I Am Noobiticus!

Okay it's been too long. I felt bad about not updating so I just put it off. Well, no more! So 20 Feathaz was a lot of fun to do, but the material that it was based around turned out to be a let down. Yeah, I'm talking about Age of Conan. It was garbage.

My group, The Empyreans (.com) are pretty amped on Warhammer lately. They claim it is the bee's knees, but I dunno. Lately I've been consumed with music, school, work, and having my car totalled by an absolute moron:

She hit me (and my buddy Kyle in the passenger seat) at 50 mph during rush hour traffic while I had been sitting at an intersection waiting for all the bumper-to-bumper to clear up during a yellow-to-red shift on the light. Out of nowhere, boom. No brakes sound, nothing. I went to the hospital, it was crazy. BTW, if you look at the pictures, my license plate is 911, and the date of the accident was 9/11, and obviously I dealt with 911 since they came to the scene and took my in an ambulance. Crazy! Since my LS is annihilated, I think I'm gonna snatch up a nice '01 Prelude.

There's also been a limited but incredibly productive talk amongst a few of us in the Empyreans about starting a gaming community site, based around a weekly podcast. I don't want to get into the details, but it could be the next big thing on the planet. More info on this will undoubtedly come to light in the future, if all goes according to plan. ^_-

I'm on the edge of my job, basically pulling a Peter from Office Space. Maybe because the job feels like Office Space. Moving on...

The Empyreans finished our sixth album this week, I'll make a big post about that in a day or two, with links to download it. I did a ton of work on it, it is like a movie score. 110 minutes, 30 tracks, lot of collaborating and stuff on it. It's awesome music, and I gotta say, maybe I should look into this more seriously. Anyways, I'll talk about the album, Mega, more in my next post.

Music is just so busy lately. Like, out of control busy. These past few months, June, July, August, September... have been the most productive artistic period in my entire life by far. I don't know what it is exactly, maybe living alone? Anyways, here are parts of a song I'm trying to collab on w/ Plastik. In visual format!!!



Now wasn't that just as good as hearing it, except 3 minutes shorter? Great... lets keep it going.

My Ohio State Buckeyes, the love of my life, why do you break my heart. I can literally see into the stadium from my bed, but now I don't even want to think about you! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE THE BIG ONES IN THE WORST WAYS. Especially to a team like USC. Los Angeles doesn't deserve a college football team. It's a town thing, people in LA wouldn't really give a crap one way or another about the outcome of that game. But here in Columbus? Hell, even the entire state of Ohio. It's a massive deal. and we got our asses kicked. Again...

However, my Tampa Bay Rays are going to the playoffs for the first time ever. And, yours truly called it (yeah thats right, go check my old posts). In a few weeks, make sure you keep an eye out for me on the Sportscenter highlight reel, catching a home run in the stands during their home games in the ALCS against Boston. I love these guys, I've watched about 100 Rays games this season, I hope they go all the way.



Okay, I'll be updating at least once a week from now on. I promise that. Next blog, more talk about the album we just finished, Mega, what our next project will be, and some other left-field stuff. Peace!

Dog Days of Summer

Man, it's been a while. I've been playing Age of Conan, working, attempting to change majors, and also settling into my new place, which is pretty cool.

I've had a migraine for about 40 hours straight now, absolutely insane pressure, throbbing & pulsing my soft brain matter against my skull. I honestly felt like I was going to pass out at a couple points. Anyways, it's hard to concentrate, so I apologize if any of this post is wack. Seriously, I couldn't hear out of my right ear during the onset...

Ironically, my Tampa Bay Rays are kicking ass in baseball. Currently holding the best record in MLB. However, they've just hit a small slump, I think they've dropped five or six in a row now... in two series against crappy teams (KC & Cleveland). However, their rookie 3B Evan Longoria got voted in for the All-Star game! Rock on...




On the flip side, all of my fantasy baseball teams are falling apart. Which makes no sense, considering I drafted every single Tampa Bay Rays player. WTF???

MOVING ON...

I've been owning in video games (as usual):




Now, Age of Conan. Where do I start. I'm going to just keep this brief. Age of Conan is on life support. It needs a lot of work, and I'm not sure if Funcom will be able to keep the playerbase active until they implement the rest of the game we paid for months ago. This is a big issue for me and if it doesn't pan out well, then I think I'm going to go ballistic Jihad ninja on a lot of ppl to take out my nerd rage.

If you're still hard for Age of Conan, or want to know whats up, check our guild out (theempyreans.com)... or if you obsess over me, go search for "adizmal" on youtube and you can find a couple new Age of Conan videos and clips from our guild and myself.

Oh yeah, one more thing. 20 Feathaz was finished a while ago, but I never posted about it here.




Go download the album at: http://sc0ttius.phpwebhosting.com/mp3s/20feathaz.zip

I'll post more when I get the chance. Lets go TEAM USA! OWN THE REST OF THE PATHETIC WORLD IN THE OLYMPIX!!! Later peeps.

Winning Consumes My Time!

I've been very busy lately. I got a job. I got a new apartment. I've been busy owning everyone in fantasy baseball. I've been doing school work as well - man, there is no way I can pass accounting.

I have a ton of stuff that I need to rant about, so I'll be putting up a couple posts this weekend that will be chock full of crap.

Also, 20 Feathaz (our new Empyreans album) is nearly finished.

Word!

~ Diz

Opening Day

Hello, internets. How are you? I am doing swell. Spring break is over for me, but never fear - baseball is here!!

My view on Opening Day - 3/31/08

That's right, third base line, C.C. Sabathia vs Mark Buerhle, we're talkin Indians vs White Sox folks, we're talkin home opener, we're talkin the beginning of spring, we're talkin blunted in sixty-degree sunshine, we're talkin about the smell of bratwurst and who is gonna hit the first homer, we're talkin about baseball baby! It's going to be the best season ever, just like the awesome game that Kyle, Comfy, and I witnessed up in Cleveland.

Now, I'd like to take the time to talk a little bit about my draft strategy, now that the season is in full swing. Before I explain anything, check this out:



This is a problem; fortunately, it is a good one. What you see above is the culmination of a sinister evil genius strategy that I myself concocted. Since I'm being paid to spill the beans on this one by Brandon Funston (he's so jealous), here is my draft strategy - draft early hitters who are young and possess both power and speed, mixed in with second spot SPs. Why the second starting pitcher, instead of the ace? Well, my theory postulates that if you draft the correct starters, who are the second pitcher in their team's rotation, then they will face easier opposition, in terms of the pitching matchup. This means their team mates will be more likely to score on their second best pitcher compared to their #1 ace, providing you with more wins and run support.

Lets take the the Giants for example. The top of their rotation is Barry Zito. Barry Freakin' Zito. That means every time Barry Zito is dukin it out with Brandon Webb, and Matt Cain gets to deal with Dan Haren, Tim Lincecum gets a nice shot at some scrub like Micah Owings or (gasp!) Randy Johnson.

Another example would be Josh Beckett and Daisuke Matsusaka; you gotta love Dice-K's chances to put up big numbers again this year, with Beckett slugging it out with the other aces in front of him. Or how about Erik Bedard coming over to shield King Felix. James Shields behind Scott Kazmir. Carmona behind Sabathia. Can see where this is going?

The point is, drafting guys like Barry Zito can totally screw your entire fantasy roster up. Drafting guys like Lincecum as your main SP corps can really help you out across the span of a season. Draft non-ace pitchers who are going to strike out a ton of people and melt lots of faces. It also helps if they play for a winning team with good run production and a deep pitching rotation.

Learning how to concoct strategies like this one is the first step to owning lots of newbies in fantasy baseball. Think deeper than your opponents. Chances are they are morons. The second step involves actually knowing stuff about baseball and the players, so we'll get to that some other time. Until then, check out this picture of my favorite player owning my least favorite player:



Next week I'll break down why I believe the Tampa Bay Rays will win the World Series this year, as well as some information on Age of Conan. Also, the album(s) are coming along very well. I may post a couple sneak peeks tracks up for download or something, who knows.