Aleczan.com is no more.

So…. well…. My old domain name, aleczan.com, which was 10 years old got outbidded by some asshole. I’ve been away from my PC and the internet for several weeks which happened to be the worst timing, ever. During that absence, my domain name contract with Godaddy expired. My brother had problem with his recurring automatic payment method and the website’s automated email sent to his mailbox was translated into Thai (WHY???) and got junked, so he never saw it. Then the window of cooldown period where we could renew the domain ownership had run out of time and boom, it was put on auction by Godaddy.

We were the only bidder and I was relaxed and assured. However, on the last day, a few hours before bidding ended, someone else started to compete the bid against us. There seemed to be 2 or 3 automatic bidders which kept bidding 5 USD higher than the last price. I cannot afford more than 100 USD so I decided to let it go.

I have no brain energy to figure out what’s next or what domain I should use instead, so for now I will use a temporary subdomain set by my friend.

Dew A9

Put this here because Dew needed explanation/translation, as the guy was complaining a lot and amid the busy fight, Dew couldn’t understand all the details, so she copied the text and asked me to tell her what and why people said those things. I also wrote my own opinion in English, in case anyone involved, especially Kuma Leeno, would stumble here and read this, I hope they will start to understand Dew a little.

[3:39](Kuma) wake up tank
[3:40](Chibidew) sory macro broke
[3:41](Ahzek) TP almost out! using Invigorate
[3:43](Kuma) …………………………………..
[3:43](Principia) Dont use lb3 on damage on hard raids มีคนบอกว่าในเหรดยากอย่า LB 3 เพื่อทำดาเมจ 
[3:44](Principia) Except finishing touch ) ยกเว้นเวลาบอสใกล้ตาย ใช้ปิดเกม
[3:44](Kuma) ” hard ” raids อินี่ก็ย้ำคำพูดว่า “เหรดยาก” แบบประชด
[3:44](Ahzek) this shouldnt be hard คนนี้บอกว่าอันนี้ไม่ควรยาก
[3:44](Kuma) it’s barely a raid when it’s that simple บอกว่าอันนี้ง่ายขนาดนี้ แทบไม่ควรเรียกว่าเหรดด้วยซ้ำ
[3:48](Ahzek) hellooooo!
[3:48](Kuma) like ahzek said อันนี้บอกว่าใช่ อย่างที่ข้างบนบอก (มันไม่ควรยาก)
[3:48](Kuma) chibidew cmon man do your job
[3:48](Chibidew) sorry :(
[3:49](Kuma) it’s ok, but next time grab aggrp ตรงนี้คือมันบอกว่าไม่เป็นไร คราวหน้าให้เอาแอ๊ดไว ๆ หน่อย
[3:49](Kuma) aggro
[3:49](Chibidew) run to me please I don’t see add

^
Although it was true that Dew couldn’t see the spawn as fast as everyone, due to the lag, and thus was why she couldn’t provoke big Faust faster than the monk hitting it, and thus said sorry (and sometimes lag kills her macro, too). here I personally feel Dew said it wrong. She should have said “run to me, here is safe spot”
Because, according to Dew, that monk was trying to fight big Faust in the quarter where the lava was coming next (to my knowledge, after reading a strategy guide, if lava comes up and burn it while big Faust is alive, it will explode and wipe the party)

The party should drag the big Faust around and then put it where lava is coming next, only when it’s nearly dead. When it has a lot of HP, placing it on the lava destination is, of course, going to cause a wipe.

[3:49](Kuma) there’s like a whole different light on the plateform อันนี้มันบอกว่ามีแสงเวลา Faust ใหญ่เกิด
[3:49](Kuma) everything turn purple ทุกอย่างจะกลายเป็นสีม่วง
[3:49](Kuma) + an aoe dmg แล้วมี AoE ทำให้เจ็บด้วย
[3:49](Kuma) u should see it “ต้องเห็นดิ”

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I’m completely lost here, but Dew said he could be referring to the meteor drops. Then, she rewatched a guide video and saw that he’s referring to big Faust spawn. But tell ya what, she never saw the purple while in the fight, because everyone goes to hide on the other side of the boss, and thus the view is blocked. 

[3:49](Kuma) just get reactiv (อันนี้ไม่เข้าใจ ให้ไปชุบอะไรเหรอ? หมายถึงขยะหุ่นปะวะ? — I can’t understand “get reactiv” and what it might refer to.)
[3:49](Kuma) and stop reviving that god damn hell spider at start อันนี้มันโวยวายเรื่องไปปลุกแมงมุมผิดตัว
[3:49](Kuma) she’s dead
[3:49](Kuma) in the right place
[3:50](Kuma) at the right moment
[3:50](Kuma) let her be มันบอกว่าแมงมุมตัวนั้นอยู่ตรงนั้นถูกแล้ว อย่าไปปลุกมันขึ้นมา
[3:50](Kuma) DSAT FUCKIN SPIDER

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Here Dew was completely lost again, because on her main server, the Japanese wake up all adds and kill them all at the lava spot. They don’t skip any add.

[3:52](Kuma) row (row อะไรก็ไม่รู้??? ไม่เก็ต  — row what? I don’t understand either)
[3:52](Kuma) the add อันนี้เรียกให้ตีแอ๊ด (ที่พี่เรย์เฝ้าอยู่?)
[3:52](Kuma) the fkin freakin add
[3:52](Kuma) chewbidew
[3:52](Kuma) wake up

^
After getting told off last time, Dew was already waiting for the big Faust add at where it was spawning. She provoked and flash, But the monk still screamed. And she couldn’t pull it off the lava fast enough, so it stuck to the monk and exploded. (What’s funny is that he kept dying in the explosion because he kept trying to kick Faust’s ass in the lava??? Why don’t bring it out of the lava before it rises? O_o??)

[3:53](Kuma) EDFSZGEFZFAQEZFQIZSYHFQEIZY7HF

^
It exploded and party died, so the monk was mad bro again.

Dew told me she was on PLD (her mistake, because she’s better as WAR, on PLD her reaction is a bit slow, and when it’s laggy, it gets even worse.) Anyway, I wonder why he just stood there slamming his fists on it instead of running to the safe spot to drag it along. Screaming doesn’t seem to help the survival rate.

[3:53](Kuma) my last piece of hope has vanished มันงอแงว่าความหวังชิ้นสุดท้ายของมันได้สลายไปแล้ว
[3:53](Principia) Do the impossible อันนี้น่าจะร้องเพลง มั้ง???
[3:53](Principia) See the invisible
[3:53](Principia) Row row
[3:53](Kuma) FIGHT THE POWA
[3:53](Chibidew) ok
[3:53](Chibidew) so hard when I’m lag

[3:53](♠Kujimaro) sorry dew, making you do this
[3:54](♠Kujimaro) lets try another time
[3:54](Chibidew) why here st do everything >_>

^
She plays on Masamune (as WAR, ST) and on the Japanese DF, healer picks up the Generator and drags the adds to the correct place, while Sub-Tank waits and grabs big Faust, and no one fights aggro against the ST. The monk was like screaming at Dew to do the generator and she didn’t understand why. And the monk screamed at her for not grabbing the big Faust, yet still pound fists on it to compete aggro, and she can’t understand why, either.

[3:54](♠Kujimaro) how does it work in masa?
[3:55](Chibidew) I know why drk need mt
[3:55](Chibidew) he lazy drama
[3:55](♠Kujimaro) hm
[3:55](Chibidew) in vdo guide and masa healer drag XD
[3:56](♠Kujimaro) sorry ill drag next time
[3:56](Chibidew) but need me voke fast too
[3:56](♠Kujimaro) no you cannot voke add
[3:56](Chibidew) today I think I’m lag
[3:56](♠Kujimaro) because tether
[3:56](♠Kujimaro) you can voke the big add tho
[3:56](Chibidew) yes
[3:57](♠Kujimaro) just not the normal one
[3:57](Chibidew) I don’t know why dps not drag big add to me at A
[3:57](Chibidew) bcoz a is save point
[3:58](Chibidew) this one strong and we can not kill fast

Additional info, at start, Dew tried to be a Main Tank, she engaged first, but the DRK in the party wouldn’t yield to her and kept competing aggro. She got tired and gave up. And became Sub Tank.

I told her to, from now on, say at start of the fight that she wants to MT, as the lag makes it hard to grab the add quickly, which could mean a wipe to the party. If anyone complains and wants her to ST anyway, she should explain her lag problem to her, if they can accept a delayed Provoke, then it’s fine. 

Random Screenshots Dump

Just feeling like posting some pics, and since I’ve been highly unorganized lately, these screenshots will be very randomly selected. ><;;

Alec WHM on a Draught Chocobo, Camp Cloud Top.

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Haku happened to log in to try on the Butler outfit, so I stole some shots.

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Dew had a new haircut which goes really great with the maid outfit.

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Our FC lawn at night, raining.

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Me in the garden, trying on new glam for CUL.

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Corn recently bought a Fenrir Mount. It shines and it flies!!!

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Diver and Corn, ,Kuji is blocked by me, I think LOL. In this pic, everyone ran over to see the Kettle when Kuji made a comment about it.

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Our garden and the ocean view.

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Diver and his old set of DRG armor. That day we ended up commenting a lot on his Orochi-like outfit that he had to go out of his way to re-glam it to something else lol. Sorry, man!

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My miner friend, Tenpe. Bumped into him in Limsa.

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Tenpe was going to tank for the treasure hunt with his friends (his FC).
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Tenpe and his waifu, Rina.
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Dew was comparing her fat chocobo’s belly to my fat chocobo’s belly!


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4Aiur’s group pic after a Treasure Hunt session. We were missing PZ. In these pics: Corn, Diver, Bray, Kuji, Dew and me.


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Me on a rock peak, with Natalan in the background.


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My miner and crafter friend, Riot. Bumped into him while grabbing mog daily quests.
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Me inside FC house, in my CUL glam.

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Typical Saturday for the 4Aiur (En Taro Adun) members.

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Me fishing at Camp Dragonhead, in a new hat crafted by Corn. :3

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I discovered that this corner of the garden is wonderful for a picture around sunset.
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Corn was healing in a leveling roulette the other day. This was when he was playing around with his skills and spells in the house. Lookey! Scary healer! Don’t piss him off!

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Corn and Bray, before Corn changed his haircut.

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Diver.

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PZ and Corn on the bridge. Dew, Kuji and I on the lawn.

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Mog sofa. :D

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Chocobo power

The other day I was on my Culinarian, heading from Aleport to my friends’ camp, Novv’s Nursery in Sahagin Landbase. I planned to buy some groceries over there. But before I reached the store, a weird stranger sent me a tell, asking if I could help them kill their Hunt Log targets.

My first thought was like…..WTH? I’m a cook. What? How?

I had a mind to politely tell them I’m on crafter now and I’m on an errand and cannot help. But I got curious as to who and where the person was. So I asked “Where are you?” thinking maybe they saw me riding a chocobo past them and decided to send tell. The person, however, invited me to the party instead of replying, and immediately changed zone to Upper La Noscea, to Oakwood. This means they couldn’t have been anywhere near me when they initiated the conversation.

Perhaps they searched everyone in the map and my name came up first.

I wondered whether the person would notice that I wasn’t a DoW or DoM, so I rode my chocobo to meet up. Nope, they said nothing about me being a cook.  XD  Which was amusing. I decided to roll with it and summoned my chocobo, thinking I would let her kill stuff for us.

The person jumped in and attacked a Beetle. But WHOOPS!!!! It linked with 2 wolves because my level was too high and they ganged on that person. My frypan swing speed felt so slow and it took me a while to whack all 3 enemies with it to steal enmity. But the person lived and we continued, killing several beetles and wolves, all died in one hit once my chocobo started attacking. Then the person said thanks and I left.

I didn’t want to seem mean or finicky so I didn’t ask them why they chose me and whether they realized I was on crafter. XD But that incident was so amusing I had to write about it.

ffxiv_07232015_081753_newBy the way there was one time while I was mining a Grade 3 Thanalan Topsoil from Unspoiled node in Hammaelea when I noticed a THM getting killed by a Coblyn. I engaged with my pickaxe and hit the thing once, but it wouldn’t die. In that split second I saw it trying to use an AoE move and I was like OH SHIT I can’t save this person. But my chocobo rushed forward and pecked it to death because I hit it and she entered battle mode (good thing I always leave my birdie on Free Stance instead of Healer Stance) LOL. Chocobo saved the day! That person thanked me and /bow and/kneel and stuff. It was funny I imagined the stare from my chocobo, because she might be thinking “Why you got thanks? You did nothing, me the hero.”

 

Emotes Spam

Not long ago, a patch added a check box “Display log message” in emotes menu, so that we can uncheck it and make our emotes no longer show up as a text in chat log. I really love it, because it’s extremely handy when I want to spam an emote (or many) for the sake of taking screenshots with specific characteristic. I used to have to manually add the word (or syntax?) “motion” after my emote command, to get the same effect, which sometimes became quite a hassle. So this checkbox functions really made it convenient.

I would encourage people to use this when they want to spam emote or emotes. I also taught my friends (old players who didn’t realize there is this function and new player who just started) about it and explained to them how annoying it could get when we spam chatlog with emotes.

Today I was sitting and crafting in Mor Dhona, when someone spammed huzzah for like 20 times in 5 seconds or so. Well, if my friends didn’t know there was the function, maybe some other players didn’t realize it too. And it seemed they were just trying to get screenshots with a friend (who joined in the emotes spamming spree soon) without intention to clog up people’s chat log just because they wanted to be an asshole. So I said in /say:

Would be extremely nice if people who spam emote are kind enough to use /emote motion, or uncheck the “Display log message” in emotes menu when they want to spam. ; ;

Excuse my typo there, lol.

Anyway, I waited for a bit and they still kept going (and it only got worse in term of lines per second), so I figured they didn’t notice my say and blacklisted them for my own sake. No use to bitch and start a fight when everyone is entitled to play their game however they like (as long as it doesn’t break ToS, hahaha).

After a synthesis or two, however, the first person who started spamming emote noticed me and came over (which means they actually saw my comment and yet chose to act disruptive, intentionally) to stand right behind me, too close in my personal space than I would have liked. So I canceled my crafting and ran up the stairs to sit down and craft again. Guess what, the person followed and tried to do some emote, which I didn’t pay much attention to because my mind was set on getting the hell out of that place.

After I ran upstairs, the person followed.I got up (canceling my synthesis mid-craft, again) and returned home. Of course, I suspect that the person was having a kick out of it that he or she could annoy me that much and drove me from the scene.

But, seriously, for some people to not try to be nice and make use of a useful function of the game…..and to go out of their way to try to be mean and upset other players. It’s sad how being politely assertive doesn’t work well in online games. Are we not civil? Can’t trivial problems be talked out peacefully and then happily solved?

My Luminary Rod~ Finally!

Finally, with my snail-speed of fishing, I completed the achievement “A Fisher’s Life for Me: Eorzea” and received my Rod of the Luminary. Although it gives same Gathering and Perception as the rod rewarded from level 50 quest, I can really like Reduced Durability Loss +10.

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I got the last sub category of fishing achievement, “Good Things Come to Those Who Bait: Black Shroud V” while fishing for my daily Timeworn map at Lake Tahtotl.

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In all my fishing career (since the implementation of Achievements) I’ve fished 11309 times. I guess I spent too much time fishing in the places where there are no fishing Achievement, such as Coerthas and Mor Dhona, so I didn’t make it within the range of ~6,000 fish (1,920 per city) like it should be if you go straight from achievement to achievement for the rod.

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Then, a visit to Jonathas, and the rod was mine!

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Comparing the graphic between Halcyon Rod and Rod of the Luminary.

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My new rod in action. I kind of wish it would be more shiny, though, hahaha.

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But it does shine bright enough in the rain.

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It also shines nicely if the angle is right.

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Anyway, next goal for me will be to fish some Silver Sovereigns for the new rod that came with a patch not long ago ><;; Forager’s Fishing Rod does have yummy stats and I am so very drooling over it!