Nerds :D

These guys are funny, I am quite amused by their silly song.
Thought I'd share it :)

I present to you Timmy and Tyson singing their version of 'I wanna be a millionaire', entitled, '100 ATAR'.






Henceforth, I'll hear this song every time I hear millionaire on the radio.

Arrrgh.

Life is sucking.
I mean, it's great. I slept for fourteen hours last night.
But God, stop fuckin' around. You're making my life a misery.
The ONLY thing I was actually going to leave my house to go to this year - The Supanova Pop-culture expo - is on the very day that I'm leaving for Canada.

...Feckers......

I'm so sad. I mean, I am really excited for my holiday, but seriously, Supanova is the only good place to buy anime series and manga...
and posters....
and shirts...
and meet people from Dragon Ball Z... (this year I think it's the guy from Full Metal Alchemist....)

:( :( i really want to go !!

i guess there's always next year...

maybe they'll get someone from Cardcaptors or Code Geass?

Henceforth, God is a little bitch who just wants to make me cry.

Zelda 2010

The Legend of Zelda has got to be one of my favourite video games of all time. Undoubtedly.
After hearing rumors of a new game being released this year, myself and my trusty companion Google went investigating and discovered a few tasty tidbits to do with the 2010 Zelda game.
The producers of past Zelda games hinted at developing a new (yet to have an official title) game in 2008, and announced in January this year that it was expected to be released sometime this year, and later on in February they confirmed it was going to be released at the E3 conference in LA in June.
So it's not just a myth, or a practical joke (like IGN's Zelda movie in 2008...) and is actually going to happen. ^_^ can barely contain my fangirly excitement.
The picture here is the only officially released art from the new game. Don't know who the new character is but hot diggity, Link is looking as sexy as ever. :D
However, a little bit of unwelcome news comes with all the other delicious news.
One of the producers said at an interview that "So far, the basic flow of the Zelda games is you’re exploring a field, you go to a dungeon, you conquer it and return to the field. We’re looking at altering that traditional flow."
NOOOOOOOOOOO
Stop breaking tradition, you bastards!
Zelda has been the same since the 80s and has always been epic. I wasn't actually alive but I just know it must have been great...
Still, I am excited. Perhaps, if they are as fantastic as I think they are, they can still make a good game, still as baffling and mind-crushing even if it is not quite the same. Essentially, it has always been Link vs Ganondorf with a bit of Princess Zelda on the side. Hopefully they'll keep it all that way, and still add different elements.
Henceforth, counting down the minutes. I do not want to be disappointed, and neither does the world.
Come on, Nintendo. Show us what you got.

Pokemon Catch Rate

I can't actually believe that they had this.

It's the exact formula to determine the catch rate for a pokemon.

Try it sometime :)

The exact formula is as follows:

Where

• HP_max is the number of hit points the Pokémon has at full health,
• HP_current is the number of hit points the Pokémon has at the moment,
• rate is the catch rate of the Pokémon,
• bonus_ball is the multiplier for the Poké Ball used, and
• bonus_status is the multiplier for any status ailment the Pokémon has (2 for sleep and freeze, 1.5 for paralyze, poison and burn).

Given this formula, the maximum value for a (if the Pokémon could have 0 HP) would be catch rate × bonus_ball × bonus_status. The minimum value for a (for a Pokémon with full health) would be ⅓ × catch rate.

If a is greater than or equal to 255, then the Pokémon is caught. If not, then calculate b as follows:

Then generate 4 random numbers between 0 and 65535, inclusive. If the random numbers are less than or equal to b, then the Pokémon is caught; otherwise the ball shakes n times, where n is the number of random numbers that are less than b. Note that b ≥ 65535 if a ≥ 255.

Therefore, the probability p of catching a Pokémon, given the values a and b calculated above, is:

The second expression for p may be expanded as follows:

Since (2¹⁶ - 1)⁴ ≈ 2⁶⁴, we can approximate p with the following expression:

The percentage error in this approximation approaches 0 as a approaches 255, and does not exceed 0.02%.

For a constant probability p, the probability P that a player can capture the Pokémon with no more than r tries is:

Note that this is the cumulative probability function for a geometric distribution. The expected value of r is 1/p, that is to say, on average, a Pokémon that can be caught with probability p will be caught with 1/p tries.

The inverse problem, the number of tries, r, needed to have a probability P of capturing a Pokémon is:

Henceforth: I think some mathematician pokemon fans have far too much time.

No words, just a picture.

guess what I'm doing right now. The above is a hint. :)
Henceforth, I love the internet. <3

The Great Pokemon Race Finale

I'm sorry to announce that the Epic Pokemon Race was a fail, and has been postponed.
Mostly because we're all retards and don't know how to use the emulators properly, therefore the games were lost. Well, I say all of us but Lachy didn't screw up so he's announced himself the eternal pokemon champion.
I demand a rematch.
Until next time....
Henceforth, emulators can suck my wang.
Hypothetically, if I had one. You know.
Don't take everything I say so literally...

The Great Pokemon Race - ep 1

Well it all started off with emulators. Then Lachy and I decided we'd race to see who could finish the original Pokemon Red version the fastest on said emulators. Because we were bored.
Chadd decided to join in but God only knows where he's at.
Lachy chose Squirtle as his first pokemon because he got to choose first. So then I chose Bulbasaur because I finished it once with Charmander already and I need a change of scenery/pokemon. And so that leaves Chadd with the lovely Charmander - ah, a match made in heaven.

so there are rules, of course.

Rule Book section 1 - communication
1.1 all players must agree to disagree at all times on all types of pokemon
1.2 all players will meet once each weekday to react exciting battles from the previous night (unless there are circumstances where a) the conversation does not allow for this to happen or b) the boys are trying to chat someone up... however unlikely, it must be written here)
1.3 all players have to update each other on progress

section 2 - cheating
2.1 no forms of cheating either on gameboys, gameboy colours or on emulators. Emulation cheating includes speeding the game up.
2.2 no red candy as this is just for little bitches.
2.3 no deleting of files of other players
2.4 no misleading information that will put other players at a disadvantage.

section 3 - winner
2.1 the winner shall be the first to complete the game, winning all badges and/or collecting all pokemon
2.2 the winner shall be given a prize yet to be announced, but it'll be hot diggity whatever it is.
2.3 the winner shall have eternal ... pokemon ... glory. :D

We started yesterday and the leaderboard is as follows:

1. Lachy: Third Gym
2. Darcie: First Gym
3. Chadd: Got up to first gym and then lost game file. Next time, Chadd.

So wait until next time to find out who is the ultimate pokemon trainer...
actually training in preperation for the new games. :D cannot wait...

henceforth, time to battle misty.
watch out, biatch.

I like funny people

Funny people who can draw comics, specifically. Draw comics that involve important moral decisions, silly plot lines and Lord of the Rings in a collective sort of humour.
Not that I'm picky or anything.








for all those LOTR fans... don't be ashamed. :)













from xkcd.com

that's all. :) i have no point to prove.

Epic !

Thought I'd share some of the AMAZING official artwork for the latest Legend of Zelda game. It's been out for a while but I found these pictures that I saved from a while back, because they were, as the title suggests, epic. Just like the game.
Nothing really beats the original Ocarina of Time / Majora's Mask games, but the graphics are amazing on the new Twilight Princess game. And let's face it, I only play Zelda and Super Smash Brothers, and Pokemon when my emulators decide to work. So I have a special Link-shaped space in my heart for all Legend of Zelda games.
Henceforth I shall spend less time studying, and even more time playing Zelda. :D
so should you.