Last time when I wrote my weekly journal, I was feeling down, and that feeling has continued until now. I skipped a week of journal writing. If you ask me why I didn't write, well, the truth is I didn't feel like it, and there wasn't much to write about.
Just work, and after work, I didn't do much, and the days just passed by.
Even though it's been half a month, I still can't think of anything to write about.
Looking back at the tweets I posted in the past half month, they were mostly complaints.
Dota2 X Star Track#
I don't play MOBA games much. MOBA games require practice and coordination, and the requirements are too high. In RTS games, if I lose, it's just a loss for myself, but in MOBA games, I feel guilty for letting my teammates down because of my own incompetence, so I've never liked playing MOBA games.
The reason why I watched Dota2 matches was mainly because Star Track sponsored two Chinese teams, and their matches happened to be on weekends. So I clicked to watch. In recent years, the collaboration between "games helping games" has become more and more common. For example, Arknights sponsored StarCraft, and Star Track sponsored Dota2.
Dota2 is a game that has been in operation for nearly 10 years. If we trace back to the original Dota on Warcraft 3, the player base is even broader. On the other hand, Star Track is just a new game that has been launched for a few months. As a turn-based game with a light and casual style, it may be able to complement the high-intensity MOBA games and attract more players through sponsorship. After all, as people get older, it becomes unlikely to find old friends to play games together again. Work and life are too tiring, and lightweight games are what they need. It seems like a mobile game breaking into the e-sports industry, but it actually makes sense when you think about it.
By the way, the reason why I call it Star Track is because when I first started playing it, I always felt like I was playing the Trails series. Although it's called "Honkai Impact 3rd: Star Rail", theoretically it should be called "Star Rail", but I still prefer to call it Star Track.
For Dota2, it's actually a good opportunity as well. Star Track has a large number of young players, and if it can bring in new vitality, it would be great for an old game. For example, I have watched several matches of The International (TI) even though I don't understand much.
May they "reach the stars" in the end.
A Sweet Death for the Great Detective#
It's a decent detective novel. I guessed the core trickery more or less, and the deduction was magnificent, but a bit too much, making it a bit tiring to read.
The story tells of a detective game at a VR game trial event, which takes place at the Megalodon Manor built on a deserted island, following the classic stormy manor pattern. However, the mastermind behind the scenes came out from the beginning, but instead of playing Werewolf, the protagonist drew the Werewolf card. The goal was to find the executor planted by the mastermind and avoid being discovered as the killer.
The Tower of Babel Canticle#
This game is innovative. Your goal seems to be to climb upwards, passing through six different races. Each race has its own beliefs and languages, and you have to observe, communicate, listen, and think to understand their languages, starting from scratch and translating for them. The visual design is avant-garde, smooth, and regular.
Overall, it's not bad, but when I reached the third race, I felt that the map was too big and got dizzy, especially with its winding sewer. I didn't want to manually draw the map myself, so I didn't continue playing. Also, the game has a high contrast, which strains the eyes. And the poet on the third level doesn't speak human language, which makes it tiring to guess.
If you like games like Monument Valley, you might like this game, although the gameplay is different.
Starting to Try Drawing#
I started trying to draw, and my mood gets a little better when I draw. I always feel that after working, I need to avoid being alienated into a tool and find some fun in life.
Actually, I should have practiced controlling the pen and lines from the beginning. But I'm lazy and don't have the time and energy to practice. So whatever it turns out to be, as long as I'm happy and enjoying it, that's the most important thing. Although there is still a gap between the result and what I wanted.
Eyes and hair are the most difficult to draw. It takes more than just a day or two to practice and achieve the desired effect.
I drew the hair stiffly, but without practicing controlling the pen and lines, it's difficult to achieve the desired effect.
It's hard to capture the shape.
Friends#
When I woke up in the morning, I saw the news of the actor who played Chandler's death.
Friends is a TV show that I really like, and it has had a profound impact on me. I don't know how to describe this emotion for a moment. As a sitcom, it has its values. The tone was set in S1E1, where Rachel ran away from her wedding and started living with the other five. The values of self-reliance, treating others well, respecting differences, and respecting one's own feelings were established in S1E1. It taught me that happiness and money are not necessarily related, and those who dare to choose their own lives and responsibilities are truly free.
In Friends, each character has been troubled by their original families, and they all have their own problems. Each person's personality is not perfect, and everyone has their flaws. But they all went from having nothing in their twenties to gradually finding their own direction in their thirties, supporting each other to overcome the troubles of their original families, and becoming each other's new family.
Of course, this is an adult fairy tale, so everyone loves it. In the later seasons of Friends, friendship has been diluted by romance and became mediocre, but people still love to watch it because it's Friends.