Games, Sketches, and Thoughts

I am just back from Berlin 2 days ago and still tired. We were three days in Berlin, went there one day before the final and back to Bremen one day after. At Berlin, we walked around the city, seeing the landmarks, window shopping at one of the biggest mall in Europe (Ka De Ve), and of course went to the Olympia Stadion and FIFA Fan Festival.

Usually we start moving from 9 AM and back home at 1 AM. And we watched the final match at Adidas Arena, a public viewing near the Fan Festival. Oh, those lack-of-sleep days

Now the world cup is over.

Sometimes I just can’t believe. It’s like wake up from a long good dream. Something that I had waited for almost three years is over now. That’s also one of the main reasons why I picked German for my next study

But life goes on. Now I can concentrate doing my stuff: learning DirectX, doing some graphics & character design, creating games (and playing games too), finding job in game industry, and yes, of course my master thesis.

I only got four months to do them all before I got home to Indonesia for my brother’s wedding. Four months, huh :|

Aja Aja Fighting!!

The last ‘Super Move’ from Zidane. But we will always remember you as a great player! Sayonara, Zidane!

I got this from the Internet, somewhere, I forget where. Someone puts Street Fighter effect on this incident. But this gif image inspires me to make a game about buttheading and football. Well, we’ll see..

The World Cup 2006!! OMG, I am so excited

Finally, after waiting for almost 2 years, I can feel the atmosphere of this big event! That’s also one of the main reasons why I choose to study in Germany. Too bad that there’s no match in Bremen. But that’s OK

So, we plan to go to Hamburg to watch the first match (Germany vs Costa Rica) on a fan festival, around 6 PM. Of course, it will be on a big screen. Hopefully, we’ll get the opening ceremony aswell.

Now, I’ll wear my German T-shirt, bring my face crayon, and go outside enjoying the nice weather before leaving to Hamburg. Time to shutdown my computer…

Almost a month ago, I got an e-mail from university Bremen, asking someone for voluntary work in Robocup 2006. But the first thing that came in my mind was ‘NOPE. I’d rather watch REAL soccer match than watch or do something for that robot match’.

Yup, the next Robocup 2006 will be in Bremen, starting from 14th until 20th of June. You can see the schedule at their official page (http://www.robocup2006.org).

Not that I against the event, or the match between the robots, but it’s the timing. Why it has to be during the world cup? Okay, maybe they want to get the moment, but why couldn’t they do it before the world cup?

Take part in the Robocup means that you have to prepare the robots, fix them if something wrong happens, prepare the field, and test the robots before the match begins. Not to mention that according to their official schedule, the robocup matches will be held between 9 AM until 9 PM, while the World Cup matches start at 3 PM, 6 PM, and 9 PM. For the voluntary workers, they have to do many other things too. Sure that they’ll miss the world cup matches. Robocup is an annual event but you can only watch World Cup only every four years.

Do those geeks watch soccer? I mean, the REAL soccer? Maybe not.

I think it’s OK if they pause the Robocup during the world cup match and watch it together on a big screen (while drinking beer )