Well, at the time of this writing, there are two new leagues about to start over at SeasonedGamers.com. The leagues are for Halo3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The two leagues have already drafted teams and are just about to kick off the first games.

The Halo 3 league is designed to be a more relaxed and less competitive atmosphere, although that doesn't mean that people don't get a little serious at times. This is the second season of what is called, the "Halo Franchise League" or "HFL". Teams are selected and games are played pretty close to once a month and depending on how many days in the month, there can be as many as two games played in a month.

What makes this a "Franchise" league, is kind of like the NFL, MLB, or any other major league team. At the end of a season, teams retain their name and also retain a certain number of "Franchised" players. The players that were not franchised are then put into the draft pool for other teams to fight over.

Games this season are going to be a little less "MLG" than last season. Meaning, the games this season are going to be a mix of more quarky game types, shottie monkey poo (Shotties and Stickies) comes to mind. This is so to help make it a less "competitive" environment and a more fun one. 

Call of Duty:Modern Warfare2 on the other hand is a one time league that is played once every week and is going to be hugely competitive from what I can tell. That doesn't mean it's not going to be fun, but rather, the competitive nature of some people are going to shine through. I'm fairly new to the CoD series and I have no way of judging how it's going to go as this is my first CoD league. All my other league experience at SeasonedGamers.com has been with either Halo or with Gears of War. If the CoD league is anything like those, it's going to be a freaking blast!

I'll try and keep updating with teams, interviews and game results from both leagues as time goes on. Until then, here's the info for the first games.

Halo 3 - Mon, Feb 22, 2010

CoD:MW2 - Sun, Feb 21, 2010

Just wanted to make note that a few weeks ago, I received an honorable mention for one of my design entries over at the shirt.woot derby. Well now that the double take derby is up and running, that honorable mention has earned me as spot for a second chance for a win. If interested just click on the following link to check out my double take derby design.

Double Take Derby Design

Thank You!

"Eternal Love"

This one was a bit more involved with me and it definitely is on a different path of how I go about digitizing my sketches. The final products of each sketch is fairly close to how the originals came out. I also put quite a bit a detail into this one as well. Up to now, I've refrained from too much detail as I'm always in fear of it being rejected for it not being able to print. Not knowing how to judge how it'll print, is what keeps me from all the detail as well. But, seeing how much others put into theirs, I've come to the conclusion that I will live in fear... no more.

I really hope this is received better than my previous entries as they tend to not do too well. I'm also not sure how people will feel about the "love" or "caring" tone of the shirt either. I guess, time and votes will tell.

Thanks for checking this out.

-Cheers!

Here's the finished product for my derby entry and my MSCE attempt for 01/02/2010. I'm pretty happy with the way that it came out.

I used Illustrator for everything except the shirt comps. For those, I used Photoshop. For the inking of the drawing and the detail lines, I used a downloaded line brush pack that was put together by Jimiyo. I can't remember where I got the pack from, probably deviant art or something of the like. I really like those brushes and I try to use them when I can.

I also went with the title of "Vulture Vescooter" because I wasn't sure if I could use the name "Vespa" in my entry. I want to thank eHalcyon for the name suggestions though. That was very nice of you to try and assist with the name and it is appreciated.

Thanks for checking it out!

With the start of this new year, I'm looking forward to making some changes and adjustments to my life and my hobbies. What I would like to do for this new year is to make these new year changes a life long change. These changes include physical, mental and creative health.

I think that the physical and mental health will come with the basics of eating right and actually exercising. Actually, now that I'm typing, me and my girlfriend are watching "Food, Inc." and it's inspiring me to focus more on my food habits and what type of world that I want to live in. Basically, I'm looking to put myself as the focus of my life. Too much worrying about work when I'm off the clock has really taken a toll on me. It's over! Time to think about me for a change. Meditation, reflection and just plain breathing will be some of the tools that I'm going to use to obtain my goals.

As for creative health, I'm planning on a few things. First off, I'm planning on learning all I can about the different programs I use like Photoshop and Illustrator. I use them all the time, but I know I'm just scratching the surface of what they can do or what I can do with them.

Secondly, I'm going to participate in an idea that was brought up in the shirt.woot forums. The idea isn't new, but it's new to me and I think it's a great one. The idea is to "Create Something Cool Everyday". Basically, the idea is to make something every day of the year be it simple or complex, I just need to try and draw something everyday. This will definitely be a challenge, but I think that I'm totally up for it. As today is the first day of the challenge and I haven't even started, I'm off to a slow beginning. But, since I'm running late due to some New Years Eve mischief, I'm not too worried about it. The MSCE challenge updates can be be found on the dicom.me/365 page.

Well, that's it for now. Also, as another positive change, I'm going to try and update this site more.