Ermagurd! Tassemet Is BACK!

Hey all! So once again as my job dictates, I'm back. Yeah. Life is... so so ish, what with my upcoming work schedules and such. But later nights can be filled with a bit of classy drinking, and some gaming, so without much further ado, I present to you, a screenshot montage courtesy of my new gaming rig, named Alessia.

Alessia is an Alienware running some nice high end shit. 2 AMD grafix cards, SATA hard drives, an i7 Intel processor, and 32gb RAM. That's just the basic stats. Externally, it's running a TACX Alienware keyboard that glows with the system case, as well as a Razer mousepad (Goliathus, Speed edition) and I am waitin gon a second monitor, and more paychecks before I upgrade my terribad headset and my semi-terribad mouse.

So, let's start off with the best thing that I have returned back to, EVE Online!

So I just want to put out there that these were screenshots I took with my settings on max, and I get about 120fps running this way, too. The game is absolutely stunning. When missiles hit, I hope you can see the shockwaves they leave on your ship as well as I can on my computer, because blowing your ass up never looked so good. Also, with the interaction with Eve and my Alienware LED case, the keyboard flashes and such when I hit certain milestones in the game (ie shields gone, armor gone, reached destination when on autopilot, etc.) So be sure to spend some money and get one of these things, you'll be glad you did.





And now onward to my favorite cubic game, Minecraft!

So, I've been gone a while and if you haven't kept up with Rooster Teeth Let's Play Minecraft, I suggest you catch up now. And if you've never seen it, google Rooster Teeth Let's Play Minecraft and watch it from the very beginning. And then all 54 episodes they're up to. New episodes released every Friday. And while you're waiting for that to come out, check out their other Let's Plays and be amused. Seriously, they have so much good stuff on their channels.

So, world wise, I have officially downloaded the tekkit launcher for my new machine and I can now run my modded world without lag. Not gonna lie, I had a great idea but... but I'm more focused on the core intent of the game now and solely play vanilla. Anyways, the screenshots aren't on my laptop where I'm blogging from so i'll update that in a separate post.

So, until then!
-TZ

The Tassemet Challenge: Security Lighting

Good evening ladies and gentlemen!

It's been a while since i last posted but never the less I always come back with to blogging with a vengence! This time around it's based on Minecraft and a challenge I thought up while underwater. So, without further ado, here's the challenge!

With the new 1.5 minecraft update, we were granted new Daylight Detector Blocks! These blocks as you may or may not know, send redstone signal based off of the dark/light level it recieves! So, I built a basic lamp that uses one of these connected to a piston connected to the new Redstone block to power 4 redstone lamps. So, to take that one step further, and it's something i'm working myself, is to connect this detector to a building that automatically turns on lighting to a whole building. I won't tell you how to build it but here's the rules of this challenge.

1. Use Vanilla Minecraft to give everyone a level and even playing field (We know you technic junkies laugh at Vanilla's simplicity)
2. Use a daylight detector to automatically turn lighting on in the building.
3. Lighting must be lamps. Redstone torches can be used in the circuitry, however.
4. The building (or buildings) must be 3 or more stories tall. Note I do say 3 or more.5. The circuitry must be hidden from view, because the buildings are to look "professional."

Anything beyond that, well, feel free to be as creative and aesthetic as you wish. Judging will be done by my girlfriend and I based on aesthetics, wow factor, and functionality, each worth 10 points. Each of us will judge seperately on the 30 point scale, and we'll average the two. In the case of a tie breaker, a third person will be brought in for judging, and we'll average three to break the tie of those tied.

Submissions for judging can be done via sending a world file to jmwalker8@gmail.com and the winning submission will be featured with an interview of your builds done, and the satisfaction of knowing you're an awesome builder! All entries are due by midnight of April 8th! If these challenges pick up we'll offer up some nice prizes but that's in the works!

Reply here if you're down so I can get estimates of interest.

Good luck building!
Cheers.
Tass