Knights of Cydonia

Skyrim

2012-01-10T18:28:00.001-06:00

I'm assuming the lack of posting is because everyone has been busy playing Skyrim.

Gears of War 3

2011-09-26T22:23:00.002-05:00

Gears of War 3 is out. Anyone else get it? I played a couple multiplayer matches as well as some co-op and it is just as good if not better than the last Gears. We should get some hoard or beast mode (like hoard but you're locust killing COG) going.

343 Industries Ruins Halo: Combat Evolved

2011-06-09T02:26:00.002-05:00

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/117/1173461p1.html

"The one, big, controversial omission is classic Halo multiplayer. The Anniversary Edition includes a second disc for multiplayer -- which runs off the Halo: Reach engine. These include six remade Halo 1 multiplayer maps, one Halo 2 map, and firefight maps. But they include armor abilities and everything from Halo: Reach."

"343 did not want to divide the online community, which is understandable. But it denies Halo fans the one thing they've been asking for the past 10 years -- to play the Halo: Combat Evolved multiplayer online."

It wouldn't divide the community as much as it would bring in new community that has long abandoned the Halo series. None of us play Halo Reach anymore.

Halo: Combat Evolved

2011-06-06T21:38:00.004-05:00

Dear Knights,

November 15th, 2011
What we have all been waiting for.
Halo 10th Anniversary

Sincerely,
LocoPuyo

No Xbox, No Problem

2011-02-05T13:56:00.003-06:00

As Pablito attempts to fix his Xbox/power supply issues, I think playing Settlers of Catan online is a good alternative.

After playing the physical game with Unky Yeager, Unky Playboy, and another graduate from our fine institution, I figured there must be a way to play online. Sure enough, Catan Online World is just the place. While the interface takes some time getting used to, it is a very active community and the games are always running. I shudder thinking about the amount of hours I've spent playing Catan online over the last week or so, but in moderation, it would be a good way for far away Knights to reconnect.

The best part about Catan online? No set-up or clean-up.

Little Help Please

2011-02-01T17:45:00.002-06:00

So here's a quick story pasted from my personal blog:

"Returning from my visit to the USA I brought back my Xbox and several games so you'd expect by now I'd be a gamer again but it's a little tougher than that. First, we tried plugging in the Xbox power supply using a cheap travel converter (which works for laptops, cell phone chargers and other electronics) but that just caused our apartment's power to go out. We did a bit of research and found that a step-down converter was required so we ordered one and when it arrived had a little bit more luck. We plugged it in and it looked like it would work except when we plugged the Xbox power supply into the converter, nothing happened... So we returned the step-down converter and instead ordered a European Xbox power supply which had the same output voltage as my American Xbox power supply but it arrived today and when we tried plugging the European power supply into the wall, it caused the power to go out again! So we don't really know what the problem could be, it looks to me now that there might be something strange with the electricity in our apartment, but of course now when we try plugging in the European power supply nothing happens, so that means a fuse blew out in the power supply itself. It's all very frustrating and I just to want to play Oblivion again while Marlene is dying to play The Sims 3. "

Do you guys have any ideas on what I can do?? I'm really stumped after getting a European power supply and then it still causing a power outage in my apartment. The next step is we're gonna ask our land-lord (wife's uncle) if there's any limit to the electrical devices we can have plugged in simultaneously. If that fails I think we'd have to buy an Xbox Arcade Edition since I at least have a good hard drive with my current box, but do you guys have any other pieces of advice??

Overdue Xmas Post

2010-12-30T14:27:00.002-06:00

First of all, I sincerely apologize because I had promised the Daymonster that as a Xmas gift to him I would do a post, but the holiday came and went and I was too busy (mostly lazy) to write anything so I'll do so now. Please accept this post as a belated Xmas present, my dear friend The Daymonster.

As you may know, I'm now married and living in Austria. I moved here in July, but made a major life decision, arguably a bigger decision than getting married or emigrating from the USA, of not bringing my Xbox with me. I thought it would be better for me to live without that distraction and it may have been, especially in the first few months when I was taking classes to refresh my German and looking for jobs. But now I've got a job and feel fairly comfortable speaking German all day, so I asked my bro to ship me my Xbox as a Xmas gift and I believe it's on the way to me right now, at least I hope so. So I'd really like to know first what games you guys are playing. I assume Black Ops, but anything else? Also, what times are you guys on Live? I'm on Central European Time, so 7 hours ahead of Central US. There's no way I'll ever play Black Ops unless I know I can team up with my clanmates since COD was never my favorite game to begin with.

The Knights in Minnesota may be interested to know that I'll likely be returning to the USA for a couple weeks in late April. My wife is a teacher so she has some time off for Easter and it happens to be my birthday so I'd really like to come back to celebrate it with you guys. I'll definitely let everyone know when I've booked a flight and then we need to start planning a clan get-together because I'll want to see everyone. I'll first want to play a ton of vids with everyone, then drink a lot of Summit, then hopefully a UFC event will happen during that time too, because that's another thing I haven't been keeping up to date on.

Now a couple topics to hopefully generate some comments. Did anyone get any cool Xmas gifts? What's everyone doing for New Year's? As mentioned earlier, I'm hoping to get my old Xbox soon and that will literally be the best gift I've received in a long while. Besides that, I got a nice watch and Football Manager 2011, which is the latest edition of the most addictive sports game ever. So far I actually haven't started playing it yet, because I can't quit playing a saved game I have on the 2010 version! New Year's here doesn't seem like such a big deal as in the USA. I remember like every bar would be advertising specials but here I don't see much of it. Instead of going out, we're partying at a friend of a friend's place, where I think we'll be playing a lot of board games i.e. Settlers of Catan.

So there's my post! Merry Christmas Daymonster and everyone else!!

Love,
Pablito Neal

What should I call my new game?

2010-12-09T22:51:00.001-06:00

I'm making a new game. What should I call it?

Call of Duty

2010-11-18T10:07:00.007-06:00

So, I figured I would start a post for Call of Duty since Daymontster mentioned not knowing that we had all been posting about it for a while. Plus, I do believe that this is the first post that i've started.

The Picture listed above is a chart that a guy made, who has made one in the past several call of duty games, that lists the damage, recoil, distance, reload times, and other useful things about the guns.

If you have anything new to say about classes, perks, kill streaks, weapons, or anything else post here.

One thing I have been noticing lately is that by switching to open sights on my guns I seem to be able to pull the gun up faster and am getting more kills per map. It is nice after having played some of the maps for a while that i've started figuring out where things are somewhat.

A while back I posted about how much I liked the Stoner63 LMG, and lately I have somewhat changed my mind on it. It is still a good mid-range gun, but I have been mainly using the AUG with open sights and extended mag lately. I find it's fire rate and recoil to be very effective. Also, I unlocked the AK-47 the other day. It is powerful, but very erratic with its recoil, so it is hard to land multiple shots in a row.

I have tried out a few guns lately to see how they perform with different attachments. The first was the AK-47. It has pretty good power, but its recoil is so high that it is hard to land multiple shots in a row. Another gun is the classified shotgun. Its only attachment is dual wield which is very powerful but it only holds 5 shots and you have to be somewhat close to the person you're shooting at to have an effect. I have found that you tend to run out of ammo pretty fast when running around with it. A while back I posted that I had unlocked the classified sniper rifle as well, and it really isn't as good as I would have hoped. It is a semi-automatic, but it lacks the power of the sniper right before it on the list, so I would not recommend it.

Anyways, let me know if anyone has anything else they have found while playing. We should try to get some people on to play some Zombies at some point soon. It was fun when we played with 4 people a while back.

Best Halloween Costume

2010-10-31T13:27:00.001-05:00

This was the best costume I saw this year. Hope everyone had a good Halloween. Looking forward to playing the Call of Duty with you all on November 9.

Take care,

Josey Wales

Halloween Plans and Other Bits of Tid

2010-10-28T20:25:00.008-05:00

So what are everyone's Halloween plans? Any good costumes? DanaWillEatU and I will be attending a Halloween gathering with fellow work friends at Tilla1234's abode. I plan on using something mysteriously called "black vodka" to mix unnatural looking, scary, and ultimately very alcoholic drinks that hopefully more than just myself and Tilla will consume. DanaWillEatU and I will be in costume as Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, and this spud plans to be the lead singer of the greatest Halloween Rock Band impromptu musical group ever, so long as Bon Jovi and Journey are saved for last and no one tries to kill my singing buzz.

Also, I would like to make note that there is a Daymonster imposter roaming the streets in my town. Next chance I get I will post a picture for all to see. I saw him at church the last two weekends (which was a clear indicator of imposterism and not full fledged cloning). I also found out this week that my supervisor at work frequented the Broiler while growing up. We discussed the merits of greasy food conquering hangovers, and agreed hollandaise sauce is a big help.

I played Halo 3 for the first time in probably a year with Tilla1234 last weekend while cursing Drew Brees ruining my fantasy football hopes and dreams (I ended up winning the week anyway, thanks Eli and Knowshon). Tilla had McFadden, which made me want to hit him with my roller. On another football note, I was voted MVP of our touch football league at work last night. I took over for quarterback 3 games into the season and won 2 of the last 4 (we were previously winless). Yesterday I threw TD passes of 15, 20, 30, 35, and 40 (mostly RAC) in my best performance yet. Reminds me of losing to SB and Puyo over and over on the IM fields, dealing with Chode as a receiver and my own defensive incompetencies.

Lastly, a bowling league update, our team name this year is "Smurf Yeah!" and we again had to find a new team member as our 3rd left work. Ironically, 3 weeks into the season our replacement announced his departure (that's 3 members in 4 years, anyone willing to drive on Thursdays and join my team?). Tonight I posted a 119, 171, and 178. My average so far is a 135, 15 pins lower than normal. I'm trying a new technique to try to generate higher revs on my ball and increase consistency, however the early goings aren't going so well (excluding my last two games tonight which I hope to continue forward). On a related note, the local lanes have added Schell Dark to their list of tap brews, which is comforting since it's a favorite of mine.

I hope to find time in November to visit the clubhouse, however half the weekends are spoken for already so it may be hard.

Happy Halloween!

Fill in the caption

2010-09-26T17:03:00.003-05:00

What is Warthog about to say?

Eastbound and Down: Season Dos

2010-09-14T07:12:00.004-05:00

So I was checking Twins scores a second ago and something jumped out at me and caught my attention - an ad for the second season of Eastbound and Down. It brightened my day little to see it but I was surprised that MLB would embrace that show since it kind of makes fun of the sport.

But then I looked at the calendar and saw that along with the scores, Sep 26 was specially marked as Eastbound and Down day! I was already excited about the new season, but I never thought it had become very popular for the mainstream. Is Kenny Powers appearing in broadcast booths as a guest announcer or showing up on Sportscenter as well??

Another hilarious item, which Daymonster sent to me is this:

This is Marilyn Manson, not only without makeup, but dressed up as Kenny Powers. It's from the article here.

Warthog is a Hero!

2010-09-13T00:21:00.003-05:00

Another fun weekend. Unky and Auntie Playboy made there way down for the Iowa/ISU game which the Hawks won convincingly, 35-7. Next up is @ #18 Arizona on Saturday night. It should be on at 9:30 CT on ESPN/ESPN 3 if the Knights are interested.

One of the highlights of the weekend (of which there were many) happened after a group of us got back from the bar. Warthog went out for a cigarette and as he was lighting up he saw a man sprinting by his house. The next thing he heard was a voice: "GET ON THE GROUND OR I'LL TAZE YOU, GET ON THE GROUND OR I'LL TAZE YOU!"

The cop (reserve officer, obv) was closing in (much faster than Hermann, but no where close to as fast as Reserve Office Johnson) and the drunkard veered off and fell flat on the grass next to my house. The following exchange ensued:

Cop to PD: "Got a runner, 500 Block Unky Street."

Warthog: "400."

Cop to PD: "Correction, 400 Block Unky Street."

If I were quicker w/ the tongue (GOD DAMN BREWERY!) I would've yelled, "GET OFF MY LAWN!"

It was hilarious and I wish everyone could have seen it. The only thing that would've made it more awesome is if Drunkard actually got tazed. I saw the red light emanating from the cop's tazer so he definitely wasn't fucking around. I wonder what the range is on that thing and I'm sure the Knights can help me out with that one. I'm guessing the cop was within 12 feet before Drunkard gave up (wise choice, sir.)

We've all had our exchanges with the Police, and it definitely felt good to be on this end of it.

So Knights, what were your weekend highlights?

Absolutely Nothing to Post About

2010-09-08T08:40:00.003-05:00

Hey dudes,

As most of you know, I've relocated to Vienna, Austria instead of St. Paul. We never had a post about my wedding. I suppose I can put that together, but I'd also like to hear about it from Daymonster and Squatting Bear's point of view. Anyways, long story short, I got married on July 31 to an Austrian girl and am living here now.

The reason I say I have nothing to post about is because during the move over here I decided to leave my XBox at SB's house so I don't have any video game tales to write about. Of course I have my laptop, but I've never been a PC gamer. We have been looking at buying a used XBox or a Wii because we had a fun time playing Wii Fit games at a friend of Pablena's house.

Additionally, I don't have any new drinking stories. It's difficult to have a binge drinking adventure alone. I'll need to find some drinking partners over here before I can even think about putting together a great post like Unky Warthog's.

I'll let everyone know when I organize a return trip to the USA because I'll expect to have a gathering at the KofC clubhouse so I can see everybody. Otherwise, my door is always open for clan members who want to go on a Euro Trip. I also wanted to pimp my own blog, if you want to read about what's going on for me, check out pablitoneal.blogspot.com.

Unkys go to Hawkeye Game, Become Wizards.

2010-09-05T13:50:00.003-05:00

All the Unkys got together for a weekend in Iowa City. Playboy and Eternal (w/ Auntie Eternal) arrived late on Friday night and we were quick to start building our wizard stalves. The neighbors, Yeager and Auntie Yeager also met up before Warthog, Playboy, and Eternal headed down to the bars to sing Hey Jude--a favorite of the unks--at a karoake bar.

After that we ordered some pizza. I asked Playboy what he wanted for toppings, and he told me to "put ronis on it." Appalled, I looked at Playboy and shook my head. He was likely surprised by this as I usually LOVE ronis, but I hate the pepperoni pizza from Mesa. Well, it's just not as good as Gyro and Buffalo chkn.

All the unks (minus Yeager) were nearly gone by this point and so of course our plan to get up at 7am in the morning to tailgate did not materialize. Instead, we got up at 9, walked down to the stadium, and battled some bums who were trying to rip us off on ticket prices. Eternal eventually found a ticket on the ground and got in for free, and the other tickets were purchased a few minutes after gametime for about 60% of the previous asking price.

The game was a lot of fun. Hawkeyes won 37-7 and are well on their way to another BCS bowl (championship, perhaps?). Warthog suffered an injury (GOD DAMN BREWERY!) on the way home as he was crawling through the forest to avoid the pedestrian jam on the bridge. Fortunately, Auntie Eternal was able to sew shut the hole on his yellow shirt. After grabbing a bite to eat, we were on to Round 3 of drinking and Round 2 of Wizard Staff. Warthog achieved the elusive "Master Wizard" status by consuming 15 beers, but remembers little afterward. He did destroy Eternal's and Playboy's stalves before Auntie Warthog tricked him into going to bed.

Can't speak for the rest of the Unkys, but I had a fantastic time--glad everyone could make it. Hope to see the rest of you soon (plans for coming home, Pablito?).

LET'S GET SOME MORE POSTS!

The Gamblers they broke even...

2010-08-16T22:10:00.005-05:00

We're out. One Unky is off to Iowa City and another Unky is headed to Rochester. This summer has included parties at the Clubhouse, Twins games, birthdays, karoake , and KofC weddings. Awesome summer.

Share your highlights in the comments!

Let's get some more posts!

Pwnage of Empires - Now Available on Xbox 360 Indie Marketplace

2010-06-27T11:15:00.002-05:00

Pwnage of Empires is now available on the Xbox Live Indie Games marketplace.

Real time strategy shoot 'em up. Pilot any unit. Blast away enemies in a tank or take the role of an engineer to build an army, including massive boss units. Team up with your friends and play cooperatively or take them on in skirmish or micro battles.

Players: 1 - 4
Players Co-op: 2 - 4
System Link: 2 - 16
HDTV 1080p
Custom SoundTracks
Live Players: 2 - 16

Halo 1

2010-06-13T12:05:00.003-05:00

How about a Halo 1 lan next Saturday, June 19? If that does not work, how about the following Saturday, June 26?

Josey Wales

Post post post post post post post post post post post!

2010-05-29T10:01:00.004-05:00

Anyone wanna play sports today? I do. Croquet in the works, tennis too. Maybe we'll play basketball. No frisbee though, that's for douches.

Welcome to the Cities Unkys (or Unkies)

2010-05-15T20:52:00.003-05:00

Welcome to the Twins Cities Metro Area. It's going to be good having you guys around.

So, SB, Pablito and I were discussing things we wanted to do this summer.

1. Halo 1 LAN

2. KofC Clubhouse Party

3. 1 & 2 together probably.

4. KofC Paintball outing

5. Trip to Cedar Point in Ohio.

6. Renting the Flowrider at the Waterpark of America.

Any more ideas, or vote for your favorite and a good date for it in the comments.

One Month Without a Post!

2010-05-02T23:16:00.005-05:00

Hey clan,

We had a lag a while where it looked like the blog was about to end, now we've gone another month without a post so I'm here to post something (hopefully) interesting. I don't have anything fun to say about video games, I've just been playing Football Manager which no one besides me likes so I've got a couple good pics of Sam and an MMA event we attended.

Please note, especially any PETA members looking at this, that the beer bong is empty and not because Sam just chugged it. Sam has a tendency to chew on anything and everything so when we brought out the beer bong he immediately latched onto it. Later I realized that we allowed Sam to chew on the end of the beer bong before we started using it for its real use.

Here's an awesome pic showing how close we were to the Xtreme Kombat League event which took place at the Target Center on my birthday, April 24. The event was attended by numerous Knights: myself, Squatting Bear, Daymonster, and Unky Eternal. It was also the same night as the pic above of Sam, which took place while we were pre-gaming for the event. For each of us it was the first time attending an MMA event. I can't speak for the others but I was a little disappointed. It was exciting to see the action live, especially what happens between rounds and outside of the cage, but the action inside the cage was difficult to see. It's much more clear on TV. Still, it was a great time. As you can see from the pic we were quite close. We didn't pay for those tickets, we moved spots a few times after realizing the security in the Target Center didn't care, so by the main events we had moved down to the floor's second row. The people next to us admitted they'd done the same thing so I'm curious if anyone paid for those seats. The pic above shows that we were right behind the ring girls which was pretty nice, but it was also at the beginning of my favorite match-up of the night. It also happened to be the only chick fight, it was between a Minnesota girl and a top-ranked Japanese girl. The Minnesota girl, Shana Olsen, won a decision and now has an outside chance to appear on Strikeforce and fight Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos.

Sorry for not participating lately, I don't want to see the blog die...

-Pablito Neal

Welcome to the Clan Squatting Dog

2010-03-31T09:26:00.003-05:00

Everyone please welcome Squatting Dog, the newest member of KofC. Although he does not have a live account yet, nor is he able to complete the rigorous application process that Adeclipse went through he is a member nonetheless.

Now that I think of it, I guess we should have allowed Pablito Che into the clan, but he tends to bite us.

COD MW2 One Man Army Classes

2010-03-17T17:32:00.002-05:00

By popular demand. Here are the One Man Army classes that I use in Modern Warfare 2.

happy birthday

2010-03-12T22:39:00.001-06:00

Happy northadst adecmiolar

edit: Happy Birthday Adeclipse. Why don't you ever play COD anymore?

Happy Birthday Tilla!

2010-03-01T14:11:00.005-06:00

Even though he never goes on the blog anymore, nor does he play video games anymore, it's still his birthday nonetheless.=

Above, Tilla celebrating by sitting on Squatting Bear.

Anyone want to play some COD tonight?

Happy Birthday Eternal!

2010-02-13T14:02:00.001-06:00

Eternal is 23. I say we all crack a Schmidt's in his honor.

KofC Update

2010-02-02T16:17:00.003-06:00

So, what's new gents? It's been quiet on the KofC front lately, but that doesn't mean we haven't been doing stuff.

The other day Dammer treked up to the great north and we had some solid 3v3 Halo 1 action. It was fun and we were thinking we would like to set up another Halo 1 LAN. Some weekend before the weather gets nice.

Also, not many of us has been playing COD lately, I played a bit with Puyo and some others. Most of us agree that playing COD by yourself kind of blows, but when we get a full group together it's pretty fun.

Does anyone want to play tonight? If not we should find a night a week where we know people should be online. I am thinking either Monday or Thursday night.

That's about it. What's going on with you fools?

Pwn Age: 31337 AD now available

2010-01-11T19:09:00.002-06:00

Pwn Age: 31337 AD is now available.

Shmup meets FPS in this competitive multiplayer dual stick action game! Battle in free-for-all death match, team death match, and capture the flag with up to 16 players and 24 bots in split-screen, system link, and over Xbox LIVE! Play on over 15 different maps and unlock 20 different ships. Watch your rating soar and keep track of double kills and killing sprees with a detailed statistics system.

Pwn Age: 31337 AD official website

Buy here

I also have redemption codes to get it for free if anyone wants them.

Merry Christmas, Knights

2009-12-25T10:10:00.003-06:00

It's been a strange Christmas this year, but it's been fun. I won't be able to make it to the club house tomorrow, and I don't think anyone else will really. I could stop by around 11pm but I assume nothing will be going on.

Does anyone want to do something Sunday or Monday. Like skiing or indoor waterpark?

Naming of two maps for COD MW2

2009-12-09T02:01:00.004-06:00

Feel free to add some or change some names in the comments.

I also made this video of some (kind of) secret routes and places to go in highrise. I am sure you know many of these places but I figure some of you might not know about them.

Jump Duck now available

2009-11-26T21:59:00.004-06:00

Jump Duck is now on the Xbox Live Markteplace for Xbox 360 and can be found under Indie Games in the new releases section.

Jump or duck the lasers to survive the longest. Press A to jump and B to duck. Don't blink!

Ski Adventure 2010!

2009-11-25T13:12:00.004-06:00

Dear Knights,

I have booked lodging for the Ski Adventure 2010! I booked a great base camp for all of our skiing and partying activities from January 6 - 9. You can take a virtual tour of our base came at this website. The virtual tour is very good, I suggest you take it. As you will notice from the tour, our base camp has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a beer pong table!

Furthermore, I informed you before we can get a deal on ski passes, three days for the price of two. To take advantage of this please go to this website and purchase your tickets.

I am very excited for this trip, it is going to be a blast!

Sincerely,

Josey Wales

KofC Christmas Party, Ski Trip, and Other Notes

2009-11-23T15:31:00.005-06:00

I am starting to hate COD MW2. I have been trying to change classes to much and not sticking to the class that I usually do well (the M16 with SP) it's really hard to go back to that once you feel the rush of sprinting laps around the map. I need to delete all other classes and just stick with the M16. Here is a picture of me watching Adeclipse owning up on some nublets with a helicopter.

KofC Christmas Party
The Saturday after Christmas or Texas Christmas as it is known, the Knights will be hosting a get together at the clubhouse. More details will follow, but hopefully we can get it on some of your radars (or UAVs)

KofC Thanksgiving Party
What is everyone doing Wednesday (the day before thanksgiving) anyone want to do something?

Ski Trip 2K10
Josey will have some information concerning the ski trip that he is currently purchasing right now.

Other Notes
- Josey's bro just bought a Live subscription (The River Wolf) and so he will probably be applying for clan membership shortly.

- SB has been sleeping for over 12 hours.

- Pablito is in Austria. His cat is currently alive. Though I have not seen him today.

- Looks like Warthog's roommate got MW2, and will be one tonight. Josey will be on tonight and I think I heard Dammer will be on. Not sure what time I will be on (if at all) but if not have fun playing. UPDATE: Warthog is heading home tonight, not playing COD.

- Joe Mauer wins the MVP.

A Nice Little Saturday Planned...

2009-11-21T19:49:00.002-06:00

So I was thinking about the team aspect of COD MW2 and I think we need to figure out a good way that we can beat all of our win streaks. (I think its about 17 win streaks for most of us) I think we need to have some roles. Obviously, Adeclipse will snipe, puyo will have a snipers mentality with the M16 or whatnot and we will have 2 mid-range (kind of like what Josey and I do) and then maybe 1 or 2 knife classers. I have been working on this class and its been pretty fun and does a great job of causing havoc. Anyway, I was thinking about that. Discuss it in the comments.

Anyway, Eternal, SB and I all played some BYF today with some other people. Now we are watching Beerfest drinking boots and UFC is on soon. This Saturday has been awesome. Word on teh street is Josey is making an appearance and so is McHolla/FuggFrist.

Knights of Cydonia Ski Adventure 2010!

2009-11-15T10:08:00.003-06:00

Hello Knights,

Kel and I would like to plan Knights of Cydonia ski trip this winter. We have done preliminary research and discovered that we can get a deal at Lutsen in January, we can ski three days for the price of two: $116 plus tax. In addition, Kel has found us lodging, we can rent a home/condo between $440 - $525 total for three nights. The price will vary depending on how big a place we think we need and also how many people want to come (the more that come the cheaper it will be per person). Because we will have a home/condo to say in, we will have a place to make food and play drinking games when we get off the hill. Kel went on a trip like this last year and said it was really fun and cheap.

We were planning on going for three days between January 5^th – 10^th. We can go for three days during the week, or over the weekend, depending on what works best for everyone. Please e-mail me or post letting me know you are in, we would like to know by Thanksgiving so we can book a place for us to stay. Kel checked, and the place she stayed in last year is currently available so it would be great if we could just book that because we know it’s nice and cheap.

Sincerely,

Josey Wales

COD4MW2: TIPS

2009-11-13T11:45:00.004-06:00

So, most of us have been playing the new Call of Duty Four: Modern Warfare Two, and while we normally roll over the opposing teams we play it might be a good idea to share some of our knowledge to bring up all clan members. I usually have the most deaths of any of you so don't take my advice, but I was wondering what tips the rest of you could share.

First off, I found a few interesting tips from infiniteward themselves.
-- Sticking a Semtex grenade to a character holding a riot shield is a good way to take them out from the front without having to flank them.
-- Using a flash or stun grenade against players using a riot shields is very effective causing them lower their shields for a moment and opening them up for an attack.
-- Aim for the chest or neck region on burst fire assault rifles. For full auto assault rifles, do the same but fire in groups of three to five rounds. Doing this will make the muzzle climb for recoil and give you a second or third round headshot.
-- Thermal scopes work great with smoke grenades - enemies show up right through the smoke (unless they have the cold blooded perk!)
-- Shoot down a Pavelow helicopter faster by not locking on with the AT-4 (anti-tank weapon); shooting from the hip prevents the Pavelow from using countermeasures.

Obviously, we know most of those but sometimes it is good to see them again to help remember them.

Here are some things I have been thinking of:
-- Who ever has a predator strike, or AC130 should let the rest of the team know where the majority of the enemies are located. I know it's kind of hard to explain it sometimes but as we play the maps more we will get used to it.
-- We should coordinate our kill streaks if possible. I think we need to have at least 2 or 3 people using the UAV perk, and then I don't know if they rest matter, but maybe you guys have thoughts.
-- Are the sentex (or whatever they are called) better than the regular frags? I seem to be killed by those more than any other type of grenade.

Classes
Also, if you want you should comment on what class you use. Right now, I use the FAMAS with a holographic scope, the increase melee distance, with stopping power, and cold blooded. I use the flash grenade and the frag. I also use UAV, Predator missile, and Hind.

I sometimes use the M4 with everything the same except for I use Bling with a silencer and then get rid of the increased melee distance.

Also, check out this video:

MMA World Rankings

2009-11-11T16:42:00.002-06:00

The latest MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings were released today, This system ranks the Top 10 MMA fighters from all across the world in each of the seven most widely accepted weight classes.

Taken into consideration are a fighter's performance in addition to his win-loss record, head-to-head and common opponents, difficulty of opponents, and numerous other factors in what is the most comprehensive rankings system in the sport.

Fighters who are currently serving drug-related suspensions are not eligible for Top 10 consideration until they have fought one time after the completion of their suspension.

Fighters must also have competed within the past 12 months in order to be eligible for Top 10 consideration.

What do you guys think?

HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (over 205 pounds)

#1 Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Fedor Emelianenko

2. Brock Lesnar

3. Frank Mir

4. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

5. Cain Velasquez

6. Randy Couture

7. Junior Dos Santos

8. Brett Rogers

9. Shane Carwin

10. Fabricio Werdum

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LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)

#1 Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Lyoto Machida

2. Rashad Evans

3. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

4. Quinton Jackson

5. Anderson Silva

6. Gegard Mousasi

7. Forrest Griffin

8. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

9. Thiago Silva

10. Luis Cane

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MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION (185-pound limit)

#1 Middleweight Fighter in the World: Anderson Silva

2. Nathan Marquardt

3. Vitor Belfort

4. Dan Henderson

5. Jake Shields

6. Robbie Lawler

7. Kazuo Misaki

8. Yoshihiro Akiyama

9. Demian Maia

10. Chael Sonnen

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WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION (170-pound limit)

#1 Welterweight Fighter in the World: Georges St. Pierre

2. Jon Fitch

3. Thiago Alves

4. Josh Koscheck

5. Matt Hughes

6. Paul Daley

7. Martin Kampmann

8. Carlos Condit

9. Mike Swick

10. Marius Zaromskis

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LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION (160-pound limit)

#1 Lightweight Fighter in the World: B.J. Penn

2. Shinya Aoki

3. Eddie Alvarez

4. Tatsuya Kawajiri

5. Kenny Florian

6. Joachim Hansen

7. Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante

8. Frankie Edgar

9. Diego Sanchez

10. Gray Maynard

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FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION (145 pound-limit)

#1 Featherweight Fighter in the World: Mike Brown

2. Urijah Faber

3. Jose Aldo

4. Raphael Assuncao

5. Hatsu Hioki

6. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue

7. Leonard Garcia

8. Wagnney Fabiano

9. Bibiano Fernandes

10. Marlon Sandro

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BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION (135 pounds or less)

#1 Featherweight Fighter in the World: Brian Bowles

2. Miguel Torres

3. Masakatsu Ueda

4. Takeya Mizugaki

5. Akitoshi Tamura

6. Dominick Cruz

7. Damacio Page

8. Will Ribeiro

9. Joseph Benavidez

10. Rani Yahya

Also, I thought this was kind of funny:

GET CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-11-09T10:48:00.004-06:00

(from AIM @ 10:48am 11/09/09)
locopuyo: make a post yelling at people to get cod

(email from Josey Wales @ 10:52am 11/09/09)
Are there any plans to get everyone online to play CODMW2 this weekend or week?

I will get it at Target tomorrow morning, Target doesn't have a midnight release and since I cashed in all my credit card points for Target gift cards, I figure I should use those for things like that. I am pretty free this whole week and can play whenever. I am thinking maybe I bring over the xbox and we play some at the club house all in the same location. I dunno, leave your thoughts in the comments.

DammerWillTowelU and then DammerWillBuyANewOne

2009-11-03T14:50:00.003-06:00

So I took a half day today and decided to watch a movie and nap. I had gotten in the first 5 minutes of Porky's when Daymonster sent me a message online. I was confused because it said "u suck", and I figured Puyo must have taken part in a little identity theft. Needless to say, I was a little excited that maybe I could get some online vid play in. Unfortunately, my 360 decided to RROD on me. Considering it would cost me $99 to fix the damn thing through the Microsoft return service (my 3 year replacement warranty ran out a month ago believe it or not) I decided to try the towel trick...to no avail. It probably would have only lasted a week anyway. So, I'll probably have to buy a new one now. The real question is whether I go after an Elite or an Arcade. I don't think I need an Elite, and would probably get along quite well with an Arcade. All I really need is my hard drive methinks. Thoughts?

UFC 117

2009-10-24T02:36:00.004-05:00

The Daymonster deliberately dominated BJ Penn in the last match but he'll be up against it when battling number one contender Toby 'Pablito' Neal this Saturday.

The match between Daymonster and the Prodigy went the full 5 rounds before the challenger edged a decision with a unanimous vote to take the belt. BJ will not be pleased because his submission attempts were useless against a non-tapper like the Daymonster. Against a normal opponent he would have won via a devastating armbar in the second round. Unfortunately for BJ, Daymonster refused to give in and was able to escape every submission attempt to put the champ on his back and reverse the advantage. Daymonster had a brutal ground and pound which resulted in the Prodigy being treated after the fight by the fight doctor for a broken nose. BJ barely pulled himself together to approach the ref in order to have Daymonster declared the unanimous winner.

Pablito, on the other hand, has had a quiet rise to the number one contender position. He is only 5-1 after his first 6 UFC fights holding wins over his training partner Sean Sherk and the newly promoted from WEC champ Ben Henderson. The unlikely challenger is able to fight for the belt due to the unexpected losses by Eddie Alvarez and Joachim Hansen to Gilbert Melendez and Tatsuya Kawajiri respectively. These unexpected results allowed Pablito to jump up in the rankings to now have the ability to challenge for the Lightweight belt.

Tune in this Saturday to see who comes out on top. UFC 117!!

Thoughts?

2009-10-23T10:43:00.001-05:00

29 Tech Phrases you should be punched in the face for using.

LOL Runner Available Now on the Xbox Live Marketplace!

2009-10-22T04:16:00.003-05:00

LOL Runner is now on the Xbox Live Markteplace and can be found under Indie Games in the new games section.

Race against ninjas, pirates, robots and zombies! Unlock more than 10 different runners and 5 different tracks in campaign mode. Race against or with your friends in relays, three-Legged races and more!

Download it here.

LOL Runner Official Site

Mr. and Mrs. WillEatU

2009-10-12T15:56:00.010-05:00

I've been married now for 19 days! It was a long and stressful process, and I'm so happy it's over and done with. That Friday I was anxious and nervous all day long, and I thought the actual ceremony would never come. However, I will tell you right now that the best moment of my life so far was watching DanaWillEatU walk down the aisle. She looked totally amazing, unbelieavably attractive, completely arousing, and wondrously beautiful. Seriously....breathtaking.

Has anything changed? Oddly enough......no. We've gained some material possessions and dropped our insurance rates. I have a new piece of hardware on my finger that'll make it easier to give Unky Warthog black eyes. DanaWillEatU has changed her name. Between DanaWillEatU and I though there really hasn't been a difference which I think is a good thing. I will say that the stress level has decreased and we're breathing a lot easier thanks to the wedding being done and payed for. It's so nice to just come home with nothing to take care of and no one to call.

What about the honeymoon you ask? Well DanaWillEatU and I went to Des Moines for 5 days. Yes Des Moines. I realize it doesn't seem all that exciting, but we were able to keep our total expenses fairly cheap, and we really did have a blast. The best part is that we agreed a while back that if we went somewhere cheap right now, we'd have a hell of a trip in a couple years. So I have something to look forward to. In Des Moines we ate good food, played arcade games, saw a show, relaxed in our whirlpool, etc etc. Basically we just relaxed and enjoyed each other's company. I also learned about a new beer, Baltika. I had the #3 and the #5. Both are really smooth and delicious, and I highly recommend giving this beer a whirl if you can find it anywhere. It's probably the only Russian beer you'll be able to find.

In current news, we went to the movie "Couples Retreat" after work yesterday and enjoyed it quite a bit. It was a good date movie for DanaWillEatU and I since it had some stupid humor but also some chick humor, unlike "The Informant" which neither of us really enjoyed at all. Also I just bought some new tires for the truck and am pretty pumped about not having to fear dying in a horrible crash anymore.

So.....when's the Beerfest?

Sunday update and questions

2009-10-11T15:58:00.002-05:00

So it looks like the blog could be back, so I feel I should just say what's up.

Josey's informal engagement party was a success, last night. We watched a very exciting USA vs Honduras game where the US qualified for the World Cup.

Today, SB, Unky Rod, Pablito and will be on our way shortly to the Twins playoff game. One of us will take a few pics to share with the group.

Also, we still need to go to the Water Park of America soon. That's about it, it's Sunday, the Vikes are 5-0 and the Twins are in the playoffs.

Also, here is a video of little kids in some strange half wrestling, half MMA fighting:

Here are some questions for the members...

Dammer, where is the post-marriage post?

Puyo, update on your video games?

Unky Warthog, does law school still suck? You a douchebag yet?

Josey, what were you thinking? (joking)

Kelly Wales, what were you thinking? (serious)

Pablito, when will you get me an application?

SB, I don't really have a question for you since you are sitting right here?

Adeclipse, you alive?

Unky Eternal, are you kind of mad you don't have that lovely wedding gift?

Unky Playboy, who are you again?

Tilla, uhh, how's it going?

Josey Is Engaged

2009-10-09T15:05:00.005-05:00

Yes, that’s right, Josey Wales is now engaged. I got engaged this afternoon to my girlfriend. I am pretty sure you have all met her, except Adeclipse, and I am under the impression that she has Clan approval. There is not much else I can say, I just thought the Clan should know.

On another note, I was recently informed there have been talks about a Beerfest reunion, and not the one mentioned below. It is my understanding that it will be a get wasted Beerfest reunion. I really hope this event takes place, I am already looking forward to it.

Yours truly,

Josey Wales

Broken Lizard

2009-10-09T11:41:00.005-05:00

Now you may list different movies in your own top 5 or in your favorite movies on Facebook, but none of us (except maybe Adeclipse) can deny that the most influential film we've seen is Beerfest. It shaped our formative college years and introduced us to the wonderful lifestyle of beer games. Tomorrow night could be our one and only chance to see Beerfest's creators live and in person. I did the ticketmaster 'search for tickets' for best available and there are still tix in the lower level so there's not exactly a rush to buy them, except that the show is tomorrow (Saturday 10/10) night.

I'm honestly not sure what the presentation will be, whether it's stand-up comedy or sketches. I'm sure we could find out, but I'd prefer to be surprised.

Dammer: please consider a visit up here for this once in a lifetime opportunity. Maybe it could be your belated bachelor's party since I don't recall being invited to one before your wedding...

Puyo: I don't think you got as much enjoyment from this landmark movie as the rest of us back in school but I'd recommend re-watching it tonight or tomorrow during the day to guage your response.

Daymonster, SB, Unky's, and most importantly Josey: no excuses, we're going.

Knights Attend Most Exciting Baseball Game Ever

2009-10-07T22:00:00.003-05:00

Many of you may have seen this game on TV but several of the knights were in attendance to see this memorable match. Unky Eternal, MCHolla, and I were up in the cheap seats while Squatting Bear and Daymonster overcame all odds to get screwed over by a scalper and sit in the lower level. First, we in the cheap seats bought our tickets legitimately by driving to the Metrodome and purchasing the only tickets available, far away in the upper deck in straight away center. SB and Daymonster originally had commitments to coach high school soccer but the games were rained out. Then the power went out at the KofC clubhouse preventing the guys from even watching the game on TV. Luckily they decided to head to the stadium and pay double face value to see the game in person.

Anyways, for a description the game, just read the article. After an almost 5 hour game, one player who didn't start the game, Carlos Gomez, scored off a weak hit through first and second by another non-starter, Alexi Casilla. Below is a picture taken by Daymonster.

Braid

2009-08-28T23:34:00.003-05:00

I just finished Braid, and I was quite pleased. There were some irksome moments trying to figger shit out, but otherwise the music and artwork really drew me in and transported my mind elsewhere which is always one of the best qualities of a game for me. When I finished, I discovered I didn't really get what the plotline was, and maybe because I was too intently thinking of finishing the level to really understand it all. So, fortunately, somebody wrote it all out in black and white. It always amazes me that people have the time and energy to write this stuff up, and figure it out themselves. Plus, I don't do well with circular stories or working backwards, my memory isn't that good. At least I can follow Memento...

KofC Weekend

2009-08-07T10:23:00.005-05:00

In the last post we discussed a Knights of Columbus/Cydonia weekend. We have much to celebrate, Dammer's house, my freedom, Josey's final year in law school, Unky's first year in law school, SB contemplating law school, puyo's new video game and Adeclipse living in Texas. Apologies to not knowing what the other Unky's are up to or Puyo's friend, but I am sure they have something to celebrate.

Anywho, here is the deal. This weekend is going to be fun. F-U-N, fun. This is a tentative schedule of events so nothing is set in stone. Especially since SB and I might have to be coaching in the morning of some of these events. Also, the Twins are in KC that weekend so that looks out of the question. Here is the schedule of events.

Saturday Aug 22:
12:00pm Paintball
6:00pm Drink possibly in conjunction with bowling or vids.

Sunday Aug 23:
12:00pm Golf

Alternative activities if some plans fall through:
Tubing down rivers

Please feel free to add/delete activities in the comments section.

List

2009-07-30T18:19:00.003-05:00

While the blog is dead. No one has posted or viewed it for weeks. I wanted to list some stuff that we should do.

1) Skydive with those flying suits in formation.
2) Play paintball against dirties.
3) Party.
4) Bowling.
5) Go to a Twins game.
6) Anything else?

1337 SHIP DEATHMATCH

2009-07-16T00:36:00.005-05:00

1337 Ship Deathmatch is a top down mutliplayer shooter for Xbox 360 and PC. It is sort of like the classic game asteroids but without the asteroids and the players try to destroy each other instead.

3D graphics rendered in full high definition 1080p
Also supports 720p and non-HD resolutions
1 to 4 players
Dynamic artificial intelligence learns from your play and adapts to beat you
5.1 surround sound
Supports custom soundtracks
Controller vibration

More information: www.shipdm.com

DammerWillMoveHimself

2009-07-13T15:59:00.003-05:00

I close on my house this Friday. Here's a tour.

Anyone have any moving suggestions?

Happy Birthday Daymonster!

2009-07-05T00:47:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday Daymonster and America!

Happy Birthday Squatting Bear!

2009-06-24T19:33:00.002-05:00

Happy Birthday 24th SB!

DanaWillEatU finally exposed... not in the bad way.

2009-06-14T17:25:00.001-05:00

Is it just me or does Dammer look a little protective.

BREAKING NEWS: Dammer dies of happiness

2009-06-10T22:52:00.004-05:00

Six years after getting axed by Fox, Futurama is being resurrected on Comedy Central.
A spokesperson for 20th Century Fox Television confirms that the cable net has ordered 26 newepisodes of Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's late, great animated series to air beginning in 2010. The studio cites Futurama's "blockbuster" performance on DVD and in reruns on Comedy Central as the reason for its rebirth.
Hmmm... sound familiar?
"When we brought back Family Guy several years ago, everyone said that it was a once in a lifetime thing -- that canceled series stay canceled and cannot be revived," 20th Century Fox TV Chairmen Gary Newman and Dana Walden said in a joint statement. "But Futurama was another series that fans simply demanded we bring back, and we couldn’t have been happier when Matt and David agreed that there were many more stories yet to tell."
Adds Groening: "We’re thrilled Futurama is coming back. We now have only 25,766 episodes to make before we catch up with Bender and Fry in the year 3000."

Dammer, did you just pee your pants?

Winner: Unky Warthog

2009-05-31T16:06:00.002-05:00

Warthog won the 5 blog points because it just happens to be the only one where I wouldn't have to move the bubbles around. Warthog and SB should be on the road now, so hopefully they will give us an update on their way to Vegas. I'm guessing not.

Unkys Graduate, Their Lives are Over.

2009-05-27T11:45:00.004-05:00

Photo caption contest. What are the Unkys saying? Best answer gets 100 blog points.

STFU OR I'LL CUT YOU

2009-05-19T12:01:00.003-05:00

My shirt arrived. Buy.

RIP Moped

2009-05-18T21:11:00.001-05:00

Good Bye. You were stolen the other day outside a bar. I'll miss you.

I Can't Drive 55

2009-05-10T21:14:00.002-05:00

I had another run-in with authority today. Stupid speeding ticket on my way home, 73 in a 55, at least the guy knocked it down to a 65 so it doesn't go on my record. So that makes three in the last year, two in MN one in Iowa. Add that to the one I got on our way to Rochester to watch the third Blade movie, as well as to the one I got at 3:00 in the morning on my way to a Best Buy so I could sit outside in line and wait for a 360. So, right now I'm sitting at 5 speeding tickets and one stop sign violation. I'm curious, what's everyone else's driving history?

Help for Puyo

2009-05-06T21:53:00.003-05:00

Below is a real aol conversation with our good friend puyo:

locopuyo: hey
me: hi
locopuyo: do u know if victoria's secret sells gift cards?
me: lol yeah
me: they do
locopuyo: k
me: for mother's day?
locopuyo: no lol
locopuyo: hell no
locopuyo: I'm trying to think of stuff to get my gf for her bday

Okay, everyone, let's give puyo some ideas for his 'girlfriend'

Sooo....

2009-04-28T23:40:00.000-05:00

What's up nubs?

Saint Paul Clan Members Build a Fire Pit

2009-04-21T10:51:00.002-05:00

Last Monday I had a comp day for working on Easter and coincidentally SB had the day off as well so we decided to start working on the fire pit that we had discussed. He came downstairs with some printed directions and we set off to Menards. We got 100 bricks, 200 pounds of gravel, along with a couple tools and brick adhesive. We came back and Josey was super excited to dig a hole so he started on that immediately. He even suggested that digging a hole is a great way to exercise and that a fun activity would be for two groups of guys to go out to the country for a hole-digging contest. I agreed, as you must with Josey's ideas. Digging went pretty quickly as SB and Josey took turns, I pitched in for a short time at the end, and then SB needed to go back to Menards for more gravel. Josey and I started laying a few layers of bricks, being careful to keep them perfectly level, see photo below. It was very scientific work actually. Eventually we found we needed 8 more bricks to finish the top layer so we made another Menards run, it was SB's fourth of the day. It is currently one layer higher than in the photo. We have further plans to add a patio around it as well as capstones to make the visible portion look nicer. For now it's a fully functioning fire pit and we're looking forward to hosting any clan members to a bigass bonfire.

Dave -3 Years

2009-04-18T15:31:00.002-05:00

Happy Easter!

2009-04-12T09:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Easter fellow Cydonians! I just woke up, have already devoured three chocolate and peanut butter tinfoil-wrapped eggs. I consider it a reward for attending the 2 hour church service last night.

Did any of you partake in what looks to be a good time somewhere in the world?

21 Day Until Brokeback Big Guy

2009-04-03T10:51:00.003-05:00

For my first post on this blog, I thought I would come out with some information that is important to at least a couple members of this blog. There was a headline today on the website of the Wall Street Journal that was entitled: "Iowa Court Says Gay Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional"

A brief summary of the article states:

"The Iowa Supreme Court says the state's same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples, making it the third state where gay marriage is
legal.

In a unanimous ruling issued Friday, the court upheld a 2007 Polk County District Court judge's ruling that the law was unconstitutional."

This ruling will take effect after a 21 day period. So, will there be an SB and Josey marriage in three weeks? According to a video discovered by one of the KofC's bloggers (Unky Eternal), there is significant evidence for this marriage. Only time will tell on this matter.

Update

2009-03-21T08:13:00.002-05:00

It's 8am on a Saturday. Earliest I have been up in a long time. Getting ready to drive to New Orleans for the night. Anyone want to meet me there?

Also, SB, Josey, Pablito, any of you guys brew any more beer?

I'm Bored

2009-03-09T14:44:00.003-05:00

So I built this...

Halo Wars Strategies/Ideas

2009-03-05T12:00:00.002-06:00

Most of this is obvious for us, but I just want to make sure for my own sake.

Build Order:

Obviously this is one of the most important aspects of the game especially at the beginning, and for any rushes. I normally do supply pad -> reactor -> barracks (for ODST strat). But I noticed some people build a reactor first. I don't think it really makes a difference but I am not 100% sure.

Troop Movements:

One thing I have trouble with is selecting groups of enemies. I often select all units and attack, but what happens is often my ODSTs get stuck in the back and can't be effective. It's a good idea to use smaller groups and set them up in an arc around what ever you are attacking.

Elephant Idea:

I haven't done this, but even though I can drop ODSTs I still find I have tens of troops trekking across the map. I am thinking if I set up an Elephant just outside their view and keep bringing in a flood of troops. What do you think? Is it worth it?

Explore:

I think the best feeling in the game is when you send out warthogs right away to explore for crates and to see what your opponent is building, and the other guy just has his hog sitting outside. It gives you a pretty damn good idea that they are going to suck. And when you can take their crates it gives you a big leg up.

Halo Wars: Strategy?

2009-03-03T16:17:00.002-06:00

So, puyo and SB and I played last night from about midnight to 6am. We won 11 and lost 2. Anyone else get the game?

I don't know if we should all do warthog rushes. I think 2 people should, and then 1 builds ground units or hornets. Thoughts?

Quick Update

2009-02-23T07:20:00.002-06:00

Did this Halo 1 LAN happen? On my way back to Chicago now, no job, so plenty of time for vids.

Happy Birthday Eternal and Other News

2009-02-13T07:10:00.004-06:00

Happy Birthday Unky Eternal.

Breaking Down Fugg First's Stats

2009-02-05T12:59:00.002-06:00

Even though no one knows his name, (FuggFirst, FuggFrist, MCHolla etc.) and he never posts and presumably never reads the blog. He is still apart of the Clan... a clan that is falling apart, but a clan no less. If you don't know FF is currently playing the game of American Basketball at a small Division III liberal arts school somewhere in the midwest. I think everyone (except for Adeclipse) has an idea of what that is like.

Well anyway, let's have a look at FF's numbers this season.

General:
20 Games
18 Games Started
Averaging 20.7 min per game.

Shooting:
31 FG/67 FGA
46.3 FG% (Highest of the team that has played more than 20 min total)
FF is the third lowest player for shot attempts, and since FF is the best shooter on the team, this is discouraging.

4.2 PPG. Like I said KofC thinks you should shoot more. While getting a lot of assists is good (see "Misc." below, let's be a little more selfish. Okay?)

Behind the Arc:
7 3FG/23 3FGA
30.5 3FG%
Surprisingly, FF is the second worst 3 point shooter on the team (besides the 0 for 1 big men) yet 30% is very respectable.

Free Throws:
15 FT/27 FTA
55.6% Free throw shooter.
Wow, come on FF that has to be better if you want to make the draft. While still considerably better than my 11% free throw percentage in 7th grade, I think someone needs to hit the gym.

Misc.
2.1 Rebs a game. Pretty solid.
55 Assists... wow. FF more than doubles the teams average assists per person (excluding bench scrubs)
29 Turn overs
19 Steals.
1 Block Shot. (Would like to have seen that)

Okay, so you need to shoot more, work on your free throws and imrpove the Steal to Turnover ratio.

As a team you are basically getting beat in every statistic except assists and deadball rebounds. It's a good start.

What's up dudes?

2009-01-28T09:43:00.003-06:00

Yeah, so what are you guys all up to?

Dammer, so your engaged to an imaginary girl? That's cool.

Shoes McGee, I got you beat on all but one speed run in Braid.

Pablito, any news on moving to Germany?

Puyo, macking chicks?

SB, anything new besides Mexico?

Adeclipse, hows Texas?

Unky's, how is Luther?

Josey, where have you been?

TILLA, where have you been?

FuggFirst, where have you been?

Also, here is a review of GOW2. Anyone want to play tonight?

Weekend Recap

2009-01-20T14:09:00.005-06:00

Hello KofC,

It's been a real long time since I actually posted a regular post. I would say arguably my last "real" post was December 5th. Those were the good old days. Christmas was still coming up and it wasn't -30 degrees.

Pablito and SB should be at the airport right now waiting for their flight. And I am at work, like a sucker. Feeling pretty sick.

As many of you know Pablito and SB came for the weekend on Saturday afternoon. I picked them up at the airport after a short delay and we went and got pizza at Pete's Pizza.

With both SB and myself feeling pretty sick, we sucked it up and joined some people on a Bar Golf tour. For those of you not familiar with Bar Golf, there are 9 bars on a pub/bar tour. Each one represents a hole and each one has a par. A par 4 is one drink/beer, par 5 is two drinks/beers. You can get birdies, eagles and hole-in-ones by drinking more drinks, shots, drop shots/bombs or combinations of all of them. We joined the group on the third hole, but quickly made up ground and arguably we could have made a case for the win or at least a sudden death playoff.

Amongst a lot of people dressed in golf apparel, we had a good time. One lady came over to us and asked what three good looking dudes were doing talking to each other and not her and her two friends. We politely played along as we might mosey our way over there, but then quickly walked the other way as she went back to report the news to her lonely friends. While the third female was obstructed from view, the two we could see (including the ballsy one who talked to us), were not quite up to our impossibly high standards. The ballsy one I referred too might have actually had balls. Her Adams apple was quite pronounced.

We found a couple new friends and convinced them to play credit card roulette for the next round of hole-in-one inducing irish car bombs. Luckily, each new member of our group got stuck with the bill. No funny business was used, third parties held the cards and the new members got to choose. Sometimes the drinking gods smile down on you.

We ended our night hailing a cab back to my place while a drunk homophob tried to fight us. Good times. We played castle crashers and braid for a while. Which btw, I recommend braid to all KofC members.

The next day we went to a breakfast place called Flat Top. Ate some food, and then played soccer. It was the playoffs and the two ringers I brought in couldn't do shit. Partially due to hangovers? Maybe. But either way my dreams of my soccer team finally winning a game was shattered.

Hungover and sick, we watched football and shawshank redemption for the rest of the night.

Yesterday we went to Notorious. Pablito and I liked it. SB thought it was boring. We then went to ESPN zone for dinner, and then quickly dropped about 60 bucks at the arcade. All throwing out our arms and schooling young children in hockey. After that we went to Lucky Strike, where we played pool and bowled.

Pablito won a very close bowling competition that netted him an extra 40 dollars on the night.

We came back and harassed people on PlayStation Home for a while. The non-workers (SB and Pablito) polished off the night with a boot each.

Some take aways from the weekend:
- Drinking slows down a recovery from sickness.
- Pablito is unstoppable at credit card roulette. (0 losses/6 games)
- SB is pretty good at credit card roulette. (1 loss/6 games)
- I am down right terrible at cc roulette (3 losses/6 games)
- PlayStation Home is fun for only one thing. Cock blocking 43 yr old UPS mechanic pedophiles.
- Obama is now the president of the United States. No matter how you feel about that, you have to admit the car trailing his new limo is down right awesome.

I'll be in MN, not this weekend, but next weekend. Anyone have any plans on Friday the 30th?

GOW2 Tonight

2009-01-15T14:57:00.000-06:00

Talked to SB, and Puyo. Puyo said he talked to Adeclipse. Gears of War 2 tonight? I can play from like 6-8, and then 9-whenever.

Sunday Afternoon Time-wasting

2009-01-04T13:46:00.004-06:00

Man it's been a while, I almost forgot about how much fun it can be to post. In any case, I'm wondering how everyone's Christmas/New Years was. Mine was pretty dang good, hectic but good. I went to DanaWillEatU's Mom's in Sauk Centre for Christmas, back to Owatonna to work on that Friday, to my parent's place in Iowa for the weekend, back up to DanaWillEatU's mom's on Sunday, back to Owatonna on Monday, work for two days, up to DanaWillEatU's sister's house in Hutchinson Wednesday night for New Years, back to Owatonna Friday morning. Needless to say I'm tired of riding/driving.

I don't have an engagement to announce following the holidays, but it's been crossing the mind quite frequently now. One perk of that day coming is that I won't have all of DanaWillEatU's family checking her ring finger every time we come visit.

My New Years report is far less glamourous than last year (at least I didn't get kicked out of a club), although it was quite fun. I mixed Crown and Coke all night with DanaWillEatU's brother-in-laws and watched Superbad and Eagle Eye. We all probably know how entertaining Superbad is, but I'm curious as to whether any of you know how entertaining Eagle Eye is. On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being not entertaining and 10 being Iowa beating up on South Carolina in the Outback Bowl, this rated a 3.2 for me. I think I've gotten more enjoyment out of a Patrick Dempsey chick flick than I did out of Eagle Eye.

Holy cow, the TV just told me that the Baltimore Ravens' Ed Reed has 5 career interceptions in 3 post-season games, that's pretty damn good. Too bad the game isn't all that entertaining and I've been watching Smokey and the Bandit for much of it instead. I never would have guessed that transporting Coors east of Texas back in 1977 would be considered bootlegging. Here are some other online tidbits I've come across as of late:

- Nothing worse than an out of control beaver

- A mildly intense video

- As if we didn't already know

- A buddy at bowling showed this service from Google to me a couple weeks ago, I've already used it when I was lost trying to find DanaWillEatU and I's hotel

I'm going to make another attempt at coming up to the cities for a weekend, potentially the 24th. Go Vikings!

Great article.

2008-12-19T10:14:00.003-06:00

Anyone who follows football at all should read this Bill Simmons article:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/081219

A few excerpts:

Gift No. 2: A Blu-Ray player ($200-250). Better than DVD in every conceivable way. I won't recommend a brand because I don't want to offend a potential sponsor. (By the way, I didn't write that last sentence.) Make sure you also buy an HDMI cable as part of the gift; women always forget that part. Would we buy you a vacuum without a great extension cord? Of course not.

I thought reader Ian in Portage, Mich., summed up the season nicely: "Hey, check out what I did for the last six hours trying to make this work all the way through. OK, Kansas City beat Oakland, which beat Denver, which beat Cleveland, which beat Cincinnati, which beat Jacksonville, which beat Green Bay, which beat Seattle, which beat San Francisco, which beat Buffalo, which beat San Diego, which beat New England, which beat the N.Y. Jets, who beat Arizona, which beat Miami, which beat St. Louis, which beat Dallas, which beat Washington, which beat New Orleans, which beat Tampa Bay, which beat Minnesota, which beat Carolina, which beat Atlanta, which beat Chicago, which beat Indianapolis, which beat Baltimore, which beat Philadelphia, which beat the N.Y. Giants, who beat Pittsburgh, which beat Houston, which beat Tennessee, which beat Detroit, which beat NOBODY."

and:

"Surely, you grew up with Bob Barker and 'The Price is Right.' Hell, who didn't? Well, I hope you saw this call by Drew Carey from the Showcase Showdown. It makes Buck's call of the Helmet Catch sound like Gus Johnson. This is the new high point of announcing low points. As anyone who has watched this show knows, you rarely see anyone sniff $500, let alone $100 of their showcase showdown total. So what do you have here? The first contestant comes within $500 of the Showcase Showdown, then her opponent beats her by hitting the number right on the head!!!! He got it exactly!!!! This could have been -- in the arms of a decent game-show host -- the greatest game show moment of all-time. For God's sake, Drew couldn't have even faked some excitement as he paused and read off the guy's final dollar total? Would that have killed him? Instead, he looked like he just found out that tapioca had been taken off the menu in the CBS cafeteria. There has never been a worse announcer EVER! Seriously, Bob Barker needs to re-enter this show one day, WWE-style, and take Carey out. Oh My God!!!! It's the Undertaker!!!!!!!!"

Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuttin' ta F*&! Wit!

2008-12-18T18:55:00.012-06:00

As promised, I'm taking some time now to write a quick blog about the Wu-Tang Clan concert SB and I attended on Monday. That's right, the Wu-Tang Clan. I'd seen the concert advertised for a while and thought it would be interesting to go because I used to listen to them back in the day as a rebellious teenager and I still pop in a Ghostface CD every once in a while in my car. So on Sunday I asked SB if he was interested and much to my surprise he said "yea, bring da muthaf%$#in' ruckus!"

I bought the tix and then we realized we were little scared. Neither of us had been to a rap show, would there be thugs and gangsters poppin caps in the dorky white guys there? We overcame our fears (and the rotten weather) and it turns out most of Wu-Tang's fans are nerdy white guys just like us. We learned another valuable lesson too, rap shows have complete disregard for the scheduled start time. It was supposed to start at 8:00 but I suggested we show up late so we wouldn't see the opener. We got there at 8:45 and waited over an hour before the screen hiding the stage came up. And then the opener came out! They were a Wu-Tang affiliate called Ice Water. They did a few songs then the screen came back down for about another hour before we finally saw Wu. The concert finally finished up at about 1 AM, resulting in me calling in sick the next day for work.

You can see it was actually quite similar to the last concert SB and I went to, Weezer. Each band has similar gang signs and a fanbase of dorky, urban white dudes...

Here's a quick vid I took with my phone.

The Fly Plane

2008-12-13T14:38:00.002-06:00

Click on link then scroll down

Does anyone want to help me make this?

Laser that burns things

2008-12-08T15:58:00.003-06:00

All you need is an old Xbox HDDVD drive and some other stuff that I don't really understand.

But you can light matches with the laser. I am sure I have a need for that.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/07/diy-james-bond-laser-gun-wont-make-you-anything-like-james-bo/

Daymonster's Christmas List

2008-12-03T16:15:00.002-06:00

Here is a list of some of the stuff I hope Santa Claus brings me.

1. Nerf N-Strike Vulcan EBF-25
It's a fully auto nerf gun that has a rate of fire of about 2-3 darts per second. It has a tripod for holding down the base or a strap to carry it around Josey style.

2. Wild Planet’s Spy Video ATV-360
That little eye piece fits over your eye and the ear phone goes in your (you guessed it) ear. You drive this bad boy in the girls locker room and well, you get the idea... too bad you can't record on this thing.

3. McDonald's Gift Cards

Even though they got rid of the Double Cheeseburger and now call it the McDouble because it only has one slice of cheese, I don't care I can eat it without ever leaving my building at work.

What kind of crap to you guys want?

Help Wanted.

2008-11-30T12:40:00.003-06:00

My parents just got a new TV (Sharp 32" LCD HDTV) and they're having trouble syncing the audio and video (audio comes in before video). Would digital audio coaxial cables help this situation (it seems not, because the audio is not the problem) or do I need some sort of new video component cable? Right now the TV is hooked up to a cable box and I have a coax cable loading the video from the box to the TV and basic red/white audio cords loading the audio from the box to the TV. Is there anything I can do to solve this problem?

I looked it up online and stumbled across this pessimistic response. It's pretty interesting--should check it out.

http://mixonline.com/post/features/audio_late_future/

Happy Thanksgiving from all your friends!

2008-11-27T11:35:00.001-06:00

Convo with Puyo

2008-11-25T15:40:00.002-06:00

I signed on to facebook about 5 minutes ago and puyo started talking to me. Here is the conversation:

Puyo: u sukc
Daymonster: yep
Puyo: sucker
Daymonster: u sukc sucker?
Puyo: yep
Puyo: no its separate
Daymonster: u sukc. sucker. ?
Puyo: yep
Puyo is offline

Thanks.

UnkyTrip!

2008-11-20T13:45:00.004-06:00

I'm very pleased we're going back to the blog. I liked the layout of the forum, but when it is only us talking this is just so much more user friendly.

Other than being extremely hungover and having to start and write a 15 page paper on 19th century banking that is due tomorrow, things are looking good for Warthog.

Last night I found out that I made it into the top band (insert "boner" joke here) and now I'll be able to go to Japan and China for 3 weeks after graduation this spring. You can see that I'm obviously looking forward to the GreatWallterSlide.

Forum vs Blog

2008-11-20T11:36:00.002-06:00

I think people got confused on what I was trying to do when I posted the thing about Daymosnter's forum... Basically I was testing out the templates to see how it works for when I made MNBaseballForum.com

I never intended it to be a replacement for the blog. But at the same time if KofC members would have wanted something like that (like a KofC forum not Daymonsters) I would have been fine with it.

At least it would more likely for other people to be the creator of the content and not just a commenter. If I stop posting shit, people stop commenting and then I have nothing to read on the interwebs.

Basically what I am saying is... Josey where the fuck did you go? Stop being so self important and post some funny shit. Pablito, post something. Anything. Fan Fiction? SB, write another thing about Josey. Eternal make another vid. Dammer, keep up the good work on MNBaseballForum. I'm too lazy to keep writing, someone needs to help me out. I went over a year... WE went over a year... we can't let this fail now.

No Words

2008-11-19T13:47:00.002-06:00

WAY COOLER

Daymonster's Forum

2008-11-12T10:41:00.001-06:00

Your one stop shop for information... Poker, Bowling, Video Games and Drinking... Adeclipse, don't worry a calf-roping category is on it's way.

http://daymonster.com/forum/

Monday

2008-11-10T16:16:00.003-06:00

Couple things I have been thinking about over the weekend, in no particular order.

- The game Braid is really fun you should buy it on Xbox Live Arcade.

- The demo for Mirror's Edge was also really fun. You should down load it one Xbox Live.

- Anyone play Fallout 3 or Gears of War 2 yet? Are they good? Is it worth it?

- Still can't get Adobe CS3 to install and it's really pissing me off.

- Civ Rev was on sale at target for 35 bucks. You should buy if if you haven't yet. SB and Pablito play it frequently.

- I bought Little Big Planet for PS3. It's pretty fun, it was a lot more fun until they started deleting the user made levels for copyright infringement.

- Vikes Won, Steelers Lost, Bears Lost. Good day.

- What are peoples holiday plans? Who's going to be in the area and when? Hope everyone is doing well.

Sincerly,
Monster

Video Games or Wife?

2008-11-07T12:16:00.003-06:00

Found on Digg today from http://www.burbia.com/node/2096

Guy: What's normal?
Woman: Probably not all waking hours.
Guy: I don't....
Woman: You're right, once in a while you sit in front of the TV eating Doritos watching wrestling.
Guy: By whose standards is any behavior normal?
Woman: By my standards, that say if you don't cut down the gaming by say, 90%, I'm leaving you and taking the kids.
Guy: (pauses) Those are your standards.
Woman: Yea, and you've got a week to make them yours.

______________________

Ed Note: This one was submitted by a Burbia friend outside Boston. After laughing, we tried to confirm with him it actually happened. The friend said he was at the diner with his girlfriend, in a booth in front of the happy couple. He said the couple was loud, especially the woman who, he observed, was chain-drinking coffee and "kept waving her hands like a lunatic." One time, he said, "I had to slide over because she kept knocking the back of my head." Our friend said the stuff leading up to this particular moment was equally nutty -- something about the guy not listening to her, and the woman not hearing him and their arguing endlessly about the difference between "hearing" and "listening." Your basic nightmare.

By the time our guy could start scribbling what he was hearing (or listening to?) on his placemat, the arguing couple was now onto this particular thread. So, he scribbled it as best he could. We spoke to our friend's girlfriend who also said it happened. In fact, she said that, when they got home, she started giving our friend a hard time for his football obsession--not because he watched so much (which he did) but because, according to her, he never shut up about it, as if she really gave a crap about the details of his 8 different fantasy league teams' standings and player performances.

So, what did this guy choose? His gaming or his wife? Our eavesdropper said that, after ongoing arguing, the guy stood up, then sat down, then quickly stood up again -- and he said something along the lines of, "not fair," or "not right" and, in the same motion of stuffing some french fries in his mouth, stormed off.

In this spirit, we tee up this overheard. Some of us have been in similar siutations -- whether over gaming or TV watching or hanging with buddies or simply staring too long into space. Is this one totally authentic? We think so -- on the other hand, who knows. We like it, though; at worst it's representational and entertaining, so we say....enjoy and consider it a possible cautionary tale. And if you can figure out the difference between "hearing" and "listening" please let us know. (E.g., when we say, "I hear you," doesn't that mean I not only hear the sounds you're making but "get" what you're saying?) Also, why is it OK to "meditate" -- that's considered productive, socially acceptable -- but not OK to stare comfortably and happily (and blankly) into space? We think staring-into-space is highly underrated as a legitimate activity...of course, that's another conversation and conflict. ...overhear more

--Overheard in: Diner, Outside Cambridge MA--

Happy Haloween, Knights!

2008-11-02T13:36:00.002-06:00

How was everyone's Haloween? What did everyone end up being? Warthog and I bought windsuits from the local good will and went out as Team USA. Despite a few run ins with the police and failing to get into the bar saturday night because of long lines and pushy people, we had a pretty solid Haloween weekend.
Stories anyone?

Halloween Costume Pt 2.

2008-10-29T12:17:00.003-05:00

So Adeclipse's idea of "God's Gift to Women" made it to number 7 on the "20 Costumes that will earn you a Halloween Beating"

But I think this one is way worse.

Get it? Hung like a horse! Cause it's a horse where his penis is and there is a noose around it. Wow, that is rich!

KofC Podcast Episode 2: Auntie Eternalex Edition

2008-10-28T09:00:00.004-05:00

Welp, I finally finished editing the second edition of the podcast. It's about 13 minutes long and mostly features an interview with Unky Eternal's "adoring" friend, Auntie Enternalex. It ends fairly abruptly at the end, because I couldn't find anything good to end it with. I still have some good audio of us playing drinking games and talking about religion, but that will have to wait for episode 3.

Something things I learned while doing this:
1- I talk really loud when I am drunk (who doesn't)
2- I get a speech impediment when I am drunk
3- It's really hard not to say peoples real names
4- I kept saying, "this is a really good podcast" and "this is good stuff" and the amount of time we have been recording, which after editing, is never accurate.
5- Puyo talks very quietly so he is impossible to capture on audio tape.
6- Some people think it's called a blogcast. Which I kind of like.
7- I thought I edited some of this crap out, but when I went back to it, it was all still in there, and I was too lazy to do it again.

Here you go, you can download the mp3 here (right click, save target).

Or you can stream it here:

Saw V and Halloween

2008-10-24T16:27:00.002-05:00

Who knew a 2 day work week could still suck so much?

Anyway, as I am sure you are all aware, two of my favorite movie series are premiering tonight. High School Musical 3: Senior Year and Saw V. Squatting Bear, I am sure you are planning on seeing Saw V? Do you think you will have to walk out in the middle of it and come back like you did with The Strangers?

Which I just realized Dennis from Always Sunny is in that movie... strange. (no pun intended)

The recordings from last weekend are pretty interesting and sometimes annoying. Will hopefully have it up and ready to go this weekend. It would have been a lot easier to edit it if Josey wouldn't have kept calling certain girls by their full first and last name.

Halloween is almost here. What do you think the top costumes are going to be? Sarah Palin for girls? Leger Joker for guys? What is the KofC dressing up as?

I am going as a Ghostbuster and or Greenman.

Spoiler pics: Burr/Unky Warthog buys a new car

2008-10-23T01:36:00.004-05:00

Unky warthog decided to run over all his poker opponents using his warthog skills and won some poker tournaments. Now, Unky Warthog has purchased his brand new, personal warthog-car..spoiler pics below!!!

Congratulations Unky Warthog!

Attention all Knights.

2008-10-17T11:17:00.001-05:00

Dear Knights,

Before I begin my law work for the day I felt like we needed to clear up what is going on tomorrow. I was unable to get a reservation before 9:30, and many of you have indicated you just cannot wait that long to eat. So we must consider alternatives.

It dawned on me just moments ago that I have not participated in a large lan party in a long time, and from the poll I see many Knights would like to eat at the K of C house. Thus, I am proposing we have a lan, eat some steaks, and get wasted all night long – can anyone say Halo 1. We are going to need some more TVs and Xboxes but I am sure we can come up with those.

Please Knights share your feelings about this new idea and what you would like to do tomorrow so I can cancel the reservation if no one wants to go. If people would like to have a lan please begin debating about teams for Halo 1, Halo3, and COD4 now.

Thank you, Josey Wales

P.S. Loco is on my team.

Saturday Evening Post (Get it?)

2008-10-16T10:46:00.004-05:00

So looks like the tentative plans are to go to Manny's at 9:30pm. From some of the comments I am not sure if everyone is on board. Before I say anything further, I want everyone to thank Josey for getting us that reservation. But Pablito, Eternal, Warthog and I are all a little concerned about the late eating time.

Some possibilities are:

Try and get a reservation at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.
Go somewhere that is not a steakhouse. (Josey, I know, out of the question, I'm just saying)
Grill at the KofC Clubhouse
Other

I know Josey wants to make sure we go out somewhere. Understandable for a man in his situation, while the KofC is a great group of people, we don't have too many vaginas in the clan (Except maybe Adeclipse, oooh burn).

I really could care less if we go out, would rather not go to a "club" unless it's Stargate. I never made it in there last time as when I came back in the limo, there was a drunk SB wandering around the parking lot.

Nice clubs probably won't let me in with my new mustache anyway. Vote for what you want to do on the right, and comment on specifics.