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Early January of 2008, I had to relinquish the master position of Heaven Clan. If ever Heaven was to succeed, sacrifices had to be made. Unfortunately, the example wasnt ingested very well.

Because to this day, there are officers of the clan who look after their personal interests first over the strengthening of the clan.

I don't know if the rumors are true regarding HOL transacting illegally to boost their fames and ranks, but the fact is, HOL is strong because whatever they do, they are united. What one knows, he shares. That's where strength is found. That is where unity is found.

The topic at the PW Boards regarding heavenly books sheds light that there are still officers that cater to themselves and not to the clan.

Just imagine going against a clan where all of them have books and less than 10 members of heaven are wearing them.

Keeping vital information to yourself is bad for the clan, much worse knowingly giving false information.

Officers, better live up to your role or relinquish it. Your talents in PVP and TW and even your levels are just a fraction of your responsibility to your clan.

This topic is probably the hottest topic right now in the PWPh forums. The sad thing about this topic being hot is that either the forumers and CMs are being held back due to forum rules or that some forumers just dont have a clue to whats really happening, giving us with a very very passionate topic with lots of key ingredients missing.

First of all, it was never about the storyline. Forumers have repeatedly mentioned the reasons why its not and basically its these two.

1. The Moon Valley triggered the wipe out, but moon valley has come and pooof, the wipeout is delayed. I bet if the techies of LU wanted to, they can restore the map to pre-phoenix council wars right now.
2. Since the CMs have been hinting long long ago of the wipeout, it would have been useless to implement the peace patch.

Ok. So why implement the peace patch? Everybody knows the answer. Its because there are lots of small clans, and Perfect World wants to give them a chance. Everybody knows this. Everybody..regardless if they want compensation or not. We all agree that the reset is geared towards igniting the flame of excitement and bringing back hype to this good game.

So, should the dominant clans be compensated? I would be heartless to say they shouldnt be. They deserve to be compensated. If they made PW TW their life, then their efforts must be rewarded. I get the point of everyone in the forums who vote yes to the compensation.

However, if compensation is to be given, it would miss the very reason for the reset. Remember, you reset the map to encourage the small clans to play perfect world again. We want the community to be lively again. Bring back old faces who have grown bored because the big clans are preventing them from gaining a piece of the map.

Perfect World is only as good as the number of players playing the game. Without players, the game will be forced to shut down. Lets face it. Although its just a game, its business. And businesses will only survive so long as there are adequate number of customers.

What am I getting at? Sylv from the forums said "adapt or die". He actually bullseyed that one. No, Im not talking about "Kung ayaw mo, mag quit ka" Im talking about "If you love PW and want to make sure it survives for a few more years so that you can play it, then accept the reset unconditionally". Before the reset, the small clans would have bailed out of PW immediately upon hearing of the news of Perfect World 3 coming up. Right now, I'd say they're thinking twice before coming up with a decision. If they know that Clan G or E or H members are getting 50m yuan each as compensation, what do you think would happen? They'll leave. They'll go to Perfect World 3, leaving the perfect world servers drained. All that will be left behind are the clans that got their compensation, and inevitably, LU will shut down PW.

So, adapt of die. Your choice.

As the deadline for the event looms near (thats 11:59pm tonight), I want to tell you my thoughts on this event.

Obviously, the event was to re-ignite the fire of excitement for Frost City. I guess the developers didnt give as much towards this patch. There just arent much eye candy inside frost city to attract players' attentions, and to top it off, it takes time to craft one basic equipment.

Confirmed. Jungle Relic is still disabled with this patch. If I remember right, it was the loss of the jungle relic event that really sparked many players to abandon their characters and try other games, Cabal being the obvious choice that time.

The day Moon Valley was patched, a forumer asked whether Jungle Relic is back. I dont like it when the Community Managers ignore these kinds of questions just because the answer is disappointing. It just adds another reason to leave the game. Perhaps no one is really paying attention to this, but this can surely be used by upcoming games from other companies.

Whether we like it or not, people (especially gamers) are becoming more and more active in internet fora and pretty soon, the success of online games will be defined by it. After all, online games are designed to be a form of interactivity between people via a virtual world. Without interaction, a game is just a piece of junk.

Alright, thats that. Im hoping the CMs start changing. Right now, im more interested with the effects of the "No Jungle Relic just yet." Thanks to the 300 gold rat, intepid badges arent that rare anymore. Rank 6 weapons will pretty soon be paraded at UC and DC. But while Intrepid Badges are that accessible now, Badge of skills arent. Without the Jungle Relic, there would still be a shortage of EOJs and of course, badge of skills. Thats why you see vendors selling them at 5 million a piece.

Anyway, Im predicting around a thousand players to attain rank 6 before the rat is taken off the item mall. If this prediction turns out to be true, then those who are holding on to their Badge of Skills better hold on to them for just a little bit longer. The price of those badges could skyrocket to as high as a hundred million yuan a piece.

And i got a number of them..yipee!!

With the wipe out inevitable and the War of the Jade Throne requiring smart planning, what is to be expected?

If all clans play smart, then the following are safe predictions

1. Sky Lake will be the most highly contested piece of territory. Why? Obviously, its the only territory where clan members can craft immune pills. Expect all the dominant clans to hyper-bid this land. Hey, maybe they dont have to. If they all have 200 million yuan tucked somewhere, they can just race one another for the first to drop 200m right after Xia Bao announces the opening of the bidding phase. Good Luck, guys.

2. Extension and Dummy Clans will get to have lands, and for most of them, for the very first time. I'm hearing Guardians will let loose 4 clans on opening night, so thats a guaranteed 5 lands on the first week if they bid right.

3. The 2nd to 3rd week of Territorial Wars will showcase the dominant clans invading the less stronger clans. Perfect World needs to do something about this very very badly. Im expecting an event right after clans lose their territories. I just dont know what type of event.

4. The 5th week, the major clans will want to have a feel of their enemy clans. The first major clan vs major clan battle will happen here.

5. The 6th week is the start of the battle of outbids...and thats pretty much by then.

Finally, moon valley arrives, together with the zhu xian counter-strategy. But did everything go well according to Level Up's plan? We hypothesized the major clans quitting being an acceptable risk to LU. And so far, we see that happenning. A number of players from major clans have already expressed their plan to quit.

Congratulations Heaven. That was a job well done, individually and as a team.

Im an internet cafe owner and i get all excited when a major gaming company decides to bring in a new game.

Hah!!! I still remember the time when 4 games were being ushered in and my hands were so full trying to get my hands of the complete installer of each before each game opens. The games were Granado Espada, Lineage 2, Perfect World and Warrock. We managed to get everything installed on -all their- day 1s, wow...That was quite an achievement.

I played them all myself. Believe it or not, all my predictions of their outcome came true. You see, as a cafe owner, you have to prioritize on games you need to install on your limited hard drive space. At the first 15 minutes of playing GE, i knew right there and then, it wasnt going to flourish to pinoys. Sorry, e-games..

Next comes Lineage 2. I predicted it will fare well. In case no one has noticed it yet, us pinoys dont like to overburden our eyes with high end graphics that GE is providing. Good graphics, yes...but too good??? Nah ah!!!

Further, contrary to the notion that E-games Ran online is competing with LUs Perfect World, the fact is that Ran Online is competing with AMDGs Lineage 2. Why is that?? That because they have the same gameplay....GRIND GRIND GRIND!!!

Next we tackle warrock....my prediction was that its going to end up like Fear...Huh? Whats that??? Yeh, thats what im talking about...lols. Theres just too many FPS out there (offline and online) for warrock to make a name in the gaming industry.

Now, for PW. I remember during the OBT launch of PW, ran online had a 3x event (or was it 4x). Here's an eye opener. The target consumers of PW is totally different from the target consumers of ran. LU may deny it, but, it isnt LU thats laying down who they want to play their game. Its actually the game itself. What im saying is PW can never encourage a grinder and Ran Online will never recruit a Role Player.

So now, the Cabal is coming. What is it offering? From what i hear, its a PW with less features but better graphics.

Prediction??? It will never attract anyone who really likes RAN and Lineage 2. Cabal Online will be the ONLY threat to PW. If it beats Cabal, then PW will be the only one of its kind game in the Philippines. Feature wise, i know PW can knockdown Cabal. It will be LUs fault if they lose to the Cabal's coming.

The problem with updating blogs is that you have lots of ideas you want to express but just don't know where to start. Lucky for me today i happen to find a rather interesting one.

I was chatting with my clan when the word ENVY was used. At the same time, I was browsing the PW forums when i found a thread with super-amazing wallpapers of perfect world. What a perfect time for the two instances to occur.

Just look at the pics and you'll understand what envy means...The artist is Makino from Clan legacy. (Sana may mga screenies din tayong ganito...haayys)

Here you go. The image have been resized to fit your browser and make it load more faster.























My personal favorite...



A little guide to getting the wallpaper screenshot before editing it with photoshop.

1. Hide the names and symbols of nearby players. To do this, look at your hp bar. There are 4 buttons on top of it. The second button (with a silhouette of a man's heads and shoulders)should be turned off.

2. Position the camera view by pressing F9. Directional arrows will appear when you do this and you can adjust the camera by playing with these arrows.

3. When you have your desired angle, hit ALT+H

4. Click Print Screen

5. Voila!! Your screenshots should be saved in your PW directory. (PW/Element/screenshots)