Sorry for the lack of posts and comments, have been a bit busy lately.
Adole : Hopefully a year wait for the PS3 will be enough, sometimes the problem with mod-chips is that the later ones are much better. Buy too early and there is a risk that your PS3 will not be able to play games that comes later.
Kavi : Hoping to hear more from you after the exams. :) We can discuss your paper then (snigger)
Magnus : I totally understand your frustration with dumb, paranoid anal retentive morons. I have to work with a few here too.
Just read this article by Micheal Backman on Malaysia. I find that the things that he wrote in it to be quite true
(http://www.michaelbackman.com/LatestAgeColumn2.html)
While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry
By Michael Backman
The Age
November 15, 2006
MALAYSIA'S been at it again, arguing about what proportion of the economy each of its two main races
— the Malays and the Chinese — owns. It's an argument that's been running for 40 years. That wealth
and race are not synonymous is important for national cohesion, but really it's time Malaysia grew up.
It's a tough world out there and there can be little sympathy for a country that prefers to argue about
how to divide wealth rather than get on with the job of creating it.
The long-held aim is for 30 per cent of corporate equity to be in Malay hands, but the figure that the
Government uses to justify handing over huge swathes of public companies to Malays but not to other
races is absurd. It bases its figure on equity valued, not at market value, but at par value.
Many shares have a par value of say $1 but a market value of $12. And so the Government figure (18.9
per cent is the most recent figure) is a gross underestimate. Last month a paper by a researcher at a
local think-tank came up with a figure of 45 per cent based on actual stock prices. All hell broke loose.
The paper was withdrawn and the researcher resigned in protest. Part of the problem is that he is
Chinese.
"Malaysia boleh!" is Malaysia's national catch cry. It translates to "Malaysia can!" and Malaysia certainly
can. Few countries are as good at wasting money. It is richly endowed with natural resources and the
national obsession seems to be to extract these, sell them off and then collectively spray the proceeds
up against the wall.
This all happens in the context of Malaysia's grossly inflated sense of its place in the world.
Most Malaysians are convinced that the eyes of the world are on their country and that their leaders are
world figures. This is thanks to Malaysia's tame media and the bravado of former prime minister Mahathir
Mohamad. The truth is, few people on the streets of London or New York could point to Malaysia on a
map much less name its prime minister or capital city.
As if to make this point, a recent episode of The Simpsons features a newsreader trying to announce
that a tidal wave had hit some place called Kuala Lumpur. He couldn't pronounce the city's name and so
made up one, as if no-one cared anyway. But the joke was on the script writers — Kuala Lumpur is
inland.
Petronas, the national oil company is well run, particularly when compared to the disaster that passes for
a national oil company in neighbouring Indonesia. But in some respects, this is Malaysia's problem. The
very success of Petronas means that it is used to underwrite all manner of excess.
The KLCC development in central Kuala Lumpur is an example. It includes the Twin Towers, the tallest
buildings in the world when they were built, which was their point. It certainly wasn't that there was an
office shortage in Kuala Lumpur — there wasn't.
Malaysians are very proud of these towers. Goodness knows why. They had little to do with them. The
money for them came out of the ground and the engineering was contracted out to South Korean
companies. They don't even run the shopping centre that's beneath them. That's handled by Australia's
Westfield.
Next year, a Malaysian astronaut will go into space aboard a Russian rocket — the first Malay in space.
And the cost? $RM95 million ($A34.3 million), to be footed by Malaysian taxpayers. The Science and
Technology Minister has said that a moon landing in 2020 is the next target, aboard a US flight. There's
no indication of what the Americans will charge for this, assuming there's even a chance that they will
consider it. But what is Malaysia getting by using the space programs of others as a taxi service? There
are no obvious technical benefits, but no doubt Malaysians will be told once again, that they are "boleh".
The trouble is, they're not. It's not their space program.
Back in July, the Government announced that it would spend $RM490 million on a sports complex near
the London Olympics site so that Malaysian athletes can train there and "get used to cold weather". But
the summer Olympics are held in the summer.
So what is the complex's real purpose? The dozens of goodwill missions by ministers and bureaucrats to
London to check on the centre's construction and then on the athletes while they train might provide a
clue.
Bank bale outs, a formula one racing track, an entire new capital city — Petronas has paid for them all.
It's been an orgy of nonsense that Malaysia can ill afford.
Why? Because Malaysia's oil will run out in about 19 years. As it is, Malaysia will become a net oil
importer in 2011 — that's just five years away.
So it's in this context that the latest debate about race and wealth is so sad.
It is time to move on, time to prepare the economy for life after oil. But, like Nero fiddling while Rome
burned, the Malaysian Government is more interested in stunts like sending a Malaysian into space
when Malaysia's inadequate schools could have done with the cash, and arguing about wealth
distribution using transparently ridiculous statistics.
That's not Malaysia "boleh", that's Malaysia "bodoh" (stupid).
ends
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Tried out an automatic levelling trick for Final Fantasy XII which exploits using gambits with a creature that spawns a continuous stream of undeads. Here is the guide that I used :
p.s : don't over do it ok . The game will lose it's fun. Just use it to level a bit so that you can go somewhere with bigger badder creatures to level up. Have fun.
Crimson Skys
Posted 11/9/2006 5:25:38 PM
A few topics have been made about this strategy but I thought Id shrink it down to one topic so people didn't have to read so much to find out what to do. Based on Albedo Piazzola and OnceUponAB10nd3s ideas they came up with this strategy that Albedo Piazzola submited to gamefaqs. But it could have been rejected so it might be a good idea to bump this topic so it stays at the top or possibly tagged it since this strategy works 100% of the time. This is the strategy that Albedo Piazzola sent in but I changed it so it now works 100% without the leader getting Doom cast on him. Good Luck!
"I have submited this as a cheat/exploit, here is a copy of the submit.
Exploiting Negalmuur's Endless Spawns.
This is a trick to exploiting the endless spawning of Ghast by Negalmuur to gain endless Levels, EXP and LP.
Step 1: Preparations.
-Get all of your characters to at least LV. 30
-Equip them with the most up to date weapons and armors.
-Having all 3 mist charges is recommended because of the MP boost you get.
-A short while after defeating Mateus you will be able to buy remedies at loot shops. Buy 10-20 depending on how long you want to level up.
-Get "Remedy Lore 3" on the liscence board. It allows remedy to cure Doom.
Step 2: Gambit Setup.
Character 1 (Party Leader):
Self - Haste
Ally: HP < 70% - Cura
Ally: Any - Raise
Ally: Any - Esuna
Ally: Party Leader - Remedy
Foe: HP < 3,000 - Attack
Self - Charge
Character 2:
Self - Haste
Ally: HP < 70% - Cura
Ally: Any - Raise
Ally: Any - Esuna
Ally: Party Leader - Remedy
Self - Decoy
Foe: HP < 3,000 - Attack
Self - Charge
Character 3:
Self - Haste
Ally: HP < 70% - Cura
Ally: Any - Raise
Ally: Any - Esuna
Ally: Party Leader - Remedy
Self - Decoy
Foe: HP < 3,000 - Attack
Self ・Charge
Step 3: Clear the Stillshrine of Miriam
Finish the whole stage at least to the point that the Sword of Judgment・is lifted from the path in the Ward of the Sword-King・ this is required to be able to clear the whole Ward of the Sword-King・of any enemies.
Step 4: Hunt for Negalmuur.
In Ward of the Sword King・which is the corridor at West from Save Crystal (go bottom from Save Crystal), kill all enemies there, exit and re-enter. Keep re-entering it might take up to 20 or more tries before you encounter Negalmuur but each time you leave the area make sure it is totally cleared of ALL enemies.
Step 5: Reap the Rewards.
During the battle with Negalmuur with the setup above mentioned he will summon a Ghast every 4-8 seconds and your characters will keep attacking them only because they have less than 3,000HP and Negalmuur has over 18,000HP with each kill you get 1LP and about 340EXP per character (Assuming you have a party of 3) also this can be further enhanced with accessories that multiply the EXP and LP gained he will endlessly summon the Ghast. Remedies will only be used when Doom is cast on the leader. If any other status effect is cast on the leader like Petrify, Esuna will be used. Because the other characters have Decoy the leader having Doom cast on him will be rare so not to many remedies will be used. Once you have gotten to the point where you want to stop DON探 kill him leave the room and save in the save crystal in the next room and re-set your game this will let you encounter him in the future.
This Cheat was fine tuned by the people on the Final Fantasy XII boards, I thank all of them for there help."
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At 2:50 PM,
Dood!!! That article is just so incredibly on point I tell you. Sick of this nonsense. Plus I haev to see those fucking morons waving their keris' around. Fuck diabetic fatasses couldn't even wield and use a keris right (they spents their licence points on corruption, stealing and bribery skills).
Don't bring up race, oh bye the way don't challenge malays, NEP must go on. Its like how can any sane person say stop raising racial issues while constantly raising racial issues. Ugh!!!!
The writer is so correct about the oil part, trust me the country is royally screwed in the anus unless some major changes take place.
As Ram would say, "SAD!!!!" ^_^
Well the FF 12 leveling cheat/method is a pretty good one, I mean if I need to level I'm going to be doing this anyway, all the better to let the AI control my characters while I watch TV. They only give like 380exp anyway, at Level 30 that's not much, I think its more for the licence point (of which I never have enough of)
That's one good thing about this game, there's a way to avoid the grinding, but I don't have to worry about it being too easy like when I use a gameshark (always blasts you to the highest level etc). I did that for Xenosaga 2, but didn't regret it since the combat is super sucky.
I've stopped playing FF12 to concentrate on Dirge of Cerberus. I just love my FF 7 stories and character. What can I say I'm an FF 7 fanboy for life.
At 5:02 PM,
wow, lucky i did not kill that dude in the ruins. now i can try the cheat, mwhwhw, but i m a bit worried ler, i usually dun on my ps2 straight for more than 2 hours, if plan to do a bit of botting like that, i prefer to on the whole night. anyway, i like leveling, usually go around the field to kill. i like to see fran's butt.....as u can guess, she is the one and the only one i control without gambits. She has the most powerful magic. but my Ashe has the best equips. All my guys are just some meager fighter. The ladies are totally owned in battle.
At 5:11 PM,
Ah yes I love Fran's bums too, plus I like the way she talks...I don't know why but its hot (not related to her attire).
Adole, 2 HOURS!!!! OMG!! I've had my PS2 on for like 10 hours straight. I suppose in the end it is more fun and you get to enjoy the game more if you just actively level up while the story progresses. But this cheat is something I would use once I've finished the game and want to uberize my party for hunting Weapons and other super bosses.
I haven't got Ashe yet, but I plan to use Ashe, Fran and Vaan, only because I haven't found a super cool male character beside Balthier of course :D
At 6:50 PM,
It's Fran's voice that does it for me :) , the bot is meant to be used overnite. I won't reccomend doing it all to way to level 99. The best use would be to pump up your characters by 3-4 levels only. Any more and you'll be spoiling the game and the battles becomes too easy.
I won't reccomend this for levelling up your characters after you finished the game, it very slow. Even at level 35 , it took my party around 2 hours to get to level 36.
Use it early to give you a slight edge and don't bother with it again.Unless of course you don't mind waiting a few days to reach the level you want .. then it isn;t a problem.
Don't worry Adole the guy is a rare spawn, if you kill him you'll still be able to get him.
At 7:11 PM,
ah, i like Fran's voice too......so hot and sexy, mwhahhaa. wish my wife could be that sexy also, and sometime at certian angle, u can get to see her boobie, mwhahaha.