Well, I think I revealed the fact that I have now become an avid ice hockey follower just like Rejean since I now got both NHL 22 & NHL 23 games on the PS4 now, but my favourite NHL team has to be the St Louis Blues compared to Rejean being a Montreal Canadiens fanatic.
And the latest on the 2022 Football World Cup in Qatar that one of the Portuguese players of Diogo Jota may likely to miss the tournament as a result of injury during a Premier League game for his club Liverpool & he joins the list of injured players such as Portugal's Pedro Neto, Brazil's Arthur Melo, Canada's Scott Kennedy, the French trio of Boubacar Kamara, N'Golo Kante & Paul Pogba, England's Reece James & Jesus Corona of Mexico (And Timo Werner of Germany is the latest football star to have fallen foul by joining the casualty ward as he is ruled out of the entire tournament).
And in news related to cricket that there a lot of storylines to ponder going into this year's T20 World Cup in Australia (Originally going to be held in 2020 but due to the corona virus pandemic, they changed it to this year) such as the host nation looking to defend their crown on home soil (No one has ever done it before) & are seeking to become the most successful T20 World Cup nation along with the West Indies (Who did it twice in 2012 & 2016 including the final against England in which the hero of the final of Carlos Brathwaite hit 4 sixes in a row to achieve immortality & cement their status in West Indian cricket folklore) after they were successful last year against the Black Caps (Who are looking to go one better after missing out last year) in the final in Dubai as well as the number one ranked India (Hosts of cricket's global showpiece event next year which is the 50 over men's Cricket World Cup) who haven't won since the inaugural edition in 2007 as well as England who got beaten by New Zealand in the semi last year, haven't triumphed since 2010 & go into the tournament after winning the T20 series against Australia & of course, Pakistan who also has never won since 2009 & are looking to make amends after losing to the eventual champions of Australia in the semifinal last year but they go into this year's T20 World Cup after successfully winning the Tri-Series here in New Zealand (And there's been an update as New Zealand did get revenge when they came out of nowhere to defeat the current holders Australia, in a rematch of last year's T20 World Cup final in the opening match of the Super 12 at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney (And that's the 2nd time now that the Black Caps had beaten Australia at a T20 World Cup (Their 1st meeting was in 2016 in which New Zealand totally dominated before Australia turned the tables on the Black Caps (Who were without Devon Conway as a result of a broken hand sustained in the semifinal win against England to make our 1st trip into the T20 World Cup final in which we were unsuccessful) in which they dominated the final last year in Dubai in the UAE including Mitch Marsh's heroics with the bat & Glenn Maxwell hitting the winning runs, therefore ending New Zealand's hopes of T20 World Cup glory) & the 1st time that the Black Caps have beaten Australia on Australian soil, in any form of cricket since that infamous test at Bellerive Oval in Hobart in 2011 (That was 10 years before the Black Caps success in the World Test Championship against India in the final in our memorable game of our lives throughout the cricket side of it) in one of the most iconic moments in New Zealand cricket history) when Pops told me on the day before Labour Day).
And news just come out of Britain as Liz Truss has announced her resignation as the UK prime minister after serving 45 days in office as she became the shortest serving prime minister (Compared to the longest which is the late Margaret Thatcher) of the UK therefore allowing Rishi Sunak to take over the top job in the country.
And playing a favourite video game reminds me of watching a favourite movie (Mine is Return of the Jedi from 1983 compared to my favourite Lord of the Rings film is the Return of the King then my favourite movie from the Matrix is the 1st Matrix movie as well as my favourite superhero movie being the 1st Avengers movie & my favourite sports documentary movie is Richie McCaw: Chasing Great) or listening to a favourite music album (Mine is Killjoy by Shihad from 1995) but my favourite fighting game is Soulcalibur VI on the PS4 (Compared to my favourite shooting game is the 2005 version of Star Wars Battlefront II (My favourite Jedi heroes in that game is both Luke Skywalker (The protagonist of the Star Wars original trilogy before Rey took over for the sequel trilogy & son of the prequel trilogy protagonist Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader) & Obi-Wan Kenobi (Master of both Anakin & Luke before Yoda took over as Luke's master after Kenobi got killed by his former apprentice Vader) while my favourite Sith villains are in fact both Darth Vader (Formerly Anakin Skywalker when he became evil by luring him into the dark side) & Darth Maul (The main antagonist of Star Wars Episode I: the Phantom Menace before Count Dooku took over when he appeared in both Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones & Episode III: Revenge of the Sith followed by General Grevious who only appeared in Revenge of the Sith then Vader for the original trilogy & Kylo Ren (Anakin/Vader's grandson) in the sequel trilogy) as well as my favourite Formula 1 video game is F1 2020 (One of the best Formula 1 video games that I have ever played because of the classic cars being featured in the game) & my favourite video game series is Gran Turismo (Compared to my favourite meat is chicken, my favourite cake is carrot cake, my favourite dessert is cheesecake & my favourite breakfast cereal is weet-bix) as I mentioned in my previous blogs but the only Gran Turismo game that I didn't play was Gran Turismo 4 (Compared to Tekken 4 which is the only Tekken game that I never played but my favourite Tekken game is Tekken 7 while my favourite football game is now FIFA 23 mainly due to the World Cup game mode because it used to be FIFA 18 which has also got World Cup mode) that I've got now where I had created 48 different characters (And 44 alternate costumes from characters who are appearing in that game such as 2B, Amy, Astaroth, Cassandra, Cervantes, Geralt, Groh, Haohmaru, Hilde, Hwang, Ivy, Kilik, Maxi, Mitsurugi, Raphael, Seong Mi-na, Setsuka, Siegfried, Sophitia, Taki, Talim & Xianghua) from my 4 favourite other fighting video game franchises such as Tekken, Dead or Alive, Virtua Fighter & Mortal Kombat along with Star Wars (I once did create characters from Tekken on Soul Caliburs IV, V & VI along with the 2 DC Comics (Batman & Superman) in V only before being replaced by the 6 Dead or Alive (Ayane, Ayane's half-brother Hayate, Ayane's half-sister & Hayate's sister Kasumi, Momiji, Rachel & Ryu Hayabusa), 4 Virtua Fighter (Akira Yuki, Jacky Bryant, Pai Chan & Jacky's sister Sarah Bryant), 4 Mortal Kombat (Johnny Cage, Kitana, Liu Kang & Johnny Cage's wife Sonya Blade) & both Star Wars (Luke Skywalker & Obi-Wan Kenobi) characters in VI) so here is the list:
Akira Yuki (A male Japanese kung fu teacher based on the famous K1 martial artist of Masaaki Satake who is my favourite Virtua Fighter character & is the protagonist as well as the mascot of the series)
Alisa Bosconovitch (A female android who is the daughter of Dr Bosconovitch)
Anna Williams (A brunette haired female Irish assassin who is the sister of Nina)
Armor King II (A pro wrestler who is the successor of the original Armor King)
Asuka Kazama (Lili's rival who is a teenage schoolgirl from Japan)
Ayane (A purple haired female Japanese ninja who is the half brother of Hayate & half sister of Kasumi known as the Killer Kunoichi from Japan)
Claudio Serafino (A male exorcist from Italy)
Craig Marduk (A male Vale Tudo fighter from Australia (Originally American)
Eliza (A 1000 year old female Vampire)
Feng Wei (A male Chinese Kenpo master)
Hayate (A male Japanese ninja who is the brother of Kasumi & half-brother of Ayane known as the Wind of the Heavens from Japan)
Heihachi Mishima (The late CEO of the Mishima Zaibatsu at the time who is the father of Kazuya & grandfather of Jin)
Hwoarang (A male Taekwondo fighter from South Korea who is bitter rivals with Jin Kazama)
Jacky Bryant (A blonde haired male Indycar racer from San Francisco, California in the United States of America based on the Super Saiyan from the Dragonball series who is the brother of Sarah known as the Blue Flash)
Jin Kazama (My favourite Tekken character (It used to be Lei Wulong then Lee Chaolan, Marshall Law, Paul Phoenix, Hwoarang, Jin's late evil grandfather Heihachi & Lars Alexandersson) who is originally from Yakushima in Japan as well as being the protagonist of the Tekken series since Tekken 3 but he is the son of the evil Kazuya as well as Jun Kazama & the grandson of the now late Heihachi who used to be the CEO of the Mishima Zaibatsu (The villainous faction group in the Tekken game)
Johnny Cage (A world famous Hollywood action movie star from the USA as well as lieutenant turned general Sonya Blade's husband & father of Cassie Cage based on famous Belgian martial arts movie actor better known as 'The muscles from Brussels' of Jean-Claude van Damme who happens to be my favourite Mortal Kombat character)
Josie Rizal (A female professional kickboxer from the Philippines)
Julia Chang (Adopted daughter of Michelle who is a college student from the United States of America studying archaeology)
Kasumi (A ginger haired female runaway ninja from Japan known as the Kunoichi of Destiny who happens to be my favourite Dead or Alive character who is the protagonist of the series as well as being the sister of Hayate & half sister of Ayane)
Katarina Alves (A female Brazilian savate master who is the adopted daughter of Gigas)
Kazuya Mishima (An evil G Corpoation leader & formerly the head of the Mishima Zaibatsu as well as son of the now late Heihachi & father of Jin, but he is the main antagonist of the Tekken series since Tekken 2)
King II (A pro wrestler from Mexico who is the successor of the original King)
Kitana (The princess of Edenia who is the daughter of Shao Kahn & Sindel as well as the sister of the half human, half tarkatan of Mileena)
Kunimitsu II (A kunoichi from Japan who is the daughter of the original Kunimitsu)
Lars Alexandersson (A Swedish born leader of Japanese origin, who is the leader of a rebel group called Yrggdrasil, the late Heihachi's illegitimate son, Kazuya's half brother as well as Lee's adoptive half brother & Jin's half uncle)
Lee Chaolan (Violet Systems CEO from Japan who is the adoptive son of the late Heihachi Mishima as well as Kazuya's adoptive brother, Lars's adoptive half brother & Jin's adoptive uncle)
Lei Wulong (A Hong Kong police detective known as the Super Cop based on famous martial arts movie actor Jackie Chan)
Leo (A gender neutral Bajiquan (Hakkyoku-ken) mastermind from Germany)
Lidia Sobieska (A platinum blonde haired woman who is the Prime Minister of Poland)
Lili (Asuka Kazama's rival from Monaco who is a blonde haired girl, & comes from a rich family)
Ling Xiaoyu (The late Wang Jinrei's Granddaughter who is a high-spirited young girl from China studying ancient Chinese martial arts)
Liu Kang (The Earthrealm champion & shaolin monk from China who is the protagonist of the highly controversial Mortal Kombat series)
Lucky Chloe (A teenage girl who is a pop music sensation)
Luke Skywalker (The protagonist of the Star Wars original trilogy & one of my fave Star Wars characters who is a Jedi Knight originally from Tatooine (He was born in Polis Massa alongside his twin sister of Princess Leia Organa) as a farm boy)
Marshall Law (A male martial arts master & restaurant owner from the United States of America who is Paul Phoenix's good friend based on a famous martial arts film star, the late Bruce Lee (And my old friend Sophia Ong's favourite Tekken character)
Master Raven (Loyal sub-ordinate of the original Raven who works as a UN secret agent)
Miguel (A lone wolf from Spain whose sister got killed in a airstrike that Jin Kazama carried out)
Momiji (A female Dragon Shrine Maiden from Japan who is Ryu Hayabusa's apprentice as well as being the sister of the late Kureha)
Nina Williams (A blonde haired female Irish assassin based on Virtua Fighter's Sarah Bryant who is the sister of Anna & mother of British boxer Steve Fox happens to be my favourite female Tekken character (It used to be Ling Xiaoyu then Asuka Kazama, Julia Chang, Nina's sister Anna & Lili) since I prefer blondes over brunettes & redheads)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (A Jedi Master who is a hero of the Clone Wars & is former master to Anakin Skywalker who would later gone on to become Darth Vader which happens to be my number 2 fave Star Wars character & is one of the main characters in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, therefore playing a supporting role to the rest of the characters who appear in the prequels)
Pai Chan (My favourite female Virtua Fighter character along with Sarah Bryant who is the daughter of a famous chef named Lau whose occupation is a action star from Hong Kong)
Paul Phoenix (Marshall Law's good friend who is a blonde haired male American motorcycle rider)
Rachel (A blonde haired female fiend hunter from the Holy Vigoor Empire who is the sister of the late Alma who was evil, & is good friends with Ryu Hayabusa)
Ryu Hayabusa (My favourite male Dead or Alive character known as the Ultimate Ninja from Japan)
Sarah Bryant (A blonde haired female college student from San Francisco, California in the USA based on Sarah Connor from Terminator 2: Judgement Day which happens to be my favourite female Virtua Fighter character along with Pai Chan who is the sister of Jacky)
Shaheen (A male private military contractor & security manager from Saudi Arabia)
Sonya Blade (A blonde haired female American Special Forces soldier who is married to Johnny Cage & has a daughter named Cassie who is in fact one of my favourite female Mortal Kombat characters)
& Zafina (A female assassin from the ancient time that uses her spiritual powers to help defeat her opponents)
And finally in rugby that the All Blacks (Who went into the opening match of the Northern tour, dealt with injuries to key players) have managed to overcome a red card by Brodie Retallick (Whose season is over if he gets suspended for a minimum of 3 or 4 weeks (6 if he's suspended before or a fortnight if he's undergoing an intervention programme run by World Rugby) after a sending off as a result of a dangerous no arms in the tackle to the head of a Japanese player & becomes the 8th different All Black to be red carded in a test since the clamp down on foul play regarding to head contact which was introduced in 2017, after the late Cyril Brownlie, the late Sir Colin Meads, Sonny Bill Williams, Scott Barrett, Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Scott's brother Jordie Barrett & Angus Ta'avao (Who was the last before Retallick where he had fallen foul by illegally taken Ireland's Gary Ringrose out with his head when he high tackled him in an apparent head clash during the test in which the AB's lost in Dunedin in June 5 months ago) to defeat Japan (Who were so good when they became competitive since they now became a tier 1 side, but they fell short of making history) at National Stadium in Tokyo (And coaches on opposite sides copped a bit of sledging after the game in which Japan got so competitive during the match).
So that is my 471st blog of the year 2022 (MMXXII) & my 19th of this year, stay safe & one love, viva Ukraine.
P.S. And I like to give a huge shout out to Pops (Who I haven't seen him since last week) & Carole for going on holiday to the Cook Islands but I miss them both, especially Pops since they left & they'll be arriving back to New Zealand today where they will return to Auckland then to Northland to see Kathryn & Ken tomorrow, the day before they come back here to Whanganui on the 20th.
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