quinta-feira, 12 de novembro de 2009

KHoKards Weekly Update 12-11-2009

This week our update isn’t really an update due to various personal issues, mostly due to our real live work that currently is a chaos leaving us without time or patience to fully develop our site the way that it should, but that does not mean that we’re abandoning khokards.com, no, that’s really not the case as you will discover as you continue reading, as we’re about to evolve a little more our site, you see, at this point we focus on the games that are published on a company called Challenge Games, and even they are evolving their way into something new, as they will focus their games from now on in the Facebook platform, we will also evolve on a similar path, but also in a very distinct way, as we will start embracing some new games from others companies and even some personal projects from our staff members.

With that in mind, we will create staff personal pages under the KHoKards.com domain, and that will cause, a small (big) change in the way that you access our site, but that do not involve any cost to our readers, even though we will create a donate button and we will be obliged to have some publicity in our site, but that is a small price that we’ll have to pay for all the changes we’re about to embrace, meaning we’ll turn our site from an simple html page into a php page loaded with full Facebook interaction, meaning that you might log in into KHoKards.com with your Facebook login and even comment our stories with the plus of having your comment published in Facebook.

As we told before we will not abandon Challenge Games ‘games, no, of course not as we love their games, and they were the reason that we start this whole endeavor, so, if you’re a Challenge Games Dev please acknowledge that we will continue fully supporting your creations, even if we do not agreed with some of the Company past actions, and they might prove benefit or not to the future of your games, but regardless of what the Future brings us we Thank you for delivering us games, like Duels, Planetstorm, Warstorm, and so on, that made and still make us happy and forget that we had a bad day. Don’t forget that we start this hard volunteer job, nine months ago, of promoting your Games due to that single fact, and we will voluntarily continue doing so.

But as time goes by, and due to Facebook we discover new grounds to play, mostly due to some CG actions, more precisely the one that leaves fans without a word on what going on in the Company, and even knowing that in this business the secrets are a constant fact, as a member of an community being for more than a month without news from a Dev is really a bad thing, and is with that in mind that we at KHoKards tries to continued inform our fans what we’re doing, even if our update is a no update like today, but this way we’re connecting ourselves with our fans, and it’s our way to show them that we’re not dead, or just have given up on this project.

Continuing, at this point we can’t really talk about the new games that we’ll also support mostly due to the fact that we’re still trying to reach into an agreement about them, but what we can talk is about our members pages, that at this point will only be one, but soon we hope to have all our staff with some new cool websites inside KHoKards.com. The first site is Hugo Ferreira old Blog – O Armazém do Kronnax (Kronnax’s Warehouse)(http://kronnax.blogspot.com), that consists in a portfolio page about his old projects, so they will come into light again as soon as we finished the translations of some of his fictions into English, as the old Blog was written in Portuguese language (with the exception of some Fictions). So the archives of the new page will still be in Portuguese, but the Fictions and all the new contempt will be in English.

And more, as we also want to do something different, we also want to produce Facebook games based on our properties, mostly on Hugo Ferreira’s intellectual (now KHoKards) properties but we also embrace all the members’ new suggestions and ideas, but for that we need your volunteer help on some points that we will state above:

  • We need volunteer writers to help us develop even further our stories,

  • And we need volunteer artists to help us illustrate our stories and ideas,

  • But we need volunteer web game creators/developers to convert into reality some of our crazy ideas.


And that’s a lot of stuff that we need, and we know that finding volunteer help in those matters won’t be an easy task, but for our love of the games, and our love of writing and developing this project we know that we will do this, so, if you’re reading this and want to help us, please drop us a line (or two) to our support mail – support@khokards.com.

To finish this long text we also want to thanks our friend and new member of the KHoKards family Andrew Powers, for his wonderful Duels Frontstorm fiction (that will be released when the new site went up), for his patience and for his support. Thank you Andrew for all.

As that said and done, we just want to thank you all for your support and for our almost 150  fans on our Facebook page, but we also want to inform that the release of the Duels Frontstorm RPG v.2.0 will be delayed until the site changing, that probably will be a few days before Christmas 2009.

quinta-feira, 15 de outubro de 2009

Weekly Update - Duels Frontstorm, Discussions & Gridiron Live (October 15, 2009)

This week update showcase e new refined version of our own Duels Frontstorm Character Page, so you can check it here. But please expect in a near future… most possible next week one, we will add a brand new section for the entire Duels Frontstorm Brand, meaning the RPG, the Characters Biographies and the Fictions.

But that’s not all as last Thursday to celebrate our Facebook page 50 Fans mark we saw the birth of our first Discussion Board/Forum on our Facebook Page, so if you still didn’t saw it, just go check it out here, and that means that now our Fans have a new fastest way to send us messages.

To final our weekly update we’re proud to present our page for GridIron Live, the new Challenge Games’ Game on our CG Sports section. You can run and see it here. And that’s all for this week.

quinta-feira, 24 de setembro de 2009

Hot Fix - Planetstorm Mission Logs (September 24, 2009)

This week we haven’t made our usual update, but instead we only fixed an issue that we discovered recently – the images on the Planetstorm Mission Logs were missing, so we just correct that, just click here to see it.

As an bonus we added to our Planetstorm and Mech Duels Avatars some in-game background, to see those you can log into your Planetstorm and Mech Duels account, and search for Kommander Americo Silva, Johnz Hunt, Satine, Mikhael Malenkov & Nikki Storm (on Planetstorm) and Cade Rayner & Eleanor Kincaid (on Mech Duels). Those origins background, the Duels Frontstorm origins and some others unreleased will be available in our next Characters page updates, coming as soon as we fix some issues that we’re having with some new code for our site.

terça-feira, 15 de setembro de 2009

Weekly Update - Planetstorm Mission Logs

“Comrades, it’s with Great pleasure that we at KHoKards presents you with all our Glorious Mission Logs (with the exception of the Training Missions, that we hadn’t time to compile -- Kronnax), as now you can access at will all of our Missions from the very beginning of our campaign “In the Army Now” to the most recent “Dark Matters”. And for that you just need to go to our CG Sci-Fi Resources page to discover all the 8 Planetstorm Mission Logs.”

And even though this update was very simple to do regarding the code it was also one of the most challenging updates as we had to recover some old files with all the text now available to you, just click here to go to our CG Sci-Fi Resources page. But that’s not all, as next Thursday we hope to release in-game (meaning in the Avatar pages, in the style of last week update for the Duels Frontstorm Characters) the origins of our Planetstorm K.I.A. members and the origins of our Mech Duels Crashdown! Characters.

quarta-feira, 2 de setembro de 2009

Weekly Update - Duels Frontstorm Avatar Origins (September 01, 2009)

Well this week we decided to make things different, as we didn’t changed a thing in KHoKards site, but instead we added flavor text to our Duels Frontstorm Avatars, meaning that we added to our avatars in Duels.com and in Warstorm.com their origins, but that’s not all as we also added the origins to our Forge exclusive avatars as well as we created there (for the lack of others spaces) our Questy Quest avatars.

Above you’ll find the links for the Duels.com origins:

Duels Frontstorm Main Characters (with Duels.com & Warstorm.com avatars):

Kronnax (see also Khronish Pirate on Duels)

Isilme

Spectree

Commander Silva (as Commander Americo Silva on Warstorm)

Catherine Summers (as SICKs on Warstorm)

The Stallion (as Stallion on Warstorm)

Forge Exclusive Characters:

High King Umaia

Zoia The Pirate

Our Secondary Characters:

Americo Silva

Milosh Black

Tittas

Drika

Arkon Klas

Al Zuijard

Scar Voc

Onnix

Lady Leonor

Siro LeBeau

Moonshadow Avatar

Questy Quest avatars (available to all that have access to Forge):

Herenya the Wizard

QQ Lord Magnus

Tiberius the Rogue

And also our two new Characters that still do not have a Biography page on KHoKards:

Xarzycus

Oni Akito

And that’s all for today, we hope you enjoy this update as we enjoyed exploring into our Characters origins.

quinta-feira, 27 de agosto de 2009

Weekly Update - PROJEKT: KKG's here!!!

Welcome to the Kollective, Comrades, in our quest to bring Glory to the Motherland we proudly introduce our new Planetstorm based project, the PROJEKT: KKG. This project besides bringing you a better socialist tomorrow . . . today it also consists in developing a full CCG/TCG based on the Planetstorm Game. But for it we need some ideas and to refine our crazy rules, for that we created two Demo Decks (with full Planetstorm card images) and a Demo Rulebook, but that will NOT be the final version of the game, we just wanted to give fans something that they could identify. And yes that means that we’re playing and tweaking the Planetstorm card layouts a bit in order to accommodate all the stuff and ideas that we want to bring for this game.


We also hope start the Playtest of the full version in a couple of weeks, but we first have to gather into a database all the information on the new Planetstorm card sets (Novice & Expert) in order to make playtest version of those cards. And we also need to find a place where the playtesters can discuss their ideas on the cards and on the rules, but we will release new info about those things as soon as possible. But for now just enjoy the Demo Decks & Rules that you can find in the links below and in the Resources Section of the CG Sci-Fi page.


projekt: kkg


Demo Rules:
http://www.khokards.com/khokards/cgscifi/files/PKKG_Demorules.pdf
Demo Deck 1:
http://www.khokards.com/khokards/cgscifi/files/demodeck1.pdf
Demo Deck 2:
http://www.khokards.com/khokards/cgscifi/files/demodeck2.pdf

On a final note, we also added a new Facebook Fan Box (see the left side of out page) that directs you to our Facebook page, and for the ones that are crazy about Twitter just know that everything that we post in our FB page it will be automatically sent into our Twitter account (you may also click here)!!! Check those out today!!!

terça-feira, 11 de agosto de 2009

Weekly Update – DF Fashion update

Welcome to our Duels Frontstorm fashion update… meaning that ALL our 23 Duels Frontstorm Characters gained some new looks, so jump right though our CG Fantasy Characters Section here. And as a little surprise they also got new Duels Tags (the ones that still don’t have a Duels Tag are the ones that aren’t Duels Avatars, but I think that we’ll manage to make some Tags for them as soon as we discover the Font that CG used to make the Tag names).

But that’s not all our Duels Frontstorm related stuff, no, as we finally made banners for all our DF stuff, so as today we added a new banner to all our DF Fictions (we now included the Journals of Siro LeBeau in the DF universe), so to see the new banners or just to read our fictions, in the case that you still hadn’t time to do so, just jump to the CG Fantasy Fiction Section here.

And speaking of Siro LeBeau, if you thought that in the last entry of the Journals of Siro LeBeau, published last week, meant that was the last time that we saw our favorite Time-Watcher in a regular basis, think again, as he and Kronnax joined together in order to win this month Duels Sci-Fi Contest, so check them out here. But as our Time-Watcher is someone that can’t stop for a nano-second, he also will enter our new weekly fiction to be released next Thursday exclusive in our Facebook page, so if you want to read Duels Frontstorm: Forging Legends join today our Facebook community here.

To end the DF update, we just want to announce that we also added a banner and a version 1.1 to our Duels Frontstorm RPG; you can check it out in our CG Fantasy Resources Section here.

But as we also feature other CG Games here, and in the spirit of last week start of the beta for Planetstorm: Reloaded, you can see the new uniform that Nathan Archer, our Wild Kard is wearing at this moment, just run to our CG Sci-Fi Characters Section here to see Nathan and the rest of the crew.

And to finish our long update, we also want to announce that CG just released yesterday a new game on Facebook – Baseball Boss: Home Run Challenge, and you can access it right though our CG Sports Games Section here, there you’ll find a direct link for the application, but to play you have to login with your Facebook account.

That’s all for today, we hope that you enjoy the today updates and enjoy next Thursday fiction.

quinta-feira, 30 de julho de 2009

The Journals of Siro LeBeau, Time-Watcher - Entry 7

siro
"Time-Watchers observe the infinite variations of reality from their citadel in the timeless void. Though they have infinite time for observation, there are also infinite permutations, and so the Time-Watchers are one of the few actual constants of the universe."


- Beyond the Gates: Out-World Armoury



Entry 7: The Shadowlands are upon us…




Mr. LeBeau, I want to talk to you… Those were the first words that I heard as soon as I arrived from my trip to the future. In front of me stood a welcoming party, lead by our Chrono-Guard Commander Sylgarth. I frozen, as I thought that my plans had been discovered, but I decided to play along, passing by stupid, so I asked him what happened and why I was having that reception. The Commander did not reply to me; instead he inquired me about my trip. And I was obligated to tell him, that I used my free time to saw someone that I really liked, but the only problem was that she still wasn’t born in the present time, as if that was an excuse for someone like us… and truth to be said, I wasn’t telling a completely lie…

He waived his head and with a fast movement he grabbed my arm, and took me to the front of the Chrono-Monitor, and away from the rest of the guards, then in a soft tone he tell me… “Siro, things are going to change soon, this was recorded while you were away, take a look…” pointing to the monitor. There I could see Starry Eyed, a famous Phyrran, she was running and out of breath in order to enter her hideout. Did you saw that? “At this point all the streets around the arena are filled with chaos. I could feel the tension tinkering in the air… for Starry even though it was a mad rush, she managed to get indoors today. But what will happen when the Shadows are in full force? No one knows. And Siro, I need you to do a thing for us…,”

I interrupted with a trembled what… the commander ignored it and continued “…but it’s a thing that our peers can’t know. I will erase all the evidences of your doings and this ours conversation, but please know that this might end both of our lives. But I do trust you, and as I know that you want to save Phyrra, this might be the only way. Do you want to become a Seeker for us Siro or something in those molds? Please, I need you to find a team to stop the Shadows and to help us saving Phyrra.”

But Sir, I ‘m a Watcher, I cannot interfere in the time lines. I told him, but he continued… “Siro! Please, you do not need to keep with that, at least not to me. I’m only asking you this, because I know that you’re capable of this, and I also know about your secret quest, the one that have the same objective as my own. Know that I do not want you to change your plans; I’m just giving you more freedom to do it so the rest is up to you. Oh, and Siro, for the records we did not have this conversation…” Then he felt the room leaving me alone with the image of what I just saw in my head…

Thoughts start running though my head… what will happen to Starry… and to all the other… our fate was blurring in front of me… what can I do… what can WE all do…


To be continued in the Revolution in the Shadowlands quests.

quarta-feira, 29 de julho de 2009

1. What is KHoKards? And what it means?
a. Well KHoKards or (Team) KHoK is the abbreviation of Kronnax’s House of Kards. And it's a group of fans of the Challenge Games applications/games who joint together to enhance their in-game characters/avatars. We started the group with 4 founding members: Hugo, Melissa, Americo and John. We've started this project in Melissa’s father Publicity, Design & Painting Atelier Store – Atelier Montemar (http://www.montemar.com.pt/). As for Americo & John, they're friends of Atelier's family. Since Hugo and Melissa would often come there to play and work on images and stuff, they actually started to like the games as well and that was our starting point.
2. Why the Hell you say that KHoKards is consisted in 4 members but there are 7 members in the About Us section?
a. At some point Americo, one of our founding members, had to leave our group due to some personal projects and situations. To culminate that void we had to incorporate two new staff members (Leonor & Miguel) and Bruno as a part-time collaborator (and no, he isn’t related with the twins 'though they share the same surname) mostly for the Online Searchable Databases, which we hope to share with you all in a near future.
3. What are those CG Fantasy, CG Sci-Fi & the CG Sports buttons in the main menu of the site?
a. Those buttons are our way to separate the Challenge Games’ games by settings, mostly to give some consistency to our site. Since today CG has a total of 10 games (and probably more on the way...) and we speak about all of them here, we had to separate the by settings:
· CG Fantasy: Duels, Nobility, Duels Defense, Duels Warstorm & Questy Quest.
· CG Sci-Fi: Planetstorm & Mech Duels.
· CG Sports: Baseball Boss, Baseball Boss Playa Rayta & Baseball Boss Home Run Challenge.
4. Why does everytime I search the net for the KHoKards site I came across with a Blogspot page that redirect me to here?
a. That's due to the fact that we started in a Blogspot's Blog. As we grown into a full site, we had to leave Blogspot to become the site that you’re seeing now, but we left that bookmark in order to everyone can easily access our site.
5. What is the Trading Venue?
a. Long short story, that one. You see... when we created KHoKards we thought about making a place to post the in-game stuff (like Duels items, cards, whatever…) that we didn't use anymore, but with all the stuff that we have in hands such as the stories, the site layout, the databases... well... that part was always placed as lower priority and still is at this moment. But that doesn't mean things couldn't change at any time.
6. Do you guys have any connection with Challenge Games? And how do you manage to maintain the KHoKards site?
a. No, we DO NOT have any connection with CG at any point or level (even 'though we'd like to have, but that's another subject). And we maintain this site at our own expenses; hey, we are just a fan-site for some online games, just like so many others. But returning to the last question, we're able to maintain this site (as well as our in-game activities) due to our real life work, as we all have real life works (but that's also one of the biggest causes for our lack of updates from time to time) and all that’s implied. Nether less, every month we put aside some money to “recharge” the only credit card we have in our ranks, the one that’s owned by Hugo. Hey, we’re like family now, so it’s all under control.
7. What is that stuff in the Resources sections that I never heard before, like Duels Frontstorm RPG?
a. For that stuff you can also blame Hugo, as he thinks he's some short of game designer. He wanted to present unique stuff made by us related to the games. So, in accordance with us all, we ended up with some projects: an original RPG "Duels Frontstorm RPG", an original CCG (or TCG if you prefer) named "PROJEKT KKG" and our newest one a miniature board game "Mech Duels Crashdown", 'though all of them are still in an early phase.
8. Oh, I bet that I write better than your main writer. So how can I volunteer some stuff (like a story, a drawing or whatever…) to the site?
a. That’s easy! Just submit your stuff to any of the emails you can find in the About Us section, or just plain and simple send an email to John, 'cause he’s the one that currently manage the submissions. You can mail him here.

Weekly Update - OMG! What a huge update!

We're just a couple of days before the arrival of the Shadowlands expansion in Duels and what that will bring us. Well... besides death, chaos, destruction and a few new Characters for our stories... only God and the CG brains know what will happen next. Hey, we'll wait to see, but now, let’s get going into our business.

If you still haven’t notice our menu bar changed. Now we have three new buttons (actually it's four, but I'm not counting with the Community button, 'cause it's just our Community sites allocated in the same place, alongside with a new F.A.Q.). Those buttons, or better, those CG (Challenge Games) buttons are our way to separate the different CG game lines. The first one is CG Fantasy that will showcase all the stuff passed in Duels Universe setting; next one's CG Sci-Fi and it's the futuristic setting; the final, but not less important, is the CG Sports button and the name says it all... its the Sport's games lair.

Regarding the Characters Bios we couldn't managed to release all the main Characters, so we managed to release the Bio for Tiberious, our Rogue from Questy Quest. But that's not all as we also manage to bring back from our old site our first Duels Frontstorm one-shot fiction, alongside with an archive for The Journals of Siro LeBeau, Time-Watcher.

And to come along with the revival of Planetstorm we managed to bring back to life all our Planetstorm fictions, alongside with our Planetstorm Beta Character Biography - Nathan Archer. And that's all for now, even 'though we weren't able to release just yet the so promised Searchable Online Database for Warstorm, we hope you enjoy all our new stuff and all the new stuff that CG will bring us this week!!!

quarta-feira, 22 de julho de 2009

The Journals of Siro LeBeau, Time-Watcher – Entry 6

siro
"Time-Watchers observe the infinite variations of reality from their citadel in the timeless void. Though they have infinite time for observation, there are also infinite permutations, and so the Time-Watchers are one of the few actual constants of the universe."


- Beyond the Gates: Out-World Armoury



Entry 6: New Hope



I cannot spot being astonished by her beauty in the Arenas, maybe it’s the way she moves, or her silver hair, or even her face with a mist of elven/human features that you at first sight can’t glance, but when you take a closer look you can spot her pointy ears, or maybe it’s her sexy tattoos, well at least the ones that are visible, like that one that she have on her face. Gosh, she’s beautiful, but I’ve got to reach her, as our fate relies upon us. I just hope that she believes in me, and I really hope that she’ll be willing to help me…

I let her finish her match… Then as she was leaving the Arena, I manage to see her between the crowd, so I decided to run to her… in a strange way, and thinking about that, I know that I’m really a geek, as I was running though her shouting her name and waving my arms to catch her attention, and that was what I did. She stopped and looked behind, and in a soft tone, she asked me if I wanted an autograph, I instantly, just said yes, then I froze, blushed and took a deep breath while I was staring at her…

The words from my mouth were unwilling to flow… then after another deep breath I managed to tell her the truth, that I did not wanted her autograph, that I was looking for her help, and I tell her my story, and my reason to look for her help… no yeah, I opted to omit the part that I think she’s beautiful. But my words at that point weren’t making her believe me. Then I changed my tactics, and started fundamenting my story with some facts that only she might knew, like her pirate heritage, and that was where I caught her. And even if in the end she isn’t with me now, she listened, and agreed to meet me again, in order to know more about the situation, so I returned to the Chrono-Watch full of hope, and hopping that my trip was unnoticed…

sexta-feira, 17 de julho de 2009

Duels Frontstorm RPG

For all the ones that like Pen & Paper RPGs, but most especially for the ones that like Duels, or Duels Warstorm I need your help, you see, I’m creating an RPG with the characters featured on KHoKards site, but I do NOT know a thing about RPG, ok… maybe a know a little but that’s not enough, so I managed this file (feel free to download), and now I need your suggestions­/critics and add ones about it as today I present you the first trial version of Duels Frontstorm RPG

Download the version 1 of the e-book here. And please just send us some feedback about it to hugo@khokards.com, this is just our first try in creating an RPG so all help is appreciated.

If the link do not work feel free to go to http://www.khokards.com/KHoKblog2009/rpgresources.htm

terça-feira, 14 de julho de 2009

Weekly update – with NO updates

This week we won’t update the site mostly due to we all being tired from our real life work, making us with no time, nor patience to create new stories or some consistent update. And we’re sorry for that was we devote most of our spare time to this site and to all the Challenge Games’s games, but this week and that is just an impossible task, but that does not mean that we do not bring something new to KHoKards in the next couple of weeks, no, not at all, as we have a lot of the Journals of Siro LeBeau, Time-Watcher done and ready to publish, and that will not stop. As that we will have today’s new post as well as the weekend post, and then we will have our regular release next Tuesday, then on the following weekend as well… then only God knows what will happen to Siro as we will be only a few days from the coming of the Shadowlands…

In the meantime what this programmed hiatus bring us… Well let me place this in topics as when we came back it will be in full force:

* We have three main characters in our Duels Universe stories (Kronnax, Isilme & Spectree) and at this point we have only released one Character Biography, but that will change when we return, so expect that our magnificent three to have their Character Biography online. As secondary characters we have 13 characters plus four special characters, making a total of 20 characters to develop, play and write, well that’s a lot and we plan to have at least four Bios ready for the comeback, making a total release of 7 Character Biographies.

* We also hope to have resolved the issues that we’re having with the creation of a Searchable Online Database for Duels Warstorm, and we’re with our fingers cross in having it ready for the comeback.

* We also plan in releasing all the Planetstorm Fictions that we had on our old blog, alongside with one or two Character Biography from the CG Sci-Fi setting (meaning Planetstorm and Mech Duels… at this point, but CG may be willing to release a new Sci-Fi game at any time… and if they’re taking suggestions our is a Avatar driven RPG… just like Duels, but only with a sci-fi setting, that would be cool, we can just dream about it).

Well that’s all as we’re not counting with the slight adjustments to the site layout in order to incorporate all our stuff in a easily and friendly form. And that’s all for our future plans.

And to finish this long post, let me inform you all that the latest entry of our Time-Walker is online, you can read it here. But that's not all the news for the week as CG just released a new game in their CG Sports setting – Baseball Boss Home Rum Challenge, but this time the game isn’t allocated in a CG site, nor in Facebook as usual, this time the new game is on Kongregate, and you can check it out here… and it’s a very cool and addictive game, we all liked it, so run to try it!!!

The Journals of Siro LeBeau, Time-Watcher - Entry 5

siro
"Time-Watchers observe the infinite variations of reality from their citadel in the timeless void. Though they have infinite time for observation, there are also infinite permutations, and so the Time-Watchers are one of the few actual constants of the universe."


- Beyond the Gates: Out-World Armoury



Entry 5: Here we go



After that encounter I received an incoming transmission from my Chrono-Watch superiors relieving me from the Chrono-Monitor duty and granting me leave for rest of the day. And that was my line!!! I adjusted the Time Portal to 20 years in the future, and in a blaze of light I jumped through…

sexta-feira, 10 de julho de 2009

The Journals of Siro LeBeau, Time-Watcher - Entry 4

siro
"Time-Watchers observe the infinite variations of reality from their citadel in the timeless void. Though they have infinite time for observation, there are also infinite permutations, and so the Time-Watchers are one of the few actual constants of the universe."


- Beyond the Gates: Out-World Armoury



Entry 4: Light inside the Shadow



I really do not understand what just happened to me. I’m still shacking, cold and with a thirst for water as if I did not tasted it in ages. I must have fallen asleep and dreamt, but that was too real to be just a dream… It’s strange, as I was just sitting here at the Chrono-Monitor reviewing the data of entries into the Dreams World, then the time surrounding me stopped… a thing that it’s impossible here. Then I felt a hand in my shoulder, and as I looked back (thinking that it was just one of my co-workers, probably Crojack, our personal jester), I found out that by my side was an Elemental standing and starring at me. Do not be afraid… and listen… He told me that I was not alone in my quest, but the things would not be easy, and in the end all things might actually resolve themselves for the better way… He also told me that when possible he would come to help us… But who’s US??? He smiled, as I started flooding him with questions… He told me to relax, and pointed out to an empty chair (the one that I used to place my boots on top when I’m assigned to monitoring). I didn’t understand what he wanted to say with that gesture and continued asking more and more questions. Then in a blink of the eyes he disappeared in a blaze of light. I looked around and I was standing on the same stop I was before. Then I shivered, while I looked to the chair that was in front of the monitor, and in the place that my boots usually lay there was a Khronish Lei, and I know that it was not there seconds ago. I still looked around to see if I saw Crojack, but no, I was alone once again… and in the monitor there was one entry into the Dream World as someone or something had just exited it… Moonshadow Avatar.

quarta-feira, 8 de julho de 2009

The Journals of Siro LeBeau, Time-Watcher - Entry 3

siro
"Time-Watchers observe the infinite variations of reality from their citadel in the timeless void. Though they have infinite time for observation, there are also infinite permutations, and so the Time-Watchers are one of the few actual constants of the universe."


- Beyond the Gates: Out-World Armoury



Entry 3: Sabotage



This is a piece of crap; I think that someone discovered my plans to go to the future recruit someone in order to save Phyrra. That may be the cause that I’m now stuck here in this crappy “special” and “urgent” assignment. I’m monitoring the activity of the portal that connects our reality into the Dreams World. And this sucks, it’s always the same, the only real stuff that I see here from time to time is a Dream Warrior Guardian or two. And even if I had the idea of contacting one of them with my plans I would be caught in the act, as their Commanders work alongside with the Chrono-Watch, and that sucks… Oh, and beside that, the Birds freak me out even more than the Shadow Elements… Gosh, I’m losing my grip, I really do not know what to do as the situation in Phyrra is escalating and now with the arrival of the Talas Ogres things look worse and worse for every nano-second that pass. And I can do nothing while I’m stuck here…

sexta-feira, 3 de julho de 2009

The Journals of Siro LeBeau - Entry 2

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"Time-Watchers observe the infinite variations of reality from their citadel in the timeless void. Though they have infinite time for observation, there are also infinite permutations, and so the Time-Watchers are one of the few actual constants of the universe."


- Beyond the Gates: Out-World Armoury



Entry 2: Out of Time


At this point, things don’t look good down there… Our last report stated that some of the inhabitants that fought in the elemental war by the side of the Shadow Army are mutating into a short of Shadowkin grotesque beings. And even though some of them managed to rebel and taken away their inhibition collar, my fear is that the Shadow Elements control might overcome their free will. But that’s not all, as we still do not have any record about what is happening with the ones that had allied themselves with the Orzayans Dream Warriors, and with all of those Shadow Beasts running around Phyrra, no one can really know for sure… nor even us here at the Chrono-Watch, and that awakes another fear of mine, as I might do not have the time to prepare myself for this, so my only hope now lies in the future… It might and will be a hard tack to do, but I’ve been tracking a fighter that might help me. I’ll have to set our Time Gates seek out for her… but I will not fail, if I want to prevail…

terça-feira, 30 de junho de 2009

Weekly update… Duels Universe style!!! (June 30, 2009)

This week update is a just Duels Universe one… Minus a quick fix in our About Us page (a small change of the font colors), but today we focus on two characters that will be featured on our future main Duels Universe Fiction – Duels Frontstorm.

We’re proud to release our first full Duels Universe Character Biography and as it’s one or our three main Characters, you’ll have a lot to read when discovering the origin of our favorite Khronish Pirate, Kronnax. You can check it out on our Fictions page, on the Duels Universe Characters section, or just click here.

The other featured character is Siro LeBeau, the Time-Watcher, this time in a ongoing Journal and you can check his ongoing Journals at our Blog, or just clicking here.

That’s all for today, I hope you enjoy our stories/characters and feel to comment/criticize or just make suggestion to us just mail me (or any other of our team).
Hugo Ferreira

The Journals of Siro LeBeau - Entry 1

siro

"Time-Watchers observe the infinite variations of reality from their citadel in the timeless void. Though they have infinite time for observation, there are also infinite permutations, and so the Time-Watchers are one of the few actual constants of the universe."


- Beyond the Gates: Out-World Armoury



Entry 1: No time to watch



I never imagined myself seeing this, and I saw a lot since I entered this closed circle called the Chrono-Watch, here in this citadel I’m timeless, my work here is just to watch the Multiverse and fix it, but now I’m induced to do more than just watch. For the sake of gods, it’s my Phyrra we’re speaking. I really can’t watch the Shadows reaping it as they are, and I really do not care my orders , I do not care, it’s the place where I came from, my world, my old life. So now I must prepare myself for this battle against the Shadow and against my superiors. But I do not care, I watched too much, now it’s time…. It’s my time to act, and make the things right, but for that I have to boost myself, and also I have to get some help… but from whom? Who will be willing to risk it all? Who will be restless at that point? I will have to start looking…

quarta-feira, 24 de junho de 2009

Today's Hot Fix and yesterday update (June 24, 2009)

After yesterday’s update that consisted in solving the error that our Blog link had and adding all the descriptions and direct links to all Challenge Games featured in our Games Section, today’s hot fix solved all the broken links that we could not solve sooner, as that our site is fully loaded, so enjoy your Challenge Games tour.

quarta-feira, 20 de maio de 2009

The twin’s brothers Gaspar join KHoK Staff!

Leonor Gaspar and her twin brother Miguel Gaspar signed a volunteer deal with Kronnax’s House of Kards. The brothers will assume some of the tasks that were performed by Americo Silva, mostly the maintenance web design, and the design of some new features blog and non-blog related.

But their presence might also present themselves into CG games, as both have created avatars into the Storms universes, Leonor will go by the name SICK in Warstorm, while Miguel is The Stallion (in Warstorm & Duels). But as a sci-fi fan Miguel also embraced a Planetstorm persona, so if you find out in a battle Mikhail Malenkov you know that’s Miguel resting his eyes from our stuff a little bit.

Americo Silva released

Due to personal issues, Americo Silva as of today, May 20, 2009 has come to terms on his release from Kronnax’s House of Kards. Americo was one of our four founding members and the creator/writer of the Planetstorm: K.I.A. fiction. He is currently passing his planed storylines in order to have in a near future someone to continue his works. KHoK wishes Americo the best in all future endeavors.

sexta-feira, 17 de abril de 2009

KHoK Planetstorm Fan Fiction Contest: April Mayhem Results

The Team KHOK is proud to announce that the winner of our April PS Fiction Contest is Jansen, His fiction will show up on our Blog in a couple of days, so stay tuned for more…

And also in a couple of days we will announce another new contest, so if you wanted to submit your stories, feel free to do it, and even if our contest for May isn’t posted yet your submissions will be on hold till then.

*Jansen, please check your messages and accept our trade with your prize.

terça-feira, 14 de abril de 2009

KHoK Planetstorm Fan Fiction Contest: April Mayhem

Well team KHoK was the pleasure of presenting the first of many (we hope) fiction contests, this one will be simple you only have to submit a Planetstorm fiction (no word limit).

Simple, but if the entries we’re made based on our two ongoing fictions “John Hunt Chronicles” & “Planetstorm K.I.A.”, they will receive one extra entry point, but we’re also looking for original Characters stories, so feel free to create one’s using your PS avatar, hell you can even mix your character with team KHoK characters, just be creative.

The entries must be submitted to our email: khokards@gmail.com

The deadline is 16th April.

And the prize… is one Machine squad!!!






So start making your stories right away, we’ll be waiting to read them!!!!

segunda-feira, 6 de abril de 2009

KHoK Gets a Face Lift…

Well if you had been away for some days you’ll find out that the blog it’s a little different, as we had to make some changes in order to allocate a project that at this point is still in development, but in a couple of weeks I think that it will be ready to roll.

It’s true, we’ve been developing a Searchable Online Database for Duels Warstorm, but that’s not the only project that we have in our hands at this point… oh no… as if the WSBD prove to be an success, we’ll also add one for Planetstorm.

And speaking of Planetstorm, the Chapter 0 of a new PS fiction is online, in our new Fiction page with all the stories only one click away. And more, we also added a new sub-section for the Characters Bios, but that for now will only showcase the names of the Characters, as that will be part of another future project.

Well that’s all for now… enjoy the new KHoH, but be aware that some features may still not be as ready as we wanted, but we’re trying to get it all done as soon as possible.

domingo, 15 de março de 2009

Duels Warstorm Origins & Omens: Kronnax











Duels Warstorm Origins & Omens: Kronnax


My name is Dust… or at least… my last one, as my real one I’d him forgotten a long time ago… and time stands still here in Phyrra… I do not know how long I’m stuck in this place, it seems ages, I’ve seen it all, wars… famines… violence… hate… love… invasions… well… you may just call me Dust… as that is what I am… And today I’m going to tell you a sad story… One that begun some years ago in the eastern Mera Sea… Today I’m going to introduce you to the origins of a young Khronish Pirate that goes by the name of Kronnax…

Three years ago, that pour lost soul was serving as a crewman, on the Vermington Pirate Ship, and he was on the verge of being promoted from Crewman to Commander but two days before that happening his Captain commandeered to board a passing by Elf vessel. That vessel was commandeered by Spectree, one fearless Elf Commander and his mission was to transport a shipment of Gold to Nir Machas, under the supervision of the High Princess Isilme, daughter of the High King Umaia.

Kronnax and his crew boarded the ship pilling and destroying everything around, the Elfs didn’t have any change of counter attack that surprise attack… but then… he saw her… in one second as their eyes crossed by, something happened… he felt in love… And when his captain ordered some crewmember to kill Isilme, he charged back to his Captain in order to save her… his actions wasn’t very well received by his pears but… in the end she was able to flee her vessel with the help of Spectree… and the Pirates got their gold.

Due to his action he was beaten and left to die in Parathia… but he was a strong young man, and in that day he had a reason to survive… the better reason… more so…. And surviving was what he did… After that he traveled half the Machan Empire searching for Isilme, and in that voyagers he made friends and rivals, and each new quest or challenge bought him a little more close to her…

Then one day… he found her… she was on the verge of marring Spectree… that almost killed him inside… and in a fitting rage he manage to abducted her from her camp, and they happily live for the next two years with one another… then one day… one disgraceful day… they were discovered by High King Umaia army, leaded by Commander Spectree, who grabs her to return her to his people… In the mist of the beating Kronnax still tries to overpower the more than 20 Elfs that were around him… but in vain… Moments later they left him in the floor to by, and return to their Camp…

There was nothing he could do… just survive…

And three months ago that survival bought him here… into the City of Duels… his quest to gain gold to form an Army to set Isilme free … Of course, that here In Phyrra not everything is what it seems… and his future might not be so bright as he wishes… as there’s much for him to discover… there’s many faces of evil waiting for his mistakes… and he’s not perfect… His path will still cross many times with Spectree… but that’s not all… as in the shadows lies Al Zuijard… Scar Voc… and even… a treat from the future in the name of his best friend Americo Silva…

But in his dark times he will not be alone, as he’s got some friends and allies to help him in his quests, from Isilme the love of his live, Commander Silva, his best friend… Milosh Black and Tittas… two cat people that will help him see the world with different eyes… and even a surprise from his future… in the name of Lady Leonor…

As that it all be in his hand… if he choose right he might get what he whishes… but those how know him… know better… sometimes the best isn’t what he wishes… but what he needs… and today with his joining into the Army of Shadows he discovered that wasn’t the best choice, but he will learn… and we’ll be here waiting to see what will happen next…

sábado, 14 de março de 2009

Tier... Name ................................................ Set . Coopers . Gold . Tix
T1 .... Darian Dueling Boots ....................... VS ...... 2 .......... 4 ...... 60
T1 .... Dead Peasant's Quilted Stockings . VS ....... 2 .......... 4 ..... 60
T1 .... Esmiran Sacrificial Knife ................. VS ...... 2 .......... 4 ...... 60
T1 .... Great Red Tide Orc Saber .............. VS ...... 44 ........ 87 .... 1305
T1 .... Light Plate Pauldrons ...................... VS ...... 6 .......... 12 .... 180
T1 .... Phyrran Kris ..................................... VS ...... 11 ........ 21 .... 315

More matchups from Team KHoK on the CGT Tournament!

Team KHoK just have one more defeat and our first win…

Our team member Commander Americo Silva lost his battles in the round 1 of the tournament, go head and check his battle links above.

azetcs vs Commander Americo Silva
Battle 1: http://www.warstorm.com/battle/view/4bec3b35-82af-4c95-b922-db9a95e99471
Battle 2: http://www.warstorm.com/battle/view/e7a9d6cd-0521-4f01-95a0-a4ad74dcde6e
Result: azetcs DEFEATS Commander Americo Silva

And then we had the matches of Kronnax, and yes, I’m writing well… I said matches, as there was a little problem with the CGT pairings and Kronnax was booked in two places…

His first match was:

Kronnax vs Nashak
Battle 1: http://www.warstorm.com/battle/view/dd37d5e6-58a5-4175-aa4a-83724e59c9f9
Battle 2: http://www.warstorm.com/battle/view/9fc8c126-6a1e-4408-a330-4e43ee8f0749
Result: Kronnax DEFEATS Nashak

But that match was the one that was bad booked, as the one that should have been in place was:

Kronnax vs Rat Pegaduro
Battle 1:
Battle 2:
Result: Kronnax DEFEATS Rat Pegaduro by Forfeit

This was really a mess due mostly the fact of Rat Pegaduro didn’t have the correct cards for the tourney, and for the previous complications from the “little” mess… But hey, it’s the first time that CGT is organizing a thing like this, so it’s more than natural this kind of things.

And now for Team KHoK, there’s just one more pending result to be known… the match Isilme vs billybobby.

For more information from the CGT Tournament please check CGTactics.com (you can go there directly in our links section). And for more information on Team KHoK just keep checking us out right here…

domingo, 8 de março de 2009

Duels Defense

Kadasak or "Duels Defense" is a modern variant of an ancient West Benecian military training exercise. Originally called Girutet ("Running the Fire") by the Benecians, it was "played" on various terrain types (rocky, forested, flat, trenched, etc) that approximated battlefield conditions. The aim of the exercise was to train tactical commanders and their troops the art and science of defensive warfare. The commander was given a limited number of mobile defensive platforms and weapons to place upon the field as he saw fit. These platforms and weapons consisted of towers and seize engines (catapults, trebuchets, etc) and were manned by his army.

Once the towers and engines were placed, ever increasing hordes of deadly runners were unleashed from one end of the field (known as the Fire Gate). These runners were traditionally captured orcs, wild animals, and other prisoners of war. Their desperate goal was to run the field and avoid getting killed, all the while staying on the path in hope of making it to the far end (known as the Liberty Gate), where the few that survived were granted their freedom.

The Girutet commander was granted the opportunity to acquire better defensive weapons and structures through a point system-for every runner killed. Upgrades and replacements, used carefully with tactical finesse, lay at the heart of Girutet. A commander who stayed cool under pressure, who understood the uses of terrain and placement, who utilized his men and equipment to their fullest, was rarely disgraced by failure. And failure, in the Benecian military-or for that matter, any military organization in Makanis-meant certain banishment if not death.

During the Benecian invasion of the Second Kingdom under King Harkaan I (1 - 51 MKII), the eastern Machan armies of Lord General Pozak came into contact with the concept of Girutet and was much taken by its potential, particularly by those in the military clans that made up the army's officer corps. The Machans called their variant Yura Kadasak or "Defense Against the Tide." Generally the rules were the same as Girutet but the Machans added magical defenses and the use of battle mages and druids. This variant also brought with it the addition of wyrms and dragons that brought a new twist in strategy since they no longer had to follow ordained paths since they could fly.

Over time, the large-scale battlefield nature of Yura Kadasak proved to be too cumbersome and expensive. Lord Priconas of the Clan Kirdonas, a superb Tanchass (much like chess) game player, designed a version of Yura Kadasak that could be played on a large board with various wooden and stone figures. This version evolved into one of the classic strategy games played by the military-one that makes its debut in a new form for the masses to enjoy. Welcome to the new Kadasak: Duels Defense!

CGT Tournament Has Begun!

The Duels Warstorm CGT Tournament Has Begun and Team KHoK just have our first throwback… Our team member Spectree lost his battles in the round 1 of the tournament, but hey, as he usually says, “what a hell… it’s just a game…” (And then goes and smash something out, but hey, not today…) go head and check his battle links above.

Spectree vs romo

battle 1: http://www.warstorm.com/battle/view/15f82a60-c2aa-4209-bd34-9b86e42bd27a
battle 2: http://www.warstorm.com/battle/view/9c99d425-f668-4889-a8e4-8e889e73b973

For more information from the CGT Tournament please check CGTactics.com (you can go there directly in our links section). And for more information on Team KHoK just keep checking us out right here…

terça-feira, 24 de fevereiro de 2009

Johnz Hunt's Chronicles: Episode 1 - You're in the Army Now

I remember the world as it once was. A paradise of golden cities filled with unimaginable splendors. A time when Man's science shaped the planet to his will from the top of the highest citadel to the smallest living creature. Possessing a mastery of science beyond magic, Man was the absolute ruler of flesh and bone, stone and steel.

... That time, has passed. Now every day is a struggle for survival against the machines, as are now in a constant Planetstorm…

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Episode 1 - You're in the Army Now




I’m dying…

I feel the blood bursting from my belly badly, and without any Medical unit around I really do not think that I can make it…

At this point I feel myself fading… My thoughts wander thought different times and spaces… I glimpse friendly faces, angry foes, rivals, and old loves… I can’t feel my legs… and I feel blood in my mouth…

I remember Leonor, my baby kid… the reason that I enlist myself in the Kollective… After all, I wanted her to have a future… but now I failed her…

I still remember my first day in the Army…

* * * * *

"More maggoty meat for the grinder." Those were the first words from a withered man wearing sergeant's stripes scratches notes into a filthy ledger.

"Welcome to the 1099th Volunteers," he says, his shout nearly drowned out by the sound of nearby gunfire.

"Get your squad some gear and get your asses over the wall. If you survive, you will find me waiting here. My name is Petrovo."

My new born 6 man squad went silent as we pick through a pile of cast-off weapons. There is little to say when facing imminent death.

I was nervous, as I looked around my squad, I had nothing to identify myself to those persons, and even our most graduated member and team leader managed to square me to death with her presence, but I think that the others think the same.

Our mission was a simple patrol thought a Machine zone, and to destroy any machine units that we encounter on our way, so most of us didn’t had any hope in returning, but hey, not everyone had been like myself and enlisted themselves voluntary… Some of us were obligated to be here, and then others… well others had their own agendas.

My squad for this mission consisted in our team leader General Danova, two Red Brigade members, that were always talking to each other’s and when turning to the others they were constantly saying with a smile that we could trust them, as they were there to cover our backs.

But we also had a Nightkrawler, full geared and ready to the night fall. The rest of the team, I wasn’t so sure about them, as we had a Medical Pharmacer, but he was shaking badly, maybe he was high with some pharmaceutical drug, I really do not know. And to pay for his crimes against the Kollective, we had a Penal Trooper, and he was the only one that had not spoken all the time, and then, well there was me… just a private in this endless war… But that didn’t stop us as we’re dropped in the Machine zone by a Spirit Gunship, which disappeared in the skies as soon as dropped us all…

Chekov, one of the Red Brigade was the first one to patrol, as we were all searching for safe places in the perimeter area. Some minutes before he was telling us that he was a man with no luck… That was showed as he was spotted by a 6649 "Probe", one of the most annoying Machine units a small squad could find. But the machine starts making his presence felt, as Chekov was wounded, making Lian, our Medical Pharmacer, enter play escorted by Piotr, the other Red Brigade member.

But as the three were trying to destroy the probe… another one arrives to the spot, but this time she’s not alone; with her comes a 99C8 "Stalker", one of the first machines unit to be made and, in the mayhem Chekov is trespassed by the machines fire.

At this point there’s me, Lian and Piotr, trying to stop the three machines advance in the battlefield… but with no success, as they were continuing charging against us…

Then, suddenly, we’re blessed with a Improvised Transport and his driver, which I hadn't time to know, was shot by the Stalker seconds latter, making me jump into that old piece of junk and grab the wheels to gain control of it…

In the confusion Lian destroy the first Probe, only to die at the “hands” of the Stalker…

We stop for a second and in a blink of an eye, two more machines units appear… and for our rejoice, they were another 6649 "Probe" and a 99C8 "Stalker", as if the ones that we had beyond us weren’t enough.

Piotr dies seconds before I, in our Improvised Transport, manage to destroy the first Stalker and with his death our morale start dropping down fast… if not for the arrival of General Danova, Kovak the Nightkrawler and Jonas the Penal Trooper, we would be doomed for sure…

Danova with one strike destroy one of the two remaining Probes, but our morale is far behind the machines morale, and theirs stand a little more as they manage to find a way to lock Kovak, making his stealth vain…

He may have died, but he gave us the opening that we need, as our morale still stands, the machines morale starts to fall. In a change of luck we manage to clear the table, destroying the remaining machines…

As the surviving members of my squad enter my Improvised Transport to ride back to the Kollective lines, since our mission was over, we know that we might have won this battle, but something's really wrong. This mission was just to cover up something… and one day I will find out about it…

Maybe not right now, but someday the loss of Chekov, Lian, Piotr and Kovak, will not be in vain. And even knowing that they believed in the cause, I know that this can’t be always like this…

* * * * *

… GOD… I was so naive then… If I only knew… maybe I wouldn't be like this right now… I’m losing too much blood… I really don't think that I can make it…

MISSION LINK: http://www.planetstorm.com/battle/view/ed8b03d0-99f2-4c89-bfd6-2927e15f016d

TO BE CONTINUED... in Episode 2 of Johnz Hunt's Chronicles

Baseball Boss

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Baseball Boss is the newest, most engaging sports game on the web. Combining the social and interactive aspects of MMO's with the rich tradition and history of baseball, Baseball Boss offers users the chance to collect and trade their favorite stars from past and present and create their very own dream team.

COMPETITION

The competitive environment in Baseball Boss is deep. Play against the thousands of other baseball junkies or compete with the historic teams of the past to see how your team stacks up against the best. For fantasy sports users or those wishing for a smaller competitive space, Baseball Boss leagues offer a new type of strategic game.

No matter what level of sports fan you are, Baseball Boss offers an engaging and fun gaming environment.

Duels

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Duels is a new kind of strategy game. A free, player vs. player (PVP) fantasy role playing game, Duels allows you to control your own destiny as you combine the detailed character building and advancement of massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) with the strategic and collectible elements of collectible card games (CCGs).

The tantalizing thing about Duels, though, is that it's a short-form, asynchronous game. You can jump in and play in 10-30 minute intervals and still advance your gameplay. You control everything about the game with the luxury of playing when you have time. This makes you the master of Duels, not the other way around.

Once you sign up, it's your job to create your avatar combining the perfect selection of attributes, skills, battle experience and equipment needed to best your opponents in head-to-head combat.

You can also buy equipment, including packs containing random useful loot. This comes in handy when you want to trade and sell items to other players. You never know what people will covet.

With each duel, you get to further customize your special abilities and collectible items. The rewards you gain from winning a duel can be used to win gold and tokens, as well as to increase your physical and mental attributes.

Duels Warstorm

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You are a warlord leading a mighty army! Assemble squads of heroes, soldiers, and dangerous beasts, then send those squads into battle against other armies. Your units will fight through your opponent's defenses and destroy the army's morale -- but the opponent's army will be seeking to do the same to you.

Warstorm offers players the ability to collect cards and use those cards to form battle decks. As early as level one you can choose to match wits and armies with other players or against non player characters. As you win battles or unlock achievements, you will gain levels which will give you access to more cards in order to field more armies.

However, victory is not just assured by the sheer number of forces alone. You must choose your forces carefully -- your victory depends on exploiting your opponents' weaknesses and getting strong cards into play as quickly as possible. The more players you defeat, the higher your ranking in the ladder system. Work hard, and you will dominate everyone in the storm.

Planetstorm

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Planetstorm is a free to play collector card game that allows players to assemble squads and participate in an epic battle between man and machines. Collect cards, create your squads, challenge your enemies, and battle for survival.

The world had been a lush utopia, but after having been ravaged by a generation of warfare of Man versus Machine, the world is now in ruins. It is now up to every player to build a team to crush the Machines and determine the fate of humanity. Planetstorm offers players the ability to collect cards and compete in a variety of things. Be it competing in the competitive ladder against other players, participating in single player challenges, daily challenges or tournaments, Planetstorm offers a variety of options for players to pit their squads against others.

However, victory is not just assured by the sheer number of forces alone. You must choose your forces carefully -- your victory depends on exploiting your opponents' weaknesses and getting strong cards into play as quickly as possible. The more players you defeat, the higher your ranking in the ladder system. Work hard, and you will dominate everyone in the storm.

domingo, 22 de fevereiro de 2009

Johnz Hunt's Chronicles: Episode 1 - You're in the Army Now

I remember the world as it once was. A paradise of golden cities filled with unimaginable splendors. A time when Man's science shaped the planet to his will from the top of the highest citadel to the smallest living creature. Possessing a mastery of science beyond magic, Man was the absolute ruler of flesh and bone, stone and steel.

... That time, has passed. Now every day is a struggle for survival against the machines, as are now in a constant Planetstorm…



Episode 1 - You're in the Army Now




I’m dying…

I feel the blood bursting from my belly badly, and without any Medical unit around I really do not think that I can make it…

At this point I feel myself fading… My thoughts wander thought different times and spaces… I glimpse friendly faces, angry foes, rivals, and old loves… I can’t feel my legs… and I feel blood in my mouth…

I remember Leonor, my baby kid… the reason that I enlist myself in the Kollective… After all, I wanted her to have a future… but now I failed her…

I still remember my first day in the Army…

* * * * *

"More maggoty meat for the grinder." Those were the first words from a withered man wearing sergeant's stripes scratches notes into a filthy ledger.

"Welcome to the 1099th Volunteers," he says, his shout nearly drowned out by the sound of nearby gunfire.

"Get your squad some gear and get your asses over the wall. If you survive, you will find me waiting here. My name is Petrovo."

My new born 6 man squad went silent as we pick through a pile of cast-off weapons. There is little to say when facing imminent death.

I was nervous, as I looked around my squad, I had nothing to identify myself to those persons, and even our most graduated member and team leader managed to square me to death with her presence, but I think that the others think the same.

Our mission was a simple patrol thought a Machine zone, and to destroy any machine units that we encounter on our way, so most of us didn’t had any hope in returning, but hey, not everyone had been like myself and enlisted themselves voluntary… Some of us were obligated to be here, and then others… well others had their own agendas.

My squad for this mission consisted in our team leader General Danova, two Red Brigade members, that were always talking to each other’s and when turning to the others they were constantly saying with a smile that we could trust them, as they were there to cover our backs.

But we also had a Nightkrawler, full geared and ready to the night fall. The rest of the team, I wasn’t so sure about them, as we had a Medical Pharmacer, but he was shaking badly, maybe he was high with some pharmaceutical drug, I really do not know. And to pay for his crimes against the Kollective, we had a Penal Trooper, and he was the only one that had not spoken all the time, and then, well there was me… just a private in this endless war… But that didn’t stop us as we’re dropped in the Machine zone by a Spirit Gunship, which disappeared in the skies as soon as dropped us all…

Chekov, one of the Red Brigade was the first one to patrol, as we were all searching for safe places in the perimeter area. Some minutes before he was telling us that he was a man with no luck… That was showed as he was spotted by a 6649 "Probe", one of the most annoying Machine units a small squad could find. But the machine starts making his presence felt, as Chekov was wounded, making Lian, our Medical Pharmacer, enter play escorted by Piotr, the other Red Brigade member.

But as the three were trying to destroy the probe… another one arrives to the spot, but this time she’s not alone; with her comes a 99C8 "Stalker", one of the first machines unit to be made and, in the mayhem Chekov is trespassed by the machines fire.

At this point there’s me, Lian and Piotr, trying to stop the three machines advance in the battlefield… but with no success, as they were continuing charging against us…

Then, suddenly, we’re blessed with a Improvised Transport and his driver, which I hadn't time to know, was shot by the Stalker seconds latter, making me jump into that old piece of junk and grab the wheels to gain control of it…

In the confusion Lian destroy the first Probe, only to die at the “hands” of the Stalker…

We stop for a second and in a blink of an eye, two more machines units appear… and for our rejoice, they were another 6649 "Probe" and a 99C8 "Stalker", as if the ones that we had beyond us weren’t enough.

Piotr dies seconds before I, in our Improvised Transport, manage to destroy the first Stalker and with his death our morale start dropping down fast… if not for the arrival of General Danova, Kovak the Nightkrawler and Jonas the Penal Trooper, we would be doomed for sure…

Danova with one strike destroy one of the two remaining Probes, but our morale is far behind the machines morale, and theirs stand a little more as they manage to find a way to lock Kovak, making his stealth vain…

He may have died, but he gave us the opening that we need, as our morale still stands, the machines morale starts to fall. In a change of luck we manage to clear the table, destroying the remaining machines…

As the surviving members of my squad enter my Improvised Transport to ride back to the Kollective lines, since our mission was over, we know that we might have won this battle, but something's really wrong. This mission was just to cover up something… and one day I will find out about it…

Maybe not right now, but someday the loss of Chekov, Lian, Piotr and Kovak, will not be in vain. And even knowing that they believed in the cause, I know that this can’t be always like this…

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… GOD… I was so naive then… If I only knew… maybe I wouldn't be like this right now… I’m losing too much blood… I really don't think that I can make it…

MISSION LINK: http://www.planetstorm.com/battle/view/ed8b03d0-99f2-4c89-bfd6-2927e15f016d

TO BE CONTINUED... in Episode 2 of Johnz Hunt's Chronicles