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BF4 Double XP Week Compensation for all the Trouble

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DICE and EA and all the buyer of Battlefield 4 had recently a very rough start. The release of Battlfield 4 was everything else but not fine and there were many problems. The release was accompanied by many technical difficulties. The recent news is that DICE now wants to show compensation to all players. From November 28 to December 5 players will get double XP bonus. That counts for players of all platforms. DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson mentioned “We understand that the launch issues may have impacted your progression, and we want to do everything we can to … Continue reading BF4 Double XP Week Compensation for all the Trouble

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I Borrowed Grandpa´s Vantage X-99 Guitar

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I borrowed grandpa´s rare guitar of the Vantage label. It´s a Vantage X-99 guitar. Matsumoku in Japan produced the guitar in the 70´s or 80´s but I am not sure. The X-99 was one of the Vantage top models. I can remind that I played on grandpa’s X-99 guitar many times when I was a teenager. He had also a 1974 Fender Stratocaster and it was always hard to decide which one I would like to play for some hours. But I can tell you that the Vantage X-99 is in no way inferior to a Fender Strat. I tested … Continue reading I Borrowed Grandpa´s Vantage X-99 Guitar

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DIY Smartphone Tripod

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I bet you wouldn´t know if I would not tell you what the object on the image above is. But I am fair and tell you. 🙂 This is my DIY smartphone tripod and it is made out of some different products I found at home. Some silver hooks I found in a shop for bathing facilities months ago and a black guitar holder for the wall. I really did need a tripod for my smartphone so that I can take videos of me while playing guitar for example. Also it might be useful if I want to photograph static … Continue reading DIY Smartphone Tripod

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Started to take a look into Android Development…

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I mentioned it already in my last post but I didn´t go into detail as the reason for the last article was a different one. But let me go into detail now… I did read a lot about Android App Development last days. I started reading because I have an idea for a small but cool application, which I would like to create. I asked in some Android Development Communities where I should start and if my idea would be a realistic goal for a beginner in Android development. I got many answers and some experts said that my idea … Continue reading Started to take a look into Android Development…

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Sequel of the next WoW expansion already in the works too…

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Blizzard did let the cat out of the bag last week. It´s now known that the next World of Warcraft expansion will be called Warlords of Draenor. But Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Morhaime states now in an interview with Polygon, that they even have already a team workin on a Warlords of Draenor sequel. In other words, Blizzard plans to release WoW expansions more frequently than they did before. Mike Morhaime said: “We’ve already started working on the expansion after this one (Warlords of Draenor). We’ve never done that in the past. We’ve been doing one expansion at a time, … Continue reading Sequel of the next WoW expansion already in the works too…