Aztec360: The Forum For Real Pinoy Gamers

Are you a Pinoy gamer?

Are you a Pinoy gamer who plays multiple titles?

Are you a Pinoy gamer who plays multiple titles from different gaming companies?

Are you a Pinoy multi-title gamer who loves to interact with fellow gamers through a forum?

Online gaming, console, LAN, or simply a techie, Aztec360 is the forum for you!

Aztec360 is a new online gaming community made for all kinds of gamers. They cover every online game in the Philippine gaming scene, rants and raves about consoles and their respective games from Sony Playstation to Nintendo Wii and everything in between, and check out the coolest PC hardware and software for you.

When you're already weary from all the playing, check out the Hang Out section wherein members can talk about anything under the sun and discuss non-gaming topics.

Go to Aztec360 and experience the ultimate Pinoy gaming high.

Sharing Your Gaming Life With Your Love Life

Since the dawn of MMORPG, it has been a perennial problem for couples to enjoy each other's company. Before, one only has to compete with a partner's family or friends when it comes to spending time. Now, gaming time has been included into the mix and has caused more problems than anyone outside the gaming life could ever imagine.

Before I proceed, I have to admit that I honestly do not know why I suddenly have this idea of telling you people how to enjoy gaming and the company of your girlfriend/boyfriend or wife/husband when I myself have lost my girlfriend to some guy he met through playing an online game. But fret not, for I will also give you the pros and cons of such a set-up.

Let's continue.

There was once a saying that went "DotA: Breaking Relationships" (Defense of The Ancients is one of the popular games in the local gaming scene since its release in the market) because most guys would forget picking up their girlfriends after school or always being late for a date whenever they are completely engrossed into playing. Fortunately, some brilliant guys figured they can just teach their girlfriends how to play the game and turn their former solely gaming life into a dual-purpose activity: personal recreation and a date.

I have dug up a video on how guys can turn their girlfriends into gamers but the tips enumerated herein are also applicable to girls who want to make gamers out of their men:



Now, for the pros:

1. You are now united in a single "world".
2. You get to spend time with each other by playing together, either by having him/her beside you (game consoles) or in each other's house (online gaming).
3. You get to know each other.
4. You have fun together.

The cons:

1. Like my story, there is a risk of having him/her be flirted with by a random online person. This won't be a problem if he/she is loyal to you. Otherwise, note that you have been warned.
2. There is a possibility for either one of you to be completely focused on individual gaming. Remember that it is still a "partner activity". It wouldn't hurt your score or EXP if you talk to each other while playing.

People in a relationship are supposed to bridge the gap to help each other grow and learn. They should lessen the division and distinction between "his activities" and "her activities". Instead, create an atmosphere that will make both of them feel that they can simply crash into whatever you're doing because they want to know and understand why you're having so much fun with it.

And gaming is no exception.

Highstreet 5: worth spending money on?

Highstreet 5 is a casual online dance RPG that allows players to customize the physical attributes of an avatar and show off cool dance moves in street party locations such as a school, alley, and even in a subway.

Any Highstreet 5 player will easily notice how much time and effort EagleGames is putting for their game to beat every other casual online game available in the market.

In the Philippines, with E-Games' Audition Dance Battle as its biggest - and probably only - competition, EagleGames came up with a perfectly clever solution. They increased their IRL cash to in-game cash conversion, therefore even if you top up your account with only 100PHP, your account receives 1040 Points, thus allowing you to shop for more in-game items. Compared to Audition's equal conversion (100PHP will get you 100 Points as well), Highstreet 5's tactic gives players an equal chance to avail of items fit for a student's budget.

Another noteworthy strategy is that they sell Highstreet 5's in-game cash items at incredibly lower prices compared to that of Audition. For instance, one can purchase a suit (a clothing set consisting of a top, pants or skirt, shoes, and/or accessories such as a cap or glasses) for only 450 Points which by conversion will only cost you less than 50PHP, while the same set for the same price is worth 450PHP in Audition. What's even better is that for an item to be "forever" (the item will not disappear from your inventory, termed "indefinite" in Audition) yours, you simply triple its basic price and presto, your favorite outfit is yours until you decide to delete your account.

To keep the profit coming, there are monthly events for players to participate in, all focused on rewarding players who top up their accounts most within a certain period of time. The impressive part here is that the rewards they give are yours, oh yes, forever. They also happen to be items that you cannot purchase at the in-game mall or online store - you really have to spend and top up your account if you want them to be yours.

Of course not everyone wants to spend for an online game, right? But in Highstreet 5, every Point you spend in the in-game mall is converted into a point for your Family (or guild). The more points your Family gets from your Point-spending spree, the higher your Family level. Example, once your Family total reaches 10,000 Points, your Family becomes a Level 2 guild, therefore enabling your Family to invite more members and appoint more officers. It also adds to the prestige of having not only high level players who can easily kick anybody's ass but a guild that can buy their way to fashion as well.

Surely, it is not practical to spend so much money on online gaming, especially on clothes you can't wear yourself or pets that will never cuddle up to you. But hey, if the game makes you happy and brings to "online gaming life" all your fantasies, Highstreet 5 is the game for you to cough up your cash on.