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Where is kenpachi?.... i guess he doesn't need as much healing as byakuya or that he is in a state similar to jinzen and was taken by his zanpaktou to his inner realm same as when ichigo was taken by his when he fought kenpachi in SS
In the end it doesn't really matter, does it?
I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
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this chapter is good. and I really want to know who is coming!!
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Now then, just how will they modify Ichigo's Bankia ? From what I understood, it cannot be healed (couldn't they simply take Ori with them ? Or perhaps that's why Urahara is calling).
BTW, I realized that the thing in Hikifune's hair, is actually a giant spoon... and she wonders why people do not recognize her anymore , lol if you are eating so much that you need a spoon of that size, then you simply cannot be thin...
Interesting enough, none of them have Zanpakutous, or rather they do not posses them in the katana form. It's possible that their Zan's in sealed form have different designs, for example Noitora's weapon, Yama's cane, or Urahara's sword cane, or, all of them are as strong as Kenpachi and Ichigo and simply their Zan's are unable to return to their sealed form anymore ?
This means that their accessories might be their Zan's in Shikai or Sealed State. This could give us hints on what powers they posses.
What's with those Funky Wooden Shoes the Burly Guy's wearing? Fancy having to walk around on stilts 24-7.
Also what's with the Picture on the bottom left corner of the front page? Is that Byakuya, What's "Out of Bloom"?
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As the Emery High Wrestling team continues to improve under the tutelage of Coaches Ferd Allred and Yory Allred, the Spartans traveled north to face region foe Juan Diego and came home with a victory as they defeated the host team 48-33.
Out of Juan Diego's 33 points, eighteen of them came about because the Spartans did not field a wrestler in three different weight classes. Emery forfeited weights 103, 119 and 189.
Emery also was the beneficiary of forfeits as two Spartans also won without facing an opponent. Jex Jensen at 135 pounds and Landon Huntsman at 140 pounds were able to pick up the easy victories.
Wrestling and winning for the Spartans were McKay Allred at 112 pounds, Steven Giles at 130 pounds, Tyler Swenson at 145 pounds, Mike Jones at 152 pounds, Kaden Murdock at 160 pounds and Cyal Christmas at 275 pounds. All winning Emery wrestlers pinned their opponent.
Allred, after surviving a near fall in the first round, was leading by one point in the third round when he pinned his man 30 seconds into the round.
Giles built a first round lead of 4-2 when he pinned his opponent.
Swenson quickly pinned his man in the first round without any points yet being awarded.
Jones toyed with his man as he took him down, let him escape, took him down again, nearly pinned him and then let him escape again. In the second round Jones let him escape, took him down and then pinned him 1:10 into the round.
Murdock, after being taken down, reversed his opponent, allowed him to escape and then took him down and pinned him with 30 seconds to go in the first period.
Christmas built a 4-1 lead before pinning his man in the third round.
Non-winners for Emery were Cade Whittle, who was pinned in the first round, Ty Thomas, who was pinned in the second round and Luke Stoddard, who was decisioned 5-4 and suffered a broken nose in the match.
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Continued in the MARCH issue?
So we get it two months from now. :(
Didn't really remember which issue we just had. :p
Actually this is January's issue. I know its says March issue is the next release but we might get it in late February.
Anyway good chapter. Nice to see the good ole Allen and Kanda interaction again.
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I wish it would be weekly too but it's still on the monthly schedule. This was the chapter that comes out in January but we got it a week early. It's confusing but don't they name the issue a month ahead of what it actually is so I think this was the february issue and early february we get the march issue. Correct me if I'm wrong but that's how I understand it. So expect it around February 4th.
That was a fun chapter and it was great to see Tyki and Wisely keeping an eye on Allen. Kinda creepy too but I guess it would be stupid if they just ignored him and let apochan kill him. It was fun to see Kanda and Allen together again too. I lol'd at the part where Kanda tripped Allen and again when they were wiping the makeup off. Allen looks better without makeup on . Now we know that Wisely's telepathic powers are a two way street. He can talk to people in their minds, not just read minds.
As a clarification... the reason the Akuma keep showing up is because Allen's losing it right? It sounded like that to me. Poor Allen no where to run or hide and Wisely says he'll chop his arm off. Is there a way to remove innocence without chopping off his arm cuz otherwise he would be down an arm. Unless Noah are like lizards and regrow limbs
That second Noah wasn't Tyki. It was Neah.
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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 1:29 PM GMT on May 20, 2013
The Midwest U.S. is under the gun again today, as a potent storm system that spawned a preliminary count of 24 tornadoes in five states on Sunday reloads and prepares to dish out another afternoon and evening of atmospheric mayhem. Sunday's tornadoes swept through Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois, with Oklahoma bearing the brunt of the assault. The outbreak's only deadly tornado--preliminarily rated as en EF-5 with 166 - 200 mph winds--hit Shawnee, Oklahoma, a town of 30,000 located 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma City. The twister leveled a trailer park, killing two people, and blew a semi-trailer off of an expressway overpass on I-40. At least 21 people were injured and 300 homes destroyed over the five-state area by the tornadoes. The 24 tornadoes from May 19 make it the biggest day for tornadoes in the U.S. this spring, and the highest number reported in one day since January 30, when 44 tornadoes touched down from Georgia to Indiana.
Figure 1. The Shawnee, Oklahoma tornado at 6:44 pm CDT May 19, 2013, as it passed just NW of Shawnee. The tornado killed two people in a mobile home park in Shawnee. Viewer submitted photo. #okwx pic.twitter.com/UCH9e8o9G8 Matt Mahler@themahler
Figure 2. The Shawnee tornado hurled a semi-trailer off of an expressway overpass at Highway 117 and I-40 in Oklahoma, and toppled another semi. Four people who sheltered under this overpass were injured, one seriously, and taken to the hospital. Highway overpasses can act to amplify a tornado's winds, and are very dangerous places to be during a tornado. According to the NWS in Norman Oklahoma, during the tornado outbreak of May 3, 1999, tornadoes crossed three highway overpasses, and at all three locations, there was a fatality. One of the fatalities occurred from an EF-2 tornado in a rural area, which suggests that a tornado need not be a large, violent tornado with a considerable debris cloud to cause fatal injuries to people seeking shelter from storms under overpasses. In addition to the fatal injuries to three people, there were also many severe, potentially life-threatening and gruesome injuries inflicted upon people underneath the overpasses, that in some cases, has left these people with permanent disabilities. Don't take shelter under a highway overpass from a tornado! Image credit: KFOR.com.
Figure 3. Radar reflectivity image taken at 6:08 pm CDT May 19, 2013 of the supercell thunderstorm that spawned the Shawnee, Oklahoma tornado.
Figure 4. Doppler velocity image taken at 6:08 pm CDT May 19, 2013 of the supercell thunderstorm that spawned the Shawnee, Oklahoma tornado. Note the couplet of dark red colors right next to light blues near the center of the image, showing that the air was moving both towards the radar and away from it within a short distance, indicating a tight rotation of the tornado's parent mesocyclone.
Iowa's record tornado-free streak ends at 359 days
A tornado touched down near Slater, Iowa at 6:10 pm CDT on Sunday, May 19, one of six tornadoes reported in the state that day. Remarkably, it was the first tornado recorded in the state since May 24, 2012 (Fayette County.) The 359-day streak without a tornado was the longest tornado-free period in state history. The previous record was 355 days, set between May 5, 1955, and April 26, 1956. The new streak is far more impressive because digital technology and spotter networks today are so comprehensive, resulting in far fewer missed tornadoes. There was a much higher likelihood back in the 1950s for tornadoes to be missed. The exceptional tornado-free period was due to the combination of the state's dry summer of 2012 (3rd driest on record) and cold spring of 2013 (8th coldest March - April on record). Thunderstorms like heat and moisture to form, and its tough to get a tornado if you're experiencing a top-ten driest or coldest spring or summer.
Figure 5. Radar reflectivity image of the tornado-spawning supercell thunderstorm that dropped an EF-1 tornado just to the southwest of Wichita, Kansas, on May 19, 2013.
Wichita gets lucky
At 3:30 pm Sunday, Kansas' largest city, Wichita, got a major scare when a large supercell thunderstorm spawned a half-mile wide tornado to the southwest of the city. The tornado headed directly for the airport and downtown Wichita, prompting the issuance of "Tornado Emergency" for the city. In the wake of the deadly EF-5 tornado that leveled Joplin, Missouri in 2011, the NWS decided to give local NWS offices the option to issue special, strongly worded tornado warnings to let the population know when a particularly dangerous tornado--one that has been confirmed by spotters to be on the ground--is approaching. The NWS issued one of these very strongly-worded tornado warnings on Sunday for Wichita:
Statement as of 3:47 PM CDT on May 19, 2013
... A Tornado Warning remains in effect for southern Sedgwick County until 415 PM CDT...
... Tornado emergency for Wichita...
At 345 PM CDT... a confirmed large... violent and extremely dangerous tornado was located on the southwest side of Wichita... and moving northeast at 30 mph.
This is a particularly dangerous situation.
Hazard... deadly tornado.
Source... weather spotters confirmed tornado.
Impact... you could be killed if not underground or in a tornado shelter. Complete destruction of neighborhoods... businesses and vehicles will occur. Flying debris will be deadly to people and animals.
Locations impacted include...Maize... downtown Wichita... Wichita... Bel Aire... McConnell Air Force Base…east Wichita and Oaklawn.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
This is an extremely dangerous tornado with complete devastation likely. You could be killed if not underground or in a tornado shelter. Do not delay... seek shelter now! If no underground shelter is available seek shelter in an interior room of the lowest level of a structure... or if time allows... consider moving to an underground shelter elsewhere. Mobile homes and outbuildings will offer no shelter from this tornado.
Tornado... observed
Tornado damage threat... catastrophic
Hail... 2.75in
Wichita TV station KSNW did an excellent job covering the tornado, but were forced to abandon the studio during the height of the storm, as seen on this video clip. You can hear hail pounding the roof as the news crew scrambles for shelter. Station meteorologist J.D. Rudd has this to say: "We are okay. I'll tell you though, it got intense. That thing passed right over our studio. Luckily, it had lifted. But I truly thought the roof of our studio was about to peel off. And the sound of the hail was deafening. What a day. Three hours of coverage with the largest city in the state under a TOR warning for a long time. Weather service called it a Tornado Emergency…'Large, violent tornado on the ground'. Words that gave me chills when I read them." Preliminary damage surveys from the NWS indicate that the Wichita tornado was an EF-1 with a path length 4.6 miles that lifted two miles south of the Wichita airport.
Figure 6. Severe weather outlook for Monday, May 20, calls for a "Moderate Risk" of severe weather over much of Oklahoma, and portions of surrounding states. You can follow today's severe weather outbreak from our Severe Weather page.
Another big severe weather day today in the Midwest
The latest forecasts from NOAA's Storm Prediction Center call for an active severe weather day again on Monday, with a "Moderate Risk" of severe weather over much of Oklahoma, plus portions of Southwest Missouri, Northwest Arkansas, and extreme North Texas. The highest threat for tornadoes will be in Southern Oklahoma and into North Texas. The severe weather outbreak will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday, progressing eastwards into the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes. Only a "Slight Risk" of severe weather is expected those days.
Video 1. Impressive footage (peaking at 4:30 of the video) of the huge tornado that devastated Carney, Oklahoma on May 19, 2013.
Video 2. The "Dominator 3" armored tornado intercept vehicle saw plenty of action on Sunday, as seen in this video, taken just northeast of Edmond, Oklahoma. From the http://tvnweather.com/ description of the video: "This tornado was one of the strongest ever intercepted, and we needed all 10,000k pounds of the new Dominator because I have never felt vibration like that before as we were slammed by suction vortices wrapping all around the vehicle. Jim Cantore was on board and he's hooked. All part of #TornadoChasers, Season 2013 coming up this fall on http://tvnweather.com/ondemand"
Additional info
Wunderblogger Lee Grenci has an interesting post discussing how last Wednesday's Granbury, Texas tornado was able to form in an atmosphere that seemingly had too little wind shear to get a supercell thunderstorm spinning. The Granbury tornado was an EF-4 with 166 - 200 mph winds that killed six people, and was part of a weather system separate from the one that is generating the current Midwest U.S. tornado outbreak.
news9.com out of Oklahoma City had some excellent live helicopter coverage of Sunday's storms, and will likely be out there again today.
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Thursday, October 03, 2013
The Disparate Impact of Sibelius
Stephen Griffin
Yes, as I argued on this blog a number of months ago, the federalism/opt-out portion of the ACA/Sibelius decision is having a disproportionate impact on African Americans and the poor. Given the prior known pattern of Medicaid reimbursement rates, this was foreseeable by the Court. I hope everyone saw this NYT article today.
Since the entry by Gerard N. Magliocca doesn't seem to allow comments, I'll do so here. His argument about settled law seems ridiculous. By those standards, the constitutionality of Medicare isn't "settled" either because so many republicans want to eliminate that program as well.
He's allowing comments over at Concurring Opinions, not sure why not here.
GP, I think you'll find that a much higher percentage of Republicans want to abolish the ACA than Medicare. Despite any liberal mythology to the contrary.
Personally, I find the concept of 'settled law' rather useless. It's only purpose seems to be to cast a pall of illegitimacy over perfectly legal efforts to change the legal status quo in certain areas.
I think you may be understating the impact of Sibelius on the twentieth-century symphony and Nordic orchestral music.
So what happens if someone overstates their income in order to qualify for benefits? Is the federal government going to sue them for back taxes?
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The HHS has rewritten the reporting provisions of the statute and will accept all income reporting at face value. This regime is encouraging fraud in order to maximize the number of new government dependents.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The intelligence linking Syrian President Bashar Assad or his inner circle to an alleged chemical weapons attack that killed at least 100 people is no "slam dunk," with questions remaining about who actually controls some of Syria's chemical weapons stores and doubts about whether Assad himself ordered the strike, U.S. intelligence officials say.
However, multiple U.S. officials used the phrase "not a slam dunk" to describe the intelligence picture - a reference to then-CIA Director George Tenet's insistence in 2002 that U.S. intelligence showing Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was a "slam dunk" - intelligence that turned out to be wrong.
A report by the Office of the Director for National Intelligence outlining that evidence against Syria is thick with caveats. It builds a case that Assad's forces are most likely responsible while outlining gaps in the U.S. intelligence picture. Relevant congressional committees were to be briefed on that evidence by teleconference call on Thursday, U.S. officials and congressional aides said.
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In fact, the media is spinning themselves silly on this story.
Al Qaeda was behind the gas attack. Obama knew it when it happened. Didn't want to waste a crisis, and he definitlely didn't expect anyone to require proof from him of Assad's involvement since he is used to the media taking his word for it.
We still don't know who ordered the Benghazi Stand Down and we should trust this?
Pray for America to Wake Up
Yuuuup, Britan and France back down, Russia and China throw up blocks, and the LSM invent a way for 0bama to reverse course.
I h8 the LSM, and 0bama has the shite Midas touch
Good morning NSA!!!
He sounded so sure. In a world with a real press, he would have no credibility.
Yep, they're backpedaling fast....!
Also, I will enjoy a steak and some scotch IF the UN weapons inspectors match the gas used to that stock moved out of Iraq many years ago.
Big IF
GW Bush would be proven correct.
ALL of those Liberals/Progressives, Cindy Shennan, Code Pink, all would be revealed as liars and traitors
obama says a thousand... ap says a hundred... no bodies and no weapons... sorry boss... the syrian army hit us with artillery and destroyed all evidence.
Finally a well reasoned article that wasn't from Info Wars or World Nut Daily.
This would be funny if it weren't so deadly serious.
Now, Obama is getting stabbed in the back from inside the regime.
They have to in order to protect their limp-wristed (cleaned that up) hero/messiah.
We need to strike while the iron is hot!
I work at a university, and there are tons of Birkenstock wearing, grey ponytailed coiffed, no makeup/no shaving Janet Napolitano-looking liberals here. All this week I've been very vocal with them about how Bush did the same that Obama is doing, and we don't need to go to war in the Middle East, using ALL of the same arguments THEY use back in 2002-2008.
It's like stirring up a cesspool! They are agreeing with me. I've stoked the flames of Obama disdain among his most vehement supporters!
I'm now using this episode to bring up the duplicity of the media. Taking them down a peg or two helps after hearing 15 years of Fox News hatred. And I am feeding the screw-worm of Benghazi into their ears, and just what was the CIA was doing there? Add a healthy does of NSA spying and collecting dossiers on everyone, the IRS getting political (as simple as, "What if Ted Cruz was president and used THAT against the Left?") and throw in Hillary's involvement, and it's been fun city all Summer.
Something as simple as profound disillusionment can be a negative for the democrats running for office come fund-raising time. Just doing my part...
On Wednesday, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said it didn't really matter whether the administration knew those details with total certainty.
"We ultimately, of course, hold President Assad responsible for the use of chemical weapons by his regime against his own people, regardless of where the command and control lies," Harf said.
What absolute hypocisy from this administration! When will they hold Obama responsible for the misuse of power by his rogue regime against the American people (IRS, NSA, etc.)?
Why the hadez does it have to be only our intelligence responsible? I recall other nations running to sound the alarm prior to us. Let them run the ball this time..and do it alone at that. We never come out ahead, in fact, we are worse off. We can be the "support" this time...(that lasts a few months).
No blood for Oil. Uh... no oil... krap.
Walk it back Zero...
With the 1 year anniversary of Benghazi coming up, 0bama needs distractions badly.
Well, played.
And on my end, I've been throwing the amnesty/nsa/deathcare thing at these Americans of African decent (the ones who won't kill me for a pack of gum). One by one, they too, are seeing the big picture. Immigration is my foot in the door: "We're being discarded for a new minority"...he he he. Had to hear about it at work when I described the Syrian thing to the other 'brotha' working here as 'Bush in black face and big ears' [snicker]
Yeah, I'm not subtle. But it's working. Already turned the black receptionist from Haiti downstairs into a Reagan conservative.
It is also entertaining to watch.
Liberals think with their tears, not their brain.
Yep. It's an opportunity to turn some libtards, that's for sure.
Now, if this story is accurate, it would imply that Obama, Biden, Kerry(who, by the way, served in Viet Nam), and Carney are trying to deceive the American people.
Really, now, what is the chance of that happening?
Could this be another Bradley Manning coup? If it was, none of our leaders got blamed.
Also sounds a lot like the Obama regime itself. Obama has no 'right' to unfettered access to Syria. Obama doesnt even provide such transparency to his own subjects.
We still dont know who ordered the Benghazi Stand Down and we should trust this?
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Well stated.
And the MSM will not make the same conclusion
"A report by the Office of the Director for National Intelligence outlining that evidence against Syria is thick with caveats. It builds a case that Assad's forces are most likely responsible while outlining gaps in the U.S. intelligence picture"
Uh -huh,,NOW we hear this. Tell it to Biden and Kerry.
Yesterday the Dear Leader and his worshippers were hellbent on bombing Syria (where,who knows?)
Now the WH, OFA and obamabots are busy covering their sorry backsides.
Too late!
Gee,,I didn't hear about any caveats yesterday...did anyone else hear about any caveats?
Is it our guys or Obama's Muslim Brotherhood hires in intelligence? With a government as corrupt as ours you never know.
"Something as simple as profound disillusionment can be a negative for the democrats running for office come fund-raising time. Just doing my part..."
You're a true patriot!
I am working on the 'mocking' angle. It's clear this administration is very sensitive to being mocked.....so I am mocking the Dear Leader and his henchman on as many blogs as I can. There's so much material and not enough hours in the day!
"Something as simple as profound disillusionment can be a negative for the democrats running for office come fund-raising time. Just doing my part.."
You know what else? The illegal immigration natives are getting restless,,as they their pet issue being pushed further away......
It's a beautiful thing!
Thank You!
I don't think I've ever seen a US president so thoroughly spanked in front of the world.
That's great, keep us updated!
How about a 20-second time-out or a full time-out. Then we can war-game a play to have POSOTUS launch a 3-point buzzer-beater.
What if the Rebels (Al Qaeda in Syria) were shipped Chemical Rockets from Ghaddafi's arsenal courtesy of 0bambi / Clinton?
One thing the Left will NEVER admit is that "Bush Lied" was the real lie!
Here we go again, the weak kneed West, afraid to take decisive action. Hot...cold...hot...cold, oh gee I don't know what to do or even think for that matter, ohhh, my, gee wiz.
I'd like to join Commander Riker in applauding your magnificent effort:
Not all Birkenstock sandal wearers are Left wing Commies. They happen to be very comfortable, not just fashionable for Lefties...
The shock, despair, then rage on their faces is interesting.
The two colonels, Hunt and Peters, jumped all over their host, pointing out how he is wrong on almost everything he spouts on the Syrian situation. But the Bloviator blew them off in his usual classy style, maintaining that he is smarter than the two military men combined in his Syrian analysis.
This segment was followed by Bill's fellow warmonger...Charley the Tuna Krauthammer, whose itchy finger is ALSO on the figurative red button aimed at Russian-armed Syria.
I just hope the evidence shows that the rebels did indeed perpetrate a "false flag" gas-attack operation.......and that the Lord of the Factor will have to eat humble pie and publicly apologize to his viewers for blindly jumping to conclusions.
(disclaimer.....as if O'Reilly would EVER apologize or backtrack for anything....)
"In fact, the media is spinning themselves silly on this story."
Oh yeh. I'm sure Carney will be parsing every word today at the WH presser.
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Armory link/Facial screenshot: us.battle.net/wow/en/character/ravenholdt/B%C3%B5b/simple
Gear set: the current seasons shaman gear. (season 12?)
Your pose: casting a spell (lava burst)
Any extras: I'd like to be casting/fighting alongside my fire elemental (either to the side or behind me) if that would be possible. Also, the current season's gear gives our eyes a green glow of sorts. If that can be replicated, that would be awesome
Last edited by bobshaman; 2012-11-20 at 09:26 PM.
also noticed that Kenz is working on it, and i can't wait to see the finished product
Last edited by angelx7x; 2012-11-20 at 10:45 PM.
Hello everyone. I would like to request a signature and an avatar for my Druid. Seeing all the work you have done so far i am really amazed and i think there is no better place then this to make such a request.
Visible text: Tishkoo
Armory link/Facial screenshot: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/characte...shkoo/advanced
Gear set: T11 heroic
Helm visible: yes
Your pose: attacking
General colour scheme: anything you find suitable, not picky at all
Any extras: I'd like to have a bear on the signature as well, like its a double char signature i guess. A bear model like this would be awesome : http://wowjp.net/_pu/17/23596890.jpg
I think thats about it, hope it gets picked
Thank you in advance and keep being amazing.
Not sure if you missed seeing the finished result or if you just didn't like it and wanted different gear like you've asked for in your new request. In any case, you're within the time period to re-request if you want, I just wanted to let you know there was a previous one in case you overlooked it.
oh dear i totally missed it, i thought no1 will do it with it anymore so i changed it, it looks amazing <3 u
Started making these for a request on here, then realised that it had already been done, so... if anyone would like the panda signature and avatar below, send me a PM and I'll be happy to add a name to the signature
Request of the lovely sig artists here I'm not good enough to make one myself, and WMV never seems to work for me
Visible text: Corgii
Armory link/Facial screenshot: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte.../Corgii/simple
Gear set: Monk challenge gear if you please
Helm visible: No helm (blue hair streak would be great if you could get it!)
Your pose: Some sort of meditating pose or casting pose would be cool; either works for me
General colour scheme: Lots of greens; but more light shades if possible
Hey guys, love your work. I'd like to get a new sig. I was wondering if I could request 2. One for these forums and the other for my Guild's forums.
The first one I'd like this...http://i.imgur.com/PJpG7.jpg only text would be my name, Fiddlesnarf, for both of them.
The second I'd like the same helm, and belt, but have the Argent Crusader's Tabard http://www.wowhead.com/item=46874
Teir 6 http://roleplaygear.wordpress.com/20...tbringer-sets/
and Soul Cleaver http://www.wowhead.com/item=32348
Background/theme for the first one, be a little "holy firey", kinda rough and brutal looking, but not overly distracting.
The second be bold and clean looking, very "light".
Thank you very much!
Fiddlesnarf - please follow the template in the first post of this thread. Fill in one for each signature you are requesting - it makes things much clearer and makes it much more likely to be picked up by an artist
PS - this applies to anyone requesting. We love the template! <3
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Not exactly sure what it is called, but I would like to get a "banner" to cover up my chat during a stream. I am using Xsplit/Twitch if that makes any difference.
Size: Taking the Panel Size from my Elv UI Config, its currently 213 in Height, and 414 in Width. I do not mind if its a tad bigger, but please do not go any smaller than this.
Visible text: Vanntastic (Toon name), <Silly Hats Only> (Guild Name), Horde (Faction), Combat Rogue (Spec) and Kil'Jaeden (Realm). For the font, I would like everything to be in Continuum Medium if possible.
Logo: Not needed.
General colour scheme: I would like the color theme to blend around Blue/Black/White with the Blue being the main color similar to my Rogues transmog.
Specifics: I would love for to have a picture of my Rogue in his current transmog set as shown in my signature with the theme and etc built around it.
My Rogues Armory: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...astic/advanced
Any questions, or clarification needed, please don't hesitate to PM me!
EDIT: Would also love an Avatar with just my Rogue, and a signature with my Rogue and his name with the same themes and etc as posted above.
Thank you!!


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What are your thoughts on the topic and do you agree/disagree? Is GW2 not what you expected or do you think it's the greatest thing ever? Don't forget to vote!
Will I play as consecutively as I am right now? More than likely not.
Will I play past 2012? Absolutely I will. Why -wouldn't- you come check up on an already paid for MMO when large content patches go Live?
I bought it... It's really good on a technical level, I guess.
But I was turned off by the personal stories. I didn't like my character speaking for me.
I would play it for a couple hours, get bored and not play for a couple days.
I got a necromancer and engineer to lvl 11 each, and I was just bored.
Originally posted by Ariannae
Will I play as consecutively as I am right now? More than likely not. Will I play past 2012? Absolutely I will. Why -wouldn't- you come check up on an already paid for MMO when large content patches go Live?
I've always been a "stick-with-it" kinda guy. But the non-subscription model is intruiging. It does allow you to stop playing for a while and come back to check it out. But when you do that, do you lose touch and feel for the game? I already feel extremely detached from my character by the nature of the game. It makes me wonder, what would make me comeback?
I guess the poll could more accurately be described as, how long do you think you will play GW2 regularly before taking an extended break?
I like many aspects of it honnestly.
I like the fact that it has a steady leveling Curve, I like the fact that you gains xp for many lil things, the exploration the vistas etc.
The questing scheme is "ok" the main thing is to follow your personal story, and do events and and quests as you follow it...
Crafting is really neat, really have not had fun ina while (could never really master any crafting in WoW so boring).
Then there are the lil conveniences, you have access to your bank and mats from crafting stations no needless back and forth. Ressource Nodes are instanced, no need to fight over them with other people.
Teleports, gates make the workd accessible and still keep if really big.
There is no gear grind per se, progression is not the main focus of the design, having fun and progressing allong side it is.
So all the effort put to eliminate the tediums that other modern mmo's have is tremendously good for the game, the automatic level adjustments in various areas are simply brilliant, keeping all the content from low end to high end accessible at any level.
Then there is the PvP aspect and the WvW which are really well thought out .
The problem i am having with GW2 is the actual Combat mechanics...this is where things get blury for me...
I really to this day think that WoW (vanilla) combat is still the most fun.... albeit they destroyed the PvP over time withthe addition of Durability and further segregation of pvP and PVE gear...and it is why I quit, there was nothing else holding me there...
I understand that GW2 PvP mechanics have a different focus and feel stale in comparison due to the elimination of the Trinity which kind of equalises all clases, which in turn makes all their abilities almost the same...
I mean, a Warrior can be as good with a Longbow as a Ranger...the only difference is really the visual effects of their shots...in functionality it is the same..I know warriors who run around in heavy armor and have a Rifle in one slot and a Long bow in the other...playing as Ranged...while this is a good thing from one side...it is very bad in another.
So maybe that is what GW2 really lacks. Some more personalisation of Classes, like for instance while a Warrior can use a wide variety of weapons, they should be more proficient and efficient with certain weapons that are part of their theme...
Yes no need of Trinity, it works really well to have everyone be able to heal and tank and DPS, but we need some differentiation of classes within their Theme, since everyone can have any role...
No trinity implies many things, and it requires for a given class to be equally efficient in many roles as another. Fine, if a ranger was better with a bow and a warrior better with a sword then automatically in a group adventure rangers would addopt the ranged role and warriors the melee role...while now everyone can take any role and that is why no matter how a party is composed (5 rangers or even 5 warriors) Dungeons work either way.
Still...maybe where the problem really is, is with the class skills...maybe these shoould be more pronounced towards each class..and currrently these are not well pronounced.
It is a tough challenge I reckon...but I feel like the combat tends to be stale compared to other combat systems of themeparks and level based games.
maybe GW2 really needed a skill based system instead ...not sure bot something is just not right... IMO. Mind you maybe it is just me...I am still progressing, I have not mastered the game or any one class yet. We shall see.
One thing is for sure, I shall not stop playing the game is B2P...can play it intensly or occasionally without having to worry about a Sub...game is not going anywhere it will be here for a Looong time.
I probably will seeing as It's free to play now that I've bought it.
If it had a sub, probably not.
Besides people vanishing when WvW starts and the SM zerg is going on, i really don't have any issues with the game.
I guess it all depends on if something better releases, i would prefer to play a game in which i can be a healer.
Are we talking about the game as is? or with expansions and DLC?
If the game stayed as is then probably not,but I'll be checking out the new content in the future.
Originally posted by crazynanny
Kinda funny to see results so far. Might be flaved poll tho, as I wonder if people wanting to stick mean they will play it on regular basis or just will hop in after some updates. Anyways my guess would be that either:
1. You are WoW type player that enjoys character progression aka gear. No place for you in GW2. Levels and gear doesn't matter that much here. Result bored already with lvl 80, full exotic set and nothing to do.
2. You are sandbox type player, which already means you are bored as GW2 is theme park in a bit of disguise. Tried it as next gen, hyped MMO, but found still same boring model.
3. You enjoy team, skill based PvP, which means WvWvW and tournaments in sPvP can keep you hooked for a long long time.
4. You are PvE explorer, you enjoy finding secret places, events, lore and funny things. Completing the world this way will take quite some time. Especially with dungeons on top.
I fit in the number 3 section and I think everyone who plays GW2 should fit in this section too since PvP is the biggest part of the game. If you plan on playing GW2 for the PvE only, sure you will get bored quickly. I plan on playing the game for a long time since the PvP is well made and I can't wait to see some new features added. Be sure that I'll stick around even longer if the game becomes a true eSport.
If you play for a week then stop for awhile and pick it back up a month later, you stopped playing after a week.
If you play for 6 months then stop playing for awhile and pick it back up two months later, you stopped playing after 6 months.
The idea that GW2 somehow has more longevity because it is designed to be played intermittently is just silly. For one night, just eat a sandwich instead of going out for dinner, and you can basically afford a month's subscription to SW:TOR, WoW, Rift, or any other similar MMO. My point is, we quit MMOs and come back to them all the time. Last Christmas, I played SW:TOR 15 hours straight on launch day and about 5-8 hours a day after that for a solid month. Towards the end of the month, I played less because I got bored. SW:TOR only lasted me a month as a "main MMORPG." GW2 should be no different. I'll give the game 6 months, but after that if not beforehand, people will be busy checking out other games and GW2 will settle down towards a medium-sized community like all other successful post-WoW MMOs.
I think the game has a very solid foundation for longevity, so I'm hoping its only a matter of time before they build on that. I think that's really the important thing. It's more than I can say for most new MMOs, where it feels like all they can do is tack on a new raid instance every few months.
When I want a single-player story, I'll play a single-player game. When I play an MMO, I want a massively multiplayer world.
Well, my personal goal is 100% map completion and all dungeon path's finished once. I am not at 96% and have a couple of explorabales to go. After that I think I'm done for a while.
However, when Arenanet is selling expansions and new zones, dungeons, I will be back and I will be paying for them. I had a blast exploring the maps and doing DE's while doing so. More of that and I'm in. I don't like repetitive stuff, so maybe I'll check in for some WvWvW every once in a while, but definitely not a game for playing every day, running dungeons and farming stuff.
Now after playing MMO's extensively for the last couple of month (TSW, GW2) I want to put back my gaming time into the singleplayer titles that I wanted to complete: Resident Evil 6, Dishonored and X-Com are waiting for my departure from Tyria.
Past 2012? I can't see my self playing past...wait, I've already stopped playing.
Originally posted by SuperXero89
If you play for a week then stop for awhile and pick it back up a month later, you stopped playing after a week. If you play for 6 months then stop playing for awhile and pick it back up two months later, you stopped playing after 6 months. The idea that GW2 somehow has more longevity because it is designed to be played intermittently is just silly. For one night, just eat a sandwich instead of going out for dinner, and you can basically afford a month's subscription to SW:TOR, WoW, Rift, or any other similar MMO. My point is, we quit MMOs and come back to them all the time. Last Christmas, I played SW:TOR 15 hours straight on launch day and about 5-8 hours a day after that for a solid month. Towards the end of the month, I played less because I got bored. SW:TOR only lasted me a month as a "main MMORPG." GW2 should be no different. I'll give the game 6 months, but after that if not beforehand, people will be busy checking out other games and GW2 will settle down towards a medium-sized community like all other successful post-WoW MMOs.
Where in the hell do you people make this shit up?
I guess we all stopped playing all our mmos after a few hours when we stopped and then picked them back up again after we logged back in. What does "take a break mean"? How long is it before it's considered a break?
The game isn't designed to be played intermittently. The game doesn't restrict my access to it period, so I can in fact play however frequent I feel like. When my RIFT sub expires then I won't have access, and unless I pay them more, will have actually and actively quit. I've never quit GW1 and I won't quite GW2.
I love how every time a new MMO comes out people put up polls like this and make doom and gloom posts because the game isnt their cup of tea or something about the game bothers them.
I dont find it boring, of the 28 people I know personally who bought the game only 2 have quit because they didnt like it compared to WoW and MoP came out(they are very much carrot+stick players they NEED the end game gear grind)
I enjoy this game, sure its got its warts but all mmo's do, specially when they first come out, NCSoft rushed the game to market to beat MoP to release, hence its got alot of little bugs that would have been found had Anet been allowed to do the 24/7 testing the developers wanted.
the truly funny part here is, GW2 still had a better launch then WoW had.....its more stable then WoW was by this period in its life(i was a beta tester, WoW was the most unstable, unreliable POS when it came out....HOURS of CUE then, you get in and the server crashes so you get to cue back up!!!!)
Its fine, even great if you dont like the game, if you want to go back to the carrot and stick, if that is more fun to you, then go for it, but please dont try and tell everybody who likes the game that they are idiots for enjoying it.....we tend to feel the same way about people who pay to play and enjoy the carrot on the stick aproach.
I for one will play this for years to come not as much later as I do now but, I learned long ago to not play any game to much or to long at one time....UO taught me that lesson well.....you can get really caught up/wrapped up in games and loose focus on everything else.....(UO=Ultima Online, I was gm/co-admin of a few different private shards over the years....)
if your bord with/dont like this game, why put so much energy into reading forums about it and posting about it?
I dont go to KalOnline or SilkRoadOnline (or or or or or...) forums and say how much they suck or how much I dont like them.....
its fine if you hate it/are bord with it, move on to another game and be happy you got more hrs fun then most games that cost the same price.....and if you didnt, then get a refund....
When I purchased GW2, I knew I would not find a home for an extended period of time. I don't see me logging in for years on end like I did with the old games.
There is a lot in GW2 that I do not participate in, and most of these are the longevity factors, ie: SPvP and WvW. I knew this coming into the game.
I am an alt-o-holic and this will keep me busy for awhile yet. Past 2012? I don't know and have my doubts. I have no desire to play a Charr or Asura character. I tried them out and just did not "connect" with them. The Norn race is not what I was hoping for, either, but playable. That just leaves the other 3 races to keep me busy. Only having 5 character slots also puts a big limit on this.
I was kind of hoping it would keep me interested for awhile, maybe 6 months or so, but I am finding that it will most likely fall quite a bit short of that. Maybe more like 3 months? I guess time will tell
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.
Well, I don't know if the OP question is actually relevant, or at least as relevant as it would have been in a subscription based game, where retention matters.
If we focus on the one time payment method (lifetime subscription if you like), then unless you use the shop at various intervals you're a burdain for the company and they'd rather you stopped and come back with the next expansion.
If we focus on the cash shop aspect of GW2, then they need "some" of us to keep tthe illusion of vitality into the game (this is why all the F2P companies tolerate all those people who pay nothing), but not too many else they'll need to add more servers and thus maintenance costs.
Do I see myself playing? I hope not, I'm already bored and in the phase I as at one time with WoW (ie only the guild kept me logged, not the actual game). I'm actually looking forward to the release of X-com this Friday. Under normal circumstances, weekend would be mmorpg heaven, but not this time.
Longevity really depends on what ArenaNet does.
The game is boring as it is. Very little character interaction. no /who. no /inspect. limited emotes. Very little bond to other characters in the game.
Guilds are pointless in a game called Guild Wars. Join a guild for a glorified chat room, essentially.
Do stuff as a guild? I can do everything solo. Guilds are useless. (dungeons are useless and I don't bother, gear can be bought on the trader [AH], and gold is easy to obtain)
When I play, I end up just screwing around, but it's all pointless. There is no player to player competition, no rivalries, no need to love or hate any other player. Other players are just existing also for no reason. They may as well be NPC's. Everything is empty in this game. No emotion.
Saddening, but it's up to ArenaNet to remedy this. I don't see much longevity with this game.
Want a nice understanding of life? Try Spirit Science: "The Human History"
Recognize the voice? Yep sounds like Penny Arcade's Extra Credits.
rpg/mmorg history: Dun Darach>Bloodwych>Bards Tale 1-3>Eye of the beholder > Might and Magic 2,3,5 > FFVII> Baldur's Gate 1, 2 > Planescape Torment >Morrowind > WOW > oblivion > LOTR > Guild Wars (1900hrs elementalist) Vanguard. > GW2(1000 elementalist), Wildstar
Now playing GW2, AOW 3, ESO, LOTR, Elite D
Originally posted by CallsignVega
From a very experienced MMORPG player's perspective, the writing is already on the wall. This game will be dead by Christmas. Shallow game-play, no end game content, unplayable WvW with unbelievable lag and invisible armies of players. What are your thoughts on the topic and do you agree/disagree? Is GW2 not what you expected or do you think it's the greatest thing ever? Don't forget to vote!
Easily the best content wise for the casual to semi casual player so yes I see myself playing for years to come.
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Honestly, very unlikely. It just wasn't a game I could really get into and ultimately I log in going "Ah lets play!" then lose that motivation within minutes of logging on. Even though I paid for it, I truthfully don't expect to get much play out of it in the future. It just wasn't a very fun game to me.
Leveling was boring (only gets worst after the 1st time. Hearts, cool at first but quickly get stale.) and exploration is boring (specially after first time)
Dungeon difficulty seems more based of cheapness then actual difficulty (skill REALLY doesn't do all that much, your group comp/weapon choice effect the way it will go more then skill does, worst being the fact TRASH is harder the most of the bosses.)
WvWvW is a bit of a mess (to be fair it can be fixed but it feels so under-developed to me and lacking on elements besides "Zerg, Zerg, Zerg" with guild 'claiming' quite trivial)
Events end up being just a zerg fest and get boring after seeing them a dozen times (though a welcome relief from getting away from doing hearts or doing it passively so I don't notice I am on one)
Combat... oh boy combat... probably the biggest killer. I feel LESS in control on this game then I do games like WoW where its click and spam buttons. Aiming would of made this FAR better I feel. Wouldn't of fixed the clunkiness of combat though thats part of the design choice feeling players shouldn't be penalized for spamming buttons.
I just don't see myself. It upsets me a lot to because I'm usually one who can have a blast and no life a lot of games, and this one just struggled from day 1 to keep me for over a few hours, and I'm the no lifer that enjoys grinding games out 24 hour marathon on launch. Not my game and truthfully I just feel its lack luster over-all and I'm not one to buy into hype in the first place which makes me feel that much more 'eh' about it.


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"It's absolute hell," Lohan told Us on Monday in a far-ranging interview over several lengthy phone calls and emails in which she was agitated, crying and baffled by the turn of events.
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Ronson broke it off with her girlfriend of nearly two years last Friday, and hired five security guards to keep Lohan out of an afterparty for her sister Charlotte at the Chateau Marmont.
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"I'm not a bad person and this is what happens," Lohan told Us through tears. "I was raised to treat people well, and I'm so tired of this drama."
Lohan says she's "so alone" without Ronson.
"Everyone's turned on me," says the actress. She tells the magazine that the night of the Chateau showdown, Nicole Richie walked by her and said "Uck," and Drea DeMatteo said, "Come at me, b----."
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STARKVILLE – Mississippi State gets a rubber match with South Carolina.
The Bulldogs will be the No. 13 seed for the SEC Tournament, which begins Wednesday at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. They'll play the 12th-seeded Gamecocks for the third time this season.
MSU won the first meeting on Jan. 9 in Starkville, 56-54, then lost in Columbia on Wednesday, 79-72.
"Last time it was a gut match," MSU forward Colin Borchert said. "They were being tougher than us, and that's the one thing they're coached to be, is they want to be tough. That's what coach (Rick) Ray and everyone is trying to teach us here, is to be tough."
MSU fell behind by 22 points in the second half in the last meeting but cut it to five with under three minutes to go. Ray said two things from that game did in the Bulldogs: 20 turnovers, and Brenton Williams' 38 points.
Fix those, he said, "and I think we have a chance to beat them."
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Florsheim Heavy Metal Loafer
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Item # 241333
Casual and sophisticated, the Heavy Metal slip-on from Florsheim adds a touch of rocker's edge with its decorative metal bit detail. This is a great shoe to pair with your favorite denim for all day wear, or with dress pants for a trendy update to an office look.
- Smooth leather upper
- Decorative metal bit detail
- Tapered square moc toe
- Soft fabric lining
- Comfort cushioned insole
- Synthetic sole for increased traction
- Imported
By: Layda
Location: Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
January 22, 2013
I love these shoes
"great pair of shoes, very comfy, real leather, very soft, perfect fit, i would like to buy them in brown too."
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