April 19th Entry: 100th Blog Post! 🎉😄🎊🌠
Yep, according to Blogger, it looks like this entry also happens to be my 100th blog post on this blog. Wow, time surely flies! 🕒🛫 From my very first, weak introductory entry all the way back on Sunday, January 31st, 2016 now up to this one. Will I be doing anything super special for this entry? Admittedly, not really. But what I can say, is that it has indeed been an interesting journey. Not only just on Blogger, but on YouTube and of course real life. Real life has been variable, YouTube mostly bad thanks to their constant stupid, oppressive, sensitive, kiss up changes, while Blogger has been fairly good for the most part. Where do I see this blog going in the near future? 2018 has particularly made it hard to predict the future, but I can say that I plan to continue typing up blog posts that interest me. I would also like to seriously get better at time management and staying focused. 😅😐 For real...
Now on this same day, 7 videos have (or are being) been uploaded to the channel. What's interesting about this batch is that three are videos of the same game, three are unboxings and one is a weekly usual. Read below to get the scoop on them.
Quite an interesting-looking car, isn't it? Whether or not, it will become a production car in reality is unknown. For those that don't know, you'd be under the impression that this is an all-electric car based on the in-game acceleration sound. The fact that it also requires electric engines to fully pro it, further pushes this belief. However, when I looked into it, this vehicle is apparently a plug-in hybrid. 🤨 Now it makes sense why we saw Championship texts saying things like "engine oiled" and so forth. As for this video itself, there's really not much to it. Just me assembling the Holden Coupe 60, taking the Buick Riviera, and then doing an inventory check before uploading to the crappy Spring 2018 Update. 😰😖😤
Yep, all of the videos uploaded this week have some pretty darn long titles! 🤣 Hopefully you all are reading and watching from smartphones or computers with large screens. 😏 Anyways! Why did I buy this shirt? Why this colour? Because I wanted to get something a bit different with longer sleeves for an event. I've mentioned the colours that I had, and colours I didn't: pink, brown, yellow and orange. Well, pink can now be officially crossed off of the do-not-have list! 🎯 To be honest, I'm not really sure if I'll ever get a brown dress shirt, but we'll see. Actually, what? why not! 😝 Oh yes, if I haven't stated it already, I can say that I love the feel, looks and presence of a pocket with this Stafford shirt.
Is it just me? Or have the updates of Asphalt 8 been getting very stinky lately?! 😠 The last update of 2017, the Hot Wheels Update, brought stupid Hot Wheels cars that had no Season 9 or Mastery tracks! And to beat, they were expensive to upgrade! 😵 Then Fall Out Boy comes in 2018, which brought the removal of the 20 daily tokens for completed tasks! The new cars it brought also had extremely poor Mastery rewards: no tokens, no Class Upgrades or even double credits! Instead, they primarily offered lousy blueprint boxes and boosters. Booooooooooooooo! And then much later, a bunch of longtime cars that could be purchased with credits have become token-only! W Motors Lykan HyperSport, Lamborghini Veneno, McLaren 675LT are just a few examples. Many complaints have been made about that over the Internet. Have they changed it with the new Spring 2018 Update? Nope! In fact, they just made it worse! 😠😡 Two of the cars, the Apollo N and Apollo Intensa Emozione, both have token upgrades. Those old cars still have not returned back to normal with their credits prices. But wait, that's not all! A number of other bugs have been introduced too. Server problems, intense lag on Android smartphones, Mastery not opening on Windows Phone, no Mastery Compensation for the Geely GC9, Facebook login errors, and the list goes on. So tell me something: why in the universe are they trying desperately, pathetically hard to get players to spend money on dumb, fake, virtual currency when the game is getting worse?! WHY?! If you ask me, they need to slow down with the updates! Instead of doing six a year, it's high time that they halve it down to 3. It's time to focus on quality instead of quantity. And no, I am not the only one that has suggested this. They are losing their quality edge badly! Nobody with sense is going to throw their money at Gameloft Greedloft to help patch whatever financial struggles they may seemingly be going through. Especially not through token purchases at least. If they need money that badly, there are other non-annoying ways to make money, without sabotaging Asphalt 8's user experience. One obvious thing they can do is sell merchandise. You see a lot of those big YouTubers doing this, so if they haven't thought of it, they should give it a try, and pull tokens out of the game. They've caused enough headaches and complaints from its users. And speaking of "headaches" I could not win the Apollo N, thanks to its token upgrades, and being unable to access Mastery for free Class B upgrades.🤬🤬🤬🤬 Yeah, that's how messed up this update is. Because I wasn't sure if the Championship would be extended for those that decided to download the update later, I decided to give it a shot immediately. Lo and behold, I should have never bothered with it. Oh well. Now that I know that Asphalt 8 is getting worse, but will hopefully get back on track, I will be extra careful with updates like how I used to be. The streak rewards are also pathetic. Waiting 3-4 days before claiming a special box is worse than getting a blueprint or the much yearned for 20 tokens.
Another case for my BlackBerry Q10! 😁 Though the last case was nice and all, it did not have a kickstand on the main part of the case itself. While I do kind of miss holstering the BlackBerry onto my pocket or belt, I like the better protection and kickstand this one offers. Unlike the kickstand case I use on my Lumia 1520, this case's sliding kickstand mechanism feels like it might break easily. 😬 The slide doesn't feel or look very sturdy. Time well tell. It also slips out of your hand somewhat easily. Negatives aside, all the holes are cut out properly, it looks good and volume keys are easy to use, which wasn't the case with the last case. Pun intended and not intended at the same time.🤣🤗 And a final thing: it's comes on and off easily. A bit of rare trait for a double layered, kickstand-toting case.
For real! All 224 vehicles could be seen after the Spring Update in the Enduro Double Down garage of the Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SV. From the lowly Dodge Dart GT all the way up to the dangerous Devel Sixteen Prototype. I had considerations to roll these Asphalt 8 videos into 1 or 2 videos. I then decided against that, because I felt that it would've caused too much dilution and lack of interest for viewers. You're welcome. 🤗 Even vehicles that had been pulled from the game, such as the RUF Rt 12 S, were visible. You could even upgrade them, too. But as we all know by now, doing this leads to a ban for 14 days! 😵😱🤯😬😰😨😭😖😲 Yeah, so, um, even if they were available to be purchased for credits, I could imagine Gameloft issuing a hefty ban! But seriously though, they really do need to make all these vehicles available for credits, and not tokens! For the special events vehicles, they could just make them 1,000,000 - 5,000,000 credits for a limited time. That way, they can keep their exclusivity without being downright impossible or not worth it, as opposed to the nonsensical 10,000 - 14,000 tokens that they currently roll with. 🤕 You know which cars I'd buy? Quite a bit! BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage, Arash AF10, Aston Martin Vulcan, Audi R8 e-tron Special Edition, Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport and Apollo Intensa Emozione.
If you have no idea what that's supposed to be, then you need to go watch the video! Watch it! 😀 So aside from the use of food in this episode, is there anything that makes it stand out from the other episodes? No. Actually, the 4K resolution and details of the food might make it a tad more unique the previous, but again, nothing super special.
When I saw their $69 price tag and somewhat of a lack of an online presence, I had doubts about the quality of these shoes. Luckily, I've actually been able to go out for a walk in them yesterday. I can tell you that they are indeed comfortable, though my feet would've been slightly happier with 33cm/13" as opposed to the 31.75cm/12.5" that these were only available in. They also did not arrive, dirty or used, and were brand new as advertised. "Well shouldn't shoes be brand new if the say they are?" You would think so, right? Countless amounts of times people have ordered things from not only Amazon, but other websites as well, where new items weren't actually new.😠 Not a fun thing to experience. The build quality of these Gonmears also felt sturdy. If these shoes can manage to hold up in the long run, after plenty of walks on gravel, asphalt and dirt, then Gonmear may be able to hold the honour of being a highly affordable, durable, uncommon brand. Until then, we'll see. Perhaps you already own Gonmears and know what the long term reliability is? If so, do comment. You'll not only help me out, but others who had doubts about brands like this as well. We all know brands like Nike, Adidas, Puma, Timberland or Reebok, but certainly not oddities like Gonmear! 🤔
So wow! It's not only crazy and amazing that this is 100th blog post, but that it also happens to have 3 unboxing videos, and 3 videos of Asphalt 8. I really have learned a lot over the years with Google's subsidiaries. I've also learned and got better at finding and developing my craft. There are a lot of emotions that can be used to describe how I feel about the next coming 100 posts. If the beginning of the post hasn't emphasized it enough, life can be really variable. In both good ways and bad ways. While I haven't talked about the details of my personal life on any of my social media outlets, there's been numerous times where I've described events or situations when necessary. It's no secret that I'm a very confidential man. 🤫 But if you've been watching my videos, reading my blog posts, or viewing my other forms of medium on my other outlets, you should have a very good idea of what type of person I am. And yes, if you've watched certain videos closely enough, or have seen me in-person, in real life, filming some of the outdoor locations, then you should also know what I look like. 🤯
So what's next for the video department? I'm not sure if there's actually going to be any uploads next week. I wanted to focus on various entries and websites I had in mind. If I do decide to shoot some videos, I'd like to try and get something done from the outdoors, as I missed that this week. For now, show some love to last week's videos if you haven't already! 😄💘 Buying a Bunch of Ferraris in Asphalt 8: Airborne, Julie Payette Public School, Jean-Paul II Catholic Elementary School, Staples Turcotte Luxura High Back Executive Chair Unboxing, Casual Instrumental Noise Session - Episode #5.
To those of you that take the time to read my blog posts: Thank you!
