Keumgang Martial Arts receives Diversity Award from Mundelein

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Earlier today, Keumgang Martial Arts Academy, which is where I train taekwondo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, received the 2015 Diversity Award from the Village of Mundelein.

I went with the owners today to the reception and ceremony and shot video of the owner’s speech. That video is available on their YouTube channel:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YlJIGL9iKo

I also have a few photos from the event as well. The one I decided to post is of the owners holding the award with village staff, along with parents and students.

The framing of the photo looks a little strange and tight because I cropped out the young students who were sitting on the ground in front of the adults. (I removed them from the photo because there are some liabilities that go along with publishing photos of children that I prefer not to deal with.)

If you’d like to congratulate them, feel free to do so in the comments section of that video.

 

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Bug with League of Legend’s turret range indicator

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I was playing a bot game earlier today with Ed, and managed to get full sized on Cho’Gath.

When I was sitting outside the enemy team’s fountain, I noticed something strange about the range indi­ca­tor on the turrets and fountain laser.

I’m guessing that my character’s size is somehow factored into the range indi­ca­tor, which is why I’m able to stand inside the circle but not get shot by any defensive structures?

This obviously makes no difference for me because I already know the range of the turrets, but this will probably be confusing for some new players who are still trying to learn the game.

 

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Four arsonists in Town of Salem and they still lose

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Ed and I have been playing a browser game called Town of Salem lately.

Every time I get arsonist, I always win. As for the other roles, I’m still in the process of figuring out how to play the game.

Possibly as a side effect of that, Ed believes that arsonists are a little bit OP. Usually, when I’m an arsonist, I’m either solo or with one partner.

This particular game, there were four arsonists. And they lost.

Apparently this was a very historic event, so Ed told me to take a screenshot of the game.

… So here it is.

 

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Snowflake-shaped ice crystals on my window

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I live in the Chicagoland area, and as you may suspect, it gets pretty cold around here during this time of year.

I had my car parked at our family business’ outdoor parking lot, and when I went back out, I noticed that snowflake-shaped ice crystals had formed on my window.

You can sort of see them in the photo above, but I recommend clicking on it to view it in its full 2048 by 1152 pixel high-definition glory (you might have to click to enlarge it once again after you open the larger file, because some browsers resize images too big to fit on your screen).

It’s actually pretty interesting, and I’ve never seen something with such detail form on a car window before.

 

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Got Wildfire Zyra for free

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Apparently Riot thought I was a good example of positive behavior, and included me in the list of people receiving free mystery gifts.

When I got the notification, I realized that something very ironic had happened.

Over a year ago, I wrote a blog post regarding why I didn’t like Haunted Zyra, which was the new Harrow­ing skin at the time. To summarize, I disliked it because I didn’t feel like it resemble Zyra’s personality very well. To me, Zyra’s physical appearance should be that of an innocent plant, luring her opponents, then turning into a vicious killing monster when they approach.

Haunted Zyra, as well as Wildfire Zyra, don’t have that innocent look to them. Instead, they seem rather violent in appearance. That’s why I chose not to purchase either of those skins, and instead, stick with the default skin.

In my opinion, a skin like Death Blossom Zyra would be more fitting for her (if you’re curious about what it would look like, Elise currently has a Death Blossom skin).

So, back to the free mystery gift … this is what I got.

“You don’t want to buy this skin because you don’t like it? Well, we’ll force you to own it instead, then!” —Rito Gaemz

Although I don’t like the particular skin that I received, I’m still thankful that I was one of the people who even received a skin at all, and I’m grateful that Riot is rewarding positive behavior in the community.

 

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