenge:
Yaki Domi
(Wuss, Lezard, Leoz, Kisuragi, Kazu, Nuub, Dodobird, Fishes, Santos, Blitz)

Yea, we combine forces with Yakisoba to win the event. We end-up getting killed by a lv100 fallen champion ( it's a surprise gift from GM, since we manage to break the opponent time record ). The boss raid was the most fun event i had ever join (pvp always give me a bit of pressure =x). It was a non-stop excitement. Unfortunately, i don't have any SS of it (T_T).


I would like to take this chance to say thanks to NiAbUuUu for giving me your guardian ring ( T_T <- happy tears ), to Rey and Kisuragi for taking the time to pick me up and drop me off to PUTRA Kelana Jaya (i still say it's Putra! Not LRT =_=), Ralphe and Lezard for coming in from singapore to join the events (best leaders of Dominion), famiglia for being there cause i be lonely without you~ and to every1 who participate the events especially to Yakisoba. And finally to Hrin and Selwyn thank you for your support! It was FUN! Malaysia is not the only place which had GE Grand Launch Events. Check-out DeSanggrias, Ninemoons, Ogasawara or Veya on what's happening in Philippines.

T_T we didn't make it to CW on Sunday. Gratz to every1 on acquiring/defending their colonies!