This blog entry is a continuation of Strengths of the Straw Hat Pirates and Strengths of the Straw Hat Pirates II.
With Franky (Furanki, aka Cutty Flam (Kati Furam)) joining the Straw Hats as their Shipwright, now we shall see where he stands in the list of whether which Straw Hats is stronger.
As he was introduced only at Water 7, this means that he was not even present at the two battles in Arabasta and Skypiea. Thus said, it is hard to determine his strength with this lack of data. However, we shall go ahead and use the Enies Lobby battle and amount of his Bounty to determine his strength. He will not be included in the Arabasta and Skypiea lists, because he was not even there.
With this said, let's have the Arabasta and Skypiea lists:
1st: Luffy
2nd: Robin
3rd: Zoro
4th: Nami
5th: Sanji
6.5th: Usopp/Chopper
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Robin
6th: Nami
7th: Usopp
Now, as for the Enies Lobby battle, we shall list the CP9 agents in order of their strength (aka Douriki).
Lucci
Kaku
Jyabura
Blueno
Kumadori
Fukurou
Kalifa
Nero
Spandam
Fill it up with who defeated who:
Lucci - Luffy
Kaku - Zoro
Jyabura - Sanji
Blueno - Luffy
Kumadori - Chopper
Fukurou - Franky
Kalifa - Nami
Nero - Franky
Spandam - Robin
And the list becomes:
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Franky
6th: Nami
7th: Robin
8th: Usopp/Sogeking
And now, our bounty list:
Luffy - 300 million Beli
Zoro - 120 million Beli
Robin - 80 million Beli
Sanji - 77 million Beli
Franky - 44 million Beli
Sogeking - 30 million Beli
Nami - 16 million Beli
Chopper - 50 Beli
And this means that:
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Robin
4th: Sanji
5th: Franky
6th: Usopp/Sogeking
7th: Nami
8th: Chopper
If we find the average of the four (two only for Franky) numbers each character has:
Luffy = (1+1+1+1)/4 = 1
Zoro = (3+2+2+2)/4 = 2.25
Sanji = (5+3+3+4)/4 = 3.75
Robin = (2+5+7+3)/4 = 4.25
Franky = (5+5)/2 = 5
Chopper = (6.5+4+4+8)/4 = 5.625
Nami = (4+6+6+7)/4 = 5.75
Usopp = (6.5+7+8+6)/4 = 6.875
Franky is the 5th strongest, behind Robin. Chopper overtook Nami, due to Chopper being able to defeat Kumadori (who is stronger than Fukurou, who Franky defeated), but Nami losing to Franky at both CP9 and bounty lists. So Chopper becomes 6th and Nami becomes 7th. Usopp is still the weakest. Be glad Luffy accepted you back, nagahana-kun.
ADDITIONS:
Wonder what would happen if we only use the Enies Lobby and Bounty lists...
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Franky
6th: Nami
7th: Robin
8th: Usopp/Sogeking
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Robin
4th: Sanji
5th: Franky
6th: Usopp/Sogeking
7th: Nami
8th: Chopper
Luffy = (1+1)/2 = 1
Zoro = (2+2)/2 = 2
Sanji = (3+4)/2 = 3.5
Robin = (7+3)/2 = 5
Franky = (5+5)/2 = 5
Chopper = (4+8)/2 = 6
Nami = (6+7)/4 = 6.5
Usopp = (8+6)/4 = 7
Almost the same, but Robin and Franky are tied forth.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Gym With Dave
My mother seriously nags too much... (Edit made on 27 March 2008: Here, a quote by Shikamaru Nara from Naruto. "From the second I wake up, it's nag, nag, nag...")
Unable to stand the noise, I called Dave at the morning whether he wants to go to the gym or not. He agreed and we decided to meet at 2pm.
Later, he SMSed (Short Message Service o.O) me and said that he has to go at 2.30pm, due to his mother asking him to do housework. I replied with a Singlish SMS, "What the bloody hell! You win already lor!"
Went to the gym at 2.30pm. Bugger still not there yet. Called him like seven to eight times. He didn't answer. Bloody hell. He arrived at 2.40pm. Bastard, he's always late.
So we went in, bought a ticket (which he treated
) and changed clothes. Wanted to train arm strength, but "有心无力" (Chinese proverb that literally means "have heart no energy", which means that someone has the will to do something but not enough strength), so I ended up doing a bit, got a lot tired -.-, and went to train leg strength a bit, then do some agility like running. Bloody hell, wasted. -.-
Left at 4.45pm. Went to eat KFC, then couldn't decide what to do next. Asked if he wanna play LAN, but the bugger refused, so we walked around not knowing what to do.
Then he finally gave in and we went to play LAN. =3
He said he wanted to play something else other than Warcraft III, but I just snatched his mouse away and helped him clicked Warcraft III. :P
Wanted to play X Hero Siege, but he wanted to play DotA. Again, snatched his mouse. :D
I played Paladin, he played Blademaster. He kept sending me against the waves, so I leveled faster than him. =3
Due to his HP being low, he kept dying while I was away (buying Amulets of the Wild, defending against waves, etc.), so the monsters always create a "choke point" where their population density is HIIIIIIIIIGH. Also, I leveled faster too. =3
So, wanting to do something against the "choke point", I rushed forward and destroyed the three towers in one lane, with my pwnage Pure Light. =D Killed the three tower bosses easily, then went on to the "Fortress". Summoned a Furbolg Warrior to War Stomp the Mag-Darkness thingy (Fortress Boss) to disable it, and easily killed it. Yay, one lane gone.
Next, I went to Hero Image, leaving Dave alone with one lane. Easy. Pure Light pwns, Divine Light (or something like that, Paladin's Level 20 Skill) makes me faster, Cry of Fear or something like that weakens the enemy and decreases his HIGH armour, Devotion Aura to make sure I don't die easily and Healing Light (or something) to save Dave's ass. XD
Cleared all four, went to Special Arena for 2000 kills, and my inventory ended up something like Lightning Sword (2000 kills special arena reward), Red Sword (the one you can buy from castle, increase attack damage by 300, splash, and active ability to increase attack by 25% like Roar), Shield (that makes you revive when you die infinite times, along with other effects) and Ring of Superiority (Devotion Aura, Command Aura, Endurance Aura and Unholy Aura).
Cleared the last lane. Used Pure Light and Mirror Images against the towers with Ghouls. Killed the side towers but main was invulnerable without main heroes going in. Dave guarded the castle while I rushed in the right lane and easily clear it. Those powerful Ghouls come and he uses Mirror Images to handle. I quickly crush the tower (Pure Light pwns) and rushed southwards back to castle to help. I then rushed the left lane, defeating Ghouls along the way, and finished the second one.
Went back to Castle. Final Wave in 60 seconds. :O Both of us went to tome, then combined our remaining money to buy an Amulet of Wild. Summoned Pure Light, Furbolg Warrior and Mirror Images. My Paladin was Level 26, Dave's Blademaster was 23.
Final Wave arrives. Summons disappeared. -.-
Yeah, we fought. Paladin's Taunt has a really long cooldown time, so I couldn't use it often enough to prevent enemies from attacking the Castle. Muradin was soon requested, but Castle was still destroyed, when there was like 10 enemies left. -.- Game over in one hour and eight minutes. -.-
Tip for next time: DO NOT ATTACK THE ENEMY HEROES. ATTACK THE ENEMY UNITS WHICH DIE FASTER. ATTACK WITH PURE LIGHT WHICH HAS A LONG DISTANCE ATTACK AND DOES NOT EASILY GET SURROUNDED, MAKING TARGETING EASIER.
Uh-hem.
Dave paid for both of us. Then we left and went to 7-Eleven. He bought a packet of Milo, I bought a Big Gulp (5% ice, 30% 100-Plus and 65% Coca-Cola 
). When we finished drinking, we went on our separate ways home.
Ah, what a day.
Unable to stand the noise, I called Dave at the morning whether he wants to go to the gym or not. He agreed and we decided to meet at 2pm.
Later, he SMSed (Short Message Service o.O) me and said that he has to go at 2.30pm, due to his mother asking him to do housework. I replied with a Singlish SMS, "What the bloody hell! You win already lor!"
Went to the gym at 2.30pm. Bugger still not there yet. Called him like seven to eight times. He didn't answer. Bloody hell. He arrived at 2.40pm. Bastard, he's always late.
So we went in, bought a ticket (which he treated
) and changed clothes. Wanted to train arm strength, but "有心无力" (Chinese proverb that literally means "have heart no energy", which means that someone has the will to do something but not enough strength), so I ended up doing a bit, got a lot tired -.-, and went to train leg strength a bit, then do some agility like running. Bloody hell, wasted. -.-Left at 4.45pm. Went to eat KFC, then couldn't decide what to do next. Asked if he wanna play LAN, but the bugger refused, so we walked around not knowing what to do.
Then he finally gave in and we went to play LAN. =3
He said he wanted to play something else other than Warcraft III, but I just snatched his mouse away and helped him clicked Warcraft III. :P
Wanted to play X Hero Siege, but he wanted to play DotA. Again, snatched his mouse. :D
I played Paladin, he played Blademaster. He kept sending me against the waves, so I leveled faster than him. =3
Due to his HP being low, he kept dying while I was away (buying Amulets of the Wild, defending against waves, etc.), so the monsters always create a "choke point" where their population density is HIIIIIIIIIGH. Also, I leveled faster too. =3
So, wanting to do something against the "choke point", I rushed forward and destroyed the three towers in one lane, with my pwnage Pure Light. =D Killed the three tower bosses easily, then went on to the "Fortress". Summoned a Furbolg Warrior to War Stomp the Mag-Darkness thingy (Fortress Boss) to disable it, and easily killed it. Yay, one lane gone.
Next, I went to Hero Image, leaving Dave alone with one lane. Easy. Pure Light pwns, Divine Light (or something like that, Paladin's Level 20 Skill) makes me faster, Cry of Fear or something like that weakens the enemy and decreases his HIGH armour, Devotion Aura to make sure I don't die easily and Healing Light (or something) to save Dave's ass. XD
Cleared all four, went to Special Arena for 2000 kills, and my inventory ended up something like Lightning Sword (2000 kills special arena reward), Red Sword (the one you can buy from castle, increase attack damage by 300, splash, and active ability to increase attack by 25% like Roar), Shield (that makes you revive when you die infinite times, along with other effects) and Ring of Superiority (Devotion Aura, Command Aura, Endurance Aura and Unholy Aura).
Cleared the last lane. Used Pure Light and Mirror Images against the towers with Ghouls. Killed the side towers but main was invulnerable without main heroes going in. Dave guarded the castle while I rushed in the right lane and easily clear it. Those powerful Ghouls come and he uses Mirror Images to handle. I quickly crush the tower (Pure Light pwns
) and rushed southwards back to castle to help. I then rushed the left lane, defeating Ghouls along the way, and finished the second one.Went back to Castle. Final Wave in 60 seconds. :O Both of us went to tome, then combined our remaining money to buy an Amulet of Wild. Summoned Pure Light, Furbolg Warrior and Mirror Images. My Paladin was Level 26, Dave's Blademaster was 23.
Final Wave arrives. Summons disappeared. -.-
Yeah, we fought. Paladin's Taunt has a really long cooldown time, so I couldn't use it often enough to prevent enemies from attacking the Castle. Muradin was soon requested, but Castle was still destroyed, when there was like 10 enemies left. -.- Game over in one hour and eight minutes. -.-
Tip for next time: DO NOT ATTACK THE ENEMY HEROES. ATTACK THE ENEMY UNITS WHICH DIE FASTER. ATTACK WITH PURE LIGHT WHICH HAS A LONG DISTANCE ATTACK AND DOES NOT EASILY GET SURROUNDED, MAKING TARGETING EASIER.
Uh-hem.
Dave paid for both of us.
Then we left and went to 7-Eleven. He bought a packet of Milo, I bought a Big Gulp (5% ice, 30% 100-Plus and 65% Coca-Cola ). When we finished drinking, we went on our separate ways home.Ah, what a day.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Lol 6A Gathering
Lol, there is supposed to be a gathering for students in 6A, my class from three years ago, at 3pm, in our primary school.
Met up with Hong Wei on the bus at 2.20pm. Went to school together. Reached school at 2.40pm. Sat at a bench across the road outside the school and chatted. Saw no one we know. Went inside at 3.05pm and walked around. At 3.20pm, we sat down at the parlour, where Hong Wei's spectacles snap. Aww. Rest in peace.
So we went to the General Office and demanded (okay, we asked) for a duct tape and try to fix it. Then we saw Alastar and Eugene outside the teachers' office, chatting with a teacher. Went to hang around with them. Sakura and Jonathan Goh soon came to join us.
Wah, long time never see Sakura she become so chio liao sia...... *starry-eyes*
Sucks to be non-Singlish speakers who are unable to understand this sentence, but I am unable to translate this into English.
And we saw our form teacher last time, Mrs Tan. So we followed her into the staff's lounge. She had lunch there. We just sat down there and went silent. Matthew soon came. Alastar, Eugene, Jonathan and Matthew went one side, telling all sorts of stupid and racist jokes with each other. Blah.
And after one hour, we left. Seven people attended a forty plus students gathering. Is that low ratio a world record?
I hope it is.
It rained when we left. Sakura and Matthew hanged around in school. Alastar, Eugene and Jonathan ran off, presumely to one of their houses together.
Hong Wei and I then decided to go to Sean's house. On the way, we saw a convenient store. Bought a bottle of coca-cola. And onwards to Sean's house! Damn the rain! Onwards!!
Uh-hem.
Reached Sean's house. Hong Wei seems reluctant to go in. I pushed him in. ^_^" Walked around his house but found nothing to do, so we decided to go downstairs. Sean lent me an umbrella (Hong Wei already had one, which we shared while walking to Sean's house), so now, armed with three umbrellas, the three warriors proceed with caution, ready to combat against any evil that may spring out.
Uh-hem.
We went to Tampines Mall. Took escalator to forth floor. Walked into arcade. Nothing good to play. Still House of the Dead 2. Go get HotD4 already. -.-
And with Sean and Hong Wei's reluctant to spend money at arcade, we took the stairs (bloody hell, don't want take lift -.-) to third floor. Just outside Popular Bookstore, Sean's mother called. "Why is it so noisy? Are you in the arcade? I don't want you to play in the arcade, you hear me?" Wow, Sean was lucky, he almost said "We just got out of the arcade". He even threatened to take a photo of us outside Popular with his camera handphone. Lol. Pity him.
We went inside Toys R Us. Rofl. When we reached the toy swords stands, Hong Wei suggested to Sean to run. =.=
So I picked up a sword and fooled around. Bloody hell, they don't wanna play with me... :3
We fooled around some more, involving basketballs without air, frisbees, swords made of some soft material, we left.
Went into a gaming shop and looked around. Expensive...
Went into a book shop. Hong Wei looks boooooooooooooored.
Went into Courts furniture store. Sat around here and there at the couches. :P Hong Wei ran fast. -.-
And so Hong Wei wanted to go home. Bloody hell.
So with Sean and I left, nothing to do, we decided to go to Yujun's house. Can't call his phone, so we just marched there.
Turns out their parents aren't home. They got a new dog too. Whoo.
So we sit down there watching Yuchi play Pirate King Online and Yujun playing MuOnline. Lol. We then went to watch some lame Hong Kong drama. Suggested to go downstairs and play basketball. Can't find the ball lol.
Suggested to have dinner together. Sean, being a guai kia, insisted on going home to have dinner. Yujun and I took pillows and attacked him, trying to persuade him. Yuchi soon joins our crusade. Mwahahaha.
Ended up the two brothers had to bring their cousin to Orchard Road or something. They apologized, we promised to had dinner and go outside to play together again next time, blah blah, and we left. The dog tried running out when we left in its bid for freedom. Sean to the rescue.
Walked to Sean's home with him, criticising teachers along the way. :P
Took a bus at his house and went home.
Ah, a good day spent with my nakama.
Met up with Hong Wei on the bus at 2.20pm. Went to school together. Reached school at 2.40pm. Sat at a bench across the road outside the school and chatted. Saw no one we know. Went inside at 3.05pm and walked around. At 3.20pm, we sat down at the parlour, where Hong Wei's spectacles snap. Aww. Rest in peace.
So we went to the General Office and demanded (okay, we asked) for a duct tape and try to fix it. Then we saw Alastar and Eugene outside the teachers' office, chatting with a teacher. Went to hang around with them. Sakura and Jonathan Goh soon came to join us.
Wah, long time never see Sakura she become so chio liao sia...... *starry-eyes*
Sucks to be non-Singlish speakers who are unable to understand this sentence, but I am unable to translate this into English.
And we saw our form teacher last time, Mrs Tan. So we followed her into the staff's lounge. She had lunch there. We just sat down there and went silent. Matthew soon came. Alastar, Eugene, Jonathan and Matthew went one side, telling all sorts of stupid and racist jokes with each other. Blah.
And after one hour, we left. Seven people attended a forty plus students gathering. Is that low ratio a world record?
I hope it is.
It rained when we left. Sakura and Matthew hanged around in school. Alastar, Eugene and Jonathan ran off, presumely to one of their houses together.
Hong Wei and I then decided to go to Sean's house. On the way, we saw a convenient store. Bought a bottle of coca-cola. And onwards to Sean's house! Damn the rain! Onwards!!
Uh-hem.
Reached Sean's house. Hong Wei seems reluctant to go in. I pushed him in. ^_^" Walked around his house but found nothing to do, so we decided to go downstairs. Sean lent me an umbrella (Hong Wei already had one, which we shared while walking to Sean's house), so now, armed with three umbrellas, the three warriors proceed with caution, ready to combat against any evil that may spring out.
Uh-hem.
We went to Tampines Mall. Took escalator to forth floor. Walked into arcade. Nothing good to play. Still House of the Dead 2. Go get HotD4 already. -.-
And with Sean and Hong Wei's reluctant to spend money at arcade, we took the stairs (bloody hell, don't want take lift -.-) to third floor. Just outside Popular Bookstore, Sean's mother called. "Why is it so noisy? Are you in the arcade? I don't want you to play in the arcade, you hear me?" Wow, Sean was lucky, he almost said "We just got out of the arcade". He even threatened to take a photo of us outside Popular with his camera handphone. Lol. Pity him.
We went inside Toys R Us. Rofl. When we reached the toy swords stands, Hong Wei suggested to Sean to run. =.=
So I picked up a sword and fooled around. Bloody hell, they don't wanna play with me... :3
We fooled around some more, involving basketballs without air, frisbees, swords made of some soft material, we left.
Went into a gaming shop and looked around. Expensive...
Went into a book shop. Hong Wei looks boooooooooooooored.
Went into Courts furniture store. Sat around here and there at the couches. :P Hong Wei ran fast. -.-
And so Hong Wei wanted to go home. Bloody hell.
So with Sean and I left, nothing to do, we decided to go to Yujun's house. Can't call his phone, so we just marched there.
Turns out their parents aren't home. They got a new dog too. Whoo.
So we sit down there watching Yuchi play Pirate King Online and Yujun playing MuOnline. Lol. We then went to watch some lame Hong Kong drama. Suggested to go downstairs and play basketball. Can't find the ball lol.
Suggested to have dinner together. Sean, being a guai kia, insisted on going home to have dinner. Yujun and I took pillows and attacked him, trying to persuade him. Yuchi soon joins our crusade. Mwahahaha.
Ended up the two brothers had to bring their cousin to Orchard Road or something. They apologized, we promised to had dinner and go outside to play together again next time, blah blah, and we left. The dog tried running out when we left in its bid for freedom. Sean to the rescue.
Walked to Sean's home with him, criticising teachers along the way. :P
Took a bus at his house and went home.
Ah, a good day spent with my nakama.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
SP is going down!
Edit: All edits in this blog post are made on 27 March 2008. I regret the fact that some pictures used in this blog post are lost into the abyss (in other words, in fucking ImageShack ). I managed to recover some though, but I regret the fact that there are those pictures which are lost and which I did not manage to recover. :(
Survival Project is going down... TT_TT
"13/12/2006 All Good Things Come to an End
Dear SP Heroes,
There were good times and there were bad times, but mostly good times. We really did do a lot of fun cool stuff together didn't we? So it really is with a much heavy heart that we have the following to announce.
We deeply regret that we will no longer be able to provide support for the Survival Project Malaysia server. We will begin by shutting down the Card Shop on 18th December 2006. However, all players are still welcome to play Survival Project until 31st March 2007 after which, the servers will be brought down.
For our great heroes' benefit, we will be having a final event for you! All cash cards in the card shop will be converted to codes! You will be able to purchase all cash cards in codes! Stay tuned for this final event especially for you!
We heartily thank everyone who has played and enjoyed Survival Project all this while. We're deeply touched by the immense support everyone gave during its run on e-Games and appreciate the cool and exciting moments you've allowed us to take part in.
You guys and gals are the best gamers in the world.
Thank you,
The SP Support Team"
Now, for our memorial. To one of the best games ever!
To summarize...
For honour, for my brothers and for the RCAlliance!
Short summary? :P
By the way, let me do some writing.
In Survival Project, there are modes called "Quests", where players team up against monsters, each with different specification needed to complete the quest. There are three types of Quest, Flame, Dungeon and Forest, with different scenery and monsters. There are also five levels of difficulty for each of the three types of Quest.
The first three levels only allow a maximum of four players at once, while the forth level allows up to six and the final up to eight.
In Flame 1, the players' task is to go around the map, destroying the three Sealed Stones around the map. At the completion of this task, a Dark Orb will appear. Destroying it means completion of the quest. However, Hell Hounds, the weakest monsters found in Flame quests, will spawn occasionally and try to stop the players. They may be weak, but when in a cluster (like 10 or 15, hey, it is possible), they can be difficult to defeat, as they like to "push". They push you into the lava, seal your moment, and you die. Fast and quick. Simple as that. Never underestimate the weakest enemy.
In Flame 2, you now have to destroy four Sealed Stones for the Dark Orb to appear. However, the Sealed Stones are at different "islands", separated by lava, so you have to use a few teleportation panels to warp around. These games give good scores and are often used by the RCAlliance to capture the server [to win points, and if your guild has higher points than others, you capture the server, allowing a bonus in the experience and Code (currency in SP) you obtain in the server (Edit: But of course, we go for the pride you get when you conquered the server)]. Magma Golems help the Hell Hounds out, throwing huge balls of fire. And when the Dark Orb appear, two Magma Bombers and two Hell Hounds appear along with it. Magma Bombers, although slow, have an area attack that affects its nearby surrounding.
Flame 3 is where it gets difficult. You start at a separate "island" and battle your way through Hell Hounds, Magma Golems and Magma Bombers to a teleportation panel where you go to the center. Three lanes there that split off into different directions, two guarded by flames and unable to go in. The first lane continously spawns Hell Hounds, and at the end is a Cerberus {not a Cerlickus XD [Edit: Note - This is a reference to One Piece. In Enies Lobby, there is this three-headed judge whose name I forgot (he's too much of a noob if I forget his name, I guess... -.-). One of the Franky Family, upon seeing him, gets reminded of this three-headed watchdog in hell he read somewhere, but forgot the name and shouted, "Cerlickus?!". Zambai turns around and shouts back, "Cerberus!!" XD]} guarding a Sealed Stone. Cerberus has a weak attack but it makes up for it by being able to fire from long distances. It also likes to "push", similar to Hell Hounds. Destroying the Sealed Stone opens up the second lane, where Magma Golems spawn. At the end is another Cerberus guarding another Sealed Stone, which when destroyed opens the third lane. Again, the third lane contains a Cerberus and a Sealed Stone, and spawns Magma Bombers. After destroying the third stone, a Dark Orb as well as three Cerberus appear in the middle. Destroying the Dark Orb yields victory. This quest is extremely difficult as the monsters tend to cluster together. A divide-and-conquer strategy, devised by yours truly, worked very well against it. Oh yeah, a Burning Soul walks around the map too. This monster cannot be killed, and serves to heal the monsters. Annoying.
Flame 4 is a rectangular map. You start at one end, destroying three Sealed Stones as you go. The map is split into four parts, with three Sealed Stones at three of the first three parts. It is impossible to enter the next part unless you destroy the Sealed Stone at the part where you are. At the end is not a Dark Orb, but six Efreets. Their melee attack makes them spin like a tornado for an amount of time. You hit it, you get damaged and you get bounced back. Their ranged attack shoots out three red arrows. Dangerous, indeed. If you stop to retrieve the treasure chests dotted around the field, greed shall be your downfall and you will be unable to succeed. [Edit: I remember my old strategy on this. We would all use the character Shamoo (who has high speed) and rush through this, ignoring the monsters and treasure chests, and just focusing on destroying the Sealed Stones (since we cannot proceed if we do not. A wall of fire will block your way and will only disappear if you smashed the Sealed Stone). We rush and rush, and finally, defeat the six Efreets which serve as the "boss" for this mode.]
Flame 5 is extremely difficult. One bunch of Efreets around the map, and you have to kill them all. They won't spawn, but the other smaller monsters will. After defeating the Efreets is the Red Dragon, being able to fly up, making it invulnerable, and drop "droppings" in the shape of flaming balls at the players. Very very difficult to succeed. (Edit: I just had to add this in: Flame 5 is renowned to be the hardest mode in Survival Project.
Dungeon 1 is where you have to navigate around a lame maze, against useless Skeletons and extremely annoying traps, to obtain a crystal. Dungeon 2 is no difference, except you have to kill every monsters too. (Edit: I still remember how annoying the traps in Dungeon 1 are -.-)
Dungeon 3, after obtaining the crystals and killing the monsters, are two Golems you have to face. One common strategy is to run to a distance, and while the slow Golems (which do not have ranged attacks, just two melee attacks) walk towards you, fire an extremely deadly and dangerous magic attack. Then run away and repeat.
Dungeon 4 replaces the two Golems with six Gargoyles as final bosses. They can make themselves temporarily invulnerable, shoot fireballs, and have a swiping claw attack. Six of them at once. You should watch how Yuchi goes against them. Wow.
Dungeon 5 has the final boss as a Balrog. It cannot move. Rather, it teleports. It disappears, making it invulnerable. Then it appears behind the player with the least HP. It has a swipe attack and an attack that injures all surrounding nearby players. You can only hit it when it appears for a short while. Activating scrolls make it disappear. Skeletons also join the fight, spawning endlessly. Killing them gives players HP, which can be a good thing, although one shouldn't kill the skeleton nearest to Yuchi, unless you like to examine the barrel of his flamethrower. XD (Edit: Lol, I forgot how much he used to flame me when I killed the skeleton he wanted to kill!! XD Oh, and in case you don't get it, your HP recovers by about one-quarter when you killed someone or something)
Forest 1 is lame. Kill every monster, and (I think) three Goblin Mages, guarded by Dark Trees and Horned Owls. Forest 2 has an Orc as a boss, with Goblin Mages, Goblins and Horned Owls. The Orc swings his iron spiky club like Alvida in One Piece does (Edit: lol, Alvida... XD). Watch out, you can get fling back a long distance. Forest 3 has (I think) three Orc Mages, who throw fireballs at you rather quickly, and several Orc Berserkers, with double melee attacks.
Forest 4 has two huge large Cyclops as final bosses. Yikes! Huge wooden clubs. And they swing it like the Beaters do when they get near a Bludger in Quidditch (Harry Potter). Unfortunately, you are the Bludger. (Edit: Lmao.) Forest 5 has a Dark Fairy as a final boss. Runs very fast, although she has extremely low defense. She has two attacks, one sends three balls of lightning that track and seek targets by themselves. The second attack fires lightning bolts 360 degrees around her. And when she is at half life, she summons two Cyclops. Bloody hell.
Another feature that attracts me are the Games.
You can play Soccer (my favorite Game), where you send the ball to your opponent's goal. The ball flies off when you hit it. You can also hit your opponents. (Edit: I think I should add this. The sole purpose of hitting your opponents is to stun them and give your team a slight advantage. Of course, unless you are an asshole who likes to keep hitting your opponents and piss them off. By the way, there is no HP in Soccer, you can't be hurt, damaged or killed by any attack, only stunned for an extremely short while) Some characters work rather well as strikers, some as midfields, some as defenders and some as goalkeepers. You play against players, in a one-on-one, two-on-two, three-on-three or four-on-four. Extremely fun.
Next is Racing. Simply, you race and whoever reaches the goal first wins. Almost everyone uses Shamoo, the fastest character, here. Players are split into teams, and the team which has the player who reach the goal first wins. Yes, entire team. Some teams have one person just rush to the goal while the others attack the enemies constantly to stun them (no health is deducted under an attack).
Third is Mole. A mole pops up, and you tries to defeat it. If you do so, you earn score for your team. First team to get 50 (used to be 100) wins. Golden moles gives more points when defeated, although they have more health. Hitting wooden stump gives negative points. Hitting red moles cause it to use an attack where surrounding players are unable to move (although still able to fire weaker ranged attacks).
Forth is Dodge. Snowmen are dotted around the map, firing snowballs, and you have to dodge them. Team with the player who last the longest wins. Players are unable to attack nor defend. This game requires concentration.
New games are added, such as Hockey, but they suck. End of story kthsbye.
I don't like PvP (Player vs Player), so I won't talk about it. Kthsbye.
Edit: Oh, what the fuck... Did I really have to go on and on about the different game modes? Oh well, give me a break, I was probably sad about SP closing down, and just had to type all that down, sort of as a memorial. I was probably high on alcohol too. Don't mind me. Thanks. :)
And now for the images!
These two pictures are glitches that occur in two separate games of Flame 2. The game is supposed to end when you destroy the Dark Orb, by the way.
Lava! A scroll allows you to walk past anything.
My forum sig, featuring my favorite character to use in SP, Xyrho. :P
I prefer this sig better, featuring my favorite characters, Xyrho and Hawk, in premium. 8)
Lag in soccer causes nothing to happen despite the ball being in the goalpost.
Edmond and me as Hawks.
Edmond and I fighting in Flame 4. Notice Eugene at top-left hand corner.
After being killed by the Dark Fairy, I, as a ghost, went to her and said "I'm a noob!". My Guildmates, after seeing this picture, is quick to notice that the Dark Fairy has become the Leader of the RCAlliance, lol. -.- Yuchi manages to survive rofl. XD (Edit: I meant he managed to survive in this game. If you looked more closely, he is the only survivor in the game, lol. But then again, there's only two of us playing...)
A wallpaper I made for the RCAlliance. Free feel to use it, rofl. Yuchi dislikes the fact that Vernon (who betrayed the RCAlliance) is in there. Yes, the same Vernon who goes around and say "I'm pro. I'm pro." like a stuck-up arrogant bastard. Yes, the same Vernon who spams my tagboard under the alias "Justice", which he is not fit to use. (Edit: Reminds me, I used to be rather rude and offensive to Vernon for betraying me in some stupid game. -.-)
That's all for today. I shall post about the ten characters available and my Guildmates. I SWEAR! :O (Edit: Here is that tribute)
). I managed to recover some though, but I regret the fact that there are those pictures which are lost and which I did not manage to recover. :(
Survival Project is going down... TT_TT
"13/12/2006 All Good Things Come to an End
Dear SP Heroes,
There were good times and there were bad times, but mostly good times. We really did do a lot of fun cool stuff together didn't we? So it really is with a much heavy heart that we have the following to announce.
We deeply regret that we will no longer be able to provide support for the Survival Project Malaysia server. We will begin by shutting down the Card Shop on 18th December 2006. However, all players are still welcome to play Survival Project until 31st March 2007 after which, the servers will be brought down.
For our great heroes' benefit, we will be having a final event for you! All cash cards in the card shop will be converted to codes! You will be able to purchase all cash cards in codes! Stay tuned for this final event especially for you!
We heartily thank everyone who has played and enjoyed Survival Project all this while. We're deeply touched by the immense support everyone gave during its run on e-Games and appreciate the cool and exciting moments you've allowed us to take part in.
You guys and gals are the best gamers in the world.
Thank you,
The SP Support Team"
Now, for our memorial. To one of the best games ever!
To summarize...
For honour, for my brothers and for the RCAlliance!
Short summary? :P
By the way, let me do some writing.
In Survival Project, there are modes called "Quests", where players team up against monsters, each with different specification needed to complete the quest. There are three types of Quest, Flame, Dungeon and Forest, with different scenery and monsters. There are also five levels of difficulty for each of the three types of Quest.
The first three levels only allow a maximum of four players at once, while the forth level allows up to six and the final up to eight.
In Flame 1, the players' task is to go around the map, destroying the three Sealed Stones around the map. At the completion of this task, a Dark Orb will appear. Destroying it means completion of the quest. However, Hell Hounds, the weakest monsters found in Flame quests, will spawn occasionally and try to stop the players. They may be weak, but when in a cluster (like 10 or 15, hey, it is possible), they can be difficult to defeat, as they like to "push". They push you into the lava, seal your moment, and you die. Fast and quick. Simple as that. Never underestimate the weakest enemy.
In Flame 2, you now have to destroy four Sealed Stones for the Dark Orb to appear. However, the Sealed Stones are at different "islands", separated by lava, so you have to use a few teleportation panels to warp around. These games give good scores and are often used by the RCAlliance to capture the server [to win points, and if your guild has higher points than others, you capture the server, allowing a bonus in the experience and Code (currency in SP) you obtain in the server (Edit: But of course, we go for the pride you get when you conquered the server
)]. Magma Golems help the Hell Hounds out, throwing huge balls of fire. And when the Dark Orb appear, two Magma Bombers and two Hell Hounds appear along with it. Magma Bombers, although slow, have an area attack that affects its nearby surrounding.
Flame 3 is where it gets difficult. You start at a separate "island" and battle your way through Hell Hounds, Magma Golems and Magma Bombers to a teleportation panel where you go to the center. Three lanes there that split off into different directions, two guarded by flames and unable to go in. The first lane continously spawns Hell Hounds, and at the end is a Cerberus {not a Cerlickus XD [Edit: Note - This is a reference to One Piece. In Enies Lobby, there is this three-headed judge whose name I forgot (he's too much of a noob if I forget his name, I guess... -.-). One of the Franky Family, upon seeing him, gets reminded of this three-headed watchdog in hell he read somewhere, but forgot the name and shouted, "Cerlickus?!". Zambai turns around and shouts back, "Cerberus!!" XD]} guarding a Sealed Stone. Cerberus has a weak attack but it makes up for it by being able to fire from long distances. It also likes to "push", similar to Hell Hounds. Destroying the Sealed Stone opens up the second lane, where Magma Golems spawn. At the end is another Cerberus guarding another Sealed Stone, which when destroyed opens the third lane. Again, the third lane contains a Cerberus and a Sealed Stone, and spawns Magma Bombers. After destroying the third stone, a Dark Orb as well as three Cerberus appear in the middle. Destroying the Dark Orb yields victory. This quest is extremely difficult as the monsters tend to cluster together. A divide-and-conquer strategy, devised by yours truly, worked very well against it. Oh yeah, a Burning Soul walks around the map too. This monster cannot be killed, and serves to heal the monsters. Annoying.
Flame 4 is a rectangular map. You start at one end, destroying three Sealed Stones as you go. The map is split into four parts, with three Sealed Stones at three of the first three parts. It is impossible to enter the next part unless you destroy the Sealed Stone at the part where you are. At the end is not a Dark Orb, but six Efreets. Their melee attack makes them spin like a tornado for an amount of time. You hit it, you get damaged and you get bounced back. Their ranged attack shoots out three red arrows. Dangerous, indeed. If you stop to retrieve the treasure chests dotted around the field, greed shall be your downfall and you will be unable to succeed. [Edit: I remember my old strategy on this. We would all use the character Shamoo (who has high speed) and rush through this, ignoring the monsters and treasure chests, and just focusing on destroying the Sealed Stones (since we cannot proceed if we do not. A wall of fire will block your way and will only disappear if you smashed the Sealed Stone). We rush and rush, and finally, defeat the six Efreets which serve as the "boss" for this mode.]
Flame 5 is extremely difficult. One bunch of Efreets around the map, and you have to kill them all. They won't spawn, but the other smaller monsters will. After defeating the Efreets is the Red Dragon, being able to fly up, making it invulnerable, and drop "droppings" in the shape of flaming balls at the players. Very very difficult to succeed. (Edit: I just had to add this in: Flame 5 is renowned to be the hardest mode in Survival Project.
Dungeon 1 is where you have to navigate around a lame maze, against useless Skeletons and extremely annoying traps, to obtain a crystal. Dungeon 2 is no difference, except you have to kill every monsters too. (Edit: I still remember how annoying the traps in Dungeon 1 are -.-)
Dungeon 3, after obtaining the crystals and killing the monsters, are two Golems you have to face. One common strategy is to run to a distance, and while the slow Golems (which do not have ranged attacks, just two melee attacks) walk towards you, fire an extremely deadly and dangerous magic attack. Then run away and repeat.
Dungeon 4 replaces the two Golems with six Gargoyles as final bosses. They can make themselves temporarily invulnerable, shoot fireballs, and have a swiping claw attack. Six of them at once. You should watch how Yuchi goes against them. Wow.
Dungeon 5 has the final boss as a Balrog. It cannot move. Rather, it teleports. It disappears, making it invulnerable. Then it appears behind the player with the least HP. It has a swipe attack and an attack that injures all surrounding nearby players. You can only hit it when it appears for a short while. Activating scrolls make it disappear. Skeletons also join the fight, spawning endlessly. Killing them gives players HP, which can be a good thing, although one shouldn't kill the skeleton nearest to Yuchi, unless you like to examine the barrel of his flamethrower. XD (Edit: Lol, I forgot how much he used to flame me when I killed the skeleton he wanted to kill!! XD Oh, and in case you don't get it, your HP recovers by about one-quarter when you killed someone or something)
Forest 1 is lame. Kill every monster, and (I think) three Goblin Mages, guarded by Dark Trees and Horned Owls. Forest 2 has an Orc as a boss, with Goblin Mages, Goblins and Horned Owls. The Orc swings his iron spiky club like Alvida in One Piece does (Edit: lol, Alvida... XD). Watch out, you can get fling back a long distance. Forest 3 has (I think) three Orc Mages, who throw fireballs at you rather quickly, and several Orc Berserkers, with double melee attacks.
Forest 4 has two huge large Cyclops as final bosses. Yikes! Huge wooden clubs. And they swing it like the Beaters do when they get near a Bludger in Quidditch (Harry Potter). Unfortunately, you are the Bludger. (Edit: Lmao.) Forest 5 has a Dark Fairy as a final boss. Runs very fast, although she has extremely low defense. She has two attacks, one sends three balls of lightning that track and seek targets by themselves. The second attack fires lightning bolts 360 degrees around her. And when she is at half life, she summons two Cyclops. Bloody hell.
Another feature that attracts me are the Games.
You can play Soccer (my favorite Game), where you send the ball to your opponent's goal. The ball flies off when you hit it. You can also hit your opponents. (Edit: I think I should add this. The sole purpose of hitting your opponents is to stun them and give your team a slight advantage. Of course, unless you are an asshole who likes to keep hitting your opponents and piss them off. By the way, there is no HP in Soccer, you can't be hurt, damaged or killed by any attack, only stunned for an extremely short while) Some characters work rather well as strikers, some as midfields, some as defenders and some as goalkeepers. You play against players, in a one-on-one, two-on-two, three-on-three or four-on-four. Extremely fun.
Next is Racing. Simply, you race and whoever reaches the goal first wins. Almost everyone uses Shamoo, the fastest character, here. Players are split into teams, and the team which has the player who reach the goal first wins. Yes, entire team. Some teams have one person just rush to the goal while the others attack the enemies constantly to stun them (no health is deducted under an attack).
Third is Mole. A mole pops up, and you tries to defeat it. If you do so, you earn score for your team. First team to get 50 (used to be 100) wins. Golden moles gives more points when defeated, although they have more health. Hitting wooden stump gives negative points. Hitting red moles cause it to use an attack where surrounding players are unable to move (although still able to fire weaker ranged attacks).
Forth is Dodge. Snowmen are dotted around the map, firing snowballs, and you have to dodge them. Team with the player who last the longest wins. Players are unable to attack nor defend. This game requires concentration.
New games are added, such as Hockey, but they suck. End of story kthsbye.
I don't like PvP (Player vs Player), so I won't talk about it. Kthsbye.
Edit: Oh, what the fuck... Did I really have to go on and on about the different game modes? Oh well, give me a break, I was probably sad about SP closing down, and just had to type all that down, sort of as a memorial. I was probably high on alcohol too. Don't mind me. Thanks. :)
And now for the images!
These two pictures are glitches that occur in two separate games of Flame 2. The game is supposed to end when you destroy the Dark Orb, by the way.
Lava! A scroll allows you to walk past anything.
My forum sig, featuring my favorite character to use in SP, Xyrho. :P
I prefer this sig better, featuring my favorite characters, Xyrho and Hawk, in premium. 8)
Lag in soccer causes nothing to happen despite the ball being in the goalpost.
Edmond and me as Hawks.
Edmond and I fighting in Flame 4. Notice Eugene at top-left hand corner.
After being killed by the Dark Fairy, I, as a ghost, went to her and said "I'm a noob!". My Guildmates, after seeing this picture, is quick to notice that the Dark Fairy has become the Leader of the RCAlliance, lol. -.- Yuchi manages to survive rofl. XD (Edit: I meant he managed to survive in this game. If you looked more closely, he is the only survivor in the game, lol. But then again, there's only two of us playing...)
A wallpaper I made for the RCAlliance. Free feel to use it, rofl. Yuchi dislikes the fact that Vernon (who betrayed the RCAlliance) is in there. Yes, the same Vernon who goes around and say "I'm pro. I'm pro." like a stuck-up arrogant bastard. Yes, the same Vernon who spams my tagboard under the alias "Justice", which he is not fit to use. (Edit: Reminds me, I used to be rather rude and offensive to Vernon for betraying me in some stupid game. -.-)
That's all for today. I shall post about the ten characters available and my Guildmates. I SWEAR! :O (Edit: Here is that tribute)
Back From Genting! :D again.
All edits mentioned in this blog post were made on 27 March 2008, and because of boredom. Meh, I have nothing better to do anyway. XP
Back from Genting again after a four-day and three-night trip with my cousin Dave. To summarize everything: Fuck the evil mist which turned our roller-coaster riding frenzy into a arcade shooter games training session.
Dave and his sister arrived in my house on the morning of 17 December. We ate breakfast together, then went to play SDO. Took a few pictures of him trying to test my camera too, lol.
Took off at about ten o'clock, by my old man's car. Sit at the back of the car, squished in the center. Trip to Tuas Checkpoint is kind of quiet and silent. Started raining halfway.
Reached Tuas Checkpoint at around eleven. Passed the checkpoint. My mother freaked out seeing some sort of birds in the checkpoint. Go figure. *rolls eyes*
And begins the long and boring trip to Genting. Stopped at the first toilet available near the highway after the checkpoint and took out my Anti-Boredom Weapon of Doom, teh iPod Nano! Yeah, guess I gotta charge it later...
So, I went to switch places with Dave's sister, who changes name so frequently I don't know what to call her now. No longer being squished in the center, w00t w00t I suppose.
Dave took out his laptop and introduced me to this Mr Brown Show podcast. Yeah, good way to kill time, but I sacrificed music from it. Yup. o.O
The podcast is hilarous, so our trip there becomes strangely fast, despite the fact that we reached there about the same time as our last trip. It's like the old saying that time goes fast when you are with a beautiful girl and slow when you are with an ugly girl, plus a bonus "time extension" if she is fat. XD
Drived up the mountain. Turned off the air-con and opened the window to save electricity. Wind was strong and cooling. I just don't like the sharp turns that force us to move left and right in the vehicle.
Reached Genting at around four. Old man parked the car at Genting Hotel. Couldn't find a hotel room. Pfffft. Deposited our luggage at Genting Hotel and went to eat lunch at Good Friends Express.
A quote from Back From Genting :D:
"Went to eat dinner at Good Friends Express. Wanted noodles with soup. My mother came back with dried noodles. Bloody heck, she should dig her ears. Talk less listen more too."
This time I insisted on buying my own meal, and get sabotaged for having to buy the meals of my parents as well. Pfffft. I was the only one who finished eating the entire meal. Pfft, talk about wastage of food.
Old man got a hotel room from the black market while we were visiting the Visitor's Galleria, with two kids playing tag there. Sadly, my mother has the slip to retrieve our luggage. Whee. Dave should feel extremely relieved he brought his laptop along with him instead of leaving it with the luggage. I want my iPod... T_T
We went on to the hotel room in Highlands Hotel first while my old man searches for his wife in the big casino. Have fun, dude.
The hotel room had some sort of eerie and ghost-like, yet constant sound effect. Dave's sister thought it was a vacuum. She opened the door, looked to the left and indeed find a vacuum the housekeepers use. Unplugged and turned off. :S
She slammed the door shut. Literally. The sound is still there. I went out and found the vacuum, unplugged and turned off too. :S Dave thought of it being some sort of supernatural, being there people in Genting who commit suicide after losing at the casino. Sounds lame.
Turns out the sounds come from when the heavy winds blow at the windows. If you open the windows, which can only be opened a little (probably to prevent people from jumping out *rolls eyes*), the winds blow into the room, causing the sound effect. Thus, the door is extremely hard to open, having to pull it against the direction of the wind. But if you manage, the wind quickly blow outside of the room, causing a huge wind to blow in to replace the lack of air in the room. This causes the windows to slam with a DON!. Had fun playing with it. Dave was the one who managed to find out this Physics thingummywut. Applaud him.
Edit: I forgot to add that the weather outside was stormy and raining.
Oh, and a picture represents a thousand words. I was free and had nothing better to do anyway. ;)
Burned (Edit: Eh, surely I mean "killed" instead? ^_^") the time watching a stupid movie on television about some guy on a horse fighting a war against noobs with elephants and archers. Horse guy got owned, end of story kthsbye. Played Warcraft III but the laptop hibernated halfway due to lack of power. Appears that I plugged the laptop into the power source but forgot to turn it on. Pfft.
Old man came back with his wife at around seven. They brought luggage and conveniently ate dinner on the way while we were waiting boringly. Really nice.
The three of us went to eat KFC at Genting Indoor Theme Park. Likes how KFC and McDonald's are just next to each other. Guess it's for convenient's sake, you can throw ketchup bottles at your opponent easier with such short distance.
Being quite full, we ordered a three-piece set meal and shared it among ourselves.
Went to Indoor Theme Park and played games like Time Crisis IV (where my machine spoils and Dave had to play solo -.-), House of the Dead 4 (where Dave reprimands me for using it like a pistol instead of the machine gun it is -.-) and Time Crisis III (where Dave got K.O.ed easily -.-). Went back to hotel and sleep.
Dave's parents arrived in our room at five o'clock in the morning. They apparently arrived in Genting at either three or four and went to the casino. I woke up, along with Dave and his sister. Low temperature and constant noise robbed us of our sleepiness.
The three of us had to eat ourselves due to the adults' gambling addictions. We went to this convenient store (Edit: Lmao, surely I meant "convenience store"? Rofl, the store sure is convenient... XD) named Seven Seven (lame name, I know.), bought three cup noodles and just ate outside. Dave reprimanded me for drinking the soup. -.-
Outdoor Theme Park was closed due to heavy mist. God damn it. (Edit: God damn it, indeed.)
Went to Good Friends Restaurant for lunch. Parents leave for home after that, as my old man has work on that night. w00t w00t w00t. Pity my father, had to listen to the bitch bitch. o.O
As the room is only for one day, we have to book another one. Got one in First World Hotel. :S *gulps* Moving the luggage from Highlands Hotel to First World Hotel while trying to avoid the crowd is no easy task.
We then went to get a Wristband for First World Plaza. Went to sit at Rio Float due to boredom. Loooooooooooooooong queue at Euro Express, the only indoor roller coaster, and even more looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong queue at 4D Motion Master. The latter is a waste of forty minutes of queuing time and ten minutes of that stupid movie which is not exciting, not interesting, not fun, and a cause of headache. (Edit: For the headache part, I mean it literally. Remembered walking out there clutching my head, lol. Note to self: Bring panadol to Genting next time) Damn.
Long queues easily bore us, especially more when the Euro Express was going down to maintenance every fifteen minutes, so we went back to the small, cheap and lousy room we now have. Dave went to sleep and his sister followed. Bored, I went downstairs, walked around First World Plaza, doing some window shopping, and finally sat outside the Flying Coaster, in the cold and windy mist for an hour, as either silent protest (Edit: Protesting against the existence of the mist being the reason for being unable to play at the Outdoor Theme Part. Just thought I'd like to make this clear) or cold resistance training. Can't remember which. Ah, let's make it both. Cold winds plus water droplets condensing on my hair makes even me shiver. Temperature at about 15 to 20 degrees Celcius rocks. :D (Edit: Can't believe how I used to like the cold
)
Went back to the room at night. Dave's parents are literally glued to the casino, so we went out to eat. Ate at Pizza Hut in First World Plaza. We ate this Set B for four people, consists of two Regular Pan Pizzas, four Soup-of-the-Day, a Regular Hut's Platter and a huge solid jug of pepsi. We ordered Hawaiian Supreme and Hawaiian Chicken, talk about a Hawaiian frenzy. :P Mushroom soup for Soup-of-the-Day, and six pieces of Tempura King Prawns and Tempura Calamari Rings and five pieces of Large Criss Cut Fries in the Platter. Wanted to eat four pieces out of the twelve pieces of pizza, but ended up eating seven due to not wanting to waste food. Dave ate only two, stupid bastard made me bloated. :P Drank two bowls of soup as well, while Dave only drank a little. Guess he did not like it. I ended up drinking most of the Pepsi too. *shifty eyes*
There is no peace eating in First World Plaza. Shouts and screams follow the roller coaster everywhere as it zooms around First World Plaza. What's so scary about that Euro Express anyway? Surely they don't have to scream until their lungs burst? Meh, go figure.
Dave's mother then called while we were window shopping. Turns out Dave's father, without the card key, returns to the room just to find it locked and unable to open. Common sense, bring a damn key next time you want to open a locked room. Or a lockpick if you want. (Edit: Is it a lockpick, or is it a picklock? o_______O)
Dave's sister found her mother at the lobby, so the two got together to chat. Dave continued walking to the lift. Thought he was so filial to his father he is willing to ignore his mother just to let him enter the room and rest after a hard day of entire gambling. Turns out Dave did not even see his mother. And I thought I had difficulty spotting people in crowds. -.-
Dave's father rants literally as we approaches him, sitting outside the door. We quickly opened the door for him and fled. Go figure. (Edit: I don't see why we ended up being ranted at, even though we sacrificed our own time to deliver the card key to him. Next time, if you ever get bored of gambling and happen to not have the card key, please don't go back to the hotel and grumpily wait outside the room. We would prefer it if you would kindly walk around, maybe window shop, and kill time on your own next time. Of course, you can always hang around the casino, watch other people play, and laugh your ass off when this guy loses a lot of money in a single bet. Of course, don't worry, we would rush to your aid if he happens to beat you up. A good fight is just what I desire. Obviously, you would have to wait until I get 21 though, since I can't enter the casino and help you in your fight when I can't get in. -.- Don't worry, four more years to go. :D I talked too much on this edit. Oops.)
Spent the next fifteen minutes trying to find Dave's sister while I explained what happened in the lobby to Dave. Can't find them. We ended up going to Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
Display was very interesting, from tricky mathematics questions to displayment of cannibalism, from the luckiest chair in the world (made entirely of horseshoes) to prison cells and torture devices. Weapons on display was nice.
I still remember there was a mirror on the wall. Above is the caption "Can you roll your tongue like this?" while on the left and right are pictures of people ridiculously rolling their tongues in stupid ways. Dave and I tried for a while. We then heard laughter. I tried looking through the mirror, turns out to be a glass and the people across the glass can see us rolling our tongues. Shitty hell. XD Was mad at that time, but now that I think about it, it's funny. Rofl. XD Went all the way around, and we found the glass. Above is a quote that says "There is a sucker born every minute." Roflmao.
There was also a stupid mathematic thingy. Think of a number, times it by two, add ten, divide by two and subtract the number, and you get five. Let's do it the algebra way.
(x x 2 + 10) / 2 - x = 5
(2x + 10)/2 - x = 5
x + 5 - x = 5
5 = 5
Lol. -.-
There was also two closed doors which can only be opened a bit. Two wax figures, one male and one female, were using the toilet behind. Fascinating. Surprisingly Dave did not look at the female and stare at her for hours.
And there is also this room where the circular wall, shaped like a cylinder, rotates, with stars as background. Two mirrors at each side, with a bridge. Walk across and you will get dizzy, although the room is not technically moving. Optical illusion. Made us exit with a headache. XD
Other interesting displays too, but I hope to manage to end this blog post. XD
Went to sleep. Five people in two beds. Crowded like shit. And Dave's attempts to take the entire pillow for himself is not helping either. Low temperature and lack of gloves and boots make it much worse. Ended up getting about just five hours of sleep. Who cares anyway?
Went to Good Friends Restaurant for breakfast. Ate a lot until I was bloated already, and uncle still insists on ordering more. Nmaa, I dislike eating there just because of this reason.
Most rides I look forward to in Outdoor Theme Park are still closed due to heavy mist. God damn it. Seriously.
Went to Fantasy World Arcade in First World Plaza. Played House of the Dead 2 and Time Crisis III there. Talk about more arcade shooter games training and practice sessions. *rolls eyes*
We weren't hungry during lunch, so we skipped it and threw it out of the window.
Dave and his sister went to sleep due to boredom. I took Dave's laptop and played Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team. Lol. Good game. Too bad it's way too similar to Digimon World 2.
Weren't hungry during dinner too. Threw out of the window.
Played Pokémon until 11pm. Defeated Legendaries like Zapdos, Moltres, Articuno and Groudon. With a Machop and a Pikachu.
Then I went to bed. Dave's turn to play Pokémon.
He was still playing when I woke up at around 10am. Didn't remember his parents returning to room or not, so I don't know whether they spent an entire night in the casino or what.
Dave was being pretty lame that morning. Activating his 'playful mode', he calls himself a Sergant and us two Peons. Used violence to counterattack. HERO HERO STORM!! XD (Edit: Hero Hero Storm is one of my attacks where I delivered an upwards kick at the target and sent him flying upwards. I then jump up and punch upwards as fast as I can. Ouch.)
Went to check if Outdoor Theme Park is finally open. No go. Fucking mist. Wait a moment. Make that "_*FUCKING*_ mist". DX
One more arcade shooter game training and practice session.
Went back to hotel and got ready to leave. Ate lunch at a restaurant in First World Plaza. Spaghetti was not bad; tea sucks.
Went to First World Bus Terminal at 1.30pm. Bus arrived at 2.30pm. Fucking hell, waste of my one hour.
The buses at Five Stars were all like, WOW! O.O Massage chairs, legs reflexology, personal gaming, karaoke, etc., etc., etc. Looked forward to boarding the bus. Until...
We get a completely normal and ordinary coach.
BLOODY FUCKING BIAS HELL!
Uh-hem. *clears throat*
_*BLOODY FUCKING BIAS HELL!*_
Someone behind (I think my uncle) shouted "Horrible!", I went along and shouted "Terrible!". What the fuck. Noobs get the good buses and pros get the lousy buses. Bias shitbag. (Edit: I lament at the sad fact that nobody else shouted "Vegetable!"
)
Bus went down the mountain, reached some shop at 3pm. It stopped there. Went down the bus and bought a big packet of some fish thingy snack to kill time. Bus only left at 4pm. Waste of another hour. Dave insisted on not buying anything. "I'm not going to improve Malaysia's economy! I'm not going to let them earn commission!" Retarded. :P
Music rocks in killing time.
Reached Singapore at 10.30pm. Got a taxi at 11pm. Reached home at 11.30pm. End of adventure.
THE END
Back from Genting again after a four-day and three-night trip with my cousin Dave. To summarize everything: Fuck the evil mist which turned our roller-coaster riding frenzy into a arcade shooter games training session.
Dave and his sister arrived in my house on the morning of 17 December. We ate breakfast together, then went to play SDO. Took a few pictures of him trying to test my camera too, lol.
Took off at about ten o'clock, by my old man's car. Sit at the back of the car, squished in the center. Trip to Tuas Checkpoint is kind of quiet and silent. Started raining halfway.
Reached Tuas Checkpoint at around eleven. Passed the checkpoint. My mother freaked out seeing some sort of birds in the checkpoint. Go figure. *rolls eyes*
And begins the long and boring trip to Genting. Stopped at the first toilet available near the highway after the checkpoint and took out my Anti-Boredom Weapon of Doom, teh iPod Nano! Yeah, guess I gotta charge it later...
So, I went to switch places with Dave's sister, who changes name so frequently I don't know what to call her now. No longer being squished in the center, w00t w00t I suppose.
Dave took out his laptop and introduced me to this Mr Brown Show podcast. Yeah, good way to kill time, but I sacrificed music from it. Yup. o.O
The podcast is hilarous, so our trip there becomes strangely fast, despite the fact that we reached there about the same time as our last trip. It's like the old saying that time goes fast when you are with a beautiful girl and slow when you are with an ugly girl, plus a bonus "time extension" if she is fat. XD
Drived up the mountain. Turned off the air-con and opened the window to save electricity. Wind was strong and cooling. I just don't like the sharp turns that force us to move left and right in the vehicle.
Reached Genting at around four. Old man parked the car at Genting Hotel. Couldn't find a hotel room. Pfffft. Deposited our luggage at Genting Hotel and went to eat lunch at Good Friends Express.
A quote from Back From Genting :D:
"Went to eat dinner at Good Friends Express. Wanted noodles with soup. My mother came back with dried noodles. Bloody heck, she should dig her ears. Talk less listen more too."
This time I insisted on buying my own meal, and get sabotaged for having to buy the meals of my parents as well. Pfffft. I was the only one who finished eating the entire meal. Pfft, talk about wastage of food.
Old man got a hotel room from the black market while we were visiting the Visitor's Galleria, with two kids playing tag there.
Sadly, my mother has the slip to retrieve our luggage. Whee. Dave should feel extremely relieved he brought his laptop along with him instead of leaving it with the luggage. I want my iPod... T_TWe went on to the hotel room in Highlands Hotel first while my old man searches for his wife in the big casino. Have fun, dude.
The hotel room had some sort of eerie and ghost-like, yet constant sound effect. Dave's sister thought it was a vacuum. She opened the door, looked to the left and indeed find a vacuum the housekeepers use. Unplugged and turned off. :S
She slammed the door shut. Literally. The sound is still there. I went out and found the vacuum, unplugged and turned off too. :S Dave thought of it being some sort of supernatural, being there people in Genting who commit suicide after losing at the casino. Sounds lame.
Turns out the sounds come from when the heavy winds blow at the windows. If you open the windows, which can only be opened a little (probably to prevent people from jumping out *rolls eyes*), the winds blow into the room, causing the sound effect. Thus, the door is extremely hard to open, having to pull it against the direction of the wind. But if you manage, the wind quickly blow outside of the room, causing a huge wind to blow in to replace the lack of air in the room. This causes the windows to slam with a DON!. Had fun playing with it. Dave was the one who managed to find out this Physics thingummywut. Applaud him.
Edit: I forgot to add that the weather outside was stormy and raining.
Oh, and a picture represents a thousand words. I was free and had nothing better to do anyway. ;)
Burned (Edit: Eh, surely I mean "killed" instead? ^_^") the time watching a stupid movie on television about some guy on a horse fighting a war against noobs with elephants and archers. Horse guy got owned, end of story kthsbye. Played Warcraft III but the laptop hibernated halfway due to lack of power. Appears that I plugged the laptop into the power source but forgot to turn it on. Pfft.
Old man came back with his wife at around seven. They brought luggage and conveniently ate dinner on the way while we were waiting boringly. Really nice.
The three of us went to eat KFC at Genting Indoor Theme Park. Likes how KFC and McDonald's are just next to each other. Guess it's for convenient's sake, you can throw ketchup bottles at your opponent easier with such short distance.
Being quite full, we ordered a three-piece set meal and shared it among ourselves.
Went to Indoor Theme Park and played games like Time Crisis IV (where my machine spoils and Dave had to play solo -.-), House of the Dead 4 (where Dave reprimands me for using it like a pistol instead of the machine gun it is -.-) and Time Crisis III (where Dave got K.O.ed easily -.-). Went back to hotel and sleep.
Dave's parents arrived in our room at five o'clock in the morning. They apparently arrived in Genting at either three or four and went to the casino. I woke up, along with Dave and his sister. Low temperature and constant noise robbed us of our sleepiness.
The three of us had to eat ourselves due to the adults' gambling addictions. We went to this convenient store (Edit: Lmao, surely I meant "convenience store"? Rofl, the store sure is convenient... XD) named Seven Seven (lame name, I know.), bought three cup noodles and just ate outside. Dave reprimanded me for drinking the soup. -.-
Outdoor Theme Park was closed due to heavy mist. God damn it. (Edit: God damn it, indeed.)
Went to Good Friends Restaurant for lunch. Parents leave for home after that, as my old man has work on that night. w00t w00t w00t. Pity my father, had to listen to the bitch bitch. o.O
As the room is only for one day, we have to book another one. Got one in First World Hotel. :S *gulps* Moving the luggage from Highlands Hotel to First World Hotel while trying to avoid the crowd is no easy task.
We then went to get a Wristband for First World Plaza. Went to sit at Rio Float due to boredom. Loooooooooooooooong queue at Euro Express, the only indoor roller coaster, and even more looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong queue at 4D Motion Master. The latter is a waste of forty minutes of queuing time and ten minutes of that stupid movie which is not exciting, not interesting, not fun, and a cause of headache. (Edit: For the headache part, I mean it literally. Remembered walking out there clutching my head, lol. Note to self: Bring panadol to Genting next time) Damn.
Long queues easily bore us, especially more when the Euro Express was going down to maintenance every fifteen minutes, so we went back to the small, cheap and lousy room we now have. Dave went to sleep and his sister followed. Bored, I went downstairs, walked around First World Plaza, doing some window shopping, and finally sat outside the Flying Coaster, in the cold and windy mist for an hour, as either silent protest (Edit: Protesting against the existence of the mist being the reason for being unable to play at the Outdoor Theme Part. Just thought I'd like to make this clear) or cold resistance training. Can't remember which. Ah, let's make it both. Cold winds plus water droplets condensing on my hair makes even me shiver. Temperature at about 15 to 20 degrees Celcius rocks. :D (Edit: Can't believe how I used to like the cold
)Went back to the room at night. Dave's parents are literally glued to the casino, so we went out to eat. Ate at Pizza Hut in First World Plaza. We ate this Set B for four people, consists of two Regular Pan Pizzas, four Soup-of-the-Day, a Regular Hut's Platter and a huge solid jug of pepsi. We ordered Hawaiian Supreme and Hawaiian Chicken, talk about a Hawaiian frenzy. :P Mushroom soup for Soup-of-the-Day, and six pieces of Tempura King Prawns and Tempura Calamari Rings and five pieces of Large Criss Cut Fries in the Platter. Wanted to eat four pieces out of the twelve pieces of pizza, but ended up eating seven due to not wanting to waste food. Dave ate only two, stupid bastard made me bloated. :P Drank two bowls of soup as well, while Dave only drank a little. Guess he did not like it. I ended up drinking most of the Pepsi too. *shifty eyes*
There is no peace eating in First World Plaza. Shouts and screams follow the roller coaster everywhere as it zooms around First World Plaza. What's so scary about that Euro Express anyway? Surely they don't have to scream until their lungs burst? Meh, go figure.
Dave's mother then called while we were window shopping. Turns out Dave's father, without the card key, returns to the room just to find it locked and unable to open. Common sense, bring a damn key next time you want to open a locked room. Or a lockpick if you want. (Edit: Is it a lockpick, or is it a picklock? o_______O)
Dave's sister found her mother at the lobby, so the two got together to chat. Dave continued walking to the lift. Thought he was so filial to his father he is willing to ignore his mother just to let him enter the room and rest after a hard day of entire gambling. Turns out Dave did not even see his mother. And I thought I had difficulty spotting people in crowds. -.-
Dave's father rants literally as we approaches him, sitting outside the door. We quickly opened the door for him and fled. Go figure. (Edit: I don't see why we ended up being ranted at, even though we sacrificed our own time to deliver the card key to him. Next time, if you ever get bored of gambling and happen to not have the card key, please don't go back to the hotel and grumpily wait outside the room. We would prefer it if you would kindly walk around, maybe window shop, and kill time on your own next time. Of course, you can always hang around the casino, watch other people play, and laugh your ass off when this guy loses a lot of money in a single bet. Of course, don't worry, we would rush to your aid if he happens to beat you up. A good fight is just what I desire. Obviously, you would have to wait until I get 21 though, since I can't enter the casino and help you in your fight when I can't get in. -.- Don't worry, four more years to go. :D I talked too much on this edit. Oops.)
Spent the next fifteen minutes trying to find Dave's sister while I explained what happened in the lobby to Dave. Can't find them. We ended up going to Ripley's Believe It Or Not.
Display was very interesting, from tricky mathematics questions to displayment of cannibalism, from the luckiest chair in the world (made entirely of horseshoes) to prison cells and torture devices. Weapons on display was nice.
I still remember there was a mirror on the wall. Above is the caption "Can you roll your tongue like this?" while on the left and right are pictures of people ridiculously rolling their tongues in stupid ways. Dave and I tried for a while. We then heard laughter. I tried looking through the mirror, turns out to be a glass and the people across the glass can see us rolling our tongues. Shitty hell. XD Was mad at that time, but now that I think about it, it's funny. Rofl. XD Went all the way around, and we found the glass. Above is a quote that says "There is a sucker born every minute." Roflmao.
There was also a stupid mathematic thingy. Think of a number, times it by two, add ten, divide by two and subtract the number, and you get five. Let's do it the algebra way.
(x x 2 + 10) / 2 - x = 5
(2x + 10)/2 - x = 5
x + 5 - x = 5
5 = 5
Lol. -.-
There was also two closed doors which can only be opened a bit. Two wax figures, one male and one female, were using the toilet behind. Fascinating. Surprisingly Dave did not look at the female and stare at her for hours.
And there is also this room where the circular wall, shaped like a cylinder, rotates, with stars as background. Two mirrors at each side, with a bridge. Walk across and you will get dizzy, although the room is not technically moving. Optical illusion. Made us exit with a headache. XD
Other interesting displays too, but I hope to manage to end this blog post. XD
Went to sleep. Five people in two beds. Crowded like shit. And Dave's attempts to take the entire pillow for himself is not helping either. Low temperature and lack of gloves and boots make it much worse. Ended up getting about just five hours of sleep. Who cares anyway?
Went to Good Friends Restaurant for breakfast. Ate a lot until I was bloated already, and uncle still insists on ordering more. Nmaa, I dislike eating there just because of this reason.
Most rides I look forward to in Outdoor Theme Park are still closed due to heavy mist. God damn it. Seriously.
Went to Fantasy World Arcade in First World Plaza. Played House of the Dead 2 and Time Crisis III there. Talk about more arcade shooter games training and practice sessions. *rolls eyes*
We weren't hungry during lunch, so we skipped it and threw it out of the window.
Dave and his sister went to sleep due to boredom. I took Dave's laptop and played Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team. Lol. Good game. Too bad it's way too similar to Digimon World 2.
Weren't hungry during dinner too. Threw out of the window.
Played Pokémon until 11pm. Defeated Legendaries like Zapdos, Moltres, Articuno and Groudon. With a Machop and a Pikachu.
Then I went to bed. Dave's turn to play Pokémon.
He was still playing when I woke up at around 10am. Didn't remember his parents returning to room or not, so I don't know whether they spent an entire night in the casino or what.
Dave was being pretty lame that morning. Activating his 'playful mode', he calls himself a Sergant and us two Peons. Used violence to counterattack.
HERO HERO STORM!! XD (Edit: Hero Hero Storm is one of my attacks where I delivered an upwards kick at the target and sent him flying upwards. I then jump up and punch upwards as fast as I can. Ouch.)Went to check if Outdoor Theme Park is finally open. No go. Fucking mist. Wait a moment. Make that "_*FUCKING*_ mist". DX
One more arcade shooter game training and practice session.
Went back to hotel and got ready to leave. Ate lunch at a restaurant in First World Plaza. Spaghetti was not bad; tea sucks.
Went to First World Bus Terminal at 1.30pm. Bus arrived at 2.30pm. Fucking hell, waste of my one hour.
The buses at Five Stars were all like, WOW! O.O Massage chairs, legs reflexology, personal gaming, karaoke, etc., etc., etc. Looked forward to boarding the bus. Until...
We get a completely normal and ordinary coach.
BLOODY FUCKING BIAS HELL!
Uh-hem. *clears throat*
_*BLOODY FUCKING BIAS HELL!*_
Someone behind (I think my uncle) shouted "Horrible!", I went along and shouted "Terrible!". What the fuck. Noobs get the good buses and pros get the lousy buses. Bias shitbag. (Edit: I lament at the sad fact that nobody else shouted "Vegetable!"
)Bus went down the mountain, reached some shop at 3pm. It stopped there. Went down the bus and bought a big packet of some fish thingy snack to kill time. Bus only left at 4pm. Waste of another hour. Dave insisted on not buying anything. "I'm not going to improve Malaysia's economy! I'm not going to let them earn commission!" Retarded. :P
Music rocks in killing time.
Reached Singapore at 10.30pm. Got a taxi at 11pm. Reached home at 11.30pm. End of adventure.
THE END
Monday, December 11, 2006
Wikipedia
Let's see how pwnage Wikipedia can easily get you rich. ;)
We shall use my PlayStation game Who Wants To Be A Millionaire as a simulation.
1st question for $100:
What do kangaroos keep in their pouches?
A. Baby kangaroos
B. Fish and chips
C. Lottery tickets
D. Pocket money
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pouch_(marsupial)
Answer is A
2nd question for $200:
Which of these is associated with Comic Relief?
A. Green chin
B. Red nose
C. Orange ear
D. Blue forehead
Red Nose Day is the main way in which Comic Relief raises money. It is held in the spring every other year and is often treated as a semi-holiday, with, for example, schools having non-uniform days. The day culminates in a live television event on BBC1 starting in the evening and going through into the early hours of the morning, but other money-raising events take place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Relief
Answer is B
3rd question for $300:
Tokyo is the capital city of which country?
A. Italy
B. Japan
C. Australia
D. Ireland
Tokyo, the seat of the Government of Japan and home of the Emperor, is the capital of Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_of_Japan
Answer is B.
4th question for $500:
What are you most likely to do with 'mackerel'?
A. Slap it
B. Fly in it
C. Eat it
D. Paint with it
They are prized (and are highly harvested) for their meat, which is often very oily, are known for their fighting ability, and are an important recreational and commercial fishery. The meat can spoil quickly, especially in the tropics, causing scombroid food poisoning - it must be eaten on the day of capture, unless cured.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackerel
Answer is C.
5th question for $1000:
Which of these do Americans call 'drapes'?
A. Chimney
B. The Caribbean
C. Vegetables
D. Curtains
A curtain (also known as a drape or drapery) is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtain
Answer is D.
6th question for $2000:
Which shape is particularly associated with Pythagoras' theory?
A. Elipse
B. Circle
C. Star
D. Triangle
In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem
Answer is D.
7th question for $4000:
The rook or castle is a piece in which board game?
A. Chess
B. Ludo
C. Draughts
D.Backgammon
A rook (borrowed from Sanskrit "Rath" which means "chariot", Persian رخ rokh, "chariot") is a piece in the strategy board game of chess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(chess)
Answer is A.
8th question for $8000:
The Massif Central is an area in which country?
A. Turkey
B. France
C. Australia
D. Canada
The Massif Central (Occitan: Massís Central / Massís Centrau) is an elevated region in south-central France, consisting of mountains and plateaux.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massif_Central
Answer is B.
9th question for $16 000:
Pelé was a famous player of which sport?
A. Badminton
B. Football
C. Cricket
D. Tennis
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, KBE (born October 23, 1940 in Três Corações, Brazil), best known by his nickname Pelé, is a former Brazilian football player, and widely regarded to be the greatest of all time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9
Answer is B.
10th question for $32 000:
Which of these is one of Sabrina the Teenage Witch's aunts?
A. Imelda
B. Golda
C. Hilda
D. Valda
Sabrina, who's really a witch (or a half-witch—her mother was a "mortal", as the comics called ordinary humans, while her father was a warlock), lives with her two aunts, Hilda and Zelda (both witches themselves), in the fictional town of Greendale, which was located somewhere near Riverdale, the home of Archie Andrews.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina,_the_Teenage_Witch
Answer is C.
11th question for $64 000:
What type of vegetable is a shallot?
A. Onion
B. Potato
C. Asparagus
D. Cauliflower
Unlike onions where each plant normally forms a single bulb, shallots form clusters of offsets, rather in the manner of garlic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shallot
Answer is A.
12th question for $125 000:
On which continent is the country of Ecuador?
A. South America
B. Asia
C. Africa
D. Europe
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador, short form Ecuador, IPA [re'puβlika ðel ekwa'ðoɾ]) is a representative democratic republic in South America, bounded by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador
Answer is A.
13th question for $250 000:
What was the nationality of the painter Vincent Van Gogh?
A. Italian
B. English
C. Russian
D. Dutch
Vincent van Gogh ([væn goʊ]; Dutch: [vɪnˈsɛnt vɑnˈxɔx] ) (March 30, 1853 in Zundert – July 29, 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise) was a Dutch draughtsman and painter, classified as a Post-Impressionist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh
Answer is D.
14th question for $500 000:
Who partnered Starsky in the title of a TV series?
A. Kennel
B. Basket
C. Hutch
D. Cage
Starsky and Hutch was a 1970s American television series that consisted of 89 episodes of 60 minutes and a single-90 minute pilot, created by William Blinn and broadcast between April 30, 1975 and May 15, 1979 on the ABC network, distribuited by Metromedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsky_and_Hutch
Answer is C.
15th question for $1 000 000:
In which month during 1981 did Prince Charles marry Diana Spencer?
A. August
B. May
C. June
D. July
On 29 July 1981, The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana were married at St Paul's Cathedral before 3,500 invited guests and an estimated 750 million people around the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales
Answer is D.
15 questions, 1 million, no lifeline. :D
There, free million just like that. Everyone is rich, poverty is solved. :D
Then everyone wakes up from the fantasy and realizes that it is just a PlayStation game.
:(
We shall use my PlayStation game Who Wants To Be A Millionaire as a simulation.
1st question for $100:
What do kangaroos keep in their pouches?
A. Baby kangaroos
B. Fish and chips
C. Lottery tickets
D. Pocket money
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pouch_(marsupial)
Answer is A
2nd question for $200:
Which of these is associated with Comic Relief?
A. Green chin
B. Red nose
C. Orange ear
D. Blue forehead
Red Nose Day is the main way in which Comic Relief raises money. It is held in the spring every other year and is often treated as a semi-holiday, with, for example, schools having non-uniform days. The day culminates in a live television event on BBC1 starting in the evening and going through into the early hours of the morning, but other money-raising events take place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Relief
Answer is B
3rd question for $300:
Tokyo is the capital city of which country?
A. Italy
B. Japan
C. Australia
D. Ireland
Tokyo, the seat of the Government of Japan and home of the Emperor, is the capital of Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_of_Japan
Answer is B.
4th question for $500:
What are you most likely to do with 'mackerel'?
A. Slap it
B. Fly in it
C. Eat it
D. Paint with it
They are prized (and are highly harvested) for their meat, which is often very oily, are known for their fighting ability, and are an important recreational and commercial fishery. The meat can spoil quickly, especially in the tropics, causing scombroid food poisoning - it must be eaten on the day of capture, unless cured.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackerel
Answer is C.
5th question for $1000:
Which of these do Americans call 'drapes'?
A. Chimney
B. The Caribbean
C. Vegetables
D. Curtains
A curtain (also known as a drape or drapery) is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtain
Answer is D.
6th question for $2000:
Which shape is particularly associated with Pythagoras' theory?
A. Elipse
B. Circle
C. Star
D. Triangle
In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem
Answer is D.
7th question for $4000:
The rook or castle is a piece in which board game?
A. Chess
B. Ludo
C. Draughts
D.Backgammon
A rook (borrowed from Sanskrit "Rath" which means "chariot", Persian رخ rokh, "chariot") is a piece in the strategy board game of chess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(chess)
Answer is A.
8th question for $8000:
The Massif Central is an area in which country?
A. Turkey
B. France
C. Australia
D. Canada
The Massif Central (Occitan: Massís Central / Massís Centrau) is an elevated region in south-central France, consisting of mountains and plateaux.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massif_Central
Answer is B.
9th question for $16 000:
Pelé was a famous player of which sport?
A. Badminton
B. Football
C. Cricket
D. Tennis
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, KBE (born October 23, 1940 in Três Corações, Brazil), best known by his nickname Pelé, is a former Brazilian football player, and widely regarded to be the greatest of all time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9
Answer is B.
10th question for $32 000:
Which of these is one of Sabrina the Teenage Witch's aunts?
A. Imelda
B. Golda
C. Hilda
D. Valda
Sabrina, who's really a witch (or a half-witch—her mother was a "mortal", as the comics called ordinary humans, while her father was a warlock), lives with her two aunts, Hilda and Zelda (both witches themselves), in the fictional town of Greendale, which was located somewhere near Riverdale, the home of Archie Andrews.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina,_the_Teenage_Witch
Answer is C.
11th question for $64 000:
What type of vegetable is a shallot?
A. Onion
B. Potato
C. Asparagus
D. Cauliflower
Unlike onions where each plant normally forms a single bulb, shallots form clusters of offsets, rather in the manner of garlic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shallot
Answer is A.
12th question for $125 000:
On which continent is the country of Ecuador?
A. South America
B. Asia
C. Africa
D. Europe
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador, short form Ecuador, IPA [re'puβlika ðel ekwa'ðoɾ]) is a representative democratic republic in South America, bounded by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador
Answer is A.
13th question for $250 000:
What was the nationality of the painter Vincent Van Gogh?
A. Italian
B. English
C. Russian
D. Dutch
Vincent van Gogh ([væn goʊ]; Dutch: [vɪnˈsɛnt vɑnˈxɔx] ) (March 30, 1853 in Zundert – July 29, 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise) was a Dutch draughtsman and painter, classified as a Post-Impressionist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh
Answer is D.
14th question for $500 000:
Who partnered Starsky in the title of a TV series?
A. Kennel
B. Basket
C. Hutch
D. Cage
Starsky and Hutch was a 1970s American television series that consisted of 89 episodes of 60 minutes and a single-90 minute pilot, created by William Blinn and broadcast between April 30, 1975 and May 15, 1979 on the ABC network, distribuited by Metromedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsky_and_Hutch
Answer is C.
15th question for $1 000 000:
In which month during 1981 did Prince Charles marry Diana Spencer?
A. August
B. May
C. June
D. July
On 29 July 1981, The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana were married at St Paul's Cathedral before 3,500 invited guests and an estimated 750 million people around the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales
Answer is D.
15 questions, 1 million, no lifeline. :D
There, free million just like that. Everyone is rich, poverty is solved. :D
Then everyone wakes up from the fantasy and realizes that it is just a PlayStation game.
:(
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Back From Genting! :D
Heh, I went to Genting Highlands and now I'm back lol.
Left home on Sunday, at around 9.30pm. Took us an hour to pass the Tuas Checkpoint. Trip there was pretty boring. Four and a half hours of sitting down in the car and doing nothing can easily bore people, you know?
And yeah, along the way, I saw a Malaysian car with an interesting vehicle registration plate. Guess what? The numbers are 1337! Like oh my god! That car is teh leet! I swear I want to have a car with a vehicle registration plate of 1337 too when I grow up. XD
The road is pretty unobstructed from Tuas to near K.L., so my father proceed to drive at up to 160km/h. I swear I felt like I was flying instead of driving when he went 160km/h, which unfortunately ended in only a few seconds and was never seen again. :(
Saw the Petronas Twin Towers when we were near K.L. I informed my father, but he bak chew tak stamp, so he saw the tower a bit off to the left and told me there is only one.
BAK CHEW TAK STAMP: Classic Singlish hybrid of Hokkien and English. Literally translates as "eyes have been pasted over with a stamp", meaning to be blind.
Alright, so we reached Genting. Climbing up the mountain is pretty a pain in the ass. Yeah.
Went to book a room in Genting Hotel. The Junior Suite was unavailable, so we took the Deluxe. RM415 per night lol.
Photo of the fountain of elephants in the lobby of Genting Hotel.
I still can remember the room number, 14041. Easy to remember, no? It's a palindrome rofl.
The room was damned great. We have a huge television (with a stupid volume limit), a couch (with small seats ), a tray with three fruits (a pear, an apple and an orange), an ashtray, two chairs, two two-people beds, a telephone, a fridge (with two bottles of mineral water, a can of Coke and a can of 7-Up inside :D), a safe, coffee and tea making materials, several mirrors (o.O) and even a modem (O.O)!
The view outside the window from the room was great, being able to see the entire Outdoor Theme Park and when the Space Shot launches. XD
I went to the Outdoor Theme Park next. Sat on the Spinner and Space Shot, the Cyclone is temporarily close, and so is the Corkscrew. Rained when I reached Flying Dragon. Bloody hell.
Went to eat dinner at Good Friends Express. Wanted noodles with soup. My mother came back with dried noodles. Bloody heck, she should dig her ears. Talk less listen more too.
Went back to Outdoor Theme Park at night (duh, would be a waste of RM37 if I only took two rides). Took the Cyclone and a few more times of Spinners. Wait, what the hell? I can't remember exactly what I ride. o.O
Whatever.
So I slept, yeah.
Before breakfast (two bowls of Honey Star with five slices of watermelon), I went to walk around outside of Genting Hotel, then went back to the Outdoor Theme Park to rumble.
Bloody fuckers at Flying Coaster. Bought two tickets for RM10 and they complained like shit. Wanted to buy the RM12 one but they brought it down for maintenance. Fucking asshole bastards. I was more vulgar at that time. Be glad you don't get to hear it.
Back to the Space Shot. Sat beside a 50 plus year old and apparently fearless old man. Must admit, Space Shot is the only ride which I can ride for countless times and still fear it. Yup, I yawn in Corkscrew and fall asleep in Cyclone. Sue me. I'm serious and honest. No lies there.
Went to lunch at Good Friends Restaurant. Due to tea being unlimited after you paid RM1.50, I drank like 7 to 8 cups of tea. I regretted it later. Why? Because on the way back, I had to go to the toilet for around 5 times. Go figure. Bloody bladder.
My mother told me that cars with vehicle registration numbers starting with W are from Kuala Lumpur. I was determined to find a car with a vehicle registration number starting with WTF. Closest I could get is WFF. Now, you would ask, WTF is WFF, and HTF (how the fuck lol) do you use it?
It can be used in reply when someone inform you of some drastic events. For example, "Brother! Someone stole my girlfriend away from me!" and "Aniki! A gang beat up our nakama just now!" So you would shout back "WFF?!" Now, what does it stand for?
Aniki (兄貴) is a Japanese honorable term for an older brother or a superior.
Nakama (仲間) is a Japanese term for friends, buddies, crewmates, gang, etc.
"Which Freaking Fucker", "Which Fucking Freak", "Which Fucking Fucker" or "Which Freaking Freak". Any one works. Can't make up my mind. :)
During a toilet break, some people said "amitabha" to my mother, apparently knowing each other at a temple. She claims it's a greeting. I only hear it during funerals. In other words, you say it to people who die. Thus, if you say that to a living person, you are cursing them to hell. o.O
Don't anyhow say that unless you want to be beaten up.
Okay, reached Singapore at 8:30pm. w00t, back in Singapore.
Nothing more interesting. :3
Left home on Sunday, at around 9.30pm. Took us an hour to pass the Tuas Checkpoint. Trip there was pretty boring. Four and a half hours of sitting down in the car and doing nothing can easily bore people, you know?
And yeah, along the way, I saw a Malaysian car with an interesting vehicle registration plate. Guess what? The numbers are 1337! Like oh my god! That car is teh leet! I swear I want to have a car with a vehicle registration plate of 1337 too when I grow up. XD
The road is pretty unobstructed from Tuas to near K.L., so my father proceed to drive at up to 160km/h. I swear I felt like I was flying instead of driving when he went 160km/h, which unfortunately ended in only a few seconds and was never seen again. :(
Saw the Petronas Twin Towers when we were near K.L. I informed my father, but he bak chew tak stamp, so he saw the tower a bit off to the left and told me there is only one.
BAK CHEW TAK STAMP: Classic Singlish hybrid of Hokkien and English. Literally translates as "eyes have been pasted over with a stamp", meaning to be blind.
Alright, so we reached Genting. Climbing up the mountain is pretty a pain in the ass. Yeah.
Went to book a room in Genting Hotel. The Junior Suite was unavailable, so we took the Deluxe. RM415 per night lol.
Photo of the fountain of elephants in the lobby of Genting Hotel.
I still can remember the room number, 14041. Easy to remember, no? It's a palindrome rofl.
The room was damned great. We have a huge television (with a stupid volume limit
), a couch (with small seats ), a tray with three fruits (a pear, an apple and an orange), an ashtray, two chairs, two two-people beds, a telephone, a fridge (with two bottles of mineral water, a can of Coke and a can of 7-Up inside :D), a safe, coffee and tea making materials, several mirrors (o.O) and even a modem (O.O)!The view outside the window from the room was great, being able to see the entire Outdoor Theme Park and when the Space Shot launches. XD
I went to the Outdoor Theme Park next. Sat on the Spinner and Space Shot, the Cyclone is temporarily close, and so is the Corkscrew. Rained when I reached Flying Dragon. Bloody hell.
Went to eat dinner at Good Friends Express. Wanted noodles with soup. My mother came back with dried noodles. Bloody heck, she should dig her ears. Talk less listen more too.
Went back to Outdoor Theme Park at night (duh, would be a waste of RM37 if I only took two rides). Took the Cyclone and a few more times of Spinners. Wait, what the hell? I can't remember exactly what I ride. o.O
Whatever.
So I slept, yeah.
Before breakfast (two bowls of Honey Star with five slices of watermelon), I went to walk around outside of Genting Hotel, then went back to the Outdoor Theme Park to rumble.
Bloody fuckers at Flying Coaster. Bought two tickets for RM10 and they complained like shit. Wanted to buy the RM12 one but they brought it down for maintenance. Fucking asshole bastards. I was more vulgar at that time. Be glad you don't get to hear it.
Back to the Space Shot. Sat beside a 50 plus year old and apparently fearless old man. Must admit, Space Shot is the only ride which I can ride for countless times and still fear it. Yup, I yawn in Corkscrew and fall asleep in Cyclone. Sue me. I'm serious and honest. No lies there.
Went to lunch at Good Friends Restaurant. Due to tea being unlimited after you paid RM1.50, I drank like 7 to 8 cups of tea. I regretted it later. Why? Because on the way back, I had to go to the toilet for around 5 times. Go figure. Bloody bladder.
My mother told me that cars with vehicle registration numbers starting with W are from Kuala Lumpur. I was determined to find a car with a vehicle registration number starting with WTF. Closest I could get is WFF. Now, you would ask, WTF is WFF, and HTF (how the fuck lol) do you use it?
It can be used in reply when someone inform you of some drastic events. For example, "Brother! Someone stole my girlfriend away from me!" and "Aniki! A gang beat up our nakama just now!" So you would shout back "WFF?!" Now, what does it stand for?
Aniki (兄貴) is a Japanese honorable term for an older brother or a superior.
Nakama (仲間) is a Japanese term for friends, buddies, crewmates, gang, etc.
"Which Freaking Fucker", "Which Fucking Freak", "Which Fucking Fucker" or "Which Freaking Freak". Any one works. Can't make up my mind. :)
During a toilet break, some people said "amitabha" to my mother, apparently knowing each other at a temple. She claims it's a greeting. I only hear it during funerals. In other words, you say it to people who die. Thus, if you say that to a living person, you are cursing them to hell. o.O
Don't anyhow say that unless you want to be beaten up.
Okay, reached Singapore at 8:30pm. w00t, back in Singapore.
Nothing more interesting. :3
Thursday, November 23, 2006
OMGWTFBBQHAX!!
Yeah, the movie of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is coming out on a 13th. So? I just realized that it is coming out on a Friday. So? I, too, just realized that it is coming out on a Friday the 13th. So...?
Now, wait a moment...
Friday the 13th, you say...!?
OMGWTFBBQHAX!
In addition to variations on punctuation-based emphasis, it is common to combine two (or more) words and capitalize them to show emphasis. Perhaps most common would be the combination of OMG and WTF to produce OMGWTF. For irony or excitement, some will then add ancillary SMS phrases to the end (i.e. OMGWTFBBQHAX!). This ending generally has the same meaning as the saying “..with gravy,” commonly added to the end of sentences. This creates OMGWTFBBQHAX, meaning, “Oh my god; what the f*** (with added emphasis)?.”
Sucks to be those people with paraskavedekatriaphobia.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia: The fear of Friday the 13th.
Now, wait a moment...
Friday the 13th, you say...!?
OMGWTFBBQHAX!
In addition to variations on punctuation-based emphasis, it is common to combine two (or more) words and capitalize them to show emphasis. Perhaps most common would be the combination of OMG and WTF to produce OMGWTF. For irony or excitement, some will then add ancillary SMS phrases to the end (i.e. OMGWTFBBQHAX!). This ending generally has the same meaning as the saying “..with gravy,” commonly added to the end of sentences. This creates OMGWTFBBQHAX, meaning, “Oh my god; what the f*** (with added emphasis)?.”
Sucks to be those people with paraskavedekatriaphobia.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia: The fear of Friday the 13th.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
It's been announced that the movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will come out of 13 of July, 2007.
But... Nooo! Quidditch and and Weasley Is Our King are cut! Noooooooooooooooo!
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Strengths of the Straw Hat Pirates II
This blog entry is a continuation of blog entry Strengths of the Straw Hat Pirates, with reference to the new bounties listed as on blog entry One Piece Manga Chapter 435.
Formerly, with only three out of the seven Straw Hats having bounty, it is difficult to rank them accordingly to bounty. Now that all seven of them have a bounty, we shall include that in our analysis to see who is stronger and who is weaker.
Of course, the bounty ranking, like the list of enemy defeated ranking, is not accurate. No way can Chopper be weaker than Usopp/Sogeking. No way in hell, man.
Luffy - 300 million Beli
Zoro - 120 million Beli
Robin - 80 million Beli
Sanji - 77 million Beli
Sogeking - 30 million Beli
Nami - 16 million Beli
Chopper - 50 Beli
So the list would be:
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Robin
4th: Sanji
5th: Usopp/Sogeking
6th: Nami
7th: Chopper
Including the three lists:
1st: Luffy
2nd: Robin
3rd: Zoro
4th: Nami
5th: Sanji
6.5th: Usopp/Chopper
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Robin
6th: Nami
7th: Usopp
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Nami
6th: Robin
7th: Usopp/Sogeking
If we find the average of the three numbers each character has:
Luffy = (1+1+1+1)/4 = 1
Zoro = (2+3+2+2)/4 = 2.25
Sanji = (4+5+3+3)/4 = 3.75
Robin = (3+2+5+6)/4 = 4
Nami = (6+4+6+5)/4 = 5.25
Chopper = (7+6.5+4+4)/4 = 5.38
Usopp = (5+6.5+7+7)/4 = 6.375
Since the lower the number, the stronger that person is, we can infer that:
Luffy, being the Captain, still remains the strongest.
Zoro, as the First Mate, still remains second.
Sanji, being highly competitive with Zoro, still ends up third.
Robin, dangerous with her Devil Fruit, still ends up forth.
Nami defeated Chopper due to bounty and obtains the position of fifth.
Chopper, with a pathetic bounty of fifty Beli, gets a lousy sixth, a weak rank impossible for our strong and powerful reindeer.
Usopp ends up last. Can you believe he has a 30 million Beli?
Formerly, with only three out of the seven Straw Hats having bounty, it is difficult to rank them accordingly to bounty. Now that all seven of them have a bounty, we shall include that in our analysis to see who is stronger and who is weaker.
Of course, the bounty ranking, like the list of enemy defeated ranking, is not accurate. No way can Chopper be weaker than Usopp/Sogeking. No way in hell, man.
Luffy - 300 million Beli
Zoro - 120 million Beli
Robin - 80 million Beli
Sanji - 77 million Beli
Sogeking - 30 million Beli
Nami - 16 million Beli
Chopper - 50 Beli
So the list would be:
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Robin
4th: Sanji
5th: Usopp/Sogeking
6th: Nami
7th: Chopper
Including the three lists:
1st: Luffy
2nd: Robin
3rd: Zoro
4th: Nami
5th: Sanji
6.5th: Usopp/Chopper
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Robin
6th: Nami
7th: Usopp
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Nami
6th: Robin
7th: Usopp/Sogeking
If we find the average of the three numbers each character has:
Luffy = (1+1+1+1)/4 = 1
Zoro = (2+3+2+2)/4 = 2.25
Sanji = (4+5+3+3)/4 = 3.75
Robin = (3+2+5+6)/4 = 4
Nami = (6+4+6+5)/4 = 5.25
Chopper = (7+6.5+4+4)/4 = 5.38
Usopp = (5+6.5+7+7)/4 = 6.375
Since the lower the number, the stronger that person is, we can infer that:
Luffy, being the Captain, still remains the strongest.
Zoro, as the First Mate, still remains second.
Sanji, being highly competitive with Zoro, still ends up third.
Robin, dangerous with her Devil Fruit, still ends up forth.
Nami defeated Chopper due to bounty and obtains the position of fifth.
Chopper, with a pathetic bounty of fifty Beli, gets a lousy sixth, a weak rank impossible for our strong and powerful reindeer.
Usopp ends up last. Can you believe he has a 30 million Beli?
One Piece Manga Chapter 435
Finally, with the release of One Piece Manga Chapter 435, one and a half out of two questions, that everyone has been asking ever since Lucci and CP9 has been defeated, have finally been answered. Yup, it's about the Straw Hats' new bounties, as well as who would become their shipwright and eighth crewmate.
And so now, we see the new bounties.
Captain "Straw Hat Monkey D. Luffy" with an ex-bounty of 30 million after defeating top East Blue pirates like Buggy, Don Krieg and Arlong, and a bounty of 100 million after defeating Shichibukai and President of Baroque Works Crocodile, has now recieved a 300 million bounty, for defeating a thousand Marines in Enies Lobby, as well as taking down two CP9s, Blueno and Lucci, with a Douriki of 820 and 4000 respectively.
First Mate "Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro", with a bounty of 60 million after defeating a hundred bounty hunters in Whiskey Peak and Mr. 1 Daz Bones in Alabasta, recieves a 120 million bounty for defeating CP9 Kaku, with a Douriki of 2200.
Archaeologist "Child of Demons Nico Robin" has a mere 1 million increase in bounty, from a 79 million given to her when she was 8 years old, to a round and nice 80 million. They updated her picture too, so they are no longer using the picture of Robin 20 years ago. That's what you get for just defeating Spandam, Robin, when even a mere Marine can finish him off. XD
Cook "Sanji the Black Leg", his title following his mentor Zeff the Red Leg, has a bounty of 77 million, by defeating Jyabura of CP9, with a Douriki of 2180. He did closen the gap between the amount of his bounty and Zoro's bounty, but he's still gonna lose an advantage in his quarrels with Zoro due to the large different. Haha. What's more, they can't find a picture, so they have to do with an ugly drawing presumeably by 3 year old kids. And Sanji was soooooooooo looking forward to his bounty. Hahaha, better luck next time, Love-Cook!
Marksman "Sogeking the Sharpshooter King" recieved a bounty of 30 million just for burning down the World Government flag. Wow, the World Government is rich. I bet he still cannot defeat the East Blue pirates Luffy defeated for getting his 30 million. Take note that it is Sogeking who got the bounty, not Usopp. If he just ditches the disguise, he would have no bounty, which is what leads him to become Sogeking. Note that Usopp still have not rejoin the crew, though he has been practising what to tell Luffy to let him rejoin, unfortunately spotted by Sanji.
Navigator "Burglar Cat Nami" has a 16 million bounty along with a sexy picture for her bounty poster, for defeating CP9 Kalifa. She should have recieved a much higher bounty, Kalifa is no easy person to defeat. Now, her bounty is around the East Blue elites. Pfft. Useless World Government, giving high bounties to almost-useless people to Sogeking. :P
And if Nami's bounty is injust (though she does not want one anyway), Doctor "Cotton Candy Lover Tony Tony Chopper" is worse. A bounty of 50 beli. Yes, 50 freaking bucks. Because he is the Straw Hats' "pet". -.-" For ****'s sake, he defeated Kumadori of CP9, and all he have is 50? He seems to be shocked though, whether out of disappointment, like Sanji, or fear, like Nami, is unknown.
And Shipwright "Franky the Cyborg" has a 44 million bounty for defeating Nero and Fukurou of CP9.
Zambai, second in charge of Franky Family, proposes to Luffy to invite Franky to join, due to his bounty. Neither Luffy's response nor Franky's is heard, so I guess that solves half of the question. So will Franky join? Or will Paulie join? Maybe both? Maybe another person?
And so now, we see the new bounties.
Captain "Straw Hat Monkey D. Luffy" with an ex-bounty of 30 million after defeating top East Blue pirates like Buggy, Don Krieg and Arlong, and a bounty of 100 million after defeating Shichibukai and President of Baroque Works Crocodile, has now recieved a 300 million bounty, for defeating a thousand Marines in Enies Lobby, as well as taking down two CP9s, Blueno and Lucci, with a Douriki of 820 and 4000 respectively.
First Mate "Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro", with a bounty of 60 million after defeating a hundred bounty hunters in Whiskey Peak and Mr. 1 Daz Bones in Alabasta, recieves a 120 million bounty for defeating CP9 Kaku, with a Douriki of 2200.
Archaeologist "Child of Demons Nico Robin" has a mere 1 million increase in bounty, from a 79 million given to her when she was 8 years old, to a round and nice 80 million. They updated her picture too, so they are no longer using the picture of Robin 20 years ago. That's what you get for just defeating Spandam, Robin, when even a mere Marine can finish him off. XD
Cook "Sanji the Black Leg", his title following his mentor Zeff the Red Leg, has a bounty of 77 million, by defeating Jyabura of CP9, with a Douriki of 2180. He did closen the gap between the amount of his bounty and Zoro's bounty, but he's still gonna lose an advantage in his quarrels with Zoro due to the large different. Haha. What's more, they can't find a picture, so they have to do with an ugly drawing presumeably by 3 year old kids. And Sanji was soooooooooo looking forward to his bounty. Hahaha, better luck next time, Love-Cook!
Marksman "Sogeking the Sharpshooter King" recieved a bounty of 30 million just for burning down the World Government flag. Wow, the World Government is rich. I bet he still cannot defeat the East Blue pirates Luffy defeated for getting his 30 million. Take note that it is Sogeking who got the bounty, not Usopp. If he just ditches the disguise, he would have no bounty, which is what leads him to become Sogeking. Note that Usopp still have not rejoin the crew, though he has been practising what to tell Luffy to let him rejoin, unfortunately spotted by Sanji.
Navigator "Burglar Cat Nami" has a 16 million bounty along with a sexy picture for her bounty poster, for defeating CP9 Kalifa. She should have recieved a much higher bounty, Kalifa is no easy person to defeat. Now, her bounty is around the East Blue elites. Pfft. Useless World Government, giving high bounties to almost-useless people to Sogeking. :P
And if Nami's bounty is injust (though she does not want one anyway), Doctor "Cotton Candy Lover Tony Tony Chopper" is worse. A bounty of 50 beli. Yes, 50 freaking bucks. Because he is the Straw Hats' "pet". -.-" For ****'s sake, he defeated Kumadori of CP9, and all he have is 50? He seems to be shocked though, whether out of disappointment, like Sanji, or fear, like Nami, is unknown.
And Shipwright "Franky the Cyborg" has a 44 million bounty for defeating Nero and Fukurou of CP9.
Zambai, second in charge of Franky Family, proposes to Luffy to invite Franky to join, due to his bounty. Neither Luffy's response nor Franky's is heard, so I guess that solves half of the question. So will Franky join? Or will Paulie join? Maybe both? Maybe another person?
Friday, November 17, 2006
向那个光
这个世界。。。是的！只要你肯寻找自由，这个世界就会展现在你的眼前。如果这个无穷的梦想引导你的精神，征服它！把信念挂在你的旗帜后面！
我刚开始寻找，冲过飞溅的波浪
为了这个永久的世界
有这个溢出的热情在我的胸部之内，我那里都会去
寻求这个还是看不见的光
当这个夏天的太阳震动我的心的风帆
那就是个信号对一个新的世界而打开门
摇摆在波浪上，超过我的绝望
对准了这个地平线的另一边
我刚开始寻找，冲过飞溅的波浪
为了这个永久的世界
有这个溢出的热情在我的胸部之内，我那里都会去
寻求这个还是看不见的光
一直重复的这几天的流通，和这些世俗的云
我在你里面看见一个你无法知道的未来
既使我由不改变而避免痛苦
留下的我会没有梦想或甚至希望 -- 如此我们走吧！
为什么我在搜索呢？我到底要的是什么？
那答案肯定在先头的某处
我的心将会进行到移动的世界
掩藏我未看见的力量
为什么我在搜索呢？我到底要的是什么？
未看见的财宝到底在哪里?
有这个溢出的热情在我的胸部之内，我能去到多远？
我不知道，可是。。。
我刚开始寻找，冲过飞溅的波浪
为了这个永久的世界
有这个溢出的热情在我的胸部之内，我那里都会去
寻求这个还是看不见的光
向另一边
我刚开始寻找，冲过飞溅的波浪
为了这个永久的世界
有这个溢出的热情在我的胸部之内，我那里都会去
寻求这个还是看不见的光
当这个夏天的太阳震动我的心的风帆
那就是个信号对一个新的世界而打开门
摇摆在波浪上，超过我的绝望
对准了这个地平线的另一边
我刚开始寻找，冲过飞溅的波浪
为了这个永久的世界
有这个溢出的热情在我的胸部之内，我那里都会去
寻求这个还是看不见的光
一直重复的这几天的流通，和这些世俗的云
我在你里面看见一个你无法知道的未来
既使我由不改变而避免痛苦
留下的我会没有梦想或甚至希望 -- 如此我们走吧！
为什么我在搜索呢？我到底要的是什么？
那答案肯定在先头的某处
我的心将会进行到移动的世界
掩藏我未看见的力量
为什么我在搜索呢？我到底要的是什么？
未看见的财宝到底在哪里?
有这个溢出的热情在我的胸部之内，我能去到多远？
我不知道，可是。。。
我刚开始寻找，冲过飞溅的波浪
为了这个永久的世界
有这个溢出的热情在我的胸部之内，我那里都会去
寻求这个还是看不见的光
向另一边
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Strengths of the Straw Hat Pirates
I know I said to upload Sogeking's Hissatsu Fire Bird Star, but I'd like to analyze the strengths of the Straw Hat Pirates, like who is stronger and stuff. Maybe tomorrow, lol.
Anyway, the Straw Hat Pirates in One Piece consist of seven members: Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, Nami, Chopper and Robin. This blog entry shall analyze to see who is stronger and who is weaker.
As the seven Straw Hats hardly fought each other seriously, it is difficult to analyze their strengths. We shall, however, use the strengths of the opponents they defeat and make an analysis of who is stronger.
Now, which villains should we use? Well, since Chopper and Robin were not in the entire East Blue Saga, I wouldn't use it lest the results are inaccurate. Neither would I use Drum Kingdom Arc, as only Luffy and Chopper fought. No Jaya Arc too, no Water 7 Arc, as neither arcs have any serious fighting. No fillers too, they aren't based off the actual and more accurate manga.
That leaves us with three factions: Baroque Works, Skypiea's Priests and CP9.
Baroque Works have its members ranked accordingly to their strengths. Mr. 0 aka Sir Crocodile is the most powerful, followed by Mr. 1, Mr. 2, Mr. 3, Mr. 4 and Mr. 5. Each male is partnered by a female except for Mr. 2 Bon Clay, who is, well, homosexual. If we take it that the female partner of a male is more powerful than the next male down the row, then the members arranged accordingly to strengths would look something like this:
Mr. 0 Sir Crocodile
Miss All-Sunday
Mr. 1 Daz Bones
Miss Doublefinger
Mr. 2 Bon Clay
Mr. 3
Miss Goldenweek
Mr. 4
Miss Merry Christmas
Mr. 5
Miss Valentine
Crocodile is finally defeated by Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Storm after two rounds of losing. Miss All-Sunday is Robin after all, who will later join the Straw Hats. Zoro defeated Mr. 1 with a Shishi Sonson, Nami defeated Miss Doublefinger with a Tornado Tempo, Sanji defeated Mr. 2, Luffy defeated Mr. 3 with a Gomu Gomu no Stamp, Carue dealt the finishing blow onto Miss Goldenweek (as was seen when Carue runs towards Goldenweek and we see Luffy, Usopp and Carue eating Goldenweek's senpei), Usopp and Chopper defeating Mr. 4 and Miss Merry Christmas together, Zoro finishing Mr. 5 with a Yaki Oni Giri and Nami and Vivi finishing Miss Valentine. Now we fill in the names of those who defeated (or at least dealt the finishing blow) the eleven Baroque Works agents...
Mr. 0 Sir Crocodile - Luffy
Miss All-Sunday - Robin
Mr. 1 Daz Bones - Zoro
Miss Doublefinger - Nami
Mr. 2 Bon Clay - Sanji
Mr. 3 - Luffy
Miss Goldenweek - Carue
Mr. 4 - Usopp/Chopper
Miss Merry Christmas - Usopp/Chopper
Mr. 5 - Zoro
Miss Valentine - Nami/Vivi
Now we remove the non-Straw Hats, remove the greedy bastards who defeated more than one agent (:P) and it becomes something like this:
1st: Luffy
2nd: Robin
3rd: Zoro
4th: Nami
5th: Sanji
6.5th: Usopp/Chopper
Since Usopp and Chopper tied, they shall get the awesome rank of an average of 6 and 7. -.-"
Now, we move onto Skypiea's Priests. Enel, being the God, is obviously the strongest. The four Priests follow. We shall rank their strength according to their chances of survival in their respective Ordeals. Judging by the percentage of their Ordeals' chances of survival, Ohm kills hundred out of hundred people, Shura kills ninety-seven out of hundred, Satori kills ninety out of hundred and Gedatsu kills fifty out of hundred (though if not for his extreme stupidity he is able to kill ninety-five out of hundred). This shows that Ohm is stronger, followed by Shura, Satori and then Gedatsu. Next follows Yama, Chief of Enel's enforcers, and Hotori and Kotori, lieutenants of Enel's Enforcers. The list will look like this:
Enel
Ohm
Shura
Satori
Gedatsu
Yama
Hotori/Kotori
Enel is defeated by Luffy's (almost the only human able to defeat Enel) Gomu Gomu no Ougon Rifle. Ohm is defeated by Zoro's 108 Pound Cannon. Shura is defeated by Wiper's Reject Dial. Satori is defeated by Sanji's Concasse (the Ordeal of Love XD). Gedatsu by Chopper's Kokutei Cross, Yama by Robin's Cien Fleur Delphinium, Hotori by Gan Fall and Kotori by Nami using Gan Fall's Impact Dial. Now we fill the list up.
Enel - Luffy
Ohm - Zoro
Shura - Wiper
Satori - Sanji
Gedatsu - Chopper
Yama - Robin
Hotori/Kotori - Nami/Gan Fall
Say goodbye to the non-Straw Hats.
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Robin
6th: Nami
7th: Usopp*
*Usopp didn't even get a kill. -.-"
Okay, now, we move onto CP9. CP9 agents can indeed be ranked accordingly to strength easily, by using Douriki. Douriki, measured by CP9 agent Fukurou, measures "power level" and is quite accurate in measuring strength, though in doesn't accept factors such as Devil Fruits. However, most of the CP9 have Devil Fruits. So who cares?
Lucci remains first with 4000 Douriki. Kaku second with 2200, Jyabura close behind with 2180. Blueno is forth with 820, Kumadori close behind with 810, Fukurou close behind too with 800. Kalifa has 640, Nero somewhere between 9 (Spandam's) and 640 (Kalifa's) as he only knows four out of the Rokushiki (Six Styles) where as Kalifa knows all six and Spandam knows zero. Spandam, shamefully, has 9, whereas an ordinary and armed soldier has 10. We list them accordingly...
Lucci
Kaku
Jyabura
Blueno
Kumadori
Fukurou
Kalifa
Nero
Spandam
Luffy defeated Lucci with a Gomu Gomu no Jet Gatling Gun after a long and difficult fight. Zoro defeated Kaku with Asura One Mist Silver. Sanji defeated Jyabura with Diable Jame. Luffy, again, defeated Blueno with a Gomu Gomu no Jet Bazooka, while Kumadori is finished with Chopper's Monster Point. Franky defeats Fukurou (I forgot what attack lol). Nami defeats Kalifa with Thunder Lance Tempo. Franky, again, defeats Nero with Ultimate Hammer. Robin cracks Spandam's back while the Straw Hats, Galley-La, Franky Family and the two Giants escaped from Enies Lobby's Buster Call. Anyway, now we fill the list up:
Lucci - Luffy
Kaku - Zoro
Jyabura - Sanji
Blueno - Luffy
Kumadori - Chopper
Fukurou - Franky
Kalifa - Nami
Nero - Franky
Spandam - Robin
Again, we remove those non-Straw Hats and those who defeated more than one.
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Nami
6th: Robin
7th: Usopp/Sogeking*
*I blame Luffy and Franky for making Usopp/Sogeking kill-less.
Of course, we can also use other factors to determine their strengths.
Bounties can roughly be used to measure strength, although a very inaccurate way of doing so. A bounty does not always reflect the strength of a person. Simply doing criminal activities, associating yourself with certain groups or particpating in forbidden activities (such as researching the Poneglyphs) can make you gain or increase a bounty without reflecting the strength of the person carrying it. In short, the bounty simply reflects how much threat (or potential threat) said person has to the World Government. Still, we can use it as a rough guide.
Luffy has a 100 million Belli bounty by thrashing Shichibukai Crocodile, followed by Robin's 79 million, which she got 20 years ago when she was 8. Zoro has 60 million by defeating Mr. 1 Daz Bones (who had 52 million) and 100 bounty hunters back at Whiskey Peak. Let's consider Sanji to be forth, since he is the only one out of the remaining four to constanly complain about lack of his bounty, showing his confidence in his strength.
Also, at Skypiea, after Knight of the Sky Gan Fall gave the Straw Hats a whistle to call him whenever they need help, it is decided that Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Robin are unable to blow it. This shows that the four are stronger than the three who are able to blow it, namely Nami, Usopp and Chopper.
So now, let's take another look at the three lists.
1st: Luffy
2nd: Robin
3rd: Zoro
4th: Nami
5th: Sanji
6.5th: Usopp/Chopper
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Robin
6th: Nami
7th: Usopp
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Nami
6th: Robin
7th: Usopp/Sogeking
If we find the average of the three numbers each character has:
Luffy = (1+1+1)/3 = 1
Zoro = (3+2+2)/3 = 2.33
Sanji = (5+3+3)/3 = 3.67
Robin = (2+5+6)/3 = 4.33
Chopper = (6.5+4+4)/3 = 4.83
Nami = (4+6+5)/3 = 5
Usopp = (6.5+7+7) = 6.83
Since the lower the number, the stronger that person is, we can infer that:
Luffy, being the Captain, is strongest.
Zoro, as the First Mate, is second.
Sanji, being highly competitive with Zoro, ends up third.
Robin, dangerous with her Devil Fruit, is forth.
Chopper, combating his inexperience in battle with his Devil Fruit, ends up fifth.
Nami, becoming from a helpless girl to a Straw Hat powerhouse, ends up sixth due to the other five in front being monsters. -.-"
Usopp, said to be useless and other shit, ends up seventh, with no kill at all in Skypiea and Enies Lobby, though he did help against Satori and Enel in Skypiea and Jyabura and Spandam in Enies Lobby.
There, you have it. Robin is not necessary stronger than Zoro just because she has 19 million more in bounty. :P
Anyway, the Straw Hat Pirates in One Piece consist of seven members: Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, Nami, Chopper and Robin. This blog entry shall analyze to see who is stronger and who is weaker.
As the seven Straw Hats hardly fought each other seriously, it is difficult to analyze their strengths. We shall, however, use the strengths of the opponents they defeat and make an analysis of who is stronger.
Now, which villains should we use? Well, since Chopper and Robin were not in the entire East Blue Saga, I wouldn't use it lest the results are inaccurate. Neither would I use Drum Kingdom Arc, as only Luffy and Chopper fought. No Jaya Arc too, no Water 7 Arc, as neither arcs have any serious fighting. No fillers too, they aren't based off the actual and more accurate manga.
That leaves us with three factions: Baroque Works, Skypiea's Priests and CP9.
Baroque Works have its members ranked accordingly to their strengths. Mr. 0 aka Sir Crocodile is the most powerful, followed by Mr. 1, Mr. 2, Mr. 3, Mr. 4 and Mr. 5. Each male is partnered by a female except for Mr. 2 Bon Clay, who is, well, homosexual. If we take it that the female partner of a male is more powerful than the next male down the row, then the members arranged accordingly to strengths would look something like this:
Mr. 0 Sir Crocodile
Miss All-Sunday
Mr. 1 Daz Bones
Miss Doublefinger
Mr. 2 Bon Clay
Mr. 3
Miss Goldenweek
Mr. 4
Miss Merry Christmas
Mr. 5
Miss Valentine
Crocodile is finally defeated by Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Storm after two rounds of losing. Miss All-Sunday is Robin after all, who will later join the Straw Hats. Zoro defeated Mr. 1 with a Shishi Sonson, Nami defeated Miss Doublefinger with a Tornado Tempo, Sanji defeated Mr. 2, Luffy defeated Mr. 3 with a Gomu Gomu no Stamp, Carue dealt the finishing blow onto Miss Goldenweek (as was seen when Carue runs towards Goldenweek and we see Luffy, Usopp and Carue eating Goldenweek's senpei), Usopp and Chopper defeating Mr. 4 and Miss Merry Christmas together, Zoro finishing Mr. 5 with a Yaki Oni Giri and Nami and Vivi finishing Miss Valentine. Now we fill in the names of those who defeated (or at least dealt the finishing blow) the eleven Baroque Works agents...
Mr. 0 Sir Crocodile - Luffy
Miss All-Sunday - Robin
Mr. 1 Daz Bones - Zoro
Miss Doublefinger - Nami
Mr. 2 Bon Clay - Sanji
Mr. 3 - Luffy
Miss Goldenweek - Carue
Mr. 4 - Usopp/Chopper
Miss Merry Christmas - Usopp/Chopper
Mr. 5 - Zoro
Miss Valentine - Nami/Vivi
Now we remove the non-Straw Hats, remove the greedy bastards who defeated more than one agent (:P) and it becomes something like this:
1st: Luffy
2nd: Robin
3rd: Zoro
4th: Nami
5th: Sanji
6.5th: Usopp/Chopper
Since Usopp and Chopper tied, they shall get the awesome rank of an average of 6 and 7. -.-"
Now, we move onto Skypiea's Priests. Enel, being the God, is obviously the strongest. The four Priests follow. We shall rank their strength according to their chances of survival in their respective Ordeals. Judging by the percentage of their Ordeals' chances of survival, Ohm kills hundred out of hundred people, Shura kills ninety-seven out of hundred, Satori kills ninety out of hundred and Gedatsu kills fifty out of hundred (though if not for his extreme stupidity he is able to kill ninety-five out of hundred). This shows that Ohm is stronger, followed by Shura, Satori and then Gedatsu. Next follows Yama, Chief of Enel's enforcers, and Hotori and Kotori, lieutenants of Enel's Enforcers. The list will look like this:
Enel
Ohm
Shura
Satori
Gedatsu
Yama
Hotori/Kotori
Enel is defeated by Luffy's (almost the only human able to defeat Enel) Gomu Gomu no Ougon Rifle. Ohm is defeated by Zoro's 108 Pound Cannon. Shura is defeated by Wiper's Reject Dial. Satori is defeated by Sanji's Concasse (the Ordeal of Love XD). Gedatsu by Chopper's Kokutei Cross, Yama by Robin's Cien Fleur Delphinium, Hotori by Gan Fall and Kotori by Nami using Gan Fall's Impact Dial. Now we fill the list up.
Enel - Luffy
Ohm - Zoro
Shura - Wiper
Satori - Sanji
Gedatsu - Chopper
Yama - Robin
Hotori/Kotori - Nami/Gan Fall
Say goodbye to the non-Straw Hats.
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Robin
6th: Nami
7th: Usopp*
*Usopp didn't even get a kill. -.-"
Okay, now, we move onto CP9. CP9 agents can indeed be ranked accordingly to strength easily, by using Douriki. Douriki, measured by CP9 agent Fukurou, measures "power level" and is quite accurate in measuring strength, though in doesn't accept factors such as Devil Fruits. However, most of the CP9 have Devil Fruits. So who cares?
Lucci remains first with 4000 Douriki. Kaku second with 2200, Jyabura close behind with 2180. Blueno is forth with 820, Kumadori close behind with 810, Fukurou close behind too with 800. Kalifa has 640, Nero somewhere between 9 (Spandam's) and 640 (Kalifa's) as he only knows four out of the Rokushiki (Six Styles) where as Kalifa knows all six and Spandam knows zero. Spandam, shamefully, has 9, whereas an ordinary and armed soldier has 10. We list them accordingly...
Lucci
Kaku
Jyabura
Blueno
Kumadori
Fukurou
Kalifa
Nero
Spandam
Luffy defeated Lucci with a Gomu Gomu no Jet Gatling Gun after a long and difficult fight. Zoro defeated Kaku with Asura One Mist Silver. Sanji defeated Jyabura with Diable Jame. Luffy, again, defeated Blueno with a Gomu Gomu no Jet Bazooka, while Kumadori is finished with Chopper's Monster Point. Franky defeats Fukurou (I forgot what attack lol). Nami defeats Kalifa with Thunder Lance Tempo. Franky, again, defeats Nero with Ultimate Hammer. Robin cracks Spandam's back while the Straw Hats, Galley-La, Franky Family and the two Giants escaped from Enies Lobby's Buster Call. Anyway, now we fill the list up:
Lucci - Luffy
Kaku - Zoro
Jyabura - Sanji
Blueno - Luffy
Kumadori - Chopper
Fukurou - Franky
Kalifa - Nami
Nero - Franky
Spandam - Robin
Again, we remove those non-Straw Hats and those who defeated more than one.
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Nami
6th: Robin
7th: Usopp/Sogeking*
*I blame Luffy and Franky for making Usopp/Sogeking kill-less.
Of course, we can also use other factors to determine their strengths.
Bounties can roughly be used to measure strength, although a very inaccurate way of doing so. A bounty does not always reflect the strength of a person. Simply doing criminal activities, associating yourself with certain groups or particpating in forbidden activities (such as researching the Poneglyphs) can make you gain or increase a bounty without reflecting the strength of the person carrying it. In short, the bounty simply reflects how much threat (or potential threat) said person has to the World Government. Still, we can use it as a rough guide.
Luffy has a 100 million Belli bounty by thrashing Shichibukai Crocodile, followed by Robin's 79 million, which she got 20 years ago when she was 8. Zoro has 60 million by defeating Mr. 1 Daz Bones (who had 52 million) and 100 bounty hunters back at Whiskey Peak. Let's consider Sanji to be forth, since he is the only one out of the remaining four to constanly complain about lack of his bounty, showing his confidence in his strength.
Also, at Skypiea, after Knight of the Sky Gan Fall gave the Straw Hats a whistle to call him whenever they need help, it is decided that Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Robin are unable to blow it. This shows that the four are stronger than the three who are able to blow it, namely Nami, Usopp and Chopper.
So now, let's take another look at the three lists.
1st: Luffy
2nd: Robin
3rd: Zoro
4th: Nami
5th: Sanji
6.5th: Usopp/Chopper
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Robin
6th: Nami
7th: Usopp
1st: Luffy
2nd: Zoro
3rd: Sanji
4th: Chopper
5th: Nami
6th: Robin
7th: Usopp/Sogeking
If we find the average of the three numbers each character has:
Luffy = (1+1+1)/3 = 1
Zoro = (3+2+2)/3 = 2.33
Sanji = (5+3+3)/3 = 3.67
Robin = (2+5+6)/3 = 4.33
Chopper = (6.5+4+4)/3 = 4.83
Nami = (4+6+5)/3 = 5
Usopp = (6.5+7+7) = 6.83
Since the lower the number, the stronger that person is, we can infer that:
Luffy, being the Captain, is strongest.
Zoro, as the First Mate, is second.
Sanji, being highly competitive with Zoro, ends up third.
Robin, dangerous with her Devil Fruit, is forth.
Chopper, combating his inexperience in battle with his Devil Fruit, ends up fifth.
Nami, becoming from a helpless girl to a Straw Hat powerhouse, ends up sixth due to the other five in front being monsters. -.-"
Usopp, said to be useless and other shit, ends up seventh, with no kill at all in Skypiea and Enies Lobby, though he did help against Satori and Enel in Skypiea and Jyabura and Spandam in Enies Lobby.
There, you have it. Robin is not necessary stronger than Zoro just because she has 19 million more in bounty. :P
Monday, November 13, 2006
Sogeking
Now we shall have a blog post dedicated to the heroic warrior from the Sharpshooter Island, SOGEKING! *drum rolls*
After the battle with Marines Admiral Aokiji, Usopp watched his friends easily beaten which scares him and makes him question his belonging in the crew. He was afraid that the crew is encountering stronger adversaries and since he was the weakest crewmember he started to lose confidence. A series of conflicts, particularly Luffy's choice to get a new ship to replace the Going Merry, a ship given by a beautiful lady in Usopp's village, results in Usopp leaving the crew. After a battle with Luffy, where Usopp displayed an uncharacteristically vicious fighting style, he gained the now terminally-damaged Going Merry. Usopp was later detained by World Government organization CP9 (Cipher Pol 9).
After being freed from CP9 captivity by Sanji during the Sea Train chase, Usopp announced that he has no business with the Straw Hat Pirates and disappears. Yet Usopp came back a minute later in a disguise. He was wearing a mask and a cape, using the alias "Sogeking" (sogeki means sniper, so Sogeking is a pun meaning "Sniper King"). According to his stories, Sogeking is from an island of snipers, Sharpshooter Island, that can be found in your heart, and Usopp has even written a theme song for this identity.
He helped Franky and Sanji in order to rescue Nico Robin but they fail to do so. After being in the detached cart 4 and 3 with Sanji, they were found by the Franky Family and finally reunited with Luffy. When they confronted CP9, Sogeking unveiled a new weapon, a long staff with a more powerful slingshot attached called "Kabuto".
All of the Straw Hats (including Galley-La and Franky Family) realize who he really is except for Luffy and Chopper. It is unknown if Usopp is going to rejoin the crew. His motive for concealing his identity is both so that he will not become a fugitive with an inflated bounty over his head, as attacking the Marine Base would cause this subsequent action and to keep his identity a secret towards the crew (even if it only worked on Chopper and Luffy).
Now, for his theme song! XD
This is the first one we hears, he sings it to Sanji and Franky on the Sea Train Puffing Tom while trying to save Nico Robin.
He finally meets up with Robin while trying to save her (while Sanji is fighting CP7 chef Wanze and Franky is fighting former CP9 member Nero). Thank Lord Saradomin for the TO BE CONTINUED lest Sogeking continues singing to Robin.
The second one we hears, he sings it to Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Chopper, Paulie, Lulu, Tilestone and the Franky Family when they were reunited, although only Luffy and Chopper fell for it.
Checked around YouTube for Sogeking shooting down the World Government's flag as an act of defiant for being Robin's enemy, but can't find a subbed version of it. I'll cut off excess parts off One Piece episode 278 and upload it later.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
我们是！
I'm bored, rofl. XD
财富，名誉，权力。
获得在这世界一切事物的男人，海盗王，葛鲁多·D·罗渣。
他死前说的话把全世界的没个人都送到海上。
“我的财富和我的财宝？”
“如果你要，我就让你得到。”
“去寻找，我把全部都放在那个地方！”
现在追求梦想的人，都去到了伟大海路。
这个世界现在进入了显著的海盗时期！
把我们所有的梦想会集在一起
去寻找我们的欲望
海盗王！
像指南针的物件只是一个延期的来源，
我们会让它热和把舵拿取。
连一个有灰尘的藏宝图，
只要被证明就不是传说了。
为了一个私人的暴风雨你只好
骑在某人的生物节奏上！
想一下也是正常的！
只要我们集中我们所有的梦想，
我们会找到我们要寻找的事物。
在口袋里的一枚硬币，
你要不要当我的朋友？
我们是！我们是！在巡航上！
我们是！
虽然我相信所有我听见的事物，
当我的肩膀被推时，我都会先走一步。
如果我们再相遇，我会告诉你
我曾经做了什么和我其次朝向的地方
如此是在挤压里总是
一个好机会喜欢某人
充满剩余害羞！
最高速度通过吝啬的夜晚！
反正我也对财宝没有兴趣
在口袋里的一个浪漫，
你要不要当我的朋友？
我们是！我们是！在巡航上！
我们是！
把我们所有的梦想会集在一起
去寻找我们的欲望
在口袋里的一枚硬币，
你要不要当我的朋友？
我们是！我们是！在巡航上！
我们是！
财富，名誉，权力。
获得在这世界一切事物的男人，海盗王，葛鲁多·D·罗渣。
他死前说的话把全世界的没个人都送到海上。
“我的财富和我的财宝？”
“如果你要，我就让你得到。”
“去寻找，我把全部都放在那个地方！”
现在追求梦想的人，都去到了伟大海路。
这个世界现在进入了显著的海盗时期！
把我们所有的梦想会集在一起
去寻找我们的欲望
海盗王！
像指南针的物件只是一个延期的来源，
我们会让它热和把舵拿取。
连一个有灰尘的藏宝图，
只要被证明就不是传说了。
为了一个私人的暴风雨你只好
骑在某人的生物节奏上！
想一下也是正常的！
只要我们集中我们所有的梦想，
我们会找到我们要寻找的事物。
在口袋里的一枚硬币，
你要不要当我的朋友？
我们是！我们是！在巡航上！
我们是！
虽然我相信所有我听见的事物，
当我的肩膀被推时，我都会先走一步。
如果我们再相遇，我会告诉你
我曾经做了什么和我其次朝向的地方
如此是在挤压里总是
一个好机会喜欢某人
充满剩余害羞！
最高速度通过吝啬的夜晚！
反正我也对财宝没有兴趣
在口袋里的一个浪漫，
你要不要当我的朋友？
我们是！我们是！在巡航上！
我们是！
把我们所有的梦想会集在一起
去寻找我们的欲望
在口袋里的一枚硬币，
你要不要当我的朋友？
我们是！我们是！在巡航上！
我们是！
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Zoro's Birthday
Today, the 11th November, marks Zoro's birthday.
Roronoa Zoro, being the First Mate and Swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates, has a bounty of sixty million Belli. Zoro is a mighty swordsman who fights with San-Tour-Ryu, three daito katana, and his own unique fighting style. Though not a samurai, he appears to maintain a certain degree of bushido, and is frequently mistaken for one. Unlike Luffy and most of the other Strawhats, Zoro has been known to kill his opponents if he has to, though never in cold blood.
Zoro has a stern, serious and distanced personality, but unlike Robin he often reacts in a goofy and exaggerated comic style. When the crew sails from one island to another, he normally either trains with weights or just sleeps and is normally awakened in a rather violent way by either Nami or Sanji. He also likes sake, almost to the degree that Luffy likes meat, but like Nami, he never gets drunk due to his inhumanly-high tolerance for alcohol. Luffy likes to make fun of Zoro for his lack of orientation, despite his sense of direction not being much better (Zoro often gets lost, even in small spaces or when he is led by someone). Even though his sense of direction is very poor, he has other strong senses and is often one of the first members of the crew to hear an enemy approaching or sense danger. Zoro likes to compete with Sanji and they often get into fights over petty matters, often at inopportune moments.
Zoro is the swordsman of the crew, and therefore normally fights other swordsmen of enemy groups such as Cabaji the Acrobat of Buggy's Band of Pirates, Hatchan of the Arlong Pirates, Mr. 1 Daz Bones of Baroque Works, Ohm of Skypiea's Priests and Kaku of the Cipher Pol 9. All in all, he is not particularly picky when fighting his opponents (unlike Sanji, who prepares to fight male foes as he would rather die before directly harming a female adversary). Through this, he developed a few rivalries. His goal is to become the world's best swordsman. To accomplish this, he has to defeat Dracule Mihawk who, as of now in the story, holds this title. He confronted Mihawk once during the Baratie arc but lost to a 6 inch knife and was left with the huge scar on the front of his torso, which was caused by Mihawk's Black Sword. After his defeat Zoro vowed to never lose in terms of swordsmanship to anyone, and this was one of the very, very few scenes where Zoro cried.
Zoro has a unique relationship with Master Chief Petty Officer Tashigi of the Marines. Tashigi and Zoro met in Loguetown, where she helped him search for new katanas. Tashigi says that she wants to confiscate all great swords from the pirates and headhunters who wield them, not realizing that Zoro is one of those pirates. Zoro defeated her once but refused to fight her again in later confrontations, due to her uncanny resemblance to his childhood friend, Kuina. Whenever he sees her, he runs away claiming that she is the one person he cannot fight.
Zoro can also be very vigorous and won't back down when he is determined to achieve a goal or defeat an enemy. On Little Garden, he attempted to slice off his feet to escape death and return to the battle, resulting in scars around both his ankles - this also shows his habit of not thinking things through. When Zoro has the intention to fight seriously, he normally ties his black bandana (which is usually tied around his left upper arm) over his head.
As a boy, Zoro trained in a dojo. Even as a child, Zoro was strong enough to defeat most adults. However, there was one person Zoro could not beat - the sensei's daughter, Kuina. After their 2000th fight (and Kuina's 2000th victory) Zoro challenged her in private for one more match - with real swords. He lost. Afterwards Zoro cried out of frustration, that he cannot fullfil his dream of becoming the world's best swordsman if he cannot beat Kuina. After Zoro said that was his dream, Kuina started to cry as well, explaining that she wants to be the best swordsman too, but her father says that girls can't be master swordsmen since they will mature into the physically weaker gender, and for her the process is already beginning. Zoro yelled at her and told her she shouldn't say such things because she can beat him, and the two make a promise - that either of them must become the worlds best swordsman. The next day, Kuina died falling down the stairs of her house.
Zoro, remembering the promise, decided to fulfil the promise for both of them, and he asked the teacher for Kuina's sword, Wadou Ichimonji, and he started to develop a new fighting style - San-Tour-Ryu (Three-Swords-Style). Before her sudden death, Zoro fought with two swords but after her death, Zoro started using her sword as well, clenched in his mouth.
Somehow he learned of Mihawk, nicknamed "Hawk-Eye", who is currently the greatest swordsman in the world. Eventually, Zoro went to sea looking to find and challenge Mihawk to a duel but somehow got lost and could not return to his home. Since fighting is more or less the only thing Zoro is really good at, he would usually take on a bounty hunter job in order to pay for sword repairs and meals. From then on, he quickly made a reputation as a "Pirate Hunter". Because of his reputation, Zoro was offered a position and a number in Baroque Works because of his bounty hunting skills, but declined when he was not allowed to "Be The Boss". Afterwards, he killed the person who offered, the late Mr. 6 of Baroque Works.
A moment of kindness landed Zoro in trouble with Helmeppo, the wimpy son of the Marine captain Axe-Hand Morgan. Zoro joined Monkey D. Luffy's crew after being saved from execution by the Marines, and is now one of Luffy's crew as the first mate. Holding on to his dream of becoming the greatest swordsman in the world he only joined Luffy to accomplish that goal, though Luffy doesn't mind - on the contrary, he only sees it natural that the greatest swordsman and the Pirate King are on the same crew.
Zoro is a master swordsman, able to use one, two and three swords in varying attack styles, although he is most comfortable with his San-Tour-Ryu (Three-Sword-Style). Lacking a third hand for a third sword, Zoro holds his third sword in his mouth.
Zoro is Luffy's First Mate and is physically the second strongest member of the crew, with only Luffy surpassing him in strength. Zoro is arguably one of the strongest humans in One Piece; while most super powered heroes and villains gain power from eating one of the Devil Fruits, Zoro has gained his powers through hard work and training in his sword techniques, some of which can be used as projectiles - using the air itself to hurt the enemy. Even without his swords, he has monstrous strength (in one instance he lifted and tossed an entire building at an opponent) and he can use some sword techniques without his swords. Zoro has shown to pack powerful punches even developing the ability to pump his arms up with pure muscle, allowing him to break Tekkai with ease.
All of Zoro's attacks are puns and have multiple meanings. Some common techniques are Oni Giri (Demon Slash, if read as one word it sounds like "onigiri" which means "riceball"), a three-sword attack where all swords are slashed at the same time to form an asterisk, and 36/72/108 Pondou Hou (36/72/108 Pound Cannon or 36/72/108 Phoenixes of Passion and Desire), a projectile attack for which the power increases according to how many swords are used. His Pondou Hou attacks are reference to the 36 passions of the Buddhism (Sight, Hearing, Speech, Smell, Touch, Thought and on to those desires, Good, Evil, Neutrality, and onto those desires, Purity, Corruption. Total number of combinations: 36)
Currently Zoro uses the following swords:
- Wadou Ichimonji, (The One Road of Harmony, 和道一文字): This is Zoro's most important sword. It was once Kuina's sword and is the sword he puts in his mouth when using San-Tour-Ryu. The katana is a 21 Ō Wazamono (excellent grade sword). Distinguished with a white sheath, and definitely Zoro's favorite sword, he also uses this sword when fighting with It-Tour-Ryu (One-Sword-Style). Also, this sword was strong enough to withstand the power of Mihawk's Black Sword. Its cost is estimated to be ten million Belli.
- Sandai Kitetsu (Third Generation Demon Splitter, 三代鬼徹): It is supposedly capable of cutting anything. Along with its predecessors, Shodai Kitetsu and Nidai Kitetsu, this Wazamono (sharp sword) has a curse which caused all the previous owners to fall to tragic deaths. Inside of Ippon Matsu's sword shop at Logue Town, Zoro, knowing that the sword is cursed, tests the sword by throwing it into the air and laying his arm in the path of the blade, so that the sword would not end up cutting him during a fight and causing him to lose. The sword hits with the blunt edge, saving Zoro's arm. Upon seeing this, Ippon Matsu gives the Sandai Kitetsu to Zoro without question, in hopes of passing his dreams to Zoro. It is estimated to cost one million Belli.
-Edit made on 22 March 2008: SHUUSUI!! One Of the 21 O Wazamono or '21 Great Edges' of the world. It was the meitou of the Samurai Ryuuma, who appeared as an zombie on Thriller Bark that had been given Brook's shadow. Zoro took the sword from Ryuuma after he defeated him. Zoro has commented that Shuusui's greatest attribute is its hardness; saying that even if a dinosaur were to step on it the blade wouldn't bend. Just as Sandai Kitetsu turned out to be a "problem child", Zoro describes Shuusui as having a "temper". It is designed to increase the damage potential of the user, however Zoro soon discovers the real problem about this blade; while Yubashiri was extremely light Shuusui is very heavy.
Previous swords that Zoro used:
- Zoro had two swords he used in his right and left hands since his first appearance. The two swords were destroyed by Dracule "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk while the two dueled in Baratie.
- Yosaku and Johnny's Sword. Zoro borrowed these swords to fight Hatchan in Arlong Park, as his two swords were destroyed by Mihawk.
- Yubashiri (Snow Run, 雪走): An extremely light and flexible but strong sword, and is one of the world's 50 Ryō Wazamono (fine grade sword). This was in the shopkeep Ippon Matsu's family for years. After Zoro's display of fearlessness and trust in swords, Ippon Matsu gives it to him for free. This sword was destroyed in the battle against the Marine Captains on the Bridge of Hesitation under the Buster Call attack on the Enies Lobby. The broken sword is still kept by Zoro. It is possible that he kept the hilt in order to have it repaired.
Roronoa Zoro, being the First Mate and Swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates, has a bounty of sixty million Belli. Zoro is a mighty swordsman who fights with San-Tour-Ryu, three daito katana, and his own unique fighting style. Though not a samurai, he appears to maintain a certain degree of bushido, and is frequently mistaken for one. Unlike Luffy and most of the other Strawhats, Zoro has been known to kill his opponents if he has to, though never in cold blood.
Zoro has a stern, serious and distanced personality, but unlike Robin he often reacts in a goofy and exaggerated comic style. When the crew sails from one island to another, he normally either trains with weights or just sleeps and is normally awakened in a rather violent way by either Nami or Sanji. He also likes sake, almost to the degree that Luffy likes meat, but like Nami, he never gets drunk due to his inhumanly-high tolerance for alcohol. Luffy likes to make fun of Zoro for his lack of orientation, despite his sense of direction not being much better (Zoro often gets lost, even in small spaces or when he is led by someone). Even though his sense of direction is very poor, he has other strong senses and is often one of the first members of the crew to hear an enemy approaching or sense danger. Zoro likes to compete with Sanji and they often get into fights over petty matters, often at inopportune moments.
Zoro is the swordsman of the crew, and therefore normally fights other swordsmen of enemy groups such as Cabaji the Acrobat of Buggy's Band of Pirates, Hatchan of the Arlong Pirates, Mr. 1 Daz Bones of Baroque Works, Ohm of Skypiea's Priests and Kaku of the Cipher Pol 9. All in all, he is not particularly picky when fighting his opponents (unlike Sanji, who prepares to fight male foes as he would rather die before directly harming a female adversary). Through this, he developed a few rivalries. His goal is to become the world's best swordsman. To accomplish this, he has to defeat Dracule Mihawk who, as of now in the story, holds this title. He confronted Mihawk once during the Baratie arc but lost to a 6 inch knife and was left with the huge scar on the front of his torso, which was caused by Mihawk's Black Sword. After his defeat Zoro vowed to never lose in terms of swordsmanship to anyone, and this was one of the very, very few scenes where Zoro cried.
Zoro has a unique relationship with Master Chief Petty Officer Tashigi of the Marines. Tashigi and Zoro met in Loguetown, where she helped him search for new katanas. Tashigi says that she wants to confiscate all great swords from the pirates and headhunters who wield them, not realizing that Zoro is one of those pirates. Zoro defeated her once but refused to fight her again in later confrontations, due to her uncanny resemblance to his childhood friend, Kuina. Whenever he sees her, he runs away claiming that she is the one person he cannot fight.
Zoro can also be very vigorous and won't back down when he is determined to achieve a goal or defeat an enemy. On Little Garden, he attempted to slice off his feet to escape death and return to the battle, resulting in scars around both his ankles - this also shows his habit of not thinking things through. When Zoro has the intention to fight seriously, he normally ties his black bandana (which is usually tied around his left upper arm) over his head.
As a boy, Zoro trained in a dojo. Even as a child, Zoro was strong enough to defeat most adults. However, there was one person Zoro could not beat - the sensei's daughter, Kuina. After their 2000th fight (and Kuina's 2000th victory) Zoro challenged her in private for one more match - with real swords. He lost. Afterwards Zoro cried out of frustration, that he cannot fullfil his dream of becoming the world's best swordsman if he cannot beat Kuina. After Zoro said that was his dream, Kuina started to cry as well, explaining that she wants to be the best swordsman too, but her father says that girls can't be master swordsmen since they will mature into the physically weaker gender, and for her the process is already beginning. Zoro yelled at her and told her she shouldn't say such things because she can beat him, and the two make a promise - that either of them must become the worlds best swordsman. The next day, Kuina died falling down the stairs of her house.
Zoro, remembering the promise, decided to fulfil the promise for both of them, and he asked the teacher for Kuina's sword, Wadou Ichimonji, and he started to develop a new fighting style - San-Tour-Ryu (Three-Swords-Style). Before her sudden death, Zoro fought with two swords but after her death, Zoro started using her sword as well, clenched in his mouth.
Somehow he learned of Mihawk, nicknamed "Hawk-Eye", who is currently the greatest swordsman in the world. Eventually, Zoro went to sea looking to find and challenge Mihawk to a duel but somehow got lost and could not return to his home. Since fighting is more or less the only thing Zoro is really good at, he would usually take on a bounty hunter job in order to pay for sword repairs and meals. From then on, he quickly made a reputation as a "Pirate Hunter". Because of his reputation, Zoro was offered a position and a number in Baroque Works because of his bounty hunting skills, but declined when he was not allowed to "Be The Boss". Afterwards, he killed the person who offered, the late Mr. 6 of Baroque Works.
A moment of kindness landed Zoro in trouble with Helmeppo, the wimpy son of the Marine captain Axe-Hand Morgan. Zoro joined Monkey D. Luffy's crew after being saved from execution by the Marines, and is now one of Luffy's crew as the first mate. Holding on to his dream of becoming the greatest swordsman in the world he only joined Luffy to accomplish that goal, though Luffy doesn't mind - on the contrary, he only sees it natural that the greatest swordsman and the Pirate King are on the same crew.
Zoro is a master swordsman, able to use one, two and three swords in varying attack styles, although he is most comfortable with his San-Tour-Ryu (Three-Sword-Style). Lacking a third hand for a third sword, Zoro holds his third sword in his mouth.
Zoro is Luffy's First Mate and is physically the second strongest member of the crew, with only Luffy surpassing him in strength. Zoro is arguably one of the strongest humans in One Piece; while most super powered heroes and villains gain power from eating one of the Devil Fruits, Zoro has gained his powers through hard work and training in his sword techniques, some of which can be used as projectiles - using the air itself to hurt the enemy. Even without his swords, he has monstrous strength (in one instance he lifted and tossed an entire building at an opponent) and he can use some sword techniques without his swords. Zoro has shown to pack powerful punches even developing the ability to pump his arms up with pure muscle, allowing him to break Tekkai with ease.
All of Zoro's attacks are puns and have multiple meanings. Some common techniques are Oni Giri (Demon Slash, if read as one word it sounds like "onigiri" which means "riceball"), a three-sword attack where all swords are slashed at the same time to form an asterisk, and 36/72/108 Pondou Hou (36/72/108 Pound Cannon or 36/72/108 Phoenixes of Passion and Desire), a projectile attack for which the power increases according to how many swords are used. His Pondou Hou attacks are reference to the 36 passions of the Buddhism (Sight, Hearing, Speech, Smell, Touch, Thought and on to those desires, Good, Evil, Neutrality, and onto those desires, Purity, Corruption. Total number of combinations: 36)
Currently Zoro uses the following swords:
- Wadou Ichimonji, (The One Road of Harmony, 和道一文字): This is Zoro's most important sword. It was once Kuina's sword and is the sword he puts in his mouth when using San-Tour-Ryu. The katana is a 21 Ō Wazamono (excellent grade sword). Distinguished with a white sheath, and definitely Zoro's favorite sword, he also uses this sword when fighting with It-Tour-Ryu (One-Sword-Style). Also, this sword was strong enough to withstand the power of Mihawk's Black Sword. Its cost is estimated to be ten million Belli.
- Sandai Kitetsu (Third Generation Demon Splitter, 三代鬼徹): It is supposedly capable of cutting anything. Along with its predecessors, Shodai Kitetsu and Nidai Kitetsu, this Wazamono (sharp sword) has a curse which caused all the previous owners to fall to tragic deaths. Inside of Ippon Matsu's sword shop at Logue Town, Zoro, knowing that the sword is cursed, tests the sword by throwing it into the air and laying his arm in the path of the blade, so that the sword would not end up cutting him during a fight and causing him to lose. The sword hits with the blunt edge, saving Zoro's arm. Upon seeing this, Ippon Matsu gives the Sandai Kitetsu to Zoro without question, in hopes of passing his dreams to Zoro. It is estimated to cost one million Belli.
-Edit made on 22 March 2008: SHUUSUI!! One Of the 21 O Wazamono or '21 Great Edges' of the world. It was the meitou of the Samurai Ryuuma, who appeared as an zombie on Thriller Bark that had been given Brook's shadow. Zoro took the sword from Ryuuma after he defeated him. Zoro has commented that Shuusui's greatest attribute is its hardness; saying that even if a dinosaur were to step on it the blade wouldn't bend. Just as Sandai Kitetsu turned out to be a "problem child", Zoro describes Shuusui as having a "temper". It is designed to increase the damage potential of the user, however Zoro soon discovers the real problem about this blade; while Yubashiri was extremely light Shuusui is very heavy.
Previous swords that Zoro used:
- Zoro had two swords he used in his right and left hands since his first appearance. The two swords were destroyed by Dracule "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk while the two dueled in Baratie.
- Yosaku and Johnny's Sword. Zoro borrowed these swords to fight Hatchan in Arlong Park, as his two swords were destroyed by Mihawk.
- Yubashiri (Snow Run, 雪走): An extremely light and flexible but strong sword, and is one of the world's 50 Ryō Wazamono (fine grade sword). This was in the shopkeep Ippon Matsu's family for years. After Zoro's display of fearlessness and trust in swords, Ippon Matsu gives it to him for free. This sword was destroyed in the battle against the Marine Captains on the Bridge of Hesitation under the Buster Call attack on the Enies Lobby. The broken sword is still kept by Zoro. It is possible that he kept the hilt in order to have it repaired.
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