Have you noticed the new size of the avatars?  pretty nice in my opinion.  In some way now people will be able to identify you better when they see you in the forums.  Still crawling through level 20.  Personally I dont think its a glitch, this level is probably intentionally slowed down to see if the person is worth having an account here... lol I dont know but there has to be an explanation for the slowness of this level.. but im almost there, at this rate I wont get out until my birthday in April...  Virtua Fighter 5 is out for those who dont know.... that game is the reason why i might do what is necessary to get the ps3...

Working at Walmart and going to school is proving alot tougher than i realize.  I find it hard to find time to get everything i need done.  But its no big deal, ill find the time.  Matter of fact as soon as this entry is done i plan to clean my room and study.   But i enjoy it though, its keeping me busy and im learning alot about the real world and how it operates.  Im almost to 80% now.  It wont be long now before i finally ascend out of this level.  Most call level 20 the true test of any gamespot member.  Once you pass it, you are no longer considered a noob.

Alot happened since the last time i made an entry.  Ive been working at Wal mart alot more since the last entry and school is starting to get a little bit tougher than it was.  But its no big deal.  The only thing ive been losing is sleep time which i intend to make up after i write this entry.  My mom got back from her school so now she is a different MOS than before.  I have military duty this weekend which will pretty much be routine.  I wonder if there is any easy emblems i can get at this point?  If you do know about any, let me know.

Im almost to 60% now, soon my trial of level 20 will be over and i can move on to better levels.  Its almost feburary now and i didnt recieve the best of 2006 awards yet.  I havent seen it on any other profiles so I guess it hasnt appeared yet.  My job at Wal Mart is doing great,  I work at the biggest Wal Mart in North Carolina and the 5th biggest in the United States.  Ps3's are common now where i am anyway, but i probably will still wait until the bugs i hear about go away with the newer models they should eventually make.  I also would like for the ps3 to slim down like the ps2 did.  But im sure that wont happen for a while.  Oh well, i can wait for awhile.

Well the battle is half way over.  Im now rounded off at 50% through level 20.  Then I will be finally be able to move on to bigger levels.  Most people consider level 20 the final test to determine whether your serious about being on gamespot or just here to try and level up.   So far im doing great at it because im finding the time to be on the site more.  My car isnt doing so great though, as i had to be towed home last night from work.  Even now a tow truck is coming to take my car to a body shop to get it repaired.  I can only pray and hope that it can be repaired as I have school and work to go to constantly.  Im sure everything will work out though.  And in other news, im starting to be interested in dating someone again.  Of course Ive always been interested ever since my last relationship ended a year ago, but this time im really serious about it.  She also attends my church, and if things work out, i will make sure not to make the same mistakes twice.  And for some gaming news, ive pretty much completed final fantasy 12 and now im playing DBZ budokai tencahicki 2(lol i probably didnt spell that right).   So far its been really fun.  But final fantasy though.... I will never forget that game, it produced the same lasting effect as Legend of the Dragoon did.  Both were awesome time consuming rpgs that were fun to learn and play.  When I get time today, im going to write a very LONG review for FF12.  But right now its all about the car, which i will do my best to get repaired.  Well thats all for now, till next entry.

Well as of two days ago I officially signed up for college and now I iwill be taking 3 classes for the next few months.  I am really excited about being in college finally and now i have the opportunity to make my future alot better now.  Everything is going well with my job, I look forward to working at a new Wal Mart they are building which is supposed to be the biggest Wal Mart in NC.  Its going to be open 24 hours a day and I cant wait to start working in the new Electronics department.  Well other than that i will be working night shifts most of the time and probably sleeping during the day until the 10th of January when my classes start.  I completed about 95% of final fantasy.  I grew too curious about what happens in the end and I went ahead and beat the final boss.  It wasnt really a challenge at all considering my main characters were all level 99 and my back ups were level 75.  But i did save it though and the last things i have to do is get the ultimate clan rank; the Order of Ambrosia, and finish the foot race in the port city of Balfiorium(i dont think i spelled that right).  Its hard finding those rare monsters though, but i will keep at it for a little while.  Well thats all for now, till next entry.

Yep, today on Jan 2, 2007 ive been a member of Gamespot for 1 year!!  I think I did alright for one year, considering i had limited access to a computer for the majority of the summer, and 16 total days of suspension for political/religious arguments.  My stats as of one year is as follows according to my memory and record.

Name: Achilles438

Member since: Jan 2 2006

Level: 20 (41.32%)

Number of Posts: 4616

Unions im in: 3 (officer rank in one of them)

Emblems: 9 (was 10 but they took away the reviewing emblem)

Favorite forum: Off Topic discussion

Number of Moderations: 22

Days Suspended: 17 total

Overall, not bad I think.  My goal by this time next year is to be level 40 or above and have at least 3 full rows of emblems.  I heard that this site once got rid of everyones moderations and gave everyone a clean slate.  Hopefully they will do that again.  Even if they dont however, its alright.  Ive had fun on this site so far, and ive enjoyed alot of the cheats i can always get as well.

I hope no one on here did any drunk driving or anything like that and everyone stayed out of trouble..... lol probably not.  But anyway, im just glad to have made it through another year with the help of the Lord.

Wow, I hardly have time for Gamespot anymore.  I work constantly at Wal Mart and Final Fantasy 12 has seem to put an addicting curse on me.  Ive almost completed everything there is to do in that game with 180+ hours of gameplay.  Still crawling through level 20 slowly.  With school starting for me soon plus work, I probably wont be out of this level for a long time because I just dont have time to post like i used to.  But i will make a decent effort to try to do better.  Well, now im going to go and defeat the omega mark which i couldnt find last night.  Hopefully I will find it this time.

Hmm, nothing much going on now.... Ive learned about 90% of everything that Im going to be doing at my job at Wal Mart, so now everything is pretty much routine.  Its an easy job and something that I love to work with, electronics.  As far as gamespot goes, my level process is as slow as ever.  My earlier prediction to be out of level 20 by new years is going to be wrong, and my new prediction based on my progress so far will be by the end of Feburary if im lucky to get a few good level boosts.  I hope to get three more emblems too so I can have 2 full rows.  Well thats about it for now, back to final fantasy 12 for me, as I continue my war against Zodiark.  Ive fought him 5 times already and have died every time and my main party is level 80 (wow).  But I love games like that though, because I will have an even bigger satisfaction when I beat the crap out of Zodiark.  I remember having a similar feeling when I finally beat the Final Tournament in Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution.  It took me 30+ times to get all the way to the final round, and I finally won one day.  I literally ran all around the house jumping with joy at finally winning that tournament.  Luckily I was home alone and no one saw me :lol:  Well, no more time to spend here, must continue to level up and prepare to face my most recent nemesis.  Till next entry.