April Fools Prank Recap

Alright, it's time to get back to reality. To all my fellow Raider fans and Laker fans who are not interested in the whole Anime fiasco, I would like to extend my sincerest apologies for completely shunning you guys away from this blog and because of that, I may have lost a few readers who stop by and read my content. Anyway, if you guys hadn't seen my blog by now, this was what it looked like this afternoon before I changed everything (well, almost everything) back to normal:

I could hear the reaction of "what the hell is this *expletive* Anime *expletive* I'm seeing?" Also, something along the lines of "you sold out MechG" when I announced that this blog would turn into raidersxninersxlakersxwarriors.blogspot.com. First off, the whole raidersxninersxlakersxwarriors thing is completely false. It will still be trueraiderlaker.blogspot.com, then, now, forever (WWE reference). If you guys don't know, my friend, Stillmattic of bleachzealot.blogspot.com, is a huge 49ers and Warriors fan and we have a playful, trash-talking rivalry, when it comes to that. Stillmattic if you're reading this, I'm sorry for framing you, but hey, come reach out to me if you want something to do once Bleach is done and you have nothing else to post (even though you haven't posted in ages and it looks like you've moved on). 

Left to right (character name and Anime title): Raiderettes: Kurumi Tokisaki (Date A Live), Mikasa Ackerman (Attack on Titan), Mine (Akame ga Kill!); Laker Girls: Sinon (Sword Art Online II), Lilith Asami (Trinity Seven), Jibril (No Game No Life)

Now, onto the Anime background and banner. You guessed it, but if you haven't, I lied through my teeth when I said a buddy I know did this Photoshop color swap work for me with my anime harem and it looks way better than my Iron Man mascot. Clearly, I'm a Photoshop veteran and I did this myself. Yeah, wasted effort, but to be honest, I've done these color edits of my anime harem with my sports teams a long time ago and just did the whole background just this morning. If you guys don't know, anime is a secondary interests (along with video games, wrestling, monster movies, etc.) of mine away from the sports universe. Remember my wallpaper a couple of months back with the Raiders vs. Broncos week 5 matchup and the whole Attack on Titan theme? That was like once in a blue moon, until now, where I would unite my sports passion and anime fandom. Although I admit, the banner with my edits turned out good and maybe it will warrant being on this blog for some occasional purposes. But, that won't be for a long time and I'm still considering dropping the Iron Man unofficial mascot for a whole new banner.

The next step in my prank is a classic, but with a little twist: the old, but gold "Rick Roll." I took a page out of my friend, Stillmattic's Bleach blog of using the Wikplayer and added this awesome mashup of Avicii's "Wake Me Up" and Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping (I Get Knocked Down)" with Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" courtesy of mashup artist, nilsofficial. There were two other tracks on that playlist: Billy Gunn's old WWF theme song and the Why the F you Lying (parody of Next's "Too Close), but mostly I wanted to get you guys with the classic Rick Roll mashed up with Avicii and Chumbawamba. 

Anyways, it's all clear now, but I'm keeping the changed layouts on my sidebars and on my posts and I have big plans to come up with a new banner and a new background for the blog. Stay tuned for that. 

TrueRaiderLaker Productions Entry #2 - "Attack on Peyton" Wallpaper

Today's loss against the Chicago Bears may have hurt, but it's time to focus on next week's divisional matchup against the Denver Broncos. And if you guys don't know by now, there is no other divisional rival I like to despise more than the Broncos or I should say the Donkeys or the Bronc-HOES. And I'd like to also call them the Donkos or the Dinkos. But man if there's one thing I want to see, as much as I have all the respect in the world for Peyton Manning, I want Khalil Mack to drive Peyton to the ground and bring him down hard. And this draws up the next entry for my TrueRaiderLaker Productions stint.

If you guys follow both sports and Anime, and yes I know rarely do those two blend together, you guys may have heard of the craze that is Attack on Titan. If not, that's understandable. Attack on Titan is a Japanese Anime that is set in a post-apocalyptic/dark fantasy setting where humanity defends themselves behind the walls against giant man-eating, human-like figures called titans. The Anime is gruesome, yet it's one hell of a thrill ride to watch. I'd recommend a watch whether you follow Anime or not. The show personally was the sole reason why I returned to the genre after a 7 year absence. And it's known for it's really catchy opening, which has become viral for quite some time.

Officially, this wallpaper is 1920 x 1200. I first started this idea last year when the Raiders first drafted Khalil Mack. I did an amateur wallpaper where the wallpaper featured from left to right: Sio Moore, LaMarr Woodley, Khalil Mack, Justin Tuck, and Antonio Smith with a giant Peyton Manning picture in the background when he was on the ground after a sack. The piece was originally titled "Attack on Manning." Although it looked cool, I wanted something that resembled the original Attack on Titan wallpaper with the Anime's main character, Eren Jaeger looking up at the Colossal Titan (the most popular type of Titan in the Anime) with everything inside the walls burning around him. And so I was able to find a Khalil Mack picture with his back turned, render it, find the NFL profile pic of Peyton Manning and boom this is the end result. I was also able to find an Attack on Titan logo generator, where you can edit the actual logo and slap "Attack on Peyton." The only drawback is that I had to find out how "Peyton" was written in Japanese. So I apologize if I didn't get it right. Translators can sometimes provide you the wrong wording. And besides, titling it "Attack on Peyton" made a lot more sense because Peyton and titan rhymed, even though it's clearly obvious.

Well Raider Nation, I hope you enjoy this wallpaper. Savor this until game time next week and until Week 14 when the Raiders take on the Broncos again in Denver. Today's game against the Bears sucked, but the team needs to refocus and beat those Donkeys!

"On that day, Peyton received a grim reminder. Khalil Mack is going to lay the smack down on his giant forehead looking, OMAHA shouting, candy @$$!"