Video: Rickeh tries Mega Death Sauce

Rickeh tries the Mega Death Sauce. I gave him a free double cheeseburger and large coke for his troubles.

You can buy this stuff from: http://www.deathsauce.com.au/

Rickeh tries the Mega Death Sauce

iBisQ Returns

The old home of Melbourne Counter-Strike iBisQ is coming back, and back in a big way. The renovations are pretty much complete and let me be the first (or second) to say after testing these machines out it looks very promising.

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The best there is?

Right now theres only 1 question on everybody’s mind; Does the new absolute dominating powerhouse melbourne 1.6 team have what it takes to be the best team in aus?
Don’t know who im talking about? its #zeroremorse of course.

When asked if “they reckon Zero Remorse is the best team in aus“, this ’specialist’ could only respond with a resounding yes!
Click here to view Interview footage with specialist.
With such positive support and feedback from such a renowned individual, this writer firmly believes and agrees with said specialist’s opinion.

The only question now for the boys at Zero Remorse is ‘how long will it take’… How long will it take to reach the top? How long will it take beedee to remove this news post and/or dave’s writer position on the site? Only time will tell. This writer believes; soon.

For further information on such a monstrous, imposingly amazing, imperious, unequivocally dominating powerhouse that is Zero Remorse please visit:
#zeroremorse @ gamesurge
www.zero-remorse.net

Dickens Cider - Get your freak on!

Go hard overclocking with a Dickens Cider
Pillage that Village with a Dickens Cider
Drop an Airstrike with a Dickens Cider
…The bottom line is your nights not complete without a Dickens Cider

Dickens Cider is the latest Energy Drink to hit Australia and with a naughty little name like that, everyone around you is going to be asking for a Dickens Cider.

The product is basically a redbull or V, only stronger.. Meaning it actually keeps you awake and keen to war!

Horny Goat Weed Extract also makes a special appearence in this drink for those who have erection problems.. I mean to get the blood flow going.

If you still don’t get the naughty little name behind the drink, perhaps the video below will help.

 

For those of you who have tried it, and can now get your fix from Zone Adrenalan Melbourne.

An anonymous dice member had this to say after trying the drink:

I can honestly say that after trying this product its like being partially on speed, it makes your heart go pow making you feel like your in a state of highness LOL. dickens ciders is like a stimulant that speeds up your central nervous system but its a legal substance (goatweed ftw). I would only recommend max 2 a day because think you can overdose on it.

BBQ & Poker Day

Firstly, a big WD to sage who we saw live on TV make it out of groups. You guys did humski proud

What started to be a little scam to jib some money off a few dice members in poker turned out to be an enjoyable evening where everyone kicked back, and hopefully had a good time. And if you didn’t, I’m sure a Dickens Cider will help

Who came:

- drn
- bui
- nameci
- evo
- hadsi
- jing
- albz

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Call Of Duty 4 & DICE ?

Several of our members went out to buy this new high end FPS game to see what all the fuss was about last Friday. Amazingly the game runs quite smooth even with the bare minimum requirements for the game to be playable. Unfortunately one of the members who was the first to go out and buy this game doesn’t have a computer to run it.

When playing the game for the first time it was easy to see what all the fuss was about. This game is incredible in its detail and the game play is awesome. The maps and weapons are easy to get use to, the main downside however is being demolished by higher level players when you first start off which does get rather annoying. Having Air Strikes and Helicopter’s to help you get more kills is a great idea to spice up the game.

So after nearly a week of playing our members are now ranked in the mid 40’s and pretty much at the top half of the scoreboards in the team death match servers. You can find us playing in the GameArena and Internode servers, keep an eye out for us.

Screen-Shot of Tony ‘tnyvo’ Vo and Andrew ‘nameci’ Luong topping TDM:

Videos from Sunday [ACNC]

Mainly jnsie related

TF8 vs Redux opening pistol round:

What jnsie had to say after being disqualified and being sent to the lower bracket:

Dice asks cokester on his thoughts about the match:

Sup Hadsi?

Dice caught up with Paul ‘hadsi’, one of the original members of dice, at 3am on a Tuesday morning, all the way in South Yarra, while eating kebabs! We’re k33n :)~
Official attendees:
- bui
- peki
- beedee
- hadsi

dice: So how are you hadsi? What do you get up to these days?

hadsi: Going really good. I’m currently working at Coles Head office. Been doing a lot of sport and business planning.

dice: Going back to the end of 2006 when you decided to leave the “competitive” cs scene, what were your reasons behind it?

hadsi: The main reason was that God told me to do something else. First was a church mission trip with an organisation called THEOS and then things started to blossom from there. Also I had not time in the end with work, karate and other church missions that I am currently involved in. If I was at Uni, I’d probably still be playing.

dice: At the end of 2006 was also the year NJ went downhill, or at least didn’t maintain any decent results. Do you think you were part of the reason by leaving?

hadsi: Holy shit, lol!! Well, maybe!! Maybe not! I think you should ask the people within NJ about that.

dice: Being a very religious person, do you think people discriminate against it within the gaming community?

hadsi: I haven’t had any discriminations towards me and ex NJ member Jezza, didn’t have any discrimination from what I know of. I can’t speak for the whole community, but from what I experienced, the CS community will respect your beliefs as long as you back it up with your actions.

dice: Enough serious questions, onto the more juicy ones! Many people know you from your loud laughter and different sense of humor, do you do it on purpose or does it come naturally?

hadsi: LOL oh man, my laughing!! People still recognise me by the way I laugh!! anyway, sadly, this is my personality. Always one to push the boundaries in humor and an extrovert by nature.

dice: Speaking of pushing things to the boundary, being part of the original No Jnsie No Justice crew, I distinctly remember one time when we had finished our matches for the day and we headed across the road for Maccas. On the way there you said something very unsual, do you remember what you said and who you were talking about?

hadsi: HAHAHAHA!! Oh man I remember that cleary! It was to piss tnyvo off really. To make this interview more juicy, I’ll tell you what I said to Tony: “Don’t you think Tony’s cute?”. He turned around and said: “WTF??” and the sexual tension began from there!

dice: Even though the sexual tension between you and tnyvo blossomed (at least you towards tony - that shits illegal right?), you still convinced tnyvo to stay over for the night. Tony bought the “there’s no public transports that early” bait argument and agreed to stay the night. Just between you and me, what really happened that night?

hadsi: I watched him sleep the whole night, it was beautiful. ROFL AHAHAH!! Nothing happened you chow hai!! Nah he stayed over as the next game was at 9:00am Sunday or something obsurd and public transport wasn’t available.

dice: Is there anyone you know from CS who you’re keen to catch up with?

hadsi: Basically all the NJ people, but especially Jezza. He’s in Sydney and doing ministry work there! But really, just want to see how everyone is progressing in their life. Kendall, George, Tony, Liam and Jezza really.

dice: During CS competitions, yourself and I often carpooled together and usually parked at Crown Casino because it was free for us. I recall you playing a bit of blackjack from time to time when the day ended. Could you explain your “system” to me?

hadsi: Screw you. I lost a lot of money that night! Actually did I? I really can’t remember. But my system was, “the dealer can’t win 5 times in a row!” so I slapped more and more money on the table. Was that it? Or was it “the odds of that happening is too low”? It was something along those lines..

dice: Your gambling future looks bright hadsi. Any final shoutouts?

hadsi: Thanks to all who supported NJ and now support clubdice! I wish all the best for you guys in both CS and careers/personal life!

Some pictures of the outing!

DOTA Map 6.49b

New DOTA map has been released. The following are the changes made.

UNLOCKING THE INVOKER:

6.49b Changelog
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* Fixed a major bug related to Ogre Magi from last version
* Few other minor fixes
* Can only carry one Power Treads now
* Fixed the recoded Fissure to work properly with Aftershock

6.49 Changelog
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* Added a new recipe item (Armlet of Mordiggian)
* Added a new recipe item (Orchid Malevolence)
* Added a new recipe item (Shiva’s Guard)
* Added a new base item (Javelin,139527)
* Remade Power Treads
* Changed Monkey King Bar recipe
* Remade Vladmir’s Offering
* Reduced Ultimate Orb price by 50 gold
* Mystic Staff price from 2900 to 2700 gold
* Reduced movement speed bonus from Boots of Travel by 5
* Reduced Linken’s Sphere recipe by 100 gold
* Changed the second secret shop model (to Goblin Shop) and the shop’s carried items
* Bottle and Ring of Basilius no longer shift positions in your inventory when used
* Reduced Black King Bar cooldown from 100 to 85 seconds
* Increased Kelen’s Dagger of Escape cooldown from 25 to 30 seconds
* Improved Bloodstone’s charge regeneration rates
* Reduced mana cost on Hand of Midas
* Lowered mana cost on Helm of the Dominator
* Purchasing Bottle fills it to 2/3 instead of to maximum.
* Lowered Eaglehorn price from 3400 to 3300 gold
* Dagon’s mana costs and cooldown now decreases per level
* Reduced mana cost on Nathrezim Buckler
* Euls and Guinsoo now share cooldown
* Lowered Gloves of Haste price from 610 to 550 gold
* Recoded Aghanim’s Scepter. It can now be dropped, sold and disassembled. It also properly updates itself in deathmatch.
* Decreased Linken’s Sphere cooldown from 60 to 40 seconds
* Reduced Hyperstone price from 2300 to 2100 gold

* Remade N’aix
* Changed Crystal Maiden’s Brilliance Aura to a global effect
* Increased Acid Spray duration by 4 seconds
* Undid previous Jugg armor buff and increased starting strength by 3 and movement speed from 290 to 295
* Removed the invulnerability period while Priestess of the Moon is leaping
* Lowered Puck’s initial Intelligence and Intelligence Growth
* Lion’s Mana Drain is now faster (same mana drain over 4 seconds instead of 5)
* Changed Dark Rift from channeling to cast delay and reduced mana cost
* Increased cooldown on Call of the Wild
* Increased Lich attack range from 500 to 550
* Increased Pit Lord’s movement speed and starting Intelligence
* Improved cast and attack animation time on Broodmother
* Decreased cooldown on Death Coil from 15 to 11 seconds
* Rewrote Fissure to avoid Entangle and Impale based spell conflicts
* Improved Chen’s movement speed by 5
* Reduced Bristleback’s strength growth from 2.7 to 2.2
* Reduced Poof’s cooldown and mana cost

* New loading screen art (kunkka.deviantart.com)
* Added player index flags to replays
* Fixed a typo with Reaper’s Scythe
* Fixed some rare exploits with the Freeze Leaver system
* Improved Harbinger’s story (Terrorblaze)
* New Spectre background story (-Jenova-)
* New Visage background story (Grujah)
* New Storm Spirit background story (Inferno[DK])
* New Ogre Magi background story (Digital Anomaly)
* New Alchemist background story (Inferno[DK])
* New Lion background story (vertigo12)
* New Centaur background story (-Jenova-)
* New Slardar background story (Inferno[DK])
* New Tinker background story (Grujah)
* New Rigwarl background story (Volcove)
* New Zeus background story (Inferno[DK])
* New Pudge background story (Inferno[DK])
* New Traxex background story (Volcove)
* New Vengeful Spirit background story (-Jenova-)
* New Mortred background story (Inferno[DK])
* Fixed various item tooltips

Source: www.getdota.com

ZAM Renovates

I headed over to Zone Adrenalan Melbourne today to check out the renovations Russell(Rustyboy) had done. Needless to say it looks pretty impressive however you probably won’t be able to tell much from the bad images I took in the Gallery sections.

Had a brief chat with rustyboy and this is what he had to say:

dice: So what made you want to change ZAM?

rusty: We renovated ZAM because we have stopped doing retail which meant we really didn’t need the middle room. There’s still a small section on the wall we’ve kept which can be used for retail but just basically wanted to open it up a bit.

dice: Did the opening of Virtual Arena (VA) have anything to do with the renovations?

rusty: Haha, no it had nothing to do with VA opening up at all. It was more to do with the fact that we’re purely designing the place for a more lan focus. The walls previously were mainly built for the retail section, and once we didn’t have the retail it didn’t make sense to keep the walls.

dice: What do you plan on putting in the middle of the room now?

rusty: At first we’ll probably put a couple of couches and a table or something like that. Maybe some black vynal stuff. I think potentially, obviously down the track sometime maybe next year sometime we might have more pc’s but I don’t think its going to be anytime soon.

dice: Do you see any Counter-Strike nationals being held here now?

rusty: Ah no I don’t. The main reason why is because firstly even if we did have computers in the middle we still wouldn’t have the layout for a national. You need 40 pc’s minimum and 5 in a row and even if we did have that, we couldn’t have the people in the middle playing the people over there [either side]. It could be done but at the moment no.
I’ve worked out that we can do a nationals but the only way to do a national is over 3 days and I dont think many people are going to want a 3 day nationals.

dice: Thanks for your time russ, can we have sponsorship now?

rusty: *shakes head and continues playing wow*

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