It’s been a while guys. I’m sorry for that. Things have been relatively “busy” lately. That’s kind of a lie, I’ve just been at work, practicing for the season coming up and day to day crap.
I have gotten new internet installed up in my loft. Being hard-wired is pretty sweet, the speed is much faster and my entire network is sharing files much more efficiently. Having my network being all in-house instead of run wirelessly is a lot more stable and fast.
MouseSpaz is in a slump. Something that time and persistence can overcome, still hard to put 4 other guys on your back and keep a positive outlook. I’m trying though.
Haven’t skateboarded in a while, I think after work today I’m gonna go out and bust my ass a few times.
My Macbook’s battery is kaput so I think I’m gonna have to drop the cash to get a new one if I ever want to use it without being plugged into an outlet.
Arbalet Dallas (I just realized I hadn’t posted since I’ve been there?!) was pretty sweet. Andrew, Angel and I had a pretty good time, met a lot of new guys and saw some really good matches. I think by the end of the weekend all three of us were just ready to get home and relax.
I will be attending next year if they have it again, and I’d like to get down there for the ESEA BYOC for season 7. Maybe I can convince my team and someone special to come with me. Maybe.
Also just ordered a 24″ LCD for web development. Sweet.
It’s a sad thing to have to announce that someone I would consider a friend, has passed away. A fellow Counter-Strike player from Germany, Toni Daniloski, was killed in a car accident stemming from a tire blowout.
This comes right after missing a flight to Shanghai to player in the Intel Extreme Masters Global Finals.
I had the honor of meeting Toni while attending the Arbalet Cup, and can in all honesty say that he was one of the most vibrant people I’ve ever met through the game.
Please keep Toni’s friends and family in your heart, and send your condolences. His team website can be found here, I’m linking to the article regarding his passing: http://www.mousesports.com/en/news/9403/
Well I’ve spent a few minutes trying to search for this guy’s accolades for being a speaker I should want to go see. I’ve found that he’s built a flash game involving moving tiles around, and has owned and operated a failed LAN center (his words not mine).
Now while I still think he may have some interesting things to say in a casual conversation, paying $100 to hear them when I can pay $15 and read his book (yeah, there’s a book too) about the disastrous LAN center sounds much more satisfying. I’m a little torn, apparently he’s spoken at a few independent game developer conferences, so I’m not saying he’s under qualified.
We got a new toy at work today! I got to register an account with CampaignMonitor. After playing around with it a little bit I have to say I am thoroughly impressed. It’s analytical software is absolutely amazing, it’s easy to use, and yeah.. I love it.
I’ve been playing with SEO for this blog (as you may suspect from my last post). It’s going pretty well, I made it my mission to be in the first page for the search “Chris Keefer”, and after four days of SEO practice we’re already at the number two spot for the second page. We’re getting there!
I got the time off today for the Arbalet Cup trip, really excited about that. Get out of town for a weekend and nerd it up with Angel and Andrew. Should be a good time.
Still waiting on that skateboard, stupid 6-8 day shipping crap.
Well I guess I’ll make a real post before I head to bed.
First and foremost my shoulder is killing me! Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way.. I’m feeling pretty good right now, I’m not sure if that’s because I’m spending most of my time at work with my mind so wrapped up in web development that I don’t have the brain power afterward to be unhappy, or if because I get fulfillment out of being productive. Maybe both? Probably both.
I’m not sure what’s going to happen with Counter-Strike and I this next season of ESEA.
Yes, the day has finally come. You all have been so patient, and you will be rewarded.
A lot has been going on with me lately, let’s start off with the fact that Reef and company will be in Dallas July 14th to the 18th for ESEA LAN finals and Arbalet Cup! Learn more.
Angel, Andrew and I have decided that this is a big enough event for us to make the 8-hour drive. I’m not sure if I will be partaking in the BYOC tournament or not, that depends on if I can find a couple of cool guys to put a team together with. Regardless I’m definitely looking forward to seeing some old friends and making some new ones.
