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Also, I'd like to thank iSoaker.com for adding a link to the Aqua-Nexus under the "Reccomended Links" section, right on the main page. Whoa, thanx dude!
(To which extent I am very annoyed... 8 days ago... It was never announced, but AquaNexus.com was once purchased for The Aqua-Nexus in March 2001, but never went online until a redirection service was found in Early 2002, and never fully went online due to lack of funds to re-register the Domain name in March '02.)
Well... at this point, keeping in mind there is now an official company called "AquaNexus", I wish to restate my intentions... This SuperSoaker website has been online since 1999, and in that time, it has almost ALWAYS been known as "The Aqua-Nexus". In that time, Aqua-Nexus has tried to serve as a basis of familiarity and recognizability in the community, being possibly the oldest active Soaker site to not have changed it's name, style, or webmanagement. I have no intentions of relinquishing my site's name. From the sounds of it, this AquaNexus.com hasn't been in operation long, and if someone has legal claim to the name - it is me. But, for now, AquaNexus.tk is mine, and hopefully soon.... I'll be feeling a little better about all this...
ugh.
What else is new?
well, I'm waiting for a
half decent day to do more reviews for the Nexus. At the current time,
there are no reviews for Max-D's - BUT - I have 5 of them and plan to get
a Secret Strike sometime soon. I also have a CPS 4100 to review.
I never announced this (I
don't think), but back in November I finally recieved my Prize package
for winning 2002 SuperSoaker.com's Webmaster's Choice award. I recieved
a Monster XL (my 3rd, whoa), Monster X, CPS 4100, CPS SplashZooka 65oz,
and a Max-D 6000 and 5000. So, now I'm tripping over blasters in my basement.
:P
That's all for now, more later.
-MaX
Lately I've been feeling
what the Aqua-Nexus really needs is a new set of directives... before,
it was in part competition, driven to be popular, and for a while, I didn't
know what I wanted...
Last year, when Aqua-Nexus
took home the "Best Reviews" award from the Aquatica web awards, it really
opened my eyes... In its dying age, there was still something that the
Nexus had to offer. Yeah, there's not much for new Soakers in 2003 other
than the Max-D Secret Strike and the EES series, but maybe there's something
here that people actually like, and are happy about, and as someone pointed
out to me a few days ago(Thanx SSP!), it's because they have Heart and
Soul. In a way, I do put something into my reviews, War stories, Newswire
reports, the off other thing that comes by... and that's my personality,
my style of writing. Instead of Specs and hard data, I'm a real person
telling it how it is...
But that was just the catalyst... what I really needed to return to was myself back in 1999. When I was here only because I wanted to be and not because I had to, or if I didn't, the whole thing would crash. In 1999, everything was new, or at least, everything old was new again... I just came back from a 7yr absence because I rediscovered something I really loved as a kid... I went to a store and found the rereleased Classic series, and it was instant flashbacks. And when I discovered CPSs, I found that the leagues had changed around a little in Soakerdom, and there was a perfect fit for a Post-High School guy like me. That spring, me and my friends found our way back into Soakers, and not only that, Aqua-Nexus was born. And I loved it because I was free, unbound to any commitments. Much like I am now...
So, I feel that what I should do to get it all back in line now, 4 years after the events of 1999 transpired, in the days that could be called a Dark age of Soakage, is to refocus on what I should be doing, what I love doing, and coincidentally, is what some people look forward to here. Reviews, News, and Good times, even if the Good times are all I have to offer. :)
So, finally I know exactly why I am back here. Not because I have to be, but because I want to be. Not because I'm needed, but because I am loved. You want reviews with heart and soul and that's why Aqua-Nexus won Best Reviews last year? Fine! I was waiting 4 years for somebody to finally tell me that. :)
*opens a tub of dip and a
bag of chips* C'mon everybody, it's party time! ;)
Onto the News!
Well, this time it's a bit
of a year beginning news report. Every year, Aqua-Nexus has had a New Soaker
Newscast, but there really isn't much to report this year. Larami has been
phased out and Hasbro completely in charge of Super Soaker R&D and
even SuperSoaker.com. Coincidentally (or maybe not) an era of Battery-less
Soakers has ended. Hasbro has introduced the EES line, "Electronic Enhanced
Soakage", a series of lights and sound XP/Max-D sized blasters. Basically,
you pull the trigger, listen to a really loud squirt noise, watch the lit
up spiral in a clear dome spin around, and hope nobody heard you. There
are 3, sized from pistol to medium rifle, EES Sonic, EES Tempest and EES
Turbine. Other than the lights and sound, the Turbine at least is Air Pressure
based and looks pretty nifty, perhaps if you take out the batteries it'd
be worth using, but it's still one of the stupidest lines I've ever seen
released. (remembers the Star Wars Ep1 line in 1999). My thoughts of the
EES line I can sum up simply...
*yawn* 4:30am... man... I'd better go for now...
BUT I'LL BE BACK!
-MaXStaR: The Super Soaker Warrior!
On other news... If you take a look down at the Webcounter to the left, you'll see where it says "Since 4/1/1999". Yep, Aqua-Nexus is celebrating, although quietly, the 4th anniversary of operation. It was around this time 4 years ago that I was rushing a pet project out to get it online on a Date that was Pseudo important, be it an internationally recognized day for Fools. That page that would eventually evolve into the Aqua-Nexus was called "The Super Soaker Classics"...
*smacks forehead* D'oh! That's what I forgot, Super Soakers! I bet everybody thinks I'm the fool now! Hah! Fooled you, I knew all along, I'm just being.... really stupid.
Speaking of which...
iSoaker.com changes themes!
iSoaker.com
has gone for a more risque styling... As was somewhat announced on WaterWar.Net
a few days ago in a somewhat cryptographic
post, iSoaker.com
has launched a totally new layout, one this reporter has no problem saying
"Pushes the Limits with class and downright style"... if you know what
I mean. Go check it out, I'm sure you'll like what you see!
As for me... I can't say *much* is in the works here, but not nothing... not on quite the same scale - and it will probably stay that way until Aqua-Nexus can find a new server, possibly by mid-summer. Currently, Nexus takes up about 4.9mb of a 5mb plot on my ISP's webserver. However, with Rogers Hi-Speed becoming available sometime between May-July, Nexus could soon be moving to a new plot... Just remember the AquaNexus.CJB.Net address and you should be fine. :)
Anyway, that's all for now, I'll be seeing you later! Maybe even this month!
-MaXStaR Out!