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www.gmtristan.com

Kindly update your bookmarks and blogrolls. 

To my feed subscribers, here's my new feed address: 

http://feeds.feedburner.com/gmtristancom 

You may also resubscribe to gmtristan.com e-mail updates 

It has been an honor and a pleasure blogging here at </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/i-have-transferred-to-wwwgmtristancom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=FrGzXZhq"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=FrGzXZhq" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=I65AoI15"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=I65AoI15" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-7544494541598550613</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-17T00:17:25.046+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Musings</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">General</category><title>gmtristan.com updates</title><atom:summary type="text">As you may well know, I am setting up my new virtual home:

www.gmtristan.com 

And, with the help of friends, the site is almost done. We've managed to tweak the theme, the sidebar and placed a lot of widgets and plugins. I've also began updating my blogroll. To those who still haven't updated their blogrolls, kindly point the link to GM Tristan and the new URL above - www.gmtristan.com 
Soon, I</atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/gmtristancom-updates.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=R4LjJvRq"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=R4LjJvRq" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=NyK4JSG3"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=NyK4JSG3" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-3935106175599660411</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 05:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-15T13:53:28.713+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Musings</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">General</category><title>Gamer Food 101</title><atom:summary type="text">
Gamers have such a stressful lifestyle - little sleep, cramps from all-day mousing and typing, and not eating on time. The list can go on and on. No wonder, gamer health can one day crop up as a major issue. But some of you might say “who cares? I’m a gamer, I only count EXP not calories!” Come to think of it, EXP does matter more TODAY. But your health (and the calories) may “level you down” </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/gamer-food-101.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=HPNBlLcE"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=HPNBlLcE" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=VEx2KDHQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=VEx2KDHQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-2820990717591848579</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 18:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-14T04:46:52.751+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blogging</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Musings</category><title>Weighing My Options - Wordpress or Blogger</title><atom:summary type="text">Need your expert advice.

I'm in a rut. After this afternoon's setup with Chino on the new GM Tristan website, I am now baffled with all the tech stuff needed to tweak the wordpress theme. CSS, PHP, XHTML, and all those darn codes are making my head spin.

If I am to continue with my wordpress.org hosted setup, a noob like me can't live without help from expert friends. Sigh.

Now, I am stuck </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/weighing-my-options-wordpress-or.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=8Fu7FJNf"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=8Fu7FJNf" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=lCxVuJUX"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=lCxVuJUX" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-1580159730665135187</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 13:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-13T21:25:03.130+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">General</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MMORPG News</category><title>chinoyray.com hacks into new domain</title><atom:summary type="text">Don't be alarmed by the title... it's a friendly hack, at least...

Good friend Chino Yray has "volunteered" (actually I buzzed him like crazy this afternoon over YM) to help me setup the new www.gmtristan.com.

A million thanks to him - a true godsend.

If it weren't for the guy, I would have pulled all my hair from all the tech mumbo jumbo that this new Wordpress + Host + Cpanel shiat! Sigh. It</atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/chinoyraycom-hacks-into-new-domain.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=yCecyrGa"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=yCecyrGa" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=JN8THeXc"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=JN8THeXc" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-3641693128943785180</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 21:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-13T05:39:51.372+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">General</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MMORPG News</category><title>www.gmtristan.com</title><atom:summary type="text">
Weeeee!Just got my own domain and activated it today...

www.gmtristan.com 

This blog will be in the process of migrating there in the next few days. I'll also be making a new feed and I encourage all email readers of my feedburner feed to re-subscribe.

Lastly, I call upon all bloggers who have added me to their blogroll to update their bookmarks to the new domain as early as now. Please let </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/wwwgmtristancom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=kIEN3SWQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=kIEN3SWQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=vQWlwi1V"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=vQWlwi1V" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-8496003354997685436</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 18:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-13T06:01:06.877+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blogging</category><title>Don't Trick The Google Ad Links</title><atom:summary type="text">In a recent memorandum released by the Google Adsense team, they cite a lot of "intentional trickery" on the part of bloggers and web administrators to 'trick' readers into accidentally clicking Google Adsense Ads.

Google's AdSense blog addressed this recently, and gave examples of elements that should not have ad units placed too near to them:
In close proximity to Macromedia Flash gamesUnder </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/dont-trick-google-ad-links.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=fcrvmTF1"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=fcrvmTF1" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=rer8qyho"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=rer8qyho" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-7304102971071561850</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 13:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-12T21:45:53.479+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Interviews</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ragnarok</category><title>Old School: A Ragnarok Band!</title><atom:summary type="text">
By GM Nirvelli

Please describe something about yourself
My name is Francis Michael Rivera, a 3rd Yr. College Student at the Trinity University of Asia . I love Music, Sports, and Online gaming, I am a gamer by heart. I love competition and that’s what makes me keep playing RO.

So how did your band started and tell me a short description about how you guys are as a band and RO players?
Our band</atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/old-school-ragnarok-band.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=9hmFL6AP"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=9hmFL6AP" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=cbQpIVf0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=cbQpIVf0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-5774528488497966982</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 08:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-11T16:39:51.926+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Contests</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Perfect World</category><title>PW: CBT Winners Updates</title><atom:summary type="text">Attention: All the winners of my Perfect World CBT blog contest.

I already talked with the Brand Manager for Perfect World, Nocturnal Sun and he has confirmed the following

The accounts are already being processed. They have the complete list of all GM Tristan Online winners and they will be e-mailing each and everyone of you. Be sure to keep checking your inboxes for instructionsThey are also </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/pw-cbt-winners-updates.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=drMFAJs6"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=drMFAJs6" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=TWzjOe7Z"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=TWzjOe7Z" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-5156371241527240479</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 05:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-10T14:01:42.907+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">LEVEL UP</category><title>Hiring: Brand Manager</title><atom:summary type="text">Yowza!

Level Up is looking for a Brand Manager. In case anyone out there is interested (and qualified)....

BRAND MANAGER - JOB DESCRIPTION

The position is primarily responsible for overall management of a game brand, including setting of long-term brand direction as well as strategic planning and leadership, execution of programs geared toward acquisition, usage and retention of users.

As </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/hiring-brand-managers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=W6fn7Z9d"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=W6fn7Z9d" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=uDTW7H0f"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=uDTW7H0f" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-519227645214718012</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 08:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-09T16:22:43.324+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Best of Ragnabeat</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ragnarok</category><title>pRO Urban Legends</title><atom:summary type="text">
This Best of Ragnabeat article was written way back in 2004 and published in the Manila Bulletin. Let me just share it with the rest of you folks for ol' times sake...

If you’re not in the know, Urban Legends are basically just that. Rumors circulated around which are unverified for authenticity.

Sit back, relax and try to remember if you were one of those unlucky victims to any of these “</atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/pro-urban-legends.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=uYk735DE"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=uYk735DE" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=4EUsp0ZR"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=4EUsp0ZR" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-7373906942538186121</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 04:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-09T12:19:32.219+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">LEVEL UP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MMORPG News</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ragnarok</category><title>Ragnarok Server Merge - All Set for May 17!</title><atom:summary type="text">It's official!

pRO will never be the same again after May 17.

At this day, the servers will merge into the following:

Chaos + Loki = Baldur
Odin + Fenir = Tyr
Iris + Sarah + Lydia = Freya

And soon after that, the RPC Agit Lords series will commence. This is one war I will monitor and watch! Sweet!

Anyways, for those of you who still don't know what will happen when worlds collide, head on </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/ragnarok-server-merge-all-set-for-may.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=nnBimWyo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=nnBimWyo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=D1OJsB31"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=D1OJsB31" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-5206872228349060560</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 11:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-08T19:55:44.859+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Rose</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MMORPG News</category><title>pROSE Site Wins DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards</title><atom:summary type="text">
I just love the Rose Online website. The colors really match and the cute sparkle from the mouse cursor hypnotizes!

Designed by good friend and uber-designer Mike Togle, the pROSE site took top honors in the gaming category of the DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards 2007.

Held recently last April 27, 2007 at the Bureau of Investments in Makati, the web awards is a showcase and a recognition for the</atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/prose-site-wins-digitalfilipinocom-web.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=7rrcvdKq"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=7rrcvdKq" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=dyQtskJA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=dyQtskJA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-8298027810539581029</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 13:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-07T21:36:30.533+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Misc</category><title>Is Your Pet Smarter Than You?!?</title><atom:summary type="text">Hey, take this cool test from notmensa.org to find out if your pet is indeed smarter than you.

notmensa.org is an organization for dumb people. And yes, it's a spoof of mensa... which I am not a member of either.

Anyways, take the test here and let's see how you fare?

I took it and only got 40% of the answers correct.

But you gotta read the disclaimer below first. Good luck!


Disclaimer: Not</atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/is-your-pet-smarter-than-you.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=yfAIRM0n"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=yfAIRM0n" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=13cDOs7L"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=13cDOs7L" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-7317345096791319717</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-07T20:50:14.043+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">General</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MMORPG News</category><title>Online Games Makes One More Social</title><atom:summary type="text">Contrary to what some people might think, online games contribute to the development of an individual's social skills. This in contrast to what critics sneer at when they cite that gamers degenerate into anti-social husks just by sitting in front of their PCs for hours on end. Many see that virtual friends are not REAL friends and most lead into depression.

Well... that's not true, according to </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/online-games-makes-one-more-social.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=BoP9qUc7"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=BoP9qUc7" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?a=ZKs0is3K"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/gmtristan?i=ZKs0is3K" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-14034130062991981</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 08:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-06T19:05:47.581+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MMORPG News</category><title>Starcraft 2 Rumors to be settled on May 19?</title><atom:summary type="text">

A lot of rumors have been circulating around the web these days about either a new Starcraft 2 PC game or an MMORPG based on Starcraft.

As you may well know, Koreans are madly in love about Starcraft. In Korea, Starcraft champions are treated like celebrities and often endorse real-life products while taking home top money. Meanwhile, Blizzard will have a huge event on May 19 at Seoul. </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/starcraft-2-rumors-to-be-settled-on-may.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-912252147284521586</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 21:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-06T05:34:40.153+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">General</category><title>Things You Don't Know About Google</title><atom:summary type="text">
Apparently, Google has wacky people working on their staff.

There are hidden things in Google that are fun and surprisingly witty.

Do click on the following links below to see what I mean...


The Google Devil - click this for a cute devil in the logoGoogle Hacking Slang - Is this how hackers type?Google And The Linux Penguin
And finally, my favorite (but you gotta have Java enabled so that </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/things-you-dont-know-about-google.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-135974269448744585</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-06T04:49:59.157+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Misc</category><title>Goodbye Cbox! To The Trash Bin...</title><atom:summary type="text">Because of all the ranting, the whining and the impersonations, I've decided to axe the cbox chat widget from this blog.

Besides, you can all just comment on the posts.

Amen!</atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/goodbye-cbox-to-trash-bin.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-1156041437710238053</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 08:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-05T16:29:23.836+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gamer Babe</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Interviews</category><title>Gamer Babe: Raine</title><atom:summary type="text">Thanks to Marc Adam for referring me our next Gamer Babe.

She's 21-year-old Raine and she's currently at Sukagawa City, Fukushima Prefecture in Japan taking up graduate studies.

Without further ado, the interview...

GM T: Tell me something about yourself?
Raine: People call me Raine or Aya. I’m an International Relations student who also happens to be an aspiring chef, a flamenco dancer, a </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/gamer-babe-raine.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-3031142179972878235</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 11:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-04T19:35:48.325+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ragnarok 2</category><title>My Own RO2 CBT Account</title><atom:summary type="text">Woot!

Just got my own Ragnarok 2 Closed Beta Account. And I might be testing it this weekend (if I can squeeze it in between catching up on my divx and DVD watching).

Anyhoo, I'll blog about that experience next week. So make sure to drop by my blog everyday k!

Whew... so many games, so little time! The things I have to do for work /heh

Have a happy weekend everyone! I'm closing shop now here</atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/my-own-ro2-cbt-account.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-8539458836659908890</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 04:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-04T13:09:48.444+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MMORPG News</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Perfect World</category><title>Perfect World: Closed Beta Hands On (Part 1)</title><atom:summary type="text">Like I said in my previous posts, I just started actually "getting down and dirty" with Perfect World (internal closed beta).

I started playing this week but since I had to rush a lot of deadlines for work, I only managed to log in for a couple of hours at most. Still, I'll indulge all your PW cravings and share my experience.

CHARACTER CREATION

To know the "grind levels" and look for </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/perfect-world-closed-beta-hands-on-part.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-8091817154195543872</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 15:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-04T00:09:01.768+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ragnarok</category><title>Blast From The Past - RWC 2004</title><atom:summary type="text">
Since we're sending a lucky pRO team to Korea pretty soon for this year's Ragnarok World Championships 2007, I want to share with you a gem I found in the web.

It's actually my own account and tournament report when I was there in Seoul with Rebirth and Unholy in 2004 for the first RWC.

Here's an excerpt
First match of the day and first assignment for Team Philippines is
Indonesia: Rebirth is </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/blast-from-past-rwc-2004.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-6147531815289162846</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 10:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-03T18:24:09.226+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Live 2007</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Contests</category><title>Win PHP10K in LIVE Logo Making Contest</title><atom:summary type="text">Want P10,000?

How about in-game items pa?

Sure you do!

Just join our Level Up Logo Making Contest and you can win P10,000.00 in cold cash and these in-game items (1 game of your choice):

RO - +10 Flying Angel
Flyff - Sylia Hoverbike
Pangya - Character Set of Choice, Caddie of Choice, 5k cookies
RF - 50 Elite Gem Set, 25 Favor Talics, 25 Keen Talics
Khan - 30 days vehicle system, Enchant </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/win-php10k-in-live-logo-making-contest.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-7615334116822979017</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 07:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-03T15:46:48.173+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">LEVEL UP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Live 2007</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MMORPG News</category><title>Level Up LIVE 2007 - All Go!</title><atom:summary type="text">
That's right, kiddies. As you may know, a different game company recently held the so-called "biggest gaming event" this year. Bah.

But the mother of all gaming events, Level Up LIVE 2007, has officially started and is all set to be bigger, badder and better than last year!

The tournaments leading to the main event were already given the green flag by the individual Tournament Committees of </atom:summary><link>http://gmtristan.blogspot.com/2007/05/level-up-live-all-go.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (GM Tristan)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684912341225806275.post-5896851255117462968</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 17:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-03T01:39:51.381+08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gamer Babe</category><title>Looking for the next Gamer Babe</title><atom:summary type="text">If you know someone (or just in case you ARE a grrl gamer) who can be the next one featured in my regular column Gamer Babe, please let me know. My only requirements are that she's a gamer and plays any Level Up game.

Do email me at monmacutay(at)yahoo(dot)com and try to include a short profile of your candidate and (if possible) a picture.

Of course, we have to get consent from her... okies?

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