This Month in WoW - June 2015 (My Opinion)

Yesterday, there was a news-flash on the World of Warcraft home page talking about what to expect this month. I couldn't help but read through it and write my opinion on what they've promised us towards the near future, so let's get right into the news.

Events

Ofcourse, every month features some special events. June isn't going to be any different than what we're used to, and I'm personally pretty darn exited about what's coming up.

Midsummer Fire Festival (June 21st - July 5th)

Loads of fire all over the place. There is no element more beautiful than fire in my opinion, so the thought of a whole fire festival alone makes me happy.

But what makes this even more exciting is the fact that the Frost Lord Ahune will be there for you to fight and acquire a special pet called the "Frigid Frostling".

As you can see, it looks like your average elemental but I still think that the ice variant of these looks best so if I were you, I'd make sure I got this thing because it'd be awesome to have this thing follow you around.

The Return of the Darkmoon Faire (June 7th - 14th)

That's right: the Darkmoon Faire is coming back once again so you can have your daily dose of fun in the world of Azeroth for a full week. Not to mention some of the cool-looking rewards you can get there, but those aren't anything new so I don't feel the need to cover them. You can check them out by yourself next week.

Tournaments

We all love seeing man-on-man combat, but don't necessarily feel the urge to go to arms ourselves. That's why we watch tournaments on Twitch, but you'd miss these if you didn't have their schedules so you can check those out on either their respective websites or the official WoW news post.

Updates

In terms of updates, Blizzard didn't really announce anything in their post. Don't worry though: we all know that Blizzard won't sit still and will keep working on improving the game as much as possible so that we can keep playing new content.

RuneScape Podcast #48: Diversions, Distractions and Deaths (My Opinion)

In this episode of the RuneScape Podcast, the special guests are from the Ninja Team. The Ninja team does loads of smaller updates that are frequently requested by the players so that the game gets optimized even in the little details.

Wow, these guys really don't sit still, do they? The amount of additions to the game these guys just summed up is huge. I follow some of these guys on Twitter so that I get to see the smaller updates that are coming up in the near future as quickly as possible, but I never imagined it actually being the Ninja team being as active as they are.

Another thing I loved to hear is that they released an update for Free2Play. I'll need to dive into that and I will probably make a post about that pretty soon.

They also told us to submit any ideas to RuneLabs instead of sending it to anywhere else. This is something I think is unnecessary to notice: if people can't be bothered to go over to RuneLabs to submit their ideas, they probably don't think their ideas are that important at all. If it doesn't make it in RuneLabs, the community doesn't really want it. That's the way it works with RuneScape since the release of RuneLabs.

A quite interesting thing to note is that this is already the second podcast in line that is about the Ninja team. These guys are quite popular as they provide small tweaks whenever they get requested a lot and that is something that loads of MMO's should probably concider having a seperate team for as the community really has loads of cool ideas. I mean, seriously, the community are the people that pay for the game and keep it up and running. Why not give them the right to speak up for themselves and let them tell Jagex exactly what they want?

All of the questions they answered, ofcourse, come from the forums so if you want them to dive into any questions you might have about the game, simply go to the forums on the official RuneScape website. You'll get your answers in no time.

If you have suggestions for the game, simply head over to the RuneLabs section of the official web-site and you can submit it right away. If it gets loads of votes, Jagex will concider adding your idea to the game and your idea could be added in no time.

Hacker Takes Over Plane!?

The FBI claims that a hacker has taken over control of a plane while it was flying in mid-air, the man denies this.

Hacking can have some serious consequences, even joking about it can get you arrested in some cases. A tweet from Chris Roberts (@Sidragon1) jokes about "playing with EICAS messages" as he "finds himself on a 737/800". Well, the FBI claims he actually did that and arrested him.

I personally don't know much about what he was planning on doing but I know enough about software to understand that no system is flawless and there is always a way for someone to take control of whatever system you're using.

His electronics, including a MacBook Pro, were taken by the police.

The FBI also claims that he has told them he was actually able to take control over the Thrust Management Computer using the entertainment system in the airplane. This gave him the ability of steering the plane and he was able to tell the plane to climb. This seemed like an unstable command, because only one of the engines actually started to climb so that the plane moved sideways. At least that's what the Canadian APTN National News says.

When Chris talked to Wired, he told them a completely different story. He told them he did about fifteen experiments on other flights to gain access to the plane network, but that he never did more than just take a look. He claims he only performed a climbing command in a virtual test in stead of on an actual airplane. Roberts said he didn't interfere with any plane while in flight.

He was actually kicked off the plane for this tweet, which I think is a good thing as any interferance with an airplane's system could result in the whole thing crashing and when that happens, people die. You wouldn't want to have to live with the fact that your curiosity has killed people, would you?

Conclusion: don't even joke around about stuff like that, plane pilots don't like jokes.

Filming at the Music Academy

One of my passions is filming and photography, I love playing around with designs. Today, I went to film for the music academy and I had some interesting experiences there so I decided to tell you all about what happened.

We had one spare battery so that one of us (me along with another student at the academy) could run out of battery charge before we'd start to lose footage. We thought this wouldn't be a problem as both cameras indicated that their batteries were doing just fine. So we set up our cameras and waited for the event to start.

Three minutes into the event I noticed my battery was going down extremely fast. It only took three minutes for the thing to go from indicating the battery was full of charge to it automatically shutting of because it had no electricity left.

Ofcourse I went and checked the spare battery because I thought I could use that one for the rest of the event, but my friend had already used that one because his battery had only 50% charge left at the start of the event and I couldn't find his used battery.

I was honestly pissed at this point, but I wasn't allowed to show the audience that there was trouble so I pretty much just stood there watching the event without having to pay (maybe that's a new way to get "free tickets"?"

After the event I told the other guy about my battery problems and he showed me that the other battery was at the other side of the room, recharging. I felt so stupid because I should've went to ask him where it was but I didn't do that for the purpose of not disturbing the audience.

What I learned from this is that you should always keep on trying to find a way to achieve your goals and that the time or effort it takes doesn't really matter as long as you succeed.

I didn't do that and they were unhappy about me not providing them any of the promised footage.

Apple Support Calls Me Rebecca!?

I decided to call Apple Support about a question I had about the Apple Watch, just because I wanted to know more about how it actually works with the iPhone (I might concider buying it). This is what happened.

Getting through to the customer support service was easy. I didn't have to do anything fancy, I just started Hangouts and called the USA phone number because that one is free and for some reason the Belgian 0800 number (which should, by law, be free too) complained about me not having enough money on my Hangouts to make the call.

Suddenly I hear a male voice say "Hi Rebecca, are you calling about your recent repair?". I freaked out because I thought I had done something wrong and called from someone else's number, so I was seriously speachless. The guy proceeded and told me to press 1 if it was about the repair and 2 if it wasn't. I honestly should've pressed 1 in order to see if they'd kick me off the call or not but I didn't want to do any harm to this "Rebecca" so I pressed 2 and he asked me what it was about. I was confused, so I really didn't know what to answer. I ended up asking the question but didn't get any reply so I hung up.

I think this is very weird and I decided to make a post about it just to see if anyone else has been experiencing this and if I did anything wrong by trying to make a call to the USA number while I live in Belgium.

If you know any more about this issue, please tell me by leaving a comment on this post.

Guy shows Middle Finger to Monkey, gets a Dropkick to the FACE

I just saw an awesome viral video on YouTube and wanted to share my opinion about it with you guys.

What  you see here is a monkey that knows what the middle finger means and understands that he shouldn't get disrespected by this... human. The quality of the video is not the best I've ever seen, but that doesn't take anything away from how funny it is.

The guy thinks he can get away with publically disrespecting an animal by showing it his middle finger. Well, it didn't really work out for you this time! The monkey jumped up and dropkicked the guy, so that he made himself look like a fool instead of acting all "cool" by disrespecting an animal that is probably more intelligent than he is himself.

Another funny aspect of this video is... the comment section. I've picked out my favorite comments on this video and will tell you what I think of them.

Well, David Manhart, that's one true thing. But... before you want to disrespect someone, get your research done. As far as I know, their name is spelled with a K instead of a C. Ouch.

Good question. To be honest, I think the monkey is more "evolved" than this particular guy, but when it comes to the species itself I have to give you my biased opinion of us being the most "evolved" as we have managed to rule all of Earth.

Good idea. You don't want to look like a fool in front of over 5 million people!

That's it for this post, I hope you have all enjoyed.

My Opinion on the Apple Watch

This is not going to be an experience-based review, this is just me giving my opinion on the Apple Watch as the internet presents it. I get the information used to form my own opinion from the official Apple Watch page and various other blogs that have made reviews about it.

Apple went with a simple, modern and generally beautiful design. If what they claim on their website is true, this watch would be a very good buy. The only big flaw that I found out about on other blogs and that Apple didn't even mention on their website is that you need an iPhone in order to be able to use it. I guess my Motorola Moto E 4G (2015) simply won't do the trick when it comes down to using the Apple Watch.

They're apparently using the digital crown on the side of the watch as a main user input, but it also has a touchscreen on it so that you can also use it as if it's just a smartphone wrapped around your wrist. I really like this idea, even though I'm not really sure if it'll work that well.

Another thing we're not used to seeing from Apple but we will be seeing on the Apple Watch is a large amount of personalisation options. I really like that you're able to choose the looks on just about every single aspect of your watch so that your device is truly unique.

That's it for this quick opinionated review, I don't have the watch myself so I can't really do a more in-depth review while still being sure the information I provide is correct and reliable.

My Move from Firefox to Chrome

As you might have noticed because of me actually having posted some Google Chrome App reviews recently, I've changed browsers from Mozilla Firefox to Google Chrome. In this post, I'll cover why I downloaded Chrome in the first place and why I ended up sticking with it.

Okay, first of all I want to tell you guys that I don't want to hate on Firefox and I think that it's a great browser and does exactly what it needs to do. I really liked Firefox and I still think that for those who use their browser for productivity purposes only it's probably the perfect browser.

The big problem here is: I don't try to be as productive as possible with my internet experience.

The reason why I downloaded Google Chrome is because I wanted to see the difference between YouTube videos in 30 FPS and 60 FPS. It turns out you can't actually notice the difference, but that doesn't really matter as I ended up sticking around anyways. Here's why.

I like some stuff to do on the side, a never-ending journey of finding out about new functions you can use to make your computer as personal as possible. This usually makes me pretty productive in the long run, but that's just because I always end up choosing the apps/programs that make my PC/smartphone as fast to use as possible (due to me not liking to waste loads of time knowing that it could actually be done faster).

And that's where Google Chrome comes in. Its App Store makes me able to add an almost infinite amount of apps to my browser so that I can get the most out of my browser. In fact, I'm using the MyMusicCloud app to listen to my music without the need of a thousand songs being stored on my laptop (this app will come in extremely handy in the future, because I usually fill my phone and laptop up with thousands of songs within a month and decide to delete most of it just to stumble upon the same problem a month later).
Firefox just didn't do the job in this aspect: it has extensions, but good Firefox extensions are harder to find than apps on Google's extremely user-friendly App Store.
That, apart from me liking the Chrome design more than the Firefox one, is pretty much the reason why I stuck around with Chrome.

Bashur: 18 million Volts of forgiveness!? (Bashur tasers his genitals!!!)

Some people have a weird way of getting back together and forgiving each other for whatever they may have done. We all know that. But Bashur and Clara take it to a whole new level: they made a video of them tasering each other in order to "forgive" each other.

If you actually feel the need to taser your partner for what they've done to you, you probably shouldn't get back together in the first place, let alone have gotten in a relationship in the first place. But they ended up getting together and while she's clearly just in it for the money, he goes with it. It's his choice really, but in my opinion the decisions he's making right now are, in my opinion, not very smart.

What I found very funny in the video is that Bashur didn't believe the taser actually hurt so he was foolish enough to put 18 million volts of electricity onto his genitals. Yes, he actually did that. Well, after seeing that I can kind of see why he's still unable to see that Clara is, in fact, a pure gold digger. Seriously, Bash, you should listen to Keemstar a bit more often because you honestly don't even have a clue of what people like Clara are able to get away with and Keemstar is smarter than he might seem (especially when you take into account that he's covering rumors like all the time).

I found the video very interesting and I hope you did too.

Google Chrome App Review: Drumbit - Creating Music for Beginners

Drumbit is basically just a kind of soundboard you can use to create sound loops using various pre-made kits, so that creating music is now easier than ever before.

While apps like these really aren't new (you'll find quite a couple on any app store out there), they keep on convincing me to try them out. It's just something that I really love to do: create little loops of music and eventually, if they sound good, put them together and create myself a little song.
This one was really nice. Unlike with most others that I've tried out so far, you can actually choose every single sound. It's built up in a grid of squares, where you basically check the squares of the right instrument at the right spot in the timeline. This timeline consists of 16 beats, something that should probably get expanded in a future update because it's really not enough if you want to create a professional-sounding loop.

You also have the usual volume for every single instrument. This one isn't smooth like you'd expect it to be, but it doesn't have that annoying stutter either. It's pretty much like the volume on a smartphone: limited yet good enough.

A feature I really liked to play around with was the different kits. The coolest thing I've been doing with this is just creating a nice loop in one kit, and trying out what it sounds like in the other kits. It turns out that this actually... works! I really liked the different "songs" that I was able to create using this little trick and I think João Carlos Santos (the creator of the app) probably wanted this to be like that so that people could explore music in a different way. I know I'm just jumping to conclusions here, but he seems like a music genius to me.

I think that if you're planning on getting into music more than just putting the radio on every now and then to see what the newest trends are, you should at least try this app out to get a taste of how easy it can be to create music.
That's it for now, if you want to get the app just search it up on the Chrome Web Store.

Google Chrome App Review: TweetDeck

I've just tried out a Google Chrome app called Tweetdeck, and I decided to make a review on it. You guys might be seeing more reviews like these coming up in the future, so let's get started.

It's essentially just a tool for your Twitter account that makes it easier to keep up with everything going on on there. It's made by Twitter itself, so you don't have to worry about any spam randomly appearing on your twitter account.

It puts the various pages Twitter has (messages, activity, mentions and so on) on a single page. You can change it up the way you like it: you can choose what appears and where it appears and much more, but I'll leave all of that for you guys to discover.

A really interesting feature that I will use quite a lot is a little page that shows you the various keyboard shortcuts that are on this thing. There's a lot, so it'll take me some time to get used to.

As you can see, it makes what you can do with it pretty clear. All of these shortcuts are pretty logic, but it'll still take me a lot of time to get used to as I've already stated before.

Another cool-looking panel is the New Tweet one. You can access it by either using the "N" shortcut on your keyboard or clicking the icon on the top-left corner of your screen.

Apart from it looking good, it also supports a feature that I did not yet know of. You can actually schedule tweets! This is something that I haven't really found any use for yet, but I just KNOW will come in handy some day.

As you can see, it looks very good while not being so big that you can no longer see any new tweets.

That's really all you can say about the TweetDeck App. You can find it by clicking here or searching for it in the Chrome Web Store.

HEALTH: Don't even TRY cocaine, it'll INSTANTLY alter your brain PERMANENTLY!

I've just read an article online about drugs. I thought it was something very important for you guys to know, as it affects loads of people and the issue should be adressed as much as possible.

What is this amazing threat that I'm talking about? Well, people often say they'll have the will power to fight addiction. Well, let's get into why that is not a good mindset when it comes down to cocaine.

Well, drugs like cocaine don't affect only the body part they're "supposed" to affect (the nerve system, so that you either feel more energetic and alert or sleepy and reduced pain).
A single dose of cocaine also affected a mechanism in the brain's reward center in a University of East Anglia study. What does this change mean? Well, it makes you more likely to relapse into addiction. It literally eats away your will power, so that this argument ("I'll just use my will power to keep myself from getting addicted") is invalid. In fact, I find it quite ironic. This argument is the most common argument when it comes to people trying out drugs and it's also the most absurd one. Funny, in its own way.
They didn't test this on humans, ofcourse. They tested it on mice. Don't instantly go and say "Then it's not sure yet", because it actually is sure already. Mice brains have the same receptors as human ones, so it shouldn't make any difference.
Also, I think it's pretty good to know that they found exactly what they were looking for in this experiment. They were looking for the reason why relapse among cocaine addicts is such a big problem. This was not the end of their research: they've already identified a potential cure (something that pretty much reverses the impact on the mechanism).
Hooray to science, this could be a whole new chapter to the war on drugs as they can now (probably) "cure" the will power of drug addicts.

I hope you've all learned something from this.


P.S.: The fact that they have a potential cure for this impact doesn't mean you should try cocaine out: it'll take them some time to actually develop a proper cure IF this potential cure would work.

My Daily Routine: School days

As I've already done a post on my daily routine during the holidays when the Easter holidays were still there to protect me from the harsh reality they call "school", I'll do one on my daily routine on school days. It's kind of odd that I do this during the weekend, but I didn't really have that much time this week so I'll just go with it.

Morning

Oh, do I hate this time of the day whenever I need to go to school. I get up at 7 o'clock, get ready the way I guess every single one of you does (you know, brush my teeth and shower and so on) and I go to school on my bike. It takes me about 20 minutes to get there, and I use an earphone (in my right-hand side ear, so that the traffic is on the side that doesn't have the earphone in it and I can properly hear what's going on, there has been enough accidents in my area and I don't want to add one to that) and the Spotify app to make the drive less boring.

Don't wear both of them, concider your own safety in traffic. Please. One is more than enough to hear your music.

Noon/Afternoon

Well, I don't really have anything special going on at school. We have gym just before noon on thursdays and just after noon on fridays. My school, compared to the other schools in my area, is really good but... you know, it's still school.

Late Afternoon/Evening

Now THIS is when the magic happens and if this time of the day wasn't there, all the rest wouldn't be worth it. It's when I game, record YouTube video's for my channel and write blog posts. I also play a lot of guitar, sometimes a little bit of piano and listen to loads of songs on Spotify.

Apart from all of that, I go to sleep at 10PM and get up at 7AM the next day to restart my routine.

I hope you've all enjoyed this post, I sure love making these so leave a +1 to show me how much you liked it :-)!

Bashur finds out ClaraBabylegs USED HIM!?

You probably still remember what I posted about the Bashur situation. Everything came out about him, and I'm actually happy to tell you guys that he's now fine and people have accepted that it's in the past. But now, he gets struck with Clara having used him. In this post, we find out how far she'd be willing to go in her gold-digging habits and hear what Keemstar has to say on the matter.

Honestly, I was getting sick an tired of this whole situation. That's also the reason why I took so long to actually start to write this post. It's just getting old, but this news struck me so much I just HAD to write a post about it.
Bashur did another interview with Keemstar. I pretty much just thought "Okay, another video of Keemstar accusing people of loads of stuff and Bashur just sitting there without even doing anything." This was, however, not true! Keemstar brought forward a friend of his, who has been paying Clara for stuff like being nice to Bashur and text the guy saying she still loves him and so on. Bashur suddenly says he got that text litteraly THAT MORNING.
Conclusion? Clara is, in fact, a golddigger. Unlike all that she has claimed in her recent video.

Oh, poor Clara, LEARN TO ACT. I knew from the first sentence you said you weren't honest, you were just reading a script. You are simply a golddigger. Now you apparently sucked up to another YouTuber? And it's even a guy from the BahmLounge? You should seriously be ashamed of yourself. You're disgusting, not worth it to be a part of the YouTube community.
As a YouTuber, I find it very troubling that someone like Clara can still keep her channel while we all know she's only in it for the money and uses her gender and body to suck up to big YouTubers. Seriously, you should go back to working at a chicken restaurant like you did before Bashur came around and made the biggest mistake of his life. And yes, that is to start a relationship with someone like you and not some mistake he made over a decade ago.
I hope you feel very bad, you deserve to.

Sorry for the rant guys, the "you"-form is directed to Clara.