Singaming Minecraft Server

You guys may have noticed the influx of Minecraft posts lately; that is because I have been playing a lot of Minecraft in my spare time recently. The reason for this is that I found a great multiplayer server with a cool community on it. Following is a pretty in depth look at Sincraft!

The Gerudoku Minecraft Texture Pack

 

Recently I checked out several texture packs because I was bored of the normal Minecraft textures; Gerudoku's has to be my favorite out of all of the ones I tried. It is an amazingly themed and complete texture pack.

Minecraft Clocktower

People seem to like the stuff me and my friends have built in Minecraft so I'll continue posting them; this is Chris's clock-tower that took him a couple days to build and then another to fix when Ryan TNT'd it. The random wood track is just our tram system that links all major creations together.

This is the main inside room and the stairs go up to several levels with some small rooms. There isn't much in the rooms however.

This is a view from the very top of the tower that looks out across our world; from here you can see a bunch of our creations some of which I may feature here in the future.

Magicka Vietnam

Arrowhead Studios has announced the first major DLC for their intuitive game Magicka, which if you do already own, I highly recommend you buy; hell it's only ten bucks and is loads of fun especially with friends. The original Magicka was set in a midevil period but the Magicka team, sticking to their wild and crazy side, have done a complete 180 by setting the DLC in...Vietnam! My guess is that they will use Vlad's time traveling powers to tie it into the story somehow.

If you have ever wondered what it would be like to be a wizard in Vietnam this game is for you! Check out the official trailer:

Minecraft Prison

On my Minecraft server I built a prison, partially for fun and partially for locking people up if I want; just demote the person to the prisoner rank and teleport them in! So here's a look at my prison.

Firelands Information Released!

Recently mmo-champion posted a Firelands preview with a bunch of pictures; Firelands will be the next raid instance and the second tier of raiding in Cataclysm. There will be seven bosses including Fandral Staghelm, former archdruid of Darnassus; Alysra, a green dragon; and of course Ragnaros the Firelord. In addition to the raid there will also be a new daily quest zone for more rep grinding, yay!

The Archon Toilet

I've seen this amazing trick pulled off more frequently recently and still many people do not know what it is; the archon toilet will destroy a pop capped army in 2-3 seconds if done correctly and it only requires some archons, a mothershop, and maybe some psi storms for added effect. Even if you aren't protoss you should know about this to make sure you don't let it happen.

If you want to go for a toilet build a mothership first and warp some of your high templar into 4-5 archons; then move out with your entire army keeping the mothership and archons in the back so they do not get sniped early. Try to catch your opponent's army when they are clustered up and drop a vortex in the middle of them. Hopefully the majority of their army gets sucked into the vortex and the stragglers get picked off.

An opponent's gut reaction is to run into the vortex so that the part of their army not caught in it doesn't get mowed down on their own, but if you are going for a toilet this is exactly what you want. Charge all of your archons into the vortex and position your high templar in a spot where they can drop storms on top of the vortex. As soon as the vortex fades drop some storms on it, they aren't necessary as the archons do a pretty good job of murdering everything but they help.

Presto, all that is left of your opponent's 200/200 army is a bunch of blood. I've watched replays of diamond and even master league players losing a game to this technique; it is amazing how fast the food count drops in a split second. So if you are playing against a mothership and you see archons, run away from the vortex for the love of God don't seek safety within it!

If you are wondering why this works it is in face quite simple. Archons have an area of effect attack that will hit all units within a small distance of their target. The vortex sucks all units together into a tight ball on the same exact spot. So for a second after the vortex breaks all the units inside are right on top of eachother allowing the archons to hit everything at once. The storms are there to finish off weakend units. Here is a short youtube video I found of the toilet but you do not need nearly as many archons as that guy had, around 4 will suffice in most cases. 

Here is another of some battlecruisers getting obliterated.