[2013] What happened this year to Rayque?

Several hours left for 2014, I (and the rest of the Rayque3 Staff) wish you a great 2014. For me, 2013 was actually an amazingly successful year. This post is a summary of what happened to me, Rayque.

[EMS] Level 200!

W-w-w-waaaaaaaaaaiiiit. The Level 196 wasn't the last level up for this year? Yeah, I am as much as surprised as you guys are. So, what happened?

Nexon Europe released the Red Leaf High event for the game MapleStory Europe. This event is a great source for experience points for higher levels (mainly above Level 180). It was one of the reasons why I did level up to 196. I thought it was a good opportunity to gain experience in such a short time, so I did change my mind the next day. I decided to finally take the moment and the opportunity to make use of this great event to level up to Level 200.

So yeah, now I am Level 200, does the fun or game stop? As I've told various MapleStory friends the past few years that I have been playing on Rayque, the game just starts on Level 200. Now with all these new raid bosses and the new level cap for Level 250, I am surely not done.

Fun Fact! It took me 2282 days to reach Level 200! Don't worry, the usual Mapler takes about a year to reach Level 200. Keep in mind that two-third of my time on MapleStory has been before the Big Bang patch, and less than ten percent of my Mapling time goes into level training.

Oh by the way, late-happy holidays! Until next post!

[EMS] Level 196!

 

Last "DING!" for this year.
Four levels for the next goal,
Two-hundred next year?

[Lego] 30168 GET!

Hi guys! You might remember that I got myself the Lex Luthor (30164) a while ago. The Lex Luthor figure was distributed through pre-orders of the game Lego® Batman 2 in several countries.

Recently, the game Lego® Marvel Super Heroes has been released worldwide. Similar to Batman 2, every pre-order would receive another limited figure. In this case, it is 30168 with Iron Patriot!

The figure's design is mostly based on the Iron Man 3 movie. As in the movie, it is War Machine re-painted with new decals to make it less obscure for the citizens of the Marvel Universe. Since I own War Machine also in Lego® variant (which is currently my favorite Marvel character!), I can confirm that the design of the entire body is very similar to War Machine, as it should be. Every part of its body has been changed to a different colouring scheme, with the only real difference the new star on his chest.

So I finally managed to obtain the Iron Patriot figure; my figure collection is really looking well. I only get the figures I really want, and I'm looking forward to the new Marvel/DC figures for next year!

[Lego] Borderlands 2 in Lego® - Constructor - Take 3! [Work in Progress]

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Hi guys, with another update for my Constructor! First of all, I'm sorry that I haven't been able to make an overview of the Hailfire Droid... I haven't forgotten my promise, but I've so many things to do so I have to prioritize.

Yesterday and today I've been through a busy eight to ten hours to be able to create the first two Digistruct Cameras. In Borderlands 2, the Constructor opens up three segments and pulls out three cameras in order to build various Hyperion robots in the battlefield.

Currently, two pneumatic cylinders pushes an entire segment, build up with hinges and liftarms. First, the segment rotates, quickly after that the segment pushes the cameras forward. This process can be reversed to pull the cameras back inside the Constructor.

That's the quick overview for now. I'll still have a lot to do left with my Constructor though... until next post!

[Lego] Lego Batman 2 - 100% score!

Sup guys, with another post today. Last Monday I finally reached a 100% score with the game Lego Batman 2!

Lego Batman 2 is a similar game to Lego CITY Undercover (Wii U) and Lego Marvel Super Heroes, with a large open world and a large bunch of various rewards to collect. You can play as various (famous and less famous) DC Comics characters, such as from the Batman gallery and characters from the Justice League. It's a rather short game (you can complete the story within 10 hours) but if you really love the old/new Lego games and DC Comics this will be worth your time!




Don't forget to read my other post for today, see you next post!

[YT] 1700 subs & 2.000.000 views!

Hi guys! A few days ago, we finally reached 1700 subs and 2.000.000 total upload views!
Recently, Mario Party 7 - All Mini-Games reached 800.000 views.
Thank you for the amazing support and strong growth. Keep it up!

~ Rayque & Luxatus Patella

[YT] Mario Party 700.000!

Mario Party 7 - All Mini-Games has reached 700.000 views!
Currently, our Youtube is growing quickly. Every week we manage to gain more views and subscribers than the previous week. We have never expected such large growth in such small time. Thank you for the support and keep it going!

~ Rayque & Luxatus Patella

Because of the recent large growth from our Youtube, I'll only blog about larger milestones. If I would use the current milestones I have to blog every week a few times (and thus my blog will be filled with repetitive Youtube-only posts), which I will avoid.

[TF2] Tam O'Shatter achieved!

Hi guys! Today I finally achieved the Tam O'Shatter achievement, one of the hardest achievements for the Demoman class. To earn this achievement, you have to group with a Medic from your team and destroy 5 Engineer buildings when the Medic deploys a single Übercharge.

The usual problems are the lack of a Medic who assists you and a large convenient Engineer nest which can be destroyed within a single Übercharge (which is 8 seconds).
So today I've been playing Payload often, and we started a match on the map Barnblitz. Conveniently, the opposing team set up an Engineer nest in the first main hall with four Engineers. A friend (who played Medic in that match) joined me in-game and we made sure the nest would be destroyed in order to progress. The first Übercharge failed, but the second made sure I was able to achieve it!

I entered the first main hall with my friend and he deployed the Übercharge. I couldn't manage to destroy all buildings in the first few seconds, because all the Sentries were locked on us with large knockback. But after a while, funny enough, I got "locked" into an upper corner because of all the knockback, making it easy for me to place several sticky bombs. The last second I managed to destroy the 5th building!

So now the only Demoman achievement left is the slightly bugged Scotch Guard.
That's it for Team Fortress 2 for today. See you guys next post!

[EMS] Level 195!

 

It has been a while,
Hearing that awesome "Ding!" sound.
The next won't be soon..

[Lego] Borderlands 2 in Lego® - Constructor - Take 2! [Work in Progress]

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Side-view of the current body for the Constructor, standing on its three legs.

The Constructor finally has all three legs finished. Currently there is no decent pneumatic engine to supply the robot's air pressure. I have to place an order on the aftermarket for a bunch of pneumatic pumps. Keep in mind that in-game the legs fold within two seconds; I will try to manage the same timespan with this custom design.

The folding system of the front.

A notable change between the current body and the one in the Three projects in a row V2 post, is that the Constructor has a folding front! Similar in-game, a part of its body will open up to release the front leg. I've spend a painful thirteen hours before I managed to get a perfect consistent and simple mechanism to make sure when the front leg folds the front opens up quick and nicely. You can see it on the picture on the right.

I've done my best to make sure the construction of the Constructor is sturdy enough. A common issue of my older Lego® projects are that the body is not sturdy at all. The construction you see on the pictures is a winning concept out of many I've been trying out the past few weeks~

I'll try to create an overview for my Hailfire Droid soon, since that project has also been updated! For now, enjoy this overview and another Three projects on a row (V2.5)!

From left to right: Afterlord (MapleStory), Hailfire Droid (Star Wars™), Constructor (Borderlands 2).

[Lego] Three projects on a row 2.0

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Return back to Project Overview (Constructor).

Hailfire - Balanced weight

Constructor - Now has three legs

Afterlord - Finished

[YT] 1200 Subs!

Thousand-two-hundred,

The amount goes pretty fast.

Thanks for the support!

[YT] 1100 subscribers!

Hi guys! Today we finally reached 1100 subscribers! Thank you all for the incoming support the past few weeks; Rayque3 is growing quite quickly!

Until next post!

[YT] First 300.000 viewed video!

Hi guys!

Rayque3 Staff's most quickly growing video, Mario Party 7 - All Mini-Games, recently reached the 300.000 video mark!

This video has been uploaded just 6 months ago; today it's the largest and quickest growing video in Rayque3's history. It surpassed a lot of the previous records of the Rayque3 Staff!

Previously, the most viewed video was Luxatus Patella's (MechaRaptor) first amazing part of the Tarzan Action Game Walkththrough. This walkthrough has been the first 100.000 viewed video in our timeline and also holds the title of our most viewed walkthrough.

Previously, our most viewed video in a short time has been the MapleStory in Lego® Bricks - Afterlord. Because of advertisement of this project on a large MapleStory forum, this video has reached 1.500 views in one week. Currently Mario Party 7 - All Mini-Games gains 130.000 views a month, and is still growing!

Have a nice day guys, until next post!

Did you know...
- It took several months before Mario Party 7 - All Mini-Games has been finished and uploaded?
- Mario Party 7 - All Mini-Games is one of the longest Rayque3 videos. Currently our number one is Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 100% Subspace Emissary playthrough, with as number two our Sin & Punishment 2 - Isa & Kachi Mode playthrough.

[EMS] 6 Years!

Hi guys!

Today it is 30 September 2013. This means, this is my 6th year of playing MapleStory Europe already!

As mentioned in various other posts, I've started playing on my Hero back in 2007. I still haven't quitted this character or had any urge to yet! This character is still very enjoyable for me and the fun only becomes more by time. I think I'm one of the few Maplers world-wide who never had more than one main character or ever replaced it for several (in my case six) consecutive years...

Some friends asked me why I haven't been that much online lately; I've been busy with my work for school and it consumes most of my spare time. The past three weeks I've spend 50 to 70 hours on school each week! This is also the main reason why I haven't been blogging or creating videos the past few weeks that often. Do not worry, I'm still often in the mood for blogging, recording or Mapling!

Until next post guys, have a nice day!

[Lego] Three projects in a row

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Return back to Project Overview (Constructor).

 

Three projects are there,

They are all placed in a row,

This aint tic-tac-toe.

[YT] Current issues - Let's Play Borderlands 2

Dear reader, this blogpost is related to the following post(s):
-  [YT] Breakthrough! Overpower Level 6 unlocked!

In case you would be interested in more information, please check out those above. Thanks for reading!

Hi guys! We at Rayque3 had a few questions about our current Let's Play Borderlands 2. Usually we had a weekly schedule, where we upload a new part every week. Unfortunately the most recent part has been uploaded the 12th of July 2013. What happened to our Borderlands 2 playthrough?

Two things occurred, these are the two reasons why our Borderlands 2 playthrough has been postponed.

You might remember previous parts, part 30~33, that Rayque (me) had major issues with Borderlands 2; he mentioned that his game was running with large framerate issues and that his sound was distorted. When Rayque purchased Borderlands 2 in the winter of 2012, he found out his PC was too weak to run Borderlands 2 properly. Eventually several setting tweaks allowed him to run the game - however, in addition to that - he got himself a new PC in mid-2014 to run heavier games in general. This issue has been fixed, but caused quite some delay in 2013 and mid-2014.

The second thing that occurred has been the Downloadable Content (DLC) for Borderlands 2, the Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack #2. In this DLC, similar to the first Upgrade Pack, your maximum level will be increased with 11. If you own both packs, you are able to make use of the Overpower Level system. Without much going into detail, it increases the difficulty of the game harshly.

In earlier parts of our Let's Play, we postponed some recording sessions to prepare gear and levels for the next parts (to keep up our quality standards). However, that time we dedicated to keep up the quality also caused the major delay with the Overpower Level system. To be able to utilize the Overpower Level system, you are required to take several raids in one of Borderlands 2's most challenging areas, The Raid on Digistruct Peak. 

There's a total of eight phases in this system. Previously, we did raids every weekend - eventually we weren't able to keep up the dedication because of the required time. It was nearly impossible to do these on your own, especially during Phase 5. So we worked as a team together and we're not really able to complete it on our own. Whenever you complete a Phase, you'll need to build up your gear from scratch in order to stand a chance against the next one (in total it might require more than several hundreds of hours). This caused some issues in scheduling for our Youtube, whereas issues later on only caused more delay. We tried to keep up with the weekly schedule for MechaRaptor's walkthrough series, so we had to reduce the available time for Borderlands 2. MechaRaptor (Luxatus Patella) was studying abroad in 2014, which caused a general delay in videos a year for enabling him to finish the course (because we prioritize study results above Youtube for a good reason).

Both of the reasons caused a major delay for the playthrough itself (and some delay for other projects as well). We're currently stuck in Phase 5 until we have found enough time to resume the Let's Play.

Apologize for the current issues; but do not worry, the playthrough is not dead! It's unfortunately on a hiatus for an unknown period of time.

~ Rayque3 Staff

[YT] 1000 Subs!

Today, 21 September 2013, the Rayque3 Staff finally reached 1000 subscribers! Thank you for all the amazing support!

~ Rayque & Luxatus Patella (MechaRaptor)

[Lego] Project Loader: Borderlands 2 in Lego® - Constructor [WIP]

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Project Loader

"Locking on the target. Borderlands 2"

- Project Timeline

 

Hi guys! So today I finally announce my next Lego® project. It's the Hyperion's Constructor from Borderlands 2. For now I'm building the Hailfire and Constructor simultaneous.

 

It'll make use of Mindstorms EV3 and pneumatic. It seems that it's going to be near 30 cm long, and going to weight up to 2 kilograms (similar to my Hailfire and Afterlord).

 

Like the Afterlord, the Hailfire and Constructor may take a few months before it'll be finished. I'll keep you updated! Until next post~

[YT, Lego] First 200.000 viewed video, Lego® 31313 GET, next Lego® project will be revealed soon!

Hi guys! To avoid a spam of new blogposts, I've decided to cluster them together in one.

[YT] 900 Subscribers!

Sup guys, yesterday, the 1st of September, the Rayque3 Staff finally reached 900 Subscribers! Thank you for all the great incoming support.

[Lego] Spaceship doodle

 

Hi guys! Yesterday I've made a quick Spaceship doodle in my free time. It has been years since my last serious custom spaceship (I think my last one was back when I was a child). The spaceship has been designed within 6 hours, not only to be a display model, but following certain mindsets for a Lego® Product Designer.

[Lego] 30164 GET!

Hi guys! Today I finally got my hands on this rare limited edition polybag, the Lego® 30164 Lex Luthor. It contains a special version of Lex Luthor with his battle armour, together with the Deconstructor gun featured in Lego® Batman 2: DC Super Heroes. It was only contributed when you pre-orderd the aforementioned game in a few countries, with rather low supplies lasting.

Lex Luthor's head, even though we already have another Lex Luthor from the regular sets fighting Superman and Wonder Woman, has an unique printing. This face has a grin, while the other Lex Luthor has a regular angry expression. He also has an unique body printing under his shoulderpad, similar to the one in the comic series. Lex's shoulderpad is a new piece, which only appears in this set and the Galaxy Patrol from Minifigures Series #7. Another interesting fact is that the life preserver piece, only appears in green either in this set or in Spongebob 3817 - The Flying Dutchman so far.

[YT] 800 subs!

Sup guys! Today we finally reached the 800 subscriber mark! Thank you for all the support the past few years.

Remember that we would upload a video, exceeding our current video length record, as mentioned in our Five years Rayque3 Staff post? At this very moment, the longest video you can find on Rayque3 is almost three hours, the Sin & Punishment 2: Successor of the Skies - Isa & Kachi Mode. You might remember our scheduled recording maintenance post where we mentioned that specific video will be uploaded in August. The good news is that it is true, we are actually uploading it right now (the moment when I wrote this post). The bad news is that we already passed over 24 hours, and still have several hours left. It's about 7 O' Clock here, and it's expected to be uploaded near the afternoon in Central European Time (which is in the morning for our American viewers and evening for our Asian viewers). We are expecting unscheduled delays, the video will be online this evening (afternoon for our American viewers and night for our Asian viewers).

EDIT: The video is live! You can see it here.

Until next post!

[Drawing] Rage Uprising

Sup guys! It's been a while since my last drawing on my blog, but I've finally made (in my opinion) another decent drawing. The drawing consists my MapleStory Europe character, using his Level 170 skill Rage Uprising. Within this skill, a sphere made of condensed rage appears, your character jumps into the air with your weapon glowing, attacks the sphere and the collision forms an explosion.

I've been using a black pen, together with a red, blue & grayscale drawing marker. The drawing took only a quarter of an A4 paper. It was finished in about 15 minutes, which makes it a rather quick sketch. Do you like it?

[TF2] Double Mauled Scotch achieved!

Hi guys, I recently achieved the Double Mauled Scotch achievement! It's a rather simple and easy achievement to reach, though I haven't had that simple situation until about an hour ago (you can see that I achieved it in the chat on the left bottom corner). The achievement requires you to perform a Sticky Jump (using your own blast knockback to propel you into the air in large distances) and kill two people. I was playing on Capture the Flag - Double Cross and I was heading to the opponent's Flag area, while I saw two foes nearby. Sure I had this type of situation often (even with more people at once), but I couldn't get at least two people killed. But fortunately today I was lucky enough to manage a double kill, which (finally) unlocked this achievement.

I only have two achievements left for my class Demoman, that's the Tam O'shatter and the Scotch Guard achievement. You can read more about it in my previous Team Fortress 2-achievement related post.

Until next post, and I wish you a nice weekend!

[Lego] Work in Progress: STAR WARS™ Hailfire Droid - Take 2

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Hi guys! So the past few days I've been building my custom Hailfire Droid, and I'm quite satisfied with the current results. There's still a lot of work left, such as balancing the weight and creating the right geometry out of scrap. I'm aware that the Hailfire isn't really on scale; the wheels should be about 2 times larger than it is now, but I keep these wheels because they are one piece and so a lot stronger/sturdier than a brick-built variant. For the ones who don't like the shaping on the top, I'll be honest to say that the top isn't the finalized version, so there's still going to be changes.

Until next post, have a nice day!

[YT] Third 100.000 viewed video

Hi guys! Today, the 5th of August, we at Rayque3 finally reached our third 100.000 viewed video! It's the Mario Party 7 - All Mini-Games video we've uploaded back in 26th of March 2013. It reached 100.000 views in 5 months, which currently makes this video our record holder for the most viewed video per month, above our Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards- All main bosses, which was our previous record holder.

Mario Party 7 - All Mini-Games reached 76.360 views past 30 days, Kirby 64  The Crystal Shards- All main bosses reached 4.403 views, while other videos which seem to grow slightly such as Donkey Kong 64 - All main bosses and Luxatus Patella's TOY STORY 2 and Croc 2 walkthroughs. We are looking forward for his walkthroughs to grow large in time, and we hope it'll reach similar or even better results as his first completed walkthrough, the Tarzan Action Game walkthrough.

Until next post, have a nice (sunny) day!

[YT] 700 subs & 1,2m views!

Hi guys, today we finally got our 700th subscriber! A few days ago we finally reached that (public) 1.200.000 views! Thank you for all the incoming support!

~ Rayque3 Staff

[YT] Scheduled recording maintenance (23th July 2013)

The Rayque3 Staff will perform a scheduled recording maintenance on the 23th of July. Rayque from the Rayque3 Staff will not be available through any contact possible during the maintenance. The recording maintenance will start near 12:00 CEST and is expected to end near 20:00 CEST.

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Scheduled recording maintenance
Date: 23/07/2013
Time: 12:00 ~ 20:00 CEST (12:00 PM ~ 8:00 PM CEST)
Expected upload date video: August 2013
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We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause in advance.
Thank you for your understanding.

The Rayque3 Staff

[EMS] Level 194!

A new level up

Still far from the maximum

Close to improvement

[EMS] Chaos Scroll of Goodness: Take 3!

Sup guys! Today I got my hands on 15 Miraculous Positive Chaos Scrolls. They were given out through 2-week attendance (killing 300 monsters near your level every day) and I've done those on 16 characters. Unfortunately I missed out one day on my Kaiser (forgot to turn in the quest, what a shame...) and I did not have the money to get White Scrolls. I got an insane boost from all the Positive Chaos Scrolls and I'm amazed by the results already. Though I failed three slots (one on my shoes and two on my cape), I will return those slots with Clean Slate Scrolls, which I will obtain through events. The other slots I did fail was already returned with Clean Slates, but after a while I run out of supplies so I have to compensate them later. My range has increased greatly with this scrolling, and I'm looking forward to resume this fun scrolling soon!

Have a nice day and until next post!

[YT] 600 subs!

Today, 16th of July, we finally reached 600 subscribers! Thank you all for the great support the past 5 years!

[Lego] Work in Progress: STAR WARS™ Hailfire Droid

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I'm still at it, but I've still have a lot of work left. I'm building the skeleton at the moment. A fully functional radio controlled Hailfire Droid from the STAR WARS™ series made in Lego® bricks. I may upload more photo's/information later on before the final presentation.

Have a nice day and until next post!

[YT] Five years Rayque3 Staff!

Hi guys! Today, 7th of July, our Youtube has it's 5th birthday! Back in 7 July 2008, we started Youtubing with uploading our very first video the next day, NFSMW - I came to make a bang (music video). It was made back in the old Youtube days where we had 5-star rating and 360p was the highest quality possible. With the current copyright issues of the original used song, we had to Audioswap the song last year.

On this date, the Rayque3 Staff has made 320 videos for the Rayque3 Youtube (excluding discontinued videos/videos on other channels). An official list (made by MechaRaptor and me) can be found here. The wiki is far from finished; it would still take months before it would be completed. This video list is at least something we are going to keep up to date.

Though we have made 320 videos so far, we are still from finished. Creating videos is still one of our main hobbies, and we still have a lot of videos to offer the next few years. This summer holiday there will be a specific large video, which will exceed our current video length record of almost 3 hours, the Sin & Punishment 2 - Isa & Kachi Mode video. We won't spoil too much the next few weeks, but the only thing I can say for now is that a blue figure is one of the main characters.

In a few days the Rayque3 Staff will eat some cake to celebrate this birthday, and let's hope for healthy and many years to come for our staff. Have a nice day, and until next post!

[YT] Whut?

<Insert (overused) Batman quote>

[YT] ???

[EMS] Level 193!

[EMS] Xenon Skill Link (Level 1) GET!

Sup guys! So Xenon got released 5 hours ago, and I just reached Level 70 on it a few minutes ago. I finally have the first level of Xenon's skill link!

Xenon's Skill Link gives a percentage of your base stats as damage bonus, depending on the skill level. The damage boosts affects your damage range directly (not like certain skills such as Combo Attack which multiples the final damage you'll do and doesn't apply on your damage range).

I should really consider leveling my other Skill Links to Level 2 this holiday... my highest at this moment is my Kaiser, which reached Level 107 a few weeks ago. Oh well, I still have a lot to do this holiday; such as Project Hail, more MapleStory, and even some particular video...

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM...?

[EMS] Level 192!

 

Hi guys, I've finally reached Level 192! I'm still hunting at Evolution System; I recently got the 600 coin mark. That's enough coins to purchase a Shadow Cygnus spawn, though I'm going to wait before I'll spawn it.

 

Have a nice weekend and until next post!

[EMS] Evolving System: Link 9 GET!

 

My Evo System,
All nine links are unlocked,
Now to get those coins.

[EMS] Demon Avenger Skill Link GET!

Sup guys! So I recently have unlocked my Demon Avenger's Skill Link (Level 1). Training it to Level 70 was rather easy for me; I've used EXP Potions we received from the Legends patch last year.

As you might have seen, you can level your Skill Links up to Level 2 now. Since the Unlimited patch we can get Level 2 from having the Skill Link character at Level 120. Some Skill Links get great at Level 2 (such as 15% more Critical Rate from Phantom) and I'm looking forward to get every Skill Link (except for Mihile because I have 100% Stance) at maximum level.

Unfortunately, and as I already knew, the Skill Link Terms and Conditions has been nerfed. It usually was +50% damage for 10 seconds, and now Level 1 is +30% and Level 2 is +45%. I have to admit, even for a cooldown of 90 seconds, that skill was fairly strong compared to the other links...

[Lego, YT, EMS] Project Hail revealed, High-Dex Hero update!

Hi guys! Today I finally reveal the contents of Project Hail. I've just finished the set and it's design is amazing. I've checked the possibilities within Remote Control re-design, and I'm happy to announce that it will be possible to fit all those electronics.

For the High-Dex Hero series, I'm looking forward for creating the next video in the series. I'm really curious how fast the run (the boss that I want to defeat for the video) will be, I have already tested out a similar boss in HP and it was pretty fast.

Until next post, have a nice day guys!

[Lego, EMS] They didn't...

[Lego] This rarely occurs to me...

Hi guys! So this week, a large amount of the new Lego® summer sets have been released in our local toy store. Our store just received these sets last Thursday.

I've been wanting a specific set from Legends of Chima for the parts. You may have seen that Chima now has their own Hero Factory-scaled figures; there are six different figures from this series. What are the odds for wanting that specific set, but the store only has the other 5 in stock? I don't know, but that happened to me. They do have all other Chima heroes in stock, but they miss the one I just wanted. That's unfortunate, but fortunately that specific set will be delivered to the store in a few days. I've got the patience for that. Also the fact that I've seen a car passing by, playing a song that is a recurring joke between me and MechaRaptor, made me laugh. Just letting that out, y'know.

Outside this small story, I've been wanting to make an update video soon. In this update video I will finally reveal what is Project Hail and what's up with the High-Dex Hero videos. I'm not able to make it this weekend; so it will probably be made next week.

Until next post guys, have a nice weekend!

[Lego, EMS] My mind is blown by this news

News post. Click here to see it. You will be directed to The Brothers Brick, a large fan-made Lego® community website.

I didn't expect this from Nexon! I do wonder how the site is going to change. Sure I didn't order that much on the site, but for me it was a very good database... Let's hope for the best.

[YT] 500 subscribers!

Today, 17th May 2013, we at Rayque3, finally have reached 500 subscribers! Thank you for all the support we received the past 4,5 years!

[EMS] Bronze Class Medal GET! Class Warfare Competition event

Hi guys! So today's the last day of the Class Warfare Competition. I hope you enjoyed the event!
In this event, you will receive a message every 30 minutes in-game, asking you if you would like to battle a random class from the game. When you accept, you'll get a large screen of every 18 classes you can be pit against.  Every class is a regular monster in the game that has the same skills as the playable class. You have to beat every class once to get a Bronze Medal, all classes twice to get a Silver Medal, all classes three times to get a Gold Class and beat all classes four times (!) to get the Greatest Class. The problem is, this event is based on luck. You'll be random pit against classes and there's a significant high chance that you will be pit against the same class all over again. I just got my 18th class an hour ago and I finally have the Bronze Class, which is nice to end this event. Unfortunately, though the medals are good, our Supreme medals are so much better...

Have a nice day and until next post!

[Lego] Project timeline & Upcoming projects

[EMS] Stone of Eternal Life GET!

Hi guys! Recently I finally got my hands on a Stone of Eternal Life, a pocket item that drops exclusively at Aswan. I've been wanting a new pocket item for a while now, some people may remember I've been wearing a simple Black Wallet (a pocket item that only gives +3 STR). My first thoughts about a new pocket item was on the Battle Square pocket item, the Gallant Battle Manual <Practice>, which gives + 5 STR, +5 DEX, +5 INT, +5 LUK, +5 Weapon Attack and +5 Magic Attack. Unfortunately these are rather rare in MapleStory Europe, and if sold in the Free Market, very expensive (with expensive I mean it can go up to 1.5b mesos).

The Stone of Eternal Life is a rare/uncommon drop from Hilla, and is a rather extremely rare drop from the regular monster in Aswan. I've been playing Aswan for several hours (and I still haven't obtained my Attacking Speed Increase inner ability...), defeated thousands of Aswan monsters, and yet I did not find any Stone of Eternal Life, nor from Hilla. Until yesterday.

A friend from Maple, Jess, helped me out getting an Advanced Combo Attack from Hilla/Zakum for MechaRaptor. As usual we would split the Hilla drops (I would get the pocket item and she would get the Blackheart pet). The funny thing was, we found the Stone of Eternal Life from the surrounding monsters in the battle. And in case you read correctly: yes, an Advanced Combo Attack for MechaRaptor. MechaRaptor has been playing Maple again recently (yay!) and he has reached 4th Job yesterday. Congratz for him! Like me, MechaRaptor also plays a Hero class.

Have a nice day, until next post!

[Lego] Yay for more goodies!

A colleague of my dad brought these goodies home when he came back from a visit at the Lego® HQ. Though Lego® has a similar Progress Report of 2012 online for download, a pocket book version of it is really nice. THIS ONE HAS AT LEAST PICTURES!

That "Do Not Disturb" sign will be great while recording videos and sleeping... The goodybag also included an unique-printed Lego® minifigure and a polybag to make a brick-built duck!

Have a nice day, until next post!