While waiting for players to load in Dota 2, I decided to check Urbandub's Facebook page and lo and behold, my favorite Filipino band is going to be releasing a new album this 2013.

Here's their 1st single = Urbandub - Never Will I Forget



Do support the band by purchasing their upcoming album - Esoteric.

Ruroni Kenshin Movie in the Philippines

Rurouni Kenshin (known as Samurai X in the Philippines) will be shown at SM Cinemas starting December 5, 2012.

Since I haven't really looked forward for any movie releases this year outside of The Hobbit, a Philippine release of this Japanese film comes as a pleasant surprise.

Mark your calendars, ladies and gentlemen.

An upcoming movie review is at hand.

The Official Pinoy Dota 2 community has reached thousands of members and is still rapidly growing.

As a veteran DotA player, I would recommend joining the Pinoy Dota 2 community online since the Philippines has one of the biggest DotA markets in the world - probably only 2nd to China.

Dota 2 is projected to become the most popular online game in the Philippines and the HUGE online Pinoy community surrounding the game is a testament to Dota 2's influence in the country.

If you like discussing strategies, finding out bugs and cheats, arranging scrimmages and joining the tournaments, joining the Filipino Dota 2 community is the way to go to get connected with the hundreds of thousands of Pinoy Dota 2 players.

P.S.
They're giving away free invites via their Facebook / Steam group. (Got mine from there.)

Useful Resources:
Website: http://www.dota2philippines.com/
Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/dota2phcommunity
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dota2ph
Twitter: http://twitter.com/dota2ph
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/dota2ph

So I recently got a Korean Starcraft 2 account thanks to RTS Dealer and it has been a blast.

Korean Starcraft 2 players generally have higher APMs and are really good at copying builds from the GSL / other major Korean Starcraft 2 pros.

Even the Silver league players play better than Platinum players in the US and SEA servers.

Here's a list why you should get a Korean SC2 account for 59 dollars:
(Thanks Team Liquid)

From Najda:

The KR ladder is worth it a lot more for me because I respect my opponents a lot more and I don't auto assume I'm better than them, so therefore I play better and improve faster.

From DoubleDouble:

Theres something about KR that brings out the best in you. you are forced to learn to micro very well, a lot of early game pressure, and a lot of butthole clenching in the early to mid game. gold league players are playing at 100+ apm almost every game. i played a game where 2 stalkers killed a ridiculous amount of my marines. i was shocked, watched replay/sc2gears and he had 300 effective apm during that battle. my marine micro, although not the best, is enough for any other toss my level in masters NA.

i feel like KR is where the metagame shifts begin because most the strats are made there. i remember fighting ling/infestor into ultras against almost every single zerg on KR while every zerg on NA was stuck with their standard lingblingmuta tvz.

From ReaperX:

You will be so solid that no cheese on any other ladder will suffice, you will actually laugh your heart out at how badly and poorly executed some cheeses are. I'm serious.

From scph:

Get a taiwanese account. It's worth playing on the taiwanese/korean server just because it helps expand your knowledge and improve your gaming mentality. Doesn't matter if you're bronze, silver, gold, plat or higher, don't listen to all this BS that lower level leagues all play the same. You grow up as an individual influenced by your environment, likewise, your growth in playing sc2 is directly influenced by who you play the game with. Play with koreans, play like the koreans.

To start playing on the Korean Starcraft 2 ladder, my advice will be to contact RTSDealer via Team Liquid and he'll help you get one.

Helpful Guide:
Installing the Korean / Taiwanese SC2 client