Wedding of the Year

Great pictures t share with Clan Bala's members, wish you a happy new year 2007.

Sperm

AMD PROCESSOR CHART

AMD ATHLON64 FX PROCESSOR CHART
"The AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processor features innovative technology to provide extraordinary performance and a gaming experience without parallel. The AMD Athlon 64 FX processor runs on AMD64 Technology, a revolutionary technology that 1) allows the processor to run 32-bit applications at full speed while enabling the coming wave of powerful, 64-bit software applications, and 2) provides Enhanced Virus Protection when supported by the OS*. AMD64 technology shatters barriers to new and advanced software that require 64-bit technology and blazing processor performance. Power-hungry enthusiasts and gamers can explore the full potential of AMD64 technology while enjoying outstanding performance on today's PC software."


AMD ATHLON64 X2 DUAL CORE PROCESSOR CHART
"Frustrated by staring at the hourglass icon as soon as you try to work on more than three programs at once, especially when you’re working with digital media? Increase your performance by up to 80% with the AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual core processor. Work or play with multiple programs without any stalling or waiting. Dual-core technology is like having two processors, and two working together is better and faster than one working alone."


AMD ATHLON64 PROCESSOR CHART
"AMD's Athlon 64 is the latest evolution in the desktop computer industry. With its revolutionary 64bit architecture this CPU is fully compatible with future 64 bit operating systems and offers blistering performance in current 32 bit applications. With AMD's new HyperTransport technology and a massive 512kb L2 cache."



AMD SEMPRON PROCESSOR CHART
"AMD Sempron processors for desktop and mobile products offer best in class performance, compatibility with all the applications you need, and the reliability of AMD processors. Best-in-class performance for everyday computing. The AMD Sempron™ processor performs at the top of its class when running the home and business applications that you need most. Full-featured to improve your computing experience. The AMD Sempron™ processor lets you enjoy a dynamic Internet experience with smooth streaming video and audio."

Release Dates of World of Warcraft

November 12, 2004
Korea

November 23, 2004
USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico

February 11, 2005
European Union

June 6, 2005
China

July 21, 2005
Singapore

November 8, 2005
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau

August 1, 2006
South Africa

History of Real Time Strategy (RTS)

1983 – 1992: the beginning

In the UK, the genre's beginning can be traced to Stonkers by John Gibson, published in 1983 by Imagine Software for the ZX Spectrum, and Nether Earth published on ZX Spectrum in 1987. In North America, the first game retrospectively classified as real-time strategy by most sources[1] is The Ancient Art of War (1984), designed by Evryware's Dave and Barry Murry, followed by the sequel The Ancient Art of War at Sea in 1987. Some writers list Intellivision's Utopia by Don Daglow (1982) as the first real-time strategy game.[2]
None of these titles would today be recognized as real-time strategy games. However, Herzog Zwei for the Sega Genesis in 1989 and Battle Master for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1990 are perhaps the earliest examples of relatively full-featured real-time strategy games.[3][4] Real-time strategy became recognized as a genre with the release of Dune II from Westwood Studios in 1992. Dune II also was the first to create a format for real-time strategy games that is still used today, such as using the mouse to move units, and gathering resouces.[citation needed]

1992 – 1998:
defining the popular perception of real-time strategy games

Dune II (1992) - The game that defined the real-time strategy genre
Although real-time strategy games have an extensive history, some titles have served to define the popular perception of the genre and expectations of real-time strategy titles more than others, and the games released between 1992 and 1998 by Blizzard Entertainment and Westwood Studios have, in particular, contributed to this. Westwood's Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (1992) introduced in one sweep all the core concepts of modern real-time strategy games,[5] and as such acted as the first significant prototype for the "modern" real-time strategy game with the features described in the definition above.
While Westwood Studios laid the foundation and provided the prototype for real-time strategy games with Dune II, Blizzard Entertainment, between 1994 and 1998, can be argued to be responsible for establishing the form and content of the genre as understood today. The company's famous Warcraft series, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994) and its sequel Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995), refined the concepts introduced in Dune II. Westwood's Command & Conquer (1995) and Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996), and Blizzard's StarCraft (1998), which were extremely popular, as well as the innovative, and Total Annihilation and Dark Reign, cemented the genre and provided a de facto standard against which new real-time strategy games are still measured.[citation needed]

1998 - present
Refinement of gameplay and ongoing transition to 3D graphics

Battle scene from Sierra's Homeworld (1999).
The real-time strategy genre has been relatively stable since 1995 and additions to the genre's concept in newer games tend to be introducing more units, larger maps, 3D terrain and similar, rather than innovations to the game concept with new games generally focus on refining aspects of successful predecessors.[citation needed] As the paragon example of gameplay refinement, Cavedog Entertainment's acclaimed Total Annihilation from 1997 distilled the core mechanics of Command & Conquer, and introduced the first 3D units in real-time strategy games. In 1997, Microsoft tried to combine elements of Civilization with the real-time strategy concept in Age of Empires by introducing ages of technologies, a combination refined further by Stainless Steel Studios' Empire Earth in 2001. GSC Gameworld's Cossacks: European Wars series took the genre in a different direction, bringing population caps into the tens of thousands.
Populous: The Beginning (1998) and Homeworld (1999) were the first completely 3D real-time strategy titles. Warcraft III (2002) is probably the most successful early 3D RTS. It is only in approximately 2002 that 3D real-time strategy became the standard, with both Warcraft III and Ensemble Studio's Age of Mythology being built on a full 3D game engine.
Relatively few genres have emerged from or in competition with real-time strategy games, although Real-time tactics, a superficially similar genre, emerged around 1995 and in 1998 Activision attempted to combine the real-time strategy and first-person shooter genres in Battlezone and Rage Games Limited attempted this also, with the Hostile Waters (2002) games.

Maphack

A maphack is a cheat in real-time strategy games that enables the player to see more of the map than the game intends them to see. A common feature in multiplayer real-time strategy games is the inability for the player to see outside the visibility range of the individual units and buildings that the player controls. This concept is called the fog of war or the Blue Fog of Death. Maphacking enables a cheating player to bypass the fog of war, giving them an advantage over a player who is playing legitimately. This advantage is quite large for most of the real-time strategy games that rely on the rock-paper-scissors dynamic to balance out the units' varying strengths and weaknesses.

Maphacking has also been used to cheat in other games where map visibility provides an advantage, most notably in Blizzard Entertainment's RPG Diablo II.
The maphack is functionally equivalent to a form of the wallhack for first-person shooter games which allows players to see through walls.

ShadowFrench
In Warcraft III the most popular version of the Maphack is created by ShadowFrench. ShadowFrench's maphack allows users to see the entire map, detect invisible units, detect clones, change the camera angle, display Hit point bars and enables resource trading in custom maps with resource trade locks. This maphack is detectable by Blizzard's Warden anti-cheat program.

ZoiD
ZoiD's maphack(zMap) had several features ShadowFrench's maphack did not. It allowed the user to see hero movement lines, and had a feature that made the player's workers go to the gold mine when the game started. This maphack was not detectable by Blizzard's Warden anti-cheat program. This maphack does not work in the latest patch, and is no longer in production.

In recent years people using maphacks on Battle.net have been caught, maphacking is a violation of Blizzard Entertainment terms of use, which condemns the use of any third party software. Thousands have had their accounts banned and in extreme cases, those caught cheating have had their CD key banned.

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Night Elf in Wikipedia

Night Elves (or "Kal'dorei" in their native tongue) have a skin color that ranges from deep lavender to marble white, extremely long (almost lagomorphic) ears, and hair in various cool-toned shades including blue, purple, green, white and black. The eyes of the males glow with a bright amber light, while those of the females glow a bright blue-white. The race is tall, with the men standing approximately 2.15 meters (7 feet) and females 2.0 meters (6.6 feet). The men are always of a slim-waisted yet rock-like, extremely muscular build including gigantic bear-like arms and hands. The women are much different, having a slim, athletic build. Unlike most other Elves, Night Elf men often have thick beards and bushy eyebrows. In Warcraft III, the Night Elves lived on the continent known as Kalimdor and were never seen by, and only known of by a few Orcs or Humans until they were introduced to the Warcraft Universe in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. In World of Warcraft, they live on the tree-island of Teldrassil, which is north and slightly west of Kalimdor.The greatest population of Night Elves reside in their capital city, Darnasses.

Many male elves are druids while many females become warriors in a group known as the "Sentinels." In World of Warcraft, however, both males and females can take on the role of druid, warrior, hunter, rogue or priest indiscriminately. In Warcraft III, the Night Elves were neutral but in World of Warcraft they have become a part of the Alliance. The night elf racial mounts are the Frostsaber (white tiger with either spots or stripes) and the Nightsaber (dark tiger available with stripes only). There is also another breed of rideable saber cats called a stormsaber; however, these epic mounts are only available at level 60. They can be purchased in Darnasses at 90 gold for an Apprentice and 900 gold for a Journeyman status. The other races of the Alliance can also learn how to ride a saber cat if they are exalted with Darnassus. In Warcraft III they also had a strange form of Hippogryph as well, it being raven and deer instead of the usual eagle and horse combination..
Before the end of Warcraft III all Night Elf druids were male, and slept for thousands of years in the Emerald Dream while the women were left to protect their slumber. This caused the females to become hardened. They were described by Grom Hellscream in Warcraft III as too savage to be High Elves.

In World of Warcraft, they seem to be the most populated race out of all races.

History
Night Elves were immortal until the destruction of the World Tree at the end of WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos. The forces of the Burning Legion had fought their way to the World Tree, which their commander, Archimonde, had set his sights upon. When Archimonde reached the tree, however, he discovered that he had walked into a trap set by Malfurion Stormrage. Thousands of wisps surrounded the Eredar and exploded all at once destroying him and damaging the World Tree. While this prevented Archimonde from destroying the world, it also deprived the Night Elves of the immortality that the tree had granted them. Not all of them adjusted to mortality well and many were terrified by the prospects of illness, ageing, and eventual death.
It wasn't long before some of the druids decided to make a new World Tree and thus regain their immortality; an idea that achieved popularity with many of the Kal'dorei. Malfurion warned them that such a selfish act would never be blessed by nature and forbade the creation of a new tree. After making this proclamation, Malfurion became trapped within the Emerald Dream and not even the green dragons who lived within the Emerald Dream could find him. With Malfurion incapacitated, leadership of the druids fell to Fandral Staghelm who was one of the Night Elves in favor of creating a new World Tree. Under Staghelm, a second tree was brought into existence and named Teldrassil. Unfortunately, Malfurion's prediction was correct; the new tree was not blessed by nature and the Night Elves did not gain new immortality from its creation as intended. The new World Tree radiated corruption that drove creatures and people inhabiting the area mad and filled them with mindless aggression. This is just one example of the negative effects Teldrassil has had on the world around it. Teldrassil's one positive effect is the wonderous city of Darnassus that was built upon it.
After the wars played in Warcraft III and Frozen Throne, which caused the destruction of most of the High Elves, the Night Elves are the most numerous Elven race in the world of Azeroth.

Highborne
The Highborne (Quel'dorei in elven tongue) were the personal servants of Queen Azshara in Kalimdor. Upon discovery of the Well of Eternity, they began to probe the well for secrets to discover the nature of its power. However the Highborne began to spend large amounts of time around it and it began to adversely affect them. Many began to shy away from speaking with the other Night Elves outside of the Highborne circle and increasingly delved into work concerning the Well. After much study, Queen Azshara encountered and made a pact with Sargeras, leader of the Burning Legion. In return for untold power, Azshara and the Highborne would open a portal into Azeroth for Sargeras and his minions. Sargeras rewarded several Highborne with a new more powerful form: the Satyr. However Malfurion Stormrage, with the help of Tyrande Whisperwind, Cenarius, and fellow Night Elves were able to drive the Burning Legion back. But because the summoning was interrupted the spell went awry and resulted in a terrible explosion that destroyed part of the land of Kalimdor, giving away to the Maelstrom. After the terrible destruction Malfurion and his followers reached the mainland with a few remnants of the Highborne. Malfurion did not punish them; he was content that the surviving Highborne could do no more damage without the Well's power. The ones that survived eventually left, under the leadership of Dath'Remar, to look for a new home. However Queen Azshara and some of her followers survived the explosion and sank to the bottom of the sea eventually mutating into the Naga. And there they remained until contacted centuries later by the Betrayer, Illidan.
Highborne ruins dot the lands of Kalimdor from Darkshore all the way to Azshara (the land named after the Highborne queen). Bashal'Aran and Ameth'Aran in Darkshore are the ruins of two large Highborne settlements that are occupied now only by demons and the tormented spirits of the Highborne. The Ruins of Eldareth in Azshara are all that remains of the Highborne Night Elves' ancient capital city. It is now overrun with a tribe of the vile Naga known as the Spitelash. Perhaps the most intriguing Highborne ruin in Kalimdor is Dire Maul. At the height of Highborne power, Dire Maul was known as the city of Eldre'Thalas, inside whose high walls were guarded many of Queen Azshara's most prized and powerful arcane secrets. Though it was ravaged by the Great Sundering of the world, much of the ancient city still stands. The three distinct districts of the city are overrun with a variety of dangerous creatures including Highborne spectres, demonic satyrs, and the Gordok Ogre tribe.

Orc and Undead (Definination in Wikipedia)

Orc is a word used to refer to various tough and warlike humanoid creatures in various fantasy settings, particularly in the stories of Middle-earth written by J. R. R. Tolkien and derivative fictions. Orcs are commonly portrayed as misshapen humanoids with brutal, warmongering, sadistic, yet cowardly tendencies. They are variously portrayed as physically stronger or weaker than humans, but always high in numbers. They often ride wolves or wargs.

Undead is the collective name for all types of supernatural entities that are deceased yet behave as if alive. Undead may be spiritual, such as ghosts, or corporeal, such as animated corpses. Undead are featured in the legends of most cultures and in many works of fiction, especially fantasy and horror fiction.Bram Stoker was the first to use the term "The Un-Dead" as the original title for his novel Dracula.[1] Stoker also uses the term in the novel.

Paladin

A paladin (alternatively paladine, also spelled palatine, or Latin palatinus, -i) is any of diverse officials found in numerous countries of medieval and early modern Europe.
It has existed in history first in Ancient Rome as an official of the Emperor as well as a corps of the praetorian guard (Diocletian), named after its neighboring Scholae Palatinae. In the early Middle Ages there was a papal church official or a noble close to the king (see below), in the late Middle Ages a synonym of count palatine, in Modernity it was in 19th century Hungary the supreme title given by the king or, in a broader sense especially around 1900 in Britain and the German Empire, a knight.
In fiction, the paladines were twelve heroes of mediaeval poetry, and in fiction it remains the meaning of “honourable knight”.

Derivative terms
The different spellings originate from the different languages that used the title throughout the ages (a phenomenon called lenition). The word "paladin" evolved from the Latin word palatinus, meaning "belonging to the Palatine Hill", where the house of the Roman emperor was situated since Octavian. The meaning of the term changed only little, but was changed to the pronunciation of the European languages: Latin palatinus, plural palatini, English paladin and paladine, French palaisin and German Paladin. The term was also adopted to describe the residence of the Ancient Roman palatinus, the palatium. In the early Middle Ages the German “paladin” was the elector of the King, given the palatinate to have a territory as a basis to sustain him (Pfalz).
The word palace also developed from “palatium”, so that a paladin was in one sense a palace official. Other uses are the titles of "mayor of the palace" and "count palatine". The original Middle French form is palaisin. The English paladin was loaned into Early Modern English from the Italian form, paladino, because late medieval treatments of the "Matter of France" were mostly by Italian authors such as Ludovico Ariosto and Matteo Maria Boiardo.


Ancient Rome
The Scholae Palatinae, named after its location on Palatine Hill, the mythical founding place of Rome, was the older of two schools of the ancient Salii brotherhood of God of War Mars, which lent some of their symbols to the emperial, later the papal palace.

Originally the term was applied to the chamberlains and to some troops guarding the palace of the Roman emperor. In Constantine's time, the title was also used for the most advanced field force of the army, the Praetorian Guard, that might guard the Roman Emperor on campaigns. The traditions of the two groups of 12 Salii priests and of the Praetorian Guard soon merged into one, creating an image of an influential official with nonphysical connotations

Middle Ages: Holy Roman Empire
From the Middle Ages on, the term palatine was applied to various different officials across Europe. The most important of these was the count palatine, who in Merovingian and Carolingian times (5th through 10th century) was an official of the sovereign's household, in particular of his court of law. The count palatine was the official representative at proceedings of the court such as oath takings or judicial sentences and was in charge of the records of those developments. At first he examined cases in the king's court and was authorized to carry out the decisions, in time, these rights extended to having own judicial rights. In addition to those responsibilities, the count palatine had administrative functions, especially concerning the king's household.

After Carolingean times France was split from the Holy Roman Empire, and under the German kings of the Saxon and Salian dynasties (10th to 12th century), the function of the counts palatine corresponded to those of the missi dominici at the Carolingian Court. They had various tasks: representatives of the king in the provinces, they were responsible for the administration of the royal domain and for the protecting and guiding the legal system in certain duchies, such as Saxony and Bavaria, and, in particular, Lotharingia. Later other palatine rights were absorbed by ducal dynasties, by local families, or, in Italy, by bishops. Increasigly, the count palatine of Lotharingia, whose office had been attached to the royal palace at Aachen from the 10th century onward, became the real successor to the Carolingian count palatine. From his office grew the Countship Palatine of the Rhine, or simply the Palatinate, which became a great territorial power from the time of the emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (d. 1190) on. The term palatine reoccurs under Charles IV, but they had only voluntary jurisdiction and some honorific functions.

The word palatinus and its derivatives also translate the titles of certain great functionaries in eastern Europe, such as the Polish wojewoda, a military governor of a province.

Middle Ages: Catholic Church
For the main article, see Palatinus (Roman Catholic Church)
In the Middle Ages, the judices palatini ('[papal] palace judges') were the highest administrative officers of the pope's household; with the growth of the temporal power of the popes they acquired great importance.

Early Modern Usage
In England the term palatinate, or county palatine, was applied to counties of lords who could exercise powers normally reserved to the crown. Likewise, there were palatine provinces among the English colonies in North America: Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, was granted palatine rights in Maryland in 1632, as were the proprietors of the Carolinas in 1663.[1]

19th and 20th century
In Germany and Britain, paladin was an official rank and considered an honorary title for one in service of the emperors. It was a Knight with additional honours.
During the second reinstating of a German Empire called the Third Reich, Hermann Göring was also given the title “Paladin”, referring to the tradition of a title that made the carrier second to the king.

Source: wikipedia

Tips to Play Random Team Game

Many players who are good in solo or arranged team game, may not play well in random team. This is because in random team game, you will not know who is your team mate. They may be pro who is very selfish, they may be noob who is really dun know what to do and etc.

However, through my few years playing experiences, there are some rules to be observed, which may help you to increase your probability to win the game.

1) Never TP away

Do not teleport your entire team or your dying hero away while you engaged in fighting. This will cause your teammate to be left alone to fight with stronger party out there. Keep observing, unless some one who started to TP away, or typing B B B, then only you run. You can be pro-active to ask people who run too

2) Never fight alone

Do not be hero and fight alone with others. This is common even in arranged team game

3) Look at resources

Keep a look of your partner resources and encourage them to produce unit or share the gold

4) Expend New Gold Mine

Depends on the situation, if you noticed that your team mate had expended their base, you shall not expend another gold mine too. This will cause the entire team weaken to fight with others at certain period of time

5) Self Sufficient

Build something that you shall ensure that you will be self-sufficient to produce the unit. Never expect your team mate will share their resources and some time even lumbers.

6) Adjustment

Try to build something which adjust to your team mate, even though you are not happy to build certain unit. For example, if you notice that no one has actually building melee unit, you shall take the lead to make melee unit. Do not stick on the way you build and shall be more tolerate.

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Undead Garg is Useless?

Many claims that garg is the useless unit to be used by Undead. I partially agree. Mainly people will start to produce garg when they lost majority of their anti air unit and then realised that the opponents have a bunch of air unit. Some time, if the player realised it early, then they still may manage to turn the game and become the winner, however, from what I notice in past 3 years, many dont.

Garg is useful mainly in random team big map especially with 2 night-elf in the opponent side. In most of the random team games, players like to tech and play by their own either creeping or doing nothing. Then when time come, a single war wil determine who is the winner.

Most of the elf player like to tech to chima, especially when there is more than 1 elf in a team and big map. Most player need a big map then only can comfortably to tech to chima, as they may be stupid and need longer time to produce the them. As such, actually it is quite useful and powerful to produce Garg in your entire RT game. However, dun try it in the 2v2 or in the 3v3 Arrange Team game. For arranged team game, you may try it in 4v4 game.

Haze Attack

YOUR GUIDE FOR STAYING HEALTHY

WHAT IS ‘HAZE’?

Haze is a phenomenon or occurrence caused by the accumulation of fine particles in the air which are barely visible to naked eye. These particles may occur naturally or may be an outcome of human activities like open burning or smoky discharges from factories and exhaust of motor vehicles. When these particles accumulate in large quantities and suspend in the air, they can lock out sunlight and visibility will be greatly reduced.

AIR POLLUTANT INDEX (API)

The API is obtained from the measurement of fine particles (below 10 microns) and several gases which are hazardous to health such as carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone. The API is used as a guide for measuring air quality and its effect on health as follows:-

API VALUE STATUS

0 - 50 - Good
51 - 100 - Moderate
101 - 200 - Unhealthy
201 - 300 - Very unhealthy
301 - 500 - Dangerous

HAZE THREATENS YOUR HEALTH

Continuous hazy conditions will cause ill effects to all people especially those in the high risk groups such as:-

1. Children
2. The elderly
3. Those with illnesses like
asthma
bronchitis
pneumonia
chronic lung diseases
heart diseases
allergies
4. Cigarette smokers
5. Those who work outdoors most of the time

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF HEALTH PROBLEMS AS A RESULT OF EXPOSURE TO THE HAZE?

The effects of continuous exposure to the haze include:-

· Itchy sensation in the throat, and coughing, increased phlegm
· Difficulty in breathing (wheeze) or nose block
· Pain, irritation, red and watery eyes
· Itchy skin rashes

If above symptoms persist, get advice and treatment at the nearest clinic.

PREVENTION OF HAZE-RELATED ILLNESSES

· Close all windows and doors to your bedroom. Boil a kettle (electric) of water in the room and allow the steam to fill the room. Allow 10 – 15 minutes for the fine water vapor (steam) to collect the pollutants / particles in the air and settle down. After this the room should contain healthier air.
· Surgical masks are of no use and if not regularly changed they can act as a base for bacteria to grow and result in other infections. Only very close fitting masks that do not allow air to enter through the sides of the mask are effective.
· Limit all outdoor activity as far as possible e.g avoid outdoor sport or physical activities.
· Always wash / bathe as soon as you return from outdoors. This will minimize eye / skin irritation. For minor eye irritation try using over the counter eye drops e.g Eye Mo.
· Use your car air-conditioner when traveling in the car.
· Drink a lot of water.
· Smokers are advised to quit smoking.
· Those who suffer from diseases such as flu, bronchitis, asthma, conjunctivitis, heart diseases or chronic lung diseases should seek immediate treatment at the clinic or hospital if their condition worsens.

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Nice Wall Painting

A Nice Pic to share with everyone in Clan Bala !

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I believe we have few loyal TC show viewer here who had sacrfied their dota time for the series : ) Just share this to you ... think you will like it...

Map Hack for Version 1.20E

Download the latest warcraft 3 frozen throne map hack for patch 1.20E, released in July 2006.
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DotA v6.34

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* Spectre base damage reduced.
* Sanity's Eclipse mana cost reduced from 300/500/700 to 200/250/300.
* Reduced duration of Spectral Dagger's hero trail and initial cast trail durations.
* Buffed Macropyre from 75/100/125 to 75/125/175 damage per second.
* Broodmother now has vision directly underneath her webs.
* Fixed a probability error on multicast when using Scepter.
* Reduced the extremely large cast range on Aphotic Shield.
* Reworked Tango a bit.
* Fixed Spin Web from preventing Neutral Creep spawning.
* Added a few seconds to Aphotic Shield cooldown.
* Reworked the targeting system on Reality to a more natural one.
* Fixed a minor camera issue with Replicate.
* New icons for Witchcraft, Naix's Poison Sting, Rhasta's Forked Lightning, Razor's Chain Lightning, Laser, Grow, Overpower, Shukuchi and Static Field (thx to snork, Grujah.Noob, alfredx_sotn, M3Th0dz and switch).
* Improved the detection area and reduced the freeze delay on IcePath.
* Troll Warlord now has increased movement speed while in Berserker Rage form.
* Hoof Stomp AOE improved from 275 to 315.
* Replaced Vengeance with a new ability (thx eva00r)
* Silencer's movement speed reduced from 300 to 290.
* Waveform manacost increased from 120 to 140/155/160/165
* Primal Roar stun duration buffed a bit.
* Reworked the numbers, angles and some mechanics on the Bristleback ability.
* Chain Frost cast range reduced from 800 to 750. Scepter version increased from 800 to 850.
* Removed Stout Shield from Aegis recipe.
* Nerfed the AOE and damage on Quill Spray.
* Fixed a fatal error when using Fissure on map edges.
* Nether Ward now gives a gold when killed.
* Fixed a bug with Dispersion that caused it to reflect too much damage off Culling Blade.
* Fixed a bug with IcePath that would cause it to sometimes go shorter or longer.
* CK's Blink Strike now works like the one PA and SA have.
* Fixed Blackhole to properly affect the Spirit Bear.
* Increased the maximum number of Watchers.

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Download Dota Map 6.33b

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News Extracted from WCG

The first-ever commentating team, 'Game Casting Team' is born for spreading e-sport culture in Singapore.
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Following the fever of WCG 2005 Grand final last year, Rapture Gaming, the organizer of WCG 2006 Singapore Championship, has launched ``Game Casting Team, which commentates various e-sport leagues including WCG tournaments and other gaming competition in the country.

Since the WCG 2005 Singapore Grand Final has completed with a great success, interests in cyber gaming such as Warcraft¥²: Frozen Throne and Half-Life: Counter-Strike 1.6 have been rising more among Singapore young generations so that Rapture Gaming came to compose e-sport commentators to help game fans to watch and enjoy e-sport leagues more easily.

According to Rapture Gaming, 'E-sport commentating is ubiquitous in countries with developed e-sport industry such as Europe, the United States, and Korea.' Rapture Gaming also added, 'Thanks to the 'Game Casting Team,' game fans in Singapore will be able to enjoy e-sport more easily, and we expect new jobs regarding e?sport commentating will come out as well.'

Game Casting Team is also commentating WCG 2006 Singapore preliminaries, accompanied with WCG 2006 Samsung Campus Gaming Festival in National University of Singapore. More detailed news about Game Casting Team and Singapore preliminaries can be found at http://sg.worldcybergames.com.

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MSI K9N SLI

This motherboard definately worth to take a look at.
New socket for AMD and with advanced features... u shall not miss it with your FX AMD chip.

AMD Athlon™ 64 FX Processor

Personally I recommended this processor if you intend to upgrade your existing AMD or Intel chip. Please take a look of the bried write up about AMD FX, copied from AMD web.


The AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processor is the world’s most Extreme PC processor for gamingAMD Athlon™ 64 FX Processor Overview The AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processor features innovative technology to provide extraordinary performance and a gaming experience without parallel. The AMD Athlon 64 FX processor runs on AMD64 Technology, a revolutionary technology that 1) allows the processor to run 32-bit applications at full speed while enabling the coming wave of powerful, 64-bit software applications, and 2) provides Enhanced Virus Protection when supported by the OS*. AMD64 technology shatters barriers to new and advanced software that require 64-bit technology and blazing processor performance. Power-hungry enthusiasts and gamers can explore the full potential of AMD64 technology while enjoying outstanding performance on today's PC software.The next generation of games will demand unprecedented performance to provide an extraordinary level of realism and awesome 3D graphics. Systems based on the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor are able to deliver leading-edge performance for the most demanding entertainment in the future. With AMD64, life-like games with cinema-quality graphics are within PC users’ reach. Advanced 64-bit operating systems designed for the AMD64 platform from Microsoft, Red Hat, SuSE, and TurboLinux have already been announced.Enhanced Virus Protection is a feature of AMD64 technology. This feature is enabled by the operating system, like Windows XP SP2 and Windows XP 64-bit Edition for 64-bit Extended Systems, and is designed to trap a certain type of malicious exploit known as “buffer overrun” or “buffer overflow”. Enhanced Virus Protection together with the aforementioned operating systems are designed to prevent the spread of certain viruses, like MSBlaster and Slammer*.Superior TechnologyThe AMD Athlon 64 FX processor is the first Windows-compatible 64-bit PC processor and the world’s most extreme gaming PC processor. It features several technology innovations for immersive, cinematic computing experiences. The AMD64 architecture doubles the number of general purpose and SSE/SSE2 registers for improved performance and enhances multimedia processing with 3DNow!™ Professional technology and SSE2 and SSE3 technology. HyperTransport™ technology increases overall system performance by reducing I/O bottlenecks, increasing system bandwidth, and reducing system latency. A 128-bit integrated DDR memory controller, together with industry standard DDR memory technology, provides extreme bandwidth - up to 6.4GB per second, and significantly reduces memory latency, improving performance for many applications. The AMD Athlon 64 FX processor boasts the industry’s largest on-die, high-performance cache memory system for PC processors, enhancing performance for many applications, especially large workloads. It is also enthusiast-friendly, allowing gamers to realize the full potential of their PC.Transform Your Computing Experience The AMD Athlon 64 FX processor is designed for the most demanding PC software that extend the capabilities of today’s desktop computer, driving applications to a new level of performance and potential:
Game Play: A game that is optimized for AMD64 can command a phenomenal amount of memory for textures, world models, and characters. The large physical memory and smart memory management of the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor can provide excellent performance and access to a new level of cinema-quality gaming realism. Multi-player games and 3D environments can grow to massive proportions and incorporate stunning detail.
Game Development & Modification: AMD64 offers large memory capacity and other architectural performance improvements for fast and efficient compiling, level editing, development of complex 3D models, and asset management. The growing trend toward user-generated content can accelerate, and tap the creative efforts of thousands of game modification enthusiasts.
Game Serving & File Sharing: Multi-player games and peer-to-peer software that run on central servers can accommodate more users and larger physical environments. With the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor, more CPU horsepower is available for physics simulation, player interactions, and network connections.
Professional Grade Results: With AMD64 many professional grade applications can be employed to create professional grade results on a desktop PC including design, engineering, simulation, and science applications.
Be a part of the gaming elite with the AMD Athlon 64 FX Processor The AMD Athlon 64 FX processor, together with the AMD Athlon 64 processor, is the only industry standard x86 PC processor with the ability to move beyond the limits of 32-bit computing. The AMD Athlon 64 FX processor is fully compatible with Microsoft Windows XP and tens of thousands of PC applications that people around the world use every day. The award-winning AMD Athlon XP processor won over 100 industry accolades and was the first 1GHz PC processor. Now, the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor reaches a new milestone by building a path to 64-bit computing for millions of PC users.
Purchase With Confidence Founded in 1969, AMD has shipped more than 300 million PC processors worldwide. Customers can depend on AMD and the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor for compatibility and reliability. AMD processors undergo extensive testing to ensure compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT®, Windows 2000, as well as Linux and other PC operating systems. AMD works collaboratively with Microsoft and other partners to achieve compatibility and reliability of AMD processors and to expand the capability of software and hardware products leveraging AMD64 technology. AMD conducts rigorous research, development, and validation to help ensure the continued integrity and performance of its products.
* Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) is only enabled by certain operating systems including the current versions of Microsoft® Windows®, Linux, Solaris and BSD Unix. After properly installing the appropriate operating system release, users must enable the protection of their applications and associated files from buffer overrun attacks. Consult your OS documentation for information on enabling EVP. Contact your application software vendor for information regarding use of the application in conjunction with EVP. AMD and its partners strongly recommend that users continue to use third party anti-virus software as part of their security strategy.© 2005 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, and combinations thereof, and 3DNow! are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HyperTransport is a licensed trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Clan Bala Player - 13th_DC aka The_Shaman aka CT99

China Formula 1 Girls

See what 周潤发 say ................................

Clan Bala Player - XxWuM|n9xX.wH aka xXJiAnGChEnXx

XxWuMn9xX.wH aka xXJiAnGChEnXx

www.clan-bala.com

The official Clan's web has been moved to www.clan-bala.com.

However, I will continue to update my gaming experiences here, as got some sentimental values here mah...

Funny Creep in Dota

Why cant he sleep properly?

Sreenshot of Heroes V

Starcraft 2

Starcraft 2 is perhaps the most anticipated game of all time for the PC. Fans of the original Starcraft have been waiting for a sequel to the best seller for several years and have been denied by Blizzard time and time again over the years. Yet the majority of these fans have remained patient and loyal, faithfully waiting for the day Blizzard will finally announce it, not discouraged from the fact that Blizzard decided to create three consecutive Warcraft products and the slap in the face when the company announced Starcraft: Ghost, a third person shooter available exclusively for consoles and excluded from the PC.

However, we must look at the concept of a Starcraft 2 through rational eyes. Starcraft is the most successful Real Time Strategy game of all time, played professionally on an international level. To create a Starcraft 2 makes complete sense financially, since it will immediately sell several million copies once released, thereby breaking the "fastest selling PC game ever" records set by its predecessors Diablo II and Warcraft III. However, Warcraft III is also a RTS game, and with the recent announcement of its expansion set, The Frozen Throne, it appears unlikely that Blizzard will announce or acknowledge a competing product anytime in the near future.

We must also contemplate on the mere idea of Starcraft 2, the game. The original Starcraft and its expansion, Brood War, set the standard for all RTS games to come. It was perfect in nearly every way in respect to gameplay, including perfect speed, balance, and replayability. Regarding singleplayer, the original storyline was perfectly crafted to complement an already outstanding multiplayer game, earning the game much praise for having one of the best fictional universes ever created. Considering these facts, Starcraft 2 will have immense pressure on it to match, let alone surpass the greatness of its predecessor. The idea of taking on a task of such large magnitude is certainly daunting, and perhaps this is why none of Blizzard's teams have stepped up to the challenge.

LG 17" LCD Monitor Promotion at Apple Shop

I found one promotion at Apple Shop at Bishan Junction 8 few weeks ago and just to share with all.

LG 17" LCD Monitor (model 1780Q) is selling at S$588.00 with free LG MP3 player 512MB and one LG vacumn cleaner.

You may see the product details link here.

nVidia 84.21 Graphic Driver

Download HERE


Release Highlights:

WHQL Certified
Adds support for GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7900 GT, and GeForce 7600 GT
New NVIDIA PureVideo features and enhancements. Please visit the NVIDIA PureVideo website for more information on PureVideo technology and system requirements.
Support for high definition H.264 hardware decode acceleration on GeForce 6 and 7 series GPUs.

Support for high definition MPEG-2 inverse telecine.
Support for high definition MPEG-2 spatial temporal de-interlacing.
Adds mixed vendor support for NVIDIA SLI.
TV-Out/HD-out support for NVIDIA SLI.

Added support for VSync on Direct3D games when running NVIDIA SLI.
Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.0 support
For a full list of fixed and known issues please view the Release Notes.
Updated March 17, 2:00 PM PST: Fixed drivers to correctly include the WHQL certification.

* This driver is WHQL certified for all GeForce 7 series and a limited number of GeForce 6 series GPUs.

World Cyber Game 2005 in Singapore Remains Memory

Just to recall your sweet memory about the tower rush champion in WCG 2005 Singapore. Here some pictures captured via handphone.

Clan Bala Stat

Despite approximately 400 games which we lost it by purpose, despite we never filter the member and recruit everyone whether noob or pro, we still achieve moderate % in the Clan Stat. I believe our actual winning stats is much higher than prompted here. :) keep up good works guys.

Import Clan Bala Local BanList Database (May 2006)

Clan Bala's trusted local banlist is available for you to download and add into your banlist program. Currently there are 742 players and IP kept in Clan Bala Banlist database. More to be come and please update when necessary.

Clan Bala is active in Dota's games and we have a trusted and consolidated banned players list in our local clan database. This database is the consolidated from most of the Clan Bala members.

Why download Clan Bala Banlist?
(1) We banned only the first 2 players who leave the dota game.
(2) It helps you to minimise the risk of meeting leavers when you hosting dota game
(3) We do not "anyhow" ban players unless it is necessary to be banned

How to upload the banlist and sych in your local banlist?
(1) Click on the "Local Databases" tab
(2) Click on the "diskette" icon
(3) Choose "import local bans from txt file"
(4) Proceed according to the on screen instruction.

Click here to download Clan Bala local banlist database.

Dota Custom Kick Tools

Download Custom Kick Tool, which allow you to kick any players in DOTA game or custom games, if you are the host of the game.

Advantage of the custom kick tool in dota is:
(1) good to kick those teammate who kpkb and make you very irritating
(2) good to kick teammate who are feeding
(3) good to kick teammate to balance the team, if there is a leaver at opposite side
(4) good to kick maphacker at the opponent

and of course many many more.

Remember, you can only use this tool to kick dota players if you are the host. Download it HERE.

www.clan-bala.com

Good news to all, Clan Bala is going to start its own domain soon, www.clan-bala.com.

At this moment, we are still developing the webby for your viewing pleasure, please contact me if you are interested to be the web-developer.

You can post some article to try out the new forum and give your suggestion on how we shall develop our domain.

South Park Animation

Yo .. take a look of one of my favourite animation south park pic .. cute isn't it?
Kinda relax by watching these funny animation...

Harddisk Warranty By Seagate

I bought my Seagate harddisk for less than 1 year and the harddisk being corrupted for some unknown reasons.

I checked my receipts which I brought from Video Pro last year and heng heng the purchased date is still less than 1 year, and indicated in the receipt that the product is warranty for 1 year.

After some checking, I found out that my harddisk actually being warranty for 5 years by Seagate and all I need to do is send in my harddisk and I will get the replacement to send to my house the next day.

Quite fast service and worth to buy.. the only thing is the delivery service by UPS is suck and the office location of Seagate is too far for me.. at Changi South ..: (

Overall, I still satisfy with the 5 years 1-1 exchange service.

A Good Kick by Singtel

Singtel has launched its aggressive promotion on the internet provider services and give Starhub a slap to wake up early this year. The slap does not stop there while now $500 cash voucher and $200 mobile phone voucher is giving out for high-end plan to further give Starhub a big slap.

Starhub used to give a good promotion in the internet service but the trend has been slowing down after they release their 6500 plan and Ultimate plan. They more emphasize in the high-end plan and not really encourage the customer to take up the 2000 plan. The promotion isnt that good for 2000 anymore (used to give XBOX and etc). The way they offering the promotion make me in doubt whether the speed of 2000 plan also being reduced or not to cater for high-end plan.

I think the trend is going to change soon after the agressive promotion given by the Singnet, at least they are more fair and equal to all levels of customer, Singnet offer the high end plan a good deal as well as lower end plan with reasonable deal...take a look of the promotion...
Soon, I think we will see a fighting promotion between both service provider which will definately benefit the customers... so far there isnt much counter reaction by Starhub .. but they started to offer the combi-dual service (mobile with internet) to give up a good deal promotion. I expected some good promotion is coming on the way for low end plan or the high-end price may be reduced soon...

Personally, I hate Starhub services but I have no choice to continue with its cable TV. As I notice that Starhub has emphasize a lot on the internet service and mobile, but did not provide any good promotion for the cable TV. This is because they are still "monopolise" the market at this moment. Even if the customer wanted to re-contract, there isnt much promotion for the customer. Even if I wanted to change the name to different family member, they will not consider as they look at the residential address only. Personally I think this is a bit ridculious as there are various reason changing owner of cable TV which I think is arguable. What I looking forward is a new competitor who will offer the paid TV to the customers... think the day will come .. and I will definately swap to new service if Starhub still ignore to take a good care of their existing customers.