Month: December 2016

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– Five Great Ideas from DDO & LOTRO

With the recent news that Standing Stone Games will be taking over LOTRO and DDO we thought to look into some of the great ideas that came from these two MMOs. Daybreak is now publishing the titles as Turbine has spun them off into their own studio – Standing Stone Games. For the fans this means more content, a solid service team, and a studio now directly dedicated to these two titles. Both MMOs continue to have a solid community and here are some of the reasons why.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic – Five Years of the Force Celebrated in New Blog

Happy birthday, Star Wars: The Old Republic! It’s hard to believe that Bioware’s flagship MMO is turning half a decade old today. Not ones to let a good anniversary opportunity go by, Bioware’s Ben Irving has posted a great post celebrating the game and its community. To kick off the day, a special character portrait collage representing some of the 87M unique character created over the course of five years has been released.

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Guile’s V-Trigger Sonic Boom Loops May Still Be in Street Fighter V’s Second Season

One of the things that Guile players are worried about in Street Fighter V’s second season: the possible closure of his V-Trigger Sonic Boom loop. The official patch notes indicate that the loop was possibly removed, by giving his standing fierce punch and crouching strong punch more pushback. However, it seems that the loop may still be possible, based on this clip from B. Shazz.

As demonstrated in the tweet below, using the beta test of the game on PC, B. Shazz has found that a variation of the loop still works. The main difference is that he substitutes a crouching strong punch with 2 chained crouching jabs instead. Doing so allows Guile to remain close enough for the rest of the loop to still connect.

Now whether or not this is still applicable once Season 2 actually goes live, however, is still to be confirmed.

Source: B. Shazz

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– A World for Views

Over the weekend I visited Snowdonia in Wales. Over two days we climbed Glyder Fawr and Glyder Fach (known as The Glyders) as well as the ever popular Snowden. I’ve always enjoyed walking – just to explore – and only took up mountaineering recently. While the ascent and descent of each mountain was long and arduous (around 7 hours) the summits made them all worthwhile. To reach the top and look out over the world below, especially on a clear day, is truly breathtaking.