World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Collector's Edition

oh my god, I know good stuffs get snatched away real fast once they are release in store. But this is way too much.

I wanted to get my hands on collector's edition for World of Warcraft Burning Crusade expansion. Thought a month before the official date of release would be enough to make the pre-order purchase but I was wrong.

First I make the pre-order via a friend's friend in mid October, once the acknowledgment came, I was happy(no searching high and low). One month later, the seller told my friend that he's unable to get the Collector Edition only the normal version. arghhhhh

Thus my search on the web began, went to a few sites like gamespot, amazon etc, the item was listed there but "sold out" man. Did a check on eBay and expecting the price to be higher than retail. Yes indeed, someone putting it for USD 219.99 which is like

219.99 USD United States Dollars

=

338.899 SGD Singapore Dollars

The price is ridiculous.

The search continued ......

finally found one site which might still have the stock.
HMV.co.uk They are selling for

39.99 GBP United Kingdom Pounds

=

121.171 SGD Singapore Dollars

Here's the product and it's content :





• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade on both CD and DVD
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Behind-the-Scenes DVD
• The Art of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Hardcover Art Book
• Exclusive In-Game Pet: Netherwhelp
• Two World of Warcraft Trading Card Game Starter Packs, plus Exclusive Cards
• Map of Outland Mouse Pad
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Soundtrack CD

PS : Those who are interested WHY 5 Million people are playing World of Warcraft, I still have four 10 Days trial CD-key invite. Drop me a note.

Killer Network Card

Saw this web advertisement awhile ago - introduction this product -

Killer Network Interface Card.

It's a word advertisement with no picture, the marketing line that caught my attention was "41% increase FPS in World of Warcraft" FPS - Frame Per Second. If 41% is real, that a awesome performance improvement.

Their Marketing paragraph,
Kill or Be Killed!

Whether you have an hour to play at night or you are a dedicated pro gamer: the Killer NIC is for anyone that cherishes their online gaming time. The Killer™ Network Interface Card (NIC) is the world’s first Network Card designed specifically for Online Gaming. Powered by Lag and Latency Reduction (LLR™) Technology, Killer gives your computer superior speed and performance. More Frames Per Second and lower Pings when they matter most: during intense online gaming action.

About the LLR technology,

Lag and Latency Reduction (LLR) Technology is the power behind the Killer NIC. It has two modes of operation: LLR Game Mode and LLR App Mode.

During your Gaming hours change to LLR Game Mode - It completely changes the way networking works in your computer: fully tweaking it out for Games.

LLR Technology is 400Mhz Network Processing chipset that allows the Killer NIC to completely bypass the Windows Network Stack, and implement it’s own interrupt driven stack technology.
Bypassing Windows reduces your latency (Ping), and shortens game frame loops: boosting FPS.

The Killer’s NPU is also designed specifically for online gaming, and handles gaming network traffic much more quickly and efficiently than standard networking products, including packet prioritization, gaming interrupt modeling, and FNA.

The best part is that LLR is plug’n’play, and requires no software changes by game developers. This means that you can just plug the Killer in, and get the benefits right away in your favorite online game.

FANTASTIC for Gamers!! The killer NIC cost - $279.99
With the above info, I see a potential of this NIC but the price is holding me back. =\

Check out Killer NIC
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Second Life

Hey what's that ? Beat me when I first came across it, read the brief description and thought it was a another program to make WoW (World of Warcraft) raid planning better. IT'S a VIRTUAL WORLD of anything!

Here's what is all about, Sound pretty interesting, will get my hands on it these few days,

Second Life, a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by 322,621 people from around the globe.

3D building Guitar

* From the moment you enter the World you'll discover a vast digital continent, teeming with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity. Once you've explored a bit, perhaps you'll find a perfect parcel of land to build your house or business.

* You'll also be surrounded by the Creations of your fellow residents. Because residents retain the rights to their digital creations, they can buy, sell and trade with other residents.

* The Marketplace currently supports millions of US dollars in monthly transactions. This commerce is handled with the in-world currency, the Linden dollar, which can be converted to US dollars at several thriving online currency exchanges.

Here's some videos from Youtube,
0.o wooo like playing Sims =D, QIQI!!! MUST CHECK THIS


OMG I M GONNA get my hands on it, you can build anything as long as you can imagine it

H.I.G.H

Are you searching for place to hang with friends ?
What's your interest?
Alcohol?
Projector screen soccer matches?
Pools?
Table soccer?
Photo hunt?
High perfermance gaming stations(xbox, lan/internet games)?
Need private rooms group competition on games like Dota, Counter-strike etc?

You gonna drop by this highly interactive gaming hub - H.I.G.H located beside katong shopping center.
The first impression on the PC was, PROFESSIONAL. You are prompt with a custom make GUI for the games avaliable and together with a short description of the game. Incorperated with msn messenger and Team speak programs for more effective communications.

PS: Toilets within the hub.