Dedicated to all my viewers, family, and close friends

Hey guys. It's actually quite late now, and the reason that i posted this was because i want to mention a couple of important stuff to my viewers, friends youtube subscribers, and family members. Just to start off, i have been having a pretty tough week, and there has been alot of ups and downs in life without alot of stuffs going on emotionally, mentally, and school work. I have to thank you guys for supporting me till the end, i have never ever thort i could be relying and needing support so badly from the past, but i was dead wrong. You have played important roles in shaping me into who i am today.

just for you guys who dont know, i am the one at the most right :)

I just had to talk with my parents, my brother, and my cousin. I told them some problems that i have encountered, and they surely did support me till the end. One other thing that i have to mention is that, i have to give a big shoutouts to Sarah, Matt, and my jie. I have been telling you guys alot, having to you guys to listen to my whinning and what not, but i just wan u guys to know how much i appreciate you guys. Today will be the day, i switch my spotlight over to you guys, for supporting me, and just been my mental and emotional comfort/support throughout the hard times.

Coolest mum and dad ever, and coolest sis and niece EVER

Today's actually the 2nd day of chinese year, and i must admit, these all seem to be fairy normal for me, just normal days passing by. I just simply do not have sufficient words to describe how much i appreciate u guys, and i am sorry to keep repeating myself. And all you, other viewers, please remember, i will never forget about you as well, because you been great throughout and trust me, if you need someone to listen to ur bitching, i will be the 1st :) One another thing, i have to mention is that, even if i lose the entire world, i am sure, most of you outside, are ALWAYS going to be there for me NO MATTER what, and u just have NO FUCKIN IDEA how much i love you guys. All the ups and downs that i have come across, which nearly brought me down to hell, all dont matter anymore when i am with you guys.

this is matt 2 years ago, i cropped myself out cause i looked like a retard in this picture LOL.

To all of you viewers, family and close friends, THANKS for being there for me always, THANKS for never letting me down, THANKS for supporting me no matter wat, THANKS for listening to my complaints and ridiculously long bitching session, THANKS for having me as well, AND LASTLY, THANKS for being my back-bone throughout my life. U guys have no idea, how deeply touched i am :)

Big loves, from ideal.
Signing off

Supression

Hidden meanings lie elsewhere,
Curtains fall, and underneath you realised how much your worth,
Words spoken of regrets,
Meaningless portrayal of feelings,
Is this just the delusion of the real imagery?

Maybe this time tomorrow,
the rain will cease to follow,
and the mist will fade into darkness.
Desperation and hatred comes haunting me,
Or do i deserve something better?

Dissapoinment seeks itself, and devour the solace of the sun,
Despair swallows the deep red moon,
All is all, none is left.

Life's all about me :)

Hihi, as some of you may know, based on chinese calender, today's the chinese new year's eve. However long i  havent been celebrating chinese new year, i still do not feel like celebrating it, and i dun know why. I still kinda remembered what happened the last time i was celebrating and it was plain tiring. Today's juz an usual day for my family, the only difference that we had, was that we sat down on the dinner table, and all were having the dinner at the same time. i have long forgotten traditions.

This post is purely dedicated to all the chinese people out there: There is a new year ahead, and this year's the beginning again. Treasure someone when you have them around, and dont ever look back to those mistakes and regrets that u have done. Life is all about moving on, overcoming those obstacles that we have come across.I have changed from the past, and all the shits that i have done, and regretting them, they are the past now. There's no point looking back and be depressed about :) This year's a great year ahead. Me and jie have talked ridiculously long last night about what problems we have come across, and why is life so confusing and saddening at times. And i was telling her, i came to a conclusion, that is: Nothing else matters except your own happiness. The world is centred around me, and i dont give a shit, as long as i am happy :)

Anyways pretty short post today, and HAPPY new year!

this is ideal signing off.

GGnet vs Virus

Hey guys, after waiting for so long, i finally have made my choice of which replay to cast. Today's cast will be none other than the match between GGnet, former NWO, going up against the rising clan, Virus, Ex- Blast. I have seen this replay before casting just to familiarize myself with certain stuffs and, after watching the whole replay, i have decided to cast this replay. Reason being is that, there is not many good replays available on gosugamers, and i have seen 3 replays so far, its either too boring or its between the teams that i am not interested in. But i have chosen this 1 for u guys because it is with decent climax and actions.

Introduction: Picks and Ban

Fairly unorthodox picks coming from both sides. It seems that Kuroky would not be playing hard carry for a while, and his role is going to be taken over by AZEN and Piecat. I have been quite impressed with Virus recently, because of their strategy and team play, and lets how how they are going to pull this off.

Mid game analysis: Kuroky went for BKB instead of the typical scepter build from other teamplays, whereas piecat has farmed up the usual radiance vanguard build at the 25 mins mark. Azen hasnt been doing all tat bad at all, and has picked up manta style, and an eaglehorn near the 30 mins mark. Over the scourge, Shadow fiend has picked up the usual BKB and has developed into the infamous yaphet's s and y build, followed by an eaglehorn, whereas potm has gone for a very special and untypical build, which consist of MKB and linken's sphere for survivability.

End game analysis:I feel that Virus hasnt been making alot of mistakes throughout the whole game. And it's juz because of the mistake near the end that really costed them the game. They havent really been too outfarmed by the sentinel. Over the sentinel sides, we can see two very farmed carries, Alchemist and Sniper.

I have to mention, its all because of piecat's performance which has lead to GGnet's victory. Alot of alchemists being played by different players has failed to farm up/outfarm the opponents, and because of that, he doesnt have the presence (as i have mentioned before, alchemist is a presence hero) for the enemies to focus him down. The theory behind alchemist's end game build is generally: BoT, Assault Cruiass, Heart of Tarasque, Shiva's, Pipe, and Radiance. As we can see all the above items make alchemist a tank and a presence hero, that either gives him the presence and benefits to his team mates, or makes him to have the extra HP, which cant be EASILY focused down. And also i would like to point out Azen's superior glass cannon play. As shown, he is not buying the silly vanguard build ( i have seen tournament players playing it) or a BKB, which are all not required, judging from having an alchemist tanking the damage, or even if shit happens, venge is in position to swap him outa the battle. And i somehow have to mention, i am not very impressed with Kuroky's play recently, with any of his heroes, but i guess every1 will have a bad day now and then.

Over at the scourge side, as i have mentioned repeatedly before, i actually do not know why they lost to GGnet, it seems to me, they had the advantages in the beginning but in the end, due to Piecat and Azen, they have lost it. Maybe the only recommendation that i can give the scourge  is that, they might want to pressure the alchemist and stopping him to farm a little, as we can see from the screenshots, scourge has failed to cease the alchemist from farming throughout the game, therefore, it costed them the game. Scourge has actually been fairly well, just up untill the end, where they juz get devoured by piecat's and azen's right click. All in all, an epic game :) i hope you guys enjoy my commentaries, and please leave feedbacks or any replays for me to cast in the future. This is ideal signing off

Music is my religion

Title's taken from one of my fav shirt :)

Hi guys, its been a week since i started this blog, and i have managed to at least post once or twice a day, juz for the updates for dota and music, and what not. So this post is going to be a post about the music that i have come across in this week. As i have mentioned before, i will post a weekly english songs ranking on this blog, this ranking HAS NOTHING to do with the actual billboards chart, it is simply juz from my personal experience and view. Before i start, i wud like to mention/introduce this band for you guys. As i have said repeatedly i not only listen to english songs, i sometimes listen to jap and chinese songs, or even korean. So the band i am going to introduce today, is the band that i have come liking for quite a while, roughly for 3/4 years.

They are called The Gazette. This band was formed sometime around 2002 or something, and i found them when i was 18, and started liking them since. They have recently released a new single called "Pledge" so, if you guys are wondering, why did i post something up last time, with the title "Pledge", it was because i love this song alot. This song is a ballad song, one of the few they have written and sang throughout their music career. They normally do rock genres, which explains why i like this song so much, because it is a ballad done by them. And if you guys are juz a lil bit interested, the names from right to left are, Aoi, Ruki, Reita, Kai, and lastly Uruha. I used to like uruha alot, because of his hair and stuff, but it seems to me, that he doesnt ever cut his hair short, and change his styles, unlike Ruki, who every1 likes, because of his ever changing styles.

However much i want to talk about this band, i will skip it for this time. Instead i will move on to the English music ranking for this week. I will not add alot of description, because i thort maybe if you guys are interested, u can either leave comments for me to introduce or give any additional  info, or u can juz google or wiki them :) So here goes:

10. Everything I'm not by the veronicas
This song is like 7 years old, and u might ask, why the hell am i listening to it now. I havent been a fan of the veronicas, but recently i heard  it on the radio, and i downloaded the actual album, and came liking this song alot.

9. Hurricane by 30 secs to mars
For those of you who dont know 30 seconds to mars, they werent very famous, untill recently, after releasing their new album, topping up charts with singles such as closer to the edge, and kings and queens.

8. The only exception by Paramore
I used to like this song alot, and i kinda forgot about it, but recently have started listening to it again, and i must say, it's in one of my favs in the list, because it reminds me of something beautiful.

7. Parachute by Cheryl Cole
As some of you may know, i am a big fan of Cheryl Cole, after her release of the album. it has songs such as fight for this love, and 3 words, which all topped charts last year. Parachute is one of the songs that no matter how many times i listen to it, i will not get sick of it. So i hope you guys try it out.

6. Not like in the movies by Katy Perry
The artist of the song doesnt need to me explain or tell u guys who she is. However, this song hasnt been on the chart, but i loved it alot as well, and like the others on the list, i started listening to it. You guys might wanna try it out, its pretty good, and very untypical of her to sing this kinda song.

5. Space Bound by Eminem
This is one of the few GUYS song that i like recently lol. As manly as i can get, i love girls songs way too much than the guys lol. I must admit, i am hell sexist when it comes to music, i dun normally love songs sang by guys/guys band. This song is one the of the songs i came across last week, and i started to like it the more i listen to it :), for those of you fans out there, theres no need for me to go thru who is eminem and what he has accomplished haha.

4. Phantomrider by Tokio Hotel
This band is from germany, and i liked them when i first heard their single called Monsoon together with my best friend, Matt. At first we thort the band was okay, but the more we listened to them, the more we came liking them. Phantomrider is actually a single in the latest album they have released last year or so, so please have a try on them :)

3. Stereo Love by Edward Maya
I havent heard of this guy before, and if u guys are wondering why i like this song, well i will tell u, its because its mostly sang by a chick LOL. so yes, i still havent abandoned my sexist behaviour towards guys music.

2.Big girls dont cry by Fergie from Black Eyed Peas
This song is heaps old, but u know what it reminds me of? MY STUPID GIRL FRIEND, everything about the song reminds me of her, LOL, the song's title is like shove in the face to her as well. Shes such a cry baby to no end HAHAH, she will probs bash me when she sees this post zzz. well back to the song, i actually quite like this song, eventho its hell old, ever since she released her personal album, she stopped her solo career, i have no idea why, but i do admit, her voice is sexy ;)

1. ________________________The Flood by Cheryl Cole__________________________
This song is actually quite new, and is from her latest album called Messy Little Raindrops. Her latest album hasnt got alot of songs on the top charts such as billboards or Australia top 40, but i still like the song anyway. This song was originally recommended by my girl, because she knows i like cheryl cole alot, so she told me about this song. Please support her :) oh SHES SO PRETTY AS WELL HAHA, i am so shallow lolol

Thats all for the music for the week. Hope you guys enjoyed it.

Loves,
ideal

Pledge

Hey, funny how i took some pictures yesterday but still did not post anything about it. Well, here's what actually happened. Yesterday, all i did when i woke up was to go to the library, and studied a while, studying without a friend/friends has been quite hard, cause u have no1 to talk to, but in a way it kinda speeds up ur studying, because u dont have any1 to distract you and what not. I walked to the library, and on way i saw a yellow signboard, near the engineering building, i thort it's quite cute, so i took a pic of it. it says, the cafe is STILL open, and was kinda asking me to go there haha, i didnt end up going there, because i was rushing to go to the library.

At last i arrived level 5, silent zone. This is the area i normally study in, by myself all the time, because its not QUIET zone, it is actually a SILENT zone, so no1 makes any noise. However, because of the summer holiday, library is seemingly hell unpacked compared to the normal school hours, because not alot of people took summer school courses. I only took it because i failed Finance couple semesters ago. I must say, the fact that i forgot my mouse and earphones kinda pissed me off, because i aint a fan of touchpad.

Come to think of it, ever since summer started, i havent seen ken sarah and pam all too much. Pam's back in singapore, and of course, theres no chance for me to actually meet up with her, but sarah's been heaps busy, so i didnt end up discussing when to catch up and all. Ken on the other hand lives so far away, so i thort maybe if i have the time, or when i  have my exams over, i can meet up with him, but sometimes i feel pretty bad not asking him to come out once in a while, we used to be so close, and ever since i got a job, or cbf going out, we stopped hanging out outside of uni. But i must say, me and him NEED to hang out soon!

Anways, it feels kinda like ages since she's been away eventhough its only been 2 days HAHA. i dont really noe when is my girl gonna come back, but she can stay there however long she wants as long as shes happy with everything, and i shall see her sooner or later either way. But she was complaining to me about how she cant buy any decent stuff back there, because they ran out of sizes lol. Oh and also, for those dota fans who actually reads my personal posts, i would be casting a replay, sometime today or tomorrow, so please look forward to it! :) haha. Anyways, a pretty short post, this is ideal signing off

loves

DTS vs Sky

Hey guys. The latest commentary was done by me last night, just before i went to sleep. I was pretty tired last night, so after i casted the commentary, i went straight to sleep. There's no need for me to mention which clan DTS is, but lets just say, its 1 of the top dota clan in history. Line up consists of NS, Dread, Light of heaven, followed by 2 new members, God, and Ars Art. Dendi, and artstyles have both left the team and joined up with the new team called Na'Vi, located in Ukraine. In today's game, they are going up against Sky, a fairly new team coming from Germany. The reason for me to cast this replay, is tat, there was an uproar on gosugamers, because Sky has beaten DTS before, do i want to see, what strategies they have got up their sleeve. This is actually game two of the event, game 1 ended with DTS winning. So here we go:

DTS has picked some fairly unseen heroes such as technies, and furion. Scourge's line up is pretty unorthodox, because we dont generally see anti-mage and pudge picks in big tournaments and events. EH.GIGABYTE.BLK, is actually not from ehome, but is a member fill, from germany. I have seen his games before, his official roaster is on the clan called zG, but i have been seeing alot of games being filled by him recently, and i must say, his play has been quite impressive.

Youtube commentaries:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn8_Dh70HBk
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vnmxqq2cIM
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc7VaHPxsk0
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAiMX9Twsr0

Mid game screenshots:

DTS's persistent mid game push

Nevermore's choice of blade mail to counter incoming magical damages by CM and SK

End game analysis: Judging from the picks from DTS, it has not been so obvious that they are heading towards an early/mid game push strategy, especially coming from the Shadow fiend and Potm picks. NS has shown us how he plays support, and how extraordinary he is compared to other normal support players we have seen, through the uses of his reflexes and casts with repeated swap and stun. Nevertheless, DTS Light has also shown us how imba, furion can be with his end game item being so stacked and loaded. I have to admit, eventho i have watched so many replays of DTS with God in it, i must God has been a better replacement of Dendi, i have seen his SF played extremely proficient, and being able to farm up accordingly, even being ganked repeatedly at the start. These 3 players, NS, God, and Light, have been worth mentioning in this particular game. Nevertheless Potm and techies have done quite a good job in this game throughout, but i will not go deep into their team play.

Over at the scourge side, we have seen some good actions initiated by them. I have to give credits to the Pudge and Anti-mage in particular.Black has been a really good addition to this team, and if you have watched this replay carefully, you have to admit his hook accuracy is over the top, and it is because of so many hook successes, scourge even had a glimpse of hope lying in them. Moreover, with the quite farmed anti-mage during mid game, Anti-mage has repeatedly forced the sentinel to discontinue their persistent push and pursue. I felt like the scourge support players were not experienced enough to put up a decent fight against the sentinel's support, and again, the only worth mentioning heroes were Pudge and Anti-mage, and maybe Sandking. I also however must say, scourge was not expecting this kind of push strategy coming from the DTS, mainly because of the pick phases, but have been fooled by the sentinel. Eventho at the end, Anti-mage has started killing the sentinel heroes with his farmed manta style, and vanguard, with even an eaglehorn at the near end, but it was not enough to counter the relentless push by the sentinel. (having 1 rax down has also contributed to giving scourge alot of pressures)

All in all, i must say that, the mvp of the game is Light, followed by Black. These 2 players have shown their extraordinary skills, with Light being farmed up extremely well, ended up having a Manta style, Lothar's edge, Force staff, guinsoo at the end of the game. Black is credited for his hook accuracy and initiation that he has been giving for his team, throughout the game.

Description of the game: PURE EPICNESS. Eventho i was tired, i still watched the replay to the end, and i must say, this replay has been quite entertaining and full of actions, of the total head counts of around 90 kills. I hope u guys enjoy my analysis, and i will see u guys next time :)

this is ideal signing off.