Holiday Traditions

First off I would like to say happy holidays to everyone! 

Christmas at my house means a few things. For starters it means that the kitchen will smell fantastic for almost the entire month (which it never a bad thing), It means that family comes to visit (which also means that my mom will be franticly cleaning) and last but not least, it means Christmas Eve at our friends house and presents on Christmas morning.These are my traditions. These are the things that make Christmas spectacular to me and it's funny how backwards any holiday feels when the traditions are broken. So my question to you this year is a two parter 

1. What are you guys' traditions 

And 

2. What about those traditions makes Christmas (or any other holiday) feel special to you? 

Comment below and let me know! 

-SD&P

No one's ever seen them in the same room together... Just sayin'

So this was pretty much me when I played sports.

Parenting: The Homer way 

I can't believe people are starting to not know who Sonic is.
-SD&P

Winter Denial

Now Don't get me wrong I love the winter, but right now it's -7, and I am definitely getting there.
Goodnight err'yone! - SD&P

 

On a side note I cannot wait to go see Catching Fire! Has anyone else seen it?!? Tweet me @stpdropandpanic and let me know your thoughts on it.
Night guys! -SD&P

Nelson Mandela

  "And they all said 'I'm sorry for your loss,' as if you were someone who could ever be taken from me." -Author Unknown

In today's world, those who choose a different path, dare to make a difference, or even those with a different skin color or sexuality are often ostracized or excluded. Nelson Mandela was a man who fought to change this. Even though he has moved on from this world to the next, his legacy will never be forgotten. Let us not grieve his death, but celebrate his life.
R.I.P Nelson Mandela.  1918-2013

Cheeseburger Stabbing

Good night everyone!
-SD&P

Terraria version 1.2.0.3

So I know that this post isn't exactly relevant anymore (seeing as Terraria's new update came out over a month ago) There's loads of new weapons, characters, and maps. But just incase you're wondering, here's a complete list of all the updates.
New Additions:

• 87 new banners were added as drops from monsters
• Glass Furniture- Now craftable with glass
• Hive Furniture- Now craftable with crisp honey
• Steampunk Furniture- Now craftable with cogs
• Pirates will now randomly drop fancy gold furniture
• You can now craft more furniture out of wood with a sawmill (barstools, banquet tables, etc..)
• Lihzahrd Walls are now obtainable
• You can now craft living wood walls
• Added new friendly critters: Blue Jay, Cardinal, Squirrel, and Mouse
• Whoopee Cushion now has a higher drop rate
• You can now tinker a whoopee cushion with a cloud in a bottle

Bug Fixes and Changes:

• Dungeon guardian now does 1000 damage
• Chlorophyte Drill and Pickaxe can now mine Chlorophyte
• The Rod of Discord now properly drops
• The Uzi now has the correct drop rate
• Easy mode jungle enemies now have a small chance of spawning in hardmode jungle
• Moss hornets can now drop Bezoars
• You can no longer duplicate items with the merchant
• Snow particles will no longer spawn on backwalls
• Fixed a bug that would cause monsters to despawn on servers but not clients
• You can no longer duplicate items through reforge
• The Mummy Shirt now correctly shows the players hand
• The graphic for Pirate Pants has been fixed
• The Party Girl will now sell the Bubble Wand
• The Mushroom Spear can now be reforged
• The Heat Ray now uses mana
• The Leaf Blower now uses mana
• Marshmallows no longer duplicate (for real this time)
• The Frost Breastplate now correctly gives bonus based off the tooltip
• You can no longer sell money
• Orichalcum axe now requires an orichalcum anvil to craft
• Fixed an exploit that would crash servers and clients
• You can now attack the Clothier with the Clothier Voodoo doll equipped
• Purification powder now works on crimson ice
• Holy water now works on crimson
• Eclipses are no longer persistent between worlds
• Fixed switch duplication bug
• Fixed a bug that would cause tiles to be painted on multiplayer when they shouldn’t be
• Reduced the number of particles some items/spells create
• Slightly improved performance when a large number of particles are on screen
• Fixed a bug that would cause coins to disappear instead of converting into the next highest currency
• Lucky coin no longer drops coins from statue spawned monsters
• Bunny cannon will return to you when broken
• NPCs that require Plantera to be defeated to sell things now do so correctly in multiplayer
• King and Queen statues will correctly summon the new NPCs
• Typing before the password screen when hosting will no longer cause those keys to be the password
• Holding coins when dying will now correctly drop those as well
• Flame thrower now does ranged damage instead of magic
• Blue and Green Wrenches show the number of wire available
• You can now reforge the Book of Skulls
• Fixed several typos
• Fixed a bug that caused the music box to record instantly
• Green solution will now turn Mushroom Biomes back into Jungle
• Traps no longer trigger Spectre Armor (Sorry Hero)
• You can no longer create a slope or half tile under a Lihzahrd Altar
• People playing on small screens should no longer auto equip an item from a chest or pick it up
• Rocket Launcher will now drop off of the Skeleton Commando
• Goldfish will no longer drop pirate maps near the ocean
• The Eater’s Bone will now properly drop

Balance Changes:

• The defense of Spectre Armor has been slightly lowered
• The defense of Turtle Armor has been lowered
• The attack speed, damage, knockback, and life return of Vampire Knives has been lowered slightly
• Dungeon Spirit spawn chance has been lowered
• Increased the reach of Wrenches and Wire Cutters
• Hardmode Crimson, Corruption, and Hallow spread is now slowed after killing Plantera instead of any Mechanical Boss
• Slightly increased the chance for an eclipse to happen, but they will now only happen after killing a Mechanical Boss
• Hardmode Dungeon Monsters will now only spawn after Plantera has been defeated
• Coins will now auto stack when close to eachother
• Shadowbeam Staff does less damage each time it hits something
• Spectre Armor does less healing each time the same projectile deals damage
• Piranha gun now does slightly more damage
• Pyramids are slightly more common
  
  So there you go! Enjoy yourselves and let me know what you guys find!
  
  (List pulled from http://www.terrariaonline.com)

Shure Beta 52A

The Shure Beta 52A is tough, rugged dynamic kick drum microphone. With it's Supercardioid pick up and tailored frequency makes it the perfect choice for kick drums and other low frequency instruments.


For more in-depth specs as well as where to buy the mic visit

http://www.shure.com/americas/products/microphones/beta/beta-52a-kick-drum-microphone

Escape the Fate and Falling in Reverse Headline together this January

Breaking News: Escape the Fate and Falling in Reverse to tour together 

Good news for all of you Escape the Fate AND Falling in Reverse fans! After an infamous feud lasting almost 5 years FIR front man Ronnie Radke alongside Craig Mabbitt (lead singer of ETF) announced yesterday that they have set there differences aside and will be headlining the "Bury the Hatchet Tour" starting this January 15th in L.A. Tickets go on sale this Thursday Oct 31. Check the bands' websites for more information as it unfolds. More info and tour date at http://www.altpress.com/aptv/video/exclusive_falling_in_reverse_and_escape_the_fate_bury_the_hatchet_with_tour

Max Green back in Escape the Fate

Speaking of Escape the Fate. In the same interview with Craig and Ronnie, Craig announced that Max Green is officially back in the band. After a long battle with drugs it has been announced last week that Max was sober for good and was working on getting his life back together.

Setting up a Terraria server. (with out Himachi)

To begin, you'll need to know your Default Gateway. To find this, go to your start menu and open your Command Prompt (You can type cmd into your Windows 7 search bar). Next type in 'ipconfig' as seen below.

After you type in 'ipconfig' a new window will pop up.

(sorry for the crappy editing folks) 

Find where it says "Default Gateway" and type that into your URL bar.

After you enter your Default Gateway into your URL bar you should get A pop-up that looks something like this

Now you might be freaking out right now because you probably have never set any password for anything like this before. Not to worry. Your default username should be admin and your password should be password. Secure right? If you password's not password, check on the bottom of your router and there should be a username and password printed on some sort of sticker.

Once you've successfully entered your username and password, you should be re-directed to your router's webpage, specific to your Default Gateway.

  

Now here's where it get's a little tricky, because the next steps vary from router to router. So, I'll show you how mine is, and if you have any questions, you can always Facebook me  https://www.facebook.com/stopdropandpanic

Next you're going to click on "Default settings" 

Next click on "Virtual Server/ DMZ" (again it varies from server to server)

Click  "Add Virtual Server/ DMZ"

enter your "Default Gateway" in the space provided.

Next type 7777 in both the "Start Port" and the "End Port"

After this you should be ready to play!

Note: When other people are trying to join your server, they DO NOT use your default gateway.
Go to google.com and type in "what's my ip"

Have your friends enter your public IP adress as shown here. 

Welcome!

Hi There, and welcome to my blog! As I said my blog is a little splash of everything. For My first post I thought I would tell you more about what you can expect from this blog.

Indie Games:  Now would be a good time to tell you that I'm not an avid gamer, so if that's what you're

looking for I'd look somewhere else. Having said that, I feel like I know my way around the world of gaming fairly well so you might see a post from time to time. 

Music: As for as the music part of my blog is concerned, I'll be announcing new release dates as well as reviews and tour announcements. (Music is what I feel I know the most about and is where I feel you can expect to see the most posts)

As far as the "Anything" part of my blog, it really might be anything. A political rant, Polling Opportunities, More reviews (most likely about sound equipment) as well as other things that are apart of my life.

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