Agung Paramtapa's Journal

Amidst modding works and new drama after New Year 2026, there's this thing that've been feeding my curiosity for God knows how long, and it started months ago as I'm having a weird philia that I'll explain below. I'm not a type of having a child fetish or smth in that regard, but back when MTV was a thing, I remembered a couple of things about one of the music playlists. From what I remember, it started in a white screen for few seconds, then the whole image turns into a orange brownish environment (dimly lit room?) having a young man (IIRC, he aged like me back in the 2000s) in front of a mirror with a shirt hanging on the front of his body. The song starts quite soft right after  the shirt fell from his body, went outside the camera POV that's pointing to the mirror. I don't watch the whole music video but in the reff segment, the song turned into some kind of soft rock with the drummer being the same young man (?) singing it. Idk if it's Indonesian or...

 I have to say, the way I write this in the title is related to what I write back in 2021 . Why do I say so? Look no further than SomeOrdinaryGamers, the one channel that is best described as the anti-mainstream gaming channel that talks about anything and everything.  So, what happened? If you haven't noticed recently, most, if not all, YouTube videos out there (it might happen to anyone who have subscribed to certain channels), have automated translations to video description and title and AI-driven dubbing system that can convert what you're saying in the video (you or anyone else) to be dubbed based on what you're saying in their native languages. Apparently, Indonesian is covered in this subject, to which I brought up the attention of the old post I wrote back in 2021, where the AI was at its infancy (there wasn't even an AI chatbot like ChatGPT at that time). Ngl, there are translations that are either wacky or just don't fit right in based on the language for...

 If you read my old post pertaining Ace Combat 6 emulation through Xenia app that ended up bad (it's been 5 years, holy shit 🤣), well, I have good news for you readers who still care about my blog (as I start to neglect it even more due to more of my daily life updates are spent on Blaze's "Get Home, Be Home, Stay Home" Discord server).    If you have watched it, then you know what I'm talking about 😏. It was out 2 days before my birthday this year (like, holy shit I can't believe this 😱) and TBH, it's not even my birthday gift that I want.  So, what's going on here? Let's start up with the fact that emulation isn't perfect. Sure, you can say that such thing can be perfected from time to time, but TBH, the fact that I wanted to have a try on AC6 even though I don't own Xbox physically is getting my patience dry, so based on what I experienced 5 years ago , the Xenia application was at its infancy. It's not as perfect as today (to wh...

For once, there's an ad that offers a freelancing website on YouTube and apparently, it's in Indonesian, where it points to both Transcribe Me and Voice Dictation websites for me to give impression on what's that about. It happened on February-March this year, apparently, where shitty ads that offer job campaign is on its full course. The ad that showcased there offers a strat on how to make money without leaving from the comfort of your computer seat, and back when I first saw it, I'd say, "is this legit? Why this ad is coming up out of nowhere?" It came up few times back when I still use my Samsung phone (I traded it off and swapped it with a better and faster Poco phone 2 or 3 weeks ago), but at least, after 2 or 3 times, I took a screenshot when the guy mentions the freakin' websites and said, "fuck it, I'd save it and I'll take a look at it later." It's rather simple thought, actually. Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic kicked in...

 My Aussie dude whom I make friends of, Blaze, a.k.a. BLAZEDEDGE -RZ- , has opened up a contest for YOU, artists who are good in designing the image art, to create a movie poster and/or a video thumbnail for the upcoming short film the "Arson Squadron" is making called "The Anomaly Over Stonehenge." The video is mainly focused about a custom time and place setting set in the Ace Combat's Strangereal World using Ace Combat 7 as the base of this video. You can see more details about this contest once you join his Discord server. Anyone can join and it's free of charge. For more information, check the announcement channel once you're joined. Join now and be the winner!

 Remember the time where I write about Format Factory that is popular but being so malicious about? Apparently, I found some forum posts on Avast and (most clearly explained) Bleeping Computer for this kind of issue. Windows Defender Dilemma I mentioned before in the post where I wrote about Format Factory, and it seems to be connected with what I'm thinking: a new replacement. Apparently, this popular app, or should I say in its short term, FF, defined this app on some AV companies, including Windows Defender (on Windows 8 and above) as "potentially unwanted software/program" (PUP) because of... like what Enderman said, OpenCandy installer, adware bundled in the installation software, making you have to download software that you don't necessarily need if you're not aware (or at least a tech savvy). I can imagine; the installer itself is kinda sus, judging from the posts they made there, but what I don't understand is that Windows Defender detects FF's...

 It's been a while since I write things here in my blog and... yeah, things have been going on so much. Between all the drama of Blaze's Ace Combat Discord community and recently, the hacked Knight Valfodr's channel, yeah, I'm silently making mods and updating them while I flex myself in playing other games and the other that I saved for the rainy day, the Shinobi Striker. Tell you what, I still have the Red Alert 3: Uprising game (no Steam, pirated, I guess) and I managed to AFK in the middle of the night, and guess what? You can leave your base intact and having to rack up 700k of money in 4 to 5 hours as long as you set up impenetrable base defense (yeah, after the horde of Steel Ronins at the start, you only have Archer Maidens for the remainder of the gameplay). It's hilarious to see enemies still spawning them despite low on ore resources. Can't believe I shit myself on this. Usually when you use the "Red Alert" button to give out the emergency ...

 I've been using the Format Factory for quite a long time, it seems, since the day I made a mod of Blood Prison video mod for GTA IV, until... Believe it or not, VirusTotal seemed to pick this software as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Software) across 19 security vendors, including Windows Defender. Idk what's wrong with this software having being so malicious about; I'll dig about it when there is time. Truth is, this has been picked up by the Defender, like... since 2020 or so. The Defender flagged the Format Factory and its uninstaller as PUPs, but the AVG doesn't ring any bells. Idk why the AVG installed on my PC doesn't seem to ring any bell if FF (Format Factory) is going to be a PUP as if you install a BonziBuddy on your PC. Heck, by the time I want to use it, the executables are gone (of which the system is looking for the files, it seems). I can't uninstall it too since the uninstaller EXE was gone. Probably the Defender took measures without my knowledge...

It's real. Someone's already used the mods to make Blaze to think again about his doing on releasing the mod tools to the public. And it's becoming a widespread talk across the Ace Combat community. I told him that releasing the mod tools can affect the entire course of Ace Combat modding, but he said before, "eh, it's fine". Ik this was supposed to be a fun thing for everyone, but it seems like this ability was abused by irresponsible people, purely to ruin the mechanics of multiplayer fun entirely. Not even a week and someone's already abused it. At some point, the day before yesterday, people have noticed about this unknown player coming around and literally f*ck a guy using unlocked PSM, in an F-4E Phantom. Now Ik that this is unusual, and it was a real surprise that the guy he's fighting in, was using Blaze's name. He has given the clarification that he owns only 2 accounts, with one being mistakenly banned by the developer, but not with a...

 After that last video about me jousting players in Blazededge RZ's stream and I joined his Discord server, I finally found my groove of meeting new people; not just local, of which there are a few or so, but also international, and also, be a part of Ace Combat community that started up since the Assault Horizon days. Now, you guessed it, I'm in the stream with Blaze and other popular players that a.k.a. "the boys". You might be asking, why I took part of this. I'll explain this in a nutshell: loneliness and popularity in a particular community. Loneliness I like to be left alone and do whatever I want, but I'll be honest. One day, I woke up, almost crying, of which for some reason, I felt the sadness in me that... the only friend I can count on when "home alone" is the Boruto Uzumaki action figure I have; the SHFiguarts one. I'll say this in the simplest way possible. You like to have a me time where no one wants to bother you, right? What if...

My video here shows you on a tin of what was going on after I was finished from a meeting session to discuss about thesis revisions with my new counselor. It's a 30-minute, 500000-score-limit Battle Royale match set up by Blazededge RZ , the channel that I subscribed into. And it's also a time for my face reveal after not showing up in an old video I uploaded since 2013. Oh boy, the battle wasn't just insane and breathtaking, but also awkward, because Blaze (Blazededge RZ) and Sora (Sorasenkai) racked up high killscores just so that they want to come out as the first (MVP); but to me, though, they're the best of the best (or as Joel said, " créme de la créme "). So for that, I wish I can make my name on the community, and not just about modding in general, but also fair and stable multiplayer for everyone to enjoy. For a moment, I prepped this video whilst in a middle of a thesis revision. A bit complications and boredom made me to do this while I myself pre...

Well, you know what I'm saying. Life's been an ass sometime and I bet there's a chance that you might gonna quit gaming at some point and enjoy what the outside world looked like. Well, not in this case where Covid-19 made people stuck at home and (if forced to) have to wear "surgical mask" every time you go outside because... the pandemic isn't over yet. This boredom (and loneliness too) makes me want to cry sometimes, but I urged not to. I'm a 25-year-old man and I have dignity to maintain. I'm sure you know why at that point; if TL;DR isn't suited for you, some examples of how I was scammed for hundreds of US dollars in an equivalent to Indonesian Rupiah in three different occasions are explained here (there are posts explaining this, read them and I hope they'll be a valuable lesson to you). So, whilst I'm bored, I take my chances to do whatever that suits my fancy. Wrapping up the task I've been doing before the time runs out i...

  Top Gun: Maverick just got its release date "rewinded" to next year. I mean, seriously, I was expecting it to be out 2021, but now... I maybe misinformed or I should wait 29 episodes of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (since this writing) for this long-awaited new Top Gun movie to be out. Ik this is still in pandemic age, but seriously, I really heard no news from it. Ever. Oh and BTW, I wasn't continuing the series that has already... you know, make it this far to adapt with the manga, but... I saw it in a glimpse that Sasuke lost his Rinnegan or smth, stabbed by Momoshiki that was "masquerading" inside Boruto's body. Folks in the Discord server Kingdom of the Skies once talked about it, but it was short. I mean, I kinda thought that this movie probably has relations with this new Ace Combat 7 DLC that'll be out this fall. About cutting-edge aircraft series and all... On top of that, it seems that one drama has been settled down in the forums....