DO YOU KNOW?

Did you know the first ever website was created by internet pioneer Time Berners-Lee? If there was one site that would change the world for ever, this would be.The site went online on the 6th August 1991 with the introduction of brand new ‘World Wide Web’ (WWW) and being humbly described as a wide-area hypermedia information retrieval project intending to serve as an access point to a large sea of documents to the universe. It's now archived at www.tinyurl.com/3apuu.

Berners-Lee sure knows what was to come.

Below are some of the websites you just can’t live without.


1. GeoCities

The web wasn't a whole lot of fun back then and only after four years of pages created by scientists and academics, David Bohnett and John Rezner, who ran a web directory called Beverly Hills Internet, turned their company into GeoCities, giving anyone the ability to create their own site for free.
GeoCities made it possible for anyone to put something online for practically nothing. This was a huge deal. We owe them so much. This was when the revolutionary of the internet begins.


2. Blogger



GeoCities made it convenient for anyone to build their own personal site, however in August 1999, Blogger made it even easier. Now anyone could post a diary of what they had for dinner or why they hated their boyfriends.

Blogger continues to enable everyone to document their lives without needing to get their hands tied up with HTML. As does WordPress, TypePad, Tumblr and a million other services that have since appeared.


3. Wikipedia


Now just where do we always turn to when we are facing difficulties in our research for our college studies? Wikipedia! This site takes user-generated content to the next level, with an online encyclopedia anyone could edit. Sounds like a disaster where errors or downright lies might come into sight, however they're quick to be corrected by the site's users.

"Yes, the information is imperfect," says Jason Stockwood, "but the rigidly democratic nature of the site means that Wikipedia is a true embodiment of what the internet revolution originally promised."


4. YouTube




And where do you watch your music videos and all your TV? It is all started in a garage by three ex- PayPal employees; one site went on to shake up the whole TV industry. Later it was acquired by Google for $1.6 billion. All that for a company that's less than four years old? Think about it. You've probably heard of it: it's called YouTube.

We are used to find a text search result for every keyword we could think of, now we find a video for every keyword we think of! This is way awesome, and what made it better is the people themselves. They’ve been uploading 10 hours of videos every minute. That’s huge!




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UGHHHH. CUTSCENES

by Spotgamers Team
published by Rinie 2 July 2009

Bad boi Snake.. Bad Boi!

Good day Gamers, you have been playing through a series of video games for the first time, and chances are you saw the game's cutscenes while you were at it. As for those who do not know what cutscenes are, it is a movie-like sequence where you lose control of your character and watch a story-related portion of the game. Now then you have completed the whole adventure and wish to play through the game again, only this time, you want to skip all the cutscenes and see if you can beat the game as quickly as possible. In some cases, however, you make a horrifying yet unsurprising discovery: the cutscenes cannot be skipped. Not if you are watching them the first time, and not if you are seeing them for the 3454165th times. This has long been a nuisance, and how I wish to do is to get right into the action as quickly as possible.


Cutscenes have been part of the games for many years now, and they have evolved from simple comical captions and illustrations to full blown action packed animation and voice acting, Maggie Q’s in particular, how sweet, how soothing her voice is… Right, back to the main topic. Some are simple and short, but some of them can be quite lengthy. Those former ones obviously end pretty quickly, but the latter ones seem to take forever to end. In this case, if a cutscene is long in addition to not being skipped, it makes an already annoying situation even more aggravating. Extended cutscenes may also artificially lengthen the game, making it seem longer than it really is. What is worse, some of these cutscenes may have to be viewed again if an important task is associated with them, and you happen to fail them for whatever reason. I am not saying that long cutscenes should be shortened; my point is I just want to point out that having the option to skip them would be beneficial and really encourage speed runs of various titles. Maybe I just hate waiting…


In some games, there are somewhat unusual ways of skipping cutscenes. For example, in Conker's Bad Fur Day for the Nintendo 64, you can only skip cutscenes if you have seen them before, and you do so by pushing the not-so-useful L button instead of the more common A, B, or Start button. Little did you know, pausing during cutscenes if you need to take care of a quick chores or girlfriend calls is being made possible. To its credits, this is another feature that should become commonplace for people who do want to see the cutscenes and wont miss any part of the main element of the story during the game play.


There are also some cutscenes that were terrible, mediocre, or otherwise nothing related at all throughout a game. It is bad enough to go through it once already and most players may wish to spare from having to watch it a second time. However, such cutscenes may not be skipped, and thus the player may have to endure it, or failing that, just take a cigarette break or you-tubing while it plays. First class cutscenes that are worth watching is still fine with me, but those that have nothing to offer are just plain dreadful. Other cutscenes may simply repeat what was mentioned in similar scenes, driving gamers nuts. In that case, it would seem that the cutscenes are trying to shove information down our throats to no end, which can get very annoying very fast. People can fast forward through boring parts of movies and YouTube videos, so why not the same for games?


What I suggest is that every company that makes games with cutscenes should make an allowance to skip them mandatory. No game should force players to watch cutscenes if they simply want to play the games fast. As I have mentioned, a simple button press could save all the unnecessary frustration. Perhaps developers could come up with a better alternative to just turn off cutscenes altogether, although it is not recommended for gamers who wish to indulge in every aspects and details in the game and also not getting lost in its storyboard.


I have played many games that do not allow you to skip cutscenes no matter how frigging times you have seen them. This practice is annoying and simply adds to the game's length. If only we have 48 hours in a day, even so I won’t want to go through such series of hectic moments. As such, all game companies should make cutscenes that can be skipped an imperative feature in a game. With such implementation, players are given the freedom to play games quickly, repeat the game without having to watch the scene again, and most importantly saving their ass from being bored of the waiting part. On the contrary, cutscenes should not be removed from the games altogether if they add to the game's appeal; rather, they should have the option for one to skip them for whatever reason. If every game with cutscenes ever made had such preference, the gaming world would surely be a somewhat better place, with less frustration on account of impatience to go straight to the action. Lock and load.




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Do You Know???

Hello, once again! I hope that all of you have enjoyed your time at the CyberFusion and have gained your rest again!

For this week's Do You Know..

Its also about a LAN party maybe one we wanna break??

Do You Know?
That....

The Dreamhack 2006 Winter LAN Party was the biggest in the world, as they succeeded to attract a reported 10,000 people. Guinness Book Of Records calculated the attendance at 7,752 people and 7,788 computers in the network. However, Dreamhack sold over 10,000 tickets to the event, and estimates that the real number of attendees is well over the 10,000.

Wow!! 10,000 people! Can we break that??

NOW YOU KNOW!!

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Do You Know??

Do You Know that April 1st is April's Fool day??

Okay, that is not what is going to be said today, nor has anything today gotta be concerned with CyberFusion because everything has been clarified in the past few weeks...

So, for this week's Do You Know we'll be posting about some tournament and reveal some of its most amazing secrets!!

Do You Know:

That the CGS first started off in year 2006?? They just taped a pilot episode and at the end, they promised a full tournament that will begin in year 2007. In year 2006, all the teams were all from the U.S. and Canada. In year 2007 they went global at where teams all over the world could join in and KL Taufan was one of them! Sadly, they closed down in late 2008 based on unknown reasons.

And now you know!

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Do You Know????

Hey guys!! I'm back!

So for this weeks Do You Know I thought of doing a topic about the months HEADLINES which is CyberFusion!!

Ok, well maybe my post ain't sooo much about CyberFusion but I'm gonna tell you guys again about the aim for CyberFusion.

So,

Do You Know?? That Nvision LAN Party '08 set the Guiness World Record for the Longest LAN party ever held? The record was OVER 203 people playing games for a total of 36 HOURS which started at 11p.m., 25th August(Monday) until 11a.m. on the 28th of August(Wednesday)!!

Wow!!! Guess what? CyberFusion says that they are gonna top it! So, let's get the record!

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Do You Know????

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Do You Know how this works? It is meant to improve your knowledge about gaming, games, gamers and everything that you know that starts with 'game'.

For this week's Do You Know?? is still under Malaysian gamers.

So, now.

Do you know that last year was Malaysia's biggest LOSS of winners in the MYWCG? The previous winners like Paulyan, Hybrid, Si_Jali, Forza and other winners were taken down! The only winner who remained champion was John.Rambo.

And now you know!!

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Do You Know!!??

Sorry readers, for the delay. Busy for these few days.

If there are school kids reading this, happy holidays to you!

For the Do You Know this week....

We are having something quite interesting.

It is something like WCG(in fact it is WCG)....

So,

Do...

You...

Know that???

WCG Asia was first held in Singapore in 2006, a year after they host WCG International 05. It was a 2nd version of a regional base tournament after WCG Euro. Singapore was also the host for WCG Asia 07 and WCG Asia 08. Will they be the host again this year?

It was also the year that Malaysia for the 1st time brought back a Gold Medal for WCG Asia. It was taken by Si_Jali in FIFA 06! Si_Jali was the hot favourite to bring back the gold medal after this amazing achievement in the previous WCG International 2005, getting 4th in the world.


So now you know!

That is all for now!

See you guys next time!

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Do You Know?

Do You Know that? Wait. Why am I starting it already?

Hey guys! I'm back to improve your knowledge about gaming and gamers and game tourneys! Its all about games for me. For this time, it's about a local gamer. I think you guys can guess it.

Here it is:

Do You Know? That?:

Paulyan, has been winning the Warcraft III Gold Medal in the WCG since 2003? He only lost last year and that was to Serry!

There's more about him. He is also holds the most Warcraft III wins in the Malaysia ESWC.

Thats it for now! Thank you for reading!

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Do You Know??

Hey guys! I'm back! Miss my post?

Yeah, 1 week is gone so fast like that. If you experience that, it means you're having a lot of fun! Good! Live life that way!

So, for our next Do You Know....

It is...

Do YOU know that...

World Cyber Games a.k.a WCG started in year 2001? It is also the biggest international gaming tournament and it still is!

It has produce many talented pro-gamers around the world such as Grubby, 3D, Moon, Hero, Styla and many many more. Not to mention nurturing our very own local talent such as FMJ, Hybrid, Paul Yan, Nigel, Si_Jali, James Rambo, Forza, Luige and etc etc.

So, join WCG and make it bigger!

Now you know!

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Do You Know #1

Sorry guys for the 1 day delay for Do You Know. I was quite busy yesterday. My apologies.

But.... It is here! Yay!

So, for #1:

Do You Know......

That....

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W|nDs was the 1st organize FIFA clan in Malaysia and founded by legendary FIFA player Nigel??

If you do not know, now you know!

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