The pages you'll see below truly show me, these are the sites that I go to procrastinate on, the sites that I have open while I take notes. My webgems are websites I couldn't live without. The gems I've chosen were carefully chosen, through a gruely proccess, where many of the sites where unfortunetaly rejected, what you see below is the best of the best, sites fit for a King, or similiarly, me.
As you've noticed gaming is a very big part of my life so might call me addicted they're probably right. Twitch is a website where people like myself stream games, but not just normal people, professionals as well. As lame as it sounds twitch is a video-game streaming website. They stream games from League to WoW to monopoly whatever you like they've got it. Twitch creates a friendly environment where gamers come together to give each other tips and occasionally free stuff. All in all twitch is the only website where I can watch video games and not feel like I'm a total loser. Some people watch the superbowl I watch LCS. With 60 million average viewers a month it’s the best site to connect gamers like myself.
As many of you know I can get side tracked very easily and ontop of that I am constanly looking at my phone, well this is why. REDDIT, reddit is more than just a website, reddit is the Front Page of the internet, everything funny photo or gif you see 99/100 will have originated from reddit. Reddit is the reason why cats are loved, the reason why we have inventions like the bacon cinnamon roll. Reddit is where all humor is born. For those of you who are still confused reddit, isnt like facebook, you don't just give away your user name to anyone, not even your friends most of them time. Reddit is a website where people post a multitude of photos from pictures of gourmet meals to pictures of them on fire. Reddit is a website with a million sites, a million words and a millions of people.
Soundcloud is a website that gives the ability to anyone to upload download record and share music with the rest of the world. In theory it's like the Facebook for music. Although I'm not the best when it comes to making music I can say the majority of my day is spent listening to it, whether it be a song on the top charts or a mix one of my friends made, in the end my headphones are always on and something is playing. Soundcloud is one of the most commonly used websites for people trying to make music there career to start. Being able to share your music with millions of people and getting feed back is like a free test group, every producers dream.
Spotify is another example of my love for music. Unlike websites like youtube, you are able to easily create playlists with millions of songs available. On top of that, for only 5 dollars a month I believe you get ulimitated songs all add free, of course I choose not to do that, but the point is for songs that would usually cost around a dollar on itunes, you can just download spotify on your phone, create a playlist and listen to your hearts desire.
November 13, 2014
As I've mentioned previsouly, video games are a part of who I am. Although more often than not they can become more of a burden, video games are how I solve my problems. One example of this is realm of the mad god. ROTMG is a browser based mmorpg set in a medievel era, once you've played the game you will have the choice between 3 starter classes, the more you play the more you unlock, and the better you can get. ROTMG is just a game that I can always come back to, it's not a game that takes over my life, and trust me I know when thats happening, but a game that I can casually play and know that I'll have fun. However it does work off of a system where if you die in the game you lose everything, soooo it can be frustrating at times.
As you heard last week, videogames are a big part of who I am, I'm not ashamed to call myself a gamer, because it's true, I love to game. I mentioned that some games out there can take a hold of my life, and WOW is a perfect example of this. WOW or world of warcraft is a pretty well know game and has a bit of a reputation for being insanely addicted, well I'm here to attest to that and say it's 100% true. WOW is also a fantasy based MMORPG with a more personal system, for example when you die you don't lose anything, already a plus. Honestly I'm not sure what to say about it, its an MMO and it's super addicting and totally worth the 15$ a month.
Maplestory, was actually the first video game I ever played seriously, my friend Zac introduced me to PC gaming and maplestory in 3rd grade, where although I was scammed and used by many hackers and mean people, I did end up having fun. Maplestory is also a fantasy MMO, with a 2nd anime like art style, ie big heads small bodies and big eyes. Of every game I've ever played, I can safely say, I've played this game the most. I generally go through a 1-2 month period of religiously playing this game where I in turn end up spending close to a 100$ each time for no good reason. I can also say I've spent close to 500$ on this game from 3rd grade to present. All in all it's a game I will always come back to.
Ok enough with the video games, I'm gonna shake it up a little and bring back the music topic. When I joined freestyle, unlike most of my friends I wasn't all excited for the audio part of web audio, to be quite honest I wasn't too eager about the web part either, I'm not to sure what I was thinking. Anyways as you can imagine I wasn't too good when it game to using programs such as garage band, so when my freind showed me this virtual piano app I wasn't too eager either. But boy can I say, I've never been so proud, this was the first time I have every been able to say I created "music" and I can feel confident saying that. The program essentially allows you to use your keyboard to play notes on the piano, on the website you'll find plenty of sheet music with popular songs like "Glad you Came" and even the pirates of the caribbean theme song.
Something that might not seem to be as important to be, is my clothes. As you've most likely come to realize if you know me, comfort is key. I have probably shown up half of this year wearing pajamas and slippers. So although fashion is important, comfort takes priority. Zumiez is a store that I love to shop at, more significantly for my socks. My socks like my pajamas are who I am, every pair I have is pretty freaking awesome. Zumiez is a skate wear shop that sells everything from swimsuits to snow jackets, to beanies to skateboards.