A good idea..Executed Brilliantly

I'm quite the software activist and gamer entrepreneur so I do get to know about a lot of startup projects and ideas to better the communities I am active in. Unfortunately, many of these projects and ideas usually don't make it beyond idea/planning stage as many will realise that there is a lot of work involved in this...or that the ideas would not work in a community as small as Malta's. Others will simply lose momentum as the founder/s will become busy with real life commitments and will most probably prioritise more their real life commitments than their online ones (God, do i know the feeling of this one :( )

Anyways, today I'm harboring someone else's idea out of appreciation for the simplicity but brilliant way in which the idea was implemented. Imagine a scenario:

Home, at the computer, bored of the same old multipayer games, would really like to play some less frequently played games. This is usually hard, you need to track down the people who would play with you, check connectivity, setup a hamachi channel and have everyone join it etc etc..All this hard work for simple asking the question, Gaming plz!

This is exactly the idea behind Gaming Plz; Started by Jean-luc "Fragmagnet" Gaming Plz is in essence a forum which will allow people to look for players to play some of the lesser active games in Malta. In fragmagnet's own words:

"What?

What gaming plz hopes to achieve is not to become "yet another gaming forum," but instead serve some kind of purpose beyond inane banter that most discussion boards degrade into. The point of this forum is to offer a meeting ground for us gamers to better enjoy our hobby together and to its full potential, instead of just settling for what's been offered to us year in and year out. As the name suggests, I want to better accomodate us gamers in getting what we want, and we all know that it's gaming, please.

Why?

My main source of inspiration to start this site is the CampusLan series that I've enjoyed organizing and participating in. During these events there is a fantastic sense of collaboration in gaming that is sorely lacking in the gaming community outside of the walls of LAN parties. By providing an easily accessible location for us to congregate and collaborate, much like in a LAN party, we can help each other make the most of our hobby by spreading the word further than it normally would be.

How?

The concept of gaming plz is simple. In the appropriate section (limited to only one for now), simply announce a game you would like to find a partner or group to play with. Conversely, you can also look for any announcements that have already been made, and take up other people's offers for an announced game you may be interested in. Experimenting with games you haven't played before should not be a deterrent as this will only broaden your horizons.

To improve your experience and make it easier to coordinate your gaming session, use of voice communication programs such as Skype or Ventrilo are strongly recommended. A public server list for voice comms will be posted in due course, but if the response is great enough I may even host one for the purposes of gaming plz.

Where?

For the time being, the different Forum categories will be quite limited in order to keep things simple and more effective until things have a chance to settle, but until then the sections will be as follows:

Discussion
General Discussion - The mainstay of any message board, this section is for discussion of any topics, related to gaming or otherwise.
Site Feedback - Like the site, have a good idea or just wish to help out? Post here and voice your opinion for anything related to gaming plz.
Organize
Guides - The guides section is dedicated solely to helping you get yourself geared up to enjoy a trouble free stay here at gaming plz. Here you can read, contribute to and even make your own guides to games or tools that may assist you in setting up and coordinating your gaming sessions. It is strongly advised that you visit this section and read through the essentials that you'll need to get the most out of gaming plz.
Online - This is the whole purpose of gaming plz, where you can find or organize gaming sessions for games of all kinds. As the description suggests, do not limit yourselves to just PC games. If you can play it over the internet, the platform doesn't matter!

Mewt out! :O

Point De Vue - erm. point of what ?

It has definitely been a while since I've written a review of a restaurant however I've been having some stomach problems which stopped me from visiting some of the more exotic and interesting places on my itinerary. However due to a coincidence of good health and a birthday party I found myself with around 25 other people eating at Point de Vue restaurant in Rabat, Malta.

Now I know I can sometimes be a bastard when it comes to appreciation of waiters and service in general but even I can appreciate how hard it is for the staff of a restaurant to handle two huge tables laden with hungry (and noisy) people while still taking care of any other patrons who might be dining. On this respect the staff at Point de Vue was mostly impeccable. Service was fast and well organised both in the way orders were taken and in the way they handled weird requests (such as adding an extra addition to the table and hour into the meal). I was quite well pleased to see that a properseating map was created by the management of the restaurant to help take in coherent and precise orders. In this way everyone was accountable for which plate they ordered while making sure that no orders were lost in the process (god knows I count that as the largest of failures). All in all service was very good and I will be giving the higher than I thought mark of 8/10.

Point de Vue also describes itself as a an African restaurant. There are no significant notices of this except for some tribal masks hanging from the walls along with a selection of the finest fake leapard and zebra skin one can find as table decoration. One has to love the subtlety with which this is done as it is quite hard otherwise to think of the restaurant as an African one (Jokes on me I guess, first time I went to this restaurant I had a pizza and I thought the owner had some kind of hunting fetish ;) ).

So in what ways is this restaurant _African_ ? you might ask. Well it all becomes all the more interesting and wonderful once you open up the menu. Apart from a healthy selection of pizza's and pasta one will also find an interestingly interesting meat selection. There are many ways to describe the meat plate selection at this restaurant but I will choose the one best way; I think the selection is "Hilariously funny and pleasing"! (for those who are doubting this, I mean it in a good way) The times were I was faced with such terrible dilemmas as the one at Point de Vue have been few and far between. A great selection of steaks, chicken plates and fish ( I know some people had the seafood platter) was available. I personally decided to break a personal streak and for once enjoy a plate of chicken. The item in question was a "Kuku Mozambique" which turned out (as described on the menu) to be a whole chicken, cut in half so it would stay flat, covered in spices and grilled. It may sound grotesque but it is a wonderful plate for good food eaters. Other people at table which had ribs, steak or pasta were all pleasantly content at the end of the meal with many declaring several weeks of diet after such a hearty meal! In the end I have to concede that I was happy to eat at such a place and give the brilliant mark of 8.5/10 for the food!

All in all it was a great meal at a pleasant restaurant which deserves the best of praise. The final price at the end of the meal was 438Eur between what I think were 25 people; One has to agree that even though this may appear to be slightly on the high side, it is also reflects the fact that many people ordered dishes that although succulent and juicy carried also an interesting price tag.




P.S. I Almost forgot! One of the steak dishes available was a 1.5Kg steak that was so inviting I swear I could hear it calling me from the kitchens. Unfortunately a rather boring and painful stomach condition stopped me from enjoying this platter of the gods :( Will be for another time!

E-Sports and Malta..What's the deal ?

It's amazing how quickly time passes. I'v been into gaming since the age of 0.1 basically always ticking away at some console or computer so when the chance and time came to play online (battlefield 1942 and Medal Of honour) getting addicted was the only thing to do. Strangely enough (even though I'm quite a decent player) I always felt more passionate about organising events and tournaments for gamers. So here I am, several years later after I started playing online, asking myself were do we rank in the scale of awesomeness ?

Things have obviously changed for better or for worse. Back in the days, only a few gaming communities existed with the most notable one being Lanforge (organisers of Genesis Lan Etc) while gaming communities such as Playreaction(formerly known as futureshock (minalija :O ), Lanthrax and Lucidlan were still a glint in the Milk Man's Eye. This was both a blessing and a curse in ways as there is nothing better than a community which is united and works together to achieve a common goal. One will however always find players with different interests or ideas in any community so those who didn't get along with the main gaming community usually ended up as outcasts. This obviously led to new gaming communities to be created in order try and provide a service in a niche area that the larger gaming communities couldn't. Fast forward to today and we realise that the scene is way different; Gamers now find themselves with a plethora of choices when it comes to gaming communities. The 2 larger ones are Playreaction.com and Lanthrax.com. Both communities have quite a large user base and are able to offer remarkable service both in news posts and gamer services. A number of smaller communities obviously exist (some of which I know nothing about ) which are trying to bite at the monopoly created and take a small piece of the cake for themselves.

The obvious improvement of all this is obviously the fact that more people that are prepared to take the burden of organising Lan Parties along with other gaming events. The also obvious downside to this is that since we are a small country, having too many Lan Parties will end up starving every Lan Party since not enough gamers will attend every event. Such an outcome can take a toll on even the most optimistic organisers. However, all's not bad in gamermalta; We've seen great improvements in both quality of service from gaming communities and even some respect from local sponsors. Half the gaming clans in Malta have nowadays some sort of sponsor. An example is eversio (only picking them cos they are probably the most notable action taken to put Malta on the e-sport map) which are sponsored by UltraMalta. It doesn't really say anything about the team in most cases but knowing that a sponsor at the back is ready to dish out some dosh for the team is always a comforting thought.

Getting down to the main topic of this rant, one immediately notices how fragmented the whole gaming community has become. The main stance right now is the divide between the 'CoD' players and the 'others'. Seriously, it feels like no one plays anything else on the Maltese islands except for Call Of Duty and some counter strike. Were has the innovation gone ? You never hear about anyone playing games like Enemy Territory, battlefield 2 and other games that are great in a competitive environment that have however been muscled out of the scene by call Of duty. I'm not saying that CoD is bad(God knows I'v spent too many hours playing it while I should have been studying for my O'levels and later my A' Levels) but it feels like the communities are going through a period of stunted growth simply because the only game being played is Call Of Duty. The even worse problem is that while Call of duty (especially CoD4) are going very strong in Malta (both online and in Lans) very few clans take this to a European level. Most clans will cite problems of internet of commitment which in my opinion is total balderdash. There was a time when gaming online was a pain, especially with some providers, however most of these problems are non existant anymore. As for commitment, I can only say that if you play every night in preparation for a Lan, you can easily play online matches against other teams. All matches are pre-scheduled so all team members should be able to make it.

Of course steps are being taken in the right direction. Ideas such as gaming nights with different games every time are a step in the good direction however better organisation with foreign gaming communties and events should be considered to enchance the exposure of Maltese players to the international scene.

Tal-Kaptan..Ay Ay Captain!

Tal-Kaptan has always had a special in my memories, mainly because I used to go to eat at tal-Kaptan quite frequently when i was still a kid but moreover for the great quality I had grown accustomed to. Fast forward 7 years and you arrive to today were I got the chance to eat at the Tal-Kaptan retaurant at the Valletta waterfront.

Before I start I will give the main criteria I look out for when reviewing a restarant:

• Food quality (Obviously!)

• Cleanliness (Mostly of the table, cuttlery and glasses but I like to take a look at the toilets and the restaurant in general ;)

• Service (This is an important, many restaurants fail to fall in my good books simply because of an ignorant waiter, because of disastrous handling of a complaint or overly long waiting times. )

• The X-factor (How fun was the place ? was the restaurant comfortable and warm ? etc)

So without further ado, I present you: Tal-Kaptan

Tal-Kaptan is situated in the middle of the Valletta waterfront with tables available both on the outside (for those who like a the sea view) or inside. The restaurant is very nicely decorated with the interior resembling the inside of a ship. The walls are all panneled with wood while the floor is a nice cafelatte colour. The restaurant retained it's customary visible kitchen were one can admire the skill shown by the chefs present while preparing your plate. However enough about the decor and lets move to the seating, the food and the service..

The seating:

We were offered a choice of several tables of which I chose one at the furthest end of the restaurant. It's always interesting to see which restaurants are able to take care of all customers evenly and which simply forget about the extremities of their restaurant.

The seating was the first failing of this restaurant ( I wouldn't call it a disaster at this point but it can significantly reduce the pleasure of the overall experience.) The table we were seated at was wobbly and thus caused us a great deal of grief while cutting our food. Secondly and more importantly, the chairs available are some of the most uncomfortable ever. They are wooden with a short back that arrives only up to the small of the back. This is probably the worst type of seating especially if you try to stretch out your legs and resting your back while eating..I can assure you'd be in for quite a painful surprise.

The Food:

The food, to put it in simple words, was great. The crust of the pizza we ordered was light and crispy (some would say perfect) Ingredients were fresh and pleasant and overall made up to be a very pleasant meal.

The service:

Although not impeccable I daresay the service was good enough. Food was delivered in a normal time and even though waiters seemed a little unexperienced, we were taken good care of.


All in all a great meal in a great restaurant, Heartily recommended to everyone..


M

Inspirations - Inspiringly interesting..

Sunday 6th April...3 reviews to go..get the less interesting out of the way lest I should waste my wrath on the good ones...so without further ado.. Inspirations..

What can I say..mm..well the place is nicely located in the St. James Cavallier fort..erm thingy place...Due to the sheer misfortune, there was only 1 place left inside and therefore we (me and my better half) chose to stay outside (garden area). My first itch comes here..this open air area was bathed in orange light..the sort of light that is used in roads which gave the area and appearance of laziness..secondly, I never saw this area marked as "smoking area"..The legal notice served a couple of years ago says that smoking shouldn't be done in public places..so why the fuck does everyone whip their smoke emitting orifices as soon as there isn't a roof available ? Nicely enough we enjoyed a meal of good food and smoke :/

Thirdly...and this can definately be improved on by the cafe..I know the open air area doesn't have as many clients as the one inside, however bloody hell! getting a waiter to attend to you feels like trying to flag down a taxi in the middle of the brazillian rain forest!

Now that the bad comments are done with, let's move on to the good ones. The first thing this restaurant/cafe is to be commended for is the sheer choice of food stuff that is available on their menu..looking back I know there was pizza, burgers, sandwiches (in 6 or 7 different types of bread including multi-grain bread...Blimey!) and several other things which I really can't remember.


Notice the orange lighting


Prices weren't bad and as far as I can tell, the food was good, both the peperoni pizza I had and the multi-grain sandwich with chicken, mayonnaise and chutney were excellent. I heartily recommend this cafe although heed my words...Get a table inside!

M

The great digital divide..Why I'm free and you're not..

It's a strange feeling of outrage that I get when I read news about a certain company. The voting for the OOXML format has finished and the votes are being taken in [Groklaw]. Before I start to rant non-stop all of you who haven't taken interest about what OOXML is and the ISO voting process is all about, I suggest you read here .

I'm a linux user, confirmed evangelist and true believer; I read daily outrageous news about how monopolistic companies such as Microsoft use their position, market share, power, and when that doesn't do it, money to get to where they want...however I am amazed even more than normal at the blatant corruption that was presented by M$ during the voting regarding the OOXML format. After the failure of the vote to be accepted back last November, M$ have been given some time to arrange their 6000 page specification to reflect that comments done by the technical bodies around the world that have voted No, with comments. As one would expect, M$ didn't change jackshit in the spec and have represented it to the comittee for approval. What appears to have been done however, was that of using the time given to corrupt more high ranking members and getting more microsoft employees to attend the voting process. (Companies and vendors are not allowed to attend the voting process).

An interesting example would be the BRM (ballot resolution meeting ) held as reported by groklaw where 20 of the participants were direct Microsoft employees:

1 BELGIUM Mr. Bruno SCHRODER MICROSOFT
2 BRAZIL Mr. Fernando GEBARA Microsoft Brazil
3 CANADA Mr. Paul COTTON Microsoft Canada
4 COTE D'IVOIRE * Mr. Wemba OPOTA MICROSOFT West and central Africa
5 CZECH REPUBLIC Mr. Štepán BECHYNSKÝ Microsoft Czech Republic, Ltd
6 DENMARK Mr. Jasper Hedegaard BOJSEN Microsoft Denmark
7 FINLAND Mr. Kimmo BERGIUS Microsoft Ltd
8 GERMANY Mr. Mario WENDT Microsoft Deutschland GmbH
9 ISRAEL Mr. Shmuel YAIR Microsoft
10 ITALY Ing. Andrea VALBONI Microsoft Italy
11 JAPAN Mr. Naoki ISHIZAKA Microsoft
12 KENYA Mr. Emmanuel BIRECH Microsoft East Africa
13 NEW ZEALAND Mr. Brett ROBERTS Microsoft New Zealand
14 NORWAY Mr. Shahzad Rana Microsoft Norge AS
15 PORTUGAL * Prof. Miguel Sales DIAS MICROSOFT Portugal
16 SWITZERLAND Mr. Marc HOLITSCHER Microsoft Schweiz GmbH
17 UNITED STATES Mr. Doug MAHUGH Microsoft Corporation
18 Ecma International Mr. Brian JONES Microsoft
19 Ecma International * Mr. Jean PAOLI Microsoft Corporation
20 Assistant to Project Editor Mr. Tristan DAVIS Microsoft

source: groklaw

and to say that vendors weren't allowed to attend...also, which brainsick person would vote against their employer ? unless they want to quit their job that is..

Anyways, let me move to the higher purpose (and title of this article); The great digital divide. Now I know this term was coined several years ago when computers became an inherent part of our life and being actually computer literate was an advantage over another person who didn't have a clue. Several years later, 1 or 2 technological reforms and one realises that the above description isn't valid anymore..while computer illiterate users still exist and are a reality, it's also a fact that the majority of users are no able to perform basic functions with their computer (surf the web, check their email, write documents and have their own facebook profile). Ergo, the old description doesn't hold anymore and a new one takes place. The great digital divide describes the difference between users who are locked down to only the technologies that have been pulled in front of their eyes while others are free enough to look around and use software and technologies that don't lock them down to a specific set of rules set by a company but are able to choose from a host of software that really suites their needs and their needs only. (A hefty price tag, may or may not apply).

Let's examine the computer of the common joe in malta; The computer was probably bought as a whole from a vendor or general computer store (think scan, klikk, atoz,). The computer is pre-installed with windows (99% of the cases not an option the user can choose to forgo).

STOP 1

1) The user was not given a choice on which operating system to have pre-installed on his new computer.
2) The user was charged an extra 93.173EUR for this "choice" in the case of windows xp. The premium is even higher for windows vista home premium edition. ( The premium may be less in some cases were a large amount of advertising/promotional software is pre-installed on your computer which degrade computer performance)
3) This "choice" restricted the user to only certain models as some of the older (and cheaper ) models do not support windows vista and the accompanying breed of bloated software, ergo the user was restricted to purchasing certain types of hardware only.

continue..

If the computer needs to be of any particular use to the average joe who is buying it, the seller will inevitably question the need of an office suite (This need is more pronounced in the case of parents with children as they would need to use office software for assignments, homework etc). The vendor will inevitably present some strain of Microsoft office (say 2003 or 2007...2007 probably being preferred and partially forced on the user).

STOP 2

As we can see, this pushed the user onto yet more expenses of office software. As an after affect, a borderline machine running vista home will struggle to work with office 2007 open and thus even more expensive hardware may be needed.

Final note: That's the purchase of a new computer system in a vendor lock-in environment. Other casual problems the user will encounter are: Forced payed for upgrades to new versions of windows. Inability to open certain file formats with Microsoft office since microsoft office does not support the ODF file format (which is an ISO standard ). Problems with every other mortal on the planet who doesnt use office 2007 or an office suite that can open microsoft's ooxml formats. DRM software running in the background of your operating system that examines all running processes and media. Inability to remove certain software from your computer such as: Microsoft messenger, internet Explorer, windows defender.

I, on the other hand run linux, my OS costs me nothing except a download and an empty cd. I use a free office suite (openoffice.org) that can open and edit and save all standard file formats. My operating system comes with a host of software for anything I may wish to do, however I have the easy and clear choice of removing/replacing this software with anything I want.

Many will retort that not being part of the crowd works against me..I guess I'd rather be free than staying with the crowd and live in chains.


M

Fra Giuseppe...more likely Fra qammiel :/

It's quite an interesting phenomenon how certain restaurant/wine bars expect to charge the client an absurd amount of money for a plate of food or even worse a higher price for wine at a wine bar.

My idea of a wine bar is: "A place were 2 or more people can gather round a table with a glass of wine and eat something fun". Needless to say that the Maltese (and foreign ? ) business man has found a way to exploit this at their profit. Couple of months ago a group of friends (hereby referred to as "us" ) went to "ta' Stringi", a wine bar highly recommended by several people for "great Wine, Food & Atmosphere". Har! Upon arrival we were moved into a war-time bomb shelter (I don't care if you call it a wine cellar) were we sat _squashed_ around a table waiting for the Germans to finish their attack...If this place's idea of atmosphere is sitting in someone's mouldy cellar breathing air that hasn't been changed for the last century or so then some people need to make so serious considerations about taste. The Forte` of the evening was however what I dubbed as "Coolade man!" A boisterous FAT woman who declared herself as our "wine list" when asked for one and offering a choice of the more expensive bottles of wine she could carry :/

The food was good though..

Fra Giuseppe!

Fra Giuseppe declared itself in a more homely manner than Ta' Stringi, being a strong and bare (again) war time building reminding a lot of the fortresses from the period of the knights of st. John. A wine list was duly provided on sitting down which is loads better than having Coolade man stare at you while you give a blank look as you try to guess what wines the "wine bar" has in stock. Upon choosing a wine of popular support, I moved to the food menu and was delighted in finding that several types of platters were offered for choice. Being hungry and in severe need of food, I chose the "Cold meat Platter".

Quoting Dictionary.com:

"2.a course of a meal, usually consisting of a variety of foods served on the same plate."

Aha! Keyword: Variety and this is what was so severely lacking in my "platter"

My cold meat platter consisted of: (using maltese for this part, cant be arsed to translate stuff in english)

1 Bicca ftira
2 Werqiet Hass
2 Half Slices of Parma Ham
2 Grissini
5+ Crackers
3 minute pieces of salami
3 slices of salami

End.


If that is a cold meat platter I'm a duck and should be used for crispy duck recipes in a chinese restaurant. ( no torture pls)

That's all..the plate was so empty I don't have anything to say about it anymore than "It's a bloody RIP-OFF!" Don't go to this place it seriously sucks for 2 reasons: 1) The above mentioned
2) Having found myself hungry after mass yesterday (Sunday) me and my better half went to a "pizza, pasta and grill" in paceville of which I'm sorry to say I forgot the name (Faccata ta Al' pacino). Scanning through their wine list, I found the same exact Rose` D'anjou we drank at me giuseppe's place for more than Lm1 less! So, what's the point of a wine bar ? If a wine bar doesn't have wine's which are cheaper than other places and the platters are not really platter but well disguised traps for the rats ?

P.S. Atleast no Coolade man was present at Fra Giuseppe, service was fast and pleasant... +1

M

Money, Suncrest Hotel and the fucking Italians

It's an interesting marketing gimmick st. valentines...probably sometime ago one bloody restaurant owner decided it would be fun to add yet another excuse in the year to charge shitloads of money for roses, wine and meals..Needless to say he got what he wanted...And here I am the day after st. valentines (singles day) thinking back about my st. valentines dinner..

Knowing of the rushing queues that such events would enlist..I decided to book early at a hotel/restaurant for a dinner with my better half...Having seen suncrest's hotel menu at La Pavillon restaurant I decided to book a table for 2. I drafted an email and after checking for clear details and instructions on how I should be contacted back in order to confirm the reservation I sent the emails..





2 weeks and a half later i still got no reply...So i called..after an endless voyage around the bloody hotels pabx I finally gave up and instructed reception to call me back with a reply. Eventually they called and confirmed..Come the 14th..we arrived at the restaurant to find that it was disgustingly furnished. Well disgusting in a manner of saying as one would expect that a st.valentines dinner with a bloody special and rather non romantic st.valentines price would be accompanied with a nice restaurant filled with red heart shaped balloons, along with red streamers, candles and roses to complement. None of this..except a few hearts cut out of red cardboard by a 3 year old. and a couple of red ballons (ordinary ones).

The food: well this wasnt bad..However for one thing, their buffet tables leave much to be desired...both cold buffet, main course and carvery area have very little space between the bowls were the food is held and the bulbs that light it up were to insert your hand or plate in order to take food or receive food (in case of the carvery).

The food was good...Amazingly there was no chicken to speak off whatsoever...a poor choice when one considers that chicken is the primary food of quite a number of people.

What really made the whole experience not so good was the fact that even tho this is a: ST. Valentines dinnner, with a st.valentines price and st. valentines decorations, the hotel saw fit to still make residents at the hotel eat in the same restaurant as us...resulting in a very large disgustingly load and loathsome group of italians..After they had had their go..the buffet looked like it had just been ran over by a group of baboons that had been in their trees for some 6 weeks cos of floods....The mess was amazing...


bleh...rant over..had it not been for passing the evening with the person I love, I wouldnt even have bothered...



My 2EU cents (that''s all i can afford right now)

Il-Juwrovixin hoj!

I'll be honest, I didn't watch the semi-finals yesterday :$ *looks away ashamed* however this morning, like the patriotic member of the Maltese society I am, I directed myself to a (or is it "the" ? ) Eurovision Malta song website...found here





heart attack right in this blank space -->






Ok, I'm back to life...God that's an ugly site...I mean with all the money they spend on doing the actual show couldn't they spend some cash on creating a nice look of themselves online ? Anywho! navigating around the site I found a page with youtube links to all the songs in the semi-final this year..AHA!...would have been OK had it not be a direct capture from someone's telly sitting in the sitting room tuned onto Super One! I mean not that it would have been any better on Net ( I despise both), but atleast they should have been a direct capture of the event. Further more they are not all from the same user, so some are from La Qomna Qomna! if you prefer that kinda show...

KLINSMANNNNNNNN!!! *300 like shout*


Oh yeah, to make justice to the artists I started watching some of the bleeding videos...Some points we (me and my alter ego) would like to make:

Klinsmannnnnn, you need to learn how to mimic playing your guitar well..the chords should vibrate if you hit them hard enough (we know it's a recording sweet mummy's boy :) )

Mary Spiteri, please go get a facelift, wrap yourself in a bag and go live a normal life, you're past your sell by date, europe is cheap but not _THAT_ cheap

Klinsmannnnnn, get a hair cut - EMO -

Jean Claude somethingoranotherwhatsyourface - either the version of your song i watched was really bad or you were more out of sync than a Japanese technicolor cartoon!

Klinsmannnnnn, duuuude, guitar too low, arms too short, you look like you're in a fit to scratch your balls

Anyways, that's dealt with, I don't know who passed the rounds and I'm pretty sure I won't care to watch it anyway..And don't say I'm not patriotic...It's the love for my country and the pitying look from other european countries that leads me to this action...Italy! Good on you! on the other hand, Sanremo pffft!


Mewt!