Sunday, December 23, 2007

The Goenitz Expose!


FINALLY THE LEOPOLD GOENITZ EXPOSE.

Weeeee!

Yey.

And yes here is his most awaited picture



What to say? What to say. Or rather, where to start.

The expose idea came about when during the time of my Mothers confinement at Makati Medical Hospital, Goenitz along with the rest of the mod team. But second to Rue he kept a very close tab on me.

Close tab meaning he calls me nearly every night or asking me to call him even at 3 am in the morning to make sure I was ok. It was then, at the very highlight of my mom’s sort of awakening from mid-coma, where I realized that Goenitz ain’t as godly as he seems to be in the Ragnaboard and the Bot Hunters world.

But let’s go back in time, nearly 5 years ago. Yes 5 years ago. Even before I was a Game Master, as a few knew I was a beta player for then CHAOS server under the surveillance of GM Preator. I was like the first batch of primitive version of the Midgard Police.


He gave me then access to the old killprobots the YM that was being handled by a very, very much younger ( and way thinner) Goenitz. Though then the Bot issue wasn’t as big as today, the scamming reports were. Killprobots was a hotline to live scamming and hack on site situations. He at first spoke very rarely to me in YM but he then opened up to me more. Opened up meaning he spoke more than 5 words in a sentence to me.

Half a year later I was working in Level Up, around a month in my employment, I ever wondered whatever happened to my dear old friend who I have never seen before yet interacted with so much when catching scammers. Little did I know he was the puny lil guy sitting behind me. Preator pointed him out to me and I immediately hugged him in which Goenitz responded with a glare. To think we’d come a long way 5 years later. Him being one of my closest pals and secret keeper.

And he’s not as puny as he was 5 years ago…so to speak.

Now back to the hospital incident. You see I stated to my previous blog that Senator Rene Saguisag was our ICU neighbor hence the crowd of reporters and bodyguards galore that flood the 2nd floor of the Makati Med.

The day Goenitz visited me he saw me at my absolute worse. He was 3 hours late. And the visitors area was crowded already with my fathers clan. My mom at that time showed first signs of recognizing us. Hence me in haggard tears, running out of the ICU room to tell everyone when I noticed in the corner of my eye my Ragnaboards boss, staring at me. With me drippy nose and tears, yeah that’s a great way to see your boss again.

After everything calmed down I said “ GOENITZ! You’re Late!” In which he cover my mouth and said. “ SHHHHHH…don’t call me by my RB name call my by my real name which is TOOOOOOT

Later on Rue and I were watching Goenitz walking around, talking about the whole third party program issue. I guess I was just enjoying the while scene because this is what I saw.

Goenitz, giving us a good spill on the Midgard Police and Level Up issues. Wearing a BIG BLUE Level Up Tshirt. With the word VALKYRIE on front. While waiting in front of the whole MEDIA who at the time was recording LIVE ( because of Rene Saguisag).


And to top this off, he told me he had the new Bot hunting strategy and mechanics with him that he wanted to show me through my laptop. Asking him where it was. There dangling around his neck on a wee thin piece of string was the USB flash drive that holds the key to the Valkyrie server secrets.


And he was prancing around In FRONT of the media with it.

I couldn’t contain myself and just had to point it out. “ Uhhh Goenitz, you do know that you’re spilling Level Up secrets live on TV?” My finger pointing at the camera men behind him clicking away like paparazzi in which he retaliated with a war cry of HORROR. So much for his fool proof plan of hiding and securing his identity…and company secrets.

Now before I continue with the rest of the Expose. Here’s a part of an exclusive Interview I had with the G man.




Nirvelli-chan-chan Asks: ok Bot related stuff: Whats the worse thing that can happen

while you are bot hunting?

Goenitz: BROWNOUT or BSOD

Nirvelli-chan-chan Asks: Ha anong BSOD?

Goenitz: Blue Screen of Death. Remember windows 98 era

Nirvelli-chan-chan Asks: You get a LOT of suggestions in-game and RB on how to catch bots. Are any of them effective? If yes what was the BEST suggestion you ever got from a player/anti botter that sends you their ideas.

Goenitz: Many of them were already applied, but some like monster summoning actually worked


Nirvelli-chan-chan Says: People who submit like bot catching strategies to you and get no reply feel they are being ignored. What is your say to your supporters in your fight against the bots on WHY You cant respond back to their mail?

Goenitz: Well, if I don't respond, I'm up to something or something

is bugging me. But don't take non-responsiveness as ignorance. I'm in

charge of getting new MPs, and pulling RB together, and add my personal matters, it's no easy task


Nirvelli-chan-chan Asks: But you do read the letters they send you? After all that is what they wanna know


Goenitz: Yep, if it's reports, I read and file them too.


Goenitz: Lame mails like asking their bots to be freed in the spirit

of Christmas... will be ignored.

Nirvelli-chan-chan Asks: HAHAHAHA good one.

Nirvelli-chan-chan Asks: Ok we know now that Level Up has hired some new MP's

Nirvelli-chan-chan Asks: What would be your advise to them when coming to the reality of Bot catching?

Goenitz: My advice: Get some really thick skin, motivation and trust and trustworthiness.

Nirvelli-chan-chan Adds: How about professionalism? What’s your best tip when it comes to professionalism?

Goenitz: Use professionalism as much as possible. Even when other people don't show it. When it comes to whooping butt... that will come

naturally in you.

Nirvelli-chan-chan adds: Ok give an example.

Goenitz: Professionalism for MPs: Talking to people in respectable manner, accomplishing commitments, punctuality, and responsibility.


When it comes to Whooping butt: sowing fear to those who deserve it, inflicting the maximum pain possible to those who deserve it, and making your MP so scary you yourself is afraid of your own alter ego.


Nirvelli-chan-chan: How do you see yourself in the future?

Goenitz: Leading these people, but now as part of the company. Successful, positively popular, accomplished and organized.

Nirvelli-chan-chan Assumes: Ah so you do plan to be part of the Level Up Team ( office wise)? what department are you aiming for

Goenitz chuckles: What else, but Game Operations community? I may cause people to flee though.

Nirvelli-chan-chan: What is the most number 1 thing people misunderstood you for?

Goenitz thought for a moment…. Then replies: That would be being arrogant. Being all-talk-but-no-substance. Then there’s the Narcissist issue.

Nirvelli-chan-chan says: Then who is the REAL Goenitz ( give me something to shed light that you are Human)


Goenitz: The real Goenitz wouldn't be talking to sinful humans, but
rather dispose of them. To those who show charity, he'll be more than glad to help them out.


Nirvelli-chan-chan adds: And outside RB/Bot hunting, what do you do which could be considered as normal as the rest of us?


Goenitz: Watching the scenery and appreciating a picturesque view of the city. Fawning over positive advances of human society, listening to woes of just people, and making solutions for the problems encountered.

Now here comes another section of this expose that ever since Master Diwa Interviewed Kaliwanagan of Openkore, Goenitz had very limited responses online in regards to Kaliwanagan’s message in regards why he ( Kali) supports the Openkore side. Kali’s supposed message was that he did this to “wake” Level Up from the game and point out the exploit of the game.

Nirvelli-chan-chan asks: And the question everyone wants to hear since Master Diwa's

Interview with Kaliwanagan. Any message you want to tell him? ( Hands over the megaphone)

Goenitz: Stop developing bots for society's sake.

Nirvelli-chan-chan Adds: CORRECTION: Kaliwanagan says that he does not make/or created the botkore but helps out only with the programming and users who need quick FAQ's on how to use it. He says he does this so that LUG will WAKE up and step up with their Anti Bot strategies.

Infact Kaliwanagan is WILLING to help out with LUG if given the chance. What’s your say on that?


Goenitz Responds: Giving operational help to botters is not a sincere gesture. If he's willing to help, he should not aid these people whatsoever. I will welcome help from him, but he has to prove his sincerity first, because, let's face it, I consider him an enemy. An enemy that is willing to help to achieve an enemy's goal is suspicious, isn't it?


Now here’s a part of Goenitz out of random candidness I asked which got me in stitches when our topic went to politics

Nirvelli-chan-chan Asks: What do you think about the way Gloria Arroyo is running the country and are you in favor of the National Curfew law ( Subversion Law)?

Goenitz: Gloria: If her measures, however unpopular, makes the country better, no beef.

National Curfew Law, my take: Give proper exceptions and you have a deal. ( This is coming from the guy who was frantic when he got caught in the middle of the Curfew caused by the Trillianes-Penninsula event)

My mother’s wake fell upon the same time the Trillianes event happened. When the National Curfew hit, Goenitz was again late on coming to see me at the funeral home. Milkshake came first we ended up walking the Hallway Flower of Death just to go and watch the news in regards to the traffic the standoff created. By the time he arrived he could only stay for 20 mins because the National Curfew was announced. Traffic was already bad and the next best option he him sleeping over at Rues house or with us at the Funeral home. You could imagine, Goenitz wolfing down on the pansit I gave him and cussing later on how annoying the Curfew/traffic was.


Nirvelli-chan: You have been getting death threats ( obviously) but we mods know you have some famous stalkers...some we may even think is obsessed with you, what’s your call on that?

Goenitz: On stalkers; those who do not have good intentions, watch out.


Nirvelli-chan-chan : Do you think you’re clumsy?

Goenitz proudly says: Clumsy? Why should I be clumsy? I've never been clumsy on purpose. ( at this point memories of Goenitz being clumsy in a 3day period flashed though my mind)


OK CUT!!! Now back to my expose. Goenitz doesn’t think he is clumsy….RIGHHHT


Why I can disprove that?

  1. Goenitz Hit HIMSELF with a LAMP after he hit it with a restaurant menue. Oh yeah he hit himself back with the menu too
  2. He kept dropping the Valkyrie USB flash drive ( The Horror)
  3. He blew up a 300 Watt Capacitor for a PC by installing it with a 500Watt power….( Ohh dear lord)
  4. He dropped his cellphone to beyond recognition.
  5. He dropped pancit on his shirt
  6. He was raving about Bots infront of the media.
  7. For some reason whereever he goes a PC gets broken... hmmmm

Ok back to the interview


Nirvelli-chan-chan: Ok its gonna be Christmas soon, what do you want for Christmas

Goenitz: DEATH TO ALL BOTTERS!.....wait not that. BETTER COMPUTER HARDWARE! (Just in time after this interview his PC capcitator blew up)

Nirvelli-chan-chan: Ok if you will give pRO a gift for this Christmas given you have the finances and authority what would it be?

Goenitz says: Zero backlog for bot reports and instant report action.

Nirvelli-chan Asks: If you have a weakness that you would be willing to reveal, what would it be?

Goenitz: I don't reveal my weakness to potential enemies that will certainly take advantage of it.

Nirvelli-chan: A reliable source told me that Goenitz does have a weakness, besides that I have discovered…This very reliable source says that Goenitz has a weakness for a GOLDEN UNDERWEAR


Now lets go to what may be his fears.


Rue and I had different ideas what the great G-man would be afraid of. Like me Goenitz is anti Jologs, but that’s not a fear.


After my mother passed away, when he and the rest of the Mod team came to visit me. I noticed how very planted his feet were to the floor when I tried pushing him to my moms coffin.


By the way, I have an Eternal fear of the dead…and coffins so my mothers passing was really hard on me in regards to overcoming that phobia. Delicious Cake I think was the one who teased that Goenitz is afraid of dead bodies like me.

He did however, went to see my mom on his own…with a very relative distance from the coffin.



As classic as Showbiz like interviews would be, there are many in the Ragnaboard ( and even some of us in the Moderating team) wonder. If Goenitz would have a special some one, that person must be hell of a saint. So after trying to squeeze out stuff for the G-man ( by feeding him loads of drugged pancit) I went on asking him one of the top mysteries that people would want to know


Does Goenitz have a Lovelife?

Nirvelli-chan asks: What do you find in a life partner?

Goenitz: Dependability, loyalty, and wisdom

Nirvelli-chan says: Dont we all, now be a lil bit more specific *wrangles his neck*

Goenitz: the sweet caring type that dispells even the strongest of hatreds

But wait a minute, there was an issue before about Goenitz’s true gender which earned him the moniker Gay-nitz to his haters. So here I am trying to straighten the issue straight from the uhhh…horses mouth? The response shocked me…

Nirvelli-chan: Hey lets just get this long issue about your being gay IRL. What are your thoughts that you are neither man nor woman, or even possibly gay?

Goenitz shocker reply: Anything that will help in my mission will be fine. Even if it will psychologically scar them

Nirvelli-chan ( Jaw Drops): Ahhh so you admit that you may be POSSIBLY GAY???

Goenitz: well, roleplayers sometimes must pretend being a girl now, must they?

Nirvelli-chan (Grabs frying pan and whacks him with it): Answer me ng matino damn you! Are you Gay or not!!!!!???


Goenitz: ( is running around) I'm not gay! Im STRAIGHT!!


Nirvelli-chan: Ok then define LOVE!

Goenitz: Ahh LOve, like Kain R. Heinlien would say, feelings and emotions can interfere with my job, though I disagree with him that emotions are a sign of weakness.


Nirvelli-chan: Ok since you said you are not gay. Do you have a GF? If not are you available, what is it you look for in a lolita ( cough) girl?

Goenitz: I have no interest for love and the stuff I do is enough to keep me busy, in fact so busy I'm wondering if I should be a full-time MP.

Nirvelli-chan: If you resign from RB I'll skin you alive...

I still wasn’t still convinced that the public would be convinced that they will buy his response so I decided to test him myself by asking him some Babesilog questions.

Nirvelli-chan-chan: Choose the best Answer. Eat Bulaga girls or Wowowee Girls ?

Goenitz: Eat bulaga girls?

Nirvelli-chan-chan: yeah yung mga dancer sa Eat bulaga

Goenitz: them

Nirvelli-chan-chan: na pumalit sa sexbomb

Goenitz: they're okay

Goenitz: WoWowee girls are so OA

Nirvelli-chan-chan: Ohhhhkay ( I watch ABC-CBN more) Lemme change that. Angel Locsin or Angelica Pnagniban?

Goenitz: Angelica

Goenitz: She’s the marimar star, right?

Nirvelli-chan-chan: ...............

Nirvelli-chan-chan: Ok lets change that Angel Locsin or Marian Rivera ( the

Marimar Star)

Goenitz: ....

Goenitz: As you can see, hindi ako familiar sa showbiz ( Obvious ba)

I guess he’s man enough for me. Unfortunately, like most straight guys…clueless.


However even us female mods get a little bit deviceful when it comes to the idea of Goenitz being possibly gay….or any mod/GM for that matter. What happens when you leave 2 female mods alone with a glass separating each other? One Mod has a Nitendo DS and me on the other hand holding a notebook and pen?


Well in mine’s and Chocolate Milkshakes case, we communicated by writing on both the notebook and the Nitendo DS then showing it through the glass window. We were bored not to mention totally mental to the passerbys watching us pass time.


The boy Mods and GM went out to get some food. Some how one thing led to another ( with Milkshake telling me the rocking chair behind me was moving on its own) and we end up drawing all the male mods and male GM’s in a yaoi (gayyyyy) pose. We later on presented it to Goenitz with him in a famous ZhaZha Zhaturna pose.


Also I should have taken heed of the warning the whole moderator team gave me about not standing between Goenitz and his pizza.


Pizza= 1 Large Yellow Cab Pizza. And 2 minutes record time. GONE!


Anyway back to the interview


Nirvelli-chan: What will be one of your memorable moments with the mods.


Goenitz: This was a long time ago with the old mod team. Pestering a moderator couple who just recently got hooked.


By

1. catcalls

2. Clinking glasses and bottles when eating out during

Meetings

Now since you heard me blab so much about Goenitz;




Lets hear what our Mods say about him.

Moderator Cassandra: He’s just weird

Chocolate Milkshake: Hard on the outside, soft on the inside. Pretty boy Goenitz, the hardcore modcore. XD

Rue Aerith: Hmmmm the only thing that can whip Goenitz is Chuck Norris and bullhide.

Anyway, there was this time sa siege. Nagtataka siya kung bakit hindi siya makagamit ng double strafe.
Malamang kutsilyo gamit niya e.

Delicious Cake: A hardcore motherfucker who plays by his own rules in his effort to get rid of bots. A bit messed up in the head, but a great leader. Keep anything sacred away from him

Lastly to wrap up this expose. People think that Goenitz is only big in the Forums because he can hide behind some admin account. Some even claim and curse that he’s just a nobody in real life

My own take: he gets a tad bit sablay when it comes to being a sympathetic friend like, asking you to do a last min shopping online 7 hours before your flight and expecting it to be delivered within that time frame. He also gets demanding when it comes to anything abut Egames and botting secrets. He’s always hungry. But other than that he hits you in the right spot when it comes to sheering a person up and protecting them too.

Lastly, to wrap up this expose. People think that Goenitz is only big in the Forums because he can hide behind some admin account. Some even claim and curse that he’s just a nobody in real life

The ending question would be. What for him is his greatest accomplishment in real life that did not involve Ragnarok Online. In his case he has 2.

The first being is that he tops all his computer related subjects and the second. Saving a house from fire.

Goenitz: Yes, nakasave ako ng house when their gas stove went out of control using a fire extinguisher. GO Fire Extinguishers!


Ohh yeah there was his text to me one time that baffled us all mods " IM CUMMING" when asked if he was going to be late.



G Quick Facts

Allergic food: none;

Least liked food: mushrooms

Hated Food: Upo with Hibi ( dried shrimp)

Favorite Movie: Independence Day

Hated sports: none

Other games besides RO: fighting games, arcade games

Favorite dessert: gellatin

Favorite Food: Kare Kare



A note that this will be re-edited on Tuesday for more inputs

Friday, December 14, 2007

My Mothers Passing

A lot has happened in the past few weeks and for those who knew me and especially to my workmates in Ragnaboards that has been with me throughout the ordeal I have been through, this is now the toughest and hardest hurdle that came to my family’s life


November 18 me and my Dad got a call long distance that my mom had a stroke and was rushed to the Paranaque Medical center.

However the doctors refused to do any major operation to my mom unless there was a next of kin to decide.

My cousin and some friends of my mom in church then moved my mom to Makati Med. At this time they got a hold of me and handed me to the doctor who gave me the option of having my mom operated to remove a Cerebral Hemorrhage that was caused by her stroke. Her chances of survival was below 50% at that point.

I told the doctor with the last bit of emotional strength to make her survive just until me and my dad could fly over ( we were abroad)

After wards after the stress I passed out due to the fact I too have a very weak body and could not take massive amounts of emotional stress.


My dad was able to fly first. The next day I was there. And one the very first day as well my friends Nicole and Rue of Ragnaboards were the first one to be with me at the Hospital

I barely could contain myself when I saw my mom. She had tubes all over. The good news she survived the operation, bad news was that she was still in critical condition

Plus Makati Med decided not to accept our medical insurance due to some bad history it had with the insurance company nearly 4 years ago. Our bill were raking up as each day passed by.


The hard part was that my mom in her time she was comatose she did not woke up. But she did move and she seems to shed tears when she hears voices of friends and family. The only time I knew she was aware I was there when I asked her to move her lips upon me touching it was that she did.


On those time my friends from RB, the Moderators. The full cast of Goenitz, Delicious Cake, Rue, Strawberry Milkshake and Kamesh were there nearly everyday seeing me.


According to Rue in the 8 days they came to see me and my mom they rarely saw me eat, which was true. I barely ate after I saw my mom suffer the way she did.

The reality was because I harbored guilty feelings in the sense me and my mom never got along, she had begged me to come home numerous times but since we argued to much I decided to ignore her plea and even lessened my calls to her.


Any chance I got in the ICU I would cry to her to wake up so I could ask for her forgiveness, begging her to open her eyes. On lighter afternoons I had my Ipod at my moms ear, letting her listen to Philippine Madrigal Singers in hopes the songs will slowly awaken her.


She showed some progress and the doctors even said that she may soon wake up, she was moving, she even had a personality of her blood pressure going up when me and relatives talked about something she disliked.

Sen. Rene Saguisag was 2 doors down from us and on happier hours wed muss over the celebrities that visited him. But according to the nurses my mother far of all had more visitors than the famed politician. At one point there was a line of visitors that waited turns to see my mom.


We truly believed she would recover. However Nov 25 at night, I was in my room when me and our househelp felt as if some one was walkin the hallways of our house, knocking on doors and tried to open mine.

I realized what it was when I returned to the hospital the next morning, my mother had a relapse, there was a rebleeding and she did not move anymore. She was now fully dependent on life support. Come Monday the 26th she was declared brain dead.


The doctors suggested to my father to now cut off the life support but even to my moms family wishes he refused. You see my dad spent 40 wonderful years with her, he loved her very much and refused to give up.

My mother Virginia Bonilla a former actress and loving wife and sometimes a complicated mother, passed away Nov 27.


I did not cry when she died. I was too shocked. I watched her die as each of her bodily functions failed. When we got the call from the car, I was up to my feet rushing around the house calling family, friends and picking out her dress, makeup.

I could not cry. I didn’t want to


My ex Fiancée arrived and was my stronghold on that day along with Anna. Dobie and Lumox were also supportive from afar.


My father decided to hold the funeral for 3 days. He takes the guilt worse for he feels if he was there my mom would have still been with us. He partially blames me as well though he may not speak it. The days my mom was in her burol me and my dad felt very estrange.

It broke my heart.


My friends again from RB were there and on the last day of the burol, lo and behold after a few friends from LUG made a last min change they weren’t able to attend I had a unexpected guests Egames came to my moms funeral. We had a long discussion too about some confidential matters between Level Up and Egames ( business wars)


But I had to say the Moderators pulled through so much to be there nearly everyday.

Then my mom’s church friends were there everyday. The funny part on this ordeal was each day my mom had a new hairstyle, she had a front operation at her head, so she need a veil to cover it. But since some people disagreed on the style I often see my mom with a hat, veil, no veil or whatever head design my mom friends and sisters decided ( or war on) And they even told me to make sure my mom didn’t wear shoes so that we wont have any “ dalaw”


The total guest we had were around 500. At my moms funeral my dad hired a videographer to take professional shots, however the guy was wrong timing and insensitive to ask us to pose.

At that point I wanted to grab a chair and swing it at him.


Then when it came to my turn to say farewell to my mom, though before I used to think it was stupid to hug the casket as seen on TV, I was overwhelmed with emotions.

I miss my mom. So yes I bawled. I bawled since I haven’t cried yet for 4 days. But my moms family was too traditional on “ wag luluha sa kabaong ni mama” that took 4 people to hold me down, there were making sure not a drop of my tear fall at my mom’s casket.


After the funeral my dad would always visit my mom with me. I decided to return to work to help out with the finances. However It was still hard to watch my dad wither away, he'd cry out of the blue while I would cry myself to sleep. I only pray my mom could hear how much I miss her, how she massages my head when I have a fever. I even miss her scolding me. I wish my words of love can reach her in heaven

But I also learned through this ordeal how much you would appreciate and love some one until you lose them.

Regardless of the difference you may have with that person.


I discovered too, how many people my mother has touched, how many have loved and respected her.

As I also found out who my real friends are. And some who are not…


And I want to thank them. I had friends from HS that were there, friends from AB Com 4-3, The Ragnaboards Team, Level Up, Tita Josie, Tita Merlin, INC, our pastors, Dobie, Lumox and even my friends since I was just a child that came from afar. Relatives, cousins and sisters


Thank you all


Moving on from this point will be hard. Words cannot describe both the pain and gratitude I have for now… But thank you.