I hate to say this, but SUMMER IS OVER!

My school officially started today

so, i have less time on GS and less time on gaming

It was a nice summer, great E3 and all

Looking forward to next summer and next year of gaming as well

so, until then, i will remain somewhat active

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On the morning of August 12, 2009, i downloaded shadow complex for my 360 for $15

i have to say, it doesn't disappoint

definitely worth my money

and i recommend to anybody who likes the old-school side-scrollers/great single-player/tons of re-playability

9.0/10.0 for my rating, one of the best XBLA right now (IMO), just a little bit better than Battlefield: 1943

I finally made it past 8K of post

next up, 10K

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wow, that was short

usually i don't have short blogs, and i still don't

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For xbox 360 owners:

did you guys see the xbox 360 update?

IMO, i like the games-on-demend, i don't have to drive to a retail store and get a game, but the price is a little higher, but i guess it saves for gas money

Avatar marketplace looks really sweet, but the props are way over-priced

See the full story HERE

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im kinda bored lately

so, if anybody wants to play some games over Live, i have burnout paradise, battlefield 1943, castle crashers, halo 3, ultimate alliance

although, i have to warn you, i suck at halo

gamertag's Echofoxz, add me

Hiya everyone

I'm back from vacation

me and my friends went to a resort by a lake, and pretty much water skiing, wakeboarding, and tubing all day long

it was pretty sweet

anyways... IM BACK!

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I got another game for my xbox 360

Burnout Paradise!!

i only played like 4 hours, but it's already on my top/fav game list

... plus, the price was only $20

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Before i left for my vacation, i made a union, called Microsoft Game Studios

because it's in the early stages, i think the union is doing fine... although it's better to have more members/posts/topics ...

so, if you're interested, plz JOIN!

also, i would like to thank everybody keep the union active while i was gone

especially dragonfly110 and Brawl55

as an award, they got promoted, congrats and thx

(btw, just a reminder, anyone can get promoted if they're active )

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oh yea, i reached the first 1000 gamertag points today

nothing to brag about

Hi guys.

Today, i finally finished the basic steps of my new union, Microsoft Game Studios.

So, the Microsoft Game Studios is finally open and open to all.

And because it's a such new union (and with only like 8 people), i need a lot of help to finishing it.

PLZ join and introduce yourselfs and invite your friends, but most importantly, MAKE USEFUL TOPICS!

and yes... there will be new officers to replace some of the old ones, but there is no officer application, so just stay active and post a lot, and im sure i'll promote you

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Now to the second part of my blog:

I am going on a vacation, ill be gone from the July 25th - July 31st, so about a week

yea... i know... it's kinda bad for a leader to be gone during the first week of his new union, but i just couldn't wait too much longer.

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BTW, since everyone is pretty much new in Microsoft Game Studios, and I am gonna be gone for a week, it will not hurt to act like a leader/officer and help me organize my union while im gone, i will appreciate what you have done there.

- Echo

Recently, i been playing a lot of XBLA lately, cause i hate driving to retail store and pick up a game, i rather stay at home and download a XBLA game. I'm lazy

Right now, i have 3 games:

• Battlefield 1943 (1200 MS Points/$14.99)
  

• Castle Crashers (1200 MS Points/$14.99)
  

• Ikaruga (400 MS Points/$4.99)(I got it in Deal of the week, where it's 50% off)

I played BF1943 for the past week or so, trying to get better, still kinda sucky

I be happy to play on your squad, btw, I'm a team player

Today, i got Castle Crashers and Ikargua, i only played castle crashers today, hope to try out Ikargua tomorrow.

I also would be happy to play some co-op with Castle Crashers and Ikargua over Live, so if you have the game, and you would like to play, post your gamertag.

Oh yea, probably one of my most anticipated XBLA games from E3, Shadow Complex is coming out on August 19, 2009 for 1200 MS Points/$14.99, I'm probably gonna get it right on launch date.

A few days ealier, i bought the wireless adapter, and today, on the July 4th...

i finally got the 60GB hard drive bundle pack

It includes:

• 60GB hard drive

• Headset

• 3-month gold membership for xbox live

• A bunch of pre-downloaded games, demo, and videos

So, my xbox 360 is fully upgraded to exactly like a Xbox 360 Pro, and i can finally go on xbox live, WOOT!

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oh yea, i almost forgot, PLZ ADD ME AS A FRIEND, GAMERTAG: Echofoxz

AND ALSO POST YOUR GAMERTAG HERE TOO, SO I CAN ADD YOU!

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There's a couple games i have in mind that i might possible get:

• assassin's creed 1 and 2
• call of duty modern warfare 2
• burnout paradise
• fallout 3
• gears of war 2
• fable 2
• lost planet 2
• splinter cell: conviction
• dark void
• halo 3: ODST
• prototype

ok, just wondering, if you have to choose to hear better, good, and bad news, which one will you hear first?

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Anyways, a week ago, i got a xbox 360, if you read my blog

Now, there's a little bit update since i got it.

1. The good news is: I bought the wireless adapter, and connected, the only reason i can't connect to xbox live is i don't have enough memory.

2. The bad news is (It can be good, depends on how you look at it): I'm planning to buy the xbox live bundle (includes 60 GB of hard drive, headset, 3-month gold memberhsip) this week.

3. The better news is: yes, it is confirmed, that i will own a xbox 360, it doesn't matter if my friend will take it away, if he doesn't, ill have exactly what xbox pro has, and if he does take it away, i'll buy the xbox acade with much cheaper price, and put my own hard drive on the acade, and i'll have exactly what xbox pro has.

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Oh yea, one more thing...

Can i get some suggestions on good games to get for xbox 360?

A couple friends knows im getting a xbox360 soon, but i never really annouced it to the public, and plus i never expect i get it so soon.

so, i "sorta" got a xbox360... it's actually my friend's.

He doesn't play it anymore, so he lend it to me

but i don't sound exactly thrilled about it... the xbox360 is in "sorta" bad shape (lol@myself for saying too much "sorta" :lol

Here's a list about the bad stuff i don't like about it:

1. There's no hard drive ... i think he can't find it, all i have is a 64mb small memory stick >.> i can't do anything with that.

2. There's no xbox live ... again, my friend never bought a wireless adapter, i guess he either play his games with no xbox live or he use wired cable >.> either way, im screwed for now, cause i got no wireless adapter

3. My friend's membership expired ... but look on the postive side, i got no wireless adapter anyways (wait... isn't that a bad thing? *slap myself for being so stupid*)

4. Again, No headset cause my friend probably can't find it >.>

5. Out of 5 games he give me, 4 of them is crap >.>

6. The xbox360 is not mine ... idk when he wants it back. And if i get some games, wireless adapter, memberships, and hard drive, and suddenly, he wants it back, what do i do with all the stuff i just bought?

Here's a list about the good stuff i like about it:

1. YAYZ, i finally got a xbox360!

2. I have 5 games to play... like i said above, 4 of them is crap, but one ofthegood oneis Halo 3

3. IF i can keep the xbox360 for a long time, and i buy wireless adapter, membership, hard drive, headset, etc... the cost will a lot less if i bought a new one

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cause I got no xbox live, u guys can't add me as your friend and stuff... but as soon as i get wireless adapter, i'll keep you guys posted about that

I save transformers: revenge of the fallen today!

before i saw it, i read a couple reviews, and most of the critics think it's horrible, but i say otherwise.

my rating: I Like It

IMO, it's as good/better than transformer 1

if you're looking for a great action movie, this is it

It's probably the best summer film i seen this year

Yep, school is done for me!

More time on GS, yay!

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whoa, this year's E3 is almost here, looking forward to it

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since im gonna be active, i think im gonna continue my ECHO empire of getting lots leaderships and officerships like last summer

jk, but seriously im gonna be active, and i accept any offerships and leaderships

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oh, btw, if you didn't notice...

... I'M BACK!!

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New Banner and sig, they're the same style, anyways, plz rate

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leave some comment, thx for reading

- Echo

this is serious, im leaving GS for a little while.

my reason is.... well, there isn't exactly a reason.

i just moved to a different state recently, and im sorta going into a depression or something, you know, from moving away from all my friends, school, etc. then going to a new school and you don't know anyone... it kinda sucks

also i found a few good games to play (mostly pc games), that will also keep me from getting on to GS.

Overall, i won't be back until.... i don't know... i really don't know when im coming back.

and i will resign all my officerships for now

and i will go on MSN once in a while, so you can talk to me over there. here's mine if you don't have know it yet: echofoxz@hotmail.com, just add me as a friend

P.S.: kinda a bad timing for this blog, u know, right after my "1st year" blog

I have lots of topics to cover and this bog is gonna be long, but plz read and comment after the blog.

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~ It's been a year ~

It's been a year since i signed up for GS. Lots of things happened in this year and I'm gonna share them with everybody.

I use GS way before i signed up on January 18, 2008. The reason i signed up was SSBB, i don't remember why exactly, but it has something to do with the delay of the game.

After signing up, i didn't know there's forums, unions, or... anything , so i wasn't active since May of 2008. I started became active because of the same reason, SSBB. I was looking through some ssbb news and then one of those ads popped up, so i was really annoyed, so the only way to get rid of it was to log in.

So i did. And after looking at my profile and a few buttons besides it, i found unions . The first union i joined was Super Smash Bros. Brawl Union. So i introduced myself noob-ishly and found a few friends. My first friend in GS is ArmyGuy0628 and my second friend is BrunoBRS, and they still remains as my good friends today.

That is echo's early history that probably nobody knows. After that, i'm sure you guys all knows:

i became a designer, meet mario_brawler, joined the Nintendo All-Stars, became good friend with brawler, created the Electronics Union, got 2 more leaderships and tons of officerships, then became extremely over-confidence by the number of leaderships, officerships, and my designing skills, and then acted like a jerk with the over-confidence, got into a big fight with mario_brawler, and then left GS for 3 month, and then came back as a better person .

That's a summary of my first year

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~ Friend List ~

I made lots of friends over the past year and I'm gonna list my best friends on GS and something about them (doesn't have a certain order, i just type whoever comes to my mind first)

BrunoBRS - A very good designer, and also a very funny person. My second GS friend.

super_manga400 - Also a good designer, use to be my arch-enemy in designing , but now she is one of my best friends.

mario_brawler - No doubt, mario_brawler is my best friend on GS. If you don't know him, then you must live in a cave or something He runs an awesome union called The Nintendo All-Stars.

sanim02 - I didn't really get to know sanim until i came back to GS. A very funny person, also he acted like a great leader when NS was in trouble.

smokingsbad - The funniest chinese kid i know . So random all the time

dragonfly110 - The little noob-ish kid i meet in Pii360 Union (no offense, u r not a noob anymore, u got way more posts, leaderships and officerships than me now). Also wanting to beat me in everything oh, he also got a very annoying voice (when he's bored), if you haven't seem his youtube vid yet (jk)

Moebrothers - Pretty cool dude. He took over one of my unions when I left GS in the summer, thx dude. Also a good designer.

ArmyGuy0628 - My first GS friend. Took over the Future Design Union when i was about to leave GS. Great designer and great friend.

For time and space reasons, i couldn't write about everybody, so i apologize for that, but their names will still remain in my heart (sounds kinda weird when i read it over ).

Their names are (also in no order):

papermariofan, wiifan001, AndYou, FullMetalWWant, 789shadow, Apoklitty, frogloe, kcwsk08, pscyogamer1996, Fire_Emblem_RD, Fire_Emblem_SS, Shionone, arline6, gara15, metroid1340, Marrium1, nintendo_warrio, panpet, Thiago26792, and many more. But for the same reason, i can't mention them all, i apologize for that also.

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~ My First... ~

This section will be interesting, you'll see

My first GS friend - ArmyGuy0628

My first GS union - Super Smash Bros. Brawl Union

My first design ever (it's a wallpaper made in paint) -

My first banner -

My first sig -

My first avy (yes, i had a avy before my current one) -

My first tag -

My first officership - The Video Game Sidekicks Union

My first leadership - The Electronics Union

My first nintendo system - Gameboy

My first time gaming - Around 3 or 4 years old

My frist program use to design - Paint

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~ Lvl 20 ~

Yay, I'm no longer a noob . But now i have to endure the slowness leveling up to lvl 21.

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~ 50th Blog ~

Accidently, this blog happens to be my 1st year anniversary blog, friend list blog, lvl 20 blog, and 50th blog blog . I have to thank everyone that has commented on my blogs and I'm sure I'll comment on yours too

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~ Final Exam ~

Yea, finals are coming up , and i got lots of studying to do, so i won't be here all week . Wish me luck.

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Thank You For Reading and Please Comment.

- COD 5 -

Yes, i got call of duty world at war. i got it on black friday, and i been playin it ever since.

My friend code: 468321147673

i need some people to play with, so please give me your FC also.

- Pulling a All-Nighter -

Today, december 12, 2008, my parents are out of town, so i decide to pull a all-nighter for the heck of it.

im probably gonna play a lot of COD 5, and im gonna be super active on GS as well, and im probably gonna design some stuff too.

- Farewell, mario_brawler -

i said im not gonna make a blog about it, because somebody else already made one.

but, im still gonna make a blog, because i think mario_brawler deserves that kind of attention.

if you don't know, mario_brawler is one of my best friend on GS, leader of the Nintendo All-Stars, and many other unions.

he's not only leaving GS, he's also deleting his msn, aol, etc accounts, so we have no way of talkin to him, which made me even more sad.

But i respect his decision, and the reason is probably he has a lot going on in his real life, and he decide it's too much, that's probably why he left.

Well, there's one last thing to say...

FAREWELL, MARIO_BRAWLER

Sorry guys, im not taking any more designing requests after this blog. Not for individual person or for any unions. I'm really busy lately, and so i won't have much time to design, so i wanna finish all my requests right now.

So, if you want me to make you something for the last time, PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS BLOG.

(don't worry, this won't last long, pretty soon ill be taking requests again )

PART 1: Designing History

Like the last blog, it's more of my works. But this time is the sigs.

I didn't do sig as often as banners.

First Sig (PS CS2):

Star Fox Sig (PS CS2):

nintendo_warrio's sig (PS CS2):

My Current Sig (PS CS3 Extended):

Steel_Knight23's Sig (PS CS3 Extended):

Nintendo All-Stars Wii Music Sig (PS CS3 Extended):

Nintendo All-Stars Animal Crossing Sig (PS CS3 Extended):

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PART 2: Leaders and Officers United Union

This is not my union, but im just doing some advertising.

Leaders and Officers United belong to mario_brawler.

You can talk about your union in the Leaders and Officers United

and improve your leader and officer skills.

PLEASE JOIN IF YOU ARE AN OFFICER OR CURRENT/VETERAN LEADER!!

JOIN NOW!!

First of all, i wanna thx for everyone that comment on my last blog, it got 54 comments

This is a blog, obviously, about my designing history. The designs goes in order.

**NOTE** All the banners are resized to fit into the space. If you you want to see the original banners, you can click on the link.

This blog only contains banner, because if i put sigs, avys, and tags, it would be a long blog.

My first banner (PS CS2):

The Electronics Union Banner (PS CS2):

My second banner (PS CS2):

My third banner (PS CS2):

CRman930's banner (PS CS2):

dargonfly110's banner (PS CS2):

spongeliv's banner (PS CS2):

Pii360 Union Banner (PS CS2):

GoldenJiggies's banner (PS CS2):

luigi_fan332's banner (PS CS2):

blob1118's banner (PS CS2):

The Nintendo All-Stars Banner (PS CS2):

Players Unite Union Banner (PS CS2):

theman64's banner (PS CS2):

paper_rules's banner (PS CS2):

supersmashbro12's banner (PS C2):

My fourth and current banner (PS CS3 Extended):

metroid1340's banner (PS CS3 Extended):

Derekgilreath93's banner (PS CS3 Extended):

psycogamer1996's banner (PS CS3 Extended):

Moebrothers's banner (PS CS3 Extended):

Steel_Knight23's banner (PS CS3 Extended):

The next blog will be "part 2, sigs"

Sorry for a such long blog.

Yes, you guessed right, I'M BACK!! MUAHAHAHA

lol, just kidding.

Last time, i had some conflict with some friends, but now it's all good, so i decide to come back, plus soccer season is over and i have more time .

So, now i'm back, I Want To Start Fresh, This Is "A New Beginning". So, pretend i'm a noob, and im gonna introduce myself:

Hi, I'm a Mac.
And, I'm a PC.

jk,

I didn't had much going on during the a few month i was gone. The only thing exciting enough was i got photoshop cs3 extended (for free, of course), yep, i made the banner and header in cs3 extended. PLEASE RATE!!

Oh, if you like my skills and want me to make you some designs, i'll be happy to make you something, just comment on my blogs or PM me.

So, anyway cause it's the school year, i can't stay as long as i use to.

So, yea... it's good to be back.

PART 1:

I'm the new leader of The Future Designs Union, so WOOT!!!

Anyway, i need a lot of designers to come and join the union.

If you don't know how to design, then you can join and learn.

i highly recommend you join the union if you want to learn how to design.

So, INVITE YOUR FRIENDS, POST COMMENTS, MAKE DESIGNS

CLICK HERE TO JOIN!!

PART 2:

Yesterday, i got over 5000 posts, woot!

I only has been active since May, so, in the 3 month that i'm active: i'm leader of 3 unions, officer of 21 unions, level 13, 1791 views, 200+ friends. um... that's it, at least the big numbers.

Part 1, "I been feeling a little low lately"

i don't know why, i'm just feeling low. Maybe it's i'm losing my designing skills, problem in GS, my pc has been slow somehow too, school is coming back soon, my stats are goind down, and so is my union's stats.

Oh yea, i have to say this: soon, i can't spend as much time on GS as i'm doing now, because school is gonna start soon, and i have soccer practice probably everyday. But i'm not sure when that is, so i'm fine right now.

Part 2, "Last chance of requesting for images from me"

Since i don't have much time on my computer when soccer starts, i will do every image that people requested me to do, or i want to do it.

so, if you want me to make a banner, avatar, header, tags, or sigs, this is your last chance, just comment about what you want me to make or PM me.

And I don't think i can get it all done today, so for the next few days, i will be designing.

To Leader: srry to whoever that's counting on me to post in their union, i will post after i'm done with all the designs.

And i will post a new blog when i'm done with all of them about the images that i have done, just to show-off