World of Warcraft Escalation: Patch 5.3 Live This Week

May23
by Menard on May 23, 2013 at 11:56 pm
Posted In: Gaming

Blizzard deployed WoW Patch 5.3 after server maintenance this week. Patch 5.3, dubbed as “Escalation” is a major patch and it contains a lot of new content and fixes.

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 Image Credit: Blizzard and us.battle.net

 

Quoting the official battle dot net website:

The battle for Pandaria is approaching a fever pitch. Her resources are plundered. Her earth is scoured. The Alliance and the Horde are at each other’s throats – but great dangers lurk within their own ranks.

While Warchief Garrosh Hellscream’s excavation squads bore deep into Pandaria’s Vale of Eternal Blossoms in search of chthonic power, Taran Zhu, lord of the Shado-Pan, grows increasingly concerned about the presence of outsiders in his homeland. Meanwhile, in search of new soldiers to shore up his war in Pandaria, King Varian Wrynn has been forced to turn to the Dark Iron Dwarf Princess Moira for aid.

The struggle for Pandaria threatens to engulf all Azeroth, and you’re at the forefront of the conflict.

I am also excited about the following wow content/lore updates:

  • Battlefield:Barrens (I won’t give spoilers but this will be the staging point for the Darkspear rebellion)
  • Cool new character title “Darkspear Revolutionary” for the Horde (sorry I have no active alliance toon to get the counterpart title “Hordebreaker”)
  • Level 85-90 XP requirements reduced by 33% in this patch. (Yo! Time to max the alts!)

I really love the Warcraft lore so I’m glad that finally Vol’jin and the Darkspears are now leading some revolt against Garrosh. I have just finished reading the Tides of War novel several weeks ago, and every time I see Garrosh in-game I make it a point to “/rude” him whichever toon I’m logged in :) . I also remember doing some wow scenario last year (the one where Garrosh ordered Vol’jin killed but the troll shadow hunter mon survived) and I’m loving how this “oust Garrosh” plot is turning out.

Cant wait til my wow weekend!!!

You can read more about WoW Escalation: Patch 5.3 here and here

Like WoW and warcraft? Kindly visit my other wow posts here

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Dreamhost Increases .Com and .Net Domain Pricing to USD 11.95

May20
by Menard on May 20, 2013 at 11:17 pm
Posted In: Blog Experiences

I got several domains at Dreamhost, and they have advised their users that effective June 15, 2013, they will be increasing the price for .com and .net domain registration and renewals to $11.95 per year.

I learned about this change because Dreamhost occasionally sends “catchy” announcements via their newsletter (see below)

Hi Menard,

Last year in January our domain provider, Verisign, hit us with a price increase for .com and .net registrations, with another increase coming in July for .net. As irritating as these increases have been for us, we’re sorry to say that any protests regarding these increases have fallen on deaf ears. We’ve held off on passing this increase to our customers for an entire year simply because we didn’t want to believe it was true.

However, we are sad to report that we’ve allowed reality’s harsh embrace to alter our thinking on domain pricing for .com and .net domains. As of June 15, 2013, we will be increasing the price for .com and .net domain registration and renewals to $11.95 per year.

Due to our commitment to non-profit organizations and all of the good work that they do, we will NOT be increasing the price for “.org” domain registrations and renewals at this time. They will stay at the current rate of $9.95 per year.

We’re sorry to be the bearers of bad news and wish we didn’t have to follow in Verisign’s footsteps on this, but them’s the breaks.

Thanks for your understanding.

Should you have any questions please contact us at support@dreamhost.com.

-The No-So-Happy DreamHost Domain Registration Team

I’m fine with this price increase as their domain reservation and renewal services are good. Thanks to Dreamhost team for this timely announcement!

 

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Free The Croods Game Cheats and Tips: 1.1.0 Updates and Level 21 Cheats

May16
by Menard on May 16, 2013 at 11:09 pm
Posted In: Gaming

Some updates to my Free The Croods Game Cheats Saga series :)

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The Croods Game got some update via Google Play Store before the month of May started. The Croods Game Version 1.1.0 update gives out some exciting twist to the game. The Croods animals each now have their own favorite decorations and this will boost resource build time by 5% each.

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In the above Croods Game screenshot, the 3 decorations around the Fish Cat gives 5% boost each
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So my The Croods Game tip for the day will be to give each of your important and critical animal homes their favorite decorations.

The Croods Game Level 20 Level up is also great as it will give Free 100 Croods crystals as a reward. But what find amazing is that Level 21 is still coming soon.

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Because I want to enjoy The Croods Game I tried some experiment that I hope can result to The Croods Game Level 21 cheats :) . For the last 2 weeks I tried concentrating and finishing Grug’s Forklift invention

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but I am not impressed with the results.

Yes stockpiling sticks and stones completes Grug’s Forklift invention and will reward free 30,000 coins, but the wait process is very very long (Zeaver home build-wait-time is around 190+ hours and the zeaver is very slow and can only produce 3 sticks at a time). And after completing forklift invention, you will just see this message:

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:( and all quests are coming soon:

 

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That ends my much anticipated The Croods Game Level 21 cheats.

I hope Rovio will give some The Crood game updates soon…

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Free The Croods Game Cheats and Tips Part 2

Apr20
by Menard on April 20, 2013 at 1:35 pm
Posted In: Gaming

I have not played The Croods much because my vacation mode is over. But I want to do a follow up post for my Free The Croods Game Cheats post so I am sharing some more The Croods Game Tips that can help you level up faster and enjoy the game more too.

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On my current level, tasks (Gran’s chores) are really hard and expensive.
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For example, Evolving Fish Cat home will cost you 24,300 coins

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While building a Zeaver home you will need to shell out 32,400 coins

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So to help fellow Croods players with some ideas, I’m sharing these The Croods Game Tips.
The Croods Game Tip #1 Evolve Berry Bush as soon as The Croods crystals are available.
Berries are the first resource and it’s like the foundation of all other Croods resources.  Evolve both berry bushes to at least 24 berry production-capacity.

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Just be careful because evolving berry bush will need a lot of The Croods crystals (50 crystals for the 24-berry production, 100 crystals for the next level).

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The Croods Game Tip #2 Need Free Croods Crystals? Remove Rocks and Trees.
Yes removing rocks and trees will give some XP points and the much valued Croods crystals. But you will need some Croods coins to do it.
Removing Big Trees will yield some 20 XPs and 3 crystals
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Removing Big Rocks will give out some 40 XPs and 4 crystals

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And to avoid the Croods Crystal waste due to accidental clicking that I mentioned in my previous post, it is recommended to do a 1-time removal of trees and rocks in 1 area and spend the crystals asap (maybe for Berry bush upgrades, see Tip #1 above)

 

The Croods Game Tip #3 Evolve Traps to boost luring/trapping luck.

Grug is a kinda weak when it comes to luring /trapping higher level Croods animals so help him by evolving the traps.

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This cost croods coins and sometime croods crystals too.

 

The Croods Game Tip #4 Help Grug with his inventions

This is one of the costlier tasks in-game. Grug inventions are needed to progress and expand in the game. Help Grug with his inventions and get some extra coins too (but a lot of resource needed and the inventions are in 3 stages).
Here is Grug invention materials needed (Folklift, Stage 3)
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Hope you liked my Free The Croods Game Tips and Cheats post. You can also visit my previous post: Free Six The Croods Game Cheats and Tips  know more The Croods Game Cheats.

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The Voice Season 4: Come Together

Apr08
by Menard on April 8, 2013 at 12:10 am
Posted In: Blog Experiences

Just sharing a video clip of one of our fave TV Shows.

Here is Adam Levine and Blake Shelton singing “Come Together” with the new coaches Usher and Shakira for The Voice Season 4.

Video Courtesy of Youtube.com and user Talentshows

We will definitely miss Christina Aguilera and Ceelo Green but I believe Usher and Shakira will bring much fun to the show too! With this performance and the first episodes of the blind auditions we can see that the four coaches have good chemistry and Season 4 will be an exciting season for The Voice USA.

The Voice Season 4 premiered last week and is NBC is currently airing some blind auditions episodes. Will try to do more post about The Voice soon…

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