2011 review Morrison Effect Style

Hey guys! Last post for 2011! Just gonna do a quick blog on what i achieved this year, and what my plans for 2012 are. Alright lets get straight into it!

What i learnt in 2011:

1. Most girls are players. Quit this talk of dudes being players. Some chicks think that because they got a nice ass or boobs or whatever, they can get away with whatever shit they want, whether that mean with the law, or playing with some dudes feelings at a party. A message to all the dudes, if the chick can't depend on herself, dont date her, i'm sick of meeting chicks who think im a 6'5, 85kg purse. I dont have alot of money, i will spurt on occasion, but dont be stupid, your failed relationships in which you spend shitloads of money on them, fuck me up eventually haha. Though honestly girls, most dudes want a nice girl with a personality. Not someone who relies on 'assets' to get their way.
2. My football coach hates me, i sorta knew it last year, but this year was confirmation. If i ever get the chance, i will ruin the guy....
3. Sometimes you have to part way with friends, even if they are the best of friends. Whether it is because they break promises, or they splurt insensitive information about you, doesn't matter to me, good freinds dont do that....Au Revoir....
4. Money really is the root of all evil
5. I thought my nephew would make things worse, but he has been a massive calming influence
6. Dont keep people round just for the sake of keeping people round, if they aren't your friend, why have them? I would rather nobody then thinking 760-odd people are my 'friends' 
7. I learnt that i have been blessed so much. Unfortunately it took me 21 years to realize this.
8. Living with a smile is good, but unless you mean it, your living a lie. So be happy :)
9. Learning is fun, if you dont know about something, look it up and learn. You dont have to become and expert if you dont want, but it sure enlightens you
10. Alcohol brings lots of trouble

What i plan to do/achieve in 2012

1. Full time job
2. Volunteer more time to charity
3. Donate more blood
4. Drink less and when i do drink, dont drink as much
5. Show everyone at football what they missed out on by sitting me (note: played 10 minutes total in 2 years(includes trial games))
6. Reach a target wait of 95kgs while maintaining speed and increase my agility
7. Move out
8. Find my true friends and find time to spend time with them
9. Become a more complete person
10. Obtain a 12 pack....yes...of beer!
11. Learn how to play the guitar
12. Re-Learn how to play the trumpet

Alright that's pretty much it! Hope you all got your new years resolutions set! Everyone have a good one and if your out tonight, keep safe!

See You all in 2012!!!

PS3 Ratings and Feedback Part 2 - Fight Night Champion

I'm back with installment two of my PS3 Rating Blog. This week im looking at 'Fight Night Champion'. Throughout the years, EA has released a ton of fighting titles. I was feeling a tad lazy and scored this off the PS Store for $49.95. I didn't have huge expectations for this game, but boy did it deliver! Everything is spot on. The graphics are unreal, the game modes are perfect. Possibly the only thing i oppose to is the payment for items, but that's me i suppose!

Alright going through the game modes....

Champion Mode: Follow the career of "Andre Bishop" as he goes through trials and tribulations in his life in an attempt to become the Heavyweight champion. Its actually a pretty good story, great graphics as i said, though you must win and for most of the time it is way, way too easy. Doesn't really get hard til the final fight but that really takes it out of you!

Legacy Mode: Much like career mode, but with a twist. Say you create yourself as a heavyweight. You not only get to pit yourself against the current greats, you get to match yourself against guys like Ali, Frazier, Foreman and much more! It isn't a pushover, even at the bottom rung. Really pushes you to the limit. You cant go swinging hard cause the AI is extremely intelligent. So you really have to fight with your head, which is a massive improvement from other fight night titles where you could make it to the top by throwing stupid ass hay-makers. This version is much more physically and technically sound compared to the older versions.

Online content: Good but really frustrating. People go on there, try and smash you in round one, if that doesnt work, they usually give up and quit, but that isnt the game fault. The mix between server speed, performance and graphics is sublime. not something games often get right, and often something EA gets wrong at times.

Positives:

Stick control has got a major upgrade and no disadvantage if you dont have the dexterity to use the right stick, they have incorporated the different punches on the four buttons (triangle, circle, square, X).

Graphics as i said, sublime!

Negatives: They removed the Hay maker from the game! WHY OH WHY! Best punch ever is gone!


Rating: Out of all the things above i will have to give this a 8/10
The graphics are awesome, while there are a couple of letdowns, its nothing major, but if you have the spare dough, i suggest you go and buy it! Cost me $50 from the Playstation Store, probably less in store (dont ask me where though! haha)

Anyways, signing off for another week. Next time i will be Reviewing 'NBA 2k12'. Hope you can all join me then!

PS3 Ratings and feedback: Part 1 - Need for Speed - The Run

Ok, so i got a PS3 for my 21st. It's been about a week since and im up to 5 games (got two with the console), 3 remotes (one died, got one with the console), a 5 port USB hub, a turtle beach headphone and mic set, a Bluetooth earphone/speaker and a 2 controller charging deck, so i decided while i got some time, i might do some PS Review. Welcome to 'The Morrison effect's" PS3 games, parts and everything in between review series! Today im gonna review "Need 4 Speed: The Run". Over the years i have had the Xbox, pc and a PS quite some time ago and anything to do with or affiliated with 'Need4Speed' i have convinced myself i needed to assotain and buy. I had great expectations about this game but i was really disappointed by it. It took me just over 2 hours to complete the campaign, which i may add, is a little substantially different (but i will touch on that later) to previous versions of the game. The online gaming is pretty average. The connection is slow. EA in the past has wanted to flex its online server muscles but it really is listening itself down with this 'Autolog' crap. Alright, now too go into a bit more depth.



The Campaign

For many of N4S' series the campaign was upgrading the car, driving it, earning cash, rinse and repeat. The game play here is basic as you will get,. You play a person who escapes the mob, his only way to get out is to win a 250 car race from LA to New York. It offers out of the car action where you need to react by pressing buttons according to whats happening (e.g for running rapidly pressing X, kicking, pressing square etc.) which has brought much criticism but i like it, its something different and adds a different dimension then just driving all the time.

The race is dissected into 10 stages, mixed up with combinations of challenges to keep you thinking. The cops are pesky as all hell and you have to deal with the mob.



Criticism : My criticism isn't the out of the car action, its just it took me 150minutes to complete, and if you pay $88 for a game, i should expect more for my money. As i said, the net connection is grainy. It can be great for moments, then its just its clogged, so i dont think i will be touching the online play much i dont think until EA improves their servers.



What i loved: Very realistic damage wise. The damage you gain takes a toll, you can't rely on side rails to hold you up (because really, if a car is going 280km/h and runs into it, cya later car). I also think they have worked the difficulty levels wonderfully. Sometimes you find, easy is too easy, medium is hard and expert is just insane, but they have worked it well. I think the way it gets more difficult towards the end, is a bonus, keeps you well motivated to improve





Rating and Why?

6/10. I expected more from 'EA' and 'N4S', but that's the price of reputation....oh and the price, wasn't worth the $88 i paid for it, Defs worth buying but not for that much! Campaign too short, Multplayer servers too unreliable. I did enjoy the game, so it is still a pass....but not the best out there!



Until next week, im out! Leave a comment! Let me know what i should review next!



~Jimmy

Why am i me

Why am i different to you? Why do i act so strange? Is it because im not what you want me to be? Is it because im different to what society want me to be? Is it because i suffer from aspergers? Or Anxiety? Or Depression? Is it because society doesnt know how to cope with people 'like me'? Is it because your scared of how i will react? Is it because you dont understand how i feel? Or how i do things differently from another person? Is it because i present a vast display of individualism? Is it because i talk differently? Is it because Im not accepted by others? Why do people act so cold to me? Why am i still single? Is it because i dont know girls? Or is it that girls dont know me? Why am i shy?

I ask myself these questions everyday, plus more. And ill give the answers shortly. But man, society is fucked. If people have had gone through what i had, they would have probably thrown their lives away. And thats the problem society is. They want everyone to be a bland majority of which people have to follow or their discarded. People 'like me' often become fairly angry, anxious and depressed because they feel that society makes them try to fit into their 'bland society' rather then embracing the people that we are. Whats even worse, when we decide to tell people we are this way, it truns them off further. Girls are often 'too good' for us, because hey, who wants a person with problems to deal with. I once had a girl, and she knows who she is, didnt want to date me because she didnt have the time to deal with problems that i may have. Thats honestly pathetic, and to be honest, i wish real bad fucking luck on you. I recently went out with a girl, that nervous, had a good time, did a couple of things due to nerves (e.g dropped coke blah blah blah) and she said she had a good time, but she never messaged me back and still hasnt more then a month on...and you wonder why i dont want to go on dates. I often get ridiculed in sports teams and classes because of my style of communication is poor, yet again of which ill blame on society. People with anxiety/autism usually have a low self esteem which often gets battered at a young age which then develops into poor habits such as mumbling, or trying to hard to say something. I have alot of entunsiasm for sport, but in the 'real word' unless your 'cool' you get torched on everything you say. Maybe sport isnt my thing. But of all the sports ive played, ive been good at, unfotunatly though, they all are team sports. Trying hard is never enough anymore. Life stinks, but hey, im a fighter, i roll with the punches, and as i said, if most people would have gone what ive been through they would have given up by now, i bet. What im writing this blog for is just for me to express myself, not for attention. Yes, i hate my life.. But no, im not an attention seeking whore, im an enthusiest. All i ask for is for society to FUCKING USE THEIR BRAINS BEFORE BEING A SHITHEAD TO SOMEONE. I know this bloke at tafe. He wonders around, enthusiastic, with autism of course. But he is passionate about helping people,. But when he turns his back, people stab him in the back. HE hasnt done anything wrong, he is just trying to be cheerful!. In fact the people you should be an ass to is the people who are an inconsiderate asshole to others. As i said, use your head, they may have a problems. They may be abused at home, they may have learning difficulties, who knows? Just be smart and show some sympathy. Hell, flame this post as much as you want, ill take it, been taking shit my whole life, but dont go being a homewrecker for others.

Harden up Cleveland (and Dan Gilbert)!

So i watched LeBron James' decision the other night on ESPN. I watched the aftermath, the ecstasy of the Miami fans and the Heartbreak of the Cleveland fans. Seriously though Cleveland, harden up yeah?

Lebron James played 7 hard years for your Cavs, turning them into a 11 win season team to a dual 60 season win side and yet you have nothing to give him except abuse. I can tell you know, why would a professional sports player continually play for a side that cant push itself over the top and win the title no matter how much their owner buys players. Jordan had Pippen, James had Williams who every time entered the playoff's seemed to choke at the thought of playing in a important match that leads to something great.

You make comparisons to Kobe and MJ. As i said MJ had Pippen, Rodman and several other all star caliber players during his time in Chi-town. Kobe has had Shaq in his prime (also won D-Wade a title in 2006), Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, Fisher, basically players that have all been there done that (besides Pau who they needed to win one in the first place). Think about it though, Jordan left to play BASEBALL and only came back because he was almost guaranteed a championship with the roster that was compiled around him when he made his return. How was his legacy not a slightly tarnished one? (Not having a stab at MJ at all!)

You blame James for the 1 hour prime time special, dont go blaming him, blame ESPN and the media. they create the hype. Imagine if there wasnt this hype? Do you really think a player getting payed 15-20million a year isnt gonna get his ego a kick if someone asks him for a 1hr TV special?

What were you thinking when you write that letter Gilbert? All your doing is shifting the blame for your incompetence to build a championship team around Lebron. You knew 2 years ago when teams started clearing room that it was championship or bust. You tried, you failed, your fault. You mentioned that Lebron was the self titled 'King'? I believe that was your management to try to get crowds into the 'Q'. How can you say he gave up? Then again, if your down 3-2 and the rest of your roster is crap, are you really gonna put up big numbers 28 extra games on end? I'm telling you, no player can carry his side and the fact you blame him for giving up is despicable because not too many players would bother.



Cleveland Fans. You have a right to feel upset about this, no doubt, but this is professional sports, people come, people go, that crap happens, harden up. The reason you have trouble winning is because you have incompetent management running your organizations. Seriously though, every player to come through Ohio isnt gonna sign with the Cavs. Lebron only,you could say,'choose' the cavs was because of the draft, no other reason. I bet if he had a choice he wouldn't have had choose the cavs in the first place, so be grateful that he stayed in your city for the 7 years and boosted the economy and so on.

As far as i see, LBJ, D-Wade and Bosh have a few titles in them. For Cleveland, the rebuilding starts but there is no reason why they can't make the playoffs this year, they still have a quality roster, just not a championship winning one.



For now, this is the Morrison Effect and thanks for reading, please pass it on if you enjoyed this article!

F1 for Dummies

Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship,[2] is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)

With Mark Webber leading the F1 Championship and aiming to be the first champion the Morrison Effect has sat down to write a 'Dummies Guide for F1' for the readers

Part 1 - Teams: The Formula 1 grid consists of 12 teams, each with 4 drivers (2 Main + 1 Test + 1 Youth). To run a Formula 1 team, you need to put a bid into the FIA of about $500million and for yearly costs your looking at $2billion to at least be competitive. The teams for 2010 are Mercedes, Mclaren Mercedes, Red Bull, Torro Rosso, Force India, Ferrari, Lotus, Virgin Racing, HRT, Williams, BMW Sauber and Renault.

Part 2 - The Races & Points: The races go all over the world, starting in round 1 in Bahrain to round 19 where it heads back to the middle east to Abu Dhabi. In 2010 the point scoring is much like the MotoGP. Below is how each place is scored.
1st 25
2nd 18
3rd 15
4th 12
5th 10
6th 8
7th 6
8th 4
9th 2
10th 1
The Driver with the most points at the end of the championship wins the Drivers championship and the constructor (Fancy name for team!) with the most points (accumulated by adding the drivers from each team) wins the constructors championship.

Part 3- Winter testing: This is done in the Off season (between the last race of the season and first race of the next) as it cannot at any time be done during the regular season, making it critical to do so.

Part 4: Friday/Saturday Practice: This is where teams check the setup for race day and add parts for qualifying. This is also the only time where teams are aloud to add more parts to the car.

Part 5: Qualifying: This is where the drivers aim to get 'pole position', or in normal words, get put in the grid position from where they will start from in the Race. Rumors once surfaced that this was decided on the Friday night in a strip club, but such activity hasn't be heard of in years. There are 3 stages of Qualifying. Stage 1 goes for 20 minutes and only the fastest 17 cars get through to the 2nd Stage. The second stage goes for 15 minutes and the top 10 from this stage go in a 10 minute shootout to grab 'pole position'.

Part 6 - The Race: There isn't much to say about the race other than the cars go round and round the track for a total distance of 300km (give or take 10km). There are some regulations though. Each driver much use a Softer, option tire (Has a very noticeable green ring surrounding the outside of the wheel) and the Harder compound tire of the two that Bridgestone, the tire supplier brings to the venue. There is no refueling the car during the race so the race strategy most used by drivers is how well trained the pit crew is trained in changing the tires quickly.

Part 7 - Warning Flags: There are several flags that occur during a race.

Black Flag - Disqualification, usually given by disregarding rules or by having an unsafe race car

Blue Flag: Must let car pass as it is faster (lapped cars only)

Yellow with Red vertical stripes: Oil/Debris/Slippery Course

Yellow: Can be given as a full course caution or part course where they may be imminent danger for any driver.

Black and white flag: Unsportsmanlike behaviour - usually ends up in a pit lane penalty where the driver will have to complete a lap of the pit lane before re-entering the race.

Black with Orange Circle: indicates that a car is being summoned to the pits due to mechanical problems that are interfering with the race, such as an oil, water, or fuel leak.

Red Flag: Given to stop a session. Used when a severe accident has occurred or to temporarily stop a race nearing the end of a race. This is usually done when a collision requiring cleanup would otherwise extend the caution period to take longer than the amount of race laps available to finish the race, when a fuel spill occurs on the circuit, or to maximize safety team work. During such a red-flag period, cars are directed to stop in line at a specific point on the track, usually directly opposite to the incident.

Checked Flag: Finished race....obviously!

Thats about it for my F1 basics, i hope you all have a much better understanding, and GO MARK!

being bored at school is worse than depression?? Get real

I'm a person who has gone through depression several times and am currently suffering from it. I was a little bored and i decided to see if there were any help groups on facebook to deal with depression and to see if i could relate to others who are going through the illness themselves. What i found disturbing was not the fact the lack of groups that connected people with the all so common illness, but lame ass groups saying "You call it depression, i call it love sick" and my personal favourite was "School is so boring it makes depression look fun". The second of these group/fan pages shocked me and i honestly made me that tad more angrier as the 13 people who are in that group, obviously haven't gone through depression. Depression for some is a big black hole that you just cant get out of. For me it is a huge obstacle. I'm a pretty resilient bloke and i end up managing my way out of depression for periods of time, but the realism is that most people don't have the opportunity or funds. I see and psychiatrist, i take medicine that is fairly costly but in the end the price payed is much more beneficial to me in the end.

Im not writing this blog looking for sympathy. If you know me, i care alot for other people, so helping raise awareness is a big thing for me. If you know people that are suffering from depression, talk to them, help them out. I have known 4 people to kill themselves because there has been no help. If your suffering from depression don't be afraid to reach out for help, don't be scared, cause it can compound bigtime. PLEASE never turn back a person claiming they have it. Sometimes it may be sadness, or it may be depression. 1 in 5 suffer depression in their teens, so its not like it's uncommon. Anyways, I would like to thank my friends in Natalie B and Jess H for listening to me earlier, helped alot, thanks again


I would like to close out this blog with a few links with information about depression.
http://www.lookiris.com/images/public/EBC0F2F9-BF7F-233E-8E9A418BCD22C511.pdf
http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section1174/Section1199/Section1567/Section1826_8096.htm