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Girl Posts Ad To Find a Boyfriend with an Overwhelming Response

the Word — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:43:14 +0000

Young Zhang Mengqian, a university student from China, got more than she bargained for when her “boyfriend-wanted”.

On March 8, to celebrate Women’s Day, the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, in Chengdu, gave every girl student a blank piece of paper. They would write a wish and put it on a wishing wall for people to see.

Here’s what freshman Zhang Mengqian wrote on her card: “My name is Zhang Mengqian, a grade one student, and I think I am attractive, but strangely I can’t find a boyfriend. However I believe in destiny. If you have the same wish, please come under my dormitory building and shout for my name in between 12:30 to 12:50 on March 11th, and I will observe you secretly up on the building. If you’re my type, I’ll come down to meet you.”

the ratio of males to females in this school is a staggering 25 to 1.

More then over 2000 students gathered outside her dorm.

Perhaps feeling a little overwhelmed, Zhang did not leave her dorm room.

Girl Posts Ad To Find a Boyfriend with an Overwhelming Response originally appeared on the Lau Explorer on March 16, 2010.
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Heroes of Newearth vs League of Legend

the Game — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:03:58 +0000

MMOBA (Massive Multiplayer Online Battle Arena). A player vs player environment where a user controls a specific hero. Games are mostly 5v5 and each player has there own sets of skills and abilities to destroy the opposing team. Basically there are two cities that the heroes must protect and the objectives are to destroy the city as well as kill the heroes.

History
In Blizzard’s Warcraft 3 it gave the users the ability to create their own custom games. People then created hero base games where users would level up, buy items, and protect a city. Once that became popular fighting artificial intelligence, people began to create Battle Arenas where players could fight players. Unfortunately for the battle arenas many of the characters were imbalanced and the games were just an all out slug fest and item massing. Soon Defense of the Ancients arrived along with several other MMOBA, birth of the new genre. DOTA became one of the most popular games in the Warcraft 3 custom game list. In fact if you go look at the game list you will see it is mostly filled with DOTA games.

Soon after the creators of DOTA were able to produce two different games using the same concept from DOTA. League of Legends ( LoL ) and Heroes of Newearth ( HoN ).

LoL vs HoN
For people just starting off in the genre LoL is definitely the choice for you. One main problem DOTA had was that people just learning the game would find themselves always losing, always causing their team to lose, and then they would be barraged with hateful comments from your teammates for being a new person (newbie). For those thick skinned and willing to learn strategies, tips, tricks, and trek through the abuse they would finally learn the game and see the merits of the game. Unfortunatly not many are able to rise to this occasion. League of Legends does a good job helping out new people learn the game. One person who is new and bad will not ruin the game as much in LoL as they would in HoN.

For Heroes of Newearth (HoN) if you are a newbie and you lose a few lives. You may have just cost the game for your team (seriously). Reason for this is when you die the other team gets stronger and a slippery slope arrives. New people will see that they can cause the entire team to lose with just a few simple mistakes (also be sure to know your team will let you know, that you are terrible, they will not hesitate to do so). But the team play in HoN is tremendously stupendous. You really have to work as a team, there is no solo person that can take out the entire team. The better team work you have, the more likely you will win.

Conclusion
League of Legends is a great game for those just starting off wanting to learn the new genre and you also will have the ability to learn the game at a much easier pace. While Heroes of Newearth will seem a lot more hardcore as the game does not take likely to people who are learning. Since the fact is one person can ruin the entire game. But the experience of a 5 man squad destroying another 5 man squad is one of the greatest feelings in the world. If you take the time to learn Heroes of Newearth you will see the addictive nature of the game.

Currently (March 2010) Heroes of Newearth is still in Beta and hopefully you can get your hands on the beta key. While League of Legends is now available for the public to try.

Heroes of Newearth vs League of Legend originally appeared on the Lau Explorer on March 12, 2010.
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Nick Simmons Comic Book Incarnate Rips off Popular Manga Bleach

the Word — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:42:23 +0000

Nick Simmons who is the son of Gene Simmons (KISS singer) created a comic book known as Incarnate. Nick Simmons comic looks surprisingly similar to a popular Japanese manga known as Bleach. Nick obviously didn’t realize or know that Bleach is one of the world’s most famous mangas.

Bleach Photo Exhibit A

Incarnate (Nick Simmons) Photo Exhibit B

Bleach Photo Exhibit C

Incarnate Photo Exhibit D

Hilarious plagiarism. For more comparisons click here

The best part about this story is all the news, comparisons, and fans are so outraged. That is has finally hit the publishers office.

“On February 25th, 2010, the publisher of Incarnate, Radical Comics, announced on its official blog that it would be halting distribution and production of Incarnate until the matter is resolved between all concerned parties. [11]”

Nick Simmons Comic Book Incarnate Rips off Popular Manga Bleach originally appeared on the Lau Explorer on February 25, 2010.
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Vince Carter Sits Down and Makes Shot from 86 Feet Away

the Baller — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:24:10 +0000

Dwight Howard recently broke the Guinness World Record at the All-Star game hitting a shot from just 52 feet away while sitting down. Later on Dustin Leach made a video and made a shot from 53 feet away.

But they’ve both now been topped by Vince Carter, who made a shot from 86 feet! while sitting down at today’s Magic practice.

Vince Carter Sits Down and Makes Shot from 86 Feet Away originally appeared on the Lau Explorer on February 23, 2010.
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Keisha — Tik Tok parody, (Go cops)

the Troll — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:34:44 +0000

Taking the popular song by Kei$ha — Tik Tok, these fellows take the song re-make it about police officers. The song is a great re-make and the lyrics are also very superb.

Keisha — Tik Tok parody, (Go cops) originally appeared on the Lau Explorer on February 23, 2010.
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Bedrock Parody, I Can Internet Stalk

the Troll — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:58:22 +0000

A great music parody of the Lil’ Wayne — Bed rock song. This rendition is more about internet stalking and by using social media fellows can create a fake relationship with someone. Without the other really knowing about it. It’s funny how much information you really can get from the internet.

Bedrock Parody, I Can Internet Stalk originally appeared on the Lau Explorer on February 21, 2010.
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67 Year Old Man Beats Thug on Transit, Updated Epic Beard Man Interview

the Troll — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:07:55 +0000

67 Year Old Man Beats Thug on AC Transit. (caution may be to violent for some viewers). A thug picks on a 67 year old man and dearly pays the price. Next time choose your opponents wisely, or maybe you should just be a good human being.

After the Fight:

Heres a little funny animated gif from Reddit.com

This just added an interview with Epic Beard Man.

67 Year Old Man Beats Thug on Transit, Updated Epic Beard Man Interview originally appeared on the Lau Explorer on February 19, 2010.
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Megaman 8 Bit Death Match Trailer

the Game — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:31:15 +0000

Megaman 8-bit Deathmatch is a new multiplayer mod that aims to put Doom and Megaman together to help you blast your buddies online. Using even the video game mods and Megaman classic power ups. The video below shows that game looks amazing.

Hopefully Capcom doesn’t pull the plug on this deathmatch, or maybe they will buy it and sell it for all the systems to enjoy.

The 8-bit style inspired by Kinsie was perfect for this, as it represents the time when I feel Megaman was in full fruition: on the NES.

Megaman 8 Bit Death Match Trailer originally appeared on the Lau Explorer on February 17, 2010.
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New Sonic 4 Episode 1 Preview Video

the Game — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:25:42 +0000

We have been die hard Sonic fans since the legendary Sonic 2, Sonic 3, and Sonic & Knuckles. Those were seriously the best Sonic games to come to light.

Now Sonic 4 Episode 1 by the Sonic Team brings us hope of another great Sonic the hedgehog classic. Can this be the game to revive the Sonic series? From a die hard fan perspective the game looks amazing. Lets hope Super Sonic, Metal Sonic, and a lot of the other fan favorites are still there.

The following video is a quick preview of what is to come.

(this video was shot and taken from another source, no way would our game play of Sonic be that atrocious.)

New Sonic 4 Episode 1 Preview Video originally appeared on the Lau Explorer on February 17, 2010.
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Raptor Mascot Eats Cheerleader

the Baller — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:10:20 +0000

Rap-Tor, (the NBA Raptors Mascot) devours a Toronto Raptors cheerleader! His go-to move of eating cheerleaders is always a crowd pleaser and has even started to earn some national recognition by earning him the 08 NBA Mascot of the Year.

Listen to the announcer, Ian Eagle, giving us some great commentary of the mascot devouring the cheerleader

Raptor Mascot Eats Cheerleader originally appeared on the Lau Explorer on February 17, 2010.
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