Sov's Crazy Ramblings

I was just asked by Lobster((Rethius)(Ret)) where the name sovhed came from… and let me tell you wow thats a story.. I think its a good idea that I tell you just so you arent wondering and I thought that it would make for an interesting, though maybe not funny read.

It all started one day when I got Battlefield 1942. I had been playing alone happily and decided I wanted to do something else, I downloaded Desert Combat.. at that stage it was in early development.. After a while I met someone called *S*G*Something (can’t remember the name now). They invited me to their clan and I thought “oh what the heck”

I joined, the day after the clan fell apart, not due to me or my choice but the clan leader got bored, as most of the small clans do.. I figured… okay whatever..

A few months later and I had Battlefield Vietnam, an awesome game… I was in operation irving and this asshole called “=SoV=DefineDeath” pwned my ass in an f4 Phantom, napalming me to death with my own plane.. We got talking and he invited me to join the clan he was in.. “Shadows of Vengeance” Cool name I thought, so stamped my name and signed, choosing the game name of  ”=SoV=hEaD_bUsTeR”. Lovely eh?

Over the next 2 and a half years I enjoyed =SoV= life, playing in clan matches, working my way slowly to near the top, eventually providing the teamspeak and game servers for the clan at the start of my hosting company. We saw our way through battlefield 2 and won many battles, but eventually when the release of Battlefield 2142 was nigh we decided enough was enough, we didn’t enjoy BF2142 and we could see that we wouldn’t be doing it for fun. We decided to go our own seperate ways with gaming, leaving the =SoV= clan in the dust of the past, a great era of gaming laid to rest.. a sad day.

Well as you can see, my name is from here, it changed slowly over time, evolved even. I started as “sovHead” in planeshift, then “SovHed” in numerous free games, then eventually WoW, leading us to the present day where my name is SovHed still… I may go by Ephirus on WoW but there is still SovHed inside me.

I purchased this domain about 3 years ago when I first took up the name SovHed and its stuck ever since.

Anyway that is the story of all about how my life got quick turned upside down and i just took a minute to sit right here, and tell you how I became the prince of …wait a minute…

Okay, I’ve been playing the Beta test version of Battlefield Heroes.

Its a cartoon shooter, a bit like Team Fortress 2, except… its a bit more basic, you can’t get one shot kills, its truly a cartoon game, realism is something that isn’t even considered in it. Its an online browser based game, which actually downloads and runs from your PC, so its not REALLY a browser game at all.

It strikes me as an addicts game, suitable for someone who would really play it over and over day in, day out. When you start out, your choice is Commando (spy), Gunner(rambo) and soldier (sissy in between) and you all look the same… As you level up you get various types of points which you can spend on gear/guns/accessories, most of which don’t actually help you. When you buy clothes/weapons/armor it only lasts for 7 days before it dissapears, meaning if you want to keep something you either pay more (to keep it for 1 month) or you rebuy it every week. Which doesn’t really stike me as fun, or unlocking something… because you unlock it with progress and playing…only to lose that a week later. So if you’re off for a 2 week vacation you could quite easily come back to what is in essence a new character, except for points in abilities..

You can buy another kind of points with REAL money, but the items and upgrades you buy with those also expire after a month… So after spending $25… you get a little bonus and some cool clothes for a month… I could buy real clothes that would last years for that!

The game however is enjoyable and very playable without the unlocked/purchased content. Plus its free to play and download! so… really when it comes out it might be a good investment of your time, its small and doesn’t take long to install so its quite a fun little game. You can jump right in for a few rounds, they don’t take long and you feel better for having killed some stuff…

Of course you will have to wait until the beta is over and its actually released…. but by then it should be even more impressive.

So all in all, worth checking out!

Well I haven’t honestly posted in ages and I should have.. so sorry for that and I hope this in some way makes up for it…

Wait who am I talking to? Anyone read this thing?

Where have I been? what have I been doing? Well thats easy enough to answer, I’ve been sitting about here. I’ve been a fair bit busier recently though. I have had a few new clients for my hosting and I have been working to promote my business. I’ve been trying to start up my CS:S server with little success, though there are a few pubbers here and there. I’m thinking of extending the competition also as there hasn’t been enough people to make it into an actual competition… added to that if I don’t I’ll likely end up winning it myself, and that would look just a little bit unfair?

BRB food

Back! That was… sorta alright. It was a ready-meal thing though so I guess it was to be expected that it was little more than lump a-la-runnysauce

If you were wondering what i’d been doing workwise, then I’ve been moving my website ordering system over to WHMCS which is a paid scripty thing which is rather awesome I must say… if you want to check out the new system which i think is almost done go visit www.ad-sl.com/billing

Also coming up this week is something amazingly important and special! Its the birthday of none other than the beautiful, amazing and wonderful Kelate! *hugs* I hope she has a less than stressful birthday and that they give her a cake at work

So apart from all this… theres nuffin else. See you soon

Oh dear, what is this… a hyperactive girl by the name of boxxy making a video for another of her scary hyperactive friends on youtube. For some reason this is now the 5th most searched thing on google today, a spicy trend apparently. How the fuck? Seriously? its just a video blog of someone who has an IQ of about 6 who drunk over 9000 litres of coke before she made this video and the last … 15-16 years of her life.

Wow… yeah so as you can guess i’m not an awesome fan of boxxy, she has a nice voice but I don’t see how it has become such an internet craze so quickly. I’m interested to see how this affects my google ranking as I’m sure this will appear in a search engine somewhere.

So basically, give your comments or opinions on boxxy. If you havn’t seen the videos….then go here: www.youtube.com Yup… and search for it.

I don’t know what it is… maybe dance euphoria has taken over me or something but today has been a good day… Well it started out as a kinda shit day… but when Kelate came online she made me instantly happier, then I spent the rest of the evening/night/morning listening to awesome music and talking to great people and it has really fulfilled me…

Yeah, its odd isn’t it..? The guy who hates people usually, enjoying human company and interaction.

Other thoughts: I want to open a club … still yeah..

Do you think my music tastes are really good enough?

Your Loving Arms – Billie Ray Martin

Its from a Ministry of sound album so its mixed at the start and end to another song. but still I love the song.. And the one before and after actually.. What do you think?

Time for bed and sleep

Well as you all know WOTLK  came our recently and I had it on pre-order. Of course, this being spain my order got stuck in customs and likely won’t ever get to me. So I have therefore purchased it online and will be playing it tomorrow as it is currently downloading. This is of course if my spanish internet doesn’t crap out like it has been this evening.

Anyway complaints aside, I’m not sure that I really should talk about my next topic, so I think I will omit that for now. Umm

A question you may be wondering: Do I plan these things?

If you have any reading skills you can probably tell that this is a resounding no and that all of my “good” bits or humor are made up entirely on the spot. In fact I’m not sure my humor comes across very well when it is written so I will attempt to make you laugh with the following. B=============D

Get it? ….Yup

I will be posting a first impressions on WoW:WOTLK in a day or 2 as I’m really excited and looking forward to it. I will probably include a few screenshots or interesting things depending on what I see and do. So until then I bid you all happy re-reading of my last posts.