Who in the world is Pablo Banila?

December 1, 2008

http://photos-720.friendster.com/e1/photos/02/75/2255720/1_207365626m.jpgHE began as a series of mysterious avatars popping up on my Multiply viewing history. He didn’t bother me at first, because I was used to friendly strangers visiting my site. But when he began visiting on an almost daily basis—and under different usernames, although with the same avatar—I started to wonder who in the world was Pablo Banila.

Visits to his websites offered no clue. His avatar showed a creepy-looking guy with matted chin-length hair (think Severus Snape from Harry Potter) and a flashing sign that read, “Pablo Banila has a crush on you! That’s why he visited your website!”

That would have been almost flattering had I not already known that he had visited the websites of at least a hundred other people—all under different usernames and the same annoying avatar. He also has a dotcom, www.pablobanila.com, but it offers no clues, only rambling passages of text and close-up photos of himself.

People started complaining. “Please get a life, you pervert,” wrote one girl in her blog, after listing down his many usernames—pablobanila, ppaabblloobanila, rainbowinmycoffee, carrotperfume, laughingmankuze, edwardward, blackbetweenthestars, theblackbetweenthestars, etc. People left similar comments on that entry, saying, “OMG he viewed me too!” or “He views mine too, it’s so creepy!”

Others chimed in, “He views me every other day, more often than I check my own Multiply site,” while guys posted nervous comments like, “He checks me out too, and I’m a boy.”

So far, his visits to sites have been harmless (all he does is view homepages; he doesn’t leave comments), but creepy—there’s just no other word for it. Attempts to discover his identity have so far been futile. But identity aside, what everyone wants to know is, how does he find time to check out all those Multiply pages?

Is Pablo Banila actually a team of high school kids with nothing better to do?

Is Pablo Banila actually a group of college students doing a psychology research project for their thesis?

Is Pablo Banila a new Internet virus?

Is Pablo Banila actually just the government looking for suspected terrorists by combing through the pages of unsuspecting Multiply users?

Is Pablo Banila merely the victim of pranksters who are out to get him?

Or is Pablo Banila just really a sad person with no friends and nothing better to do?

In any case, Multiply users are waiting for an answer. But until then, Pablo Banila continues to stalk our websites—and our nightmares.


Tycoon

November 26, 2008

mob1

1 hour ago:
You were attacked by omui.
You lost the fight, taking 21 damage and losing $0.
18 hours ago:
Criselle Zion Ampo, known as zeeus on Mob Wars, has accepted your recruitment request and is now a member of your mob.
3 days ago:
You were attacked by The Great Niraw.
You lost the fight, taking 21 damage and losing $0.
3 days ago:
You died, losing 11 experience points.
7 days ago:
You were attacked by Mr Frank Falcon
You won the fight, taking 13 damage and dealing 19 damage to your enemy. You gained 3 experience points.
7 days ago:
You were punched in the face by Mr Frank Falcon, taking 3 damage.
Join the Mafia!


Facebook – Mobwars craze

November 23, 2008

Join the Mafia, and start your own mob. Band together with your friends to become the most powerful force in the elite criminal underworld of Facebook.

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I have been playing this mob war application at Facebook for several weeks now and it has been addictive. It seems very hard to buy all the expensive weapons and cars but I found a few tricks which would boost your way through.

The good thing about this game is that you are not selling your friends or challenging them, but just for the pleasure of being a mob and robbing from others. You can’t attack your friends who are in the same mob as you.

One of the method is to make sure you are getting the most out of the properties you buy, click on “The City” to buy land and property. Cubicle Denizen have a good excel sheet to show you how you could buy those city with the fastest return.

The City
My own method is to find other to fight, yes fighting is the fastest way to gain money because stamina regen very fast and 3 is actually enough. You may want to add a little more but on lvl 19, I am still using stamina of 3.

Fighting
Try hitting those who are having casino as their property, this is because you know they have money. If you find the right one save the link and attack them as much as possible. hehe :) . Aim for those who have a lot of lost, this is most probably their clone account on facebook, which is why they do not have the intention of defending their boss. $70,000 each attack is a very good sum, you heal and attack until the person goes to hospital. Make sure that you have some good weapon and armour, if you see my weapons, you could see that it is not very good weapons but enough to win.


The Seat for Parents

November 23, 2008

This is an anecdote of Napoleon that occurred when he marched into Poland after he became emperor.

When he was staying in a small village in Poland, he was invited to dinner by the lord of a manor.

The lord of the manor welcomed Napoleon at the door and guided him to his dining room.

He passed the first and second seats among the highest seats at the table, and when he reached the third seat, he asked Napoleon to sit there.

As Napoleon sat down with an unpleased look on his face, one of his subjects rebuked the lord of the manor for his inhospitality towards the emperor.

Then the lord of the manor said.

“I am truly sorry, but these two seats are for my parents. The emperor is the head of our nation, but my father and mother are the head of our family.

Then Napoleon nodded his head in agreement with a big smile on his face.

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