Effective today, May 20, 2007, I will no longer be posting articles to this site. I have transferred to my new address at
As you may well know, I am setting up my new virtual home:
Gamers have such a stressful lifestyle - little sleep, cramps from all-day mousing and typing, and not eating on time. The list can go on and on.
No wonder, gamer health can one day crop up as a major issue. But some of you might say “who cares? I’m a gamer, I only count EXP not calories!” Come to think of it, EXP does matter more TODAY. But your health (and the calories) may “level you down” TOMORROW.
Not wanting to sound like an infomercial (or a nutritionist), this post is basically about the types of food gamers prefer (and why?) and some healthy alternatives.
QUICK AND EASY
If you’re hunting in Elan all day or going through those “last 10%”, gamers will always choose foods and beverages based on the following:
Need your expert advice.
I'm in a rut. After this afternoon's setup with Chino on the new GM Tristan website, I am now baffled with all the tech stuff needed to tweak the wordpress theme. CSS, PHP, XHTML, and all those darn codes are making my head spin.
If I am to continue with my wordpress.org hosted setup, a noob like me can't live without help from expert friends. Sigh.
Now, I am stuck with a choice...
1. Continue with the wordpress setup hosted on my domain (this means I have to learn to code my theme manually) or
2. Just continue with this blog and just point the domain to this one. With blogger, templating and adding widgets is a snap. Even an orangutan can do it!
I'll appreciate any comments or advice. I'm especially keen on which will be better in both long-term and short term use. Of course, adsense and web optimization are on top of my list.
Help!
Don't be alarmed by the title... it's a friendly hack, at least...
Good friend Chino Yray has "volunteered" (actually I buzzed him like crazy this afternoon over YM) to help me setup the new www.gmtristan.com.
A million thanks to him - a true godsend.
If it weren't for the guy, I would have pulled all my hair from all the tech mumbo jumbo that this new Wordpress + Host + Cpanel shiat! Sigh. It used to be simple here in blogger. But the family is growing and the reason for the new name and the new site is all because of YOU - my dear readers.. nothing but the best of course! /no1
It's not complete yet, Chino and I spent the entire afternoon sharing passwords (sweet!) and configuring stuff. Here's a list of the things to come (Phase 2)
See? A million things to do! And so little time... sayang, I wanted to catch up on my Heroes DVD this weekend. By I guess that will have to wait. In the meantime, please check out my first post at the new site.
Seeya all at www.gmtristan.com
Happy Weekend!
Weeeee!Just got my own domain and activated it today...
In a recent memorandum released by the Google Adsense team, they cite a lot of "intentional trickery" on the part of bloggers and web administrators to 'trick' readers into accidentally clicking Google Adsense Ads.
Google's AdSense blog addressed this recently, and gave examples of elements that should not have ad units placed too near to them:
According to that blog: "However, in some instances we've found that publishers have placed their ad units so close to interactive (clickable) content that users accidentally click on the ads instead of the site content. While this type of ad placement may not inherently violate our program policies, it could increase the risk of invalid clicks being generated on the ads, which would be in violation of our policies."
Note that similar practices are in violation of the Google Adsense policies and may disqualify your site or blog from getting revenues.
"You can understand that increasing the possibility of accidental clicks on your sites is not in the best interest of users or advertisers, and we wanted to make you aware of this risk," Mike Deeringer from AdSense Publisher Support wrote."This is why we ask that you maintain sufficient distance between your ads and any elements of your page on which users may often click."
Hope this post helps all my readers who are bloggers.
Ciao,
GM T
By GM Nirvelli
Please describe something about yourself
My name is Francis Michael Rivera, a 3rd Yr. College Student at the Trinity University of Asia . I love Music, Sports, and Online gaming, I am a gamer by heart. I love competition and that’s what makes me keep playing RO.
So how did your band started and tell me a short description about how you guys are as a band and RO players?
Our band started with us siblings (Me, Princess, And Jonjie) singing at our church, jamming at bars and caroling every Christmas. We were surprised that many people like how we sing, so we decided to make a career out of it.
United we were when we started the band, divided were when we started in RO, cause we played in different servers. I was the first one who tried RO at Iris Server playing with the Ninja Guild. My brother due to curiosity tried the game and played at Sarah Server. The other 2 (Carl and Princess), trying to get decided to try the game and played in Lydia Server. Then the Urdr server was launched. We decided to join together in this server to form a guild and we decided to name it the Archangels.
Your Guild in Urdr is the Archangels, how do you manage being in a popular band and making it in time for participating in Guild Duties, RPC and even Real Life stuff?
It is hard coping up with the guild when our gigs are scheduled during siege time. But fortunately we have dedicated and loyal members who are looking after the guild when we are not around.
Do you guys have a crazy fanbase/ groupies like most popular artists do nowadays? It must be cool hanging out with artists like Piolo Pascual.
Yes, we do have followers, mostly from schools when we do campus tours. Luckily we have lots of friends who always support us whenever we have gigs. It was really cool being in a concert with Piolo and other stars like him in the industry.
Whats your take on RO players out there that have multiple (might i say Impressive) talents that you and your band have?
Be proud of your talent and share it with others, for talents given by God are meant to be shared to bring happiness to other people.
Do you guys have an album yet?
None as of the moment but we did recorded 2 songs. I can send you the sample if you want
That would be great. Now lets talk about the game. Do you guys have any plans since RPC and RWC is coming up or are you guys are doing some top secret strategies?
Yes, we are planning to participate this coming Agit Lords and we are aiming to “Fly High” at the RPC and RWC 2007.
Any last words to your fans, teamates and friends out there before we wrap up?
I would like to thank my family, my guildmates and all our supporters for believing in us in everything that we do in game and in real life.
QUICK Facts
Nickname: Mikko
Server and Character: Urdr = EdeRLyN` and [qT]proff
Favorite Food: Sea foods and Japanese foods
Favorite Music: Incubus, Bamboo, Kamikazee, Radio Active Sago Project, Brownman Revival, Stevie Wonder, Michael Buble, itchyworms, OkGo, My Chemical Romance
Status: Single, married or me magagalit if i say something: Single and interested in dating women, no chixilogs allowed
Things you dislike most: Cheaters, Mayayabang na players, trashtalkers...
Favorite TV show/Movie:
TV shows: Scare Tactics, Prison Break, CSI, Pimp my ride, WWE, House, JKX, Wild Boyz, Call 2 Greatness, The Simpsons, Them…
Movies: Star Wars, Matrix Trilogy, LOTR Trilogy, Harry Potter…
Most Outrageous thing you’ve ever done IRL: Doing a hagibis dance number at school wearing a Bow-tie, sando, cycling shorts and leather shoes! Hehehe
Band Profile
OLD SCHOOL, a rock-acapella band, gives a whole new experience in ‘a capella’ music. The group showcases all-voice renditions of popular hits from bands like the Beatles and the Beach Boys to the Queen, Green Day and INXS plus several hits from local rock bands.
They had several stints in Magandang Umaga Bayan and at ASAP, as part of the Full Circle segment even appeared along side with Piolo Pascual
They had 8 concerts at the WOW Philippines, Intramuros and had a series of Rock Acapella Fridays at the Robinson Malls. They have been featured artists of San Miguel’s “Super Dry Bar Tour” and “Super Dry Laff Trip”
The OLD SCHOOL is composed of Carl Virtudazo, Princess Rivera- Virtudazo, Jonjie Rivera, Mikko Rivera, Ivy Aguila-Maniquiz, and Allan Miraflor.
Thanks for the great article, Nirvelli!
If you think you have need for the services of the band, feel free to book them via Nirvelli's blog.
Rok On!
