Tonight's maintenance hopefully finishes off a really nasty FUBAR in Phantasy Star Universe.

For some background ... for some reason, Sega of Europe controls the billing servers for Sega of America's NA PC/PS2 servers. I don't know why this was decided, but I can only guess that there were finanical reasons for this (seeing as Sega of America had to close all of the international PSO servers due to Phantasy Star Universe failing to gain enough international income to keep them alive).

Sega of Europe's control has proven to be problematic. Earlier this year (I forget when) the billing servers crashed due to overheating--it turned out the AC was out in the Sega of Europe offices. This caused major problems for people whose monthly payment plan rebilled during that time--or for anyone trying to purchase new subscriptions. Because the billing servers were down, people could not get into the game despite paying for it. Sega of America's staff were helpless to fix the problem, as Sega of Europe's employees were enjoying an extended break at the time. It was fixed eventually, with the SoA GMs apologizing and explaining the situation.

Something similar to this has happened since the start of Maximum Attack G, on a much more dire scale. It got so bad that, despite having anywhere from 1000~2000 people return to NA PC/PS2 to play it, people got quickly locked out of the game by more Sega of Europe bungling. This time, people who renew or pay for new subscriptions to PSU are recognized as paid by the billing server, but the billing server refuses to communicate with the game servers--and thus the affected people are unable to play the game. The PC/PS2 servers once more became a ghost town--many, many people have been cursing Sega and cynically referring to their membership in the 065 Club (the people locked out of the game recieve an Error 065).

Apparently, with tonight's maintenance, a new billing server will replace the older one and will hopefully end this issue once and for all. Until then, a number of people had their accounts restored to working status (but only if they had notified Sega ahead of time of their issue)--and victims of Error 065 will not be billed this month apparently. I have heard that the GMs are contemplating other forms of compensation but nothing is yet definite.

All I know is, whatever compensation they give, this two-week issue which had taken so many people out of the game is not going to be enough for those affected by it. As the 360 servers are under X-Box Live and therefore escaped this issue, their players are dominating the leaderboards for Maximum Attack G's top 500 scoring players (who will recieve a Spread Needle/G, a PSO weapon, as a prize).

I wasn't affected (my account runs out of time just after MAG ends), but many of my friends were--I'm really dissapointed that this has happened and that it HAD to happen during the one event so many were waiting for, and just after the NA PC/PS2 and 360 player base tried to drum up a grasroots campaign to bring people to PSU since it had gotten such a bad rap from its limited features upon release (not to mention the hackers ruining the game for NA PC/PS2 players a few months after launch) ...

Would've uploaded this earlier this week, but final exams kept me away. And right now I'm dealing with my ISP being SOBs, but I won't get into that.



Some of you remember CAST Away, right? I'm still trying to get that off the ground but more complications've gotten in the way. For now, here's concept art I whipped up before MAG of Codon Alicia, F Gattaca's partner machine (as she looks in CAST Away, anyway).



There's more to Codon Alicia than meets the eye, though--she might appear to be a standard GH440-model partner machine, but the fact her clothing is a completely different color tips off many to the fact that she is, in polite terms, "nonstandard." This might encourage people into thinking she's been illegally modified to become more powerful than your standard partner machine ... but in truth they'd only be right about the illegally modified bit. In many ways, she's quite dysfunctional. This will be explained in the story early on, but there's some hints in the quotes for this pic as to why she is the way she is.



Enjoy!

Maximum Attack G kicked off yesterday and we're already off to a running start on PSU's NA PC/PS2 servers. MAG's arrival brought a lot of people back; after the Winter Event, the only significantly populated server on NA PC/PS2 was Universe 02 with two and a half stars (this is either 500~600 or 200~300 people depending on whether or not a full star means 200 or 100 people.

And yet here I am amusing myself, goofing off with Fraps!

Today was also one of several days the GMs would appear in game and answer any questions the public had. I had a question of my own, so I checked it out. But as everyone knows ... I'm kind of a silly person. Or just weird.

09:18:03 Melchior
Not too much

09:18:17 F Gattaca
Hiya.

09:18:17 Melchior
was there a question or an issue we can help with?

09:18:28 F Gattaca
I did have one, and then I'll scoot off, heh.

09:18:34 Melchior
Fire away, Gattaca :)

(F Gattaca fires his SMG for a few seconds.)

09:18:39 F Gattaca
YEARRRGH

09:18:42 F Gattaca
Oh wait.

09:18:45 F Gattaca
You meant the question.

09:18:46 F Gattaca
Haha.

09:18:52 F Gattaca
Ahem!

It's been a while since I actually updated this blog for things other than Ragnarok Wisdom.

But, I've been pretty busy with one thing or another that I haven't found the time to write up any updates on what I've been doing. I think I oughta do some venting though, so be prepared for a gripfest as much as a situational report.

I've been trying to keep my head above water where college is concerned. So far I think I'm doing alright; I have yet to seriously blunder at any of the exams or assignments since the start of the semester, but I'm worried about the recent Astronomy II exam I took yesterday. I ... uh, was lost on a few of the questions. I've been unable to focus on trying to CLEP classes, which I really need to get around to doing.

Right now I'm busy with trying to finish the April Fool's short I promised I would make for Ragnarok Wisdom. I'm kind of wishing that I went with the initial blank panel comic because this is turning out to be a real pain in the ass to finish. However, I'm committed now; Sniff and the others went out of their way to lend their voices for this thing. I need to finish it.

Gaming wise, no, I have not yet picked up Smash Bros Brawl and it may yet be a while before I can. I've been trying to get back into Phantasy Star Universe to show people I'm not dead, but I've had little time to devote to it; mainly because of the above happenings, but I've also (for a short time) got sucked into trying out some other MMOs (Exteel and Air Rivals/Flysis/Space Cowboy Online). I also need to get back on Ragnarok Online, but I'm not going to do that until I have a clear schedule. Which I don't, yet.

A friend of mine I rarely get to talk to was trying out PSU and I had been wanting to spend more time with 'em, but since getting caught up in college/artwork I've not seen them since. The last time I talked to them was over AIM, on the 21st of March ... so it's been about two weeks. I don't know how to contact them, and they haven't shown up on PSU since. I've been searching for a way to contact them, but I think I've exhausted all the methods available to me.

Admist doing that, I found out something else that's ... gotten me depressed. Something I thought I had gotten over and was able to move on from, but ... I clearly have not. The irony is, the person in question seems to have been able to move on themselves, and took measures that demonstrated this--discovering that in the middle of my looking for a way to contact my PSU-playing friend was unexpected and has put a big funk on my day. Such irony ...

My mouse is broken now, though. It's been broken for at least a week or two, actually--the right mouse button no longer works, thus I've been using my tablet's mouse for a surrogate right mouse button. I've not been using the tablet mouse for much more than that; using the tablet mouse itself is ... awkward to say the least, thus I prefer to have it around in case of emergencies but not for daily use.

So ... that's how things've been going on in my neck of the woods.

I finally finished working on the 7777 hitgift. THIS is what I meant to upload at the end of last year, but given the computer problems that plagued me up into February, I wasn't able to properly finish it. Well, now I have!

(In a hilarious cosmic coincidence, not only did I upload this finished version on Pi Day, but it's also 7:00 PM.)

This hitgift is a whimsical group picture of all the main MMO characters (mainly MMORPG) I've played with up until this point. Well ... most of them are main characters, but they all represent a specific MMO I've played as of the date this was finished. Here's the list:

Aragan: Norman (Perma) Acolyte, Ragnarok Online
Vere "Veregar" Garrett: Atrox Martial Artist, Anarchy Online
Garlicini Ragu: Sauceror, Kingdom of Loathing (yes, it's a webgame, but in my book it qualifies as an MMO)
Gavrian: Travian Gun Fighter, GunZ: The Duel (... ditto!)
F Gattaca: RAcast, Phantasy Star Online (although he's shown here in his PSU form which I've come to prefer)
Raul DiUragano: Beast Fortefighter, Phantasy Star Universe
Relgiac: Human Warrior, World of Warcraft
Chester Keinverne: Terran Captain, Armada Online
Osahar Kneph: Egyptian Citizen, A Tale in the Desert

With each of the characters, I tried to follow the art style of their respective MMORPGs. Hence, Aragan is drawn in Myung-Jin Lee's style, Garlicini Ragu is drawn like Jick's stick figures, and so forth.

The entire thing was rendered in Flash (like the 5555 hitgift) and not only pushed the limits of my computer's former setup, but put a toll on my computer's rebuilt and upgraded setup as well. Heck, the thing looked like a bloody topographical map in outline mode!

Hope you guys enjoy it!

ALSO!

My hit counter is approaching 10,000 page views. Again, if anyone gets the 10k mark, show me a picture of it. Contact me on my LJ, on the RW forums, or through dA's private messaging. Heck, e-mail or IM me if you know how to find me that way. Like with the 5555 hitgift, I'll do a picture for you (within reasonable limits)!

Recently on my deviantART gallery someone posted a comment on the PSO-World contest entry I made last year for the AotI Launch Party.

As in the author's comments, I noted that one of those people in the picture are a shout-out cameo to a certain webcomic that I was introduced to and enjoyed from the get-go.

The guy in question guessed correctly that it was Arvamas from The Dreamland Chronicles.

(I recommend this comic wholeheartedly! If you haven't read it, take some time to check out the series from the start. This guy's storytelling and 3D modeling skills are awesome!)

As you can see by the comments ... I didn't realize that the guy in question is actually the author of The Dreamland Chronicles. Not until he replied back and I noticed both his sig and his name--and subsequently his own gallery.

I kinda feel like I just shoved my foot into my mouth at supersonic speeds. That might partially be from the shock of having a big-name comic author talking to me as much as the embarrasment of ... well, what I said in reply to him while oblivious to his identity.

It's funny too, because earlier this week I found out that the voice of Novvy the Novice (and awesome voice actor) Lucien Dodge hung out with Mookie (the author of Dominic Deegan at a recent convention.

Wait, it is a leap year, right?

I find it hilarious that Sega chose today to add Rykros to Phantasy Star Universe's NA PC/PS2 and the 360 servers.

Consider that Rykros is basically homage to Ryucross/Ryukross/Rycross of Phantasy Star IV, which only appeared once every (insert correct amount of years) here.

And, for us international types (or X-Box 360 owners), Rykros was added to the game on a day that only comes around every few years or so.

I SMELL SYMBOLISM!

... or that could just be the megid turrets. Eww.

I've been messing around with Fraps again--you might remember that "GDI knows how to roll wit it" looping clip I made a few years ago.

Well, an accidental recording in Fraps produced this.

Enjoy? :D?

You guys know that PSO World AotI Launch Party art contest?

The one that I entered with this particular artwork for the humor category?

I won first place! This is an awesome Christmas present!

Aside from a certain fangirl's creative interpretation of my previous post (D:), it seems everyone has a different opinion on that F Gattaca fashion thread I posted at PSO-World.

Admittedly it's a pretty hard decision. I might just wind up buying only the RAcas Torso when it's available online and be done with it ... not sure.

In other news, it's definitely the last week of 1-UP cup bonuses. Initially there was talk there'd be a fourth week due to a six-hour rollback caused by a major goof, but it seems Sega of America has something better planned. Not sure what it is.

Either way, THIS time around I'm wrapping up much of what I planned to do synthing wise. I'm making a lot of people rich.

The three S-Rank melee boards, I think, I won't synth. I'll probably just synth one. I probably should have just not inserted them all into my PM a few weeks ago, but I can't undo that choice.

After I finish synthing what I can I'm going out hunting for funds and more materials.

Okay, as I mentioned earlier, I spent a few days playing PSU: Ambition of the Illuminus in an attempt to gain access to certain fashion features months before we'll get them online, so I can plan ahead without wasting a ton of meseta at the Lumilass makeover store at Clyez City.

I came up with at least a dozen or so variants.

You can read about my fashion delimma here. If you have a PSO World account, feel free to comment on the thread. If not, lemme know what you think would look best by commenting on this here entry.

Thanks, guys!

... so that I could have access to the PSO RAcast and HUcast parts.

See, before the 1-UP bonuses end this Thursday, I wanted to be able to experiment with future options before continuing further with CAST Away--after all, a flat zero fee on makeovers is hard to pass up.

Although right now I still have to gather meseta in AotI offline just so I can fully experiment. Ironic, isn't it?

As for the AotI offline mode itself, it's both great and dissapointing. Here's a few pluses and minuses ...

+ While it's not like Episode 1, there ARE NPCs to talk to in the cities now (compared to Network Mode and PSU's Extra Mode). You can learn some interesting tidbits about life in Gurhal this way, and it helps drive home some of the events that take place during Episode 2. However, no one you meet in the cities actually dies as a result of those events, at least, their fates probably won't be known until one starts playing Episode 3. Just a heads up for people.
+ AotI's Offline Mode blends PSU's Extra Mode with the way Network Mode works. Free Missions are now set up just like those in Network Mode, with C/B/A/S difficulty ranks; the only thing missing are the outposts and lobbies in between missions (ALL of a planet or colony's missions launch from the initial flyer base). If you recruit party members for your free mission runs, they'll reward you with prizes for clearing the mission perfectly (S-rank eval), just like in PSU Extra Mode.
+ You can get the partner cards of Ethan Waber, Fullyen Curtz, and Alfort Tylor by completing the Episode 2 missions.
+ Speaking of that, as you complete Episode 2 missions, much content gets unlocked for offline play, just like the free missions did in Episode 1. However, THIS time around, you'll eventually have access to most--if not all--the clothing and parts in the game by the time you beat Episode 2. At least, it sure seems like it.
+ 11* weapons and items are both buyable and findable as you clear the latter few chapters, including weapons I think are still not available online, such as the 11* saber Blackheart. Good luck finding a retail store that sells one of THOSE online!
+ Once you clear Episode 2 chapters, there are a few things you can do in the game offline that, at AotI's launch (and even right now), are not yet available online. For example, fighting the Mother Brain. Or the White Dragon whose name I can't spell correctly.
+ The Episode 2 missions are a bit meaner. They appear to've thrown a few curveballs to people who've played it prior to AotI's release via PSU's Online Story Missions--mostly in the form of new types of traps as seen online that can, if you're not prepared, seriously endanger you.

The only bad things I've noticed with AotI offline is ...

- There's no voice acting for dialogue. None at all. The Japanese version of AotI had its voice actors lend their voices for even normal text, not cutscenes like in Episode 1. Apparently this is because Sega of America can't afford to pay voice actors that much ... the fact they're having to close down all the PSO servers is telling. They can't keep this up financially, and that is disturbing ... and puts a damper on the enjoyment I get out of running through the game offline.
- This was expected and anticipated, but there's really not that much that's refurbished for the Episode 2 story missions. Episode 1 in PSU was a full 60-hour RPG for me ... I managed to breeze through Episode 2 in maybe 10-12 hours. Of course, I didn't actually complete Episode 2 on all three difficulties yet (just C), but I don't think I'll get any extra rewards for doing so.

Anyway, it's back to raising meseta for me!

Phantasy Star Online (PSO, not Phantasy Star Universe) is now abandonware outside of Japan--unless you have an X-Box.

While the Japanese PSO:BB servers are still going strong, PSU siphoned off all of the userbase that played on the international PSO:BB servers, and so Sega of America is finally putting it out of its misery. From what I've heard, the PSO:BB servers were in a state of disrepair for a long, long time.

Given the way SoA's GMs have let slip their dealings with Sonic Team, it would seem that PSO:BB's international servers were mostly in ST's hands, who left them to rot after a time. I've heard that, ever since the hacking plague on the Dreamcast version of PSO v1, Sonic Team's impression of international users is less than respectful and only half-heartedly supports their international releases of Phantasy Star MMOs. At least, until PSU.

SoA's GMs have a LOT more control over PSU's servers, as it would seem. Unlike PSO:BB, on PSU they've been able to take control of hackers, perform rollbacks (when needed--so far only once), regular maintenace, and compensate people who've been disadvantaged by hackings or server outages (we got that bonus week, after all).

Either way, if you guys want to read the news, look here: PSO:BB Official Community Site

It's kind of sad to see this happen, but PSO:BB was badly neglected as it is. I personally think PSO:BB could've stayed legitimately available to everyone if they did something like merge licenses, so that when you pay for a GUARDIANS license (PSU subscription) you either also get a Hunters' license (PSO:BB subscription) or pay a few dollars more for both at once.

No word has been given on whether or not the X-Box version of PSO will remain playable, but it appears that since it is under the purview of Microsoft's X-Box Live service, THAT version will continue for as long as Microsoft supports the original X-Box Live.

However, that still means no one will be able to legitimately play Episodes 3 (exclusive to C.A.R.D. Revolution) and 4 (exclusive to Blue Burst) anymore.

Of course, I'm well aware of the other alternatives ... Well before this announcement I've heard that people have kept the older, abandoned versions of PSO alive by developing servers for them. There's one guy in particular who heads this development and--in general--refuses to develop server software for versions of PSO until they are rendered abandonware by Sega. Said person actively plays Phantasy Star Universe legitimately, and I've actually SEEN him running around.

You'll note I avoided saying "pserv" or "private server" or "pirate server" in that paragraph. All three words/phrases mean the same to me--pirating the game when the company is still developing/supporting it, which only harms the company AND the game that the pirating users claim to love.

However, when the company officially abandons the game and/or the company dissolves (in the case of VIE and Subspace) ... user-run servers are the only way to keep such a game alive. In cases like this, it's more of a moral gray area to me. It's technically a legal gray area too; rights to abandoned software are usually owned by someone, but whether or not the owners will care enough to sue (or threaten to sue) abandonware servers and users depends on the owner. For example, I mentioned Subspace--no one has come looking to sue the circle of programmers that developed the Continuum rebuild of Subspace, or individual servers. However, the programmers of a few Commodore 64 games requested Lemon 64 to remove their ROMs (or it might have been a threat of law suit), which prompted the site to remove all the ROMs they had at the time.

Anyway ... it looks like abandonware is the only way to go from here on out, unless Sega actually answers the demand people have made to see PSO ported to the DS and Wii. Come January I might poke around on the offical PSO:BB servers for one last hurrah, though.

On top of that, we got borked today. Well, some of us did.

As I didn't spend most of today on PSU, I didn't catch the bad end of it, but apparently the SOA GMs had a mishap. A debug mission was accidentally made publically available somewhere in one of the mission terminals. Before they could do something about, people began spamming the mission. This particular mission was a test concerning rare enemies, thus you can imagine why people went spamming it--nothing but rare drops as far as the eye can see.

The GMs tried to excise the illegit rares but aparrently it couldn't be done, and were forced to roll back all the servers to the start of today, just after the weekly maintenace period. As a result, a lot of people who didn't abuse the debug mission wound up losing their progress or any rare items they found/bought/synthed.

I've stayed off PSU today even after the servers went back up, just in case there were other problems. The PC/PS2 servers took longer to restore, apparently, due to another problem that cropped up and required fixing.

About the only thing I did today on PSU was check out the Habirao Forbidden District mission set, which is a new addition. Boy, let me tell you, that place is awesome. It reminds me strongly of the Myst series, and has the same feel about it that PSO's Forest does ... in a mushroomy Neudaizy way.

Like I said earlier, I didn't want to take any chances with the 1-UP bonuses, and went on a synthing/grinding spree. I'm still going on said spree, but the next batch of items won't be finished synthing until after midnight.

Hopefully it's true that the PC/PS2 servers are getting that extra week of 1-UP bonuses, though. While I did manage to get a lot of what I wanted to do done, there's still so much more I wanted to accomplish. I'd love to have the extra week. (The extra week of bonuses was originally for the 360 users, because of flubups with X-Box Live ... but the PSU official site seems to imply that the added week is for everyone.)

However, I'm pretty happy regardless, because not only have I been able to grind that Muzzlefevic to 3/10 (and an Uransara wand to 3/10 for Aragan), but ...

I HAVE MY OWN PET PARROT!

Now watch as people visit my room and teach PSU Victoreet nasty things. :(

Through great cost and time, I got Aragan's Partner Machine up to level 100, making her the last of the four pure synthing PMs I've managed.

Just one problem ...

I'm gonna need Catilium, and lots of it, to actually synth the weapons I've got my eyes on.

The solution is to run the Agata RELICS mission "The Holy Ground" at S2-rank, but so far I've not found any.

I hope I can find enough to synth these weapons before maintenance tommorow night.

... and I've been napping throughout the day. I've been left THAT tired by it. I was pulling an allnighter to do some more studying for the Sociology final after fumbling around for my synposis pamphlet to look at my chances.

Going into that exam, I wasn't really sure whether or not I could just wing it and get a decent grade. I gave it my all on the other exams and did the research projects for extra credit. From my own calculations, I already had a C (or a low B) without even taking the final, depending on how my professor took things into account.

After taking the final I talked to the professor about it and found that I could've waked away from the course with an 82 if I didn't take the final at all!

In fact, all I needed to do on the final was make a very low grade to get an A. Kinda reminds me of the situation with College Algebra earlier this year, except Sociology has been more interesting and far easier on my brain. Hopefully this time around I'll GET that A instead of massively fumbling, if for no other reason than that I'd like to've made the drive to the campus worth it.

With that out of the way, I turn my attention to CLEP and PSU. ... hey, if you combine the two, you get CLEPSU. I have no idea why that cracks me up, but it does. CLEP-SUUUUUU!!!

Anyway.

I found out that a local bookstore carries the official CLEP guide. I went ahead and picked it up, seeing as I need more information on what to expect and how to study than what is available on College Board's website. So far I've not been dissapointed, and I hope to at least CLEP one class over winter break.

Of PSU, I've continued my desperate attempt to raise the last of the four Partner Machines my characters have (one each, as each character comes with one and you can only have four characters). With the revelation that we'll be able to use EX Devices to change the PM's model line entirely, I went ahead and started work on a pure striking model, as I already raised a pure armor, ranged, and TECH PM for my other three characters.

I'm almost done; she's now level 90 out of 100, and if I can find or buy 40 more weapons to shove down her throat, she can be trusted to synth melee weapons. Wednesday, especially, is looking to be a pure synthing/grinding session, as I will be buying up or hunting down all the materials I need to synth the various S-Rank weapons and armor I found during the 1-UP Cup. I should've done this earlier, when we had all the time in the world, but the synth bonus from the 1-UP Cup ends Thursday night.

Speaking of endings, I think the results of PSOW's AotI Launch Party Art Contest will be available by 11:59 PM CST. That'll be 1:59 PM for me, right when Dominic Deegan updates if I'm not mistaken.

I'm hoping I place in the top three for Humor.

1) Got the Christmas tree put up. Whoo.

2) Studied for the Sociology final exam tommorow.

3) Got permission from the PSOW mods to put my artwork up on sites outside of PSOW.

4) Proceeded to do just that.

Now you guys can see just what I was up to earlier last week!

All that's left to do now art-wise, Ragnarok Wisdom comics nonwithstanding, is to do the art meme Spinny tagged me for and hopefully the 7777 hit gift.

I think I'll be finding out within the next few days how I fared with that contest on PSO World.

I don't expect to place well--there's a lot of competition, and some rather funny ones. Most--including mine--are of rather poor quality graphically, but they did say for the users of PSO-World to judge on how funny it is, not how good it looks--that's for the other category (which I didn't enter).

Meanwhile, I've been enjoying what little time I have to goof off on PSU until I need to work on Ragnarok Wisdom, then study for the last final exam of the semester.

Right now, PSU wise, I'm trying to build up a pure Striking partner machine before we lose our 1-UP Cup rewards. However, the way things are going, I'm probably going to need to just shell out several million meseta to finish her in a timely manner.

My current strategy is to run one of the new AotI missions, Sakura Blast, on C difficulty. Not only does this help get F Gattaca level his Killer Shot photon art, and help his own partner machine--Codon Alicia--get back up to full battle strength, but I can find Durandal Replicas and Pallasches that way, both sabers that work good as PM food--the former moreso than the latter. With the money I find and earn on those missions, I've been buying whatever Durandal Replicas others are selling for under 15000 meseta, and supplementing that with Tears of Light--a high-grade candy that helps PMs boost their Striking stat.

It's slow going though.

Speaking of that, back to Neudaiz I go!

I FINALLY FOUND A MUZZLEFEVER BOARD!

After spending some time debating on what to do with it--make the Kubara variant (which has a lower success rate) or make the normal GRM version--I polled people on PSOW and immediate friends.

The verdict was: Make the Muzzlefevic (Kubara variant).

Currently, with the 1-UP bonuses, a Muzzlefever as a 96% chance of successful synthing. The Muzzlefevic has a 91% chance.

Since most people seem to go after the Muzzlefever--and the Muzzlefevic has more PP--I decided to follow the verdict.

Thankfully, it worked. I have my Muzzlefevic!

I can always buy the Muzzlefever later, assuming I collect enough Meseta ... or I can find another board before next Thursday rolls around.

WHOO!

So tonight was marked by a fretful attempt to hastily finish an entry into PSO-World's Ambition of the Illuminus launch party art contest. I only had time for a crappy two-shade color comic, but since the entries are judged on humor I hope it was presented well enough to make it work.

The computer decided to hit the dirt after I submitted the entry around 10:48 CST (it was due at 10:59 CST, which is the deadline). I've had some fun trying to get the computer b