Oh, and keep an eye out for an invasion from the Outside.

Wow! Those are big bo...ulders you have there Malph!

A new game mode? A map change? Is that really Malphite? League of Legends has just begun its 2014 season, and the great people at Riot has teased us again with some mysteries to be solved and speculated ib with our detective skills.

Oh, and keep an eye out for an invasion from the Outside.

The first thing that came to mind was the ever-elusive Magma Chamber map - a game mode veterans have been looking forward to. There are words going around that it might have been left for dead, but you can never be too sure. Still there are some deductions (as per usual coming from the lively community LoL has).

If you have followed the extensive lore of Runeterra, there are champions whom, supposedly have affiliations with or originated from the 'Void', namely:

Kassadin (the Void Walker)

Malzahar (the Prophet of the Void)

Cho'Gath (the Terror of the Void)

Kha'Zix (the Voidreaver)

Kog'Maw (the Mouth of the Abyss)

Outside can be an inferential word to Void, the lore clearly states this. Perhaps a new game mode that goes hand-in-hand with the lore? (Like the power conflict at the tundra city Freljord on the northern part of Valoran). What's likely though, are more skins and revamped visuals (Kassadin, anyone?), cosmetic upgrades for Baron or perhaps a new Void hero (Daddy).

You can have a look yourself at what's coming at the official site. And yes, they misspelled 'bundary'. Intentional? Perhaps another hint!

Borderlands 2: How to get 3rd Person Mod

Unlike its predecessor, Borderlands 2's 3rd person mod is less 'working' than Borderlands 1's. They are some issues when it comes to (especially) combat and interactions with the surroundings. Still, these are not game changing issues and easily resolved. Just follow the guide as follows:

First, you would require 2 items. The Cheat Engine (to be installed), and the Mod ( .CT file). Freely download them from the links given previously.

After obtaining them, follow these steps:

1. Install the Cheat Engine.
2. Run the 3rd person Mod (.CT).
3. Run the game.
4. Once at the menu screen, load a character, first.
5. You are now in game with the selected character. Return back to the Cheat Engine program.
6. Select the 'highlighting' Computer icon.
7. The program will detect that Borderlands2.exe is running. Find and select it by double-clicking it.
8. Now, activate the Third Person mode in the engine by clicking it.
9. Return back to the game. Once in game, press F5 (default) to activate the third person view.

You have successfully implemented the 3rd person mod! Note however you have to redo this process every time you play. It will become a natural habit next time.

Low Orbit Ion Cannon: An Ancient Weapon

DDoS is becoming a common term nowadays thanks to notorious attacks done by Anonymous - its a term even familiar to non-tech-savvy people. Such arsenal created just for this purpose, the Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) is a tool for DDoS - Distributed Denial of Service. To briefly explain what it does basically, here is a statement excerpted from experienced users (and defenders from said weapons):

"LOIC basically turns your computer's network connection into a firehose of garbage requests, directed towards a target web server. On its own, one computer rarely generates enough TCP, UDP, or HTTP requests at once to overwhelm a web server-garbage requests can easily ignored while legit requests for web pages are responded to as normal.

But when thousands of users run LOIC at once, the wave of requests become overwhelming, often shutting a web server (or one of its connected machines, like a database server) down completely, or preventing legitimate requests from being answered."

Summarily, it shutdowns a website for quite some time (which can mean loss of billions for big operating businesses or agencies). Well, why 'ancient'? As of currently there is an upgraded version of the tool, called High Orbit Ion Cannon. Of course, HOIC was made in C++, akin to his younger brother. Indubitably, HOIC is bigger and stronger. Still, there are sites around the web that provide LOICs, which they claim that they are - "effectively to be used as a stress-testing application and/or academic purposes."

One such is the sole web-based LOIC at a blogger loworbitwebcannon currently maintained by an enigmatic 'Zant Corporation', its still up and running active. A downloadable executable is also available for free at SourceForge. Due to recent massive arrests against DDoS perpetrators back in 2010, these softwares have lost some of its notoriety and are to be used with utmost caution and at own risk. Of course, we at Tweakmancer believe you know the wiser.

Fallout 3: Guide on Tweaking and Mods

Fallout 3, from Obsidian Entertainment right into the the hands of Bestheda (the giant behind The Elders Scroll). The resemblance between these two titles are uncanny, but the feel and the mood is absolutely terrific - a great salutation to Adam Adamowicz (may he rest in peace) the concept artist that managed the theme and atmosphere of the game. Not to mention how very well it goes with the music selections.

Of course, like its far-off cousin (TES), Fallout 3 is highly moddable with anything you can think of. Yes, they have that. But this malleability comes at the price of - the game being very, very buggy. Still, those are negligible if you know what you are doing and have a heart for tweaking. Of course, we will get on the tweaks, mods and others. -WIP

Borderlands 2 - Game of the Year

Borderlands 2 was on sale last Christmas (on Steam) and other gaming websites. You can find one with season's pass (only first level cap increase), all new characters unlocked (Mechromancer and Psycho), and the three campaign DLCs - at $14.99 - its the closest you can get to a GOTY version of the game. We would recommend GetGames which had cheaper Borderlands 2 copy during the last sale, as an alternative to Steam. So keep your eyes peeled for the next sale!

Aside from its already astounding gameplay, themes and visuals, a particular interest one can do with the game is to tweak its graphics and enable third person mod for a different and sometimes a more preferable gameplay of choice. Not to forget, it is possible to cheat and make better loots drop from mobs.

Guides that we have:
Borderlands 2: 3rd Person Mod

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