As from a while ago I started a second blog, which will be my more 'serious' one. Not one half filled with porn and drama stories. Of course you can still keep looking at this one if you just want those two things :P. Whenever I make a big entry I'll likely cross post it anyway but just for those who want to check it out, second blog is located at: http://www.TigerXtrm.blogspot.com

Check it out, you will like it :)

Tiger

Yes yes yes, the demo has been released and damn was I looking forward to it . This game has been on the top of my gonna get list from late August and now it's here! Well, the demo anyway. Previews all looked very promising. But can the real experience of a C&C game really survive 8 years of technological updating and not be 'to modern' for it's kind?

I had a chance to play it and I have to say that it's pretty cool once again. Like every new game it has that certain element of 'Damn I need to get used to this' to it, but that will pass with time. The graphics are pretty cool, sounds are cool (a lot of them also taken from the original C&C, dunno if thats cool or cheap to be quite honest) but the music could have been better IMO. Don't really have the feeling it's part of a C&C game.


WARNING! GAMEPLAY SPOILERS AHEAD!!!


The game starts out with the latest trailer that has been released to the public and is meant as general advertisement to the public. The demo contains 1 tutorial mission, 1 campaign mission and 1 skirmish map.
The tutorial is pretty straightforward, move the camera, move units, build base, yadayada. Nothing wrong with it would it not be for the huge gaps of time you lose while the game tries to figure out whether or not you did your objective and then takes 5 minutes to provide you with the next one.
After the tutorial you start the single player campaign. Thumbs up for EA on this one because it looks to me like they made not only a mission for the demo, but also an entire cut scene. We'll see about that in the final version of the game though. You are briefed by a 3 star general about what Nod is up to after which you are sent into the field. This mission is still mainly tutorial on a larger scale. This also introduces the new principle of a log in which you can find information on units, structures and faction backgrounds. This feature was already kind off available in C&C Renegade and apparently they decided to keep it.
The remainder of the mission is rather easy. You get some Orca's and after bombing the crap out a few buildings with the biggest ease ever, your commander is afraid you won't be able to handle it (seriously, you'll laugh when you hear her) and give you control over the Ion Cannon, the GDI weapon we have all come to love. Before I used it I thought it would be a nice addition to my Orca's to whipe out all the base structures one by one, just like in all previous C&C games, including Generals. However, to my extreme surprise they either overpowered the Ion Cannon completely or just did so for the purpose of that mission but when I used it it caused such destruction and hell that it wiped out the entire Nod base from the face of the map in a single strike. And this was no small base, this thing took in at least 1/4 of the map and had at least 16 structures in it. I hope the Ion Cannon in the real game is not this powerfull because that would just be... lame... .

After the refreshing experience of kicking some Nod butt, we see what is likely the true intro of the game. Nod has overrun Norrad and ASAT, rendering America's anti missile deployments completely useless. Leaving the GDI space station The Philidelphia vulnarable to missle attack from Nod. The station is destroyed, killing most of the world's leaders in one big blow and starting the third tiberium war.


SPOILERS END HERE


From time to time two real life reporters (one from CNN and one from a Las Vegas news station) take care of the news reports involving the war. While the cutscenes I have seen could have been better in certain areas, music and acting wise, it sets a great mood for the game.

So far Command & Conquer 3 is nearly everything I had hoped it to be. EA managed to stay true to the original C&C concept while also putting in a lot of new features and ideas. It could very well be the first game EA bought over but didn't f*ck up. However, time will tell, since it is only a demo after all.


Downloads:
The demo can - for now - only be downloaded from EA Link, the download program for EA Games. However in the course of this week it will become available in more and more places, including Gamespy and Filefront.

Tiger

Pink papers? Yes, well at least they used to be. Drivers License's used to be a pink little paper. But they changed them to a card not to long ago. So I'l be carrying around yet another card soon :). And if it wasn't plainly obvious, yes I got my drivers licence, FINALY! :D. Glad that's over with.

Now, on to more serious bussiness. Have you even been in a situation where you don't realy know what to make of your feelings? I'm in a situation like that. For as long as I can remember, I have liked the girl nextdoor. It's a regular Spiderman story, been living here since forever, known each other since we were two, seen her grow up, ect you know the deal. But, what do you do if the girl next door is like, 4 years younger then you? I wouldn't exactly say I'm totaly in love with her, but saying I have a crush wouldn't be an understatement. Moral conflicts then arise such as: Should I have a crush on the girl when she is that much younger? Should I have a crush on her dispite her age in the first place? Should I be shot and eaten by a bunch of boars for almost crossing the 'Hi I'm a pedohpile' border? You know, stuff like that. But then I figure, why is it that only in this part of my life it is so wrong to like someone 4 years younger then you? I was six when she was two, I was 10 when she was 6. And at those ages you like pretty much like everyone because the world still seems perfect so thats always okay. And then later when you hit 30, it's perfectly fine to have a partner easily 6 years younger then you. So what is it about the age 10 to 20 that it is such a big exception to this? Age of consent, well yea, but I'm not talking about sex here. I'm talking about having a crush on someone. There are also plenty of girls who are in love with guys 5 years older or even twice their age, but they just never get lucky enough to actualy get the dude.
I know right now that she is never going to like me in that specific way because I'm like a big brother to her. But should I be wrong for whatever reason, I won't doubt about just being happy with her. I probably won't like people frowning down on me about it, but I wouldn't realy care. Heck I'm also attracted to tigers and I don't give a rats ass about what people think about that.

Anyhoo, this rant is becoming way to long. Was there any reason I'm throwing my private matters out on the web like this? No, not realy, except for the fact that I needed to steam it somewhere so it might as well be here where you people can read it and either go AWW!, Okay... or GROSE! over it.

Buhbye :)

Tiger

With the end of the year closing in, I have started the redesign for my website, Tigers Den. More about the redesign's progress and info on how to make suggestions can be found at this topic on our forums.

I also did another sketch, again Adult so us usual; don't click if you don't like ;).

Spoogy Simba

While this pose was kind off based on the Naughty Charger (18+) pic, it was done without reference and by good use of drawing techniques. I must say this is one of the better sketches I have done :).

Well, that's all for now! Catch ya later!

Tiger

A few weeks ago, matt_lion invited me over to come along on his Big Cat Experience, which you can read all about in his journal. Naturaly I accepted his invitation and made my way over the UK as quickely as possible.
The flight would have been okay, would it not have been for a broken toilet on the plane. Normaly that isn't a problem since there is usualy a second toilet present. But since this was such an old barrel (A Fokker 100) it only had one goddamn toilet and I had to go BADLY about 10 minutes after takeoff. So, each time turbulance hit the plane I thought my bladder was going to explode. Luckily, that didn't happen and I managed to hold it together long enough to make it to the passport control. I had kind of hoped that the toilets would be BEFORE I had to wait in the que, since this was the case last time when I landed on Heathrow instead of this airport. But yet again, I was out of luck. I first had to wait in a que... the toilet sign in my sight at the other side of the customs booth. And then, finaly!! Salvation! You know the feeling of finaly being able to go after such a long time? It's the best feeling in the world... only an orgasm can beat it.
Anyway, after I had gotten my suitcase I met Matt in the arrivals hall and off we went to his car.

During the time I was there, we had tons of fun. We mostly spend our time watching TV series. And we managed to get each other addicted in the process. I introduced Matt to Prison Break, which after only a few episodes he wanted more and more off. And in turn, he introduced me to Stargate SG-1, which I now totaly find teh awsomeness.
We also went iceskating... Yes... Iceskating. It had been a long time, but I managed to not fall down once! HA! Although it was quite enjoyable to see other people fall down or crash into the side walls because they can't stop ^_^.

Ofcourse we also went on Matt's Big Cat Experience, which you can read all about in his journal. But I can tell you, it was quite a long day. The drive over there took about three hours, and we also had to drive back! But when we got there, we had loads of fun. Matt got to hand feed to cats there, which was pretty cool to see. Meanwhile I played around a bit with the cats. They had some HUGE Siberian tigers there. Unbelieveable how big those critters were. Highlight of the day was playing with the lions. That was awsome. They had three adolocent male lions there who had been hand raised. You could play chase with them from the outside of the fence and they would run along with you everywhere. It's one of the most awsome things I have ever done ^_^. It also makes it quite clear why you should never run away from a lion, they will catch up with you without even trying. I had times where I sprinted around the fence as fast as I possibly could, and the lions just came jogging after me without even making an effort. Eventualy, we did manage to wear them out just a little bit so they laid down against the fence where we could pet them and stroke trough their mane.
The day was loads of fun.

I had a good time in the UK, but it ended way to fast as usual. So now I'm back home again and due to a crazy chain of events, I got back into drawing more then I ever have been. Motivated beyond believe :D. Result of a day of drawing is below:



Those sketches were all done quite quickely and arn't as good as they could be. I was mostly just practising new techinques I have learned this week. worked out pretty good if you ask me :).

Well, thats it for now. Thanks for reading :)

Tiger

Well I'm back from my two week vacation at the beach in Scheveningen! I had a great time, seen a fireworks festival, car ralley, and I also saw a few movies. first I went to see Miami Vice, which sucked ass. The storyline was bogus, and the acting and directing was extremely poor. I recommend downloading this movie intead. Don't ever pay money to see it!
Secondly I watched Superman Returns. And unlike the previous piece of shit I went to, this one had good acting and a good director. The story was kept true to the first two movies and the series. Lex Luthor and his blonde sidekick were kept in their original character and some nice references were made to the previous movies (which I always like in modern sequals to old movies). Very nice movie, even if you don't like Superman.

Near the end of my vacation I also went to see The Lion King musical for the third and final time. At the end of August, The Lion King had it's final show here in Holland so ofcourse I had to go and see it. As usual, it was awsome. The entire presence of the public was so there, and the interactivity of the show impressed everyone. Even after seeing it for the third time I was still impressed with each scene and heavily clapped along after the lights went out after each song. And then ofcourse the final scene, the music building up to the ending and the standing ovation that comes right after it. When you see the cast standing on the stage I just feel proud to be part of the audiance. I'd be much prouder would I have been part of the cast, but you can't have everything ;). It was a great night, and I got a whole bunch of souvenirs. A cup, a booklet and a way to large t-shirt because they didn't have my size anymore :P.

Last but certainly not least, I spend a lot of time in my vacation drawing and writing. The story I'm currently working on is coming along nicely, and I also did some drawing to keep my sketching skills up. I must say I did a fairly good job ^_^.

Warning!

Because I know not everyone reading my journal is sharing my interests, I should mention that the following pictures depict characters from Walt Disney's 'The Lion King' cartoon in an erotical way and that these pictures should not be viewed by anyone under 18 or who is grosed out by this kind of stuff. You have been fairly warned!

'Action' closeups
Some Father Daughter loving
Kovu 'sucking up' to the king
A new kind of playtime

Yea, I actualy draw this kind of stuff for those who didn't know that yet. If you don't like it, don't view it ;).

Well, that's about it. Catch ya all later!!

Tiger

The annual summerly 'open nights' at the zoo have taken place the past two saturdays, and it was great fun as usual. Live African music troughout the park, the park is opened untill 9 PM, you get to look behind the scenes at various places and be instructed on how things work in a zoo.
One of the places where you can take a look behind the scenes is the Predator Stockyard. This is a central area surrounded by the outer cages of the lions, panthers, Siberian tigers and white tigers. A caretaker is standing around the tiger's nightcages and telling about how they work with the animals. What the savety measures are and how they keep the animals amused. Sometimes they also call one of the tigers in their night cage, to demonstrate how they are 'trained' to come in on demand. As a reward, the tiger in question gets a small piece of meat. Brooklyn, the male white tiger in the zoo, is always trying to be clever about it though. He steps inside, gets his meat, then walks outside and back inside again in the hopes of getting another piece. Sometimes he gets them, but most the time he just sits there like a big kitten begging for more. Eventualy he wanders off again when he figures he won't be getting anymore. Big rascal he is ^_^.

While I was at the zoo, I asked around a little to see if it might be possible to help out with for a day. An internship or a steady job isn't doable, since they ask for papers. But a day just might be doable. And from there, I might be able to build something up. You see, a zoo rather has an experienced person with no papers, then a person with papers but no skill. That especialy goes with big cats, because they are the most dangrous animals to take care of in a zoo. Unfortunatly, zoo's are still bound to laws, and those laws state that they may only hire staff that is qualified either by legal documents, or by judgement of an experienced caretaker with legal papers. This creates a double loophole though, because they can't officialy have anyone work there without papers, they can not pass judgement on people without papers as a result.
Should I be working there for just a day though, it is enough time to prove I have the skill required, but not enough time for the zoo to get in trouble for not having a graduated caretaker on duty. This in turn could get me a good recomendation from the head caretaker which could then get me jobs at other zoos. And this folks, is how we manipulate the system :).

Anyway, I contacted the head caretaker of the predator stockyard by sending him an e-mail. After not hearing from it for about a week, I decided to give him a call. After some explaining to the customer service kid that I needed to speak directly to him and not to some personel affairs jerk, the kid gave the man a call and then told me that the man did get my e-mail and would answer it somewhere this week. He couldn't talk to me because he was busy cleaning.
Now, assuming reasonable logic, I did not get a direct no. And surely if he would have made up his mind already he would have told the kid to tell me no, right? In other terms, there may just be a slight chance that I get to have my day :D.

Well, so much for this journal entry. I'l keep you all posted on the progress of things :).

Tiger

My livingroom is starting to come together a bit. My TV is in place, my alarm is working, I put my computer downstairs and hooked it up to the 5.1 sound system (which sounds awsome when playing BF2, btw), so it's all looking nifty. Except for the fact that my computer is now on a tiny desk which is less then a meter wide and hardly 50 CM in depth. I'm still waiting for my new custom made desk is ready. Also, instead of the nice comfy leather couch I ordered, I have to do with a set of garden chairs. Yea... damn ordering times, it will be at least another 2 months before both the desk and the couch will be in place. And the livingroom won't realy be finnished untill then. Ah well, I'l get some pictured of what is here tommorow, and show it to you all.

In other news, my interest in aviation and the American navy sparked up again, and made me get my very own genuine Pilot Wings. These wings are awarded to any military personnel who succesfully accomplish flight accademy. Obviously, I didn't even go trough basic military training, I just got it from some website. But it's a cool thing to have in away. In combination with a jacket I might soon buy, it will look pretty cool.
The idea is to get myself a fully costumized aviation jacket. Starting with the basics, the genuine jacket handed out to staff of the US Airforce. On it, I will in time collect several other aviation items, like squadron badges and the like. And ofcourse it will have the pilot wings on it as well. To top it off, I'm thinking of cutting loose the shoulder straps and sliding on some shoulder boards, to make it all complete.
I'l prolly be getting the jacket and stuff after my 2 week beach vacation (more on that in the next journal), so that I can enter fall and winter with a nice comfortable new jacket.

Thats about it, I'm not feeling to well and I'm tired, so I'm going to bed now.

Tiger

Okay, so my friend was complaining how he never gets to be in my journal. And I guess I could have mentioned him a little here or there. So anyway, here is Sander, my best friend :).



He's prolly been the main reason I got trough all the shit I discribed a few posts back. Best friend a guy could have. Cheers mate!

Tiger

I've started redesigning my house! And it's a lot of work. The paintjob is almost done and will be completely finnished when the floor has had it's new coat of wax. After that I can start decorating! Hm... Can't wait to turn yet another room in this house into a tiger room! Ha!
Nah, I will keep this room fairly normal, though it will have some tiger paintings here and there. Tastefull, yet not to busy.
Unfortunatly I forgot to take pictures of my livingroom before the painting started, so I can't show you how it looked at first. But I did take pictures just now, and here they are! If you want to know how it looked before, imagine everything that is now goldish brown, completely WHITE. Excluding the floor.



  
  
  
  

Starting to become nice huh?

In other news! When things quiet down a bit in terms of business with my livingroom and stuff, I am going to start selling some of my famous pictures on my website The Tigers Den. There will only be a small selection at first, which will be carefully expanded. The pictures will be available in two sizes, 20 x 30 CM, and 50 X 75 CM (Poster Size). The 20 X 30 format will come a silver or golden frame with a glass plate infront of it.
I can't name any exact prices just yet, as I havn't covered all the expences yet, but the price at which you can buy a framed picture will be around the $22,00.

And to close off with, some news about my driving lessons. I had a pre-exam last Monday, which went... kinda good. But I have a huge problem with anticipating, which makes me miss a lot of vital stuff that is happening around me. If it would have been the real exam, I would have failed it. The real exam is on July 24th, so I have little less then a month to get it right. Wish me luck!

Tiger