Yeah, that's right. I will hardly be available here at GS for sometime. Thanks to 3 things:

1) My troublesome net connection which has deceided to take time off more regularly than ever.

But most importantly:

2)Mass Effect:

The game's simply too good. With an engrossing storyline and an over the top gameplay, it's hard to get away from it.

3)Naruto:

What a great anime. It's actually got me addicted to it. If I'm not playing ME then I'm watching Naruto. It's got a distinct flavour to it, with the right blend if action and drama.

See ya soon

I like the old look overall.

The Bad:

1) The Live Feeds and the Recent Images are just so pointless. It really doesn't matter what others are doing currently and the Recent Images make the page look uglier. Those two features are the worst thing GS has ever made on the profile page

2) The tracked blogs section is too small. I can't keep track of my friends' blogs, whick is really what I want to keep track off, not every post and comment they're making

3) The layout of the blog section makes you feel the blogs are so insignificant. It actually discourages posting in blogs, be it comments or even your own blog posts

4) I liked the log in section when it was placed at the top right corner of the page. I could log in quickly. Now if I want to log in I have to wait for the GS homepage to load, then wait for the log in page to load and once agin for the homepage to load

The Good:

1) I can open messages in a new tab rather than a new window

2) The comment section of the blog is better. The 'Type your comment' section is above the others' comments and it appears faster on the page. No loading the entire page once more. This is a big plus

I've written a review for Diablo 2. Check it out here

Please comment on the review and suggest improvements. Recommnd it if you like it

Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction Update

Died the second time in the game. It was so stupid of me. I was just revisitinga place I had finished in an earlier session of the game just to level up. Being a necromancer, I had summoned a Blood golem. It's special property is that it shares some of the health it steals from the enemies it attacks, while conversley it also shares a portion of the damage it takes. Got swarmed by a large group of quite strong Champion Dung Soldiers. I stayed back with the bow and arrow while letting my minions do the melee. My blood golem took a lot of damage and in the process my character also lost a lot of life. I reached for the health potion hotkey( number 1) but I didn't work and I got killed. Only later did I realise that I had been pressing the ~ key instead. Lost abt 30,000 gold for letting my character die. At least I was able to respawn.

For now I finished the first quest in Act II(Killing Radament). Gotta search for the Horadric Cube, Shaft and Headpiece

Stats

Basic Character C-lass: Necromancer
C-lass Specialization: Summancer
Level: 21
Gold in possession: 239,712
Strength: 52
Dexterity: 54
Vitality: 36
Energy: 48
Skills learnt: Blood Golem(L2), Clay Golem(L2), Raise Skeleton(L2), Raise Skeletal Mage(L2), Bone Armor(L1), Bone Wall(L1), Teeth(L1), Corpse Explosion(L1), Amplify Damage(L1), Iron Maiden(L1), Dim Vision(L1), Weaken(L1), Poison Dagger(L1), Skeletal Mastery(L2), Golem Mastery(L2)

(PS. GS does not allow the use of the word spelled by C.L.A.S.S)

We started on Thirsday night. Took the train to Bangalore, departing on 11PM, local time. Reached Bangalore on Friday to be greeted by rainy weather. Refreshed ourselves at a hotel and got going to the company, named Rittal India, a subsidiary of the German giant Rittal, headed by the Loh group(How many of you know Rittal or the Loh gorup?), abt an hour's travel from Banagalore. Saw how enclosures were made. It was quite a sight. Never have I seen an automated manufacturing process and it was a delightful experience. Next went to a PCB manufacturing company nearby, which was pretty useless, as the ppl there were poor at English and their explanations of the various processes were drained by the noise in the factory.

We were returning to the hotel, with high expectations for the rest of the three days planned for the IV trip. Excitement was high. We had planned some shopping, some sightseeing at Mysore and a fun day at the amusement park near Bangalore.That was when bad news came. Got message of terrorist attack in B'lore - 9 bomb blasts in various parts of the city, the first 8 of which had happened when we were just returning. At least they were all low profile attacks, with the death toll at 1 and several injured.Poof! There went the trip.

The college instructed us to return home immediatly, but we could arrange for transport only the next morning(Saturday, local time... i.e. today) And now I'm back home,2 days premature. No thanx to terrorism, which showed its despicable face there.

Yeah as the title of the article says, I'm leaving on my Industrial Visit trip to Bangalore\Mysore (How many of you have atleast heard of Bangalore?) It's a three day trip and I'll be returning on Monday morning. Actually the trip to the industry is scheduled for tomorrow(Friday) morning, according to the local time, so we'll be goofing around the rest of the time... some sightseeing and maybe a little shopping. See ya.

Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction update:

The game may be old but it is a great game. Defeated Andariel at the end of Act I a few days back, but only yesterday did I take the trip east to Lut Gholein. I was levelling up my character in Act I. Gotta kill Radament next in the Lut Gholein sewers.

Stats

Name: Neo
Basic Character C-lass: Necromancer
C-lass Specialization: Summancer
Level: 19
Gold in possession: 251,117
Strength: 48
Dexterity: 51
Vitality: 36
Energy: 43
Skills learnt: Blood Golem(L1), Clay Golem(L2), Raise Skeleton(L2), Raise Skeletal Mage(L2), Bone Armor(L1), Bone Wall(L1), Teeth(L1), Corpse Explosion(L1), Amplify Damage(L1), Iron Maiden(L1), Dim Vision(L1), Weaken(L1), Poison Dagger(L1), Skeletal Mastery(L2), Golem Mastery(L1)

(PS. GS does not allow the use of the word spelled by C.L.A.S.S)