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Pathfinder Online has been one of the games that has garnered a lot of attention over the past several months as being a sandbox title to watch. We managed to catch up to Goblinworks CEO Ryan S. Dancey to talk about Pathfinder Online. See what he's got to say about this ground breaking title.
MMORPG: Pathfinder is one of the top RPGs out right now in the tabletop world. What is it like for Goblinworks to bring this game into the online universe?Ryan S. Dancey: I have such a sense of pride about Pathfinder. A lot of people don't know this, but when Lisa Stevens (Paizo Publishing's CEO) and I were working at Wizards of the Coast, we wrote a lengthy 10-year plan for the Dungeons & Dragons business. After we both left, Wizards decided to pursue a different path. With Pathfinder, Lisa is following our original plan and having huge success. So I feel like a happy uncle to everything that Paizo has accomplished - watching them make history has been one of the highlights of my life.
We approach Pathfinder with a deep sense of the love and community that Paizo has created. Pathfinder isn't something that can be treated cavalierly. Every decision we make about the game is debated and discussed with a panel of Paizo's top leadership, and we give the entire Paizo staff numerous opportunities to see what we're working on and give us comments and feedback.
Read more of Garrett Fuller's Pathfinder Online: A Sense of Pride.
Not impressed by the graphics and character models. In the second to last screenshot on page 1, the 2 female characters in particular look really bad. Just my opinion of course.
That said, the game as such sounds very interesting, will keep an eye out for it for sure.
To dream, perhaps to be.
I've been following Pathfinder Online since the Tech demo kickstarter, and the project does indeed look -very- interesting. However, I am not willing to pay a sub just yet, especially for beta (which was their plan - release beta and make it require a sub.)
Even though they've gone too far from P&P in terms of combat, their own system looks kind of interesting with the ideas of these action points, or whatever they called it.
We?re all dead, just say it.
My concern with this game is that it already looks terribly dated visualy, and they plan to release it on 2015. Other than that sounds good, at least on paper.
Oh, and Lisa Stevens looks scary O_o
"EVE is likely the best MMORPG that you've never really understood or played" - Kyleran
I worry that talk of "meaningful player interaction" is playing just a little too coy about the question of the role of PvP.
I like the sound of the features so backed the on kinkcstarter.. most of the work you see graphics wise is pretty early on..
Unity is not the best engine on the market but they just brought in DX11 support and it can be made to look pretty good...
The sadest part of the interview for me was "After the Elder Scrolls Online project releases, there are no large AAA Theme Park MMOs under development at any significant publisher or studio."
The Elder Scrolls Online.....Theme Park.....A sentence containing those 2 phrases just makes me cry...
Oh but the game does look really promising if it can get enough support.
This is one company (Goblin Works) with the right roots and right approach: Churning out tons of info on the goblin works blogs: Very impressed. I like how they are taking inspirations in key areas from EVE, Runescape and World of Tanks for eg and various other innovations. A quick summary:
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Starvault's reponse to criticism related to having a handful of players as the official "test" team for a supposed MMO: "We've just have another 10ish folk kind enough to voulenteer added tot the test team" (SIC) This explains much about the state of the game :-)
Originally posted by MumboJumbo
This is one company (Goblin Works) with the right roots and right approach: Churning out tons of info on the goblin works blogs: Very impressed. I like how they are taking inspirations in key areas from EVE, Runescape and World of Tanks for eg and various other innovations. A quick summary: Player-Player Contracts - replace quests Player formed factions - all/any eg as per EVE Skill-Training Progression -> 2.5yrs to max level earliest in x1 role only; horizontal progress Player created settlements -> Each Hex (256) can be conquered and controlled Player formed Armies -> Real formations Virtual Economy -> full-blown autonomous economy (not simulated) Player Crafting item production and PvE Resource Cycle (maj. item creation by players) Career Skills as well as Combat Skills (bounty-hunter, bandit, diplomat, tavern owner, soldier, trader...) Alignment, Reputation, Politics & Open-World PvP (EVE style again) NPC Alliances (changes which mobs are friend/foe) Single-server World map - all emergent game story is shared by all players
That sounds all very intresting. However the contracts, settlements and armies sound like one of those ambitious features that many MMOs with big developement teams (which the worst companies like Funcom are likey leaps and bounds better that kickstarter ones like this) promised also but then never delivered.
Something to keep on the radar but certainly am not going to inverst especially since they are charging a sub for friggin beta access. If they are going to charge a sub then it better be close to a finished product and not some freebie testers for em that they can make testers pay.
Still intrested what the virtual economy is all about. Not gonna go reading up on it at their site so if anyone would give me a down n dirty be much obliged.
I was getting excited until mention of the cash shop. That's a no go for me. To the Devs on this game, you can have a winner, but cash shops are a big hit to "fairness" and game world mechanics, especially economic.
The other issue I had earlier when checking out this game was that there evidently won't be any permanent dungeons? All instanced to a character discovery, then just goes away after it's "used up".
Once upon a time....
It is easy to talk about a feature list, it is much harder to implement such. Kickstarting any company is a real crap shoot. I have yet to any of these so called great sandbox games that really gets what a sandbox is. My suggestion is to take a wait and see attitude on a game like this until we actually get information from people actually play testing it.
Must have had a significant brainfart to spout this nonsense: "After the Elder Scrolls Online project releases, there are no large AAA Theme Park MMOs under development at any significant publisher or studio.
Titan and EQnext come to mind as AAA titles, you can bet there are others unannounced. This guy sounds like a snake oil salesman. He can talk the talk, but can he walk the walk. I have my doubts.
Oh and paying to beta test is just a real indication of bad intentions. I do not trust companies that ask you to pay to test their software, should be the other way around.
"It would be awesome if you could duel your companion. Then you could solo pvp".--Thanes
They have 225k to go I don't think they are going to make this in 3 days and poof there goes 750k in funds.
"It would be awesome if you could duel your companion. Then you could solo pvp".--Thanes
Originally posted by BlackUhuru
We have no idea what Titan is or will be, and EQnext was scrapped as a Themepark and announced as completely redoing it as a sandbox style game.
Name a AAA themepark title after Elder Scrolls in development? Not one and for good reason!
Excuse me, you just named two AAA titles.
"It would be awesome if you could duel your companion. Then you could solo pvp".--Thanes
"It would be awesome if you could duel your companion. Then you could solo pvp".--Thanes
Originally posted by BlackUhuru
The last 1mill Kickstarter game that got funded recently pulled in 600k the last 72hrs.
Don't be so quick to right PFO off, I wouldn't be surprised if they exceed 1mill in pledges by the end of the Kickstarter.
I'm one of the people who is throwing money down on the last day
"You are all going to poop yourselves." BillMurphy
"Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone."
To BlackUhuru,
Titan will not be a sandbox, because Blizzard doesn't do sandboxes. Archeage is a sandpark and releasing after Elder Scrolls. Then there is Neverwinter (action themepark), Wizardry Online (hardcore themepark dungeon hack), Defiance (fps themepark), Wildstar (themepark), Marvel Heroes, Game of Thrones, PlaneShift, World of Warships and World of Warplanes, Transformers Universe..... needless to say, themeparks are not going extinct and for good reason. There is more than enough room in the genre for themeparks, sandboxes, sandparks, action / first person shooters like Planetside 2.
On topic, I won't be funding this game. I just can't get past the FFA full loot PvP. On top of that, I've yet to see a game implement consequence systems that did a frakking thing to discourage griefing.


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Tales of Truth: Promoting Positive Hockey
Patrick Johnston
November 12 2011 05:54PM
(Photo: Jasper's Rink)
Wednesday's dreadful game between Tampa Bay and Philadelphia produced much hand-wringing, by both experts and fans alike, about how defensive strategies are ruining the game. Most attention focused on how to limit behaviour; very few talked about how to promote behaviour.
Here's a simple proposal: borrow from rugby and use bonus points.
1995 is considered to be a revolutionary year in the history of rugby: South Africa won and hosted the world cup, the game became professional and it was the first year a competition tried a bonus point system. The 1995 New Zealand National Provincial Championship rewarded teams for scoring tries: win or lose, if you scored four tries or more, you received a point. Fans responded very positively, as it is accepted that scoring points through tries is far more exciting than winning through penalty kicks (for the uninitiated, tries are like touchdowns in football, while penalty kicks are like field goals). Watch video from before 1995 and you are taken by how much kicking is in the game and how little the ball gets passed or run about the field.
The effect on rugby was immediate. The southern hemisphere's super 12 competition immediately adopted it and produced consistently high-scoring games. The best players and coaches in the world recognized that scoring tries were going to make a difference in the long run. It was a tiebreaking advantage which could be easily gained and was ever-present in their understanding of the moment. The NHL has incentivized regular time wins, but that's only a half-measure.
Hockey should seek a similar concept. Reward teams for trying to win. Why do teams play the horribly defensive 1-3-1 system? Because there's less risk in striving to not lose than there is in trying to outright win. If a team received an extra point for scoring 5 goals in a game, teams will seek different outcomes.
Human behaviour responds much better to incentives than it does to limitations. Create a limitation and we try to find the exception to it. Create an incentive and we seek to optimize it.
I'll have more on this as the week carries on.
November 12 2011, 06:27PM
Interesting theory but realistically I don't think the NHL would ever adopt a format such as this. Looking forward to more articles on this topic!
Also, given that its not related to the lowly Canucks, I think this could be a great article received by all the nation sites :)

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Login to Windows 8 Desktop Mode Automatically with ClassicStarter [Downloads]
The other day we shared a quick keyboard tip for going straight to Desktop Mode in Windows 8 when you logged in. Today we are back with a small app that gets you straight to Desktop Mode with 'set it and forget it' ease.
You will need to install ClassicStarter after you have extracted the contents of the zip file. Once that is done simply start the app up and this is what you will see… The only thing you will need to do is click on the Classic Desktop Button.
Once you have clicked on the Classic Desktop Button it will 'grey out'. Simply exit the app, log out, and then log back into your system. The Start Screen will display for a moment or two, but everything will shift over to Desktop Mode automatically without any additional actions required on your part.
To reverse the process and set the Start Screen as the default just start the app up again and click on the Metro Desktop Button, exit the app, and then log out/log back in.
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I wish these articles had a +1 button. I don't really have anything to say other than I want to +1 it.
Strange how almost every article about windows 8, is about turning off the so called "features" and making it like windows 7
Thanks so much for sharing this. Might go give Windows 8 another try now that there is a way around the one thing I hate the most of Windows 8.
@Paul – You are most welcome. ^_^ I remembered your comment from earlier in the week on the other Windows 8 post and thought you might like this when I wrote it up. ^_^
Hey Microsoft, you ever wondered why people are so desperate to disable metro?
It's so frustrating, we shouldn't have to use 3rd party apps and hacks to get Win 8 behaving like a normal PC.
Great article.
Microsoft is not listening…
Also try Classic Shell
I hate the new Metro interface and I can't understand how coud it be used in offices: my colleagues say the won't ever use W8… it definitely seems a videogame, not a "serious" OS like W7…
dear Microsoft:
In our offices we don't have touch screens, we only need the new interface (that is better than W7), but WITH transparency and the orb.
We don't bother with useless big colored buttons…
we have no time to PLAY with these buttons…
we must WORK, as we currently do with W7 !
don't you listen to us? you won't get any $ from us…
we'll wait for W9 and we hope it'll have only the "old" interface, after the sure flop of W8 Metro UI…
BTW: ClassicStarter does not work in my VM … when I restart W8, everything works as usual, with the ugly interface… :-(
Windows eight causes Windows hate
Windows 8 will get used by people that don't care about the interface, these will be the people that let microsoft collect data about how they use their computers, they will base results off of that. Just like the results that told them the start button didn't matter anymore.
@ Citrus Rain
sounds like you're trying to hypnotize them, good luck :)
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Cougars: coach, Lisa Johnson; Alex Stilson, Mckahl Johnson, Hailey Johnson, Charlie Turner, Makalie Morgan, Kyle Morgan, Aubrey Wandell and Hunter Wandell. Bulldogs: coach, Beth Butler; Kylie Reynolds, Kevin Butler, Calyn Arnold, Ryan Cox, Tuckett Allred, Baylee Bolotos, Wyatt Cox and Lexie Cox.
Mustangs: coach, Cindy Draper; Aniston Curtis, Kodey
Richards, Kelsie Cox, Jesse Turner, Andrew Madsen, Tappan Draper, Camryn Cox and Kambrie Hinkins.
Lions: coach, Kris Bell; Ashton Bell, Taylor Tuttle,
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Wolves: coach, Shaun Jeffs;
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Bears: coach, Ryan Baker; Coleton Baker, Kayden Evans, Nicholas Evans, Tory Baker, Kayden Davis, Dylan Tuttle, Ashley Fairbanks and Robie Baker. Tigers: coach, Kim Lefler; Kaitlin Lefler, Kacey Farnsworth, Ty Jones, Brendan Jones, McKlane Allred, Drexler Tanner, Brinler tanner and Tayte Webster.
Eagles; coach, Kris Riley; Sami Spears, Frankie Riley, Evan Swenson, Riley Christianson, Haley Beckstead, Braydon Roberts, Madelynne Beckstead and Andrew Manning.
Hawks; coach, Jason Childs; Slayde Childs, Britton Childs, Hayden Johnson, Camrey Johnson, Katelyn Nicholson, Jordon Snow and Chandler Downing.
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- 3 cups flour
- 1 tbsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tbsp. snipped chives
- 1 cup grated Gruyère
- 1 cup grated cheddar
- ½ cup grated Parmesan
- 1 cup Blonde de Chambly at room temperature
- ¾ cup sour cream
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup tomato juice
- 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
- 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, chives, half the Gruyère, half the cheddar, and half the Parmesan and set aside.
- In a bowl, whisk together the beer, sour cream, egg, tomato juice, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce until the mixture is homogeneous.
- Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix using a wooden spoon until a very thick dough forms. (Don't overknead!)
- Transfer the dough into a buttered bread pan and press the top down gently to produce a relatively even crust during baking.
- Sprinkle the remaining cheeses on top and bake on the center rack at 350°F for 45 to 50 minutes or until thoroughly fluffy and crusty.
- Let cool for 15 minutes before turning out of the pan.
- Cut into slices and serve warm or cold with sausage or pâté and—why not?—a cold Blonde de Chambly.
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Wrap your minds around this, if you can.
Easily the strongest base technique in Naruto's arsenal, the Rasengan, in my opinion, has PLENTY room for upgrades. We've already seen the regular Rasengan, the Oodama Rasengan, the Wind-element Rasengan, the Kyuubi Chakra-infused Rasengan,, and the Rasenshuriken. Now, remind yourselves of the damage each one inflicted (except the Kyuubi one, which kinda missed). The normal Rasengan was enough to send Kabuto into a boulder AND cause internal injuries, even WITH Kabuto's advanced Healing Ninjutsu. The Oodama Rasengan killed an Itachi clone in a SINGLE BLOW. The Wind Rasengan is like a spinning ball of razorblades, so it's kinda hard not to see the damage potential. Now, the Rasenshuriken is easily Naruto's strongest Jutsu(so far), capable of totally, utterly, and completely destroying a Shinobi's body(Kakuzu only survived due to an extra heart, which was on the verge of failing after being hit). Now, imagine if you will, Naruto activating the Kyuubi's Chakra, Sage Mode, AND the Rasenshuriken. The result? One large, swirling ball of pwn.
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ACU blanks Hardin-Simmons tennis
ABILENE, Texas - Hardin-Simmons' men's tennis team dropped a dual to crosstown Division II rival Abilene Christian, 9-0, on Saturday morning at the Eager Tennis Pavillion.
The Wildcats, who are ranked 11th in the nation, won all six singles matches in straight sets and only dropped a combined six games in the three doubles' matches.
Jesse Rawlings had the most competitive singles match as he lost 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4 singles to Marco Bensley.
Hardin-Simmons' womens tennis team fell 7-0 to the third-ranked Division II Abilene Christian on Saturday morning at the Edgar Tennis Pavillion on the ACU campus.
ACU won the two doubles matches that were contested as HSU did not field a team at No. 3 doubles and or five and six singles.
Genene Haddad lost 6-4, 6-1 in No. 1 singles to Nada Marjanovic and was the only Cowgirl to win a game in singles action
HSU women are now 1-3 on the year and ACU improved to 5-1.
Abilene Christian 7, Hardin-Simmons 0
1. Nada Marjanovic (ACUW) def. Genene Haddad (HSUW) 6-4, 6-1
2. Kaysie Hermsdorf (ACUW) def. Tram Le (HSUW) 6-0, 6-0
3. Emily Conrad (ACUW) def. Amerlia Cheney (HSUW) 6-0, 6-0
4. Jamie Lee Denton (ACUW) def. Shelby Saul (HSUW) 6-0, 6-0
5. Hannah Kelley (ACUW) def. Angie Nhan (HSUW), by default
1. Kaysie Hermsdorf/Emily Conrad (ACUW) def. Genene Haddad/Tram Le, 8-4
2. Nada Marjanovic/Jamie Lee Denton (ACUW) def. Amelia Cheney/Shelby Saul, 8-1
HSU men are now 1-4 on the year and ACU improved to 4-4.
Abilene Christian 9, Hardin-Simmons 0
1. Borja Cortes (ACU) def. Michael McCullough, 6-1, 6-3
2. Nicklas Wingord (ACU) def. Nathan Chavez, 6-1, 6-1
3. Jason Proctor (ACU) def. Frankie Sanchez, 6-1, 6-1
4. Marco Bensley (ACU) def. Jesse Rawlings, 6-3, 6-4
5. Kyle Plum (ACU) def. Jordan Wilson, 6-2, 6-1
6. Brandon McCarty (ACU) def. Dylan Price, 6-1, 6-0
1. Hans Hach/Wingord (ACU) def. McCullough/ Chavez, 8-1
2. Proctor/Cortes (ACU) def. Sanchez/Rawlings, 8-4
3. Bensley/Plum (ACU) def. Wilson/Justin Fry, 8-1
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Vita headlines
The games that made 2016: blockbusters, indie hits, cult favourites and massive embarrassments – Jan – June
24 of the games that made 2016 such a magnificent, roaring beast of a year to be in love with the king of all entertainment and artistic media: the not-so-humble video game.
Attack on Titan is the chopping-off-giant-arms simulator we never knew we needed
Attack on Titan makes you feel like you too have the physical and mental grit needed to chop giants into huge piles of severed limbs. What's not to like?
Weekend Playlist: what are you playing?
Video games! Remember those? Raise your weary limbs or limb substitutes and communicate with us re: our collective entertainment medium of choice.
The VG247 Very Serious Game Awards 2015
It's back.
Call of Duty tops November NPD chart, new-gen consoles hit new sales records
Call of Duty is back on top of the charts, consoles are selling like hotcakes, and all is right with the world.
PlayStation Experience Mega Post - all the headlines and trailers
Many game announcements occurred during the PlayStation Experience keynote today. Because most will fall off the front page soon, we rounded up the headlines and trailers for you in one lovely post along with the on-demand video of the keynote.
PlayStation Experience 2015 keynote is live - watch it here
Hello PlayStation fans. Tune in with us to watch the PlayStation Experience keynote live from San Francisco.
Ten world premieres: all the headlines from The Game Awards 2015
The Game Awards 2015 mosly delivered on its promises. Mostly.
Sony: 4M PS4 units shipped, "significant" game sales increase
The PS4 is one of the highlights of Sony's latest financial report, with 4 million units shipped over the past three months.
Tales from the Borderlands is finished, long live Tales from the Borderlands
Tales from the Borderlands Episode 5 completes a season of high jinks in fine style, tying loose ends up with explosions rather than knots.
PlayStation TGS: new Bloodborne, Kingdom Hearts, PS4 price cut, Resi Evil, and more
Sony has gone big at Tokyo Game Show: read on for new info on Bloodborne: The Old Hunters, King of Fighters 14, Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps, Dragon Quest 2, Nioh, PlayStation VR and everything else you might have missed.
We want to hear about more games like Volume
Volume is Metal Gear Solid meets Pac-Man meets a fever dream of future dystopia, gloriously polished and carefully paced.
PlayStation Plus prices to be increased in Europe and the UK
PlayStation Plus subscribers in Europe and the UK will start paying 25% extra come September 1.
Weekend Playlist: what are you playing?
Winter is coming, and video games are fun again. What's caught your fancy after all the excitement of gamescom 2015?
"Everybody wins": E3 2015's unceasing optimism
E3 2015 isn't total shit caked with more shit. The cynical games press almost don't know how to deal.
Sony E3 2015: Uncharted, Destiny, The Last Guardian, Shenmue 3 - full report
PlayStation is ruling the roost right now. Can Sony maintain the momentum through 2015 with a refreshed release schedule?
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes on PS4 is free through PS Plus in June
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes is one of the free games PS Plus users can download next month.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number reviews have hit - all the scores
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number releases today, and if you've been waiting on review scores before making a purchase, we have you covered.
PSN "in the process of being restored"
The PSN was down for hours today, but Sony says it's on the way back up.
Sony hands out compensation for PSN holiday downtime
PSN users are being given a 10 percent discount on a purchase and 5 day extension to their PlayStation Plus subscription by Sony following downtime over the holiday period.
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The PlayStation Critic's Choice sale discounts last year's best games
Spend $100 on the PlayStation Store in North America, get $15 back
Terraria has sold 20.5 million copies since its release in 2011
US PS Store Flash Sale features discounts on GTA 5, Bloodborne, Dark Souls 2, more
PlayStation Now service on PS3, Vita, various TVs will be discontinued in August
LittleBigPlanet 3 and Not A Hero head PlayStation Plus February line-up
Ultimate and GotY editions of Tomb Raider, Uncharted 3, more added to PS Now in Europe
US PlayStation Store Flash Sale – grab Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, many others for under $5
Shovel Knight is coming to Switch, transforming into Treasure Trove, and making it cheaper to jump platforms
Rocket League was the best-selling game on the PS Store in 2016
The Last Guardian, Diablo 3, Star Wars Battlefront, more added to EU PS Store's January Sale
January 2017 free PlayStation Plus games revealed, PS4 players get four games
The games that made 2016: blockbusters, indie hits, cult favourites and massive embarrassments – Jan – June
Pokemon Sun & Moon combined outsold Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare in November NPD
A new Mash-Up Pack is coming to Minecraft Console Edition and it's Fallout 4
Valkyria Azure Revolution will head west during Q2 2017 as Valkyria Revolution
World of Final Fantasy's next patch will fix PS4 Pro problem that makes the game blurry
Skyrim, Fallout and DOOM arrived in Zen Pinball and Pinball FX2 this week
A year later, Undertale is still the most-discussed game on Tumblr, even ahead of Overwatch and Pokemon Go
Looks like Lara Croft Go may be announced for PS4 and Vita this weekend
Minecraft: Console Edition gets its biggest update of the year in December, with Elytra and End Cities
These are just some of the developers you can expect at PlayStation Experience 2016 next month
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After going through a tight section then a more open section you rebuild a sense of anticipation of here we go again rather than continous non stop crap to the point that it is stupid and never ending. A big part of customer satisfaction is having an overall relief here and there, combining this is really pretty to this is really scary.
You have to think bigger. Instead of this 8 foot by 8 foot room has a werewolf in it, this whole 1000 SF is maybe 6 rooms and halls that you can't really tell what is a hall because something happens there too. The whole 1000 SF is a werewolf room. Then it just comes down to any building and how many 1000 SF rooms do you want with spaces inbetween that are varied from 400 SF to even another 1000 SF open area with big props in them.
I should have made the more clear. I am not going to be charging admission, I know that is illegal, the only thing you can do it put out a donation box.
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Argentina collects third victory over Canada in women's volleyball
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina earned a third consecutive victory over Canada in women's international volleyball 25-17, 26-24, 25-21 on Friday night to clinch this week's five match series.
The Canadians took the first match of the series on Monday in five sets but the Argentineans have come back strong with wins on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
The Canadians, ranked 24th the world, are currently tuning up for the FIVB women's world volleyball championships set for October 29 to November 14 in Japan. Argentina, ranked 19th, did not qualify for the worlds.
"We started again with a different line-up and the goal of the first week of the tour is to give everyone a chance to play," said Canada's head coach Arnd Ludwig. "We did some things really well, but individually unforced errors ruined our end result."
Brittney Page of Vernon, B.C., led Canada with eight kills, Tammy Mahon of Holland, Man., added six while Nadine Alphonse of Montreal and Tiffany Dodds of Lucky Lake, Sas., added four and three kills respectively.
"We are trying to focus on the process," said Mahon, the Canadian team captain. ''We believe that our performance will improve but right now it's been hard to find a rhythm."
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Today I'll present you 5 Linux distribution focused on computer security, in this list I've not put 2 distro I've already talked about: Backtrack and Damn Vulnerable Linux.
The 5 Linux distribution are: DEFT (Digital Evidence & Forensic Toolkit), QubesOs, Pentoo, Lightweight Portable Security and CAINE.
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Cloudera's Amr Awadallah discusses how and why diverse companies are trying this novel approach.
Interview conducted by Alan Morrison, Bo Parker, and Vinod Baya
Amr Awadallah is vice president of engineering and CTO at Cloudera, a company that offers products and services around Hadoop, an open-source technology that allows efficient mining of large, complex data sets. In this interview, Awadallah provides an overview of Hadoop's capabilities and how Cloudera customers are using them.
PwC: Were you at Yahoo before coming to Cloudera?
AA: Yes. I was with Yahoo from mid-2000 until mid- 2008, starting with the Yahoo Shopping team after selling my company VivaSmart to Yahoo. Beginning in 2003, my career shifted toward business intelligence and analytics at consumer-facing properties such as Yahoo News, Mail, Finance, Messenger, and Search.
I had the daunting task of building a very large data warehouse infrastructure that covered all these diverse products and figuring out how to bring them together.
That is when I first experienced Hadoop. Its model of "mine first, govern later" fits in with the well-governed infrastructure of a data mart, so it complements these systems very well. Governance standards are important for maintaining a common language across the organization. However, they do inhibit agility, so it's best to complement a well-governed data mart with a more agile complex data processing system like Hadoop.
PwC: How did Yahoo start using Hadoop?
AA: In 2005, Yahoo was faced with a business challenge. The cost of creating the Web search index was approaching the revenues being made from the keyword advertising on the search pages. Yahoo Search adopted Hadoop as an economically scalable solution, and worked on it in conjunction with the open-source Apache Hadoop community. Yahoo played a very big role in the evolution of Hadoop to where it is today. Soon after the Yahoo Search team started using Hadoop, other parts of the company began to see the power and flexibility that this system offers. Today, Yahoo uses Hadoop for data warehousing, mail spam detection, news feed processing, and content/ad targeting.
PwC: What are some of the advantages of Hadoop when you compare it with RDBMSs [relational database management systems]?
AA: With Oracle, Teradata, and other RDBMSs, you must create the table and schema first. You say, this is what I'm going to be loading in, these are the types of columns I'm going to load in, and then you load your data. That process can inhibit how fast you can evolve your data model and schemas, and it can limit what you log and track.
With Hadoop, it's the other way around. You load all of your data, such as XML [Extensible Markup Language], tab delimited flat files, Apache log files, JSON [JavaScript Object Notation], etc. Then in Hive or Pig [both of which are Hadoop data query tools], you point your metadata toward the file and parse the data on the fly when reading it out. This approach lets you extract the columns that map to the data structure you're interested in.
Creating the structure on the read path like this can have its disadvantages; however, it gives you the agility and the flexibility to evolve your schema much quicker without normalizing your data first. In general, relational systems are not well suited for quickly evolving complex data types.
Another benefit is retroactive schemas. For example, an engineer launching a new product feature can add the logging for it, and that new data will start flowing directly into Hadoop. Weeks or months later, a data analyst can update their read schema on how to parse this new data. Then they will immediately be able to query the history of this metric since it started flowing in [as opposed to waiting for the RDBMS schema to be updated and the ETL (extract, transform, and load) processes to reload the full history of that metric].


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NJEA supports S-1791 (Greenstein). In an effort to bring awareness to the dangers of driving aggressively, this bill would require high school driver education courses, certain new driver brochures, and the driver's license written exam to include aggressive driving information.
According to the 2013 Highway Safety Plan created by the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety, there has been an increase in speed related fatalities over the last five years, with the most prominent age group falling between the ages of 17 and 25. S-1791 will define aggressive driving as unexpectedly altering the speed of a vehicle, making improper or erratic traffic lane changes, disregarding traffic control devices, failing to yield the right of way and tailgating.
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Was wondering if there was any other fans of Hajime no Ippo around these boards. It might better be known as Fighting Spirit as that is what Geneon called it when they released it here.
The story is about a boy named Ippo who is saved from a group of bullies one afternoon by a boxer named Takamura. Takamura takes Ippo to the Kamogawa gym to help bandage up his injuries. Letting the injured Ippo take out some agression on the sandbag the owner takes an interest in Ippo's raw natural talent. Its not long after Ippo decides to train to become a boxer.
The manga is really good at focusing on character development. You get to see a glimpse of the life story and motivations of not just the main characters, but a lot of the other boxers Ippo and them face.
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Four basketball teams converged on SIU Arena Tuesday night looking for a trip to their respective state tournaments. Two left the venue happy. Two did not.
Nokomis punched the first ticket to Peoria when it rallied from an 11-point second quarter deficit to defeat Gallatin County, 57-54, in overtime in the Class A Super-Sectional.
I thought this game was, by far, the better of the two played on Tuesday night. The second contest saw Harrisburg upend.Teutopolis, 77-66, in the Class 2A Super-Sectional.
Gallatin County and Nokomis duked it out for four quarters, and the some. And it was entertaining from the very beginning.
The Hawks jumped out to the early lead behind the shooting of Daine Hish, who canned three 3-pointers in the first quarter against Nokomis' vaunted 1-2-2 zone defense.
In the second quarter, it was Gallatin County's Patrick Lowe's turn to get hot. Lowe went on a little run of his own to help the Hawks build an 11-point advantage, but Nokomis wouldn't go away and only trailed by seven points at halftime.
Things began to get interesting in the third period. Gallatin County was able to maintain a lead. But the Hawks appeared to be tiring a bit after spending the entire game trying to maneuver through the three-quarter court press that Nokomis employs.
Nokomis then made its move in the fourth quarter.
With the help of several Gallatin County turnovers, the Redskins chipped away at their deficit and pulled to within three points at 36-33 midway through the period.
Most everybody on press row figured Gallatin County would call a timeout at that point. But it didn't happen.
The Hawks would hang on to the advantage until the 2:48 mark of the fourth quarter. That's when Devon Wright his two free throws to give Nokomis its first lead of the contest at 40-39.
The Redskins would cling to that lead, and were up 48-45 with 13.5 seconds left in regulation. the only minus about the situation at that point was that Gallatin County had the basketball.
And the Hawks capitalized on that point when Josh Belford banked in a 3-pointer from the wing with two seconds remaining in regulation to send it to overtime.
The roar of the crowd when the shot banked in was absolutely deafening. It's not something you see, or hear, everyday. It was a buzzer beater for the ages.
Unfortunately for Gallatin County, though, it was wasn't able to sustain the momentum in the overtime period, and Nokomis celebrated when Hish's trey attempt at the buzzer was off the mark.
Gallatin County certainly has nothing to hang its head about. The Hawks achieved a lot during this basketball season, and it sure looked like they might be headed to Peoria once the game began.
Page 2 of 2 - But Nokomis wound up prevailing. The Redskins stuck to their game plan, and in the end it brought them a Super-Sectional trophy.
As for the nightcap, I though it was a rather boring game. Each team seemed to get to the rim at will, especially in the first half. To be blunt, I thought the defense played by both teams was not very good. And that surprised me a little.
I was also a bit surprised that Teutopolis was willing to try and keep pace with Harrisburg. I figured the Wooden Shoes might try to slow it down a little bit.
That didn't happen. In the end Harrisburg did what it does best, which is use its many offensive weapons to overwhelm the opponent.
Once the Bulldogs built a double-digit lead, the advantage, for the most part, stayed between 10-15 points for the remainder of the game.
Teutopolis never really got within striking distance, and the Bulldogs never really put the Wooden Shoes away.
It doesn't really matter now if Harrisburg didn't play great defense in their Super-Sectional victory. All that matters at this point is that Bulldogs, the top-ranked team in Class 2A, are going where they have wanted to go for the past few years... to Peoria to, hopefully, play for a state title.
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The Emery County Democrat Party Organizing Convention was held in the old courthouse in Castle Dale. Chairman Gary Petty opened the meeting with a pledge of allegiance by Edward Geary and a prayer by Bevan Wilson. Chairman Petty welcomed everyone and thanked all those who have served in elected office. He then introduced Glenn Wright from Summit County to the group. Wright is the Summit County Democrat Party Chairman and the Chairman representing the County Chairmen on the Utah State Democrat Executive Committee. He lives in Park City and came to Emery County representing the Utah Democrat Executive Committee. Wright thanked everyone for being at this meeting and said he was not only going to tell them what was going on with the state party but wanted to hear from the citizens in attendance. He first asked, what can the State Democrat Party do for Emery County? What common issues do we have that we can work on together? The first thing that Wright talked about was, "Why are we Democrats. The Summit County Republican Party Chairman recently stated that we are going to run on Republican values. That's all right. We can run on Democrat values because democratic values are American values.
A member of the audience started out by saying, does anyone remember the UMWA we are locked in a battle with Warren Buffet. I know Warren Buffet is a Democrat but he is not concerned about the working class people. Help us with our fight with our employers. The issues are these. The main thing that Buffet wants to do is to take all of the retirees and tell us goodbye, he says we cannot afford to pay you pensions, healthcare or any of the benefits that you worked 30 years for and were promised. Buffet is patiently waiting for the Patriot Coal Lawsuit to go through to find out if it is OK to file bankruptcy and drop all your retiree benefits. You Mr. Wright noted in your opening remarks, that it is OK by Republicans to do that. It is a good business practice. Cities like Sacramento California are considering filing bankruptcy to get rid of all the retiree problems. The UMWA is putting together a bus load of people to go back to the Mid America Stockholders meeting. They will put on a demonstration there and then travel up to the Berkshire Hathaway Stockholders meeting. This trip is to let the stockholders know that these are not numbers these are people. If the Democrat Party wants Carbon and Emery counties to come back into the party. They need to support the unions here in their battles with corporate America.
Wright asked, What can the state party do specifically to help?
The answer was get some media support and cause a stir about this issue and tell the truth about what is going on. This year they made $550 million compared to $325 million last year and they still want more. They recently got a rate increase from the PSC of which 2 and ½ percent was for higher employee costs. At the same time they want us workers to take a cut. Wright said I can't promise you anything, but I will take the message back and we will see what we can do.
Gary Petty said, we need support from the State Democrat Party and not the advocating of shutting down power plants and coal mines. That is Carbon and Emery county's livelihood. Ed Geary said, Our current state party leadership is talking out of both sides of their mouth. They are for the working man, but they're against the natural resource based industries that provide the best jobs. Petty said, I was disappointed with the support the state party showed for Christine Watkins. Petty said the state party gave her zero support.
Wright said the state party did not think the Romney effect would be as big as it was. They thought Watkins was going to win. They made a mistake there. It is a priority to get that seat back.
She is now with the Republican Party, said Petty.
Bevin Wilson was concerned about the Democrat State Party continuing to advocate expanding the boundaries of the national parks and monuments in this area. If this happens, what is going to be the detrimental effect on these power plants? It is a big issue and Emery County has been working for decades on a land use designation. Emery County has a plan in place. A land use designation would bring local balance and local representation on any designation and protection on water rights, the development of natural resources, protecting our power plants in the Carbon/Emery County area.
On this side of the mountain, there are some very negative things happening in the state party because of these issues. This is really dividing the Democrats in the state. You're going to see if you don't get better united on some of these key issues you're going to see a division right here in the state of Utah. In my opinion you're going to see a division in the Democrat state party here in Utah, because you've got rural issues the state party has completely ignored. They are not listening to us here in rural Utah. Stronger and stronger environmental regulations are being put upon our industry. These tighter and tighter regulations against natural resources development is not helpful. This is our livelihood. Grazing on public lands is important in the agriculture industry. We do not mind sharing these public lands with all users, however we have got to do a lot better job of coming together. You can't just draw yourselves together up there on the Wasatch front at the state level and ignore rural Utah.
Wright said, I am aware of this. There's no desire on behalf of the state party to do something that you wouldn't be happy with down here in Emery County. Geary said, it would have been good if they had talked to someone here in the County before they proposed the Canyonlands Expansion, which involved thousands and thousands of acres.
Petty said he spoke with Josie Valdez the Utah State Party Vice Chairman about the proposed expansion of the parks and losing the coal mine jobs. She said, expanding the parks would bring in a lot of recreation jobs. Petty pointed out that we would be trading $30 an hour jobs for $12 an hour jobs. Others pointed out that there would be no health care with those jobs and no benefits. The jobs in the tourist industry are not high-paying jobs. Emery County's tax base is supported around 75 percent by the mines and the power plants. Petty said to Wright we appreciate your time and hope you will take our message back.
Geary suggested the current slate of Emery County Democrat party officers be retained. This was seconded by Bevan Wilson. This action was voted on and approved. The newly elected officers for the Emery County Democrat Party are as follows: Gary Petty Chairman, Laurie Pitchforth Vice Chairman, Kim Player Secretary, and FloAnn Wilson Treasurer. Floann Wilson gave a financial report.
Senator David Hinkins was recognized and given time to speak. David indicated that he had just come from the Carbon County Democrat Convention.
Senator Hinkins said, There is never enough money to go around and we have to do the best we can with what we have. Working in the Senate has become an eye-opener. This year I happened to serve with Sen. Jim Dabakis and he is running for the State Party Chair. I was asked to put in a good word for him, even though he sponsored the bill to expand the Canyonlands National Park. I know that this is kind of a sore spot with most of us. I am the chairman of the natural resources appropriations up there and he is really concerned about our rural issues. We have talked about these issues. If they're going to lock some of this land up and don't pay the taxes on it that hurts rural Utah. When you look at a little county, like Grand County where 3 percent of the property is privately owned. The rest is owned by the state or the Federal Government and by the way the state doesn't pay them any money for that land either. It's like the state owned property, we're responsible for doing a lot of things to preserve that land, but we don't get compensated as a county. So we don't have enough money to operate.
The Federal Government is going by assessed valuation. We have sent them $88 million a year. From the revenue collected from our minerals in the state we get back $33 million in taxes. We do not think it's fair. They are supposed to give us back at least 50 percent of the revenue that we collect. That was a gentleman's agreement several years ago. They just withheld $8 million more from the state of Utah and they just withheld $50 million more from the state of Wyoming.
In Wyoming, where they don't have a state income tax all of their royalties come off of the sale of coal and gas. They mine 650,000,000 tons a year. Here we mine 25 million. A severance tax on coal has been talked about, which would really hurt Utah, even though the amount is small. The underground mines would not be able to compete with the surface mines. We are the end-users for Utah coal. In Wyoming, they export 95 percent of their coal. The people that pay for that coal are in Ohio along the Ohio River, where they're burning the coal. In Utah, the ratepayers pay for the coal, and a severance tax is of no benefit to us. If we were exporting our coal to other countries, then it would be feasible to put on a coal severance tax. We have to fight for what is ours. The Canyonlands Expansion, if the government would accept the 1950s, assessment which is $50-$60 an acre and give that to the county it would be a benefit.
The people from Moab came to our committee protesting that they wanted to expand the Canyonlands. They also wanted the legislature to give them money for their care center and the reason they don't have any money for their care center is because they do not have any revenue coming in from the government held lands in their county. The 3 percent of the privately owned property in Grand County is now being taxed at the maximum. If Moab wants to lock up all of that land fine. But pay the tax on it. If we could get the state and the federal government to allow us to take the revenue from the minerals that are on that land to at least pay for what it costs and let someone develop minerals on that land. The land has been assessed at $50-$60 an acre. But the price of that property should be worth at least $2,500 an acre. They should be paying tax on $2,500 an acre. Here they are wanting another 3 million acres to tie up. That is not fair. If they say it is an International Treasure or a Federal Treasure then let them pay the difference. We have been able to balance our budget in Utah this year, and I feel good about that.
We miss Commissioner Wilson being with the Road Commissioners because we have no one, now that's looking out for our interests on this side of the mountain. As a result, our roads are not going to get the attention that they had when Bevan Wilson was on the Road Commission. This year they've taken about $80 million and given it to the Wasatch front. That money is staying in Salt Lake County and Utah County. There is not one rural County on the list this year. I've voted against those bills. There are not enough rural legislators in the Senate or the House.
The other big thing is Monticello. In the 1950s and 60s they had the uranium mill down there. There are 700 to 800 people that have died of cancer or diagnosed with cancer. The Senators and Congressmen in 2008 gave them $250-$300,000 to help those people in Monticello, and the San Juan area to get a stipend to drive to Salt Lake to the Huntsman Cancer Center. That money has been exhausted. I put in a resolution this year to hopefully get those people some money.
In the 1950s and 1960s those people were taking the sand from the mine tailings to build the foundations of their homes and the sandboxes their children played in. These Monticello people did not know at the time the hazards that were in that sand. Now those people are dying of cancer. So we asked the Department of Energy to step forward to at least help them pay for the gas to come to Salt Lake City for treatment.
Senator Hinkins stated, I want you to know that I represent both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party in the Senate. I get along with the Democrats up there as well, as I get along with the Republicans.
Fifty percent of our budget is spent on education. It used to be about 15 percent for healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid, and $450 million on food stamps and some of that is subsidized by the federal government, eventually it is going to be 35 percent, and if you take 35 percent and 50 percent there's very little left over for anything else, such as transportation and law enforcement. As far as I am concerned I am a citizen of Utah and of Emery County and will try to do all I can for rural Utah. I want you to know that I represent you and am grateful to live in the state of Utah. Former Commissioner Bevan Wilson stood and praised Senator David Hinkins for the good work that he has been doing for Emery County and said, we are fortunate to have him in the Legislature. Petty suggested that everyone read the Emery County Democrat Party Platform and agree with it or make comments.


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What was the reason for not putting a pitch (43*?) on the floor of the bin so that you don't have to hop in when it's getting low? Clearly you put a lot of thought in to this so you probably had a reason.
xandrew245x wrote:That is a really nice setup, do you get much dust inside when your filling your hopper?
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We can take a lesson from athletes and successful musicians when we talk about motivation. They know that the key to success is motivation. Central to the question of motivation is setting goals. If you have not set goals that you hope to accomplish in the immediate future and five or ten years down the road, you may want to take a look at the section on goal setting before you work through the discussion of motivation and procrastination. Having goals is also important before progress can be made on personal time management programs. Experts have determined that often students who have problems with motivation, procrastination, and time management are students who aren't sure why they are in college. These same students often haven't focused on what their short term and long term goals are. Just as athletes must have goals they are striving toward, so students must have direction in order to develop the positive attitude that is necessary for college success. Nearly every student will face frustration and become discouraged during their college career, so motivation becomes very important in helping the student over these difficult periods.
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For an expansion for GW2, what new PvE feature would you like to see added to the game?
For me, I cant help but want a Ship of my own to drive around in and do whatever I want with. With all the Water in the game, I want to cruise in a ship and battle monsters with my ship and search for underwater treasure.
Also would not mind Air ships that fly instead of float in water. But Still want a large age to explore in my ship, and things to do with my ship.
Also different ship models and types and ways to customize the ship to be different and function different from others.
2)Raid Instances
also I know somebody going to request it, but how about Raid Dungeons for Large Instance PvE for the PvE Guilds. I miss raiding dungeons. But want to try it with the GW2 role system and gameplay. the Events simply cant do that, similar to how the events cant replace party dungeons in GW2.
3)Player Made Events
What if players could control the monsters and invasions like a RTS game or something?
1) Ships - I don't want my own ship, possibly a guild one tho. A place to meet a method of transport for free. Guild Instance?
2) Dungeons with puzzles. Not enough of those really.
3) Personal Dungeons. Every game has had to learn this lesson, dungeons with a max of 3 people min of 1 that scales. (and I only say this because of the stupid new focus on Fractals in case they don't get smart and return to a more open world focus)
4) Lot's more Metas!
I don't think PvE needs many new features. The features are already there, they just need to improve the way those features are used. Things like Guild Halls should be free updates.
Make DEs more global and complicated. Let players build stuff like they can in WvW. Let DEs affect areas on a more global scale. Make tough, interesting open world bosses with varied mechanics. Improve content scaling. Give normal mobs interesting skills. Make dungeons as large and open-ended as they were in EotN.
One can hope a part of that will come in the Jan/Feb updates, but an expansion pack full of well-done improvements could make this game a veru different experience. Of course, it would need to have quantitative improvements, too.
Deep skill system that isn't locked to weapon types.
I gave up on dungeons early so i can't really criticize them too much. I just hated my experience of pugging the level 30 dungeon and rez zerging one of the bosses. The game needed doors to prevent that. I think if I enjoyed the combat more I may have enjoyed dungeons more. But frankly, I learned that I just like to pew pew stuff after burning out on tanking a long time ago. GW2 felt more like a chore to me.
Collections: I know in many MMOs thats the only sense of exploration you actually get. Running around, looking for shiny things to grab and add to a collection. And The rewards can be simple like just money, xp or Karma. Or even appearance gear, for some harder ones, since the game focuses on skins. Maybe even housing items when housing is put in. Ive spent so many hours in Eq2 running around collecting shinies, and even played FreeRealms just for the collections alone, since the game is actually made for children.
Housing: mentioned above, but I guess this is more a full system, not just a PVE feature. But I cant wait to see what they do with it. I know so many people that do nothing in other MMOs but decorate houses. Most pay subscriptions purely to sit and decorate, while chatting with guildies / server. Hopefully this will add something to crafting as well, since Ive always enjoyed the idea of doing my own carpentry to decorate the house with.
Ships in various sizes this goes hand in hand with high seas adventure.
Housing with a free decoration tool very much like in EQ2.
Those 30+ mini games that were promised.
More complex DE with more outcome.
More elaborate Puzzle/trap dungeons.
More weapons such as 2 hand axe, flail, 2 hand mace,polearms.
Rewamp Orr.
If it's not broken, you are not innovating.
- More zones that require jumping not only restricted to puzzles.
- A rehaul or some new dungeons where you have puzzles to solve to progress not fight "elite" monsters then you reach a boss xinfinity which is boring and overused.
- More weapon skills.
- Better rewards for champions in the maps.
- Ability to dye weapon colour effects or parts of them.
- More puzzles.
- Hard challenges.
- Harsher penalties when a dynamic event is failed.
- Better drops in dungeons.
And last
Departure from dungeon focus altogether and focus on open world.
Ships would be nice.
More elaborate events. Possibly weekly "grand events" on wekends that would effect a zone for whole week (min 3 outcomes).
I'll bite!
1. The ability to select first five skills(Weapon Skills). This one is MANDATORY!
2. They REALLY should focus on the Open World instead of dungeons. We have quit enough Dungeon grinders.
3. If they absolutely must do dungeons, make them solo/small scale. Sort of Like Rift does it(1-3 people? That good?).
4. Fix crafting and Trading Post. An item should NEVER be cheaper than its parts. Perhaps allow crafting to crit-LoTRO style?
5. New weapons Like 2H Axe, Lance, etc.
6. It must take place in either Elona or Cantha. Preferably Elona, but I can wait.
I don't necessarily need new features, it would be good enough if the basic features would work.
1. What about they would add the once promised dynamic events that "have an impact on the world"? instead of infinite loops of the same 2-3 stages incl. reseting them.
"In Guild Wars 2, your actions really matter and your choices have an impact on the world around you. Instead of static, boring quests in an unchanging world, our dynamic event system creates a living, breathing world that bustles with energy and responds to player actions."
2. "No matter how you like to play, you'll find a profession that fits your style.". I miss my healer.
3. " The risks are immense but the rewards are great for those who brave the hazards of the dungeons of Tyria." -except there aren't any rewards. Fix the damn loot tables already and get rid of DR -and Christin Cox.
Love GW2! Awesome game!
If they were to add something I would love ground mounts of some kind. I know not really needed but it's a small cosmetic thing I would like.
* A new Server Type, with horizontal progression, and the stats of new items stay the same.
Seperated from the WvW "Vertical progression" Servers pool.
* "A dedicated team" to fixing all shallow implemented features, creating better scaling DEs and more landscape to explore with epic events like the whole island get's flooded while you stand on it because you failed the DE and now you are fighting sea monsters rather than moas.
* Pole Weapons added to various classes (Halbert, Lance, Staff).
Originally posted by Varthander
except the basics ( maps, story, hearths ) i would like at least 1 more class or race, because i see a lot of potential on the combat with more weapons added.
I am not sure about that, from experience (GW1) ANet is pretty bad at keeping balance when new skills are added. Instead I'd like to see Elites to be fleshed out and unique and utility skills to affect weapon skills or the other way around to add to customization and different playstyles. Usually you are stuck with one weapon and armor set for a specific weapon, if you want to min/max. I'd prefer something like LoL/DotA's weapons system to be integrated. Currently there is much more character progression found in these games than in GW2. Remember that it takes much longer to get the best-in-slot (ascended) gear for a specific role in GW2 than in all mobas together.


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GDFD No. 21: This could go either way
Ryan Lambert
November 21 2009 10:32AM
Welcome to the Game Day Fire Drill, for this, Calgary's 21st game of the season on Nov. 21, 2009.
I honestly don't know what to think about this game.
On the one hand, Los Angeles doesn't have that strong a team. Sure, they have 28 points, which is certainly more than the Flames, but they also got those points in 23 games, whereas the Flames' 26 have come in just 20 games. So there's that.
But beyond that, who could even begin to expect something from the Flames? Will they play badly? Will they play well? Will Dion get in a shouting match with anyone? You just never know with these guys. And that's the impression I've gotten from watching a few Kings games this year as well. In their last six games, they've scored five, five, one, one, five and zero. And that's been the case the whole year. They've scored four or more in 10 of their 23 games this year. They've scored two or less in 11.
I think I can say this with some amount of authority: watching a feast-or-famine hockey team isn't very fun at all.
It would appear that the key to stopping the Kings is neutralizing Anze Kopitar. No small feat. Especially for this, ahem, defense. But you wanna talk about bad defenses? Exhibit A: the Kings'. They may have scored 71 goals this year (third-most in the league in fact), but their goal differential is, get this, plus-1. They score just about 3.1 goals a game and allow 3.04. Their goals against is tied for worst in the West.
So yeah, Calgary winning certainly isn't out of the realm of possibility. Neither is winning convincingly. Unfortunately, neither is getting their teeth stomped in by a fairly mediocre team. Get used to it.
The Calgary Flames (12-6-2 for 26 points. Tied for fourth in the West, second in the Northwest) and the Los Angeles Kings (13-8-2 for 28 points. Tied for third in the West, second in the Pacific).
2 p.m. Mountain time and 4 p.m. Eastern time. All other time zones should try to stay awake.
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California.
Calgary is 6-1-2 on the road this year, but apparently is getting worse all the time. The Kings are 5-3-1 at home, which isn't terrible or anything.
What (to hate about the Kings)
Anze Kopitar — Man is this guy good. He's 14-18-32 scored in 23 games with the ghost of Ryan freaking Smyth on his line. It's unreal how talented he is. I hope Sutter has this guy triple-covered today or else he's gonna make everyone look quite bad.
Jack Johnson — Most of FlamesNation's readers have a different reason to hate him than I do. You have every reason to hate him because on New Year's Eve 2005, he elbowed Steve Downie in the face after an empty net goal helped Canada beat the US (although Steve Downie is a scumbag and probably deserved it). I have every reason to hate him because he was supposed to be the next great American defenseman and he is terrible at hockey. Honestly, a minus-10 so far this year? A minus-52 for his career? God I hate Jack Johnson.
They're making Calgary play at 2 p.m. — Don't get me wrong, I'd be a fan of watching hockey at any hour of the day or night, but come on. A game at 2 p.m. on a Saturday? What are we, animals? Let the Oilers play in those games, we're better than this.
Because the Flames might not lose by six today. Maybe. Enjoy the game and play with passion for once in the comments section.


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