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text: Despite his obscurity, Jimmie Rivers is one of the great western swing/bop guitarists. His legacy is miniscule, consisting of a disc's worth of live tracks with his group, the Cherokees, recorded between 1961-64, but these low-fidelity documents show a guitarist with a near-unparalleled ability to construct exciting, melodic solos in the vein of Charlie Christian. Born Jimmie Fewell in Hockerville, OK in 1926, Rivers was introduced to the fiddle by his father, switching to guitar before he was ten years old. The music of Bob Wills gave the youth his first influence, in particular the twin electric guitar arrangements of Leon McAuliffe and Eldon Shamblin. In high school, he also played trumpet before his family moved west to Oakland in the early '40s. Although Rivers' style had largely matured by the time he was a late teenager, it was in Oakland that he received his greatest musical instruction. Sitting in with a jazz combo one evening, he met a pianist named Don Burke, who introduced him to the music of the great electric guitar pioneer Charlie Christian. (Amazingly, although Rivers' guitar playing was already saturated with be-bop stylings, the youth had never heard of Christian; rather, he had absorbed the technique of Barney Kessel, himself a Christian fan.) After two years in the Navy, in 1946 Rivers moved to Corpus Christi, TX and formed a trio called the Gadabouts. His reputation as a guitarist was growing, bringing job offers from both Spade Cooley and Bob Wills. Rivers, however, declined, as by this time he was making more money on his own than either bandleader could promise. In 1954, he moved back to Oakland and took work as a DJ at KVSM. Before his first broadcast, he was re-christened "Jimmie Rivers" by a local man who expressed distaste for the name Fewell. (Rivers, who was half-Indian, had explained that his original family name was "Two Rivers.") Soon after, he formed a western swing group called the Cherokees, who began appearing on the California Hayride television show dressed in Indian headdresses. The Cherokees also cut some records for the Cavalier label and frequently backed Tommy Duncan on his solo recordings. In 1958, the group took up residence at the 23 Club in Brisbane, CA. That same year, Rivers hooked up with ex-Billy Jack Wills steel guitarist Vance Terry, and in 1959 Terry joined what would become the definitive Cherokees lineup. They played the 23 Club for six years, before Rivers disbanded the group in 1964. Aside from a long gig with the Fulton Street Jazz Band and a 1992 Rivers-Terry reunion concert, he remains retired from music. ~ Jim Smith, Rovi


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I assume everyone can tell who Im talking about. She logged before I could ask, so what is this?
I assume everyone can tell who Im talking about. She logged before I could ask, so what is this?
That is a mix-match of heavy armor. The chest piece is the rare crafted armor, gladiator. The leggings are the crafted level 70 set (barbaric set). hands is gladiator. can't see her feet and not sure of the shoulders.
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My warrior has the draconic set, best looking set (well the T3 looks very nice as well) in my opinion. I wore the gladiator set all the way to 80 though.
Is the Draconic set the one with the skull crotch? Not too big a fan.
boots are "knight's" the same with legs, hands + chest is the same set as well butcant remember name, and tier 2 shoulders.
But, but, but the set doesn't match! *OCD kicks in*
And yeah, those boobs are why I'll never pick the 'hourglass' figure for humans.
Are those from the cash shop? Not talking about the armor...


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By PATSY STODDARDStaff, Emery County Progress
A Rangeland and Livestock Conference sponsored by the Utah Farm Bureau Federation and Utah State University Extension presented "New Challenges on Utah Rangelands" on Jan. 21 and 22 in St. George.
Leland Hogan, Utah Farm Bureau Federation president welcomed everyone to the conference and gave an overview of the presentations to come in the two day conference. "We are here to look for solutions and we can accomplish a lot together when we meet as a group," said Hogan.
The first item to bring a greater understanding to those present was the showing of the Understanding Public Lands Video narrated by Senator Bob Bennett. This video described how public lands are managed and which agency has jurisdiction over what land. Utah is more than three fourths public land. The forest service manages eight million acres, national parks, two million acres, Natural resources and state parks, two million and the Bureau of Land Management is responsible for 42 million acres. SITLA also holds responsibility of managing their lands for the school children of Utah.
Each entity told a little about their public land and its uses. The director of the forest service described the forest as multiple use with timber, watershed, recreation and grazing among its uses. The national parks director said the parks are for enjoyment and they are managed to remain unimpaired. The Department of Natural Resources stated its mission as to conserve, protect and develop, with regards to water and wildlife. The BLM manages lands for use and enjoyment.
Bennett described all the public lands as belonging to the public. He stressed the fact that there is nowhere else to go. We need to protect the land we have and not abuse it. He then went on to describe some of the laws that have been enacted for land management the National Environmental Policy Act and FETMA, as well as others. These laws give the people a voice. The notice of intent is filed in the Federal Register, scoping meetings involving the public are held, the appeal process and the judicial review process all invite public opinion.
Anyone wishing to mine or drill for oil on public lands has to follow strict regulations with a stringent reclamation process at the end of the disturbance. The director of the national parks mentioned that no drilling, etc. takes place in national parks and that their job is to protect resources. The forest service director mentioned that forest service land is also available for recreation, many of the ski areas on the Wasatch Front are on forest service land, camping and hiking are also popular uses.
Bennett said the term multiple uses is often misunderstood. There are competing uses for public lands and all uses must be considered. Bennett said, "We must preserve land for the future and use it wisely during our time."
Hogan said, "Every other year we have a conference on rangeland and in the off year we have a hay growers conference.
Director of the BLM Kathleen Clarke spoke to conference goers in her first official appearance since her confirmation as National Director of the BLM. Clarke stressed the need for ranchers to get involved in the NEPA process early on and involve yourself in the scoping process by attending the meetings. She said she would listen, get information, make a decision and stick with it until proven wrong.
State BLM Director Sally Wisely also spoke and then she and Kathleen Clarke fielded questions from the ranchers.
Grazing appeals and the legal process was presented by Glenn Davies who is legal council for many BLM permittees. Other issues discussed were wolf reintroduction and expansion, proactive management of sage grouse in Utah, assessing change through historical photographs and a practical approach to monitoring rangelands with photographs.
Jack Payne the vice president of the Extension and Continuing Education for the Utah State University closed the conference with a summation of each of the speakers. He said, "The Utah State range specialists are there to help as well as the county agents. They make a great team. If there is any message that came out of this conference, it was to get involved early and document the condition of your allotment. We can't win the battle without forming partnerships with the environmental community. We need to manage the lands with the best available science.
"We were assured that grazing will always be part of the BLMs mangement plan. We need to use the BLM as our allies to see to it that our allotments are in good shape and we are in a good position to defend our allotment. The challenge is to make change work for us instead of against us. We were presented with excellent information by Glenn Davies to make our way through the legal web.
"We need to tell our story better. Utah is an urban state. There are many people who are uniformed and have misconceptions about livestock and grazing. Producers know their land and know what needs to be done to protect that land. We need to tell the story. Permittees pay fees to graze on public lands. These fees are used to maintain the land and also for schools and roads. It's true the land was overgrazed in the early 1900s, but the farmers and ranchers have learned much since then. There have been significant improvements made on the ground because of proper management. The land is in better condition than at any time this century. It is stable and improving. Most operations are run by families who want to pass on their operations in good repair. When you drive around our state, you will see towns surrounded by public lands. We have no choice but to interact with public lands. There are specialists available to help you make wise decisions to help form partnerships. We've heard some important messages and we need to heed them," concluded Payne.


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Remember that episode of Two and a Half Men where a Boxster played a supporting role? For 22 minutes Charlie Sheen riffed on his brother�s new car as �the girly Porsche.� Funny, sort of, but Boxster owners, at least the ones who weren�t hair stylists, knew better. Their car was the embodiment of Zen in the art of driving.
No other sports car, not even a Ferrari and certainly no roadsters from BMW, Audi or Mercedes-Benz, could touch the Boxster when it came to driving precision and feedback. The steering feel was uncanny and with its balanced, mid-engine layout the car could zig and zag like a hockey skate. The Boxster seemed to plug directly into the seat of the driver�s pants and there was always enough power for serious speed. Never enough, though, to challenge the top-of-the-range 911. It was quite a bit cheaper than a 911, too. So, despite its dynamic brilliance and the way it could make other cars feel wonderfully stupid, the Boxster was always the one for people who couldn�t afford a �real� Porsche.
That was then. For 2013 Porsche has re-drawn and re-built the Boxster. It shares more parts with the 911 and it�s made in Germany, no longer in Finland. It�s a bit larger, but it still weighs less than 3,000 pounds, so a relatively modest 315 horsepower and 266 torques can accomplish a great deal. All Boxsters are convertibles with pushbutton fabric tops, yet there is no, zero, nil chassis flex on the roughest surface or under the hardest acceleration; Porsche engineered it to be roof-less.
Sadly, when it came to design, the budget ran out when the old car was half done. The stylists just stuck the front end onto the back and went home. For 2013, they finally completed the job. Just look at those flanks and that discreet wing with its beautifully integrated LED lights. Fantastic!
The Boxster S has a new transmission option as well�the PDK or Doppelkupplung, German for �double clutch.� The PDK gearbox does in fact have two clutches, neither operated by a foot. Based on what the car is doing or the driver wants, the transmission pre-selects the next gear and has it waiting, spooled up on its own clutch. The transfer of thrust takes just milliseconds, so the flow of power to the rear wheels is uninterrupted.
Around town the PDK is almost indistinguishable from a fluid-drive automatic transmission. Press the SPORT button and put the revs to it, however, or shift it by hand, and it�s clear that engineering magic is at work. Paired with the optional Sport Chrono Package ($2,370), the PDK also gets Launch Control and a �motorsport-derived gearshift strategy.� Together, these deliver the best possible acceleration, thanks to seamless shifting and a momentary boost in torque.
The PDK also has seven forward gears. Top speed�reportedly 173 MPH for the S model�is achieved in 6th; 7th gear has a taller ratio, for better economy. The new Boxster S will out-sprint a 911 Carrera to 60 and still travel 30 highway miles on a gallon of gas at reasonable velocities. In city driving, the engine shuts down at stoplights, to burn less fuel.
The third-generation Boxster is finally a full-fledged Porsche, with near-supercar looks, performance and handling, and it�s just tight enough and low-slung enough to be not quite as handy for grocery runs as a 911. It feels more exotic than that.
Unfortunately, it�s matured in other ways too. The first Boxster we drove�the first Boxster�was in 1997. That car caused a sensation among the faithful: A Porsche for less than $40,000! And so it was, about $5 less. (Oh, you want a second seat with that?) Today, the options alone on this particular Boxster S cost 30 grand. The Espresso leather interior is $3,535. Adaptive sport seats, $5,265. That PDK transmission? $3,200. (Good as it is, I�d pick the 6-speed manual gearbox.) And on and on, down to $185 for gluing the Porsche crest on each wheel. OK, fine, tick whatever boxes you like, but be careful. In this case the total came to a breath-shortening $90,175. The little Porsche isn�t so little any more.


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Dr. Maria M. Oliva-Hemker is a professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include gastrointestinal diseases, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and pediatric gastroenterology. She serves as the chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
Dr. Oliva-Hemker received her M.D. from Johns Hopkins. She completed her residency in pediatrics followed by a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology at Johns Hopkins. She joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1993.
In 2008, Dr. Oliva-Hemker was appointed chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. Since taking on that leadership role, she has more than doubled the number of faculty members and dramatically expanded the academic clinical practice while also enhancing strong research and education programs. The division is highly ranked among the top programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
In 1998, she launched the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Center at Johns Hopkins, which specializes in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of hundreds of children and teens with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis from all over the world. She is the inaugural recipient of the Stermer Family Professorship in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Dr. Oliva-Hemker is an active clinical researcher who has co-authored more than 80 articles and book chapters and given more than 100 invited talks nationally and internationally. She has served on multiple editorial boards and is currently a member of the Subboard of Pediatric Gastroenterology of the American Board of Pediatrics and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) Board of Trustees. She is an editor-in-chief of the book Your Child with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Family Guide for Caregiving.
Her clinical practice focuses on inflammatory intestinal disorders such as IBD, autoimmune enteropathy and eosinophilic gastroenteritis. Additional clinical interests include malabsorption syndromes and nutritionally related disorders such as short bowel syndrome, failure-to-thrive and celiac disease.
Dr. Oliva-Hemker has been named among "America's Top Doctors" by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. for more than 10 years and is included in Marquis' "Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare." She has been named a Baltimore "Top Doc" by peer physicians and has received a U.S. News & World Report "Top Doctor" designation for being in the top 1% of pediatric gastroenterologists in the nation.
- Director of Ped. Gastroenterology & Nutrition
- Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
- Stermer Family Professor of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Professor of Pediatrics
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
- Johns Hopkins Children's Center
- Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Center
- MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1986)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Pediatrics (1989)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Pediatrics (1993)
Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics / Pediatric Gastroenterology (1992, 2014)
- American Board of Pediatrics / Pediatrics (1990, 2014)
Research & Publications
Research Summary
Dr. Oliva-Hemker is an active clinical researcher who focuses on the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases in children.
Selected PublicationsView all on Pubmed
Sunseri W, Hyams JS, Lerer T, Mack DR, Griffiths AM, Otley AR, Rosh JR, Carvalho R, Grossman AB, Cabrera J, Pfefferkorn MD, Rick J, Leleiko NS, Hitch MC, Oliva-Hemker M, Saeed SA, Kappelman M, Markowitz J, Keljo DJ; Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative Research Group. "Retrospective cohort study of methotrexate use in the treatment of pediatric Crohn's disease." Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2014 Aug;20(8):1341-5. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000102.
Borschel MW, Antonson DL, Murray ND, Oliva-Hemker M, Mattis LE, Kerzner B, Tolia V, Baggs G. "Two single group, prospective, baseline-controlled feeding studies in infants and children with chronic diarrhea fed a hypoallergenic free amino acid-based formula." BMC Pediatr. 2014 May 29;14:136. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-136.
Goyal A, Hyams JS, Lerer T, Leleiko NS, Otley AR, Griffiths AM, Rosh JR, Cabrera JM, Oliva-Hemker MM, Mack DR, Rick JN, Pfefferkorn MD, Carvalho R, Grossman AB, Hitch MC, Sudel B, Kappelman MD, Saeed SA, Faubion WA, Schaefer ME, Markowitz JF, Keljo DJ; Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative Research Group. "Liver enzyme elevations within 3 months of diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease and likelihood of liver disease." J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2014 Sep;59(3):321-3. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000409.
Walters TD, Kim MO, Denson LA, Griffiths AM, Dubinsky M, Markowitz J, Baldassano R, Crandall W, Rosh J, Pfefferkorn M, Otley A, Heyman MB, LeLeiko N, Baker S, Guthery SL, Evans J, Ziring D, Kellermayer R, Stephens M, Mack D, Oliva-Hemker M, Patel AS, Kirschner B, Moulton D, Cohen S, Kim S, Liu C, Essers J, Kugathasan S, Hyams JS; PRO-KIIDS Research Group. "Increased effectiveness of early therapy with anti-tumor necrosis factor-α vs an immunomodulator in children with Crohn's disease." Gastroenterology. 2014 Feb;146(2):383-91. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.10.027. Epub 2013 Oct 23.
Hourigan SK, Chirumamilla SR, Ross T, Golub JE, Rabizadeh S, Saeed SA, Elson CO, Kelly CP, Carroll KC, Oliva-Hemker M, Sears C. "Clostridium difficile carriage and serum antitoxin responses in children with inflammatory bowel disease." Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2013 Dec;19(13):2744-52. doi: 10.1097/01.MIB.0000435434.53871.36.
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- "Top Doc," Baltimore Magazine, 2015
- "Top Doc," Baltimore Magazine, 2013
- "Top Doctor," U.S News & World Report
- "America's Top Doctors," Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
- "Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare," Marquis
Professional Activities
- Sub-board of Pediatric Gastroenterology, American Board of Pediatrics
- Board of Trustees, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)
- Editorial board, Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
- Editorial board, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
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With our exclusive prints adorning the carrying case, the popular Planet Box is more kid-friendly than ever. Great for school, picnics or trips in the car, the tray-style pack is specially designed to accommodate a healthy, well-balanced meal – and with nothing to throw away when lunch is done, it's a smart choice for eco-conscious parents and kids.
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- Carrying case is insulated and includes a pocket in which to place an ice pack.
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Skip to comments.Paul Ryan Wants Budget Conference (GOP caves on shutdown?)
Posted on 10/10/2013 9:31:30 AM PDT by Alter Kaker
Updated 12:28 p.m. | House Budget Chairman Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., told reporters Thursday morning that he intends to go to conference on the budget, signaling the end to one of the years greatest impasses between the two parties and chambers.
Were gonna start negotiations, Ryan said. I intend to go to conference.
I think when Leader Pelosi said that they would remove all the motions to instruct, that was a good-faith effort to get serious negotiations going, he continued. We intend to go to conference on that. As you know, a budget resolution is not sufficient to do all that we need to do, but its a step in the right direction.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by other members of Democratic leadership, announced Oct. 5 that her party was prepared to forfeit its right to offer motions to instruct should Republicans name conferees to merge the House and Senate budgets. That removed the threat of forcing Republicans having to take numerous politically difficult but nonbinding votes.
Speaker John A. Boehner made mention of a budget conference as part of an overall offer to President Barack Obama that would extend the debt ceiling for six weeks but not reopen the government.
What were going to do is offer the president the ability to move a temporary increase in the debt ceiling [and] an agreement to go to conference on the budget for his willingness to sit down and discuss with us a way forward to reopen the government and start to deal with Americas pressing problems, the Ohio Republican said.
Senate Democrats have held the position that both the debt ceiling and the current government shutdown must be addressed before moving into broader negotiations on the top-line spending levels for fiscal 2014 and other budgetary changes.
We think the only way out of this cycle of constant crises is for the two sides to work together, make some compromises, and get to a fair and responsible long term deal, Senate Budget Chairwoman Patty Murray said Wednesday. But it just doesnt make sense to do that while families and communities are being hurt by this government shutdown and while the threat of a default hangs over our head.
The Washington Democrat made the comments on the Senate floor while making yet another request for a budget conference committee upon action to avert a default and get the government funded.
We will sit down and negotiate over anything Republicans want, and we pledge to work as hard as we can, for as long as it takes until we get a fair long-term budget deal to end these constant crises. But first, this current crisis needs to end and the threat of the next one needs to be lifted, Murray said. Republicans dont need a hostage, there are plenty of things Democrats want out of a long term deal that we are very interested in making some compromises for.
What a flipping moron.
Paul Ryan is a craven Coward!
No Fight for principle, just cowardly sniveling in the corner with a white flag.
The ONLY hostages are the American people,
trapped by the greedy, lazy, whoring, drunk,
treasonous bastards in Congress
unable to read the US Constitution, let alone
the "Affordable Care Act" written by the Senate and
prisoners in US jails, and the Tyrant.
Really? With whom are these negotiations going to be with? Obama said he won't negotiate.
GOP is going to cave even as they are winning.
This is the same Ryan who was Mitt's running mate right? Ge I thot he was a conservative...bwahahahaha! they are all alike everyone of them, conservative when they need our vote and something else after we elect them
I have come to conclusion I will only vote for conservatives who not only say they are conservative but ones who once elected continued to maintain conservative principles.
Ryan = Sellout
Pelosi wouldn't lie to us would she? I think it is a blind alley. Pelosi is a hardliner and she won't give up an inch.
But I give Ryan credit for turning over every rock while looking for a solution. The budget is the solution.
The debt limit is the emergency brake on government spending.
WHO CARES what Paul Ryan wants!?!! He is one person, and shouldn't be able to dictate to the House Republicans what should happen.
This was not a wise move to begin with.
There was no way Obama was going to let his crown jewel be defunded, and no way to put leverage on him.
The Senate will not pass a bill that allows Obamacare to be defunded.
This was a very odd stunt.
I was skeptical about the CR-defund approach from the start but the idea of leaving Obama-care intact while cutting future SS and/or medicare benefits while increasing short term spending, what Ryan seems to be getting at, leaves me cold.
Ryan : If you want to cut our future retirement entitlements you better cut them some now, and cut Obamacare too.
conference committee was always the plan.
load the committee with RINOs and insiders and betray the US people.
I didn't expect much from the gutless wonder who got whipped by Joe Biden in the vice presidential debate last fall.
Once again the GOPe snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.
Ryan is the Budget Committee chairman and a close ally of Boehner's. That's why this matters.
In short, they're now using Ryan to do their dirty work on Obamacrae/debt ceiling just like McCain-Schumer used Rubio to do theirs on immigration.
RINO's always panic when it looks like the Democrats might lose something.
Paul Ryan admitted during the VP debate he hasn't done anything but work in politics, so I am not surprised. On the other hand, shouldn't the Republicans be standing in front of every National Park or Monument shouting, "Mr. Obama, open this park!" This is an outstanding opportunity for them to connect with the American people, but all they can do is stab each other in the back.
Also Pelosi's announcement was 5 days ago. That's Ryan's excuse?
Yes, that is the same guy. I wan't all that certain he was really a conservative, but I did think he was opposed to Obama's "fundamental transformation." The good news is that I am no longer deceived... which I suppose is also the bad news. Oh, well... Bud Day thought John McCain wasn't unworthy of elected office.
We're all wrong now and then.
Mr. niteowl77
Exactly. FWIW, call/tweet/FB/email Lyin Ryan...it can't hurt.
"In short, they're now using Ryan to do their dirty work on Obamacrae/debt ceiling just like McCain-Schumer used Rubio to do theirs on immigration."
Yes, I know. I think that Paul Ryan's conservative credentials were completely lost when he began working on immigration reform.
In that case, what options does the House GOP have in continuing this fight? If what you said is true, I am still not sure what they can do about it.
Excellent post. Thank you.
That's what this is. You honestly think an Obamacare repeal is going to come out of a Senate conference committee?
To be fair, Ryan did not get beat on content in that debate. He only ran into trouble because of his lack of experience on political debates at that level and dealing with the hardline leftist style of debating. So it is hard to count that too much against him.
But yes, this is gonna be a serious problem for him unless he can figure out how a solution that will involve actual conservatives achieving the goals they started out with in this fight.
What do you think Paul Ryan should be doing right about now? What should his course of action be in your personal opinion?
Yes, that and his dismal debate with Biden.
Nice try w/Alinsky playbook, newbie.
He is dead to me.
Exactly. The house of representatives consist of the citizen's personal representative. Senators and the President really don't reflect the will of the people, due to the nature of their elections. The theme that the "Republicans" lost is false. It's at best debatable, in the sense that a majority of people chose, as their personal representative in DC, a representative running against ObamaCare. This is the correct move, on every level.
As you point out, it is the Representatives' job to control the purse-strings, and it is their job to represent the people. The "surrender monkeys" are wrong at every level — strategically, politically, ethically, and constitutionally.
Now is the time to make what may be a last stand. The Democrats recognize the stakes involved, and are willing to pursue a scorched earth policy to get it. At stake is the country — either the one that has been the shining city on the hill for over 200 years, or the fundamentally transformed one envisioned by a very malevolent left.
The article doesn't say anything about a Continuing resolution or the debt ceiling at all. It simply talks about negotiations on a budget.
A lot of knee jerking going on in this thread
What has the Chicago Democrat thugs dug up on Ryan? If they can destroy Gen. Petraeus with his adulterous affair and force Chief Justice Roberts to vote for the blatantly unconstitutional Obama Care law by reportedly questioning the legality of his adopted children, they certainly can blackmail GOP congressmen.
This is the essence of corruption.
Huh? What do you think the Continuing Resolution is? It's a BUDGET resolution.
I think when Leader Pelosi said that they would remove all the motions to instruct, that was a good-faith effort to get serious negotiations going,.............
It's NOT that the Democrats don't negotiate, but actually there is no such thing as negotiation with a Democrat.
Very naive. Paul Ryan should know this.
Apparently we have novices present on our behalf.
See Paul Ryan's portable mattress.
See Paul Ryan's portable red light.
See Paul Ryan's sack pf quarters for making change.
Puke in response to anything Paul Ryan!
It doesn't mean they are passing a CR, it means they are talking about negotiating on the budget. OR one could say they might begin negotiations on funding, which is a CR instead of a budget, since they haven't had a real budget for years.
But its talking about negotiating what is IN the budget, that doesn't mean anything right now. People are talking like that means they are caving. It says not such thing.
Now, they MIGHT cave, but THIS article says nothing of the sort.
To get budget changes means negotiations..not sure what people think is going to happen....a money fairy drop out of the sky and wave a wand?
It finally forced the enemedia to report on obamacare and report all of the negative garbage that it is. It caused obama's approval to drop quite a bit. With the source code to their software now leaked by hackers... the entire system is unworkable.
As heard on Hugh Hewitt's program yesterday in an interview with Charlie Dent (RINO-PA), it's clear there are many members of the Republican caucus who think the best way to defund obamacare is to give in on the budget shutdown and debt ceiling, then defeat obamacare through persuasion ... That is, persuade the Democrat Socialists in Congress to support the Republican position. Dent really, truly believes this is the way to defeat obamacare — that this is better than standing firm (audio of the interview is at hughhewitt.com). People this naive — this dumb — shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a position of responsibility.
Someone expressed a few months ago "never trust a man who married for his money"
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A chili supper to raise money for a new roof for the old 1st Apostolic Church of Harrisburg is 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Harris-Pruett Building in Harrisburg.
The church has been unattended for some time, but Philip Fritz has agreed to pastor the church and restart services there. A new roof is the first step.
"We're looking for about $1,600," Daniel McDonald said.
McDonald and other supporters of the church are planning to donate labor, but they cannot afford the roofing material.
"It's been slowly disintegrating and now it's leaking inside. The rest of the church is perfect, now it just needs a roof," McDonald said.
The church is charging $5 for the supper.
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Type: Improvement
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 2.0
Fix Version/s: None
Component/s: Themes
Affected Branches:MOODLE_20_STABLE
See http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Theme_changes_proposal
going to post patches here and add subtasks
Please note this projects was not confirmed yet, we are at the prototype stage that has to be approved by:
1/ core developers - Tim and MD
2/ theme designers - Patrick and Manuo
Gliffy Diagrams
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MDL-21862 Seperate existing standardold theme into base + other theme
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can not attach patch here - it is too big and too many changes in binary files:
test site at http://ferda.cdv.tul.cz/moodle20t/
you can downlaod the cvs checkout from http://ferda.cdv.tul.cz/moodle20t.zip
Missing bits:
- theme switching page needs improvements - all diagnostics and problems should be showed there, not inline; add button for purging of caches
- all themes except standard and sample theme removed
- JS not supported in themes - do we need it?
- no examples of template use
- grade edit tree.css need to be fixed and moved into standard theme
- theme compression
Does IE use some custom css - other browsers (FF,Opera,Safari,Chrome) catch the color settings (of samplecolor theme) for css but IE does not... still IE does get the width of left and right colums from settings?
I mean that it looks like IE does not read theme/samplecolor/styles at all???
background-image:url([[themesetting:gradient]]) etc
found the problem, the sloppy IE thing has some weird limit on number of things in CSS - going to chop the large CSS into smaller chunks just for IE
IE can never stop surprising - was it CSS File Size Limit (288kb for IE) , maximum of 32 @import statements or some other limit?
What is the current state of http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Theme_changes_proposal Petr?
Is it already approved and going to be implemented to moodle 2.0 HEAD ?
latest test site at http://ferda.cdv.tul.cz/moodle20t/
complete cvs checkout at http://ferda.cdv.tul.cz/moodle20t.zip
unfortunately normal patch has problems with binary files
adding tim as watcher here, if you find some time please have a loot at the list of subtasks, thanks
I'll try to look at this today, if you can hold off a bit after Martin's enthusiasm
I am sorry Tim, I can not wait much longer, we have to move forward. I am going to start committing changes later today.
Yes. Sorry Petr. I was working on my own code yesterday. Can you give me until lunchtime today (1:00 your time?)
OK, I have now commented on all the subtasks (that I feel the need to comment on). Basically I think the plan is great, apart from a few minor questions/concerns I raise.
Now I want to look at the code, but I am running out of time on my self-imposed deadline. Please could I have a little bit longer. I promise not to work on anything else until I have finished. (However, I will have a break for lunch )
I have to say, this would be much easier to review if the changes were in git.
I'm still struggling to get Eclipse to show me the diffs. It keeps asking me for your password, even though I have changed the sharing info after downloading your zip.
Also, CVS thinks that every file has been modified, even though there are no changes in the file. I guess that is a timestamp thing.
Right. CVS finally beaten into submission. I am now in a position to start reviewing code. Please give me a few hours.
I think 3. is the most important of these points:
1. admin/appearance.php. I can't work out, do the settings for all themes appear on one page, or a separate page for each theme?
2. backup/restorelib.php has commented out code. Why?
Same code commented out, rather than deleted, in other places too. Why?
3. I note you are removing all separate plugin styles.php files. That is one approach. The other option would be to move as many styles as possible into styles.php files in each plugin. That might be easier to maintain, and would reduce the difference between contrib and standard plugins.
4. course/lib.php, and other places, are still calling $OUTPUT->old_icon_url. Why?
5. coures/view.php. Aren't you going to rename $PAGE->set_generaltype('course'); to $PAGE->set_layouttype?
6. You should create a subtask for
//TODO: find some better way to disable blocks and minimise footer - pagetype just for this does not seem like a good solution
in mod/imscp/view.php
7. login/index.php does $PAGE->set_generaltype('form'); Surely that should be login?
8. mod/resource/pix/icon.gif seems to be missing.
OK, I have now reviewed all the trivial changes (The ones outside lib and theme dirs). I have to go to an orchestra rehearsal now. I will review the rest later.
9. I do not see any logic to the division
$THEME->sheets = array(
10. I do no understand
'options' => array('nofooter', 'nonavbar'),
in $THEME->layouts. Surely you can control this in layout.php.
Doh! No. I see. It lets you reuse general.php in more cases.
11. Does $THEME need to be a global? Surely we can get rid of it and just use $PAGE->theme to access it. In which case you can delete $THEME-> everywhere in config.php.
12. This bit of code:
$regionsinfo = 'pagelayout';
if ($PAGE->blocks->region_has_content('side-pre', $OUTPUT)) {
$regionsinfo .= '-pre';
if ($PAGE->blocks->region_has_content('side-post', $OUTPUT)) {
$regionsinfo .= '-post';
must not be in the layout PHP file. Instead, make a $PAGE->pagedivclasses like $PAGE->bodyclasses to encapsulate that logic. Actually, how come you need that code in base, but not in standard? I don't understand.
13. I don't really like the logic
if (empty($PAGE->layout_options['nonavbar']) and $OUTPUT->has_navbar()) {
for two reasons. First, we should not have logic in layout PHP. so at most it should be
if (empty($PAGE->has_navbar()) {
Second. $OUTPUT is a renderer. Its sole job is to produce HTML. There is no way that a $OUTPUT->has_navbar() method should exist.
14. Do we really need that many divs in general.php?
15. Oh yuck! Just seen $THEME->sheets in theme/standard/config.php. That really convinces me that I am right in 3. above. We should have a styles.css in each plugin.
16. And I really do not see any point in having both base and standard themes. We should just have a base theme, whatever it is called.
17. what replaces the old rtl.css?
18. why is favicon.ico at the top level, not in pix?
19. I am very doubtful about deleting customcorners and anomaly from CVS. We want them (working) in 2.0. If you delete them now and add them back later, it will make CVS history even harder to follow. I think it is better to leave them there, but broken, until they are fixed.
20. Please commit the template renderer code somewhere in contrib, so it is easily browsable, rather than deleting it completely.
21. That is weird, the unit tests have been changed to say set_pagelayout, even though other code still refers to generaltype.
22. Why is the change in unction path_inaccessdata($path, $accessdata) { in this patch?
23. lib/javascript-static.js has tabs, not spaces.
Saving these before my browser crashes. More to come.
11. Correction. Of coures, we don't want to delete $THEME->, because it is an instance of theme_config, which gives you autocomplete and PHPdoc comments. But if it is no longer a global, we could change it to $theme. Or not bother.
24. I don't think the name minlib.php really explains what it is. I can't currently think of a better name though.
25. //TODO: add themedir support in moodlelib.php should have a subtask filed.
26. Coding guidelines say two blank lines between classes. http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Coding_style#Class_declarations - you have removed at least on of these in outputfactories.php
27. I don't understand why you want theme renderers to be in lib.php, while everywhere else they live in renderers.php. Is there a reason? Oh it is slightly more complicated than that. It is renderers.php compared to renderer.php. Hmm. theme_config constructor still mentions renderes.php as well as lib.php. Now I am really confused.
28. The theme_config properties that are not settable from config.php. Wouldn't it be better to make them protected, with getters, to avoid the possibility of abuse.
29. You have tabs in outputlib.php.
30. Theme diagnose($themename) function is a great idea! However, please create a subtask for the TODO.
31. theme_config constructor should be called __construct.
32. css_content method is very long, and looks to have a lot of repetitious code. Can't you refactor it?
33. Was it really right to delete the two existing css post-processing funcitions?
34. resolve_image_location also looks like it should be refactored to avoid duplication.
35. In lib/outputrenderers.php, line 327, I think you should use $this->output_empty_tag, to keep the coding style consistent.
36. Please commit the whitespace fixes in webdavlib.php as a separate commit.
I hope you don't feel too bad about the number of things I found to comment on. It is mostly excellent, but I think these points need to be addressed before it is ready for CVS.
2. backup/restore is dead
3. plugin stylesheets - this is a bit of misunderstanding - the styles will be in plugins + themes + once more as theme additions in plugins
4. I had problems with merging - sure, it will be removed everywhere
5. again merging problems - search replace is going to fix it
6. yep
7. yep - login layout
8. yes - merging trouble
9. is a migration process - I just moved everything to standard to make room for new stuff in plugins
10. this is internal implementation details of themes - it is allowed to do anything with those options; core code is not goign to access these
11. $THEME does not need to be global, BC only
12. yes
13. internal implementation detail - this is not part of API
14. IE6 needs tons of useless divs, grrr
15. no, the current themes in standard are just temporary - we need room to work on better sheets
16. this is not my idea, theme designer had huge problems with undoing stuff from standard theme, they need something very basic when doing new designs
17. rtl is replaced by direction class
18. no idea why is fav icon there, I was not sure - pix is better place
19. yes, custom corners shoudl be there in 2.0, the CVS history is not going to be problem because the style sheets will have different names - no more font+style+color
20. yes
21. merging problem -search replace fixes that
22. I had some problems in installation - the new themes load the pages in different order
23. grrrr, death to tabs
24. anything better than minlib.php is fine for me - can be changed later
25. yet, a lot more subtasks
26. who invented the two lines??? ok, ok
27. I just like lib, it could be placed into other file - can be changed later at any time
28. I like picking only what is needed - internal implementation detail, but my proposed way looks a bit safer
29. grrrrrr tabs die dir
30. -32. ok
33. one postprocessing looks enough for me - going to review it once more
34.-- ok
A few responses:
2. Yes, but that commented out code appears in many other places. That was just the first place I saw it. The other places are more important.
3. Please can you explain how you think it should work on http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Theme_changes_proposal
9. It is a migration process that makes CVS history unnecessarily difficult to track. Why not go directly to styles.css?
13. $OUTPUT->has_navbar is part of the API that should not be there. I'll file a bug on Sam H.
16. But surely no-one uses standard theme in production. My point is that we should have one base theme, which uses all the CSS that is in plugins and core outside the theme folder. And then a bunch of nice themes that people might actually want to use, one of which is the default.
19. Still better to reduce the number of renames etc. that you have to track when looking back through history. Also, if/when we move to git, it can cope well with renames, but it cannot cope with delete then add back later.
I think a better solution would be to leave these themes in core, but in their config.php do something hacky like set_config('theme', 'standard'); die;
24. The best I can do is configonlylib.php. That is a bit sucky, but clearer, and it is not a library that people will refer to often.
28. The point it to make the PHP docs as helpful as possible. I don't see the problem in making the other properties protected with get methods.
3. yes
9. no, I need to keep them separate for now so that I am able to work on this; each theme is allowed to do whatever it thinks is correct here
16. we do need the standard theme for now and MD wanted something similar to standard in 2.0, I think it is a good idea to keep it
19. Old and new themes will share only config.php, keeping the old unused code around breaks my grepping and sanity. I believe there will be very little shared history. The themes are something really new both inside and outside.
28. theme designers are not developers, I think it is better to not allow them to override the config directly and use it just as a simple object with properties - it is very hard to diagnose OOP problems in code that can not print directly to output. I think that theme developers need something easier to use than PHPDoc.
Petr, please revert your last commit immediately. The
removed problematic HTML_ATTR_EMPTY, simply use null instead + removed incorrect trimming of values (yes, leading/trailing spaces are sometimes valid attribute values too!)
It is very, very useful that in many places you can do things like
html_writer::tag('div', array('class' => $this->get_class()));
or something, and know that that class attribute will be omitted if get_class returns something blank.
It saves about a million if statements all over the place in output code.
It is very rare to need an something="" attribute - alt="" is the only one I can think of right now, so it is right that that requires an special value, which should probably be html_writer::EMPTY_ATTRIBUTE.
sorry tim, please use real NULL as a default value, this HTML_ATTR_EMPTY was breaking other stuff because empty string is a valid value in cases like html select options. Please let's not do the same mistake like Oracle - empty string and NULL is something really different, so let's use it properly.
BTW while working on this I discovered wrong handling of disabled attributes and other similar issues.
also I discovered one scary trim($value) which I suppose had the same origin like the HTML_ATTR_EMPTY
please file any regression into tracker and I will fix them asap
Sorry Petr, how is it a good idea to force people to write code like:
$attributes = array(...);
$class = $this->get_class();
if ($class) {
$attributes ['class'] = $class;
html_writer::tag('div', $attributes);
When it could be
html_writer::tag('div', array(..., $this->get_class()));
Surely you agree that the second is a nicer API for developers.
I can understand why, using the Oracle parallel, you have some doubts, but I think that on balance, convenience 99% of the time is worth it.
you still can write html_writer::tag('div', array(..., $this->get_class())); if your get_class() returns null, alternatively we could intelligently omit some known empty attributes such as class, but redefining empty string to null and HTML_ATTR_EMPTY to empty string is definitely not a good technical solution. Your HTML_ATTR_EMPTY was breaking my code pretty badly and there was no workaround, I strongly disagree that it is useful in 99% of cases, I spent a lot of time in this area recently...
Actually, I worked out the answer is:
fuction opt($value) {
if ($value !== '0' && !$value) {
return null;
return $value;
html_writer::tag('div', array(..., opt($this->get_class())));
That should make both of us happy.
I just ran into a big headache trying to do some theming stuff and finding that the css didn't change when I emptied the browser cache.
It took me a while to find the button to reset the theme cache because it doesn't show up when you search the admin block. It's also not where I expected it - I was looking in the performance section.
I think one or both of those things needs changing so that it's easier to find.


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Originally posted by Four0SixI am not a fan of Orcs. But I still prefer them to Spaceships.
Funny thing about "fantasy fans", we are all racist. Yup. you hate Fae, I hate Elves.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
You nailed it Adam!
As EQ was my first MMO back in 1999, i have yet to have any new game come close to giving me that feeling again. We want EQ 1 with todays technology. That would wok for me. I could do without staying up for 3 days waiting for the cyclops to drop the ring for the j boots. I do not miss that nor does my wife!
"And on a side note, here's to hoping that marine bells and instant teleportation are kicked into the wings while boats make a reappearance. While the original game has infuriating wait times for traveling, it also made it feel real and immersive. Adding in teleports instantly decreases the size of the world."
If you like your immersion so much to eschew teleports I hope you'll be ok with your character being parked on a boat for two weeks IRL during the journey. Maybe they could add mini games on board, like fishing, tieing knots, sewing sails, etc. Or you could level an alt during that time.
If you don't like teleports don't use them. Go ahead, walk from one end of the island to the other, making up your own story. But don't make me waste my time with boring things like that.
5. Couldn't care less. Zoning and instancing can be useful as well.
4. Couldn't care less. What is in the game is what counts. Don't care what is on a map, if I can't visit it.
3. Sandbox sounds like choices over limits. Might be what you want.
2. Fae over dragons everytime. I don't like creatures with scales. Fae have been cool!
1. Good told stories give characters life. SWTOR sucks but for its stories. GW2 give you something as well. Hell, even DAoC had something for your char. EQ should do so as well.
I might only agree with no 3 though.
Completely agree with the writer of the article. Also about the Fae.
I wonder though if they are able to do without any instancing at all. I prefer it for immersion reasons, but I can also imagine that it could cause some design problems. Just as an example, shared dungeons always cause drama (groups that camp a boss, or just ninja the encounter while your group is handling trash mobs etc). During prime hours you could be waiting in a row to fight the boss, also making the encounter way easier then designed. While in off hours, you might find the dungeon too difficult. Weird unbalance like that.
Having no Fae is like asking for no sorcery or magic spells of any kind. You don't have to like em but they are iconic in fantasy games. A hell a lot more iconic than dragon people which came bout only because people wanted to play dragons instead of being what they should be as a rare sighting and extremely dangerous.
The list is incredibely broad features or features that are counterintuitice to sandbox games which is what EQN will be first n foremost. Really a worthless read. How bout having come concrete issues like crafting meaningful or end game not being 'Raid or GTFO' mentality or features that numerous threads have gone over?
Originally posted by xWraith
As much as I agree with this article, the title is quite a bit misleading. "5 things *WE* don't want in Everquest Next." Who exactly is "we?" Shouldn't it be titled, "5 things I don't want in EQN."
Jesus, "We" is MMORPG.com editorial staff who hasn't seen the game. Is that really that hard to figure out?
When you watch a team athlete give and interview and he says "We really had a lot of problem with their quick passing today", do you say to yourself "wait, I didn't play pro sports today! What is he talking about?!", and shut off the TV?
I agree with every word of the article!. My first deep luv of MMO's was the original EQ during it's golden age (just prior too, and including Kunark). All the distinct classes, and races and their individual starting areas, wonderful! I want to see a return to that! and I want Magicians something like they were, with the different summoned pets which were distinct. EQ2's equivalent didn't have it, not at all... I so hope $oE doesn't screw this up... I have serious doubts as from the images so far it looks all too WoW-ified... We will soon see!
I can definitely do without the fae! Also no dragon-people, not needed already have the wonderful classic Iksar!
Originally posted by Tjed
This is great! I have my doubts, because I don't want to get my hopes up, but I agree with everything you said here. Add in huge non linear, non instanced dungeons and a ton of group content to level cap...... man I gotta reign myself in here... I'm starting to get excited and I've been burnt too many times.
"I've been burnt too many times. " Ha! I know exactly what you mean, feeling exactly the same myself!
Originally posted by Clattuc
Seamless worlds, lots of individual character choices rather than a linear story on rails, SOE, hmm, hmm, where have I heard these things before?... Seems like there was some game... the name Koster floats by in the aether... Adam, I loved STAR WARS GALAXIES too. Unfortunately, the "lessons" of GALAXIES are baked into SOE's DNA by now. And they have seen what the new audience likes in MMO's. I suspect you'll have five disappointments when EQN is revealed.
The funniest thing to me about this discussion, and the previous about what we want in EQN, is that what many people want (probably without even realizing it) is a return to Vanilla WoW. That's probably why Vanilla WoW was the huge success that it was.
Before the WoW haters jump all over this, I'm not saying that EVERY person wants a return to Vanilla WoW, or that Vanilla WoW was perfect and should be copied exactly, because it should not. All I'm pointing out is that what I'm reading in a majority of replies, and the main article, are things that Vanilla WoW either had or had something very similar.
5) Zoning - Vanilla WoW had a seemless map. You could move from zone to zone without loading screens. This made the world feel really big and real. While it's true that Vanilla WoW did have instanced dungeons and raids, it was somewhat balanced out by the fact that it also had many large areas throughout the world that acted similarly to open world dungeons. There were places such as the castle in Arathi Highlands that had group quests with good rewards and also elite enemies that required teamwork. There was the Troll temple in the Hinterlands that was the same way. These are just two examples.
Additionally, there was no instanced PvP and that led to the epic Tauren Mill/Southshore battles.
4) Small Map - This was touched on above, but with a seemless world, Azeroth felt HUGE. There was nothing small about it.
3) Limited Scope (Linearity) - Of course this is the area where you could knock Vanilla WoW the most, but for those who played back in Vanilla, you remember that the game was not nearly as linear as it's become. Back in Vanilla there were exclamation points over quest giver's heads when you found them, but they were not marked on the map. You had to figure out where to go to find them, or look on the internet. There were also many different starter zones and an abundance of zones you could level in, such that you could level multiple characters to 60 without repeating the same zone. The game certainly didn't feel "linear" when you played it originally.
2) No Fae! - Well duh! Seriously though, Vanilla WoW had an abundance of races to choose from and had a race to fit just about everyone's idea of what was cool. There were no lame Blood elves or Pandas.
1) Story on Rails - The WoW of today is very much a story on rails as you level up each expansion to inevitably face the major bad guy. This was not the case in vanilla WoW. There was no over-arching villain in Vanilla WoW. Blizzard simply gave us a cool world to explore. Back in vanilla WoW you very much did go where you wanted and made your own adventure.
Beyond these points, vanilla WoW was very challenging, especially when compared to its current version, or many of the current MMOs. There was limited fast travel. No mounts until level 40 and no epic mounts until level 60. If you played vanilla WoW you realize that attaining an epic mount truly felt rewarding and epic.
Vanilla WoW had the roaming higher level monsters that were there to gank and scare the lowbies. There was stiches that would spawn and attack Duskwood. There were the elite Sons of Arugal in Silverpine Forest, along with the elite devilsaurs in un'goro crater. These types of mobs made you feel like you had to look over your shoulder while questing.
Epic gear was truly epic. You didn't get epics handed to you. If you wanted epic gear you had to work for it. I could go on and on.
I'm not saying that EQN should be Vanilla WoW 2.0, simply pointing out that what people seem to want is a return to something very similar to what what Vanilla WoW brought to the table 9 years ago.
3, 4 and 5 will really have a major effect on gameplay and general opinion.
Originally posted by Grimlock426
The funniest thing to me about this discussion, and the previous about what we want in EQN, is that what many people want (probably without even realizing it) is a return to Vanilla WoW. That's probably why Vanilla WoW was the huge success that it was.
Let's look back at Suzie's article and compare it to your statement:
5. Make MMOs HARD Again
Vanilla WoW - Nope. In fact it was the opposite, compared to EQ or Lineage or FFXI.
4. Give Us Connections to EverQuest and EverQuest 2
Vanilla WoW - Nope.
3. Make Crafting and Active Game, Not Just an Ingredients Checklist
Remember the days when you weren't simply handed a mount or a skill simply for completing a quest?
I have to agree on most points. The Fae I never saw as a playable race so I am indifferent there.
Not having really played since Luclin, I still have a load of fond memories from EQ. First time I solo'd the Cyclops in Karana Plains. Getting my Sword of Yakesha. Earning my Ranger Epics before level 40. Becoming a Master Linguist. Peeling mobs. Nobody knows what peeling is anymore. Training Blackbarrow like a boss. My full set of Crusty armor on my Orc Warrior.
Sigh, nostalgia.
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Great list although id add No Race after Iksar No mounts No evil erudites ( they just didnt fit really) zoning i can live with - just Alchol abuse needs to come back - nekked drunk running was superb fun . Not sure about instancing - it seems to ruin most other games UNLESS you have to walk there / get a party to get there God I loved EQ1 - from beta till i decided to stop due to the dumbing down - I had an SBH early on and I was awesome as i could actually kill whisps outside BB - no xp just did it cos at last i could ... GOD I LOVED THAT GAME - up to Kunark ( minus the hole) it has never been bettered or even anything come close ..
Your in luck there won't be any Erudites at all! Because different humans and different human cultures in and mmo no longer makes sense to SOE. *rolls eyes*
You would do yourself a lot of good by taking a step back off the overreaction train. They can always add Odus and the Erudites in.
have a nice day
No they won't.From a design standpoint it would make no sense when you can just make a brown human. Besides didn't you know all humans are from Medieval England?
Have a nice day~
Any mmo worth its salt should be like a good prostitute when it comes to its game world- One hell of a faker, and a damn good shaker!
Missed the MOST important one ...NO CASH SHOP !.
I don't mind zones at all,they can actually offer more strategy to game play,problem is the SOE staff is not so good at realizing ideas outside the bubble.
I don't want to see questing as the most proficient reason to level and attain gear.Choice and if they can put on some sort of thinking cap ,more than just the choice of camping in a group.
No matter how good the game is,if i see cash shop all over this game,it's not entering my HD.
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Originally posted by Asamof
Everyone ITT saying they want instancing gone are going to be crying/begging for it back when it's near impossible to get any good gear drops due to camping.
Make all gear crafted. Problem solved.
Originally posted by discord235
As with every new MMO coming out, I have a feeling there will be a lot of disappointed fans.
Oh hey, first batch of those is coming up in 48 hours, more or less?
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Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Originally posted by grimfall
Originally posted by Grimlock426
The funniest thing to me about this discussion, and the previous about what we want in EQN, is that what many people want (probably without even realizing it) is a return to Vanilla WoW. That's probably why Vanilla WoW was the huge success that it was.
Let's look back at Suzie's article and compare it to your statement:
5. Make MMOs HARD Again
Vanilla WoW - Nope. In fact it was the opposite, compared to EQ or Lineage or FFXI.
4. Give Us Connections to EverQuest and EverQuest 2
Vanilla WoW - Nope.
3. Make Crafting and Active Game, Not Just an Ingredients Checklist
Remember the days when you weren't simply handed a mount or a skill simply for completing a quest?
Huh? That should be directed at your responses! It's hard to take you seriously at all when it's obvious you didn't even read what I wrote. All of the specific points I made were compared to this article: what we don't want in EQN. You're obviously going back to the article of what we do want in EQN. So the first thing I suggest is that you actually read what I wrote in response to THIS article specifically, with a nod to the previous article.
Even so, let's look at what you wrote.
5. Make it hard - I won't argue that Vanilla WoW was as hard as EQ 1, however compared to most all MMOs released since 2004, Vanilla WoW is VERY difficult. Let's face it, you're not likely to ever see anything quite as difficult as EQ 1 was, but Vanilla WoW certainly had many challenges.
4. Obviously WoW can't give a comparison to EQ. Obviously also though I wasn't say make Vanilla WoW and call it EQN.
3. Make crafting an active game - I'm not going to argue that crafting in wow is deep or engaging.
2. Give a nod to the good old days - It seems to me like you didn't play vanilla wow. Not only was saving for an epic mount a huge challenge, but you WERE ABSOLUTELY NOT given gear. You got epic gear from raiding 40-man dungeons, or from crafting it made from mats that only came from epic dungeons. Towards the end of the vanilla life cycle they started having the 20-man raids that dropped epic gear, but that was still no walk in the park.
1. Give events that change the world - I agree that vanilla wow did not have events that changed the world and that was one of the main things I would like to see different in EQN, or any MMO for that matter.
To summarize, I never said that EQN should just be Vanilla WoW re-skinned. My point was just that a lot of what people want out of EQN was what was contained in Vanilla WoW. I absolutely think there are things that can be improved upon in EQN and I would hope they do, but starting with vanilla WoW as a base and expanding from there, using the EQ lore of course, would not be a bad way to begin.
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