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There are few words which can describe the concert at “Hovet” (Stockholm Globe Arenas) where Muse performed, without doing them incredible injustice. A few I can imagine would suit best are “Amazing”, “Incredible” and “Magnificent”. As the fore-band, which had a very questionable sound, gave room for the stars – the great anticipation began. Lights dimmed, shadows were moving in the deep distance, and finally… enormous masses of people fell into a united state of continuous screams and applause..

Massive introduction

As the scene was revealed and the opening song commenced, the trio with Matthew Bellamy dressed up like never before, began their storied show. Setting the standard of the evening by delivering the massive and soul piercing Muse sound and ascending on three gigantic podiums which gave the audience an overdose of awesomeness, especially in contrast to the fore-bands previous show (which one might suggest was just a little too creative).

Favourits

As a definite and undisputed Muse fan I can honestly say I was hoping to hear a couple of songs which was not included in the repertoire, such as “Screenager” and “Map of Your Head”. Other than that the playlist was absolutely flawless. The new album “Resistance” had obviously been released just in time for the audience to attune to, for there was nothing but deafening screams and whistles for the initial 40 seconds of each new song. And as Matthew toned his voice down, the emotional sound of audience lyrics was heard thru out the arena atmosphere.

The peaks of total chaos and audience mass-movement was caused by the obvious spot-on songs; “New Born”, “Plug In Baby”, “Starlight”, “Knights of Cydonia” and the featured song “Resistance”.

All in all

As a moderately frequent concert visitor I can without hesitation confirm that this was by far the absolute best and best performed concert I have attended to. This includes concerts like “White Snake”, “Joe Satriani”, “Santana” and naturally all the bands from various festivals, who’s foul performance wouldn’t suit in comparison here.

The generally massive and unique Muse sound was undeniably there. Bellamy’s inhuman voice managed to peak in a way one wouldn’t think was possible live. The Muse concert gets 4.5/5.0. Being 0.5 points from the absolute perfect experience.

On a cool Wednesday night I was lured in to a tropical endeavor within the damp depths of St. Eriksplan (Stockholm). I had but heard of the legendary caves and catacombs lying beneath the, for a laymans eyes, civilized outer cover. Fate showed me and my fellow comrades the bar, nay – the experience, nay – the phenomenon of Tiki bar.

• Some say, a key ingredient of their drinks is used for summoning succubi creatures..
• Some say, the rite of entrance involves virgin sacrifice..
• What’s certain is, you are never the same man after entering.

After a couple of beers at the commoners pub me and my company felt the urge for breaking the pattern of a regular Wednesdays afterwork. Since one of my companions had already “went Tiki” before, the suggestion to venture there was made but not so easily embraced. Since the Tiki bar at St. Eriksplan is but an abstract state of mind without space or time reference, there is no telling how to get there or how long it will take. For our fellowship the movement took roughly 20 minutes, while estimation was generally around 7 minutes.

On the journey there were great confusion and disillusion as to where the road were taking us. Some were discouraged and made attempts to deviate from our epic quest, but overall the group morale was held high and weaker members were boosted by the spiritually steadfast ones, rendering them able to carry on when hope seemed all but lost.

As our group finally were mentally ready for the experience of Tiki, the doors to the bar opened with a breeze of expectation and curiosity. Humid smoke surrounded each one of us and as soon as our eyes were able to see, we were guided down, down further into the damp dungeons of Tiki. The natives assigned a table to us and we sat down without anyone making a sound. The environment was overwhelming. Never had we looked upon such authentic furniture and wall art.

As rhythms started to drum in the distance we grew more comfortable with our whereabouts. Ordering drinks went smoothly even if the inhabitants did not quite understand our naive attempts to pronounce the names on the menu, and the delivery time of our impressive beverages was far longer than average.

The Tiki experience will get a strong 3.6/5.0 from the Fox Force, 2 being the minimum for me to ever visit freely again. Tiki did well for a first time, much thanks to the background music and the impressive stature of the drinks. I am a sure returner.

I’m a real girl – apparently a rare commodity in the fantastical land of Evony. There are some who try to fake it with ladylike names and pretty profile pictures but in the way they walk and the way they talk it soon becomes apparent that their feminine features are mere deceptions.

Now, being a real girl has certain advantages, hence the motivation for faking it I think (that and the chance to finally dress up in a socially appropriate way):

• it brings out the protective instincts of my alliance mates no matter whether or not I am ranked more highly than them – resources and reinforcements are readily available when a damsel cries out in distress;
• I can stop an impending attack with fluttering eyelashes and a few simple words like “can’t we talk about this over dinner” or “don’t you know it’s rude to look up a girl’s skirt without permission;”
• and, of course, I always seem to have company at hand whenever I need a little amusement.

There are downsides too, of course, like:

• trying to manage 7 whispers at once without confusing the guy or the topic at hand in order to continue the above-mentioned support and attention;
• opening and closing lines like “so what are you wearing?” and “I’ll come wash your back in the shower” tend to get real old real soon;
• increased chances of acquiring a stalker;
• and, my personal worst, breaking a nail on the keyboard while trying to keep up with the flurry of flirting.

At the end of the day, I have to admit that being a real girl really enhances the fun and the strategy behind on-line play.  But in admitting my utter shamelessness in using my gender to my advantage in every possible way, I think it becomes apparent that in the land of Evony I’m not such a real girl after all.

Welcome to the developement area of the foxforcefive website! I am glad to have the honor of your visit and will now try to explain a little about what this section of FFF will be all about. This is quite the trixy task since noone really knows what the original FFF site is about, but I will give it a go.

Firstly, the developers of FFF are two very eager young men who got to know eachother through various web-developement angled courses, André Drougge and Andreas Wikström. Over the years work and design projects has culminated in the creation of FoxForceFive, a place of zen where they can both document new findings which is web related, but also write declarations of trivia at any scale.

FoxForceFive has been a work in progress project for over a year now and has never really reached a finished state so this is why the decision to have a /dev area was made. When the /dev area is working as intended and is full of properly relevant content it will be deployed to the root. The developement area will be public though for all to see and for google to index freely.

Feel free to comment all you want.