left 4 dead 2 *possible spoilers*

some left for dead 2 things have been revealed.
30 weapons (so far silenced smg, chrome shotgun, axe, guitar, frying pan, chainsaw, katana, bat, pistol, sniper rifle, pipe bomb, molotov, gunmetal shotgun (not sure the difference), ak-47,

8 new infected (5 exclusive to thier campaign) plus the old ones. (charger-tank like infected put slightly weaker and faster; spitter-smoker like infected but spits acid instead of strangling you. also explodes into acid when killed; jockey-pounces on your head and requires you to move around erratically to get it off; hazmat common infected-wears a hazmat suit and resistant to fire;

Nissa was made wrong

Let's make this clear ahead of time: I love elves.

I've had an elf deck as long as I can remember playing magic. i still have it and it's one of my best decks.

i was excited when they announced an elf planeswalker was coming out in zendikar. i had high expectations as elves already are a great tribe.

however Nissa Revane has no place in my elf deck.

for those who don't know, she was previewed today on magicthegathering.com

here's her text.

Nissa Revane [2GG]
Planeswalker-Nissa {M}
+1: Search your library for a card named Nissa's Chosen and put it onto the battlefield. then shuffle your library.
+1: You gain 2 life for each Elf you control.
-7: Search your library for any number of Elf creature cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
{2}

Nissa's Chosen [GG]
Creature-Elf Warrior {C}
When Nissa's Chosen would be put into the graveyard from the battlefield, put it on the bottom of its owner's library instead.
2/3

my problems with Nissa?

1. She's not an Elf. Hey, I think if it has pointy ears, it should make me gain 1 more life with Wellwisher, and bounce too Wirewood Symbiote. (I have this problem with Sorin, Nicol, and Ajani also)

2. She's too damn fragile. She has the lowest starting loyalty of any other planeswalker. And she doesn't even have a +2 ability too compensate for it like Jace! Also guess what they just reprinted. A little card called LIGHTNING BOLT. I don't want too wait 2 turns, praying that my opponent doesn't have any burn. And also it's hard to prevent damage to her. She can't be bounced with a Symbiote. She can't be pumped with a Timberwatch. Those two methods are how Elf decks stop things from dying.

3. Specific card search. Granted the card she searches for isn't half bad. An Elvish Warrior that is endlessly searched for is awesome. However if it was any Elf that costs 2 or less I'd be happier then an Atog in a Scrapyard. Beggars can't be choosers though.

4. Gaining 2 life for each elf you own. Great. An ability that encourages everyone at the table too bash my head in. Still its pretty good. Oh wait. You control. Wellwisher was awesome because it also counted your opponent's Elves, was cheap, common, counted itself in it's own ability, could have more then one in play at a time, and you could play it's ability multiple times if you could untap it. Nissa can't do any of these things. sorry but i'll stick with the card i already have 2 playsets of.

5. The ultimate ability. If by some miracle Nissa receives no damage, the quickest you can use her ability is 5 turns later, or around turn 8 in an elf deck. Now my Elf deck can play the entire library, gains infinite life, attacks with infinite overkill/overkill Creatures, and Hurricanes for lethal all by turn 5 (perfect draw). Nissa is too slow for my deck. even with Doubling Season. Oh and you know what sucks after using her final ability? MASS REMOVAL. this ability could have been so much more. hell i would have taken a "Coat of Elves" effect (if it costed less loyalty) over this. And I hate Coat of Arms!

Move over Liliana, Nissa is now the weakest planeswalker printed too date.

IT'S A TRAP!

some zendikar info has leaked and only a few things are known, but i thought i'd compile them.

1: there are 5 or more planeswalkers in this set. Nissa Revane and Chandra (a new version) are confirmed. Each one is monocolored.

2: Kicker returns.

3: there's a new instant type-Trap. what it does is unsure yet.

4: Kor, Sphinxes, Soldiers, Dragons, Humans, Elves, Clerics, Beasts, Vampires and angels will be in this set.

5: magic is supposed too work differently on Zendikar then anywhere else in the multiverse. however it is supposed to be very powerful.

6: new ability- Landfall-Whenever a land enters the Battlefield under your control [effect].

7: extended art lands.

8: M10 tribes should get support from Zendikar.

9: Poison maybe returning in this block. either that or the next block.

10: zendikar seems to have a "playing spells" theme.

11: "free" alternate cost spells return (quite possibly what 'trap' refers too, as both things appear on the same card)

12: jace maybe showing up later in the block. don't expect him in this set.

gears of war 2 weekend

not only is it free xbox live weekend for gears of war 2, its also double exp this weekend! have fun!

Youtube

it now OFFICIALLY SUCKS.

forced advertisements in front of videos? come on. the pop up during the video shit was annoying enough. i can understand this with hulu as they use actual copyritten shows but youtube? they don't allow that. that stopped around the time google bought it and they started blowing.

plus it seems that most videos MUST be watched in widescreen HD. which makes loading times stupid long.

so with this last update, youtube blows chunks. i've only been using it to watch machinima lately (due to machinima.com never seeming to completely load a video recently. and by "not completely load" i mean "the first three second sof the film only") however with crappier and crappier machinima coming out lately (maSHITima. term i made. you heard it hear first people.) i'm not even sure if its worth continuing watching.

also shot out to Josh. visit his new blog here!

edit: to all those who will be smartasses and say "well there is a way to shot ads off on youtube. simply opt out." i say falsities! i even installed the optout cookie and you know what? it doesn't stop them.

the only thing i found that works is setting your adobe flash settings for allowing no installation, and even then you will see the adobe flash program asking if you want to let youtube show you something at least twice a video.

does radical entertainment think they're funny?

Prototype offers the following achievement:
Trail of Corpses (30G): Kill 53,596 infected.

that number may look familiar to those who have played Left 4 Dead.
Zombie Genecidist (30G): Kill 53,595 infected.

what is this, a "my achievement is bigger then yours" contest. its hard enough in left 4 dead to get that many kills, let alone in prototype there aren't as many zombies at one time.

same goes with the original Gears of War
Gears: 10,000 ranked
the Club: 10,001 ranked
BF: Bad Company: 10,002 ranked

come on people... this isn't a contest, and if it was Gears 2 wins with 100,000 kills.

stop making achievements thinking people will only play your game.

unless your halo.

M 2010

some previews of the new core set have begun to leak out. (http://mtgsalvation.com/magic-2010-m10-core-set-spoiler.html) Remember my guess on the 8 "survival" cards? (cards that have been in every core set since the first)
in case you don't, hear were my picks.

current 16:
Air Elemental
Samite Healer
Grizzly Bears
Goblin King
Nightmare
Scathe Zombies
Drudge Skeletons
Bog Wraith
Giant Growth
Fear
Giant Spider
Howling Mine
Orchish Artillary
Regeneration
Rod of Ruin
Wrath of God

My guess on the 8:
Air Elemental
Wrath of God
Giant Growth
Nightmare
Goblin King
Giant Spider
Orchish Artillary
Rod of Ruin

Actual 8 announced so far:
Drudge Skeletons {X}
Nightmare {V}
Air Elemental {V}
Giant Growth {V}
Bog Wraith {X}
Giant Spider {V}
Howling Mine{X}
Rod of Ruin {V}

so yeah. i fail. however 5/8 isn't all bad.
and now both red and white have lost thier chance for coreset survivor.

so in magic 2011 they are only going to be four of the core set survivor.

My guess on the final four:
Air Elemental (all the way!)
Giant Growth
Drudge Skeletons
Howling Mine

interesting new cards include:




Ant Queen {3GG}
Creature - Insect {R}
{1G}: Put a 1/1 green Insect creature token onto the battlefield.
#166/249
5/5



Vampire Nocturnus {1BBB}
Creature - Vampire {M}
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
As long as the top card of your library is black, Vampire Nocturnus and other Vampire creatures you control get +2/+1 and have flying.
3/3

Notable Old Cards:
Duress (might be reprinted, still unconformed)
White Knight (I was Right)

As For Booster Art Cards
Red-Enrage
Blue-?
White-?
Green-?
Black-?
Box-?

update:6/9/09

several new rules changes:
The phrase "plays a spell" is now "casts a spell"
The phrase "into play" is now "onto the battlefield"
The phrase "removed form the game" is now "Exiled"
Manaburn has been eliminated (mana pools still empty when appropriate, you just don't take damage)

i will be updating this page instead of posting others