``xThanks to my friend, Newspro is installed on my site, which makes updating far more easier than homestead. I must give credit to http://amphibian.gagames.com
``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xI have installed Newspro Successfully!``x982632734,54193,``x``x ``xHey i've been accepted by Goldporygon to update!!!
Well you see I'm special.. Okay lets get down to the news.
I update about magic the gathering (MTG), Pokèmon, Digimon, DBZ, and others. I'm sorry that I dont have any news right now.
``xAeroscythe``xfreezaboi@hotmail.com``xNew staff member!``x983415894,44017,``x``x ``xHello I'm the new updater here at Baam!Trust me I am the best I am also The updater at Pokecrater.Try to guess who I am. Well today I found the 4 movie sneek peek go to http://www.pokemon2001.com/html/japan/movie/mpg4.html ``xPokemonmasterX``xPicu125@aol.com``x4 movie sneekpeek``x984417216,64188,``x``x ``xHurray! WOTC announced that Seventh Edition MtG set is going to come on the 5th of April(4/5/01), in case you didn't know. MtG sets are coming out really quikly lately so don't be surprized if another comes out. Click here: http://www.wizards.com/magic/advanced/7e/welcome.asp, to see a pictire of the 7th edition Serra Angel holofoil.



I know most of you know already, but for those who don't, Entie promo is going to come out when Pokemon 3rd movie (Secrets of the Unown) is released on April 6th. WOTC also says that pichu reverse holo card is being given in Pokemin League. Hope you come across them soon enough. WOTC also say that Neo Discovery(Neo 2) will be coming May 2001! Dang! There are some good stuff comin your way.
Click here:http://www.wizards.com/pokemon/main.asp?x=pokemon3movie,for a pic. of Entei.

Here is a sneak preview on the Pokemon 4th movie poster for Japan. Note this is the 2nd poster (There are always more than one movie poster for each movie..wierd.) There will be more info on upcoming updates.

``xAeroscythe``xfreezaboi@hotmail.com``x7th Edition MTG set and Pokemon 3rd Movie Promo``x984454236,76704,``x``x ``xToday I have finished the GS Walkthrough- the one that uses English names and is from pokeaurora(doesn't include Kanto region)and I have transferred the one from the former Baam! Version 3.0.(Includes Kanto region). I have also updated the Episode Guide and changed my sidebar/page color to fit the April theme. Well, fell free to check it out! (even though this site isn't released to the public yet) And speaking of that, this site is planned to be released to the public between April 16-23. Wait, almost none of you are reading this! LOL.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xMore updates and sections finished!``x986439664,97057,``x``x ``x
*Hello! Welcome to the improved Baam! Anime/Games v. 4.0! Sorry for making you wait so long, but I have been ultra busy these past days...or months. Well to the updates.
*Today we have 2 new cardcaptors episodes-- I believe they are the last of the 1st season. Basically Sakura proves her worth to Yu Wei that she is capable of being the master of the clow cards. The good thing about this episode is there is lots of fighting, though the plot was pretty poor. Season 1 was really nothing... no bad people... Kids WB showed a teaser of next week's episode- featuring a new "bad" guy.
*I have improved my site greatly-- adding many new sections, including the fanfic section, upcoming releases, an acknowledgments section, and added a section in my right sidebar imforming new upcoming episodes. I also posted a Diablo II Sorceress walkthrough and a Final Fantasy 6 (SNES) Walkthrough (done by PA Articuno AKA Zidane).
* NOTE: Please be aware that if the URL "www.ibaam.com" doesn't work goto http://www.ibaam.com (here) or http://baam.homestead.com. Thanks...this is so you won't get worried or think my site is down.
*Also... be prepared for more updates here, because of the much more reliable Newspro. ``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xSite improved greatly, new episodes``x996380886,25535,``x``x ``xHi, this is my first update here on this grand site known as Baam. I wrote the walkthrough for the Diablo II Sorceress. Some of you might recognize me as PA Articuno, the weird guy who designed a revised version of PokeAurora. But my interest in Pokemon has faded like its popularity, so I haven't updated that site since February. But now I'll be working here. Anyway, I'll mainly be writing walkthroughs here and there for the site, and making updates whenever appropriate. I guess I'll just do something weird for my first update.
Here are some video games I recommend anyone to play:
Final Fantasy IX-Taking some of the best elements from earlier Final Fantasies and mixing it in with the new age FMV's and graphics, this game is a must have. The characters are all lovable, unlike the FF8 characters, and the main character, Zidane, is quite possibly the best protagonist in video game history. The love story in FF9 is also a whole lot more effective than the FF8 one, mainly because you actually like the characters. Another rare element in this game was that two parts in FF9 actually had me close to tears. I just can't say enough good things about this game.
Chrono Cross-If you loved Chrono Trigger and Xenogears, you'll love Chrono Cross. Featuring a new battle system that's never boring, Chrono Cross is the cause of many sleepless nights for me. With over 40 characters, a Tom Clancy like storyline, the best graphics ever on the Playstation, and some awesome characters, it far surpasses the requirements for a worthy sequel. The soundtrack is also phenomenal.

"The idea of you doing anything, which can easily lead to doing something, would somehow interfere with my doing nothing, would just force me to drop everything."
-Jerry Seinfeld, The Late Show with David Letterman``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xHello``x996382320,33774,``x``x ``xI have finished writing up the Diablo II Walkthrough for the Sorceress for Normal difficulty. Images will be added there soon, although there are two new ones on the Chilling Armor section. The other difficulty levels will be added soon. Also, I am going to begin writing up a Final Fantasy IX walkthrough, for those of you that are having trouble playing it. I should be completed with that within a few weeks, since my Summer school is over.

"One of the surest signs that your marriage is in trouble is when the only time you see your wife naked is when you download her picture off the Internet."
-Jay Leno on The Tonight Show``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xD2 Walkthrough Updated``x996874127,42788,``x``x ``x>>Today I have worked on making new sections for this site, as since with this new HTML layout making new sections is crucial and is very helpful. I have made an INFO section for this site... basically telling what this site is about. This section tells what topics this site covers, system information, some notes... well, just basically info. Visit it at http://www.ibaam.com/info.htm or you can click on the sidebar under the "Website" section.

>>Also, don't forget to watch tommorow's Cardcaptors! 7:30, 9:30 AM (Central/Pacific) on Kids WB.

"It is a good day to die." -Protoss Corsair, from Starcraft
^:comment:^ Those good'll corsairs aren't like the Zerg scourges, I believe. They aren't on kamikaze or suicide missions, so I don't see why corsairs are so honored to die when they get warped from Aiur.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xNew INFO section``x996903233,31252,``x``x ``xSmall update. The Diablo II walkthrough is completely finished now, with every difficulty level covered. I have yet to add pictures to it, though. Also, I have added the basic framework and intro page to my Final Fantasy IX walkthrough. However, there is no link to it anywhere on this site. See if you can find it.

"A recent study shows that 1 out of 4 eighth graders demonstrate a solid understanding of math. You know what we call these students? Asians."
-Jay Leno on The Tonight Show``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xD2 Walkthrough Updated... Again``x996982424,19189,``x``x ``x----Pretend this update was done on Saturday 8/11/01. I made this update yesterday but my computer crashed so I had to do it today-----

>>I have made some slight adjustments to the index.html page-- taking some unnecessary items off and making the sidebar have a color. I have also changed the color of the sidebars on the other pages, making a "green" theme-- I hope you like it better.
>>We actually had new episodes today!
>Pokemon- it was actually pretty funny! The episode- "The Psychic Sidekicks" were focused on a girl's girafirig (lots of g's) and amazingly Brock didn't have a crush on her (which saved some valuable time). I have posted 2 screenshots. Don't you think the gengar one is kind of ..awkward? Anyways, if you can, please send in a episode summary. Thanks.
>Cardcaptors- it totally sucks. Basically Sakura chases after a bicycle(enchanted w/ the Dash card). But it does show signs of Li blushing in front of her!
>>If you didn't already notice, http://baam.homestead.com is currently down because the bandwitdh of the month has been exceeded. What the heck does that mean?.. you ask. Well bandwidth means people downloading items. Having a high bandwidth means many people downloading. Now think about it, if you visit a site, you download that site. (really!- you can check your temporary iternet folder!) So you might conclude that I got too many visitors. But I've gotten more in the past... so it's obvious that Homestead is going down.. as with the other dot coms. Pray www.ibaam.com doesn't go down! Anyways those who want the secret code I'll make another page for it, but if you ask for it before the page is done I'll give it to you.
Thanks to http://www.pokemon-paradijs.com/tekenfilm/156.html for these pics!
``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xModifications, New episodes, Note on Homestead's Baam``x997634908,84195,``x``x ``xHey, look at those pictures in Goldporygon's last update. Those are all Pokemon pictures, and the logo on the top left of each of them is the Fox Kids logo. Doesn't Kids WB broadcast Pokemon?

REPLY from GOLDPORYGON:
heheh yup I noticed...after all the site was in some other language, so their TV there may be different.``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xHuh?``x997660548,66182,``x``x ``xHas nothing to do with this site, but I had surgery today! It was foot surgery for an ingrown nail I had put off for months. And yes, the surgery was very painful(the administration of the anesthetic) and bloody. Take my words, kiddies. Always let your nails grow and cut them only when they begin passing the skin!

"Looking over Al Gore's claim to have invented the Internet, I would also like to add that he invented the calculator."
-President George W. Bush, during the Florida Recount``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xSurgery``x998096437,95784,``x``x ``x
Yesterday we had 2 new pokemon episodes. Something different about these episodes were that the format was slightly different. KidsWB claim the episodes are called "Johto League Champions" and personally I don't really care about that. Also usually they show the Intro, then commercial, then the show... Now they show like 4 seconds of the show (like "today our friends have reached Goldenrod city!"), then the intro. The layout for which the title screen is shown has been changed. Whos that pokemon has been GREATLY improved! They now show the discription of the pokemon. Now to the episodes.
The 1st one- "A Goldenrod Opportunity"- tells of the trio visiting Goldenrod City where Ash has a gym battle with Whitney(who is about a head taller than Brock... enormous). Why she is so huge will be inferred in the next episode. It was Nidorina, Clefairy, and Miltank vs. Cyndaquil, Totodile, and Pika. Cyndaquil fried Nidorina in 1 hit, and clefairy forfeited because her metronome turned out to be splash. Ash said, "Maybe this battle is too easy. Well the sooner I beat you, the sooner I get my plain badge." And so Whitney sends out Miltank and rolled out.... 3-hit KO cyndaquil, 1 hit ko totodile, and 2 hit ko pikachu. HE LOST. How ironic how Whitney's Miltank is like 500,000 stronger than her other pokemon. And it makes sense becase in the Gameboy game she is indeed the hardest Gym Leader(in my opinion).
The 2nd episode- "A Dairy Tale Ending"- has 2 significances: 1 is that Whitney has an uncle who owns a Miltank farm, and she loves milk. That explains why she is so gigantic. The 2nd is that Ash rematches Whitney at the FARM- using a very strange tactic.... {Team Rocket used a giant barrel w/ hands to steal pokemon, so ash used totodile to dig trenches in the ground- therefore making the barrel to roll off course) Ash used CYndaquil to tackle Miltank to do some damage, then Totodile made trenches in the ground, then pika hid under the trenches and when Miltank rolled over one, pika did a headbutt, then a thunderbolt and defeated it. Nice theory. Ash won a plain badge for the rematch, but what bothers me is in the episode they emphesize that it doesn't matter where you battle, gym or farm it's the same. I believe the Gym has cement floors so totodile can't dig trenches, which is the source of victory.
-Thanks to PokemonPlant for this picture!-

*Next week we have new Pokemon and Cardcaptors episodes. Check the updated right sidebar for more info.
*Starting Monday, Cartoon Network will be airing "Dragonball" (w/o the Z) featuring Dragonball Z with mini-version people. Kinda wierd? O well, it's worth checking out. 5:30 PM Cartoon Network (replaced Outlaw Star)

*I have also made a new poll- it's about your favorite game. I hope it isn't too tacky...hehe.

``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xNew episodes, new poll!``x998242392,22355,``x``x ``xI have tweaked the sidebars a little, taking some unnecessary dead links off.
The Ibaam Forums are up, thanks to Zidane! Visit it
HERE. Feel free to visit and log in anytime. Share your comments about the most popular anime and games!

"Affirmative, Sir"- Terran Science Vessel
"Affirmative"- Protoss Carrier
"Affirmative"- Tanks from C&C Red Alert 1,2

``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xImprovements/Modifications, Ibaam Forums``x998431590,46960,``x``x ``xArrgh! I just got the most annoying virus in the world yesterday, the SirCam. This virus just doesn't die, and it's a pain to remove from your system. This virus spreads like wildfire, so I'll give some tips on how to remove it:

The SirCam virus is spread by opening an e-mail entitled "Hi! How Are You?". The e-mail usually always has the text "I send you this file in order to have your advice I hope you can help me with this file that I send I hope you like the file that I sendo you This is the file with the information that you ask for." Opening that e-mail will give you the virus, and you'll end up e-mailing a bunch of random people the same e-mail with the virus.

Symptoms of the virus include performance degradation(Usually the Diablo II loading screen took me 3-4 seconds to load, but with the virus, it took me a full 14 seconds), full scale e-mailing(you'll find yourself e-mailing a bunch of people you don't know and you'll receive a lot of e-mail beginning with 'Returned Mail: User Unknown'), and it will select some random files from your computer and make them shortcuts(add the .lnk suffix). Unlucky people will get all their files deleted from C:.

The virus creates several copies of itself around your hard drive, and it also screws up your registry. Here's a link for a program that gets rid of the virus right away:

Removal Program

However, if you have Norton Antivirus, and have scanned your computer for viruses and attempted to remove the virus that way, it will FAIL and you will end up with the inability to run programs. In that case, go to this URL for the manual removal of the virus:

Manual Removal

So remember, people, never open an e-mail entitled "Hi! How Are You?" in ANY language. I just had to open one that was written in Chinese, and the Norton website makes no mention of this language.``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xComputer Virus Infection``x998588819,84238,``x``x ``xWell, the webmaster Goldporygon is off to Canada for a few days, so he won't be able to answer your e-mails. Direct your questions or comments at the forums or e-mail the other staff members.

The long-awaited Digimon Season 3 premiered today with a special one-hour episode at 9:00 AM. Again, Saban outdoes themselves as usual on their best show, and still reigns for crappiness on Power Rangers(that show has lasted, like, what 7 years? The PR franchise is no longer profitable, and still Saban continues it, annoying us to death. I do have to admit that PR in Space was decent, but the rest is crap). For those of you that missed the Digimon premiere, Season 3 is unlike its predecessors, and actually takes place in the real world. Yes, sounds stupid, but what it really means is that everyone already knows what Digimon is, and kids are having a frenzy over the Digimon Battle Card Game, much like how they did over Pokemon before. I have to say that this is an excellent concept, and opens the door for several new possibities for some interesting episodes. By observing the commercials, I can already tell that Season 3 should be more dark and disturbing than the others. Season 2 was a masterpiece, starting out in a very boring fashion but ending in the best possible way a season can end. Anyway, if you missed the episodes, what basically happened is that the main character Takato is an avid Digimon card player who spends all his time playing cards and drawing Digimon. He designs his own Digimon one day when he is late for school, and as usual, something goes haywire in the Digital world, and to make a long story short, it reacts with a little DigiCard Scanner that the kid has and ends up making his Digimon drawing real. The Digimon that is created looks a whole lot like Agumon, only bigger. Now Takato has to deal with hiding his Digimon from his parents and the human world. The graphical quality in the episodes has improved tremendously, featuring amazing computer graphics at the correct moments. If any of you noticed, Davis from Season 2 hosts the show now, as he now speaks in the end, giving the usual warning question(like "Will Takato find out about the Digital World?"). Season 3 should also have little to do with the predecessors, so I doubt the old characters will show up again, although if you pay attention closely, the name "Yolei" was mentioned today, right when the main character put on his goggles.

"He is outclintoning Clinton!"
-Bill Maher, when speaking about President George W. Bush``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xCanada, Digimon S3``x999400250,97174,``x``x ``xOkay, the entire Episode Guide section in the TV Show section on the sidebar has been updated. My episode guides from PokeAurora have been transferred here, so if you're looking for a little fun and maybe a quick little laugh, then come on over to the episode guides. Note that these are rated PG-13, so don't be reading them with a literate 8 year old.

Alright, so today's officially the last day of Summer for all staff members at iBaam Pokemon. We hope you had a wonderful and fun-filled summer, as we did, and we hope that school(which starts tomorrow) will not do enough psychological damage to turn you all into unabombers. Have fun, everyone.

"We do not need brownouts just to light up Dumbo's fat ass!"
-Arsenio Hall, when speaking about Disney's revival of the Electrical Parade on the Tonight Show``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xEnd of Summer, New Ep. Guides``x999660649,51645,``x``x ``xI think we all know what happened today. The news was all over every single channel, local or national, and it played for more than 12 hours(I'm typing this up at 7:19 PM, with the reports still on every channel, and I woke up at 6:50 AM, when the reports started, I think). For all of you uninformed people, the worst terrorist attack on United States soil happened today, on September 11, 2001. Two airliners, a United and an American, crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, each taking out a tower of their own. Another plane crashed into the Pentagon. Obviously, these are terrorist actions, and both of the towers collapsed(that's 110 stories of pure destruction). The result of these actions is uncountable casualties(I estimate around 10,000), the rescheduling of anything that will attract a crowd(sadly, Jay Leno cancelled his taping.), and a whole lot of hysterical people being poked around on national television. Of course, the prime suspect for these strange, violent actions is Osama Bin Laden, that weird Middle Eastern guy who bombed the World Trade Center back in 1993. Anyway, I think you've all heard enough of me talking about this, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox should have done all that already. By the way, it's fun to point out that today is 9/11/01, and the number "911" was dialed very frequently during the attacks today. The image that is shown here is taken directly from CNN.com.

"We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."
-President George W. Bush, addressing the nation for the second time today at 8:30 PM E. Heh heh, that means Bush is planning to strike against the Taliban of Afghanistan, that bastard constitutional system which allows any man to gun down any woman who is not completely covered(that includes hands and face, so it's even worse than Middle Eastern traditions).``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xTerrorists = Bulldozers``x1000262169,65173,``x``x ``xWell, the attack on US has affected us all in many different ways. Those who don't know anyone who has died in the blast still must be aware. We DID have our moment of silence yesterday....for about 5 minutes. Anyways, those who watch TV can also be affected, for example. Fox- who hosts Digimon, is currently playing news, and now Digimon is postponed.

Luckily, channels like KTLA and Cartoon Network no longer play news, and continue to host new episodes. This morning we had 2 new pokemon episodes, one of them about omanyte and omastar. As Kids WB said, they claim a new season of pokemon started, dubbed "Johto League Champions" and they even changed the intro. The scenes shown in the intro are incredibly awesome, but the music is down~the~toilet quality. I haven't watched the 2nd one yet- but I may revise this update when I have watched it. New Jackie Chan Adventures episode was pretty pleasing, thousgh it wasn't very funny. As I said, Digimon is postponed. Many of us, including me, should be dissappointed that Yu-Gi-Oh was NOT shown today, as promised both by Kids WB and Cartoon Network! They made SOOOO much commercials "September 15" and today WB said it premires on SEPT 29!!

Something freaky about the planes that were crashed:
Flights number 11, 93, 175, and 77.
11- Tuesday
93- 9+3=12= Wednesday
175= 1+7+5= 13= Thursday
77= 7+7= 14= Friday
Pretty freaky huh?

Note: I will not be updating quite as often because my computer is currently broken. I have to update from another computer, which I don't have 24/7 access to. Sorry.
``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xAttack on US, New episodes``x1000580631,15873,``x``x ``xWe had two new episodes of Digimon today on Fox Kids. I really have to say that Season 3 is getting off to a really good start. It's so much more darker than the other series, and as the commercial states, it's more real. It's really a shame that the show is getting low ratings at this period of time, because right now the Digimon TV series is the best it's ever been(in my opinion). Anyway, we had two episodes today, one about Takato's Guilmon finally evolving into his champion form, Growlmon. Coincidentially, Takato envisions Guilmon's evolution in a drawing, and his real evolution looks exactly the same as the drawing, name included. Seems like an old Card Captor episode. The second episode involved an old formula used in the first few episodes, which was Guilmon(err... Growlmon) getting lost and Takato trying to find him. It seems as though Growlmon can't de-digivolve under normal circumstances. Anyway, from now on, there should always be two new Digimon every Saturday at 9:00 E/8:00 C and P and the second one at 10:30 E/9:30 C and P. The strange part is that I live in California, and the episodes all premiered at the Eastern times.

The long-anticipated Yu-Gi-Oh made its first grand appearance on Kids WB today. It's too bad Kids WB had to postpone Yu-Gi-Oh for two weeks because of the terrorist attack, but I have to say it was worth the wait. I haven't seen the Japanese version, so I can't compare the English version to anything. It seems to have a pretty nice translation, and I notice that it's VERY SIMILAR to Digimon, Pokemon, and Magic the Gathering all slammed into one. How? Yu-Gi-Oh has a pretty creative storyline. It involves a world where basically a very famous card game can become real at times. That's just like Digimon. And when the card-collectors battle, the cards come to life and they duke it out Pokemon style, but with major violence. Whenever one of their cards/monsters dies, then the trainer that had the defeated monster will have his/her life reduced by a certain number(like from 3200 to 2500). That's exactly like Magic. You know, with a little bit of luck and some good advertising, Yu-Gi-Oh has the potential to take America and the rest of the world by storm much like how Pokemon did three years ago. Yu-Gi-Oh was always more popular than Pokemon in Japan, so maybe the same will happen in the states.

"Anne Heche said the night she met Ellen DeGeneres was the best night of sex she ever had. She said they made love for 17 hours. See, that's the difference between lesbians and men. Lesbians meet and 2 minutes later they spend 17 hours in bed. A straight guy spends 17 hours trying to get a woman in bed, and it's over in 2 minutes."
-Jay Leno on The Tonight Show``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xNew Episodes``x1001823598,60572,``x``x ``xHey, how do you guys like the new layout? Send all your comments, criticism, and suggestions to this URL. I don't have enough time to upload the other pages, so the pages that we had before, like Episode Guide, G/S Walkthru and Acknowledgements are still in the old layout form. Take this moment to look at the old layout one long last time! All of the pages will be converted to the new layout tomorrow. Currently, right now, the only new sections are FF7 and FF9. By the way, remember to wake up tomorrow to watch the great shows of Saturday morning: Transformers-Car Robots, 2X Pokemon, 2X Digimon, Jackie Chan, and Yu-Gi-Oh!

Doesn't really have to do anything with the site, but it's just a little note for people who want a little fun if they have a PlayStation. If you haven't played a game called Final Fantasy Tactics yet, I recommend you do it now! It's an excellent game, featuring a great sweeping orchestral soundtrack, extreme difficulty, great graphics, and a nice storyline. Before, I thought that there was no RPG in existence that was more difficult than FF4. Now, with Tactics, I am pleased! It's a wonder why this game is unappreciated, maybe because it's only one Disc, but it's still an awesome game for anyone to play.

"Now with the World Trade Center bombing over, security is very tight around the country now. More and more security guards are being hired all over the states. Boy, that's finally some good news for Gary Coleman!"
-Jay Leno on The Tonight Show``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xLayout Change!``x1002333420,95534,``x``x ``xHello, I haven't updated in a long while....but I'll just say that the layout Zidane has made for this site is incredibly awesome...don't know about you, what do you think? I also see a HUGE resemblence to Pokeaurora-- I guess he likes to keep his style. Well, I adjusted the splash index accordingly. I hope this site doesn't take too much longer to load for all you people, but I think that Cable/DSL is so popular that this site shouldn't be a problem. Right?
Anyways, welcome to Baam Anime/Games version 5.0!

Also don't forget to watch tommorow's new episodes.
``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xHey.... Some tweaking``x1002338618,60146,``x``x ``xAlright, most of the sections that didn't work before are now up. FFVI, FFVIII, Chrono Trigger, and Chrono Cross now work. Most of those pages just give links to other pages(like the Chrono Cross walkthrough directs you to some other great walkthroughs), but hey, it's better than nothing, right? Other Games and Digimon will be completed soon. Eventually, I will replace these with my own-written walkthroughs, so keep comin'...``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xMore Sections Up``x1002673575,44843,``x``x ``xAlright, it seems like we only get one new Digimon episode every weekend now. Anyway, this weekend, most of the mystery surrounding the evolution and creating of Digimon was cleared up quite nicely. It seems as though Digimon are merely digital data(duh) that were created in an experiment to test artificial intelligence. But the data became too smart, and somehow learned how to synthesize proteins(there's the key point), which allowed them to become physically existant. That's a very nice explanation for everything, considering the fact that Digimon is a kid's show. At the end of the episode yesterday, Yamaki(The Hypnose guy) unleashes a magnetic Digimon thing that drives all of our heroes' Digimon nuts. As shown on the commercial, this plan will backfire, and finally unleash the primary evil into the series. So don't miss next weekend's Digimon. It's gonna be a good one.

Two new Final Fantasy soundtracks will be released by Tokyopop on October 23, which is two days from now and also the release of the Video/DVD version of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within(if you want to watch this again, I recommend the DVD). Anyway, these two new soundtracks will be called Final Fantasy N Generation and Final Fantasy S Generation. The N and S stand for Nintendo and Sony. Each of the soundtracks contains the best musical compositions of Final Fantasy games in the respective systems. In addition, all of the songs present in these CD's are ORCHESTRATED. So that means goodbye to all the 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit synth! Both CD's will go on sale for $14.95 each. Here's the track listing:

Final Fantasy N Generation
1.Final Fantasy Scene III (FFI)
2.Roaming Sheep (FFIII)
3.Theme of Love (FFIV)
4.Legend of the Deep Forest (FFV)
5.The Water Maiden (FFIII)
6.Welcome To Our Town! (FFIV)
7.Moogle Theme (FFV)
8.The Breeze (FFIII)
9.Trojan Beauty (FFIV)
10.Home, Sweet Home (FFV)
11.My Dear Friends (FFV)
12.Aria De Mezzo Carattere (FFVI)
13.Rydia (FFIV)
14.Final Fantasy Scene VII (FFII)
15.Songo de Chocobo (FFV)
16.Final Fantasy(Piano) (FFV)

Final Fantasy S Generation
1.Liberi Fatali (FFVIII)
2.Eyes On Me (FFVIII)
3.Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII (FFVII)
4.Fisherman's Horizon (FFVIII)
5.The Man With The Machine Gun (FFVIII)
6.Vamo' Alla Flamenco (FFIX)
7.Daguerro, the Hermit's Library (FFIX)
8.One-Winged Angel (FFVII)
9.Fragments of Memories (FFVIII)
10.Dark City Treno (FFIX)
11.The Oath (FFVIII)
12.Unrequited Love (FFIX)
13.Aeris's Theme (FFVII)
14.Ami (FFVIII)
15.Behind The Door (FFIX)
16.Melodies of Life (FFIX)``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xNew Episodes, FF Soundtracks``x1003710927,47027,``x``x ``xNice Digimon episode today, with the failure of Yamaki's Juggernaut Program. Basically, his Juggernaut program acts as a vacuum, sucking all Digimon into a vortex and wiping out all their data. But it does backfire, and opens a gate between Earth and the Digital World, bringing a powerful Ultimate digimon along with it. Those who saw the episode got to finally witness Reika act like a true teammate. We also finally got the first look at Guilmon's Ultimate Form-Wargrowlmon. It seems as though Tai and Takato have a parallel in the series, since both their ultimate Digimon start with "war". Next week, the Saga of the Devas on Digimon begins, having something to do with the Zodiac(12 symbols of the horoscope, I believe).``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xNew Digimon Episode``x1004221079,41560,``x``x ``xThe 2-time-retired legend is returning tonight! Do you know who he is? MJ... yeah that right, not Michael Jackson or Magic Johnson. It's 38-year-old, 6 time NBA champion Michael Jordan! Tonight he is returing to the Washington Wizards this evening to play the Knicks at 4:30 C/P on superstation. Unfortunately he isn't playing for the best team, because the Wizards only won 16 games last year. Well, sports fans, I suggest you don't miss this game! ...and I hope MJ doesn't digress too much...hehe.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xMichael Jordan plays the Knicks tonight!``x1004486470,97983,``x``x ``xI have updated the right sidebar and my info section. Just to let you know, the right sidebar with the upcoming releases and new episode schedule is often updated without notice( or my writing an update on the main page). Don't forget to watch tommorow's episodes! Also, I've heard from a lot of people who rented DBz tapes that the Buu Saga is the best in DBz. Well Buu hatches on monday, so be sure not to miss those episodes!``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xUpdates.....``x1004757001,49118,``x``x ``xWow, the Saga of the Devas is really good. Last week, we had three new episodes of Digimon that officially begun the Saga of the Devas, which has something to do with Digimon that resemble monsters of the Chinese Zodiac. However, I missed them, so I didn't write anything about it. But I watched the two new episodes yesterday, so I'll write about them. Seems as if Fox Kids is having a bit of trouble with its schedule, because the times are different every Saturday morning. Anyway, I believe Terriermon obtained his Ultimate form last Saturday. This Saturday, Renamon was whisked away by Vajramon, the bull Deva, and was thrown into a battle with him. We got to see Renamon's Ultimate form, Taomon, who strangely looks like a human ninja with Renamon's face. The second episode was more interesting, providing some major characterization for little Impmon, as he attempts to take on another one of the Devas. Takato also begins noticing that Calumon is always around when someone digivolves. These episodes just keep getting better. I believe we have another two new episodes next week, time undetermined.

There's a new section up! It's the FF Tactics section, and it can be accessing by clicking FFT in the Final Fantasy section on the left sidebar, or by clicking here. So far, I only have Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 up. Chapter 3 and 4 should be completed within two days.``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xNew Digimon Episodes, New Section``x1005536898,6296,``x``x ``xChapter 3 of the Final Fantasy Tactics Walkthrough has been added today. Chapter 4 should be done within 2 days.``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xChapter 3 added``x1005603469,80727,``x``x ``xAlright, the final section of Final Fantasy Tactics, Chapter 4, has been completed, with pictures. I will add a Cloud section and the Deep Dungeon section eventually.

Oh yeah, did anyone watch that Michael Jackson special yesterday on CBS? I know all(or most) of our older viewers should have. I personally think he's lost his voice a bit. He sounds more hoarse than usual, but that's just my opinion.``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xChapter 4 Completed``x1005794266,1363,``x``x ``xSaga of the Devas continues, and it keeps getting better. Again, we had two new episodes yesterday. Nothing new really happened in these two episodes, though. Two Devas got destroyed, the horse and a really weird hybrid one that looks like a spider/rabbit. But an interesting thing that happened was that the fake blue card actually worked as a real one, allowing Guilmon to digivolve to his ultimate level. I believe that the pig Deva will make his appearance next week, in yet another two new episodes.

Well, today, Nintendo's simplistic GameCube was released, officially starting the video game war between Sony's PlayStation 2, Microsoft's XBox, and Nintendo's GameCube. The highly-anticipated Metal Gear Solid was released two days ago(I think), and Xbox was released 10 days ago. I think it's pretty obvious how the outcome is going to be reached. PlayStation 2 will definitely be the dominant force this year, and possibly next year, with Final Fantasy X, but after that, it's kinda hard to predict. The GameCube has the best price of the three, but doesn't have that many games that appeal to the public(mainly due to the fact that Nintendo lacks violent or mature games). The Xbox, on the other hand, has the highest price tag, but has some pretty good games available already(Halo and Dead or Alive 3 come to mind). But if you're like me, then you'll wait until an emulator shows up on the Internet, and save hundreds of dollars by getting these emulators, borrowing the games from friends, and burning them for yourself. That's the Zidane way of/to gaming.

"Hey, did you know that there are now 1-Hour Anthrax clinics around the country? You just go in, take some tests, and they'll be able to confirm whether you have anthrax within the hour. Only problem - they send the results through the mail."
-Jay Leno on The Tonight Show``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xNew Episodes of Digimon, among other stuff``x1006143755,83571,``x``x ``xThe Cloud Quest and the Deep Dungeon guide have been added to the Final Fantasy Tactics Walkthrough section. I will eventually add more pages, like a job/class FAQ.

Are any of you going to watch Harry Potter(or have you already watched it)? I'm not going to, even though it's been getting rave reviews(from kids, obviously, not the critics). Everyone seems to agree that the movie is too dark, meaning that the scenes are shot in very dim lighting and that some scenes may seem scary to younger viewers. Doesn't matter, though. I think it's already made around $90 million?

"Did you hear about what's happening in Afghanistan? After the US took Kabul, some of the Afghan began playing music, and today, it's been reported that they've been shooting each other in the backs with guns. So, I guess they were playing rap music!"
-Jay Leno on The Tonight Show``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xNew FFT Section``x1006401429,25850,``x``x ``xOn behalf of all the staff members of iBaam.com, we would like to give all of our viewers a hearty Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy this holiday with your family(I won't, haha) and eat as much turkey as possible, and whenever possible, sneak some alcohol into your nervous system. By the way, if it's still morning while you're reading this, tune in to the WB to watch "The Taxi" sitcom marathon, with Andy Kaufman(the real one), Danny DeVito, and others.

"Michael Jordan said that he can't wait to see the Harry Potter movie. Well, of course, he just wants to see how it's like for the wizards to win once in a while."
-Jay Leno on The Tonight Show

HAHAHAHA!!! Thats a GOOD quote! I like it! - Goldporygon``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xHappy Thanksgiving!``x1006455808,52392,``x``x ``xHello everyone, I guess I haven't updated in quite awhile. Well, I have written 2 reviews, one on the Final Fantasy movie and the other on the popular Harry Potter movie. The links are on the left sidebar below Diablo II. Please read them for your pleasure, and remember they express my own opinions. Zidane has also written some reviews and they should be uploaded sometime soon.

"If the playstation is a station where one plays, and the gamecube looks like a cube, why doesn't the xbox look like a box? It's not empty in the middle!"``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xNew reviews posted!``x1007011364,25502,``x``x ``xAlright, today Fox Kids aired an episode that is, in my opinion, one of the best Digimon episodes ever made. There were tons of twists, disappoints, developments, and new plot devices in just this one episode. Anyway, it starts off where last week's episode left off, with Rapidmon, Wargrowlmon, and Taomon facing off against the giant pig deva. Yamaki's Juggernaut program goes off, but doesn't destroy everything right away. The pig easily creams our heroes' Digimon, but right when everything seems lost, the Juggernaut begins to erase the pig deva, and even the other Digimon. The strange kid with the rotating head was also revealed to be another deva Digimon, as a monkey. Yes, you guessed it, a monkey. And of course, the pig deva is eventually destroyed, thanks to some screaming(really) from the digidestined. But the most important parts about this episode was the fact that they added another tamer to their team. It's Jeri, and she actually has Leomon as her partner(who guessed it?). I believe we have another new episode next week, at the same time.``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xNew Digimon Episode``x1007238796,51639,``x``x ``xWell, I have updated my right sidebar with new upcoming and hot games! In my opinion, the hottest games right now are Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty for PS2 and Super Smash Brothers Melee for Gamecube. I have screenshots for both on the left.




Thanks to gamespot.com for these pictures!

Super Smash Bros. Melee for Gamecube is yet again another best seller for the nintendo line. It is basically the same thing as SSB for N64 except obviously with the platform change there are better graphics and a few more abilities. The controls are different, since the gamecube controller has been changed from its predecessor N64 controller.
Metal Gear Solid 2 remains the most loved PS2 game. I have heard superlative comments like... "This is the best game ever. Period." With better graphics and action, it is even more exciting than its precedessor. However, I've heard complaints about it having too many FMV's embedded in the game, but many people enjoy watching FMVs.
What both of these games have in common is that they are both sequels to previous bestsellers, and looks like these sequels would be a success once again. And then there would be more, and more, and more sequels.... which reflects the situation of the FF series. Who knows? There CAN be a Metal Gear solid 15 later on!

I also noticed something. Most, almost all people never read updates with no pictures, even if the updates are really important. So we webmasters will try to update with more pictures to keep you entertained.

Dang! The Lakers lost their 9-winning streak to the Kings! Oh well, California lost to California... Big deal.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xUpdated upcoming/hot games``x1007882912,60845,``x``x ``xYet another great Digimon episode aired Saturday on Fox Kids. These episodes are really, really awesome. Although there was no fighting in this new episode, it contained plenty of great dialogue, humor, and developments that outshines even Pokemon in its first season(after that, Pokemon's dialogue became tiring). In this new episode, all of the kids say goodbye to their respect parents and guardians and try to find the gate connecting to the Digital World. After days of trying, Guilmon eventually finds it underground next to his little den(who would've guessed?). There was also a surprise in the end, with Yamaki showing his true colors, and finally taking off those freaky glasses. Again, we have another new episode next week, where the kids(Takato, Henry, Rika, Kazu, Kenta, and Jeri) finally land in the Digital World. However, I think that it is played at a different time, like 8:30 or 9:30. Don't miss it! Thanks to Digimon Experience for this picture!``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``x``x1007965942,14250,``x``x ``xHappy Holidays everyone! Well, it's not Christmas yet... but I have altered Baam's layout slightly to accomodate to the christmas atmosphere. Also, if you have noticed, I have changed the game poll to another of individual characters in FF games... take a look for yourself! It's on the right sidebar at the very bottom. Click on the pointsetta to view a larger version.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xChristmas theme layout change``x1008486131,44449,``x``x ``xHappy New Year everyone! We are now in the strange palindromic year of 2002. I hope you all had a good time on New Year's Eve with all the champagne and of course, the New Year's countdown. But that's gonna be difficult, since I'm pretty sure most of you still have hangovers. Well, anyway, I don't think we'll ever forget 2001, a horrible year for many people, with so many tragedies and weird stuff. Who can forget the controversial issue of Bush becoming President even though Al Gore got more votes? Or the economy decreasing until it became more stagnant than any point in history? And how about Chandra Levy, just a regular intern whose disappearance sparked off a huge scandal and brought a ridiculous amount of hype over Gary Condit? We also mustn't forget about that freak accident in Israel with the wedding dance, the incident with Andrea Yates drowning all of her children in her bathtub because of depression, or that bastard Jerry Falwell blaming gays, lesbians, abortionists, and others "who have tried to secularize America" for the destruction of the World Trade Center. But, of course, no one can forget September 11, where America was attacked after a long period of relative peacetime, lost one of the most important buildings in the world, highlighted Osama bin Laden as international enemy #1, and brought the best out of President Bush, Mayor Giuliani, and Donald Rumsfield. 2001 was truly a strange year, one that I don't think anyone will ever forget for a long time.

On a lighter note, there is some bad news. Fox Kids has canceled its weekday schedule. This is mainly due to low ratings, and the lack of enthusiam from ad sponsors. Their Saturday morning program is still going strong, though.

I have updated the Acknowledgements section with some thanks from myself now, along with Goldporygon. Go read them if you wish.``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xHappy New Year!``x1009935092,77658,``x``x ``xWell, FF10 has been released in late December, and every FF fan has rushed to go get it on the day of its release. As always, it granted satisfaction to it's customers, and is another best seller in the video game market. Reviewers give it in the 9-10 range(not suprisingly) but the feature that stands out the most is the graphics, since it is the 1st FF game for the PS2 platform. To the left is a rather silly screenshot of Cactuar. If you have any more comments/news about FF10 feel free to email me or post in the forums and I'll post it up here.
Also, I am currently making an image gallery for particularly popular anime. It should be ready within a month, probably in a couple of weeks, but the number of pics posted will be limited to the amount of space left on this server, which isn't much.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xFinal Fantasy 10``x1010344373,21538,``x``x ``xWell, this can come as good or bad news, but I'm pretty sure it's bad. Starting March 2nd, some of the Fox Kids programs, including Digimon, will be moved to the ABC Family channel. Digimon will be aired every weekday at 7 AM for an hour. The bad part about this is that I'm not sure that ABC will air new episodes of Digimon, since it doesn't show on weekends.``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xDigimon On A New Network!``x1011152594,58919,``x``x ``x
Hi! Im the newest staff member here at Ibaam! I will update on news about different games, like Final Fantasy. I have news about Diablo 2 right now. It seems that there is a new dupe hack which lets you dupe different items that are totally clean. There are rare items suddenly popping up out of nowhere, like very high level runes and 1.08 items. It is wise not to make any major trades at this point.
Also, Square started to sell FFXI merchandise. They include a poster, a phonecard (picture) , and a key chain. Unfortunately, these are not availiable in the US and are only sold in Japan.``xMallow``xmallow615@yahoo.com``xHi!``x1011662205,52932,``x``x ``xI have made a FF X section-- it is still premature, but I do have something it. Mallow will continue to build on it. Also, I have posted 2 new reviews- The Fellowship of the Ring, and Final Fantasy X. Feel free to read these-- for they got execellent ratings! So, as a chain reaction, I have updated my sidebars.
The picture gallery for Evangelion will be finished this weekend.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xUpdates, FF X, Reviews``x1012626052,23969,``x``x ``xAfter nearly two months of stagnation, Digimon finally got two new episodes Saturday. I only watched one of them, so I can't really give a summary of the episodes. We have another two new Digimon episodes next Saturday as well. In addition, if you still remember that update I made earlier about Digimon moving to ABC family, that is only partly true. Digimon moves to ABC family in syndication. The new episodes still show on Fox luckily, on the weekends, but the weekday block moves to ABC family. Pretty clever, but I'm pretty sure it's not going to work.

"Question-Is it true what they say about men with big feet?
Answer-What, that the bigger the feet, the bigger the bomb?"
-Impersonation of Richard Reid on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xNew Digimon Episodes``x1013411297,4845,``x``x ``xJust very recently.... a new supposedly "runeword"? was created, called "ITH". IT's stats are amazing, actually very much like the "Silence" rune word, except there are sockets to put other items. These items are extremely popular on EBAY- just type in ITH in the search field, and all the items should come up. They sell for about 10-40 bucks. Other diablo sites do not have this information.... so it must be a new bug. This topic is in the forums, under General Computer Gaming-- feel free to post there.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``x``x1014361449,56954,``x``x ``xFFXI has been scheduled for release in Japan, on April 27, 2002. It will be 6800 yen, which is around 50 US $.
The customers will enjoy two months of free, unlimited subscription to playonline.com. After this 2 month period, a fee of 500 yen every month, or about 4 dollars in US $, will be issued.
``xMallow``xmallow615@yahoo.com``xFFXI update``x1014772235,56440,``x``x ``xWe had two new episodes of Digimon today, just like last week. I couldn't provide a summary of last week's episodes because I was away for some debate business, so I didn't get to watch the episodes. Anyway, in today's episodes, we got to see more of the theory behind the Digital World evolution concept, as data is just like cells. Pretty simple concept. The two episodes completely focused on Takato and Henry, who are separated from the rest of the group. The second episode played today was the best, as it really revealed a lot of Susie's character. Susie also became a tamer at the end of the episode, which is by far one of the most surprising and most bizarre plot twists in the series. Her Digimon is Lopmon, a former deva, which is essentially a darker version of Henry's Terriermon. So since the group has entered the Digital World, there have been an addition of three new tamers: Jeri, Kazu, and Susie. Don't miss the two new episodes next Saturday, as there will be yet another dramatic plot twist to see(I won't spoil it).

It's about time I need to update the Diablo II section. Since my FAQ on the Sorc is grossly outdated(I wrote it in Version 1.06 and now it's V1.09), especially with my info about ThunderStorm being a weak spell and missing. So expect to see the Diablo II section updated, with accurate information on all characters.

Also expect to see a layout change in the site. Seeing as how the FF sections and the gaming sections need to be better organized, a new layout must be made. So expect a new layout to come soon as well.

"This is how you defeat the undefeatable Sin."
-Auron, FFX``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xNew Eps of Digimon``x1015096543,70474,``x``x ``xYup, you guessed it. Although this might be old news for some people, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra performed the 20020220 Music from Final Fantasy concert at, of course, February 20, 2002, which explains the strange number above. If you don't get it, it fits together this way: (Year)(Month)(Day). Anyway, this is basically another Final Fantasy Symphonic Suite, but with much more arrangements from all the FF games. Unfortunately, I can't provide a picture for this event. You can get much more information from people that actually attended the concert way off in the Japanese mainland at The Gaming Intelligence Agency and Sound Track Central. Here are the arrangements that were performed:
Liberi Fatali (FFVIII)
Theme of Love (FFIV)
FFI-FFIII Medley[Chaos Palace(FFI), Matoya's Cave(FFI), Maiden of the Water(FFIII), Chocobo!(FFII), Theme of the Rebel Army(FFII)]
Aeris' Theme (FFVII)
Don't Be Afraid (FFVIII)
Terra's Theme (FFVI)
Dear Friends (FFV)
Vamo' Alla Flamenco (FFIX)
At Zanarkand (FFX)
Yuna's Decision (FFX)
Love Grows (FFVIII)
Suteki Da Ne (FFX) with Rikki
The Place I'll Return to Someday ~ Melodies of Life (FFIX) with Emiko Shiratori
One-Winged Angel (FFVII)
Man with the Machine Gun (FFVIII)
Main Theme of Final Fantasy

For those of us that didn't attend the concert(basically everyone), Square has announced that they will release a CD from this concert.``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xFF Concert``x1015387057,16699,``x``x ``xThis can come as good news and bad news for some people. It was announced that square and nintendo have reunited. The gamecube and Gameboy advance will have Final fantasy games, which should be released by the end of this year. However, other square games, have not been anounced for any nintendo system so far. Square is already working hard on Gamecube and Gba games. There is one game scheduled for japan now, but there is no plan to bring it to american shores.``xMallow``xmallow615@yahoo.com``xReunited``x1015695911,30044,``x``x ``xAll I can say is, wow. We had the usual two new episodes of Digimon this Saturday, titled Lionheart and Give a Little Bit. These two are easily some of the best episodes that Digimon has had to offer in the past few years. I really must commend the writers and Saban on these; the episodes were incredibly well-written, directed, and dubbed. Oh well, since Fox Kids is never going to show replays of episodes, and ABC Family is going to take quote a long time to replay these episodes, I'll just give a summary. Basically, in Lionheart, Beelzemon, the evolution of the lovable little Impmon, shows how changed he really is by assaulting the kids. It was foreshadowed like mad in the begining of the episode, and yes, it's true, Leomon does get killed at the hands of Beelzemon. So now Jeri has no Digimon. This act causes Takato to rage beyond control, and much like Tai in Season 1, Guilmon digivolves into some weird freakish monster that is uncontrollable. The second episode, Give a Little Bit, was the better one, as they go to battle. During the battle, that idiot monkey Mokuromon comes to taunt Beelzemon, and ends up getting smoked in the process. Since Beelzemon is able to absorb powers, he is able to defeat Megidramon, that freakish monster. The rest of the episode is truly great, with Takato realizes his mistakes once again and asking for retribution. Then we are introduced to something totally new: biomerging. Takato is able to combine with Guilmon and form a much more powerful Mega level, which is a pretty cool concept, in my opinion. And the episodes leave us hanging there. The background music used in this episode was exceptional, especially during the biomerging sequence. Oh well, remember to tune in next week for another two new Digimon episodes.

By the way, for those of our viewers that visit the page Pokemopolis, it was deleted off of its former server, and has moved to dodgy.topcities.com.``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xNew Digimon Eps.``x1015795744,24913,``x``x ``xBefore we get to the headline, we had two new episodes again of Digimon this weekend, continuing from where we left off last week. Beelzemon and Gallantmon had their long-awaited battle in the first episode, and obviously, Gallantmon won. However, Beelzemon didn't get killed off, so we may see him again in a future episode. The second episode involved the group infiltrating the Sovereign's castle, where we finally got to see our first glimpse of the Sovereign, who is a pathetic looking red dragon. Henry also biomerged with Terriermon to form the mega-level Megagargomon. The music used in the biomerge sequence is really amazing, along with the really beautiful looking CG graphics used in them. Can't wait to see the next biomerge. I believe we have only one new episode of Digimon next week, but don't be too sure. I will also now put up the schedule of Saturday morning every Friday now.

Yup, that's right, no more bugged items on the closed realms of Battle.net Diablo II. For most of us, that is bad news, but for some, a relief. On March 15, Blizzard shut down the realms for a few minutes, and deleted every single bugged and duped item on the realms. That means we won't be able to see any weird items like the bugged Sigon's Shield picture here(click on it for a larger image). However, Blizzard also deleted old items, which really sucks, since Goldporygon lost his 1.08 Valor over it. That's right, any items that changed from 1.08 to 1.09 were also deleted, since they possessed "illegal modifiers", as said on Blizzard's Diablo II Page. So that sucks. Oh well anyway, the good news is that when we trade on B.net, we can at least be sure that the item we are getting in return is legit.``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xNo More Bugged Items!``x1016418407,71092,``x``x ``xWow again. "Song of Sakuyamon" aired today, as we finally got to see the first glimpse of the D-Reaper(that dumb purple jelly thing that kills) and Rika's biomerge. The group just spends the entire episode trying to battle the D-Reaper and stop its ascension, while trying to rescue Calumon at the same time. But of course the main highlight of this episode is Rika's biomerge, which is undoubtedly the most detailed and colorful of all the other biomerges, but strangely, as before, not in CG. Overall a very enjoyable episode, definitely a sort of foreboding to the stuff that comes ahead(and yes, a LOT of weird stuff is going to happen later). The voices were especially well done in this episode, mainly Rika and Ryo stealing the show, but I do have some complaints, as Rika's character seemed a bit out of touch in this episode, since she was actually caring and wasn't her usual cold self, and the poem that Sakuyamon recited after Rika and Renamon biomerges bothered me a bit. Also, Sakuyamon reminded me a bit of the anime Cardcaptors, on WB, especially with the rune markings below her feet and the staff. But still, it's a great episode. I believe we have two new episodes next week, at the same new time.

In other news, Yasumi Natsuno of the new Square and Nintendo alliance announced that Final Fantasy Tactics, that awesome PSX game, will be ported over to the GBA. It won't be an exact port, as there will be some modifications, probably due to the fact that the GBA is handheld, and there will be a new auto-save feature, allowing the player to save at any time in the game. That really helps, considering how difficult FF Tactics is. FF Tactics for the GBA should be out in winter in Japan.

Also, the Final Fantasy 20020220 CD is finally going to be released. It is a 2-CD Set, featuring all the performances from the show, and a bonus CD containing footage of Nobuo Uematsu's thoughts of Final Fantasy and some other features. It should be out in May 9th in Japan.

"Nothing's a cliche when it's happening to you."
-Max Payne``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xDigimon, FFT``x1017515656,68580,``x``x ``x
After all this time, I finally set up the Evangelion section. There are several sections for now, but it will expand over time. Feel free to check it out; it's located on the left sidebar under Anime. Also, Baam! layout version 6.0 will be effective in about a week.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xNew Evangelion Section Up``x1017877581,86529,``x``x ``xHmm... that's weird. Last week, at the end of the new Digimon episode, a commercial came on saying that we were going to get two new Digimon episodes tomorrow. Seems like we only get one now. But it's sensible, since there are only 51 episodes in Digimon Tamers(as the series made its finale last week, I think), and we are on Episode 39, so FoxKids probably has to spread their episodes apart a bit. I believe we have a rerun of Digimon at 9:00 tomorrow, Song of Sakuyamon, and a new one at Digimon's new time, 10:00. If you missed Song of Sakuyamon last week, you can watch it again tomorrow. Don't miss it!

Unfortunately, Kids WB doesn't seem to post their schedule anymore.``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xSchedule``x1018072229,69060,``x``x ``xLots of stuff on Digimon today. We had only new episode of Digimon today at its new time at 10:00. Titled "Janyu's Ark", Takato and company finally get their ride home, as Yamaki and the Digimon crew send an Ark to the Digital World to pick them up. Calumon also powers up his light of digivolution, making a bunch of Digimon digivolve to their mega forms(which was sorta pointless, really). Diaboromon, from the Digimon movie, also makes an appearance, and makes Beelzemon de-digivolve(more like force) back to good ol' Impmon. Before climbing onto the Ark, Rika and Renamon also set out to retrieve Impmon, and they do find him, during which in a very heartwarming scene, Impmon takes his scarf back. But the main point of interest in this episode is Jeri, who has turned evil-ish(pay close attention to the color of her eyes), probably from the feeling of self-hate and the intense psychological trauma of losing loved ones. This is definitely a foreshadowing of things to come in the series, during which we only have about 11 episodes left. I believe we also have another new Digimon next week at the same time. Also, did anyone notice, during the light of digivolution scene with the Megas, that there were a bunch of old Digimon that made appearances before in the bunch? I could have sworn I saw Metalseadramon and Machinedramon(both Dark Masters from Season 1) in the group. And lastly, there was a commercial played today on Digimon that showed something interesting: the digivolution sequences in Japanese don't say "Digivolution", instead they just say plain "evolution". The font used in the Japanese version is also more bold and green. I guess it was changed to avoid lawsuits from Pokemon.

"Every wave begins with a drop of water."
-Renamon``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xNew Digimon Ep``x1018137975,17432,``x``x ``xWhat an amazing episode! Homeward Bound aired today, and boy, oh boy, another awesome episode for us. Rika, Jeri, and Takato got a ton of character building in this episode. By the way, if you didn't watch the episode, then don't read this review(since Fox Kids now airs re-runs of the previous episode every Saturday at 9:00 now and there's a huge memorable quote taken from the episode). In the new episode today, Takato and co. board the Ark to go home. But Rika is still with Impmon, and is running late on time. The first scene, with Takato waiting on Rika, even though they have very limited time, is very emotional, yet incredibly funny at the same time, due to Guilmon's constant comments(his voice sounded strange too) and everybody forming a chain to help Takato on board. Eventually, Rika does make it onto the Ark, and we also get to see Ryo's Cyberdramon de-digivolve(to fit in the ark). When they reach the real world(not without some general struggles, of course), Impmon leaves, and Jeri has no ride home, so Takato vouches to take her home. That leads up to the climax of this episode, simply one of the best scenes in Digimon or in anime ever, where Takato and Jeri are on the train and Takato confesses his love for Jeri. Here's the quote:

"You know Jeri, I've always wanted to tell you. You're the nicest girl I've ever met. I think, I mean you always talked to me and stuff when no one else would, and maybe it sounds silly, but sometimes I imagined that you might kinda like me... the way that I like you... Well, I mean, it's not like I think about you all the time, 'cause I do. Ugh! This is hard! What I'm trying to say, more than just a friend, Jeri, is that I like you. I really do. (*if you look closely at this part, Jeri cracks a very small smile*) I hate seeing you this way, but when this whole thing started, I was so happy 'cause you were a Tamer and got to come to the Digital World with us.. Then Leomon died... and you became so sad... I thought that if I brought you back home to the real world maybe you'd be yourself again, but now you just sit there not saying or doing anything! I keep thinking, how much of this is my fault, that if I didn't bring you to the Digital World, you'd still be happy... But you're not. I'm so sorry, Jeri. (tears begin to fall) I'm so sorry that you had to go through all that... that I couldn't help save Leomon. I just wish that you'd talk to me, Jeri!"

Yup, that's one heck of a good quote. I really have to congratulate Saban on this one. Saban has a nasty habit of totally ruining and making crappy romance scenes, if you've watched some of their earlier works(like Power Rangers, VR Troopers, and the like). But they did this one in Digimon Tamers perfectly. The background music with the piano and violin totally fits, Takato's voice actor doesn't overact like most kids-show voice actors do, and the scene is just remarkably well done. Oh well, to continue, after this cool train scene, Takato finally brings her home, where we get our first glimpse of Jeri's father, who is one freaky bastard. Can you say child neglection? I'm really surprised that this is actually shown on children's programming, since this type of stuff is normally not suitable for this age group, but eh, credit goes to Fox Kids for being the underdog! Anyway, in the end, the Tamers discover that the Chaos has followed them into their own world, and Jeri's slick smile she gave to her mother while hugging her seems to foreshadow something. I think we have another new episode next week at the same time, so don't miss it!``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xHomeward Bound(without the Golden Retriever, Cat, and Michael J. Fox)``x1018726913,27297,``x``x ``xReunion aired today, showing the original three Tamers(Takato, Rika, Henry) actions after their reunion in the real world. In typical Japanese-fare, the Japanese army(or military, they never really say) goes off to fight against the D-Reaper, or chaos, and the Tamers decide, with some obstacles on the way, to fight off the Chaos even against their parents' wishes. Impmon also manages to get his own home, and we got to see a bit more of Jeri, freaky as ever. It still disturbs me to how her eyes look and why nobody seems to notice how weird she's acting. Rika also replaced her old shirt with the broken heart with the exact same one with a full heart(probably to signify her character development, since she started out all cold-hearted but now is quite caring but still sharp at times). The highlight scene(which I'm going to include in every one of my cluttered episode summations from now on) is when Takato, Rika, and Henry somehow manage to reunite in the same underground tunnel without calling each other. And then comes the weirdest scene: Guilmon compliments to Renamon how she's always right, and Takato blushes, and after thinking for a while, tells Rika that he likes her shirt, which makes them both blush. Hmm... I thought this was an awkward, but creative scene. Anyway, this episode is more of a setup for future episodes to come, so don't miss the rest of the Digimon Tamers episodes.

"Okay, just keep walking, and pretend that she's not staring at you, and don't say anything. {turns around} "I have to say that that shirt looks good on you." {both blush}
-Takato``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xReunion``x1019328021,64193,``x``x ``xOnly one episode of Digimon today, due to the one hour long Medabots finale. Beelzemon's Big Day aired, showing the Tamers having their first taste of the D-Reaper's power. We got to see our first glimpse of ADR-02(the birdies) and ADR-04(that spinning blade extension) in action. In case you haven't watched the Japanese version of Digimon Tamers, ADR stands for Agents of D-Reaper, which are essentially extensions of D-Reaper that serve various purposes. Each of them has a designation number. We'll get to see a lot more of them in future episodes. Anyway, in this episode, the Tamers fight the D-Reaper for the first time, and spend the entire episode fighting one ADR-04, which can imitiate their attacks. Meanwhile, Impmon is looking for his original partners, Ai and Mako(those two little kids). There was some pretty characterization for Impmon in this episode, showing us his softer side. The main highlight of this episode is Beelzemon Blaster Mode, who is Impmon's true evolution. According to Toei's website, Beelzemon is his dark digivolution while Beelzemon Blaster Mode(with the black wings and arm cannon) is his true evolution. Sorta confusing, since they almost look identical. Overall a very entertaining episode, with some good action, but the Japanese version was still better, mainly because they played the EVO music when Impmon was about to digivolve, instead of that orchestral arrangement used in our American version. Both versions were excellent, but Evo seemed to fit the situation more. Also, did anyone notice that this episode seemed to be a throw-back to Digimon's earlier days, as there were more jokes made, and almost never a moment of silence? Of course, it's nowhere near as annoying as it was back in 01 and 02, but it's just questionable. This time, the jokes are actually pretty good, though, so I'll give them a point for that. We have another new Digimon episode next Saturday, so keep watching!

Gah, this new layout is taking a lot longer than I anticipated. The new layout for iBaam.com should be out within the next two days.

"I love you too. Aw man I can't believe I just said that!"
-Impmon in today's episode``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xCorona Blaster!(not the beer company)``x1019928009,18782,``x``x ``xOnly one new episode today, "The Messenger". This was mainly a filler episode, but it explained a lot about the nature of the D-Reaper and the Ark. The episode mainly involved interviews with people that explained stuff about Digimon and the D-Reaper, which cleared up some stuff. All of the ADR's(Agents of D-Reaper) are individual entities, acting like a collective, since they are connected by a cable. The Tamers didn't really do that much in this episode, except go have a nice big meal at Rika's house, but they also fought for the first time against ADR-04, the floating little octopus that fires projectiles. But the main highlight of the episode is Alice and Dobermon, making their first appearance here. Dobermon is just sent by the Digimon Sovereign's(I thought they were already dead) to give the Tamers the ability to biomerge, since they can't do it in the real world, because they are actual humans, instead of being data when they were in the Digital World. There were also two new Eyecatch scenes(you know, the little video clips they show before and after a commercial break), with Takato drawing the Fox Kids logo and Kazu doing a Card Slash. And lastly, there was actually an additional scene added to this episode! Right when Kyubimon, Gargomon, and Growlmon Matrix Digivolve, the original Japanese version just has them do that, but the American Version played today adds in a Card Slash scene! However, the Card Slash scene is wrong though, because the Tamers card slash a regular card, instead of a blue card. We have TWO NEW episodes next week. I've already watched the rest of Digimon Tamers in Japanese, and the next two episodes are AWESOME, so don't miss them!

"What is this chaotic world? These creatures mindlessly act on their own, but there is no value in the one. Only pain and doubt outside the collective!"
-Jeri``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xMatrix Digivolution! With a regular card!``x1020561741,33177,``x``x ``xAh, finally, after all those delays I made, mainly because in my discovering of how useful IRC is in obtaining Digimon episodes, Baam! Version 6.0 is finally here. There are now much more sections then there were before, namely Max Payne, Digimon, Diablo II, Evangelion, and StarCraft. All of the dead links from the older version have been corrected now, so all of the links should work. EXCEPT for the StarCraft and Diablo II ones. Goldporygon is responsible for StarCraft, so he will inform you when they are ready, and Diablo II is a pain in the ass to do(only the Amazon and Sorceress sections are up), so I might have to remove some of the classes on there(honestly though, who needs strategies on how to make a Druid or Barbarian?). In the future, I will change the sidebar so that each Digimon season will have its own bar on the left sidebar, and I will also add a CounterStrike section. In the meantime, the sections that I am working now on right now are reviews(which will be up in hopefully a week) and downloads, for music and other assorted things, of course. In the meantime, enjoy the new layout! And by the way, the Evangelion section does not have the new layout applied to it, just for memories sake.

In Digimon related news, here is our schedule for the rest of the Digimon Tamers' episodes:
May 11-Episode 45 and 46 will air
May 18-Episode 47 and 48 will air
May 25-Season Finale of Digimon Tamers. Three part finale, Episode 49, 50, and 51 will air. The times are unconfirmed.
Don't miss any of these episodes, as they are all awesome, especially the ending!

Any of you notice that the popular Kazaa was taken off of Download.com's most popular list? This is because it was discovered that Kazaa has spyware in it. What that means is that it allows the folks that created Kazaa to see everything you are doing and look at your files. If any of you looked closely at the Terms of Agreement upon installing, you would have seen this, but since no one looks at those, they got away with it until now. So don't use Kazaa unless you're willing to risk it! I would recommend still using it, because it's still one of the most reliable ways to get free stuff(especially Anime episodes of Evangelion, Kenshin, Love Hina, etc...).

"I've got this stabbing pain in my head. I think it's called a conscience."
-Impmon``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xBaam! Version 6.0``x1020652672,49043,``x``x ``xHoo hoo hoo! We had two absolutely awesome episodes today of Digimon Tamers. If you didn't watch the episodes, I would recommend AGAINST reading what I write here, because it'll spoil a lot of stuff, but if you have a good Internet connection, you can just download the episodes off of IRC ^_^. Just go to #anime&digimon with key "digi" and get your stuff there. Anyway, Episode 45 aired at 9:00. The Tamers finally got the energy from a destroyed Dobermon to biomerge to Mega, and oh yeah, this is one great sequence. Three biomerges in a row! There was some extra footage added into the Sakuyamon biomerge sequence, probably because they couldn't fit the music in. After they biomerge to their respective mega forms(Megagargomon, Sakuyamon, and Gallantmon), the Tamers/Digimon take on the D-Reaper's numerous ADR-04 and 05's. The fighting scene here, with the Megas fighting, is done VERY WELL. The annoying double voicing that was used for all of the megas was trashed, so now we get one single voice for each Mega. COOL! The sounds of the fighting were also slightly muted, as the Monster Makers in the building were talking at the same time about the D-Reaper, which was different from the way the Japanese Version handled it, but nevertheless, better. Eventually, the plot thickens as Gallantmon suddenly gets sucked in to the D-Reaper. But no, he doesn't get killed, and somehow survives and is able to move around inside the D-Reaper. I guess the D-Reaper has a mind of its own; it probably wanted Takato to go inside it, so it didn't destroy him. Inside the Reaper, Takato lands in the park, and de-digivolves back to regular form, and finds Jeri in there! But she isn't quite herself... FAJ(my abbreviation for Freaky Ass Jeri) with the strange eyes and the dead white skin begins doing some serious BORG talk to Takato, saying stuff like "All humans and Digimon must be deleted!" and "Resistance is pointless!". Takato is shaken, nevertheless, by this, but he doesn't see past the fact that the "Jeri" that he's talking to isn't really Jeri. Guilmon, however, does. The episode ends with "Jeri" slightly shedding her disguise by what can best be described as growing from Age 10 to 17 in 3 seconds, while growing a sugoi pair of wings. Overall, episode 45 was AWESOME! There was some seriously crazy action going on in this episode, which is what Tamers lacks(really awesome action) and along with that, some great plot developments for the D-Reaper. The picture you see here is a cutscene that wasn't shown in the American version. In the original Japanese Version, while Yamaki is speaking to Daisy about the Ark, he adjusts his glasses with his middle finger, but in the dub today, it was edited so that his finger was never shown. Heh heh. Such an advantage it is, to have Japanese Digimon episodes...

And Digimon Tamers Episode 46 aired at 10:00 today. Continuing from where Ep45 left off, a mysterious humanoid Digimon suddenly appears to where Sakuyamon and Megagargomon are. It eventually reveals itself as Justimon, which is Ryo and Cyberdramon's biomerged mega form. We get to see our first glimpse of ADR-06, or Horn Striker, which attacks Justimon and keeps him occupied for the rest of the episode. Sakuyamon and Megagargomon, however, go off to attempt to save Takato. Meanwhile, while Takato is getting mind-raped by the J-Reaper(she keeps imitating Jeri, saying various things that she used to say, and keeps taunting Takato with all the BORG talk), Calumon and Impmon go on a little journey together to save Jeri. They eventually find(with a lot of help from Calumon, I'm guessing he has some innate sense of invisible objects) where the real Jeri is held; she is being held in a large D-Reaper sphere(that is invisible) between two government buildings. Impmon evolves to Beelzemon and fires several rounds at the invisible ball, making it visible, and opens a hole so that Calumon can go in and rescue Jeri. While this happens, Takato has finally had enough of the J-Reaper's mind games, and runs toward her, in sadness and despair, only to find her to shed her real disguise! ADR-01(or J-Reaper) really looks like the picture you see here. After a few rounds of chasing Takato and Guilmon around, bursting trees in the process, Marineangemon finally goes in and rescue Takato by throwing little blue heart-shaped bubbles at the J-Reaper. I'm guessing Marineangemon's attack is some sort of healing projectile, because it causes the ADR-01 to run(more like fly) like hell. And the episode ends with the group exiting the D-Reaper(thanks to Megagargomon's huge transforming smile missiles) and Takato vowing to save Jeri. Overall, Episode 46 is yet another awesome episode. The double voices were brought back a bit, but it wasn't nearly as annoying as it was back in Adventure 02, and some of the single voicing still remains intact, so that's good. Also, Episode 46 was seriously creepy in the Japanese Version, really helped by the ominous background music, but the American Version is not quite as effective. The background music in the American Version is still awesome, though, but at times, it doesn't fit quite as well. Most of the time, it fits better though(best example would be Episode 34 and 35, Lionheart and Give A Little Bit). I must give credit to the voice actor that did J-Reaper's voice; it was absolutely awesome! Totally scary and much better than the mechanical Japanese version. Anyway, we have two new episodes next week, 47 and 48, so don't miss them! Hopefully, they'll be as awesome as today's new episodes.

"Your feelings of concern and compassion do nothing but make you weak!"
- J-Reaper``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xDos Episodias Nuevas (my attempt at Espanol)``x1021143668,23486,``x``x ``xThe Reviews section has been renewed-- the section is under Miscellaneous. 2 more reviews have been added- Catch-22 and Closing Time, both comedy books written by Joseph Heller. Also, Protoss and Zerg strategies for Starcraft is now active. Maximize your starcraft skill and ability by absorbing some of the great strategies we have here.
Lakers is now leading 3-1 to the Spurs. One more game and they win the playoffs--- so Laker fans- cheer them on! Those who aren't, well, the Spurs got quite a bit to catch up, but don't lose hope!``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xReviews, SC``x1021270675,3524,``x``x ``xDigimon Episode Episode 47 aired today at 9:00, chronicling their continuous fight against the D-Reaper. In the beginning, one of the most freakiest and scariest scenes in children's programming is shown; Nightmare Jeri and her reminiscence over her late mother plagues Jeri, and the way that it is presented is quite disturbing. The Tamers move to the Hypnos' building for their new HQ to regroup. Meanwhile, Takato talks to Jeri's father and tells him that it isn't Jeri's fault that she's gone; even though that the father seems like a very abusive and angry man, he is revealed to be caring, as he goes to go to attempt to save Jeri, while shedding a few tears himself. A new ADR, ADR-07, appears, while the Tamers arrive. The ADR-07 just scans Jeri's father, and after some scenes with the fact that the D-Reaper doesn't understand what a father is, Rika and Takato biomerge to go fight the ADR-07. Jeri's father even attempts to fight the ADR-07 by crashing his car into one of his appendages. It is destroyed rather easily, with Justimon cutting the cable, but then, surprise, surprise, ADR-08 appears right after that. They get beaten up pretty badly by ADR-08, until Hypnos rebuilds the Ark, adding new components and renaming it Grani, after Siegfried's horse. Shibumi gets his own card-slash sequence, by using a blue-card to activate Grani. It bio-emerges(reference to the beginning of Tamers) in the real world and Gallantmon rides it, killing ADR-08 along the way. Yup, pretty quick and crude summary. Overall, this episode was very good. Some really good action, some serious horror, and some real emotion and character development from Jeri, Jeri's father, Takato, and Rika make this one heck of an awesome episode. Although I still have to admit that the Japanese Version of this episode is better, not because of the translation(which is still the best dubbing I've ever seen in mainstream television), but because of background music. Usually, the American background music is better than the original, but this time, the Japanese version triumphs. It is also fun to note that they added another scene again; Rika's biomerge is lengthened this time, instead of using the cut version with her full heart shirt, they used the original one with Sakuyamon holding her Yin-Yang hand to the moon and it cutting to Renamon longer than usual. Or in other words, for the incredibly observant(or for the people that just LOVE Rika's biomerge), she's basically without clothes for a longer time.

And we had another new episode at 10:00, Shadow of the Beast King. This episode mainly revolved around Beelzemon, and his guilt over his killing Leomon. Episode 48 begins with ADR-09 and ADR-10, appearing, which are the Kernel Sphere and the Gatekeeper around the Chaos ball that is around Jeri. After tons of awesome action scenes, Beelzemon and Gallantmon, with Grani, go off to fight it, after destroying several legions of ADR-04's. The Hypnos' people find a way to establish a connection with D-Reaper(not really, they can just see things from it's point of view now) and use its power to see inside the Megas. Sorta weird here, I think something was lost in the translation, since this plot element doesn't exactly make sense. They find out that the Tamers are inside the Megas, and this makes Lopmon yearn to go help them. We then get to see Suzie do her card-slash sequence, which is just sooo cute(she slashed a Queen Device, which allows a Female Digimon to become as powerful as a mega), on Lopmon/Antylamon. After that, Beelzemon goes up to ADR-09, and after unleashing some seriously powerful attacks, like the Pentagram-ish Corona Destroyer, Takato uses Grani's Yuggoth Blaster attack to destroy the ADR-10. Beelzemon then goes up to save Jeri, and right when Jeri regains some of her consciousness and realizes that Beelzemon is outside, we get one cool sequence where Beelzemon uses the data he absorbed from Leomon to unleash the Fist of the Beast King, to break a wall in the ADR-09. Really great emotional scene here, the summary I'm providing here doesn't do it justice. But being reminded of Leomon puts Jeri back into her emotional-depressed state, and Beelzemon is forced out. The episode ends in a cliffhanger when Beelzemon gets hurt badly by some flying shingles of the ADR-10. Overall, this is definitely one of the best episodes ever made for Digimon. There was a LOT of character development for Beelzemon, and the last few minutes of the episode were realy emotional, thanks to some really good dubbing(this is definitely one of the most well translated episodes of all time, not just for Digimon, but for all anime). Saban and Disney really got it going on, now. I don't believe we have new episodes next week, because there weren't commercials on them. Instead, we should have two old episodes, "Lionheart" and "Give A Little Bit". So stay tuned! Also notice that for the Digimon Tamers commercial, with the Matrix-like feel to it, with the biomerges and Beelzemon, they finally changed it so that the EVO screen says "Matrix Digivolution" instead of the Japanese original, "Matrix Evolution". Just a fun fact.

"Jeri, I'm going to get you out of there if it's the last thing I freaking do!"
-Beelzemon

"Prepare to meet your programmer!"
-Guardromon``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xFreakin' good episodes``x1021761899,61643,``x``x ``xThe Starcraft/Brood War section is basically finished, minus the index pages for Zerg and Terran, but the main stuff is there. The Starcraft section includes: Detailed Strategies for each race including strategies against other races, Units at a glance, and a special section that explains difficulties of our strategies and Race statistics. The section is on the left sidebar near the middle. Enjoy and improve your Starcraft skills!``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xStarcraft Section Finished``x1021867348,76952,``x``x ``x The new xbox and ps2 have finally dropped their prices to $199 dollars. This now lets even more people purchase these consoles, and finally puts these consoles to a reasonable price. Now the previous system that has been $199 at its release, still keeps its rank of the cheapest next generation console in the market. The gamecube, has also lowered its price by $50, making the final price $149``xMallow``xmallow615@yahoo.com``xNew console prices``x1021946076,42780,``x``x ``xThe new American names for all the characters and Digimon have been revealed! Here they are...
Japanese Name - English Name - English Digimon Name
Takuya - Takuya - Agunimon, BurningGreymon
Izumi - Zoe - Kazemon, Zephyrmon
Kouji - Koji - Lobomon, KendoGarurumon
Junpei - J.P. - Beetlemon, MetalKabuterimon
Tomoki - Tommy - Kumamon, Korikakumon

Hmm... The English character names are fine, but the English Digimon names are absolutely horrible! Ugh... I don't see why they had to change Fairymon to Kazemon or Blitzmon to Beetlemon. Let's just hope that Disney doesn't screw things up(they already did with the names) and translates Frontier as well as Tamers was dubbed.

It seems as if the Fox Kids schedule for the finale of Digimon Tamers has changed. Next week, we will only have one new episode, Episode 49, and the week after, the final two episodes will be aired.``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xABC Digimon Frontier Names``x1022548883,61298,``x``x ``xWe had only one new episode today at 10:30, Episode 49, the D-Reaper's Feast. For those of you that live in certain parts of the West Coast and Canada, this episode was totally interrupted by stupid Fox Baseball. I live in California, and for some weird reason, it wasn't interrupted, so I got real lucky today. Anyway, what an emotional episode! It was MUCH, MUCH BETTER than its Japanese counterpart(probably because I could understand what was going on, but the background music was also better). It continued right off where 48 started, with Beelzemon getting badly damaged by the card-fragments of the ADR-10. His descent into the D-Reaper, slowly dissipating away, is definitely one of the most emotional scenes in Digimon. The background music used in this section really helped too. However, and this is a surprise, Beelzemon doesn't die, and reverts back to Impmon, nearly dead. Which is a good thing because I'm sure it would've made many fans angry to see one of the most memorable characters in Digimon history, Impmon/Beelzemon, get killed off. After this, the United Task Force(which is supposed to be the US military), sends three Stealth planes to bomb the D-Reaper. Instead of using conventional weapons, they instead drop a whole bunch of sensors that attempt to scramble the D-Reaper's communication network. Meanwhile, since Jeri finally woke up from her weird coma-like state from the earlier episodes, she attempts to break free of the ADR-09, but gets assaulted by ADR-01(who is as freaky as ever). It seems as though the D-Reaper leeches off the feelings of despair and guilt from Jeri, and now that Jeri thinks that Beelzemon is dead, she holds herself responsible, providing even more energy to the Chaos. D-Reaper accumulates enough energy from Jeri's sadness, and finally reveals its true form: The Mother D-Reaper(although it wasn't called anything in our American dub). The Mother D-Reaper basically consists of those the original Hypnos building and ADR-09 to form a huge tower, surrounded by Chaos. The Tamers decide to retreat, since it's surrounded by so much Chaos, and a week later, the Tamers have returned to their respective places(Takato back to his house, Rika back to hers, but Henry stays with the Hypnos people). Takato is still constantly worrying about Jeri and her state, but gets a visit from Kai, his cousin. The timing is a bit off here, since Takato was first supposed to meet Kai in Digimon Movie #5, but it's fine. This brings us to one of the strangest and biggest surprise in the American dub of Digimon Tamers. Kai is voiced by Davis!!! What the heck? That's right, Davis from Adventure 02 and the announcer of Tamers voices Kai! Which is weird because Davis's voice totally doesn't match Kai, but somehow, it still sounds pretty cool and funny.
This brings us to another great scene: When Kai asks Takato about the D-Reaper, Takato says that he needs to protect people from getting hurt from D-Reaper, especially Jeri. And then Kai can tell right away that Takato likes Jeri, and Takato even admits it, in a rather funny(and touching) scene. This scene was mainly effective primarily because of how awesome Takato's American voice actor is; he's much better than his Japanese VA. And it's one great scene after another! We get another scene with Rika and Renamon dining with her family, and when Rika's grandma(who looks REALLY young) asks if Renamon's a female, Renamon replies with the statement that Digimon aren't divided by gender. Huh???!?!?!? That's certainly an interesting fact, but it's weird in some ways, seeing as how some Digimon look very masculine(Justimon, for example), and very feminine(like Sakuyamon and Angewomon). And Saban even throws us with some quantum physics: it is discovered that the D-Reaper is a quantum bubble, as its energy is evenly dispersed around its body, and has energy rings circling around it faster than the speed of light. I haven't exactly studied physics(that is, advanced physics) yet, so if anyone can explain this to me, e-mail me. Since the D-Reaper is a quantum bubble, it is basically impossible to penetrate, unless a black hole is opened up within it(hello foreshadowing...). The Monster Makers set out to create the black hole program(which will be later nicknamed Shaggai, or Juggernaut) and they implement it within Terriermon. The interesting part about the black hole program is that besides sucking up D-Reaper into a void, it will also revert it back to its original form, that stupid little program that just deleted data that exceeded its original parameters. So essentially, it's a time machine program. Which is of course, possible, since right now, there are programs that can do this(you know, like if you got a virus or something, and it did some permanent damage on your system, there are programs that can revert your computer back to when it didn't have the virus, or to any time in the past at all. Of course, those programs are rather costly). And here's a surprise; there's a scene in this episode where Jeri goes freaky with her doll-puppet, and attempts to commit suicide. I totally expected that scene to be cut, but it was kept! Yay!!! Since Jeri has caused so much pain to others, she feels it would be better if the world were without her, so that's why she attempts this. Henry also receives a Red Card from Shibumi, which is supposed to let them get an extra edge over the D-Reaper. Its use will be explained in the next episode, so I won't spoil anything. Henry slashes it, which contacts the rest of the Tamers, and they set off! Overall, this was a very powerful episode. Takato got even more characterization here, refusing to back away from a battle, and his care for Jeri seems to be growing. The Jeri suicide scene was great(had some real emotions to it, mainly Jeri's guilt), Kai and Takato's conversation was funny(because of how 1970-80's-ish Kai sounded), and having Davis voice Kai was a pleasant surprise! I must also note that this is definitely the episode with the most ADDED IN scenes! There was a ton of added in scenes in the beginning with the Tamers inside their Digimon, and a whole new EVO scene was added! They added in Rika's biomerge sequence, which is as beautiful as ever, right before they showed Sakuyamon flying off. The background music in this episode was also awesome, as usual, even better than the Japanese version, especially that nice orchestral arrangement in the end, as compared to the Japanese version's "Starting Point". Oh well, next week, the finale of Digimon Tamers airs at 9:30 and 10:00, which is two episodes in a row. Seriosly, don't miss them!

Oh yeah, and in un-Digimon related news, the final Laker game is Sunday! Don't miss it! The score is 3-3, so this game will determine everything

Takato: "Yeah, okay, I guess I like her! I mean, I do..."
Kai: "That's why you're in so much pain. She's a part of you!"
-Digimon Tamers, today's episode``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xThe D-Reaper's Feast``x1022959125,3097,``x``x ``xAs you can see, our right sidebar with upcoming/new releases has been updated. Please use this as a guide to some games you would consider to buy now and in the future.

A new game, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, for the PC and Xbox console, is a new RPG game much like Diablo II except the theme, point of vision is quite dissimilar as it is first person instead of bird''s eye. Graphics are obviously of much higher quality, which can even pose a problem for antiquated computers. Like Diablo, there are character classes (20+) each specializing in different areas such as magic and combat. Of course, they each have their own unique spells. One unique concept is that instead of gaining experience by killing monsters, you gain it by using skills. For example, Magic users gain exp by using more magic, thieves gain more by stealing more goods. It is probable that Morrowind would replace Diablo II as it loses popularity, but Blizzard's name would not be lost as a classic sequel Warcraft III arrives soon to stores and to entertain RTS gamers.
Published by Bethesda Softworks
Developed by Bethesda Softworks
Visit www.morrowind.com. It's a rather eye-candy flash site with information much like Arreat Summit(Diablo II) giving access to information about skills and character classes.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xUpcoming/Popular Games, Morrowind``x1023343570,23837,``x``x ``xThe final two episodes for Digimon Tamers aired today from 9:30-10:30! It was a combined episode, sorta like how the first two episodes were presented. The first episode today continues where last week left off, with Takato saying goodbye to his family and Kai for one final battle against the D-Reaper. After biomerging with Guilmon and riding on Grani to the D-Reaper, he sees a multi-colored ball in the sky and enters it. It's never explained in the episode, but it's sorta a protective shield I think created by the red card. All the Tamers eventually reunite in the multicolored bubble, including Ryo, and Henry card-slashes(err.. Digimodifies) the Red card. The Tamers all biomerge and enter the D-Reaper(which is what the Red card does, it allows them to enter it, even with its heat output to be over 200%). Meanwhile, Jeri, while inside the Mother D-Reaper, attempts to get Calumon out of the D-Reaper's clutches, but fails, and ends up dropping her digivice. As the Tamers enter the D-Reaper, we get one hell of a nice battle with them as they are assaulted by tons of ADR-04's and 08's. As they battle, Jeri finally fights back and gets out of her depression, defying the D-Reaper and arguing with it, saying that her life is meaningful and to be sad is better to feel nothing at all. The argument between Jeri and the D-Reaper, with the D-Reaper stating that humans live for destruction and war(sorry I can't be more specific, I gotta watch the ep again on my tape), is very thematic and is something that we can all relate to and apply to our lives today. Kinda strange seeing this theme conveyed in what's supposed to be a kid's show... Anyway, after fighting some ADR's, Gallantmon dashes ahead of everybody to destroy Mother D-Reaper, but a rift appears in the ground, sending tons of D-Reaper cables out of it. Turns out that the rift is a gateway to the Digital World, where data is being sent at a rate faster than the speed of light. The cables form the Shinigami Reaper, which is essentially a huge finger-like monster with a mouth. The Monster Makers(or wild bunch) see this opportunity to use the Juggernaut program. In case you don't remember, the Juggernaut program was used in one of the really early episodes of Tamers. It basically created a miniature black hole that sucked all data into it. Since the D-Reaper is a quantum bubble, and data is transferring from the rift at a speed faster than light, then activating Juggernaut in the middle of that wormhole would reverse the reaction(since data is transferring from Digital World to Real World), and since the data is transferring at a speed faster than light, it would basically act as a time machine, reverting all the data around back to its original form, or it would just revert all data to the way it was before. Of course, that's good against D-Reaper, because it would change it back to its original form, the stupid little program that did nothing but delete data that exceeded its original parameters. After this, Gallantmon runs up to Mother D-Reaper, but right when he's about to reach the top, something really freaky happens, and ADR-01's head comes out of Mother D-Reaper and spits all this black goo all over Gallantmon. He falls, and just when defeat is about to come, Grani comes and saves the day, fusing with Gallantmon to form Gallantmon Crimson Mode! And that's the end of Episode 50, although it was continued in the dub.

And the final episode begins. Gallantmon CM ascends, with wings and a wicked sword and double lance, to the Mother D-Reaper, and totally kills off the ADR-01 head and a whole army of ADR-06's. And then comes one of the worst parts, and definitely an event that makes several Digimon fans really angry. Justimon asks for Sakuyamon to give up her power to him so he can extend his light-saberish blade to rip open the Shinigami Reaper. So in the final battle, Ryo, a secondary character, somehow becomes very important, and Rika, one of the 3 primary Tamers, gets knocked out of battle... It's weird, yes. But luckily, the rest of this episode is awesome, so I can disregard that. Henry gets contacted by the Hypnos people to activate the Juggernaut program. If you still remember, Terriermon was implemented with something in Episode 49. It's now revealed to be the Juggernaut program. So Megagargomon needs to go inside the Shinigami Reaper rift and activate Juggernaut there to revert D-Reaper back to its original form. The Tamers should not be affected because the red card that Shibumi gave them should protect the Digimon from the Juggernaut effects. And so Justimon finally uses the power he stole from Sakuyamon to rip open Shinigami Reaper. But Sakuyamon's sacrifice was useless, because it comes back to life again! But in a rather cool twist, all of the four Digimon Sovereign make a brief appearance and pull Shinigami back into the Digital World. This allows Megagargomon to activate Juggernaut in the wormhole. Meanwhile, Jeri(who is freed from D-Reaper cables because of Gallantmon CM's attacks), prays on her digivice and breaks open a hole in the D-Reaper core, but instead of helping her, it causes a whole bunch of Chaos to seep in. As Gallantmon CM goes to save Jeri, ADR-01(with some seriously freaky digitized green eyes) assaults him. In the ensuing battle, which is pretty damn violent, ADR-01 goes seriously medieval on Gallantmon, and even attempts to break his neck, but to make things short, Takato and Guilmon get really mad and throw one heck of a hard punch at ADR-01 in the stomach, destroying her right away. It is at this time that Shibumi realizes that he did something wrong with the Red card. The red card changes the codes of the Digimon so that they can move around freely in the D-Reaper and not be affected by Juggernaut. However, he forgot about the fact that the Digimon can biomerge, so the Human/Digimon combinations totally cancels out the Red card's protection against Juggernaut. This is actually a modified explanation: In the Japanese version, the Red card did the exact same thing, but it ONLY protected the Human/Digimon combination, or the biomerged megas. When Gallantmon fuses with Grani to form Gallantmon CM, that is a Digimon/Digimon combination, so it cancels out the effect of the red card. Two different explanations, but they both work well. Anyway, the effects of the Juggernaut program start to appear on the Digimon, as they all revert back to their Rookie forms. Mother D-Reaper is finally killed when it gets sucked in to Juggernaut. Takato grabs Guilmon's tail and swings to Jeri, who has nearly drowned in Chaos. And then comes one of the most memorable and touching scenes in Digimon: Jeri opens her eyes, and finds herself in Takato's arms, only to just smile... and hug him. That's so precious... Damn, what a nice scene. And MarineAngemon, with his Kahuna Wave bubbles around the rest of the secnodary tamers and Digimon(except Susie and Lopmon) come in and save them before they get sucked in. And so the D-Reaper is finally defeated, by something that is essentially a time machine.
And then the final scene takes place with the kids, all reunited, and with Jeri intact, in the park. Impmon asks Jeri if she will ever forgive him, and she does, letting go of her past. And that's when the tears begin. All of the Digimon begin de-digivolving, and the Tamers, not knowing what's happening, can do nothing but hold on. Henry's dad, Mr. Wong, comes along, and explains to them that the Digimon were exposed to the Juggernaut and so have also reverted to their weakest forms, and must go back to the Digital World to prevent getting deleted like the D-Reaper did. And so the Tamers must say goodbye to their Digimon forever, in a very heart-wrenching scene, and Takato finds that he can no longer keep the promise he made long ago of being with Guilmon forever. After that, in our final scene, we see Takato and his life after the Digimon. Everything has returned to normal, but he still thinks about Guilmon, knowing that he can't fulfill his promise. And then he checks the old place he used to keep Guilmon, and sees that the Digital gate is still open, and smiles, knowing that he CAN keep his promise... What a beautiful ending to such a great series! Episode 50 was nice, with Jeri finally standing up for herself against the D-Reaper, and their argument is definitely the main highlight of the episode. But Episode 51 is definitely the better of these 2 episodes: Jeri finally got saved from the D-Reaper, and the way that the D-Reaper is destroyed is ingenius. And the ending, oh, man, the ending... How I cried... I haven't cried like this ever since... I saw the Japanese ending a few months ago. Although I do have to admit that the Japanese version of the ending was far better(because of the 3 Primary Colors background music), the dub handled the ending well(I still cried, that's how good it is), and Henry's anger at his father was well done. After such an awesome ending like this, you really gotta think back to when Tamers first started... such an innocent series, that started out funny and sweet, then turns so serious and dark in the end, and ends with a bang. After an ending like this, it really is obvious that Tamers is by far the best Digimon season ever, definitely much better than Adventure 02 and 01. Rika, Takato, Henry, Guilmon, Renamon, and Terriermon, I'll miss them all. All of the characters were memorable. Let's just hope that Frontier will be as good. Farewell Tamers!











Thanks to Lelola.net for all these pictures!

And here's the song that should have been played during the emotional ending. It's absolutely beautiful, and features Takato, Rika, and Henry singing(in Japanese, of course).

3 Primary Colors``xZidane``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``x*sniff* Best season ever!``x1023572039,89964,``x``x ``x Aeroscythe and I have finished watching anime series "Love Hina", containing 25 episodes and 2 specials. In about two weeks, a section will be made containing episode overviews and character analysises. It's really a sensational anime, and those of you who haven't watched it, you can download it easily off a P2P engine such as Kazaa, Imesh, or DirectConnect; or off IRC.
Chobits has become increasingly popular as it appeals to young adults and teens. There are currently 10 episodes aired, and there are more to come-- aired in Japan and subbed by fans. I will make a section on Chobits as soon as I finish the Love Hina section. This way, there is a more expense of anime on Ibaam. But still, there are 100s of anime out there, and I only choose the most popular to watch.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xLove Hina section coming soon``x1024203739,41789,``x``x ``xThe Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the clones review has been posted. Feel free to check it out... you can access it from the reviews page or by clicking here. Note that this review is not intended to offend anyone, so if you are a devout star wars fan and like every aspect of it, then I suggest you don't read my review as it may make you upset. But just keep in mind, it is my opinion.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xStar Wars Episode II Review``x1024293379,50027,``x``x ``xYay! I have for the first time been to Anime Expo 2002 at Long Beach, California. It's a place where anime lovers from ALL OVER THE COUNTRY meet to buy stuff like DVDs, Wallscrolls, Cels (original drawings), manga... and watch videos (subbed and dubbed), attend dances and kareoke, and take pictures of the many people who have so much pride in anime that they dress up in their favorite character. Unlike most people who purchase their expensive 4 day admission (50 BUCKS), I only purchased the one day (25 BUCKS-- still expensive), but I still got a feel of it. I myself bought a rather picturesque wallscroll of Auron from FFX. I also watched two movies, which were more mediocre than spactacular to my tastes. These were: Char's Counterattack (Mobile Suit Gundam), and Sakura Wars: The Movie.

**The Love Hina section is going on smoothly... I have Keitaro, Naru, and minor characters all finished (though not uploaded). I plan to make a seperate site (w/ seperate banner and sidebar) for this love hina section, since Love Hina is such a popular anime. Any of you who hasn't watched it, go watch it now! Though I do suggest you are at least, hm... 11 years of age, since there are some very minor sexual references. But still funny, and *touching* at the same time.
The Love Hina section will be composed of:
1) Character Analysis and Bio
2)Episode Overview
3)Episode listings
4)Resemblences to characters from other anime such as- Su and Ed(from Cowboy Bepop), Shinobu and Aoi(from Ai Yori Aoshi), and Keitaro and Shinji(from Evangelion)
5)Description of the relationship b/w Keitaro and Naru.
If Zidane can find a reliable hosting service, I will definitely have a downloads section =).
**I have updated the right sidebar to suit your upcoming releases news needs. A popular PC game (even better than the PS2 counterpart) is GTA3, mainly because it houses much better graphics. I have also added new episodes avaliable on P2P downloads such as Kazaa, Morpheus, Imesh, and DirectConnect-- and IRC channels. The newest anime include: Ai Yori Aoshi (really good!), .hack//SIGN, Happy Lesson, Tokyo Underground, and Chobits. Zidane and I would regularly update on new episodes avaliable for download.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xAnime Expo 2002, Love Hina Section, Right sidebar update``x1026068108,81295,``x``x ``x I have made a wallpaper (first one for this site!)... feel free to take it as you wish. It is suitable for both 800x600 AND 1024x768 pixel sizes. Just click on the image for a bigger version and then just "save as". I hope you enjoy it! In the future, we we find more hosting services, we will post more wallpaper, mp3s, and videos for you guys. The reason we have none now is due to the very limited space our current server allows us. Hopefully when the eBusiness gets better, while the tension in the middle east mollifies, while Mr. Bush spends less $ on defense, while stocks go up, while the anime craze is stimulated--- this site will serve as a major hub in your daily life =). But until then....``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xNew Love Hina Wallpaper``x1027114198,65868,``x``x ``x After many announcements, the Love Hina and Love Hina Again section has been done. Well, not much to say here, just go check it out for your self! It's on the left sidebar in the middle, or you can click here . Also I have designed a new banner just for all the anime section. I hope you like it. Furthermore, starting from now, all new anime sections will have their own sidebar, with only anime on the sidebar, so it doesn't get mixed with the games. As this site gets more content, the anime and games will be split up into Baam! Anime and Baam! Games. Also I have briefly updated the right sidebar to accomodate your gaming news needs.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xLove Hina Section Finished!``x1027885682,96600,``x``x ``xSchool is finally out and summer dawns upon us. Time to play games, everyone? It sure seems that way because the WC3 section is getting steadily popular, so I added screenshots on a consistent basis. And, as promised, I added another Love Hina song for the month, Haru de Mono. Also, the Pics section is updated to include links to all image galleries on the site. Have a nice summer!

5/21/05 - Updated WC3 section, added song to Love Hina music section - by Goldporygon
I have added 2 more screenshots to the WC3 DOTA section, and updating the info the the latest 6.08 version. I have also added a new song in the Love Hina music, Hinata's best 01 Track #2 Sakura Saku. Also, MTG Saviors of Kamigawa prereleases today! The right sidebar has been updated as well.

4/10/05 - Added Love Hina Picture Gallery! - by Goldporygon
The Love Hina Picture Gallery has (finally) been added to the Love Hina section. It has about 20 pictures, thumbnailed linked to larger pictures. The picture doesn't end here however; later on we will present a picture gallery consisting of pictures from the manga series. Enjoy!

3/15/05 - Added WC3 screenshots, SC version 1.12 info - by Goldporygon
-We have added a few WC3 screenshots to the WC3 section, and updated the index page for SC because a new patch has come out. Patch changes can be viewed here. The right sidebar has been slightly updated as well. At the end of March, the Love Hina picture gallery will finally be available!

2/21/05 - Added improved Love Hina Song - by Goldporygon
-The Love Hina song "Happy Happy rice shower" 's singer, Yui Horie, was off pitch in her songs. I took the liberty to edit this song to fix the parts of the song where the pitch was off. Now you can download the fixed version here.

2/3/05 - Added WC3 section elements - by Goldporygon
-I have added a few more screenshots to the WC3 - DOTA section of this site. Enjoy! Stay tuned for more screenshots and eventually, the Ibaam DOTA Strategy Guide!
-I have also added torrents for Reign of Chaos, Frozen Throne, and World of Warcraft. Please read the WoW warning before proceeding downloading.

1/2/05 - Happy New Year! Additional updates and new sections! - by Goldporygon
-Further improved Starcraft section with Maps Downloads
-Re-uploaded two Love Hina songs; downloads section has been updated
-Right sidebar is now up to date; episode guide mainly pertains to Cartoon Network (Toonami and Adult Swim)
-Created a Download Guide for BitTorrent users

12/23/04 - Additional updates/ site tweaking - by Goldporygon
-Changed most pages to extension *.shtml to support SSI
-Wallpapers section has been created
-Revamped most other sections, including pokemon, eva, diablo II, and more
-Sections created by Zidane (FF, Chrono series, Digimon) have not been converted to V 8.0 layout yet; there are some dead links.
-Manga and music that was previously on the Angelfire server will be re-uploaded here

12/22/04 - Merry Christmas a year later! V 8.0 -revitalization- - by Goldporygon
After virtualave.net decided to shut this site down (because they no longer offered free hosting) in January 2004, this site become dormant and offline. Few months ago I was able to find a new server, and decided I would attempt to revitalize this site. I'm not sure if I will come close to getting an adequate amount of visitors, but we'll see; the amount of visitors I get will be proportional to the quality and maintainance of ibaam.com. In addition, this site will go through some changes, as the newer Final Fantasy will no longer be covered by our central staff (HOWEVER we will hire those who are knowledgable in the area), but there will be advancements in Warcraft III (notably Defense of the Ancients) and a game "Stepmania" (a keyboard version of DDR), which I will be creating original dance steps to and avaliable for download here. Also, we will soon introduce Cosplay into our anime environment. The sidebars are out of date, yes, I know, and not all links are fully functional. At the moment, Love Hina, Chobits, and Starcraft are functional. 
*Update
-Upcoming Releases has been updated
-Now, most areas are functional

12/24/03 - Merry Christmas! - by Goldporygon
Ibaam wishes all of you a Merry Christmas- the banner above has been modified to fit the holiday theme. On the left, a Christmas picture from Evangelion of Asuka and Rei is shown, along with the pylon modified with a green-red gradient. Ornaments have been added to the tree. Also, today Ibaam has received its 80,000 visitor. Thank you! Oh, and just for a treat, if you have watched both Lord of the Rings and The Matrix- click here.

12/23/03 - Update: Diablo II and Starcraft - by Goldporygon
*Diablo II's 1.10 patch has sparked many changes, especially in Ladder trading. First off, we notice that there is absolutely no currency. So, it is rather difficult to trade without the currency of hexes or sojs. And on that topic, sojs are now extremely valuable- 1 soj, I have seen, can get you a vex rune and many high level uniques. Also, Character Classes ratios have changed drastically. Because barbarians and amazons have received few improvements in 1.10, they have declined from their ridiculous amount in 1.09. Sorceresses have shifted their skill tree to cold; nearly 75% of all sorceresses are cold sorcs, for two distinct reasons: 1) The diminishing returns of Cold Mastery has been taken off (or if you know math, the 2nd derivative is no longer negative), providing a linear increase, so cold sorcs now max cold mastery. 2) Because the "hacked" godly items in 1.09 have disappeared, sorcs find it difficult to find access to the vast amount of mana they had in 1.09. Thus, they are unable to pay for Nova's ultra mana cost. If you have anything less than 1400 mana, your nova will deplete your mana very quickly. This information will be posted in the Diablo II section in "1.10 Patch Information".
*Starcraft has some strange glitches and hacks that some players exploit mercilessly. The drone glitch, if applied correctly, will cause the opponent to crash if they manage to see the drone. I don't think I should actually post this in public, but I will tell you how to do this glitch anyway. All you have to do is to borrow your drone the instant it transforms into a building. This requires precise timing, and you have to do it without watching your drone (so use your minimap). Another relatively popular hack has been applied recently- the StackHack, which turns off the lights in Starcraft allowing you to stack buildings together. This was first used in a Use Map Settings game in variations of Turret Defense, but now became a hack. Of course, I'm not telling you to try out these glitches and hacks, but its just to inform you. I have also added one more strategy in the Terran Strategy section.

11/8/03 - Server changes, Update - by Goldporygon
*Ibaam's server, virtualave, has changed to a new platform and no longer supports the previous version of SSI, the feature Ibaam had been based on. Thus, the banner and navigation bars are absent on all other pages, but the content still exists. Furthermore, the CGI basis has changed as well, and news updating program, newspro, is currently under maintenance. Updates for now will be inputted via HTML. 
*I have updated the right sidebar to the current status. Diablo II is revitalized once again due to the new patch, with its new "ladder" system. Old hacked items such as hexes and white rings have now dissappeared, making pk games more fair. Monster difficulty in hell has increased substantially, making MF much more difficult, even with the best items. Blizzard continues to please its gamers by producing at least one very popular game that makes any top 10 list. 
*Chobits episode summaries and character bios will continue to progress. 
``xGoldporygon``xbaamstats@hotmail.com``xSummer Update- Added WC3 screenshots and Love Hina song``x1119580953,25349,``x``x ``xAfter a few years, when virtualave.net (our old hosting service) decided to shut down the SSI platform needed to use Newspro, we finally have set it back up now. If you didn't notice, the past several updates were made directly on the index2.shtml page. Now that we have CGI back and running, newspro is back! If you look closely, the June 23rd update is actaully one LONG update containing all updates that were originally on index2.shtml (the "by Goldporygon" isn't linked to my email).

During this hiatus, Zidane AKA Goldenrody did not update. He will be joining us again with updates about Final Fantasy, certain Anime, and he will be writing music reviews, along with other tips for downloading, such as the Download Guide.

As for content, the DOTA Chicken Saga is finally up! If you play Warcraft III DOTA, be sure to check it out!

(Edit 7/2/05) Lastly, the Ibaam Forums have opened! Please join and lets make Ibaam forums successful and popular =).

Have a nice 4th of July, everyone.

``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xNewspro module loaded, DOTA Chicken Saga uploaded, Forums``x1120328229,86453,``x``x ``xShort update today- I have modified the Info and Upcoming pages, so feel free to look at those to see what Ibaam is up to. I have also finally loaded the Google Syndication Adsense on the right sidebar. Please support us by clicking on these links =). It's amazing how the Google ads are generated based upon the site content. This obviously increases traffic by a large amount. Thanks!``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xModified Info page, Upcoming page, Added Google Ad``x1120515800,80302,``x``x ``xI've added a new section to WC3: DOTA- the Hero Stat Analysis section. I've analyzed the stat gains of the DOTA heroes and decided to make a chart. Check the WC3 index section to see other updates. Future additions will include: Replays, and Maps Downloads, and possibly Cracks. So stay tuned!

The top and right navigation bar was changed slightly. The forums is now linked again; don't forget to register!

Meanwhile, Goldenrody (Zidane) is writing up music album reviews, so be expecting that in the future.``xGoldporygon``xbaamstats@hotmail.com``xUpdated WC3 section (again), Minor changes--``x1120670476,20439,``x``x ``xA few days ago I added some more screenshots to the WC3 section. The most notable screenshot is the the one that captures a hero wielding one of Roshan's rare items (not obtainable through other means.) Feel free to check it out.

I have also made a quick guide on how to host a domain. This may not pertain to many of you, but those of you who are webmasters may find this useful. The link is added on the left navigation bar underneath "Webmaster".

WC3 Maps and Replays coming soon!``xGoldporygon``xbaamstats@hotmail.com``xUpdated WC3, added "Hosting Domains" section``x1121189614,17209,``x``x ``xOnce again, the WC3 section has been updated extensively. A new maps downloads section is here for all you who keep getting booted for "DL"ing. Also, many screenshots descriptions were improved. The "Downloads" section has been updated accordingly. Stay tuned for the upcoming Resources and Replays sections!``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xWC3: Added Maps Downloads; Description changes``x1122168401,19247,``x``x ``xThe Resources section has been added to the WC3 section. Resources provide outside links that contain very useful information. Many of the links are those that link to important topics in the DOTA Forums; they are also recommended for Expert and Hardcore DOTA Players as they contain very in depth analysis, such as Bash, Orb, and Critical Stacking. Currently in progress is the Hero Stat Analysis (to be called Hero & Stat Analysis) to include many other DotA "Basics" that some people may find extremely useful. Topics include Hero Attributes, Hero Classification, Hero Roles and Types, and Beginning "Newbie" gameplay. This section is anticipated to be the most informative WC3 section on this site. Expect the replays section to come as well; replays are being compiled at the moment, but not yet uploaded and descriptions have not been made yet. Screenshots, however, will still be added on a regular basis. Enjoy.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com, baamstats@hotmail.com``xAdded WC3 "Resources" section``x1123532555,17526,``x``x ``xQuick update here, but the Download Guide has some new additions to it, with a new Emulators and Roms section and some new sites added in the various websites that I reference in the guide, because a lot of the sites that are mentioned have since shut down(most notably Suprnova). Enjoy the guide though, and I hope it's very helpful.

The Warcraft III section has also been updated with 3 new subsections, Vocabulary and Beginner's Guide to DOTA, for the people that have just started playing, and Hero & Stat Analysis, a breakdown of the DOTA hero units.``xGoldenrody``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xDownload guide updated``x1124500473,6043,``x``x ``xIt's been quite awhile since Ibaam has changed its layout. Well the time has finally come to get a facelift. The development and design is completed and will be launched soon. A few features about this layout are: The color is Red; Ibaam's past layouts always featured "cool" colors, it's time for a shift in the color wheel to the "hot" area. Thus, the design/version name is "chaos". For the time being, I'll give you a preview of what the banner will be. Hope you enjoy it!``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xIbaam Version 9.0 -Chaos- Launching Soon!``x1125514491,92487,``x``x ``xWith the great help of Goldenrody, version 9.0 -chaos- has been succesfully launched! I hope you enjoy the new facelift, as the reign of the "cool" colors is finally on a hiatus. Enjoy! Be prepared as a completely new section, Ibaam Music, will be launched in a few weeks.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com, baamstats@hotmail.com``xIbaam Version 9.0 Launched!``x1125720513,94042,``x``x ``xSo the long awaited Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children movie DVD came out a few days ago, and lo and behold, the Internet pirates do not disappoint, and the DVD rip is out already. From what I've heard, the movie isn't as big the epic that people thought it would be, as it's a rather small little sidestory in the FFVII plot. Anyway, the torrent's all over the Internet now(try looking up Final Fantasy in torrentspy, and you'll see that the first 25 results are all the AC rips), but I'll post it here anyway.

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Download

Some people can't get the subs in the .rar file working, so here's a separate torrent file for the sub: FFVII AC Sub file. To make the subs appear, you have to put the video and the sub file in the same directory, and have Vobsub so that the subs can be displayed in the video. If you still can't get it to work, just go to Doom9 and download their huge codec pack.

Keep in mind that the subfile is made by fansubbers, so it isn't the official sub of the movie. It's not perfect, but if you want to watch the movie now, then it's better than nothing.

Anyway, there's also another little bonus feature of the movie, Last Order, but the sub for that hasn't been done yet, so I'll make another update when it's released.``xGoldenrody``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xFFVII AC``x1126675361,70104,``x``x ``xHighly UNanticipated, since Blizzard never mentioned notices of a new patch, version 1.19 has been released with mainly new Map balances and an improved map editor. In general, the game just got more difficult. Creeps were made tougher, fountains were removed for mercenary camps etc. There are some new maps too. As far as balance changes go, most of them are nerfs, to all races. The only real buff is that the research time for skeleton masteries have been decreased greatly. Notable nerfs include, Raider's ensnare duration decreased from 15 to 12 seconds; Batriders hit points reduced to 325 from 400, and human towers only get 1 armor upgrade per masonary upgrade, down from 2.

Those who are using a NO CD Crack, here we go again, you have to go on a 1 month hiatus (2-3 weeks if you're lucky) and wait for a new crack to be programmed by those Computer Science geniuses. Those who aren't.... umm... enjoy the nerfs, the new maps, and the map editor. Who knows, perhaps this improved map editor can yield new popular UMS games, maybe even on par with DOTA?``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com, baamstats@hotmail.com``xWarcraft III Version 1.19 Released``x1127175128,35551,``x``x ``xThe Warcraft III Frozen Throne NO CD Crack 1.19b is now out! It hasn't quite dispersed fully, so as of now it is quite hard to find... but no worries, the crack is hosted on ibaam! The download is now avaliable HERE.

Note that 1.19b is different from 1.19. 1.19b was released right after 1.19, which I believe is supposed to fix the "Disconnect Hack", allowing for more fair ladder games. Those who have the 1.19 no cd crack will not work with the new 1.19b version.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com, baamstats@hotmail.com``xWarcraft III NO CD Crack 1.19b Avaliable here!``x1127502691,28156,``x``x ``xWell Blizzard sure has been on a roll of releasing patches quickly here. This makes those who rely on No CD cracks get extreme headaches, always searching for the lastest NO CD cracks. At the moment, v 1.20 won't even yield any search engine results, because Blizzard DID NOT EVEN ANNOUNCE that there is a new patch. Therefore, you cannot even download the patch separately; the only way to obtain it, is to actaully download it from battle.net via your game.

At the moment there are no cracks avaliable; but when they are, Ibaam will be quick to provide them for you. In addition, we will shortly post an alternate way to play without the CD: using an image on your computer to create a virtual drive. The program: Alcohol 120%, will allow you to do this, and this (9/29/05) IS AVALIABLE NOW!

Anyway, the patch basically fixes a bug that allowed spiritwalkers revive other spiritwalkers (not that spiritwalkers are widely used anyway), and a few map changes. The new ladder season has started and on Day one, top tanked solo players have about 15 wins. Two days have past and now "RARA." is back in first place with around 40 wins. These people sure have time to kill... Enjoy the new patch and heres to a great ladder season!``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com, baamstats@hotmail.com``xWarcraft Frozen Throne Version v 1.20 Released, New Ladder Season III``x1127981580,13535,``x``x ``xThe Warcraft III Frozen Throne NO CD Crack 1.20 is now out! The download is now avaliable HERE.
``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xWarcraft III Frozen Throne NO CD Crack 1.20 Avaliable``x1128390983,11809,``x``x ``xThe Replays section has finally be added! There are just a few now, but we will upload more on a consistant basis. Also, if you have an impressive replay, please submit it to baamstats@hotmail.com and write "WC3 Replay" in the title bar, and we will be sure to post it.
The Maps section is updated with several new popular maps. Be sure to download them from here if you get kicked by the host on battle.net!

Another masterpiece from Microsoft and Ensemble Studios: Age of Empires III was released last week. The gameplay style is quite different from the AOE II counterpart; since this game takes place in the American colonies, each civilization has its own "Home City" that can send shipments to the colonies. This allows you to get "free" stuff. The economy is MUCH easier to manage; this allows for more intense military combat and "pumping" out units to overwhelm the opponent. Because of this, AOE III's military is very close to Starcraft. This game requires monstrous graphics requirements, so an average laymen should turn his graphics settings to minimum. However, to get a feel of the extreme potential of graphics, check out these screenshots.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xWC3 Replays and Maps, Age of Empires III``x1130110352,77598,``x``x ``xMusicSpeed, the music section of this site is now up right here. Only some of the reviews are up right now, as I still have to convert a lot of them to the right format. Anyway, there are also some downloads there right now, namely a somewhat rare Final Fantasy concert album DVD audio rip, and bôa's(not the Korean/Japanese pop artist) newest album, along with Utada Hikaru's newest song in performance. Be sure to check there often for updates on music releases, and new downloads.

In other news, Civilization IV is out, and so far, it's gotten great reviews from all major gaming sites, getting a much higher overall score than Civ III did. I've yet to play it, as CivIV is the first game I've encountered where the game is solely on a DVD disc. So basically, if you don't have a DVD-rom, you can't install the game. I don't know why Firaxis didn't just use two regular CDs, but I guess most people have DVD-roms anyway, so it shouldn't be that big of an issue.

Here is the bittorrent link for all the people that want to get CivIV:
Civilization IV torrent download
This is in form of a .mdf and .mds file, so you will need Alcohol 120% to read it. Most people keep the image on their harddrive, so you will need a bit of space to play the game(since you need to keep the image, and also install the game). You can also burn the .mdf, but that requires a DVD-burner, which hasn't really become a very common computer accessory yet.

Also, pertaining to the earlier update, here's the link for Age of Empires III:
Age of Empires III torrent download
This is just standard fare .bin and .cue, so Nero can be used to burn it.``xGoldenrody``xgoldenrody@hotmail.com``xMusicSpeed and other stuff``x1131792102,86234,``x``x ``xEdit: This is the outdated crack released 10/3/05 (Second release of version 1.20, called either 1.20 or 1.20b). Please refer above for the updated crack.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xWarcraft III Frozen Throne NO CD Crack 1.20 Bump``x1132214348,48794,``x``x ``xAnother patch released by Blizzard on 5:00 PM Pacific on 12/12/2005. It is still version 1.20, perhaps another version, tagged 1.20b or maybe 1.20c (since this is actaully the 3rd release. Version 1.20a lasted only one day.) EDIT 12/15/05: The patch download is avaliable HERE. The crack is avaliable HERE. New screenshots, replays, and maps will be posted from time to time. Enjoy!

*Meanwhile, Musicspeed is developing to provide you with a great source of MUSIC DOWNLOADS and MUSIC REVIEWS, and soon CVS Stepmania (DDR on Keyboard) Iso Original downloads. Over the course of the Winter Break, the beginning of a new site called "Norematch" will begin, and provide you with a source of GAME REPLAYS, for numerous games including Warcraft III and Super Smash Bros Melee!. Enjoy and have a Merry Christmas season! The year 2006 will be full of new surprises and new content!``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xWarcraft III Frozen Throne NO CD Crack 1.20b NEW``x1134440366,84493,``x``x ``xIbaam would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! As you can see, the banner has been modified to fit the theme. And of course, the gift... I added a whole whop load of Warcraft III media. Click for details. Also I would like to thank all of you for obtaining ibaam's 100,000th visitor. As said below, expect new content for 2006. Goodbye 2005!``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com, baamstats@hotmail.com``xMerry Christmas and Happy Holidays!``x1135498691,78748,``x``x ``xBlizzard released yet another patch on 4:00 PM Pacific on 1/9/2006, version 1.20c. The crack, by Hellkiller, is avaliable HERE. Visit the Forums if there are problems with the crack.``xGoldporygon``xbaamstats@hotmail.com``xWarcraft III Frozen Throne NO CD Crack 1.20c``x1136866873,53724,``x``x ``xThe new year season is finally over, and the banner has been reverted to the original v 9.0 banner. I have added 4 new Warcraft III maps and 8 new replays, which is now hosted at www.norematch.com. Norematch is the beginning of a new site that hosts all replays, videos, and screenshots; all game media. Text related materials, such as Walkthroughs and strategies will remain on Ibaam. Since now there are 3 sites in the Ibaam network, we call this the "Ibaam Triforce" and if you visit our splash page HERE you will notice that the portal has been implemented! Enjoy, while Musicspeed, managed by Goldenrody, and Norematch implement new and exciting media downloads for you!``xGoldporygon``xbaamstats@hotmail.com``xIntroducing the Ibaam Triforce Portal``x1137378882,49737,``x``x ``xAs you can see, the Warcraft III section added several screenshots and replays (now hosted on Norematch.com). With the opening of Norematch, numerous Super Smash Bros videos have already been uploaded and functional on the site; if you are a Super Smash Bros fan, be sure to check out video recordings of the best players in the world!``xGoldporygon``xbaamstats@hotmail.com``xSeveral Additions``x1138136787,6803,``x``x ``xAfter an extremely long hiatus, Dota version 6.28 is finally released with 2 new heroes and a few major changes. First off, the two new heroes, Avatar of Vengeance, and Witch Doctor, seem comparatively weak. Note that this is usually the case with new heroes; it is obviously safer to create a weak new hero and buff it over time, than create an imbalanced strong new hero and wreak havoc on the game. Although, I'd have to say, the weakness is overboard, as Witch Doctor is practically useless with a Channeling Death Ward that gets smothered easily by a Stun or Disable. The major changes in this version are, Necronomicon became heavily nerfed: this item was never a problem in public games; no one ever uses it, but seems to be a major problem in Clan Matches. Basically the popularity of this item just went down the drain. Spiritbreaker was nerfed as well, and this was justified. Hopefully new versions will be able to tweak the power level of the new heroes.

Ibaam's warcraft section has EXTENSIVELY updated the Hero Stat Analysis and Beginner's Guide sections. The Hero Stat Analysis included two sections on "Item Dependent Heroes" and "Cheap Heroes". The beginner's guide was updated for version 6.28, and now includes EVERY SINGLE HERO. Be sure to check this out.

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Norematch.com has included a vast array of Super Smash Brothers videos, which is what it is currently specializing in, as not many sites offer Smash videos. New replays from DOTA will be added very soon.

Musicspeed.com has been somewhat dormant since it was released. Perhaps it is because there are not enough downloads. However, within the next month, musicspeed.com will be worked to provide MUCH more music downloads AND Music videos, including japanese pop music from artists such as BoA, which this site currently lacks as of now. Expect Musicspeed to be a bazaar for music downloads!``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com, baamstats@hotmail.com``xDOTA Allstars v 6.28! Updated WC3 Hero Analysis and Beginner's Guide; Norematch, Musicspeed Upcoming additions``x1141007843,15615,``x``x ``xRelating to Warcraft III Frozen Throne- DOTA- player Isospeedrix makes the play of the game by hunting down an enemy hero with a CHICKEN equipped with a Dagon. View this Godly saga here!``xGoldporygon``xbaamstats@hotmail.com``xThe Dagon Chicken Saga - Unsurpassed Play of the Century``x1142578076,42015,``x``x ``xIn the past we hosted only a few songs from the Love Hina anime series, and only added about 1 song per 2 weeks. We decided to stop with the waiting and give it all to you. Near complete albums (the best songs) of Hinata Girls' Best is now available on Musicspeed.com. (Consequently, all music related media is moved to Musicspeed now.)``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xLove Hina Music section complete``x1143932573,15187,``x``x ``xJust yesterday, Dota version 6.30 and 6.30b was released yesterday with three new heroes: the destroyer, beastmaster, and twin head dragon (Chimera). These heroes seem quite fun to play; some skills may be hard to balance, but at least these heroes didn't turn out to be garbage like when Mercurial and Witch Doc first came out.

A few hours ago, Warcraft version 1.20d came out, which supposedly fixed yet another bug that could happen in multiplayer games. It happens from time to time that you would all of a sudden get a "FATAL ERROR". This could be the problem. Anyway, the NO CD crack is now avaliable on Ibaam- click here to download.``xGoldporygon``xbaamstats@hotmail.com``xWarcraft III Frozen Throne v 1.20d, DOTA v 6.30b``x1144884124,53148,``x``x ``xA few days ago DOTA version 6.33 has been released with several improvments, most notibly remakes of Mercurial, the Spectre; Abbadon, the Lord of Averus, and Rigwarl, the Bristleback. There has been rampant complaining of imbalance about Mercurial and, Abbadon to a lesser extent. Basically the major change to Mercurial is that, her Phase now has a nuke attached to it, with about 1000 range, and her ultimate is now Haunt, which is a global haunt that hits all enemy heroes, therefore revealing them. The DOTA Forums has gone to the point where 1/2 the threads are complaining about Mercurial being too rigged, and the other 1/2 are threads telling the whiners to Shut Up; Mercurial is fine the way she is. My personal take on her is that, she just needs some minor tweaks-- she's not horribly imbalanced. Her dispersion passive needs to have stun removed to prevent the stop of channeling spells, and her Spectral Dagger's range needs to be reduced. That's about it. In any case, it has gotten to the point where hosts would host games that wouldn't allow Spectre to be picked. New screenshots are avaliable HERE. Enjoy.``xGoldporygon``xbaamstats@hotmail.com``xDOTA Version 6.33, Introducing Improved Mercurial, Abaddon, and Rigwarl``x1149559042,68948,``x``x ``xYesterday Blizzard released patch 1.20e, which fixes some minor bugs. It's good that these patches stay the same number (1.20) but only the letter changes so that you can still see replays of older 1.20 versions. Anyway, the crack is uploaded to ibaam, and you can download it here. A CD key changer has also been added. Enjoy.``xGoldporygon``xbaampoke@hotmail.com``xWarcraft III Frozen Throne NO CD Crack 1.20e``x1151107052,82027,``x``x ``xFirst off, in addition to the steady hosting of Warcraft NO CD cracks, two utilities: DAEMON TOOLS and POWERISO have been added. These programs are simple "NO CD" virtual image drive mounting programs, just like Alcohol 120%. If you have an image (.mds and .mdf file), you can use any of these programs to mount them on a virtual drive (such as H:\) and play anything without a CD.
Few weeks ago DOTA released a new version 6.36 that included two new heroes: the Alchemist and the Warlock, both of which were considered imbalanced. Before some people had a chance to test out the raw power of these new heroes, Icefrog quickly released the 6.36b version fixing these overpowered abilities.
Cal (Cyberathlete Amateur League) Season 2 has ended, and congrats to the winners of CAL-M and CAL-O divisions. Complexity has defeated Team Pandemic, and Kd has defeated KFC. Replays are avaliable at the DOTA Forums, where the links are on their homepage. Eventually Norematch.com will compile a database with prominent and league replays. Enjoy.``xGoldporygon``xbaamstats@hotmail.com``xAdded Two Utilities, DOTA 6.36b, Cal Season 2 Results``x1157834128,42589,``x``x ``xIt seems that, as our forums indicate, that battle.net has found a way to detect the use of a No CD crack. Since cracking and anti-cracking is just a programming war, the only way to bypass this is for the cracker, mainly Hellkiller, to develop a new crack that bypasses the check. May the best programmer prevail! Of course, the best and safest way is simply to store the ISO on your computer by using the utilities we provided for you below: Daemon Tools and PowerISO or Alcohol 120%. So, if you are having problems with the crack, simply use one of these utilities.``xGoldporygon``xbaamstats@hotmail.com``xUsing Utilities for Further Battle.net Patches``x1158289094,14494,``x``x ``xClick on the image for a larger size. Several days ago the Playstation 3 was released. The previous sentence certainly doesn't give off the real atmosphere of the situation. Perhaps it should be reworded as "ZOMG THE PS3 GOT RELEASED OMG OMG OMG LETS GO GET IT". Certainly there are too many people with this mentality, so people began waiting in line 48 hours before store opening the day it was released. You can check CNN.com but there were several cases of violence regarding this matter; people being shot and beaten. On Ebay the console sells for around $1-2k each and even up to $8k as the image shows (Click to view). The Nintedo Wii releases tommorow; lets see how this one turns out.
*Dota 6.38b was released recently, adding Priestess of the Moon, the second to the last hero icon used for DOTA (the one remaining is Tauren Chieftain). She sports a move called Ice Arrow, which functions much like Pudge's meat hook; the aiming is exactly the same. Few more items were added, such an item that finally uses Ring of Basilius as a recipe, and a Mana Mekansm that uses Energy Booster.
*Additionally, more Warcraft Screenshots were added to the WC3 page. Enjoy them.``xGoldporygon``xbaamstats@hotmail.com``xSony Playstation 3, Dota 6.38b, New screenshots``x1163908653,96819,``x``x ``x Happy Thanksgiving everybody! We hope you guys managed to grab either a PS3 or a Nintendo Wii, which was released this Sunday. If not then even a Nintendo DS with Pokemon Pearl / Diamond would be a great choice. Although the Wii was not as highly anticipated as the PS3, once Super Smash comes out for the Wii, sales will definitely increase, especailly after seeing the teaser that featured the main character from Metal Gear Solid and "Naked" Samus. Final Fantasy XII has been a popular hit recently, featuring a new smart battle system that allows you to program "if statements". For example "If 'Character 1' falls below 100 health, CAST CURE". Quite interesting and saves lots of timing issues.``xGoldporygon``xbaamstats@hotmail.com``xHappy Thanksgiving!``x1164339756,63743,``x``x