Episode 20!

Twenty Episodes of Minecraft in. I'll get this island in shape. I'd love to vow that I won't die again. Who knows.

In any event. Enjoy!

9 Year Old with an Uzi!?!

Sometimes I don't understand Americans. Sometimes I understand them all too well.

I get the fear based society that you've built that keeps you clutching your Glocks and your AR-15s. I get that you rationalize it away with ironic claims of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness even though none of these things is found at the barrel of a gun. I've learned that the right to bear arms within the context of a well-regulated militia has come to mean something else along the lines of profits for arms dealers who have become priests in the temple of the NRA.

I get it. And, as a Canadian, I understand your fear that we might come and kick your ass again. I get it.

If that's the country you want and the life you think you need to live then have at it. Just leave your weapons at home when you come to our safe and peaceful streets where our annual gun violence statistics equal an average night in Chicago and we'll be savvy.

What I don't get is putting an Uzi in the hands of a 9 year old.

Sad. Tragic. Unfortunate. Accident. These are the words that  I've been reading and hearing over the past couple days.

Bullshit. The word that should be plastered on everything from the newspaper headlines, to the priest's sermon, to the firearms instructor's gravestone, to the papers that Child Protective Service's agent brings when they take this child from her parents:

Stupid.

Stupid instructor. Stupid parents. Stupid business. Stupid gun lobby. Stupid media. Stupid country.

If you can't see, beforehand, that PUTTING AN UZI INTO THE HANDS OF A FUCKING NINE YEAR OLD GIRL is a bad idea. Well then, you're stupid too.

I hate that the guy is dead. I feel bad for his family. This little girl is going to be in therapy for a long time.

It's still stupid.

A nine year old girl should still be supervised when using scissors. Has the responsible decision-making capacity of an alcoholic at an open bar. The hand eye coordination of a guy with Parkinson's having an Epileptic seizure.

Let's give her an Uzi and think nothing bad is going to happen.

I don't get it. Explain to me noble trolls and American gun nuts. How is this not stupid?

Comment below.

I think I'm in love with Panddda and oh yeah, Episode 16

Whoever put the Panddda bot in the middle of Aeven Square is my favorite person ever. I stopped in last night to chat with folks and for shits and giggles I typed "Panddda wants the D" to which the bot replied. "Wickedfrost, are you propositioning me?"

Alright - we all know that it's not going to pass the Turing test though I'm absolutely convinced that Deviants would think she was a real person. Still - I spent a good half hour messing around with the Bot's responses. Some were hit and miss. Others were absolutely hilarious.

Just type Panddda somewhere in your text and she'll respond to you. Have fun.

She pops out trivia questions and keeps track of points too. All you have to do is type the answer in chat to respond and the first one to do so gets points. Type #stats <yourname> and you can find out how you're doing.

There are other commands too though I don't know them. I did pick up that #register <username> <text> and Panddda will shout out your text whenever you #<username>

So in the comments - if you know some Panddda commands or some hilarious responses - share them with everyone or else you're a selfish prick.

Also - Episode 16 is down below. Like, share and subscribe.

Wikky

Facebook, Private Servers, Data Corruption, and Minecraft News

Hey all,

I've got myself hooked up with Facebook and so a number of you are going to be connecting with me that way. If you'd like there are connecting points on the right side of the blog and down at the bottom to connect to me personally and to the blog page down below.

Feel free to add me as your friend and to connect with the Endless-Online community there.

I've added the private server list and you can find that in the top menu bar and in the links section on the right. I'm going to be doing some private server tours in the near future so that you can get a sense of what's out there. But please feel free to go and try out some of these new servers.

And if you have a private server that you'd like featured please let me know via the myriad of ways that you can connect with me.

Regarding the Main Server: more reports on the loss of items are connecting it primarily with botters and folks who used different exploits to try and get around the data corruption. It seems attempting to log in isn't the cause but connecting to a greater degree affected the community. Since it's mostly hackers and botters affected I'm not inclined to feel too much pity. But it is what it is and hopefully you weren't affected too much.

And Minecraft Episode 15 is up. Lucian is talking about a potential Minecraft server which would be fun and I'd definitely record. I've got my video limit increased by YouTube so I can even post past the 15 minute break. I won't do many long videos but if we've got a co-op build going on I'll record that too.

Have a great day and a better tomorrow.

Wikky

Endless-Online is back online

Endless-Online came back online today after a couple of months of server error. The server is stable though a bit laggy from the many people reconnecting. There are some early reports of data loss. Specifically people have lost items from their paperdoll. I have not experienced this myself on any of my accounts but results may vary.

As to the cause of the extended time away: nobody knows. Likely just a database error on the server side that caused the need for a reset. Every once in a while server companies do reset their machines and that likely reset the game for us. There are no announcements or changes in the game.

So enjoy it while it lasts.

If you need the software I've got a clean download on the right-hand side in the links section or you can pick it up directly from http://www.endless-online.com/ with the faulty EIRC file intact. (Just delete it and you'll be fine.)

I know some of you have been waiting a long time for this. And like my last post indicated - just in time. Maybe Vult-R is listening to me after all of these years. :)


Enjoy

Wikky

Timing your MMO launch

This is for my Endless-Online private server developers out there. You want to have a successful launch of your private server then, as with most things, timing is everything.

Knowing the life cycle of your target audience is key in any business endeavor and your window is particularly narrow.

Honestly - you want to launch now.

This is the MMO silly season. Everyone has left their games for sun and surf. School is out. The weather is good. Friends are chillin'. Game numbers drop. If the main Endless-Online server was running right now you would see a 40% drop in real player rates. It's been that way for a decade.

Then comes September.

School begins. Free time is limited. Your adult players are back to real work. People are back to their screens. There's a reason that all the television shows start their seasons in September. It should be your reason to launch.

An additional reason: no main server = your opportunity to pick up market share. This is your window to get them before they leave for good. If you want to be successful. Now is the time.

So if you're close then it's worth putting extra hours in to finish your private server and to promote it. You'll get the most return on your investment of time now.

Down below in the comments. If you've got a private server: post the details. I'll add them to the links section and if you've got banner ads I'll make a space and page for them.

Wikky

Brock destroys Cena

I know I've got WWE fans with me. Caught SummerSlam last night - that was a helluva card. Even the Bella bullshit wasn't horrible. But then - Cena vs. Lesnar.

Holy Shit.

Brock absolutely destroys Cena. Of course: scripted, fake, not real. I know - obviously. I appreciate pro wrestling as an art form not as actual combat or sport. What I'm amazed by is that they had the balls to tell that story.

Brock Lesnar - the legitimate fighter tearing apart the WWE's Superman for the past 10 years. And not just beating him. Wrecking him.

Like I'm wrecking Cruise on the whole poetry thing. Check the forums.

You watched that match and you believed that Lesnar is the baddest man on the planet. Every German Suplex told a story. Every time he told the ref to call the match you believed the bell was going to ring.

Hell - I don't know if they prepped the ref because he looked like he didn't know what was happening: because we've never seen this before.

The 5 guys shouting "boring" in this match. Fuck you. That was the most compelling match this side of Cena-HBK's hour long marathon in the past 10 years.

I have no idea where they go from here. Plan is for Brock to go on to Mania with the title and face either the Rock, HHH, or Reigns. None of those matches will be any good. We'll have to believe that one of those 3 guys is at Brock's level and we know that's never going to happen.

They could strip him of the title or screw him over in a three-way match or perhaps blindside him with a MiTB cash in and a 15 on 1 beatdown. None of it's going to be convincing and it will ultimately tarnish the title.

The only thing that kind of works is Brock retires as champ. The greatest champ who ever lived. He conquered the WWE and everyone who ever mattered. And then goes on to UFC again and hopefully doesn't lose. It's the only story that works.

That's the future. Who knows where they go. From a writing perspective they've painted themselves into a corner. But for the moment when considering the beating that Brock laid on Cena last night.

Amazing. Well done.

The Love of Man

She thinks she knows it.
Measures it. Fathoms something lesser.
She knows nothing
Of height, depth, breadth, and dimensions folded in on themselves.

Of giving.

And giving.

And forgiving and worse. The strength to restrain the need to forgive.
Anger. Resentment. It gains no foothold here.

This is a man's heart.

Where hatred can rule when vigilance fails.
The night watch. The morning comes. The battle. The peace.
It is all the same.

Vigilance. Duty. Honour.

Man has not the heart of stone accused. He guards it with stone
because he must.

He must guard it from her.

Such is a man's love.

The Value of Anonymity and Wikky Island: Episode 10

This blog is for you. It's also for me. The benefit of having a super-secret-superhero-secret identity is that I can mull over things here that I might not be able to in "the real world." When you get older life transitions into a dynamic of power. It is your capital and your currency.

Weakness is heavily frowned upon and even outright attacked.

So admitting your weaknesses or even working through them is taboo. So in real life, like many, I have none.

Absolutely ridiculous and a ridiculous way to live.

My outlet is writing. I explore fears, desires, challenges, and dreams in the stories I tell and the peoples' stories that I share. That is the gift of being a professional writer. You can go down a few of those roads.

But not all of them. There are still limits. A writer carries a sword (a diamond sword!) but you can only swing it so many times before your arms get tired of fighting. So you pick your battles and tell the stories that will leave you relatively unharmed.

Where am I going with this?

Anonymity. Google, Facebook - they absolutely hate it because anonymity does not generate useful data for them to sell to advertisers and other third parties. There is a fundamental value in having it, however, because there are stories to be told (that need to be told!) that wouldn't be told if there was fear of repercussion.

Not to say there shouldn't be repercussions for some stories told. Terrorists, child molesters, and the people who spit on your burgers at McDonald's all deserve fatal beatings.

But other stories that are told.

People who wrestle with being gay in a local culture of intolerance and hate who risk becoming an object of ridicule and yet another statistic if someone at school found out.

Or someone battling depression who just needs a place to express the darkness without fear of being denied entry to the US because they had an episode once.

Or even me.

I'm not going to drop heavy on you guys every day. But every once in a while expect a little bit of cathartic venting and a bit of a window into my soul. I give you permission to troll in the comments because the great thing about being WickedFrost is that my superpower is anonymity.

I don't know you. You don't know me.

You want to spew shit. No problem.

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Oh - and down below - Episode 10. Per request I've upped the resolution to 720p so enjoy me being awesome at Minecraft in HD.

Wikky

Thoughts on Robin Williams

After a long struggle with depression actor and comedian, Robin Williams, took his own life. The man was a genius. As an actor he was both manic and sympathetic. He could make you laugh and make you cry and sometimes both at the same time. He was an inspiration for me to become a writer and to allow the consciousness to flow without limits.

That was truly his genius. No reservations. A complete investment in every role, in every joke, in every scene.

Dead Poets Society is my favorite movie. Period. It literally saved my life. An outcast, a writer, and an artist as a teen there were no role-models for me. I'm sure everyone figured I'd be another statistic; another sad but not quite unexpected headline in the local newspaper.

Then came Robin Williams. He was the teacher I never had. A mentor on the screen. I sat in that classroom. Walked those halls. Sat in the old cave reading Byron and Keats.

There was life in front of me that didn't involve a hockey rink or milking cows. I followed that dream. Seized the day. Sucked the marrow out of life.

Thank you Robin. Rest in peace.

Seize the day...because we are food for worms, lads. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold and die.

EO Plus

Hey all,

A few updates today as I work on things.

1. Wikky Island - Episode 6. I've tried everything and the file is dead. I've got one more trick up my sleeve. It might work. It might not. And it didn't. So we move on to Episode 7. (BELOW)

2. I'm thinking of doing a Nikki Minaj cover. That damned rabbit on Pills and Potions is hypnotizing. So when I've got that recorded and mixed down I'll have that up for you.

3. Social media. Connect to me on Google+, Twitter, and YouTube. I don't think I'm going to do the whole Facebook thing especially with the shitty Messenger app that they're pushing.

4. Private Server News: http://www.eo-plus.net/ is currently in Beta (whatever that means for EO Private servers). I'm still waiting on Stava's EO server which I think has the most promise, but while you're itching for a place to go this is a brand new alternative.

The only criticism I have for private servers that are popping up: Stop making your own forums. TREOS.ORG is the place to go. Connect with Lucian over there and I'm sure he could work out a good deal on your own subforum. There is no need to fragment a small community and you'd be better served tapping into one central one.

Anyways - from their homepage:

• Welcome To EO-Plus, A MMORPG based Off Of Endless Online. We Have Kept The Same Old Classic Endless Feel, Plus Added A Few New Additions That We Felt Would Suit The Game. We Are Currently In A Developmental Testing Phase.
• EO-Plus Mimics All Aspects Of Endless Online From Maps, Quests, Monsters, and Experience Rates. We Have Introduced A New Card System Into The Game. All Monsters Now Drop Cards Which Can Be Equipped, Every Card Gives Specific Stat Bonuses. Currently All Cards Dropped Will Give 50HP/50TP, But That Is Just Temporary Until We Implement Each Monsters Own Special Stat Bonuses.
• There Is Also A Chance To Get Enhanced Items! All Equipment Dropped By Badies Will Have This Chance. Don't Worry, They Will Be A Rare Occurance.
• We Look Forward To Seeing You Online During Our Testing Phase, Please Report Any Missing Quests/Maps On The Forums.

Arglon's Server

Hey all,



Quicky report for you. Arglon is releasing a server and provided a quick YouTube introduction for the thing. I'm still looking ahead to Stava's server being my main source of EO goodness but for those of you who can't wait and who are looking for something to do while EO Main is glitched up - here it is.



As far as details on release date, where to download, etc. When Arglon provides them I'll update them. I've sent a quick note his way and I'll let you know what he says.



Stay Frosty!

So should I do a twitch channel?

That's the question of the day.

I'm going to have to look into it anyways. Especially the monetization side of things. I know the recording software ports relatively easily over to YouTube and you'd also get to bask in my TF2 Awesomeness.

On the other side of it - there would be yammering while I'm playing. But that wouldn't be a horrible thing. I was recording minecraft episodes and there was a spot where it seemed too boring to just record what I was doing so I shut down the recorder and did some boring farming work. On the other side of it the interactivity could be cool.

Do you folks have twitch experience? Let me know in the comments. Good, bad, ugly?

Or favorite channels?

I'll put Ep. 6 up tomorrow.

Laters!

It's Tuesday

So. Tuesday morning.

You need content. CONTENT. So I've got some for you. Episode 5 of Wikky Island Minecraft will be down at the bottom of this post. But I didn't post anything yesterday so it feels like I owe you something more.

So let's talk plans. My plan. Bringing Wikky back.

Not just this - where a few of you read the blog and bask in the greatness. I mean all of me loving all of you - and all of you loving enough of me to pay attention. We're going to surpass the greatness of the Endless Report here.

Music. Reviews. EO. News. Entertainment. One stop fucking shopping here.

But I need your help because WickedFrost isn't just me. It's we.

I'll generate the best I've got for you and try to keep you entertained.  All I ask is that you get people here. To the blog. To the Youtubes. To the tweets. And especially to TREOS.

We long for the glory days of Endless-Online. I was there. Those glory days came because we all built the community from the ground up. Vult-R provided the game. We provided the heart. The soul. The LULZ!

So if you want that back and more then let's make our fucking stand here. Connect your friends. Tell the /Chans. Give a shit.

Because we're doing this.

We are legion.

Fear us.

Wikky Island: Episode 3

Minecraft continues. Join in the fun. Episode 1 contains the seed. It'll only take you about a half hour to catch up to the rest of us.

Blog news: I've got a whole bunch of different things planned as we go forward. A number of Let's Play ideas including League of Legends (which I have never ever played). I'm going to play it cold with no guides, tutorials, etc. Should be entertaining.

Also - subscribe/follow me on the social shit. It helps the bottom line which helps the bottom line. Twitter, YouTube, and Google+. I'm trying to connect everyone who has ever been attached to Endless-Online ever.

Wikky Island Episode 2

I love me some Minecraft. So here I am continuing to try to make it on my own. 1 Tree. No animals. Alone on the ocean.

Remember that this is a communal thing. Play the same map and post your progress down below in the comments section.

Seed details are here: http://aevenpub.blogspot.ca/2014/07/lets-play-minecraft.html

Have a great one.