All Points Bulletin

 

Another feature, this time about a game I’ve been following lately, namely All Points Bulletin(hereafter APB).

I got my first looks at the game very early on, through some site(not sure where) and thought it looked cool and then I lost sight of it for a while until it popped up about a year or so later on some sites just after they won their E3 nominee awards, I saw the trailer(just below here) and got hooked from that moment on…
Before I continue I’ll show you guys the trailer so you get a better picture as to what I am talking about(and yes, I’m also trying to asimmilate you to get hooked….did I just use the word assimilate? ah well, enjoy)

actually this is not the trailer I saw, but I think this one is even better 😀
ves around this city, San Paro, in which all hell has broken loose, the normal police is a corrupt, shambled force not capable of dealing with the enormous explosion in crime. With the most recent outburst’s startpoint laying in the assassination of late Mayor John Derren by Luke Waskawi. In his footsteps his daughter Jane Derren decided she would try to fill her father’s shoes and continue his work of cleaning up the city. After she was elected she quickly saw that the corrupted SPPD wasn’t up to the job, and as such Mayor Jane Derren issued the City Security Act(CSA) so other organizations can help to try and get the city out of it’s misery and once more into the earthly paradise it used to be.
Almost immediately two different Enforcing organizations stood up, the steadfast Preatorians and the knights-in-blazing-armor Prentiss Tigers, after whom many other, smaller organizations took up arms to defend their beloved city. The Preatorians are a well equipped, somewhat corporate Policeforce, led by the bright Justin Teng. These well equipped enforcers are cleaning out the town whereever they go.
The Prentiss Tigers are the media’s favourite, they like to clean the badguys up with flashy moves and actions, all while staying in the spotlight.
On the other side of the bars you have two major Criminal organizations, the G-Kings and the Bloodroses, these foul gangs are big time players and an twisted example to numerous smaller gangs.
It is believed it is basically between these 4 players that the fight will occur unless the crippled police force can back on it’s feet on time. About these two major gangs there is litle known, but what is known is that the G-Kings are a group of thugs rumoured to be from the Gresty neighbourhood and they are trying to pull down the law and everything doing with government, it is rumoured they are supported by the garbage millionaire Arlon Benjamin, but so far the police has failed to get rigid evidence he actually does so.
The other major gang are the Bloodroses, they are a group of wealthy kids, or so is rumoured, operating mainly in the Waterfront District. They are known for their fast and loud heists of the ports in that district.
The individual enforcers(the players) can create their own organizations to support the bigger players, or remain solo should they choose so. The criminals are known to do the same on their side, pledging to the bigger players for support and protection.
But for the rest, there isn’t much of a story, which is great because it let’s players (and clans) create their own story matching up to the bits of story found around the city.

As you might have guessed from my little background story just there I am already picking the enforcer side(must be my Lawful Good alignment…), to make it even better yet, I’ve already sided myself with a already existing clan of Enforcers the San Paro Sheriff’s Departement.
My character I decided I’m going to make, Howard Merten Wolfe, has a Bio already(which is a first to me, making a char before the game) whom joined the SPSD when the search of his brother and sister became to hard to continue with his meager funds. He had heard through some arrested criminal back in his hometown that there was an influx of criminals moving towards San Paro, with the added note he noticed a clear brother and sister looking a bit like him amongst them. The criminal was a recruiter of sorts who lured young thugs, or hopeless, bored youngsters, to San Paro to live a life of crime. As such he quited his local PD and moved out, living of his savings in search of them. With no luck and his funds running out he looked for a job and found one with the SPSD, still able to make a difference to the crimewave in San Paro. He also quickly rose through the ranks to the rank of Sergeant with his own squad below him.
Now for a bit about the SPSD, they are a light to medium RolePlaying Clan, which means they do encourage RolePlay, but it’s not strict or mandatory. This is their story:

The SPSD was first started in the year 1870, around 20 years after the city of San Paro was founded. The SPSD has always had the jursidiction of the City of San Paro and the surrounding area within the County. When the city grew bigger and bigger the SPSD focused more on the surrounding county as a new police force was erected for the city itself, the SPPD.
In the hours after the assassination of John Derren, the city of San Paro was thrown into chaos, and the SPSD was stepped in to take over basic law enforcement as the SPPD slipped into obscurity. The department was spread thin, and the Sheriff quit and left the city. Sheriff Adams was hired by Mayor Derren, and immediately began a recruitment drive. Today, the SPSD effectively allows the citizenry of San Paro to live their lives in safety.

We are a clan that act as a real Sheriff’s Departement, meaning we will get police uniforms and cruisers when the game get’s opened to the bigger public. But, there is a Closed Beta right now, and those of the SPSD who made it in already set it up and we are rumoured to be one of the biggest, if not the biggest of all, enforcer groups. We are even mentioned in the podcast FortheLore by the developers, Chris ‘Deum’ Collins and Stephen ‘Kitkat’ Hewitt around the 23rd minute. They find it cool too see them pulling up in their uniforms and cruisers when they catch the bad guys.
At this point I’d like to point you to the official site and their podcasts if you want to know more. Maybe I will see you all in game, maybe I won’t. Whatever the case, expect to hear more about it in my blogs as it seems like the perfect game for me, combining FPS with a hint of RPG and a good big spoon of MMO.

Now for some songs(there are too many too name, so I selected quite a few, and most are featured in APB):

First off, it’s the bullys of your sound, the Audio Bullys – Gimme That Punk:

Second one is Johny’s got a Boom Boom from Imelda May;

Third off is Ghost of a Thousand – Bright Lights:

The fourth song I really like is beth Rowley – Beautiful Tomorrow:

Fifth up is Boys Noise – Lava Lava (believe me if I say the song’s not as corny as the name of it)

Sixth off is Clutch – Mercury (awesome rock!)

Ohnoes!

 

I just realised I haven’t posted he following song!
which should be shameful to me, as this is THE song that basically triggered me into loving music the way I do now(it is the song I remember liking the longest):
RMB – Spring

The song is from the 90s somewhere, and the oldest memory of it is from listening it by a friend and falling in love with it instantaneously, ofcourse I had it on tape the next minute or so, and it remained in my tapedeck for a long time, then i lost it only to find it again a few years later, when my collection was growing, it gained a solid top marking position on my ‘Songs to like’-board.
I just skipped through my blogs and I can’t find it anywhere, so i just reposted it here.

and while I am at the period I’m gonna post a few more ‘Happy Hardcore’ songs you may or may not know.
Dune – Million miles away from home

Nakatomi – sing a song

Nakatomi – Children of the Night

and now for something totally different!

right….and now for an old song!
The Trashman – The Surfin’ Bird

This post is also an excuse to give you all part 2 of the story

Go read the story!

and for me….. *shuffles off to bed*

Stories

 

As some of you might know I’m a loon with too many stories running in my head(which are, btw, rather regularly refreshed) of which is the downside they are never finished(well, most of them anyway).
Sometimes it’s to blame due to my interest field at that time, sometimes cause it’s game related and I quit playing the game. And other times just because I’m a lazy bum who doesn’t want to finish the story(most of the time).
I had(in some dark, ancient, almost forgotten past) a forum on this very website which supported and encouraged the writing of stories. unfortunately that little project stranded(pick one of the above said reasons) and was forgotten.
This time I have another story in my head I really want to share it with you all, but not through forums or mails, but through the blogs, you may notice the new ‘category’ right next to the title.
All you will need to do to read the story is to click the linky down this post which says ‘Read the rest’.

Righto, now for some music I find fitting:

This time I delved into some anime OSTs(well, I had it for a while) and I proudly present you:
Nujabes – 1st Samurai  from Samurai Champloo(awesome anime! go check it out!)

Second of, I’m not sure if I posted it before but still:
Combichrist – Get Your Body Beat (clip is from the cool Gene Generation)

With the third song there comes a BIG warning! ¡¡This stuff is highly addictive! play at your own risk!!
It’s a remix from  a dance song(Scandinavian) called Caramelldansen (be glad this one has an ending!):

And now for more calm music(hopefully)
both the songs are from the Anime Eureka Seven, both are futured in the smae episode, and unlike most other songs I have kept the related videos on, so you can browse the other music 🙂
Ninety-Three – Takkyu Ishino

Get it by your hands – Hiroshi Watanabe(aka Quadra)

that’s it for now, enjoy the songs, and enjoy the story(hopefully) and comment on the story!

Confronting a weeping guitar

 

*blows the dust of the blog, wrinkles his nose and sneezes*
Wooh…that’s been a while… does this thing still work? *taps the blogging machine*
hm…seems so…

Hello there, it has been a while *waves a spiderweb away* okay, it has been a long time…
So, seeing this blog is about Conan again… let’s look at the post below here

Lot’s of things has happened in the mean time, some of which even I couldn’t predict:
First off, my ‘main’ Ganchin is collecting a lot of dust, it’s not that I don’t want to play him…it’s just that I can’t find the right mood to RP him, eg. He’s a well aged mercenary(late 30s) which alone makes him the opposite of me, counting in age that is. So he’s a real challenge to play, one that I’m not willing to pick up for some reason.
Second off, the slave I discussed below has had a huge twist. He was supposed to infiltrate in a guild called “The House of the Rose”, a guild which has fallen due to various reasons. And atop of that his Master went MIA for a few weeks, so seeing I’ve never heard of him in a big month I decided to take my alt and alter it for myself.
Dragevio Vicinti is now a free, young warrior hailing from the western part of Aqualonia, Schondara. He has traveled to the Pearl of the West, Old Tarantia, on an assignment for the military, during his leave he met a few folks from the Ordo Templari, which he joined after coming back from a campaign near the Nemedian borders. A campaign he doesn’t talk about and no one asks him about.
He has a strong sense of justice and wrong doing, and he bites into something that get’s to him like a bulldog in his favorite squishytoy.
One such thing is currently happening to him and is RPed and written out.

Lastly we have Raue, she is like Ganchin gathering dust, but for different reasons. She is part of a somewhat close knit family(as slave) and one of the members playing a preggy woman hasn’t been playing due to RL reasons, so for that reason she is gathering dust(her character is really subdued and is not/will not leave the house without permission, which makes interaction with others rather limited)

Now for the music!
This time I have gathered two styles of music most won’t hear in the same room in a lifetime, but I’m stubborn and I like all music so there!

First off, a song which most of you probably will know, if not, go shame yourself!
It’s the Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps

The second song is from Otep, a band most of you won’t know, and definately don’t want to know. So if you don’t like metal/protest songs I recommend skipping to the special down below.
The song is called Confrontation and is(from what I gather) a protest song against the Government and war:

This weeks special is roasted Peking duck with a slight sauce of cinna…..wait, wrong text! *looks around shifty eyed* Who writes these things anyways?
*cough* right, this weeks special is a new band I discovered through the Templari, their called Abney Park and classify themselves as a Steampunk band.
Their music range all over the place, from Persian tinted to ye olde Pirate songs all fitted in a Rock jacket with a helmet of the Victorian ages, the song I have picked out from them is “Dark and twisty road”
(don’t mind the video, it was the best quality sound I could find. DO mind! the graphics are violent and might be inappropriate!)

Something heavy in my hand

 

LOOOONG overdue blog, this time I am even cheeky writing it on my work(seriously you could kill a deaf person with the silence here!)

So recently there been some things that changes, nothing much so I will rant on a bit and then reward you lot with some music, fair enough?

Ok, so first off is the game Age of Conan(AoC); this is a game with a lot of startup problems back when it started.
however, a lot of these have been fixed and it is now getting a quite pleasant game with lots of fun things to discover(hey, I am an explorer/RPer, what can I say?) and the server of Hyrkania on the European site is a great RP server to be on!

Last week we had a cool event with a slaveauction, in which a friend of mine, Jodoc(aka Raz) played the Foreman selling and praising the slaves to the massive amount of buyers that turned up. I was a slave(last minute entry) and was quite rebellious. Nevertheless he got sold to what seemed to be a rather nice Master….god I was wrong… turns out he was cruel, and not jsut a bit. The whole town must have heard Dragevio’s cry of pain. More happened, but my Master does not want that to be said, so I keep my mouth shut 😉 (and that goes for you as well Raz!)
On another note, my other slave Raue is now serving that same Jodoc and his misstress Finola in their villa in which had some bumps due to Jodoc loosing his temper more often then not, but all seems well now in this house, the news is quite big that calmed him down. Alas, it is not up to me to just shout that news, all the honour goes to either Finola or Jodoc to shout out 🙂

On Ganchin’s(my main) side of things, all has been very quiet with him as I didn’t really gave him much premium quality playing time as of late. His story however, can be read here.

Now for the promised music;

This week I discovered Everlast, a nice type of hiphop/country/alternative rock kinda vibe to it.
Their first song I will showcase is ‘Stone in my Hand’, a rather cool protest song, so enjoy

Stone in my Hand – Everlast

The second song is also an Everlast, ‘Folsom Prison Blues’.
A nice tune about a prisoner with a rather familiar background tone. The tone is from Cypress Hill(forgot the exact song, should be wellknown enough)

Folsom Prison Blues – Everlast