Playing Conrad in Wrath of Heroes

Yo!

I know I wasn't active on youtube lately. Well, now it's the time to remedy that. Ladies and gentleman I bring you silliness and horrible game play, I hope you will enjoy this kind of sense of humour.

Bashing fan boys with heavy hammer

Fan (fanboy) is an abbreviation from FANatic. Indeed, we shall no longer fool ourselves. That is where this word is coming from. I shouldn’t remind you that fanaticism carries a burden of negative connotations and righteously so. Throughout history we’ve encountered many form of fanaticism. Fanatic can act uncritically with great zeal or passion on many different areas. Religious (God wills it, thus we shall purge heathens by holy flame), nationalistic (Germany before WW2), racial (Ku Klux Klan). In our modern society we developed new form of fanaticism: sports (which can be stretched to e-sports as well) and products, I’ll take a closer look at the last form.
 

Of course there is many kinds of products, however we won’t be discussing disputes between Coca-Cola and Pepsi (because everyone knows Pepsi is much better). Do you see what I did there?

Instead we rather focus about something we care about, which is  games.
 

In general fanboys claim they love one game or game genre and hate everything else. Is it because they just spend 60 $ and they are trying to prove before themselves and whole world they didn’t waste money on that purchase. Or it’s just “my way or the highway” thinking (which is completely wrong, because I’m not [nor is anybody else] affected in my choice of favourite games by anyone else tastes). It is not for me to judge narrowed opinions of fanboys (which seem to occupy this page as well, looking at reaction to my recent blog).
 

Despite their motives, fanboys will plague comment sections, chat rooms and forums just to prove some genre or game is better than another in every possible way. I’ll use Starcraft and League of Legends as a example of a quarrel between two groups of fanboys.
 

Both games are very well known on e-sport scene, being ones of most popular games when it comes to competitive play. However despite the fact Starcraft and LoL can coexist, some groups of people seem to think (however I’m not sure if they are capable of actual thought process) otherwise. The main argument against LoL is that it doesn’t take as much skill as Starcraft, but does it really take less PERSONAL skill then Starcraft? Certainly does. Does it take less skill in general then Starcraft? Probably yes, however communication and teamwork are very important skills and main factors deciding whenever game is won or lost. So it may seem less skilful for you, without a doubt. You may say: “I don’t enjoy it because it is not at skilful as SC2. “But do you really hate this game? It’s only a game after all and hate and love are opposite, but they are the strongest emotions human can feel. So next time when you think: I love this game, consider if it’s really love. How would you describe feelings for your family/partner/friends then? I know sometimes people tend to colloquially state: “oh, I love it”, however they don’t really mean it. Real meaning of this colloquial expression would be more like: I really enjoy it, and I think it is great. It goes the same way about hatred, it’s just the opposite. Of course you don’t even have to use word “hate” to drop shitbomb on some game (quotes from Hydramist comments): “There is nothing worse in the world than LoL” or “Hydramist covering LoL? Your heading the wrong way, this is the way of pathetic people”.  
 

If you can’t be more open minded about topics we write about, you may as well stop visiting this page, you’ll be better off without us, and we will be better off without you.
 

For example I don’t like sports and racing games, main reason being I rather play football in real life instead of doing it on computer. However I’m far from saying I hate sports games, I hate Fifa and everything connected with it. If Hydramist would start covering Fifa (it is an WCG title after all) I could:
 

a)      Skip the article, because topic doesn’t interest me at all.

b)      Read the article, because I like blogger or general Hydramist way of doing things. However I wouldn’t leave comments like: “omg, fifa sux, fire the writer, he is shit, stop covering this pathetic game” or “Omg, fifa again, I quit hydramist foreva” instead I would just remain silent or say something like “While I don’t enjoy fifa as a game, it was good read, you made interesting points/I enjoyed your coverage of recent tournament”
 

Both A and B are good option of doing things. However if you would write “shit article, I’ll never visit your page again” our reaction would be like:

a)      Bye

b)      We don’t care cause we have hundreds of thousands readers and one person leaving wouldn’t make a different

c)       We would rather enjoy smaller but smarter and more open minded community

Looks like I went a little bit off-topic here L FML

To the point then, 

It is yours and ONLY YOURS decision to like some title or not. If you are talking about it publicly try to remain civic and objective. Accept you are not the only person in the world and other people may think differently and may like different music, films and games than you. Try to find things you have in common instead of mindlessly bashing other people. And with this sentence I’m done with tilting at windmills, erm... fanboys.

Great Name Day and I'm very sensitive boi

Avast, yer mateys!

Couldn't have better last few days, sold crap unique armour for reasonable price on RMAH (to the guy who bought it, you are complete moron, I will send personal letter with thanks to your parents for creating you). Italy beat nazi Germans in Euro Cup, I managed to get Civ 5 expansion for 33% of its value ON RELEASE DATE, my bro finished his bachelor graduation paper, Offspring has released new album, I literally wept when I've heard one song and read the lyrics to it. ??? What? I'm a sensitive guy... get off me!
I'm going to share this song with ya along with the lyrics, enjoy it.

Dance, fucker, dance!
Let the motherfucker burn!

Oh, I'm still missing one thing, Apparently no one wants to nuke Poland, which make me a sad panda. Well, it is nothing I couldn't fix. I'll be right back, I have to finish my work in the basement, hope GlaDOS poured the neurotoxin to the missile already.

My first podcast - Nerfs in games.

Yo!

After our last games myself and my friend were talking a lot about games in general. I've decided to make podcast from it. It last for 11 minutes and I've edited less interesting parts anyway. It could be more professional but 1st time is the hardest one.
Watch it on youtube:

Let me know what do you think.

Anh

Warhammer: Wrath of Heroes gameplays

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Recently I've been playing Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes. I've managed to capture some good and bad games:

The game is fine, but still needs some tweaking. I'll probably write more about it on Hydramist.

Finally level 60

Sup?

I've finally leveled to 60, it took me so long, but here it is:

Yes this armour is Goldskin ^^

When I'm online I can boost people I know, no probs.

See ya in Tristram

For Charity! Get them games.

Humble Bundle V is out

In case if you are not familiar with what Humble Bundle is, let me explain it quickly. You pay how much you want for a bundle of indie games. The money you pay, you can distribute as you want between game developers, charity organization and company hosting this sale.  If you Pay more than the average of $7.64 you can unlock bonus game, which is Bastion this time around. You are getting soundtracks to all games in FLAC or MP3 format. Want a steam product keys? No problem, they are included. Are you excited already? Let me just tell you latest edition of Humble Indie Bundle comes with the best games it ever has (in my opinion anyway). Titles like Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Psychonauts, Limbo, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP + Bastion speaks for themselves. Let’s take a closer look at them in case you are unfamiliar with ‘em.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Favourite game of Lord Hydra. Period. It’s a first person survival horror. Experience nightmares that will scare shit out of you. Explore desolated castle and find out what secrets are buried within it. Immerse frightening surroundings. Wondering what Amnesia can done to you? Just watch Hydra playing it here:

You can find more Amnesia videos on his youtube channel. They are worth it.

Limbo

Another creepy game, but instead of being survival horror, it’s puzzle-solving platformer. The beautiful, mysterious, eerie story of a boy on a journey through Limbo, a land where everything is trying to kill him in a most vicious manner. The game soundtrack is nonexistent, so you might think it is terrible. However, you couldn’t be more wrong. Creepy sounds accompany you as you travel through this dark, shadowy world. The unique, black and white graphic style of this title has charmed me like no other game in a long time.  I recommend you play this game at night with the lights out to make experience even better.

Psychonauts

Psychonauts is quite unique adventure game with strongly exposed action elements. You take control of a little boy with paranormal abilities called Rasputin. In your journey through the game powers of telekinesis, levitation and invisibility will help you solve the mysteries Most interesting aspect of Psychonauts (which distinguish it from other similar games) is that you have a chance to explore other people minds. Literately. 

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery

Now this is weird game. Graphic is lacking a little, but it’s indie game after all. PC version of adventure game released before on iPad in 2011. This game revolves on classic point-n-click interface, so if you like to search through every location in order to find tips which will help you solve the puzzles, then it’s a game for you. To make it a little more interesting from time to time you will encounter simple combat sections.

Bastion

Bastion is one of most original released in 2011. Game itself is a action rpg, but don’t confuse it with Diablo by any means. Charming, hand – painted artwork dazes with its beauty. Critically acclaimed soundtrack and hours of reacting narration will accompany you through exploring Calamity. Many weapon upgrades remains to be unlocked alongside with six Bastion structures to be discovered. Shall you finish the main story, there is a New Game Plus mode waiting to be played through. 

For dem kidz!

For me getting this bundle is a no-brainer, so many great games for such a cheap price (you can always pay more, don’t let this “cheap price” discourage you). Plus there is a chance to help charity. Here are the links for both charity organizations, remember you can support one of them, none or all of them. 

For dem kidz!