Kindred Souls

Today, I met kindred spirits of my country that are, same as me, looking forward to the Grand Ribbon Cutting of the Granado Espada Pre-Open Beta Test Phase. It happened while I was browsing the official GE forums and I came across a certain thread where the user stated that she wanted to hear the views about other players through conversing with them through the means of IM-chatting. I was reluctant and was dulled by the thought that this would be a waste of time. But the other part of me just went ahead and posted my YM Handle right then and there. And so, there it was. My Handle, posted. As I was getting ready to browse for more info for what my character team would be, I accidentally, without thinking clicked on the first page of the thread and saw yet again the thread-maker's handle.

"Oh what the, hay."

Within moments I was chatting with her, as usual, I had to introduce myself as was taught to me by Mom. And then when I ran out of things to say I went ahead and excused myself to eat. In a very Neanderthalian manner. Had a little too much to eat from thereafter. Then when I got back I worked for a bit and finished everything as fast as I could. I did and was happy. I was now free to do anything else. Then she mentioned that if I wanted to be in the Carebear server I had to talk to another person who was in charge of it. I IMed him straight away and found out that the plan for the Faction(similar to guilds on other games) has been cancelled due to him and a whole other lot deciding to play at the Cervantes server. The PK server I so dread. Well, given the choice of being alone and getting mugged all the way in later levels my chances are in the carebear server in terms of fun and satisfaction might decrease. So I decided to join them. I got to meet people who appreciate the music I make as well as the sense of camaraderie I wanted when I was still in RagnaroK Online. The people are good, so I doubt I'd regret joining that which I hate... a PK server where I have no say if I'm weak. Well anyway, I enjoyed the day. I met friends, cool benefactors, fellow insomniacs. Kindred Souls.

Always in wonder,
~Adam Angelo

I have decided!

I have decided! I will be making this into a fan-based blog of my exploits in the realm of Granado Espada as well as my life. Hmm, yes. That should be good. Just talking about my life would be boring. So I my decision should increase my motivation to post more since I do love bragging. Well, anyway... What is Granado Espada? It is a game that has kept gamers waiting for about 2 years since it first started rumor, about an online game that purposely would revolutionize the Online Role-Playing scene by actually letting the player take control of not one, not two, but three characters in a Massivley-Multiplayer online Role-playing Game(MMPORG) environment. Gamers have believed that it was going to be a start and would seem like a fun thing to wait for it to come out. To their surprise though on the same year as the rumors grew, trailers began to seep through the internet and as people watched the beautiful scenes battering through their imagination, everyone seemed eager to play. And now the long wait is almost finally over. The Game is scheduled for an Pre-Open Beta Phase this May 17, 2007 and users all over the world with a decent internet connection can finally play!

For now, questions have risen among the fans from the Closed Beta Phase as well as the upcoming players of GE. One of the most widely asked and unread question is,

Q: "Will it Granado Espada be Pay-2-Play? Or Free(The item mall way)"
A: Let me quote the General Community Manager of GE, then:
"...we are still fine-tuning the details of our business model. Once we have done so, we PROMISE we will announce it on the website and on the forums. In the meantime, we have been reading the forums and hearing what you guys have been saying and believe me, we have been taking every one of those concerns into arriving at our decision."

I would suggest from here to actually check and read what those topics in the forums are saying. They could mean the world to the people who answer these everyday.

Now as for the people out there who love to role-play games like these for real, I would like to quote the official GE website's story from here.

The story begins in the old world of Orpesia, with the country of Oporuto. Oporuto was starving, and in need of an economic uplift. Their trade with resource-rich Katai had been cut off by the armies of Targa, Illier, and Vespanola to the East, and to the West they were blocked by the dreadful Dark Sea.
An Oporutan explorer named Ferrucio Espada ventured across the Dark Sea in search of an ocean route to Katai, and instead he discovered a new world.
The world was named Granado Espada after its discoverer.
Oporuto threw all their economic resources into the development of the new world, and spent their country into bankruptcy. Nearby Vespanola relieved the country's debts, and in the process annexed all of Oporuto's holdings in Orpesia and Granado Espada.
Following the annexation, Vespanola was attacked by their mortal enemy to the northwest, Brestia.
The Brestian surprise attack resulted in a brutal conflict known as "The Three-Year War." The war's outcome was essentially decided at the Baleares Naval Battle, in which a weak Vespanolan "Red" Navy miraculously defeated the mighty Brestian fleet.
The war forced Vespanola to ignore its interests in Granado Espada, and also created a new class of social elite, the Wartime Nobility. Due to social strife stemming from the Wartime Nobility's inability to adapt to peacetime, as well as growing control problems in Granado Espada, the Queen issued the "Reconquista Policy" urging adventurous Vespanolan families to migrate to the new world and retake the land for Queen and Country.
The game begins with your family, the new family, looking to find power, fortune and glory under Reconquista.

I would now like to stop here for the moment as I myself have no more knowledge about GE from here. I do hope to be in the game and enjoy it with all you people out there.

See you in the game,
~Adam Angelo

Prologue

Greetings,
I have no idea why I'm doing this. Actually I do. But I won't tell you. But that'd be boring, yes?
Hm, alrighty then. The reason why I'm doing this is because I'm bored. That and because I had another BlogSpot account but seriously forgot the password--- no, the user-name, for it. I don't forget passwords, you see. But due to the fact that I use a lot of user-names, it almost feels like the user handle is my password.

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Silly me. Anyway, I have a mission! Which is another part of my ingenious plot to actually do something other from my daily habit of the all powerful "work-eat-sleep" life. That means it'll become "work-eat-blog-sleep". How could the heavens make such a genius!? How...!? Ahem.
Anyway. Introductions.

I'm Adam Angelo. I was born on February 1st in the Philippines. A small Asian country in the southeast that has roughly ranked the 13th most populated country in the world. Yes, we' be rabid rabbits with raging hormones out to breed the lights off of every living opposite-gendered individual in sight. We even have a flag of a penis with 3 yellow balls. Alright, enough of the lame jokes. I tell corny jokes. Now, where was I... Ah, yes. I'm from the Philippines. And as a person who was raised there, I am very fond of being lazy. Aside from that, I love games. I am very much or was into Role-playing games back when I was still in college, but I haven't had the time to actually play any new games of late. Aside from the mesmerizing Oblivion Elder Scrolls, I was held back to buy newer games due to the fact that I really do not have the time for it. Part of the reason would be that work leaves me dead after my shift. I work in a call center that is in charge of supporting U.S. based products. Recently though the company merged with a corporation named Synnex and I have got nothing but more work to do from there.

Our company, as a call center is a technical assistance center(TAC) for many U.S. branded networking devices. One of our many clients would be Linksys. Yes, the #1 best seller in its own market is back-boned by our company. We provide technically stressed customers with ways and solutions in order to guide them through in making "this damned piece of ****" work or work again. We have left a lot of satisfied customers and thusly am proud to say that we are one of the best in regards to customer care in the world. Yes, I own you in terms of empathy. I work as a point-person in the company. And I aim to be a promoted to a Tech-Lead position in just a few more months. But what I really aim to be is an Operations Manager and be a head of maybe a few teams. Quite far but I can get there.

"Though slow the rise, the inevitable will soar."
-Adam Angelo--ces't moi.